Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

He was acting on Dong Ping's orders.

They are here to arrest people who want to go to Qingfeng Mountain.

As long as we show our faces,

Once they catch you,

Then they would naturally be sent to the government troops' camp at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain!

really,

Having seized the opportunity when the government troops were about to change shifts,

Wu Yong and his two companions pretended to go up the mountain to chop firewood and then went to meet the local people.

Appeared on the mountain road

Then they were immediately surrounded by government troops.

The leading government soldier frowned as he looked at the three men.

"You are truly courting death! Qingfeng Mountain has been sealed off for two or three days, yet you still dare to come here to die?"

Seeing that the junior officer of the government troops seemed somewhat suspicious,

Wu Yong hurriedly began to cry and plead,

"Master Guan, we have no other choice!"

"Without firewood to burn, there's no way to cook!"

"We've been starving for two days!"

"Please, sir, have mercy and let us chop some firewood to go back and cook!"

"Pah! I pity you! Who pities me!"

The doubt in the junior leader's eyes faded.

His expression also turned fierce.

"If I really send you guys up the mountain to chop firewood, I'll lose my head!"

"Tie up these three reckless fools!"

"I'll take advantage of the shift change to escort them back!"

.....

A quarter of an hour later,

The officers and soldiers arrived to change shifts.

The junior officer immediately led his soldiers...

They escorted Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, and Lei Heng back to the government army camp.

After entering the military camp,

The three from Qingfeng Mountain were thrown directly into the labor camp.

Then they were urged on by the government troops with leather whips.

They began to help the government troops repair the fences and walls around their barracks.

Throughout the entire labor camp,

One or two hundred people were captured by the Qingzhou government troops.

Most of them were ordinary people from the surrounding area.

Only a few were martial arts practitioners who wanted to join Qingfeng Mountain.

These two are quite easy to distinguish.

Those who are timid and cowardly, and dare not resist, are the common people.

His expression was fierce.

Covered in wounds, he was naturally a bandit...

Chapter 717 The Dead Cannot Speak

When Wu Yong and his two companions were forced to work by the government troops,

He then secretly approached those江湖汉子 (jianghu men, meaning people from all walks of life).

I quickly became familiar with them.

After night falls,

The government troops took all these "bandit" prisoners back to the prisoner-of-war camp.

They also casually brought over two large buckets of thin porridge.

This is what the prisoners will eat tonight.

Two buckets of thin porridge have just been delivered.

She was then taken over by the bandits in the prisoner-of-war camp.

Other ordinary people could only stand by cowardly.

After the bandits finished eating,

I just want to scrape some leftovers.

Wu Yong and his two companions had already become acquainted with the bandits beforehand.

He then stood by the bucket.

Seeing that there was only thin porridge in the bucket,

Lei Heng immediately flew into a rage and said,

"We've worked all day, why is this all we get to eat?"

"Will this be enough to fill you up?"

"It's impossible to be full,"

A bandit nearby joked,

"But at least you can always get enough to drink, what else can you do?"

"Who told us we're prisoners now!"

"We can't keep eating meat and drinking alcohol every single meal!"

Lei Heng was immediately speechless.

Seeing this, Gongsun Sheng, who was standing nearby,

Suddenly he spoke up,

"I fear that this kind of life, where we can have enough to eat and drink, won't last much longer!"

"What do you mean by that?"

The men who were drinking porridge nearby immediately looked up.

Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng exchanged a glance.

Then, the wise man said with a serious expression.

"Now that you have entered this prisoner-of-war camp, do you know what crimes we are accused of?"

"What else could they be but bandits?"

A bandit said helplessly,

"I originally intended to go to Qingfeng Mountain to seek refuge with Song, the Timely Rain Clerk,"

"Who knew that before we even got up the mountain, we were caught by the government troops!"

“Apart from those commoners, which of the men left here isn’t like that?”

"That's it,"

Wu Yong said this,

His expression was filled with terror.

"Do you all know what the government troops who escorted us said when the three of us were arrested today?"

"What did they say?"

The surrounding bandits were all intrigued by the strategist.

He quickly pressed for an answer.

"They said that in two days, the government troops from Qingzhou will be transferred to attack Liangshan,"

Wu Yong said with a frightened expression,

"When that time comes, it will be the day we are liberated."

"The day of liberation?"

Some foolish men still didn't understand the meaning.

"Are the government troops going to release us?"

"idiot!"

The man beside him, who understood Wu Yong's meaning, immediately cursed angrily.

"They're trying to use our heads to claim credit!"

"No, it can't be!"

Some people do not believe in the faith.

"We didn't even make it to Qingfeng Mountain, so why are they asking for credit!"

"Kill us all, then cut off our heads,"

The sensible man said anxiously.

"At that time, we'll naturally become the bandits of Qingfeng Mountain,"

"Who knows, they might even become members of the Liangshan bandits!"

"Once we're dead, who are we anyway? We'll just be left to their whims!"

"Then, what should we do?"

The surrounding bandits were immediately terrified.

quickly,

The government troops obtained information that they wanted to kill people and impersonate bandits to claim credit.

The news spread quickly throughout the prisoner-of-war camp.

Even ordinary outlaws were so frightened their legs went weak.

Not to mention the cowardly ordinary people.

"What a good thing!"

Some people panicked and ran around aimlessly.

"Waaah, I still have an elderly mother to support. What will happen to her if I die?"

Someone is crying.

"What's there to be afraid of? At worst, I'll be a hero again in eighteen years!"

Some people are still stubbornly holding on.

But looking only at her legs

They were all trembling incessantly.

Seeing that the entire prisoner-of-war camp was in complete chaos,