Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Fire Rises

A chicken feather letter is being circulated in Yuncheng County quietly in the confusion of a small group of people such as Dang Shixiong, and the letter is written a few lines in the local dialect, to the effect that listening to the sound of the gong within the day is to kill corrupt officials and save good people.

Yuncheng County is very close to Liangshan, out of the east gate of the city is a piece of water, the people here are deeply influenced by Liangshan, very resistant consciousness, is worthy of the name of "Diao people". Where the chicken feather letter was delivered, fishing forks, knives and spears, and farm tools were sharpened, and I don't know how many "Diao Min" pricked up their ears, ready to catch the sound of gongs in the hustle and bustle.

The days of Dang Shixiong's life in the world are numbered.

It was a dark night with a dark moon and high wind, and suddenly a fire suddenly burst out in the darkness, it was the granary in Li Congji's army that suddenly caught fire in the Hanyang Festival of Longxi outside Yuncheng City!

Gao Yu entered Liangshan, and Li Congji led his headquarters to garrison Yuncheng and strangle the enemy's left flank. Li Congji, who had been in battle for a long time, took a fancy to a good terrain outside the west gate of Yuncheng at a glance, which was an important place for the grain storage garrison.

Unfortunately, the people who are most familiar with this important military area are not Li Congji, but the locals of Yuncheng - including Lei Heng, the winged tiger.

Lei Heng took the things that ignited the fire, sneaked into Li Congji's military rations in the dark, slaughtered more than a dozen soldiers, and then lit up the spiky grains with a fire, and the greedy flames rolled up the rice grains with the fragrance of wheat and went straight into the sky.

The sound of the gong in Yuncheng County suddenly sounded, and there was a ** shouting: "Go to the water!" Let's go to the water! Countless men flocked out to "put out the fire" with sharpened fishing forks and hoes.

In the county office, Dang Shixiong, who occupies the magpie's nest, was sleeping soundly, and suddenly heard the sound of the gong and was worried, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a jumping red on the paper window. In the panic, Dang Shixiong couldn't even wear shoes, jumped off the kang and rushed to the courtyard and shouted: "Where is the fire? ”

Someone responded efficiently: "Lord Hui, it's a military camp outside the city." ”

When Dang Shixiong heard this, he fell to his feet and screamed bitterly, and then he felt that the evil wind behind him was not good. If you want to hide again, it's too late.

"Poof", a big shackle has been stuck to his rib fan straight into it, the cold pistol into the body, and stirred a few times, Dang Shixiong felt that all the internal organs became fragmented under this stirring and stirring, when the handle was gently withdrawn, the fragments of the organs seemed to be lost with the departure of the murder weapon.

Blood choked Dang Shixiong's throat and eyes, blocking his unwillingness in his throat. Dang Shixiong fell down without looking at him, and his pupils reflected the image of a man with a long beard - what a beautiful hair!

The bearded man Zhu Tong took advantage of the weakness to enter, stabbed Dang Shixiong to death with a hand, changed his hand and replaced it with a wrist-untying knife, and without waiting for Dang Shixiong's body to completely fall to the ground, he grabbed Dang Shixiong's hair bun with his hand, and with the liliang of the corpse falling down, the sharp blade went upstream, and his head was cleanly shaved off. The resentment that had accumulated in Dang Shixiong's chest finally found an outlet, and the blood, wafting with the fishy fragrance, was like an infusion.

Dang Shixiong's sweet blood slowly became cold with the hot steam, and Zuihou returned to the fishy smell, this period of time is not long, it is not short, but it is enough for Zhu Tong to rescue Zhang Shuye and Shi Wenbin from the cage.

Standing under the free sky again, Zhang Shuye and Shi Wenbin were stunned by the spectacular scene in front of them - they were standing on the high county yajiao tower, and they saw that the middle school of Yuncheng County was raising fire like stars, and the heroic people of Yuncheng were pulling out the lackeys of Dang Shixiong one by one.

The feast of death gathered very quickly, and when the blood of the thieves stained the ditch red, the town of Yuncheng suddenly fell silent, and the people stopped unsatisfied, not because they were willing to give birth to their subordinates, but because a group of lackeys under Dang Shixiong - including those who hid - had been pulled out and killed.

This is originally a life-and-death struggle, there is no room for maneuver, and the corpse full of holes is the most haode annotation.

Zhang Shuye and Shi Wenbin, who were standing on a high place, were stunned - at this moment, they suddenly felt that they were so small, they couldn't stop the great death from piling life into his bowl. In this chaotic uproar, Uncle Zhang once let out a shout, but his voice quickly dissipated in the wind, and the bloody qi weaved into a thick barrier, gently and unquestionably blocking his drinking resistance thousands of miles away.

Outside the city is fire, inside the city is blood, fire and blood reflect each other, reflecting the eyes of every man in Yuncheng County. For the first time, they felt that they were full of liliang, and this liliang resonated between them - this is the liliang that is enough to change the stars and change the dynasty!

This kind of liliang is the easiest to highlight under the contrast of fire and blood.

The person who carries the head at this time is the proudest person. The weight of their lives is heavier, because they have cut off the lives of others, and have taken on themselves the unfulfilled responsibilities of the dead, so that their lives are as full as the ears of grain in autumn.

The people of Yuncheng looked at each other's familiar and unfamiliar faces, like the memories of enlightenment in the past and present lives, vaguely recognizing each other in the hazeβ€”the blood storm makes people crazy, but it also makes people intoxicated and promotes their growth even more.

In this wonderful atmosphere, a gong sounded rapidly in the west tower.

After being baptized by the blood waterfall that fell from the sky, the people of Yuncheng seemed to wake up from their sleeping dreams, and they woke up - they killed corrupt officials, but also caused great disasters - but so what?

Now they have never had such a weight in the quality of their lives, this is the real sense of the living people, not like in the past, they are at most just the walking dead - the rations of birds and beasts.

The people of Yuncheng clenched the blood-stained rudimentary weapons in their hands, they looked at each other in silence, at this time silence was better than sound, and in a tacit understanding, everyone walked side by side towards the place where the gong sounded - where under the red light in the eyes, the tongue of fire rolled, like the unyielding Xingtian constantly waving the axe to the sky!

The people's liliang has awakened!

Uncle Zhang froze on the corner tower at night, and Shi Wenbin supported him: "Your Excellency, ......"

Seeing these ordinary people on the street reborn one by one, Zhang Shuye muttered: "The sky is about to fall......" At this moment, Zhang Shuye, who was alone in a single clothes and did not change his face to the traitorous ministers, seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden.

At this moment, pictures flashed in front of his eyes - "The mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan!" With the sound of spring thunder on the ground, the people of the country went to the streets, and King Zhou Li fled in panic!

"Princely generals, would you rather have a kind?!" With the sound of spring thunder on the flat ground, the beacon fire of Daze Township swept the world, countless people rose up, and the Qiang Qin land collapsed!

"The hair is like a leek, cut and reborn, the head is like a chicken, cut and resonant. Officials are never fearful, and small people are never light! "With the sound of spring thunder on the flat ground, there are millions of rebels wrapped in yellow turbans, and the luck of the Han Dynasty has since stopped!

"Who's going to cut it off?" Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty looked for a mirror when he looked for a self-portrait, and his words did not fall, with the sound of spring thunder on the flat ground, the smoke of the righteous army in the world was everywhere, and the scenery of the Sui Dynasty withered like an epiphany.

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Uncle Zhang stared blankly at the firelight at the west gate, and then turned to the east opposite the firelight, where the sky was reflected by the firelight, revealing a hazy rainbow shadow, like God's drunken face after drinking, still there contented, not knowing that it was just below him, and there was a thunder that was heard in the silent place ready to start, ready to send out a sound that would shake the world!

In front of the Liangshan Juyi Hall, Ximen Qing was standing with his hands in his hands, he looked at the pillar of fire in the darkness, and was silent.

Behind him stood a row of Liangshan heroes, all looking at the back of the head of the Dazhai with expectant eyes - this person was once a reincarnated celestial star, and now he has become their head Dazhai master, and maybe tomorrow, he will bring them a new surprise...... Or even more splashing wealth!

In silent anticipation, Ximenqing finally turned around, his eyes were blazing, and he said to everyone in a deep voice: "Ba Song starts today!" ”

With the sound of spring thunder on the flat ground, a cannon sound shook Liangshan, and dazzling fireworks bloomed in the sky, which seemed to echo the firelight in the distance.

Countless sparks suddenly lit up in the darkness, and these sparks moved swiftly and incoherently, like long dragons, stabbing towards the depths of the dark heart without hesitation.

The battle against encirclement and suppression in Liangshan officially started with the unexpected and sudden Yuncheng uprising!

Longxi Hanyang Festival made Li Congji go crazy, he never imagined that the granary of his army would actually catch fire, and the fire was unexpectedly fierce, and he couldn't save it, so he could only watch the raging flames and stomp his feet. If you're lucky, maybe you can pick up some popcorn from the embers and eat it after the fire is extinguished.

Soon, the lieutenant sent out to investigate the cause of the fire came back angrily: "My lord, there are spies! The bodies of thirteen brothers were found in the fire, all of whom were secretly stabbed to death! This fire was deliberately planted! ”

Li Congji shouted: "Kill me angrily!" "The army has no food and is in chaos, although you can transfer food to Captain Gao after dawn for emergency, but someone unknowingly touched in and burned the soldier's food, what do you do to eat? The face that I finally earned will be lost this time! Moreover, when the two armies clash in the future, the blow to morale will be a huge fatal flaw!

"Yangshan! I swear to you! Li Congji gritted his teeth and swore a poisonous oath.

At this moment, another scout horse rushed to his side like a flying star, and immediately the scout fell off the horse, and fell to Li Congji's side with a rolling belt, and said loudly: "My lord, something is wrong!" ”

Li Congji said sharply: "What's the alarm? ”

Tanma pointed to the east: "Yuncheng!" After the fire broke out, the villain went to Yuncheng to contact the party control, but saw that the gate of Yuncheng was closed, and the head of the party general was already hanging on the city tower! ”

"Huh?!" Li Congji exclaimed, split his chest and grabbed the probe horse who reported the news, "The black light is blind, can you recognize the truth?" ”

Tanma hurriedly said: "My lord, the villain is willing to vouch for the head!" ”

Li Congji jumped up like a tiger pounced on his food, and shouted: "Pass on Lao Tzu's order, the three armies will all get up and go to Yuncheng County, and fight to the death with Liangshan Caokou!" ”

Don't think about it, this must be the Liangshan Water Army sneaking ashore from the east gate of Yuncheng, and then suddenly attacked, captured Yuncheng County, killed Dang Shixiong, and at the same time beat rabbits with grass, and burned their own grain and grass by the way - this Liangshan West Gate Qing soldiers, how poisonous?

Taking advantage of the fact that Liangshan's foothold is not stable now, he hurried to attack it, and there is still something to do. His own grain and grass have just been burned, and his soldiers have just been killed, and although their morale is low, they have a sense of sorrow, and the mourning soldiers will winβ€”but if the mourning soldiers are hungry at breakfast tomorrow, the victory will be consumed by three points; If he is scolded by Gao Taiwei again, the lord will be humiliated, and this victory will lose three points - at that time, his mourning soldiers have become tired soldiers, and Liang Shan has already established a firm foothold in Yuncheng, and if he fights again at that time, he is afraid that he will lose more and win less!

Therefore, Li Congji immediately made a decision, and immediately led his troops to Yuncheng County, vowing to give Liangshan Ximenqing a dismount first.

The soldiers approached the city, and they were about to reach the edge of the trench, but they heard a shout from the head of the city, countless lamp balls, torches, and bright pine trees shone like day, and Li Congji could see clearly under the firelight, who was the head of the person who was carrying the flagpole at the head of the city was not Dang Shixiong?

Li Congji shouted: "Ximen Qing, the son of Liangshan Sanqi, replied quickly, if you are a turtle with a shrunken head, Lao Tzu will attack the city!" ”

But I heard someone laughing and saying in the city: "Li Jiedu is a little restless, but there is nothing Ximen Qing and Dongmen Qing here, please listen to my words." ”

When Li Congji heard this, he was overjoyed: "Ximenqing is not here, this battle will be easy!" When I looked up, I saw that the people in the city looked very vulgar, and a black beard like ink was floating on his chest, which really looked like dust. Li Congji couldn't help but sigh: "Who is Jun?" What a thief! "It's very embarrassing.

The man said loudly: "In Xia Meibeard Gong Zhu Tong, he is the head of the horse soldiers of Yuncheng County, and this is my brother who is the head of the winged tiger Lei Heng, and now he is the head of the infantry of Yuncheng County." ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Li Congji was stunned, "Zhu Tong, Lei Heng!" As the head of the capital, why did you kill the officials of the court? Are you going to rebel with Liangshan? ”

When Zhu Tong heard this, he called out to hit the sky: "Li Jiedu! You can wrongfully kill the villains! The villains woke up from their dreams, there was a fire outside the West Gate, there were assassins in the city, and the party system was killed by the assassins, and they hung his head on this flagpole to demonstrate. Lei Dutou and I are closing the four gates, busy all over the city, where dare to learn from Liangshan to rebel? The two of us are both under the head of the army, and there are not a hundred, but there are 10,000 troops of Li Jiedu stationed outside the east gate, we are full of food, dare to rebel under your nose? ”

When Li Congji heard this, he couldn't help but believe it, and nodded: "This is also reasonable!" ”

Zhu Tong continued: "Li Jiedu! Your camp is blazing, but what's going on? If it weren't for the assassins in our Yuncheng City, the little one would have gone over to help fight the fire! ”

When Li Congji heard this, he exploded his chest and shouted: "It turns out that Liang Shan is afraid of the prestige of our Jiujiedu, and he does not dare to fight head-on with the officials and troops of our Celestial Empire, but he just makes people set fires, sends people to assassinate, and uses some indiscriminate means!" Ximen Qing is called Zhiguan Liangshan in vain, but it is nothing more than that! ”

Zhu Tong said sympathetically: "Ah! It turns out that Li Jiedu, your old man's house was burned? Yes, yes, compared to our side, the party control system has lost all its heads, Li Jiedu, you have only been burned a few tents, and it is already a great blessing! ”

When Li Congji heard this, he smacked his mouth - oops! Zhu Tong wondered why it was so wrong? But he didn't bother to pick the reason of these roe deer in the countryside, so he just said depressedly: "Open the city quickly, and we will enter the city and camp in this section!" ”

Zhu Tong smiled at this time and said, "Li Jiedu, you want to enter the city?" This is absolutely unacceptable! ”

Li Congji listened, squinted at Zhu Tong and shouted: "Zhu Dutou, I see that you are dignified and dignified, and I deliberately give you a chance to improve and promote you." You pushed the God of Wealth and Fortune out of the door, hehe, don't regret it! I'll just say it again now - start the city quickly! ”

Zhu Tong shook his head and said, "Forgive me!" ”

Li Congji said angrily: "Okay, you little head of Yuncheng County!" Do you dare to disobey the military orders of the envoys of this section?! Seeing that the master was furious, the military horses behind him all clamoured, or the long sword hit the shield, or knocked the armor, or the spear halberd slammed to the ground, and the murderous spirit suddenly became for a while.

Zhu Tong's face did not change, and he said calmly: "Li Jiedu! So who is the party system? It's Captain Gao's henchman! No one can kill him! But he died, and died under our noses, this tomorrow Captain Gao will know, his old man crooked mouth, Brother Lei and I have to go to Salmon Island for a while, and no one will deliver food, who suffers so much? Therefore, in any case, our brothers must also search the assassin out of the city and tie him up before Captain Gao to atone for his sins! Seeing that there are already clues, the officials and catchers are busy collecting the nets, but you are going to enter the city - at that time, the army was in chaos, in case the assassin slipped and escaped from the city by him hiding in the chaotic crowd, your old man is a festival envoy, and Gao Taiwei respects you for three points, we can't afford to be wronged! ”

Li Congji sneered: "If that assassin can kill Dang Shixiong, what can your servants and catchers do?" No more nonsense! Open the city to Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu is full of elite soldiers behind him, and if he catches a little assassin, is it not easy to capture? ”

Zhu Tong said categorically: "Li Jiedu, you want to steal the credit?" That's not going to work! Your old man is already a festival envoy, so let the little ones drink this little soup! Take 10,000 steps back and say, if we really can't catch that assassin, it's not too late to ask your old man to come out. ”

Li Congji was anxious to enter the city and caught the assassin to interrogate the next move of the Liangshan people, although the assassin may not know, but it is better than the black eyes now, but when he heard Zhu Tong pushing and hindering, he just didn't open the city gate, Li Congji was really angry, and shouted loudly at the moment: "Good junior!" Give you three points of color, and you're going to start a dyeing shop! Whether you are Zhu Tong and Zhu Tie, or Lei Heng and Lei Liang, if you don't open the city, Lao Tzu will attack the city! "This is exactly what it is:

first will be sharp and cold, and then decorate the enemy with clever words. But I don't know what will happen next, and listen to the next breakdown.