Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 720 Lin Chong: Liu Gao, why are you pretending to be such a big shot? [2 more]

On the shore of Liangshan Lake, Liu Gao's 80,000 troops were ready to fight, waiting for the Liangshan Lake rebels to come ashore.

Seeing the rebels of Liangshanpo getting off the boats one after another, Ma Wanli, the military commander of Luzhou, could not help but persuade Liu Gao:

"Sir, why don't you attack them halfway across the river?"

"Yes, yes!"

The eight governors all echoed:
This is from "The Art of War". Now is a good time to attack!
"and then?"

Liu Gao asked in return: "If we attack them halfway across the river, how many rebels can we kill?"

Although the Eight Supervisors didn't know what Liu Gao meant, no one dared to say anything when they saw that Liu Gao looked unhappy.

Liu Gao snorted coldly:
"It's rare that the Liangshanpo rebels are willing to come out and fight us.

"If we attack them halfway across the river, the rebels from Liangshan Lake behind them will surely flee and never come out again.

"If they don't come out, who among you is willing to fight them in water?"

The Eight-Director Supervisor dared not say a word.

"I told you so!"

Liu Gao glared at them unhappily:
"When they all come ashore, catch them all in one fell swoop!
"Eighty thousand versus twenty or thirty thousand. The advantage is on my side!"

Badujian: “Yes, yes, yes…”

Finally, when all the rebels of Liangshanpo came ashore, Badujian felt as if he had been waiting for a very long time.

Is this a fucking 20,000 or 30,000 troops?
The Eight Commandants always felt that the number of people seemed to be wrong, but since it was indeed not as many as the government troops, he did not say anything.

"Rumble..."

Two armies confront each other.

Liangshan Lake had erected a number of signal flags, and the Eight Supervisors looked at them one by one:
Golden Tiger General——Lin!

General Golden Tiger——Wu!

General Golden Tiger——Guan!

General Silver Biao——Qin!

General of the Cavalry——Zhu!

General of the Cavalry——Lu!

General of the Cavalry——Guo!

General of the Cavalry——Sun!

……

"Did you see it?"

Liu Gao pointed at the signal flags:
"The rebels have come out in full force!

"I have a plan. Catch the leader first!"

Duan Pengju quickly responded: "Sir, how do we catch the leader first?"

"Isn't this simple?"

Liu Gao rode on the Zhaoye Jade Lion and pointed his whip:
“There are eight flags with names in total.

"You happen to be the eight great eunuchs, each of you is as brave as ten thousand men!
"We'll fight them, eight against eight!

"When the time comes, you can kill the generals and seize the flags, and I will lead my army to attack them!

"Isn't it a sure win?"

Do we all have the courage to do anything?

Some of the eight supervisors felt guilty, but those who had some ability couldn't help but straighten their backs.

For example, Xuzhou Military Commander Li Ming was hacked to death by Yang Zhi in more than 30 rounds, Zhengzhou Military Commander Chen Zhu was hacked to death by Qin Ming in 20 rounds, and Chenzhou Military Commander Wu Bingyi was hacked to death by Shi Jin in more than 30 rounds...

It cannot be said that their martial arts are bad. As long as they don’t meet real masters, they can do whatever they want.

Since they have never met a true master, they all think that they are the masters.

There's nothing wrong with boasting about your courage that is unmatched by ten thousand men.

This is all due to the underdeveloped communication and transportation in feudal society, which made them so arrogant...

"rest assured."

Liu Gao told them confidently:
"The main force of the Liangshanpo rebels is their powerful navy.

"I've fought a battle with them. No one knows their abilities better than me." Except for Leopard Head Lin Chong, Big Knife Guan Sheng, and Thunderbolt Qin Ming, no one can fight.

“Go and kill those nameless people first, then besiege Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, and Qin Ming, and you will accomplish your goal.

"The bandit leader, Little Xuande Liu Neng, has no martial arts skills. Lin Chong and Guan Sheng are the real leaders of the Liangshanpo rebels.

"Killing them both will be the first achievement!"

The eight supervisors were all transferred from various states. Although they had heard of Lin Chong and Guan Sheng, they did not know how powerful they were.

Now that the coach has said so, all eight supervisors have been fooled, and they act like they are full of energy.

After the discussion, Liu Gao rode out on his horse and pointed his whip at Lin Chong standing opposite him:
"You are just a bunch of bandits from Liangshan Lake, how dare you fight against the heavenly soldiers?

"I was tricked by your navy last time. Now my 80,000-man army is here. You might as well surrender early, or you may be spared death!
"Otherwise, wherever I whip you, not a chicken or a dog will be left alive, not even a blade of grass will grow!"

"fart!"

Lin Chong yelled at the top of his voice:

"You were originally just a village chief in Qingzhou, why are you pretending to be so high and mighty?
"Come out and fight the general if you dare!"

Good guy!
The heroes of Liangshan Lake were all worried about Lin Chong:
It’s no big deal to act like a show, but you really dare to curse!

Liu Gao was furious: "Let's not argue with you!
"I have eight brave generals here, each of them is as brave as ten thousand men!

"Do you dare to come out and fight eight of you?"

"Why don't you dare?"

Lin Chong laughed out loud:

"I will send out eight generals to compete with you, and we'll see who wins!

"But those who are killed and dismounted from their horses must be carried back to their own camps. No hidden arrows are allowed to injure anyone, and no looting of corpses is allowed.

"If we don't see the winner, we can't fight. We'll fight again tomorrow."

"He's scared!"

Liu Gao looked back at the Eight Supervisors:
“After saying so much, they are just afraid!

"You guys go up and fight. Once there's a winner or a loser, or someone falls off their horse, I'll immediately beat the drums and have the entire army charge in to decide the outcome in one battle!

"Don't worry, these rebels are nothing but chickens and dogs!

"You all have the courage of ten thousand men, and it's no problem for you to kill these chickens and dogs!

"I am waiting to treat you to a bowl of celebratory wine!"

The eight eunuchs were completely fooled by Liu Gao, so they rushed out together yelling.

When the gate flag on Lin Chong's side opened, eight generals also came out.

They are Lin Chong, Wu Song and Guan Sheng among the Five Tiger Generals, Qin Ming among the Ten Brave Generals, and Zhu Tong, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng and Sun Xin among the Eighteen Knights.

In both armies, florid drums were beating, colorful flags were waving, and each army fired a signal cannon. Following the shouting, sixteen horsemen rode out on horseback, each looking for their enemy and fighting each other in pairs.

Li Ming, the most capable fighter among the Eight Prisoners, took the initiative to find Lin Chong.

Chen Zhu, the second most capable fighter, found Guan Sheng.

The others include Duan Pengju versus Wu Song, Han Tianlin versus Qin Ming, Wang Yi versus Zhu Tong, Wu Bingyi versus Lu Fang, Zhou Xin versus Guo Sheng, and Ma Wanli versus Sun Xin.

The battle between the sixteen great generals was truly worthy of description and painting.

In the original novel, Li Ming fought with Yang Zhi for more than thirty rounds before being killed, and Chen Zhu fought with Qin Ming for twenty rounds before being killed.

Even if Lin Chong and Guan Sheng wanted to kill them instantly, it would not be easy.

The breakthrough was Duan Pengju.

In the original novel, Duan Pengju was killed by Li Kui with an axe, and he was considered the weakest of the Eight Supervisors.

This time Duan Pengju chose Wu Song because Wu Song was the only infantry general among the eight generals from Liangshanpo.

When Duan Pengju saw that even the infantry generals had come out, it was obvious that they were short of manpower!

Even if they are not just there to make up the numbers, our cavalry is better than infantry, so how can we lose when the dragon rides on our faces?
"Kuh-da-da! Kuh-da-da!"

Duan Pengju was afraid that someone would snatch it from him, so he whipped his horse's buttocks to pieces and rushed to grab Wu Song:

"You nameless rat, eat me—"

It turned out that Wu Song rushed forward and cut off Duan Pengju's horse's feet with one knife!
Duan Pengju dived forward from above the horse's head!

Wu Song caught up and stabbed Duan Pengju with another knife, and Duan Pengju's head fell to the ground!

(End of this chapter)