Li Qiufeng saw that the leaders of the major gangs said that the gang was ready, and only waited for Liu Yong to give an order, and he would fight his way out of the encirclement according to the plan, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Liu Yong: "Mr. Liu, there are still two hours before the dawn of the day, we can't wait any longer." Even if we can't burn the grain and grass of the army, we have to break through from the west. ”

Liu Yong nodded, and said to Li Qiufeng: "Brother Li, after you lead people to break up, if you are separated from us, you can find a way to get out on your own, and you can't fight with the officers and soldiers, so as to avoid unnecessary casualties." ”

Li Qiufeng said with a smile: "This Mr. Liu can rest assured. We are each other's horns, and the harder you charge, the easier it will be for us to get out. ”

At this time, I suddenly heard a rough voice say: "Mr. Liu, the old beggar is late, please don't blame Mr. Liu!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw more than 100 people coming with torches, and the leader was with messy hair, extremely thin body, wrinkled face, and a few black and white messy beards under his chin. I saw that this person was wearing a ragged shirt, holding a crooked stick in his left hand, and had a strange smile on his face. This man was followed by more than 100 people, all of them in tattered clothes, and most of their faces were dirty.

Liu Yong knew that this person was Deng Yao, the leader of the beggar gang, and when he arranged for the major gangs to defend the officers and soldiers, the beggar gang was sent to the east, a little farther away from here. After discussing with Liu Yong, Li Qiufeng invited the leaders of the major gangs to come and sum up, but Deng Yao did not arrive, thinking that it was a little far away, so he did not arrive in time.

Since the founding of Taizu in the Ming Dynasty, the beggar gang has been suppressed very strictly, and after a hundred years, the beggar gang has been weak, and there is no longer the demeanor of the largest gang in the rivers and lakes. It's just a hundred-legged insect, although it is not stiff, although the prestige of the beggar gang in the rivers and lakes is not as good as that of Shaolin, Wudang, Huashan, Taishan and other famous and decent families, the gangs do not dare to underestimate it. After Deng Yao arrived, the leaders of the gangs also clasped their fists and saluted.

Liu Yong said: "Gang Master Deng, your gang guards the east, and it has a great responsibility, and you have worked hard for all the beggars and brothers." ”

Deng Yao said with a smile: "It's hard work, isn't it so that everyone can save a life to escape? The old beggar heard that he was going to break through, but he wanted to ask Mr. Liu for an order, so that our beggar gang would take the lead and fight a way out for our friends in the rivers and lakes!"

Liu Yong was stunned, just now he had discussed with Li Qiufeng and the major gangs, with the Huashan faction, Kunlun faction, and Emei faction taking the lead, and the Qingcheng faction and the Songshan faction as the two wings. In this arrangement, the most risky ones are the three major sects of Huashan, Kunlun, and Emei who took the lead, as well as Li Qiufeng and others after the break. At this time, everyone heard that the beggar gang volunteered to take the lead, and there was a lot of discussion.

Li Qiufeng saw that Deng Yao was thin and withered, and thought to himself: "In the past hundred years, the beggar gang has been very severely suppressed by the government. More than 50 years ago, taking advantage of the death of the leader of the beggar gang in the Shanhaiguan martial arts conference, with the secret help of Jinyiwei, the governor of Shandong sent soldiers and horses to raid the helm of the beggar gang, killing the eight elders of the beggar gang and more than 20 eight bag disciples, and almost all the leaders of the beggar gang were killed in this battle, which made the beggar gang north of the Yellow River for hundreds of years have been greatly injured, and they have to withdraw from the northern provinces and escape to the south of the Yangtze River. The beggars who remained in the north were under the control of the government and could no longer regain their former prestige. just looked at this Deng gang leader, but he was an old man, worthy of being a well-known man. ”

After the officers and soldiers, before the big tent of the Chinese army.

Lin Huan looked at Duan Xuan coldly, and said in a deep voice: "It's not unusual for you eunuchs to spread an edict in the capital, and if you want to read the holy decree, it will naturally be handed over to the Hanlin Academy." Could it be that all those poor sours in the Hanlin Academy have died cleanly, and they have sent you guys who have no seeds here to do business?!"

Duan Xuan heard what he said rudely, his heart was furious, his right hand raised the scroll in front of him, and shouted: "Lin Huan, you saw the holy decree but didn't kneel down to accept it, do you want to rebel?!"

Lin Huan sneered: "The holy decree handed down by the Great Inner has always been written by the Hanlin Academy on the order of the emperor, and after it is handed over to the Inner Government to seal it, it will be read by the minister of the decree. The army is outside, and the emperor's decree should be conveyed to the commander of the army, and the minister should bring the decree to the army to read it, when will it be your turn to show off your power here?!"

As soon as he said this, Duan Xuan's face changed, and the soldiers kneeling on the ground were even more shocked. The two military attachés were so frightened that they didn't dare to raise their heads, and they thought to themselves: "These eunuchs have the support of Dongchang, and they are all flying and domineering, if they offend them, I am afraid that there will be a great mistake." Although General Lin is the commander of the five military camps, he is only far behind in the capital in terms of power. He offended this eunuch so badly by saying this, how can this be good?"

Duan Xuan was furious, his face turned red, his mouth was panting, and he said to Lin Huan after a long time: "Okay, good, you openly resist the order, and you want to support the army to rebel." ”

When he said this, he slowly put down the scroll in his hand, and said word by word: "Lin Huan resisted the decree, and on the order of the emperor, take him down!"

As soon as he said this, all the sergeants were shocked, and the two military attachés stood up suddenly, and their right hands were already tightly gripping the hilt of their waist swords. As soon as more than 100 pro-soldiers saw the leader get up, they also stood up one after another, and each of them clenched the swords and guns in their hands.

Officers and soldiers in the encirclement.

Liu Yong said to Deng Yao: "Gang Master Deng, your gang is anxious for justice and righteousness, and Liu admires it tightly." It's just that Liu Mou and the gang leaders and heads have already discussed, and friends from our faction, Kunlun faction, and Emei faction will take the lead. Your gang followed us and rushed out together. ”

Deng Yao smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, the friends of the Huashan faction, the Kunlun faction, and the Emei faction have been tired for two or three days, and it is up to our beggar gang to contribute to the martial arts." Those of us called Huazi, if we talk about martial arts, we are naturally not the opponents of friends from Huashan, Kunlun, and Emei. It's just that when we have to deal with officers and soldiers, we have a lot of tricks. If it weren't for the fact that we have figured out some good methods over the years, we called Huazi would have been forced by the officers and soldiers to hang ourselves and jump into the river, how could we still drink and eat meat with all the heroes of the rivers and lakes here?!"

When he said this, Liu Yong, Li Qiufeng and the leaders of the major gangs were all moved in their hearts. Over the centuries, the beggars have grown in power and have always been hated by local officials. After arriving in the Ming Dynasty, the government spared no effort to encircle and suppress the beggar gang, and the beggar gang had to come up with all kinds of ways to deal with the officers and soldiers and arrest them quickly, so that they were not wiped out by the government. It is because when it comes to fighting against the government, the major gangs in the rivers and lakes are not as experienced as the beggar gangs.

Liu Yong was about to speak, but he heard Deng Yao say: "Mr. Liu, since we are breaking through, we can't fight hard with the officers and soldiers, otherwise everyone will be exhausted, and we will break through the encirclement?!"

Murong Danyan stood beside Li Qiufeng, listening to Deng Yao's rude speech and foul language, he couldn't help frowning.

It's just that Deng Yao's words are not coarse, and the leaders of the major gangs nodded yes one after another. Deng Yao said with a smile: "If you want to deal with the officers and soldiers, you don't need us to come forward, let the animals deal with them!"

When he said this, he turned to a beggar gang and said, "Everyone release the things and show them to all the friends in the rivers and lakes." ”

The beggar gang agreed, and put a sack on his shoulder on the ground with his backhand. Under the light of the torches, Qunhao saw that after the sack was placed on the ground, there was a wriggling inside, as if something was about to come out. The beggar gang leaned down, untied the rope that bound the mouth of the sack, and shook the sack to the ground, only to see a black mass fall from the pocket to the ground.

Qunhao didn't know what tricks the beggars were playing, and they all looked to the ground, but when everyone saw what the mass was, they were all shocked and retreated.

The black mass fell to the ground, and then there was a wriggling, and it turned out to be a living thing. After a few moments, the mass of things changed from a large mass to a myriad of tiny objects, and it swam around. Only then did everyone see that this mass of things turned out to be more than 100 snakes entwined together, and after they were separated, they saw these more than 100 snakes spitting letters, making a "snort" sound, and kept swimming on the ground.

Although all of them are strong in martial arts, after seeing these more than 100 snakes, everyone's faces turned pale and they retreated one after another. Murong Danyan was even more frightened, screamed, and immediately shrank behind Li Qiufeng, his body trembling like chaff.

After the officers and soldiers, before the big tent of the Chinese army.

Lin Huan stared at Duan Xuan coldly, and sneered: "Do you think this is the palace inside, and you, the eunuch, are showing off your power here? will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected. You broke into the barracks and flew high, believe it or not, the official killed you, and took your head to sacrifice the banner of the official?!"

Duan Xuan's face turned pale, and he shouted: "Take it!"

As soon as he spoke, the man in black with a deep hat on his head sitting on the horse behind him had already moved.

Lin Huan and the two military attachés, as well as more than 100 personal soldiers around him, everyone saw the black-clothed man raise his right leg, turned over from the horse and dismounted, walked in front of Lin Huan in a few steps, and held the hilt of the long sword behind him with his right hand backhand, and then drew the sword out of the sheath, the long sword stabbed out, the sword was full of energy, and the sword blade had already touched Lin Huan's throat, and the tip of the sword seemed to be attached to his skin, but the gloomy sword aura had stirred up countless small pimples in his throat.

Everyone saw every movement of the man in black from dismounting to the sword, this person's movements were not fast, slow or not, and it seemed that every movement was in line with the rhythm of everyone's heartbeat. The two military attachés were even holding waist knives, ready to draw their knives to protect Lin Huan at any time. It's just that they saw the man in black turn over and dismount, and approached Lin Huan again, and before the two had time to draw their swords to face each other, the blade of the man in black had already reached Lin Huan's throat.

Rao is Lin Huan has been in battle for a long time, but he has never been so close to the throat by the enemy with a sword. His complexion changed drastically, and he was about to speak, but he saw the man in black raise his head slightly, and a pair of cold eyes appeared from the edge of the deep hat. I only heard him say word by word: "Kneel down and take the order!"

(End of chapter)