In June, the collapse of the entire Liangshan was initially like an undercurrent hidden beneath the water, then it rapidly expanded. The whole process didn't last long, and before many people had fully understood the truth of the matter, the cruel reality was already thrust upon everyone. Search: (Wan Ben Shen Zhan) to read high-quality literature for free.

From the afternoon of June 11th, when Wu Yong and others learned what the opposite side was doing, rumors had already quietly spread throughout Liangshan, secretly eroding the darkness in people's hearts. In the early hours of June 12th, more than a dozen people were intercepted trying to sneak onto Liangshan under the cover of night. It was impossible to estimate how many people hadn't been intercepted or had already infiltrated the stronghold through various connections.

The whole story of the battle at Dulong Gang, the reasons for the enemy's attack, the dreadfulness of their methods, and the resoluteness of their will, spread uncontrollably on Liangshan in the following days. In the Dulong Gang battle, at most, the more than five hundred people released chose to wait and see, but this time, the number of people who truly chose to stand with the enemy out of fear was probably more than half.

Only a few people actively chose to be honest or expose themselves at General Ridge and Wan Family Ridge. In these times, those who could make a living in the greenwoods or travel hundreds or thousands of miles to seek a job were generally more astute than ordinary people. Whether they surrendered or not, the best policy was to ensure their identities were hidden so they could advance or retreat as needed. The enemy had lifted the siege of Dulong Gang in three days. If they really attacked Liangshan, could they really run to fight to the death?

Those who chose to wait and see were actually breeding grounds for betrayal. As powerless individuals, they could only sneak back to Liangshan first, even if they didn't do anything bad, they could at least arrange for their families. And once they were intercepted and realized that the higher-ups might use them as scapegoats, they could only desperately protest their innocence, while emphasizing the course of the Dulong Gang battle, the horror of the enemy, and the helplessness of their plans.

"We haven't betrayed Liangshan, we just wanted to come back early. They're serious over there, we don't want to be suspected, we have to sneak back, otherwise what else can we do..."

These people had relatives and friends on Liangshan. Once the whole situation was explained, their friends and brothers couldn't let them go, but in a sense, they could only understand their actions. And the next day, it was said that even more brothers had sneaked back, but the number of people intercepted was less. It was said that some mid-level leaders had taken pity and secretly let them go.

Among the more than one thousand people released, those who had carefully considered and chosen their side, after returning to Liangshan and seeing this situation, understood even more that only a more chaotic situation could give them a chance to survive. The frequency with which they secretly and privately discussed matters and rumors with the people around them gradually increased.

In the first two or three days, the troublesome things were not limited to these. In the Wan Family Ridge area, the Liangshan soldiers who had initially been separated from their units were mixed with the returned prisoners. After realizing that they were being isolated, people's hearts began to waver. Many of them were still loyal to Liangshan and actively came to explain the situation, but their families were also on Liangshan. If they were isolated and suspected, what was the point? And more were soldiers who had truly fallen behind on the road and then came over. These soldiers felt innocent and began to complain. Among them were many who were fishing in troubled waters...

When one person made a fuss, others who saw them as brothers would start speaking up. The slight sense of awareness that had formed on Liangshan due to fear had completely collapsed at this time. The whole process only took two or three days. Some people were whispering about how many people had privately surrendered to the government, and whether their neighbors would turn their knives on them when the government soldiers attacked. Although more people were still confused and thinking "What's going on?" "Things aren't that bad, are they?", the words of the clever people were already able to dominate the direction of the whole situation.

And as time passed beyond June 11th, at the high levels of Liangshan, the thoughts of Song Jiang, Wu Yong, and others gradually began to become blurred. Everyone knew that the current decision-making level on Liangshan was inevitably undergoing tremendous pressure and torment. This could be seen from the mental states of Song Jiang, Wu Yong, and others in the following days. The terror of a conspiracy lies in the fact that once it truly takes shape, the situation is like a snowball rolling down a snow mountain, beyond the ability of human beings to stop. If you really want to solve it, you will inevitably need equally extreme and intense methods, but almost no one can find them at the moment.

From the outside, after the initial hesitation, Song Jiang and others did several things that they were forced to do. They began to recall all the troops from Wan Family Ridge after June 13th, and the Liangshan defense line contracted in the most conservative manner. Song Jiang made several speeches to boost morale, but they didn't have much effect. However, after the speeches, he released all the brothers who had sneaked back to the mountain and the soldiers who had been isolated at Wan Family Ridge, because there was no way to deal with them at the moment, so he could only not deal with them.

At the same time, Liangshan was also holding Buddhist ceremonies for their fallen comrades. Originally, such ceremonies could arouse the hatred of their comrades, but at this time, the results were mixed. The hatred of some people could indeed be stirred up, but on the other hand, it further confirmed the disastrous defeat at Dulong Gang.

They strengthened the defense and military discipline of Liangshan with orders, but in fact, it was too late. Some sensitive quarrels and frictions began to appear on Liangshan from the 13th and 14th, and began to brew a storm.

In the midst of this chaotic situation, Ning Yi, who was outside the Liangshan Marsh, had not stopped what he was doing for several days. On the one hand, he sent people from Dulong Gang to spread the news of Liangshan's defeat to the surrounding villages, mountain strongholds, and caravans, describing Zheng Biao's previous cruel methods and creating a feeling of animosity that everyone was pushing the wall that was about to fall. On the other hand, he was also visiting the prefects and magistrates of several nearby cities, sending money and merit, while also emphasizing Qin Xiang's seriousness about the matter. And the situation on Liangshan was occasionally passed out through different channels.

"It's strange, these guys look like they've accepted their fate and aren't doing anything special. How can they save Liangshan?"

The carriage traveled on the official road. A table was set up inside the carriage, surrounded by Ning Yi, Wang Shanyue, Qi Xinhan, and Su Wenyu.整理着传过来的情报，齐新翰将手中的文告扔到桌子上，对于事态发展颇为奇怪。 Wang Shanyue also frowned, "We don't know what's happening in secret, but they can't rectify anything now, appeasement is useless, and it's not even easy to let people go down the mountain. There are at least hundreds or thousands of brothers inside who are ready to take knives to their own people when the chaos rises. I really can't think of what they can do... otherwise, are they looking for other reinforcements? For example, Tian Hu, who defeated the Wu Rui Camp in the first battle?"

After saying this, he looked at Ning Yi, who was also thinking. He looked at Su Wenyu: "Wenyu, what do you think?"

Su Wenyu was one of the Su family members who was being trained to join the group. He had always been relatively low-key. At this time, he frowned and said, "I think... they won't think of relying on Tian Hu at this time, will they? But I can't think of what they're going to do. Second brother-in-law, if it were you, what would you do?"

Ning Yi held those things and thought for a while: "Wu Yong and Zhu Wu together are still not to be underestimated, but in this situation, I think they want to cut off their own arm to save the body."

"At this time... how to cut it off?"

"I'm just guessing, but they can't push forward in this situation anymore. The harder they push, the more likely they are to be completely annihilated. Once they really realize this, I'm afraid they won't dare to push anymore. In the current situation, their only way out is not in how to break it, because they can't break it, so they can only follow the situation and extract themselves from it. If they are so decisive, it will be the most troublesome thing for us..."

Ning Yi paused, and the others still looked blank. He laughed: "Think about why the morale of the army is wavering. Whether it's the leaders surrendering, or internal chaos, or someone eyeing them covetously, or if Hunyuan Pili Hand Lei Feng is too powerful, to sum it up to the most fundamental point, everyone is worried that if Liangshan really falls, they won't be able to survive. Now if I were Song Jiang, Wang Shanyue, if you want to live, you can kill Qi Xinhan. You guys don't have that strong will to kill me, even if killing me can get you an official position. If you make this clear, that's cutting off your own arm to save the body."

He didn't explain it very clearly, and looked at Su Wenyu. The few of them were stunned for a moment. Wang Shanyue said, "Impossible, right? You don't mean to say that he wants to let the situation develop, in that case, Liangshan... Liangshan will really be finished."

"When they withdrew their troops from Dulong Gang, it could only be regarded as a gecko breaking its tail to escape. The real act of cutting off one's own arm to save the body has to be painful, so painful that people want to die." Ning Yi shook his head and smiled, "If they can think of it, be decisive enough, and have enough ability to execute it, it will be the most troublesome thing for us. Su Wenyu, think more about it, and tell me why this is the most troublesome thing..."

As he said this, he assigned homework. Su Wenyu twitched his lips and nodded helplessly: "Ah..."

Wang Shanyue and Qi Xinhan laughed in the carriage, but they were also thinking about what Liangshan would do in their hearts. Putting themselves in the position of Song Jiang and Wu Yong was indeed a very headache-inducing thing. Over there, Ning Yi was sorting out the data: "No matter what, next... we have to prepare for war."

Above Liangshan, Song Jiang, Wu Yong, and others were indeed very troubled at this moment.

On June 15th, a small-scale brawl appeared on Liangshan. The cause of the brawl was a friction between two families that had always been at odds, which eventually led to dozens of people on each side hacking at each other. The situation was brought under control, and seven or eight people had already been injured. This was actually under mutual restraint. Although no one had died, when the matter was reported to the Hall of Righteousness, Song Jiang, who was sitting in the chair, was still grasping the armrest of the chair so hard that it creaked, unable to say a word.

Taking this incident as a starting point, large and small frictions and brawls broke out frequently afterwards, and then people began to disappear. Large and small leaders were running around trying to stabilize the situation, and then the suspicion between the leaders was actually escalating. The body of "Flying Heavenly Saint" Li Gun was found in the Liangshan grain, and it was obvious that the mole who killed Li Gun had later brought the body back. Xiang Chong and Fan Rui brothers wept when they saw it, and pointed at Li Kui in the Hall of Righteousness: "You see now! My brother is not a mole!" Li Kui was speechless at the time.

But in fact, everyone understood who the mastermind and leader behind pushing things to this point was.

Ning Yi, Ning Liheng, at this time, even the most steadfast diehards on Liangshan had to realize that those past grudges that had occurred in Suzhou had brought unbearable pain to Liangshan at this time, and this person's revenge was far from over.

A mountain stronghold against one person, eventually leading to such a state...

In the following days, the situation deteriorated. On June 19th, some leaders began to try to leave Liangshan, but not many people could actually leave.

On the morning of June 20th, the Wu Rui Camp's warships broke through the fog and began to blockade the waters, rushing towards Liangshan. To bring the whole situation to a conclusion, from the time Liangshan enthusiastically mustered its troops to the time the Wu Rui Camp rushed to their door, the total time was less than a month...

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