16. Prelude to the mutiny

At the foot of the mountain, Guanghua Military Camp.

The bonfire is burning quietly,

Zhou Mei is still thinking under the silent light, because it takes more courage to live than death.

"What do you think, my lord?" The centurion Shao Xing reminded him softly.

For a long time, Zhou Mei slowly raised her head and looked at the cold moon hanging in the air. Why is the moon cold? Zhou Mei thought so because of the night or the mountain taking away its heat.

Or heaven and earth are just a piece of paper. Mountains, rivers and hills are drawn with ink, so there is no temperature.

A month ago, the thief Li Tiegun led a group of people to attack Gucheng County, Xiangzhou. After a desperate struggle, he finally defeated the officers and soldiers and killed the new county magistrate Zhang Youliang and occupied the county government office.

According to the original plan, the nine flying thief Liang Gongming stunned the officers and soldiers at the gate, opened the gate, and then raised the fire. Li Tiegun and the people and horses of Tang Niu, who were ambushed in the forest on the east and west sides, entered the city together, disperse the officers and soldiers and rushed to the armor warehouse.

Zhushan's daughter cave owner stone traitor and powder river three heroes Wu Feng, Wu Lang and Wu Xia's men and horses contain a battalion of Song army stationed at the foot of Gu Mountain.

The people of Chen Fu, the thief of Wudang, went to the boundary of the Guanghua army and waited for the opportunity to kill the Qiande garrison who rescued Gucheng at the foot of Gufeng Mountain, that is, the Guanghua Army.

It was originally a foolproof plan, but there was a problem in one section. The people of Wudang thief Chen Fu did not stop the reinforcements from Qiande.

When Li Tiegun and others began to act, Chen Fu's people suddenly emerged and rushed into the city. While chasing and killing the officers and soldiers, they took the opportunity to rob all around. As long as they needed it, they robbed all the money, food and women.

As the saying goes: money can be charming, and wine can be intoxicating.

Since those bastards from Wudang Mountain can rob things, why can't others? Anyway, it's dark and the lights are blind. No one can recognize anyone. It's a fool who doesn't rob.

In a blink of an eye, a well-organized military operation turned into a chaotic robbery, out of control.

When Li Tieqiang and Tang Niu found out, it was already too late. The valley city was in chaos. In many places, the flames were soaring, and the fleeing people could be seen everywhere. Their hearts were full of fear, and the howls shocked more people.

Suddenly, there were bursts of slashing in the darkness, which began in a house surrounded by green trees.

The family home in this family was very powerful. More than a dozen of Chen Fu's brothers rushed in and were put down. Then, the two red paint gates were closed again and calm was restored.

The torches in the courtyard are bright, and more than a dozen nurses dressed in blue clothes and hats are guarding in front of a green brick and tile house with knives and guns.

The owner of this house is surnamed Zhou, and the word is beautiful. He is the commander of the Guanghua Army.

Besides, the people in this room are Zhou Mei's family.

There is a cloud in the army: the two armies are fighting against each other, don't mess up.

But that night, the chaos in Gucheng County was unimaginable. The original two hours of moving away the things in the armor warehouse was delayed for three hours.

In these three hours, things turned out sharply.

First of all, the stone traitor and the three heroes of the pink river Wu Feng, Wu Lang and Wu Xia, who were ambushed under Gushan, fought fiercely with the garrison who guarded the tea garden there. In the night, the Song army was defeated for a while. Because they saw the fire in Gucheng County, they hurriedly raised their troops to save them. Unexpectedly, they were ambushed and died halfway. Hundreds of people were injured and retreated to the camp at the foot of the valley mountain.

However, three hours later, the sky gradually became brighter and the protection of the night dispersed. The stone traitors and the three heroes of the pink river were exposed in broad daylight and could not be hidden.

Suddenly, a horn came from the opposite camp. Then, the gate of the village opened and a group of menaceous Song soldiers rushed out.

After a fragrance, an unpredictable battle began on the way to Gucheng County.

Ten miles north of the valley city, on the Hanshui River.

When the fog on the river dissipated, several warships came in the wind, with sails standing, the flag of the Song army fluttering on the bow, and the Guanghua army of Qiande arrived.

Two hours ago, they found that the fire in the area of Gucheng was soaring into the sky. Han Gang, the Zhijun, hurriedly beat the drum and raised the account, and then ordered the commander Zhou Mei to lead a thousand water army to Gucheng to find out the situation.

In this way, Zhou Mei came to Gucheng. The situation near the countryside is even more timid. Although the Guanghua Army is close to Gucheng, Zhou Mei still hopes to live with his wife and children on weekdays. That's the day he wants to live. However, when the warship landed, he found that Gucheng had become a ruin.

Zhou Mei suddenly thought of her wife and children in the city, and quickly urged the army to enter the city. She took the opportunity to go home. Unexpectedly, his family had been looted for a long time, and all the nurses were killed in the battle, and all his wife and children were gone.

Zhou Mei was furious and split the stone table in the courtyard in half with a sword. She vowed not to kill all the thieves and vowed not to stop.

Then he clicked all the people, looked for the traces of the thief and chased them out, determined to avenge his wife and children.

Besides, Li Tieqiang and others had already rolled up the things in the city and ran back to the Valley Fort. Not long after they got off the boat, the goods were still piled up on the beach.

There was a lot of noise in the big account.

"Why don't you give us a knife and a gun?" Chen Fu, a Wudang thief, jumped up from his chair and said angrily.

"Bah" Zhushan stone traitor first jumped out and scolded, "Grandpa fought with the officers and soldiers at the foot of Gushan. If you don't save him, you will go to the city to grab things. Are you still a human being?"

Before the words of stone treachery, Wu Feng, Wu Lang and Wu Xia, the three heroes of Fanshui River, also joined the battle group, accusing Wudang Chen Fu of ignoring the morality of the world and forgetting righteousness.

Chen Fu was also anxious and hurriedly said, "Didn't your brothers rob them? You, you, you, and you, don't fucking count me alone."

When Tang Niu saw Chen Fu pointing to his nose, he suddenly became angry. He stood up from the chair, rushed over one step, and raised his fist to beat people.

Fortunately, Li Tiegun dissuaded him in time, and everyone did not tear their faces.

After some appeasement, Li Tiegun suggested that he took out a hundred muskets from his own thing and give them to Chen Fu, and the extra ones should be given to the brothers of the stone traitor and the three heroes of the pink river. The other things are still divided according to the original agreement.

There is only a little bit of this matter, and the trouble comes.

It hasn't been half a day,

Zhou Mei, the commander of the Guanghua Army, led several warships and found Li Tiegun's hiding place. The soldier arrived at the valley pavilion ten miles away and killed him at his door.

Everyone was shocked at first, and then began to talk about it. Some people proposed to divide things quickly and go their own way. Some people think that they should look at the situation first, and there are also two ends of the first mouse...

At this moment, Fan Ruyun, the Hun family of Li Tiegun, came out and said loudly, "Don't quarrel with everyone. Now that the pursuit of soldiers is coming, the most important thing is to retreat from the enemy. If everyone escapes for their lives today, they will inevitably be wiped out one by one by the officers and soldiers one in the future. It's better to kill them together. If you want to achieve great things, just Today!"

Fan Ruyun's words finally calmed down these robbers who only care about their personal interests. After a moment, Tang Niutou stood up and hugged his fist and said, "Mr. Li, let's listen to you. What do?"

With Tang Niu taking the lead, stone traitors, Wu Feng, Wu Lang and Wu Xia also stood up and held their fists to show their support.

Even if Chen Fu didn't want to, he finally stood up and expressed his willingness to obey.

Many people were powerful. In a battle against Guting, Zhou Mei was outnumbered and lost a move first. In addition, he was eager to fight, and he didn't care about any military skills. First, he met Li Tieqiang on the water. After a fight, many people died on both sides. Li Tieqiang's people pretended to retreat and fled to the river zone.

Zhou Mei led the army to chase and kill, but the water and grass in the river area where the water was built was vertical and horizontal, and the big ship was difficult to turn. In addition, he was not familiar with that area. After stranding, he led the army to land and began to look for the enemy everywhere.

In the area of Dagaubao, the river is crisscrossed and full of water and grass. In some places, the reeds grow to more than one person's height. The whole water is covered with this aquatic plant, and it is difficult to find a dense collection of 8,000 people.

Zhou Mei also knew that it was not easy to go deep alone, so he did not plan to venture into the reed-covered place, but just searched along the river.

However, Li Tiegun will not give him a chance to search, because the depths of the river bank is his old nest.

When Zhou Mei's army was halfway along the river, he suddenly saw a group of birds flying from the reeds on the opposite side. His heart tightened and subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife and was about to order his men to be vigilant.

It was a step late, and Li Tiegun's people took the lead.

The encirclement has been completed. After a gong and drum, several teams of people and horses were strangled in the forest and Zhou Mei's army. Because it was a backwater battle, Zhou Mei's subordinates all fought bravely to kill the enemy and were not afraid of death.

Li Tiegun hid in the dark. Seeing that he could not destroy this group of people for a while, he made people withdraw their troops and look for an opportunity to fight again.

After a ruthless killing, more than 200 corpses were left on the river bank. Blood penetrated into the cracks of the stone and was soon sucked dry by the yellow sand.

Zhou Mei's facial muscles ** a few times, and she said a group of rabbles in her heart. Do you think she can fight Grandpa in this way? Presumably the thief's nest is nearby, otherwise so many people would not have been dispatched.

Thinking that his wife and children were probably still alive and probably locked up somewhere in front of her, Zhou Mei couldn't wait to urge the army to go on the road again, move forward along the river, and wait for the opportunity to kill the enemy.