Little Li Guang’s Divine Arrow Upholds the Army’s Might; The Resourceful Star Secretly Plans the Attack on Gaizhou

Now to tell the story: Song Jiang led the great army out in five columns to attack Gaizhou. When the scouts of Gaizhou had gathered clear news, they ran swiftly back into the city to report. The commander defending the city, Niu Wenzhong, had originally been a bandit in the rivers and lakes. He had taken all the gold and silver he seized in robberies to support Tian Hu and had joined Tian Hu in rebellion, seizing the prefectures and counties of Great Song. For this Tian Hu had made him a Privy Councillor. He was skilled in using a three-pointed, two-edged saber and was highly skilled in martial arts. Under him were four fierce generals, known as the Four Mighty Generals, who together helped him guard Gaizhou. These four great generals were: The Lion-Wmight General Fang Qiong, the Bear-Might General An Shirong, the Tiger-Might General Chu Heng, and the Bear-Might General Yu Yulin. Each of these four mighty generals also had four subordinate generals under him, sixteen subordinate generals in all. They were: Yang Duan, Guo Xin, Su Ji, Zhang Xiang, Fang Shun, Shen An,......