Chapter 31 The Thirtieth Round

The poem says: Yang Hufeng garrisoned two Dongtings, swallowing clouds and dreaming to control the lakeside. Yuehou Miao calculated to frighten the gods and ghosts, and Shuilu arranged to build Daxun. However, Marshal Yue quietly said to Brother Geng: "You two are dressed as usual, and you pretend to surrender. Yang Hu will never doubt it. While waiting for the army to start, my virtuous brother will arrange a mission to guard the cottage for him. Wait for Yang Hu They sent out troops, first came to let Niu Gao go, and as helpers, they took Yang Hu's family members and did not kill them. He packed up his gold, silver and treasures, set fire on all sides, and burned his cottage. These are the two sages Brother's great contribution!" The two took orders, changed into fishing clothes, said goodbye to the marshal, got off the boat, and came to Dongting Dongshan Water Village.

The pawn knew him as a brother from the Geng family, so he came to report to Yang Hu first, and Yang Hu ordered him to meet him in Dazhai.The two brothers knelt down and kowtowed, and Yang Hu hurriedly helped him up and said, "You two virtuous brothers, don't be so polite! I don't know how the wind can blow this today?" The two brothers Geng Mingda responded in unison: "My little brother is favored by the king, and he is allowed to live in the lake. Prosperity and family wealth are all the virtues of the king. Now I heard that Yue Fei led the army here and wanted to fight against the king, so the mother ordered two younger brothers to come and help. If the king has a mission, he will go to the world and dare not resign " Yang Hu said happily: "Thank you so much for your kindness! Several times I have persuaded you two to work together to achieve a great cause, because it is difficult to get rid of the meaning of the order. Today, Hui Ran is willing to come, it is really God helping me!" Order to take the robes and come over, and the two The brothers changed.While preparing a banquet to celebrate, don't show it.

Besides, Marshal Yue ordered the magistrate of Pingjiang to prepare thick and thin bamboo hemp ropes for listening.They also made wooden rafts and bought raw cowhide to make sheds and arrow shields.Thousands of quilts were borrowed from the gentry's houses in the city, and they were placed on the boats to prevent bows and arrows from artillery.It was also drawn into a pattern, and asked the blacksmith to make barb hooks according to the pattern, and used the three-pointed knife.On the one hand, he ordered Tang Huai and Zhang Xian to take the short plank and tie it to the fence, and ordered the soldiers to stand on it and practice on the shallow water. Tang and Zhang received the order and went to train on the shore of Taihu Lake. Then he ordered Shi Quan to lead the boatman to nail the bamboo pieces to the bottom of the boat, and arranged barb hooks and three-pointed knives underneath. Shi Quan took the order and went.

After four or five days, Yang Hu and Xiao Luo came to write a letter to urge the war.Marshal Yue refused to be ill and postponed for a few days.After more than half a month, all the generals came to hand in the order: "all colors are ready, but there is no big ship, how can we meet the enemy?" With the soles of the shoes and the waistband tied tightly, they all hid under the canopy of the small boat under the banner of the commander’s red flag. After he has fired the cannon, he will come out to fight.” He also ordered Wang Gui to lead dozens of small boats to salvage aquatic plants and pile them up. In the storage ship, hiding on both sides.When his second team of "Calbow Tower Boats" came, they pulled out the grass boats, pushed the water plants into the water, and blocked his wheels.When the tall boat can't move, go up and kill his soldiers and nail his embrasures.Then get off the boat and come to the left and right to help out. Wang Gui led the order to go.He also ordered Zhou Qing, Zhao Yun, Liang Xing, and Ji Qing to lead 5,000 troops to ambush at the Wuxi Bridge, saying: "If Yang Hu is defeated, he must go to Jiujiang by this road. When you go there, you can catch him alive and don't hurt him. Life, those who disobey the order will be beheaded!" The four generals were ordered to leave.Marshal Yue stopped cooking and chose a day to send troops.The three armies came to Shuikou and fired cannons down the lake.A wooden raft holds a group of small boats.The front area is full of bamboo cities, and it's easy to slip through with ropes.If the rope is pulled, the bamboo city will fall asleep; if the rope is released, the bamboo city will still stand up.All the soldiers will stand on the wooden raft and come shouting.

The mountain over there hurriedly reported to Yang Hu.Yang Hu ordered Xu Bin to lead the "gun fire boat", Marshal Hua Pufang led the "Nulou boat", He Jin, the leader of the water army, led the "water ghost boat", and he himself led the big ship, personally supervised the battle, and fought Yue Fei.When the two brothers of the Geng family said: "Yue Fei has many tricks, he is afraid that another ambush general along the lake will attack me. The two of us are here to protect the stronghold, so as not to worry about the king's internal worries." Yang Hu said happily: "If you get it The two virtuous brothers have guarded Dazhai, so I can go there with confidence. For a while, I will definitely teach him not to leave a piece of armor." At that time, the two of them went straight to Shuizhai to return.

Yang Hu boarded the boat, fired the cannon and sailed away.Marshal Nayue's soldiers will walk on the wooden raft, just like flat ground.Xu Binjia's first team was "like gunfire", and when they saw it, they fired artillery together.Marshal Yue waved the red flag, and all the soldiers hid in the small boats, sleeping Zhucheng down to cover them, and they couldn't stop.But there was a constant sound of cannons, and the cannons slammed into the bamboo city with a loud sound, and they all slipped into the water.After letting it go for a while, when the cannons were silent, the generals still erected the bamboo city, and shouted to kill again!This team of "gunfire boats" separated in two ways, and with the sound of a drum, the second team of "Calbow Tower Boats" rushed forward, firing all their crossbows!Marshal Yue moved the red flag again, and fell asleep in Zhucheng as usual.Then Wang Gui released the grass boat and pushed the water plants down the lake together.The "Nulou boat" got on the water wheel, but the wheel was blocked by water plants, and it couldn't move anymore. The boat seemed to be nailed, and couldn't turn around.

With a loud cry, Wang Gui led all the troops to jump onto the "Calbow Tower Boat", and cut down everyone he met.All the minions can stand the enemy there, kill those who kill, and those who go into the water go into the water.Wang Gui ordered all the sergeants to work together to push the cannons even their racks into the lake.Fang Huapu came to rescue him, and Wang Gui had already disembarked from the boat, joining forces with Marshal Yue.The third team of "Water Ghost Boats" saw that the two teams of artillery and crossbow arrows in front couldn't succeed, so they made a sound of clappers, and all the water ghosts launched into the water together.When the marshal saw it, he also unfurled the red flag.That Ruan Liang held two wind-throwing knives in his hand, and led a few soldiers who knew how to swim, and jumped into the water with a plop.Those water ghosts were under the row of bottom boats, using their chisels to dig the bottom of the boat.The bottom of the boat is nailed with bamboo pieces, where can it be drilled?Some were caught by barbs, and some were cut by three-pointed knives.Ruan Liang and these sailors killed one when they saw one.That water ghost only knows the nature of water, but he doesn't know how to fight. There were heroes like Ruan Liang, who killed nine out of ten stops, and still jumped on the raft to help.The bandit soldiers here, seeing the red on the surface of the water, but not seeing the Yue family's soldiers sinking, knew their way again.Yang Hu had no choice but to mobilize the warship to fight Yue Fei.

Marshal Yue stood on the bow of the boat and shouted loudly: "General Yang! The important thing is over for you now. If you don't return early, you will compete with your ancestors, and you will have a wife and son. Don't make mistakes!" Yang Hu said: "Yue Fei, don't exaggerate! Don't say that I am strong and brave, just sit on this Taihu Lake. The water is so powerful that you can attack if you advance, and you can defend if you retreat. How can you win me!" Marshal Yue laughed and said: " Yang Hu! You don’t even know that your lair has been robbed by me, and you’re still talking in your sleep! You try to turn your head and have a look.” Yang Hu heard that, and looked back, but saw red flames all over the mountain, and the flames were full of flames. monstrous.A young Luo spaceship came to report: "Your Majesty is not good! Brothers from the Geng family snatched Niu Gao, robbed the cottage, set fire on all sides, and it is impossible to go back!" Yang Hu shouted: "Good Yue Fei! How can I forgive you lightly? I'm killing you!" Urging the warship to sail up, swords, guns and weapons came like raindrops.The generals on Yue Ye's small boat were unable to reach the enemy with their backs up. Yue Ye hurriedly scratched his hook and set up the big boat. All the generals rushed onto Yang Hu's boat and surrounded them.Wang Gui raised his knife and fell, chopping Xu Bin into the water.

Tang Huai and Zhang Xian jumped on the "Calbow Tower Ship" and fought Huapu Fang in both battles.Hua Pufang jumped off the lake, went to the water and fled to the shore, and went to Huguang to cast Yang Yao. On the "Water Ghost Boat", He Jin raised his knife and went into the water. When he came to the raft, he only wanted to kill Yue Fei. He was beaten with a copper stick by Wang Heng until his brains burst out and he died in the lake.Seeing that it was not the end, Yang Hu just jumped into the water to escape for his life.When Ruan Liang saw this, he also jumped into the water and captured Yang Hu.Marshal Yue saw that the four teams of warships were all broken, and ordered: "Those who surrender will not be punished!" Hearing this, the big and small thief boats all expressed their willingness to surrender in unison.The marshal ordered Tang Huai and Zhang Xian to send boats to the cottage to appease the bandits, and those who surrendered were not allowed to be killed.On the one hand, he put out the fire and sent Yang Hu's family members to the commander's camp to wait for the order, and the second general led the order.He also ordered Wang Gui and Shi Quan to pack up the surrendered ships, fire cannons and fire gold, and return to the camp with triumph.There is a poem that says:

The wind and joy of Jingji are new, and the Dragon Festival is held early to Jingbianchen. Tu Linge, the emperor of the Han family, is the number one person today. Let's say that Yang Hu couldn't beat Ruan Liang in the water, so he fled to the west and went ashore.Just meeting hundreds of defeated minions, Yang Hu picked up a horse to ride, and together they went to join Luo Hui, King of Jiang, and Wan Ruwei, King of Jingshan, thinking about taking revenge with soldiers.After walking all night, the sky became clear, and we arrived at the Wuxi Bridge early.Only the sound of a cannon was heard, Zhou Qing, Ji Qing, Zhao Yun, and Liang Xing rushed out together, shouting: "I will wait here for a long time under the order of Marshal Yue. Dismount quickly and be bound, lest the gentlemen do anything!" "Yang Hu was furious, and raised his sword to fight the four generals.Poor Yang Hu killed for a day and walked for a night. He was hungry, and his men were tired and his horses were exhausted. How could he fight four generals?He had no choice but to make a fake knife and go down the defeated general along the river, and the four generals would chase after him!Hearing the sound of gunfire in front of him again, Yang Hu said: "I am destined to stop this! I am chasing after you, and there are ambushes in front of you. How can you escape!" General! Your order is here, come and meet me!"

The four generals were behind, and each reined in their horses. When Yang Hu raised his eyes, he saw ten or twenty boats on the water lined up on both sides of the bank.On the No. 3 ship in the middle, Marshal Yue stands on the bow, with Zhang Bao on the left and Wang Heng on the right, like gods.Marshal Yue shouted: "General Yang! Your Ling Tang and your family are already here, why don't you come down early?" Yang Hu said: "Yue Fei! I've fought to the death, don't come to coax me." Before he finished speaking, Yang Hu's mother came out of the cabin long ago, and shouted: "Nei Yu! My family's life has been honored by the Marshal not to kill me. If I don't get off my horse and surrender, when will I wait?" Yang Hu saw, Hurriedly jumped off the horse, withdrew the knife, knelt on the bank, and said: "Marshal Huwei is a great virtue, Yang Hu is willing to surrender. But he has repeatedly resisted the heavenly soldiers, and he is afraid that the court may not grant pardon, what can he do?" He said: "Heroes in the world are all treacherous ministers in power, and they have lost a lot. This commander was also wronged in the martial arts field, so the younger brothers also did some unscrupulous things. Today, the son respects the virtuous and loves the talent. If the general can correct the evil and return to the righteous, he is the imperial court." The courtiers are all on my commander, recommending the general to help the Song family, making contributions to show off their relatives, and life is not in vain. Please visit the Shi Lingtang and comfort the precious family." Yang Hu thanked her repeatedly and boarded the boat to greet her mother.The marshal ordered the four generals to go back to Pingjiang mansion by land first.Those hundreds of minions who are willing to surrender all order Hou Chuan Tang and Zhang Er to be divided into subordinates.Those who do not want to be soldiers, let them return to farming.Fire the cannon and sail the boat, and go to the east and west mountains with Yang Hu to appease the feather party.Pack food and grass.The next day, he arrived at Dongting Mountain, met Er Geng and Niu Gao, and returned to Pingjiang together to appease the place, and set out from the stronghold.Lu Zhang, the prefect of Pingjiang, led the elders and squires of Hecheng to reward them with cattle and wine.The people on the road lit incense and candles in every house, and they all thanked Marshal Yue for his strict military discipline, and Yu Lu Qiu did not commit any crimes. Not a day later, he arrived in Jinling early, set up a camp outside the city, and settled down the sergeants.Marshal Yue led all the generals to the Meridian Gate to meet him.Gaozong Xuanjin, the court meeting is over, and Yue Fei will make a statement one by one about the surrender of Yang Hu in Taihu Lake.Gaozong Dayue, that is, imperial banquet prepared by Chiguanglu Temple.On the one hand, a decree was issued to seal Yang Hu, Zhang Guoxiang, Dong Fang, Ruan Liang, Geng Mingchu, and Geng Mingda as the posts of control;That is to say, Yue Fei led the army to conquer the water bandits in Poyang Lake. Yue Fei led the decree and went out to court.Yang Hu sent people to send his mother and wife back to their hometown to settle down, and waited for Marshal Yue to send troops at a certain date.But he ordered Niu Gao to lead five thousand men as the vanguard of the front team; Wang Gui and Tang Huai led five thousand men to be the second team;Then Wang Gui said to Tang Huai: "Brother didn't ask you and me to be the vanguard, but brother Niu. Are we not as good as him?" Yuan Fu is a general, so he is often asked to lead the battle." Wang Gui said: "Sure enough, he is a bit lucky." Not to mention that the two were chatting on the road. Let's say that Niu Gao had hung the official seal of the pioneer, so he led the troops all the way to the mouth of the lake.When Xie Kun, the commander-in-chief, went to the camp there, he waited for Marshal Yue.When the scouts saw that Niu Gao was fighting under the banner of Yue Jun, they thought it was Yue Ye and hurriedly reported.Xie Kun hurriedly went out of the camp and knelt down to meet him, saying: "Xie Kun, the commander-in-chief of Hukou, welcome the elder." Niu Gao said on the horse: "Please rise up, commander-in-chief! I am Marshal Yue, who is in charge of the vanguard, and the marshal is still behind. " Xie Kun was so angry that he couldn't make a sound, he got up and called out to the left and right: "Tie up the reporter and cut him down!" The sergeants on both sides agreed and tied up the Tanjun. Niu Gao was furious, this commander was so hateful, he shouted: "Xie Zongbing! Since you have become a commander in chief and received the salary of the court, there are one or two small robbers, I am afraid that you will not be able to kill him, and you will not be able to get rid of them. What do you want us to do? Let’s go to another place to set up camp, and let you take the credit!” After finishing speaking, he returned to his horse and ordered all the soldiers to retreat.Xie Kun was taken aback, and said to himself: "He came here with an imperial decree, it would be fine if he said something in front of Yue Ye!" He had to hold back his breath and catch up, grabbed Niu Gao's horse, and shouted: "Niu Gao General, please calm down! The report in the army is not true, and it should be in accordance with the military law. Fortunately, the general came, and the report was fine; if the bandits came, what should I do? Come and thank Master Niu." The spy kowtowed in front of the horse and thanked Niu Gao. Niu Gao said: "Mr. Xie, let me ask you, how many thieves are there here? Where are the thieves' dens?" Xie Kun said: "There is Kanglang Mountain in Poyang Lake, and there are two kings on the mountain. The big leader Luo Hui, and the second leader Wan Ruwei. The two of them occupy this mountain, and there are many powerful soldiers under them. Among them is a marshal, whose surname is Yu and whose name is Hualong. He is very powerful, so officers and soldiers cannot get close to him." Niu Gao said: "This Kanglang mountain is far away from here. How many roads are there? Is there any dry road?" Xie Kun said: "Looking at the mouth of the lake in front, it is the one with the highest peak. The water road can only go for thirty li, and if you turn to the dry road, it will be fifty li." Niu Gao said: "In that case, But let a small army come and lead us to the dry road, and go to grab the mountain, and you can quickly prepare food and grass to come to meet you." After saying that, he ordered all the sons to look at Kanglang Mountain and set off.Xie Kun thought to himself: "This reckless man doesn't know how powerful he is, so let him go and kill him, so I have nothing to do with it." Let's say that Niu Gao led the troops to Kanglang Mountain and told all the sons, "take the mountain and eat!" The three armies were ordered to set off cannons and shouts in front of the mountain.There have long been guards flying up the mountain.Wan Ruwei ordered Yu Hualong to lead his troops down the mountain to meet the enemy.Yu Hualong got the order, led his followers to rush down the mountain, and shouted: "The thief from there, dare to come to seek death!" Niu Gao looked up, and saw that the coming general was wearing a rotten silver helmet, sitting on a white dragon horse, holding a sword in his hand. The tiger-headed gun looks exactly like Yue Ye.Niu Gao didn't answer, so he raised his mace and hit!Yu Hualong laughed and said, "So you're a villager! Anyway, I'll give you a shot." With the mace fired, Niu Gao was shot a few times in a row, until Niu Gao was panting and sweating.Those sergeants said: "Everyone, I can't go! If he chases after the horse, I will die. I would rather resist him."Yu Hualong saw that all the soldiers did not move, and the arrows came like locusts, so he dared not chase after him. He sighed, "It's true, the soldiers of the Yue family are really powerful!"When all the soldiers saw the strong man retreating up the mountain, they came to collect the arrows again. Niu Gao ran back ten miles away, but he didn't see half of the soldiers fleeing back, he said: "It's not good, he killed them all! Only I am left naked, how can I go back to see my brother Yue? Treat me Turn around and have a look." Turning the horse's head around again, with a whip to drive around, but seeing that the soldiers were picking up arrows on the grass, Niu Gao asked, "Where did the robbers go?" The soldiers said: "We Shoot him with arrows, and he retreats." Niu Gao said: "Wonderful! If my lord loses the battle next time, you can go on as usual." All the soldiers laughed.Niu Gao couldn't go to see Zongbing Xie, so he had to retreat thirty li and set up camp. The next day, Wang Guibing arrived and camped at Hukou with Tang Huai.After two days, Marshal Yue's brigade had arrived, and Xie Zongbing, together with Tang Huai and Wang Gui, greeted them.The marshal asked, "Why didn't Niu Gao disappear? Where did he go?" Xie Kun said, "As soon as he arrived, he went to Kanglang Mountain to fight." Yue Ye took an arrow and ordered Xie Zongbing to urge the grain to be used. order to go.Marshal Yue ordered all the generals to go to the dry road of Kanglang Mountain to fetch the mountain.Look at twenty li, Niu Gao came out of the camp to pick him up.When the marshal saw him camping beside him, he expected to lose another battle, so the marshal asked the bandit soldiers for news.Niu Gao then repeated Yu Hualong's powerful words.Marshal Yue went to the place and set up a camp. Over there, Xiaoluo flew up to the mountain to report, but the two kings still ordered Yu Hualong to go down the mountain to fight.Marshal Yue ordered all the soldiers to shoot arrows together, stick to the camp and not fight with the enemy.Yu Hualong ordered his minions to insult him once, but the marshal just didn't move.Yu Hualong had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to the mountain.Marshal Yue secretly issued an order: "All the generals moved to the camp to rest in order to prevent him from coming to rob the village tonight. Just listen to the sound of the cannon and shout in unison, but don't go out to fight." ambush. Let’s talk about Yu Hualong’s return to the mountain and play the two kings: “Yue Fei will not go out to fight today, and tonight he will come to rob the mountain by water, and the dry village must be empty. Now I will plan. The stronghold will surely succeed." The two chiefs were overjoyed when they heard this, and followed their plan.At the time of the second watch, Yu Hualong led the troops down the mountain quietly, with a cry, they entered the camp, but there was no one there.Yu Hualong knew he was in the wrong, so he turned his horse back and left.But there was a coaxing sound of cannons and shouts from all directions. All the minions ran away desperately, trampling on each other, and wounded many soldiers.But Yue Ye never lost anyone. At dawn the next day, Yu Hualong came down to fight again.Marshal Yue still couldn't hold out, so Yu Hualong had to withdraw his troops and return to the mountain.At dusk, Yue Ye changed into his casual clothes and took Zhang Bao out of the camp quietly, not knowing what he was doing?exactly: Great talents and skillful skills meet, and the dragon-slaying sword shoots the eagle bow. Red courage and loyalty to help the country, the fish and shrimp do not know the dragon. After all, I don't know what happened to Marshal Yue Kui Ye when he went out to camp, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down.