In October, the days are already short, and it gets dark soon after dusk. Wang Huan led his subordinates in the night, searching for the wounded soldiers with difficulty. At this moment, he suddenly felt a light around him, and unconsciously looked up, but saw a row of dozens of Liangshan sergeants holding torches on the walled wall on the shore, and they were neatly arranged in a few steps, like lampposts with pestles.

Wang Huan looked at it twice in a daze, and a wordless emotion suddenly surged in his heart, he bowed deeply, and then commanded his subordinates to continue to search and rescue the wounded. It wasn't until the beginning of the night that the wounded and dead on the river and along the pontoon bridges were cleaned up, and Wang Huan and Mei Zhan led people back to the shore, and at this time, the torches on the opposite bank immediately fell on those pontoon bridges, and soon after, a raging fire broke out on the river.

"This Liangshan Manor is by no means an idle person, and it may be difficult for the Taiwei to succeed in his wish!"

Mei Zhan stood on the riverbank, facing the pontoon bridge that was burning more and more, and said with emotion.

"It's a pity that these innocent brothers lost their lives in vain, and after two battles, my subordinates have been three out of ten, but I am afraid that the captain will not give up, and he will use his life to fill this ditch tomorrow."

Wang Huan saw the wounded and corpses lying on the ground, and his heart ached.

However, Mei Zhan was very resolute in this regard, and he said solemnly: "If the Taiwei drives my brothers to die here tomorrow, I will not agree, and I will ask General Wang to help me say a word at that time." ”

"I wish he listened."

Wang Huan responded. Then the two men took their men to carry the wounded and dead back to the camp.

Gao Yu returned to the camp early, and the actions of Wang Huan and Mei Zhan were naturally reported to his ears. Hum! These two are compatible with the bandits! Let's see how I clean you up tomorrow, he said coldly in his heart.

At the end of the second day, Gao Yu ordered the generals to line up in the big tent of the Chinese army, and after seeing him scan both sides for a while, he said gloomily:

"Yesterday's battle, Henan, Yingzhou two divisions of the battle heroic and great military prestige, but unfortunately the sky fell dark to fall short, last night I have someone to re-collect the ship, today I also hope that the two departments will work hard, and strive to take this village."

"Our department was full of dead and wounded yesterday, and now there are still thousands of dead people lying in the tent, and they really can't afford to fight again, so please send another army to attack the village."

Mei Zhan saw that Gao Yu really ordered him to fight again, and he was angry at that time, and immediately opened his mouth to push back.

"General in front of the formation, how dare you disobey the military order!"

Gao Yu was furious when he saw that Mei Zhan was disobeying the military order in front of everyone.

But Mei Zhan was also out of the way today, and saw him ask loudly:

"The commander uses soldiers to be sympathetic to his subordinates and observe the enemy's reality."

Gao Yu saw that he openly contradicted, and said that he didn't know how to use soldiers, which added fuel to the fire, and just when he was about to be angry, a calm voice sounded in the tent.

"The captain is angry, although General Mei is a little excessive, but he is not at fault, yesterday's battle was a battle when the captain saw clearly, if we all attack in this way, our 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers will all fill it in, and in the end I am afraid it will be just a ditch of mud. If it is not the cowardice of his subordinates and the avoidance of war, even if he dies in battle, he must let his brothers die and sleep, and please think twice. ”

It was Wang Huan who spoke, and he saw that Gao Yu obviously meant to make things difficult, so he couldn't stand it anymore.

And Wang Huan has always had prestige in the army, and what he said was also very reasonable, and the rest of the festival envoys also felt the same way when they heard it, and they all opened their mouths for a while, saying that this tactic was inappropriate, so that Gao Yu could take back his life.

Let's say that Gao Yu originally wanted to take this opportunity to take Mei Zhan to establish his military prestige, but he didn't expect to attract a group of generals to oppose it, and it was suddenly a little difficult to ride a tiger. In the midst of his dilemma, he heard a sound under the tent again.

"The villain - the villain has a plan here, I don't know whether to talk about it."

Everyone listened to it, but it was the official named Wang Jin from Jeju Mansion Gao Yu suddenly remembered that this person had built a boat for a bridge yesterday but it was

A clever man said:

"What are you planning, just say it."

"Liangshan grass Kou Su from the boast of benevolence and righteousness, small look at the small river is only a few zhang, then choose a narrow place, levy the nearby people to fill the river, if the grass Kou to the people, then benevolence and righteousness are all lost in the world, if you dare not start, it will not take long to fill the river as a road, then the army attacks who can stop."

"Good plan!"

As soon as Wang Jin finished speaking, Gao Yu applauded loudly. And when the generals in the tent saw that the two were playing with the lives of innocent people, they all secretly despised it.

The actions of the officers and soldiers immediately aroused the anger and resentment of the people in the four towns and eight neighbors, and Gu Haotian and others quickly obtained this information at the Lijia Road crossing.

"The officers and soldiers are going to use the common people against us, but this guy is so vicious."

Wu Yong has been accompanying Gu Haotian for the past two days, and after he heard the news, he immediately made a conclusion.

"Ordered the cavalry to go out to rescue the people as much as possible, and Zhang Shun's sailors also went into various rivers separately, waiting for an opportunity to intercept a small group of officers and soldiers."

Gu Haotian also sensed the bad intentions of the officers and soldiers and immediately issued an order.

Erhekou, as the closest village to the battlefield, naturally became the first object of patronage for officers and soldiers. At noon, a group of officers and soldiers broke into the village with a ferocious look, and then people were arrested and their property was taken away. It took an hour for these officers and soldiers to leave the village with dozens of people satisfied. But they don't know that a moment of greed has endangered their lives.

The 1st and 4th Cavalry Regiments were previously deployed on the periphery of the Lijia Daokou, and they were originally intended to be used as surprise soldiers on the periphery, but the situation changed abruptly, and Gu Haotian only changed his plan temporarily. After receiving the order, the two regiments immediately split up to carry out their actions, Han Shizhong led a team of cavalry to the mouth of the second river quickly, and when he arrived outside the village, he was met by dozens of officers and soldiers carrying large bags and small bags, escorting a group of villagers out of the village.

"Straight lady thief, I finally let the master catch up!"

Han Shizhong scolded angrily, then drew his thunderbolt saber and took the lead in rushing over.

And the officers and soldiers who were immersed in the joy of the harvest did not have time to come back to their senses, and they were completely killed by the cavalry that fell from the sky.

The experience of the villagers in Erhekou was played out everywhere in the surrounding villages, and those small groups of officers and soldiers were all attacked by the Liangshan cavalry, and finally they were busy for a long time, and only more than ten people were brought back to the officers and soldiers camp, and the loss of officers and soldiers was hundreds of thousands. Gao Yu's anger was like thunder, and he immediately ordered the lords of all walks of life to go out to get people in person, but the surrounding villages had already been empty at this time, and even those who were farther away fled when they heard the news.

The next day, the officers and men escorted dozens of old, weak, sick and disabled people who had been searched with great difficulty to the riverside to fill in the river, but their role was really limited, and they could not achieve it in 10 days and a half months at their speed. Gao Yu listened to the ridicule from the other side, and only felt the qi and blood in his chest surging up one after another. At this time, he looked at Wang Huan and Mei Zhan who were standing in front of the formation, and commanded sharply:

"General Wang and General Mei, the two of you will take my warrant to lead the people of the headquarters to Yuncheng County immediately, and send 2,000 people to the front of the army to call with the county order, and you must bring them here tomorrow evening, otherwise the military law will be engaged."

And Wang Huan and Mei Zhan knew that this trip was difficult, but they could only take orders. More than 10,000 people of the two armies hurriedly marched for two days, and at noon they arrived at the Sanglin Plain, which was more than 20 miles north of Yuncheng County, and saw that Yuncheng was not far away, so the two armies stopped to bury the pot and cook.

Taking advantage of the cooking time, Wang Huan and Mei Zhan stood on the side of the road and discussed softly, this time they were sent to Yuncheng, and both of them actually understood that this was a set up by Gao Yu. Even if Yuncheng County can hand over two thousand people, with the style of Liangshan Manor, it will never be easily brought back. As for the strength of the Liangshan army, they already have a deep understanding, so they really don't have much confidence in their more than 10,000 people.

Just when the two of them were preoccupied, a series of bells suddenly heard from the front, and in a moment, an ox cart turned out of the woods not far away. I saw an old man with a crane hair and a childish face sitting cross-legged in the car, a young boy sitting on the side, and the old cow seemed to be spiritual, unhurried

Going their own way.

"General Wang, don't come unharmed!"

The two of them wondered when the ox cart stopped beside them, and a greeting came out of it.

Wang Huan suddenly heard someone call him, but he was very surprised, and hurriedly looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but be excited for a while, and he couldn't even speak.

"How did the hero—the hero—get here?"

"The old man has been waiting here for a long time, and today he is here for the general."

Come for me! Wang Huan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered a rumor, and couldn't help but ask cautiously:

"I heard that Daxia once accepted a disciple in Jingdong......"

"That's right, it's Gu Haotian, the petty official of Liangshan Manor today, who is also the one you are asking for these days."

The old man who came was Zhou Tong, and this time he was invited down the mountain by Gu Haotian. Wang Huan is a senior and old veteran, Gu Haotian wanted to invite someone with weight to come over to persuade him to surrender, the first person who came to mind at that time was Zhou Dong, and he didn't want to send someone up the mountain to say, that Zhou Dong actually met him, but it was an unexpected joy.

It is said that Wang Huan fell in love with a prostitute in Tokyo when he was young, and Zhou Tong was also serving in the forbidden army in Beijing at that time, and the two met by chance. At this time, he saw that his old friend had spoken frankly about his relationship with Liangshan Manor, and he was sure why he came. But he was very entangled, in fact, what he thought was the same as Xu Jing back then, they were all comfortable formed after a long time in a high position, which made them reluctant to give up. It's just that Wang Huan's situation today is even worse than Xu Jing back then.

"I already know a little about General Wang's situation today, and the old man can guess a little bit of what you think in your heart, one thing the old man can tell you in advance, the two thousand people in Yuncheng will not be sent to the Li family crossing, for Liangshan Manor, the people around him are his good neighbors, he will not allow the officers and soldiers to harm his neighbors, and naturally he will not allow such a thing as forcing the people to be strong. This matter did not work out, and at that time, with the temperament of Gao Yu, the two generals were in a critical situation. ”

Zhou Tong saw that Wang Huan was silent, so he slowly said something.

Mei Zhan didn't know Zhou Dong, he saw that Wang Huan was very respectful to him, and the old man talked extraordinarily, so he couldn't help but ask curiously:

"General Wang, who is this old gentleman?"

"It is Mr. Zhou Tong, a famous Kansai hero."

"Ahh

Mei Zhan couldn't help but gasp when he saw it, although he had guessed the identity of the person who came, but he didn't expect it to be such a huge one, so he hurriedly stepped forward to make amends.

"It should be Mei Jiedu in person!" Zhou Tong asked kindly.

It was the young general, and what the hero said, I also felt the same way. It's just that I want to ask the hero, and the broken Zhou room is indeed not worth the nostalgia, but what is the attraction of a lonely island in Liangshan Manor. ”

The conversation between Wang Huan and Zhou Dong just now, Mei Zhan had already heard it very clearly, he was born in the green forest, and he did not have any loyalty to the Zhou family's court, but if he wanted to return to Liangshan, he still had to know more, and Zhou Dong was a rare person in the world who could be convinced.

"The old man is getting older, he has experienced countless things in the world, and there are many disciples, so he stayed in this Liangshan, not because Gu Haotian is my disciple, but because this son has the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, and the ambition to help the world and the people. Today, people of insight will see that the Han family will suffer another catastrophe, and the old man hopes that this son can take my Han family capable people to fight hard, save Li Shu from fire and water, and save the building from the general, so he does not hesitate to stay here to help him in his old age. Today's Liangshan is full of talents and vigor, both of them are great talents in the world, it is a pity to leave the virtuous in the wild or humiliated traitors, the old man is invited on behalf of the apprentices and the people of the world, and I hope not to resign. ”

Zhou Dong was the grandmaster at that time, and his words were true. The two of them had a good impression of Liang Shan, but they didn't hesitate anymore after hearing this, and immediately threw themselves together to make a big salute, and both returned to Liang Shan.

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