Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 122
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Let's say that after Hu Yanzhuo left Bianliang, Tokyo, he escorted the soldiers and horses brought from Tokyo all the way back to Runing.

There were Cheng Ziming, Hu Chun, Qiu Yue, and Zhou Ang, four generals, who dared to caress the tiger's beard, even if there were one or two who did not open their eyes, they were all dealt with by Hu Yanzhuo and others.

Return to Runing without any surprise or danger.

Hu Yanzhuo immediately sent people to Chenzhou and Yingzhou to invite Han Tao and Peng Qi to discuss matters concerning the expedition.

At the same time, Hu Yanzhuo also began to prepare for the expedition.

Within a few days, Han Tao and Peng Qi arrived in Runing.

As soon as the three of them met, Hu Yanzhuo said: "I have recommended two of you to go together to wipe out the water puddles in the Liangshan Mountains. The two generals will go to Chen and Yingzhou respectively to set up troops, and then come to Runing to meet up."

Peng Qi said: "I have received the transfer order, and I have already prepared the generals. It will not take ten days to join the generals, but...the young general heard that there are many talents in the Liangshan Poshuiwa, not only Lin Chong, the instructor of the 80 forbidden troops in Tokyo, There is also Xu Ning, the head of the imperial army, and it seems that Yang Zhi, the grandson of Yang Linggong, the golden sword, has also joined in recently, and I heard that there are eight hundred miles of natural dangers in the water, so it must be difficult to destroy."

Hu Yanzhuo laughed, and said: "Then Lin Chong and Xu Ning, one is a small spear instructor, and the other is a small gold gun squad instructor, how can they compare with the chief and deputy instructors of the 80 Imperial Guards in Tokyo? Instructor Zhou is in our army, so why should we be afraid of the water in the mountains and rivers?"

Han Tao said: "I've also heard of Qiu Yue and Zhou Ang, but I don't know how good their martial arts are?"

Hu Yanzhuo said solemnly: "The martial arts of both of them are not inferior to mine!"

Han Tao and Peng Qi knew Hu Yanzhuo's martial arts. Hearing Hu Yanzhuo say that Qiu Yue and Zhou Ang's martial arts were not inferior to Hu Yanzhuo's, Han Tao and Peng Qi made up their minds!

Hu Yanzhuo laughed again: "And Gao Taiwei also sent Cheng Ziming and Hu Chun, their martial arts are not inferior to mine."

Hearing that there are two strong generals who are not inferior to Hu Yanzhuo in martial arts, Han Tao and Peng Qi are more determined!

Peng Qi said: "In this way, it will be as easy as flipping the palm of your hand to level the puddles in the Liangshan River!"

Han Tao was a little hesitant, and said, "If they hide in that puddle and don't fight, what should we do?"

Hu Yanzhuo frowned, and said, "That's a problem."

The three of them thought together for a while, but they couldn't come up with a solution.

Hu Yanzhuo said: "It doesn't matter, let's start the army first, you two don't know something, then Li Yan offended Gao Taiwei by not opening his eyes, Gao Taiwei vowed to catch Li Yan and four people named Ruan Xiaoqi and Lu Zhishen respectively , Chen Liqing, and Lin Chong's thieves, and then cut them to death, you and I must not miss the matter of Gao Taiwei, I am afraid that the consequences will not be acceptable to us."

After hearing this, Han Tao and Peng Qi got up at the same time and said, "Young general, go back and raise your troops to join the general!"

In less than half a month, the soldiers and horses of the three routes converged in Runing Prefecture.

Hu Yanzhuo distributed the armor and horses he brought back from the capital to a group of soldiers, made serial rings, iron armor, weapons and other items, and recruited two thousand civilians to serve as auxiliary troops.

After more than half a month of preparation, Hu Yanzhuo will send troops.

Before setting off, Gao Qiu sent two officers to watch.

After rewarding the three armies, Hu Yanzhuo dispatched three groups of soldiers and horses to leave the city.

That's true, the man on the saddle wears iron armor, sits on the horse and wears a copper bell, the flag is red and the sky is full of clouds, and the sword is covered with white snow for thousands of miles.

Marching all the way without words.

Seven or eight days later, as vanguards, Han Tao and Peng Qi led the vanguard to Shuibo Liangshan.

Then, Han Tao and Peng Qi were dumbfounded!

Why?

There is no way out, only a vast expanse of water!

More importantly, they couldn't even see a person in Liangshan, and they couldn't even see Wanzi City. Who should they fight?

Han Tao and Peng Qi sent people to question the people around them, but the people all avoided them like snakes and scorpions, they were extremely uncooperative!
After a lot of effort, Han Tao and Peng Qi found out that there are four hotels around Shuibo Liangshan that are the eyeliner of Shuibo Liangshan.

Han Tao and Peng Qi hurriedly sent people to the four hotels to pick them up.

As a result, when the people they sent arrived at the four hotels, the four hotels were already empty.

Ask that person again.

That man was just a local tyrant who had once been moored by Liangshan in the past. How could he know what to do? When he was asked anxiously, he said: "This Liangshan moor is surrounded by deep and Hong Kong water branches, reeds and grass, if you don't know how big or small There are hundreds of boats, where can we catch people in Liangshanpo?"

Han Tao and Peng Qi had no choice but to wait for Hu Yanzhuo to lead the brigade to come immediately and discuss with Hu Yanzhuo.

After Hu Yanzhuo came to Shuibo Liangshan, he was helpless when he saw the sloppy Liangshanbo!
In the end, Cheng Ziming gave Hu Yanzhuo a drastic trick.

According to Cheng Ziming's method, Hu Yanzhuo waited for a day and a night, and wrote a ten-thousand-character long letter eloquently. Surrender quickly, or come out and fight me, etc...

After the letter was written, Hu Yanzhuo sent two clever men to row a boat to Wanzi City in Liangshan.

Hu Yanzhuo also gave the two of them an order - to check the terrain of Shuibo Liangshan.

Not long after the two entered Liangshanbo, they shot four fast boats out of the reeds!
The four fast boats quickly captured the two sent by Hu Yanzhuo, and then took the small boat to Dazhai, Wanzi City, Liangshan.

Hu Yanzhuo waited for three days in a row, when Hu Yanzhuo got impatient and was about to send someone to Liangshan Wanzi City to ask what Li Yan meant, a small boat suddenly rowed out of the reeds, and the people on the boat rushed to stand guard. The officers and soldiers on the shore shot an arrow, then turned around and returned to the reed marshes.

After the officers and soldiers picked up the arrow, they found that there was a letter on the arrow.

Seeing this, the officers and soldiers did not dare to delay and rushed to report to Hu Yanzhuo with the letter.

Hu Yanzhuo, who had been waiting anxiously for a long time, learned that Li Yan had written back to him, so he read the letter immediately!
But after reading the letter, Hu Yanzhuo almost spat out a mouthful of old blood in anger!

There were only two words in this letter—no time!
Hu Yanzhuo tore Li Yan's handwritten letter to pieces, and then shouted: "Conquer the boat, I want to flatten this puddle, and capture Li Yan alive!"

Immediately, Han Tao and Peng Qi took people out to find a boat!
But what stunned Han Tao and Peng Qi was that they searched all the nearby villages, but they couldn't even gather ten small boats.

Han Tao and Peng Qi had no choice but to come back and tell Hu Yanzhuo truthfully.

Hu Yanzhuo is not an incompetent general. At this point, he finally realized that it is not as easy as he imagined before.

After thinking about it quietly, Hu Yanzhuo wrote a letter overnight, and then sent someone to Tokyo to deliver it to Gao Qiu.

After Gao Qiu saw it, he was displeased, but he still reported to Zhao Ji in the early morning of the second day, allocating the Dengzhou navy to Hu Yanzhuo to attack Liangshan Shuibo, and also ordered the Governor of Jeju to prepare a hundred troops for Hu Yanzhuo. A large ship, several small boats carrying supplies, and food and grass enough to feed an army of [-], there must be no mistake...

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(End of this chapter)