Liu Zixuan said: "Mr. Wang, don't be in a hurry to refuse me, I have already inquired on the way here, Mr. was originally a teacher in Dongshan County, and later your sister was taken by the son of the county order and insulted her." In order to take revenge, you entered the county commander's house in the middle of the night and slaughtered his son with a knife. After the county commander caught you in a rage, he didn't rush to kill you, but put you in prison and tortured you for more than half a year. But he still underestimated your abilities, and you eventually escaped. Later, after several rounds, you had to become a mountain bandit, and in a few years, with your ability, you won Li Hai's appreciation, and also sat in the position of the second leader of the Peng Walled City. ”

Wang Lun's face was calm: "Since the general knows my past so well, he naturally knows that it is impossible for me to surrender to the imperial court." ”

Liu Zixuan said: "I understand your feelings, but the persecution of you is only one person from the county magistrate of Dongshan County, and you can't deny the entire Great Song Dynasty because of one person." ”

Wang Lun snorted coldly: "Only him? Hehe, I'm afraid that there will be no fewer people like the county magistrate of Dongshan County in Song Kingdom, right? In addition to him, what kind of good person is Jang Man-sung in Jeju City? How many good people are there among the five great families above? ”

Liu Zixuan was speechless for a while, so he had to change the topic: "Sir, let's not discuss whether what you said is right or not, for now, with your wisdom, it should not be difficult to predict our determination to suppress the bandits this time, don't say that Pengcheng can't hold it, even the mountain bandits in the entire Dongshan region will be all exterminated, sir, you are a scholar, they are the authentic mountain bandits, you have not had time to display your talent, do you have to live and die with them?" Are you willing? ”

Liu Zixuan's words hit Wang Lun's heart, what was he studying for? It's not about learning to be a martial artist, and the goods are with the emperor's family. Later, he was persecuted and became a mountain bandit, not to mention, and now he has to be buried with the mountain bandits, of course Wang Lun is unwilling.

Wang Lun smiled bitterly: "The general can easily enter the cottage, and it is not difficult for you to break through this village, and I am not willing to bury what I have learned in the loess before I have time to show it, alas...... It's okay if you want me to surrender, but you have to kill the Jeseong County Commander first, if he doesn't die, I can't be at ease, even if I surrender, I can't guarantee that I won't be harmed by him in the future. ”

Liu Zixuan shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, although the Dongshan County Order is only a small county order, it is also an official of the imperial court, and we will not assassinate him." But I can guarantee your safety, in the meantime, you can choose to stay in the army, you also know that General Shi is the righteous son of the general, and it is not difficult for him to protect a person in the army. If you want to be an official, you can also be arranged to take up a post elsewhere. ”

Wang Lun didn't answer immediately, walking back and forth in the room, Liu Zixuan knew that he was about to make a decision, and he didn't rush.

Finally, Wang Lun stopped and asked, "What does the general need me to do?" ”

Seeing that Wang Lun had finally decided to surrender, Liu Zixuan smiled slightly and said, "Sir, how many henchmen do you have in the cottage?" I would like to ask the gentleman to arrange for the men to open the gate of the village and let our army in. ”

Wang Lun thought for a while and said, "Letting you in can indeed take this village, but it can't have the best effect." Since Wang has decided to surrender to you, he will simply give you a big gift. ”

Liu Zixuan was surprised: "Oh? What a gift? ”

Wang Lun said with a smile: "Later, Wang arranged for his henchmen to wait outside Li Hai Gate, and the general pretended to be my entourage and went to see Li Hai with me, and then you killed him." As long as Li Hai dies and gets rid of a few of his henchmen, the position of the owner of the village will naturally be mine. The general will lead his army to surround this village tomorrow and feign an attack. I sent someone to break through and ask for help from Zhan Shiqian in Xianghu as Li Hai, Zhan Shiqian and Li Hai are sworn brothers, Li Hai is in trouble, and Zhan Shiqian will inevitably lead the army to rescue. When the general waited for James to raise troops to rescue, he took the opportunity to capture Xianghu, if James knew that the rear was lost, he would be in chaos, and hurriedly returned to the army to rescue, and then I led the troops out of the village, and the general attacked on both sides, and took James in one fell swoop, and a battle could be set Pengcheng and Xianghu. ”

Liu Zixuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and made a gesture to Wang Lun with both hands in his fists: "Mr. is really talented, no wonder he is called a think tank, Liu Mou now really admires Mr., fortunately Mr. joined us, otherwise it is really not a blessing to be Mr.'s enemy." ”

Wang Lun has always been not valued, he used to be just a teacher, and then he fell into the grass and became a bandit, although Li Hai promoted himself to be the second master, but he still looked down on himself in his bones as a powerless scholar, unless he encountered a major event, Li Hai would not listen to his own opinions. It's rare for someone to praise themselves so much now, and it's still very useful in their hearts.

After Wang Lun arranged his henchmen, he and Liu Zixuan came to Li Hai's gate, and as soon as Wang Lun spoke, he heard Li Hai shouting impatiently: "Second brother, what's wrong with you, I just fell asleep, you have to come to me now if you have any urgent matter, you can't wait until tomorrow?" ”

Wang Lun smiled and pushed open the door: "Village master, you can't wait until tomorrow, because tomorrow you will not be there." ”

Li Hai was a little confused: "I'm gone, where am I going?" How I don't know. ”

Wang Lun still sneered, looking at Li Hai like a dead man, Liu Zixuan, who was standing behind Wang Lun, suddenly pulled out the knife, the knife light came out of the sheath, Li Hai didn't have time to react, the long knife had already been inserted into Li Hai's heart. Liu Zixuan immediately cleared out a few guards outside the door. Some of those who planned to run away when they saw that the situation was not good were also intercepted by Wang Lun's henchmen.

Wang Lun watched Li Hai's wide eyes fall to the ground, and felt a little sad, how can he be regarded as a character, laying such a foundation with his bare hands, and now he is a fool like this.

Liu Zixuan cleaned up the guards outside the door and said to Wang Lun: "Sir, the rest will be handed over to you, I will go back to the camp now to prepare, and I will lead the troops to surround the village tomorrow." ”

"What, the owner of the village has just been stabbed by Shi Luosheng's people?" Several of Li Hai's henchmen had just received the news from Wang Lun and hurried to Li Hai's residence.

Wang Lun saw that the people had arrived, and said sadly: "Everyone, unfortunately, just now the owner of the village was assassinated, and now his life is dying, the owner of the village asked me to summon you to come, he wants to explain what happened after his death, and now the owner of the village is in the house, please come in." ”

When the henchmen heard that they had to explain what was going on after their deaths, they couldn't help but fantasize about whether the next owner of the village would be themselves, and it was the existence of this kind of thinking that also made them ignore some details, such as how the guards they were familiar with Li Hai were gone.

Everyone hurriedly entered the bedroom, saw Li Hai lying on the bed, had lost his breath, and secretly screamed in their hearts, and when they were about to turn around and go out, they found that the door had been locked from the outside. Then there was a sound of bows and crossbows, and countless arrows shot into the room. After the bow and crossbow, a row of torches was thrown in, and in an instant, Li Hai's residence became a sea of fire, and several of his henchmen were also buried in it.

Overnight, Wang Lun controlled the whole village, Li Hai's henchmen were all killed, and the rest were their own people and some centrists, now that Li Hai is dead, the centrists have no other choice, so they have to push the boat down the river and promote Wang Lun as the new owner of the village.

After tossing all this, the sky is already dawning, this new owner seems to be very unlucky, just now the spies came to report, Pengcheng has been surrounded by officials and soldiers.

Wang Lun personally led his troops out to meet the battle, but as soon as the two armies clashed, they were defeated by officers and soldiers.

In desperation, Wang Lun had no choice but to send his henchmen to ask for help in the name of Li Hai to his sworn brother James, the bandit leader of Xianghu.

But no one knew that after the henchmen broke through, they did not go to Xianghu Lake at the first time, but walked into the camp of the Song army. Half an hour later, the henchmen left the camp and threw themselves into the Elephant Lake. Not long after he left, Liu Zixuan also left with 1,500 people. The remaining 500 people are led by Xun Yuqing to empty the city, anyway, the mountain bandits in Pengcheng will not come out of the village to see, as long as the number of tents remains the same, who knows how many people are inside?

James received a letter from Li Hai asking for help and asked the messenger: "How many officers and soldiers have come?" How could Brother Li's 6,000 men not be able to defend Pengcheng? ”

The messenger replied: "The main force sent by the imperial court this time is not the city defense army of Jeju, but the 3,000 forbidden army directly transferred from Jianye, and the leader of the troops is Liu Zixuan, the personal disciple of the great general Deng Yuanjue, and the general's righteous son Shi Luosheng also brought 2,000 Jeju city defense troops on the way. The owner of the village was stabbed by Liu Zixuan on the eve of the battle, unable to command the battle, and the second master Wang Lun fought several battles with the officers and soldiers and returned defeated, so he sent me to ask the lord of Zhan Zhai for help. ”

James first asked the messenger to go down to rest, and then gathered his subordinates together to discuss how to rescue the next step.

The third master said: "The owner of the village, the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army is not comparable to us, don't go to this rescue, so as not to get into trouble." ”

The second boss objected: "No, I can't help it, the purpose of the government's suppression of bandits this time is not only for the Pengcheng family, but for the entire Dongshan area." If we don't save Li Hai this time, no one will come to save us next time they come to fight, so we have to go. ”

James Qian echoed: "What the second brother said makes sense, besides, Li Hai and I are sworn brothers, he is in trouble to ask me for help, I won't go, let outsiders know that I am afraid of death." But what the third brother said is also reasonable, the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army is indeed not something we can compete with, and I am also worried that I didn't rescue Li Hai, but put myself in it. ”

Gu Hou explained: "The owner of the village doesn't have to worry too much, no matter how strong the fighting power of the forbidden army is, he only has 3,000 people, we have 7,000 people in Xianghu, plus 6,000 people in Pengcheng, four times the enemy, we have an absolute advantage in terms of troops." As for the 2,000 men of the Jeju City Defense Army, they are still on the way, and even if they come, they will not pose a threat to us with their combat effectiveness. ”

Gu Hou stopped at this point, looked at James and asked, "Master of the village, I have a question I want to ask you, what if...... I mean, if Li Hai died, would you take Pengcheng? ”

James Shiqian's eyes glared: "Second brother, what do you mean by this, Li Hai is my sworn brother, if he dies, of course I will inherit Pengcheng." ”

Gu Hou nodded thoughtfully: "Then I understand, the owner of the village, I suggest that this time leave a thousand people for the third brother to guard the village, and all the others will be taken to Pengcheng by the owner of the village, and I will also accompany the owner of the village." ”