Chapter Twenty-Five: The Raid on Yuncheng

Just after nightfall, the people of Liangshan arrived outside Yuncheng County.

When the party reached the gate, the gate was opened.

But Shi Qian took a few neat minions to climb the city wall, entered the city and opened the city gate.

Yuncheng County was originally an earthen city, and it had been peaceful for a long time, and the city wall lacked repair, so Shi Qian and others entered the city without much effort.

Although Chao Yong said that Shi Qian was a thief, everyone always looked down on the gentleman on Liang. Shi Qian did not participate in the robbery of the Birth Gang, so he ranked last among the leaders who went up the mountain with Chao Gai.

The original leaders of Liangshan, Du Qian, Song Wan, and Zhu Gui did not know the details, so he was spared the fate of the last one.

In the Water Margin, he moved to steal the armor, led Xu Ning up the mountain, broke the Huyanzhuo chain of horses, and later repeatedly entered the city to do internal response, and the credit was not small, but when the last hundred singles and eight generals were ranked, they were the penultimate ones. The last one is Duan Jingzhu, which has nothing to do with the history of theft by the two.

In the logic of heroes who do the right thing for heaven, stealing is the most despicable, and robbery with open swords and guns can be regarded as heroic acts.

Shi Qian could also feel the rejection of him secretly by the leaders, so he used to follow Chao Yong's pace, and although Chao Gai did not give him an order this time, he also went down the mountain with Chao Yong.

"Song Wan guards this gate, no one is allowed to enter or exit, Liu Tang goes to the west gate, Ruan Xiaowu goes to the south gate, Ruan Xiaoqi goes to the north gate, and the rest of the people follow me to the county office."

The assignment was decided, and the Liangshan people quickly divided into five teams.

When the group entered the city, it immediately caused a burst of dog barking, and many people cursed and got up.

A watchman walked near the city gate, just happened to bump into the Liangshan soldiers and horses entering the city, saw these many people with bright knives and guns, turned around and ran, while running, did not forget to beat the gong and shouted: "The robbers have entered the city." ”

A series of terrible screams pierced the night sky, causing a lot of movement in the silent night, and many people who had just opened the door to see what was going on quickly closed the door and hid.

The cursed people also immediately shut their mouths, not daring to speak again, for fear of attracting the attention of the robbers.

Shi Qian looked at the husband who was crawling and said, "Brother, I'll chase him." ”

Chao Gai shook his head and said, "Don't worry about him, let's go straight to the yamen." ”

After speaking, he shouted: "The heroes of Liangshan have entered the city and walked for the sky, don't be afraid, as long as you don't go out, the people of Liangshan will not disturb you." If anyone takes the opportunity to do evil, there will be no forgiveness. ”

Chao Gai was already loud, and at this time, the night was quiet, and a loud roar was like a thunderstorm on dry land, which was clearly visible everywhere in the city, which suddenly made the scratching in the darkness a lot less.

Recently, the story of Yangsan doing the road for heaven has long been spread throughout Jeju, and many people have applauded in private.

While ordinary people were at ease, many deep mansion compounds suddenly turned on with lights, and they naturally knew who Liang Shan's object was for Tianxingdao.

Chao Gai shouted, and said, "Yong'er, you and the leaders will occupy all the places separately, and I will take people to invite you Third Uncle Song." ”

Chao Yong didn't expect that as soon as Chao Gai entered the city, he wanted to invite Song Jiang, and hurriedly persuaded: "Now we are thieves, and Third Uncle Song is an official, I'm afraid that Third Uncle Song may not be willing to fall into the grass with us." ”

Chao Gai shook his head and said, "How do you know if you don't try." ”

Chao Yong saw that Chao Gai had made up his mind, so he had no choice but to say: "It's okay for Daddy to try, but if Third Uncle Song refuses, Daddy goes with such fanfare, and then it falls into the ears of the government, I'm afraid it will hurt Third Uncle Song." ”

"You're right, but Daddy can't do this unrighteous thing."

Chao Gai frowned and thought for a while, and said, "That's it, I'll go and invite you Third Uncle Song alone, don't alarm the neighbors." ”

Chao Yong saw that Chao Gai was so resolute, so he had no choice but to shake his head helplessly.

However, he said that when the new county commander Shi Wenbin received a document from Jeju, he wanted to transfer the county capital to Jeju with local soldiers to guard against the Liangshan thieves, and immediately concealed it from the county officials, but asked Zhu Tong and Lei Heng to take the local soldiers to Jeju, and he handled official affairs like no one else.

But it is his duty, if he abandons the county and leaves, Bao's surname will not escape the punishment of the court, although since the Song Dynasty, the court does not kill literati, but if there is no future, it is no different from death.

Therefore, he can only pretend that nothing happens, and if he can deceive the Liangshan thieves, he will survive the catastrophe. If the news is leaked, the rich squires in the county will inevitably relocate, and then the Liangshan thieves will be attracted, and his career and surname will be difficult to protect. Therefore, they hid it from the people of Manxian County, even Zhu Tong and Lei Heng only knew that they were appointed by the state, and they didn't know why they went and how long they were going to go.

Liangshan is also dozens of miles away from Yuncheng County, Shi Wenbin originally thought that as long as he remained quiet, Liangshan knew that the local soldiers in the county were out of the city, and he might not know that they were going to the state, and Liangshan might not dare to attack on a large scale. How do you know that Yangsan has integrated the Jeju idlers, and the entire Jeju situation is under Yangsan's control.

This said, Shi Wenbin finished handling official business as usual, returned to the back house, and was glad that he had survived for a while, when he heard Chao Gai shout.

Shi Wenbin knew that he hadn't hidden the Liangshan thieves after all, sighed, sorted out his official uniform, and returned to the lobby to sit upright, waiting quietly.

The last time he came to the county office, Chao Yong came here with curiosity and caution to hand over the land deed. This time, he arrived as an occupier, and as soon as he entered the yamen, he saw Shi Wenbin sitting in the lobby.

Chao Yong looked at the people sitting in the hall playfully, wearing the same official uniform as the county magistrate he saw last time, thinking that it should be the new magistrate Shi Wenbin, it is rare to have such courage to sit in the lobby.

Shi Wenbin just glanced at Chao Yong, then looked at Lin Chong, and shouted: "You waited for the ancestors to rob Mrs. Cai Shengchengang, and then killed the officers and soldiers, you have already committed a mortal crime, how dare you come to invade the county again, are you not afraid of the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army?" I heard that you are doing the right thing for heaven in Liangshan, and you do not infringe on the people, and you are also a hero of the world. If you retreat, I can go to the court, recruit you and others, go to the name of your thief, and say that there is something in the frontier, you can also contribute to the country and leave a name in history, so that it is done by heroes. ”

When Chao Yong heard this, he said with a smile: "Now that the court is unknown, and the ministers are in charge, what good end can they end up with Zhao'an." My elder brother was the head of the 800,000 forbidden army in Tokyo before, and he was also a hero in the world, but because Gao Ya was watching his sister-in-law, he was almost ruined by Gao Yu's family. Now the imperial court is full of high-ranking people, and there is no way to serve the country. You don't need to say more, I'm waiting here to only take the wealth of those big families who harm the people, they are rich and powerful, and you can't do anything about them. I'll solve them all for you, and it's a local pest. Come on, invite me to the back of this county, and go back and take it up the mountain together. ”

Only then did Shi Wenbin realize that he seemed to have seen the wrong person, and the leader was not the big man with a leopard's head and eyes, but this young descendant.

Shi Wenbin saw that Chao Yong had no intention of talking to him, and he didn't want to lose his integrity, so he flicked his sleeves and walked straight out of the lobby.

Chao Yong divided several teams to occupy the granary and the armor warehouse, and sent a team of people to patrol the streets to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos to disturb the people.

Chao Yong sat in the county government and commanded in the center.

"Brother Yong, good news, I actually found five Divine Arm Bows in the Jiazhan Library."

When Chao Yong was sitting in the lobby and closing his eyes to recuperate, he saw Lin Chong rushing in with a crossbow more than three feet long.

The last time Jeju Xiang soldiers attacked, Yangsan also captured five divine arm bows.

The bow body of the Divine Arm Bow is only three feet three, but the range is more than two hundred and forty steps, which is not as large as the bed crossbow, and it is a rare long-range weapon that is relatively easy to carry in battle.

After the leaders of Liangshan saw the power of the Divine Arm Bow, they also liked it greatly, but the design of the Divine Arm Bow was exquisite, and the craftsmen on the mountain could not copy it, so they could only imitate some arrows.

Chao Yong took the Divine Arm Bow and took a closer look, and it was indeed the same as the one seized in the previous cottage.

"In addition to the five Divine Arm Bows, there are also three hundred black lacquer bows in the armor vault, and there are also hundreds of knives, guns, and shields."

Although there are also a few craftsmen who can make weapons in Liangshan, there are not many craftsmen, and there are very few out of them, although Chao Gai sent people to buy them everywhere after he went up the mountain, but there was still a shortage of weapons, so just now Lin Chong personally took people to check the armor warehouse.

Chao Yong said happily: "With this harvest, it is worth the trip." ”

While the two were talking, they saw Chao Gai come in with some disappointment.

Lin Chong stepped forward and said, "Brother, can you invite Song Gongming?" ”

Chao Gai shook his head and said, "I went to his residence, but I didn't find him, and I didn't dare to alarm the neighbors. Could it be that he went back to Songjiazhuang. ”

Lin Chong said with a smile: "It's easy, Nazhi County was invited to the back by Brother Yong'er, and you will know as soon as you ask." ”

Chao Gai was not as enthusiastic about the county order as Song Jiang, and turned to a minion outside the door and said, "You go to the back and ask." ”

The minion took the order and left, and after a while, he came back and said: "Heavenly King, Nazhi County said that two days ago Song Jiazhuang sent a letter, Song Taigong was unwell, and Song Zhusi went home to take care of his father. ”

"I see, I am good friends with Song Sanlang, Song Taigong is unwell, I should also go to visit, and by the way, I invited their family to go up the mountain. Wouldn't it be a pleasure to drink wine in a big bowl and eat meat in a large piece? Yong'er, Ming said that you and Lin Jiaotou will do some things in the county, and I will personally invite you Third Uncle Song. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "There are Brother Lin and me in the county, so my father can rest assured." I've already asked people to clean up a few rooms in the back, Daddy has been tired all the way, please go to the back and rest, I'll take a team of people on duty here. ”

Chao Gai was also very satisfied when he saw that Chao Yong's arrangements were in good order, looked at Chao Yong, who was already a little sleepy, and said with a smile: "You are also tired, I am still staring here, you go and rest." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "The child is young and strong, and he will be fine for a while, just take a nap." Daddy said that he still wants to go to Songjiazhuang, and he has to saddle the horse, here is me and Lin Jiaotou watching, Daddy will go to rest. ”

Lin Chong also said: "With me and Brother Yong here, the King of Heaven can rest assured." ”

When Chao Gai saw Lin Chong say this, he had no choice but to say a few words and go to rest first.

Early the next morning, Chao Gai quietly left the city with two personal companions.

Chao Yong arranged for people to move money and food from house to house according to the information that the spies had already collected about the poor and poor gentry in the city.

The heinous gentry in the city, with great resentment among the people, were killed in public by the law enforcement team led by Chao Yong. In principle, people from all walks of life are not allowed to harm people's lives, so as not to harm the innocent, but when they encounter obstacles, they can also act cheaply.

Chao Yong led people to inspect the circle, but he didn't see anything indiscriminately killing innocents, so he couldn't stop Yanwei and returned to the county government to rest.

"Young master, the owner of the village is back."

Chao Yong was in the lobby when he closed his eyes and recuperated, and Chao San came in to report the news.

Chao Yong is deeply afraid that Chao Gai will invite Song Jiang up the mountain, this guy in the Water Margin will win people's hearts, and he will advocate Zhao'an, and going up the mountain is also a hidden danger, but he can't talk to Chao Gaiming, he can only pray that Song Jiang will listen to Song Taigong like in the Water Margin, and don't fall into the grass and spoil his big things.

Chao Yong came out of the lobby, and when he saw Chao Gai's disappointment, he was secretly happy in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, and asked, "Daddy, can you invite Third Uncle Song?" ”

Chao Gai shook his head and said: "I went to Song Taigong's village, but I was stopped by Song Taigong at the door, only saying that he has nothing to do with Song Xiandi. Ping said that he did not communicate, and he was not unwell, and Brother Song Xian had never been to his house. If it was to say, he invited me into the village for tea, and now I am waiting for Liangshan, but he is desperate and does not dare to let me enter the village. I couldn't use it well, so I had to go back in vain. ”

Chao Yong thought for a while and said, "If Song Taigong is in good health, I'm afraid that the statement that Uncle Song will return home is just a pretext." After Daddy went up the mountain, Zhu Gui's leader integrated Jeju idlers and pranky eyes and ears. Previously, this Jeju idler and splasher were led by his father and Uncle Song, and Liang Shan's actions obviously couldn't hide from Uncle Song. The new magistrate thought that he could set up an empty city plan, but Uncle Song knew that Yuncheng County's truth could not be hidden from Liangshan, so he thought that he was unwilling to meet his father, so he deliberately hid out. ”

Chao Gai listened to Chao Yong's analysis, and felt reasonable, nodded and said: "Also, he is innocent, how can he fall into the grass with us." It's just that we didn't do the things of the birth gang, and we didn't want to fall into the grass. That's it, that's it, from now on, I will be my king, and he will be his tolerance. ”

Chao Yong saw that Chao Gai no longer provoked Song Jiang, and a big stone in his heart was also put down. After the soul is pierced, his body can be described as perverted, and he is not afraid of strong martial artists, but he is afraid of thick black people like Song Jiang.