Chapter 314 Cross-border robbery, do you talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes?
On the official road from Gyeonggi Road to Jingxi East Road, several carriages were slowly moving eastward, escorted by thirty or forty soldiers.
Mei Zhan was sitting in the car, with sadness and vicissitudes still in his brows. He looked out the window of the car, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind. After decades of hardships, Mei Zhan has been a fellow villager and a man in the world. A respected weaver, he was once a prisoner of the army who was framed by a bully and a traitorous official, and he was also the leader of Wuyi village who shook the whole green forest in the southeastern part of the Song Dynasty. Later, he was recruited by the imperial court and became an official after successive battles. The military envoy of Runan in Yingzhou, who lives in the second rank...
In this life, I have experienced all the storms and waves, and I have experienced all the great joys and sorrows unforgettable. Thinking that he will eventually return to his hometown, to the place where his life story just began, Mei Zhan is filled with emotion. What is right and wrong, success or failure, are all just matters. It's just a passing moment. Speaking of which, the happiest times in my life were when I stayed and flew with my late beloved wife Li Xiuwen, and when I drank a lot of wine and ate meat with a group of daring brothers in Wuyi Mountain.
"Mei Jiedu, we have already left Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing, and we will reach Xiayi in about three days." At this time, a member of Mei Zhan's family came on horseback and reported to Mei Zhan.
Mei Zhan nodded and said: "I have resigned from my official position long ago, and now I am no longer a military governor."
The family general pondered for a moment and suddenly said: "Mei Jie...Brother, I still can't figure it out. After countless dangerous battles, eldest brother finally became a good military governor. He has achieved success and fame. Everything he has gained through such hard work." , how could you give up so easily?”
Mei Zhan smiled faintly and said: "Brother Zhang Yi, we were all recruited by the imperial court together back then. Over the years, there are not many old brothers left who have accompanied me until now... I have been in the capital for a long time. , you also know that the officialdom is not as good as the green forest. Since I have violated Gao Qiu's taboo, instead of waiting for that guy to come and humiliate him, it is better to get rid of the official fetters, and I will be free and happy."
"Eldest brother... He is not only the leader of our stronghold in Wuyi Mountain, but also the ranking officer of the younger brother... At that time, the younger brother was just a small leader in the village. It was only because of his destiny that he served under the eldest brother until now. Naturally, the younger brother is not as good as the elder brother in terms of understanding."
The family general named Zhang Yi looked indignant and said: "It's not just when we were asking for a living in the green forest. The reason why my eldest brother was able to be such a military governor was also due to the work he earned by licking blood from the edge of his knife! Then Gao Qiu again. Who is he? A scoundrel who can only do a few good kicks, but he is worthy of your elder brother!? That shameless and incompetent beast in Gao Yanei, my elder brother beat him all the time, why are you afraid of him!? Now he is also a co-author. That guy should be taken away by God! Let's behave and sit upright! Even if the old thief Gao Qiu is the captain of the third government office, why should he punish the elder brother?"
If everything in this world could be explained clearly and understood, and could all be solved with the word "reason", then I should still be working as a weaver with Xiuwen in Meili Town, Changshu, to make a living. How could I be forced to fall into disgrace? Recruited to fight on the battlefield? Mei Zhan smiled bitterly and shook his head, but said: "Not only is Gao Qiu's guy causing trouble, Tokyo Bianliang...I am already tired of staying there."
Suddenly, another famous cavalry officer in front drove his horse hurriedly to Mei Zhan's carriage and reported to him: "Mei Jiedu, hundreds of strong bandits appeared out of nowhere and blocked the road in front of me!"
Zhang Yi, the general of the family, was furious when he heard this. He cursed: "What blind strongman would dare to rob Jun Jian's chariot? Is he here to seek death because he thinks his life is too long?"
"Are the people here really just strongmen and bandits?" Mei Zhan sneered, and then he stood up and ordered in a deep voice: "Prepare your horses! Form an array! Come with me to see where the people who are coming are from!"
The general under his command suddenly accepted the order. Mei Zhan immediately picked up the three-pointed two-edged sword that was commonly used in battles in the past, jumped onto the war horse that he had brought with him, and then clapped his horse with several strong cavalrymen and rushed to the front of the chariot battle.
There were more than 500 thieves blocking the road ahead. When they saw Mei Zhan coming on horseback during the car battle, whistles suddenly sounded among the thieves, and soon two more groups of ambushing thieves came out from both sides of the official road. , the total number of people was almost a thousand. Mei Zhan frowned, he had already realized that this group of strongmen were probably not seeking wealth, their target should be themselves.
One of the thieves covered his mouth and nose. He jumped out from among the thieves with a five-fingered iron gun in his hand. He pointed at Mei Zhan and shouted: "It's bad luck for you to bump into grandpa! This barren mountain and ridge is yours." Burial place.”
Mei Zhan squinted his eyes to look at the formation of the thieves, and saw that they were all well-organized. The thieves ambush on both sides each had two hundred people with exquisitely strung crossbows. They would all fire at him as soon as the leader gave the order. Come.
Mei Zhan snorted coldly, clapped his horse and stepped forward and said: "You guys want to come and take my life, Mei Dalang, so you can't even pretend to be a strong man from the green forest! Which strongman in the village has more than two hundred divine arm bows?" What's more, the heroes in the green forest do business without capital, but they don't tell the story of the gangsters, and they just want to harm people without asking where they are! Are you afraid that others don't know that you are the hawks and dogs sent by Mr. Gao Qiu?"
The thief general sneered, and he pulled down the black cloth covering his mouth and nose. It turned out to be Cheng Ziming, the tooth general who served in the palace commander's palace. Suddenly, another thief general came on horseback holding a big wind-splitting knife. Hu Chun, the governor of the capital under Gao Qiu, said to Mei Zhan in a conspiratorial manner: "What can you do even if you know us? Mei, you dare to provoke Mrs. Gao even if you don't do your best to be a military governor." Lieutenant! Do you think you can save your life if you resign from your official position?"
"Today's generals of the Forbidden Army are really becoming more and more incompetent. They can act so confidently when they are treated as dogs..." Mei Zhan shook his head and sighed: "Seeing Gao Qiu persecuting Lin Chong, Yang Because of the methods used by Zhi and others, I know that I can't be friendly with him. But it's not that easy to take my head!"
After saying that, Mei Zhan slowly raised the three-pointed two-edged sword in his hand, and shouted to Hu Chun and Cheng Ziming: "You are a dog's slave who works with thieves! Do you dare to fight me, Mei Dalang, to the death? Or do you only dare to attack in secret? people!?"
Cheng Ziming was furious when he heard this. He waved his gun and cursed: "Mei, no matter how prosperous you were back then, you will only be the ghost of my gun! How can you show off your prestige with me!?" After saying this, Cheng Ziming was afraid. The horse was about to mount, but Hu Chun on the side grabbed the horse's bit from his crotch.
Cheng Ziming stared at him strangely and cursed: "Hu Chun, what are you doing!?"
Hu Chun said with a gloomy face: "That guy only has thirty or forty followers. We have nearly a thousand people armed with two hundred divine arm bows. It would be easy to kill them. If you fight with that guy, wouldn't it be superfluous?" "
"Anyway, Mei Zhan is also a famous figure in the previous dynasty. Letting him die in my hands will also show our ability!" Cheng Ziming said with a grim smile.
What a stupid trick you have! Didn't you suffer a tragic defeat at the hands of Xiao Tang in Bianjing Chang Street that day? What's more, we pretended to be strong men in the name of Captain Gao and secretly got rid of Mei Zhan. Even if you killed him, how could you show your favor to him?
Who's going to brag!? Although Hu Chun secretly scolded him, he couldn't say it openly due to Cheng Ziming's bad temper. Cheng Ziming impatiently slapped Hu Chun's hand away, slapped his horse and rushed towards Mei Zhan.
"Brother! I'm here to meet that guy!" Zhang Yi, Mei Zhan's general, said angrily.
"Don't be reckless! Hold your ground and let me fight him!" After saying this, Mei Zhan immediately clapped his horse to meet him. He saw the two of them fighting in a massacre. As soon as he took the move, Mei Zhan felt the force of the iron spear in Cheng Ziming's hand.
Although the force was heavy, his sword skills were not messy. He and Cheng Ziming fought fiercely for nearly thirty years, going back and forth, but the victory or defeat was still undecided.
But although Mei Zhan is the most famous in the southeastern green forest, his martial arts are not as good as those of Wang Huan, Zhang Kai, Han Cunbao, Yang Wen and others who are also in the tenth season. Now that he is so old and has no strength, he gradually becomes weak.
Cheng Ziming was gradually suppressed by his physical strength.
Hu Chun, who was watching on the sidelines, gradually felt relieved after seeing this. He secretly thought in his heart: Not only did he want to kill Mei Zhan, but he also couldn't let go of any of his close relatives! Otherwise, if one of them escaped, he would reveal it to others.
The Taiwei secretly sent us to get rid of Mei Zhan, and Gao Taiwei will definitely punish us.
After thinking about it, he made a gesture, without Mei Zhan and Cheng Ziming to decide the winner. Gao Qiu's personal troops in the two hundred Palace Commander's Mansion who were ambushing on both sides all raised the divine arm bow in their hands, and their fingers were already pressed on the machine brackets.
He was about to shoot at the generals under Mei Zhan's command!
"Bitch thieves! I'll fight with you!" General Zhang Yi saw Mei Zhan in danger under Cheng Ziming's gun, and other Gao Qiu's minions were already about to kill people. He shouted with grief and anger, and wanted to fight
The other cavalrymen rushed forward and fought tooth and nail with the dry minions.
"call out-------!"
The scream of sharp arrows breaking through the wind suddenly started, and a feather arrow penetrated directly into the throat of the leader who was about to order a crossbow! Hu Chun and other Gao Qiu's soldiers were shocked. At this moment, hundreds more cavalrymen
Suddenly burst out from the mountain pass!
Mei Zhan and Cheng Ziming were shocked to realize that another group of men and horses were coming to kill them. They stopped fighting for the time being. They saw that the Biao men and horses coming were like Hu Chun and Gao Qiu's soldiers under Cheng Ziming's command, all dressed up as strong men. One of the two was
He also covered his mouth and nose with a black cloth. He was holding a riding bow, and there was a long spear hanging on the victory hook of the war horse under his crotch. The other one was carrying two swords on his back, but covered his face with a dark Haechi mask.
"Who is coming!?" Cheng Ziming raised his iron gun and pointed at the strongman leader wearing the Haezhi mask and shouted.
A deep and deep voice came from under the Haechi mask: "Just like you, we brothers are also going to do some unprofitable business here, but we brothers don't harm heroes, we only kill lackeys!"
"Why are there so many people who don't follow the rules of the world today?"
While Mei Zhan, Cheng Ziming, Hu Chun and the newly-killed Nabiao troops were fighting at the foot of the mountain, in the dense forest of a hill not far away, there were two strong men who were exploring the path and were watching what was going on at the foot of the mountain.
. One of the minions scolded: "It's really evil! In the area of Xiayi, Songcheng, and Fengxian, there is only one strongman in Mangdang Mountain. In the past, there were no comrades in the green forest who crossed the border to compete with us! Why did two people suddenly appear today?
How dare you bring in thieves and men to cause trouble in Mangdang Mountain?"
Another subordinate looked at the leader of the new group of strong men who was wearing a Haechi mask. He smiled and said: "Look at that guy, what kind of mask he is wearing, he is better at pretending to be a ghost than our boss!"
"You are the only one who knows how to talk nonsense! If your words reach the ears of the boss, you will be happy!" His accomplice glared, and then said: "Straight bitch, only we in Mangdang Mountain can bully others. , there are blind birds coming to snatch our jobs! Without further ado, go back and inform the three brothers, and order all the soldiers and horses to teach these two groups of birds the rules of the forest!"
