The bandit chiefs pursued the constables and dispatched them.

匪首追击警员，将们消灭。

The leaders of the bandits assembled in the main hall.

匪首们聚集在大殿之中。

Marshal Su glanced round at the armed bandit leaders, and saw that there was no means of escape so he agreed.

苏元帅扫了一眼武装匪首，见无路，便答应了。

Elder brother, I want revenge." The principal bandit leader answered, " So, this is it!

哥哥，我要报仇。” 匪首道：“原如此！

The head of the bandits is Chao Gai, the chief of the Dongxi Village in this district.

匪首是该区东西村村长晁盖。

He wanted to charge me with being the chief of the bandits so that I might be executed.

控我为匪首，以便处死我。

The leaders of the bandits assembled there, and laying down their arms took their seats all around the hall.

匪首们聚集在那里，放下武器，在大厅四周落座。

On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, Shi Jin sent Wang the Fourth with an invitation for a banquet and the bandit chiefs wrote a reply, accepting the invitation.

八月十五日，史进送王四请宴，匪首回信接受。

The bandit chiefs attacked the travelers, who resisted for a long time, but seeing that they were outnumbered they at last retreated abandoning their baggage.

匪首攻击行人，行人顽抗良久，见寡不敌众，终弃辎重而退。