Wang Lun heard that Zhu Wu said that the court official responsible for escorting Hua Shigang this time was actually Yang Zhi. He couldn't help but think of the Water Margin, which indeed said that Yang Zhi capsized in the Yellow River because he was escorting Hua Shigang. After killing Hua Shi Gang, he was punished and dismissed from office by the court. However, he did not expect that the capsizing of the boat was not due to strong winds, but because he was plotted by Zhu Wu and others.
Think about Yang Zhi's fate in the Water Margin. Today, the guide for transporting flowers and stones was plotted by Zhu Wu and he was dismissed from his official position. Later, the guide for transporting flowers and stones was taken away by Wu Yong, Chao Gai and others, and he could not be used for it. He could only fall into the trap of Erlong Mountain and become a bandit. With so many bad lucks, he was indeed the most unlucky person in the Water Margin.
Fortunately, Zhu Wu and others were merciful this time and did not let Yang Zhi lose his life in the Yellow River. Otherwise, there would be one less famous green-faced beast in the world in the future. But This time I passed by Yang Zhi and was a little regretful that I was not able to meet him. It seems that I can only wait until we have the chance to meet again in the future.
After asking Zhu Wu and others how they planned to capture Huashi Gang and about Shi Jin, Wang Lun turned to Li Zhong and Zhou Tong and asked, "Then why did you get involved with Zhu Wu and others?"
Before Li Zhong and Zhou Tong could speak, Yang Chun said, "They are just looking for money and taking advantage of the situation to rob them."
"It's up to you to talk nonsense." Li Zhong said angrily: "Master Wang is here today, and we have something to say directly. We at Taohuashan have also been eyeing this Huashi Gang for a long time, and we want to rob it so that we can defect to Liangshan." The meeting gift.”
As he spoke, Li Zhong and Zhou Tong stood up and came to Wang Lun. They both knelt on the ground and said together: "We brothers from Taohua Mountain were originally going to Liangshan to join Master Wang Zhuang, but we didn't want to get it here." I am truly lucky to see the true face of the village owner. I don’t want to say anything else today. I just want the owner of the village to take in the hundreds of brothers like us in Taohuashan for the sake of today’s fate.”
"Brothers, please get up quickly." Wang Lun quickly stretched out his hand to help Li Zhong and Zhou Tong up, and said with a smile: "Thanks to the two brothers and hundreds of brothers in Taohuashan, I want to come to Liangshan to gather together, so I, Wang Lun, will do it." It is such an honor to have two brothers in Liangshan, which is like adding two tigers. Wang has thousands of young and old in Liangshan. He welcomes all the brothers from Taohuashan to the mountain. From now on, we will definitely share the blessings and share the hardships."
When Li Zhong and Zhou Tong saw Wang Lun, they agreed to merge Taohuashan troops into Liangshan without asking why. They were overjoyed. They immediately kowtowed to Wang Lun again and respectfully called Wang Lun their eldest brother. At the same time, they did not wait for Wang Lun to open his mouth. He took the initiative to tell the reason and process of how everyone in Taohua Mountain robbed Hua Shi Gang.
It turns out that Li Zhong and Zhou Tong have been kings of Taohua Mountain for a year or two. There are also three to five hundred minions gathering on the mountain. They usually rob passing merchants and spend their days. It was a happy life.
Due to the tight suppression of the army in recent days, although Li Zhong and Zhou Tong repelled several attacks by the army, their brothers on the mountain also suffered many casualties. The two thought that their abilities were average and they had no strategy. , if it is suppressed by the army a few more times, Peach Blossom Mountain will probably not be saved sooner or later.
Li Zhong and Zhou Tong thought that continuing like this was not an option after all, and they had to find a way out for themselves and their brothers on the mountain, so they gathered a group of leaders on the mountain to discuss countermeasures.
After discussing among the brothers, they all felt that Liangshan has been in a turmoil recently, with such great momentum. Wang Lun, the leader of Liangshan, has recruited talents from all over the world and recruited virtuous people. Now he has gathered more than ten thousand people on Liangshan. It is better to abandon Peach Blossom Mountain and go to Liangshan.
But there is also the same thing, that is, there are not many villains in Peach Blossom Mountain, and there is no surplus money or food. Only a few hundred people are willing to vote with empty words. They are afraid of making people laugh, so they always need some decent gifts.
It's a coincidence that recently news came from Shanxia Xizuo that an official ship was sent from Xi'an Prefecture to cross the Yellow River at the foot of Taohua Mountain, and what was carried on the ship was tribute to Emperor Daojun. There are many kinds of flowers and stones, and in addition to the rockery flowers and stones, there are countless gold and silver treasures, which can be loaded into a boat.
When Li Zhong and Zhou Tong saw such a great gift being delivered to them, they couldn't let it go. After discussing with all the big and small leaders, they immediately decided to seize the Huashi Gang as a meeting gift to defect to Liangshan.
After the discussion was decided, Li Zhong and Zhou Tong led the entire Taohuashan gang down the mountain immediately and rushed to the Yellow River to rob the ship. Who would have thought that as soon as they arrived at the edge of the Yellow River, they saw that the Hua Shi Gang had been robbed by another group of people, pretending to be several people. Ten carts were about to be transported away.
How could Li Zhong and Zhou Tong just let it go? They immediately started to snatch it, wanting to have a black eye, but they didn't want to fight. Only after that did they realize that this was a hard nut to crack.
Although the group that captured Huashi Gang was small in number, only about a hundred people, they were fearless in the face of the battle and were well-organized. They did not panic when they saw someone coming. They protected the cart and fought and retreated until they retreated to a In the valley.
Li Zhong and others had lived here for a long time, so they knew this valley, so they relied on their familiarity with the terrain and were not afraid of his ambush. They rushed in boldly, but they did not want to encounter an ambush as soon as they rushed into the valley entrance. However, the ambush was also Only a few dozen people came over, wielding swords and guns.
Li Zhong, Zhou Tong and others took these people seriously, and immediately commanded a group of minions to go forward to meet the enemy. Within a moment of fierce fighting, the ambush was dispersed. Li Zhong and others then rushed into the valley, only to see the former protectors. The group of people driving the carts had fled, leaving dozens of carts scattered in the valley, with gold and silver treasures scattered all over the ground.
When everyone in Peach Blossom Mountain saw it, they didn't care about anything else. They immediately rushed forward to pick up the treasure. But just when they were having fun, they suddenly heard the sound of a gong, and then ambush was everywhere. Hundreds of strong men rushed out from all around, and they The Taohuashan group gathered around.
Only then did Li Zhong and Zhou Tong realize that they had been ambushed, and they hurriedly tried to lead their men out of the encirclement. However, firstly, there were many enemies around, and they were all highly skilled in martial arts. Secondly, although these carts seemed to be scattered, they were in disarray. , but the actual location made Li Zhong and others extremely awkward. It made everyone in Taohua Mountain unable to look at each other from head to tail, and unable to take care of each other. In a short time, they were divided into dozens of small pieces, fighting independently and unable to gather together.
The fierce battle between the two sides did not last long, and the Taohuashan group was gradually exhausted. Although Li Zhong and Zhou Tong resisted vigorously, their brothers had suffered many casualties. They were either captured or killed, and the entire army was about to be annihilated.
At this critical moment, Wang Lun, Xiao Wu, and Ping'er broke into the valley. Wang Lun relied on his absolute tyranny to break Zhu Wu's Three Talents and Five Elements formation, and also restrained the leaders of Shaohua Mountain. At the same time, Li Zhong, Zhou Tong and other people from Taohuashan were also rescued.
Wang Lun nodded after listening to Li Zhong tell what happened. Li Zhong and Zhou Tong took the initiative and stood beside Wang Lun, looking at Zhu Wu and other Shaohuashan troops with a victor's attitude.
Wang Lun also allowed Li Zhong and Zhou Tong to stand beside him, but smiled and said to Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun: "Since these brothers have obtained the Hua Shi Gang and their goals have been achieved, it is time to return to Shaohua Mountain." ?”
Zhu Wu, Chen Da and Yang Chun looked at each other, then Zhu Wu came to Wang Lun, bowed again and said: "I have some small matters that need to be discussed, Lord Wang, please forgive me for a moment. "
"It doesn't matter, the brothers can do whatever they want." Wang Lun smiled, waved to Zhu Wu and the others, then turned to Li Zhong and Zhou Tong and asked, "How did the two brothers get to Peach Blossom Mountain?"
Now that Li Zhong and Zhou Tong had defected to Liangshan and recognized Wang Lun as their master, they did not dare to hide anything from Wang Lun. They immediately told Wang Lun the reason why they fell into the grass. It turned out that one of the two was still the same. Zhou Tong went to Peach Blossom Mountain first.
This Zhou Tong was originally a disciple of the Liuhe Sect in Hebei Province. After he left the army, he wandered around the world alone. One day, Zhou Tong was passing by Peach Blossom Mountain. When he encountered some minions coming down from the mountain to rob him, Zhou Tong defeated him with a Liuhe Spear in his hand. These minions, seeing Zhou Tong's martial arts prowess, wanted to ask Zhou Tong to be the master of the village.
Zhou Tong thought to himself that he was alone, had no family, and had been wandering in the rivers and lakes for a long time. After all, it was not a long-term solution. It would be good if he could be the master of this mountain. Immediately, he was worshiped by everyone and became the leader. The village owner of Peach Blossom Mountain.
Then nearly a year ago, Li Zhong also passed by this Peach Blossom Mountain. Some minions from the mountain came down to rob the road, but were beaten by Li Zhong with a Skanda pestle and fled in all directions. The defeated minions reported to the mountain. Zhou Tong Upon hearing this, he was furious and went down the mountain to fight with Li Zhong in person. Unexpectedly, he was no match for Li Zhong.
However, although Li Zhong defeated Zhou Tong, he did not harm Zhou Tong's life. Seeing that Zhou Tong's martial arts seemed to be related to his sect, he started talking with Zhou Tong and did not want to repay each other's sect. Then I realized that Zhou Tong actually came from Liuhe Sect.
Li Zhong originally studied under the Wei Tuo sect, but the Liuhe sect also came from the Wei Tuo sect, and the Wei Tuo sect came from Shaolin. In this way, both the Wei Tuo sect and the Liuhe sect can be regarded as branches of Shaolin. After careful calculation, Li Zhong He and Zhou Tong can also be regarded as brothers from the same sect.
Zhou Tongbian appointed Li Zhong as his senior brother next week, and even invited Li Zhong up the mountain, willing to give up the position of leader of the village to Li Zhong. Li Zhong had been wandering in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he was tired of it. After several refusals, he did He became the new leader of Peach Blossom Mountain, and it was not until today that Hua Shigang met Wang Lun, Zhu Wu and others.
When Wang Lun saw that Li Zhong and Zhou Tong were both disciples of the Shaolin sect and could be regarded as famous disciples, Wang Lun also looked highly at them. They talked about their martial arts and their extraordinary qualities, and laughed loudly when talking about speculation.
Wang Lun, Li Zhong, and Zhou Tong were talking lively, but Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun had already turned around. The three of them walked up to Wang Lun and knelt down together. Zhu Wu still spoke, and Zhu Wu said "To be honest with Master Wang, my brothers and I originally wanted to rob Huashi Gang and wait for the Souchong Manager to retreat before returning to Shaohua Mountain. But today we were lucky enough to meet Master Wang, so we just wanted to Changed my mind."
