Chapter 434: Jieyun Ridge

After capturing Qingyun Mountain, Gou Huan sent Fan Chenglong to lead more than a thousand Yuanbizhai minions, and together with the original minions in Qingyun Mountain, they divided their troops and garrisoned them.

After two busy days, they took inventory of the cottage's warehouses, renovated the walls up and down the mountain, and assigned men and horses to guard various places.

Instructing Gou Ying and the others to guard the stronghold, Gou Huan packed up ten loads of goods, selected thirty strong men and a couple, and followed Chen Xizhen and the other four to leave Yuanbi Village and go to Zhuhu Mountain.

Coincidentally, the husband of this couple was the leader of the ambush at the foot of the mountain. His name was Wang Jun. He was bold, careful, and articulate. It was not this person who was valued by Chen Xizhen, but Wang Jun's wife. Her surname was Yuchi. She was born with pockmarked black skin, a tall body, her arms could weigh a thousand pounds, and she also knew some martial arts. People in the village called her Aunt Yuchi. Because he was from Tokyo, he was assigned to take care of Chen Xizhen's daily life.

Chen Xizhen saw that Madam Yuchi was steady and energetic. Thinking that his daughter was going to join the army and needed someone to take care of her, she asked the couple and asked Gou Huan for it.

Everyone rested for a day at Zhuhu Mountain. The minions who went to Jie Yunling had found out clearly that Fa Tong and Fa Hui took away everything they could when they left, leaving the stronghold abandoned. Now hundreds of people have gathered on the mountain, occupying the village and making a living by doing business without capital.

After hearing this, Liu Tong and others said: "This is the best. Since there are no good men to preside over it, I will take three hundred men with me, block the mountain gate, and capture them easily."

Chen Xizhen said: "Okay, I'll go with you to see the terrain."

After hearing this, Gou Huan said: "I'll go too. I've been traveling for two days and I'm bored."

Liu Tong raised 300 minions and rushed to Jieyunling with open fire without any obstruction.

Let's talk about this part of Yunling. After Fa Tong and Fa Hui left, the village was abandoned for more than ten days. Then a group of people from Feihu Village came over and took over.

This group of people were all low-income people in the village. They went up the mountain together at the instigation of an ozo who had just been expelled from the military camp. This group of people was not large in number, and they only looked for plundering lone merchants, so they were quite at ease.

On this day, the gangsters on the road had already seen Liu Tong's troops and hurriedly went up the mountain to report. The officer in charge was shocked when he heard this. He quickly called two of his confidants and went straight to Feihu Village from the back mountain to report the power of Zhizhai.

It turned out that this escort was He Wei's confidant sergeant. When Fa Tong and Fa Hui were there, this guy also came to conquer under Gao Feng's order. Unfortunately, he was defeated by Fa Tong, so he had to hide in Feihu Village and could not get out.

Fatong and his two men did not dare to attack Feihu Village, so they were in peace.

The two people who had inquired had already left, so He Wei thought of a way to have someone pretend to be a bandit and occupy Jieyun Ridge in advance. These people are only allowed to rob small groups of merchants and are not allowed to invade villages. In this way, the villagers did not go to the state capital to complain, and he was spared a lot of punishment.

Without Shangguan's rebuke, He Wei's life suddenly got better. Today, He Wei was riding on his horse, leading a group of soldiers to patrol the village. After hearing what the young man from Feihu Village said, he suddenly fell off his horse.

The sergeant quickly stepped forward to help He Wei up. He Wei asked in a low voice: "Can you see clearly? Is it Zhu Hushan [Scud] Liu Tong?"

The minion who came to report the news said: "He Zhizhai is absolutely true. The brothers in Fu Lu have also seen Liu Tong's portrait, and they will never be mistaken."

"Three hundred people, it's not like they can't eat him." He said, feeling very ashamed that he fell off his horse.

"You go back to the mountain quickly and let He Yazheng hold on to the stronghold. I will attack from behind. When you see my signal, we will all rush out of the stronghold. We must kill this guy today."

After that, let the guy who reported the message be sent away.

He Wei beat the gathering drum in the village, and the soldiers gathered slowly.

He Wei stood on the commanding platform and shouted: "There are ignorant bandits in Zhuhu Mountain who have left their nest. Now I have recruited bandits from Yunling to surrender and attack from two directions. Today I will take Liu Tong's head. All the sergeants will do it." Go forward together, and anyone who captures the head of a bandit will be rewarded with five guan. Anyone who captures the thief's head will be promoted to one level and will be rewarded with 300 guan."

After saying this, the sergeant in the audience became really happy after hearing this. Under the restraint of the police officer, captain and others, the eight hundred soldiers of the village followed He Wei out of the village and rushed to Jieyunling.

But Liu Tong and his party came to the foot of Jieyunling Mountain with great fanfare and asked two minions with loud voices to shout. Unexpectedly, He Yazheng on the mountain had already received orders from He Wei, so they deliberately delayed the time and only avoided discussing with the brothers.

Liu Tong and others saw that it was still early and didn't care.

For half an hour, there was no movement on the mountain. Gou Huan said: "Uncle, the little thief on the mountain is so quiet, maybe he ran away?"

After Liu Tong heard this, he quickly sent someone to shout. He saw that all the minions in the village were wearing clothes and holding swords and guns. When everyone saw it, they knew that the village had no intention of surrendering.

Chen Xizhen said: "He only has a hundred or ten people here, but he wants to delay the situation. There must be reinforcements."

Gou Huan pointed behind him and said, "Look there, there is a group of officers and soldiers coming towards us."

Chen Xizhen looked over, counted a little, and said, "There are only seven or eight hundred people."

Liu Tong looked around and said: "Look, the flag is the Zhizhai of Feihu Village. This man has fought with me twice. He has no choice but to avoid me, so he never goes to Zhuhu Mountain."

Gou Huan said: "It seems that the bandits on this mountain have captured this person and dragged us to Feihu Village to report the news."

Liu Tongtong said: "This Hewei's martial arts is not better than mine. I will lead some people to hold this guy down. Brother Gou Huan will defend the little thief on the mountain to prevent a two-pronged attack."

Gou Huan said: "Why is it like this? Let me take his dog's head."

After that, Liu Tong was asked to set up a formation, and when He Wei arrived with his troops, Gou Huan didn't say anything, took out his sword, beat his horse and went straight to He Wei.

He Wei saw it but didn't recognize it. He only thought he was the leader of Zhuhu Mountain and didn't take it seriously. He also held up the steel knife in his hand and stepped forward to greet him.

Gou Huan shouted loudly and killed He Wei with one blow.

When Liu Tong saw this, he waved the knife in his hand and shouted: "Kill!"

The two hundred minions from the front team followed closely behind, shouting and heading down the mountain to kill. Two heroes lead the way, just like tigers entering the flock of sheep, swiping their swords to chop melons and vegetables. If you can't move any further, kill dozens of them in a row.

A group of minions clamored and came forward to fight. Upon seeing this, the sergeant of Feihu Village let out a shout, put down his weapon, and scattered away.

On Jieyun Ridge, He Yazheng took advantage of He Wei's reinforcements and had someone open the gate of the village and led a group of minions out, intending to attack Liu Tong from both front and rear. As soon as they were halfway down the road, they saw He Wei being killed and the officers and soldiers in chaos.

Before He Yanzheng had any idea, Chen Xizhen drove the hundreds of minions left behind to kill him.

When the gangster who was coming down the mountain saw him, he turned around and ran towards the village. He Yazheng couldn't stop shouting. Leader Wang who was beside Chen Xizhen rushed over and killed him with a knife.

Chen Xizhen took advantage of the situation and occupied the cottage.

Cleaning the battlefield, killing more than a hundred officers and soldiers below He Wei, and intercepting more than ten Yunling minions. More than sixty of the minions were subdued, and the rest ran into the mountains and forests to escape for their lives.

Liu Tong interrogated the prisoners and found out that the leader of the group was pretending to be a sergeant from Feihu Village. Gou Huan cursed: "If I had known this, I wouldn't have killed him with one knife. I had to make him suffer some torture."

Chen Xizhen sighed: "Who would have thought that this guy would dare to pretend to be a bandit? Taking this opportunity, we can go to Feihu Village and Fu'an Village at the foot of the mountain to expose his evil deeds. It's easy to have these two places in hand."

Liu Tong was embarrassed in front of Chen Xizhen because he attracted He Wei. After hearing this, he quickly said: "I am familiar with these two things, leave it to me to handle."

With that said, he summoned a hundred minions, took He Wei's head and several Jie Yunling minions who knew the inside story, and went to two places to publicize He Wei's evil deeds, and temporarily designated a few people to maintain order.

There are only two surnames in Fuanzhuanghe Village: Fujia and Anjia. Li Zheng's surname is Fu, and his single name is Yu. Liu Tong found someone to hear the news and found out that Li Zheng often gave alms to monks and had a good reputation. He only named the clan elder named An as deputy Li Zheng and was in charge of Fu'an Village.

Feihu Village is a large village, and many of the soldiers who fled fled back to hide. The news of He Wei's murder had long spread. Several big families in the village discussed it and mobilized their clan members to go up to the city wall to guard it.

When Liu Tong arrived, Feihu Village was already heavily guarded.

Liu Tong asked someone to pick up He Wei's head, and then asked someone to shout, accusing He Wei of colluding with bandits. Finally, he shouted: "We are under the observation envoy Zhao of Liangshan Prefecture, and we have wiped out Song Jiang's gang in Qingzhou. Now we have come to Yizhou to wipe out the bandits and thieves. He Wei colluded with Jie Yunling, and now he has been sentenced to death."

Although several sergeants and bandits testified, the Liu family, Wang family, and Li family in the village did not dare to open the door after discussion, for fear of letting people in and being slaughtered.

The head of the Li family boldly shouted: "General, do you have an official title?"

Liu Tong scratched his head and shouted: "Master Zhu Hushan [Scud] Liu Tong, you have to ask me my name. I never disturb the village at will. Now I have just surrendered to the high officials and led a team to sweep the surrounding area. Where is it?" Proof of identity."

"The soldiers who escaped from the stronghold should also know that we were exterminating the bandits in Jieyunling. When we encountered He Wei colluding with the bandits, we chopped him with a knife. Open the door quickly, provoke the master to get angry, and lead the army to break the stronghold. Chicken Dogs don’t stay.”

The three of them looked at each other, and the head of the Wang family asked, "What should we do?"

The head of the Liu family said: "Many people in my clan have gone to Yizhou to sell some mountain products, and have also passed by Zhuhu Mountain. I have heard that he has set three prohibitions: first, no robbing of lonely merchants, second, no rape of women, and third, no robbery of nearby people. Village. Now that I'm here, I'm afraid the army will be surrendered and the bandits will be suppressed everywhere."

The head of the Wang family said: "This is just a hearsay. Who can guarantee that this guy will not act recklessly after entering the village. By then, everyone will be a swordsman and I will be a fish and meat, and everything will be too late."

The head of the Li family said: "I am afraid that these people and I will not be able to protect the stronghold. If he really attacks the stronghold, what should we do?"

The head of the Liu family asked, "Can you give him some money and food and send him away?"

After hearing this, the heads of the Wang family and Li family also said: "It would be best if this is the case."

The three of them discussed again, and the head of the Li family shouted: "General, the village is willing to donate a hundred stones of military rations and ten pigs and sheep to work for the army. General, please go elsewhere to suppress the bandits."

After hearing this, Liu Tong shouted: "I'm sending the beggar away. I have something to do and I don't want to talk to you. I'll wait for you to get my title in a few days. Then we'll see how you deal with it. You and three others will be in charge of Feihu Village for the time being." , Just like Fu'an Village, Liangshan Prefecture will appoint officials at that time. If something happens to the village during this period, you and the three families will be the only ones to ask. Even if they escape to Yizhou Prefecture, they will be captured. "

After that, Liu Tong ignored the call of the head of the Li family and led his troops back to Jieyunling.

Liu Tong told Chen Xizhen and Gou Huan about the two situations. Chen Xizhen smiled and said: "It's best. There are people in charge of both places temporarily. We will also quickly return to Liangshan and ask the high officials to appoint officials and garrison troops." Now we just need to hold on to these two strongholds."

After redeploying troops and horses, Chen Xizhen and his party rushed to Liangshan the next day.