Do you have the strength to force me to join the Liangshan bandits?

Chapter 195 Song Jiang: This round is in the bag! [1st update]

After laughing enough, Song Jiang asked, "What is the strategist's plan?"

As the saying goes, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."

Wu Yong drew a circle in the air with his goose feather fan:
"Brother, we can ambush them on the route the prison cart takes back."

"The government troops were just feeling triumphant after capturing them, and they certainly didn't expect that we were the ones lurking behind them."

"Wow! Wow!"

Song Jiang gave a thumbs up:

"Who do you think is the best candidate?"

Wu Yong waved his goose feather fan again: "It depends on you, brother. You must be someone I can trust and who is skilled in martial arts."

Song Jiang counted on his fingers:

"In that case, Hua Rong and Qin Ming must go, along with Lin Chong..."

"Alright, let Huyan Zhuo and Xu Ning go as well. I think it should be a sure thing."

Wu Yong nodded with a smile: "These five are the best. With them, even a thousand government troops would be no problem!"

Song Jiang laughed: This round is in the bag!
……

"Beep, bab, bab..."

Ruan Xiaoqi and his men used several small boats to take Lu Junyi and his group to a dense forest on the shore of Liangshan Marsh.

Ruan Xiaoqi casually plucked a leaf, held it to her lips with both hands, and skillfully blew on it:

"force--"

A sharp whistle soon followed from the reeds not far away:

"force--"

"There are no government spies around here."

Ruan Xiaoqi reminded Lu Junyi of the following precautions:

"Master, you must be extra careful. That scoundrel Zhang Shuye loves to send out spies!"

"There are so many spies around Liangshan Marsh these past two days that I can't even count them all!"
"If it's possible to avoid it, it's best to avoid it; if it's unavoidable..."

So what if we can't avoid it?

Li Kui casually ripped open his shirt, revealing two large, squeaky pectoral muscles:
"Kill every single one who comes!"
"Two gentlemen, kill them both!"

Ruan Xiaoqi glanced at him:
"You killed him cleanly!"

"But that area will be thoroughly searched by Zhang Shuye's troops!"
"Even if they can't find anything, they'll have planted spies, so our people can't go there!"

Li Kui let out a "sneer" from his big nostrils.

Ruan Xiaoqi ignored him and continued talking to Lu Junyi:
“Master, we will wait for you in this reed marsh for a day and a night.”

If you don't return within a day and a night, we'll have no choice but to go back and report.

"understood."

Lu Junyi patted Ruan Xiaoqi on the shoulder:

"Qilang, you all should also be careful."

After bidding farewell to Ruan Xiaoqi, Lu Junyi and his group of five headed towards the location provided by Bai Sheng.

So here's the question: Lu Junyi, Suo Chao, Zhang Qing, and Deng Fei all have horses, but Li Kui doesn't.

How to travel together?

Lu Junyi asked Li Kui, but Li Kui didn't care at all:
"Just keep going, if you can't catch up, I'll admit defeat!"

That's awesome?
Lu Junyi knew that Lu Zhishen and Wu Song could sprint as fast as galloping horses, but he never expected that Li Kui would have the same ability.

The problem is that this isn't just a short sprint; can Li Kui keep chasing the horse indefinitely?
"drive!"

Lu Junyi, Suo Chao, Zhang Qing, and Deng Fei then spurred their horses to gallop.

Fearing that Li Kui wouldn't be able to catch up, they even made the horse run in a bouncy, jerky manner.

Li Kui spread his big feet and rode alongside the four of them on horseback without any hurry.

While running, Li Kui also taunted:

“Master Lu, isn’t your Qilin beast a thoroughbred horse?”

"That's it? That's it?"

Although he had been taught a lesson by Lu Junyi, Yan Qing, and Qiu Qiongying, Li Kui was still a reckless and unruly man.

Besides, now that they've come out to rescue people together, they're practically on the same side. How could Li Kui not seize the opportunity to make a few sarcastic remarks?

Lu Junyi: "Hehe."

"Xilulu——"

The Qilin beast, which was running leisurely, suddenly felt its master's thighs clamp down hard!
The Qilin beast, understanding Lu Junyi perfectly, immediately took off running! Now, not only Li Kui, but even Suo Chao, Zhang Qing, and Deng Fei couldn't catch up…

"Master Lu—slow down—"

Lu Junyi reined in his horse, stroking his beard, and watched as Li Kui, foaming at the mouth and barefoot, caught up.

"Tie Niu, you can't do it either!"

Lu Junyi sneered:
"What about the shoes?"

"broken……"

Li Kui, covered in soot and foaming at the mouth, took off his other straw sandal and threw it on the ground.

"Even a thoroughbred horse can be caught up by an iron ox on ordinary days!"
"It's all because of those useless shoes today, they ruined Tie Niu's day!"

Good guy!
Lu Junyi inexplicably recalled a phrase that Cai Fu often said:

There are some people who, even after their bones have turned to ash, still have a stubborn mouth!

"Master Lu, please forgive me!"

Li Kui, shameless as ever, said to Lu Junyi:
"Without shoes, Tie Niu can't run fast!"

Lu Junyi laughed heartily, deciding not to argue with this silly boy and continuing on his way at a normal pace.

On the way, Lu Junyi, imitating Cai Fu, asked his brothers:
"The strategist said it might be a trap set by the government troops to lure the enemy."

"If this is truly a ploy to lure the enemy, what do you brothers think?"

Li Kui was panting heavily from exhaustion. His mind was already not working well, and now it was even harder for him to think straight.

So Li Kui said directly: "Thinking too much is just a burden!"
"Just do it, why bother with all that?"

Lu Junyi ignored him; originally, Lu Junyi hadn't included Li Kui in his question.

"Not bad!"

As it turned out, Suo Chao also thought so:
"We just need to charge in, scatter the government troops, and rescue the people!"

Lu Junyi wavered a little: With my strength, a head-on confrontation isn't necessarily out of the question...

"Wait!"

Zhang Qing quickly interjected, "If it's a trap, there must be an ambush!"

"Although Master is brave enough to fight ten thousand men, if he falls into an ambush, he may still encounter an accident!"
"In my opinion, it would be better to wait and see how things develop!"

Suo Chao and Li Kui asked in unison, "How can we observe quietly?"

"The government troops have no idea how many groups of troops we have come from..."

Zhang Qing's brain was practically burning out:
"So if Sun Li goes, he can trigger their ambush!"

"Yes!"

Deng Fei slapped his thigh: "Once their ambush appeared, the ambush was over!"

Li Kui's eyes lit up: "Let's break out now!"

"Isn't it right?"

Because of his lack of understanding of Sun Li, Suo Chao thought of a new question:

How strong is Sun Li?

"What if he's not strong enough and fails to trigger the ambush, and is captured alive by the government troops?"

"It makes sense!"

Zhang Qing scratched his head and asked, "Then should we wait a little longer?"

Li Kui grew anxious: "If we wait any longer, they'll go back!"

"Then let's wait for them to go back, and then we'll fight our way out!"

Deng Fei slapped his thigh again: "There shouldn't be any ambushes by now, right?"

"most!"

Zhang Qing agreed: "They definitely won't have any ambushes left when they go back!"
"Moreover, they will lower their guard once they have captured Sun Li!"

"We'll break out again at this time..."

"Wow! Wow!"

When Zhang Qing finished speaking, Suo Chao, Deng Fei, and Li Kui all agreed that there was nothing wrong with it.

"Then it's settled!"

Lu Junyi scratched the back of his head, feeling an itch.
"Let's block their retreat and wait for them to come!"

Although his brain is a tiny bit small, he can pool everyone's ideas and bring everyone's brains together!
My brother is right: three cobblers are equal to one Zhuge Liang!

(End of this chapter)