Water Margin begins as a captain in Yanggu County

Chapter 145: It must be...dead.

Outside the Zengtou City Fort, there were trenches crisscrossing and countless chevaux de frise. The Liangshan army passed through several flat passages and then formed a battle formation below the Zengtou City Fort.

During the attack today, the Liangshan bandits were no longer the same as before. Judging from the formation, they had been divided into several echelons, with swords and shields in the front and bows and crossbows in the back. They had also built a number of ladders with hooks that could be firmly fixed on the city wall.

There was even a simple battering ram ready to ram the gate of the fortress.

There were trenches outside the fortress, but they were filled up a lot. In the past few days, people from Zengtou City came out to dig some of them, but there are still many trenches that have been flattened.

Lei Heng, the Winged Tiger, is really at the front today, with a group of daredevil men following behind him, and they are going to be the first to climb the ladder.

Lei Heng could be heard turning back and shouting, "Brothers, we've seen it before. Zengtou City is at odds with the government troops. Now that the government troops have retreated, the people of Zengtou City are like frightened birds. They are ready to be broken through with just one charge. If you climb the city wall first, I will reward you with 500 strings of cash each, and you will be promoted three levels higher!"

Someone raised his arms and shouted: "Don't worry, Chief Lei, we are not cowards!"

"Captain Lei, just lead us forward!"

"We must follow Chief Lei and rush in to wipe out all the people in Zengtou City to comfort the spirit of King Chao in heaven!"

Lei Heng looked around and saw that the army's morale was good, so he said, "Today, we must capture Zengtou City. Brothers, take whichever women you like!"

It was after Brother Gongming went up the mountain that he began to seek fame, saying that he had not harmed the people in the slightest.

But at this moment, it is a matter of life and death for Liangshan. If they don't take the money and food from Zengtou City, Liangshan will be in chaos in a short time. Now it has come to such a critical moment, and they can't care about so many things. The money and food must be handed over, but how can this woman not reward the brave man?

It’s the morale of the army!

"it is good!"

"Just waiting for Chief Lei to say this!"

"Lei is mighty!"

Hearing the sound of drums, Lei Heng's face turned grim, and he said without further ado: "Brothers, follow me later!"

Obviously, Lei Heng was not in the first echelon. He only saw the more than a thousand bandits in front of him rushing forward, shooting bows and crossbows, and setting up ladders.

On the walls of the fortress, there were bows and crossbows firing continuously, as well as battering rams and rolling stones, and even a few pieces of kerosene were burning fiercely.

For a moment, wailing was heard everywhere, and the aroma of burning protein spread, but it was also tinged with blood and stench.

There are indeed some brave and valiant people in Liangshan. Among tens of thousands of heroes, how can there not be a few who risk their lives for a future?
This Liangshan bandit army was indeed somewhat different. At least, they were not so cautious when they went into battle on the first day.

No wonder, even though Song Jiang and Wu Yong knew that there were many brave men in Zengtou City, they still came to fight.

In fact, attacking the prefecture should be much easier than attacking Zengtou City, and the prefecture city has more money and grain. Why did Song Jiang and Wu Yong still choose Zengtou City?

They were also forced to do so. Zengtou City was not the provincial capital. Considering that the government troops were small in number, they would rather save the provincial capital city than Zengtou City.

Now it seems that although there were some twists and turns, the plan was still accomplished, and the government troops indeed abandoned Zengtou City to rescue the provincial capital.

After a hard battle, the first echelon was exhausted and could not climb the city wall, so the second urgent drum sounded.

Lei Heng turned around and shouted, "Brothers, the brothers in front have already consumed a lot of the enemy's arrows, rolling stones and gunpowder. This time, it is time for us to defeat them with one strike. Brothers, follow me!"

Lei Heng rode ahead at full speed, and when he reached the fortress wall, he really carried a large shield on his head and shoulders and rode up the ladder first.

The wall of the fort was not very high, and heavy objects were still pouring down from it, hitting Lei Heng and causing him to stumble repeatedly. However, with the big shield on top, he just tilted his head and used his shoulders to bear the pressure.

Behind the battlement on the wall, kerosene had just been poured and was now being boiled, so it was obviously too late.

This is because oils and fats are difficult to ignite without being boiled at high temperatures. Only after being boiled can they burn continuously as soon as they are started.

Even on the walls, there were not enough logs and boulders, and the villagers from Zengtou City on the walls were inexperienced or nervous.

The enemy army in front of them swarmed up like ants and just kept smashing things, regardless of whether there were people around or not, and regardless of whether they could hit the objects or not. They would just pick up heavy objects and smash them down, as if they felt they could feel at ease just by scaring the enemy army.

After some consumption, the logs and stones were obviously not enough. Although there were a lot of them prepared before, they could not be piled up to affect the fighting area on the battlement.

There was no use at this time. The only thing they could do was to transport the metal upwards from below the city wall while slowly smashing it from above.

At this time, Lei Heng was carrying a large shield and walking quickly up the wall. It was obvious that the pressure of climbing the wall was far less than that of the first echelon just now.

Lei Heng was indeed a man of extraordinary physical strength. He had great power, and he was the first one to climb up the low wall. He just threw the wooden shield towards the parapet, grabbed the long sword in his mouth with one hand, and jumped up.

He swung the long sword left and right, immediately knocking down three or four people around him.

Looking at Lei Heng again, he had already stood firm on the battlements of the city wall, just hacking left and right. How could he be able to match him?
In an instant, several more bandits climbed up the wall and stood on Lei Heng's left and right.

Lei Heng laughed: "Brothers, hurry up!"

Although he was talking, the knife in Lei Heng's hand never stopped for a moment, and he really chopped people and horses to the ground, which was really a terrible thing.

Seeing this scene from afar, Zhu Tong, who was supervising the battle, was overjoyed and shouted to his left and right: "Brothers, go up, hurry up and move forward!"

The soldiers on both sides were really shocked. They all saw that Leader Lei went up.

Even the scholar Xiao Rang, who was in the center of the army at the back, was overjoyed. Standing on the high ground of the general platform, he danced with joy and said, "What a skill! What a skill! Great success! Great success!"

Just looking at the top of the city wall, Lei Heng had already chopped down countless people in succession. The people guarding the city around were frightened for a moment and actually stopped, not daring to go forward to block Lei Heng.

Lei Heng took a short break, breathed a sigh of relief, and was overjoyed: "Brothers, it's done! Come with me and kill again!"

But someone answered, "What happened?"

Lei Heng looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young man squeezed out from the crowd of enemies. Lei Heng took a look and felt that he looked familiar.

The big man had a spear in his hand, and Lei Heng asked, "Who are you?"

The big man laughed heartily, and answered honestly, "It's Shi Jin the Nine-Patterned Dragon!"

"Who?" Where had Lei Heng heard of this person?
It was this “who” that made the young man stop smiling. He was obviously a little angry and said, “Give me your life, you thief, so that you can remember who your grandfather is even in the underworld!”

When he had only said half of his words, the spear came out, coming out like a dragon. An expert would know the outcome with just one move.

Just by this one spear attack, Lei Heng was already terrified. He raised his long sword forward and moved his body backward. The spear came really fast, accurately and fiercely.

Behind Lei Heng, a man rushed out with a knife to help, and tried to chop at Nine-Pattern Dragon Shi Jin.

But before he swung his sword, the spear drew a circle on Shi Jin's body at an extremely fast speed and returned. It was even faster than the sword after drawing a circle.

It seemed as if the spear had eyes and stabbed the thief directly in the throat.

This in and out movement was also extremely fast, and the blood in the throat gushed out like a spray bottle.

Shi Jin's spear did not pause at all and he went for Lei Heng again.

Lei Heng kept blocking, but he didn't know where this brave young man came from. His martial arts were absurdly strong. Where did his spear skills come from?
"Brothers, stand shoulder to shoulder!" Lei Heng shouted.

The bandits on both sides really went forward side by side, with swords, spears, and halberds.

Regardless of whether they were using swords or halberds, Shi Jin only used his spear to sweep them down one by one.

However, Lei Heng suddenly discovered that all the villagers from Zengtou City who had not dared to move forward just now suddenly pressed forward.

When I looked around, I found that the person had changed, and even the armor on his body was different.

Officers and soldiers?

Lei Heng was shocked. It was the government troops!

"Shi Jin, are you a government soldier?" Lei Heng asked without thinking.

Shi Jin really had something to say: "My grandfather is the deputy commander of the Wuzi Battalion under the command of General Su, the deputy general manager of the two routes of the Jingdong Army!"

Lei Heng subconsciously turned around and was about to leave; the battlement was not far behind him.

"Where are you going? I'm trading your head for a commander!"

Shi Jin's spear came extremely fast and went straight to Lei Heng's back. Because the soldiers on both sides were really fierce, they rushed forward to kill the bandits without any delay. In the chaotic battle with countless swords and spears, seven or eight bandits who had climbed up the wall were knocked down in an instant.

Lei Heng had already clung to the parapet, and he only needed to take one step to reach the ladder, but he heard a sharp sound of breaking air behind him, so he had to dodge.

After dodging, I looked back and saw that young Shi Jin was actually saying with a smile: "You can't escape from the steps that you have taken."

Lei Heng gritted his teeth and chopped at Shi Jin with the long sword in his hand. If he didn't kill Shi Jin, he would really be unable to escape, unless he jumped off the wall. Although the wall was not very high, if he fell down like this, he would be half dead even if he was lucky enough not to die.

The knife chopped forward, but the spear just moved in the air, as if it was flicked or shaken, and the knife deflected. The tip of the spear was like a maggot on the tarsal bone, shaking and stabbing towards Lei Heng's face fiercely.

This is the eldest son of the Shi family. He is really gifted and has the careful instruction of the famous teacher Wang Jin. He also likes to practice hard in his daily life. He has really mastered the skill of using the long spear to perfection.

How could Lei Heng be a match for him? He just stepped back, but there was a wall behind him. He tilted his head, and the spear stabbed again, as if it was going to stab him in the face instead of his armor.

Lei Heng had no way to get away, so he could only lower his body and crawl. In his peripheral vision, he saw countless armored soldiers surrounding him.

The knife was chopping, the gun was stabbing, the bone was hammering, and the crowbar was chiseling.

Ping ping ping rang…

What did you want to say?

Shi Jin doesn't follow the rules or morality, how can he fight like this? Why are there two people fighting alone, and there are still people besieging them?
But he couldn't say anything. He just felt a clanging sound on his body and his eyes went dark, but... it didn't hurt.

Faintly, Shi Jin's voice could be heard shouting, "Cut off the head and go back to find someone to identify this man. Is he a well-known thief?"

Having said this, Lei Heng could no longer hear anything...

In the distance, Zhu Tong, who was holding the line, suddenly noticed that there was no movement on the top of the wall. He could only see an armored man... The soldier stood on the battlement, looking down, and did not see anyone climbing up below.

Zhu Tong's heart tightened. Where is Lei Heng? Didn't Lei Heng just go up?

Why is there no movement?
Zhu Tong knew in his heart that this was not good...

Then he shouted to the left and right: "Hurry, hurry, press on, and climb the wall again."

Shi Jin stood on the wall and looked around to see if there were any thieves coming up, but... there were none!

Shi Jin was actually a little disappointed. He held the head in his hand and looked down: "Is this a big thief?"

The question was asked by the people around him, and someone answered: "Deputy Commander, he is so brave, he must be a big thief without a doubt."

"Let's catch this one. If not, we will be in big trouble." Shi Jin looked around again, but still no thief climbed up the wall.

"Absolutely!" a soldier answered confidently.

Shi Jin held up the head and looked forward, saying, "The general asked me to climb the wall, saying that there would be a bloody battle. Alas... the general overestimated these bandits and asked me to help here, but we only caught one person. If I had known this earlier, I would have followed the general."

Even though there were more than a dozen thieves lying dead on the spot, in Shi Jin's view, they did not seem to be considered human beings.

Many soldiers were also somewhat disappointed. They had killed only about 10 or 20 people. How much was that worth? How could they share it?

We can only hope that the person in the hands of our deputy commander is really a big thief. A big thief is valuable, worth a lot of money.

But Shi Jin looked into the distance and said, "The general is coming!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of heavily armored cavalry appeared in sight at the end of his line of sight, but the rumbling of their horses' hooves could not be heard yet.

All I saw was that the armored cavalry came very quickly. There were not many of them, only about three or four hundred.

When Shi Jin saw this, he immediately turned around and shouted towards the wall: "Here he comes, here comes my general!"

Just looking inside the wall, there was also a group of knights, more in number, at least seven or eight hundred. There were one or two hundred in the front wearing heavy armor, and the leader was named Lin Chong. The rest were mostly wearing light armor, and they were Zengtou City's own cavalry.

The one at the front was named Shi Wengong. He kept looking up at the wall and only heard Shi Jin calling out.

Shi Wengong shouted: "Beat the drums! Open the gates! Open the gates!"

dong dong dong dong!
The sound of the drums was like raindrops, echoing for miles.

This was also a signal, telling Su Wu in the distance that the people in the village already knew he was coming and left immediately.

Where is Su Wu?
He had been hiding in a valley outside Zeng Shengxuan for almost two days, and only came out today with three or four hundred riders.

How did he hide? Every time they attacked the bandit camp in the middle of the night, they would take advantage of the chaos and send out a hundred or so riders. In this way, they hid three or four hundred riders. Even though the Zeng family was familiar with the terrain and chose a place that was not close, about twenty miles away, these twenty miles were nothing for one man and three horses...

Then ask how Shi Jin and Lin Chong and the two or three hundred people entered Zengtou City?

The government troops went back and forth with Zengtou City to negotiate, with dozens of cavalrymen coming and going at one time. They also gave gifts, but the government troops did not want them. They even hid armor in the gifts and took them back to Zengtou City.

Such blending, such planning.

For one thing, Su Wu did not attack the strongholds but wanted to fight a field battle, just to make the people of Liangshan cautious and careful before really leaving the stronghold to attack the fort of Zengtou City.

In a field battle, Su Wu, with his iron-clad and heavily cavalry, could charge into the enemy's formation regardless of how many soldiers there were.

Su Wu is here!

Hearing the urgent drum beating in Zengtou City, Su Wu reined in his horse and shouted, "Change horses, charge!"

Since then, he has strictly enforced the rules and regulations. Before going into battle, he replaced the traveling horse with the armored horse.

After a moment, all the riders were ready and just looked at their general.

The general raised his hand slightly: "Go!"

Three or four hundred cavalrymen, rumbling and roaring, attacked directly into the rear formation and center of the Liangshan bandit army.

Did you think the people of Liangshan had no cavalry scouts?
Of course there were. The cavalry discovered the sudden appearance of government cavalry on the official road more than ten miles away. They also took turns to change horses and rode back to report.

Unfortunately, Su Wu had already appeared on the battlefield, and the man had just run to the center of the army.

Su Wu was changing horses when that man just arrived at the general's platform. It was really a matter of seconds.

Just below the general platform, the bandits' cavalry came in panic and shouted, "Captain Xiao, the government troops, the government cavalry are coming."

"What?" Xiao Rang, the commander of the Central Army, stood up in fear and asked, "Where is it? How far is it?"

"Here it comes, not far behind me!"

Xiao Rang turned around quickly to look, and saw the government army's armored cavalry at a glance. He was stunned at first, as if the sky had really fallen. But when he looked again, he realized that fortunately, the sky had not fallen. There were only three or four hundred people.

Xiao Rang quickly calmed himself and shouted, "Come on, tell Chief Zhu that three or four hundred government troops are coming from the rear, and ask him to lead his troops to stop them."

He ordered his soldiers to rush away.

Behind him, in the distance, a rumbling sound could be heard faintly. Xiao Rang was a little panicked for a moment. He looked forward, turned around, looked forward again, turned around and looked again...

I am hesitant, should I go or not?
Zhu Tong came back with another group of cavalry soldiers, about four or five hundred in number. They were there to support the enemy and drive the siege troops forward.

At this time, they gathered together quickly and really came back.

Xiao Rang felt relieved and consoled himself, not in a hurry...

A moment later, Zhu Tong rode to the edge of the general platform. He had obviously seen the three or four hundred armored cavalrymen in the distance. His forehead was already wrinkled. He passed by the general platform and just said, "Mr. Xiao, please take shelter first."

With just these words, Zhu Tong rode away on his horse.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Rang subconsciously wanted to get off the stage and leave quickly, but he calmed down several times in his heart.
With so many troops on the battlefield and him commanding the center, he would remain calm even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him. How could he let this high platform suddenly become empty?
If the thousands of soldiers under his command saw this, wouldn't their morale be in chaos?
He cannot leave, so he should sit firmly on the high platform to calm the army's morale. Now is the time to display his vigor and ambition. If he remains calm today, he will let thousands of soldiers and horses know how ambitious this scholar is.
If I go there only this time, won't I be able to act like Mr. Wu in the future, with military orders in hand?

Xiao Rang did not come down from the platform. He looked up and saw thousands of soldiers attacking the fort. He turned around and looked again and saw Zhu Tong's cavalry charging into the fort.

The central army is sitting firmly in this position, what kind of power does it have?
Just look at the soldiers on both sides, they really have admiration in their eyes!

That's exactly the way it should be!
Looking back again, I saw two waves of cavalry about to confront each other in the distance behind me.

Su Wu really came!

It was just normal. He had charged into the battle line countless times before. He did not feel the nervousness of his first time. He was even calm and could think of other things.

He thought that if Xu Guanzhong and Zhu Wu were around, they would definitely come to persuade Su Wu not to ride his horse into the battle line himself.

In fact, Su Wu knew that what the two military advisors said made sense, but he just couldn't help it now. His hands were itching, as if he was addicted.

Next time I will listen to the military advisor's advice, next time for sure!
It was Su Wu's left hand, and there was another person, Zhang Qing, who had no feather arrows. He also changed a group of armored horses, but there was no personal army behind him, only one person followed General Su to charge. With full of energy, his hand had already touched the bag on his waist. Inside the bag were round hard stones as big as the palm of his hand. With five fingers, they were in his hand.

The bandits are approaching!

Zhang Qing subconsciously glanced at General Su, but he couldn't see anything clearly because the iron helmet covered General Su's face tightly.

Why did I want to go and watch? I was afraid that General Su would not notice the effect of my actions.

Suddenly, General Su shouted, "Manager Zhang, come on!"

Zhang Qing was overjoyed. General Su was watching. He swung his arm back and forth, and the hard stone in his hand flew out at an extremely fast speed.

Zhang Qing said, "Wait!"

"Oh!"

As he was speaking, about thirty steps away, a thief was hit on the head and fell down.

"What a unique skill!" General Su praised it sincerely.

Zhang Qing was even more delighted. He took another piece of hard stone and shouted again: "Here!"

A dozen steps away, another thief fell. General Su said briefly: "Good!"

There was no time to say anything, as they had already met the enemy. General Su was also very capable. He just thrust the spear under his armpits and stabbed everyone down with each advance and retreat.

Just look at the long spear under General Su's armpit, advancing and retreating, advancing and retreating again...

In the blink of an eye, the thieves appeared one by one and were all brought down.

Zhang Qing was also stunned for a moment, but he kept groping in his bag and waving his arms. He didn't even need to aim. He just threw stones everywhere. Even when they hit the armor, they were very powerful. You could even faintly hear the crisp sound of broken ribs.

After a while, Zhang Qing suddenly realized that he didn't seem to feel any pressure at all. The armored soldiers in front, behind, left and right were extremely powerful. Countless enemy horses missed him. Zhang Qing's spear in his other hand didn't even stab out once.

It's not that Zhang Qing doesn't know how to poke, it's just that it seems that there's no need for him to poke. Just let him throw stones and hit them, which makes him feel orderly, and he can even stand up in the stirrups and hit them.

Zhang Qing had only one thought in his mind: this kind of army is really great!

Hundreds of bandits passed by and Zhang Qing stood in the stirrup and looked back. There were only about four or five hundred bandits, and they passed by, but most of the horses were empty.

Zhang Qing was so amazed that he turned around and saw a general's platform not far away.

The cavalry rode past, and Zhang Qing took a look at the general platform. He saw a scholar standing there in a daze, motionless...

Then he heard General Su beside him give the order: "Knock that scholar down."

The distance was already quite far, so Zhang Qing didn't wait any longer. He stood higher and swung the hard stone in his hand, making a long parabola.

"Ouch!" The stunned scholar wailed at first, then fell down holding his chest.

General Su shouted, "Brothers, follow me and charge in."

"Follow the general and die!" The shouts were in unison. I don't know if it was a routine formed after the first time they shouted it, or if some generals had privately instructed them to shout like this.

When Zhang Qing heard it for the first time, he felt his blood boiling all over his body. The hot blood on the soles of his feet rushed to the top of his head. He immediately squeezed the horse's belly for fear of slowing down the race.

It seemed that the gate of Zengtou City's village had been opened long ago, and one or two hundred armored cavalrymen rushed out, followed by five or six hundred Zengtou City cavalrymen, who had already charged head-on into the enemy's formation under the wall.

After the cavalry charged out, the infantry also came out of Zengtou City, and their shouting and yelling shook the sky.

In order to break into the enemy's main formation, they had to pass through the narrow passages between several trenches and barricades, and Su Wu was always at the forefront.

The horses were a little crowded and had nowhere to hide, so Su Wu rode his black horse, which could tread on the snow, and just kept moving forward. Even if the enemy soldiers in front of him could not dodge and blocked their way, the horse would just use its armored chest to ram them.

After the thief was hit, his body flew forward and landed seven or eight steps away, with the iron hooves of the horse trampling down on him.

Crunch, crunch, countless bones were broken.

As the horses passed by, the man's whole body sank and his body was level with the ground. Even his hard bones sank into the mud.

Not far behind him was the general's platform. Zhu Tong had already ridden his horse back. He did not chase the armored soldiers of the government army, but dismounted to look at Xiao Rang.

Xiao Rang covered his chest with his hands, and only "uh uh" sounds came out of his mouth.

Zhu Tong hugged him and asked, "Mr. Xiao, are you okay?"

"Ugh uh..." Xiao Rang was hit in the chest by Zhang Qing's flying stone. He was out of breath and his face was as pale as a pig's liver.

Zhu Tong hurriedly patted his back. After several hard pats, Xiao Rang suddenly took a breath and made a sound: "Uh ah ah ah..."

As soon as he caught the breath, Xiao Rang felt an unbearable pain in his chest, and finally uttered the first words: "Go, go! Take me away!"

Zhu Tong sighed. This scholar, he had just been told to hide away, why didn't he listen?
Now you know you have to run for your life?

Zhu Tong picked up Xiao Rang, gave him an ownerless horse, and ordered his attendants, "Quickly take Mr. Xiao to a distant place to avoid danger."

Someone then took the reins and whipped the horse to go faster.

As soon as he finished this, Zhu Tong looked at the battle formation in front of him again. The cavalry were charging from the front and back. The formation that was originally for siege seemed to have been cut into pieces and chaos broke out.

Zhu Tong couldn't help but think of the past, when Su Wu was in the rear camp of Liangshan. His five hundred armored cavalrymen galloped back and forth without any hindrance. Even the battle formation of ten thousand people was turned upside down by his five hundred men, and a great victory was turned into a great defeat.

Looking at today, it seems like it will be the same again.

Why... are these armored cavalry so useful? Why does Su Wu have such a useless cavalry under his command?

Looking at Zengtou City's infantrymen, they also pressed out, and there was no end to the number of them...

Zhu Tong looked around him again. After fighting against Su Wu's armored men, there were less than two hundred people left.

How is this fight going?
In a field battle... you must not fight against Su Wu in a field battle, never, ever, ever!
Fell into a trap!
I realized it a little late because I didn't have time to think about it before. I just remembered it now. I fell into the trap!
Su Wu’s evil plot, what a horrifying evil plot!
Ugh……

Defeated! Zhu Tong knew that he had lost.

The lives of tens of thousands of people on Liangshan Mountain were entrusted to him. Brother Gongming wiped his tears and bid him farewell, asking him to do everything he could, giving him thousands of instructions and warnings...

At this moment, all is lost...

What else can we do?

When he went out to fight, Zhu Tong also answered those words, but when he failed, he returned with his head held high!

Then let’s raise our heads!
Zhu Tong mounted his horse and shouted, "Come on, follow me to kill the enemy!"

As he spoke, Zhu Tong rode his horse and rode away bravely, with many people following him.

But when Zhu Tong turned around, he saw that there were even more people who remained where they were. It seemed that many of them were so frightened of killing that they became cowardly.

Zhu Tong stopped looking and just rode his horse forward, but he also knew that many of the people around him had stopped their horses.

The morale of the army...

Gone!

Zhu Tong is not a cruel person, so he really doesn't care. If you want to go, go. If you want to escape, escape...

He went alone, so what would happen if he didn't go?

Zhu Tong was riding his horse while thinking a lot. If he didn't go, the end of Liangshan would not be far away. If he went back to Liangshan, he would be caught one day and put on trial as a big thief, and perhaps he would be cut into pieces.

If I don't go back to Liangshan, how can I betray my loyalty? If I go to hide alone, where can I hide? Can I hide in the deep mountains and forests and become a wild man?

How can you survive if you go against your principles like this?

After thinking about it, I became more certain, so I decided to raise my head!
Seeing the armored cavalry of the government army making a mess in the formation, Zhu Tong chased after them from behind, but he could not catch up for a while. Also, the disorderly soldiers who had escaped from the formation blocked their way from time to time.

He reined in his horse, looked at the direction and terrain, then turned around and rode to meet the enemy head-on.

All they saw was Su Wu charging out of the battle formation and then gathering their troops at an open space not far away. Zhu Tong rode his horse to meet him.

Su Wu obviously also discovered... there was really only one rider, and he couldn't help but think of the ruffian Li Kui that day.

Su Wu only saw that the cavalry on both sides had already gathered together, and if he wanted to charge again, he would be overwhelmed by this cavalry.

But the rider came very fast and was really close. Su Wu was about to raise his hand to charge again, but when he looked carefully, he found that it was Zhu Tong.

Su Wu raised his hand but did not bring it down. Instead, he muttered, "Loyalty is good..."

He stopped waving his hands for the moment. He just watched the horse getting closer and closer. Su Wu shouted, "Manager Zhang, knock him off his horse. Save some strength."

"The general must be killed alive!" Zhang Qing nodded and touched his waist. In fact, the flying stones were almost used up, but there were still two. He took out one and used the flying stone.

Zhu Tong didn't say anything or shout anything, he just kept walking forward, feeling so sorrowful that he fell off the horse as his eyes went dark, even though the horse was still running.

Zhang Qing is really useful!
Su Wu said: "Just tie him here."

A family member dismounted to get busy, tied his hands and feet, and mounted his horse: "Go to the battle, today, we must kill more!"

There is no need to keep any more of the so-called elite troops of Liangshan. Kill as many as possible!

If we kill one more person, it will be easier to conquer Liangshan Stronghold.

They were also afraid that these people would sneak back to the village through the water. The waterway of the 800-li water park could not be blocked no matter what.

"I will follow the general and die!" Just hearing these words made Zhang Qing's blood boil again. The general waved his hand, and he just rode his horse and charged forward.

There were no more flying stones. Zhang Qing wielded his spear, which was also a great skill. He stabbed and killed the chaotic soldiers effortlessly.

After going back and forth twice more, the horses will be exhausted and then we will return here to rest.

Zhu Tong was still there. He had woken up, his hands and feet were tied, and he was struggling.

Su Wu got off his horse and walked to Zhu Tong's side. He first looked at the battle formation. The bandits were already fleeing everywhere. Four or five thousand men from Zengtou City were chasing and killing them.

Su Wu sat down on the ground next to Zhu Tong. Zhu Tong stopped struggling and lay beside him with a dead heart. The blood flowing from his iron helmet covered one of his eyes.

Su Wu first took the kettle handed to him by Li Cheng, took a few gulps, and then spoke: "Master Zhu, the world is unpredictable. When we first met, we were quite familiar with each other. When I saw you that day, I also thought you were really good, but I never thought that the next time we met would be like this."

Zhu Tong said nothing, but just lowered his head. In fact, he was ashamed in his heart. Why would he be willing to be a thief?
Su Wu spoke again: "Come here, untie the ropes."

After the soldiers had fiddled with the situation for a while, Zhu Tong sat in front of Su Wu.

Zhu Tong wiped the blood from his left eye and turned back to look at the battle formation. He only took a glance, shook his head and went back.

Su Wu handed over a water bag and said, "I know you had no choice but to follow the bandits, and even got framed, but I also know that you and many of the bandits are as loyal as a rock... You tell me... if you live like this, isn't your heart extremely twisted?"

As Su Wu spoke, he took the iron helmet and placed it beside him. He also smoothed his messy hair and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Zhu Tong replied: "General Su, let me just say...it's fate, it's destined to be like this, what can I do, I just want to thank you for the last respect you gave me."

"Dignified... Oh..." Su Wu changed his sitting posture. In fact, he was a little tired. After sitting comfortably, he spoke again: "Captain Zhu, tell me... have I, your brothers Chao Gai, Wu Yong, and the Ruan family done you a great favor in the past?"

Zhu Tong also recalled that day, when he exchanged 80,000 strings of cash for those lives. He didn't know how to answer for a moment. Does it count? Or does it not count?
"Chao Gai is dead..." Su Wu sighed.

Zhu Tong replied, "Lei Heng is not in the formation either."

"Is Lei Heng dead too?" Su Wu was a little surprised. Su Wu had met those people from Yuncheng County that day.

Zhu Tong nodded and sighed, "He must be...dead."

"Battle formations are like this, swords and spears have no eyes. Since Lei Heng is dead, it means someone else has made a great contribution and should be rewarded and promoted."

Su Wu's tone seemed as if he was really reminiscing about the past with a friend.

Zhu Tong was not the cowardly person, and he was calm and composed: "My head should be worthy of some reward and merit."

"No, I want to let you go back!" Su Wu said.

Zhu Tong was stunned and asked, "Why?"

"I'm letting you go back because I have something to tell you. Go back and tell Wu Yong and the Ruan brothers that the world is big and we are from the same hometown. I'd like to gather the navy in the mountain stronghold. I'd like to gather all the people from the same hometown..."

Su Wu was very straightforward. He looked down on everyone in Liangshan and only cared about the navy. However, Su Wu also looked down on most of the minions in the navy. He only cared about those leaders and the local men by the water.

Zhu Tong asked, "What does General Su mean by this?"

Su Wu did not answer this question, but only asked: "Now that you have been defeated in Zengtou City, how long can the people of Liangshan hold out? Even if I only besiege them without fighting, one month? Two months? When will they fall apart?"

Zhu Tong lowered his head and said nothing.

"This is the last way to survive. I like your loyalty. This way of survival is not available to others, but only a few of you... Whether you are hesitant or conflicted, I have said this. I will let you go. You can take me back or not. It's up to you to decide."

Su Wu stood up and patted his butt.

Why choose Zhu Tong? Because everyone in Liangshan owes Zhu Tong a lot. They owe him too much and they can't pay it back.

Only Zhu Tong, on Liangshan, no one could do anything to him no matter what he said or did.

The only person Su Wu was really reluctant to kill was Zhu Tong, because he had never thought of joining the enemy, he was only burdened by a sense of loyalty.

But...if he really had to kill, Su Wu could do it.

After patting his butt, Su Wu just waved his hand and said, "Your horse, ride it away, go ahead..."

Zhu Tong finally opened the water bag that Su Wu handed over, drank a few sips, and then bowed to Su Wu and said, "Thank you, General, for saving my life."

"You, you are very clear about gratitude and grudges. Let's go..." Su Wu waved his hands repeatedly.

Zhu Tong bowed deeply and said nothing. He just looked at the soldiers fleeing in all directions, jumped on his horse, and rode away.

But I have a clear conscience, I have raised my head, and I have not died, which means I have done my duty to everyone.

Zhu Tong was also wondering why he didn’t die?
Every person has something worthy of praise. Zhu Tong knew that he had this thing. Although he had committed crimes, it was this thing that, if he could achieve it to the extreme, people would really respect him.

General Su’s words were really refreshing to hear. Today’s experience has made my life worthwhile!

The horse had gone far away. Zhu Tong looked back at Su Wu. He knew that Su Wu was saving him, saving him from the sea of ​​suffering. Perhaps the tattoo on his face from being a prisoner in the government office could be washed off...

Ugh……

With a heavy sigh, Zhu Tong rode faster.

Su Wu also watched Zhu Tong's back as he walked away, with some anticipation in his heart. The group of people under Chao Gai's command in Liangshan was mainly composed of the Ruan brothers, and many villagers and farmhands from the former Dongxi Village by the water were also among them.

This group of people are now a good navy.

The battlefield in the future will not be in this small place, but in the entire Song Dynasty. Looking at it from a broader perspective, this group of people are actually on a different path from Song Jiang, and they have also been suppressed...

Available!

I hope Zhu Tong can really gain something from this move...

As he was thinking about it, he saw Lin Chong coming with a hundred or two hundred armored cavalrymen. It was obvious that their horses were exhausted, so they came over to reunite and rest.

From a distance, Lin Chong shouted, "Brother, look who I caught?"

There was a person tied on the horse's back. Su Wu saw it and laughed, "This is interesting."

Who else could it be? Wasn't it the scholar who was standing on the platform in a daze? How could it not be funny to stand on the platform in a daze?

Lin Chong laughed even more: "I saw a scholar riding a horse in the distance. I thought it was strange, so I chased him and caught him. I have already asked him. His name is...what's his name, Xiao Rang."

As he spoke, Lin Chong lifted the scholar from the horse's back and threw him to the ground, causing Xiao Rang to cry out in pain.

Scholars are good. If he were a man in armor, Lin Chong would have been stabbed to death with one shot. But because he saw that he was a Confucian scholar, he captured him alive.

Isn’t it true that studying can save your life?
"Xiao Rang, the great scholar Xiao Rang." Su Wu said casually.

(Brothers, it has been more than five hours. I have finished writing here. I will continue tomorrow. I will not take a break for the time being. I will finish writing this plot by myself, and then take a day off. I will come back to add more chapters for my brother Mu Liu Qing Xi Yi Ye Zhou.)
(End of this chapter)