Drinking tea, Chen Sheng peeked at Meng Liangchen's situation, and saw that he was worried and worried, and couldn't help but think in his heart: "This Meng Liangchen seems to have something embarrassing, but he shouldn't think about it, he can be said to be a person who responds to every call in Ji'an Mansion, is there anything else he can't do?" ”

After a while, seeing that Chen Sheng was still drinking tea, Meng Liangchen had no choice but to speak, and he said with a guilty face: "Lord Chen, the lower officials are here to ask for help from your lord" As he spoke, he bowed and bowed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Oh, Lord Meng...... It doesn't have to be like this, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, we are colleagues, and we do things in the same house...... We should help each other...... If there is anything you can tell us, I will definitely help if you can. Chen Sheng said in a sincere tone.

Hearing this, Meng Liangchen's heart was half relieved, he saluted Chen Sheng again, and said: "Xiaguan thanks Lord Chen for his sincerity, the thing is like this........." Meng Liangchen told the story in detail.

After listening to Meng Liangchen's narration, Chen Sheng frowned, and he scolded secretly in his heart: "These Jinggang thieves are too bold, they dare to take the daughter of the prefect who has three hundred elite soldiers to the mountain, this is also too arrogant, this time dare to attack the daughter of the prefect, next time I will not be able to attack the convoy of food and salary on my military preparation road, it turns out that the reason why they did not send troops to clean them up is only because they have not dealt with the personnel and materials of the government in recent years, since these bandits no longer abide by the rules, then don't blame me Chen for having a black hand." ”

Thinking of this, he said: "Lord Meng, please relax, you and I are doing things in the same house, your business is my business, wait for me to pass the order, mobilize the garrison officers and soldiers of several nearby thousand households, destroy these bandits in one fell swoop, rescue Miss Meng, and vent your anger for your lordship." Also place with tranquility. ”

"Lord Chen treats me like this, this government is grateful, and this government swears here, in the future, Lord Meng will be sent, and the whole Ji'an Mansion should obey it as one, and there will be no two words." Meng Liangchen said excitedly. Originally, he planned to bleed and give Tang Baihu's "Cattle Husbandry" to Chen Sheng, but now Chen Sheng agreed to send troops to help him rescue his daughter without any conditions, and his heart was full of gratitude to Chen Sheng, and he planned to repay him when he had the opportunity in the future.

Chen Sheng laughed and didn't speak, and then he called a few relatives in a loud voice, took his warrant, and went to the thousands of households under his jurisdiction.

Seven days later, 3,000 officers and soldiers composed of 3,000 households set off, and Lu Dacheng took the lead, and everyone drove to Jinggang Mountain.

When they arrived at Jinggang Mountain, 3,000 officers and soldiers and more than 1,000 men and men were stationed outside Zhenlong Pass, one of the five major whistle posts, and more than 10 fences were set up. The headquarters of Qinglongzhai had already received the news, and the three leaders, Lin Lihu Zhang Qing, saw that there were many officers and soldiers, so he proposed to retreat and hold on, and wait for the officers and soldiers to attack. Due to the dangerous terrain of the pass and the high and thick wall of the pass, the 3,000 officers and soldiers attacked for a long time, but there was still no progress, but 100 sergeants were lost. As a result, the officers and soldiers could not stop.

The next day, as yesterday, attacked for a while, and if it could not be captured, it returned to the camp to rest. Even after attacking the sky, they couldn't take it down, the officers and soldiers became demoralized, full of resentment, they simply stopped attacking, gambling and sleeping in the camp tent all day, although Lu Dacheng was anxious, accompanied by a smile and said good things to a few officers who led the troops, but people pointed to the corpses of the soldiers who died in the battle and the soldiers who were howling in pain in the camp tent, Lu Dacheng had nothing to say, indeed, people also tried their best.

I had no choice but to ride back to Ji'an and ask for more reinforcements.

But this time, even Chen Sheng couldn't help it, the soldiers he got together last time, he still made some money and food to send down, and only then did he say that he moved a few thousand households to raise troops to come, this time it was not so easy to do, when he thought of the pensions of those soldiers who died in battle, Chen Sheng was depressed.

Seeing Chen Sheng's sad face, Meng Liangchen couldn't stay any longer, so he had to leave and go home.

Back at the mansion, Meng Liangchen said helplessly: "Lu Qianhu, you go back for the time being, let them attack for two more days, if it really doesn't work, this official only has ...... I only agreed to the conditions of the thieves, alas, I think I am a four-grade prefect, and I can't take these thieves, it's really ...... It's too ......," he said.

Lu Dacheng didn't dare to speak, so he gave a salute, went out of the mansion, rode on his horse and returned to the camp of officers and soldiers under Zhenlong Pass.

The third leader, Lin Lihu Zhang Qing, has been observing the situation of the officers and soldiers for the past few days, and seeing the increasingly low morale of the officers and soldiers, he had a plan, so he whispered in the ears of the big leader, the red-faced tiger Wang Hu, and Wang Hu took several leaders down the pass and assigned tasks to everyone

Everyone gladly accepted and prepared to go.

In the second half of the night, it was pitch black in the officer and soldier camp, and occasionally a few dead wind lamps could be seen lit with dim and dim light, and a few soldiers on guard outside the camp yawned and looked at the dark Zhenlong Pass in the distance.

At this time, a soldier said: "Ugly baby, you three look at it, Lao Tzu went to the gang room to steal something to eat, damn, when the officials eat meat, Lao Tzu can't even drink soup, don't steal some meat to eat, it's a big loss." ”

"Go, go, steal more, so that Lao Tzu can also share some food...... I've almost forgotten the taste of meat," the ugly baby said.

"Liu Gouyu, don't forget, there are ...... two of us," the other two soldiers also hurriedly said.

Liu Gou didn't say anything when he heard it, he walked lightly into the camp, turned left and disappeared in a right circle.

Seeing that Liu Gou was left, the three of them turned around, and at this time, the two women's handkerchiefs covered the noses of two of them, and a strange fragrance emanated from the handkerchiefs, and when they smelled this fragrance, the two soldiers tilted their heads and passed out. The ugly baby was about to scream when a sharp short knife was pressed against his throat.

"Do you want to die or live?" The deep voice of the four leaders, Liu Youtian.

"Hero, don't kill me, don't kill me, I still have an old lady and a toddler at home who want me to feed ......" The ugly baby hurriedly begged.

Liu Youtian said: "It's okay if you don't kill you, take us to the big tents of the various officers, and let you go after the matter is completed." ”

"Okay, I hope the good man counts." The ugly baby hesitated, then took Liu Youtian and his party to avoid the mobile posts in the camp and came to the big tent where the officers lived, and a burst of incense blew in. After a while, Liu Youtian stuffed the antidote in his nose, then went in and grabbed a guerrilla general and several thousand-household officers who led the troops, and quietly took them out of the camp.

After daybreak, under the threat of the chiefs, these officers ordered their respective armies to surrender, and nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers were captured.

Liu Youtian put Lu Dacheng back and asked Meng Liangchen and Chen Sheng to take 200,000 taels of silver each to ransom people, the time was one month, and the price would be doubled when it expired. After listening to Lu Dacheng's report, Meng Liangchen and Chen Sheng fell into an ice cave, chilling all over, three thousand officers and soldiers were captured by hundreds of bandits, it was a big joke to say, but there was no way, this is the case.

"Lord Meng, this Jinggang Mountain Land spans Yongxin and Longquan counties, and this conquest and suppression of Jinggang Mountain thieves is a matter of these two counties, and now that we have helped them, whether these two counties are helping soldiers or silver, should be expressed," Chen Sheng said suddenly.

Hearing this, Meng Liangchen's heart lit up, and he hurriedly echoed: "What Lord Chen said is that if someone comes, go to Yongxin Song Zhi County and Longquan Kochi County to come to Ji'an Mansion, and this official has something to discuss with the two of them. ”

The two relatives rode out of the capital city and went to the county seat of the two counties.

After receiving the message from the prefect, the prefects of the two counties did not dare to delay, so they left their official duties at hand and rode on their horses, each with a few retinues, and followed the prefect's personal entourage to the prefect's office......

The official level crushed people to death, not to mention the four-grade prefect who was six levels older than them, Song Zhong of Yongxin Zhi County and Gao Ming of Longquan Zhi County had to pinch their noses and admit this matter, as for whether it was to help the soldiers or the silver, they had to go back and discuss.

Seeing that the magistrates of the two counties recognized this, Meng Liangchen and Chen Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Back in Yongxin County, Song Zhixian called Master Niu to discuss this matter with Wang Zhutou.

After thinking about it for a while, Master Niu said: "Dong Weng, these 3,000 officers and soldiers have been captured by hundreds of Jinggang bandits, although the bandits are using a trick, but this also proves that the bandits are not easy to deal with, with the strength of our county, ......" He didn't say anything about this.

Song Zhong, the magistrate of the county, also knew the meaning of his words, his expression was gloomy, his eyes were in a daze, and he said in his heart: "If you really have no choice, in order to make up enough 200,000 taels of silver, you can only be a dumb official who is tyrannical and extortive." ”

At this time, Wang Zhutou's eyes lit up, and he stopped talking.

Seeing this, Master Niu said, "What is the best plan for Wang Zhutou? ”

"Wang Zhutou, you say, what do you think of?" Song Zhixian also looked up at him and asked.

Looking at Song Zhixian, Wang Zhutou said, "Have you forgotten Mr. Zhao and his security team?" ”

Song Zhixian woke up like a dream, and said in a loud voice: "Yes, yes, Wang Tiehan, you go and invite Mr. Zhao to come to the county office, I want to discuss with him what to do about this matter, he is well-informed, and there will be a way." ”

"Obedience!" After saying that, Wang Tiehan Wang Zhutou rode on a horse, took two catchers as an entourage, went out of the county seat, and galloped towards Mingfeng Village.

Came to Mingfeng Village, let people inform Zhao Guohua, Zhao Guohua is a little far away from the village in a hand grenade making workshop that uses an abandoned yard to rebuild to guide everyone to make grenades, he through the "Yongxiang Zhai" shop owner Qian Wancai, bought a thick iron, found Yongxin County's blacksmith master Zhang Lao Wu cast a batch of iron shells, according to the size of the iron shell and made a batch of wooden handles, pull these two things back to Mingfeng Village, and began to try to make grenades, through several tests, he mastered the charge, He instructed everyone to start filling the gunpowder of the grenade, and in order to increase the killing effect, he also asked everyone to wrap some broken nails and broken magnetic sheets in the grenade.