The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 386 Captured and Robbed
It is said that Zhu Wu was ordered by Mu Xu to find Cheng Wanli to tell the story like that, of course Cheng Wanli didn't want to, but he understood more clearly that a person has to bow his head under the eaves, so he had to reluctantly agree .

It wasn't until Cheng Wanli met the majestic Wu Song and heard from Zhu Wu that Mu Xu held Wu Song in high esteem that he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that the lives of the whole family were finally saved.

Due to the urgency of the matter, Mu Xu personally acted as the officiant the next day, allowing Wu Song to get married in a lively manner.At the wedding banquet that night, Mu Xu and a group of leaders were enjoying themselves drinking, when Shi Qian hurried in from the outside, came to Mu Xu, lowered his body and reported in a low voice,

"Brother, something happened outside. When Chen Da and Yang Chun were escorting gold and silver back to Liangshan, they were ambushed by officers and soldiers of Dongchang Mansion halfway. Chen Da was injured and Yang Chun was captured alive. More than [-] brothers were killed and injured. Silver was also robbed."

When Mu Xu heard this, he was furious. If he hadn't been worried about the wrong occasion, he would have started to shoot the case. It took a long time to suppress his anger, get up and move to a secluded place with time. Zhu Wu and Shi Jin, who were sitting at the same table, listened. Seeing the conversation between the two, worried about the two Shaohuashan brothers, they hurriedly followed.

When the four of them came to the side hall, Shi Qian explained the matter in detail.It turned out that Chen Da and the two escorted the gold and silver. When they passed a place called Panzi Mountain, they suddenly killed a group of ambush soldiers from the mountain depression. The leader was Zhang Qing from Dongchang Mansion's Wuyujian, and two lieutenants under him. Flower Xianghu Gong Wang, Zhongjianhu Ding Desun.

Chen Da was defeated by two people and three people in the battle, and Yang Chun was dismounted by Zhang Qing with a flying stone, and he captured him.

"Brother, Chen Da and the two brothers are not to blame for this matter. If I hadn't stayed for the wedding banquet, I should have been in charge of escorting and capturing them this time. If my brother wants to be punished, Shi Jin is willing to replace them."

After Shi Qian finished speaking, Shi Jin saw Mu Xu's uneasy expression, and hurriedly took the initiative to plead guilty.

Zhu Wu also knew that Chen Da and the two had made a big mistake this time. If they followed the Liangshan military law formulated by Mu Xu, they would be decapitated if they were serious, or they would have to be beaten with a hundred military sticks and then dismissed from military posts.But thinking about the past friendship, he could only bite the bullet and beg for mercy,
"Villager, Xiaosheng heard that Zhang Qing, who has no feathers and arrows, is extremely skilled in martial arts. It is understandable that Chen Da and Chen Da are no match for him."

Of course Mu Xu knew how powerful Zhang Qing was. After all, he was one of the eight hussars in Liangshan in the original text, and ranked sixteenth.

When Song Jiang attacked Dongchang Mansion, Zhang Qing showed off his flying stone stunts, and even beat golden gunner Xu Ning, Jinmaohu Yanshun, Baisheng general Han Tao, Tianmu general Peng Qi, ugly county Ma Xuanzan, double whip Hu Yanzhuo, red hair ghost Liu Tang , Yang Zhi, the green-faced beast, Zhu Dian, the bearded man, Lei Heng the winged tiger, Guan Sheng with the big sword, Dong Ping, the two-spear general, Suo Chao, the vanguard, and other fifteen Liangshan generals, and captured Liu Tang back to the city.

In the end, if it hadn't been for Wu Yong's plan to go to the waterway to rob food, he would not have been captured by the three heroes of the Ruan family.It can be said that with this flying stone, Zhang Qing is enough to be ranked among the top five generals. At least in terms of record, he is much better than Dong Ping.

Hearing Zhu Wu and Shi Jin's intercession, Mu Xu took a deep breath, waved his hands and said, "You don't need to say anymore, I am also responsible for this loss. Speaking of our delay in Dongping Mansion for so long, I should have thought about it in advance. Surrounding state capitals should not turn a blind eye."

At this point, he changed his voice and continued, "But as a general, why don't you send more scouts when you are leading the army? I have made up my mind. Chen Da and Yang Chun can be spared the crime of death, but they cannot escape the crime of living. Impunity is not enough." Convince the public. However, considering the pleading of the military advisor and Brother Shi, we will punish the two with fifty army sticks each, and demote them to one level to see the effect."

After thinking about it, I added another sentence, "After Yang Chun is rescued, I will execute it together."

Hearing Mu Xu's decision, both Zhu Wu and Wu heaved a sigh of relief, and secretly thanked Mu Xu for his mercy.

"Something is wrong. Panzi Mountain is located between Dongping Mansion, Liangshanbo, and Dongchang Mansion. Why did Zhang Qing appear there for no reason and rob me of Liangshan's things?"

It was Zhu Wu who suddenly raised a question. After careful consideration, Mu Xu also noticed the problem, and hurriedly asked Shi Qian, "What did Chen Da say, how many soldiers and horses did Zhang Qing bring?"

Shi Qian replied, "According to what Chen Da said, the three of Zhang Qing only brought an army of one thousand horses, without infantry and luggage."

Zhu Wu heard what Shi Qian said, and immediately concluded, "It seems that Zhang Qing didn't come to rescue Dongping Mansion. His actions may be just a temporary intention."

Although Mu Xu was nodding on his face, he was extremely displeased in his heart. He never expected that Shi Qian would omit such important information, which almost made him make a misjudgment.

Immediately, he secretly made up his mind to set up another intelligence system after returning home, and let Shi Qian's department be responsible for spying on the military situation in the future, and ignore everything else.

"If that's the case, then if we want to save Brother Yang Chun, don't we want to attack Dongchang Mansion?" Shi Jin asked.

Mu Xu took a few steps and decided, "The order will go on and the camp will be pulled out in the future. This time, the troops will be divided into two groups. One will be led by me personally, responsible for escorting the spoils of war. The other will be led by the army division, and will first fight with Zengtou City troops. Let's meet up and head back to the mountain."

Zhu Wu immediately understood that Mu Xu wanted to use himself as a bait to see if Zhang Qing would come to plunder again, and he hurriedly objected, "No, the village master's move is too big, why don't you send a few leaders to go, The Lord still sits in the middle of the army.”

Mu Xu shook his head and refused, "In terms of martial arts, there are many people who are stronger than Zhang Qing in Liangshan, but everyone is not familiar with that guy's flying stone, and it is very easy to lose in the first match. It is safest to let me do it myself."

Zhu Wu and the others persuaded him for a while, but Mu Xu was unmoved. Seeing this situation, Zhu Wu had no choice but to say, "Since the village owner has made up his mind, he should bring more leaders and more soldiers."

Mu Xu still refused, "No, if I bring too many troops, even if Zhang Qing gets the news, he will definitely not dare to act rashly, so this trip only needs [-] horsemen and [-] soldiers from the supply battalion. As for the leader, Let Coach Lin and Teacher Shi accompany you."

"How can elder brother forget younger brother? Then Chen Da and Yang Chun were my former brothers?" Seeing that Mu Xu didn't choose his general, Shi Jin recommended himself immediately.

One more person or one less person has little effect on this trip. Mu Xu has nothing to do, so he complied with Shi Jin, and then he explained to several people, and asked them to pass on his general order tomorrow. Wu Song's happy event was ruined.

At that moment, the few people returned to the main hall as if nothing had happened, so as to finish the wedding banquet.During the banquet, Mu Xu held back a lot of wine for Wu Song, and joked that Wu Song must be allowed to enter the bridal chamber smoothly, which made the tiger-fighting hero blush with shame.

A group of good men made a fuss for the whole night, until dawn the next day, when everyone learned of Mu Xu's general order, they hurriedly went to prepare or not to mention it.

On the third day, when everything was ready, Mu Xu was sent off by all the leaders, led Lin Chong and three thousand troops, escorted the rest of the seized horses, left the west gate of Dongping Mansion, and went straight to Liangshan Po. .

In order to prevent further accidents, Mu Xu would send scouts to investigate every dangerous place along the way, and only after confirming that there was no sign of trouble would he order the team to move on.

With such care, the road was safe and sound. After traveling for more than six days, the team finally arrived near Panzi Mountain.Mu Xu immediately ordered the whole army to stop advancing, and he personally took the scouts to check the main roads.

After searching all the places where ambush could be set up, but no trace of any enemy troops was found, Mu Xu couldn't help but secretly said,

"Could it be that Zhang Qing didn't get the news, or did he choose to accept it? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be. They robbed such a large amount of property before, and there is no reason to let go of this fat meat. Could it be that something happened in the middle?" trouble?"

Mu Xu brought the scouts back to the formation, thinking again and again that he couldn't make the point, so he had to order all the luggage to be concentrated in the center of the team. He led [-] riders in front, Shi Jin led [-] riders in the rear, Lin Chong and Shi Wengong each led [-] guards about.

But he said that the team passed Panzi Mountain without any danger. After walking forward for half a day, they came to a fork in the road, and there was a grove of locust trees beside the road.Mu Xu stood on his horse and looked around, but seeing birds hovering in the forest, he immediately ordered the whole army to stop and formed a battle formation.

Mu Xu's guess was right, that Zhang Qing did want to repeat the same trick, but this time he deliberately chose the ambush location behind Panzi Mountain, intending to take advantage of Liangshan's army and horses relaxing their vigilance to catch them by surprise.

(End of this chapter)