Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Around the courtyard, Zhujiazhuang deployed thousands of elite soldiers, so Sun Li and others could not escape.

Zhu Biao walked up to Zhu Long and Zhu Hu, and said to them: "These bandit leaders have been locked up in one place, and now we have to wait for the Ximen officials and masters to come back and make a decision."

"Father is already preparing the celebration banquet. You and I still need to patrol around to clean up the battlefield carefully, so that nothing can go wrong before Brother Ximen returns." Zhu Long said.

The three brothers of the Zhu family gradually walked away, but the leaders of the Liangshan group in the cell erupted into a fierce argument over who showed their flaws.

Among the crowd, Shi Xiu and Pei Xuan, who were caught by deliberately pretending to be defeated, looked the most ugly...

Naturally, the great battle in Zhujiazhuang could not be hidden from Lijiazhuang, who is also in Dulonggang.

"Popping Eagle" Li Ying has recovered from his arrow sores in the past two days, but he still pretends to be ill and stays behind closed doors at the village, secretly sending people to inquire about news about Zhujiazhuang.

When he learned that the army of more than ten thousand bandits led by Song Jiang had been defeated by Zhujiazhuang and Hujiazhuang, Li Ying was shocked, restless in the village, thinking hard about how to get out of the incident.

The strongman Zhujiazhuang defeated Liang Shanbo, this time it was a big shock.If they learn that my Li family village has something to do with the Liangshanpo bandits, and secretly supported that Song Jiang, they will definitely not give up on me!

Li Ying remembered that Song Jiang came to visit him with drums and gongs, and hated him so much that he scolded Song Jiang for viciousness.

Fortunately, I was alert that day, and I didn't meet Song Jiang, so I could evade it when Zhujiazhuang came to question him.If it's really not possible, let the Du Xing brothers go to another country to avoid it?

When Li Ying was thinking about the aftermath in a restless state, he saw the villager come in and report: "There are thirty or fifty officials sent by the prefect of this state to this village, and they asked Zhujiazhuang about things."

As a wealthy man, Li Ying is most afraid of the government on weekdays.Hearing that the mansion was coming, he hurriedly asked Du Xing to open the gate of the villa, put down the suspension bridge, and welcome the distinguished guests into the village.

Li Ying hung a piece of white silk over his arm, pretending to be seriously injured, before he was helped out to greet him, and invited the magistrate into the front hall of the village.

The prefect got off his horse, came to the hall and sat in the middle.Sitting on the side is Kong Mu; below is a prisoner and several Yuhou; the steps are full of many festival-level prisons.

After Li Ying paid his respects, he stood in front of the hall, his eyes flickering left and right.

The magistrate asked: "What do you say about Zhujiazhuang being besieged by Liangshan bandits?"

Li replied: "Because Zhu Biao shot an arrow and injured his left arm, the door has been closed all the time, and he dare not go out. I don't know the truth."

The magistrate said: "Nonsense! Zhujiazhuang saw that there was a complaint against you for linking up with the Liangshanpo robbers and luring his army and horses to attack Zhujiazhuang. The day before yesterday, he received his pommel horse and sheep wine, colored satin, gold and silver, and provided food for the Liangshanpo robbers. .How can you live with that?"

Li Ying heard that he secretly supported Song Jiang's military rations, and secretly complained in his heart, so he had to bite the bullet and deny it: "The villain is a person who knows the law, how dare he accept his things? It must be some ignorant villager who spread the word Rumors have misled Zhujiazhuang, hope the Lord will investigate clearly!"

The magistrate said: "I can't believe you! Let's go to the mansion, and you will understand it with him!"

The magistrate shouted at the jailer and said: "Catch this Li Ying! Take him to the state to argue with Zhu's family!"

Although Li Ying is a well-known hero in the world, how dare he fight against the government?He thought about going to the state capital to plead guilty to death, and the government couldn't do anything to him, so he had nothing but martial arts, but he didn't resist.

Two times to arrest Fan Yuhou and tie Li Ying.The crowd surrounded the magistrate and got on his horse.The prefect asked again: "Which one is Director Du Xing?"

Du Xing replied: "The villain is."

The magistrate said: "Your name is also on the certificate of Zhujiazhuang, take it with you. Come here, and lock him up too."

At that time, the magistrate took Li Ying, Du Xing, and left Lijiazhuang to solve it in the direction of Yunzhou in the east.

After traveling for more than [-] miles, I saw Song Jiang and Wu running out of the forest, blocking the way with a group of people.

Song Jiang shouted: "Here is the partnership of Liangshanbo heroes!"

The magistrate and others did not dare to resist the enemy, so they left Li Ying and Du Xing and fled for their lives.

Song Jiang shouted to catch up.They rushed for a distance, came back and said: "If we catch up, we will also kill this bird magistrate; but he has disappeared."

They, together with Li Ying and Du Xing, untied the ropes and unlocked them, and brought two horses to ride with him.

Song Jiang said: "how about asking the officials to go to Liangshan for a while?"

Li Yingdao: "This matter can't be done. You killed the prefect, and don't do anything about me."

Song Jiang said with a smile: "How can we argue with you in the lawsuit? We will surely burden you when we go. Since the officials don't want to fall into the grass, they will stay in the cottage for a few days. When they are all right, they will come down the mountain again. Not too late."

Li Ying and Du Xing couldn't do it right now, Song Jiang and others coerced them and left.Li Ying could not stop complaining in his heart, the two of them were single and weak, how could they escape and get back in the middle of this large army?

Chapter 343 Doubts of Zhi Duoxing

It turned out that after Song Jiang and Wu Yongxin were defeated, they wondered what face they would have to go to see Chao Gai after returning to the mountain like this?Seeing that Zhujiazhuang and Hujiazhuang couldn't be beaten, the two turned their attention to the defenseless Lijiazhuang.

This Lijiazhuang is also a wealthy manor.As long as the money and food from Lijiazhuang are moved up the mountain as originally planned on the mountain, the urgent need for food shortage on Liangshan can be solved, and the embarrassment of losing to Zhujiazhuang can also be covered up.

Song Jiang and Wu Yong set up a treacherous plan to make Li Ying go up the mountain to join the gang, and immediately implemented it.They asked people to pretend to be prefects to trick Li Ying and Du Xing out, and took them up the mountain. Take it away.

This Li Yingli official was afraid of the people in the government, so he was arrested without a fight, and now he really caught the trick!

Song Jiang and Wu Yong finally seized the opportunity to save some face, immediately cheered up the spirit of the team, and headed southeast all the way back to Liangshan.Unexpectedly, when Liang Shan's army reached the territory of Shouzhang County, they were intercepted by the officers and soldiers of Dongping Mansion in Yunzhou.

It turned out that when Liang Shanbo was coming to attack Zhujiazhuang, Ximen Qing asked the magistrate of Yanggu County to ask Dongping Mansion for reinforcements.After the prefect Chen Wenzhao got the letter, he immediately asked Dong Ping, the superintendent of soldiers and horses, to lead his army to rescue Yanggu County.After Dong Ping got the order, he mobilized three thousand soldiers and horses to kill Xiangyanggu County.

Although the "General with Two Spears" Dong Ping was a brave general, his undertrained veterans of the Forbidden and Xiang Army did not dare to fight the Liangshanbo robbers.On the way, all the generals advised Dong Ping to use his troops cautiously, as long as Yanggu County is protected, it will be a great achievement.

Dong Ping thought that the prefect just ordered him to rescue Yanggu County, but he didn't say that he must march on Dulonggang. He felt that what the generals said was true, so he led the troops directly to Yanggu County.

When passing through Shouzhang County, he couldn't help the magistrate of Shouzhang County's hard work and management. Dong Dujian divided a thousand troops and ordered Wang Jun and Yu Bao to lead a team to protect Shouzhang County.Dong Ping personally led two thousand troops to sit in Yanggu County to ensure that the county was not lost.

Ximen Qing is in control of Dong Ping's marching situation.At the beginning, he did not expect those officers and soldiers with low combat effectiveness to come to Zhujiazhuang to help out.

As long as Dong Ping can guard Yanggu County well, support the Ximen Fort outside the county in terms of momentum, so that the Liangshan bandits dare not take the risk of a sneak attack, and save Ximenqing from worrying about the future, Ximenqing's goal of letting the government send troops will be achieved.

However, when he learned that Shouzhang County between Yanggu County and Liangshanbo had stationed a thousand officers and troops, and that his old friend Yu Baosi, the "God of the Dangerous Way", was leading the troops, Ximenqing immediately sent the Liangshan Army to Zhujiazhuang. After a big defeat, the news that the remaining remnants were about to cross the border from Shouzhang was reported to the officers and soldiers in Shouzhang County.It's not bad to let those guys bite each other!

Hearing that Song Jiang had been beaten to pieces by a group of villagers from Zhujiazhuang, Wang Jun and Yu Baosi really became more courageous, and led the army out to intercept Song Jiang and his party, wanting to take a big advantage for nothing.

It is said that the poor should not chase after them, and the rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, let alone a group of vicious Liangshan robbers?Seeing the officers and soldiers blocking the way, Song Jiang and Wu Yong vented their anger of defeat on these officers and soldiers, and led the army to fight Yu Baosi and the others.

Although Wang Jun and Yu Baosi fought bravely, the officers and soldiers under their command were still ineffective. After some contests, they were defeated by the Liangshan Army and fled back to Shouzhang County in embarrassment.

Wang Jun and Yu Baosi didn't even think about it, a group of bandits who can be defeated by mud legs, why can't my Song Dynasty official army defeat them?Watching the exploits of capturing Liangshan's bandit leader slip away from him, it makes people feel heartbroken!

Although Song Jiang and Wu Yong repelled the unexpected army, they also lost many troops.The two men, who had already lost their troops and lost their generals, had no intention of besieging Shouzhang County. Instead, they hurried through Shouzhang County with their troops and returned to Liangshanbo.

In Liangshan Dazhai, Chao Gai, the owner of the Dazhai, received the reward and knew that Song Jiang led the troops down the mountain and returned after a disastrous defeat. However, he still put the brotherhood first, and went down the mountain to greet him by the water village in Jinshatan.

After Song Jiang met Chao Gai, he naturally beat his chest and shed a lot of tears. This performance was so sincere that Chao Gai gave him a lot of comfort.

Chao Gai and the others drank the wine and went to the Juyi Hall in Dazhai to discuss matters.

Song Jiang invited Li Ying, a senior official of Li, and met all the leaders.

Li Yingshi didn't want to be a robber in Liangshanbo, he had finished speaking with the leaders of the village, and wanted to find an opportunity to escape.

Li Ying reported to Song Jiangdao: "Xiao Ke and I have already sent the general to Dazhai; we have also met all the leaders; we may as well serve you here, but I don't know how the old and young are at home. You can teach the villain to go down the mountain. "