On this morning, when Shi Wengong went to Fahua Temple, Zeng Rong, the head of the Zeng family, received two guests in the inner hall. Both of them are dressed as Han Chinese, one looks rugged and strong in his thirties, and the other is only in his twenties but is a scholar.

After reading a letter, he looked at the two people in front of him and asked suspiciously:

"The two of them are tight, they shouldn't be from their own clan, why didn't the fourth prince send his cronies over?"

"In the next called Han Guanzhong, is the Han people in the north, this brother is called Yeluji, is a Liao people, two years ago, the two of us have gone to the fourth prince to do things, this time the mission in the big circle after the plot, His Majesty the emperor and the important ministers are very angry, so we brought people over to find out the reason, by the way also to find out the whereabouts of the batch of arms. Therefore, I didn't send my clansmen over, mainly because I hadn't figured out the attitude of the Zhou court, and I was afraid that they would come over to attract attention, and it would not be beautiful when they were unexpected. ”

That Han Guanzhong calmly replied. I have tasted it carefully, but I can't find anything wrong. Now, with the continuous expansion of the power of the Jin State, many Liao lands in the north have been reduced to the territory of the Jurchens, and many Khitans and Han people in the north have become vassals to serve them, so it is strange to send these people over there. Moreover, he confirmed that the letter was written by the fourth prince, and only a few people in the court knew about it here, and the idlers could not find it. Therefore he no longer doubted, and asked:

"Where are the rest? and they brought them in. ”

"There are still more than 40 people, all of whom are in the inn in Xianghua Town in the east, so I asked someone to send someone to bring them with us."

Zeng Lang listened to what Han Guanzhong said, and did not hesitate, and immediately called his youngest son Zeng Sheng to take someone with the two of them to Xianghua Town to pick up people.

In the early afternoon, there was a sudden burst of chickens and dogs jumping in Zengtou City, and all the outsiders in the set were blasted out, and then a team of Zhuang Ding drove out of the castle and set up camp outside the city. Subsequently, the news that an unknown thief had come to attack the village spread rapidly.

Gu Haotian had just returned to the inn from Fahua Temple, and when he first heard about it, he thought that the third senior brother had changed his hexagram, but he immediately denied it, he was convinced that Shi Wengong was not from here.

In the evening, the intelligence department came with news from the rear army, it turned out that Zeng Sheng took people to Xianghua Town to pick up people, and on the way back, he met Wu Song's ninth infantry battalion.

It turned out that the follow-up army was discovered! It seems that it is impossible to be surprised, but there are already Shi Wengong, Xu Guanzhong, and Aliqi who are not afraid of it, so they simply start the formation and fight two games, and they should be trained as soldiers. So Gu Haotian simply ordered Xiao Jiasui to lead the six battalions and rush to the village of Zengtou City.

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Jiasui led more than 4,000 cavalry to Zengtou City, and then set up camp outside the east gate.

After the camps were in place, Gu Haotian raised the account in the Chinese military tent, including Xiao Jiasui, Lin Chong, Bian Xiang, Gongsun Sheng, Wu Yong, Shi Qian, Ji Sheng, Zhou Yunqing, Ma Xian, Wu Song, Yang Zhi, Luan Tingyu, Li Kui, Lu Cheng, Ma Yan, Guo Sheng, Huang Xin, Yang Zaixing, Ma Ling, Xue Yong, and Yang Lin.

"The terrain of Zengtou City is dangerous, and the soldiers are brave, especially the five tigers of the Zeng family and Shi Wengong and Su Ding, the two teachers, all have the courage to be unstoppable, and we are tired from afar, and we do not occupy the time, place, and people, so we must not be careless and underestimate the enemy, if someone does not listen to military orders and acts arbitrarily, I will never be spared!"

"Director Wu, you should keep an eye on this matter, if there is anyone who defends the law, no one can let it go!"

After analyzing the war, Gu Haotian especially emphasized military discipline, the last time he was in Zhujiazhuang, because Lu Zhishen's reckless behavior caused a lot of losses, he didn't want the same thing to happen again.

When the battalion commander heard this, he couldn't help but secretly look at the new chief of military justice, but saw that his face was expressionless and unfathomable, and he suddenly woke up secretly.

At the beginning of the day, the deliberations in the Chinese military tent had just been completed, but I heard the number one cannon outside, and then a team member came to report that there were soldiers and horses in Zengtou City who came out to challenge.

"Just to explore the strength of Zengtou City, Director Xiao, I can't come forward for the time being, so you will lead the team to meet it."

Gu Haotian had met with the Yuantong monk of Fahua Temple many times in the past two days, and he was afraid that if someone would find out and affect the plan later, he ordered Xiao Jiasui to act as the lord, and he and Lin Chong and others were on his side.

In an instant, under the leadership of Xiao Jiasui, the Liangshan soldiers went out of the front army to stand in front of the formation, only to see the saddle generals majestic and the sergeants in the formation were murderous. And the other party also came out of thousands of Zhuang Ding, the first one was a man of twenty-seven or eight, wearing a golden helmet, wearing iron armor, and holding a steel gun, it was Zeng Tu, the son of the Zeng family, who saw him shouting and scolding in front of the battle:

"Who is the thief, dare to invade my Zengtou City for no reason, I don't think my life will be long!"

"My Liangshan Manor never does unkind and unrighteous things, your Zeng family arrested my brother for no reason, robbed my good horse, and quickly released people and returned the horses, otherwise you will be leveled in Zengtou City."

Now it's not good to talk about the Zeng family as a traitor of the Jin State, so Duan Jingzhu's matter has become an excuse, and Xiao Jiasui's scolding is just reasonable.

That Zeng Tu Wen was stunned for a moment, and he didn't expect that he had received a few horses in the village, and he had attracted a strong enemy, but in his eyes, the Zeng family still had any opponents, and this Liangshan Manor was said to be at odds with the imperial court, so he just took it and sent it to show his merits, and immediately called out arrogantly:

"I really caught a few horse thieves in Zengtou City, but I didn't expect it to come from the thief's den in Liangshan, and now it is not only sent to the door, but also the official who was arrested and sent to the official, and it has also fulfilled the credit of my Zeng family."

That Zeng Tu shouted, he had already angered everyone in the Liangshan array, Li Kui and Lu Cheng were the most anxious, and they had already gone out of the formation, but Lu Chengma quickly arrived in front of Zeng Tuma, but saw him scolding:

"Master smash your bird's head first, and see why you are still spitting."

After that, the steel whip in his hand swept over, Zeng Tu saw that the other party was menacing and did not dare to despise it, so he condensed his gun and raised his gun to meet him, and for a while the spear and whip were raised at the same time, and the two horses clashed, and they fought thirty or forty times in an instant.

Gu Haotian stood behind Xiao Jiasui's side, and couldn't help but secretly admire, this Lu Cheng was not inferior to Zhu Biao when he fought with Zhu Biao for a long time when he was in Zhujiazhuang before, and he fought with Zeng Jiatouhu for more than 40 times, and he was not defeated, it seems that his skills have increased a lot after arriving at the manor.

Unconsciously, the two fought for more than 70 times, Lu Cheng gradually became struggling, Wu Song had already seen it, he immediately urged the horse to come out of the battle, and replaced him with a double sword. No one fought for this meeting, and now in the manor, the battalion commanders are very protective of calves, and the affairs of a battalion are generally not allowed to interfere with others, which seems to have become an unwritten rule.

As soon as Wu Song made a move, Zeng Tu, who had consumed a lot of money, couldn't stand it, and he was defeated. The fifth Zeng Sheng came out to challenge again, Xiao Jiasui hadn't spoken in this formation, and Yang Zaixing had already come out of the front of the formation, only to see him say to everyone:

"Brothers, there is a child over there, you can't wait for the victory, and let the younger brother for a while."

Yang Zaixing said a few words, but Li Kui and other militants were speechless, and they slapped their horses into the stadium after watching him.

Let's say that Zeng Sheng is the eldest of the five tigers of the Zeng family, and he has always had no one in his eyes, so he wanted to show off, but when he saw that the other party actually came out of a younger boy, he was very annoyed, didn't he underestimate him! At the moment, I can't wait to take three or two moves to get rid of the hatred in my heart. But Yang Zaixing is an easy one to deal with, forty or fifty combined, but this Zeng Sheng can't take any advantage.

Let's say that Shi Wengong stood in front of the camp to watch two battles in a row, and secretly sighed that his junior and younger brothers were full of talents, Zeng Tu and Zeng Sheng's martial arts He naturally knew as a teacher, and he didn't expect that two unknown people from Liangshan Manor would send them away, and then look at the fierce generals in the front row, and feel that their strength is unfathomable.

At this time, there was a sudden change in the field, that Zeng Shengjian had been fighting against a kid for a long time and pretending to be defeated, Yang Zaixing was young and inexperienced after all, and when he chased after him, he was shot in the left arm by his flying knife. Zeng Sheng was proud, turned the horse's head and waited to take someone, and suddenly saw a horse appear in front of him, but it was a big man with a mole on his face, and he scolded:

"The child is shameless, he dares to hurt people with a secret weapon, the master will teach you how to behave today."

The person who killed in time was the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi, as Yang Zaixing's uncle, he looked at him intently just now, when Zeng Sheng feintmed down, this veteran of the battlefield saw through it at a glance, for fear that his nephew would suffer, so he gathered his horse early and entered the stadium, just intercepting Zeng Sheng.

This Yang Zhi was bent on avenging his nephew, and he didn't bother too much, and his shot was full of powerful killing moves. That Zeng Sheng had just won for a while, and then he saw a tall man, who was thinking about winning again and trembling and majestic. Unexpectedly, this man was much more powerful than the kid just now, twenty or thirty moves forced him to hurry, and he panicked and wanted to retreat for a while, who knew that Yang Zhi had already guarded against his hand, only to see him follow the side like a shadow, a move of the white snake spit out the letter, that Zeng ascended to the side of the back was immediately pierced a hole, screamed and then fell off the horse.

For a while, Zeng Jia's front was exclaimed, and several riders rushed out together, and Zhou Yunqing, Yu Sheng, Guo Sheng, etc. also came out of the field and picked up Yang Zhi. Then the Zeng family had no intention of falling in love with Zhan Mingjin and retreated, and the generals of Liangshan collected their troops and returned to the camp after a fierce battle for half a day.

In the Liangshan camp, Gu Haotian and others hurriedly came to the medical camp, and saw An Daoquan stitching up Yang Zaixing's wounds, only to see a three-inch cut on his left arm, fortunately it didn't hurt his muscles and bones, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

In Zengtou City, Zeng Sheng was stabbed by Yang Zhi with a shot, and when he was snatched back into the camp, he had already screamed for his life, and the Zeng brothers were furious, shouting and killing to take revenge. He was very sad to lose his son, but he still had some sense, he knew that he couldn't take advantage of fighting face-to-face, but he had a poisonous plan in his heart.

In the afternoon, the news of Zeng Sheng's death reached the Liangshan camp, and everyone shouted with joy. Gu Haotian instructed everyone to prepare carefully to prevent the Zeng family from retaliating, but after carefully preparing for a long time, he did not wait for the expected challenge, but in the evening, two middle-aged monks came from outside the camp.

In the afternoon, Gu Haotian has been guarding the Chinese military tent with everyone, and when he heard that two monks asked to see, he immediately remembered the two monks of Fahua Temple. At the moment, after he and Lin Chong, Wu Yong, and Bian Xiang retreated into the account, Xiao Jiasui came forward to deal with it, and it seemed that people had a purpose.

After a while, I saw that the guards led two monks in, Gu Haotian secretly looked behind the scenes, and the one next to him was really the Yuantong of the Fahua Temple, and he instantly understood the purpose of the two of them. Sure enough, one of the monks at the head spoke:

"The poor monk is the roundness of the Fahua Temple in the east of Zengtou City, this is the younger brother Yuantong, I am glad to hear that the righteous master of Liangshan came, but he was overjoyed, he thought that the five tigers of the Zeng family came to the temple from time to time to extort and blackmail, and did everything, and the temple was miserable, and now the little monk has found out the reality in the village, and now he is risking his death to come, especially for the king to lead the way and rob the village, and exterminate the five tigers of the Zeng family."

Xiao Jiasui was noncommittal when he heard this, and only let the sergeant serve tea, but he used the excuse of retreating behind the scenes to get an idea, and after coming back, he was full of answers. Immediately left the two monks to treat each other with wine, and agreed to send troops on the second watch and attack the camp on the third watch tonight.

Then the Liangshan soldiers recuperated, and when they stayed at the second watch, thousands of people quietly left the village.