Chapter 18: Unbearable

The first day of Huyan's soldiers coming to the city passed like this, and Ximenqing, who had never been afraid of things, found all kinds of excuses to restrain the soldiers and horses of Liangshan from stepping out of the cottage.

On the second day, Hu Yanzhuo personally led a large group of people and horses to arrive, and Hu Yanqing led a group of men and horses to take the lead, bumped into the front of the water and shouted loudly.

The heroes of Liangshan stood on the top of the peak of Heifengkou and could see clearly, and when they saw the Huyan cavalry showing off their might, they were all angry when they heard the small soldiers in the scolding formation. Lin Chong asked Ximen Qing for an order: "Marshal Qiyu, the enemy is rampant, if you don't fight, won't you lose the spirit of the cottage?" The last general is not talented, and he is willing to lead the troops out of the battle, frustrate the edge of the children, and teach them to know the power of the heroes of Liangshan! ”

Everyone said in unison: "I am willing to go out with Brother Lin Chong!" ”

Ximen Qing stared at the Huyanzhuo military formation in the distance, turned a deaf ear to everyone's generous statement of asking for battle, and said for a long time: "The art of war is cloudy: if you don't invite the banner of righteousness, don't hit the dignified formation, and this one will also govern the change." Hu Yanzhuo has a law to govern the army, and the formation is invulnerable, and today we can't fight, just watch from the wall. Scolding as he scolds, I think I'm waiting for the uproar, and this healer is also. ”

He has a "person also" on the left and a "person also" on the right, where can Li Kui understand the black whirlwind? At that moment, Huo Zaza picked up the double axe and said: "But it's annoying and killing!" If you didn't fight yesterday and don't play today, isn't this putting down the haode wine and tying my iron bull's mouth? Brother Siquan, Tie Niu can't suffer this crime, and he has to fight today! ”

Ximen Qing's face sank, and Pei Xuan, who was iron-faced, had already shouted: "Li Kui!" The marshal has an order, and the three armies are not allowed to fight! But you dare to disobey the order, is it not good to deceive the magic knife in my box? ”

Li Kuitian is not afraid, the earth is not afraid, he is afraid that Pei Xuan will come to speak. All because when his wife went to Liangshan, Pei Xuan's wife took care of him diligently when she was sick, although Li Kui was reckless, but he was a character who received the grace of water and would be reciprocated by a spring, plus Pei Xuan was a good person, how could Li Kui not respect Pei Xuan to 120,000 points? Now that he was trained by Pei Xuan, the black whirlwind immediately didn't dare to say anything, and he was speechless.

The heroes were so angry that their eyes were on fire, but Ximenqing returned leisurely and went back to the water village to enjoy the summer. Not only that, before leaving, he also took away the iron call Lehe in a big way, and said to everyone: "Brother Lehe sings a good tune, I want to take him back to sing a few paragraphs well, and relieve his depression a little, brothers, please!" ”

For five days in a row, Ximenqing issued a strict order not to allow Liangshan to fight a single soldier, and those who violated the order were beheaded! He himself lives in a simple house every day, and the string songs are constantly singing in the water village where he escapes the summer. The Liangshan brothers saw him so perverse, how many people were indignant, and under the organization of Song Jiang, they organized a group to ask for a few battles.

Everyone was complaining day by day, Song Jiang listened to the secret joy in his heart, and thought: "Ximenqing is crazy!" At such a critical moment, he dared to indulge in singing and dancing, and when the time came, all the brothers would be separated, and if he didn't move forward, he would violate the military order! Then I wanted to see how he ended! haha! hahaha......"

Wu Yong was not as optimistic as Song Jiang, he thought to himself: "Ximen Siquan has lofty ambitions and has the world in mind, how can he be easily fascinated by the sound of dogs and horses?" If he disguises himself like this today, there must be a deception! It's just that he, Zhiduoxing, wants to break his head, and he can't see where Ximenqing is cheating. Carefully observing Lu Fang and Guo Sheng's people who were close to Ximen Qing, they saw that they were also generally anxious and helpless, except for the daily training of soldiers and horses, there was no change.

Puzzled, Wu was depressed in his heart. This is the common problem of self-proclaimed smart people, once they encounter a problem that they can't think of, they will be sad and depressed because of it.

Also sullen is Hu Yanzhuo. He was ordered to conquer Liangshan, but he was stationed at the foot of Liangshan for six or seven days, and he consumed food and straw every day, but he could not get it for a war. In the long run, when the veterans of the division are tired, what should we do?

With a frown, he had already calculated it, so he called Yanqing, Han Tao, and Peng Xi into the account, and ordered this and so.

The next day, Han Tao led 500 loose cavalry to the Shuibo side to curse, until his mouth was dry, and the Liangshan men and horses still couldn't shrink. At that time, the sun was like fire, Han Tao ordered his subordinates to undress and unload their armor, 500 people were naked, sitting or lying, pointing to the opposite Liangshan, and the mouth was not dry or clean, and later after some people exchanged their heads and ears, more than 100 people lined up in a line and peed together towards the cottage.

Urinate a volley, where can the people in the cottage endure it? I don't know which one roared first, and everyone rushed to the golden beach, wanting to fight to the death with the enemy who insulted me. Who knew that he couldn't run a few steps, and there was already a team of elites from the martial arts hall who came with an iron-faced face, Pei Xuan hugged the sword in his arms and shouted: "Brother Tianwang's Longquan Sword is here, those who violate military law will be cut first and then played!" ”

Jinmao Huyan was so angry that he threw the hood to the ground with all his might, and shouted: "The boss is so cowardly, what's the use of asking you and me to wear armor?" I only hate the prestige that Liang Shan finally boiled out, and today it was gently buried in the hands of Ximen Qing! ”

When Wang Xiaohu went to Liangshan, he was scolded by Ximenqing, and he often had resentment in his heart, and when he seized the opportunity today, he shouted for fear that the world would not be chaotic: "What Brother Yan said is true!" Let's all go to Brother Chao Gai's and sit on the ground! What kind of marshal is this? The enemy is now, but he is a turtle with a shrunken head! It doesn't matter if you lose his face alone, but you lose the faces of all our brothers! ”

In the middle of the disturbance, a loud shout was heard in the distance: "You are rude to wait for Hugh!" But it was Song Jiang who rushed to hear the sound, and did good and bad things, and persuaded everyone to go back.

Liangshan's side is uncomfortable, and the official army side is also average. The five hundred people led by Han Tao were all about to be dried by the summer sun, and there was still not a single ghost on Liangshan who came out, so in desperation, Han Tao had to lead his troops back in despair. Hu Yanqing, Peng Xi and others, who were secretly ambushed elsewhere, were also dizzy from the sun, and after coming back, they complained to Hu Yanzhuo repeatedly.

Hu Yanzhuo sighed and said, "Alas! It seems that the only way to ask Commander Ling to come out tomorrow! ”

To be honest, Hu Yanzhuo really didn't want to let the thundering thunder come out. Before leaving Beijing, he saw Ling Zhen test firing the wind cannon, and the power was really beyond the power of flesh and blood. As a professional officer, Hu Yanzhuo suddenly had a sense of crisis, and he vaguely felt that if there were enough gunners like Ling Zhen to form a legion to participate in the war, the master of the future battlefield would no longer be the current cavalry and infantry, but to give way to this special type of troops, perhaps it could be called "artillery".

The self-esteem of the famous general's family makes it difficult for Hu Yanzhuo to accept this kind of role dislocation from the protagonist to a supporting role. He is a fair and upright person, of course he will not give Ling Zhen small shoes to wear because of this, but he also does not want Ling Zhen to make contributions in the battle against Liangshan. I only hate that now the Liangshan thieves can't defend it, and there is no warship on their side, even if they have a warship, Huyanbing is good at horsemanship, if they can't play one percent of their combat effectiveness in ten percent, this kind of loss-making deal that attacks the enemy's strength with their own shortcomings, Hu Yanzhuo will not do it.

After thinking about it, now he had to use Ling Zhen's artillery, after all, soldiers are expensive, not expensive for a long time, and Hu Yanzhuo can't do the kind of thing that wastes national funds in order to compete with Ling Zhen.

Ling Zhen received the general's order, entered the army tent and saw Hu Yanzhuo, Hu Yanzhuo told the current situation, and then said: "The only way to do this is to ask Commander Ling to lay down artillery, force Liangshan out of the hay, and then collect the army." ”

Because it was a temporary requisition, Ling Zhen's marching commander was a false officer, and if he couldn't make meritorious service in this battle, he would have to be handed off when he went back. Ling Zhen has been buried for twenty or thirty years, and finally looked forward to this opportunity, where is he willing to let it go? After listening to Hu Yanzhuo's order, he hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed down: "The last general will obey the order!" Then he rushed away.

In the past few days, Ling Zhen has not been idle in the camp, Liangshan is far and near, the enemy village is steep, he has already surveyed and understood, at this time he got the order of the main general, and immediately beckoned his eight gunners, and spent a day arranging the third-class artillery stones to prepare for the attack - the first is the wind artillery, the second is the golden wheel cannon, and the third is the sub-mother cannon - the gunners commanded the military jian to erect the gun carriage directly at the water's edge, just waiting for the cannon to be fired.

The first two of the eight artillery guns - Tang Erhu and Zhang Sifei personally calibrated it, and after Ling Zhen confirmed it, they ignited the cannons, and the platoon guns bombarded directly into Liangshanbo. Just listen to the sound of "galala" endlessly, like thunder and lightning, the cannon stone hit the small village of Yazui Beach. Fortunately, Ximen Qing had already prepared, and all the minions of Liangshan returned to the mountains to lurk, although Ling Zhen's artillery was powerful, but not a single person was injured.

When the leaders of Liangshan saw that Ling Zhen's artillery was so sharp, their faces all changed color. So everyone discussed, and publicly recommended Song Jiang to see Chao Gai. Chao Gai was talking speculatively with Gongsun Sheng, Wu Yan, and Xiao Rang, and when he saw Song Jiang coming, he smiled and said, "What is the mundane matter of brother?" ”

Song Jiang smiled bitterly, and told him about the situation in the past few days, and said with a bitter face: "It's not that the younger brother is talking behind his back, the Siquan brothers, as the commander of the cottage, are indulged in singing and dancing, ignoring military affairs, and if this continues, I am afraid that even if there is Jincheng soup pool, it will also cause trouble within the Xiao Wall!" ”

Gongsun Sheng, Wu Yan, and Xiao Rang all glanced at Song Jiang. Chao Gai got up and said, "In this case, let me ask Brother Siquan to see what he is doing?" ”

When everyone saw that Song Jiang invited Chao Gai, they were all overjoyed, and they came to the water village of Ximen to celebrate the summer vacation with Chao Gai. When Chao Gai's boat arrived, Ju An was already on the side of the boat to greet him: "My son-in-law said, only invite Chao Tianwang to come into the meeting." ”

Song Jiang, who was accompanying Chao Gai, was very bored when he heard this, so he had to watch Chao Gai get on the boat alone. After a while, I heard Chao Gai's hearty daxiao voice, and after daxiao several times, Chao Gai came out and disembarked with a happy face.

Song Jiang asked sourly, "Why is my brother so happy?" ”

Chao Gai said leisurely: "I laughed at me for not mistaking people, the Siquan brothers really have the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, and the wisdom to set the country and the country." In less than ten days, the defeated official army, broken and extended, only between the backpalms, at most it will only cost me Liangshan's efforts! ”

Song Jiang was shocked when he heard this, and was speechless for a while. After Chao Gai's boat docked, Chao Gai said to everyone: "You guys are also making a fuss! The Siquan brothers have not fought for days, and they are preparing to use earth-shaking means, so they are hidden in vain! How can you be so manic, blinded by a leaf, and unable to see the forest, to achieve great things? Now I want to talk to Brother Yiqingdao, Master Wuqi, Xiao Xiucai about the Tao, mortals ignore it, who dares to come to disturb me, I will fight with him Big pimple, and it is incompatible! "I said that I flicked my sleeves and went.

Everyone was so trained by Chao Gai that they couldn't touch the door, so they had to stare at him blankly. But I heard Chao Gai humming while walking: "The reincarnated Tianxing people ignore it, but they look for the spring in the peach source cave - isn't it funny?" "Humming all the way.

Wu Yong was angry and funny, and said in his heart: "Brother Chao Gai has only been talking about the Tao for a few days? He actually sang a mockery song to me! Thinking of the words that Chao Gai sang when he left, Wu Xin's heart moved.

At this time, everyone was discussing: "It turns out that Brother Siquan is not obsessed with singing and dancing, but is using tricks?" "Oops! As I expected! "Pull you down! Aren't you the one who's screaming the most these days? "You still talk about me? Do you want me to expose all your whining and weird words? ”……

For a while, it was a mess, but this time it was more happy and orderly.

Song Jiang and Wu Yong left the hustle and bustle and returned to their own house, so Song Jiang asked Wu Yong for advice: "Military advisor, do you know what Ximen Qing is secretly planning?" ”

Wu Yong's face was ashamed: "This ...... The younger brother is an ordinary man, where can he see through the strategy of reincarnating the celestial star? ”

Song Jiang muttered, "Could it be that guy is really the reincarnation of the Heavenly Star?" If so, if so......" glanced at Wu Yong, and said in his heart, "If so, does this Liangshan still have my share?" ”

When he was pregnant with a ghost, he heard the drums of the generals, Song Jiangwu was stunned when he heard the sound, and hurriedly rushed to the lecture hall to respond to the mao, and when everyone was together, Ximen Qing turned out of the back hall with a smile and sat on the handsome seat.

Everyone saluted in unison: "See the marshal!" After some suspicion, it finally came to light, and everyone was ashamed, so their admiration for Ximenqing deepened a little, and the word "marshal" was no longer as awkward as it was at the beginning.

Ximenqing nodded and said, "All the generals are exempted from courtesy." ”

After everyone sat down, Ximenqing immediately got straight to the point: "If there is an attack, there should be a defense, and if there is a defense, there will be an attack." After sitting for a long time, tomorrow is the time to strike! ”

Everyone couldn't believe their ears for a while, and after they understood, Li Kui was the first to jump up and said happily: "It's scratching the itch of my iron cow!" Brother Siquan, let me take the lead tomorrow! ”

Ximen Qing said with a smile: "Tomorrow's battle, but there is no need for infantry, it all depends on the ability of the navy - three Ruan, two Zhang, two Tong, and one Li listen to orders!" ”

Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Li Jun, Tong Wei, and Tong Meng The eight leaders of the navy army came out in unison.

Ximen Qing said: "Eight of them will act according to my plan, and first capture the gunner from Tokyo, otherwise there will be this person everywhere, and the brothers will not be able to sleep peacefully." ”

The eight captains of the navy went down to prepare. Li Kui was anxious, pointed to his nose and asked, "Brother Siquan, what about me?" What about me? ”

Ximenqing waved his hand and said: "Brother Tieniu, don't be impatient, there is one thing that you have to do." ”

Li Kui immediately became excited: "Brother Siquan, you give a military order!" The iron bull went to the soup and died! ”

Ximen Qingzheng said: "The military order is like a mountain, so I will ask Brother Tie Niu to go back to his house to sleep!" ”

"Huh?!" Li Kui's eyes widened, and he wanted to cry without tears. This is exactly what it is:

Since ancient times, it was known that soldiers were not warlike, and later they had to think deeply about governing the people. But I don't know what will happen next, and listen to the next breakdown.