On the Aolai Peak, the bandit leader guarding the back mountain scolded impatiently: "Damn, Lao Tzu waited for a long time and didn't see a ghost shadow, that person shouldn't have lied to me." ”

Before the words fell, there was a shouting and killing sound behind him, the bandit leader turned his head to look, only to see that the direction of the cottage was blazing, and a large number of Song soldiers rushed towards his side, the bandit leader secretly said that it was not good, and shouted in a panic: "What's the situation, what happened?" ”

Liu Zixuan rushed to the front of the team, and jumped in front of the bandit leader with a few ups and downs, and the bandit leader pointed at Liu Zixuan's nose and said suspiciously: "Aren't you the one who delivered the letter just now?" Who the hell are you? ”

Before the bandit leader could figure it out, Liu Zixuan's big knife had already slashed over, and the bandit leader hurriedly pulled out the long sword on his body to block Zixuan's big knife.

Liu Zixuan turned over and kicked directly at the wrist of the bandit leader, the long sword came out of his hand, and Liu Zixuan's single knife was another roll, cutting an arc in front of the bandit leader's chest and cutting off his head.

"The leader of the bandits is dead, those who surrender will not be prosecuted, and those who do not surrender will die." Liu Zixuan picked up the head of the bandit leader with a single knife and shouted loudly to the mountain bandits.

When the mountain bandits saw that the leader had been killed, there was no point in resisting, and they all dispersed in a hurry and fled towards the East Mountain Village.

Shi Luosheng led the army to pursue behind, but found that these city defense troops did not contribute at all, and symbolically pursued for a few hundred meters and stood still. Shi Luosheng didn't force it, turned around and smiled at Zhang Fang next to him: "General Zhang, this time we have won the victory, and you have also made a lot of efforts, and you have to let Zhang Taishou reward you well when you go back." ”

Zhang Fang's heart was like ashes at this time, and he said secretly: "Today's things are messed up, Aolai Peak has been exterminated, and after I go back, Zhang Taishou will thank God if he doesn't kill me, and reward me." But he still had to laugh and say: "Where, where, it is General Shi's foresight, using soldiers like a god, and the last general admires it." ”

After the battle, Shi Luosheng interrogated several captured prisoners in a row, and found that most of the mountain bandits were people from the Dongshan area, and they all had relatives in the city.

Shi Luosheng set fire to the camp of Aolai Peak and returned to Jeju City with his troops.

Zhang Mancheng learned the news that Aolai Fengzhai had been taken down in Taishou Mansion, and while scolding Li Ming for being useless and finding a waste to guard the village, he scolded Zhang Fang for being incompetent and not being able to do any trivial things.

Butler Yu, who was standing on the side, persuaded: "Master is angry, when Shi Luosheng comes back, I will arrange a few people to kill him secretly, and then push his death to the mountain bandits." ”

Zhang Mancheng became even more angry after hearing this: "What bad idea did you come up with, Shi Luosheng is the general's righteous son, Liu Zixuan is also the general's personal disciple, both of them are masters from the Heavenly Sword Gate, can you find a master who can beat them in Jeju City?" Zhang Mancheng thought that Shi Luosheng was also a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Steward Yu said a little unwillingly: "Assassination is not good, then we will poison them, and when they come back, sir, you will directly poison them under the pretext of celebrating their achievements." ”

Zhang Mancheng shook his head and said: "It's not okay to poison, you don't want to think about it, even if we succeed, the general's righteous son and apprentice died in Jeju, can the general give up?" Maybe he will be annoyed to lead a large army himself, and then let alone those mountain bandits, even we will lose our heads. ”

Steward Yu said in frustration: "Assassination and poisoning can't work, don't we have nothing to do with them?" ”

Zhang Mancheng pondered for a moment and said: "They must not die here, they have to find a way to let them retreat by themselves." I heard that the general only gave Shi Luosheng half a year, so you can arrange it again in the evening, and send someone to tell those mountain bandits that the mountain gate will be closed from today, and no matter what happens within half a year, they will not be allowed to come out. ”

Steward Yu exclaimed: "This trick is wonderful, once the half-year deadline has passed, the surnamed Shi will not be able to complete the task of suppressing bandits assigned by the general, and the master will let Captain Tian participate in him again to see how he ends." ”

In the evening, Zhang Mancheng set up a banquet to celebrate Shi Luosheng, but Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan did not participate, and only let Zhang Fang come to the banquet. This made the celebration banquet, which should have been lively, extremely embarrassing.

"Luosheng, Mr. Guo just sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that their army will be in Jeju City in two days." Back at the post station, Liu Zixuan saw the people sent by Guo Xu.

Shi Luosheng said: "Okay, I'm waiting for Mr. Guo and them to come, none of the city defense troops in Jeju can be used, and you can also see it today, we can obviously wipe out the mountain bandits of Aolai Peak, but they were deliberately released by these city defense forces, and the plan that I originally wanted to take down Li Ming in one fell swoop was also ruined." ”

Liu Zixuan also felt the same way: "Yes, today was originally an excellent opportunity to let the surrendered mountain bandits lure open the walled gate, and then we took advantage of the chaos to kill in and cut Li Ming with one sword, and the biggest mountain bandit leader in the Dongshan area was solved." It's a pity that it will be difficult to find such opportunities in the future. ”

Shi Luosheng said: "But today at least it has been confirmed that there is indeed collusion between Zhang Mancheng and Li Ming of Dongshan. Just look at Zhang Fang's expression today, if we fight Dongshanzhai as planned, now our heads will be hung at the door of Li Ming's camp. Do you say that this Zhang Mancheng only colluded with Li Ming or did he collude with these Wulu mountain bandits? If it's just with Li Ming, it's easy to deal with. If we collude with the five roads, we want to complete the task of suppressing bandits within half a year, which is a bit difficult. ”

Liu Zixuan thought of an idea: "Why don't we report the situation in Jeju to the general first, and let the general transfer Zhang Mancheng away." ”

Shi Luosheng shook his head: "Zhang Mancheng is Tian Yulong's person, if you want to transfer him, Tian Yulong will definitely come out to intervene, and it is hard to say whether it can be successful in the end." We can't pin all our hopes on the generals, we still have to rely on ourselves. Now the mountain bandits have five forces, plus one Zhang Mancheng, and six different interest groups, and when there are many people, the people's hearts are not aligned, and the people's hearts are not aligned, so the discord plan is the most effective. ”

Liu Zixuan asked, "Discordant plan?" Zhang Mancheng and Li Ming are only afraid that it will be difficult to separate. ”

Shi Luosheng lowered his head and thought for a while: "It is indeed difficult to separate between officials and bandits, but it is easy to start between bandits and bandits. Zixuan, you have fast feet, go to Guo Xu overnight, be sure to find them before dawn tomorrow. Then let Guo Xu lead 1,000 people, raise more flags, lengthen the line, disguise themselves as 3,000 people, slow down along the way, and say to the public that they can reach Jeju City in five days. You and Xun Yuqing took the remaining 2,000 people, died down, and quietly went to Pengcheng. Li Hai, the bandit leader of Pengcheng, was the weakest of the five forces, with only 6,000 men on his hands. ”

Shi Luosheng thought for a while and continued: "I heard that there is a second master in Pengcheng named Wang Lun, this Wang Lun was originally a showman, because the son of the local county commander bullied his sister, he was forced to become a mountain bandit in order to avenge his sister. You discuss with Yuqing and see if you can find a way to make some fuss about him and take Peng Cheng down for me. ”

Liu Zixuan said: "Okay, since you are a scholar, how can you be willing to be a mountain bandit?" I'm going to find a way to persuade him to surrender, and if he's willing to surrender, it will be easy to take Pengcheng. ”

Pengcheng, the name sounds like a city, but in fact it is just a cottage. At this time, in the camp of Pengcheng Walled, a bald man was arguing with a green-shirted scribe about something.

The bald man said: "Second brother, there's nothing to worry about, it's not once or twice that the officers and soldiers have come to suppress the bandits, which one has succeeded?" Every time, we don't get beaten back. ”

The green-shirted scribe hurriedly said: "The owner of the village, this time is completely different, all the officers and soldiers who came here in the past were the officers and soldiers of Jeju City, and many of them have family members working in our camp, so every time they come to suppress bandits, they are all for show." But this time it was someone directly sent down by the Great Song Dynasty, and Shi Luosheng, who was the leader, heard that he was still the righteous son of the general Deng Yuanjue. Think about it, the righteous son of the dignified general, isn't the purpose of his coming to suppress the bandits just to make meritorious contributions, and he will not stop until he exterminates us. Let's break it up and hide in the mountains. ”

The bald man was a little unhappy: "Second brother, what is going on with you this time, how can you grow other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige, you were not like this before." Even if it is the general's righteous son who leads the troops this time, so what, I still don't know the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers? Besides, if there is any problem, someone from Jeju will come and inform us. ”

The green-shirted scribe sighed and said, "Li Ming just believes in the news of Jeju too much, so his Aolai Peak Village will be easily taken by Shi Luosheng, we can't make the same mistake." ”

The bald man accentuated his tone: "Okay, second, Shi Luosheng only has 3,000 people, and we have 6,000 people." The city defense army of Jeju City has no combat effectiveness, and Jang Man-sung will not send many people to him. If Shi Luosheng really brings troops to take my Pengcheng, I will defend it, anyway, he only has half a year, and when the time comes, he will not have to leave in disgrace. What else is there to worry about, why do I have to break it up and hide in the mountains? Say no more, we keep drinking. ”

The green-shirted scribe no longer insisted, and reluctantly drank the wine in the cup.

When the banquet was dismissed, the green-shirted scribe returned to his room, and as soon as he opened the door, he found a man sitting in a chair, as if he had been waiting for him to return.

The green-shirted scribe seemed to have guessed something, and asked calmly: "Who is Your Excellency, and what is the matter with Wang?" ”

The man smiled slightly: "Mr. Wang is known as the think tank of Pengcheng, and he must have guessed my identity and intention. ”

Wang Lun looked at Liu Zixuan coldly and said, "General Liu, you are sitting in Wang's room so swaggeringly, aren't you afraid that Wang will call someone to keep you now?" ”

Liu Zixuan laughed and said, "Mr. Wang is so smart, he won't do this kind of thing." First, you were killed by me before the person you called came. Second, Mr. Wang is different from the mountain bandits in Li Hai, you were forced to fall into the grass, they volunteered to be bandits, and you and they are not all the way in your bones. ”

Wang Lun still looked at Liu Zixuan without changing his face, and asked, "Then General Liu is planning to surrender me this time?" If this is the case, then please ask General Liu to go back, I will treat it as if I have never seen the general, and please ask the general to die of this heart, it is impossible for me to surrender the officers and soldiers. ”