It was discovered that the army of Lu Junyi of Liangshan had arrived, and the Lingchuan garrison flew to report to the guard general Dong Cheng and the partial general Shen Ji and Geng Gong in a panic. That Dong Cheng is the vanguard of Niu Wenzhong's subordinates, nine feet long, and his strength is outstanding, making a thirty-pound heavy wind knife. At that moment, I heard the report that Liangshan Bo soldiers and horses had camped under the city and wanted to come to fight the city. Dong Cheng hurriedly raised his account, ordered his military horses, and went out of the city to meet the enemy.

Geng Gong admonished: "I heard that Liangshan, a group of heroes, has been defeated by the official army, and Tong Guan has lost 100,000 troops and horses, so you can't underestimate the enemy, you should only hold on; Send people to Gaizhou to ask for help to come, and attack from inside and outside to win. ”

Dong Cheng said angrily: "We have no grievances with Liangshan, and the previous king was kind enough to send people to invite him to form an alliance to resist the official army." Instead of allowing the covenant, he came to ask us! He will be tired from afar, wait for me to go out, teach him not to return! Geng Gong didn't listen to the bitter advice. Dong Cheng said: "In this case, leave a thousand military horses to guard you in the city." Go and sit on the tower, and watch me kill it. "Hurriedly put on a knife and led the troops out of the city with Shen Ji to meet the enemy.

At the opening of the city gate, put down the drawbridge, and two or three thousand soldiers and horses crossed the drawbridge. When Dong Cheng looked at the formation of the back city, he saw that in the Liangshan army array, the heavy armored infantry soldiers lined up in the middle army, and the crossbowmen in front used strong bows and hard crossbows to shoot at the feet, and the two wings of the same color of the armored horse army were listed. It is really like a dragon, a horse like a tiger, a strict formation, a strong horse, a golden gold like a forest, a murderous atmosphere, and a sky.

Seeing such a formation, Dong Cheng was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: "If it is not a waste of fame, only such a majestic military horse can kill Tong Guan 100,000 officers and soldiers without leaving a piece of armor." If you don't listen to Geng Gong's words, you will go out of the city to fight, but I am afraid that you will not be able to go well. But if he returns to the army like this, he will be ruined and ridiculed. ”

When he was hesitating, he only heard the drums of the civil war in the Liangshan Formation, and a member of the Chinese army was held out in the future. How to dress up: Wear a golden hair and iron helmet, and sprinkle a bucket on the top to bring large and small red tassels. Wearing a pair of iron armor with a chain of trivia, wearing a collar embroidered cloud and haul flower robe, wearing a pair of oblique leather inlaid cloud heel boots, and tying a red diagnostic nail to fold the winning belt. A bow, a pot of arrows. Ride a silver curly-haired horse with a long-handled simple knife in your hand.

When Dong Cheng immediately looked at it horizontally, he saw that the banner behind the general was clearly written, "Infantry Army Commander Beautiful Bearded Gong Zhu Tong". I saw that Zhu Tong was majestic, and he shouted: "The righteous army is here, get off the horse early and be bound, so as not to stain the knife and axe!" The two armies shouted.

Dong Cheng was furious and shouted: "The generals of Wuna Liangshan have listened, they are also resisting the official army, why did you Liangshan raise troops to conquer here?" Zhu Tonglang shouted: "You and others pretend to be benevolent and righteous to raise troops against the Song Dynasty, but in fact, they are harming the people for their own interests, and under your rule, they oppress the good people and the people, and exploit the people, so that the people are not happy, and now I Liangshan obeys the mandate of heaven and does the right thing for the sky, which is to get rid of this group of thieves who harm the people!" Dismount early and surrender, avoid using swords. ”

Dong Cheng was furious and shouted: "Liangshan is too deceitful! Do you dare to fight?! Zhu Tong sneered and shouted: "Let the horse come!" The two were as angry as bullfights, each urging their horses and coming forward to fight.

Dong Cheng secretly called it a fluke, fortunately, this Zhu Tong was willing to come to the battle, if the two armies were fighting, he would be defeated here sooner or later, seeing Zhu Tong coming, he cheered up and came out to fight, hoping to win him when he could fight, so as not to fall into prestige.

At the moment, Zhu Tong and Dong Cheng grabbed the heart, the two horses intersected, and the two weapons were lifted at the same time. The two generals were only more than ten together, Zhu Tong dialed Ma Wangdong and left, and Dong Cheng came. In the east team, Hua Rongting caught the kill, and it was more than 30 times, regardless of victory or defeat. Shen Ji, the head of the suspension bridge, saw that Dong Cheng could not win, so he took out a white-dotted steel gun and slapped his horse forward to help fight. Hua Rong saw the two attackers, turned the horse and left. Dong Cheng and Shen Ji came closely, and Hua Rong returned to fight again.

Geng Gong was at the head of the city, saw Dong Cheng, Shen Ji rushed to go, I was afraid that he would lose, and was about to beat the drum to collect the troops, and the Liangshan army suddenly rushed out of a Biao army, Li Kui, Lu Zhishen, Bao Xu, Xiang Chong and other more than a dozen leaders, Fei also seemed to grab the suspension bridge, how could the northern soldiers be so fierce and not be stopped.

Geng Gong hurriedly called to close the door, saying that it was too late, it was fast, Lu Zhishen and Li Kui had already rushed into the city. The guards of the gate marched forward together, and were shouted by Zhishen, two of them were knocked over with a Zen staff, Li Kui wheeled the axe, and knocked down five or six, Bao Xu and others rushed in, seized the city gate, and killed the sergeants. Geng Gong saw that his head was not good, so he hurriedly rolled down, looked north to leave, and was caught alive by the infantry army.

Dong Cheng, Shen Ji was singing on the side of the suspension bridge, and Dong Cheng exclaimed: "He has a plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain." "Hurry back to the horse. Hua Rong didn't go to chase after him, so he took the steel gun with him, took the bow and took the arrow, looked at Dong Cheng, looked at Dong Cheng's heart, and threw an arrow; Dong Cheng kicked his feet in the air and knocked off the horse with a plop.

Lu Junyi and others recruited military horses and covered up the killing. Shen Ji was hacked to death by Zhu Tong; Lingchuan soldiers and horses, killed most of them; The rest scattered and fled. All the generals led the troops and entered the city together. Black Whirlwind Li Kui actually took a rare pair of plate axes this time, and only cut down the northern soldiers who were still resisting, and the rest of the kneeling surrendered without killing anyone.

Lu Junyi entered the city and saw it, and smiled slightly in surprise: "Brother, why don't you only care about killing people this time?" Li Kui opened his mouth and smiled: "When I came, my sister-in-law instructed that this trip was to rescue the people who were bullied and oppressed by Tian Hu in the north, and they came to save people, how can they harm people's lives?" ”。 Lu Junyi smiled when he heard this: "I didn't expect that your iron bull would also change sex one day." Li Kui scratched his head and said: "Sister-in-law said well, killing people must be convincing, only then is a hero, indiscriminately killing innocents, not a hero." Lu Junyi smiled but did not speak, and the generals gathered their military horses, occupied the four city gates, and entered the city with a smile.

This battle was very easy, the Liangshan army and horses only wounded more than ten soldiers, and even the soldiers did not lose a single one, so they captured Lingchuan City and annihilated more than 3,000 people of Tianhu's Northern Army, which can be described as a victory in the first battle.

After entering the city, Lu Junyi raised his tent in the palace of Dong Cheng's army and horses, and taught the sergeants to erect the flag of recognizing the army at the south gate, so as to teach the ambush soldiers on both roads to know; and then assigned the sergeants to guard the gates. He also taught Zhu Tong to inspect the city, make an example to calm the people, open the money and grain looted by the Tianhu army and horses in the city, and distribute it to the people.

In a few days, the ambush soldiers from both sides arrived together. Hua Rong offered Dong Cheng's head, Zhu Tong offered Shen Ji's head, Bao Xu and others captured Geng Gong alive, and several leaders of his subordinates were relieved. Lu Junyi was untied, helped Geng Gong to sit in the guest seat, and sat down as the guest and host.

Geng Gong thanked him: "The captured generals will be treated with great courtesy." Lu Junyi helped him up and said: "The general does not go out of the city to meet the enemy, he has a deep meaning, how can Dong Cheng's generation be compared." After entering the city, he heard that the general had been deployed under the orders of the general and had not harmed the people, so he knew that the general had a good heart, so how could he do harm? The general is benevolent and righteous, I don't know if I would like to enter my Liangshan village and conquer Tianhu together? ”

Geng Gong kowtowed and thanked: "At first, he raised troops with Tian Hu, but he was not angry with the oppression of the government here, so he raised troops with him. But he never wanted to raise troops, Tian Hu occupied the state and county, exploited and enslaved the people and harmed the people, to be more fierce than the government, and it was common for the people under his rule to be looted out of money and grain, and the young and strong were either captured to match the army, and worked hard for Tian Hu, or were captured to serve as an envoy and build a palace and beautiful house for him. The women of the common people, but those who saw a little bit of beauty, they were taken into the palace for their amusement. Tian Hu species, perverse, the people have been resentful for a long time, now Liangshan is hanging in distress, come to conquer Tian Hu, not only to be killed, willing to be a pawn. ”

Lu Junyi was overjoyed, and then comforted these leaders with good words, while appearing to calm the people, on the other hand, preparing wine and food, rewarding the sergeants, and putting the wine in charge of Geng Gong and the generals.

Lu Junyi asked Geng Gong how many soldiers there were in the city. Geng Gong said: "Gaizhou has the self-proclaimed pseudo-privy Niu Wenzhong under the command of Tian Hu, and the Yangcheng and Shenshui are all in the west of Gaizhou; However, Gaoping County is only sixty miles away from here, the city is next to Hanwang Mountain, and the guards Zhang Li, Zhao Neng, and his subordinates have 20,000 military horses. ”

Lu Junyi listened to it and thought secretly: "It is consistent with the military plane map presented by the county lord of Qiongying, this person sincerely surrendered and did not deceive." At that moment, he raised his glass and said to Geng Gong: "The general drinks this cup full, only tonight Lu will ask the general to do a meritorious service, don't push it back." Geng Gong said: "The leader is so gracious, Geng Gong dares not to be unsatisfied!" ”

Jun Yixi said: "Since the general is willing to go, Lu Mou dialed a few brothers, and the leaders of the general's subordinates, according to Lu Mou, he immediately got annoyed." Then he summoned six or seven of the new chieftains, and each of them was rewarded with wine and food, and he was rewarded with another great reward.

At the end of the drink, Lu Junyi ordered Li Kui, Bao Xu and several other infantry leaders, and a hundred infantrymen to wear the clothes and armor of the Lingchuan soldiers; He also ordered Zhu Tong and Yang Zhi to lead five hundred hussars and horses, pick up the bells, and follow Geng Gong's soldiers far away; However, he ordered Hua Rong and other generals to guard the town, lead 3,000 soldiers himself, and then respond.

The distribution has been decided, Geng Gong and other leaders out of the city, the sun is late, and it is dusk outside the south gate of Gaoping City. Under the starlight, the banners on the city are dense, and the drums in the city are stricter. Geng Gong went to the city and shouted: "I am Geng Gong, the general of Lingchuan, just for the second general of Dong Shen, who refused to listen to me, opened the door and underestimated the enemy, so as to fall." I hurriedly led more than 100 people, opened the north gate and sneaked here from the path, let me enter the city! ”

The sergeant defending the city recognized the fire and hurriedly reported to Zhang Li and Zhao Neng. That salute, Zhao Neng personally went up to the city tower, and the sergeant carried several torches, shining back and forth. Zhang Li said to Geng Gong: "Although it is my own family, I must also see it." "Look down and identify carefully, it is really Lingchuan Geng Gong, leading more than 100 soldiers, with a uniform banner, and there is no mistake. Many of the soldiers in the city recognized the leader, so they pointed out: "This is Sun Ruhu." He added: "This is Li Baolong." Zhang Li smiled: "Let him in!" "I saw the city gate open, put down the drawbridge, and ordered thirty or forty soldiers to hold both sides of the drawbridge, and then let Geng Gong enter the city.

The gate of the city was opened, and Li Kui couldn't hold it back, tore off his military uniform, took out a pair of plate axes, opened his eyes angrily, and shouted like a thunderbolt: "The heroes of Liangshan are here!" "When a pair of board axes slashed straight in, a group of northern soldiers were caught off guard, seeing that Li Kui was like a tiger, where could he stop it? Go straight into the city and take refuge.

The rest of Xiang Chong, Li Yan, Bao Xu and others and more than 100 heavily armored soldiers all ripped off their uniforms, revealing the iron armor inside. The city was taken by surprise, and the soldiers were killed and scattered, and the gates were closed.

The sergeants inside and outside the city gate had already been cut down dozens by Li Kui and others every time and seized the city gate. Zhang Li complained bitterly, hurried down to the city, and came to fight with a group of military horses, and was bumping into Li Kui. After three or five combinations, Zhang Li had no intention of fighting, and when he dragged away, he was caught up by Li Kui, and Kacha's axe was chopped into two sections.

Zhu Tong and Yang Zhi saw that the city gate was on fire, so they urged the military horses to kill the generals from Hanwang Mountain and kill the northern soldiers separately. Zhao Neng was killed by the rebels; Sergeant Gao Ping killed most of them, and the rest saw that they couldn't resist, so they had to kneel and surrender.

The people in the city woke up in their sleep, and they heard that Liangshan was killed by military horses, and they didn't know what to do, but Liangshan and Tianhu were generally thieves, and they were covered by closed doors, and they cried non-stop. After a while, Lu Junyi led the troops and ordered to guard the gates, teach more than a dozen sergeants, and shout separately not to disturb the people. Tianming, out of the list of the people, reward the sergeant, send someone to report to Hu Sanniang to know. (To be continued.) )