Song Xiance sat in the Juyi Hall with a gloomy expression, and stood in front of Li Yan and Li Hu brothers. In the battle of Chuzhou, not only did they lose land but more than tens of thousands of troops in the White Lotus Sect. Li Yan also brought three thousand musket teams from Henan, but what Song Xiance and Li Yan were most unacceptable was that they would never have lost the opportunity to settle down the Jiangnan area forever.

Li Yan turned his head and asked Li Hu, "Where are Hu Zi, Jing Maochenghe, Li Xuan and the leopard brothers in the mountains?"

"Oh." Li Hu sighed and said, "I heard from the brothers who fled back to the mountain village that Li Xuan and the leopard brothers in the mountains were both dead. Jing Maocheng wanted to save his sister-in-law but was captured alive by the government army with his sister-in-law."

Li Yan asked again: "How are the casualties of brothers?"

Li Hu said sadly: "Only more than 200 people escaped back."

Li Yan's brows frowned in an instant, but the 3,000 musket team only fled back more than 200 people, almost all the troops were destroyed, and the Hongniang, Li Xuan and Jing Maocheng, this trip to Jiangnan really cost the wife and the soldiers, and the loss was a huge loss.

Li Hu said: "Brother, military advisor, what should I do now?"

Li Yan did not answer and looked back at Song Xiance.

Song Xiance sighed and said with a disgust: "Wang Pu's artillery is so powerful. We are not his opponents now. Go back to Henan. After returning, our military advisor will do his best to persuade the Major General to launch a large army to fight south, first destroy Ma Shiying from Fengyang, and then come to deal with Wang Pu."

"But brother..." Li Hu said anxiously, "My sister-in-law is still in Wang Pu's hands, so she has to be rescued."

"General Li Yan." Song Xiance said in a calm voice, "Don't act voluntarily, especially don't act voluntarily for women."

Li Yan's eyes were deep and he replied in a low voice: "I will understand."

Song Xiance nodded and said, "It is not advisable to stay here for a long time. I will send orders to let my brothers rest for a night and leave for Henan early tomorrow morning."

Outside Chuzhou City, the official army camp.

Monk Zhang quickly stepped into the big tent, clasped his fists to Wang Pu and said, "General, I am lucky to be humble to be my duty."

"Monk!" Wang Pu said in surprise, "Are you back?"

"Here I'm back."

"Where are the elite soldiers of the five thousand thieves?"

"I have already taken to Urakoguchi and stationed there now."

"Okay." Wang Puxi said. "Monk, you have made a contribution again. I will definitely receive a lot of rewards after I go back."

"General, don't give me rewards." Zhang said solemnly, "I only have one request."

"Say." Wang Pu shouted, "What request?"

Monk Zhang said sincerely: "Please release Jing Maocheng by the general."

"What!" Wang Pu frowned, "Let Jing Maocheng be released?"

"General." The monk said in a voice, "The monk is a rough man and does not understand any great principles. He doesn't know how to tell the general, but the monk thought that Jing Maocheng's brothers were heroes! A real hero is a hero. Whether it is a bandit or an official army, he is a hero. The monk thought that a hero like Jing Maocheng could not be killed."

Wang Pu frowned and said unhappy: "It's okay not to kill him, as long as you can convince him to surrender to the official army."

"General, you know this is impossible." Zhang Monk said solemnly, "If Jing Maocheng is willing to surrender, then he is not worth it, and he doesn't need the monk to plead for him."

"Then what else do you mean?" Wang Pu slapped the table and said angrily, "Monk, do you know how many brothers die at his hands? If he is released today, how many brothers will die at his hands in the future?"

"This monk knows." said Zhang, "But his brothers who killed us are just like those who killed them. They are all just for their own masters. There is no personal grudge in between. The monk still hopes that the general can let him go. Even if one day in the future, the monk will die at his hands on the battlefield, without any complaints."

"No." Wang Pu said decisively, "This matter has not been discussed."

"General..."

"roll!"

Monk Zhang wanted to persuade him again, but Wang Pu rushed out of the tent without saying anything.

When Monk Zhang left, a cunning smile suddenly appeared in Wang Pu's eyes. When he was in Datong, Wang Pu asked Monk Zhang to deliberately approach Jing Maocheng and had no good intentions. He had known that this would be the result today. Monk Zhang and Jing Maocheng had the same origin and had similar tempers, so they would definitely appreciate each other and become confidants.

Soon, Lu Liu entered the tent and reported, "General, the monk went straight to the tent that imprisoned Jing Maocheng. Should I send someone to intercept him?"

"No need." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "Let him go."

"But..." Lu Liu said anxiously, "What if he let Jing Maocheng go?"

"Didn't you hear me clearly?" Wang Pu frowned. "Let him go!"

Lu Liu quickly lowered his head and replied, "Yes."

Jing Maocheng's wound has been treated and bandaged. Although his face is a little pale, he is much more energetic. His wrists and ankles are tied up and he is unable to move. In order not to let him escape, Wang Pu also sent dozens of official troops to guard him continuously for twelve hours.

When Monk Zhang strode into the camp, Jing Maocheng was lying on the ground like a dog licking the food in the rice bowl. Jing Maocheng and Monk Zhang both have the same rash personality. They are both masters who don’t cry when they see the coffin. As long as they are not dead for a moment, they will not give up their hope of life. In their eyes, they are angry. They will never be willing to do such stupid things.

"Brother Monk?"

Jing Maocheng straightened his waist, licked the two grains of rice from the corner of his mouth into his mouth, and asked vaguely, "Why are you here?"

Before she could speak, she went up to pick up the rice bowl and brought it to Jing Maocheng's mouth. Jing Maocheng opened his mouth and started to swallow it honestly and unceremoniously. Until he had eaten and drunk enough, he licked his lips without any satisfaction, looked at Monk Zhang squintly, and said aloud: "Brother monks, thank you."

Monk Zhang turned around and looked at the solemn officers and soldiers in the tent, and said coldly: "You all go out."

Several officers and soldiers said: "General, this..."

Monk Zhang said angrily: "Get out! Get out of here. Who dares to get close to the tent? Don't blame the knife in my hand for not recognizing anyone!"

Several officers and soldiers couldn't help but change their faces and left the tent in shame.

After all the soldiers of the government and soldiers left, Monk Zhang suddenly pulled out his dagger and stepped forward to break the cow tendon rope on Jing Maocheng's wrist and ankle. Jing Maocheng's eyes narrowed and asked in a deep voice: "Monk, what do you mean?"

Monk Zhang still didn't say anything, but quickly took off his battle robe and armor, then stabbed the dagger into his right chest with his backhand. The blood splattered. Monk Zhang couldn't help but groan and frowned.

Jing Maocheng rushed forward to support Monk Zhang and said anxiously: "Brother, what are you doing?"

"Brother Maocheng." Monk Zhang pointed to the ground armor and battle robe on the ground and whispered, "You and I look seventy-seventh-slightly similar. As long as you change to this, no one dares to stop you."

Jing Maocheng asked in a desolate voice: "Brother, do you want to let me go?"

"That's right." Zhang said, "You and my brothers are in a similar mood. I can't watch you die."

Jing Maocheng couldn't bear to say, "I'm leaving, what should you do? Wang Pu will not spare you!"

"You don't have to worry about this." Jing Maocheng said, "General, he will give me a whip at most, and he will not bear to kill me."

"But……"

"Don't let it go." Monk Zhang said anxiously, "Change in clothes and armor, go quickly!"

Jing Maocheng looked at Monk Zhang deeply and said in a cold voice: "Brother, brother owes you a favor!"
Chapter completed!