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According to Liu Huiniang's plan, Zhao Zhen began to mobilize troops.

During this period, Shi Qian came from Mizhou again. In addition to Shi Qian, Li Zhong, the original leader of the Taohuashan village [Tiger Fighting General], also came with him.

The Song and Qing Dynasties attacked prefectures and counties, and wherever they went, all the money, food, and armor from the government treasury were plundered. The original means of providing loose grains and rice to poor households was no longer available. All the money and silk in the treasury, rice and grain in the warehouses, and the looted furniture of wealthy households were all loaded and transported away.

After the conquest of Mizhou, Li Zhong was left in Gaomi by Song Qing to preside over the matter.

Gaomi has two rivers, the Jiao Lai River and the Weishui River, which pass through Weizhou and lead directly to Laizhou Bay in the north, which seems to confirm what Wan Qirong said.

Guan Sheng led his troops to Gaomi, and Shi Qian volunteered. He told Guan Sheng that he had met Li Zhong and wanted to go to the city to persuade Li Zhong to surrender.

After meeting Li Zhong, Shi Qian talked about old things, and Li Zhong also talked about his regret for not being able to defect to Zhao Zhen.

As soon as Guan Sheng's troops arrived, Li Zhong ordered the city gates to be opened to welcome Guan Sheng into the city. And handed over all the money and grain shipped to Gaomi.

After the city was stabilized, Guan Sheng asked Shi Qian to take Li Zhong to see Wu Xuexue in Anqiu. After meeting Wu Yong, the two men asked Wu Yong to be sent to Laiwu to supervise Zhao Zhen.

In addition to the good news that Gaomi and Anqiu were recaptured by Wu Yong and Guan Sheng, the two of them also brought Wu Yong's proposal to continue pursuing the Song and Qing Qingzhou thieves.

Zhao Zhen listened to the words of the two men and said: "Brothers Li Zhong and Zhou Tong originally intended to come to Liangshan. Unfortunately, God did not follow their wishes and asked Song Jiang to interfere. Later, through you two, we also did some things with Song Jiang. Deal, now Brother Li Zhong can come , I will certainly welcome him here. The court just said that my brother couldn’t bear to see Song Jiang harming the people, so it would be considered a meritorious service for him to surrender. It would not be difficult for him to get a pardon from the court in the future. How about Lieutenant Colonel?"

After hearing this, Li Zhong thanked him quickly: "The villain and brother Zhou Tong have been looking forward to this day for a long time. When I came here, I heard from the military advisor that Brother Zhou Tong was in Laiwu Prison. The villain was brave and was willing to go to the city for a walk. Unfortunately, the Zhou Tong brothers have long wanted to surrender to each other. Now they are trapped in the isolated city. I'm afraid that because his family members are all in Qingzhou, the villain goes to the city to say that he is dedicating the city to the outside world. As long as no one is allowed to escape, when the time comes, he only tells the outside world that Brother Zhou Tong has been killed, and brother Zhou Tong's family members will be fine. That’s it, I’ll quietly move to Liangshan in a few days.”

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said to Li Zhong: "Brother, I don't know what happened in the city, and the city has been surrounded again. How can you enter the city?"

"These days, the imperial court has come to urge me a lot. I'm afraid the Laiwu prison won't be successful if it can only besieged but not attacked. I have a man here. Brother, can you recognize him?"

With that said, Zhao Zhen whispered a few words to the sergeant waiting on the side.

After a while, Zhen Xianglin entered the account.

Li Zhong was shocked when he saw it: "Ruan Zhao'er, why are you here?"

Zhen Xianglin said: "Why can't I come?"

After hearing Zhen Xianglin's words, Li Zhong looked at him carefully and said, "You are not Ruan Zhao'er."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Yes, this brother's name is Zhen Xianglin. Can you tell him by pretending to be Ruan Zhao'er?"

Li Zhongdao: "It's no exaggeration to say it's true even if you have to pretend."

At that moment, Zhao Zhen told Li Zhong the strategy discussed by everyone, and then said: "Originally, I wasn't completely sure about it, but with my brothers, I'm sure."

At the moment, Zhao Zhenliu Shi Qian and Li Zhong were resting in the camp. He was not in a hurry to report the news of Mizhou's victory. He just waited for the capture of Laiwu prison and asked for credit together.

Two days later, Xiao Rang Feige of Liangshan Prefecture sent news that the war horses purchased from Zengtou City were delivered. According to two stones of tea and five horses, Zengtou City sent 2,500 war horses, more than half of which were mares.

Zhao Zhen received the pigeon message and sent for Zeng Mi, who was recovering from his injuries in the camp.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhao Zhen said: "Brother, I have received news that brother Zeng Sheng will be back with your brother Zeng Kui in the next two days. Brother has sent a scout to pick him up. Don't let him come to the camp... ·”

Zhao Zhen revealed to Zeng Mi the plan of leading Li Zhong and Zhen Xianglin to defraud the city.

Zeng Mi heard this and said happily: "It turns out that my husband evacuated the Beimen camp a few days ago for this reason."

Two days later, Li Zhong and Zhen Xianglin led more than 300 riders and ran straight from the official road to the north gate of Laiwu Prison. Five miles away, Zeng Kui and Zeng Sheng, under the banner of Hu Yanzhuo, rode their horses to pursue him.

On the top of the city, the soldiers guarding the city saw flying dust from a distance, two groups of men and horses chasing each other, and sounding the gong. Meng Futong, who was on duty, heard this and hurried to the city. Li Zhong shouted: "Brother Zhou Tong, open the city gate quickly."

While shouting, he rode forward with Zhen Xianglin. Meng Futong looked at the blood-stained and incompletely armored cavalry at the foot of the city, and shouted, "Why are you two leaders here at Laiwu Prison?"

Li Zhong shouted: "In the battle of Laiwu, we fell into a trap. The two new bird regiments from Lingzhou pretended to be defeated. We pursued too far and let Hu Yanzhuo's chain of armored horses ambush us. We were defeated. The two of us were scattered. , unable to return to the city, had to come to Laiwu Prison for temporary refuge."

Meng Futong wanted to cross-examine, but Li Zhong cursed loudly as he watched the cavalry approaching.

Zhou Tong and Ruan Qixiang, who came after hearing the news, met Li Zhong and Ruan Zhaoer and quickly ordered the city to be opened.

It turned out that Lai Yong'er originally asked Zhou Tong and three people to guard the city, and specifically selected three unrelated people, and ordered that the two people's consent was required to open the city gate. Therefore, when Zhao Zhen ordered people to shoot arrows to persuade him to surrender, Zhou Tong wanted to open the city and surrender, but because of this order, he never found the opportunity.

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Seeing the imperial soldiers and horses chasing after them in the distance, Zhou Tong thought about Li Zhong and Ruan Qixiang thought about Ruan Zhaoer, so they hurriedly ordered the city gate to be opened.

Coincidentally, there were four gates in Laiwu prison. When the three men came to defend the city, the remaining three gates were blocked with earth and rocks, leaving only the north gate for easy access to Laiwu. This was also reserved for when the city could not be defended. , can escape.

With the clattering sound of iron chains, the Laiwu Prison Gate, which had been closed for nearly two months, finally opened.

As the gate opened, Li Zhong and Zhen Xianglin quickly rode forward, and more than 300 horseback troops rushed in. Before Zhou Tong and others could order the door to be closed, several horsemen behind them raised their axes and cut off the iron cables of the suspension bridge.

Li Zhong and Zhen Xianglin, who rushed into the city, shouted: "Song Jiang is defeated, everyone surrenders. Those who resist will be killed without mercy."

More than three hundred people shouted at the same time, and the other three gates listened, and the war drums of the various camps started beating "bang bang bang" in unison. Shouts of "Kill, kill, kill" rose to the sky.

On the top of the city, Zhou Tong and the others were stunned.

Just as Meng Futong was about to give the order to shoot arrows, Ruan Qixiang quickly shouted: "Leader Meng, surrender."

After a while, Zeng Kui and others also entered the city through the gate guarded by Li Zhong and others. The situation was decided. Li Zhong shouted: "Brother Zhou Tong, if we don't surrender now, when will we wait?"

On the top of the city, Zhou Tong and Ruan Qixiang each held a sword and looked at Meng Futong aside. When Meng Futong saw it, he quickly shouted: "I am willing to surrender."