Angry Banana

Chapter 421: No Turning Back Once the Bow is Drawn, Pressing Closer Step by Step

Narrow roads, narrow paths, and under the setting sun, the routed soldiers fled in disarray. Within the walls of the Hu Family Manor, the Liangshan army charged in and engaged in fierce fighting. After receiving relatively stern orders from Song Jiang and Wu Yong, they withdrew. However, given the situation at the Hu Family Manor at the time, even this small round of assault caused enormous casualties.

Hu Cheng led a few hundred men and was defeated at the entrance. Nevertheless, he led the remaining villagers in an attempt to prevent the situation from worsening, only to be severely wounded in the ensuing melee. Old Master Hu organized the villagers within the manor and barely managed to hold onto the main residence for a while, but many women and children within the manor were still killed. He himself was shot in the leg with an arrow, but his life was not in danger. The Liangshan men had deliberately created chaos in the Hu Family Manor to indirectly put pressure on the Zhu Family Manor, and set fires everywhere as soon as they entered. By the time Hu Sanniang returned, half of the manor was already engulfed in flames.

After seeing the injuries of her brother and father, she arranged for people to put out the fire and clear out the remaining bandits who had failed to leave the manor, and then led people out again to avenge the dead in the manor.

At this time, Huyan Zhuo, Zhu Wu, and others had turned to the main road, leading more than two thousand soldiers to meet with Song Jiang and others halfway.

Huyan Zhuo originally did not intend to retreat, but Wu Yong's words were stern, vowing that the imperial army was coming. Moreover, in this process, he had also heard a certain rumor, saying that Qin Ming had said before his death that he and Guan Sheng were spies. If I went my own way at this time, it would be difficult to be a human being when Liangshan settled accounts in the future.

Although such rumors forced him to retreat immediately after receiving the order, Huyan Zhuo still told everyone his thoughts after meeting with Song Jiang and others at a fork in the road outside the village.

"We can still fight at this time. Just wait until we kill our way back, and maybe we can break the manor! The mere Wu Rui Camp has been killed by us and is shrinking back in fear. What is there to be afraid of!"

He wanted to lead his subordinates, who still had morale, to counterattack, but Wu Yong and others refused.

"The Wu Rui Camp is nearby and has not yet appeared. If Brother Huyan's men rush over and get into a stalemate, and the Wu Rui Camp then attacks with a thunderous momentum, then we will be in a dead end. Of our more than 10,000 people, some will surrender, some will die, and some will rebel. How can there be any chance for a turnaround! Moreover, we still have spies in our midst who have not been cleared, and there are many follow-up moves available on the other side. How does Brother Huyan know that this side is a matter of rushing and killing!"

Zhu Wu cupped his fist and said, "We still have tens of thousands of people. As long as we kill over first and defeat the other side, our morale will naturally rise again! In the way of war, how can we blindly guess that the other side has many follow-up moves!"

Song Jiang also said: "The other side has brought us to this point in three days. What's more, the Wu Rui Camp has not yet appeared. Brother Zhu must also be wary."

"The righteous way of military strategy emphasizes blocking soldiers with generals and damming water with earth. As long as we dare to go, there will be brothers who dare to follow. We must defeat the other side before the Wu Rui Camp arrives, and we will be able to reorganize our morale..."

"Does Brother Zhu know who is in charge over there?"

"We don't need to care who he is..."

"It's that Blood-Handed Butcher, Ning Liheng. He came all the way from Jiangning to the capital, and then killed over here without stopping."

"..."

Zhu Wu reined in his horse and looked towards the side from which the beacon fire came. He was still a little slow to react, but at this moment, his heart suddenly turned cold.

In fact, Wu Yong's consideration was also reasonable. The other side's follow-up moves were not just the Wu Rui Camp. It seemed certain that there were people rebelling among us. If Huyan Zhuo led people to charge over and suddenly a big leader killed Huyan Zhuo on the spot, let alone boosting morale, our chances of leaving would only be smaller.

This name caused everyone to hesitate for a moment. "Nine-Tattooed Dragon" Shi Jin said: "I will lead people to try to stop him." He originally fell into the grass at Shaohua Mountain with Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and others, and later went to Liangshan. He had the best relationship with Zhu Wu. During the Yunhe campaign, he was originally with Zhu Wu and others, but he left early because of some things, resulting in Chen Da's death and Zhu Wu's injury. Shi Jin was always the eldest brother of everyone in Shaohua Mountain and was always loyal. He had always been concerned about this matter, so he led a small team of people to try to block the chasing villagers from the Zhu Family Manor.

Everyone then reached a consensus that if the Wu Rui Camp really appeared, only Huyan Zhuo's group could serve as the backbone, and they could only retreat at this time. Huyan Zhuo ordered his subordinates to try to maintain the order of their own people and not be dispersed, but once they started to retreat, the people in front were running and the people behind were still pouring in, and the road was narrow. Before long, they were also caught up in the crowd and became a mess...

The people from the Zhu Family Manor chased and killed them all the way from behind. Although it was only a lineup of more than a thousand people, the attacks on these roads had already reached saturation. Only occasionally would some Liangshan leaders want to stop them, but they would be defeated before long. Pushing shields, a lineup of dozens of hand crossbows was like mowing grass on such roads. Occasionally, there would be lone people trying to sneak attack, but they would never escape the eyes and marksmanship of the Qi brothers.

His speed of pursuit was not fast, but it was stable enough. Between the other roads, Luan Tingyu, Zhu Biao, and others opened the way like fierce tigers. Wherever they killed, there were many corpses on the roads and in the grass on both sides. The people in Zhu Manor had been under the threat of death for the past few days, and only today did they kill so happily.

At the Li Family Manor east of Duling Ridge, Sky Plume Eagle Li Ying had also led the villagers and his subordinates to charge out and began to drive away the routed Liangshan soldiers. He had been watching for a long time, but the changes in the past two days had probably made his eyeballs fall out. At this time, he dared not hide any longer and had to come out and take a stand.

On the western road, Hu Sanniang led the villagers and had already caught up with the rear of the routed Liangshan soldiers. Riding her horse and waving her double swords, she charged all the way and was killing a Liangshan soldier when a figure suddenly rushed over and knocked her off her horse. An arrow whizzed past where she had just been. Hu Sanniang raised her head from the ground and saw that the person who shot this arrow at her from a fork in the road not far away was Liangshan's "Little Li Guang" Hua Rong. He turned around and ran away after missing the shot.

The one who knocked her down was Wang Shanyue, who had come to kill from another fork in the road. He led a dozen crossbows to clear the way. Hu Sanniang glanced at him and saw that he was covered in blood, and even his face and mouth were covered in blood. She didn't know how he had fought to such an extent. Otherwise, his appearance was gentle, and even if his expression was a little cold, he would look good. At this time, the bloody smell on his body was only strange and hideous.

Hu Sanniang remembered killing people to avenge her, thanked him, and chased after him again with red eyes.

As the sun set, the routed Liangshan soldiers were defeated and exited Duling Ridge. After reaching the main road, they began to flee in all directions. At this time, Su Wenyu had also found the general leading the Wu Rui Camp nearby. This man was the deputy commander of the Wu Rui Camp, named He Rui. This time, Ning Yi came, first, with Qin Si Yuan's order, and second, Su Wenyu sent money to open up the joints. Before the encirclement and suppression of Liangshan, it was considered an opportunity for them to rehearse and take advantage of the sweetness. After getting Zheng Biaos's exact message, He Rui led nearly six thousand people out.

In the past few days, Zheng Biao had been constantly clearing various small mountain villages in the vicinity with the power of Liangshan. In more than twenty days, the harvest was quite rich. He Rui's more than six thousand people wiped them out in one fell swoop, and all the money changed hands. He Rui tasted this sweetness before coming to Duling Ridge to watch. Today, he conveniently captured hundreds of people. In fact, they had almost brushed shoulders with Huyan Zhuo and others who had come to raid at noon today.

He Rui was not a fool either. He knew that releasing the news from his side would be beneficial to the war inside. But at this time, Ning Yi sent a message asking him to resist the routed Liangshan soldiers, which made him very embarrassed. But Liangshan was indeed defeated and disorganized. The people of Duling Ridge were still chasing and killing them from behind, and the other side was using Qin Si Yuan's banner with stern words. Although He Rui was a little uneasy, he finally let six thousand people put on a battle formation to meet the defeated Liangshan people.

The setting sun dyed the sky with blood-red hues. On the slopes and roads, more than 20,000 people crashed into each other with a bang. Behind the routed soldiers, the people of Duling Ridge were still constantly strangling them.

The Wu Rui Camp only blocked the routed Liangshan soldiers for about a quarter of an hour. When several Liangshan leaders led more than a thousand people to charge, the leader roared: "Who dares to block me, Huyan Zhuo!" The Wu Rui Camp's defense was torn apart not long after. The Wu Rui Camp soldiers, divided into two groups, did a good job in protecting themselves. They blocked, captured, and killed some of the lone Liangshan soldiers, while the Liangshan troops broke through the middle and fled towards Liangshan.

This defeat seemed to burn the clouds across the entire sky, and the fire-like light poured onto the earth. After the main force of the routed soldiers fled, the Wu Rui Camp and Duling Ridge both began to clear out the stragglers. Ning Yi met with He Rui in a tent at the foot of the mountain and expressed his gratitude to him, as well as letting him rest assured about the current war situation.

"Liangshan is no longer worth mentioning. I know that no one will believe it just by talking. After this actual battle, Commander He and all the soldiers will know it in their hearts." Ning Yi smiled extremely kindly, and then quietly lowered his voice, "In the battle of Duling Ridge, Liangshan was defeated. What kind of combat power can a few villages have? They are satisfied with protecting their homes. We were able to win this battle because our Wu Rui Camp was here, thanks to Commander He's action. With 6,000 people defeating 20,000 Liangshan people, I will ask for credit for Commander He in the letter to Prime Minister Qin, and the army needs Commander He to take care of it and publicize it more... Liangshan is no longer to be feared."

People lift sedan chairs for each other. Although the Wu Rui Camp was embarrassed this time, the casualties were not heavy. Since the other party was here, all the military merits would naturally be given to him. Moreover, in order to be able to launch a general attack on Liangshan next, someone needed to take care of and publicize the decline of Liangshan's strength in the army. He Rui had obtained a great military merit and wealth out of thin air. Even if he distributed a little to the commander of the army and the others, he would still benefit endlessly. And he naturally understood how to take care of it, and immediately thanked Ning Yi very much. He also readily agreed to some small things that Ning Yi asked him to do next.

After walking far away from the camp, Ning Yi finally waved his fists vigorously in the setting sun, gnashing his teeth and cursing wildly in his heart: "You fucking bunch of incompetent trash..."

Wang Shanyue led people to meet him from the side. He knew that Ning Yi had already told He Rui to hand over all the prisoners to him for processing: "Are you going to take over those people? I heard that Zheng Biao was captured alive. Since you know him, you might be pleasantly surprised to see you."

The lights of the torches gradually lit up. Looking from a distance, Duling Ridge, which had undergone days of fighting, was plunged into a gray-blue sky. The spots of light were the traces of people searching for prisoners. Even though there were still many things to do, the anxiety that had been floating in the air for several days had gradually calmed down. On the way down the mountain, Ning Yi dragged Zhu Long, who had brought people out to observe the situation, and said: "First take people with me to solve Li Ying's matter!"

A group of forty people went to the front of Li Family Manor. Li Ying had already returned to the manor and ordered the villagers to be on guard. At this time, he was already regretting in his heart that he should not have watched the wind direction like that. After the fight, the Zhu and Hu families would definitely question him. Under the current situation, he was no longer afraid of the joint efforts of these two villages, but there was also said to be an imperial person over there. If he really wanted to deal with him, it would be troublesome.

He knew that the general of the Wu Rui Camp was also outside Duling Ridge at this time, so he quickly asked the villagers to prepare money and heavy gifts, wanting to start opening up the joints. As long as this hurdle was over, Duling Ridge would be dominated by the Li Family Manor in the future. Just as he was busy, the other party had already killed over and sent a list from outside the manor. It was the imperial person who had come. The list almost asked for half of his manor's wealth as compensation, and then he could mediate from it. The conditions were simple and neat, and there was no dragging of mud and water.

He breathed a slight sigh of relief that the other party was willing to talk. Although the list was a bit of a blatant request, it was not impossible to negotiate. This person came from the imperial court, so he would naturally ask for a blatant price and might not talk about friendship with the Zhu and Hu families. In fact, judging from the situation in the past few days, the imperial court may have hoped that both Duling Ridge and Liangshan would suffer losses.

He quickly summoned hundreds of villagers and went out to greet them from the entrance. The manor door opened, and the nobleman led his entourage, who were mostly covered in blood, towards the manor. Li Ying quickly cupped his fists to greet them. Just as the two sides had passed through the manor door, at the moment of light and darkness, the nobleman pulled out the fire blunderbuss on his body and shot it towards Li Ying's head with a bang. Li Ying hurriedly dodged, and more than forty hand crossbows fired at him and the "Ghost Face" Du Xing and others beside him. Before everyone could react too much, the nobleman roared: "Li Ying colluded with Liangshan bandits! Attempted to rebel! Now the Wu Rui Camp army is outside the manor, whoever wants to be guilty with him!"

At this time, Zhu Long led more than two hundred people and rushed towards this side from a distance.

Under the banner of the imperial court, at this moment when Liangshan had already been defeated, the manor instantly fell into chaos. But not many people dared to resist at this time.

"Everyone is short of people now. How to disperse the villagers is your business, arrange it properly. As for Li Ying's family, you know how to clean up those stubborn elements, you neighbors have lived here for so long. Li Family's property, you get one share, Hu Family gets one share, I want one share, the Wu Rui Camp outside gets one share, I will trouble you. I will come over to do business in the future, everyone, we may be neighbors in the future, and I will have to trouble Brother Zhu to take care of this area of Duling Ridge."

Ning Yi smiled, and in the light of the flickering torches, Zhu Long nodded almost subconsciously. In fact, the Zhu family and others had also thought about questioning the Li family later, but no one had thought that the battle had just ended, and everyone was immersed in joy, and the injuries had not yet been collected, but this person had killed over so decisively.

As for which members of the Li family were die-hards, the Zhu family naturally knew as well. Once they wanted to clean them up in the name of the imperial court, the difficulty would not be great.

With the matter resolved, Ning Yi and others turned to outside the manor without stopping.

"It's time to take over those prisoners. Everyone, cheer up for a while. The matter has come to an end, but it's not over... You can eat something later, rest for a while, and then you have to start working again... It will be very busy tonight."

Wang Shanyue asked: "Those prisoners, what do you want to do with them?"

"Needless to say, most of their families are on Liangshan. Of course, we will beat them up and kill a batch..." Ning Yi laughed, "And then release them all back, hahahaha..."

In the dimness, Ning Yi's laughter sounded, but his footsteps did not slow down at all, and were still hurried and firm. In the laughter, there was not much joy or relaxation. When everyone was more or less relieved and enjoying a moment of peace, this man was still constantly moving forward, pushing the giant wheel in front of him non-stop, and continuing to crush his opponents...

The Su family's vengeance, up to now, has probably filled five or six thousand lives, but... this is just the beginning, and soon, the people of Liangshan will probably clearly understand this...

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