Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 601 Confrontation
Gao Lian was furious. The day before yesterday, his brother Gao Qiu from Bian Jing sent a letter, saying that he had contacted Envoy Tong to mediate. He did not expect that Zhao Ze would not give him the slightest bit of face.

Gao Lian said angrily, "Zhao Ze, don't be so arrogant. Others may be afraid of you, but I must be afraid of you."

Lin Chong, who had long been impatient, heard this and shouted, "You greedy thief who harms the people, come and die."

Gao Lian was furious: "Who will help me capture this man?"

A new soldier, Wei Bao, was good at using two golden maces and had great strength. Although he had heard a lot about the heroes of Liangshan, he did not take them seriously.

He immediately rode out on his horse and shouted, "Wei Bao is here, how can he be so rampant?"

After saying that, he raised the two golden maces in his hands and rushed straight towards Lin Chong. Lin Chong did not respond, but kept waving the spear in his hand, not leaving Wei Bao's heart. Wei Bao was also accustomed to fighting. He had just joined Gao Lian's army and was about to see the credit, so he also exerted his supernatural power and hit Lin Chong with the two golden maces from left and right, heading straight for the top of Lin Chong's head.

The two fought for more than twenty rounds, when Lin Chong shouted, "Come on!"

Wei Bao was hit right in the heart and died under his horse.

Gao Lian knew that the Liangshan generals were highly skilled in martial arts. Seeing that he had lost to Wei Bao, he drew out the Tai'a sword on his back, muttered something, and shouted, "Go!"

Suddenly, a black gas rose up in Gao Lian's army. Suddenly, sand and rocks flew everywhere and a strange wind rushed straight into Zhao Zhen's formation.

Zhao Zhen had long known that Gao Lian was good at Taoism. He had also learned all the Taoism from Gao Feng. However, his two brothers were only ordinary Taoists and Taoist soldiers.

Seeing Gao Lian performing the ritual, Zhao Zhen's army had already received instructions and their military formation remained unchanged.

Zhao Zhen was also on his horse, chanting a spell, making a hand seal with his left hand, pointing with his right golden sword, and also shouting: "Hurry!"

The wind then blew back and hit Gao Lian's army.

When Lin Chong saw this, he shouted, "Gao Lian, we already know your magic, why don't you surrender?"

Gao Lian had long noticed that there were soldiers in Zhao Zhen's camp who were dressed similarly to his own [Flying Divine Soldiers]. He did not take it seriously at first, but after hearing what Lin Chong said, he realized that his brother Gao Feng's relics had fallen into the hands of Liangshan.

He was angry and was about to urge his magic soldiers to fight, but he was worried that Zhao Zhen could break his magic, so he shouted angrily: "Who will come to avenge me?"

Upon hearing this, the two men in the formation rushed out on their horses.

Gao Lian looked and saw that it was the newly appointed military commander, surnamed Qian, given name Ji, who wielded a steel spear and rode a silver horse. This man was specially assigned by his brother Gao Qiu to help him manage the army. A long spear, really amazing.

The other person was an old man from Gaotang Prefecture named Xue Yuanhui, who wielded two single swords.

Seeing the two men go into battle, Gao Lian felt a little relieved, hoping that he could make a comeback.

Qian Ji shouted loudly: "How dare you, Liangshan bandit, betray the imperial court and invade the imperial territory? Qian Ji is here, why don't you dismount and be tied up? What are you waiting for?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two of them rushed out together and headed straight for Lin Chong.

In the Liangshan formation, a brave man was annoyed. Shi Wengong shouted, "Master Lin, please wait a moment. I will kill the two thieves right away!"

Lin Chong reined in his horse, put away his spear, and let Shi Wengong fight the two of them.

Shi Wengong was seen charging straight at the two men alone.

Qian Ji rode fast and caught up with Shi Wengong without waiting for Xue Yuanhui's cooperation.

But Shi Wengong's horse was faster, and he rode on a second-level white horse with a top mane and rushed over like the wind. Shi Wengong shouted, and the red-tasseled, black-glowing black iron spear in his hand separated Qian Ji's steel spear, and stabbed Qian Ji off his horse. Xue Yuanhui, who was behind, was startled and dared not to resist, so he turned his horse and fled back.

When Shi Wengong saw this, he stuck his spear into the ground, picked up the bow in his left hand, took the arrow in his right hand, took aim, and shot Xue Yuanhui head-heavy off his horse with just one arrow.

When the Liangshan army saw this, they beat drums and gongs and shouted in unison.

Looking at the soldiers of Gaotang Prefecture again, they looked at each other in horror.

The two military commanders, [Taohualang] Su Yi and [Hua Bingbing] Jin Zhuang, had already rushed out, seized the two men's heads, and returned to the battle array with their weapons and horses.

Gao Lian was furious. He didn't care about anything else. He immediately took the bronze plate and struck his sword. After three strikes, a cloud of yellow sand rolled up from the Flying Divine Soldiers, covering the sky and the earth, and even the sun was dark. As the shouts arose, wolves, tigers, leopards, monsters, and poisonous insects came out from the yellow sand.

Zhao Zhen had already prepared a pump filled with pig and sheep blood, and sprayed it towards the imperial sand all over the sky.

Wherever the blood had passed, the yellow sand was no longer able to disperse, and the tigers, leopards and other animals cut out of white paper all fell down.

Zhao Zhen looked at it, pointed with the tip of his whip, and the three armies, big and small, charged forward together.

Gao Lian's troops dared not resist the enemy and swarmed towards the city gate, but they saw soldiers and horses falling, flags and drums clashing, and people and horses trampling on each other. Countless people died.

Gao Lian hurriedly led the three hundred [Flying Divine Soldiers] back into the city.

The Liangshan army rushed to the city, and the city quickly pulled up the drawbridge, closed the city gates, and rained down wood and cannonballs. The five or seven hundred soldiers who had not been able to enter the city were all taken prisoners.

Zhao Zhen ordered the horn to be sounded and the troops to be gathered and set foot in the camp.

The next day, Zhao Zhen led his troops to challenge Gao Lian again, but Gao Lian closed the city gates and did not dare to fight.

Outside the city, Liu Huiniang saw this and said to Zhao Zhen, "Sir, do you want to set up the [Flying Thunder] to attack the city?"

Wu Yong waved the feather fan in his hand and said, "Sir, there is no rush."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Wu Yong continued, "Sir, Gao Lian was frightened after yesterday's battle, so he probably doesn't dare to fight again. But there are many soldiers in the city, so it's not easy to attack in a hurry. Sir, why don't you write another letter and ask Gao Lian to send Yin Tianxi and others out?"

Zhao Zhen asked, "Yin Tianxi was just a pawn. Gao Lian must be the mastermind behind the scenes. How can we explain to Master Chai if we only kill Yin Tianxi? Moreover, I feel sorry for Brother Lin Chong for letting Gao Shide go before. Now that we have a reason, why don't we kill Gao Lian and let Brother Lin get his revenge?"

Wu Yong said, "Sir, when we came here, you had already sent the official documents to the court. This Gao Lian must have sent a letter to Gao Qiu. Gao Qiu must have asked for an imperial decree to come to negotiate. Killing Gao Lian will definitely anger Gao Qiu. I have a plan that can not only get rid of Gao Lian, but also make Gao Qiu speechless, unable to express his grievances, but also difficult to retaliate openly."

Zhao Zhen was delighted when he heard this and said, "Tell me quickly, scholar, how do we arrange this?"

Wu Yong waved the feather fan in his hand and said, "Since it is a mediation, the imperial edict must appease the husband. When the angel comes, in front of the angel, invite Gao Lian to fight. Just tell him that if Gao Lian wins the fight, he will not be held responsible for killing Chai Huangcheng."

Liu Hui Niang said, "How can Gao Lian be willing to come out and fight? Today, we have broken two of his spells in a row. I am afraid this guy will not accept the challenge."

Wu Yong smiled and said, "What if my husband goes out to fight?"

Liu Hui Niang quickly shook her head and said, "How can the son of a wealthy family take such a risk? Moreover, the Master has only been practicing Taoism for a short time, how can he defeat Gao Lian?"

Zhao Zhen said, "The scholar has always been very careful in his plans. Now that he has spoken today, I believe he has a plan in mind. Let's talk about it and we will all judge. If it is feasible, it would be best if Gao Lian could be killed."

(End of this chapter)