Since the date was agreed upon with Cao Bin, Yang Zhi was both nervous and excited, unable to eat or sleep well.
After tossing and turning, he decided to discuss the details with Lin Chong and relax his mood.
In order to avoid attracting other people's attention, he also walked on small roads.
Unexpectedly, an arrow flew from nowhere on the way and hit his thigh, causing him so much pain that he almost screamed out on the spot.
Fortunately, he had strong willpower and endured the pain to find Lin Chong and asked him to help treat the arrow wound.
Just when Lin Chong complained about his delay in taking action, Chao Gai's shout suddenly sounded outside the window:
"Okay, let me tell you why you, Yang Zhi, kept silent after I accidentally injured you. It turned out that you wanted to sell Liangshan to me..."
At Guangji River Pier, five large ships slowly docked.
A middle-aged man with a strong back and a bearded face was standing on the deck wearing a crimson official robe.
The long wind from the plain blew up and lifted up his cloak, making him look very majestic.
If you don't know what's going on, you won't even think that he is just a eunuch.
Tong Guan originally supervised the army in the northwest, but was recently transferred to the Privy Council in the capital. This time he was ordered to supervise the war.
As soon as he got off the boat, Li Zhichao, who was sitting in a wheelchair, was already pushed forward, crying and saying:
"Uncle, please make the decision for me. Pang Yu and Cao Bin are so arrogant and bullying!"
Tong Guan's eyes flashed, he patted his shoulder and said:
"Don't worry, dear nephew, I have been entrusted by Taifu Cai to make them apologize to you and admit your mistake."
At this moment, a boy came forward and said:
"Master Tong, this is an invitation from my uncle."
"He will hold a banquet on the water tonight. Please be sure to come!"
Tong Guan's eyes narrowed, he took the invitation and looked at it and asked:
"What does Uncle Zhongjing mean?"
The boy shook his head and said, "Uncle, I have no other explanation, and I don't know either."
After saying that, he bowed and left quickly.
Li Zhichao asked hurriedly: "Uncle, be careful. I'm afraid Cao Bin has some conspiracy."
Tong Guan laughed dumbly and said:
"Don't worry, I am an official of the imperial court, he doesn't dare to do anything to me."
"Just wait, I will look for an opportunity to question him for you."
Soon, night comes.
Cao Bin, Pang Yu and the female generals of the Yang family have gathered in the large cruise ship by the waterfront.
The lights on the boat are brightly lit, cups and plates are piled up, and all kinds of food are laid out.
Sister Yang was a little worried and said: "Cao Bin, are you ready? Don't make any mistakes today."
Cao Bin shook a feather fan and said lightly:
"Don't worry, if even Tong Guan can't be restrained today, wouldn't my Zhuge disguise be in vain?"
Seeing him like this, the eighth sister felt disgusted:
"It's so fancy that it makes people uncomfortable!"
Not long after, Tong Guan arrived with several soldiers.
After everyone saluted, Tong Guan couldn't help but ask: "What is Uncle Zhongjing doing at this night banquet?"
Cao Bin shook his feather fan with an elegant look:
"There's nothing left to do. It's just that the wind is clear tonight and the moon is bright. It's time to go out to Gaole at night and catch the wind for Master Tong!"
After speaking, he waved his feather fan, and the musicians in the cabin quickly started playing, and the music was extremely cheerful.
Tong Guan saw the big ship moving slowly. He couldn't help but wonder:
"Uncle Cao, where are you going?"
Cao Bin laughed:
"Since you want to visit Shuibo, of course you have to go to Liangshan to see it. Otherwise, you won't be living up to this beautiful scenery."
Tong Guan looked around and said in shock:
"Are we going alone in a boat? Doesn't this mean we are going to die?"
Cao Bin smiled and said:
"Don't worry, Sir Tong. I guarantee that there will be no danger."
"Don't you hear that for a great general, Mount Tai collapses in front of him but his appearance remains unchanged, and an elk rises to his left but his eyes never blink?"
After hearing this, Tong Guan managed to calm down, but the worry in his eyes could not be eliminated.
"Uncle Cao, the son of a rich man will not sit in court, so don't take any risks."
As everyone changed glasses, the cruise ship moved farther and farther, and even the lights on Liangshan Mountain could be seen.
Tong Guan could no longer hold back at this time and spoke again:
"Uncle Cao, please stop the music. If the Liangshan thieves hear this, they will intercept and kill us."
"We have a warehouse full of generals waiting for us, don't we want to be taken over by Liangshan?"
Hearing this, Pang Yu also reacted and asked timidly: "Juncai, will something happen?"
Cao Bin waved his hand and said: "No problem, keep going."
At this moment, people suddenly appeared on the edge of the water, and someone faintly heard shouting:
"There is a big boat on the water, hurry, hurry, catch them."
Seeing that Cao Bin was unmoved, Tong Guan suddenly turned pale and stood up suddenly, his lips trembling:
"Cao...Uncle Cao, could it be that you really colluded with the Liangshan bandits and wanted to assassinate the Sa family?"
Pang Yu quickly pulled Cao Bin's sleeves and said nervously: "Juncai, what do you want to do? You really want to put yourself in the tiger's mouth, right?"
Among these people, only Pang Yu and Tong Guan didn't know the inside story.
Cao Bin looked at Tong Guan, waved his feather fan expressionlessly and said:
"Go ahead and let them catch you!"
Tong Guan tilted his body and said quickly:
"Uncle, my Uncle Cao, what on earth are you going to do?"
As he spoke, he looked at Mu Guiying and kept cupping his hands:
"Huntianhou, I'm just a eunuch delivering orders. There's nothing I can do to urge the war. Please help to persuade Uncle Cao."
"Can't you please if I don't urge you in the future?"
Sister Yang burst out laughing and said hurriedly: "Cao Bin, stop pretending, what plan do you have, start now!"
Cao Bin nodded rather reservedly, then raised his feather fan and waved it suddenly, and a firework flew out from the cruise ship, lighting up the night sky.
When Tong Guan saw this, his expression immediately relaxed, he patted his chest and said, "It turns out that Uncle Cao has been prepared for a long time..."
"kindness?"
The fireworks went up for a while, but Cao Bin didn't wait for the expected response. His expression changed, and he patted his thigh and said:
"It's broken, something went wrong, run..."
Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed drastically. Mu Guiying wanted to kick Cao Bin into the water.
"Plop..."
Tong Guan reacted the fastest and jumped off the ship.
At this moment, another firework suddenly rose from Liangshan Mountain, and shouts of killing rose into the sky: "Come on, capture and kill Song Jiang."
At the same time, countless small boats suddenly appeared in the darkness and rushed towards Liangshan from all directions without anyone stopping them.
The torches lit up one after another, like long scattered dragons, heading straight to the gathering hall on the top of the mountain.
Tong Guan emerged from the water and looked at the scene on Liangshan in shock, wondering: "What on earth is going on?"
Seeing this situation, Cao Bin suddenly became energetic, held up his weak legs, showed a disdainful smile and said:
"I was just joking. I asked you to wait for the general to burst into tears. It's really laughable."
Pang Yu got up from under the table, punched Cao Bin bitterly, and said angrily:
"Is your joke too big? It almost scared me to death."
Sister Yang also cursed with resentment: "Do you have fun doing this? It's really hateful..."
Cao Bin quietly wiped away the cold sweat and sat down on the chair, his heart beating wildly.
Seeing Mu Guiying looking at him with a suspicious look on his face, Cao Bin forced himself to laugh twice and quickly puffed out his chest, showing that he had the pearls of wisdom in his hands.
Half an hour later, not only did the sound of charging and killing on the mountain not diminish, but it became even louder and filled the sky.
And a raging fire ignited, lighting up half of the sky red.
Not long after, uniform cheers rang out from Liangshan Mountain:
"Catch Song Jiang, catch Song Jiang!"
At this time, a small boat arrived under Cao Bin's cruise ship and loudly reported:
"Uncle, our army has won a great victory. We captured Song Jiang alive and killed Wu Yong. The bandits in Liangshan have been defeated."
Everyone on the boat turned their attention to Cao Bin.
"Forehead......"
Cao Bin was also confused. Was it so smooth? I didn’t think of it myself!
This is so amazing! I just attacked the mountain casually.
