Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Song Jiang listened and thanked Du Xing.When Du Xing returned the gift, Song Jiang winked at Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu again.

Yang Xiong had the grace of saving Du Xing's life, so he naturally had to stand up at this time.He told Du Xing about borrowing grain, and asked Du Xing to report back to Li Ying to facilitate this matter.

Didn't Du Xing know that the Liangshan army is now in a dilemma due to lack of food, and it is a dilemma.Knowing that Li Ying didn't want Song Jiang and others to retreat so quickly, he quietly informed Song Jiang, Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu of the two granaries in the village outside Zhuang.

The three of Song Jiang successfully borrowed food from Lijiazhuang that could be used by Liangshan's army for half a month, and they couldn't help but feel overjoyed.The three of them led the troops back to the army village with food, preparing to attack Zhujiazhuang for the second time.

Chapter 331 The Alternative Capable Man of Liang Shanbo

After receiving the secret support of Lijiazhuang, Song Jiang returned with a full load, finally stabilized the morale of the army, and began to plan a second attack on Zhujiazhuang.

All the leaders gathered in the newly built army village to discuss how to attack Zhujiazhuang this time.

After Jiang Jing listened to Song Jiang, Yang Xiong, and Shi Xiu describe the harvest of the trip to Lijiazhuang, he immediately gave Song Jiang advice.

Now that the alliance of three villages in Dulonggang has broken down, Lijiazhuang no longer supports Zhujiazhuang, and maintains neutrality on the surface, but secretly supports Liangshanpo's army, which can be used more.

Jiang Jing suggested that a small number of people be arranged to monitor Lijiazhuang in the east to prevent Lijiazhuang from repeating itself.Because Yang Xiong and Du Xing had the kindness of saving their lives, they also had a relationship with the official Li Ying, so it was a good time to negotiate with Li Jiazhuang.Therefore, the task of East Union Lijiazhuang was handed over to Yang Xiong.

For Hujiazhuang on the west side of Dulonggang, troops must be divided to suppress and cut off their way to rescue Zhujiazhuang.Jiang Jing recommended them the original boss of Huangmen Mountain, "Moyun Golden Wings" Ou Peng led the army to attack Hujiazhuang, so that they could not cooperate with Zhujiazhuang and fight together.

Ou Peng's martial arts skills are not bad, and he was born in a military family. Among the heroes in Liangshanbo, he can be regarded as a person who can lead troops to fight.It is a good idea for him not to lead the army.Song Jiang adopted Jiang Jing's proposal and arranged for Du Qian and Song Wan to serve as Ou Peng's lieutenants, and let the three of them lead two thousand troops to guard against Hujiazhuang.

Lijiazhuang and Hujiazhuang have their own plans, and now the army of Liangshan is facing how to break through the Pantuo Road in Dulonggang and kill them all the way to Zhujiazhuang.

Song Jiang looked at the brothers in the tent and asked them who had a clever plan.

The leaders looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to make up their minds for a while.Jiang Jing and Shi Xiu, who are delicate people, are still thinking deeply and pondering secretly.

Just at this time, a leader suddenly stood up and said to Song Jiang: "Brother Gongming, the Pantuo Road is difficult to walk, and there are many traps. It is really difficult to pass safely when you are in a hurry. Why don't you let my brother try and find another way for him. !"

Song Jiang and all the leaders looked up and saw that this person had a dark complexion and thick hands and feet. He was Tao Zongwang, the "Nine-Tailed Turtle" of the Four Masters of Huangmen Mountain.

Tao Zongwang was originally from a peasant family in Gwangju, and he was the only mud-legged man among Liangshan heroes.He is taciturn on weekdays and seldom shines. After going to Liangshan, he is only responsible for the construction of the cottage.This time Song Jiang took him with him mainly to make him responsible for the camping of the army.The "nine-tailed turtle" Tao Zongwang also lived up to Song Jiang's trust. After the army village was raided and burned down by Hu's village, he quickly led his subordinates to cut wood for the village and built a new camp for the army.

Song Jiang also didn't expect that it was Tao Zongwang who came forward to offer advice at this moment. He asked Tao Zongwang: "What's the best strategy, brother? Tell all brothers to listen!"

Tao Zongwang replied: "Brother Gongming, I used to be a rough farmer. I couldn't read big characters, so I couldn't find any good strategy. Brother, I only have one stupid method, and I don't know if it will work. Brother Gongming, when I cut and erected a stronghold, I also Look at the terrain of Dulonggang. Although Dulongshan is a steep mountain, the Dulonggang in front of the mountain is not very high. Although the forest on the hill is dense, there are not many towering old trees. I don’t think that Dulonggang It is very steep, relying on dense forests and mixed roads, it is difficult to distinguish the path. Brother, I have no other skills in my life. The lieutenant general opened up the original road, pointing directly at Naiao Zhujiazhuang, for my Liangshan army to pass through."

After Song Jiang and the leaders heard this, they suddenly became enlightened as if they were enlightened.Everyone is limited to life and death on Pantuo Road, but they never thought of this method of clumsiness over ingenuity.This time Song Jiang brought so many bandits from the mountain stronghold down the mountain, let them hack with knives and axes, and they can still open a road through the dense forest, so why be afraid that the people of Zhujiazhuang will make troubles on the road again?

All the leaders nodded their praises one after another. Song Jiang also admired the "Nine-Tailed Turtle" Tao Zongwang, and immediately entrusted him with important tasks.Song Jiang asked Tao Zongwang to choose the most powerful man in the camp as his subordinates, who would be responsible for logging and clearing the way. Then he asked Shi Xiu to lead some fine men to explore the way for Tao Zongwang in the front, and choose the direction that was the easiest to open the way.

Tao Zongwang and Shi Xiu took the order, and immediately walked out of the big tent to gather people.

At this time, "Fire Eye Suanni" Deng Fei stood up again, and asked Song Jiang for orders to take his troops to protect Tao Zongwang and clear the way, and guard against the surprise attack of Zhujiazhuang's troops.

This "Fire Eye Suanni" Deng Fei was originally the second leader of Yinmachuan before he entered Huoliangshanbo, and he took the people from Yinmachuan to participate in the attack on Zhujiazhuang.Now he sees Ou Peng, Jiang Jing, and Tao Zongwang from Huangmen Mountain, as well as Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu, who are new to the mountain, are all active. Strength.

How did Song Jiang not know what Deng Fei meant?He was happy that the gang of leaders under him fought for merit, which happened to be for his own use.At this time, Song Jiang heard Deng Fei's request for a battle, and Song Jiang agreed generously, and arranged for Li Yun and Deng Fei to fight together, and allocated two thousand young men to the two of them to support Tao Zongwang and Shi Xiu.

All the leaders have made arrangements, leaving only the two leaders Jiang Jing and Ma Lin to follow Song Jiang to stay in the camp and practice soldiers and horses in preparation for the attack on Zhujiazhuang in the future.

Half a day later, the forest of Dulonggang was buzzing with people, "Nine-Tailed Turtle" Tao Zongwang led hundreds of strong men to go straight to the hill, trying to break through the Pantuo Road with brute force.

Song Jiang visited Lijiazhuang, Lijiazhuang secretly funded Song Jiang's army rations, and Liangshan army felled trees for their way. How could these situations be hidden from the eyes and ears of Zhujiazhuang scattered all over Dulonggang?A steady stream of information was reported back to Zhujiazhuang, allowing Ximenqing, Luan Tingyu, Zhu's three brothers and others to grasp every move of the Liangshan robbers.

"Damn it! That guy Li Ying came to intercede for Shi Qian, the Liangshan bandit, and I thought he was just being confused for a while. I never thought that he was so obsessed that he secretly colluded with the Liangshan bandit! Didn't that guy also plan to plot my property in Zhujiazhuang? If I beat back the Liangshan bandits, I will come to my door to inquire about the crime, and I will not let that old thief Li Ying go to bed!" Zhu Biao slapped the table and shouted angrily.

Zhu Long and Zhu Hu also looked towards the east with hesitant expressions, eager to find out what happened to Lijiazhuang.

Ximen Qing thought to himself, that "Popping Eagle" Li Ying really failed the test he set, and fell to the robbers in Liangshanbo!Presumably Li Ying's idea was to let Zhujiazhuang, Hujiazhuang and Liangshan robbers fight in a battle, and both losers. He would take advantage of the fire to seek greater benefits for Lijiazhuang, and even monopolize this Dulonggang.

It's a pity that Li Ying still doesn't know the insidiousness and cunning of Song Jiang and Wu Yong in Liangshanbo. His Lijiazhuang has already been targeted by Song Jiang and others, so there is no chance of being alone!

Ximenqing knew that Song Jiang would attack Li Ying sooner or later, and "invited" him up the mountain, and he had another chance to "praying mantis catching cicada, and oriole behind".

Chapter 332 The Great Officials Cherish Their Talents

On the gate tower of Hujiazhuang, Hu Cheng, Jiang Zhong, and Shi Yong are gambling and enjoying themselves.

Shi Yong looked into the woods to the east, and said to Hu Cheng and Jiang Zhong: "It's been three days since the bandits from Liangshan cut down trees to clear their way in the forest. Why didn't the officials of Ximen let me wait to attack? There are a group of bird thieves hidden in it, it really is not an eyesore!"

Hu Cheng said: "Didn't my brother say that he is not in a hurry to defeat the Liangshan bandits this time? Brother Shi Yong, don't you remember the story of the Three Kingdoms that my brother told? When Cao Cao was fighting Ma Chao, he heard that Liangzhou was coming. Many of Ma Chao's reinforcements were not surprised but overjoyed. They looked up to the sky and laughed. The generals didn't understand Cao Cao's meaning and asked Cao Cao why he laughed. Cao Cao said to the generals that Liangzhou is located in a despicable place with poor mountains and rivers. If the rebels hide in Liangzhou All parts of the prefecture are defending against danger, and it will take several years of effort to bring peace. Now that all the thieves have gathered in Weinan, they can gather together and wipe out the future troubles forever. Therefore, Cao Cao was not worried but happy when he heard that Ma Chao's army would come to help. My brother said, if we keep defending for a while, the Liangshan bandits will not be able to attack for a long time, and we will definitely send more bandits to come. At that time, it will be time for me to show my skills and wipe out the Liangshan bandits."

Jiang Zhong also smiled and said: "Brother Shi Yong, why are you so anxious? I, Jiang Menshen, only believe in the words of Brother Ximen. Brother Ximen told me to wait for the time, and I will just eat wine and recharge my energy. Once Brother Ximen asked me to wait to attack, and I will immediately send troops to defeat the group of strong birds in the woods!... Hey~ I won this time!"

Shi Yong puffed up his eyes and shouted: "Hey! Why did you lose again! When I gambled in Daming Mansion, I was not so lucky! Brother, come again! Come again!"

Jiang Zhong smiled and said: "Brother Shi Yong, brother, when I was in Mengzhou Happy Forest, there were ten or twenty gambling houses under my jurisdiction. I have never played any kind of Guanpu gambling? Hahaha~"

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In the woods outside Zhujiazhuang in Dulonggang, "Nine-Tailed Turtle" Tao Zongwang led his men to cut through the dense forest and clear the road. They have advanced more than ten miles in a few days, and they quickly passed through the woods and came to the outside of Zhujiazhuang. up.

Tao Zongwang was born like a black bear, with thick hands and feet and powerful arms.His weapon was a specially made large shovel, but at this time it became Tao Zongwang's logging tool.

The young men under him were all using knives, axes and big saws to deal with the trees in front of them, but Tao Zongwang just waved his hand and chopped off a tree as thick as a bowl with a shovel in his hand.I saw him swinging his bow left and right, and within a short time, he felled ten or twenty trees in the forest, and cleared a trail behind him.

Shi Xiu, who was exploring Tao Zongwang's way ahead, also used to be a woodcutter. Seeing Tao Zongwang's barbaric logging skills at this time, he also admired Tao Zongwang and sighed.

In the past few days, Zhujiazhuang did not send out a large army to fight against the Liangshan army that was logging and destroying Pantuo Road. It just sent some people to shoot a few arrows every day. Jiazhuang did not fight hand-to-hand with Deng Fei and Li Yun who came after hearing the news.

For several days, the three brothers Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, and Zhu Biao took turns to fight, disturbing Shi Xiu and Tao Zongwang.More than 200 warriors selected by Tao Zongwang were shot and killed. If Shi Xiu hadn't covered them in time, Tao Zongwang would have been shot and injured.

Deng Fei and Li Yun, who were in charge of covering the pioneers, were played around in the forest by the three elusive Zhu brothers, but they only heard their voices, but could not see their people, and they could not find the Zhujiazhuang men and horses to fight.

When Deng Fei was the bandit leader in Yinmachuan, Jizhou, like Yanshun, Wang Ying and others in Qingfeng Mountain, he also liked to eat human flesh, so much so that his eyes turned red.Now he was teased by the Zhujiazhuang people, his eyes were red, even better than before, screaming, as if he wanted to choose someone to eat.

Even the "blue-eyed tiger" Li Yun, after being attacked repeatedly, his face turned red, he gritted his teeth, wishing he could split Dulonggang with a single blow.

On this day, it was not the three Zhu Biao brothers who led the army to monitor the Liangshan Army, but Ximen Qing and Luan Tingyu.

Ximen Qing and Luan Tingyu rode side by side on a small hill, pointing with their fingers, and looked at Tao Zongwang who was cutting wood for Taoism in the woods ahead.

Ximen Qing had already inquired clearly in the past few days, and knew that the barbarian wielding a big shovel like a human-shaped logging machine was the inconspicuous "Nine-Tailed Turtle" Tao Zongwang on Liangshan Po.

This guy Tao Zongwang was born in a peasant family, although he is not skilled in martial arts, his brute strength is astonishing, probably on par with famous strong men like Lu Zhishen and Wu Song.Ximen Qing admired secretly in his heart.

Chao Gai, Song Jiang, and Wu Yong in Liangshanbo are not good at employing people, and they often use talents indiscriminately.For example, let the cavalry general ride a horse to fight in the mountains, but he fell off his horse and died.For example, Wei Dingguo, who is good at fire attack, is used as an ordinary cavalry general.Another example is the cannon master Ling Zhen, who basically can only do some chores of firing trumpets to deliver combat orders after arriving in Liangshan.

After all, they are a group of thieves with little knowledge. How can they make good use of these special talents?

The Tao Zongwang in front of him is clearly good at civil engineering, not force.However, when Song Jiang conquered Fangla in the south, he let Tao Zongwang charge like an ordinary infantry general. As a result, Tao Zongwang was shot to death by random arrows, and then trampled into mud by a horse.The "nine-tailed turtle" who was supposed to live a long life became the first general to die.

A thousand-mile horse often exists, but a bole does not often exist.This kind of people with special talents still have to be in the hands of my Ximen officials to show their strengths!

Ximen Qing was fascinated by Tao Zongwang, the "Nine-Tailed Turtle", and began to think about how to subdue this powerful giant tortoise.