However, it was said that when Song Jiang of Yuncheng County met He Tao, the envoy of Jeju Prefecture, outside the Yamen, he learned that the thief who robbed the Shengchengang was headed by Chao Gai, and now Jeju sent a document to Yuncheng County to send someone to arrest him.

Song Jiang hurriedly stabilized He Tao, excused himself to go home to rest, waited for the magistrate to sit in the government and open the hall, and secretly Pegasus went to Dongxi Village to report the news, never thought that when he went, Chao Gai Zhuang was already a person to Zhuangkong, and asked the farmers in the village to know that dozens of people in Chao Gai went east before dawn.

Song Jiang saw that Zhuang Zhong's fine and soft had been taken away, and guessed that Chao Gai should have gotten the news. Chao Gai and the others walked for a long time, even if the county ordered troops and horses to chase after them, it was too late.

immediately returned to the county and led He Tao to meet the new county magistrate Shi Wenbin.

He Tao only thinks that the county has just opened, and there is no doubt about him.

The former magistrate of Yuncheng County has been promoted to the other side because of his meritorious service.

Although the newly arrived magistrate Shi Wenbin has only been in office for two months, he is an honest official and honest in his work. Some of the peasants who were displaced by the fields were also resettled by Shi Wenbin, so they were quite loved by the officials and people of Yuncheng County.

When Shi Wenbin heard that the thief who robbed Tai Sheng Chengang was actually under his rule, he hurriedly ordered the county lieutenant to take two of them to arrest Kuai and 100 soldiers to Dongxi Village.

These two are both heads, one surnamed Zhu Mingtong, eight feet four or five long, with a tiger beard, one foot five inches long, the face is like a heavy jujube, the eyes are like a star, like Guan Yun's appearance, the people of the county call him a beautiful beard.

The other is called Lei Heng, who is seven feet five inches long, with a purple begonia skin and a fan-ring beard. He has great strength and can jump three or two feet wide, so the people of Manxian County call him a winged tiger. He was originally a blacksmith in this county. Later, he opened a mill house and slaughtered cattle for gambling. Although it is righteous, there are only some narrow hearts.

Both of them learned good martial arts, so the county squire promoted the two of them to be the leaders of the fast catch.

In Dongxi Village, where the Yuncheng County official arrived, he didn't expect that Chao Gai and his group had disappeared, so they had to arrest a group of neighbors and return to the government to pay their errands.

Shi Wenbin is a rare parent, and he didn't arrest people indiscriminately because it was a matter of the Taishi. After careful interrogation, He Tao was asked to bring back to Jeju the two Chao Gai Zhuangke who did not want to fall into the grass, and the rest of the innocent neighbors were released.

He Tao brought the two villagers back to Jeju, forced a confession, and learned that Chao Gai and his gang went to Shijie Village to find the three heroes of the Ruan family, and Bai Sheng's confession was matched.

Shijie Village is close to Liangshan, and He Tao was afraid of encountering Liangshan thieves, so he asked the Jeju prefect to arrest and inspect thieves and command the Xiang army.

The army was about to come to Shijie Village, and Yuncheng County reported that the Liangshan people had sacked Dongma Village, killing all the old and young people of Baozheng in Dongma Village, and most of the people in the village were coerced up the mountain.

The head is Chao Yong, the son of Chao Gai, who robbed the Shengchengang, and Chao Gai played the banner of Tianxingdao in Liangshan, recruiting troops everywhere.

He Tao learned that Chao Gai had gone to Liangshan, how dare he take these hundreds of people to arrest him, so he had to know the state again.

It was related to Cai Jing's birthday, and Zhizhou didn't dare to shirk it, so he ordered Huang An, the commander of the capital of Benzhou, and commanded the two box soldiers, and went to Liangshan to arrest Chao Gai and others.

After the soldiers and horses of Liangshan returned from Dongma Village, they took advantage of the fact that the news had not spread, and patronized several large households within a radius of 100 miles, and obtained countless amounts of money and food.

Although there were also two places where people gathered to resist, under the leadership of Lin Chong and other leaders, there were not many casualties.

After doing a few happy things in a row, Liangshan's reputation for Tianxingdao gradually spread in ten miles and eight townships, and every time there were farmers from nearby villages who were covered by the fields, they went up to the mountain to join the family.

At this time, the leaders were discussing affairs in the hall of righteousness, and they saw the little minions coming up the mountain and saying: "The Jeju government sent an officer, led about 1,000 men and horses, and drove four or five hundred boats. ”

Chao Gai said with a smile: "After waiting for many days, the officers and soldiers are finally here, these Liangshan men and horses are nearly 2,000, but the weapons are insufficient, and they have solved the urgent need." Can the leaders have a plan so that none of the officers and soldiers can get out? In this way, I will show the prestige of Liangshan. ”

Wu Yong shook the feather fan and said with a smile: "This matter is simple, but let the three heroes of the Ruan family take some people and horses to hide in the reeds." When the officers and soldiers got to the golden beach, we gave them a pass, and when they were away from the water's edge, the Nguyen brothers took their boats. The brigade of men and horses will be killed from the gate again, and none of them will be able to escape. ”

Chao Yong said again: "There are few horses in the cottage, when they come to attack, the horses will be in Shijie Village, and the three heroes of the Ruan family can be divided into a group to get them." ”

Chao Gai said with a smile: "There are a group of wolf-like brothers here, and the officers and soldiers are just chickens and dogs. Everyone listened to the order, Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu crouched in the reeds, and after the officers and soldiers went up the mountain, they robbed the officers and soldiers and cut off their back roads, and Ruan Xiaoqi took people to Shijie Village to get their horses. The rest of the leaders followed me to break the enemy. ”

Let's say that Jeju commanded Huang An and the government to arrest thieves and patrol the three commanders to Shijie Village. It took two days to requisition more than 100 large and small ships in villages near and far. He led the people to the boat immediately, waved the flag and shouted, and ran to the golden beach.

The village, which was originally full of chickens and dogs barking, was full of chicken feathers and bitter complaints after the officers and soldiers left.

Although his subordinates caught a lot of poultry in the village to pay respect, Huang An was accustomed to the chef's skills in the city restaurant, how could he get used to eating the food in the village. Therefore, as soon as he got enough ships, Huang An ordered troops and horses to kill Liangshan.

Looking at the labyrinthine waterways in Shijie Lake, the Jeju officers and soldiers who came to Yangshan Shuibo for the first time were suddenly dizzy.

Finally got out of Shijie Lake, and arrived at Liangshan Shuibo, but found that there were reeds more than one person high everywhere, and the road was complicated.

Although Huang An worked in Jeju, there were also thieves hiding in Yangshan Shuibo, but because of the complex terrain of Yangsan and the junction of several state capitals, each state passed the buck to each other, and no one came to suppress the thieves.

Huang An has never been to Liangshan Shuibo because of this, but he has heard that Liangshan thieves are rampant, and they often go out to plunder.

After entering the reeds, there are reeds more than one person high on both sides, and you can't see what is behind the reeds.

After walking a short distance, I heard a sudden sound of breaking the air in the reeds.

An officer and soldier shouted: "Be careful, someone has released arrows." ”

Huang An was so frightened that he fell on the boat, and at the same time grabbed a personal soldier in his hand to block him.

"Puff"

"Puff"

There was little room to hide on the boat, and the officers and soldiers behind were all pushed and squeezed to hide under others, so those who knew the water jumped into the water and hid under the boat without hesitation.

The fishermen who were forced by the officers and soldiers to drive the boat looked at the officers and soldiers who were in a mess, and forced a smile and said, "My lord, it's just a flock of white egrets. ”

When Huang An was frightened, he dared to raise his head and saw a flock of egrets flying in the sky, so he let go of the personal soldiers he was holding in his hands.

The soldier was caught by Huang An just now, and he was also so frightened that he almost kicked Huang An into the water, but fortunately the fisherman reminded him to stop his foot. After Huang An let go, he quietly moved a few steps away, saving him a while from being really caught blocking the arrow.

Huang An looked at the officers and soldiers who were in a mess, and his forehead was sweating.

The trip was nominally with three commanders, and there should be 1,500 people, but in fact, after removing the quota for eating empty salaries, the three commanders were not even 1,000 people, and many of them were old and weak.

I heard that Liangshan recruited troops and horses, and the number of people and horses had already exceeded 1,000, but fortunately, it was not long, Huang An deduced that Liangshan soldiers and horses were short of weapons, otherwise Huang An would not dare to bring such soldiers and horses to attack Liangshan.

But at this time, looking at the endless reeds, Huang An was also a little timid, if Liang Shan didn't fight against them with a clear sword and a gun, just hiding in the reeds and sneaking attack, I was afraid that it would be difficult to say the outcome of the battle.

Huang An glanced at the officers and soldiers behind him, thought for a while, and said, "Wang Nan, you lead people to explore the road in front, so as not to fall into an ambush by the grass robbers." ”

The head who was hit was suddenly frightened, and he just looked at Huang An, and he didn't dare to disobey the military order, so he had to scold and ask people to pull up the soldiers who jumped into the water, and drove forward cautiously.

There was some turmoil along the way, and the officers and men were jumping with chickens and dogs. Fortunately, there was no danger along the way, and it was not attacked by the people of Liangshan.

Turning out of the reeds, looking at the unobstructed lake and the golden sand beach close at hand, Huang Anxin was also very wide, and said with a smile: "In the end, they are some grass cowards, they don't know the art of war, let us take advantage of such a place, let us drive straight into it and get to the golden beach." The soldiers listened, killed a thief, and the reward was consistent, and the reward for catching the bandit leader Chao Gai was a thousand yuan. ”

When the officers and soldiers heard that Chao Gai had a reward of 1,000 yuan, they immediately swept away their previous cowering, and followed Huang An to the golden beach.

The thatched houses built on the golden sand beach had been demolished at this time, and Huang An lined up on the golden sand beach and rushed to the mountain without stopping.