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

Chapter 208 Dong Ping: Another attempt to lure the snake out of its hole? [1st update]

Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo quickly left Zhang Shuye's military tent, but the enlightened monk did not appear.

Wei Dingguo: "Prime Minister Zhang is going to use troops tonight, let's hurry back and prepare..."

Shan Tinggui: "Silence!"

The two walked away talking, and the guards outside the tent heard them but pretended not to.

A short while later, a tall, eight-foot-tall personal guard with lion-like eyebrows and tiger-like eyes emerged from Zhang Shuye's military tent.

The eight-foot-tall bodyguard casually waved to the bodyguards guarding outside the tent.

Although the guards didn't recognize him, they dared not be negligent and quickly stepped forward to ask:
"Does my lord have any instructions?"

The eight-foot-tall bodyguard gave him a waist badge belonging to Zhang Shuye:
"Pass down the order: tonight, my lord, all the spies must be recalled. They have new tasks to be assigned to them."

Tell them to hurry!

The guard quickly took the badge and ran off.

The eight-foot-tall personal guard returned to the military tent, where the corpses of the guards had all been stripped naked and piled up in a corner.

Zhang Shuye sat in a folding chair, his back to the entrance of the military tent.

There seemed to be no problem, but when you turned to face him, you would find that his hands and feet were bound.

There was a tattered rag stuffed in his mouth.

A large, fat monk and a tall, imposing bodyguard with thick eyebrows and big eyes sat on a chair nearby, drinking tea.

Zhang Shuye glared angrily at the tall and imposing bodyguard.

The tall and imposing bodyguard didn't seem to care, and even raised an eyebrow at Zhang Shuye in a defiant manner:

"Master Zhang, let's wait and see tonight."

……

"Hurry up!"

A group of spies sent out by Zhang Shuye returned from all directions and gathered together on the main road to return to camp.

Because Zhang Shuye demanded "speed" and that "there was a new mission," the spies were no longer able to remain hidden.

They dressed up as all sorts of people, including farmers, woodcutters, hunters, and peddlers...

However, if you look closely, you'll notice that no matter what their profession is, they all have a white towel on them.

It was a dark and windy night, and they were hurrying along the road when the last person tripped and fell while passing through the woods.

No one paid him any attention. Just as he was about to get up, someone covered his mouth and dragged him into the woods by the roadside.

Soon, another person emerged from the woods and quickly chased after them, catching up with the rear of the spy team.

The same thing happened simultaneously in different places, and what they had in common was that it didn't attract the attention of the undercover agents...

……

Left Army Camp.

Dong Ping was pulling her headscarf to the left in front of the mirror so that it would cover her bare ear piercings.

Feeling much better after blocking it, Dong Ping asked his personal guard with a lack of confidence:
"Hmph! Do you think I can tell?"

The guards shook their heads in fright: "I can't tell, I can't tell at all!"

Dong Ping nodded in satisfaction, then frowned and looked at his crooked nose in the mirror:

How can this nose be concealed?

Just then, a guard came to report: "My lord, Master Zhang has sent a personal guard with a secret letter in his own handwriting!"

Dong Ping: "Hmph! Let him in."

Then one of Zhang Shuye's personal guards came in and handed a sealed letter with sealing wax to Dong Ping's personal guard.

Dong Ping's personal guard then handed the sealed letter back to him. After examining the sealing wax, Dong Ping opened it and read:
It really is Zhang Shuye's handwriting!
"Hmph! I know, go back and tell your husband—"

Dong Ping waved to Zhang Shuye's personal guards:

"Dong Ping will send troops as promised!"

Zhang Shuye's personal guards bowed and left. A short while later, Wang Wenbin, who was with him in the Left Army camp, arrived.

"Supervisor Dong, have you received Zhang Shuye's secret letter?"

Wang Wenbin came in and asked directly, and Dong Ping invited him to sit down:
"Hmph! Got it. Uncle Zhang plans to use the 'luring the snake out' tactic again!"

"He really loves to 'lure the snake out of its hole'!"

Wang Wenbin curled his lip: "Last time we tried to 'lure the snake out of its hole,' we not only failed to catch the snake, but we also injured Supervisor Dong!"

"Just one day later, they're already 'luring the snake out of its hole' again!"
"Doesn't he have any other tricks up his sleeve?"

"Hmph!" Dong Ping's nose flared with anger when he heard Wang Wenbin say that he had been hurt.
"It's probably another wasted trip!"

"Alright!"

Wang Wenbin didn't want to listen to Dong Ping's grumbling and said directly:
"If his plan fails again this time, I hope that Supervisor Dong and I can jointly report to the higher authorities that Zhang Shuye is incapable of suppressing the rebels!"
"I've also spoken to Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo!"

"The effect will be even better if the four of us sign together!"

"Humph!"

Dong Ping asked, "What are your plans, Brother Wang?"

"You know I have connections!"

Wang Wenbin pointed inscrutably to the sky:

"When Zhang Shuye takes over, I will be the commander-in-chief to suppress the bandits, and you will be the deputy commander-in-chief!"
"We will patiently wait for the navy to arrive. Once the navy arrives, Liangshan Marsh can be captured in one fell swoop!"

"Hmph! It's good, really!"

Dong Ping frowned and said, "But the online army is late in arriving at the agreed time!"
"Brother Wang, I'm afraid that if you take over..."

Wang Wenbin laughed heartily and asked him in a low voice:

Why do you think the online trolls haven't arrived yet?

Dong Ping's eyes widened: So it was you all along, already prepared to steal Zhang Shuye's peaches?
So you actually have connections?
"Humph!"

Dong Ping quickly clasped his hands in a fist salute to Wang Wenbin:

"Thank you for your guidance, Brother Wang!"

"You're welcome!"

Wang Wenbin proudly picked up his teacup:
"If we break through Liangshan Marsh, you'll definitely get your share of the rewards, brother!"

……

Song Jiang's residence.

Song Jiang was lying on the bed, rubbing his buttocks in circles, while Wu Yong sat beside him, fanning himself with a goose feather fan and talking to him.

Suddenly, "Young Star" Kongming burst in like a gust of wind:

"Master, they've made their move!"

Song Jiang and Wu Yong exchanged a glance, then quickly asked, "What do you mean?"

Kongming: "Lu Junyi and Guan Sheng, leading ten thousand men, have sailed to the other side on a large ship!"

"Nonsense!"

Song Jiang slammed his fist on the headboard and roared:

"Zhang Shuye's spies are everywhere on the other side of Liangshan Marsh!"

"They just went there in such a high-profile manner?"

Qin Ming, who was wiping his spiked club nearby, couldn't help but say:

"Brother, should we go after him and bring him back?"

"do not want!"

Song Jiang's expression changed twice, and he exchanged a glance with Wu Yong:
"Let him go, so that he will suffer a crushing defeat!"

"So the brothers can see what he's really made of!"

Wu Yong nodded with a smile, waving his goose feather fan.

He generally doesn't speak up unless Song Jiang's decision is sound.

Unless Song Jiang needs a straight man.

Song Jiang waved to Kongming: "Investigate again, and report back!"

"Yes!"

Kongming accepted the order and left.

"Ten thousand men!"

Song Jiang scoffed: "I couldn't defeat them even with 30,000 troops, what can 10,000 of their troops do?"
"Do you really think Uncle Zhang is a pushover?"

Hua Rong, who had been silent all along, spoke up:
"His deployment of troops overnight was likely an attempt to launch a night attack on Zhang Shuye."

"The man surnamed Cai just returned. He doesn't know how skilled Zhang Shuye's spies are; he might have been discovered before even reaching the shore..."

Qin Ming curled his lip: "What does a mere executioner know about military strategy?"

The crowd roared with laughter.

(End of this chapter)