Five days later, Zengtou City was in the southwest of Lingzhou, about a hundred miles away from Liangshan. In fact, Zengtou City was once just an ordinary village. Later, the father of the Five Tigers of the Zeng Family came, who was originally from the Jin Kingdom. When he was young, he came to the Central Plains to do some ginseng trading. After amassing tens of thousands of wealth, he occupied this place and built a stockade wall. At this time, the Song Dynasty court was afraid of foreign invaders and had used his identity as a Jin countryman. With the financial resources, Zengtou City became more and more powerful, and even the government did not dare to offend it at will. Especially after getting the two heroes Shi Wengong and Su Ding as the chief and deputy leaders, the power became even more powerful.
On this day, in the lobby of Zeng Mansion, I saw a white-haired old man dressed in Chinese clothes sitting at the front, with a worried look on his face. It was Zeng Nong, the founder of Zengtou City. Liangshan raised troops. Now he is over sixty years old and has long lost the courage and courage of the past. He just wants to live a stable life. However, the five sons below him are unwilling to be ordinary and often cause trouble.
Looking at the worried Zeng Nong, a nine-foot-tall man with a pale complexion and three locks of beard stood up and said with confidence, "Master, there is no need to worry. Although there are many troops and horses in Liangshan, they are not enough." For some grass bandits and their ilk, as long as we set up hidden pits in front of the stronghold in advance to lure them to attack and kill some of their strong soldiers, the following people will definitely disperse. Since I can kill Chao Gai in Zengtou City, there is no need to Afraid of him Song Jiang!!"
"In addition, we can also send people to Lingzhou to petition the court and mobilize troops to assist. Under attack from both sides, we will definitely achieve great success."
It was the arrow that killed Chao Gai's Liangshan rival Shi Wengong.
"What the teacher said is true. Above Liangshan, there are all murders and traitors. If only they were honest, that's all. Now that they don't know whether to live or die, if they come again, we should simply kill them all and hand them over to the court. There must be a reward," Zeng Tu, the eldest son of Zeng Nong on the right, wearing a golden helmet and iron armor, the eldest brother of the Zeng family's five tigers, said with disdain.
"What the elder brother said is true." After hearing this, the other four tigers immediately shouted, and they were all very proud. Although their Zeng family was not that wealthy, no one within a hundred miles of Zengtou City dared to offend, even Zhou Zhou The wealthy ladies of the house are all getting married.
After Zeng Nong looked at it, he was still a little worried and said: "I heard that Song Jiang has won many battles. I'm afraid it's harder to deal with than Chao Gai."
"Your Majesty, I admire you for being cautious. Liangshan came here for revenge this time. The morale of Liangshan is really strong. Our army must not act recklessly. We must first stick to the camp and weaken its spirit." Shi Wengong, one of them is eight feet sixty-seven feet tall and has a green complexion. The tall man with beard said cautiously, it was Su Ding, the deputy coach of Zengtou City, who was cautious by nature.
Zeng Nong's eyes narrowed, "What Coach Su said makes sense, let's take a look at Song Jiang's ability first. You will be divided into five villages, under the unified command of Coach Shi, and the food, grass and money will be allocated at will. In addition, send people to the state capital quickly to ask for help!" !”
"yes!!"
When everyone was about to retreat, Zeng Nong suddenly shouted: "Boss, please stay for a while!!"
Zeng Tu was stunned for a moment, then stayed and asked curiously: "Father, what else can I do?"
Zeng Nong took a look and said with a dissatisfied look: "Did you get drunk again and hit Youzhen?"
Zeng Tu's eyes turned cold, "This woman is talking nonsense in front of you again, father!!"
"You bastard, Youzhen spent so much time on your father's behalf that the Xu family told you about this marriage. Although the Xu family is in some decline now, it is a clean family, and Youzhen is a lady of the family. Why don't you If you can mess up the order of the inner house for a few despicable concubines, according to my father's opinion, you should simply sell those concubines!!" Zeng said with a wave of his hand.
Zeng Tu looked shocked, "Father, I know I was wrong. Don't worry, I will treat Youzhen kindly!!"
Zeng took a look and saw that his son couldn't even part with a few concubines, and he was a little disappointed. However, the war was about to begin, so it was hard to say anything. He said seriously: "Then this is the last time. After retreating from the Liangshan army, you I will accompany Youzhen back to her parents' home and treat them well. If the Xu family can help you more in the future, it will be of great benefit to your future."
"yes!!"
. . .
Two days later, about two miles away from Zengtou City, thousands of Liangshan troops arrived here in an orderly manner. They did not launch a direct attack, but chose to set up camp on the spot.
In the commander's tent, he put on a bright red battle armor. The majestic and solemn Song Jiang sat in the first place. Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Xiao Rang, Li Ying, Dai Zong, etc. stood on the left. Lin Chong, Shi Jin, Liu Tang, Qin Ming, Hua Rong, Lu Fang, Li Kui and other generals stood on the right. As for the other brothers, they had been divided into four other groups.
Hu Yanzhuo led the brothers from the right army to attack the South Village, Yang Zhi led the brothers from the front army to attack the Beizhai, Lu Zhishen led the brothers from the rear army to attack the East Village, Wu Song led the Tiger Guards to attack the West Village, and originally Li Kui was the deputy commander of the Tiger Guards and should go Attacking Xizhai, but he insisted on following Song Jiang. Song Jiang also felt that when the war started, he needed such a blind and loyal brother who could support him at any time, so he asked him to stay. In addition, without Li Kui, Wu Song might be able to perform better. .
As for Pei Xuan, Chai Jing and others are sitting in the village.
"Brother, according to Shi Qian's investigation, Zengtou City gathered hundreds of soldiers and horses, dug many pits outside the camp wall overnight, and laid ambushes on both sides, in an attempt to hold on to the camp wall and lure our army deeper." Dai Zong took the lead According to reports, he has now been officially appointed as the commander of the intelligence room, and Shi Qian has been appointed as the deputy commander, leading the four major supervisory restaurants under Liangshan. At the same time, he has mobilized talents from various armies.
After hearing this, Wu Yong said with some disdain: "Brother is cautious by nature, how could he fall into such a scheme!!"
"It seems that they want to stick to the camp. In addition to laying a trap, they will probably send people to Lingzhou. If Lingzhou gets the news, they will send troops immediately and they can arrive in three days. However, given the corruption of the current government and the cowardice, , after some discussion, it will take at least six days," Gongsun Sheng said.
"Brother Gongsun, do you think there will be support from Lingzhou?" Song Jiang asked.
"It will definitely happen. The person who sent for help must have brought a lot of money. Moreover, we, Liangshan, are the great enemy of the government. There will be delays, but they will definitely come. Therefore, we must capture Zengtou City before the officers and soldiers arrive. , otherwise you will be attacked from both sides!!"
"In this case, it's up to the military advisor to mobilize the troops. Song Jiang and many other brothers are at your disposal." Song Jiang looked at Wu Yongdao. He had nothing to worry about fighting Zengtou City. Although he did not remember the details of Water Margin, he must have won, and said To be honest, whether it is Song Jiang's memory or his previous life, he is not good at actually leading troops in war, so there is no need to try to save face. Even if Wu Yong is outstanding, it will not have any impact on his status, because here After months of getting to know each other, Wu Yong discovered that although he was not as talented as Zhuge, he did have Zhuge's foolish loyalty. As long as he made a choice, he would not betray him.
After hearing this, Wu Yong held the command flag and bowed gratefully, then turned his head and said solemnly: "Generals, listen to the order!!"
"exist!"
