The two armies fought for dozens of rounds, but there was no victory. Song Jiang and Fang Maung, as the generals of the two armies, were a little worried when they saw that the generals of the two armies were inseparable. At the right time, the battle between the two armies changed, and I saw the beautiful bearded man Zhu Tong stabbing Gou Zheng off his horse with one shot.

Fang Maung saw that Gou Zheng was stabbed off his horse, and was taken aback, and hurriedly Mingjin withdrew his troops; Seeing this, Song Jiang also withdrew his troops, so that the seven pairs of generals separated and returned to their own positions.

The appearance of the three kings, seeing that a general was broken, was unfavorable, so he ordered to retreat to Suzhou City. Song Jiang saw him retreating, and also led the army to turn around and garrisoned thirty miles outside Suzhou.

Fang Xiang retreated into the city, held on to it, assigned the generals, guarded the gates, planted antlers deeply, and placed hard bows, wood, cannon stones and other things on the city wall to prevent the Song army from attacking, and prepared to defend the city.

The next day, Song Jiang was still calling for battle outside, and the Suzhou army resolutely did not go out to meet the battle. Song Jiang saw that Fang Xiang did not dare to come out to fight, so he led the generals to investigate around Suzhou City, and saw that Suzhou City was surrounded by water ports and strong high walls, and thought: "Suzhou City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is attacked, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties, do not be anxious, only think in the long run." ”

So, Song Jiang led everyone back to the camp tent to discuss the strategy of breaking the city with everyone, and when he was troubled, someone outside the camp tent came to report: "Li Jun, the leader of the navy, came from Jiangyin to see the main general." ”

Song Jiang was overjoyed, he assigned Shi Xiu, Li Jun and others to attack from the waterway, all the way to the south, and they had been separated for more than a month, and when he saw Li Jun, he asked, "How is Brother Li Jun?" ”

Li Jun replied: "Returning to my brother, I live up to the trust, I and the Shi Xiu brothers led the naval army to Jiangyin, Taicang coastal and other places, the guard general Yan Yong, the deputy general Li Yubu led the naval ships, and the battle was annihilated by our army, Shi Xiu and other brothers continued to attack, and the younger brother came to report the victory." ”

Song Jiang saw that outside Suzhou City, the water surface was empty, and he expected that the only way to attack was to attack with a naval army, so he left Li Jun behind, and sent President Dai to send a letter to Taicang Shixiu, asking him to be more careful.

Li Jun heard what Song Jiang said, and said: "Go back to my elder brother, wait for the younger brother to go and see the water surface and other conditions, and then discuss how to use the army." ”

Song Jiang agreed: "That's right, the navy army is much smarter than me in attacking my brother, just according to your will!" ”

Li Jun immediately went to the outside of Suzhou City, carefully surveyed the water area and other conditions, and came back for two days, and said: "This city is just south of Taihu Lake, junior brother, I can prepare a boat, go to Yixing Xiaogang, go into Taihu Lake privately, and then go out of Wujiang, listen to the news of the enemy, and then make a decision whether you can enter the army, and attack from all sides, before it can be broken." ”

Song Jiang said: "Brother Xian's words are extremely appropriate! It's just that no deputy goes with you. ”

Li Jun said with a smile: "One brother is enough, my brother is waiting for news here." ”

Song Jiang also had no choice but to agree, the leader of the Song army and his deputies were all sent to other places to attack the enemy along the waterway, and their generals were also fighting on land, and the water could only be used to let people eat meat, and the strength could not be exerted, it was useless at all, so he could only agree to Li Jun's request to go alone, and finally worried about his safety, and still sent two deputy generals to accompany him, Li Jun took a small boat to say goodbye to Song Jiang and went to inquire about the news.

The two lieutenant generals are named Tong Wei and Tong Meng, the three of them take a flat boat, and there are two sailors rocking the oar, a total of five people go straight to the small port of Yixing, everyone looks at the water and the sky on the Taihu Lake, ten thousand acres and one blue, and can't help but admire: "It's really a good scenery!" ”

At this time, it is the time of bright spring, the water is rippling, the sky is far away from the water, and the water is far away from the sky. The high and low water shadows are dust-free, and the upper and lower water and sky are the same. Both wild herons flew in, and their toes lightly touched the water, setting off bursts of ripples, which made people dizzy and forgetful.

A group of five of them drove a small boat across the Taihu Lake, gradually approaching the Wujiang River, and saw a row of fishing boats in the distance, roughly estimated to be about 40 or 50.

Li Jun advised: "We will pretend to be a merchant who buys fish, go to buy fish, go there to inquire, and do not reveal our identity." ”

The other four all nodded, and then shook to the side of the fishing boat, and Li Jun asked with a smile, "Fisherman, is there a big carp?" ”

The fisherman said: "If you want a big carp, I will have it at home, and I will go back with me and sell it to you." ”

Li Jun rocked the boat and went with the fish boats. After a while, they came to a village. When I looked closely, I saw that the village was in the middle of the fence, and there were hump-waisted willow trees in front of the village, and there were about 20 families.

The fisherman first tied the boat, and then led Li Jun, Tong Wei, and Tong Meng ashore to a village. Stepping into the village gate, the man coughed, and seven or eight people came out on both sides, all of them were big men with tiger backs, all holding weapons, and directly framed Li Jun and the three, and they were caught in the village before they could react, and they didn't ask about anything, so they tied the three of them to the stake.

Li Jun looked over unhurriedly, and saw four big men sitting in the grass hall, the head of the man with a red beard and yellow hair, wearing a blue silk jacket; the second was slender and short-haired, wearing a black and green cotton shirt with a black and green disc collar; the third has a long beard with a black face; The fourth, with a broad cheek and a fan-circled beard, both of them generally wore collared green jackets, with black cocktails on their heads, and both leaned on military weapons.

For the head of the drink asked, "Where are you waiting for this guy?" What are you doing in my lake? ”

Li Jun replied: "I am from Yangzhou, I came here as a guest, and I came to buy fish." ”

The fourth bony face said: "Brother Hugh asked him, and when he saw him like that, he guessed that he was a spy, and he only cared about eating and drinking with me." ”

When Li Jun heard this, his heart trembled, and he thought: "I have been a private businessman on the Xunyang River for many years, and I have been a good man in Liangshan Bo for a few years, but I don't want to end up here today, it's really fate!" It's just that the things that my brother explained have not been completed, and I have affected two brothers again! ”

He sighed, looked at Tong Wei and Tong Meng and said, "Today is why I have affected the two brothers, and I am just going to be a ghost!" ”

Tong Wei and Tong Meng replied: "Brother Hugh said this, and it is enough for us to die." Just died here, burying my brother's name. ”

The three of them were still not afraid, and they stood tall and died. When the four heard what the three of them were saying, they looked at each other and said, "This man who is the head must not be the one below." ”

Then the man at the head asked, "Who are the three of you?" You can use a name to teach us to know. ”

Li Jun was afraid that he would be an enemy general, and if he became famous, he was afraid that he would be affected by the army, so he was ready to die, and replied unswervingly: "If you want to kill, you will kill." I will wait for the name, and I will not say it until I die! ”

When the head saw this, he jumped up and raised his sword. Li Jun and the others all closed their eyes, knowing that the person in charge must have been angered by their words and hurt their lives.

However, Li Jun and the others waited for a while, but did not see any movement, and when they opened their eyes, they saw that the man was looking at him with a smile, and his body was able to move.

It turned out that the man had cut the rope with a knife and let the three of them go, but they did not die. Li Jun and the others looked at him dumbfounded, and saw the four of them invite the three of them to the house.

The leader praised: "We have been a strong man for a lifetime, and I have never seen such a good and righteous person as you, and you must be a famous person in the rivers and lakes, but I don't know who the three brothers are, I would like to hear about it!" ”

Li Jun saw that the four of them did not look like people in the army, but also belonged to Caokou like himself, so he was relieved, and replied: "The four brothers are not in the army, but also heroes, so I will tell you, the three of us are the deputy generals of Song Gongming, the vanguard of the Song army." I'm Li Jun, the dragon of the mixed river; These two brothers, one is out of the hole Jiao Tong Wei, and the other is the mirage Tong Meng. We are here to ask for Fang La, if you are Fang La's subordinates, then send the three of us to ask for a reward, if you want to know other things, then don't think about it! ”

When the four of them heard this, they were taken aback, and they knelt down in unison and said: "I have eyes and don't know Taishan, so I offended my brother at the right time, don't blame!" Hugh! ”

"My four brothers, who are not Fang La's subordinates, were originally begging for clothes and food in the green forest; Now to find this place, the name of the place is called Yuliuzhuang, all four miles are deep port, non-ships can not enter. The four of us fished here to find some food and clothing. ”

"Recently, in the winter, I have learned some water kung fu, so no one dares to invade it. We have also heard of Song Gongming's brother's prestige for a long time, and we are also envious, and we also know that my brother's name is great, and I have also met Zhang Shun in the waves, but I never thought that I would meet my brother here! ”

Li Jun was overjoyed and said: "It turned out to be my own brother, I really don't know each other." Zhang Shun is my brother and the leader of the navy, and he is now on the ground in Jiangyin to arrest thieves. Come with him another day, but meet you, I don't know the four great names? ”

For the first one: "The little brothers have different names because they are walking in the green forest, don't laugh brother!" The younger brother is the red-bearded dragon Fei Bao, one is the curly-haired tiger Ni Yun, the other is the Taihu Lake Jiao Buqing, and the other is the thin-faced bear Di Cheng. ”

Li Jun smiled: "It's really not a family, don't enter a family!" Now, Brother Song Gongming is the vanguard of the imperial court's conquest of Fang La's army, and we are also people of the imperial court, I wonder if the four brothers are willing to join us in the conquest of Fang La? ”

The four of them were overjoyed when they heard this, and they were worried that they would not have the opportunity to meet Song Jiang, so they nodded their heads and agreed, willing to fight Fang La together. However, the four of them did not agree to be officials, but only agreed to assist each other to fight Fang La.