Chapter 400: Recruiting Suo Chao

At this time, the gate of Daming Mansion was closed, the suspension bridge was hanging high, the antlers were rugged in the moat, and soldiers on the city walls were carefully inspecting, which looked like a big battle was coming.

Ten miles outside Daming Mansion, there were Lin Chong's leopard camp and Li Kui's bear camp on a flat ground.

At this time, Lin Chong and Li Kui were discussing in the account.

He saw Li Kui rolling his sleeves, roaring with anger, then panting, and shouting: "Suo Chao, who is so damn, this bird man is so angry! He actually led his troops to defend the death. It's really abominable. Don't let me catch him, otherwise I would chop him alive, tear him up to pieces, cut him into pieces, throw him into the river to feed the fish! I'm so angry, I'm so angry!"

Seeing Li Kui roaring, Lin Chong snorted, "Iron Niu, don't chatter, it makes me a headache, I'm upset now! You didn't hear Dai Zong say that the other troops have completed their mission, and we are the only two of us left. Hum, it's so embarrassing! I think my Leopard Camp was not the leader of the entire army at that time? Only Guan Sheng's Qinglong Dao Camp can be put in my eyes. Now, it's really annoying and hateful!"

Li Kui shouted: "Old Lin, please let me send troops. I will lead the Xiangying to attack the city and will definitely take down the Daming Mansion! If I don't take down the Daming Mansion, my Tie Niu will be willing to take down the head for you!***, I don't believe it yet!"

Lin Chong glared at Li Kui and scolded, "No! You are a reckless man, if you want to attack the city, your 15,000 brothers will be tortured to death! Don't even think about it at this time. For the sake of the current plan, if you want to take down the Daming Mansion, you must use tricks and not brute force. Suo Chao is a hero, and the soldiers of the Daming Mansion are all men. It is difficult for us to take down the city! So we must use tricks!"

Li Kui scratched his head and said, "Use a strategy? What a joke? I Tie Niu seems to be a trickster? Do you want to miss you, but I Tie Niu don't!"

At this moment, a laugh sounded outside the tent: "Haha, Iron Niu, are you unwilling to use your brain, right? Well, after returning to Liangshan, you will chop wood for me. Don't use your brain to chop wood, what's the point?"

Before the sound fell, the curtain was lifted up, and Ximen Qing walked over in military uniform.

Li Kui and Lin Chong were both stunned, then hurriedly got up and came to Ximen Qing, then knelt down on one knee with fists and shouted: "It is not good for subordinates to send troops, please punish the commander!"

Ximen Qing hurriedly helped the two of them up and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, victory or defeat is common for military strategists, not to mention that you have not lost yet, so why not point out that the soldiers are not good! Daming Mansion is a heavy city, and Suo Chao is brave. The soldiers are willing to fight to the death for their relatives in the city to defend the city. How easy is it for you to take down Daming Mansion? Not to mention you two, even the soldiers in Liangshan are all in the brink of the border. If you want to take down Daming Mansion, you have to fight to the death with the soldiers in the city! So, you have no mistakes, haha."

Lin Chong sighed, clasped his fists and said, "Oh, I dare not do anything. I can't take over Daming Mansion. It's just that I have had it! Please punish me!"

Li Kui also said: "Yes, I Tien Niu is willing to receive the punishment!"

Ximen Qing smiled and said, "Okay, okay, you are willing to receive the punishment, so what if you wait to take down Daming Mansion?"

Lin Chong nodded and asked, "Commander, how to take down Daming Mansion? Do you have a way?"

Ximen Qing shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about the solution yet, but I know that if you want the soldiers to lose blood blades and take down Daming Mansion with the simplest and least casualties, you have to start from Suo Chao! The reason why the soldiers of Daming Mansion defend the city desperately is because of Suo Chao's leadership. If there is no Suo Chao's flag, these soldiers will become a mess."

Lin Chong frowned and said, "Start from Suo Chao? Suo Chao is with the soldiers every day, eating and living together, and it is very difficult to assassinate him!"

Ximen Qing said: "Suo Chao is brave and can be of great use, so he naturally cannot be killed. So, I will go to Daming Mansion first and then talk about it. You are waiting for my news outside, so you can't send troops at will, do you know?"

"Commander, this is too dangerous. Let me accompany you!" Lin Chong said hurriedly.

Li Kui glared at him, pointed at him and said to Ximen Qing, "Commander, let me accompany you, I can help you. The military camp needs Lao Lin to take charge, he can't do it!"

Ximen Qing waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, don't fight, I'll go by myself! Tie Niu is reckless, and I don't know what trouble you will cause when you go in with me. Bai

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Seeing that Ximen Qing had made up his mind, he did not stop him, but nodded and said, "Okay, then the good news for Tieniu and I to wait for the commander in the military camp. Then, when are you going to set off?"

Ximen Qing said: "Depart before dawn," he said.

As he said that, Ximen Qing said again: "By the way, Brother Lin, do you know who Daming Mansion trusts the Lord of the Prefecture? What is the character?"

Lin Chong said: "I have investigated this. The newly appointed prefecture is Cai Mao, who is Cai Jing's cousin. Because Liang Shijie was killed, he was recommended here by Cai Jing. As for character, it is not clear, but you can guess it must be something good! If my cousin is like that, my cousin is not much better."

"Cai Mao?" Ximen Qing muttered, "It's Cai Jing's cousin, hehe, it's so exciting now!"

Lin Chong asked curiously: "Commander, what does this mean?"

Ximen Qing smiled and said, "Cai Jing is a corrupt official, while Cai Mao is a corrupt official, and neither is a good person. Since he is a villain, he is naturally narrow-minded. This Daming Mansion is under the jurisdiction of Cai Mao. Now the soldiers and people support Suo Chao. Do you think Cai Mao will give Suo Chao a good face? Moreover, Suo Chao is a man who hates evil and will never tolerate corrupt officials like Cai Mao to disrupt the people. Therefore, the two are at all disagreements, and there is a gap. With the gaps, hehe, are you still afraid that there will be no means to deal with Suo Chao?"

Lin Chong nodded and smiled, "The commander is right. He can't directly attack Suo Chao, but he can start with Cai Mao and ask Cai Mao to trouble Suo Chao. He leverages his hand. Tsk, it's better! The commander's head is smart! Haha..."

Ximen Qing said: "That's it!"

———————

At the third hour of the ugly moment, the sky was dark, and the northwest wind was swept with mist and frost, covering the sky.

Ximen Qing was wearing a dark long gown, carrying a short halberd, and a rope, and then left the camp. When he came to the city wall, Ximen Qing found a place where the patrol was relaxed, so he climbed up the city wall with a rope, and then quietly crept into the city.

At this time, Daming Mansion was on guard everywhere, and there were no more stall containers on the street, instead they were piled up food, weapons, arrow feathers. Many soldiers slept on the ground in sheds on both sides of the street, wrapped in clothes and covered with straw mats, and then they would spend the whole night.

Ximen Qing came to the camp not far away and found that although the camp was strictly guarded, the soldiers were listless, yawning and not full. They were besieged for more than half a month and were worried all day long, and these soldiers could not have a good sleep. In addition, there was a shortage of food and grass, and hunger and cold, which made the soldiers depressed one by one.

"It seems that even if you don't have to do anything, within half a month, the Daming Mansion will be defeated without any attack! But since you are here, it will be resolved as soon as possible, so that you can go south as soon as possible!" Ximen Qing thought secretly, then avoided the patrol soldiers and entered the camp.

He quietly came to the Central Army camp tent, Ximen Qing hid in front of the curtain tent, secretly opened a mouth, and then looked inside.

In the camp, a burly man was walking in front of the map. The man was about eight feet tall, which was not inferior to Lu Zhishen and Wu Song. He was wearing black scales and was extremely majestic. However, his face was frowned and his brows frowned, which meant that there was something in his heart.

"Is this Suo Chao? It's really the style of a general!" Ximen Qing thought to himself.

At this moment, Suo Chao sighed and said to himself: "Hey, the Liangshan bandits besieged the city for many days. The soldiers were hungry and cold, and they were not full or warm in food. This was not a solution. They had to replenish their food as soon as possible! Otherwise, the city would be destroyed sooner or later... Hey, the hateful thief, guarding the kuowei, who enjoyed it in the mansion, but letting the brothers suffer. It is really worth killing, killing, and killing!"

Hearing this, Ximen Qing was immediately overjoyed. What he guessed was indeed correct. Suo Chao and Cai Mao were indeed at a gap, and depending on the situation, the gap was very large.

After learning the news, Ximen Qing did not stay in the military camp for long, but sneaked out of the camp and found what Suo Chao said about Kuwei.

It turned out that this warehouse was not the warehouse that the imperial court required to build, but Cai Mao's private warehouse. When Liang Shijie was appointed as the prefect, he strictly controlled everything in the Daming Mansion, including the grain and grass warehouse. However, the grain and grass warehouse was built by the imperial court to deal with military supplies, and he could not possess it unscrupulously, so he built another warehouse and moved the grain and grass warehouse in. In this way, he did not possess the grain and grass warehouse, but had the grain and grass inside. Although it was a cover-up, it was nominally reasonable. After Liang Shijie's death, Cai Mao took over the Daming Mansion, so this warehouse was naturally his.

Since the Liangshan army besieged the city, the grain and grass warehouse has been open. However, there were few grains and grass inside, so it was quickly eaten. Suo Chao had no choice but to ask Cai Mao to open his warehouse and use the grain and grass inside. But Cai Mao was a greedy guy and would rather die than give food, so he had a very bad relationship with Suo Chao.

Looking at the conservative warehouse of the many soldiers in front of him, Ximen Qing's mouth raised a curve.

Since Suo Chao and Cai Mao were out of control over food and grass, then Ximen Qing will intensify this conflict!

Speaking of doing it, Ximen Qing threw out the short halberd and killed all the guards guarding the Kuku. Then, Ximen Qing ignited the Kukuku with a fire.

The food and herbs inside are already dry, and when they encounter a big fire, the fire will naturally rise. After a while, a raging flame will appear, reflecting half of the sky red.

As soon as the fire broke out, Suo Chao from the military camp discovered it, and then he hurriedly brought troops to put out the fire. Cai Mao in the Cai Mansion was also informed by his servants of the fire in time. When he learned that his warehouse needed to catch fire, Cai Mao was anxious and hurriedly sent guards to put out the fire. At the same time, the people in the city also joined in putting out the fire. For a moment, the entire Daming Mansion was particularly lively, and the military and civilians worked together to put out the fire.

After a lot of trouble, the fire was extinguished, but the food inside was gone. After learning the news, Suo Chao was so angry that he jumped up and then led his troops to Cai's mansion.

In the living room of Cai’s mansion, Suo Chaozheng argued with Cai Mao.

Then Suo Chao shouted, "Mr. Cai, I advise you many times to open the warehouse and need to release grain, but you refused. Now it's time to get ready, the food is burned by fire, and nothing is left. Humph, are you satisfied now? There is nothing left, the soldiers don't even have food. Look at how to guard this city? Do you let the soldiers drink the northwest wind?"

Cai Mao was upset because of the fact that Ku Qie was burned. Now that he heard Suo Chao's sarcasm, he became even more angry and shouted: "Suo Chao, you must recognize your identity, dare to drink and talk to me, point your fingers, you are arrogant! Believe it or not, I will cure you for disrespect? Ku Qie is my master, and it will burn it. Why? You dare to question me, do you want to die, right? Believe it or not, I will remove you!"

Suo Chao was so angry that he ascended to heaven, and cursed: "You want to withdraw my power? Hum, Cai Mao, you must also recognize the current situation. If I hadn't done my job for the people and soldiers, they would have insisted on defending the city? If I hadn't done it myself, the city would have been broken long ago! You enjoy it in the mansion, I have nothing to say, but you don't know how to be polite to the soldiers and still put on airs here. Hum, do you really think that Suo Chao is easy to bully, right?"

Cai Mao sneered and shouted: "What? Do you still want to hit me, right? Do you want to rebel? If you dare to touch me, I will kill your nine clans! Tell you, this Daming Mansion is the final word, and I am the god!"

Hearing Cai Mao's words, Suo Chao was completely angry and became anxious, and then cursed: "Damn it, really, damn it! It is because of a foolish official like you that the Daming Mansion was captured by the enemy!"

As he said that, he threw a slap and slapped Cai Mao in the face.

Suo Chao was already very strong, and now he slapped him in anger. The power can be imagined. Cai Mao, who had no martial arts skills, was slapped away directly, his face swollen into a pig's face, and there was a big handprint on his cheek, which was purple, full of blood stasis. At the same time, the huge force also slapped Cai Mao fainted.

Seeing Cai Mao unconscious, Suo Chao realized that he was impulsive. But Suo Chao did not regret what he did. Then he snorted coldly, threw his sleeves out of the living room, and took the soldiers back to the barracks.

After a while, Cai Mao woke up and felt a severe pain on his cheeks. Cai Mao shouted to the sky heart-wrenchingly: "Suo Chao, you dare to hit me, you dare to hit me, I want you to die a bad death!" The resentful voice sounded for a long time, rippling throughout the mansion.

Ximen Qing, who was peeping in front of the house, laughed and congratulated the battle just now - it was really wonderful!

Suo Chao returned to the military camp, and Cai Mao really began to retaliate.

After he was helped to rest by his servants, he quickly sent more than a dozen guards to kill Suo Chao's wife and children.

The guards rushed into Suo Chao's home with swords. They first killed several guards in Suo Chao's home, and then found Suo Chao's wife and children. Just when the guards were about to take action, Ximen Qing arrived in time.

Ximen Qing was not ruthless and directly killed all the guards, then rescued Suo Chao's wife and children. Ximen Qing placed them in a house and warned them not to go to Suo Chao, because there were too many assassins outside and the killers were looking for them. As soon as they showed up, their lives would be in danger and would cause great trouble to Suo Chao.

Hearing Ximen Qing's warning, Suo Chao's wife nodded repeatedly, not daring to be careless, and stated that she would stay at home and never go out and would never look for Suo Chao.

After arranging Suo Chao's family, Ximen Qing sneaked to Cai's mansion again and directly killed one of Cai Mao's eldest sons, and wrote on the wall: "If you are not honest, this is your fate!"

When the servants of the Cai Mansion saw that the eldest son was killed, they hurriedly informed Cai Mao. When they learned that his eldest son was dead, Cai Mao almost fainted, and then cursed at the sky.

After hearing what was written on the wall, Cai Mao immediately guessed that it was Suo Chao's actions. Because just now, he sent the guards to assassinate Suo Chao's family, but all of the guards were killed. Therefore, Cai Mao had to suspect that this was Suo Chao's actions.

In this regard, Cai Mao hated Suo Chao to death, wishing he could eat his meat, gnaw on his bones, and swallow Suo Chao in his stomach.

At noon the next day, Ximen Qing came out of the inn. After eating some food, the people said that Suo Chao had already led his troops to surround the Cai Mansion because Cai Mao kidnapped Suo Chao's family.

Upon hearing this news, Ximen Qing smiled secretly.

The reason why he warned Suo Chao's wife not to let them go was that he wanted Suo Chao to be anxious and thus had a quarrel with Cai Mao.

When hearing that his family was missing and his life and death were unknown, how could Suo Chao not be anxious? Therefore, it is inevitable that he will lead troops to surround the Cai Mansion.

Ximen Qing hurried to Cai's mansion, and was far away from him and saw Suo Chao in front of the mansion, wearing military uniform and murderous aura. In the Cai's mansion, there were also a large number of guards holding swords and guns to stop Suo Chao from entering.

For a moment, the two sides met and would fight at any time.

Suo Chao was furious, holding two big copper hammers, shouting: "Get out of the way! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude! Cai Mao dared to seize my family to threaten me, it was really unwilling!"

The Cai family's guards were so scared that they pushed back. At this time, the guard bowed his head and smiled bitterly: "Old Suo, this must be a misunderstanding. Lord Cai does not impulsively impulsively. Now that the enemy is in front of us, we cannot fight intra-fight, we must fight against the enemy in unison!"

Suo Chao shouted, "Chen Kuo, I think you are a brother, and you actually want to stop me too! If Cai Mao hadn't acted, where did my family go? You said! Can you guarantee that Cai Mao didn't send anyone to my house last night?"

Chen Kuo said: "Old Suo, you don't know. Master Tsai Ing is dead. Lord Tsai is overly sad. Now he has just fallen asleep. He thinks it was your move and is planning to deal with you. Oh, you should leave quickly. I think you have never been here!"

"What? Tsai Ing-die? Well dead! That playboy!" Suo Chao shouted.

At this time, Cai Mao was supported by the maid and walked out.

Seeing Suo Chao, Cai Mao's body trembled and then shouted: "Suo Chao, you dare to kill my son, I, Cai Mao, are irreconcilable to you. Chen Kuo, why are you still standing there? Don't take action, quickly capture Suo Chao!"


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