In the twelfth month of the first year of Xuanhe, the bandits of Liangshan who had been besieged for half a year broke out of Liangshanpo for 800 miles and landed in Xucheng.
However, Xucheng had already taken precautions, saw through the Liangshan bandits' plans, and repelled the Liangshan soldiers.
After the battle of Xucheng, Liangshan suffered heavy losses.
The leader, Xie Zhen, was killed by the two-headed snake, and Sanlang Shi Xiu died in the battle at Xucheng City. The leader, Iron Heaven King Chao Gai, was seriously injured and died soon afterwards on his way to Yanggu. It was also the biggest blow that he had encountered since the onset of Liangshan...
According to Song Jiang's plan, he contacted Li Ying, the Putian Diao of Yanggu County, and tried to seek Yanggu to replenish the supplies and food. However, Cheng Lin, the governor of Dongping Prefecture, with the assistance of Gao Jie, the chief of the military commander of the horse, used a plan and ordered Shi Wenbin, the magistrate of Yanggu County, to pretend to be deceived and detain Hu Cheng, the magistrate of Zhukou Village. Then, he ordered Lu Qi, the marquis of Dongping Prefecture, to secretly visit Chen Cang, and then took control of Zhukou Village again, defeated Li Ying's followers, and killed Mu Heng, who was known as a hindrance.
Li Ying took advantage of the chaos and met with Song Jiang.
However, beyond Cheng Lin's surprise, the plan of Cheng Lin's betrayal of the infantry of Dongping Prefecture, Cheng Lin's plan to besiege Liangshan bandits and wipe out them out. Originally, according to Cheng Lin's plan, Liangshan bandits without supplies would definitely attack Yanggu to supplement their strength. If so, Cheng Lin could contact Liang Zimei, the remaining guard of Daming Prefecture, and then mobilize various troops to siege him in Yanggu County. Unfortunately, Lei Heng's betrayal made the strategy clear.
Song Jiang was also a very decisive person. After realizing that the situation was unfavorable, he immediately acted as a hero who cut off his arm.
He left all the old, weak, sick and disabled among the bandits, under the city of Yanggu County, with nearly 3,000 people.
He led two thousand young and strong thieves to slack all their supplies and food, and advanced east overnight, setting up an ambush in Guanshan Town, defeating the official army. Afterwards, he led the people to continue to advance eastward and subdued the water pirate ship Huoer Zhang Heng galloping in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.
It was precisely with the help of Zhang Heng's power that Song Jiang successfully led the crowd across the Yellow River and arrived in Hebei at the end of the twelfth lunar month.
Afterwards, he attacked Liaocheng again, seized a large number of food, supplies and supplies, and then turned around and feinted the Daming Mansion, ambushed the reinforcements of Chaocheng, crossed the river eastward again, intending to attack Qizhou... Song Jiang's series of actions also made the roads east and west of Beijing a mess.
The bandits in Liangshan were also very powerful!
At this point, there were 30 leaders in the Liangshan bandits, named the 30 top thieves in Jingdong.
These thirty people are: Hubaoyi Song Jiang, Zhiduoxing Wu Xuejiao, Jade Qilin Lu Junyi, Big Sword Guan Sheng, Living Yan Luo Ruan Xiaoqi, Shakuhachi Leg Liu Tang, No Feather Arrow Zhang Qing, Prodigal Son Yan Qing, Sick Yuchi Sun Li, White Strip Zhang Shun, Boat Fire Er Zhang Heng, Short-lived Erlang Ruan Xiaoer, Iron Whip Huyanchuo, Mianjiang Long Li Jun, Nine-patterned Dragon Shi Jin, Li Li Guang Hua Rong, Thunder Fire Qin Ming, Black Tornado Li Kui, Li Kui, Little Tornado Chai Jin, Tiger Thunder Heng, God-Sports Taibao Dai Zong. Pioneer Suo, Ruan Xiaowu, Green-faced Beast Yang Zhi, Sai Guan Suo Yang Xiong, Hit Dongping, Beautiful Bearded Duke Zhu Tong, Two-tailed Scorpion Jiebao, Golden Spear Team Xu Ning, Pumping Tian Eagle Li Ying.
These thirty people gathered thousands of people, traveling around Jingdong and Hebei, robbing families and plundering towns, making it difficult for the government troops to resist.
On the twelfth lunar month, the 28th, Fu Jia'an.
The wind blowing from the direction of the Yellow River is cold.
The generals of Liangshan had boarded the ferry and prepared to cross the river.
Previously, they created a huge momentum, which made the Qizhou magistrate panic, and urgently mobilized troops from all over the country and stationed in Licheng.
But in fact, Song Jiang’s real purpose is not Licheng.
That Licheng is a big city, which is stronger than Xucheng, making it easier to defend and difficult to attack.
Song Jiang and others were invincible in field battles, and it was easy to attack some small county towns. But if they wanted to attack a big city like Licheng, they were not willing to do it. Not to mention that they could not defeat them at all, even if they were defeated, they would probably lose their troops.
Song Jiang would not do such a thing.
His real purpose was to mobilize the troops from Jingdong Road through Qizhou, and then take the opportunity to bypass Qizhou, cross Mount Tai to Zizhou, and then replenish them again, and then enter Jingdong East Road. There are not many official troops there, and the space is wider.
However, he never expected that at this moment, the prodigal son Yan Qing suddenly said goodbye.
"Xiao Yi, could it be that Heizaburo neglected you and you want to leave?"
Yan Qing is a meticulous person and is a very smart and smart person, very loved by Song Jiang.
Now that he wants to say goodbye, Song Jiang naturally reluctant to leave.
Yan Qing shook her head and said, "Brother, don't misunderstand me. Xiao Yi said goodbye, it's definitely not that he is dissatisfied with his brother, it's because..."
He was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Brother treats Xiao Yi very well, and Xiao Yi is very grateful.
However, the king's brother had not avenged his great revenge, and Xiao Yi couldn't sleep at night... Back then, Xiao Yi caused trouble in his hometown and had to escape from his hometown and wandered around. Fortunately, the king's brother was taken in, so Xiao Yi did not starve to death and even met all his brothers.
Previously, my brother was planning and the situation was tense, so Xiao Yi was not good to say goodbye.
Now that my brother's plan has been completed, Liangshan's reputation has also resounded throughout Jingdong, Xiao Yi dared to say goodbye to avenge his brother the King."
Yan Qing's words were extremely determined, which moved Song Jiang.
But the more this happened, the more he became reluctant to let Yan Qing go, so he took his hand and said, "Xiao Yi is loyal and courageous, Song Jiang admires him very much.
But you are alone and lonely... What's more, where are you looking for enemies?"
"Xiao Yi asked Tie Niu, and he said that the person who killed the brother of the Heavenly King that day called himself the Taoist of Yiqing, the Jade Emperor Guan of Hangzhou. Therefore, Xiao Yi was going to Xucheng first. If he could not find his enemies, he would go to Hangzhou and would kill the demon Tao to avenge his brother."
Tien Niu, this stuffed product!
Song Jiang cursed Li Kui in his heart.
Yan Qing said this to this point. If he wanted to stop him, he would not be able to explain the truth.
I feel reluctant to leave, but I have to smile.
Song Jiang sighed and said, "Since Xiao Yi has an idea, Song Jiang will not stop him.
I just hope that Xiao Yi will come back soon after avenging Brother Chao Gai... Brothers, I can't bear to leave Xiao Yi."
After saying that, Song Jiang asked someone to take a package and hand it to Yan Qing.
“This trip to Hangzhou is a long way.
You will inevitably encounter difficulties alone... In this package, there is money to attract thousands of dollars, and some scattered money, you can use it to defend yourself... Xiao Yi, the road in Hangzhou is far away, which is very different from the customs and customs here, so you should be more careful."
Speaking of the emotional part, Song Jiang couldn't help crying.
Yan Qing was also very moved. He was not polite and took the package and carried it on his body. Then he praised his waist knife, picked up the whistle stick, and bowed to Song Jiang.
"Don't worry, brother, just wait for Xiao Yi to kill the demon. No matter how far he is, he will come to meet with his brother."
"Xiao Yi, take care of yourself!"
Song Jiang wiped away his tears and bowed to say goodbye.
Yan Qing didn't say anything more, looked at Song Jiang, and looked at the brothers on the boat again, with a bright smile on his pretty face.
"Brothers, take care of yourself, Xiao Yi is gone!"
After saying that, he took the whistle stick and left with great strides.
Song Jiang stood at the ferry until he could not see Yan Qing's figure. He turned around tiredly and shouted: "Brothers, cross the river!"
Chapter completed!