Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Chapter 248 Grab the head of the red-haired ghost

At this time, it was the "red-haired ghost" Liu Tang who blocked the gap in the city gate.

"Tuota King" Chao Gai broke out at a critical moment. He used his brute force to break through the city gate and knocked a hole in the gate, allowing the trapped Liangshan robbers to escape from the Wuwei Army.

However, if no one blocked the city gate and delayed for a while, it would still be difficult for Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others to escape.Therefore, someone needs to stay behind so that Chao Gai and others can get rid of the pursuers and escape to the riverside.

Among the bandit leaders who entered the Wuwei Army this time, Li Li and Mu Chun had already been injured by bows and arrows, and lost their combat effectiveness.Li Jun and Mu Hong are the newly attached generals, and it is not appropriate for them to stay behind.What's more, when fleeing now, these two Jiangzhou natives who are familiar with geography are needed to lead the way, so they can't stop.

Song Jiang's military strength is low, and Chao Gai is the head of the village in Liangshanbo. Obviously, he cannot leave a heir. In the end, only Lin Chong and Liu Tang are left.

Liu Tang understood this situation and proposed to stay behind.One is that he was shot in the leg, so he couldn’t move fast, and he couldn’t run fast; the other is that Lin Chong had already saved him once, how could he let Lin Chong break it again; the third is that Lin Chong was a special existence on Liangshan Mountain. , the status is much higher than that of Liu Tang.One must know that it was Lin Chonghuo who merged the former village lord Wang Lun, that allowed Chao Gai to ascend to the position and become the village lord of Liang Shanbo.Chao Gai and the others couldn't let Lin Chong stay behind for cover.

Therefore, it is not suitable for everyone to stay behind, and naturally only Liu Tang can bear the heavy responsibility of breaking up.

Liu Tang brought seven or eight young men to guard the gap in the city gate, and fought with the officers and soldiers a few times, all the men under him were knocked down, and he was the only one left struggling to hold on.

Inside the city gate, Jiang Zhong, Jiao Ting, Hong Zhen and Ximen Qing all saw the situation clearly. The "red-haired ghost" Liu Tang is indeed brave. In a narrow place, ordinary soldiers are no match for him, and he has already beheaded 20 people in a row.If Liu Tang is not killed quickly, he may not be able to catch up with Chao Gai and the others.

Outside the city of Wuwei Army, the sound of horns has already been heard. This is the soldiers and horses supervisor Wang Teng launching an attack.

Ximenqing immediately arranged for Jiang Zhong and Jiao Ting to get rid of Liu Tang, and then let the impatient Hong Zhen lead his troops directly to the city wall, rushing down from the slope of the earth bag that Song Jiang and the others built just now, chasing Chao Gai and others.

Hong Zhen was afraid that Lin Chong would escape. Hearing Ximen Qing's words, his eyes lit up, and he immediately led his troops up the city wall, and chased him across the wall.

"'Red-haired ghost' Liu Tang, take a shot from the master! Remember, it was the 'Jiang Menshen' Jiang Zhong who killed you bird man!" Jiang Menshen raised the spear in his hand, screamed and killed him.

"Zhiniang thief Liu Tang, master Jiao Ting is here to take your life!" Jiao Ting also rushed up, brandishing a machete.

It's not a ring now, Ximenqing is not interested in giving Liu Tang a fair chance to fight, and directly asks Jiang Zhong and Jiao Ting to go up and kill Liu Tang together.

If it weren't for the narrow gap, only two people could pass through, and there were too many people, and Ximen Qing would have drawn out his two sabers and stepped forward to fight three-on-one.

"Go and unlock the lock!" At the same time, Ximen Qing asked his men to go down and unlock the iron chain that locked the city gate.

Although Liu Tang was brave, he was no match for Jiang Zhong and Jiao Ting. Even though he frantically tried his best, he could only block Jiang Zhong's seven or eight moves, and Jiang Zhong pierced his lower abdomen with a single shot. , blood spattered on the spot.

"Brother Chao Gai!" Liu Tang yelled, staggered back a few steps, supported his body with a long spear, and stared angrily at Jiang Zhong and Jiao Ting in the city gate.

This dog thief is really tough!Jiang Menshen and Jiao Ting walked out of the city gate side by side, intending to kill Liu Tang completely.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared outside the city gate and came behind Liu Tang.I saw a white light flashing past, Liu Tang's head covered with yellow hair had been cut off by a sharp knife, and rolled to the ground, he really couldn't see his death.

Who is fighting for the head with us?When Jiang Zhong and Jiao Ting looked up, it was none other than Teacher Hong who had come out over the wall.

After killing Liu Tang with a single blow, the leader Hong didn't stop, and shouted: "Two brothers, follow me to hunt down the bandits!" He led the soldiers who had crossed the wall and chased towards the river.

"Brother Ximen said that this dog thief's head should be kept for public display, so it can't be trampled!" Jiao Ting stepped forward and grabbed Liu Tang's head, picked up a short knife from the ground, and pierced Liu Tang's head through the bun. The head was nailed to the city wall.

Just at this time, the city gate behind Jiang Zhong was also opened, and Ximen Qing walked out first, and said to the two brothers: "You two brothers are mighty! Let's go, let's go after Song Jiang!"

The officers and soldiers of the brigade followed Ximenqing and the others out of the city gate, chasing Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others who had fled.Liu Tang's headless body was not picked up, and the soldiers trampled on it, and it turned into a pile of mud in a short while.

"Kill!" Wang Bing, the soldier and horse commander of the Wuwei Army, roared angrily with a long knife in his hand, commanding the soldiers to pursue the Liangshan bandits.

Song Jiang and others stayed in the reeds by the river, and the three Ruan brothers, Tong Wei and Tong Meng, who were hiding in the reeds by the river, heard the loud noise of killing in the Wuwei army, and when the lights were turned on, they knew that Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others were in danger.The three Ruan brothers left Tong Wei and Tong Meng to watch the big boat, and led more than 20 men to row the fast boat close to the shore, ready to rush to the north gate to meet Chao Gai and the others.

Just at this time, Chao Gai broke through the city gate and escaped with dozens of surviving brothers.Ruan Xiaoer was overjoyed when he saw it, and went up to meet him first.Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi also led their men to greet them.

Just when Chao Gai and the others were about to reunite with the three Ruan brothers, horns sounded all around, drums were beating, and ambushes were everywhere.

Chao Gai and the others had just left the tiger's lair and entered the wolf's lair. The pursuers behind them hadn't escaped yet. Unexpectedly, there were still officers and soldiers ambushing by the river, and they couldn't help crying secretly.There was no other way, so Chao Gai and the others had no choice but to muster up their courage, fight and retreat, and retreated to the reeds by the river.

In the chaos, two tall figures flashed out of the darkness. While fighting the officers and soldiers, they ran towards Chao Gai and the others, shouting: "Brother, we are here!"

Chao Gai and others took a closer look and found that these two men were the two brothers "Touching the Sky" Du Qian and "King Kong in the Cloud" Song Wan who were disguised as beggars and sent to the Wuwei Army as internal support.The two brothers were drenched in blood, fought their way through the army, and ran straight to Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others.

"Why are the two brothers here? I have been worried that the two brothers will be murdered by the officers and soldiers. God is sorry for you, but fortunately the two brothers are safe!" Song Jiang did not forget to greet first at this time, and win the heart of the leader of the cottage.

Du Qian replied while running: "Brothers, the three of Bai Sheng became traitors after being captured, and brought the officers and soldiers to arrest Brother Song Wan and me. We didn't have a boat to meet us, so we didn't dare to run to the river. , I had to flee to the mountains in the northwest. After going around the mountain and getting rid of the officers who were chasing us, the two of us came back here around the city. Come to help the brothers."

Chapter 249 Heroes

"Well done, two brothers! Let's fight out together!" Chao Gai shouted to Du Qian and Song Wan.

At this time, everyone was besieged by the army, and the brothers put in more effort, which added a little hope of breaking out of the encirclement, so everyone wished for Du Qian and Song Wan to join.

At the critical juncture, Chao Gai and others fought bravely, slashing and killing, trying to make a way to escape to the river.Seeing how vicious these thieves were, the officers and soldiers in front gradually became timid and showed signs of breaking up.

"Damn it! Stop for me, don't back up!" Wang Ting, the warden of soldiers and horses, came with a group of soldiers, blocking Chao Gai's road leading to the river.

With Wang Tin's arrival, the government army, which had already shown signs of collapse, stabilized their position again, gathered in front of Wang Tin, and besieged Chao Gai and others.

Wang Ting could see clearly that Ximen Qing and the others had already led troops to chase after the city gate. He only needed to seal off the escape route by the river, and the hundred robbers would have nowhere to go and could only be captured without a fight.Therefore, Wang Zhi mobilized all his troops and set up formations along the river to outflank and oppress Chao Gai and others.

More and more officers and soldiers gathered in front. Chao Gai and his party clashed several times, but they were all beaten back, unable to break out to the river.

"Xiu teaches away the Liangshan bandits!"

"'Red-haired ghost' Liu Tang has been beheaded by the master! The thieves still haven't surrendered yet?"

"Catch the traitor Song Jiang!"

"Whoever kills Chao Gai, the leader of the Liangshan bandit, will be rewarded!"

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In the direction of the north gate of the Wuwei Army, there were shouts of chasing officers and soldiers one after another.Judging from the voice behind him, it won't take long for the pursuers to reach the crowd and encircle the officers and troops ahead.

The shouts came to the ears of the Liangshan robbers, causing everyone to panic.After hearing this, Chao Gai, who was so mad at killing, couldn't help sighing: "Could it be that he is going to die here today?"

At this moment, Li Jun, who had been paying attention to the surface of the river, saw a torch shaking in Jiangxin, and immediately said: "Tong Wei and Tong Meng sent us a message. There are too many officers and troops, and they can't come to the shore to meet them. They will drive the boat downstream and ask us to run downstream on the Xunyang River."

Hearing this, Chao Gai looked around and found that the most officers and soldiers were gathered by the river in front of him, and there were also many pursuers behind him, but there were far fewer officers and soldiers along the upper and lower reaches of the river. Before the pursuers closed the encirclement, there was still hope for a conflict from this weak position.

"Okay, brothers, follow me downstream to break through!" Chao Gai made a decisive decision and called everyone to rush to the left together.

Looking at today's situation, Li Jun knew that this time he had stabbed a hornet's nest. Even if he escaped tonight, the government would definitely search and apprehend him. Jiangzhou couldn't stay here anymore.For the current plan, I can only go to Liangshan with these heroes of Liangshanpo.In order to gain a foothold on Liangshan, Song Jiang, the "timely rain" must be kept.

Thinking about this point, Li Jun pulled Mu Hong and a few of his confidantes who smuggled salt, protected Song Jiang from left to right, and went straight ahead to drill into the darkness.Even Li Li and Mu Chun, who were injured, couldn't take care of them.

Although Li Li was hit by an arrow and could no longer fight with others, his leg was fine and he was able to escape by himself.He just heard Du Qian and Song Wan's words, and he had a small calculation in his heart.

Now that disaster is imminent, everyone can only take care of themselves.Brother Li Jun is about to abandon his brother and run away, he has to think for himself and find another way out!

Then run with the big group, the target is too obvious, the officers and soldiers will definitely chase after them, why not leave the team while it is dark, hide in the grass, and wait for the officers and soldiers to disperse before looking for an opportunity to escape!Even if the riverside is blocked, they can escape around the city to the mountains in the northwest.After going up the mountain and walking along the mountains, you can return to your old nest, Jieyangling.

Li Li made up his mind, stooped a few steps forward, rolled on the spot, and rolled into a grass nest, taking advantage of the darkness to hide.