Chapter Seventy-Three: Capture the Thief and Capture the King
"No!" Liu Chengzhi said, "I know that the two of you are thinking about my safety, but at this time, our army has just been formed, and many soldiers originally belonged to Zhang Shuwu and bandits, and their centripetal force is greatly insufficient!"
"Moreover, there are undoubtedly huge casualties in the siege of the city, and if you can avoid it, you must avoid it as much as possible!"
"With my ability, Zhang Shuwu wants to arrest me, but I'm afraid it's difficult!"
Li Xiuqi and Li Chunxian knew the young master's ability, so they did not object.
Li Xiuqi said: "Young master, then I will go with you, so that I can take care of it!"
Liu Chengzhi said: "This is not good, Chunxian is not in good health at this time, and the affairs of the army can only be bothered by you!"
Li Chunxian said: "Young master, there is a saying called 'capture the thief and capture the king first', you are extremely risky to go, and when you encounter danger, you can start with Zhang Shuwu first!"
Li Xiuqi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "There are many old Zhang Shuwu troops in our army, it is better to find some people who are sincerely obedient to us, under the leadership of Cheng Zhijun, and escape back to the city during the day tomorrow to make an internal response!"
"As long as the young master restrains Zhang Shuwu, he only needs to release the code, and they will reassemble and use it for the young master!"
Liu Chengzhi laughed and said, "That's very good!"
On the second day, Liu Chengzhi packed up his bags and went to Ganzhou City.
Entering the city, looking around, the city of Ganzhou is prosperous and abnormal, and the flow of people is like weaving. A few days ago, the news of Cheng Zhijun's subduing of the bandits in Ganzhou had already spread throughout the city, and in many restaurants, some storytellers were describing the scene of Cheng Zhijun's subduing of the bandits.
Liu Chengzhi felt a little fresh, thinking that it was still early to go to the city lord's mansion for a banquet, so he walked to a restaurant, sat down, ordered a few good dishes, and sounded while eating.
The storyteller was spitting and saying: "This Liu Chengzhi Liu, everyone, listen to me, that is a heroic young man! He is nine feet tall, his eyes are like copper bells, and his voice is like a bell, as long as he stands in front of you, he can scare a bandit to death without his hands!"
When Liu Chengzhi heard this, he only felt that it was too exaggerated, and he couldn't help but be funny, but he also felt funny.
He was listening with great interest, when he was suddenly slapped on the back and couldn't help but glance back.
What caught my eye was a woman, wearing a golden hairpin, her skin was better than snow, and a pair of big sparkling eyes were staring at herself, not Chang Shanjie, but who was it?
Chang Shanjie sat down opposite Liu Chengzhi.
Liu Chengzhi asked: "Didn't I ask you to wait for me, as long as I have half a year, I will definitely kill back!"
Chang Shanjie sighed and said, "Half a year is so long, you can afford to wait, I can't afford to wait!"
After that, he glanced at Liu Chengzhi faintly, and said, "You let me find it, I just want to be by your side and share some responsibilities for you, just do it!"
Liu Chengzhi smiled bitterly and said, "My next move is extremely risky, you better wait for me outside the city first, and when I finish the task here, I will go back to you!"
Chang Shan Jie's pretty face turned slightly white when she heard that the risk was extremely high, but she immediately returned to normal and said: "You take risks, there is always a reason for you, but if you want me to go, you can't!"
After that, he looked at Liu Chengzhi firmly.
Liu Chengzhi knew that Chang Shanjie was the most stubborn, and the things he decided couldn't be pulled back by ten cows, so he said: "Then you follow me closely, don't leave my place!"
The two of them paid the money, left the restaurant, and went to the city lord's mansion.
When he came to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, the guards had already recognized Liu Chengzhi and invited him into the inner hall.
At this time, Zhang Shuwu and his four lieutenants were discussing things, and when they saw Liu Chengzhi coming, they hurriedly ordered someone to serve a banquet and start the banquet.
Liu Chengzhi secretly made a color to Chang Shanjie and signaled her not to drink the wine at the banquet.
Chang Shan Jie Bingxue was smart and naturally understood, so he formally touched the wine to his mouth.
Zhang Shuwu said: "I didn't expect General Liu to quell the bandits in such a short period of time and make a great contribution to the people of Ganzhou." When General Liu first came, I was contemptuous, and I really had no eyes. ”
Liu Chengzhi laughed and said: "General Zhang praised it falsely, if there is no trust from General Zhang, I will be able to exterminate the bandits so easily, General Zhang is the first merit!"
Zhang Shuwu said with a straight face: "I can't imagine that General Liu is not very old, but he is not proud of his achievements, which really makes me admire! I see that your martial arts are world-famous and your strategy is superhuman, but you are only a subordinate general under Fang Kaida! I don't know where General Liu is taught?"
Liu Chengzhi said: "It's just a casual cultivation in the next one, but there is no teacher. ”
Liu Chengzhi said again: "I know that the reason why there is a bandit in Meiling is because of Li Longxun's cronie Wang Tao's rampant expropriation, which has appeared and changed, although Li Longxun is a generation of heroes and has a lot of ability to govern the world, but the biggest problem is that his subordinates are more important than the people!"
When Zhang Shuwu heard this, he said angrily: "General Liu has lost his words! The lord is peerless, how can you and I be able to speculate?"
After that, the conversation changed and said, "General Liu, do you know why Shuwu invited you to come?"
Liu Chengzhi said: "I don't know!"
"You dare to come here single-handedly today, Zhang Mou respects you as a man", Zhang Shuwu said: "There is news from Zhuzhou City, four days ago, the city has been occupied by thieves, although I don't know what kind of force they are, but Your Excellency came to me three days ago, and you will definitely not be able to escape." ”
Liu Chengzhi smiled slightly and said, "I knew that the general would understand this matter, but can the general know who I am?"
Zhang Shuwu said angrily: "I don't care who you are, I only know that you are a thief, I am an officer and soldier, and I am here!"
I saw two teams of dozens of officers and soldiers pouring out of the hall left and right, surrounding Liu Chengzhi.
Cheng Zhi said: "You are a little soldier, I'm afraid you still can't stop me!" After that, he pulled out the long sword in his hand and took Zhang Shuwu directly.
Zhang Shuwu saw that the sword was in a hurry and fast, and it seemed that all his retreats were blocked, so he had to block the knife in his hand horizontally in front of him.
The long sword in Liu Chengzhi's hand bent slightly, drawing a small arc, and a soft energy surged towards the Shuwu knife. Shuwu only felt that he couldn't hold the knife a little, but the crisis in his chest had been solved, so he took a few steps and retreated behind him. At the same time, the soldiers on both sides took their spears and stabbed at Chengzhi.
Liu Chengzhi saw that he couldn't succeed with one blow, so he went to the left side, and with a wave of his right hand, several spears in front of him turned around and stabbed at the soldiers on the left. The two soldiers on the left were unable to react and were impaled in the legs with a snort.
Cheng Zhi jumped into the soldiers' formation, waved the long sword in his hand left and right, and after a while, the spears of the soldiers on both sides were all cut off, and only the bare sticks remained.
Zhang Shuwu took this opportunity and swung his long knife towards Chengzhi's neck. Liu Chengzhi didn't want to hurt his life, so he had to jump out of the circle, and then slashed at the back of the knife with his sword, and the knife was cut off with a bang, and Liu Chengzhi then grabbed Zhang Shuwu's hand with a palm.
Zhang Shuwu retracted his hand, jumped high, kicked his legs to Chengzhi's chest, Chengzhi blocked it with his hand, who knew that Zhang Shuwu's legs were very strong, Liu Chengzhi was kicked back two steps, and the soldiers in the rear stabbed Chengzhi in the back with the remaining spears, Liu Chengzhi only felt a hot pain in his back.
Liu Chengzhi used the power of the spear to stab forward, jumped forward, and attacked Zhang Shuwu with his palm. Zhang Shuwu was not afraid, and also waved his fist to resist.
As soon as the fist palm was connected, Zhang Shuwu secretly screamed badly, only feeling that there was a suction force on Cheng Zhi's palm, which firmly sucked his fist, and at the same time, the internal force was continuously sucked away from Cheng Zhi's palm. After a while, he couldn't resist falling to the ground.