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Chapter 25 of the Four Famous Works "Water Margin": Flea Thieves on the Drum

author:Ran Hong Yi Man Sanwei Book House
Chapter 25 of the Four Famous Works "Water Margin": Flea Thieves on the Drum

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After the fall of Gao Tang Prefecture and the shaking of the imperial court, Gao Li, in order to avenge his brother, defended the famous general Hu Yanzhuo and Hu Yanzhuo defeated Liangshan Qunxiong with a series of horses. In order to break the chain of horses, Song Jiang sent Shi to the capital to steal the lock armor in order to lure Xu Ning up the mountain.

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Gao Lian was killed, Gao Tang Prefecture fell, and the governors of Dongchang and Guanzhou were busy writing forms to declare to the imperial court. When Lieutenant Gao heard that the good man of Liangshan had killed his brother Gao Lian, he went to see the emperor. After hearing this, the emperor was shocked, and immediately issued a holy decree, urgently ordering Lieutenant Gao to select a general to transfer troops and go to encircle and suppress it.

Gao Taiwei strongly recommended Hu Yanzan, the grandson of Hu Yanzhuo, the famous general of Hedong, the founding hero of the Great Song Dynasty, as a general in command of soldiers and horses, and this person made two copper whips, had the courage of ten thousand men, and had many elite soldiers under him. Crown Prince Huizong saw that Hu Yanzhuo had a list of talents, so he gave him a horse that kicked Xuewuya.

Hu Yan thanked Long En and accompanied Gao Taiwei to the Palace of the Commander to discuss the siege of Liangshan Po. Hu Yanzhuo also defended the ChenZhou regiment to train envoys, known as the Yusheng general Han Tao as the vanguard, the Yingzhou regiment as the training envoy, and the Tianmu general Peng Xuan as the fu vanguard. Lieutenant Gao listened to the great joy and let the three of them go to the Beijing Division's armor and armor warehouse, arbitrarily selected armor and weapons, and led three thousand war horses. It was determined that within half a month, in the Runing round, the three roads of people and horses would slaughter Liang Shanbo in a mighty way.

The leaders of Liangshan Po learned of the battle report and were busy discussing strategies to meet the enemy. Wu Yong said: "I heard that the commander of the leading army this time, Hu Yanzhuo, was a famous general in Hedong who was a founding hero, and this person was skilled in martial arts, so that two steel whips had the courage of ten thousand men, and we should first use force to oppose, and then use wisdom to capture." ”

After Song Jiang listened, he laid down five formations of men and horses, ordering Qin Ming to take the lead, Leopard Head Lin Chong to fight the second line, Xiao Li GuanghuaRong to fight the third line, Yizhang Qinghu Andanniang to fight the fourth line, and sick lieutenant Chi Sun Li to fight the fifth line, and these five fronts took turns to fight. Song Jiang personally led ten brothers and led the brigade to the rear. The three brothers Li Jun, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun and Ruan Shi took the boat to meet them. Li Kui and Yang Lin were also asked to lead the infantry and ambush and rescue them in two ways. After the deployment is completed, only wait for the arrival of the officers and troops.

After waiting for a day, I saw the arrival of the officers and soldiers. Hu Yanzhuo ordered "General Yum" Han Tao as the vanguard, "Tianmu General" Peng Xuan as the rear army, and himself as the main general of the Chinese army. The two armies faced each other, and the drums of war were beaten. Pioneer Han Tao scolded Qin Ming. Qin Ming was a person with an anxious personality, and where he could accommodate it, he waved his wolf's tooth stick and slapped his horse to fight Han Tao. Twenty rounds of the two-man battle, Han Tao could not resist. Hu Yan saw that Han Tao could not fight Qin Ming, so he danced with a double whip and clapped his horse to rush.

At this time, the second group of leopard head Lin Rush rushed to the front of the battle and went straight to Hu Yanzhuo, and the two fought until fifty rounds, regardless of victory or defeat. The third group of xiao Li Guanghuarong lined up under the door, shouting to arrest Hu Yanzhuo, and Lin Chong plucked the horse and left. Hu Yanzhuo, seeing That Lin Chong was strong in martial arts, also returned to the home front. At this time, the Tianmu general Peng Xuan went to battle and scolded Hua Rong.

Hua Rong was furious and did not answer, so he engaged Peng Xuan. At this time, the fourth and fifth groups of Liangshan also came forward to participate in the battle. The five tiger generals used the wheel warfare method to defeat the officers and soldiers, and all relied on Hu Yanzhuo to fight hard.

Peng Xuan bullied Yizhang Qingqi Sanniang as a female general, and he wanted to make a contribution. Yi Zhangqing lured Peng Xuan to the bottom of the hillside, and when he saw Peng Xuan approaching on horseback, he twisted his body, threw out the red brocade noose, put Peng Xuan off the horse, and captured Peng Xuan alive. Song Jiang looked at it and applauded.

Hu Yan saw that Peng Xuan had been captured, so he went to the rear army to urge the army and horses to kill them all. Song Jiang pointed his whip, and ten leaders led soldiers to kill them, and Hu Yanzhuo hurriedly collected the military horses.

It turned out that Hu Yanzhuo used a series of horses, each horse wore a vest, the man was draped in iron armor, the horse only showed four hooves, and the man only showed a pair of eyes. Although there are also vests on the Song Jiang Formation, they are only red masks, which cannot be compared. Liangshan Junma saw a sharp arrow coming from the opposite side, so he did not dare to approach. Song Jiang hurriedly called Jin to collect his troops, and Hu Yanzhuo also retreated twenty miles to the village.

Song Jiang collected his troops, returned to Dazhai, saw his men kidnapping Peng Xuan and came over, got up to drink the retired sergeant, personally untied Peng Xuan, helped him into the tent, treated him with courtesy, and elaborated on the reason why the good men of Liangshan were forced to liangshan. Peng Xuan was deeply moved and willing to return to the cottage, and Song Jiang was overjoyed.

Hu Yanzhuo returned to Dazhai, discussed the war with Han Tao, and agreed to use a series of horses to attack the Liangshan thieves, and put three thousand horses in a row, every thirty horses for a company, and locked with iron rings. If you encounter an enemy army, shoot with arrows from a distance, shoot with a gun at close range, and rush straight past. Three thousand horse armies, divided into a group locked, five thousand infantry in the rear to respond. The plan has been decided, just waiting for tomorrow to fight.

The next day, Song Jiang divided the army and horses into five teams in the front, and the rear army was led by ten generals, and ambushed on both sides of the road. Qin Ming took the lead and shouted that Yan Yan would go to war. But the opposing side only shouted and did not come out to fight. Song Jiang was suspicious in his heart, and secretly issued an order to tell the military horses to retreat. Suddenly, there was a series of cannons in the opposing formation, and a large number of warhorses rushed straight over, firing arrows at both sides, and using long guns in the middle. Song Jiang was horrified and hurriedly ordered the sergeant to cast a bow and arrow, but where could he resist? Each team of thirty horses ran forward in unison, and the chain of horses swept across the mountains and rampaged over.

The five teams of soldiers and horses in front of Liangshan could not be stopped, and the men and horses in the back could not avoid it, so they had to escape each other. Song Jiang hurriedly flew away, and there were ten generals guarding him. Another group of horses chased after them, but fortunately Li Kui and Yang Lin came out of the reeds and saved Song Jiang. When they reached the water's edge, li jun, Zhang Heng and others responded. Song Jiang hurriedly boarded the ship and passed down the general order, allowing the ship to receive the generals separately. The horse chased him to the water's edge and fired a volley of arrows. Fortunately, there were shields on the Liangshan ship, so it did not hurt many people. Song Jiang waited on the shore, the whole point of people and horses, the loss of most of the half, fortunately the leader is there.

After a while, Shi Yong, Shi Qian, Sun Xin, and Gu Dajie all fled to the mountain and said, "The infantry under the mountain rushed over and flattened the shop houses, and if there were no ships to meet us, I was afraid that we would be caught by the officers and soldiers." ”

Song Jiang comforted one by one. Chao Gai learned of the situation and went down the mountain with Wu to inquire about the situation. Song Jiang's brow was furrowed, and his face was worried.

Chao Gai ordered: The water army held the fence ships, saved the beachhead, guarded day and night, and advised Song Jiang to go up the mountain first to rest for a while. Song Jiang refused to go up the mountain to rest, and only camped in the Duckbill Beach Village, allowing the injured leader to go up the mountain to recuperate.

Hu Yanzhuo returned to Dazhai after a great victory, rewarded the large and small soldiers, and then sent people to the Beijing Division to report the victory. Lieutenant Gao was sitting in the Palace Marshal's Mansion, and when he heard the report, his heart was overjoyed. The next day, Tianzi gave Huyan ten bottles of imperial wine, a brocade robe, and 100,000 yuan.

Lieutenant Gao sent people to the barracks to treat the three armies, and Hu Yanzhuo put wine to entertain the envoys, and the envoys asked in detail about the battle situation, and Hu Yanzhuo said: "Liangshan Po is surrounded by water on all sides, and there is no way to enter, unless it is attacked with artillery." There is a gunner in Tokyo, Ling Zhen, known as "thunder in the sky", this person is good at building artillery, where the stone cannon falls, the sky collapses, and the mountain falls and the stone cracks. Ling Zhen is proficient in martial arts and skilled in bow horses. If you want to break the nest of the Liangshan thieves, you must send this person to tomorrow. ”

The envoy returned to the Beijing Division, met with Lieutenant Gao, and told the reason why Hu Yanzhuo requested the addition of a gunner, Ling Zhen. Lieutenant Gao immediately gave the order to summon the gunner Ling Zhen. It turned out that this Ling Zhen's ancestral home was Yanling, and he was the first gunner of the Song Dynasty, known as "Booming Thunder". After Ling Zhen obtained the high order, he immediately went to huyan's army, carrying a lot of pyrotechnic ammunition and various artillery. After meeting Hu Yanzhuo, he inquired about the distance and the steep place of the cottage, and arranged for three kinds of cannon stones to attack: the first was the wind cannon, the second was the golden wheel cannon, and the third was the mother-son cannon. Ordered the sergeant to set up the fort and prepare to fire the cannon.

Song Jiang was discussing with the military master Wu Yong on the small village on the Yazui Beach about how to break the line, and someone reported: "Tokyo has sent a new gunner named Booming Thunder Lingzhen to set up a gun mount at the water's edge and prepare to shell the water village." ”

After listening, the crowd felt that the cottage was surrounded by water on all sides, the river was full of discouragement, the shore was far away, and the shelling was not terrible. Therefore, it was decided to abandon the Duckbill Beach Village first, and then discuss. Chao Gai, Song Jiang, and others had just arrived at the Juyi Hall when they heard the sound of cannons under the mountain. I saw that the officers and men fired three cannons in a row, two of which hit the water and one of which hit the small village by the duckbill beach. When the leaders saw this, they were shocked, and Song Jiang was even more worried in his heart.

Wu Yong said, "Only by luring Ling Zhen to the water's edge and catching him first can we discuss the method of breaking the formation." Then he said his own plan, and sent Li Jun, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, and San Ruan to act according to the plan, and Zhu Tong and Zhang Heng answered on the shore.

The six leaders of the water army took the general order and divided them into two teams: Li Jun and Zhang Hengxian took forty or fifty water-capable people, set up two fast boats, and explored the way from the depths of the reeds, and Zhang Shun and San Ruan led more than forty boats behind them to respond. Li Jun and Zhang Heng went up to the opposite shore and first went to the side of the gun rack to shout and overturn the gun mount.

The sergeant hurriedly reported to Ling Zhen. Ling Zhen took the wind cannon, got on his horse and took the gun, and rushed over with more than a thousand people. Li Jun and Zhang Heng turned around and fled. Ling Zhen chased to the edge of the reed beach and saw more than forty boats lined up there. There were more than a hundred sailors, but they did not row the boats. As soon as Ling Zhen arrived with the men and horses, Li Jun, Zhang Heng and the other sailors jumped into the water together, and as soon as Ling Zhen saw it, he came to grab the ship. At this time, Zhu Tong and Lei Heng were shouting and beating drums on the opposite shore, and Ling Zhen snatched many ships, so he asked all the sergeants to board the ships and kill them.

As soon as the boat reached the center of the lake, I saw Zhu Tong and Lei Heng on the shore sounding gongs again, and three or four hundred sailors drilled out under the water to overthrow the ship. The officers all fell into the water, and Ling Zhen was also thrown into the water. Under the water, Ruan Xiao'er hugged Ling Zhen and dragged him straight to the shore. A leader on the shore had already responded, tied up Ling Zhen, and untied himself on the mountain. Half of the officers and men in the water were drowned, half captured alive, and very few escaped.

Hu Yanzhuo learned of the situation and rushed to lead the horse to arrive. At this time, Liangshan's boats all crossed the duckbill beach, the arrows could not shoot, and there was no one to see, Hu Yan sighed with hatred for a while, and had to lead the people and horses back.

The leaders captured Ling Zhen alive and untied the cottage. Song Jiang led the leader of the cottage down to the second pass to greet him, saw Ling Zhen, and hurriedly untied the rope, complaining that the crowd was rude to Ling Zhen. Ling Zhen thanked him for not killing. When they arrived at the cottage, they saw that Peng Xuan had become the leader of Liangshan, and Ling Zhen was speechless.

Peng Xuan advised Ling Zhen: "The two leaders of Chao Gai and Song Jiang took the place of Tianxingdao, recruited Haojie, waited for Zhao'an, and contributed to the country, so we had to accept our fate and submit to Liangshan." ”

Song Jiang also repeatedly persuaded, Ling Zhen replied: "It doesn't matter if I am here alone, how come my family is in The Beijing Division, if someone tells Gao Li that my family will be brutally killed, what should I do?" Song Jiang said, "Please rest assured General Ling, in a few days, I will pick them up to reunite with you." The next day, while drinking, Song Jiang and others discussed a strategy to break the chain of horses. Only to see the golden leopard Tang Long stood up and said: "The ancestors of the little people made a living by building weapons, and it was because of this craft that their father did Yan'an Zhizhai." If you want to break the chain horse, you must use a hook and sickle gun. My family has ancestral traditions, there are paintings in it, as long as you build it according to the picture, you can use it. Although I can build it, I can't use it, only my uncle and cousin Xu Ning can use it. He worked as a teacher in the Golden Gun Class in Tokyo. This hook and sickle gun method, which only he has a godhead will make, is handed down from the ancestors and is not passed on to outsiders. If you want to break the chain of horses, you have to ask Xu Ning to go up the mountain. ”

Lin Chong asked, "Could it be that your cousin is Xu Ning, the teacher of the Golden Gun Class?" ”

Tang Long replied, "It is this person." It turned out that when Lin Chong was in Tokyo, he was good with Xu Ning, and he knew that he was unique in the world with the golden gun method and the hook and sickle gun method.

Lin Chong asked, "It's just that he is serving in the capital, how can I call him up the mountain?" ”

Tang Long said: "Xu Ning's ancestors left behind an heirloom, called Yan Ling's lock armor, worn on the body, light and strong, and the knife and gun could not penetrate. There were many noble princes who wanted to take a look, but Xu Ning refused. This pair of goose feather lock armor was his life, and it was packed in a leather box and hung on the beam in the bedroom. If he could bring this pair of chainmails, he would come here. ”

Wu Yong said: "If this is the case, this will be easy to do, so let the drum on the flea time move away." ”

Shi Qian said, "As long as there is something, I can take it." After some planning and discussing a good plan, the leaders sent Shi Qian down the mountain first, and then arranged for Yang Lin to go to Yingzhou to pick up the Peng Xuan family, Xue Yong to Tokyo to pick up Ling Zhen's family, Li Yun and others, and at the same time went to Tokyo to buy some pyrotechnics and other materials for Ling Zhen to use as cannons. He also ordered Tang Long to build a hook and sickle gun to make a mold. When the arrangement was stopped, the people bid farewell to the wine, and Dai Zong went down the mountain to inquire about the news and passed it back and forth.

Shi Qian left Liangshan and went to Tokyo to find out Xu Ning's address. Shi Qian looked at the front and back doors, only to see a high wall with two small buildings. After watching for a while, he went to the neighborhood again and asked about Xu Ning's whereabouts. At night, Shi Qian hid in a large cypress tree near Xu Ning's house, only to see Xu Ning walking towards home, and then saw two servants in Xu Ning's house carrying lanterns out, lock the door, and go home separately.

Shi Qian quietly slipped down from the tree and arrived at Xu Ning's house without a little effort. Shi Qian looked into the house from the window, and saw that there was a large leather box tied to the beam, bows and arrows, waist knives and various clothes hanging at the door of the bedroom, and he overheard that Tomorrow Heavenly Son was driving the Dragon Rune Palace, and Xu Ning had to get up early to serve.

Around the fourth change, Xu Ning got up to wash up, ate a meal, and sure enough, he carried his baggage and went out with a flower gun. Shi Qian took the opportunity to come out from under the kitchen table and went upstairs, hiding his body on the beam.

When the two maidens closed the door, took off their clothes and slept, Shi Qian blew out the lamp with a reed pipe on the beam, gently untied the leather box from the beam, and was about to come down, but Xu Ning's wife heard the movement and was busy inquiring about the yakuza. Shi Qian pretended to be a rat, then slipped down, quietly opened the door of the building, carried a leather box, mixed with the crowd, ran out of the city in one breath, arrived at the guest house, calculated the house money, and went straight to the east. After walking for more than forty miles, they met Dai Zong, and the two of them discussed it for a while, and then decided that Dai Zong would first take the Yanling lock armor back to the cottage, leaving only an empty box for Xu Ning.

Shi Qian swung the empty leather box to the burden, walked twenty miles, and met Tang Long. Tang Long said: "You walk over this road, as long as you see a white powder circle on the door, you can go to the store to buy wine and meat to eat, especially put this leather box in a conspicuous place, and keep a distance of ten miles from me." "Time has passed. Tang Long slowly came to the city of Tokyo.

After dawn, the two ladies got up, only to see the door of the building open, the middle door below, the gate was open, hurriedly looking at the house, but did not lose anything. The two maidens went upstairs and said to the lady, and the lady suddenly remembered the rats calling in the night, so she asked the maiden to see if the leather box was there. The two ladies could not see the leather box and were busy reporting to the lady. Niangzi hurriedly sent someone to the Dragon Rune Palace to report to Xu Ning.

Three or four times in a row, he did not let him in, until dusk, Xu Ning returned home with a golden gun. Hearing that the lock armor was stolen, Xu Ning cried bitterly, not knowing how to be good. The lady said to Xu Ning: "I don't know who stole it, this matter cannot be publicized, it can only be secretly visited." ”

The next day, Xu Ning's family was eating breakfast, and someone reported that Tang Long had come to visit his cousin. Xu Ning invited Tang Long to meet in the living room, and the two inquired about the situation in their respective homes. Xu Ning put wine to entertain Tang Long, and when he drank, Tang Long saw that Xu Ning frowned and had a worried face, so he asked for reasons. Xu Ning sighed and told him about the theft of the lock armor last night.

Tang Long pretended to be surprised and said, "The younger brother was drinking in a village shop forty miles away from the city, and saw a black and thin man carrying a leather box with a white thread tattooed with green clouds, and there was a pattern of a lion rolling a hydrangea in the middle. But this man is a little limp and walks slowly, so why don't we chase him? ”

After Xu Ning listened, he hurriedly changed into hemp shoes, took the waist knife, and Tang Long went out of the city gate and rushed east. Tang Long saw that there was a hotel with a white circle on the wall, so he went in to ask if there was a black skinny man, picked a red sheepskin box to go over, and the owner of the shop replied that there was such a person, carrying a red sheepskin box past. After Xu Ning listened, he was convinced of Tang Long's words. Xu Ning was anxious to find the lock armor in his heart, so he just rushed with Tang Long.

After a few days in a row, seeing that there were only two or more roads away from Liangshan, Li Yun, who came out to meet him, bought some wine and vegetables according to Wu's prior arrangements, put the anesthetic in the wine, and tried to let Xu Ning drink it. Xu Ning drank the medicinal wine and immediately passed out.

The crowd took the opportunity to take Xu Ning to the Zhugui Hotel by car, and then took a boat and landed on the golden beach. Song Jiang led the leaders down the mountain to greet them. At this time, Xu Ning had woken up, opened his eyes to see, was taken aback, and asked Tang Long what was going on. Tang Long was busy telling Xu Ning the truth of the matter. Song Jiang and Lin Chong also came forward to persuade Xu Ning to join Liangshan. Although Xu Ning had the heart to defect to Liangshan, he was afraid of affecting his wife and children at home. Song Jiang was busy arranging for Dai Zong to come down the mountain to pick up Xu Ning's family and come to Liangshan for a reunion.

After ten days, Peng Xuan, Ling Zhen, Xu Ning and other families were taken to the mountain. Xu Ning deeply felt that Chao Gai, Song Jiang and other leaders treated each other with righteousness, so he settled down with peace of mind, while selecting people and horses, while teaching the soldiers to hook and sickle marks. Within half a month, the sergeants had already been trained. Song Jiang and other leaders saw the great joy, discussed strategies to break the enemy, and prepared to face the battle. Song Jiang assigned ten teams of infantry to go first, down the mountain to lure the enemy troops, nine navy leaders drove boats to meet them, Hua Rong, Qin Ming and other six leaders only challenged at the side of the mountain, Xu Ning and Tang Long led the soldiers who would make the hook and sickle gun method to ambush in the reeds, Song Jiang led the Chinese soldiers to command orders across the water, Ling Zhen led people to the high slope to set up artillery, and the rest of the men and horses insisted on the cottage.

Since Hu Yanzhuo lost Peng Xuan and Ling Zhen, he challenged every day at the water's edge of the cottage. However, Song Jiang did not move, and let the leaders of the villages guard the beachheads. Early this morning, Song Jiang's army waved the flag and shouted, calling for a challenge. Hu Yanzhuo ordered Han Tao to be sent to battle first, and then sent a series of armored horses. Hu Yanzhuo was fully clothed, riding a kicking Snow Uya horse, holding up a double whip, and leading a large number of people and horses to kill the Liangshan army horse.

Song Jiang saw it across the water and busied himself with the formation to meet the battle. Hu Yanzhuo swung away from the horse army and first let Han Tao lead the series of horses to rush over.

At this time, Hu Yanzhao saw that there was a group of military horses in the southeast to kill, and saw that a group of people and horses had also been killed in the southwest, and when he looked again, three teams of banners were also erected in the north. Hu Yanzhuo said to Han Tao, "This must be a treacherous plan of thieves, our two soldiers are divided into two roads, I will kill the people and horses in the north, and you will kill the people and horses in the south." "I was about to divide my troops, but I saw four more teams of men and horses coming from the west.

When Hu Yan saw it, his heart was a little panicked. At this time, a series of northern cannons sounded and hit the slope of the earth. The cannon was powerful, and Hu Yanzhuo's army and horses were in chaos without a fight, and they hurriedly clashed with the horse infantry led by Han Tao on all sides. These ten infantry marched east to east and west to west, and Hu Yanzhuo saw the anger and rushed to the north with his troops. When Song Jiang's soldiers and horses saw Hu Yanzhuo leading the men and horses to rush over, they ran wildly into the reeds. Hu Yanzhuo led a large number of horses and rolled to the ground.

The horses ran in unison, unable to contain themselves, and ran wildly into the reeds and the barren forest. At this time, only a whistle was heard, and the hook and sickle guns attacked at the same time, first hooking the feet of the horses on both sides, and the armored horses in the middle could no longer run. The scratching hook hand rushed out, only to tie people in the reeds, Hu Yan saw that he had hit the hook and sickle gun, so he turned back to chase After Han Tao, the wind and artillery behind him shot down, and the hillside was full of infantry chasing. The chains of armor and horses all rolled into the reeds, and all were captured by the Liangshan Po soldiers.

The second general knew that he had already made a plan, so he had to rush to kill him on all four sides, but all the way was the banner of Liangshan Po, so he had to come to the west. After walking five or six miles, I saw two good men blocking the way, one was not blocking Mu Hong, the other was small to block Mu Chun, and the two shouted loudly: "Where to go!" Hu Yan was furious, and the two sides fought for forty or fifty rounds in a row, regardless of victory or defeat. Then there were several ambushes, and Hu Yanzhuo, with his horse's fast whip, rushed left and right, and finally killed a bloody road and ran to the northeast alone.

Song Jiang Mingjin collected his troops and returned to the mountains to reward the three armies. The three thousand armored horses captured were all high-class horses, and if they were not injured, they were sent up the mountain to feed them and serve as mounts. Whoever had his hooves cut off stripped off his skin and armor, stripped of his bones and left the flesh behind, and distributed the meat of the horse to the people. Hu Yanzhuo's five thousand infantry troops, except for those who were killed, were all captured and taken to the cottage. Song Jiang ordered everyone to tear down Hu Yanzhuo's fence, build a small village, and build a hotel house as eyeliner, still calling Sun Xin, Gu Dajie, Shi Yong, and Shi Qian to open shops in two places.

Liu Tang and Du Qian tied Han Tao to the cottage. When Song Jiang saw this, he personally untied the rope for him, treated him with courtesy, and let Peng Xuan and Ling Zhen persuade him to join the company. Han Tao saw that the army was defeated like this, and saw that the good man of Liangshan was so righteous to him, so he agreed to join the company. Song Jiang hurriedly wrote a letter and sent someone to Chen Prefecture to pick up Han Tao's family and come to the cottage to meet. Song Jiang broke through the chain of horses, and won many military horses, armor, etc., and set up a banquet for several days to celebrate. In addition, troops were sent to guard all roads to guard against the officers and men from invading again.

Wait and read chapter 26 of the Water Margin: Song Jiang accepts Hu Yanzhuo

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