Water Margin people

Chapter 145 Shijie Lake Lures the Enemy

"No way? Both Zhu Dian and Lei Heng are highly skilled in martial arts, especially Zhu Dian, whose martial arts are so good that even I may not be able to defeat him!"

After hearing this, Chao Gai's expression changed. There are only a handful of heroes in Yuncheng County, and the only one who can make him afraid of martial arts is Zhu Dian, and Lei Heng is not enough to watch.

"Baozheng, don't underestimate the current Liangshan. Being able to take over the foundation of Liangshanbo without making any noise shows how terrifying the coming man is!"

Wu Yong shook his head and said, Liangshan Po is surrounded by [-] miles of water, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"Then what should we do according to the pedants? Send someone to inform you? Sell favors?"

Chao Gai said with some reluctance.

"Baozheng, is this unwilling?"

Wu Yong looked at Chao Gai and asked.

"Pedant, I have never had any contact with these people on Liangshan, why should I sell them any favors, let alone these guys have no morals at all, they swept my two gambling houses, and they didn't take me seriously!"

Chao Gai said angrily.

"I've also heard about this matter. This Liangshan has suddenly become domineering, and many powerful villages and towns in the surrounding area have opinions."

Wu Yong nodded.

"It's not just an opinion. Many people have contacted me to unite against Liangshanbo. This time, the army of Yuncheng County is going to suppress Liangshanbo. It's just to find out who is hiding on the mountain!"

Chao Gai sneered and said that the powerful villages and towns around them were planning to unite against Liang Shanbo, but now that the officers and soldiers came forward, it would save them trouble.

At three o'clock, the county captain, Zhu Dian, and Lei Heng left Chaojiazhuang with their soldiers. From night to noon, the army rushed to the outside of Shijie Village.

"The lake in Shijie Village is close to Liangshan Po. It is a vast reed water port. If you don't have a large army, boats and horses, who would dare to go there to catch thieves?"

Zhu Tong pointed to Shijie Lake in the distance and said.

"This is troublesome. All I bring are horse-buoyed archers and local soldiers. I don't have boats, so I can't enter the lake!"

The county lieutenant felt helpless looking at Shijie Lake.

"What's the difficulty? There are many fishermen and fishing boats in this village, so I'll take people to collect them!"

Lei Heng pointed to Shijie Village on the side and said, the lake is full of fishing villages, and there are definitely a lot of fishing boats.

"Lei Dutou, we are ordered to suppress the bandits, how can we bother the people? This is expressly prohibited by the county magistrate."

Zhu Tong opened his mouth and said.

"Naturally, ordinary people can't disturb them, but this Shijie Village is different. The three brothers of the Ruan family went to the mountains to fall into the grass and turned into bandits. Not only did the people in this village not report to the county government, but they also had a lot of contacts with them. How is it different from bandits?"

Lei Heng didn't see it that way, in his opinion, people in the government should be more domineering.

"What Lei Dutou said is true. These mountain and wild villagers are vicious and unruly. The army should wipe out the bandits. They should cooperate and go to the village to recruit fishing boats!"

The county lieutenant still felt that what Lei Heng said was right, it was a public matter for them to suppress the bandits, and the people along the way should try their best to cooperate, if they resisted, it would be adultery with the bandits.

When the army entered the village, there was a sudden commotion. In addition to requisitioning fishing boats, the chickens and ducks raised by each household also suffered. These soldiers were already hungry after driving for a long time. Ducks, cattle and sheep can bear it.

"County lieutenant, isn't this bad?"

Seeing that the soldiers were making a fuss in the village, Zhu Dian frowned and said to the county lieutenant, the officers and soldiers are not like bandits.

"Why not, the army is taking food locally, this is what the Art of War says, and the people everywhere should cooperate. Now the army is only taking food, not promiscuous, Zhu Du is too worried."

The county lieutenant stroked his beard and smiled.

"You...you can't...you can't, we paid the protection fee!"

A middle-aged man in the village pulled his own pig and yelled at the soldiers surrounding him.

"How dare you resist the gangsters in your village who have cheated with bandits! Take it for me, and when Liangshan is destroyed, you will be escorted back to the county government for punishment!"

Seeing that the man dared not cooperate and had a deal with the thief, Lei Heng immediately asked the soldiers to take him away, and the pig was also taken away.

"Master County Captain, there are indeed thieves hiding in this village. Many people have deals with the thieves. I have ordered people to tie them up. After the thieves are suppressed, they will be escorted back to the county government for interrogation. There are also hundreds of fishing boats, enough for an army to enter the lake! "

Lei Heng returned with a full load, and pointed to the dozen or so villagers who were tied up, no matter how the bandits were suppressed this time, this errand could be handed over.

"Haha, Lei Dutou is quick to do things."

The county lieutenant laughed out loud looking at the tied up villagers, he knew what Lei Heng meant, what they wanted was some heads, and it was unrealistic to attack Liangshan with their few people.

"I have been fishing in Liaoerwa all my life, and I have never planted young crops or hemp. Kill all the cruel and corrupt officials, and repay my brother faithfully."

Just as the officers and soldiers on the shore were about to light a fire and cook food, a small boat in the reed marshes came out, and Ruan Xiaowu appeared singing a song with an oar.

"County captain, that's Ruan Xiaowu!"

Lei Heng took a closer look and immediately recognized the person on board as the short-lived Erlang Ruan Xiaowu.

"Bold thieves dare to despise this official, come on board and destroy the thieves!"

The county lieutenant pointed to the fishing boats in Hebuli, Shijie Village, and gave orders to Zhu Dian and Lei Heng.

Under the leadership of Zhu Tong and Lei Heng, the officers and soldiers boarded the fishing boat, and dozens of fishing boats chased Ruan Xiaowu away.

Ruan Xiaowu looked at the officers and soldiers chasing him with a smile and swung his oars into the reed marsh.

"Ruan Xiao Wuxiu escapes!"

Lei Heng yelled, but when he got to the reeds, there was no sign of Ruan Xiaowu.

"The master grew up in Shijie Village, and he was born to kill. First cut off the head of the dog official in Yuncheng, and go up the mountain to offer it to my brother!"

Ruan Xiaoqi appeared in the reeds on the other side singing a song.

"Ruan Xiaoqi! Hurry up!"

Lei Heng looked for Ge Yao and recognized Ruan Xiaoqi again.

"Leidou, this reed marsh is weird, let's move away first!"

Zhu Tong looked at the messy reeds, and if he went in, he might get lost.

"I'm afraid he's going to get worse, just chase him up and capture him alone, and then we can wipe out that Liang Shanbo."

Lei Heng didn't stop, he could see clearly that Ruan Xiaoqi only had one person and one boat, and they could catch them if they rushed up.

"It turned out to be Lei Heng and Zhu Dian. You two filthy officials who abused the people dared to come to Shijie Lake. Today, you will never come back!"

When Ruan Xiaoqi saw Lei Heng coming with the fleet, he immediately laughed arrogantly.

"Fire arrows!"

Seeing that the distance was enough, Lei Heng immediately asked the archer to release the arrow.

A rain of arrows hit Ruan Xiaoqi's fishing boat. Ruan Xiaoqi's boat was empty and had no cover at all.

"Long gun!"

Seeing Ruan Xiaoqi enter the water, Lei Heng immediately asked the pikemen to stab the water with their spears, but Ruan Xiaoqi had already escaped.

"The village thief only knows how to escape!"

Seeing that he couldn't be caught, Lei Heng pointed at the water and cursed.

"The three brothers of the Ruan family are proficient in water, it's hard for us to get to Liangshanbo."

Looking at the surface of the water, Zhu Tong frowned. The thieves on Liangshan were all proficient in water skills. They thought that the eight hundred miles of water would be as difficult as reaching the sky.

"These thieves will hide in Tibet, and see if I don't burn this reed marsh!"

Lei Heng gritted his teeth and cursed angrily, but he was just talking in anger, how could it be so easy to burn reeds just above the water.

"It is rumored that Sanruan has already gone to Liangshan, why is he still in this Shijie Lake? Do they know that we are coming here?"

Zhu Tie looked at Liangshan Po outside the reeds, Shijie Lake is not that big, why did Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi know that their army came here?

(End of this chapter)