5. The ambush is ready

September 9, Xiangzhou.

The valley city on the bank of the Hanshui River is backed by the Wudang mountains, and to the south is an endless green grassland, which extends far and far away, with only a quiet and cool water-building river in the middle.

This small river is only half a day away from Li Tieqiang's valley castle. The trees on the bank, the gorgeous branches and leaves extend all the way to the river, hanging low on the water, making the color of the river more dark.

The light of the sun has begun to become less intense, the heat of the day has subsided, and the air is filled with cool water vapor rising from streams and springs.

In the depths of this hidden water path, it is full of tranquility unique to the sultry weather in September in Xiangzhou. To break this quiet, there is only the sound of oars from afar and the occasional lazy pecking of a few woodpeckers.

The water grass gently stretched its body at the bottom of the deep river. When it looked up, it saw a small boat rowing across the water and flying away.

Maybe it's just a fisherman. Shuicao thought so, and then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

However, in the blink of an eye, more boats crossed the water in turn, one, two, three... Finally, there were as many as hundreds, as if the fisherman of the whole Xiangzhou boundary had passed through the water on that day.

At the front is a boat made of birch bark and gum, with three people sitting on it.

If you look carefully, it is not difficult to find that the big man standing on the bow is Li Tieqiang. His body is almost **, and his developed muscles are exposed one by one. He is only wearing a pair of cow nose trousers, bare feet, and holding a harpoon in his hand. At first glance, it is no different from the local fisherman. The only difference is that he The eyes, the hot eyes.

Behind him sat Zeng Yike with a musket in his arms. His eyes were thin and small, exuding a sharp luster like a hunter. Finally, the old man who rocked the boat stood on the hat and carefully supported the boat, shuttling between the branches and leaves.

"It's almost there. Get ready to dock!" Li Tiegun shouted loudly, and Zeng Yike suddenly woke up from his dream.

After a while, the boat sailed out of the deep river and drifted downstream against a sunny beach. Li Tieqiang's 1,500 horses landed on the shore here, and then rectified the military horses to hide the boats, leading everyone to hide in the leafy jungle opposite, waiting for the night to come and raid the foot of the five miles away valley mountain. Song Junying Village.

The same day, noon.

After a day and a night of urgent march, Chen Fu, a traitor of Wudang, led all his men and horses to successfully cross several mountains in the south of Wudang Mountain, came to the thin waist peak in the north of Gushan Mountain, ambushed in a valley, and began to rest his feet to refresh himself and wait for the night to come.

In the original plan, Chen Fu's team was to rush to the foot of Gufeng Mountain, more than 30 miles northeast of Gucheng, and ambushed in the forests on both sides of the river bank to prevent Qiande's Guanghua army from rescuing Gucheng. However, after leaving the nest of Wudang Mountain two days ago, Chen Fu suddenly felt very angry for two reasons.

First, among these forces, he was the only one who was a pawn. Along the way, I don't know how many bubbles were worn on his feet. Many brothers began to complain that it was too unfair and their morale was low.

Second, Li Tiegun said that after capturing Gucheng, he distributed the things he robbed according to the number of people. However, there is no evidence. No matter who enters Gucheng first, he will rush into his pocket to stuff things. What is he doing? Naturally, he understands, so Chen Fu has long thought about it. Gufeng Mountain and let it go to hell. Who His mother went to guard there and took the camp under the valley mountain together in the evening. Then, they attacked the valley city together. At dawn tomorrow, they filled their pockets and went their own things. They didn't care about who grabbed whom.

So, Chen Fu ambushed here.

Besides, the team of Tang Niu in Jingzhou Laozhai. As early as a few days ago, his brother sneaked into the vicinity of Niushou Town, Xiangzhou. At dawn on September 9th, he ordered his brother to bury the pot to make rice. After eating and drinking, he went out of the river and pretended to be a local fisherman and went north along the Han River, straight to the east gate of Gucheng. At about noon, he also entered the barren mountain three miles outside the east gate, hiding in a place. On the mountain beam, you can overlook the situation in the valley city.

Finally, Zhushan's daughter cave owner stone treachery, pink water river three heroes Wu Feng, Wu Lang, Wu Xia, nine flying thief Liang Gongming and others.

This group of people is very small. They first took the waterway to reach the border of Xiangzhou, landed in the ravine 50 miles away from Gushan, and parted ways with Li Tiegang's team. After landing, this group of people pretended to be a distant caravan, and some pretended to be refugees fleeing from the wilderness, all the way to Gushan, and could get there before sunset.

Liang Gongming took a step forward and came to the valley city as soon as he leaned on a pair of flying legs, intending to sneak into the city to act cheaply.

According to the Records of the Nine Regions, "Gucheng is named because Shennong tasted five grains here." It has been a grain country since the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the Qin Dynasty, Yang County was built, which was called Xiaogu. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Warring States Period, the Han Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty and other periods, the county system was changed several times. In the 18th year of the Sui Dynasty (AD 598), it was officially renamed Gucheng County, and the Tang and Song dynasties have been used ever since.

The valley city has beautiful scenery, mountains, rainy and hot climate, which is similar to the land of Bashu. It is difficult to walk, and the mountains and rivers are dangerous. Although there are many inconveniences, it is rich in tea, and Gushan is a tea mountain with more high-quality green tea. Most of the taxes in Xiangzhou come from here. In addition, the economic system of the Song Dynasty is exclusively sold by the tea and salt. Therefore, it is more important to be protected by the garrison to prevent the people from stealing.

Because of this, Gucheng is very prosperous and rich. There are all kinds of tea houses, restaurants, brothlls, shops, buildings and pavilions in the city. There are as many as 6,000 residents. The streets are full of people coming and going, and the traffic is more lively than ordinary state capitals. No wonder some people say that Gucheng is better than Xiangyang.

This day, afternoon.

Liang Gongming pretended to be a barefoot man and came to the south gate of Gucheng. He looked in front of the tea stall standing on the roadside. There were banners and knives and guns on the top of the city. He was really shocked. He said that there was not such a big parade a few days ago. Why were so many more soldiers.

Looking at the people entering and leaving the city gate, it seems that they will be carefully searched. Why is that?

Liang Gongming suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and didn't dare to look again. He hurriedly sat at the wooden table and drank tea. When he looked up, he happened to see the second brother cleaning the table next to him. He suddenly had a plan and quickly shouted, "Second brother, another bowl of tea!"

"Here we are, guest officer!"

The second brother had his hands and feet quickly. He turned around and brought a teapot and filled a large bowl for Liang Gongming. After Liang Gongming patted ten cents, he asked, "Is there anything big deal in the city today? Why do you have to search in and out?"

When Xiao Eryi looked at Liang Gongming, he knew that he was a foreigner. At this time, there were not many guests, so he chatted with Liang Gongming. During the conversation, Liang Gongming suddenly realized that there was a new official in Gucheng. His name: Zhang Youliang was the younger brother of Zhang Youzhi, the magistrate of Xiangyang.

Some time ago, the garrison of Gushan Tea Garden reported that the people of Gucheng stole into the tea mountain and picked a lot of tea. The new magistrate took the opportunity to arrest the criminals and put gold on his face, so he made such a big noise. According to Xiao Er, the soldiers in the city are nothing more than making a show. In fact, I didn't even find out a bird's feather. Even if some people really sneak into the tea mountain and pick tea, they won't be stupid enough for you to catch it. It's really a fire. In his opinion, most of them are drunk by themselves.

It turned out to be like this. Liang Gongming was finally reladered. After drinking tea, he got up and left for Gucheng with a box cage on his back.

After a ray of incense, Liang Gongming successfully passed through the gate and entered the city. Because it was the first time he came to Gucheng, he was not familiar with the place, so he stood on the roadside for a moment and thought about finding a place close to the south gate to settle down, because he had to act here at night.

After making the calculation, Liang Gongming began to look around. He began to swim from the south gate and looked north along the road. The fruit shop, the liquor shop, the incense candle shop, and the butcher shop. Suddenly, he saw an ordinary inn. There was a white horse tied to the horse stake at the door, and a wine flag hung on the opposite pillar. Exhibition.

It's not very far from the South City Gate. It's about a hundred steps like this, and there are many people who have settled there. It is estimated that people who come and go are in a hurry, and no one will pay too much attention to anyone!

Thinking of this, Liang Gongming made up his mind, raised his legs and sneaked into the pedestrians on the road and disappeared.