The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 127 Battle at Oolong Ridge ([-])
Seeing that Ruan Xiaoer was damaged, Zhao Gou must have known that the attack by water would no longer work, the enemy had already taken precautions, and his heart was aching. Since the expedition, his brothers had died one by one.Although he is not a brother who shares weal and woe with these people like Song Jiang, he still has some heartache and troubles.

"Marshal, the last general was originally a hunter, and he has long been used to climbing mountains. Why don't you let the general pretend to be a hunter here, climb up the mountain, set a fire, and scare the bandits, so they must abandon the pass!" Xie Zhen stood up, bowed and said.

Zhao Gou shook his head and said: "This plan is feasible, but you are still a little worried about going alone. If the enemy finds out that there is no cover, how can you get out?"

"Marshal, the final general is willing to go with Brother Xie Zhen!" A person stood up and begged for his life.

Zhao Gou was surprised and said: "You are not from a hunter, how can you climb the mountains?"

The man said with a smile: "Reporting to Marshal, although the last general is not a hunter, I am not afraid of mountains and dangerous mountains."

"Oh, let's hear it!"

"The general lived in poverty since he was a child, so he had to learn some survival skills in order to survive!" The man smiled contemptuously, and said, "There was a time when I was a gentleman in Liangshan, and my martial arts were not that good among my brothers. , but when it comes to this, it is second to none, so mountain climbing is just a child's science, and it is nothing to me."

This person is Shi Qian, the "drum on the flea". When Zhao Gou led the army to besiege Song Jiang, he was not in the army, so he did not participate in it. Even Zhao Gou didn't know that there was Shi Qian.However, after Song Jiang surrendered to the Song Dynasty, Shi Qian did not follow the army to Bianjing to grant the title, but guarded Shuibo Liangshan and never showed up, so it is understandable that Zhao Gou didn't know.

Shi Xiu went on to laugh and said: "Reporting to Marshal, Brother Shi Qian is exactly what Brother Shi Qian said. When it comes to martial arts, he is indeed not ranked first, so when the army went out, he was not allowed to go forward together, but he was only asked to guard the city. Brother Shi Qian's ability to steal things will be the same as Brother Yang Xiong's, so I admire him so much!"

Song Jiang also smiled and said, "Marshal, brother Shi Qian is really capable."

Zhao Gou asked suspiciously, "Why haven't I seen it before?"

"The marshal doesn't know that Shi Qian brothers are most powerful in the art of stealing, and their martial arts are just better than ordinary people. At the beginning, when the last general gathered a crowd to revolt, he sent other brothers to attack, but he and the others Stay in Shuibo Liangshan to guard. After the final general returned to the imperial court, he immediately wrote a letter to inform the situation of the battle. Before we could let him enter the capital, we went south together to destroy Fang La. He also came here alone and waited until not long ago. Meeting with the brothers, the Marshal had never seen him at that time, and it was normal!"

After Song Jiang explained, Zhao Gou just nodded, and then he allowed Xie Zhen and Shi Qian to go together.The two of them removed their equipment and put on tiger-skin jackets, each with a sharp knife in their waists and a steel fork.Both of them bid farewell to Song Jiang, and took the path towards Wulong Ridge.

At this time, it was just the first watch, when they bumped into two small soldiers ambush on the road; the two of them ended up with two, and when they arrived at the foot of the mountain, there was already the second watch.Hearing that in the village on the mountain, the drums became clearer. The two dared not walk on the main road, but climbed up the mountain step by step by climbing vines and vines.That night, the moon was as bright as day. The two climbed for a while and listened for a while to check the situation, only to see the lights on the ridge shining.

When the two were listening at the Lingmen, there was more drumming above, and the fourth watch had already been played.Xie Zhen said secretly: "The night is short, the sky will not last long, the two of us will go up!"

The two climbed up again, and were climbing to the rugged part of the rock wall, which was in the middle of the precipitous cliff.The two of them only cared about climbing up, their hands and feet were not idle, and they tied the steel fork to their arms and dragged it behind their backs, scraping the bamboo branches and disturbing the people on the mountain.They heard the sound and Xie Zhen just climbed to the valley, only to hear the shout from above: "Go!"

The man's spear just caught Xie Zhen's arm, and then he pulled hard, and caught off guard, his foot fell into the air and fell directly from mid-air.Poor Xie Zhen, who has been a hero for half a lifetime, fell down from this [-]-foot-high rock.

Shi Qian saw that Zhenzhen was forced to fall off the cliff by the enemy, and hurriedly retreated, but it was a pity that large and small stones, as well as crossbow arrows were already prepared above.When Shi Qian made a slight movement, the stone was rolled down from above, and the crossbow was pulled and shot directly out.Shi Qian was hit by stones and shot by arrows, his whole body was like a hornet's nest, and he followed Jie Zhen's footsteps and died.

At dawn, Deng Yuanjue, in order to severely damage the morale of the Song army, ordered people to come down from the Wulong Ridge to the bottom of the valley, dragged the bodies of Jie Zhen and Shi Qian up, tied them directly to the ridge, and dried them in the air.The spies saw Jie Zhen and Shi Qian who had died long ago from a distance, and saw that they were mistreated by the enemy after their death, and felt angry, rushed back angrily, and reported to Zhao Gou.

When Zhao Gou heard that Jiezhen and Shiqian were broken again, that he could not rest in peace after death, and that he was insulted by the enemy, he was really so angry that his lungs exploded.At the moment, Zhao Gou didn't care about other things, and directly ordered Guan Sheng and Hua Rong to order Qi soldiers to go straight to Wulongling pass, but was stopped by Wu Yong and Lin Chong.

Wu Yong said: "Marshal, don't be in a hurry, the dead are dead! If you take the pass, don't act recklessly. If you fail to attack again, it will definitely affect the morale of our army. We need to think long-term before we can deploy troops. In the current situation, if If you attack recklessly, you will definitely die, and the Marshal should think twice."

Zhao Gou said angrily: "How can you not be angry if you lose three generals of our army within one day? Brothers Xie Zhen and Shi Qian were so humiliated after their deaths. As the commanders of an army, if their bodies are not If you snatch it back and have a good burial, then I, Zhao Gou, will be ashamed of my brothers' trust."

Zhao Gou, who was in a rage, couldn't listen to so much, he only wanted to kill all the enemy troops, this was the second time he really wanted to kill.Then, Zhao Gou ordered Song Jiang and others to continue guarding the place, and then personally led Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, Lin Chong, and Yue Fei to gather more than a thousand soldiers and marched overnight. When they arrived at Wulongling, it was already the second watch. .

The spies said: "There are two people in front of the weather, they dare to be the corpses of Xie Zhen and Shi Qian."

When Zhao Gou came to see it in person, he saw that two corpses were picked up by a bamboo pole on two trees. A piece of skin was peeled off from the tree, and two lines of big characters were written on it.Suddenly, the man was about to light the fire, but was stopped by Zhao Gou, and said in a deep voice: "I don't need to look at it to know what the handwriting is here. If I guessed correctly, the enemy must be hiding around. As long as our army Light the fire, and they will definitely attack, and take away the corpses of the two brothers, they must withdraw slowly, not make too much noise, otherwise everyone will be in danger, you retreat first, and I will stay behind."

Hua Rong, Lin Chong and others said anxiously: "Marshal, this..."

Zhao Gou said sharply: "Don't talk too much, you all evacuate this place, don't stay here, I will come here in person this time, and I will definitely let them know what 'anger' is. I still need to be distracted to take care of you, needless to say, evacuate as soon as possible, time is running out!"

　Today is the last day of the National Day, and we decided to break out the third watch, maybe the fourth watch, let’s see brothers~~ I still can’t rest assured about the family affairs, alas, I will officially start work tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)