The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 381 Unexpected
That night, the whole army cooked and ate their meals. When it was Haishi, Mu Xu ordered the three leaders, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, and Shi Jin, and personally led a thousand infantry to leave the camp in the dark.

Led by two monks, the army passed through a dense forest, climbed over two hills, and arrived at the Fahua Temple.Entering the temple, seeing no monks around, Mu Xu pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Why is there no monk in such a huge temple?"

The monk replied, "Because of being disturbed by the Zeng family, most of the people had no choice but to return to secular life. Now there are only a few elders and attendants living in the monastery tower. Wait a moment, general. The two of us will lead the army around the temple. Go straight to Zengjiazhai."

"Where is that camp?"

"The Zeng family has four camps in the southeast, north and west. It's a coincidence that the Bei village closest to the temple is where they set up their troops."

At that moment, the army rested in Fahua Temple. When the waiting time passed, a monk suddenly said, "I think the enemy army has already rested at this time, so the general can lead the troops with me." After saying that, two monks led the way ahead.

Mu Xu winked at Lu Zhishen and the three of them, and they nodded to show their understanding, and then the army left Fahua Temple.After walking for about five or six miles on the mountain road, the two monks rolled into the grass beside them under the cover of night, and immediately disappeared.

"The whole army should be formed on the spot." Mu Xu had expected this moment, so he didn't panic, and passed the order in an orderly manner.

Sure enough, as soon as Mu Xu gave the order, the golden drums blared from front to back, left and right, and the shouts shook the sky, and there were torches everywhere.At the same time, an arrow flew towards Mu Xu's shoulder. It was too late, but soon, Mu Xu raised his left hand lightly, and held the arrow in his hand.

Mu Xu looked through the light of the fire, but saw Shi Wengong put down the bow and arrow, with a look of disappointment on his face.Mu Xu sneered, not paying attention to it at all, even leisurely, picked up the arrow and looked it over carefully, after finding out that it was an ordinary arrow, he said in a voice that only he could hear,

"I just said that Shi Wengong is not that boring. How could he carve his name on the arrow? Chao Gai was indeed murdered by his own family."

But when Shi Wengong saw that Mu Xu was not plotted against, he was disappointed for a while, and then he cheered up and rushed to kill Liangshan's army.They also sent orders to the left and right to capture Mu Xu alive, obviously with the idea of ​​exchanging Mu Xu for Zeng Kui and Su Ding.

It was also Shi Wengong who deserved this disaster. If he ordered directly and suppressed with archers, not only would his own formation not be disrupted, but it would also cause great damage to Liangshan's army.But he chose the most stupid way, which caused the two armies to fight each other. For a while, the Zeng family's army could not break through the round formation of spears that Mu Xu had set up.

After fighting like this for more than an hour, Shi Wengong couldn't help feeling anxious when he saw that he still couldn't make any meritorious service, but his own family suffered heavy casualties.But before he could think of a way, he saw a rocket rising from the sky, followed by orderly shouts from all around.

Shi Wengong secretly cried out, "It's hard!", and immediately ordered the troops to retreat back to the camp, but before it was too late, he saw that there was nothing he could do, so he had to take a group of cavalry to break out towards the camp, when Yang Zhi led his troops to stop him.

After finally overcoming the siege, there were only a hundred or so people around Shi Wengong, and the more than [-] people who brought to ambush Mu Xu this time were almost wiped out.Under Yang Zhi's pursuit, Shi Wengong fled in embarrassment, and finally saw the camp before being overtaken.

Shi Wengong didn't even have time to take a closer look, so he called the soldiers left behind to open the gate from a distance, and then plunged in.After entering the camp, Shi Wengong took a deep breath, and suddenly heard the sound of a clapper, countless torches were lit all around the camp, he looked through the light of the fire, his heart was cold, why do you think, it turned out that the camp had changed hands at some time ago .

Lin Chong rode out and smiled at Shi Wengong, "Brother, I have been waiting for you for a long time. Now you are desperate, and if you don't get off your horse and surrender, when will you wait?"

Shi Wengong looked around, but he saw countless enemy troops waiting with their bows outstretched. As long as Lin Chong gave an order, more than a hundred of them would turn into hedgehogs in an instant.

"Forget it, it's God's will, so there's nothing like it!" Shi Wengong sighed, got off his horse, threw Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand to the ground, and then closed his eyes and grabbed him.As Shi Wengong gave up resistance, the rest of the Zeng family army also honestly put down their weapons and chose to surrender on the spot.

When Mu Xu arrived at the North Village of the Zeng family, the sky was already bright. Lin Chong welcomed him in and reported, "Brother is really clever. Last night Shi Wengong led all the people out of the camp. There were only three hundred people left in the camp. The little brother didn't bother." Just take down this stronghold, and then wait for Shi Wengong to throw himself into the trap."

"Where is Shi Wengong, are you willing to surrender?" After Mu Xu briefly inspected the camp, he became concerned about Shi Wengong's situation.

Lin Chong smiled wryly, "After he was captured without a fight, no matter what I said, I just didn't say a word."

As he said that, Lin Chong secretly glanced at Mu Xu's expression, and seeing the faint smile on his face, he whispered, "He has always been stubborn, please give me more time, brother, I will persuade you He is honest and obedient."

Mu Xu pondered for a while, then said, "It's okay, you bring him to see me."

Lin Chong clasped his fists in response, and after a while, he personally brought Shi Wengong to the camp hall, but he saw Mu Xu leaning over the desk, pointing at a map with Zhu Wu.

Zhu Wu said, "Father and father of the Zeng family think they are smart. If they concentrate their troops and horses in the main village, they can still fight against me in Liangshan for a while, but they want to guard the fourth village. It seems that they are each other's horns, but in fact they have violated the big taboo of dividing troops. , giving us a chance to defeat them one by one and consume their strength."

Mu Xu nodded and said, "Now that the North Village is in my hands, we only need to pull out the three villages in the east, west and south one by one to encircle Zengtou City." At this point, he suddenly raised his head and asked Shi Wen Respectfully,

"I don't know if Teacher History has taught me?"

Shi Wengong was stunned, his eyes were struggling, and he said in a hoarse voice after a while, "The Zeng family has sent people to ask for help from Dongping Mansion, and the reinforcements are on the way."

The corners of Mu Xu's lips curled up slightly, and he told Lin Chong, "If you don't untie Brother Shi from me, please sit down and talk!"

When Lin Chong saw that Mu Xu didn't even try to persuade him, Shi Wengong voluntarily surrendered, and he was almost overwhelmed with anger, but he spent all his time trying to persuade Shi Wengong and intercede with Mu Xuna.Who would have thought that this fellow had intended to surrender long ago, but he deliberately took Qiao there, obviously because he thought Lin Chong was not enough, and was waiting for Mu Xu to speak in person.

When he came to Shi Wengong's side, Lin Chong gave him a hard look first, and then untied the rope for him with Shi Wengong's sullen expression on his face.

Mu Xu waved his hand to ask the two to sit down, and asked aloud, "Why is Brother Shi so sure that Dongping Mansion will send troops to help?"

Shi Wengong clasped his fists and replied respectfully, "The owner of the village doesn't know something. Cheng Wanli, the governor of Dongping Mansion, has a single daughter. It is said that this girl is beautiful and beautiful, and Cheng Wanli loves her life more than life. In the old year, this woman suddenly suffered from a serious illness. Cheng Wanli, the official judge of the government, couldn't be cured by all the doctors. Finally, he got the news and cured the girl with their Jurchen witch doctor's method.

Because of this, Cheng Wanli was extremely grateful to Zeng Nong, and the two families had been in close contact for the past few years. Thanks to Cheng Wanli's care, the Zeng family was able to maintain a foothold in Zengtou City and set up a black market for selling horses here.Last year when Chen Wenzhao was transferred from the former governor of the government, when Cheng Wanli took over as governor, the Zeng family gave [-] guan in congratulatory gifts alone, so he will definitely send troops to help this time. "

Mu Xu tapped the table with his fingers and fell into deep thought. To be honest, the news provided by Shi Wengong really exceeded his expectations. After all, the original text did not mention this incident. When I was in the market, I didn't see Dongping Mansion coming to help.

But if it is said that Shi Wengong was telling lies, that is not necessarily true. As for Shi Wengong, before attacking Zengtou City, Mu Xu sent secret agents to investigate him thoroughly.How can this person say, before he was employed by the Zeng family, he had sought refuge in the government many times, but his luck was a bit unlucky, coupled with his humble background, no one was willing to employ him.

Because of this encounter, Shi Wengong finally became a master who worked for money.But combined with his past, it is not difficult to find that this person actually has a serious heart for fame and fortune.It was also for this reason that Mu Xu didn't even bother to persuade him to surrender, because he knew that Shi Wengong would definitely surrender.

(End of this chapter)