Hou Meng died of illness on the way back, and Niu Gao led the army straight to Qingzhou City alone. At the beginning, Zhao Gou asked the two of them to go to dispatch the army of Jingxi Road, and the place where they went was Qingzhou City, and he wanted to besiege Qingzhou City, besiege Song Jiang and others, and then attack.

Zhao Gou instructed Niu Gao and the others to go down to rest, sat down alone, sprayed a mouthful of blood again, and muttered to himself: "The internal force is overdrawn, and the body can't bear it!" Senior brother's heavy punch, the strength is mixed with a little Taoist internal force, could it be that he has also practiced internal strength, but his skill is not good? ”

So, Zhao Gou sat cross-legged and slowly breathed the wounds on his body. If it is a traumatic injury, it only needs to be treated by a military doctor, but he is suffering from an internal injury, and the medicine stone is ineffective, and he can only regulate his own pranayama.

The soldiers of the Song army saw that Zhao Gou was brave and good at fighting, mighty and domineering, and they were all in good spirits and their morale was greatly boosted. On the other hand, the Liangshan army, in the pre-battle battle, lost two generals in a row, and was captured alive by the Song army, Lu Junyi and Yang Zhi, which was already a mess.

"Brother Gongming, our side lost two generals, Lu Junyi and Yang Zhi were captured alive, our army's morale is low, and in terms of combat effectiveness, it can't be compared with the Song army, how can this be good?"

Song Jiang was silent and frowned. After a while, he said: "I really miscalculated that the commander of the Song army actually had this martial arts, even the two brothers Lu and Yang were arrested, and the two brothers Qin Ming and Suo Chao died in battle." ”

"Qingzhou City is short of grain and grass, if it continues like this, it will be difficult to get out of trouble. The main force of our army is in Qingzhou City again, so we can't fight for a long time! I don't know if the military advisor has a good strategy? ”

Wu Yong replied: "The morale of the Song army was high, but instead of taking advantage of the victory to pursue, they refused to meet the enemy. Now that two days have passed, no matter how our soldiers call the battle, they are all standing still, there must be fraud! ”

"Our army spies reported that the commander of the Song army stayed at home and stayed in the camp tent and never came out. However, the soldiers of the Song army went back and forth, and they must have been discussing how to decide. ”

"There is a shortage of grain and grass in Qingzhou City, which is a top priority; Secondly, the low morale of our army is also a big thing. If my expectations are correct, the commander of the Song army is waiting for the opportunity, but he doesn't know what it is, which is really confusing. ”

Wu Yong's face was solemn, and everyone was at a loss. Since the Liangshan army set out on the expedition, it has never encountered such an opponent, even if it has fought with the Song army dozens of times, most of them are victories, how could there have been passive beatings today, and I don't know what the Song army is doing, and it is even more difficult to prevent.

It had been two days since the army of Jingxi Road arrived in Qingzhou City, and Zhao Gou ordered Niu Gao to pass on the military order to station them in the rear of the Tai'an army and stand still for the time being. In addition, Zhao Gou was still waiting for news from Wu Luan, and he could launch an attack with a two-pronged approach and defeat Song Jiang and the others in one fell swoop.

"My lord, why has it been two days since the arrival of the Western Road army, and our army's follow-up troops are enough, and we have not sent troops to attack Qingzhou City?"

Zhao Gou said with a smile: "The morale of our army is greatly boosted, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and there are tens of thousands of troops on the western road, so the reluctance to send troops is decided after careful consideration. Everyone didn't understand the meaning of his words, "No matter what you say, Song Jiang and the others are the people of the Great Song Dynasty after all, and our army is also a Song people. ”

"Maybe they don't understand that the people of the Great Song Dynasty should be united, and the suffering is only temporary. As long as you believe that the country will be rich and strong, you will definitely be able to. Of course, there is also the need to govern the country well. My father has my father's suffering, and you will know it later. It's not good for you to say too much at this time, as long as you know that we are all Song people, but brothers. ”

"So, I think that the war has been delayed again and again, in order to give Song Jiang and others a chance to surrender the city. The other is to wait for news from Wu Lan. As long as General Zhang Shuye does everything well, we can take action and achieve the greatest victory at the lowest cost. ”

"It's a pity that I gave them a chance, but I didn't take it. In that case, we don't have to show mercy. Zhao Gou's face became cold, he sighed deeply, and said in a deep voice: "All the soldiers listen to the order, pass on the commander's military order, and all the soldiers will prepare tonight, and wait for the general's dispatch." ”

The crowd shouted in unison, "No! ”

Immediately, everyone walked out of the camp and went down to convey Zhao Gou's military order. The soldiers of the Song army had been waiting for a long time, and they were overjoyed to hear the message of Zhao Gou's military order. At the same time, the entire Tai'an army soldiers were elated and high-spirited. Everyone knows that Zhao Gou has decided to start acting.

"Report to Marshal, Wu Xianfeng is back, and Master Zeng is together!" The soldiers hurried to the tent and bowed down to report.

Zhao Gou was overjoyed when he heard that Zeng Xiaoyun and Wu Ling were back, he had already guessed the result, and hurriedly stood up to greet the two of them. Everyone also followed, Wu Lan and Zeng Xiaoyun couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when they saw Zhao Gou leading the soldiers to greet them in person, and hurriedly said: "My lord, fortunately, I am not dishonored!" ”

The conjecture in Zhao Gou's heart was confirmed, and he couldn't help laughing and said, "It's so good, you two came at the right time!" Ha ha! ……”

Zeng Xiaoyun and Wu Lan looked at each other, surprised, turned to look at everyone cheering, couldn't help but be a little curious, and when Lieutenant Yang Yi told Zhao Gou about the two of them, they were also surprised. After that, it was also mentioned that Zhao Gou ordered to prepare for an attack on Qingzhou City tonight.

The two of them came and brought good news, which was really like a tiger with wings. Now, all the orders that Zhao Gou commanded before are in place. As long as the gate of Qingzhou City is broken tonight, the entire Jingxi Road army and the Tai'an army can drive straight in, and no one can stop them.

Song Jiang and the others also received a report from the spies, saying that the soldiers of the Song army were highly moraled, murderous, and cheering, and everyone's faces showed excitement. So, Wu Yong guessed that Zhao Gou should be ready to act, and hurriedly ordered people to guard the city gate. Moreover, spies were sent to find out every move of the Song army.

It's a pity that Zhao Gou had long expected that there would be spies to inquire about the military situation, and he had already ordered people to ambush the surroundings and strengthen vigilance. If an enemy spy arrives, they will not hesitate to rush up and kill them all, leaving no survivors. Then, as soon as Zi Shi arrived, Zhao Gou personally came to the army, and even the army of the Western Road also came.

Zhao Gou asked many generals: "Generals, are there any climbers in your army?" Someone with a lot of skills? ”

Everyone bowed their heads in contemplation, and after thinking about it, they were all soldiers who said that the soldiers in their camps knew this skill. They also didn't think that what Zhao Conception wanted was someone to climb, and what the two armies should need in the confrontation was someone who charged into battle, and when they needed such a person. If it sounds good, it is a climber, and if it is not good, it is a gentleman on the beam, especially a person who steals chickens and dogs, and some soldiers dare not admit it even if they have done it before.

After counting, there were about 130 people in total, and 30 of these people used to be stealing chickens and dogs, but all of them had joined the barracks and had long since washed their hands; There are also sixty people who are from the mountains and wilderness, who can write the art of climbing, and need to collect medicinal herbs in the mountains and forests, and the last dozens of people are people who are agile.

Zhao Gou ordered all of them to leave with him alone, as for the others, they were always ready, as long as they saw the signal, the army would attack, and it would be under the jurisdiction of the generals of the Western Road Army, and Zhao Gou also left Zeng Xiaoyun, Wu Lan and others, and let him all stay behind to support. Then, he looked at these selected people again, and said solemnly: "I don't care what you did before, everything you did today will be greatly credited with the battle merits, do you know why I want you to come out alone?" ”

"I don't know!" Everyone replied in unison.

Zhao Gou said: "I am going to send you to carry out a very important task, if you complete it, you will be the hero of the Great Song Dynasty." However, this is more dangerous, do you want to? If you don't want to brother, can you stand up? None of the 130 people came forward, and all of them were willing to obey the command, and he said, "Whoever is alone in the house, and who has a family, is out of the ranks." ”

Everyone still didn't stand up, and Zhao Gou saw that they were so determined, so he had no choice but to let their general come to point out the situation. After screening again, 30 out of 130 people were eliminated from this situation and returned to the original general, they were very unwilling, but helpless.

"A hundred people, that's just right!" Zhao Gou nodded, and said solemnly: "Passing on the military order, one hundred of you will go to Qingzhou City, open the city gate, and wait for the army to come and encircle and suppress the traitors." Today, I will occupy Qingzhou City, defeat the Liangshan army in one fell swoop, and completely relieve the crisis of Qingzhou City. ”