Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Chao Gai and Wu Yong cried out bitterly when they saw Song Wan, so they had to flee towards Shouzhang County with everyone.

Dong Ping and Wang Jin led the officers and soldiers to chase them ten miles away, killing and wounding many Liangshan bandits.He couldn't see clearly in the dark, Chao Gai, Wu Yong and other bandit leaders were nowhere to be found, and Dong Ping couldn't chase them any more, so he ordered his officers and soldiers to return victoriously with the harvested bandit leaders.

Outside Dongping Mansion, two other teams are quietly moving away from Dongping Mansion at this time.

Luan Tingyu's cavalry raided the rear of the Liangshan Army, causing the entire bandit army to collapse. After that, he led the army out of the battle and returned to Dong'e County, where he waited for Ximen Qing.Shi Jin led troops from the border of Wenshang County in the east, attacked and breached the Liangshan Army's camp, drove away Song Wan's remaining troops, and robbed Liangshan Army of all food and grass.Before leaving, he set fire to the Liangshan army's camp, eliminating the idea of ​​Chao Gai, Wu Yong and others relying on the camp to fight again.

Tonight, this Lantern Festival, there is probably nowhere in the Song Dynasty where the lights are as spectacular as Dongping Mansion.

Chapter 533 Wu used the carbine gun

For the people in Dongping Prefecture, this year's Lantern Festival is unforgettable for many people in their lives.

During the day, the Liangshanbo bandits suddenly rushed to the city, fought a battle with the officers and soldiers outside the city, and then surrounded Dongping Fucheng.Just when the people in the city were in panic, the magistrate's yamen posted a notice, telling everyone not to worry, and to celebrate the Lantern Festival with lanterns as usual.

When everyone had been having fun in the middle of the night, and almost forgot that there were robbers in Liangshanbo outside the city, those robbers somehow broke through the north gate and entered the city.Just when the people were so frightened that they closed their doors and prayed to God to worship Buddha, the magistrate’s yamen sent people along the street to tell the people, so that they should not panic, saying that the government army was encircling and suppressing the bandits in Liangshanpo.

Amidst the doubts of the common people, the sound of fierce fighting at the north gate gradually disappeared, only the sound of killing outside the city was heard, and after a while, a big fire was seen outside the south gate, and the victory of the officers and soldiers was heard everywhere in the city. , Liangshan bandits were beaten away by the officers and soldiers.

The brave common people were so excited that they couldn't sleep, they also went to the street, watched the fire outside the south gate with their neighbors, and talked about how the robbers in Liangshanbo were so vicious and murderous, fortunately, there is a prefect of Cheng in Dongping Prefecture Only capable people like Dong Dujian can keep the people in Dongping Mansion safe.

All of a sudden, people in the street spread the word that the officials Ximenqing from Yanggu County had contributed a lot to the defeat of the Liangshanpo bandits this time.Now in front of the restaurant opened by his family on West Street, there are many Liangshanbo robbers who were captured alive.Hearing that there was a bandit leader inside, even Cheng Zhifu rushed to the scene after hearing the news, and went to interrogate the bandits himself.

When the common people heard this, those brave and brave people gathered in West Street to see the true face of Liangshanpo robbers.Not long after, thousands of onlookers gathered in front of Ximenqing's restaurant, pointing and pointing at the Liangshanbo robbers kneeling in rows in front of the restaurant.

Jiao Ting and Brother Qiao Yun led a large circle around the restaurant, guarding Zhu Fu and Yu Bao, four gangs of robbers who had been captured from Genggu Tower at the intersection of Cross Street and Xieku on West Street.

The person who spread the news in the streets and alleys and attracted the people to watch was precisely Qiao Yun who was sent out according to Ximen Qing's distribution.Ximenqing intends to build a better reputation among the people of Dongping Mansion through defeating the Liangshan bandits tonight, so that he can better control this Dongping Mansion in the future.

In the restaurant, the lights were brightly lit, Ximen Qing and Lu Junyi had already returned to the restaurant on West Street from the north gate, and were accompanying the prefect Cheng Wanli to interrogate Yu Baosi, Zhu Fu and others in the restaurant.

Yu Baosi was lucky enough to identify Zhu Fu without interrogation, and told about the plan of the Liangshanbo bandits to attack Dongping Mansion together, and that the leaders of the Liangshanbo bandits who had infiltrated into the city were Zhu Fu, Li Xiaoer and Du Qian.

Yu Baosi brazenly said that he was coerced and lured by Liangshanbo robbers, and he had no choice but to agree to help them cheat the north gate.But he was unwilling to join forces with the Liangshanbo robbers, so after opening the north gate, he parted ways with the bandit leader Li Xiaoer and Du Qian.

Yu Baosi still recommended himself in front of the magistrate Cheng Wanli and Ximen Qing, saying that the Liangshan bandits outside the city did not know that he had been captured by mistake, and that as long as the magistrate Xianggong and Ximen officials were willing to let him out of the city, he would definitely sneak into the Liangshan The thief army acted as an internal response for the official army, helping the magistrate Xianggong and Ximen officials to destroy the Liangshanpo thief army.

Zhu Fu listened beside him, and yelled at Yu Baosi, a shameless bastard. If the two of them hadn't been tightly bound with their hands cut behind their backs, they might have jumped together and bit each other.

The magistrate Cheng Wanli saw that Zhu Fu dared to be so rampant, and ordered the servants who were with him to come forward and knock Zhu Fu down, and beat him with a board.After beating ten or twenty sticks, Zhu Fu couldn't bear the beating, so he fell to the ground and begged for mercy. He told the whole story of his trip to the city and confessed one by one.

After the prefect Cheng Wanli recorded the statement, he whispered a few words with Ximen Qing, and immediately announced the execution of the captured robbers, in order to warn those villains who still wanted to make trouble.

When Yu Baosi heard Cheng Zhifu's verdict, his legs were so frightened that his legs went limp. He kowtowed and begged Ximen Qing to intercede for him, and kept saying that he was willing to commit crimes and make meritorious service.

However, for Ximen Qing, this capricious villain Yu Baosi already has a replacement, and has lost his use value, so there is no need to keep him.Because of this, when discussing with the prefect Cheng Wanli just now, Ximen Qing suggested that Cheng Wanli behead the two bandit leaders for public display.

That Yu Baosi was still chattering, and Jiao Ting, who was impatient to hear, walked into the restaurant and dragged the tall him out violently.Jiao Ting drew his knife and was about to cut off Yu Baosi's dog's head, but was stopped by Ximen Qing.

Ximen Qing didn't want his restaurant to be turned into a execution ground, which would affect his future business.He asked Jiao Ting and Brother Qiao Yun to help the officials take all these robbers to Caishikou where they were executed in Dongping Mansion, and the executioner of the government chopped off their heads one by one.

On the second day, the heads of the four thieves, Fan Rui, the "Demon King of the Confused World", Yu Baosi, the "God of Dangerous Way", Zhu Fu, the "Smiling Tiger", and Li Xiaoer, the "Child of Wine" hung high on the city wall of the south gate. Facing the camp of Liangshan bandit army that was burned to ashes outside the city, it warned the people in the past to the sad end of being a bandit.

After the big battle last night, the prefect Cheng Wanli and the military superintendent Dong Ping were still in command of the army to clean up the battlefield, counting the heads of the bandits wiped out, so that they could write an official document to report the victory to the court and ask for credit.After Ximenqing settled his mind in Dongping Mansion, he left Dongping Mansion together with brothers Lu Junyi, Wang Jin, Jiao Ting, and Qiao Yun, and returned to Ximenbao in Yanggu County by way of Dong'e.

Seeing that the Liangshan bandit army was repulsed and the village owner Chao Gai was shot and wounded, Luan Tingyu's army from Dong'e County and Shi Jinjun from Wenshang County also returned home.Only in Shouzhang County, which is closer to Liangshan, the Dulonggang Sanzhuang Allied Forces led by Jiang Zhong, Zhu Biao, and Hu Yong are still on alert to protect the safety of Dulonggang.

Chao Gai, Wu Yong and others were defeated in Dongping Mansion that night, they retreated forty miles to the south, and retreated to Anshan Town before they got a chance to breathe.

The military adviser Wu Yong counted the troops overnight, only to realize that more than 5000 horses and horses were lost in the battle last night, and the food and grass in the camp were also lost. Now there are only [-] remnants around him.

After Chao Gai learned the details of the loss of soldiers and generals, he was so angry that he vomited blood, and the arrow wound that had just been dosed with medicine burst again, and he fainted on the bed in pain.

Seeing that Chao Gai had passed out, the four leaders Xiang Chong, Li Gun, Du Qian, and Song Wan lost their minds. They looked at the military adviser Wu Yong and asked him if he would withdraw his troops and return to Liangshan.

Wu Yong walked out of the room, looked up at the sky sullenly, lost in thought, and didn't know what he was looking at.After a while, Wu Yong turned around and ordered the leaders to count the troops, and first sent someone back to inform the leader of the navy, Li Jun, to come to meet him, and the army immediately set off to return to Liangshan.

When they came, they were aggressive, but when they left, they were dejected. The Liangshan army that attacked Dongping Mansion retreated to the southwestern Liangshanbo River under the leadership of Wu Yong, and met Li Jun who was waiting on the shore.

After the whole army boarded the ship, Wu Yong suddenly said to Li Jun: "Brother Li Jun, quickly drive our army eastward to Wenshang County. Our army will kill him and return his carbine!"

Chapter 534 The Two Guns Are Hit

When Ximenqing and his party returned to Yanggu County through Dong'e, the Liangshan bandits, led by Wu Yong, returned to Liangshan for a little supplies and repairs, then crossed Liangshan Po to the east and came to the lakeside of Wenshang County.

On the big boat, Chao Gai had already woken up from a coma. After he heard Wu Yong's plan, the arrow wound on his leg healed a little immediately.Chao Gai rejected the suggestion of the leaders to let him go back to the mountain to recuperate his wounds, and insisted on leading the troops in person to fight the shame of Dongping Mansion's defeat.

After the bandits went ashore, they hid their troops by the lake. Wu Yong ordered Xiang Chong and Li Yan to attack Wenshang County with only five or six hundred people.

The county magistrate of Wenshang County just heard that the Dongping government army had won a great victory and killed many invading robbers. How did they expect the robbers to go back and kill Wenshang County within a few days?The county magistrate secretly complained, while sending tens of thousands of people to Dongping Mansion urgently to ask for help, at the same time, he asked the county lieutenant and the head of the county to lead the soldiers to the city to resist the bandits.

The city of Wenshang County is small, the city walls are low, and there is no moat outside the city, so its defense capability is very poor.The county lieutenant and the capital are not as capable as Wu Song, Zhu Dian and Lei Heng, how can they stop hundreds of vicious Liangshanpo robbers?

In less than half an hour, the two generals Xiang Chong and Li Yan broke through Wenshang County, killing the county lieutenant and a capital.

The other capital walked fast when the city was broken, protecting the county magistrate and fleeing to Dongping mansion.The people in and out of the city also helped the old and the young, rats and wolves ran, and they all came to Dongping mansion together.

In Dongping Mansion, Cheng Wanli, the magistrate, wrote a beautiful article and reported it to the imperial court, reporting how he had prepared his troops and strategized after he received the imperial court's order to punish the bandits in Liangshan.

Cheng Wanli reported the good news to Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty: Fan Rui, Zhu Fu, Li Xiaoer and Yu Bao, the bandit leaders, conferred the heads.Chao Gai, the bandit chieftain, was also seriously injured and fled in this battle.After the imperial army of Dongping Mansion has been repaired for a while, it will attack Liangshanbo in a few days to completely wipe out these grassroots bandits for the court.

After the good news was sent out on a fast horse, the magistrate Cheng Wanli was very proud of himself for the past two days. He couldn't help boasting to his wife and daughter in the mansion.

Cheng Wanli's wife knew that her husband could only write poems and songs, and that she was not the reincarnation of Zhang Liang and Han Xin, so how could she plan strategies, march and fight?Seeing that Cheng Wanli was getting carried away, Madam asked him how he defeated the Liangshan bandits.

Under his wife's cross-examination, Cheng Wanli finally revealed that the plan to defeat the enemy came from the official Ximen Qing from Yanggu County.But it was his own idea to invite the officials of Ximen Qing to help out.Therefore, Cheng Wanli did his part to know people and make good use of them.

Although Cheng Wanli is suspected of being greedy for credit, there is some truth to that statement.Ximenqing from Yanggu County is a rich and wealthy family with no fame and no power to command the army.If it wasn't for Cheng Wanli's insightful eyes to know the truth and boldly grant him part of the military power temporarily, how could he have won a complete victory over the Liangshanbo bandits this time?

Cheng Wanli's words convinced his wife, and also made the daughter sitting next to her heart sway, her face flushed, and she inquired sideways about how Ximen Qing would break the thief.

Mrs. Cheng Wanli saw it in her eyes, and said quietly: "The official Ximen Qing is a dignified man, a wealthy man, and a figure who is the best in poetry. I don't think he is also proficient in martial arts. He is really a dragon and a phoenix! If he He is not yet married, but he is really a good match for my daughter. Hey~ It's a pity that I have found someone to inquire about it. The official Ximen Qing has already married a wife and has several concubines. Even if he is good in every way, he can't be wronged lost my daughter."

Cheng Wanli replied: "Madam is right! After my husband is promoted to Bianliang City in Tokyo this time, he will choose a well-matched family for his daughter, so that after her daughter marries, she can enjoy endless prosperity and wealth throughout her life."

"Father, mother! My daughter is still young, how can she be willing to leave her parents' side? Why did father and mother come to make fun of her daughter!" Cheng Wanli's daughter was blushed and coquettish after being told about the little children's concerns. He covered his hot face and ran back to his boudoir.

After sitting by the window, Cheng Wanli's daughter looked out of the window, recalling what her mother said, suddenly feeling a little unhappy again, and fell into deep thought.

"Beside the broken bridge outside the station, loneliness is open to no one.

It was already alone at dusk, and it was even more windy and rainy.

Unwilling to struggle hard for spring, Renqun Fang was jealous.

Scattered into mud and ground into dust, only the fragrance remains the same. "

snort!Where is the word written so brilliantly?What a mediocrity! ... Cheng Momei, Cheng Momei, he didn't write this poem for you, why do you have any reason to make irresponsible remarks?