Song Dynasty

Chapter 331 Taken

Zhang Yong smiled: "If you want to be an official, murder, set fire, and be recruited, do you even need to ask?"

After making this joke, he sighed and said: "Back then, I didn't complain about the cruelty of the Jin people, so I rebelled and served under the Emperor of Kaifeng to serve the country. At the beginning, we were already officials, and we were very popular with Grandpa Zong. Faithful. It’s a pity that Du Chong has no morals and talents, and he is jealous of me. We had no choice but to turn back to Kaifeng and become rogues. In fact, I am unwilling in my heart. Now everyone is struggling to survive here, and I also There is no charter, so it depends on the situation? If the court doesn’t pursue my crimes, I might as well call for peace. Like Li Cheng, I can be a military envoy at least to find food for the soldiers under my command.”

"Yes, anyway, we will go back to this step sooner or later, this is a clear path." Shang Yuan nodded deeply.However, he smiled wryly and said: "Murder, set fire, be recruited, who is recruited, it's hard to say?"

"Si..." Zhang Yong was shocked, put his hand on the handle of the knife, and said coldly: "We, do you want to be recruited by the Jurchen? Hehe, if you can be a servant of the Tartars, a handsome man of seven feet?"

"Brother Leader, do you want to kill me?" Shang Yuan smiled wryly: "If I become a traitor, I don't need you to kill me, and I will be so ashamed that I will be bumped to death under the horse. Otherwise, the Xueliao people shaved their hair and put it in a pigtail. What face do I have to meet my ancestors? I was considered a great man in Hebei back then. If I wanted to be a Jurchen slave, I would have defected to the enemy. At least I was a county magistrate. All the way to the south? I got the news that Cao Cheng and several other leaders seem to have surrendered to the Jurchen, and if I come to see you today, I will tell you about it."

"Ah!" Zhang Yong was shocked: "How is it possible that Cao Cheng will be a traitor? No, no, no, I believe Brother Cao is not such a person. Most of his relatives were killed by Jurchen swords back then. There is no way to get rid of the Tartars." He would not do this because of the blood feud, maybe the leaders of the other clans have wavered."

Shang Yuan: "It's hard to say, anyway, Cao Cheng called everyone to discuss it today, and we will know when we get to the ground."

Zhang Yong said with a serious face: "Okay, go over and have a look, but if someone wants to be a traitor, they must not!"

The two led their guards all the way forward, and finally arrived at Cao Cheng's old camp when it was dark.

The old camp of Caocheng was camped in a manor outside the county seat. After the war, the county seat of Sui County had become a mass of ruins. There is no way to live there.

But this manor is very good. In a huge hall, as soon as Zhang Yong and Shang Yuan walked in, they found that the leaders of all the families had already arrived. Everyone's faces were very strange, some were pale, some were full. Depressed, some people look excited.

A dozen or so arm-thin candles illuminated the interior brightly.

"Brothers are here, Brother Cao, I wonder what it means to call everyone here overnight?" Zhang Yong asked.

Everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted one after another: "I have met the leader." "I have met Brother Zhang."

Ordinarily, Zhang Yong is the leader of the alliance and should be seated.But at this moment, Cao Cheng was sitting aggressively on the head, and Cao Yong and Yang Zaixing were standing beside him, so there must be no intention of giving up their seats.

Zhang Yong didn't bother to get angry with him, the so-called rebel army always respected strength, without soldiers, no one would take you seriously.He took a look and saw that there were two vacant seats at the front on the left, so he walked over with Shang Yuan and sat down.

"Okay, everyone is here, and we can start discussing." Cao Cheng slapped his hands and said, "Leaders, we have been resting in Suizhou for more than two months, and all departments have been replenished, and morale has recovered. But Suizhou Mountain There is a lot of land and little population, so it is not a place to raise soldiers, if we stay like this, this place will be eaten up by everyone, so we have to find another way."

Someone nodded: "Brother Cao is right, you can't stay any longer, you have to find another place to grow your hair."

Cao Cheng: "Do you have a good place to grow your hair in another place?"

The man said with a smile: "How do I know, anyway, it counts wherever it hits."

Cao Cheng snorted and said, "You are also an unprofessional, and it is nonsense to say anything more to you. Everyone, if you want to say that this area is rich and rich enough to raise soldiers, there is no better place than Jianghan. Wang Shen's thief and I have a deep hatred, How many brothers have been corrupted by him, and it is not a gentleman to take revenge. The king thief is in Hunan, and the gang has no leader. It is a good time for us to go south to explore Anlu. However, the king thief sent a large army to guard several passes, but we couldn't get through. , so as to delay the fighter, it is extremely annoying! Zhang Yong, you stand up!"

With a loud shout, the sound buzzed in the hall.

As the leader of the alliance, Zhang Yong, the leader of everyone, when he was called by his name so directly, his face flashed green, and Huo stood up: "Cao Cheng, what do you want to say?"

Cao Cheng shouted: "As the vanguard of the army, you actually confronted the Sizhou army across the mountain without sending a single soldier. What do you want to do?"

This is already a face-to-face reprimand.

Zhang Yong said angrily: "What do I want to do? I only have a thousand remnants of the army. How can I attack Wang Shen's stronghold? Also, after everyone sent troops, Wang Shen broke Yingshan where the enemy was stationed. Can't beat it?"

"Fuck your mother!" Cao Cheng grinned grimly: "It's clear that you colluded with the Sizhou Army and wanted to be recruited by the imperial court to make money for my brothers. Since you don't care about brotherhood and rebellion, don't blame me for being ruthless. Got it!"

Before Zhang Yong came back to his senses, he heard a rumbling sound, and a group of soldiers rushed out from the side door and pushed him to the ground.

This sudden scene made it almost impossible for people to react. In a blink of an eye, Zhang Yong was covered in a big man.

Shang Yuan was startled, he yelled and hit the iron whip hanging on his waist and violently knocked the two soldiers over: "What are you doing?"

"killed!"

Following Cao Cheng's cry, Cao Liang's sharp knife had already slashed at Zhang Yong who was on the ground.

Blood splattered.

It was not Zhang Yong who died. It turned out that just after Cai Shangyuan whipped the two of them away, Zhang Yong felt his body loosen, and immediately broke free from the restraints, and instantly chopped down the two of them with the knife in his hand.

Shang Yuan scolded: "Cao Cheng, what are you going to do, do you want to harm Brother Zhang? The allianceist Bo Yuntian, how can I feel sorry for you?"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yong grabbed his hand and said, "Let's go!" The hand knife in his hand had already stabbed a soldier's throat, and hit his shoulder again.

The two rushed towards the hall door like lightning.

From the beginning to the end, the leaders of the other rebels watched from the sidelines. Zhang Yong knew in his heart that these people had already colluded with Cao Cheng.

It's useless to say anything now, I can only find a way to rush out, join the guards outside, and perhaps kill a bloody road with the fast horse.

(End of this chapter)