I became a saint by picking up corpses in Water Margin

Chapter 355: Fishing in a Nest, Lassoing a Tiger

Ruan Xiaowu loved to gamble when he was poor. He has the gloomiest personality among the three brothers and is a ruthless person who doesn't talk much.

In the eyes of others on the battlefield, compared to Ruan Xiaoqi's scolding, Song Jiang should be more angry with him. He seemed to have no grudge with Ruan Xiaowu, but this person was the first to have a grudge with Hei Sanlang.

Song Jiang personally acted as a matchmaker and wanted to marry Hu Sanniang to Wang Ying, intending to establish himself as a person who always keeps his word in order to unite and win over all the heroes.

What I mean is that even a fellow like Wang Ying can get what he wants by following me, and those with real skills can be treated unfairly, so why don't you come closer to me?

But Song Jiang made all kinds of calculations, but he did not take into account the variable of Yang Chang.

Wang Aihu was filled with hatred for having his wife taken away, and he did several other things that were beyond the rules, which made Chao Gai furious. So, he ordered the three Ruan brothers to drown Wang Aihu in a lake while he was being castrated and on his way out to seek medical treatment. Ruan Xiaowu was the executor.

After all, the three Ruan brothers were fishermen, and they were not able to keep the matter secret, so they asked Li Jun to secretly find out the truth and tell Song Jiang, the deputy leader of the village. This also became one of the contradictions in the plot against Chao Gai.

Before Chao Gai died from a poisoned arrow, Song Jiang used the incident of Wang Ying to provoke him and promised to let Ruan Xiaowu go. However, Ruan Xiaowu was on the opposite side at this time and still wanted to avenge both new and old grudges.

According to Song Jiang's judgment of Ruan Xiaowu, he only needed to send out one of the Eight Horsemen, such as Xu Ning and Suo Chao, to see if they could take down the enemy's head.

But if Ruan Xiaowu died too quickly, Ruan Xiaoqi, who had "bad breath", might not appear later, and Yan Qing, the culprit who instigated many people to surrender to Yang Chang, and Yang Chang's wife Hu Sanniang could not be captured.

Wu Song can no longer be relied upon, so Song Jiang plans to use Hu Sanniang as a hostage to conquer and take over the remaining counties, and Yan Qing to disintegrate Lu Junyi's supporters. However, he doesn't know that Lu Junyi has lost his faction and has wholeheartedly followed Yang Chang.

The number of Liangshan members has been dwindling. Instead of killing all the old brothers at once, it is better to recruit them under his command and make them work for him.

Seeing Ruan Xiaowu appear, Song Jiang immediately sent out his chief guard Guo Sheng based on his analysis with Wu Yong last night.

The several naval leaders of Liangshan usually either sailed or walked, and they had never been seen riding horses, so their horsemanship was hard to estimate. However, Wu Yong was not optimistic about the two of them, at least they were far inferior to Lu Fang and Guo Sheng.

Although Wu Yong did not have much martial arts, he knew that infantry combat was just the entry level, while cavalry combat was the advanced level of infantry combat. If the eight naval leaders were picked out alone, they might not be able to defeat that group of Disha infantry officers.

Among the young cavalry generals, Lu and Guo are both relatively strong, so Song Jiang chose Guo Sheng to fight against Ruan Xiaowu.

This way of selecting the generals is to lay the nest for continuing "fishing". Hei Sanlang wants to ensure that he can defeat Ruan Xiaowu, but he can't let Guo Sheng win too easily, otherwise it will scare away the big fish near the nest.

Guo Sheng received the order and was about to go into battle, but Song Jiang waved him forward and whispered, "Fight him for a few more rounds first, and then pretend to be evenly matched, and then you can surprise him and win. Remember not to rush too fast."

"If you fight a general, you should fight to the death. The general wants me to be your general."

"For the sake of the big fish behind, you have to make way for me. Ruan Xiaowu is just an ordinary man. He may have some tricks in the water, but is he still a fish on the shore? You can easily catch him."

"Don't worry, Commander. I understand."

Last night, Song Jiang and Wu Yong were conspiring, and Guo Sheng was busy as the guard of the central army. After hearing the explanation, he suddenly understood and immediately came to the battlefield with a painted halberd.

In Guo Sheng's original impression, the Ruan brothers were usually shirtless, with their eye-catching muscles showing their strength.

At this moment, both Ruan brothers were wearing leather armor and leather helmets, without the cloaks they wore as generals. Their weapons were also the simplest spears. If their faces had not changed, they would have been mistaken for ordinary cavalrymen.

People tend to judge people by their appearance. Guo Sheng himself was dressed brightly and beautifully. He had just received encouragement from Song Jiang. Now, after looking at his opponent closely, he couldn't help but tease him when greeting him: "Brother Ruan, aren't you the leader of the navy? Why don't you continue to steer the boat? Are you an all-rounder in both land and water? Can you fight on horseback?"

"Why don't you try it and find out?"

Seeing Ruan Xiaowu's indifference, Guo Sheng was like punching cotton. He shouted and urged his horse forward, "Be careful, I won't hold back when I hit you!"

"Ah"

Ruan Xiaowu didn't want to waste time on talking, so he rode his horse and drew his spear to meet Guo Sheng.

Hu Sanniang, who was watching the battle from the back, saw Guo Sheng dressed in a white robe and silver armor, wielding a Fang Tian Hua Ji to attack, dressed like Xue Rengui. She then thought of Qiu Qiongying who was guarding the house, and Yang Chang who had not returned from the outside.

One has almost the same appearance, and the other also used to use Fang Tian Ji, but he liked to wear golden armor and red robes.

"My master once said that Guo Sheng is just a show-off. He doesn't have the strength to control this weapon. I don't know if Fifth Brother has a chance of winning."

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. Brother has received guidance from King Jin. I can't say that he will definitely beat Guo Sheng, but at least he won't lose."

"That's good, eh"

Hu Sanniang originally wanted to share with Wu Song, but Ruan Xiaoqi heard it and immediately took over the conversation, so she responded politely. Unexpectedly, an incredible scene occurred as soon as the two started fighting on the field.

Guo Sheng underestimated his enemy and mistakenly trusted Song Jiang. He intentionally reserved his strength at the beginning of the battle, but was met with his opponent's full strength. In the first round, his weapon was almost knocked out, and he was frightened out of his whole body.

He adjusted his state and continued the fight, but Ruan Xiaowu did not reduce his fierce attack at all. It was as if an ordinary spear grew on his hand. Guo Sheng could only respond passively and forgot his halberd skills for a while.

After only three rounds, although Guo Sheng's moves were already in chaos, Song Jiang thought he was acting on purpose, so he smiled and talked to Wu Yong.

"Guo Sheng is very quick-witted. If I hadn't just warned him, I would have thought he was being beaten."

"Haha, the generals selected by the general are naturally talented."

"Guo Sheng!"

"Ok?"

Before Wu Yong finished his flattery, he suddenly heard Lu Fang shouting beside him. He subconsciously turned his head to look forward, just in time to see Guo Sheng being stabbed off his horse by Ruan Xiaowu.

How is this possible? Did he overact?

Song Jiang also looked over at this time, with the same confusion in his eyes.

When Lu Fang saw his companion fall to the ground, he did not have the courage to rush out like Qin Ming did yesterday. Instead, he rushed to Song Jiang in a panic, clasped his hands and volunteered with a sad face.

"General, Ruan Xiaowu injured my brother, I am willing to fight!"

"Don't rush."

Song Jiang tried to comfort Lu Fang with words. He looked up and saw Ruan Xiaowu stabbing Guo Sheng to death. He turned around and rode away without looking back. Guo Sheng seemed to be only injured when he fell to the ground. Song Jiang thought to himself that you are quite sensible boy.

"Wu Lang is really good at this. You won the fifth game very easily. Er Lang, shall I have someone take away the wounded first, and then continue with the next game?"

"up to you."

"Lu Fang, go quickly!"

"Yes."

Just as Lu Fang stepped forward to save people, Song Jiang continued to ask in a joking tone: "Ruan Xiaowu played the fifth game, Xiaoqi should be the seventh game? I wonder what this sixth game is..."

"Xiao Qi, go!"

"it is good."

Ruan Xiaoqi was wearing the same outfit, sitting on the horse's back and shaking his head proudly, giving the other party a feeling of arrogance, which made Song Jiang extremely unhappy.

What is Wu Song doing?
I just predicted that Ruan Xiaoqi would be number seven, and you slapped me in the face in front of everyone?

At this moment, Lu Fang led Guo Sheng back to the battle formation on horseback. He saw that the wound on Guo Sheng's abdomen was bleeding continuously and the horse's body was stained with a lot of blood.

"Guo Sheng was seriously injured."

"Hurry up and take him to the camp for bandaging. I won't let his injury be in vain!"

"Ok."

Before Lü Fang walked away with his horse, he heard Song Jiang's order, "Dong Ping, go fight Ruan Xiaoqi and make a few holes for him to vent the anger of Guo Sheng, Huang Xin, and Li Gun!"

"Yes!" "General."

"No need to say more, I know what's going on."

Song Jiang was obviously angry because Dong Ping was sent to fight ahead of time. Wu Yong was about to remind him but was interrupted by Hei Sanlang.

On second thought, his side had been suffering losses in the past two days, and the Taiwei letting Dong Ping capture Ruan Xiaoqi would just boost morale.

Behind Yan Qing and Hu Sanniang, we also have Xu Ning, Suo Chao, Yang Xiong, and Shi Xiu. All we need to do is secretly send one more person to the field when Hu Sanniang goes into battle, and this fight can end perfectly.

As for Wu Song rushing out to help, Qin Ming is keeping an eye on him, so it will not affect the final victory at all.

Dong Yi bumped into it, go ahead and bump into it.

His name is Ruan Xiaoqi, and it would be better to give him seven holes.

Song Jiang and Wu Yong still dream of fighting all eight rounds, but Wu Song only plans to fight one round today. Ruan Xiaowu just now was the bait, hoping to lure out Xu Ning or Suo Chao. On the way, Hu Sanniang and Yan Qing will join the battle to capture them, and then take advantage of the situation to start a battle with thousands of people.

The reason they made this arrangement was that Yan Qing combined Xuan Zan's feeling and thought that Suo Chao could be won over, but the other party would not surrender directly, so he had to be captured alive on the battlefield.

Of course, if the Golden Spear Master Xu Ning is captured, Lin Chong can then persuade him to surrender, and maybe he can be subdued. It would be a win-win choice.

Unexpectedly, Song Jiang also sent Guo Sheng to "fish", and told him to "let the water flow" to lure. Unfortunately, Guo Sheng's martial arts were not top-notch, and his opponent Ruan Xiaowu was giving his all. He was disrupted by a series of attacks as soon as they started fighting, and was stabbed off his horse when he tried to respond in a panic.

If one bait is not enough, add another one.

Ruan Xiaoqi acted arrogantly in order to lure the big fish out, and no matter whether he could lure out Xu Ning or Suo Chao, he was Wu Song's last "bait".

Because Yan Qing is short and not good at horse fighting, the risk of using him as bait would be greater than that of the three Ruan brothers. As for the invisible commander Hu Sanniang, Wu Song never planned to let her fight.

With him present, he would not let his brothers and sisters take risks. Even though this woman's martial arts skills were second only to his own in the army, it didn't matter if they cooperated in fighting.

Seeing Dong Ping going into battle with two guns in hand, Ruan Xiaoqi didn't expect that his "charm" was so strong that he could actually lure out the biggest fish from the nest. However, he lived up to his nickname of "Living Yama Luo" and he went forward with his gun even though he knew he couldn't win.

"Dong Ping, you have met your Seventh Master, why don't you surrender?"

"Oh, you're really brave, let's fight first, look at the gun!"

Dong Ping raised his two guns and urged his horse forward, while Ruan Xiaoqi, wearing a red lining under his armor, looked like an angry bull charging at the bullfighter.

Although Ruan Xiaoqi received instruction from Yang Chang, he was best at water combat after all, and his spear and stick skills were not as good as Xuan Zan's. He was indeed far from Dong Ping, so he could not be a bullfighter.

Dong Ping's double guns appeared and disappeared like a ghost, and Ruan Xiaoqi was in a panic when he tried to deal with them. There was no chance of winning at all, and he felt he could not resist after just three rounds of fighting.

If no one came to help him, he would have been stabbed if another three attacks had taken place. However, Ruan Xiaoqi was now courageous and did not show any fear in the face of a strong enemy. He continued to defend himself with his gun as best he could.

At the critical moment, he chose to trust his companions and just tried his best to lure the enemy.

Dong Ping was testing out his opponent's strength and was about to complete Song Jiang's instructions to make a few holes for Ruan Xiaoqi when he suddenly caught a glimpse of green from the corner of his eye.

Hmm? This is
"careful!"

"What does this woman want to do?"

“She wants it.”

Dong Ping felt something was not right when hearing his companions' restless shouting. He quickly used both guns to block the enemy's guns, turned his head to look at the green to confirm, but was met with a hint of red.

That was Hu Sanniang's unique skill, the [Red Cotton Lasso]. When Dong Ping saw the face of the person coming clearly, his waist had already been firmly wrapped by the lasso.

"Get off your horse with me!"

"you again!"

Following Hu Sanniang's delicate shout, Dong Ping's entire body lost control and was dragged away. The reason why he shouted these three words was that he remembered that he was also captured in the same way and finally had no choice but to follow Song Jiang to join the Liangshan Bandits.

It's just that at that time, he was hooked by Hu Sanniang with a lasso when he was fighting with Yang Chang.

"This thief woman is shameless!"

"Go and save Dong Ping!"

"All troops, attack with me!"

"Kill!"

The moment Dong Ping fell to the ground, someone rushed out to snatch him away. It was too late for Song Jiang's side to take action. This set of actions was smooth and flowing, and it was obvious that the other party had planned it for a long time, and Wu Song launched the attack.

At that moment, Song Jiang and Wu Yong were both stunned. They spent the whole day hunting geese, but yet they got their eyes pecked by a goose?
"Captain, this place is dangerous, please step back!"

"what?"

"General, Shi Xiu is right. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Let's move to the rear quickly to facilitate dispatch and command."

"Okay, hold on first."

Song Jiang's side passively fought back. The originally quiet field was suddenly filled with dust and people were running like beasts, with shouts of fighting coming one after another, as if two antelopes were fighting for territory, lowering their heads and showing their horns, charging into the enemy in front of them.

As the saying goes, when two brave men meet in a narrow road, the brave one wins. Although Wu Song's side was not at a numerical advantage, they were always suppressing the enemy. Moreover, with the blessing of Hu Sanniang's new attribute [Cihang], the soldiers were encouraged to be fearless and brave, and 20,000 people shouted with the momentum of 100,000 people.

On the contrary, although Song Jiang's side was well prepared, they suffered consecutive defeats in the fights and were suddenly attacked by Wu Song. Their hasty response was suppressed by the opponent's momentum, and their fighting effectiveness was instantly greatly reduced.

“Not good”

"Wu Song, you beast, and Hu Sanniang, you little bitch!"

The two men moved to a small hill at the rear, and the scene of the two armies fighting instantly came into view. Wu Yong looked down from above and frowned and sighed, while Song Jiang's thoughts were still stuck on the fight just now.

"Stop scolding, Commander. Look at the situation on the battlefield. It's not very good."

"What are you afraid of? Forty thousand versus twenty thousand. The advantage is on my side."

Song Jiang was so angry at this time that he was unwilling to admit that the situation was not good. At least he would not give in verbally.

After careful observation, the fellow still stroked his beard and said coldly: "The battle has just begun. The damage may be greater now, but we have twice as many troops as the enemy. I don't believe we can defeat Wu Song's 20,000 men!"

"Taiwei, think twice. If we seriously damage our vitality in order to fight against Wu Song, we will have a hard time taking Luzhou and Zezhou, let alone Licheng."

"What do you mean, military advisor?"

"Today's start is not good. While the damage is not too great, it is better to retreat temporarily to preserve strength and fight again tomorrow."

"what?"

Before Wu Yong finished speaking, Song Jiang pointed to the battle area ahead, shaking his hands and asking excitedly: "This place is only ten miles away from Licheng. If we retreat, won't Wu Song be able to rescue us directly? Moreover, retreating will cause damage. Why should I suffer such a big loss?"

"We have suffered from Wu Song's trick today. The army in the imperial camp must preserve its strength. Retreat is the best option right now. Has the commander forgotten that the Jin army is coming soon? We can't do the work for others!"

"hiss"

Song Jiang took a deep breath, opened his eyes wide and swallowed, and finally uttered the word with difficulty, "Retreat!"

(End of this chapter)