On the evening of the second day after the failure of the Zeng family's ambush, Zhang Taishou of Lingzhou received a letter for help written by Zeng Lang himself, and he was very interested in the Liangshan thief mentioned in the letter.

The jade-faced Meng Wei, who is famous in Jingdong, is now at odds with Gao Taiwei, and it is already known to the government and the opposition, and even the imperial court has sent troops to fight against him. Unexpectedly, I ran to the ground in Lingzhou today, isn't this an opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune? What's more, over the years, the Zeng family has given him a lot of things, and he still wants to raise a few more for such a rich man, how can he be destroyed by outsiders. So he immediately wrote a warrant and sent someone to send Shan Tinggui, the regimental training envoy, and ordered him to take 2,000 officers and soldiers to relieve the siege tomorrow.

Let's say that in the garrison of Lingzhou City, there are two regimental training envoys with extraordinary skills, one is accustomed to using water, and is called General Shengshui, named Shan Tinggui; Another is good at making fire, known as the Holy Fire General, named Wei Dingguo. These two people are famous in the local military because of their respective specialties and good skills.

In the evening of that day, as soon as Shan Tinggui returned from the military camp, he received an order from Zhang Taishou to lead his troops to Zengtou City tomorrow to clear out the Liangshan bandits. He was stunned at first, and felt that this Zhang Taishou was also too anxious, thousands of people and horses were dispatched, it was easy, and he wanted to go to the government to communicate, but then he thought about it, Zengtou City is not far away, and it is just right to walk there for lunch for half a day, if you don't bring grain and grass, it is not too troublesome, and it will be just.

Early the next morning, Shan Tinggui ordered 2,000 soldiers and marched out of the city to the southwest. However, unfortunately, they had just walked more than ten miles, but found that a stone bridge across the river on the avenue had somehow collapsed, and he had to find a few boats nearby to ferry one by one. It took an hour, and the 2,000 soldiers and horses were almost finished, and Shan Tinggui just breathed a sigh of relief, but saw more than 100 cavalry suddenly appear from there on the north bank, rushing and killing nearly 100 people who had not yet crossed the river on the north bank, and were killed and wounded in an instant. The officers and men on the south bank had no time to react, so they had to watch them fly away on the other side. Shan Tinggui was angry but helpless, so he had to leave some people to deal with the aftermath, and led the team to move forward quickly, thinking of taking revenge when he arrived in Zengtou City. However, it backfired, and along the way, this team was constantly harassed by the Liangshan escort, first Lu Fang and then Huang Xin, who used the flexibility of the cavalry to disturb and disturb the elusive, making Shan Tinggui and others miserable, and after noon, they only walked half the way, and the plan to have lunch in Zengtou City was completely frustrated. Pity the two thousand officers and soldiers who were hungry and walked until Shen Shixu, and then they reached the outskirts of Zengtou City, but the Liangshan thieves who gritted their teeth along the way were already standing in front of them at this time.

"Shameless thief, sneaky and very capable, have the courage to fight me to the death!"

Shan Tinggui held his breath all the way, and at this time there was finally a place to vent, and he took a position and rode a horse and a gun to enter the battle.

"My lord hasn't gotten a chance to make a move these days, and this guy is just in time."

Ji Sheng lifted the Xuanhua axe and rushed over impatiently.

"Brother Jisheng, don't hurt his life!"

This guy hasn't gotten a chance to make a move since he arrived in Zengtou City, Gu Hao was afraid that he would not be serious and ruin his own good deeds, so he hurriedly shouted.

"I'm provincial!"

Ji Sheng responded, but he was already in the middle of the battle.

When Shan Tinggui was scolding, he suddenly saw a wicked man holding a giant axe to kill, and he didn't dare to take it lightly, so he hurriedly rode his horse and spear to meet him. However, as soon as the two weapons came into contact, he was shocked, how powerful this evil man was! The axe weighed like a mountain and he couldn't breathe. Thinking that this man would not be able to defeat him if he fought alone, he fought hard for twenty or thirty times, and then returned to his horse and retreated into the five hundred black-armored soldiers in front of his phalanx.

Gu Haotian had already seen it clearly, although he didn't know what was strange about the formation, but he knew that Guan Sheng was defeated in this formation when it was mentioned in "Water Margin", but he didn't want his brother to take risks. He immediately ordered an attack, and saw several horns and cannons in the army, Bian Xiang led the personal guard battalion to rush over, Li Kui led the horizontal sword soldiers, Lu Cheng led the pikemen to follow, and all the way behind the officers and soldiers, Lu Fang and Huang Xin also besieged it. Two thousand officers and soldiers were besieged by several soldiers and horses, and the formation was in great confusion.

Ji Sheng was trapped in the black armor army formation, and when he was rushing left and right and couldn't get out, he heard Bian Xiang shouting:

"Brother, I'm here to help you!"

Immediately, more than 100 elite horsemen of the personal guard battalion rode under the leadership of Bian Xiang, and the iron plough tore through the formation of the Black Armor Army. Bian Xiang and Ji Sheng were a pair of fierce generals, and the two giant axes instantly smashed the formation of the Black Armor Army.

Shan Tinggui stood behind the formation, seeing that his years of hard work were about to be destroyed by two giants, he was heartbroken and picked up the black pole gun and returned to the formation regardless of it. However, in the eyes of Su Sheng and Bian Xiang, his behavior was undoubtedly self-defeating, and he saw Ji Sheng say excitedly: "The master is afraid that you will slip away, and you can't explain to the little officials?" With that, he went straight at it.

At this time, the black armor army was already in chaos under the impact of the guard battalion, and Shan Tinggui only fought more than 30 times with Ji Sheng in the chaotic army, and he was shocked by his axe and flew away from the weapon, and he was captured.

In less than half an hour, the officers and soldiers were surrounded by the Liangshan escort on all sides, and the remaining more than 1,000 people all knelt down and surrendered.

Zhang Taishou was rewarded that night, he couldn't believe it at first, but as the number of deserters who came back increased, he finally admitted the truth, but he never understood how the two thousand officers and soldiers could be defeated by the bandits. Just when he was puzzled, someone brought another piece of news, and he realized that Shan Tinggui had surrendered to the enemy, no wonder he was defeated so completely. What followed was a furious ensuing, and he immediately called Wei Dingguo, another regimental training envoy under his command, and ordered him to send troops tomorrow to arrest this traitor and Liangshan Caokou together.

Let's say that this Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui are the second generals in the Lingzhou official army, and they have a very good relationship in private, but they will listen to Zhang Taishou's words, but they are half-convinced. He returned home and found a few escapees, but only said that the single regiment was captured by the leader of Liangshan in the chaos, and no one knew whether to surrender or not. I couldn't help but be more suspicious in my heart, so I thought that I would march into Zengtou City tomorrow and take down a group of thieves, so I naturally knew it.

That night, Wei Dingguo went to the barracks to gather the troops, and the next day it was light, so he led the team out of the south of the city. However, after only more than ten miles, I saw a sign of men and horses blocking the road, and the leading man held a mourning sword, and rushed to kill with more than 100 horsemen, and when Wei Dingguo ordered the firefighters to go out of the battle, he turned around. After walking for a few miles, he suddenly killed more than 100 horsemen in the oblique, led by a young man who made Fang Tian draw a halberd, and without saying a word, he rushed to kill, and went away again in a quarter of an hour. Then there were soldiers and horses on the way out to intercept, they stopped and intercepted and left, Wei Dingguo did not fight a serious fight, there was a body of martial arts but nowhere to use, only angry seven holes smoke.

In this way, they did not go about it until the beginning of the afternoon, when they came to the edge of a thin forest, and Wei Dingguo saw that his subordinates were tired, so he ordered to bury the pot and cook. But as soon as Mi got out of the pot, he heard the sound of the trumpet cannon behind the hill in front of him, and a young man of more than ten years old came to harass him with more than 100 horsemen.

"The thief deceived me so much that he made a child tease me!"

Wei Dingguo was furious, picked up the cooked copper knife and urged the horse to kill, but that Xiao Nian was also very courageous, and even raised a gun to meet him. At that moment, the two fought for more than 20 times, and the young man returned to the horse and left, but at this time, Wei Dingguo was willing to let go, and immediately chased after him. The two riders fled and chased after each other, and in a few breaths they turned behind the hills.

"Wei Tuan practiced envoys

, when will it not fall at this time? ”

Let's say that when Wei Dingguo had just turned the hill, he suddenly heard a sound in front of him, and when he looked up, he saw that the young man immediately stood in the middle of the road in front of him with a gun, as if a god had descended from heaven. For a moment, a trace of regret flashed in his heart, this young man was handsome, but it was a pity that he was going to die at my hands.

"The child is arrogant, quickly dismount and be bound, otherwise the master's knife will not recognize people."

Wei Dingguo shouted, and then swung his knife to kill. But he immediately felt that the martial arts of the kid in front of him were similar to the previous judgment, and he tried his best, but the other party was understated. Just when he was retreating, the young man he heard said lightly:

"Wei Tuan Lian, take me another shot and try it!"

After saying that, he saw a gun's shadow coming towards Wei Dingguo's chest, and he hurriedly went to stop it with a horizontal knife, but the tip of the gun seemed to be magnetic, and he couldn't get rid of it after sticking to the knife shaft, and then he felt that his arms were numb for a while, and the cooked copper knife unconsciously took off his hand.

This kid has a lot of skills! In an instant, Wei Dingguo's mind went blank, and he sat on the horse in a daze, forgetting to even flee for his life. "The regimental training envoy, do you want to fight again?" While he was waiting to die, the young man picked up a long knife and handed it back to him, joking with him. Wei Dingguo was like a dream for a while, he mechanically took the cooked copper knife, but he no longer had the fighting spirit, just asked in a daze:

"Who's down there?"

"In the Lower Jingdong Gu Haotian."

"It's the jade-faced Meng taste! No wonder there are such benefits, but they also lose unjustly. ”

Wei Dingguo suddenly realized at this time that the young man in front of him was the famous Gu Haotian. Then he wondered how such a genius boy could be associated with thieves, and he couldn't help asking:

"I heard that the petty officials rebelled, but why?"

"Wei Tuanlian made a mistake, not to rebel in the next place, but to force me to rebel in the court, there is no tolerance for people with conscience in this world!"

The grievances between Gao Taiwei and the petty officials of Jingdong were known to the officialdom because the Privy Council issued a document to crusade against Liangshan Manor, and Wei Dingguo, as a military attache near Jeju, naturally knew it. He knew that the young man had spoken well, but he could not say anything more, but he always felt that he was too radical and that it was always undesirable to hurt the innocent, so he asked:

"Let's not mention any grievances between you and the imperial court, this Zeng Tou City has no grudges and no enmity with you, but why did you come thousands of miles to fight and kill, isn't this the work of thieves?"

"Liangshan Manor has never done anything unfortunate, and regardless of the fact that this Zengtou City robbed my caravan and arrested me, only one of its crimes was mentioned, and it deserved death. If you investigate deeply, this Lingzhou officialdom will even make you at fault for group training. ”

"The petty officials are exaggerating, I still know a little bit about this Zeng Tou City, although the Zeng family is not a kind person, but it is not a big traitor, this kind of squire is powerful and everywhere, even if there are some misdeeds, it is also a matter within the responsibility of civil officials, what does it have to do with a small group training envoy?"

Gu Haotian saw that Wei Dingguo didn't believe it at all, and suddenly came up with an idea, so he smiled and said:

"If the regimental training envoy doesn't believe it, let's make a bet, if the Zeng family's guilt is indeed related to your responsibility, then the regimental training envoy will follow me to Liangshan Manor to serve, if not, we will withdraw the army, and return General Shan Tinggui and the captured officers and soldiers to you, I don't know what to do?"

"It's-"

Wei Dingguo opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to answer, he didn't expect that this little official had made an embarrassing suggestion, and he was stunned for a while.

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