Chapter XXIV
Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Liu Cong and Liu Yao gathered troops, collected civilian boats, cut wood for boats, made rafts, and prepared to cross the Yellow River by force.
On the opposite bank of Liu Cong is Mengjin Pass, this pass is the northern gateway of Luoyang, responsible for guarding the Beijing Division, Mengjin is lost, then Luoyang is not in danger to defend, the geographical location is extremely important, Liu Cong wants to attack Luoyang, first need to take Mengjin Pass.
The Yellow River rushes all the way down from the upper reaches to the Mengjin River and widens, and the water flow plummets, making it convenient for ferries, so Mengjin has become a major ferry.
Zhao Jun was all ready, and after a full meal, Liu Yao, as the vanguard, led Liu Zhen and Liu Gon to lead 20,000 people to cross the river first.
Mengjin guard Zhang Cheng has long been on the shore of the defense, Gou sighed specially transferred 20,000 horses to reinforce, so that Mengjin's defenders have 30,000 people, Zhang Cheng saw the Zhao army crossing the river, immediately commanded the soldiers to release arrows, suddenly the arrows were like flying locusts, overwhelmingly towards the Zhao army.
The Zhao army hurriedly erected a copper shield to block, there were small casualties, but finally escaped the attack of the arrow rain, Liu Cong on the north bank ordered to set up a hard crossbow, fired in a row, after a strong shot, the defenders on the south bank also suffered a lot of casualties, Liu Yao saw Liu Cong on the north bank support, more courageous, see that the boat was about to go to the opposite shore, get up, feet on the water, more than a dozen leaps fell on the opposite bank, the defenders saw that someone attacked the shore, and stepped forward to kill Liu Yao, Liu Yao's martial arts are strong, no one can stop him, between the hunt, the Zhao army then all went ashore, the two armies killed together, the Jin army could not resist the enemy, they retreated one after another and retreated into the Mengjin Pass.
Liu Cong also crossed the shore, and he did not let the Jin army have a chance to breathe, and immediately decided to storm Mengjin Pass.
Mengjin Pass is a small city after all, under Liu Cong's attack, all the Jin troops in the city were killed, Liu Cong held Mengjin Pass, transported all the baggage and siege equipment from the north bank, and set up a large camp at the foot of the mountain, 200,000 horses and horses were all stationed, stretching for more than ten miles.
When the news of Mengjin's loss came to Luoyang, Sima Yue was furious, and he scolded Gou Wei and scolded his eighteenth generation ancestors.
Sima Yue flicked his sleeves and asked him to go down to set up defenses, originally he wanted to go to the sheep to offer his appearance, but now he was in no mood, and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot to turn back and forth.
Zu Ti Liu Kun got the news and immediately went to Jishantang to discuss countermeasures with Jin Muchen.
Although Jin Muchen has his own plans, he also doesn't want the Jin family to be overturned, only to retreat from the foreign enemy first, and then settle old accounts with Sima Yue, he said to Zu Ti: "Zu Ti, the Zhao army is known as 200,000 here, and the army is in full swing, if they attack the city, Luoyang may not be able to support it for long, our Great Jin armament is lax, the war is coming, only the loss is the share, just counting on the imperial court to resist the Zhao army, there is no certainty, for today's plan, only to gather people from the rivers and lakes to come to the national disaster, our Longmen has already prepared, gathered a team of nearly 1,000 people, If the Heavenly Master Dao and the Canghai Gang are found again, then Luoyang will have hope of being saved. ”
"Okay, I'll go to Heavenly Master Dao to find Wei Sacrificial Wine." Liu Kun said.
Liu Kun was about to get up, and Zu Qi said: "I'll go to Tangxi quickly and ask the Canghai gang to come." ”
The two brothers quit Jin Muchen and Jin Ziyan and went separately to find Heavenly Master Dao and the Canghai Gang.
Liu Kun went up the mountain and saw Wei Huacun coming down the mountain with the four elders, so he stepped forward and said, "Daoist Wei, Liu Kun is here to ......."
Wei Huacun waved his hand and said, "Liu Kun, you don't have to say anything, I know what you are doing here, we are preparing to go down the mountain to fight against the Zhao army." ”
"It turns out that we want to go together, what are the plans of the Dao Chief?"
"Poor Dao summoned the Luoyang Dao people to go down the mountain to fight against Zhao, and has already sent people to Gezhi, asking all the masters to come to Luoyang, and also sent people to Longhu Mountain to inform Zhang Tianshi, I believe that his old man will also come."
"Okay, Brother Zu will also contact the Canghai Gang, so that our chances of winning will be greater."
"It turns out that Zu Ti has gone to the Canghai Gang, but I heard that the leader of the Canghai Gang has been replaced, and Yuan Zhenhai has become the leader of the gang again."
Liu Kun knew that the helper was Yue Tongli's Mo Dingfei, if someone changed, would Mo Dingfei be in trouble? No, I also want to go to Tangxi Mountain, he quit Wei Huacun and hurried to Tangxi Mountain.
Zu Ti came to Tangxi Town, ate in a shop, the first thing he heard was that the leader of the Canghai Gang changed people, and now he is still the original gang leader Yuan Zhenhai, he asked people, others can't say clearly, only know that the gang leader Mo Dingfei is no longer the gang leader, he is wondering to himself, and he saw four people carrying a soft chair from the west from a distance, and there is a person sitting on it, half-lying, holding Erlang's legs, humming a small tune in his mouth, and someone said: "Canghai Gang Yuan Gang Leader is so big!" ”
"Of course, this time he regained the position of the gang leader, how can he be unhappy."
"The previous Yuetong gang leader didn't know where he went, and the Mo gang was Bo Yuntian, a man, but he disappeared for some reason."
"I guess I was killed by Gang Leader Yuan!"
"If you don't know, don't talk nonsense, beware of getting into trouble, and do your business well."
Zu Ti listened to them and knew that something must be wrong, he decided to go to Tangxi Mountain to find out, to see if Mo Ding was dead or alive, he was about to go to the inn, Liu Kun tied his horse outside the guesthouse, Zu Ti happily went outside to welcome him in: "Liu Kun, why are you here?!" ”
"That's the case, Heavenly Master Dao didn't need us to mobilize and took the initiative to go down the mountain to prepare to protect Luoyang, I heard Daoist Wei say that the Canghai Gang has a situation, maybe the Canghai Gang is really in trouble, so I'll come to you quickly."
"There must be a reason why Mo Dingfei is no longer the leader of the gang, he doesn't know if he is dead or alive, let's go to Tangxi Mountain at night to see what is going on, and act when we see the opportunity."
"Okay."
Before midnight, the two of them performed light skills and went up the mountain from behind, and came to the cave of the Canghai Gang. ”
Liu Kun looked at Zu Qi, Zu Qi looked at Liu Kun, and the two gangers shouted: "It turned out that it wasn't our Canghai Gang, saying, where did you come from, what are you doing here?!" ”
Zu Ti calmed down and said, "We are also from the Canghai Gang, and we just came in yesterday. ”
"Then why don't you know the password!?"
"Of course we know, it's by the well where Yue Fangfang sleeps."
The two gangsters glanced at each other, touched the back of their heads, and one said: "Tonight's password is not this, I know it's wrong as soon as I hear it, how can the moon be square, and how can I sleep next to the well when I sleep?" ”
The other pointed at Zu Ti and said, "Tell me quickly, what the hell is going on?!" ”
Zu Ti stretched out his index finger and made a silent movement, approached the two and whispered: "Tonight, the helper changed the password, I am afraid that a spy will come in, and it was the real password just now." ”
"Spies?"
"Isn't it?" Zu Ti said and slammed their heads together, and with a dull thud, the two of them staggered to the ground, Zu Ti and Liu Kun pulled them to the well not far from the entrance of the cave, and now they knew why they slept next to the well.
The two of them entered the hole, and no one checked again, firstly, because it was not their duty, and secondly, the gang was busy drinking, and they couldn't notice them at all, and there were a few beautifully dressed women who were dancing, Zu Ti said in his heart, alas, the Canghai Gang has been made so smoky!
Zu Qi glanced at Liu Kun, meaning to go to find Mo Dingfei, they knew that if he was still alive, he would be locked up somewhere, so they walked inside very tacitly.
Away from the hustle and bustle of the hall, there was a water prison in front of him, there was a person locked in it, his head was drooping, his whole body was beaten and scarred, Zu Qi said: "Liu Kun, that person must be Mo Dingfei, let's rescue him quickly!" ”