Chapter 222: Fishing in Troubled Waters

Li Yanqing's worries did not materialize, this was an emergency operation at night, and the assembly was very hasty, and the battalions did not have time to count the number of people before they came out of the camp under the leadership of the main general Zhu Bai. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Not only the southern military camp, but also the other three military camps were assembled at the same time, Yang Jian personally served as the chief general of the 20,000 army, and the deputy general was appointed by Wang Jian, the commander of the Xiangdu, and the 20,000 soldiers were killed in two ways to the west of the south.

In the team, Li Yanqing followed everyone all the way to the south, in the dark, everyone's faces flickered, it was difficult for people to see that he was a new soldier, the team was not neat, the speed was different, only ran out of less than five miles, he and the same soldiers ran away, but still mixed in the crossbow of the brigade to run.

He watched closely on both sides, and he soon noticed that soldiers were constantly running out of the ranks, crouching in the bushes by the roadside, and the generals on both sides ignored them, and they didn't seem to care if the soldiers returned to the group.

At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly saw a huge umbrella cover appear in the team parallel to them, Li Yanqing was stunned in his heart, this is a pomp that only the Son of Heaven has, even if it is not the Son of Heaven, it is only allowed to be used by the Son of Heaven's henchmen.

He hurriedly poked the soldier next to him with his elbow, and asked the huge umbrella Gainu, "Who is that?" ”

"Who else will it be, of course it is Gonggong Yang, who would dare to use an umbrella cover besides him?"

Li Yanqing was secretly happy in his heart, Yang Jian finally came forward, at this time, he saw that the two teams began to diverge, and hurriedly ran into the bushes and squatted, after a while, he took advantage of the unpreparedness and mixed into the opposite team, he ran faster and faster, and the distance from the purple umbrella cover was getting closer and closer, and the distance was only thirty steps.

Li Yanqing finally saw clearly the person under the umbrella cover, a middle-aged man who was quite tall and fat, with no beard under his jaw and a gentle Adam's apple, just like a eunuch, he was sitting in a wide covered carriage, squinting his eyes and contemplating something.

Li Yanqing immediately judged that this person was the ultimate goal of his trip - Yang Jian, he involuntarily touched the dagger in his leather boots, twenty steps, he could shoot Yang Jian like killing Zhu Tao, but reason told him that it was not yet time, even if he killed Yang Jian, it would be difficult for him to escape, and he still needed to wait for the best time.

Li Yanqing restrained the murderous intent in his heart, and continued to run south in the hands of a large group of bows and crossbows.

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At the time of the third watch, on the east bank of Liangshan Shuibo, hundreds of small boats loaded with soldiers of the Liangshan Army went ashore, and in the reeds, groups of soldiers jumped ashore and ran to the assembly place in front, this is the third group of 1,000 soldiers, and the first two groups of soldiers have already gone ashore first.

This is Song Jiang personally led 3,000 troops and more than a dozen generals to attack Xicheng, in order to capture a large number of prisoners of war in exchange for the body of Chao Gai, the leader of Liangshan.

But what the generals didn't know was that Song Jiang had already received a handwritten reply from Yang Jian, agreeing to his request for peace, and agreeing to his feint attack on Xichengsu in the early morning, but also clearly required that the Liangshan army could not enter within fifty steps of Xichengsuo, otherwise it would be regarded as Song Jiang's breach of the contract, and he would attack Liangshan in a big way.

Song Jiang rode on a yellow huss horse, his eyes looked solemnly in the direction of Xicheng, which was less than twenty miles away from Xichengsuo, and could be killed in an hour, but Song Jiang seemed a little preoccupied, he had just received a spy report from Xucheng County, and the officers and soldiers of Xucheng County poured out, and the county seat was empty, which made Song Jiang suddenly see an opportunity.

At this time, Wu Yong walked over and said in a low voice: "Yang Jian has no sincerity, he obviously wants to use the opportunity of our feint attack on Xicheng to annihilate the Liangshan army in one fell swoop, why doesn't the second brother just plan it?" ”

Song Jiang said for a while: "I'm afraid that a big war will be inevitable." ”

"Before the birthday of the Son of Heaven, Yang Jian will not make any moves, after the birthday of the Son of Heaven will enter the winter, and he will not send troops, this time it will be the beginning of spring next year, maybe we have already recovered by then, and we are not afraid of Yang Jian's attack on the mountain, and the second brother also just took advantage of this opportunity to fully grasp the power of Liangshan."

Wu Yong's last sentence hit Song Jiang's heart, but he was still a little hesitant, in this way, he really offended Yang Jian.

Wu Yong understood Song Jiang's mind very well, and he continued to persuade: "Actually, I am not afraid of offending Yang Jian, what I am afraid of is that we have no strength. ”

Song Jiang was finally persuaded by Wu Yong, and he immediately ordered: "Let all the great men see me!" ”

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The time has gradually reached the fourth watch, and 20,000 Song troops have laid a net in the area of Xicheng, waiting for the Liangshan army to throw themselves into the net.

Li Yanqing was always within 200 steps of Yang Jian's umbrella, although he was able to get close to Yang Jian's carriage by chance during the march, but once he was deployed, Yang Jian's 2,000 personal guards would guard him in groups, and it was difficult for any outsider to enter within 100 steps.

This made Li Yanqing a little secretly annoyed in his heart, he had already known that Yang Jian's personal defense was so tight, he should have started when he was marching, and he was now a little worried that the opportunity had been lost.

At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly heard the two generals talking in a low voice: "I'm afraid the situation is a little bad, Liang Shanjun may be leading the snake out of the hole." ”

"Brother Yang, what do you say?"

"Trick us into Xicheng, Xucheng County and the dock are empty, and the Liangshan army is very likely to sneak attack Xucheng!"

Li Yanqing secretly agreed, since Song Jiang can be the lord of Liangshan, he must also have something extraordinary, knowing that the officers and soldiers are deployed in Xicheng, why did Song Jiang come to send him to death? A sneak attack on Sucheng County is really a good strategy.

At this moment, suddenly a soldier pointed to the north and shouted: "Look! ”

Everyone looked back, only to see thick smoke billowing dozens of miles away in the north, and the flames were soaring into the sky, and the soldiers shouted, "It's the direction of the dock, it must be the dock warehouse that is burning." ”

Yang Jian also saw the fire in the north, he suddenly realized that he had been fooled by Song Jiang, and he was furious in his heart, and shouted: "The army will return to the city immediately!" ”

The deputy general Wang Jian galloped over on horseback and said in a loud voice: "Taifu, Song Jiang may have transferred us to the north, he still has to attack Xichengsuo, and it is recommended to divide the troops into two ways, and half of the army will still stay in Xichengsuo!" ”

Yang Jian was really worried about his own mansion in Sucheng County, where there were countless precious treasures he had collected over the years, and once the other party attacked Sucheng County, his mansion would bear the brunt.

He did not hesitate to order: "You can lead the army to stay, and I will return to Sucheng!" ”

Yang Jian's 10,000-strong army began to turn around and retreat north, Li Yanqing was overjoyed, as long as he was marching, he would find a new opportunity.

He followed Yang Jian's personal guard brigade and ran northward, his eyes never left Yang Jian, after running for five or six miles, Li Yanqing suddenly thought of something, he began to observe the terrain on both sides, the left side of the official road is a large area of mountains and forests, and the right side is an endless rice field, at this time the rice has not yet been harvested, it is about to ripen, a large area of rice waves undulating, and there is no edge in sight.

He secretly thought in his heart that if he wanted to ambush Yang Jian, he would definitely not choose the terrain of the rice field to be too flat, and Yang Jian's personal guard had 500 cavalry, and the flat terrain was just conducive to the cavalry, so he would definitely ambush on the side of the mountain forest.

Thinking of this, Li Yanqing slightly leaned to the side of the rice field to march, about ten miles or so, the Song army gradually lengthened, the soldiers behind could not keep up with Yang Jian's two thousand guards, and the 10,000 troops stretched into three miles.

But Yang Jian didn't mean to stop and wait for the soldiers behind, he hurried back to Xucheng County, where there were 1,000 defenders, who might be able to resist him for a while.

At this moment, a bangzi sound suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests on the left, and then a dense rain of arrows shot towards Yang Jian's personal guards like a storm, and the guards were caught off guard, and they fell to the ground with arrows, and the screams rang out, and a general shouted urgently: "Form a shield array, protect Taifu!" ”

Hundreds of cavalry quickly gathered and raised their large shields, forming a shield mountain, which not only prevented the rain of arrows from sneak attacks, but also effectively defended against enemy attacks.

At this time, Lin Chong yelled, "Kill Yang Jian to avenge the eldest brother!" ”

He led two thousand soldiers out of the dense forest and slaughtered the shield array that protected Yang Jian.......

Li Yanqing was close to Yang Jian's personal guards, and he was also affected by the rain of arrows, but he expected the enemy to take the lead, and stood on the far right first, when the sound of bangzi sounded, more than a dozen arrows swept over his head, and the soldiers on the left fell to the ground one after another.

At this time, Li Yanqing rolled over and rolled into the rice field, got up and ran wildly into the rice field, running dozens of steps, he turned around and knelt down on one knee, and pulled out a special arrow from the quiver behind him, the special feature of this arrow is that the arrow shaft is engraved with the words 'Liangshan Song Jiang'.

Li Yanqing stretched out his bow and aimed at the carriage eighty paces away, at this time, Yang Jian's personal guards concentrated on the left side to resist the impact of the Liangshan army, but a gap was formed behind them, and Yang Jian was seen lying in the carriage, exposing his head to look through the gap in the crowd.

At this moment, Li Yanqing had drawn his bow like a full moon, and the tip of the armor-piercing arrow was shot at the touch of his fingers, and a sharp armor-piercing arrow shot towards the back of Yang Jian's head like lightning, poor Yang Jian never dreamed that death would come from behind him.

'Poof! The power of this arrow was extremely powerful, the armor-piercing arrow entered from the back of the head, and the tip of the arrow penetrated from between the eyebrows of the forehead, Yang Jian screamed and died instantly.......

The moment Li Yanqing made a move, he knew that this arrow would be hit, he buried his head in the ears of rice, and ran wildly, at this moment, he suddenly remembered what Uncle Hu said back then: 'Running can escape when it is critical!' ’