Chapter 109: Fearless in Accepting the Enemy

Song Jiang's men and horses came to a stop three miles away from the east gate, and a cavalryman came out alone and galloped. Zhan Ming instructed: "Don't let go of the arrows. ”

When the cavalry reached the city gate, they raised their heads and shouted: "Which of you is in charge?" ”

Ouyang replied: "Me! ”

"Our eldest brother said that he knows that Yangping is a good place, this official is a good official, and the people are healthy. I don't want to harass Yangping. This time it is purely passing by, as long as we let General Wu go, borrow a way. We will not move the grass and trees. ”

"This ...... It's not that we don't agree. The main thing is that you, General Wu, do not agree. Ouyang shouted, "Bring it up." ”

Wu Jialiang went to the city gate to take a look, and shouted loudly: "Big brother! ”

"Second brother." More than a dozen cavalrymen rushed towards him with a man in his pocket. Look at this man, he is not a short man with a black face. It is quite tall and mighty. His skin is slightly dark, his hands and feet are strong, his eyes are like stars, and he is very energetic. When they arrived, the man said, "You have suffered." ”

Wu Jialiang shook his head and said, "Big brother, I didn't suffer, they didn't embarrass me." You often say that a big husband dares to act. Now that I have hurt someone and committed an accident, I have promised Lord Ou to stay here as a volunteer. ”

Song Jiang said: "Don't fall for his tricks. You are a criminal in the court, even if he doesn't take you, won't others take you? said that he is a seven-grade sesame official, even if he speaks, he has to look at the face of the court, we ......"

"Six pins!" Ouyang pulled down his official uniform and corrected: "From the sixth grade, please see clearly, thank you!" ”

Song Jiang was choked by Ouyang's words, it was the first time he had met such an official, fearful and fearless in the face of thousands of soldiers, saying that there was a point of admiration, and another point was doubt, Ouyang's unfathomable profundity made him a little unable to see clearly. And at this moment, Li Yifeng, the unlucky Tokyo reporter who returned to Yangping to visit relatives and was trapped, stuck out his head and shouted: "Hello Song Jiang, I am Li Yifeng, the person in charge of the Tokyo Reporter War of the Royal Daily, do you have time to accept an exclusive interview with this newspaper?" ”

"Interviews? What is it? Song Jiang asked suspiciously, he knew that the royal newspaper was not small, and he noticed that the royal newspaper was because of the battle of the guard. And because of this, Wu Jialiang ran to Yangping alone to find the newspaper. As for interviews, it's a new term for him.

"Newspapers!" Li Yifeng unfolded a royal newspaper and shouted: "This is it, what you say will be printed and sent to all parts of the country." I ask you questions, you answer, and that's called an interview. ”

Ouyang smiled at Zhan Ming and said, "This kid is dedicated and promising. ”

Song Jiang was stunned by Li Yifeng, and thought for a long time before saying, "I don't want an interview, let my second brother go." ”

Li Yifeng nodded and said, "That's good!" I wrote the title, Song Jiang didn't have the courage to accept the interview, so he thought about running for his life......"

"The kid is looking for death." More than a dozen cavalrymen shouted angrily at the same time.

"If you want materials, don't die." Ouyang Khan took a handful. Of course, he also knows how much newspaper sales this interview with Song Jiang will bring. And when people look at it, this royal newspaper is a cow, not only can interview Emperor Tianzuo and Wanyan Aguta, but also dare to interview bandits.

"Okay, you ask!" Song Jiang stopped everyone from making noise and ate this agitated plan.

Li Yifeng cleared his throat and said, "Excuse me, what was your idea when you started the army?" ”

"What if you can't live?" Song Jiang said: "The government doesn't let us live, we can only find our own way to live." ”

Li Yifeng asked while remembering: "May I ask if you plan to fight all the way like this?" What do you think about tomorrow? ”

Song Jiang replied: "Tomorrow we plan to go to Tangzhou." ”

Li Yi risked a coma, this guy was quite upright, and said calmly: "I'm asking about the future, what are your plans in the future?" ”

Song Jiang thought about this question for a long time......

Li Yifeng felt that he was too embarrassed by others, they were wandering bandits, and there was no tomorrow today. So he changed the question: "Are you going to wander like this for the rest of your life?" Or have you considered establishing your own territory, or have you considered recruiting peace, or have you considered disbanding everyone on the spot and living in seclusion? ”

Song Jiang still didn't know how to answer.

Zhan Ming whispered on the side: "My lord, Song Jiang is already close to the range of mines, do you want to lure him two more steps forward......

"Kill him, and others will go crazy for revenge. No hurry! The use of force is a last resort. ”

Bai Lian nodded: "That is, our horse bandits have a rule, if the leader is killed, whoever can kill the person who killed the leader will be the leader in the future." ”

"We're horse bandits?" Ouyang asked.

Bai Lian hurriedly said: "Them." "I forgot that I was a fool now.

Li Yifeng asked again: "Excuse me, if you are given a way to live now, and the court is willing to recruit you, will you be willing to surrender to the court?" ”

Song Jiang still didn't answer or didn't answer this question.

Ouyang said loudly: "Song Jiang, let me ask a question." Do you think you can conquer Yangping County? ”

"This grown-up is really joking." Song Jiang smiled and said: "Don't say it's Yangping, even Shouzhou can go down in one day." ”

"Or else! You and I each go head-to-head. Three wins in five games. If you win, I will not only exempt Wu Jialiang from his sin and release him, but Yangping will let you pass, how about I sponsor you with another thousand yuan of military expenses? "You don't suffer if you lose or win, and the art of war makes you invincible.

Song Jiang sneered: "Is it necessary for me to compete with you?" ”

"Let's take a look at the gift I have prepared for you." Ouyang waved his hand, and an arrow went up into the air, and more than a dozen officials pulled together. For three seconds, there was a series of earth-shaking sounds, and the firelight, dust, and smoke rushed up dozens of feet high from outside the east gate. A few acres of land was filled with a murderous atmosphere. The momentum was so strong that not only Song Jiang's dozen cavalrymen outside the explosion range were thrown to the ground, the horses fled in all directions, and the people on the city wall also staggered. Even the cavalry, which was three miles away, blew up the battalion, and the horses were frightened and fled uncontrollably.

Song Jiang and his men were busy chasing the horses and reorganizing the troops, and there was a chaotic bombardment. By the time it was clear, the smoke had cleared. Ouyang shouted on the wall: "Not only here, but to be honest with you, yesterday more than 10,000 people in the city were busy all night and laid this mine bag on all the streets of Yangping. Is this sincere? ”

Song Jiang, who has no horses, doesn't speak, it's a shame, more than a dozen cavalry have become infantry, and they will look up at others with dirty faces. If you want to say what Ouyang said, Song Jiang has already believed it.

"I'll show you what weapons we have." Ouyang waved his hand, and a servant lit the gunpowder bag and threw it down the city. There was a 'boom', and then a clanging sound, and the two gates of the east gate finally collapsed to the ground with a 'bang'. Ouyang explained: "There are all kinds of steel balls and iron pieces in the gunpowder bag, after the explosion, all the iron weapons fly out, more than three times faster than the speed of the arrow, plus the gunpowder bag shocking power, it is easy to collapse a city gate, by the way, you should know how strong the city gate is, right?" Even if it is a few horses and a wooden impact, it will not be able to crash away in a while. Go on! The two officials picked up two jars of wine and smashed them down. When the wine encounters a burning flame, it burns and forms a wall of fire. Ouyang said: "This wine Yangping can produce five hundred jars per day. Now there are 1,900 altars in reserve. The gunpowder bag has a reserve of 3,700 catties. There are countless mine packages. Do you really want your siblings to try this thing that the demons are afraid of? ”

"Up!" Zhan Ming waved his hand. Forty officials immediately appeared on the city wall, and almost instantly, forty crossbow arrows were neatly inserted in front of Song Jiang, and most of them were submerged in the ground. Zhan Ming said: "Last night, a total of 120 hand crossbows were produced, including 600 arrows with gunpowder. ”

There is a future, all with zeros added to the back. Ouyang asked, "Song Jiang, isn't this sincere?" If you have to attack, the fish dies or the net breaks, do you still have to think about it? ”

"The Divine Decree has arrived!" A man dressed as a eunuch walked up to the city wall, took out the holy decree and shouted: "I hereby pardon Song Jiang and others, and the vanguard envoy Song Jiang will be awarded the title of Doctor Wude, the pacification envoy of Chuzhou, and the chief of soldiers and horses......"

"Stop! Help my father-in-law to go down and rest. Ouyang said: "It is still unknown whether he is qualified to receive this holy decree." ”

Song Jiang said: "Wait a minute, I'll discuss it with a brother first." With that, he ran back. The horse is gone, will it go back or run back this time? Song Jiang felt that he was a dead man.

"I know that Yangping County has imported a lot of gunpowder, and when we were in Puzhou, we didn't just take two officials from Shouzhou to mix gunpowder to Yangping." A leader said.

The other leader said: "Look at the appearance of this bird official, don't say that we are not rare, even if we are rare in that holy decree, it seems that we have to defeat him, otherwise we would rather die." ”

"Big brother, we'll do what you say."

Another leader said: "As you saw just now, the power of gunpowder is indeed beyond the reach of people. You will not know how strong the gates are. A powder bag collapsed. Even if we fight with them so that they can't make gunpowder, but people have crossbows. I think that even if we can lay down Yangping, our brothers will suffer heavy casualties. ”

"Gunpowder is indeed beyond the reach of human beings. But it's not that it's incomprehensible. Wu Yong said on the side: "It's rainy in spring, and when it rains, gunpowder is useless." ”

"Listen to me!" Song Jiang waved his hand and said, "What are the brothers raising troops for?" Won't you just eliminate violence and peace, and do the right thing for heaven? Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, Liangshan Shuibo has returned all the people's ......"

"Big brother, do you want to recruit An?"

"Zhao'an also has to have a Zhao'an statement." One leader said: "Don't say that we are still afraid of them. ”

Song Jiang came and said, "My lord, I agree to compete with my lord to win three of these five games." ”

"Okay, you have to win, the decree is given to you, you want to be recruited, or continue to wander as you like. If you lose, kneel in front of me and kowtow three times, call grandpa, and then accept Zhao'an. ”

"Good! A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase. Song Jiang hugged his fists and said: "I will retire for the time being, and I will compete after a moment of planting." ”

Zhan Ming asked in a low voice: "My lord, why do you still let him kowtow and call grandpa?" ”

"Don't you see? Song Jiang is willing to recruit An. This insulted him, but gave him a step. He understands very well that if you win or lose, you have to choose Zhao'an, and the leaders below will not be convinced. Now as soon as these words come out, whether to recruit or not has become secondary, and whether to save face has become the main thing. Even if he loses, it will be of great benefit to him to give me such a kneeling. First, he recruited An. Second, he suffered such an insult for his brothers, and he would not let his brothers look down on him, but made him a true man who did what he said. ”

Bai Lian nodded: "We green forest heroes admire such men...... They are green forests. ”

Zhan Ming suddenly said: "The adult means to insult him, but to give him face." ”

"It can be understood that way." Ouyang Dao: "White Lotus, you fight for the first time, and tell you a fighting trick......"