After many days of torrential rain, the world has become clearer and clearer. The blue sky is reflected on the lake that is raised about two feet, making the water color become clear and clear, giving it a bit of the beauty of a landscape with splashes of ink. Especially when people look down from a high place, they can appreciate the beauty of Liangshan Water Park.
However, Song Jiang, who was standing in front of the mountain village and constantly looking down, had no intention of appreciating the beautiful scenery at this time. Instead, he frowned and was filled with worry. Just because after the heavy rain stopped, they saw with their own eyes many grain transport teams coming from the east, delivering large amounts of grain to the army camps below. This meant that his previous wishful thinking had completely failed and was no longer possible. The officers and soldiers were depleted by just one word of defense.
Even now that the situation had reversed, he began to worry about how long the food reserves in the village could sustain his brothers. Although Liangshan Village has always had sufficient reserves, it can only prepare two or three months of food reserves at most. Now it has been besieged by the army for more than a month, and more than half of the food has been consumed. If the enemy fails to retreat after another month, , the consequences can become very serious.
In fact, after it was confirmed that the army's food supplies had been replenished, many brothers asked for a fight again, but they were still temporarily suppressed by Song Jiang. But at this time, after discovering that the army had begun to defend the surrounding mountains and no longer took the initiative to attack, Song Jiang was somewhat shaken. Perhaps taking the initiative was their only hope of victory.
"Hey, are those... fishing boats?" At this time, a brother beside him muttered, which made Song Jiang come back from his thoughts. He looked down and saw a large number of dark boats entering the water mooring along the river. , and docked near the government barracks. Judging from this situation, they should be various ships recruited by the government from the surrounding areas. Is this the plan to launch an offensive on their own mountain stronghold from the waterway
He had just had this thought, and many people around him were already laughing: "These officers and soldiers are so blind that they want to attack our stronghold with small boats like these. Not to mention these ordinary fishing boats, they are the big ships of the imperial navy." , as long as you enter my Liangshan Park, don’t even think about coming out intact!”
These words are not arrogant, but have real confidence. Liangshan Bo was able to withstand years of suppression and suppression by the government and the imperial court but remained standing. Their water stronghold and water army under their command were the key. The imperial court had also sent troops to attack the water stronghold before. As a result, they not only lost their troops but also lost all the large ships they had spent a lot of money to build. Now they have become the main ship of Liang Shan's water army. Therefore, if the officers and soldiers attack the water stronghold, The idea is no different than committing suicide.
"Brothers, don't be careless. Sun Tu is a shrewd man and would not be able to do such a stupid thing. He must have a deeper purpose in making this arrangement." Song Jiang, however, did not dare to be careless in the slightest, and immediately reminded him solemnly. After thinking for a moment, he turned back and sent an order: "Hurry up and send someone down the mountain to send a message to the brothers in the water village, telling them to strictly guard the village and not go out to fight at will."
Seeing that Song Jiang spoke solemnly, the brothers did not dare to slack off. Immediately, someone took orders and hurried down to the gentle slope to the east to bring a message to the brothers in the water village.
Liangshan is surrounded by water on three sides: east, west, north, and west. Precisely because there is a water village as a barrier, the mountain roads on these three sides are much gentler. Why do people go up and down the mountain to convey messages
It is also the easiest. It only took a short while for this order to be transmitted to the east water village and reported to Hun Jianglong Li Jun, the leader of the navy here.
The three water villages all have leaders who are proficient in water warfare and water properties. In the east, they are led by Li Jun, assisted by brothers Tong Wei and Tong Meng. In the west, the three heroes of the Ruan family are in charge. As for the north, they are led by brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun. Watch. These are all heroes who have made a living on boats for many years and are very good at water skills. Among them, Li Jun is the most reliable. Not only is his ability far superior to that of his brothers, he is also steady and smart enough. He is the leader of the water village that everyone recommends. So when Song Jiang gave this order, it was passed to him first.
After listening to the order, Li Jun went outside to look at the situation on the water from a distance, and then nodded and said: "Brother Gongming's concerns are not unreasonable. I also feel that the officers and soldiers must have put the ships in the open. There is another conspiracy. Please go back with a message and say that I will restrain my brothers and not let them move at will. I will also say hello to the brothers in the other two villages. Anyway, unless the official army really comes by boat, we will never Will leave the stronghold easily."
Li Jun said so and did so. After the person who conveyed the order left, he quickly issued a strict order, and then sent people to send this decision to the other two water villages, asking Zhang Shun, the three heroes of the Ruan family to stick to the door, and not to rush to attack.
Naturally, the Zhang brothers, who had always followed Song Jiang's lead, had no objections to this. However, when the news reached the three men of the Ruan family in the west village, their reactions were somewhat different. The waiter and Xiaowu didn't react much, but Yan Luo, the youngest and the most grumpy one, Yan Luo and Ruan Xiaoqi, stared at him: "What these brothers did is too much for other people's ambitions, and it will destroy our prestige in Liangshan Bo! I've long since I’ve seen it, those boats entering the lake are all fishing boats, we can just make a surprise attack and wipe them all out, so why bother guarding them?”
"Leader Ruan, this is what Chief Song and Chief Li mean..." the messenger emphasized in a low voice, but Ruan Xiaoqi was very dissatisfied. He slapped the table and said, "What, you want to use them to suppress me?" ?I can tell you, I only recognize King Chao Tian as the master of the cottage... "
"Xiao Qi... don't talk nonsense!" Seeing that his brother was saying something that shouldn't be said again, Ruan Xiaoer hurriedly scolded: "My brothers in Liangshan are of one mind, so naturally the King of Heaven and Brother Gongming are of the same mind!"
"Hmph, it's hard to say whether the King of Heaven and Brother Gongming have the same intentions, but it's true that our water village in the west was raised by our stepmother. It's been almost half a month, and we haven't even seen a drink, and now we still have to stay here In the village, if someone kicks someone in the face, it will be impossible to survive!" Ruan Xiaowu suddenly complained with a strange smile.
This made Ruan Xiaoer not know what to say. In fact, he was also angry, especially dissatisfied and hostile towards Song Jiang. In his mind, King Chao Tian led his brothers to knock down this Liangshan village. Even Song Jiang almost died in Jiangzhou, and it was King Chao who led them to rob the execution ground and save him. But what has he done since he arrived at the village
Although the mountain stronghold is indeed much stronger than before, the prestige of King Chao Tianwang is constantly declining. Now when Liangshanbo is mentioned outside the mountain, he is the only one who calls Baoyi Songjiang, but few people mention the name of King Chao Tianbo anymore. Even many brothers in the village
My brother only listened to Song Jiang’s orders and ignored King Chao Tianwang’s orders! what is this? Luring the wolf into the house
Anyway, the three Ruan brothers are very dissatisfied with the current situation. At the same time, because of their dissatisfaction with Song Jiang, they also have a certain hostility towards Li Jun and others. They always feel that the water village where they are located is being treated harshly, and various logistics And food was also maliciously deducted.
"Leader Ruan doesn't know. In fact, there has been no drinking in the village for many days. Now during the war, King Chao Tian and the leader of Song Village have issued strict orders to avoid drinking and causing trouble, so..." The person who passed the message could only insist. He scratched his head and explained.
"Okay, needless to say, aren't we just asked to stay in the village? We just obey the order." Ruan Xiaoer waved his hand impatiently, with the intention of dismissing him.
Seeing that he had already issued an order to expel him, the man did not dare to stay any longer. He bowed again and left in a hurry.
After they left, the three brothers looked at each other a few more times. Ruan Xiaoqi couldn't help but said: "Second brother, fifth brother, are we just going to guard like this? How many days have we been guarding? Because the officers and soldiers were on the shore before , so we can’t send troops, but now that everyone is in trouble, why can’t we attack? If we keep holding on like this, I will get sick!"
After all, Ruan Xiaoer is more stable and calm than his brothers. Even though he is unhappy in his heart, he can only comfort him at this time: "Since the order came from the mountain, it means that the king of heaven also approves it, so we should just endure it. Don't be afraid. There is no battle to fight. Since the officers and soldiers have already recruited ships and launched them into the water, it means that they will soon launch an attack from the waterway. As long as they attack, it will be time for us to show our skills. "
"What the second brother said is, let's see what our brothers do when the time comes!" Ruan Xiaowu also followed: "Brothers Li Jun, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun are not from Liangshanbo. They are still weaker than our brothers. .When the time comes, we will let him see what it means to be a dragon in the water!"
"What Lao Wu said is good!" Ruan Xiaoer laughed and looked at the large and small fishing boats twenty miles away from a distance, hoping that they would come over as soon as possible.
"It's a pity that there is no wine in the village, otherwise drinking wine and killing people would be the real pleasure!" Ruan Xiaowu licked his dry lips again and said, but these words once again provoked a cry from the other two brothers. Sigh, they are all good drinkers. They haven't had a drink for half a month, and the taste is really uncomfortable.
"Hey, I don't know what happened to Zhu Gui's hotel. I heard that he had no time to retreat up the mountain before the officers and soldiers arrived. The wine in the hotel was cheaper than the officers and soldiers. It's really annoying." Ruan Xiaoqi He also said helplessly.
Unknowingly, the topic of the three brothers shifted from the officers and soldiers to wine...
And just two nights after they talked about the Zhugui Hotel, a small boat suddenly came to the water village along the river. Standing steadily on the bow of the boat was a tall and thin man, with a trace of worry in his eyebrows. Lu Zhugui!
Of course, when the people in the village put Zhu Gui's boat into the village gate, they didn't realize that there were already twenty or thirty small boats floating there quietly on the lake surface a few miles ahead, dancing with the night. Completely integrated.
Sun Tu's real killer move was unleashed!