As soon as Chao Yong and the three were about to leave the house, they saw a team of law enforcement officers rushing in.

The law enforcement team patrolling along the street saw that the gate of Chaihuang City was violently destroyed, thinking that it was a robbery by random soldiers, and saw that it was Chao Yong and the three, and hurriedly saluted.

Chao Yong nodded and said: "This is the house of Chai Huangcheng, just now Wu Song killed two lewd women, you can go to the back garden and take a look." ”

After Yin Tianxi's death, the remaining splashes also committed suicide, but two of them suddenly lost the courage to commit suicide and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy from Chao Yong.

Wu Song had already held back the fire in his belly, and he went up and stabbed the two of them.

Soon, the law enforcement team members came out of the back garden, and they also questioned the surviving women in the house.

Chao Yong told them to hunt down the escaped idlers, so he walked to the mansion with Wu Song and Shi Qian.

Halfway through, he saw a personal soldier coming in a hurry and reported: "The king of heaven has invited the three leaders to go to the palace hall to discuss matters. ”

Chao Yong knew that something big was happening again, so he hurriedly walked to the lobby with Wu Song and Shi Qian.

When I arrived at the lobby, I saw that all the leaders had arrived.

Chao Gai motioned for the three of them to sit down, and then said: "The military division went to interrogate Gao Lian, and that guy not only went to Dongchang Mansion and Qizhou for help, but also asked Tokyo and Daimyo's Mansion for help. I was afraid that the reinforcements from the Daimyo's Mansion would arrive in two or three days, so I gathered everyone to discuss countermeasures. ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Tang said: "It's very discussed, let's wait here, it's not too late to defeat them." ”

Yang Zhi said: "I have stayed in the army of the Daimyo's Mansion, where the two commanders Li Cheng and Wen Da have the courage of ten thousand people, and there are 20,000 forbidden troops under them. Cai Jing also gave the four auxiliary forbidden army double salaries, and the strongest combat effectiveness among the forbidden army is probably the four auxiliary forbidden army, if it is a fight, I am afraid that the casualties will be not small. ”

Chao Yong also said: "In my opinion, it is better to avoid it, now we are already in the hinterland of Hebei, if we are dragged by the forbidden army of the Daimyo's Mansion." If Tokyo orders the army north to fight again, we will fall into a heavy encirclement. It's better to retreat to Liangshan, and if they dare to chase after them, it's not too late to fight them. ”

When Wu Yong heard this, he frowned and said, "In this way, all the money and grain in Gaotang Prefecture will not be able to be moved back." ”

Chao Gai didn't attach much importance to money and food, and said: "Tomorrow, we will clean up some of the big families in the city that have caused the most harm to the people, and we will return to the mountain early the day after tomorrow." ”

The next day, the leaders of Liangshan held a public trial in Gaotang Prefecture, and beheaded several of the most angry families in the city. He also distributed a portion of the money and grain of the city to the poor people.

Lin Chong and others marched overnight, and after arriving at Dongchang Mansion, Dongchang Mansion was still unprepared, Gong Wang and Ding Desun directly called the commander of the city to open the city gate, and the Liangshan army poured in to control Dongchang Mansion.

On the third day, Chao Gai led a large army to withdraw from Gaotang Prefecture to Dongchang Mansion.

But he said that Liang Zhongshu, who stayed in the Daimyo Mansion, was Cai Jing's son-in-law, and after Cai Jing became a servant, he restrained a lot, and he didn't dare to do anything wrong like before. After receiving Gao Lian's request for help. He sent Li Cheng to lead 10,000 forbidden troops to rescue Gaotang Prefecture.

Li Cheng was afraid that Liangshan would break Gaotang Prefecture, so he asked Suo Chao, the pioneer of the urgency, to take 3,000 soldiers and horses to rush lightly and rush to save Gaotang Prefecture first, and he led the army to come later.

Suo Chao got the order. Immediately ordered 3,000 soldiers and horses to rush to Gaotang Prefecture.

Hurry all the way to see that the city of Gaotang Prefecture has appeared in the distance, but it has not yet encountered the soldiers and horses of Liangshan, and there is no sound of fighting.

Wang Ding, the first general under Suo Chao, said: "General." Something is wrong with the situation, maybe the Liangshan soldiers and horses have broken Gaotang Prefecture. It is better to take someone to investigate the situation in Gaotang Prefecture at the end of the day, and then decide on the march of the army. ”

Suo Chao also felt that the silence was a little scary. Restraining his horse, he said, "You take a hundred horse troops to check outside the city of Gaotang Prefecture and be careful of the ambush." ”

Wang Ding immediately led a hundred horse troops to Gaotang Prefecture, and Suo Chao commanded the army to set up a position to prevent a surprise attack by Liangshan soldiers and horses.

Wang Ding quickly rushed to the outside of Gaotang Prefecture with a hundred horse troops, but saw that there was neither the Liangshan banner nor the imperial court flag at the head of the city, but the city gate was wide open, and many people came and went, and there seemed to be no panic.

When the king reached the gate of the city with his horses, the people saw them, but they all hid on the side of the road, for fear that they would get in their way and be knocked over by them.

Wang Ding reined in his horse, hugged his fist at a common man and said: "We are the forbidden army of the Daimyo's Mansion, and we are here to relieve the siege of Gaotang Prefecture, have the Liangshan thieves retreated on their own?" ”

When the people saw the officer's questioning, they hurriedly bent down and replied cautiously: "Back to the military master, the soldiers and horses of Liangshan broke Gaotang Prefecture the day before yesterday, and killed many corrupt officials and gentry in the city yesterday, and moved dozens of truckloads of money and grain away this morning. ”

"How did they break the city?"

"It is said that the soldiers and horses of Dongchang Mansion opened the city gate, and the soldiers and horses of Liangshan took the opportunity to attack the city."

Wang Ding was still not at ease when he heard this, so he rode into the city and ran around again, seeing that there was no trace of Liangshan soldiers and horses in the city, so he led someone to report Suochao.

As soon as Suo Chao heard that the soldiers and horses of Liangshan had already looted Gaotang Prefecture and left, he immediately said: "The Liangshan thieves have moved a lot of money and grain, and the march will be slow, so we will catch up with him and kill him without leaving a piece of armor." ”

Wang Ding frowned and said, "The general order we received is to rescue Gaotang Prefecture, and it may not be appropriate to hunt down and kill the Liangshan thieves without authorization." ”

Suo Chao was as anxious as fire, and said: "The fighter plane is fleeting, and when I ask Li Tianwang to chase after him again, I'm afraid that the Liangshan thieves have already returned to Liangshan." You only follow my orders, and I will send someone to report to King Li Tianwang and ask him to directly intercept the soldiers and horses of Liangshan. Zhou Wen, you go and report to Li Tianwang, and the rest of the people will follow me to pursue the Liangshan soldiers and horses. ”

After speaking, Suo Chao took the lead and left.

Seeing this, Wang Ding had no choice but to lead the horse army to catch up.

"Report, a soldier and horse are catching up."

Chao Yong, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Yang Zhi, Qin Ming, and Hua Rong broke off with 3,000 soldiers and horses, in case there were soldiers and horses chasing after them, and they rushed to disrupt the army that was escorting money and grain in front.

Hearing that there were pursuers, he hurriedly set up a formation.

Suo Chao's soldiers and horses have also detected that there are soldiers and horses in front of him to intercept, seeing that the soldiers and horses under his command have been chasing for a long time, their physical strength has been a little exhausted, so they have to put on a position, preparing to fight the generals to kill some Liangshan thieves, which has hit the morale of Liangshan, and then cover up and kill the thieves.

The two armies were facing each other, and when Suo Chao saw Yang Zhi, he couldn't help but scold: "Yang Zhi, you ungrateful, Lord Liang treats you well, how can you collude with the Liangshan thieves to rob the Birth Gang." ”

Yang Zhi fought out of the battle and said: "The matter of the Birth Gang is really a plan of Yang Zhi to fall for the Chao Tianwang and others, but it is not that Yang Zhi is ungrateful. ”

Suo Chao saw that Yang Zhi still dared to quibble, and scolded: "You still dare to argue, if you didn't collude with Chao Gai and others, how could you do it all the way with them now?" ”

When Yang Zhi heard this, he couldn't help but stagnate, although he was later invited by Chao Yong to Liangshan, but looking at Suo Chao's appearance, I am afraid that he will not believe it no matter how much he says, and today's battle is inevitable, and it is useless to say more. (To be continued.) )

PS: (Thanks to the book friend "Call Me Empire in the Future", "Cuba Project" and "Yu Xin 1988" for the 100 starting coin, and thanks to the book friend "Half a Life in Love" 588 for the reward)