Chapter 30 Chapter 29

The word says: The world is constantly changing, and heroes can be weak or strong.It has never been difficult to measure the sea.The sun and the moon shine brightly, and the majestic autumn frost.Regardless of the current inauspiciousness, we will know the rise and fall of the future.Is it common to be loyal and righteous?Desperately enter the tiger's den, take the risk to explore the wolf. ——Tune "Linjiang Fairy" It is said that Yang Hu was furious and ordered Niu Gao to be pushed out and beheaded.When Marshal Hua Pufang knelt down and said: "My lord, rest the anger of the thunder. This Niu Gao is a brave general, but Yue Fei's sworn brother. Then Yue Fei is the most loyal person, why not imprison him here, It made Yue Fei hold both sides of his heart. At that time, he was persuaded to submit to the lord, so why worry that the Song Dynasty is not the lord's?" Yang Hu obeyed, and ordered him to exchange dry clothes with Niu Gao, and take them to the forbidden, armor and weapon storage.Hua Pufang bid farewell to Yang Huxia.Ladies and gentlemen, do you think Yang Hu is a grass-roots robber, how can he have a temple?Just because of his high ability, he occupied Dongting Mountain.What grows on the mountain is wood, and what grows out of it is stone.There used to be a Guandi Hall on that mountain, so he packed it up and made it the King's Hall.Gather some wood and stone, and generally build a harem, a warehouse, and a house for the yamen.At that time, Niu Gao was put in prison.

On the next day, Hua Pufang prepared wine and food, and brought his servants to the gate of the prison.The guarding sergeant welcomed him in, sat down in the three thatched halls, and asked, "Where is Lord Niu? He said I want to see you." The sergeant took the order and came to the cell behind to report: "Marshal Hua invites Lord Niu See you." Niu Gao yelled: "You're a good dog! If he doesn't come in, why don't you ask my master to meet him?" The sergeant had no choice but to come out and kneel down, and confessed frankly.Hua Pufang had no choice but to walk in by himself and said, "General Niu is here." Niu Gao said, "That's all."

The sergeant agreed and removed the torture tools.Hua Pufang said: "Little brother Muni has been famous for a long time. Now that I see my brother's righteousness and unyielding, he is indeed a good man. Now I want to become brothers with my brother, I don't know if it is possible?" Niu Gao said: "I shouldn't accept you, I am also a thieves If you have been a righteous king, I will accept you as a brother!" Hua Pufang worshiped Niu Gao as his brother, got up and sat beside him, and said, "I will never give up, and I will ask my brother to teach me some martial arts sooner or later." Niu Gao said "This is natural." Hua Pufang ordered his servants: "Bring in the food and wine, and I will talk to Master Niu."

After a while, people moved in and put it down.Hua Pufang poured wine and sent it to Niu Gao. The two sat opposite each other. After drinking three cups, Niu Gao said: "Brother Hua, since you have become brothers with me now, I need to tell you something serious. Now King Kang He ascended the throne in Jinling, he is a good emperor. My elder brother Yue Fei is an unparalleled hero in the world, and there is a group of brothers who are all heroes. Soon he will go to Huanglong Mansion to welcome the second sage back to court. You passed away and became famous forever. Your Yang Hu is just an unknown grassroots bandit. What a big deal you have achieved? Why don’t you abandon your secrets and turn to the Ming Dynasty, and return to the Song Dynasty, you will naturally be granted an official position and make contributions together, which is better than helping that robber here. If you end up being notorious for thousands of years, wouldn't you be in vain as a hero of your life!" Hua Pufang wanted to persuade Niu Gao to surrender, but Niu Gao said it first, so he couldn't make a sound for a while, so he had to reluctantly agree: "Today, let's talk about eating and drinking. Don't discuss anything else."

The two ate again.Hua Pufang thought to himself: "Let's find out how his troops are doing?" Then he asked: "I don't know how the elder brother said Yue Fei was born. How many generals are there like the elder brother?" Niu Gao thought to himself: " He doesn't dare to say that I surrender, he will explore the real situation in my camp, and wait for me to scare him!" Then he said: "Brother, you have never seen my brother Yue, who looks like a god, has a majestic figure, and now he has some beards. .Xiang picked Xiaoliang King in Bianjing. He is famous all over the world and everyone knows it. Now the new emperor is worshiped as the Marshal of the capital, and he will come to sweep up your stronghold in the near future. Brother, you need to be careful! If you say those lieutenants: There is Tang Huai, who also likes to wear white, and also learns how to use a gun. He is as good as his elder brother, except for a few beards. There is also Zhang Xian, who is so tall and strong that he can shoot with a hook. Ma Jindao once tried to punish Wang Shan of Taihang Mountain in Bianjing, who knows? The rest are Shi Quan, Zhou Xing, Zhao Yun, Liang Xing, Ji Qing, and Zhang Guoxiang, Dong Fang, Ruan Liang, etc., the descendants of the heroes of Liangshanbo. That one is not very capable! The 100,800 soldiers led by my elder brother Yue are famously called the "Long Victory Army" and have never been defeated. If you say Brother Yu's ability is not as good as my elder brother's Ma Qian Zhang Bao, The queen of horses is king!"

After hearing this, Hua Pufang was dubious.Seeing that Niu Gao is a reckless man, I'm afraid this is true, so he just casually praised him, then got up and said goodbye: "I am fortunate to have been taught today, and I will come to accompany you when I have free time." Niu Gao said: "Your brother, please do it. "Hua Pufang quit.Here the sergeant followed up and said: "You guys have nothing to do with it!" Niu Gao said: "I know, I'll bring it up."This Niu Gao was imprisoned on Dongting Mountain, when will he get out of this predicament?And press the slow watch.

But it is said that Marshal Yue led the soldiers to Taihu Lake after staying in Lufei for only one day. Tang Huai and others came out of the camp to meet him.The marshal saw three people, but Niu Gao was the only one, so he was very suspicious, because he was new here, it was inconvenient to ask questions, and he sent an order to set up camp.Only three plops of cannons were heard, and the camp was settled.Marshal Yue sat down in the camp, all the local officials had come to see him, and all the soldiers stood on both sides.Master Yue asked where Niu Gao was?Tang Huai told the story of him sailing drunk and being taken away by thieves.The marshal was very troubled, so he retreated to the back camp, sat for a while, thought for a while, and called Zhang Bao: "Go and invite Master Tang to come." Zhang Bao promised, and immediately invited Tang Huai to the back camp , met the Marshal.The Marshal said: "Brother Yu will pretend to be a younger brother tomorrow and go to the bandit camp to find out the truth and the news of Brother Niu. Brother Yu can protect the commander seal on behalf of Brother Yu, and only say that I am not healthy and cannot be promoted." Tang Huai said: "Brother is the leader of the country. Dongliang, how do you get into the important place?" Marshal Yue said, "Don't worry, brother! I will go with my own opinion, and there will be no hindrance." Tang Huai led the order to return to the camp, and he was very worried.

On the next day, Marshal Yue wrote the war book, took Zhang Bao and Wang Heng, and quietly went to Shuikou, got off the boat, and walked towards his water village.When he arrived at the stronghold the next time, the guard guarded the stronghold and asked, "What ship?" Zhang Baoli replied from the bow, "It's Marshal Yue who controls Master Tang Huai in front of his tent, and the marshal sent him to fight." Luo said: "Stay here! Wait until you have passed the king, and then join the boat." Then Luo hurriedly reported to the pass, and the gatekeeper listened, until he knelt down in front of the hall and said, "I report to the king, Marshal Yue is here today. Lieutenant General Tang Huailai issued a letter of challenge, not daring to do anything wrong, and awaiting orders to make a decision." Yang Hu immediately ordered the propaganda officer: "Show him in." At that time, Xiao Louluo opened the gate of the water village and let Marshal Yue's boat come in to berth. it is good.

Yue Ye ordered Wang Heng to watch the boat, and went ashore with Zhang Bao himself.Looking closely at the mountain, it is really majestic and dangerous, and there are three passes built with big stones on it, with flags and flags waving inside.A publicity official came to the pass early on to deliver an order: "Your Majesty Xuanlai will come to see you." Then he led Yue Ye to the front of the palace, and Zhang Baozi waited outside the gate of the palace.Yue Ye entered the hall and knelt down and said: "Young general Tang Huai, I have a book to present to the king by order of the commander." Yang Hu said: "Since you are a deputy general, please get up and give me a seat." Yue Ye thanked and sat down.Yang Hu read the book of war, and then wrote on the back of the original book: "The war will be fought in five days." Just as he was about to return the book of war, he looked at Yue Ye and thought to himself: "I seem to have seen this person somewhere? "I couldn't remember it for a while, and thought for a while: "This person seems to be Yue Fei who shot King Liang in the martial arts field that year. Could it be him, with some beards? Don't miss it in person." He secretly sent someone to the prison In the middle, take out the niu gao.Here Yang Hu cross-examined Yue Ye again, and Yue Ye chatted casually for a while.

Not long after, Niu Gao has arrived at the gate of the palace.Zhang Bao was shocked, and hurriedly came over and knelt down, saying: "The villain kowtows." Niu Gao said: "Why are you here?" Zhang Bao said: "The villain follows Master Tang Huai to fight here." , came in and saw Yue Ye sitting, secretly complaining.Going all the way to the hall, he looked at Yang Hu and said, "What did you ask the master to come out for?" " Niu Gao said: "Where is the visitor?" Yue Ye was frightened out of his wits, and secretly said: "That's all!" Where did you know that Niu Gao looked at Yue Ye and shouted: "So it's Brother Tang Huai! You go back to the camp and pay more respects." Brother Shangyue, said that I, Niu Gao, was captured by this grass bandit by mistake, and that after my death, I will be famous in the future. If he captures this traitor, he will avenge me!" After finishing speaking, he pointed at Yang Hu and cursed. Said: "Thief! My letter has been sent, kill me quickly!" Yang Hu ordered: "Take Niu Gao to prison. General Tang, you can go back and pay tribute to your marshal. Although Niu Gao has been captured , never killed. If your marshal is willing to submit to the lonely family, you will not lose your title and wealth. If you want to fight, you may miss it for a while and ruin your reputation for the rest of your life. What a pity! Tell him to discuss it early, and don’t regret it!" Yue Ye bid farewell Yang Hu came out of the palace and brought Zhang Bao along the way.Wang Heng followed, Yue Ye got into the boat, and Xiao Luo opened the water fence, and went out of the lake all the way back to the camp.

It just so happened that Hua Pufang came back from delivering food to the West Dongting, and saw the king handing in the decree.Yang Hu said: "Just now Marshal Yue sent a lieutenant, Tang Huai, to the battle. If the Marshal came earlier, it would be nice to meet him." Hua Pufang said, "What kind of character is Tang Huai?" again.Hua Pufang said: "In this way, I'm afraid it was Yue Fei who pretended to be Tang Huai and came to find out my truth." Yang Hu said: "I was also a little suspicious, so I asked Niu Gao to come out and ask." Hua Pufang said: "My lord I don't know, someone must have brought Yue Fei, or passed on the news after seeing it, and I don't know. Now that he is not far away, I am waiting for the minister to fetch him." Yang Hu said: "Whether it is true or not, the Qing family will hurry to get him. Just turn around." Hua Pufang led the order to come out, hurried to the water village, put a three-masted big boat, and pulled up the awning to catch up.Hua Pufang stood on the bow of the boat and shouted: "Where are you going, Yue Fei! I, Hua Pufang, am here!" Looking back, Yue Ye saw that the boat was approaching, so he asked Zhang Bao to fetch the slingshot, and shouted: "Hua Pufang I want you to see my master's magic bullet!" Said one side, with a flutter, it hit the top of the mast and blocked the awning. .Yue Ye called Wang Heng again, took the rocket, and shouted again: "Hua Pufang, look at my handsome arrow again!" He shot three rockets in a row, and the canopy caught fire in an instant, and it was about to burn. .Yue Ye shouted again: "Hua Pufang, look at my commander's bomb, I'm going to hit your left eye!" Hua Pufang was so frightened that he ran back and hurriedly asked the sergeant to cut down the mast, but it was too late to put out the fire , where dare to chase after.Marshal Yue arrived safely at Shuikou, went ashore and returned to camp.All the brethren came into the camp, see Greetings.The marshal said the above thing again.Everyone said: "I beg the Marshal to send troops early to save Brother Niu." The Marshal said, "I think the thieves are rampant, and they are in the middle of the lake. If they can't hold on, how can they break through?" In the middle of the discussion, there was a report: "There are two fishermen asking to see the marshal." Yue Ye thought to himself: "The fisherman wants to see, why?"Then the preacher came to the tent with the fisherman and knelt down and kowtowed.As soon as the marshal saw the two men with big brows and big eyes, broad arms and tall stature, he asked, "What are your two surnames? Why are you here?" This man used to live by the Taihu Lake here, and lived by fishing. That year, this Yang Hu came, gathered a crowd, occupied Dongting Mountain, and no one was allowed to fish in the lake. Therefore, the villain fought him a few times. This Yang Hu is very capable, the younger two can't beat him, and he can't win the villain, so they become brothers with the villain, and only allow the two of us to catch fish in the lake. He sent people to invite the villain several times I joined the gang just because my mother was at home, and I was afraid that he would not be frightened, so I couldn't give up. Now I heard that the old man is coming to conquer Taihu Lake, and my two brothers are thinking about how to catch fish. Pawn, I hope the Elder Master will record it!" Marshal Yue said: "Since you have said that, you two are heroes who understand current affairs, please get up!" He ordered his relatives to follow: "You can lead the two of you to the back camp to change clothes and meet each other." The Geng family brothers thanked him, and the fellow family member went to the Houying to change his clothes, came out to salute Marshal Yue again, and knelt down.The marshal raised his hands and said: "Since you two have come to contribute to the country, and you and I are ministers of the same palace, why do you need to do this great ceremony? You see that the lieutenants on both sides have become brothers with this commander, and now the two of you are also sworn brothers with this commander. That's it." Geng's brother declined again and again, and the generals said: "We are all like this." Geng's brother couldn't refuse, so he had to pay respects to each other for a few times, and then met with all the generals.The marshal ordered to arrange a celebration banquet, and all the generals in the joint venture drank happily. When he was half drunk, Yue Ye asked Geng Mingchu: "Since the two virtuous brothers have made friends with Yang Hu, you must know that he uses troops to use falsehoods and what skills he has. He can occupy Taihu Lake, and the officers and soldiers can't do anything to him?" Geng Mingchu said: "Marshal I don't know, this Yang Hu is very good in the water, but he is limited in land battles on the shore. Of the generals under his command, only Marshal Hua Pufang and Xianxing Xu Bin are more powerful, and the rest are all average. But he has four teams of warships that are very powerful, so the officers and men We can't defeat him. Marshals need to be careful when they fight." The marshal said: "What kind of warship is it so powerful?" Geng Mingchu said: "His first team has fifty, named 'gun fire boat' The ship is surrounded by gunfire. When fighting, the fire is lit, and it is very difficult to parry when they are released together. The second team is called "Ballout Boat", and there are also 50. There are waterwheels at the head and tail, and bamboo fences around it. The guards, the sergeants are stepping like flying. There is a crossbow tower erected on the ship, and the shields are made of raw cowhide on the crossbow towers. Kill people. So officers and soldiers can't stop them." The marshal said: "What about the third team?" Geng Mingda said: "Then the third team, number 50, is called the 'Water Ghost Boat'. The water ghosts in the boat are all in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou Hired from offshore places, he can stay under the water for seven days and seven nights, and the fish he catches are eaten raw. In the time of battle, those water ghosts will jump into the water, cut through the bottom of the enemy ship, and pour them into the water. Wouldn't the ship sink if the water went away? He is the most powerful of the three teams of warships. If it can be broken, the fourth team of warships led by Yang Hu himself is nothing to worry about." The marshal said: "If it weren't for the two virtuous brothers At this point, the commander-in-chief knows all this and is here? This is the great blessing of the emperor!" At that time, they were talking and laughing, and everyone had a good time.Set up another back camp and rest with Brother Gunn. Yue Ye went to sleep in his tent and thought about a plan.In the early morning of the next day, I quietly came to the back camp.Brother Geng quickly took him in and sat down, and asked, "Why did the Marshal come so early?" Ye Ye said, "I have a secret matter. I wonder if the two virtuous brothers are willing to go with you?" Brother Geng said, "Thanks to Marshal's kindness, if There is a mission, my two brothers dare not resign even though they are going through fire and water, so I ask the Marshal to order it." Marshal Yue whispered a few words to Brother Geng's ear, with different teachings: When the tiger is in the deep forest, the river overturns the sea in an instant; exactly: The general made three arrows to fix Tianshan, and Pixiu won the first battle. I don't know what Marshal Yue said, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down.