The soldiers above were unsure whether they should shoot Yang Zaixing with their crossbows.

Liu Shan shouted up, "What are you waiting for? Shoot him!"

"You dare!"

"Shoot him!"

"What's all this noise about!"

Just then, a voice rang out.

Then an officer dressed in the uniform of a commander came out with his men. This man was Wang Zhong, the commander of Heyuan Village.

Upon seeing Wang Zhong, Liu Shan immediately became obedient: "Commander Wang, Yang Zaixing returned during his patrol and attacked me."

Wang Zhong walked over, looked at Yang Zaixing, and said coldly, "Yang Zaixing, is what Liu Shan said true?"

"Commander Wang, I've come to report military intelligence. We've discovered Mongols in a small village ten miles away!"

"The Mongols?" Wang Zhong frowned slightly. "Aren't they on the grasslands? It's the dead of winter now, and the hay-gathering season is over. They couldn't possibly be coming down here!"

"Commander Wang, if I have uttered even the slightest lie, I am willing to accept military punishment!"

Liu Shan said, "Commander Wang, I just returned from there this morning and didn't see any Mongols. Yang Zaixing is clearly lying!"

Wang Zhong frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Liu Shan, take a team of men and go with Yang Zaixing to take a look."

"Commander Wang..."

"This is a military order!"

"yes!"

Yang Zaixing said, "Commander Wang, Chief Yue said it's best not to act rashly. Report this matter to Blackwater City immediately."

Liu Shan sneered, "Commander Yue? What a big mouth! Does Commander Wang need him to teach him how to fight?"

"Now that the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, we should hold the fortress and then request reinforcements from Blackwater City!"

Wang Zhong's face darkened: "Yang Zaixing, it is not up to you and Yue Fei to tell me how to make a decision!"

Yang Zaixing took a deep breath and said, "Yes! This subordinate was reckless!"

So Liu Shan went into the city and gathered a hundred men, who then followed Yang Zaixing northward.