Chapter 59 That’s my wife
It is certain that Yang Lin was captured accidentally. In the original plot, he and Shi Xiu went to explore the way at the same time, and in the end he was also tied up and captured.

Since he was destined to have this disaster and his life was not in any danger, and Yang Chang had no friendship with him, he just guarded him obediently and did not say much advice.

After setting up camp and waiting for half a day, there was no response from the two men.

Song Jiang felt uneasy, so he sent Ou Peng with a team to scout the village entrance.

The road in front of Zhujiazhuang was messy and difficult to recognize. Ou Peng only heard that a spy was caught in Zhujiazhuang, but he didn't know who was captured. So he turned around and reported to Song Jiang.

Song Jiang's heart tightened when he heard this. It was the first time he led his troops down the mountain to make achievements, but he lost his leader before he even met them. This made him lose face, so he listened to Li Kui's advice and dispatched his troops to attack Zhujiazhuang.

Yang Chang, the accompanying guard, was stunned to see Song Jiang acting so impulsively. He thought, who else can you listen to? Does that black fellow Li Kui have any brains?

What he didn't know was that Song Jiang was getting anxious.

The prestige he had worked so hard to build up could not be lost in the first battle, otherwise how could he be in charge later? He had to reverse the situation before Lin Chong came to his rescue.

At dusk, several groups of soldiers and horses approached Zhujiazhuang.

Song Jiang urged the vanguards Li Kui and Yang Xiong to advance, but Zhujiazhuang had been operating here for many years, and the entire village was built like a city, with walls, suspension bridges, and moats.
Li Kui walked to the front of the manor and shouted and cursed, but he saw the drawbridge outside the manor gate rising up, and it was as quiet as night inside without any fire.

Song Jiang was anxious. Seeing that there was no movement at the front after his orders were passed down, he rode his horse to supervise the battle.

When he saw the scene in front of him, he immediately slapped his forehead.

Could it be a scam?

Seeing Song Jiang frowning and not saying anything, Li Kui took off his shirt, raised his axe and shouted, "The people of Zhujiazhuang must be scared. The moat is not wide and the water is shallow. We can just wade across. My brother and I will take the first place. You all follow me."

Just as several hundred vanguards went down to the river, a cannon shot was suddenly heard in Zhujia Village. Then torches were raised in the silent village, and crossbows from the city walls shot over like raindrops.

"We've fallen into a trap, retreat quickly!"

Seeing that the situation was not right, Song Jiang immediately reined in his horse and turned around.

As a personal soldier, Yang Chang could only follow Song Jiang's horse.

The moment he turned around to evacuate, he saw flashes of light appearing by the river. Although there were not many of them, they were real reminders to pick up corpses.

Unfortunately, in this situation, Yang Chang did not dare to abandon Song Jiang and go down to the river. It was not because he was afraid of being held accountable for deserting his post, but because he was worried that he would be shot into a hedgehog if he went down to the river.

After all, picking up corpses is a job that requires victory. Picking up the corpses of a few minions under a hail of arrows, getting injured knowing that the drops won't be very good, and recovering from the injuries slowly, is not a good deal no matter how you look at it.

Good food is never too late, I can't be impatient.

Once we capture Zhujiazhuang, we will be able to make a lot of money.

Song Jiang returned along the same route, and Li Jun, who was guarding the rear, came to report again, saying that the old road had been blocked and it was obvious that there was an ambush there.

As the sky was getting dark, Song Jiang became more and more panicked and hurriedly ordered his troops to scatter and find a way out.

Li Kui, the vanguard, was the most active. He ran around looking for people to kill. He even took off his shirt in the first month of the year. As a result, he didn't meet anyone after all his hard work.

They were in a panic and had no direction. Behind them, they heard the sound of cannon fire from Zhujiazhuang, which frightened all the troops in Liangshan.

Just when Song Jiang was at a loss, Shi Xiu, who was a scout, found the army and reported the secret signal. Hua Rong heard it and shot the signal on the tree with his magic arrow, and the ambush in Zhujiazhuang was in chaos.

Seeing that the secret signal was ineffective, Song Jiang immediately commanded the entire army to charge back to the village entrance.

The army had not traveled half a mile when they heard deafening shouts of killing ahead. Song Jiang was so frightened that he dared not move forward, so he sent Shi Xiu forward to investigate.

After receiving the report, Song Jiang learned that it was Lin Chong's reinforcement troops who were fighting with the ambush troops at Zhujiazhuang. Song Jiang then led his troops to attack and join them.

Lin Chong's reinforcements have arrived, and this embarrassing incident will certainly not be concealed.

When they returned to the village, it was already dawn when they set up camp, but Song Jiang seemed to be still in the night, with a particularly ugly face. Facing the cordial greetings from Lin Chong and Qin Ming, Song Jiang waited for the camps to be counted with a stern face without saying a word, but he never expected that the commander of the right army, Huang Xin, had also been captured.

Song Jiang was furious and wanted to kill the soldier on the pretext that he had not reported the news in time, but was persuaded by Hua Rong and Lin Chong.

Lin Chong did not say a word, nor did he gloat over the misfortune. Song Jiang felt a little relieved and deliberately said to himself: "Today, the army did not see a single soldier, but we lost two brothers. What can we do about this?"

"Brother, three villages have merged here. Mr. Li from the village east of Zhujiazhuang was shot by Zhu Biao the other day. He is now recovering in the village. Why don't you go and discuss it with him?"

"Oh? I forgot about him. I just wanted to know the truth about this place."

Song Jiang originally wanted to listen to Lin Chong's opinion, but Yang Xiong's suggestion was also good. After adopting it, Song Jiang ordered people to prepare gifts and personally took Hua Rong, Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu to visit the general. He handed over the guarding of the general's camp to Lin Chong and Qin Ming.

Yang Chang followed them all the way, but unfortunately Li Ying refused to meet him on the pretext of being injured. Song Jiang only met the farm's housekeeper Du Xing, but he also learned a lot about Zhujiazhuang's situation.

When they returned to the camp later, Lin Chong welcomed Song Jiang into the central army and did not show any arrogance of a veteran.

Seeing that Lin Chong was "sensible", Song Jiang took the initiative to tell him about the gains of the trip to Lijiazhuang after entering the tent. During the conversation, Li Kui complained that Li Ying was rude and wanted to kill him in Lijiazhuang to punish him.

This reckless behavior naturally led to Song Jiang's scolding.

Yang Chang was watching from the side and was very surprised. He wondered why Li Kui was always showing off? Was he trying to use his own stupidity to highlight Song Jiang's wisdom?

Before Yang Chang could figure it out, Song Jiang finished explaining the situation to Lin Chong and suddenly asked a sensitive question.

"Zhujiazhuang has a complex terrain and has more soldiers and horses than us. It is a problem for Liangshan. King Chao asked you and me to lead an army respectively. Now the two armies have just been combined. I wonder if the coach has any countermeasures to defeat the enemy? I am willing to obey the coach's orders."

"Brother, are you joking? How dare Lin Chong give orders to you?"

Song Jiang retreated to advance and bowed, frightening Lin Chong so much that he quickly held onto his fists and said in a sonorous voice, "Although Chao Tianwang has chosen the commanders of the two armies, Brother Gongming is the second leader of Liangshan, so I must obey his orders!"

"Yeah, that's right. A snake cannot survive without a head. That's it."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Song Jiang said solemnly, "Then I will issue an order on behalf of Heavenly King Chao. Now my two brothers are trapped in the enemy camp and their lives are uncertain. You brothers can do your best to move forward and follow me to attack Zhujiazhuang."

"Brother is giving orders, who dares not to obey? Who will be the vanguard?"

Hua Rong, Qin Ming and others all chimed in. Seeing this, Lin Chong also echoed the crowd. Then Li Kui was the first to jump out and volunteer.

"Who else could it be? It was me before, and I took off my clothes yesterday, but then the Zhu family..."

“You can’t be a pioneer.”

Song Jiang decisively rejected Li Kui, then looked at the people in the tent and called out, "Ma Lin, Deng Fei, Ou Peng, Wang Ying, the four of you will follow me as the vanguard."

In order to command Lin Chong, Song Jiang brought out Chao Gai and led the vanguard himself, leading the three newly assigned armies, and marched towards Zhujiazhuang.

A pair of white flags were hung in front of the gate of Zhujiazhuang: Fill up the water to capture Chao Gai, destroy Liangshan to capture Song Jiang.

After reading these words, Song Jiang and the others were all furious. They left Qin Ming, Yang Xiong and other second groups to attack the front gate, and led more than a thousand soldiers to go out through the back gate.

When the front army reached the back gate, they found it was also heavily guarded.

While they were discussing how to attack, dozens of cavalrymen rushed down the western hillside, followed by hundreds of farmhands.

Yang Chang stood beside Song Jiang and looked out. From a distance he saw that the leading female general was Hu Sanniang. He thought, "Wow, you've finally appeared." He turned sideways and saw Wang Aihushi grinning lewdly.

What are you looking at? That's my wife!

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　　In addition: The protagonist of the Zhujiazhuang battle will have a big upgrade. What abilities do you expect to pick up?
　　
　
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