Yang Xiong said that it was not difficult to break the Yelu, and everyone listened to it, but they didn't believe it.

Yang Xiong was not annoyed, smiled at the moment, and said: "His fifty or sixty thousand horses, half of them are veterans, and they have fought with the Jurchens over the years, and they have also taken turns to fight in battle, and the remaining half are mostly strong men, and many of them are still from bandits. ”

Chai Jin listened to him raise the morale of others, and said strangely: "If you say this, won't you be more and more unable to defeat him?" I only have three or four thousand people here, and most of them are new to the battle, how can I say that it is not difficult? ”

Yang Xiong said with a smile: "Big official, don't you hear it: there is no higher merit than saving the driver, and the poison is better than robbing the grain!" He has tens of thousands of horses here, and tens of thousands of people, how much does it cost people to eat and chew horses? Moreover, he was in a hurry to raise his army, and before the autumn grain had been harvested, he hastily came to the battle, and the grain and grass he brought with him were to be chewed for at most half a month, and if he had a fire to burn his grain, he would be disciplined to retreat without a fight. ”

When Mu Hong heard this, he applauded: "This plan has won my heart!" If you fight face to face, he has many people and I have few people, and it is difficult to resist each other, but the burning of grain and grass is different, and there are only a few torches on the left and right, and it can be effective. ”

Shi Xiu said with a smile: "Good brother, don't tease me and others: he has thousands of troops and horses, and the grain storage place must be heavily guarded, how can it be easily burned?" I know that you will have a plan, and speak out, brothers, rest assured. ”

Yang Xiong laughed and said, "What do you call 'Desperate Saburo', but you didn't deliberately mix up as a reckless man?" I just said the word "burning grain", and you know that I have a calculation, and it should be called 'Xiao Zhuge '. ”

Only then did he say: "Don't hide it from all the brothers, this trip was caught by him, when he arrived in Wugang Town, Qingzhou, the Khitan people plundered money and grain, and a man ran away to eat him and stopped, and resisted, so that a more than 30 catties of iron melon hammer danced away, and dozens of people did not dare to get close. The Liao soldiers were about to shoot him with arrows, but the younger brother didn't want to see the hero die, so he drank, stepped forward to fight him, caught him with a hammer, and said in a low voice: 'If you don't want to die, you will surrender, I will find an opportunity to walk.' The man was so clever that he hurriedly surrendered, and declared himself to be a smith of blacksmiths, so he stayed in the army to repair the damaged ordnance. ”

Shi Xiu heard it and immediately knew what it meant: "What does my brother mean, do you want this man to be the internal response?" Not to mention that he is alone, can he do great things, just say that this matter is nine deaths, can this person have such courage? ”

Yang Xiong said: "I asked about the origin of this person, this person is the son of the military attache of the governor of Yan'an Prefecture, surnamed Tang, named Long, because of his pockmarked body, he has a nickname on the rivers and lakes, called 'Money Leopard'!" If you ask about being a person, but it is a good gun and a stick, and you will take revenge in your life. He was burned down by the Liao soldiers in the blacksmith shop, and yesterday he was looking for him to drink, and he still hated himself, and he was determined to make the Liao army ruthless. ”

When Shi Xiu heard this, he nodded and said, "In this way, he is also a tough guy!" It's just that if you want to get in touch, you can't avoid the risk of your brother. ”

Yang Xiong smiled freely: "I've even been a king for a few years, what are you afraid of delaying?" ”

When everyone saw him so frank, they couldn't help but fall down, and their hearts were more and more admired.

Shi Xiu also smiled, and said with a smile: "Since my brother regards life and death as idle, and the younger brother is not willing to be left behind, when I go with my brother, it is better for two people to act than alone." ”

Yang Xiong was about to excuse himself, but seeing his resolute expression, he knew that this was a good man who regarded death as home, so he nodded and said, "In this case, you and my brother live and die together." ”

According to Yang Xiong's statement, this Liao soldiers are all patchwork, not familiar with each other, he has been in Jizhou Yamen for many years, and knows the truth and fiction, so everyone agreed, there are Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu, go to find Tanglong to do internal response, Cangzhou City Pillow and wait, see the fire, kill and go out.

In order to be safe, Chai Jin ordered Zhuang Ding under his command to mobilize all the people in the city, and did not want him to go into battle to fight, but he must have a torch in his hand, and then the old and weak women and children will go to the city, and the young and strong men will go out of the city to strengthen their momentum.

At that time, everyone went their separate ways, Shi Xiu Yang Xiong lasted until the evening, each ordered a big bowl of rotten meat noodles to eat, and drank two corners of hot and spicy wine, taking advantage of the wine, each carried a large bag of fire-starting things, and did not bring a knife with a mouthful, and went down the city wall and disappeared into the night.

However, it is said that the Liao army encircled Cangzhou, not that the army held hands and completely surrounded it, but that the village blocked the city gate from afar.

Cangzhou east and west three directions, each 10,000 Liao soldiers to form a village, but the main force is in the north, divided into two large battalions before and after, the front battalion is Yelude heavy led the soldiers stationed, the rear camp is the baggage, the people live, leaving 3,000 soldiers to guard.

Because his two nephews and two sons died here in battle, Yerod was so resentful that he ordered the city to be destroyed, and after the camp was completed, he released the people to cut down big trees everywhere and demolish the dwellings outside the city.

His army came all the way south these days, Yang Xiong relied on the identity of the head of the capital, walked around the camp, and knew his rules and habits, so today he went around the back of the camp in the dark, dismantled a few door panels and window lattices, and lifted them back and forth with Shixiu, hiding all the things that caused the fire in it, and Da Ra went to the back camp.

In the middle of the night, the people who cut down the wood and demolished the houses had returned, and the camp gate had been closed, and a bonfire was lit in the open space outside the camp to prevent people from robbing the village. ”

Yang Xiong learned the Khitan dialect and shouted: "My two brothers are civilians in the army, and they forgot the time of the search, and they are late to return, so don't be surprised by the general." ”

When the head heard that he was called a general, he was a little happy in his heart, and when he saw that he was only two people, he ordered him to come closer, and while looking at what he was carrying in his hand, he said sharply: "The king has an order, and the gong will be closed, why do you two dare not obey?" Do you have to be a deserter? ”

Yang Xiong and the two lifted a pair of door panels, on which were window lattices, benches, cabinet doors and other sundries, and a few quilts were scattered on them, and they were all about to reach out to touch them, but Shi Xiu's eyes were fast, and he suddenly pulled out a hand and covered his chest.

The head of the capital was really attracted to him, and shouted: "What is hidden in your arms, take it out!" ”

Shi Xiu also used to sell firewood in Jizhou, so he saved the prescription, and immediately pretended to be bitter and said: "General, the villain's furniture is full of military use, and it is easy to make some money today, I just ask the general to see mercy ......."

Before the words were finished, the head was already red-eyed, and he reached out and grabbed it in his arms, and it was hard to get in, and he took it out to see, but it was some large and small silver bracelets and gold tweezers, if the weight was concerned, there were more than ten taels, and he was suddenly overjoyed, and while carrying it into his arms, he scolded Shi Xiu and said: "The thief who can't kill and is not poor enough, the old man sacrifices his life to fight, but he is benefited by your thief's bones?" If you take the initiative to pay tribute, the lord will still leave a little bit for you to have an oily mouth, so you have no eyes, and you won't be given a single bird feather. ”

Dig a hole in Shi Xiu's clothes, then turn around and dig out Yang Xiong, and also find three or five taels of broken silver, more and more happy, just about to make them take off their clothes and search carefully, Shi Xiu suddenly cried loudly, sobbing and howling, as loud as a screaming donkey, the cattle pulling the cart in the camp were not restless, neighing in response, and suddenly the mule neighed and the donkey roared, and the sound became one.

Nadu was afraid of attracting his colleagues and sharing the spoils with him, so he slapped Shi Xiu in the mouth and scolded in a low voice: "If you dare to howl again, I will kill you with a knife!" Roll in! ”

Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu hung their heads in frustration, carried a bunch of things into the camp, closed the door by themselves, and the surrounding soldiers all surrounded them, complimenting them while begging for money.

The two of them walked quickly into the camp, and after a moment of sight from the capital, Yang Xiong turned his head and smiled: "Brother, it's hard for you to be careful!" If there was no such scene, wouldn't it be a failure for him to find the sulfur flame nitrate in the quilt? It's harder to cry loudly for you, and it's so scared that guy doesn't dare to entangle more! Foolish brother has a new nickname for you, so you call it 'Sai Huo Donkey'! ”

Shi Xiu knew that he was making fun of him, so he didn't care about it, and laughed: "My brother's nickname is to pick up the tooth of my emperor's wife, she came through the door, and the next day after the candles in the cave room, she hated and called me 'Saihuo Donkey'." ”

Yang Xiong said with a smile: "Emperor Ji's wife? That's it, brother, I've seen someone who hurts his wife, but it's unheard of to hurt you like this! Okay, treat your wife as an emperor, haven't you become a concubine? ”

This duke giggled, I don't know that after a thousand years, if he has children and grandchildren alive, don't say that Princess Diji, I am afraid that I have to treat my wife as a fairy, so that I have to live in peace - I must be a little fairy.

Shi Xiu smiled proudly, and said in his heart that my brother has eyes and doesn't know the stone horse, if you talk about the vision, it is compared with my cheap old man, my cheap man, I don't know that among the horses today, there is still a certain Shi Xiuye!

The two whispered and laughed, and turned dozens of tents in succession, and came to a place, which was a shack made of bricks, trees, and grass, with anvils, hammers, stoves, tongs, chisels, and the like, and dozens of knives and guns with broken edges piled up beside them, and a strong man in his early sevens, shirtless, scolding and sharpening his knives.

The fire in the furnace was blazing, Shi Xiu looked through the firelight, and saw that this man had a strange appearance-

The bridge of this person's nose is broad, just like a big road leading to Yintang, and his eyes are squeezed far on both sides, if he wants to look in the mirror, he is afraid that it will be troublesome, so he can only look at one eye first, turn his face, and then see the other.

Born with a face full of pockmarks, like ordinary people with pockmarks, but a pit, this person is still in a high realm, there are small pockmarks in the hemp, and there are hemp grandchildren in the small pockmarks, which has a name, called the three-ring moon pockmarks!

There is more than one kind of three-ring set of months, four or four wishful pockmarks, five blessings hold longevity pockmarks, as long as there is no dense phobia, you can study it, and you can't count the pockmarks of this man's body in a year and a half!

Shi Xiu looked at it carefully, and almost vomited with a "yue" sound, and couldn't help admiring in his heart: what a "money leopard", it is really a false name!

The official heard that as the saying goes, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, which is not nonsense! You seem to be this "desperate San Lang" Shi Xiu, who was originally a rough man who was proud of the rivers and lakes, and he was ruthless in drinking wine with snot and mouth, just because he married Zhao Fujin, the little emperor of the golden branches and jade leaves, he couldn't help but learn exquisitely, and he had to wash his feet every day when he went to bed.

Where does it seem to be "sick" Yang Xiong? Without losing his true character as a hero, he stepped forward to hug Tang Long, felt the peculiar feel of his palm, and smiled all over his face: "Brother, my brother is back!" ”

Tang Long was taken aback: "Oh, Brother Yang Xiong!" ”

I saw a flash of light in his eyes, his left eye to the left, his right eye to the right, and the 360-degree scenery was in full view in an instant, and he saw that there was no one around, so he was relieved, grabbed Yang Xiong with his backhand, and said in a low voice: "Brother, you sold the battle in public today, abandoned Liao and returned to the Song Dynasty, how dare you come back?" If it is discovered by the Khitans, wouldn't it be a bad thing? Let's go, little brother, I'll send you out! ”

After that, he bent down and picked up an iron melon hammer to open the way for Yang Xiong.

Shi Xiu saw that this was a righteous and bold person, and nodded secretly. I heard Yang Xiong say: "Brother is panicking, for my brother's trip, is it full of food and relaxation?" But it was the Song Jun brothers in the same city who made an appointment to make a miraculous feat and break the old thief of Yelu! ”

When Tang Long heard this, he took a breath first: "Brother! You've been away from the South for a long time, but you don't know all those pickles! The younger brother's father, who was deeply valued by the old breed and became a military attache in the village, and the younger brother is also a military team, why is he displaced from the rivers and lakes? It's that there are too many black-hearted people in the Song army! If those Song soldiers want to make meritorious contributions, why don't they come to fight and ask you to take risks? It can be seen that I am uneasy and kind, according to the meaning of the younger brother, if you don't care about the rights and wrongs of the two countries, you and I will escape from this place together, where can we not live happily? ”

Yang Xiong grabbed him and said: "Brother, although there are bad people in the Song army, there may not be no good men, don't say anything else, you see my good brother Shi Xiu, he is now the commander of the Laizhou soldiers and horses, the chief general of the dignified side, wouldn't he also accompany me to do big things single-handedly!" ”

Tang Long was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly looked, he originally only said that Shi Xiu was also a friend that Yang Xiong met in the camp, but he turned out to be a military general who entered the product, looked up and down, and saw that Shi Xiu was full of energy, and couldn't help but feel broken, Meng Keli remembered a person, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Ah, this name is so familiar, isn't it the Shi Xiu who is called 'Desperate San Lang' on the rivers and lakes?" I heard that he was also in Jizhou, but because of fate, he won the favor of 'Wu Mengde' and went with him. ”

Shi Xiu smiled and hugged his fists and said: "The cheap name is not enough to worry about, 'Wu Mengde' is indeed my eldest brother." ”

Tang Long was overjoyed, and bowed his head: "How fortunate is the villain?" I knew Brother Yang Xiong first, and I saw Brother Shi Xiu again, but I didn't know that Brother Shi Xiu was also an officer, and he said some nonsense, damn it. ”

Shi Xiu hurriedly helped him up and said, "Those who don't know are not to blame!" What's more, among the Song army, ninety percent of them are useless rats. Now my brother Wu Dalang, as the Qingzhou Festival envoy, I and many other brothers are in Shandong as military attachés, although the other Song army is hiding dirt and dirt, my brother here, but the rewards and punishments are clear, the brothers have many well-known heroes in the old days, all loyal and courageous, go into battle to kill the enemy, and die without turning their heels! ”

Tang Long listened with admiration, and said continuously: "If you have to be a robe with a good man like my brother, there will be glory when you die." ”

Yang Xiong smiled: "What's so difficult about this? To tell you the truth, now in Cangzhou City, several military leaders are brothers under 'Wu Mengde', but Mu Hong, 'Moyun Golden Wing' Ou Peng, 'Fire-eyed Fierce' Deng Fei, 'Flower Knife General' Su Ding, and then there is a local 'Little Whirlwind' Chai Jin in Cangzhou, who is also a close friend of Wu Dalang. I also see that they are very righteous, so I am willing to take the risk to break this Liao army, if they don't die, they will see Wu Dalang's face in the future, and it will be regarded as a vote. ”

Tang Long's nose, which was like a big road, suddenly spewed out two rough breaths: "Thank you brother for this good deed, don't forget the little brother, this matter, you must spare the little brother!" Brother and give the order, is it going to assassinate Yelu Laogou? The little brother is willing to take the lead! ”

Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu were overjoyed when they saw him bold and strong, Shi Xiu said: "You don't have to assassinate him, we only burned the army's grain and grass, and the fire is together, and the brothers in the city will naturally kill it, and we can get out while the chaos is in chaos." ”

Tang Long smiled: "It's just an idle matter!" The two brothers will sit down for a while, teach you two today, and see Tang Long's craftsmanship! ”

After that, he moved his hands, picked up a lot of wood, and nailed it in one place, and gradually, a strange-looking, tall one-person utensil, with long arms, appeared in front of the two of them, Tang Long looked at it with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Can you know this thing, brothers?" ”

Yang Xiong took a closer look, shook his head and didn't know, Shi Xiu looked at it again and again, and suddenly woke up and said: "Ah, this thing, I seem to have heard my big brother Wu say, it is ......"

There is a division of teachings: righteousness and righteousness are intertwined, and the congregation is of the same heart. The money leopard performs a mastery, and the thunderbolt is red!

(End of chapter)