Chao Gai, who had a wrought iron rod in his hand, danced and was stunned to be fighting equally with Yang Zhi. Here, He Tao was entangled by Gongsun Sheng's sword. As for Ruan Xiaoqi and others, they were like tigers rushing into the herd of sheep.
among.
If the officers and soldiers were not outnumbered, I am afraid that the officers and soldiers would have collapsed by the time Ruan Xiaoqi and the others charged into the formation.
He Tao's face was full of disbelief. In his opinion, Chao Gai and his gang were just a group of daring thieves, but he did not expect that Chao Gai and his gang were so powerful.
If he hadn't brought enough men and horses out of caution, I'm afraid his troops would have collapsed by now.
Among the crowd, Zhu Tong and Lei Heng were fighting with Liu Tang. Either one of them was enough to fight Liu Tang head-on, but at this moment they had no intention of trying their best. They simply didn't work hard enough.
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Song Jiang, who was hiding in the shadows in the distance, couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene.
Song Jiang did not expect the officers and soldiers to arrive in such a hurry. He thought that Shi Wenbin and others would go to greet the angel Chu Yi and his party, but even if they wanted to send someone to arrest Chao Gai and others, they would have to wait until tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, He Tao took advantage of the night to kill him and blocked him in Dongxi Village.
Song Jiang never thought about falling into the trap of being a bandit, but if he was blocked by the army in Chao Gai's village, then he might not be able to escape even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
Fortunately, the strength of the official army was not strong, and Chao Gai and others did not seem to suffer any loss, so he did not have to worry about being blocked in Zhuangzi.
However, it was a mess outside and there were no lights on. If you were not careful, you might be in trouble. So Song Jiang was hiding in the village, just looking out secretly.
"Haha, it's so happy, it's so happy. You are worthy of being a descendant of the Yang family in Tianbo Mansion. Chao Gai admires you!"
Hearing a boom, Chao Gai could not help but take a step back. Yang Zhi also shuddered and took a few steps back. He exhaled a breath of filthy air and looked at Chao Gai solemnly.
"Your Excellency is so cultivated that you are willing to degenerate and do not want to serve the imperial court. What a pity, what a pity!"
Chao Gai couldn't help laughing when he heard this and said: "Chao Gai has always been used to freedom, but he cannot be restrained. Besides, if Chao Gai is asked to serve that foolish king, it is better to let Chao Gai die!"
Yang Zhi frowned and said: "If your Excellency is unable to surrender, Yang is willing to intercede with the Admiral, and I will ensure that you have a way out..."
Chao Gai seemed to have been greatly insulted and snorted: "Stop talking nonsense and see the real deal!"
As he spoke, Chao Gai jumped up and hit Yang Zhi head-on with the iron rod in his hand. If it hit Yang Zhi this time, even a rockery would be blown up.
Yang Zhi jumped up, dodged to avoid the blow, turned around and slashed down with his sword, and the two of them fought together again.
The Ruan brothers killed all the officers and soldiers in all directions, and there was no one enemy at all. It was just a blink of an eye. With the three of them at the center, not a single officer could be found within a radius of one foot.
These officers and soldiers held spears and looked at the Ruan brothers who were surrounded by them with fear on their faces. If they didn't know better, they would have thought that the three brothers were in a dangerous situation and were surrounded.
But the fact is that these officers and soldiers were afraid of being killed. Even though they were outnumbered, no one dared to step forward.
"Hahaha, these courageous people, kill them!"
With a shout, the Ruan brothers rushed forward. The three of them chased dozens of officers and soldiers and killed them. He Tao's eyes were wide open when he saw this situation, and he wished he could rush forward and kill the fleeing officers and soldiers.
Killed one by one.
But Gongsun Sheng lightly shook the sword in his hand. For a moment of distraction, He Tao only felt a pain in his wrist, and then heard a snap, and the weapon in He Tao's hand fell to the ground.
Taking a step forward, Gongsun Sheng struck the back of He Tao's head with the hilt of his sword. He Tao suddenly swayed and fainted. Then he heard Gongsun Sheng shout loudly: "He Tao is dead, He Tao is dead, you guys."
Why don't you surrender quickly..."
This shout was like thunder. The officers and soldiers who had been suppressed by the force of Chao Gai and his group looked around when they heard the sound, and saw He Tao being lifted high by Gongsun Sheng as if he was dead.
Originally, only a part of the officers and soldiers were defeated, but now as He Tao was restrained by Gongsun Sheng, all the officers and soldiers couldn't help but panic.
"The arresting officer is dead, everyone, run away!"
I don't know who shouted, and all the officers and soldiers turned around and ran away after coming to their senses.
All the officers and soldiers fled, so that the dozen or so villagers who were desperately fighting with the officers and soldiers were stunned for a while.
After a while, the dozens of villagers who remained were only a dozen or so. After all, there were many officers and soldiers. The Ruan brothers and Liu Tang were able to kill the officers and soldiers with their own strength. However, these
Zhuang Ding was just an ordinary person, not much stronger than the officers and soldiers. It was just luck that he was not killed in the melee.
"vomit!"
Someone looked at the corpse lying on the ground, coupled with the pungent smell of blood, and couldn't help but vomited.
Before tonight, these villagers were just a group of ordinary people. It was their first time to kill someone, so it was reasonable to have such a reaction.
Several figures returned from the darkness, it was the Ruan brothers and Liu Tang who were covered in bloody evil aura.
Yang Zhi noticed that several people were vaguely surrounding him, and then saw that the army had been completely defeated. He cursed secretly, jumped up, and slashed Liu Tangkou with his sword before the Ruan brothers and Liu Tang completed the encirclement.
He spit out blood and flew backwards. Before the Ruan brothers and Chao Gai could react, they turned around and disappeared into the night.
"Brother Liu Tang, how are you?"
Seeing Yang Zhi leave, Chao Gai did not stop him. After fighting Yang Zhi for such a while, the two of them knew their respective backgrounds very well.
It would be difficult for anyone to completely overpower and suppress the other party. Chao Gai was not sure of keeping Yang Zhi, and Yang Zhi was not sure of keeping Chao Gai either. Therefore, Yang Zhi noticed that the Ruan brothers were surrounding him.
Decisively choose to get away when you mean something.
It's not that Yang Zhi is afraid of Chao Gai, but that he is self-aware. Just looking at the previous performance of the Ruan brothers, once he joins forces with Chao Gai, it may not be so easy for him to escape.
It would be fine if He Tao fell. It would be a joke if he fell into trouble in Dongxi Village.
In a separate courtyard, Chu Yi was reading classics in his study when he heard the sound of rapid footsteps.
Chu Yi followed the sound and saw Yang Zhi striding over in a hurry.
"Admiral, Yang Zhi is guilty!"
Guan Sheng, Hua Rong and others were obviously alerted by Yang Zhi. They rushed over and looked at Yang Zhi in surprise as he prostrated himself in front of Chu Yi's desk.
I know Yang Zhi, Guan Sheng, and Hua Rong quite well. Yang Zhi is from a good family background, and he has developed a certain amount of arrogance. To be honest, he has to bow his head and plead guilty like this.
First time seeing it.
Chu Yi put down the classics in his hands, looked at Yang Zhi and said: "Yang Zhi, what crime are you guilty of?"
Even though Yang Zhidang sent himself and He Tao to Dongxi Village to capture Chao Gai and his party, the result was that He Tao was defeated. The officers and soldiers were defeated in detail.
Chu Yi's expression did not change, but Guan Sheng and Hua Rong on the side had expressions of astonishment on their faces. Apparently they did not expect that a mere group of thieves could cause such a huge loss to the army. The most important thing is that they knew very well
With Yang Zhi's strength, if he were an ordinary thief, Yang Zhi alone could defeat dozens of thieves, let alone He Tao, an arresting envoy and hundreds of officers and soldiers.
Such a lineup is enough to attack a small village. Now Yang Zhi actually said that they were defeated, and even He Tao joined in.
They saw Yang Zhi bowing his head to the ground and saying to Chu Yi: "Yang Zhi is incompetent, I beg you, the Admiral, to punish him!"
Chu Yi stood up slowly, stepped forward, helped Yang Zhi up and said, "Chao Gai is quite a figure. Your defeat at the hands of this man is not what I expected!"
Hearing what Chu Yi said, not only Yang Zhi, but also Guan Sheng and Hua Rong also looked puzzled.
After all, Chu Yi's meaning was very clear, that is to say, when Chu Yi sent Yang Zhi to accompany He Tao to capture Chao Gai, he had no hope that Yang Zhi would succeed.
But in this case, why did Chu Yi send Yang Zhi despite knowing that Yang Zhi couldn't hold Chao Gai?
Chu Yi clasped his hands behind his back and walked to the door of the study, then slowly turned around and looked at the people and said: "Are you very confused? Since Yang Zhi is not the opponent of Chao Gai and his group, why doesn't this governor?
Sending more manpower, or even adding Guan Sheng, will increase the chances of taking down Chao Gai and others."
Yang Zhi looked at Chu Yi and took a deep breath and said: "Since the Admiral is doing this, he must have the Admiral's intention. I will just follow the Admiral's instructions."
A glimmer of light flashed in Chu Yi's eyes, and he smiled slightly and said: "It's rare to leave the capital once. I have to give some people a chance to take action. If I take Chao Gai and others back to the capital early, wouldn't I disappoint too many people?"
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Guan Sheng, Hua Rong and others are not fools. Listening to Chu Yi's words, if they still don't understand Chu Yi's intention, then they will not be valued by Chu Yi.
Several people looked at Chu Yi with strange eyes, obviously not expecting that Chu Yi had such an intention.
But if you calm down and think about it, Chu Yi's move has exposed many potential enemies and opponents at once, which can be said to be done once and for all.
Of course, there is one thing Chu Yi did not say, that is, he is not in a hurry to take Chao Gai and others, but is preparing to take a long-term approach to fishing for big fish. It is best to use the hands of Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others to capture those so-called Liangshan
With all the heroes gathered together, it saves him the need to search for those people all over the world.
From the sudden increase in luck caused by the deaths of Wang Ying and Yan Shun, Chu Yi can be sure that in this world, everyone in Liangshan is a person with good luck. Among them, people such as Yang Zhi, Guan Sheng and others are just Chu Yi.
He shared his luck by taking him as his subordinates, but Chu Yi didn't mind killing people like Wang Ying, Yan Shun, Zhang Qing, and Sun Erniang to gain his luck.
There are so many people, and he really has to search for them one by one. I am afraid that even with the help of Dongchang's strength, he doesn't know how long it will take to find them all. But if it is with the help of Song Jiang, Chao Gai, etc.
With human hands, when the Tiangang and Earthly Evils gather together, they will come to his door without him having to look for them.
While he was talking, a young eunuch appeared quietly at the door and saluted Chu Yi: "I have seen the admiral, and I went to find out the whereabouts of Song Jiang in the name of the admiral. It is said that someone saw Song Jiang at the door.
We left the city gate in the evening and headed towards Dongxi Village."
Chu Yi raised the corner of his mouth slightly and chuckled: "Yang Zhi, go ahead and question Shi Wenbin. His subordinate Song Jiang actually colluded with the thieves and leaked the military plan. As a result, He Tao fell into the enemy's hands and the army was defeated. Tell him.
, let him give an explanation to the governor."
Not long after Shi Wenbin fell asleep, he suddenly heard a rapid knock on the door. In a daze, Shi Wenbin stood up and said with a bit of impatience, "What's the fuss about?"
With his clothes on, Shi Wenbin opened the door and saw his subordinates saying in a panic: "Sir, things are going badly, things are going wrong. Why did the arrest of the envoy fail miserably? Hundreds of officers and soldiers were killed and injured. Yang Tiha came to investigate.
Coming."
After being stunned for a moment, Shi Wenbin suddenly woke up and said with a look of shock on his face: "What, you...you said He Tao actually lost, and what about others..."
At this moment, a voice rang out: "I'm afraid the magistrate will never see the arrester He. If someone hadn't tipped off in advance, even the arrester He would have fallen into the enemy's hands."
Shi Wenbin only saw Yang Zhizheng striding towards him with an angry look on his face. He didn't show any respect at all, but instead looked like he was asking for guilt.
If it had been another district governor, Shi Wenbin would never have endured it. He really thought that he was a noble man and a military man, but he was lying. He was the magistrate of the county and scolding a district governor was not like teaching his grandson a lesson.
But where did Yang Zhi come from? He was backed by the Yang family in Tianbo Mansion and was a close subordinate of Chu Yi. Even Shi Wenbin did not dare to provoke such a person.
Taking a deep breath, Shi Wenbin forced a smile on his face and said: "Yang Tiha, please sit down quickly and calm down first. Please also ask Yang Tiha to tell Shi who dared to leak the news and almost harmed Yang."
Tiha and many of our soldiers from the Song Dynasty."
Yang Zhi snorted coldly and said: "Our people found out that Song Jiang, the governor of Guiyang, left the city in the evening and headed for Dongxi Village..."
"It's actually Song Jiang?"
Shi Wenbin couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard this, and then said with an angry look: "Confused, really confused. I only think that Song Jiang and Chao Gai have a close personal relationship, but they can also distinguish between public and private affairs."
, I never thought he could be so confused..."
If Yang Zhi said that someone else leaked the news, Shi Wenbin might still have doubts, but if it was Song Jiang, to be honest, Shi Wenbin really didn't doubt it, because Shi Wenbin believed that Song Jiang could definitely do this.
Wait for things to come.
Seeing Shi Wenbin's reaction, Yang Zhi couldn't help but feel surprised. Judging from Shi Wenbin's meaning, it seemed that Song Jiang was really suspected of having an affair with Chao Gai.
I thought that Song Jiang had offended Chu Yi in some way, but now it seems that this is not the case.
Distracted thoughts flashed through his mind, and Yang Zhi snorted coldly: "My admiral said that he wants the county magistrate to give him an explanation!"
After saying this, Yang Zhi turned around and left the magistrate's mansion, leaving only Shi Wenbin with an extremely ugly face.
Just when Wen Bin was thinking gloomily about how to deal with Chu Yi's accusation, he heard the sound of footsteps.
Before anyone arrived, a voice came: "Sir, Zhu Dian, Lei Hengheng has come to apologize!"
Looking up, he saw Zhu Tong and Lei Heng, who were looking very embarrassed, running towards him with runny noses and tears, and knelt down in front of him with a thud, sobbing bitterly.
Shi Wenbin, who was in a bad mood, couldn't help but said angrily: "How unbecoming is it for a seven-foot tall man to cry like a daughter? Tell me truthfully, why did you lose so miserably!"
Lei Heng deliberately put on a very miserable look. Zhu and the two knew very well the temperament of their magistrate. He was a good old man. As long as they looked miserable and then cried and complained, nothing would happen.
trouble.
But at this moment, Shi Wenbin seemed to have known the news of their defeat. Who informed Shi Wenbin of this news?
With their minds spinning, Lei Heng and Zhu Tong secretly looked at each other, and heard Lei Heng turn to Shi Wenbin and say: "The county magistrate doesn't know something. Chao Gai and others seem to have been prepared for it, especially since Chao Gai has tens of thousands of people to do anything wrong."
Yong, even Yang Tiha who came from the capital was no match for him, and with the Ruan brothers and others as accomplices, he was stunned to kill the arresting envoy He Ji. Seeing that we were defeated, we could only keep our useful bodies and come to report.
