Chapter 261 Chapter Eight

At noon, the people abandoned their boats and landed on the east bank of Jushui River, hid the seven sailboats in a hidden place in a tributary, and led their horses into the dense forest beside the bank. While the horses were resting and grazing, Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, Luo Fang, Bai Wenyuan and Xuan Yong went to observe the enemy's formation first. Dong Jingzhen's 10,000 elite garrison was only five miles upstream from where they landed. Several ferries were set up in Jushui, and more than a dozen warships were moored. Can and Cao Yinglong's three armies. The position of their garrison is close to the main water and land routes. Not only can they quickly support the troops attacking Yuan'an and Dangyang, but they can also rush to intercept Kou Zhong's young commander's army by water or land. The arrangement is indeed impeccable.

The five felt a headache. Bai Wenyuan said dejectedly: "Although I know the situation here, I don't know that they will divide the village into three small hills. It's not a problem to have a lot of sentry towers, and all the trees nearby will be cleared. The attacking side will have nothing to hide and no danger. Lean." Xuan Yong frowned and said: "These three wooden strongholds are very strong, and the inside and outside of the fortress are adequately defended. Just firing arrows from the stack holes can smash our attack. If we have enough time, we can still make a batch of tools for attacking the strongholds. Now it’s impossible.”

Kou Zhong said distressedly: "If we can't defeat the enemy tonight, we will definitely not be able to hide it from the enemy's spies tomorrow. The biggest headache is that our strength is not enough to attack any one fortress, let alone attack the three villages at the same time. It seems that only Only deception will do." Xu Ziling patted Luo Fang on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Brother, I'm afraid I will wrong you!" A sail sailed from a tributary, heading towards the upstream enemy village in the dark. Everyone stood in the stands, watching the situation on both sides of the strait.

The moon shines in the evening, covering the mountains and forests near and far in golden light, and you can see things clearly without lighting. Of course Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling put on masks to hide their true faces.The former sighed: "Next time if you attack the enemy with surprise troops, you must count the moon's full moon and moon's waxing and waning. Doing it like this is not much different from sneak attacking during the day." Xu Ziling asked Bai Wenyuan, "According to what Brother Bai knows, is there a way for Chen Wu of Jiujiang to use pigeons and the like to inform Dong Jingzhen first, and tell him that we will bring the prisoners to him?"

Bai Wenyuan pondered: "This possibility is very high. Of course, carrier pigeons don't know how to fly here, but they can fly to Yiling, and then send the information here with fast horses." Kou Zhong said: "This matter will be known soon, come on!" Bai Wenyuan didn't rush, and personally signaled the two speedboats that were coming. After the three boats met, the two speedboats turned around and piloted, indicating where they were anchored. Before the mooring was finished, a general of the Baling Army jumped on board and saluted Bai Wenyuan, "Hello, General Bai, the last general, Lei Youshi. Dong Shuai knew that you would come, but he didn't know that you would come so soon."

Bai Wenyuan let go of his worries and said with a smile: "The matter is of great importance. Of course, no matter how hard it is, we must rush to hand over people as soon as possible. Is there any news about those two little thieves?" The Baling general named Lei Youshi replied: "Today there is news that those two little thieves messed up Rong Fengxiang's Baiye Conference with their strange tricks. Huh! Didn't General Bai go there? know better than we do." Bai Wenyuan said happily: "This matter is very complicated, let's discuss it in detail later. After I hand it over to Dong Shuai, Brother Lei, why don't you come to our village to discuss it."

Lei Youshi smiled wryly and said, "I'm on duty tonight, how about tomorrow night? Those two little thieves have always been elusive, even Li Mi, Yu Wenhuaji, Li Zitong, etc. are not their opponents. How can they succeed if they don't wake up the twelve spirits?" .” Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling felt strange. These are not polite words, but sincere words from the enemy's mouth with deep fear. It can be seen that they are indeed famous all over the world. No wonder Xiao Xian, Zhu Can and Cao Yinglong would plan to plot against them so much, they are more valued than Pegasus Ranch .

The hull trembled slightly, berthing at the ferry. Bai Wenyuan shouted: "Bring me here!" At that moment, someone pushed Luo Fang out, handed over to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling to watch over, and escorted him off the boat. On the surface, Luo Fang had been severely beaten, not only his clothes were torn, but also bruises and hematomas were seen on his face. Others remain on board. Lei Youshi led the way, and said casually: "Your boat has such a deep draft, it must be full of cargo." When Kou, Xu, and Luo were secretly startled when they heard this, Bai Wenyuan smiled nonchalantly and said, "Brother Lei's eyesight is really sharp, the whole bottom of the warehouse is full of rice grains, it's no wonder if you don't eat heavy grains, if it wasn't for the favorable wind, you wouldn't be able to arrive so quickly Come here."

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling exchanged glances, and they could see the admiration in each other's hearts. Bai Wenyuan's few words, even dismissed, not only praised Lei Youshi, but also explained the weight of the ship, and most importantly pointed out that it was due to the wind , to come at this speed and avoid the other party's doubts. Arriving at the shore, a group of more than 20 people from the Baling Army marched to Luzhai of the Ba Army. Lei Youshi turned his head and glanced at the "dejected" Luo Fang, and said in a low voice: "It seems that this kid has suffered from General Bai, what is his name, and did he ask any useful information?"

Bai Wenyuan was waiting for his words, and said happily: "This son is Luo Fang, and he is an important person at the deputy deacon level of Pegasus Ranch. This time, I am going to ask for help from those two little thieves, and I will come back earlier to inform the merchants." Xiuxun's plan to counterattack us, do you think this news is useful?" Lei Youshi was moved and said: "This news is really important, General Bai really has a solution." Bai Wenyuan said sadly: "It's not that old method, whose mouth is harder than poison." Lei Youshi yelled to a Baling soldier in front: "Immediately report to Dong Shuai, General Bai has important news and needs to report it immediately."

The soldier flew away at his command. Lei Youshi suddenly smiled evilly and said: "The day before yesterday we took a group of village girls from a nearby village, and two of them were quite beautiful. Is General Bai interested?" Killing intent flashed across the eyes of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling at the same time. Bai Wenyuan smiled and said, "Let's leave it to Brother Lei! I just came to Hefei, ha! Brother Lei should understand!" Lei Youshi said happily: "I understand! I understand! Alas! Life in the barren mountains is too boring." At this time, everyone turned to the road leading to the mountain village on the hillside, and saw three horse pits on both sides of the road, filled with spikes, Kou Zhong and others shouted how lucky they were. If it weren't for this ingenious plan to make money, with less than 2,000 troops, to attack the 10,000-strong troops defending the two wooden villages, they would just wait like moths to the flames, or praying to stop the carts. The handsome tent is brightly lit. Dong Jingzhen sat on the handsome chair, and there were four generals on the left and right, all staring at Luo Fang who was escorted into the tent. Dong Jingzhen is about forty years old, tall and thin, with a square face and big ears, with clear lines, a protruding chin, thick eyebrows and thick hair, and her looks are successively fierce. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling shouted at the same time: "Kneel down!" Luo Fang trembled for a while, knelt down on the ground as if his legs were weak, lowered his head, and looked like a man, even Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and Bai Wenyuan couldn't see any flaws. Except for Lei Youshi, the other guards did not follow up in the account. Dong Jingzhen laughed and said: "General Bai can ask such an important military situation from this kid, and he has made a great contribution to the coalition army. Congratulations." Bai Wenyuan turned to Kou and Xu and ordered, "You guys wait outside the tent." Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling picked it up with a bang, turned around and left the tent. This commander's tent is located in the center of the wooden village, with a large space around it, the other tents are fifty paces away, surrounded by eight sergeants standing guard. The twenty military guards who came with Lei Youshi were preparing to return to the ferry along the old road. The two chased after them and walked towards the gate of the village. All the sergeants in the camp had already entered the tent to rest and go to bed, only the guards on duty were left to guard and patrol. Except for the lighting lanterns hanging on the passage through the four-way plug gate, the camp was dark, and the tents looked like buns raised from graves under the bright moon. There are more than a dozen soldiers on duty at the gate of the village, and four of them are on guard at the two-foot-high sentry towers on both sides of the gate. Seeing the crowd coming, the person who opened the door hurriedly opened one side of the gate to let them pass. Xuan Yong and others came with the boat, and the 500 elite huddled in the cabin had already dealt with the Baling army on the ferry. He also received other troops from his own side who came, Xuan Yong personally led more than ten light kungfu masters, and hid in the horse trap closest to Qiujiao. The soldiers on the sentry tower were the first to notice that when they were about to ask questions, Kou Zhong jumped up and let out the flying knives in his hand. Xu Ziling started at the same time, swung his fists like a tiger entering a herd of sheep, and the soldiers guarding the gate fell to the ground one after another, without even having time to call out. Kou Zhong took a breath in the air, somersaulted out of the village gate, cooperated with Xuan Yong and the others who rushed up, and with lightning speed, they packed up the Baling army who were about to leave the village to help. At high speed in the blink of an eye, the impenetrable gate of the village fell into their control. After reuniting with Xuan Yong and others, Kou Zhong ordered: "Clean up the patrols and the people on the sentry tower first, so as not to warn them." The subordinates went as ordered. The young marshals came from the side of the ferry. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling held out their hands to congratulate each other, feeling lucky in their hearts. Although there are more than 4,000 Baling troops in the camp, they are only waiting to be slaughtered. After making preparations and cooperating, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling turned around and walked to the commander's tent with twenty young commanders who had changed into enemy uniforms. The sergeants guarding the commander-in-chief were all surprised when they saw them go and return, and Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling took the lead. Xuan Yong and others took advantage of their full attention on Kou Zhong and the others, they rushed out from the dark and subdued these soldiers with a lightning-fast technique. I only heard the laughter of Dong Jingzhen's people coming from the tent: "Brother Luo is indeed knowledgeable and interesting. Since he is willing to join us, I can guarantee your future prosperity and prosperity, and the blessings of your descendants will be endless." Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling opened their tents and entered. When Dong Jingzhen and the others looked at them in amazement, Bai Wenyuan and Luo Fangliu attacked the closest person first. Kou Zhongjing unsheathed Zhongyue, turned into a yellow light, and struck at Dong Jingzhen whose weapon was still put aside. Xu Ziling struck from a distance with both fists, attacking the generals on Dong Jingzhen's left and right sides. For a moment, swords, lights and swords filled the tent. Dong Jingzhen was also amazing, she didn't panic in the face of danger, fell after breaking the tent, and got out of the tent. Although she avoided Kou Zhong's earth-shattering knife, she couldn't avoid Xuan Yong's bird pecking and more than a dozen swords that were killed in circles. Bleeding from multiple injuries, if he hadn't protected his body with strong zhenqi and rolled away to the empty space, he would have died on the spot. The moon in the well is like a shadow, slashing down head-on. Dong Jingzhen let out an angry roar, and cast her right palm in an exquisite life-saving move, sweeping at the edge of the moon in the well. The spiral force enters with the palm. One is to take advantage of the situation and go all out, and the other is to rush to the battle after being injured. Dong Jingzhen's whole body trembled violently, rolling back unnaturally like a ball, blood sprayed from her mouth continuously, and finally fell to the ground, gasping for breath. Xu Ziling jumped out of the tent and said with a smile, "It's all settled!" Kou Zhong glanced around and saw that the people in the nearby tents had been awakened by the sound of fighting. He tore off his mask and shouted: "Whoever surrenders will be spared, and those who resist will be killed without mercy!" Everyone took orders and went. Kou Zhong glanced at Dong Jingzhen whose hands and feet were being tied up with cowhide ropes, and sighed to Xu Ziling: "Master Ling should know that I have no choice. Either you will kill me or I will kill you on the battlefield. Don't forget that they have no choice but to kill me." How much damage was done in a place that was too small." Xu Ziling smiled wryly: "I didn't blame you, why talk so much, come on!" Go ahead. That wasn't even a war. Because Dong Jingzhen and a group of generals were captured first, the Baling army who woke up in their sleep had no leader and surrendered one after another, minus Kou Zhong's many murders. At the time of the second watch, the entire Muzhai fell into the hands of Kou Zhong, allowing them to carry out the second step of the plan. Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, and Bai Wenyuan escorted the dejected Dong Jingzhen, together with more than forty men dressed as Dong Jingzhen's personal guards, rode their horses towards the Muzhai commanded by Zhu Can's other general, Wen Liang, followed by Xuan Yong's A thousand young marshals.Luo Fang and hundreds of others stayed behind in the wooden village. The crowd drove straight forward and arrived at the wooden stronghold of Luo Jun in Jialou, half a mile away, shouted at the door: "Commander Dong Jingzhen has something urgent to see and hear about the commander, and there is news of the whereabouts of the young commander." Bai Wenyuan also shouted: "It's me! Open the door and welcome in." How did the gatekeeper know it was a fraud, seeing both Dong Jingzhen and his own general Bai Youyuan, he sent people to report to Wen Liang who was lying high in the tent, and opened the door at the same time. As soon as the door was opened, the crowd rushed in, killing anyone they saw, and shouted loudly, awakening the sergeants in the camp from their dreams. Xuanyong's army rushed up like a tide, poured into the cork, set fire everywhere, and destroyed wantonly. In a short while, the entire wooden village was engulfed in raging fire, Jialou Luojun only knew how to open the other gates in a daze, and fled for his life. Cao Yinglong's Kou Bing led the crowd to help, killed the young commander who was waiting in ambush, abandoned the stronghold and fled. By dawn, the elite coalition composed of three sides no longer existed.