On Dulonggang, in front of Zhujiazhuang.
When the north wind blows, the fire takes advantage of the wind, and the wind helps the fire. Flames shot into the sky in the forest of enchanted souls, and thick smoke was everywhere, turning this forest of enchanted souls into a forest of broken souls.
The Liangshan thieves trapped in it were constantly attacked by fire and smoke and fell down. They screamed one after another. Those who ran away desperately fell into the hands of traps in the forest again. After a while, they screamed again and again.
At this time, more than a thousand Liangshan troops were like fish and turtles in a urn, scurrying around like headless flies. Countless people were burned to death and choked. The forest with a radius of more than ten miles was almost covered with corpses.
But Sun Tu, who planned all this, still underestimated the opponent's will to survive. In such a desperate situation, everyone in Liangshan protected Song Jiang and burst out with strong fighting spirit. People in front kept falling, but people continued to fill their positions immediately. Then he went up and chopped down the burning trees with knives and axes in order to open up a way to escape.
At this time, even the leaders had already stepped down and took the lead in clearing the road with swords and axes. The originally elegant Lu Fang, Hua Rong and others were already covered in burns, and even their fair and handsome faces were covered with scratches and burns. However, they did not pay attention to these details at all. They just cut down trees desperately and avoided the surroundings. The enveloping atmosphere of fireworks.
"Don't panic, guys. The brothers outside must have come to rescue us. As long as we go a little further, we can meet up with them and escape from this forest!" Although Song Jiang did not take action like the others, he could He was not idle, and kept cheering for the brothers with his hoarse voice. At this time, these people really needed to muster the courage to survive in death.
In fact, although the fire brought them disaster, it also hindered Sun Tu's sight and arrows. Otherwise, if they were really exposed in front of Sun Tu and the others, it would only take a few rounds of arrows to shoot at them, and all the thieves who had lost their fighting spirit and were bent on moving forward would be harvested.
And seeing trees falling down one after another in the forest, Sun Tu's face, which was originally determined to win, became solemn. At that time, he looked at Zhu Long and the others: "Is there any other road from here that can go around?" Since he had adopted the plan of extermination, he planned to keep all these Liangshan bandits here, especially Song Jiang, and even more It's the target he must kill.
Because Sun Tu knew very well that Liangshan stood out from many bandit gangs in Shandong because of Song Jiang's reputation and talent. Without him, Liangshanbo would be the same as many other gangs, and the government would not have to spend too much money to eradicate them. thoughts.
But Zhu Long and the others shook their heads helplessly: "To ensure the safety of my Zhujiazhuang, there is no other way out except the passage in front of the Ecstasy Forest."
Yes, in this case, even if Sun Tu wanted to pursue him, he might not be able to do so at this time. After all, the fire is still raging in the forest, and it is too dangerous to enter it.
"Everything depends on man and God. This time I have planned everything. Whether I can get rid of Song Jiang can only depend on God's will." At this moment, Sun Tu felt that he understood Zhuge Liang's mentality in Shanggu Valley, and he also trapped the enemy in the same way. In a desperate situation, a fire also cut off all means of survival for the opponent, but in the end he was still no match for God's will...
Although not today
There was a heavy rain to extinguish the fire, but the enchanted forest could not stop the survival instinct of the people in Liangshan. After desperately cutting down, the burning trees blocking their path were finally cleared away, and then a large group of black people holding sharp weapons appeared in front of them. In front of them, a black man was brandishing two axes and wanted to attack again. Then he was stunned for a moment, and he recognized the identities of these people who suddenly appeared in front of him: "Brother Gongming, is brother Gongming okay?" It was Li Kui who came with his wounded brothers who had stayed in the camp. During the rescue operation, all of these people had burns on their bodies, and Li Kui's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
"Tieniu, Song Jiang is here." Seeing the arrival of these brothers, Song Jiang breathed a sigh of relief while being excited, and quickly shouted hoarsely: "Quickly, once the fire is out, the officers and soldiers will come after me again." ." This time they had been killed by the Qingzhou Army and were so scared that they no longer had the determination to fight with them. Moreover, the casualties this time were too great, and everyone was injured. If they fought again, they would be completely wiped out.
It was only at this time that the people who came to support were horrified to find that there were only two or three hundred people running out in front of them. Suddenly someone shouted in disbelief: "Brother, where are the other brothers?"
"They...we fell into Sun Tu's trick, and I'm afraid all the other brothers have died. Let's go..." Song Jiang didn't want to say anything anymore, and walked out quickly with someone helping him. The faces of those behind him were full of expressions. Angry and miserable, but without saying anything, he limped toward the camp.
This time, although Song Jiang and the others fought their way out of the siege and escaped from the fire, they paid an extremely heavy price. There were 1,200, 300 people who followed him in the attack on Zhujiazhuang, but after only an hour or two, less than 1,000 people were left. About two hundred people escaped with him, and many leaders were missing. I'm afraid most of them died here.
In this battle, Liangshan's army was completely defeated, with more than half of the casualties, and all those who escaped were injured. This is not the most terrifying thing. There are actually more than ten leaders, not including Sun Li and others, who died in the battles. Adding them together, the number is probably up to twenty. This was an unprecedented defeat since Liangshan Bo Juyi. They understood this and were completely devastated. They didn't even dare to stay in the camp for a long time. They only tidied up briefly and then retreated in embarrassment at night, throwing away many of their baggage and weapons...
It wasn't until a while after dawn that the fire in the Lost Soul Forest slowly extinguished. When Sun Tu and the others climbed up to the high platform, they saw the deserted bandit camp. After a while, cheers finally broke out in Zhujiazhuang: "We finally won..."
The Qingzhou Army was okay, but the people in Zhujiazhuang were pleasantly surprised. Originally, they thought that their homeland was in danger and everyone might be killed by the Liangshan bandits. However, as soon as the Qingzhou Army arrived, it took less than half a month to completely reverse the situation. In the battle, in addition to defeating the Liangshan bandits, they also killed thousands of enemies. This was something they had never even dreamed of before. In addition to some casualties, Zhujiazhuang also paid the price of the destruction of an ecstasy forest.
After cheering for a while, everyone, headed by the Zhu family and his son, suddenly turned around and solemnly thanked Sun Tu and the Qingzhou Army for their life-saving grace: "Thank you so much, Sun Tujian, for leading the army to save me. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would all be dead." Thousands of people in the village will lose their lives.
If you have the virtue of rebirth for us, please accept the courtesy of the humble people. "
Sun Tu was not polite at this time. He stood upright and led the crowd, receiving respectful bows from these people. And this majestic scene fell into the eyes of Hu Rong, who was still injured, and made her love for Sun Tu even more...
The thieves were defeated and it was impossible to pursue them anymore, so Sun Tu and the others still had too many aftermath matters to deal with, such as cleaning up the battlefield, collecting the weapons and luggage left by the thieves, and dealing with the two nearby villages. , especially Lijiazhuang, who had colluded with Liangshan early on...
But before that, what Sun Tu had to do was to appease people's hearts and convey the news of this great victory over the thieves as soon as possible.
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The fires soared into the sky at night, and they could be clearly seen even in Jeju City, which was dozens of miles away. That night, many people couldn't sleep. In everyone's opinion, this fire was probably what happened after Zhujiazhuang was invaded by bandits. This naturally made people panic. The government sent many people to patrol the night to prevent What trouble will happen in the city again
Even though the night finally passed peacefully, the prefect Gu Tongzhou kept sighing and sighing. He was still confused about how to deal with this change until noon the next day.
Because once Zhujiazhuang was captured by the Liangshan bandits, even though there was not much threat to the city, the impact would be extremely bad. As a result, the bandits will inevitably become more powerful and more arrogant than before. As for the government, I'm afraid they won't dare to take action against the Liangshan bandits after this time.
You must know that in order to rescue Zhujiazhuang, the Jeju government sent an army of hundreds of people there, but the result was heavy casualties in the ambush. Later, the Qingzhou Army rushed to rescue Zhujiazhuang. Gu Tongzhou was still hesitating whether to send more troops to support. The battle there actually turned downward. I am afraid that even the Qingzhou Army that rescued Zhujiazhuang had been defeated and destroyed by the thieves. Bar.
Gu Tongzhou became more and more frightened when he thought that even the Qingzhou Army, which was extremely powerful and even wiped out three mountains, was defeated by the Liangshan bandits. After that, could the Jeju Prefecture government still have the final say? Once the imperial court learns of this matter, I am afraid that the sins of myself, the chief official of the first palace, will be too great to investigate.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Gu Tongzhou had no idea how to deal with it. He could only pace and circle in the public room uncontrollably, his body shaking from time to time.
But after noon, the originally peaceful place outside the government office suddenly became noisy. It seemed that many people were shouting something, and some were running around. This made Gu Zhifu, who had locked him in the room, even more shocked: "What's going on? Could it be that the Liangshan thieves actually took the opportunity to break into our Jeju city and enter the government office?" Just when he was extremely frightened. In an instant, the door was pushed open quickly, and one of his subordinates shouted excitedly: "Futai, great victory! Zhujiazhuang, great victory! Qingzhou Sun Dujian led 300 elite troops to defeat the Liangshan bandits in Zhujiazhuang. Thousands, the remaining bandits have fled back to Liangshan Pozhong in panic..."
Magistrate Gu, who was about to fall to the ground, was completely stunned on the spot after hearing this report. His face was full of disbelief. He stared at this confidant as if he was hearing a fantasy, and said in a trembling voice: " You... what did you say? How is this possible? "