Chapter 53 Xue Toutuo
Zhao Zhen immediately came to Ruan Xiaoer and said, "Erlang, do you dare to follow me and lead people into the water village opposite tonight?"
Ruan Xiaoer said: " The owner of the village is going to rob the camp?"
Zhao Zhen nodded and asked: "Is there any spy who escaped today?"
Ruan Xiaoer said: "I have already asked. Including the boat in front, there were three clippers in total, and they were all captured. There were no fish that slipped through the net. There were brothers patrolling the lake, so the water thieves from the opposite side would not be able to find out what was going on in the short term. "
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Brother, the grass bandits on the other side must know about today's mist change. The clippers' coming to investigate in the past few days is a clear proof. But now I am waiting in the dark, and the grass bandits on the other side don't know our existence yet. At this time, the defense will be relaxed.
Furthermore, the spies sent from the opposite side have been detained by us. After tonight, if the scouts do not turn around, the enemy will definitely strengthen the defense.
Now the enemy knows us. Dark, as long as we can instigate these spies and lead the way, we can take advantage of their unpreparedness tonight and trick them into opening the gate of the village. We can attack the water thieves' camp in one battle. It's better than a hard attack at dawn. Moreover, our ships are not as powerful as the water thieves. , You will always suffer more on the water."
Ruan Xiaoer did not hesitate and said: "But it depends on the owner's instructions."
Zhao Zhen said: "In this case, I'll bother one of your brothers to take care of you in the middle of the night. The team continues to search and guard against the spies, and no one can escape. The rest of the people go to rest. Today, one person will trick Li Erdan and others into opening the city gate, and the other will transport Guanghui's team and then cover up and kill them tonight. You can occupy the stronghold there and wait until daybreak. The rest of the troops will go to the other side to set up camp and gradually clear out the strongmen on the mountain."
Ruan Xiaoer nodded and went to arrange the ship's personnel. Zhao Zhen also ordered Guang Hui and others to take the opportunity to rest.
At that time, Zhao Zhen was still in disbelief. Although he lay down early, he could not fall asleep. He thought over various situations and looked for solutions.
Tonight, I don’t know whether it is because the fog has just been dispelled, but there are only a few stars in the sky, and it is hazy.
Ruan Xiaoer, Jiao Ting, and Guang Hui changed their clothes, and each followed a fast boat, followed by Li Erdan and three others to lead the way. There were two water ghosts on each boat. Ruan Xiaoqi sailed to carry Zhao Zhen, and Han Bolong's two teams of men and horses were stationed in the distance.
More than an hour later, Ruan Xiaoqi stopped the boat far away. Zhao Zhen looked at the opposite side anxiously. Just when Zhao Zhen thought that he had failed to deceive the door, he saw a red lantern rising from a distance. Turned three times clockwise. Ruan Xiaoqi spit out the straw stick in his mouth and growled: "Row a boat."
The paddles on both sides of the two-masted multi-oared boat paddled rapidly together, approaching the water village as if flying. When reaching the village gate, everything was quiet, and everyone's hearts were lifted. Zhao Ji gave a signal, the gate of the village slowly opened, and Ruan Xiaoqi took the rudder of the boat and sailed straight into the water village.
As the boat docked, everyone took their weapons and slowly got off the boat and lined up. At this time, no one noticed that the camp was lost.
Zhao Zhen asked Han Bolong to lead a team of people to watch the ships at the pier and close the water gate to prevent people from escaping here. The others, under the leadership of Ying Ying, rushed straight to the place where the mangy-headed turtle was staying.
Jiao Ting was guarding Zhao Zhen, and Guang Hui was leading the way, holding two swords. The door was kicked open, and everyone shouted and rushed in together. Cries of death, screams, and cries suddenly rang out, and the whole camp suddenly became noisy.
After a while, Zhao Zhen saw Guanghui covered in blood, holding a knife in one hand and grabbing an ugly head with wide eyes in the other. Zhao Zhen asked someone to identify it and confirmed that it was a mane-headed turtle head.
The messengers carried them with long poles and shouted in unison: "The officers and soldiers suppress the bandits, and the mangy-headed turtle will be the leader. Those who don't want to die should put down their weapons, kneel down and surrender." Sixty or seventy people shouted in unison, and the whole camp was completely boiling. Zhao Zhen Have people block the gates around the camp, one group of people guard the yard where the mangy-headed turtle is, watch the nearby warehouse, another group of people watch the granary, and the rest of the houses are not in a hurry to search.
Sure enough, even though they saw the mangy-headed turtle proclaiming their heads, these strong men did not give up their resistance. At one time, they organized nearly thirty people to attack the village gate. Guang Hui was here. He charged back and flew his two swords, directly killing the group of people and leaving at least half of them on the field.
After this breakout, there was no movement from the grass bandits in the water village. Until dawn, no one dared to attack the village gate again.
At dawn, Zhao Zhen asked people to make rice. Before the rice was ready, Ruan Xiaowu escorted Bao Xu and his team to arrive. With this new force, Zhao Zhen asked everyone to shout again, asking everyone in the village to come out and surrender.
The group was leaderless, and Kaneze had let Guanghui kill him last night. Some people couldn't stand it, so they opened the door and threw down their weapons. One, two, and slowly everyone came out.
Zhao Zhenrang found an open space and took care of it. He asked Li Erdan to identify them one by one and register them on the list. The dead were dragged out, and there were two missing among them. They were all scabby and confidant.
After searching the entire water village, there was no trace. Zhao Zhenrang interrogated the prisoners and found out that the two men were sent to Slender Monkey and Scarface last night, and the mangy-headed turtle planned to form an alliance.
As he was talking, Zhao Zhen was startled by a shout from outside the village. He quickly ran towards the gate of the village and saw groups of sergeants chasing him to the north.
Guang Hui's eyes widened with anger, and he looked like a mad tiger. He wielded his two swords and slashed forward like chopping melons and vegetables. He was invincible to those who stood in his way, and no one could be his enemy.
After killing the scattered bandits, Guang Hui was covered in blood, as if he had been soaked in a pool of blood. Two swords were inserted into his waist, and he was holding a human head in one hand. When he saw Zhao Zhen, he threw down his head and saluted: "Master of the village, these two birds, the scarred face and the thin monkey just hit the hands of the Sa family. They were all sent away by the Sa family. Here is the head on the neck."
Zhao Zhen was overjoyed and praised: "Brother Guanghui is really brave." From then on, everyone called Guanghui Xue Toutuo.
After hearing Guang Hui's words, Zhao Zhen immediately raised the flag of recognition, called for surrender and accepted the rebels, and also ordered the three Ruans to patrol the surrounding areas in their boats to prevent even a single boat from escaping. Zhao Zhen led a team of troops, with Guang Hui as the vanguard and Jiao Ting as the guard, and went straight to Wanzi City occupied by Scarface.
The three dangerous passes on the road are all unguarded, and there are many flags and equipment scattered around. Wanzi City is also defenseless. The grass bandits who escaped have long been frightened and just packed up their belongings. Several groups are at the warehouse. In a confrontation, a group of scar-faced henchmen stopped the defeated troops from looting. When I heard the officers and soldiers entering the city, they dispersed.
Zhao Zhen stayed behind in person and asked Guang Hui to lead a group of people to seize the village where Shou Hou was occupying. Seize the granaries and warehouses and don't let the defeated troops loot them. All the tribes raise their flags of recognition and recruit surrenders and rebels.
At noon, the three camps were stabilized, and the information was compiled. In addition to the three captured men and horses of Mangy Turtle, Scarface, and Slender Monkey, there were many other young grass bandits who had no way to escape when the surrounding waters were blocked. Come and surrender.
All are recorded in the statistics, and sixty-seven people were killed. Most of them were killed by Guanghui's counterattack in the sneak attack on the water village and outside the water village. The rest were all frightened when they saw Guanghui. For a while, Guanghui's name of Xue Toutuo spread with the defeated troops and spread throughout Shuibo Liangshan.
Three hundred and thirty-seven people were captured, and the swords, guns and clubs were collected to no avail. There are no statistics on the rest. There are still small groups of grass bandits scattered in the mountains and forests. Zhao Zhen arranged for prisoners to lead the team and gradually clear them up.
(End of this chapter)