Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing regained the food and grass, defeated the rebels, and returned to the camp victoriously, where they were commended by Marshal Yue Fei. Just as the three armies were rejoicing, Zhao Baolong led the Green Forest martyrs to join him again. This was really a blessing. Yue Fei went to the court to praise Zhao Baolong's achievements. Emperor Gaozong was delighted when he heard the news and appointed Zhao Baolong as the commander, waiting for Yue Fei's dispatch.
After Li Cheng and Tao Zisi were defeated in the grain robbery attack, they always wanted to seek revenge on Yue Fei. After the two of them took refuge with Liu Yu, they borrowed 100,000 troops from him and prepared to attack Xiangyang, a fortress city along the Yangtze River.
At this moment, in other cities in Jingchu, there were people spending large sums of money to purchase pig iron and timber. After Xu Liang, a disciple of the Long Whale Gang, discovered this situation, he quickly sent a letter to Zhao Xueqing. Zhao Xueqing knew that salt and iron were controlled by the imperial court and private auctions were not allowed, so this matter was of great importance. She told Yue Fei about the situation.
After Yue Fei read the letter, he immediately revised it and asked Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing to go to Xiangyang to see the guard Li Heng and ask him to investigate the matter in detail to prevent secret sabotage by spies from the Jin Kingdom. After the two galloped to Xiangyang, they handed Yue Fei's letter to Li Heng. After Li Heng read the letter, anger immediately appeared on his face. Li Heng slapped the letter on the table, and in front of Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing, accused Yue Fei of meddling in Xiangyang affairs and not giving him face. The two tried their best to explain, but instead of listening, Li Heng issued an order to expel them.
After being kicked out of the garrison office, Fu Tianpeng was full of anger. He told Zhao Xueqing that he didn't expect Li Heng to be such a petty person. Zhao Xueqing persuaded Fu Tianpeng that getting angry at this point was futile. It was better to think carefully about how to handle the matter satisfactorily and give Yue Shuai an explanation.
Zhao Xueqing believed that if Li Heng did not listen to his advice, he might cause serious problems. Therefore, she and Fu Tianpeng decided to find an inn to settle down first. In this way, we can not only understand Xiangyang's defense, but also coordinate with Li Heng in times of crisis. So the two stayed in Toudian in Xiangyang and secretly helped Li Heng.
After Li Heng drove away Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing, his face still showed lingering anger. At this time, deputy general Sun Liu came forward and praised Li Heng so much that he became so complacent that he could not find the north and south. Sun Liu told Li Heng that Sai Jinhua, the top girl in Xinghua Tower, has learned a lot of music recently. Would the general want to listen to it? It is really annoying to stay in the camp for too long.
After listening to Sun Liu's words, Li Heng wanted to go, but he was worried about Xiangyang's city defense. Sun Liu burst out laughing. He told Li Heng that General Li was the only one in Xiangyang who could tell the truth. It would be great to have the soldiers close the four gates early at night.
Sun Liu's words made Li Hengmei smile. In the evening, the two went to Xinghua Tower to listen to Sai Jinhua and listen to a ditty. Fu Tianpeng couldn't help but become angry when he heard that Li Heng left the military camp without authorization. He and Zhao Xueqing immediately left the inn and went to Xinghua Tower to find Li Heng. However, Sun Liu was sure that Fu Tianpeng would come to stop him, and he secretly instructed his thugs to find trouble with Fu Tianpeng.
Fu Tianpeng wanted to protect Li Heng, but was coaxed out again, so he could only wait quietly outside for Li Heng to come out. Time passed so quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the moon was on the branches, and the night was dark. Full of anger, Fu Tianpeng waited for Li Heng in the teahouse opposite Zhao Xueqing. However, at this moment, Li Heng was drinking so much that he was unconscious in a quiet place in Xinghua Building. Sai Jinhua supported Li Heng and walked along a path to the embroidery room. Sun Liu observed all this carefully from behind. When he saw Li Heng talking drunkenly, he immediately made a gesture.
Suddenly, five people dressed in black came out from behind the rocks on both sides. These five people stood in front of and behind Li Heng, blocking his way forward and back. Li Heng rubbed his drunken eyes and said to the five people with a breath full of alcohol: "Those who don't care about life and death, if they dare to block Master Li's way, get out of my way immediately."
When the five people heard Li Heng's words, they all raised their heads and laughed. Sun Liu ran in front of these five people and said to Li Heng: "Li Heng, I have ordered you to be captured by the Holy One. If you encounter resistance, you will be killed on the spot."
Li Heng shook his head and spat at Sun Liu. He grinned and asked Sun Liu what kind of holy order he had received to arrest people.
Sun Liu told Li Heng that he had surrendered to Daqi. Now he is named the general of the auxiliary country and is responsible for catching the rebel Li Heng. Li Heng heard Sun Liu's words and cursed him for his stinky words. He unsteadily took out his saber from his waist and tried to strike at Sun Liu.
When these five people saw this, they stepped forward and punched Li Heng. Within a moment, Li Heng was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. He fell to the ground and could not get up. Sun Liu sneered several times and ordered the men in black to tie up Li Heng.
After Li Heng was bound, Sun Liu immediately sent soldiers to garrison the garrison and took over Li Heng's military power. He put on Li Heng's clothes, stamped a large seal on the sea arrest documents, and ordered the soldiers to go to the market to search for Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing.
The quiet market was lit up by the fire dragon. When the people heard the rapid sound of horse hooves and the deafening shouts of death outside, they were so frightened that they hid behind the door and trembled. Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing had no idea what was going on. They thought Li Heng was sending troops for some official purpose. However, when the horse team surrounded the two, Fu Tianpeng knew that something was wrong.
The horse team was led by a deputy general with a long pout, short narrow eyebrows, big clear eyes, a flat nose, and a few sparse rat whiskers under his chin. He drew his sword on his horse and said to Fu Tianpeng: "According to the order of the guarding General Sun, we will capture you and other rebels."
After hearing this, Fu Tianpeng pointed at the deputy general and said, "General Thief, let me ask you, what did you do to Li Heng?"
After hearing Fu Tianpeng's question, the deputy general hummed and said, "Boy, we have captured Li Heng. You will soon be friends in the prison."
After saying that, the deputy general pointed his sword downward, and the surrounding soldiers rushed towards Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing like a tide. The anger accumulated in Fu Tianpeng's chest was released in an instant. The sword in his hand is like a wandering dragon, and his fists are full of thunder. The besieging soldiers were close to each other, and those who were attacked were killed. Soon, more than ten soldiers fell at Fu Tianpeng's feet.
Upon seeing this, the deputy general rushed forward and waved his sword to attack Fu Tianpeng. When Fu Tianpeng saw the war horse coming out of the sea like a dragon, he quickly stepped towards him. He took a step forward, changed his position, and stepped aside. The deputy reined the horse, turned around and ran towards Fu Tianpeng again. Fu Tianpeng still swung his dragon's tail and cleverly avoided the second round of attacks.
After the deputy general's attacks were resolved by Fu Tianpeng one by one, he became furious. After flipping over several times on his horse, he rose up from the ground and struck Fu Tianpeng in the face with his sword as a child. Fu Tianpeng moved quickly, stepped back a few steps, stepped forward, and grabbed the deputy general's armour. He struggled with his arms and threw the lieutenant down hard. The deputy general fell to the ground and fell into the mud. Fu Tianpeng took this opportunity to use the blue wave sword to press the neck of the deputy general, and then took out the rope to take down the deputy general.
The other soldiers were attacked by Zhao Xueqing's sword and lost the ability to fight back. Zhao Xueqing said to the deputy general: "If you want to survive, you have to listen to us."
The deputy general nodded in fear. Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing put on soldiers' clothes and asked the deputy general to return to the garrison. Sun Liuhengdao immediately stopped in front of the deputy general. He looked at the returning deputy general with sly eyes, and then asked him repeatedly why he didn't capture Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing.
The lieutenant told Sun Liu that those two people had superior martial arts skills and he was no match for them. Sun Liu tilted his head and looked at the deputy general, and then continued to say to the deputy general in a questioning tone: "Since these two people have excellent martial arts, when you used all your strength to capture them, you were not seriously injured by them?"
Facing Sun Liu's question, the deputy general showed hesitation on his face. After Sun Liu's sharp eyes caught this detail, he immediately ordered the soldiers to open their bows and fire arrows, shooting the deputy general and the people around him. Just hearing a scream of "Ah", the deputy general was hit by several arrows, and then fell to the ground like a stab.
Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing drew their swords and tried their best to resist the incoming arrows. When Sun Liu saw this scene, he laughed loudly on his horse and said: "I knew you were planning to hide it from the enemy and seize the garrison when I wasn't prepared. But I won't let you succeed. The soldiers let me shoot arrows to kill these two people." personal."
Fu Tianpeng clenched his steel teeth and gathered his true energy with both arms, hoping to subdue Sun Liu with the moon rising from the sea. Sun Liu immediately whistled to the back. At this moment, he heard someone shouting from behind: "No, no, no, no, young hero, wait a moment."
When Fu Tianpeng heard Li Heng's voice, he immediately withdrew his palms and retreated to the back. Sun Liu put his sword on Li Heng's neck and said to Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing: "If you two dare to act rashly, I will kill Li Heng immediately."
Fu Tianpeng saw Sun Liu threatening Li Heng's life, so he asked Sun Liu what he wanted. Sun Liu sneered and threw his swords to let Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing cut off each other's arms. After hearing this, Fu Tianpeng scolded Sun Liu for being despicable. After Sun Liu sneered a few more times, he told Fu Tianpeng that his patience was limited. If he didn't see the two of them taking action after dozens of times, he would kill Li Heng immediately.
Zhao Xueqing picked up the sword and winked at Fu Tianpeng, who understood. Just when the two of them were facing each other and raising their swords, Fu Tianpeng swung his sword and shouted loudly. The blade immediately turned downwards and drew an arc. At the same time, Zhao Xueqing also wielded the Chanjuan Sword and stabbed Fu Tianpeng.
Sun Liu sat on the horse, proudly sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight. Unexpectedly, just as Fu Tianpeng's sword passed between Zhao Xueqing's arms, Zhao Xueqing's Chanjuan sword rose like a tide, and the cold sword energy turned into a swimming dragon and headed towards Sun Liu.
Just now, Sun Liu was still laughing proudly. He was so frightened when he saw Chanjuan Sword flying towards him. In a panic, Sun Liu grabbed the soldier beside him and defended him from the flying sword. The moment the soldier fell to the ground, Fu Tianpeng rushed forward to save Li Heng. However, Sun Liu hurriedly pushed him into the soldiers and took advantage of the chaos to escape from the garrison.
Fu Tianpeng was very angry. Zhao Xueqing patted him on the shoulder and told Fu Tianpeng that she would definitely find a way to rescue Li Heng with all her strength.
