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Xiao Rang stepped forward and untied Hu Cheng and said: "Brother Hu Cheng, my younger brother Tian is the county magistrate of Liangshan County. He went to Hujiazhuang just to prevent Hujiazhuang from getting involved in this fight. Brother, did you listen to my words? "We are much more cautious on the battlefield. Although Hujiazhuang is damaged, it is much better than Zhujiazhuang."

After hearing this, Hu Cheng was silent for a moment: "What's going on with Li Ying in Lijiazhuang [Putiandiao]?"

Xiao Rang said: "Someone here also went to Lijiazhuang."

"Hey, I couldn't save my face at the beginning. Fortunately, I was cautious and didn't cause any damage to your county. I accidentally violated my dignity. Now I'm captured. I hope you can forgive me. If you are spared by the general, I can use it. I will obey you as ordered." After saying that, Hu Cheng knelt down in front of Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen said: "Please sit down and talk. That guy in Zhujiazhuang is so rude and bullies me in Liangshan County for nothing. Today I will destroy his troops in one battle, but we can't let it go. Tomorrow the army will set out and drive directly to Dulonggang to march for revenge. Zhujiazhuang was washed away."

"Liangshan County has no enmity with your Hujiazhuang, but now you have captured most of the villagers, and those who escaped have returned to Hujiazhuang now. I am afraid that your family will still be hostile to me and commit more crimes. If we want to eliminate the misunderstanding , I’ll let you go back and report the reason.”

"Thank you, sir. The former did not show his courage and was imprisoned. I am pardoned by the general. I will never dare to raise an army to retaliate when I go back this time."

Xiao Rang said: "Brother, I have captured more than a thousand people from your village here and will keep them here temporarily. We will discuss it again after I have wiped out Zhujiazhuang here. Do you want me to send you back?"

Hu Cheng said: "I dare not trouble the county magistrate. I know the way."

Xiao Rang said: "Brother, tomorrow I will go to Zhujiazhuang, but there will be some noise. No one can come to your village to rescue you. If someone at Zhujiazhuang defectes to you, you will be tied there, and you will be credited for your redemption. I won’t embarrass you when you return to Zhuang Ding.”

Hu Chengdao: "The villain has made a note of it. Now I absolutely dare not rescue him. If someone from his village comes to surrender to me, I will bind him and offer him to the general's command."

Zhao Zhen clapped his hands. The sergeant had already brought wine and meat, had a hearty meal, and left.

Let's talk about Zhujiazhuang, which is full of gloom and gloom. Zhuang Ding, who had escaped long ago, told the story of the war. Upon hearing this, Zhu Chaofeng took away Zhu Wannian and his two sons Zhu Long and Zhu Biao. Zhu Yongqing disappeared and Hu Cheng was captured. He shouted loudly and cursed: "Little Liangshan boy, I will never let you down if you kill my brother."

Zhu Hu said worriedly: "Father, how can we survive? Zhuang Ding has returned with less than a hundred people. If Liangshan County comes to attack, how can we resist it?"

Zhu Chaofeng gasped twice, prepared a horse, picked up a brocade box, and took two villagers to go to Lijiazhuang in person.

After meeting Li Ying, Zhu Wanmao cried and said: "Brother Li Ying, the army and horses that conquered Liangshan have been defeated. Zhujiazhuang and Hujiazhuang have suffered heavy losses. None of my brothers and children have returned. I don't dare to ask my brother to send troops for revenge. I'm afraid that he will send troops to fight alone." Gang, my dear brother Wan Wang will take care of you."

With that said, he opened the brocade box in front of him and pushed it to Li Ying, "I heard that my dear brother is ill. These are the four hundred-year-old blood bird's nests I got when I was an official in the court. If you eat one, your illness will definitely be cured. Dear brother, for the sake of the three villages’ alliance, please send troops to protect the village.”

After Li Ying heard this, he quickly asked: "Chaofeng, brothers Wannian and Yongqing are not rivals of Liangshan, and I am the only one, how can I resist the enemy? I see that Liangshan County has strong soldiers and horses, and I am afraid that the village is in danger of being destroyed, so I shouldn't have done it in the first place." Provoke him."

Zhu Chaofeng quickly comforted him and said, "Xian brother, I heard from Zhuang Ding who came back that Liangshan County has less than 3,000 soldiers and horses, but Yongqing underestimated the enemy and let Liangshan County rob the camp at night to lower morale. Yongqing The first time I led the troops and formed a forced formation, they were hit by artillery. The villagers were all defeated, and this was a great defeat. "

"Besides, Liangshan County may not come to kill them. Even if they come, we and the three villages will help each other. As long as we guard Zhuangzi, my uncle from Jingyang Town will definitely come to rescue us in three days at most."

Li Ying felt much more relaxed after hearing this. After a few words of agreement, Zhu Chaofeng was sent out of Zhuangzi.

Returning to the village, Du Xing said: "Master, do you want to rectify the village's affairs?"

Li Yingdao: "There is one person from each family. In the past few days, I have to be on guard. As long as I protect Lijiazhuang, don't worry about anything else. If Liangshan County doesn't come, let it go. If it does come, it will depend on the situation. I will guard the village here with strong soldiers." "Soldiers, it's not a bad idea for me to charge here for a while. Even though Zhujiazhuang's muscles and bones are broken, he can't be manipulated by anyone, not to mention that the general manager of the Jingyang Town garrison is his relative."

Not to mention how Lijiazhuang prepared to meet the enemy, we only said that early the next morning, Zhao Zhen had breakfast in the military camp, with the 500-horse army as the vanguard and the infantry marching in sequence. Zhao Zhen led the heroes straight to Dulonggang, but was speechless on the road.

The former army arrived in front of the newly built hotel in front of Dulonggang early. When Zhao Zhen led the army, they did not set up camp and called all the heroes to discuss matters in the lobby of the hotel.

Along the way, Zhao Zhen had been worried about the attack of monsters in the fog, but there were no twists and turns along the official road. It seems that as long as you don't go deep into the fog, you don't have to worry about monsters in the fog.

After this incident, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but have the idea of ​​going out and walking around.

Chao Gai and Lu Zhishen led their troops to set up camp. Zhao Zhen and Wu Yong took Lin Chong and Sun An around Dulong Gang for a look. There are three villages on the three hills, but the middle one, Zhujiazhuang, is the most dangerous.

Zhujiazhuang is being built on Dulonggang, surrounded by wide harbors. The three-story city wall is made of solid stones and is about two feet high. It is full of farmers, men, women, old and young, holding rakes and shovels.

There are two main gates at the front and rear, each with a suspension bridge. There are bunks built on all four sides of the wall, and there are guns, knives and weapons everywhere. There are war drums and gongs lined up on the gate tower.

After seeing it, Zhao Zhen knew in his mind that in a fight yesterday, most of the strong men in Zhujiazhuang were lost, and there were less than two of the ten strong men's pavilions on the wall.

Returning to the hotel lobby and gathering all the heroes, Zhao Zhen said: "Brothers, Dulonggang has always been a winding road, and the cavalry army cannot use it. This time we will capture Zhujiazhuang, we will not use the cavalry army."

"Sun An and Tang Bin each lead their own troops to monitor Lijiazhuang in the east. As long as Li Ying does not leave the village, you two will not come forward to challenge. Brothers Lin Chong and Wang Tianba, you two will monitor Hujiazhuang in the west. The same is true for Luan Tingyu Brother, you lead your troops to patrol back and forth to prevent accidents. The other brothers will lead their troops to attack Zhujiazhuang."

Everyone agreed, and Zhao Zhen continued: "There are two gates at the front and back of Zhujiazhuang, one in front of Dulonggang and one behind Dulonggang. If you attack the front door, but it doesn't work, you have to attack from both sides to break it."

"Brother Luan Tingfang has told us the route, and all the brothers should also remember it. But if there are poplar trees, no matter how wide or narrow, you can turn around and it will be a way of survival. If there are no such trees, it will be a dead end."

"Since he has two gates, I will divide this place into two. I will lead Xuefeng's men and horses together with Jiao Ting and Bao Xu's men to attack the front gate. Brother Chao Gai will lead Hao Shanfeng's men and horses together with Liu Tang and Xue Yong's men to attack the back gate. .The artillery and cannons were divided into two parts.”

Immediately after the general's order was passed, all the soldiers were in uniform. A group of heroes were divided into two places, waving flags and shouting, beating drums and gongs, and rushed to Zhujiazhuang to kill.

Before the cards were drawn, Zhao Zhen and others rushed to the village. When they looked, Zhujiazhuang had pulled up the suspension bridge. The people stopped at a stone's throw, the infantry lined up in formation, and the artillery set up cannons.

On the top of the city gate, Zhu Chaofeng stood on top. Twenty or thirty strong villagers around him saw Zhao Zhen and set up their positions. They cursed loudly: "Young son of Liangshan, you sheltered the bandits, killed my villagers, and came to invade the village." Fang, today we will protect the village to the death and not let you get an inch of advantage."

Here at Zhao Zhen, people also came up to talk to him: "Old Zhu, you are shameless. Your family came to attack our Liangshan County first. Now that we are defeated, if we don't surrender, we will wait until when. You and other village farmers must not help the tyranny, once it is broken There are no chickens or dogs left in the village.”

Zhu Chaofeng heard this and said angrily: "Shoot an arrow."

Several villagers who were close to the village quickly took up their bows and shot arrows. A few scattered arrows came over, but no one was hurt.

Zhao Zhen saw that the artillery had set up the artillery and ordered the cannon to be fired.

With a "boom", the artillery shell passed over the wall and hit the village behind, destroying a house. When the villagers on the city wall saw it, they shouted and dispersed.

When Zhao Zhen saw it, he pointed the tip of his whip, and Lu Zhishen, Han Bolong, Du Qian, and Bai Sheng, each with their own men and horses, rushed forward.

More than ten wooden ladders were put up, and the heroes rushed up the city wall first and went straight to the city gate tower. Zhu Chaofeng was stunned and couldn't walk. Han Bolong rushed over and killed him with a blow.

After opening the city gate, the army poured in, leaving Han Bolong and Du Qian to guard the city gate, while the others rushed to the rear gate.

But at the back door, Zhu Hu was injured and urged the villagers to guard the village wall. Chao Gai heard the cannons fired at the front door and also fired the cannons. Just after two rounds, they heard a commotion in Zhujiazhuang. Zhu Hu hurriedly ran down, but it was Zhao Zhen who led the troops to kill.

He lowered the city gate and welcomed Chao Gai and others in, leaving soldiers from both capitals to guard the gate.

After occupying the Zhu family manor, Zhu Hu was not found inside, and all the farmers ran home. Zhu Hu was hiding somewhere. Zhao Zhen sent people to shout that all those who were hiding Zhu Hu, including the young and old, would be killed. All weapons and weapons at home are placed outside the door. Once found, they will be severely punished.

After shouting this several times, the villagers threw their weapons out of the wall one after another, and Zhao Zhen ordered everyone to collect them.

I searched all over the village, but Zhu Hu was nowhere to be seen.