"Haha, Dongping Mansion has arrived!"
After passing Anshan Town, we soon arrived at Dongping Mansion. Qinbei Pavilion
At this time, the city gate of Dongping Mansion was closed, and the defenders on the city hid behind the female wall and did not dare to show their heads.
"Why are you so afraid of me? I won't eat you!"
Sun Lei pointed at Dongping Mansion and said with a smile.
"Brother, do you want to attack Dongping Mansion?"
Qin Ming looked at Sun Lei and asked. He had just joined Liangshan and was eager to make meritorious deeds.
"No, let's go directly!"
Sun Lei waved his hand and said, Dongping Mansion lost all its soldiers and horses last time, Dong Ping also fled, and now there are only a few hundred remnant soldiers left to defend the city.
"Prefect Cheng, I hope you will stop acting impulsively!"
Sun Lei smiled and shouted to the city. He knew that Cheng Wanli was hiding in the city.
After the Liangshan army left, Cheng Wanli walked out of the tower.
"Master Magistrate, the thief is gone!"
The general who defended the city looked at the retreating army and said in relief. The defenders behind him also breathed a sigh of relief. If the Liangshan army attacked the city, they would not be able to stop it.
"If you let the thief go free like this, the court will definitely hold him accountable!"
Cheng Wanli had a complicated look on his face. No one in Dongping Mansion wanted to start a war with Liangshan, but as the prefect, he was guarding the territory. It would be a serious crime to allow bandits to cross the border.
"Master Prefect, we have few soldiers and horses, so we should ask the imperial court for help!"
Kong Mu on the side said, Dongping Mansion now has no strength to confront Liangshan and can only ask the court for help.
Cheng Wanli sighed and went down the tower. It's not that he didn't write to Tokyo asking for help, but there was no response from several letters. It was obvious that his memorial was suppressed. There are not many such memorials in various places, as long as the city is not attacked. The court didn't bother to take care of the land grabbing.
When he returned to the government office, Cheng Wanli sighed. He could already anticipate the court's rebuke and he might be demoted.
"Father, drink tea!"
Cheng Wan'er came out with a tea tray.
"Want to ask about the rebel again?"
Cheng Wanli looked at his daughter who looked worried and said.
"Father, I didn't!"
Cheng Wan'er shook her head and denied it, but the curiosity on her face betrayed her.
"He just led his troops to Gaotang Prefecture. He is so bold that he dares to attack thousands of miles away."
Cheng Wanli sneered and said, in his opinion, Sun Lei was stupid and impulsive, and thieves should be like this. This time, Sun Lei sent troops to do more harm than good.
After passing Jingyanggang, you will reach Niutoushan.
"Brother, after leaving this mountain, we will reach the territory of Dongchang Mansion."
Hua Rong pointed to Niutou Mountain in the distance and said.
“Finally, we don’t have to walk on mountain roads anymore.”
Sun Lei nodded.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
In the woods, an old couple came out crying.
"who!"
Tang Bin stepped forward with a mountain ax in hand and stared at the two people to question. Hao Siwen had already led people to the woods to check.
"Brother, there is only this old couple!"
Hao Siwen's voice came.
"Brother, what's going on?"
Lu Zhishen rode over and asked curiously, why was an old couple blocking the way?
"How do I know! Who are you and why are you blocking the way of my army?"
Sun Lei looked at the old couple and asked. He was chatting with Zong Ze and Zhang Shuye just now, and they were interrupted when they talked about Qin's destruction of Zhao.
"Your Majesty, please spare my daughter! We only have this little flesh and blood, and we still hope to find a son-in-law to take care of us until we die!"
The old man and the old woman knelt down and cried.
"Is there some misunderstanding here?"
Sun Lei looked confused, why did he say that he wanted to rob a civilian girl?
"Didn't the king send someone to say that he wanted to take the little girl as his concubine?"
The old lady looked at Sun Lei and said.
Everyone looked at Sun Lei, wondering when Sun Lei would take a concubine again.
"Old man, I'm a family man, don't talk nonsense!"
Sun Lei stared at the old man, his innocence could not be tarnished.
The old man explained for a long time before Sun Lei knew what happened. It turned out that a few days ago, a famous man came to Liu Taigong's village and said he was the leader of Liangshanbo. He sent an order to Liu Taigong, saying that the leader of Liangshanbo, Qitian Sun Lei, was interested. He wanted to marry Liu Taigong's daughter in a few days. If Liu Taigong didn't allow it, the Liangshan army would crush Liu's village and kill all the chickens and dogs. Liu Taigong thought that Sun Lei was here to ask for someone this time.
"Who is ruining my reputation?"
Sun Lei looked around and everyone shook their heads. Liangshan would not do such a thing.
"Old lady, you misunderstood. Our Liangshan army is crossing the border this time for other reasons. We are not here for your daughter. Let's do this. Since someone has ruined my reputation in Liangshan, he must not be lenient. Tang Bin, you can lead a team. People go!”
Sun Lei looked at Tang Bin and said.
"Yes, brother!"
Tang Bin cupped his fists and said.
The army continued on its way and arrived outside Dongchang Mansion two days later.
Only then did Tang Bin catch up with a few heads.
"Brother, these people are pretending to be our Liangshan heroes, and this thief leader is pretending to be my brother!"
Tang Bin pointed at the heads he brought back and said.
It turns out that there is a small Taoist temple on Niutoushan. It was occupied by two strong men not long ago. One was named Wang, named Jiang, and the other was named Dong, named Hai. They were both thieves in the green forest. These two people killed all the Taoist priests and boys. Occupy the Taoist temple and focus on robbery.
However, these two people only had a few companions around them and were relatively weak, so they came up with the idea of Liang Shanbo, and under the banner of Liang Shanbo, they specifically borrowed food from those villages where the news was blocked.
This time, he also fell in love with Liu Taigong's daughter, but there were few people and he couldn't defeat Liujiazhuang, so he borrowed Sun Lei's name to fake the power of the tiger.
"There are really people in this world who are not afraid of death!"
Sun Lei looked at those heads coldly. He killed a Li Gui last time, and this time Wang Jiang and Dong Hai came again. They really couldn't stop killing them.
"Okay, just kill him."
Sun Lei waved his hand and asked the soldiers to bury the heads.
"Zhang Dujian, you are most familiar with Dongchang Mansion. How many soldiers and horses are there in the city?"
Sun Lei looked at Zhang Qing and asked.
"Dongchang Mansion originally had four thousand defenders, but two thousand were lost last time."
Zhang Qing replied.
"That means there are still two thousand defenders."
Sun Lei nodded.
"Come forward in formation!"
Sun Lei waved his hand, and the army soon formed an array outside Dongchang Mansion.
"Is there anyone from the city who has come down to talk?"
Sun Lei pointed at Dongchang Mansion and shouted.
The city gate opened, and a man in official robes led a group of soldiers out of the city.
"You must be the magistrate of Dongchang Prefecture!"
Sun Lei looked at the man in his forties and asked.
"In broad daylight, you bandits dare to cross the state!"
The magistrate pointed at Sun Lei and yelled angrily.
"Don't say that, as if it has nothing to do with you if I go there at night."
Sun Lei pointed to the sky with a smile and said.
"This time my army will use the road. I hope Dongchang Mansion will make it easier and not interfere in this war, otherwise I can't guarantee what will be done."
Sun Lei said with a smile that he had learned from Zhang Qing that the prefect of Dongchang Prefecture was an upright official, and he was not willing to embarrass him.
"Do you think this is possible?"
The prefect looked at Sun Lei and asked.
"You pretend not to see it, and at most you will be reprimanded and demoted! If I capture Dongchang Mansion now, the city will be devastated. Even if I don't kill you then, will the court be able to spare you?"
Sun Lei said with a smile, the two are harmful to each other, whichever is the lesser. A prefect would not fail to understand such a simple truth.
After a "friendly" conversation, the gate of Dongchang Mansion was closed again. It will not be opened again until the end of the war.
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