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More than forty miles to the west of Bozhou is the territory of Kouzhou, and Kushu Mountain is fifteen miles northeast of Kouzhou, close to Lingzhou.

Zhang Zhengdao led two village leaders, Wen Zhongrong and Ni Gong, and ordered a hundred young men who knew how to ride a horse. Under the guidance of the Kushushan men, the large army of horses headed towards Kouzhou.

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After running all the way for more than an hour, I arrived near the dry tree mountain. I saw that the mountain was full of dead trees and reed buds were everywhere. It was a dangerous place.

Everyone hid in a forest not far from the foot of the mountain to rest, while Zhang Zhengdao, Wen Zhongrong and Ni Gong sat cross-legged, planning how to conquer the Dead Tree Mountain.

"Master of the village, this mountain is so steep that it will be difficult for the cavalry army to charge up the mountain." Min Gong just observed for a while and said with a frown.

Wen Zhongrong also said: "Captain, there are more than 300 men on the mountain. We only have 100 men. If we attack by force, we will lose many brothers."

Zhang Zhengdao said with a smile: "It's just a low-end cottage, so there's no need to go to that trouble. After dark, let the live guy lead us, pretending to be people who came back from the mountain to borrow food, and make money in the stockade."

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"When you get inside, you two go straight to the 'Sorrowing Door God' Bao Xu. As long as you behead the thief, the three hundred minions will not be enough to prove it." Zhang Zhengdao had already thought about it when he set out.

Come up with a plan.

If we lead an army to attack Kushu Mountain, we will lose more than we gain. Calling a formation at the foot of the mountain is even more time-consuming and laborious. We can just take more than 20 brothers and take advantage of the dark night to pretend to be Kushu Mountain's minions and earn their way into the village.

Wen Zhongrong said happily: "The leader of the village has a good plan."

Zhang Zhengdao ordered: "Choose twenty brothers with good skills and follow me up the mountain at night."

Ni Gong advised: "Brother is the master of the mountain. How can he be in danger? Let Brother Wen and I take twenty brothers to earn money into the village and kill the leader of the thieves."

Wen Zhongrong also advised: "If my brother makes any mistakes, how will my two brothers explain it to the brothers in the village?"

When Zhang Zhengdao saw the two men trying to persuade him, he stopped insisting and just told him: "Remember, you must kill that Bao Xu first."

The two of them replied at the same time: "Yes!"

Everyone ate some dry food, drank some water, and rested for half an hour in the forest. When night fell and the sky became completely dark, Wen Zhongrong and Ni Gong led 20 brothers with good skills to escort the man.

The gangsters from Dry Tree Mountain went straight to the village on the mountain.

Along the straight mountain road, only halfway up the mountain, you saw a village gate blocking the way.

Wen Zhongrong clasped the wrist of the Kushushan gangster and whispered: "Call the door!"

This guy was afraid and didn't dare to shout randomly and betray everyone, so he had to take two steps forward and shouted loudly: "Which brother is on duty here?"

This loud shout alerted the minions who were keeping watch in the village.

After a while, a little leader guarding the gate of the village poked his head and looked out.

"Who is making noise outside?" The little leader couldn't see clearly what was going on outside. Through the moonlight, he could vaguely see many people, shadowy and shadowy, standing not far away under the wall of the village.

"But brother Deng Peng? I am Wang Laoba!" Outside the village, the gangster pretended to be happy and shouted.

"It's the old bastard. It's so late at night, why didn't you light the torch?" Deng Peng, the little leader on the wall, complained: "Didn't the leader of the village ask you to go down the mountain to borrow food? Why did you come back so soon?"< /p>

Wang Laoba sighed, smiled bitterly and shouted: "Don't mention it, it's really unlucky to encounter a tricky idea."

"Brother Deng Peng, open the village gate quickly. I have something urgent to report to the village master!" Wang Laoba immediately shouted.

The little leader Deng Peng, however, was not in a hurry to ask people to open the gate of the village. He just said with a smile: "Old bastard brother, the few taels of silver I owe you..."

"No, this is my filial piety to Brother Deng." When Wang Laobao saw Deng Peng taking the opportunity to blackmail him, he was very worried. He had an idea and shouted again: "This time, I went down the mountain to borrow food and found a treasure. I took it with me. , those mere taels of silver are nothing."

Deng Peng asked curiously: "What treasure?"

Wang Laoba replied: "I'll open Brother Deng's eyes later."

When Deng Peng saw that he was showing off, he immediately became curious and ordered the young man on the side: "Open the gate of the village and let the old bastard in."

The man guarding the village gate took the heavy wooden bolt, untied the noose, and opened the village gate.

Wen Zhongrong and others were overjoyed, but remained calm. They followed Wang Laoba and walked into the dead tree village.

The little leader Deng Peng turned down from the wall of the village, grabbed Wang Laoba's arm, and asked: "Where is the treasure? Come and take a look at it."

Wang Laoba glanced at Wen Zhongrong beside him, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Brother Deng, I will show it to you after I meet the village leader."

Deng Peng coldly snorted and threatened: "Don't try to trick me."

"No, no, after I meet the leader of the village, I will tell Brother Deng to open his eyes." Wang Laoba ignored him and took Wen Zhongrong and others straight to the thatched cottage that was just built not long ago. .

Deng Peng looked at the more than 20 people who followed Wang Laoba to the thatched cottage in the village, and cursed in a low voice: "Why is this old bastard so eager?"

Staring at the backs of those people, Deng Peng felt that something was not quite right. When he was thinking about what the problem was, he heard the boy exclaiming: "Brother Deng, there is a fire approaching from the bottom of the mountain."

Deng Peng's thoughts were interrupted and he rushed up to the wall of the village. Looking far into the distance, he saw a fire dragon slowly running up the mountain from the foot of the mountain. It looked like there were fifty or sixty people holding torches and heading towards the village. Come in the direction.

Deng Peng's expression changed and he shouted: "Guard the village gate, and I will report to the village master."

After saying that, he jumped off the fence and ran towards the thatched cottage.

Just as he arrived at the square outside the hall, he heard someone yelling angrily: "Bao Xu is dead, put down your weapons, or you will die."

Deng Peng's expression changed drastically. Bao Xu, the leader of the village, was killed. He turned around and wanted to flee.

As soon as he took two steps, he was grabbed by someone from behind. He heard Wang Laoba's sinister voice saying: "Brother Deng, don't you want to see my baby? Why don't you want to see it?"

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Deng Peng turned around and saw Wang Laoba holding a bright knife and stabbing him in the abdomen.

"You..." Deng Peng was stabbed and felt pain all the time. He said in a trembling voice: "You... killed... killed... the village leader..."

Wang Laoba said with a ferocious smile: "Yes, I have taken refuge in Liangshan. Brother Deng, you should also follow Bao Xu village master to the underworld, so that I can have a companion on the road."

After the king finished speaking, he put the knife on Deng Peng's abdomen and stirred it several times until the liver and intestines were broken. Then he withdrew the knife and let go of the body.

After killing Deng Peng, Wang Laoba rushed to the village gate with a knife and shouted: "Bao Xu is dead. Open the village gate quickly and welcome the owner of Liangshan Bo."

The little guys guarding the village didn't know what was going on at the moment. When they heard Wang Laoba's shouts, some of them turned around and ran into the village, while others just stood there helpless and helpless.

Wang Laoba yelled and cursed: "Idiot, what are you doing standing still? Open the gate of the village quickly."

The remaining minions just woke up and quickly opened the village gate again.

The Liangshan attackers, who had already captured the area, charged into the stronghold with their swords and weapons.

Zhang Zhengdao, protected by ten personal minions, also slowly walked into the dead tree village.

At this moment, a few screams occasionally came out, and most of the minions in Kushu Mountain gave up resistance and fell to their knees one after another.

Wen Zhongrong held a zhangba spear in his right hand and something in his left hand. He strode out of the thatched hall. When he saw Zhang Zhengdao strolling in the courtyard, he raised the head in his hand and shouted: "The leader of the village, Bao Xu

Already conferred."

Zhang Zhengdao raised his eyebrows and did not want to scold him too much. He just said calmly: "Brother, please ask someone to clean that thatched hall."

Seeing Zhang Zhengdao standing outside and not in a hurry to enter, Wen Zhongrong reacted and quickly threw away Bao Xu's head and said sarcastically: "My younger brother is reckless, please forgive me."

Zhang Zhengdao waved his hand and asked: "Is Bao Xu difficult to deal with?"

Wen Zhongrong laughed and said: "Brother Nie Gong and I entered the thatched cottage and saw that guy eating wine. His hands and feet were so weak from eating that he didn't even pick up a weapon, so he was shot to death by his younger brother."<

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Zhang Zhengdao put his hands behind his back, looked around, looked at Wang Laoba who was standing respectfully aside, and said calmly: "Go and call all the people in the village here. There is one person missing, so I will ask you."<

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Wang Laoba bent down and said flatteringly: "I will go now, please ask the leader of the village to allocate some manpower to me."

"I'll follow you." Ni Gong came closer, holding the Yanling sword that he snatched from Zeng Mi.