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Chapter 410 Confrontation
At dawn the next day, Chao Gai and the five leaders were eating in the tent, when they heard a commotion outside, they threw down their bowls and chopsticks, and went out of the tent to check, but they saw thick smoke billowing from the northwest corner of the camp, mixed with shouts of killing Voice.

Before Chao Gai sent someone to ask, a flag officer came to report that Guo Liang led three to five hundred minions while the army was cooking, and suddenly rushed out from the side and broke the west side of the camp. They are setting fire all around.

Chao Gai was furious when he heard the words, immediately took his sword, took a group of leaders, ordered the Chinese army, and went to Xizhai for support.

It's just that when they got there, Guo Liang had already fled with his people, leaving behind corpses all over the ground and dozens of large tents that were burned.Afterwards, after counting, more than [-] people were killed or injured, and the ten-day rations of the army were burned.

Hearing these news, Chao Gai was extremely unhappy, because he only brought half a month's food and grass with him for this expedition, and now he has lost most of it before fighting the enemy.

In this way, if they can't capture Peach Blossom Mountain within five days, they may just return in vain.

The more Chao Gai thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and he couldn't help but start cursing his mother.

Thinking that he, Chao Gai, was well-known in the northern green forest at any rate, and later he was added as the master of a village.

But since Song Gongming went up the mountain, he first united with Wu Yong and secretly seized his power, and then intensified, trying to get rid of him quickly.

After finally getting an opportunity to send troops, he was slapped in the face by an unknown Guo Liang. How would this make Chao Gai gain a foothold in the arena in the future?

Bai Sheng, who came with him, saw Chao Gai's bluish and blue face, so he knew that he must be very angry, so he comforted him,
"Brother, it's just a small defeat, why worry about it? When the Peach Blossom Thief's den is cleared in the future, Guo Liang will look good on his own!"

With Bai Sheng's words, Li Zhong and others also persuaded, especially Zhou Tong's sentence, "It's not worth getting angry about such small things. Let's do big things."

Chao Gai was awakened by these words, he hurriedly pretended to glance at Huang Xin inadvertently, and when he found that the fellow was pretending to be worried, and followed Bai Sheng and others to persuade him, he put his heart down and changed his face. With a smile, said,

"Thank you brothers for your consolation. As a brother, I know the seriousness. Everyone should stop worrying and go back to prepare for the battle. The army will attack the mountain in an hour."

Everyone was ordered to disperse, but Zhou Tong deliberately slowed down, and when he saw that there was no one around, he reminded Chao Gai in a low voice, "Brother, something is wrong, how would Guo Liang know that our army's grain and grass are stationed in the west?" Zhai?"

Chao Gai immediately came to his senses, hesitantly said, "You mean, someone leaked the secret?"

Zhou Tong nodded and said, "That's right, the west side of the whole camp has the most soldiers and horses and the strongest defense force. And the most important point is that the east camp is facing Peach Blossom Mountain, why bother to fight the west camp?"

Chao Gai thought about it carefully, and felt that what Zhou Tong said was reasonable, so he couldn't help but sneered, and cursed, "What a timely rain Song Gongming, what a wise and multi-star Wu Yong, they are afraid that I will not die!"

Zhou Tong waited for Chao Gai to vent his anger before asking, "Does the original battle plan need to be changed?"

Chao Gai thought about it again and again, and replied, "No need, if you change rashly, you might startle the snake and make Huang Xin take precautions!"

"If Guo Liang ambushed him halfway, how would his brother's safety be guaranteed?" Seeing that Chao Gai was stubborn, Zhou Tong couldn't help asking anxiously.

"If you don't enter the tiger's lair, how can you catch tiger cubs. Don't try to persuade me, brother, I have my own opinion!"

Seeing that Zhou Tong was so worried about himself, Chao Gai was very comforted, but he had to go.

His family knew his own affairs, and Chao Gai knew better than anyone else that he was cornered by Song Jiang, and if he didn't fight hard, he might have no chance.Even if he escapes the murder this time, his life will still be lost in the future. After all, there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days.

"Brother's kindness is for my brother's heart. As long as I prepare in advance, I am not afraid of other people's tricks."

Zhou Tong realized that he couldn't persuade Chao Gai, so he had no choice but to leave disgruntled.

In the next two days, no matter whether Chao Gai commanded the army to attack the mountain head-on or lure the enemy deep, Guo Liang couldn't shrink back at all, relying on the dangerous terrain, he repelled the army of Qingfeng Mountain time and time again.

Seeing this situation, Chao Gai became more and more certain that Song Jiang and his gang had indeed colluded with Guo Liang.Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why this Guo Liang was so calm, he couldn't be a bandit with a mud-legged background, and he was an expert in warfare, right?

On the third day, Chao Gai saw that there was not much food left, so he finally made up his mind and prepared to carry out the surprise attack plan.In order to better lure Huang Xin to take action, he set the time at night on the grounds that it is easy to reveal his whereabouts during the day.

When the night was beautiful, a round of golden moon rose slowly, hanging high in the sky like a night light, clearly illuminating the trail behind Taohua Mountain.

Just above this path, there is an army of thousands of people, lined up in a long line, marching towards the top of the mountain.

After walking for nearly an hour, Chao Gai looked back at the endless line and asked Li Zhong, "How long will it take to arrive?"

Li Zhong took a look at the surrounding scenery and replied, "It will take half an hour, but not far ahead is the mountainside, where the terrain is open and it is easier for the army to march."

Chao Gai's eyes flashed slightly, and he glanced at Huang Xin who was silent beside him, secretly clenched the long knife in his hand, and ordered in a low voice, "Send the order, and order the rear army to follow at full speed, and you can take a rest when you reach the front. "

Li Zhongfang wanted to answer, Huang Xin said first, "Brother Li stays with brother to guide the way, and I will pass the order."

After finishing speaking, Li Zhong was not allowed to refuse, so he walked back along the way he came from.

Li Zhong didn't doubt that he was there, so he wouldn't think too much about it, but from an angle he didn't see, there was a red-haired man dressed as a pawn who secretly fell behind Huang Xin.

Looking at the figures of the two going away, a sneer appeared on Chao Gai's face, and then he waved his hand to signal the army to move on.

After walking up for a long while, when they reached the mountainside mentioned by Li Zhong, the terrain suddenly became wider. Chao Gai ordered the army to form up again, and ordered the scouts to investigate the forests on the left and right.

As soon as the scout entered the forest, golden drums blared all around, and the shouts shook the sky. There were torches everywhere, followed by arrows raining down.

Chao Gai brandished a broadsword, opened the incoming arrows, and rushed towards the forest with his own soldiers, shouting loudly, "Hugh panic, the enemy doesn't have many bows and crossbows, let me kill you and enter."

Just like what Chao Gai expected, the bandits in Taohuashan did not have many bows and arrows, and the rain of arrows stopped abruptly in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Qingfeng Mountain Division were immediately motivated, and with Chao Gai leading the way, all of them rushed forward bravely in an instant, charged into the forest in one fell swoop, and killed the generals towards the position of the torch.

This turn of events really caught Guo Liang by surprise.Just because he thought about it, at this moment, Chao Gai might be in danger, and Qingfengshan's army should be defeated without a fight.

Guo Liang never expected that Chao Gai would keep quiet and even kill him.When he wanted to escape again, it was too late, so he raised his spear and fought Chao Gai for his life.

The two fought for more than ten rounds, because Guo Liang was not as powerful as Chao Gai, if he didn't notice, the spear in his hand was knocked away, and he was captured honestly.

Without Guo Liang's command, the Peach Blossom Mountain's minions were routed and fled in all directions, while the army of Qingfeng Mountain took advantage of the situation and occupied the camp on the top of the mountain without much effort.

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In the early morning of the next day, in the Taohuashan Juyi Hall, Chao Gaigao sat at the head, Bai Sheng, Liu Tang, Li Zhong, and Zhou Tong sat around. sorry.

Li Zhong looked at Huang Xin, who had become a prisoner, and asked dumbfounded, "What do you mean, what mistake did Brother Huang make?"

Facing Li Zhong's question, Chao Gaihan kept a straight face and didn't answer, just nodded to Liu Tang.

Liu Tang was signaled, got up and yelled at Huang Xin, and then explained, "This guy not only colluded with the thief Guo Liang, but also wanted to take advantage of last night when the army was in chaos, and secretly shot brother Chao Gai with a poisonous arrow."

"This... How is this possible? Could there be some misunderstanding?" Li Zhong said with a confused look on his face.

Liu Tang said directly, "I saw it with my own eyes and led someone to capture him. How can I lie! Brother, if you don't believe me, here is the evidence."

While speaking, Liu Tang bent down and took out a bow and arrow from under his feet, and handed it to Li Zhong.

Li Zhong received it in his hand, lowered his head to look carefully, and saw that the bow and arrow were ordinary, but the arrow was emitting a faint blue light, obviously smeared with poison, and there were four small characters "Guo Liang's Arrow" engraved on it.

Since Huang Xin was caught by Liu Tang, and the evidence was conclusive, Li Zhong had nothing to say, but he really couldn't figure it out, what was Huang Xin's purpose for doing this?

When Chao Gai saw Li Zhong's expression, he understood what Li Zhong was thinking, so he explained to him, "Brother is thinking, why did Huang Xin do this?"

Li Zhong nodded honestly, and then heard Chao Gai continue, "Because this is an order from Song Gongming and Wu Yong, he has to listen to you!"

"What!" Li Zhong couldn't believe his ears, he asked, "Brother Song...why did Song Gongming and Wu Yong harm Brother?"

Chao Gai got up and came to Huang Xin, and asked with a sneer, "Brother Huang, did you explain it yourself, or did Chao come to speak for you?"

Huang Xin raised his head slowly, looked around at the faces of several people, made an ugly smile, and said,
"Hey, the matter has come to this, why can't we say it! King Chao, don't blame brother Gongming for being cruel. If you want to blame, you can only blame you for blocking everyone's way. Who told you not to ask for help!"

Hearing this, Bai Sheng was the first to quit, and couldn't help but retorted, "According to what you said, Brother Chao should be the one to kill? After the injustice, it is not..."

"Hold on, Brother Bai, don't say any more!" Chao Gai interrupted Bai Sheng with a wave of his hand, and then only said, "Who is right and who is wrong, Song Gongming and I will confront each other face to face, so let's take the two of you under arrest. "

As soon as Chao Gai's words fell, a group of soldiers came in immediately and dragged Huang Xin and Guo Liang out.

After the hall was full of his family members, Zhou Tong, who had been silent just now, said,
"Brother, it's better to have a long-term plan. If we go back and confront each other like this, it may cause a firefight, and our side will definitely suffer!"

When Liu Tang and the others heard the words, their hearts trembled, knowing that Zhou Tong's words were indeed not aimlessly.Nowadays, most of the people on the mountain are loyal to Song Jiang. If there is a fight like this, Chao Gai will definitely not be the opponent.

Chao Gai naturally knew this too, but he had already figured out how to deal with it, so he immediately called several people to him and gave orders in a low voice.

The words were divided into two parts, but it was said that since Chao Gai and others went down the mountain, Song Jiang couldn't sleep peacefully every day, and he always felt a little restless.

Until this day, when Song Jiang was discussing with Wu Yong and Dai Zong about where to go to earn some good men and go up the mountain, he saw Qin Ming rushing to look for them, and when he saw the three of them, he winked secretly and shouted loudly,

"Brother, brother Liu Tang is back!"

Seeing Qin Ming's wink, Song Jiang knew that the matter was over. He couldn't help but feel overjoyed, but he pretended to be calm and said, "Where are Chao Tianwang's people? Can a teacher come back with him?"

Before Qin Ming could answer, he saw Liu Tang with disheveled hair, supported by Gongsun Sheng and Deng Long, followed by a group of heroes who had heard the news.

As soon as Liu Tang saw Song Jiang, he broke free, staggered to Song Jiang, knelt down, and said, "Brother Gongming, we are incompetent and failed to protect Brother Chao Gai. Unfortunately, when he attacked the camp last night, he was shot by Liu Ya." I'm afraid I'm going to die soon. The army is not far down the mountain, so I'll dispatch my younger brother to report back first!"

After finishing speaking, he grabbed the ground with his head and remained silent.

"Ah, it hurts me too!" Song Jiang yelled in disbelief, and then fell on his back, but was supported by Wu Yong and Dai Zong behind him.

Wu Yong also looked sad, and sighed, "That day when the wind blew the flag down, it must have been a warning from heaven. It's ridiculous that we didn't know it, and didn't persuade brother Chao Gai, so that such a tragedy happened!"

Dai Zong advised at the right time, "Brother's condolences, the most important thing right now is to welcome Chao Tianwang up the mountain and invite famous doctors to treat him. It can't be said that Chao Tianwang is an auspicious person with his own celestial appearance, and he can turn evil into good luck."

"Yes, yes, what brother Dai Zong said is right." Song Jiang rushed to the outside as if returning to his soul, and the rest of the heroes saw this, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they also followed.

Behind the crowd, while pretending to support Liu Tang, Gongsun Sheng whispered in Liu Tang's ear, "Well, Liu Tang, you have learned to lie!"

Liu Tang was startled, and at a loss, he heard Gongsun Sheng say again, "Oh, since Song Gongming went up the mountain, I knew that such a day would come sooner or later, but I never thought that this day would come so soon!"

"Brother Gongsun wants to inform Song Jiang?"

Gongsun Sheng replied, "If I wanted to inform you, I would have exposed you just now. Why wait until now? You really don't know good people. I just want to remind you to put on more sadness on your face."

Liu Tang smiled sheepishly, and said embarrassedly, "I knew Daoist Gongsun was a good person, and he wouldn't..."

"Shut up! Follow them quickly, lest Wu Yong notice the abnormality!"

Liu Tang hurriedly put on a dejected expression, and rushed forward with Gongsun Sheng.

Under the leadership of Song Jiang, the group hurried down the mountain, and finally met Chao Gai's army in the woods five miles down the mountain.

Immediately, Song Jiang set his eyes on the carriage in front of the team, trotted over, and shouted in grief, "Brother, Song Jiang is here!"

Unexpectedly, when Song Jiangfang opened the curtain, he took a few steps back in fright, why do you think?But Chao Gai sat in the car comfortably, looking at him with disdain.

Song Jiang felt his mouth was parched, before he could think of an excuse, he heard the sound of a clapper, and then a group of soldiers rushed out from the forest and surrounded them in the center.

　I wanted to explain the ending of Chao Gai clearly at once, but found that it took up too many chapters, so I combined the two chapters into one and published it.

　　In addition, thank you book friend 160628123229238 for your reward.

　　
　
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