Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Jiang Jing is well aware of Song Jiang's character, but he is in Liangshanbo, already a bandit, in order to gain a foothold in the arena, he has no choice but to follow Song Jiang and join his faction.

Seeing Brother Song Jiang's question, Jiang Jing knew that he wanted to find a high-sounding reason for Brother Song Jiang who had read the book.

Since he is also the military adviser of the Song Jiang Army, Jiang Jing of course has to make a fuss about the battle situation.He said to Song Jiang: "Brother Song Jiang, Brother Chai Jin is right, our army can't give up the Huainan area! Now my Liangshanbo rebel army is in conflict with the imperial court, and we can't stand at odds. We must fight to the death to break up. Our army After several rounds of planning, we defeated the main force of Hu Yanzhuo's army at the foot of Maling Mountain. Now is the time to take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results of the battle. To advance, not only the east and west roads in Beijing are owned by our army, but also the Lianghuai road can be obtained like a bag. Our army's gains. If we retreat, Huyanzhuo's army will be able to breathe and recover, and they will follow. At that time, the Lianghuai Road will not be recovered, but our army will be suppressed in Liangshanbo. Occupy again. Brother Song Jiang, you must not retreat hastily!"

"My brother's words are far-sighted words. Brother Yu has been taught. For the future of my Liangshan army, I really cannot retreat. But the village is besieged and my father is trapped. As a son of man, how can I not save it?" Song Jiang said to Jiang Jing's "remonstration" was really satisfying, but he threw out another problem for Jiang Jing to deal with.

5 Chapter Seventy

Jiang Jing scolded his mother in his heart, but he persuaded Song Jiang: "Brother Song Jiang, have you heard the story of King Liu Xiang cooking his father when Chu and Han were fighting? The world is unknown, and he doesn't care about his family for the sake of the world. Brother Song Jiang wants To achieve great things, don't be fettered by family affection, and you will mess up your position. And brother Chao Gai and brother Song Jiang are sworn brothers, and brother's father and brother are also brother Chao Gai's father and brother. How can brother Chao Gai not protect the grandpa? "

What Jiang Jing said was the story of the confrontation between the Han emperor Liu Bang and the Chu overlord Xiang Yu at the border of Guangwu Mountain when Chu and Han were fighting.The Chu River and Han boundary on the Chinese chess board refers to the gap of Guangwu Mountain.

When the two armies of Chu and Han faced each other in a decisive battle, Peng Yue of the Han camp frequently attacked Liang, cutting off Xiang Yu's Chu army's food.

The Chu army was short of food and could not confront the Han army for a long time. Xiang Yu was embarrassed and helpless. In order to force Liu Bang to retreat, he put the captured Liu Bang's father Liu Taigong on a tall sacrificial vessel specially filled with cattle and sheep as a hostage. He threatened Liu Bang and said: "If you don't agree to my conditions and requirements, I will cook and eat your father."

When Liu Bang saw that Xiang Yu jumped the wall in a hurry and threatened himself with such indiscriminate tricks, not only was he not in a hurry, but he said with a playful smile: "When we rebelled against Qin, the two of us were ordered by King Huai of Chu together and sworn brothers. According to that Come, my father is your father, if you cook your father, please don't forget to give me a cup of fresh soup."

Xiang Yu originally wanted to use the laws of nature and human relations to restrict Liu Bang, but Liu Bang counterattacked with the old incident of sworn brothers with Xiang Yu, and charged Xiang Yu with the crime of disregarding the laws of heaven and human relations, which further plunged Xiang Yu into an embarrassing situation.

Xiang Yu was furious and wanted to kill Mrs. Liu to vent his anger.Xiang Bo advised him: "The world's major events have not yet been known, and for the sake of the world people are disregarding their wealth. It is useless to kill Liu Bang's father now. It can only ruin his own reputation and increase disasters."

After hearing what Xiang Bo said, Xiang Yu had no choice but to let Liu Taigong go.

The meaning of Jiang Jing's words is to completely hand over the responsibility of supporting and protecting Song's old grandpa to Chao Gai.Chao Gai and Song Jiang were sworn brothers, so they had to be careless in serving the old lady Song.Even if there are changes in the future, when Chao Gai and Song Jiang are fighting for power, Chao Gai, Wu Yong and others will not dare to use the old lady Song to threaten Song Jiang.

"Brother Jiang Jing is right, as long as we establish a firm foothold in the Surabaya and Huaihe areas and lay the foundation for the world hegemony, even if Liangshanbo can't hold on, brother Chao Gai will desperately lead the grandpa to break out of the siege and come to vote. Let me wait. When it comes to the story of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, the Sishui River is not the place where the emperor Liu Bang prospered! In my opinion, our army can also make great achievements here!" Chai Jin agreed with Jiang Jingzhi's words.

"Since the two virtuous brothers said so, I can only endure for a while, stay in Huaiyang Army and Hu Yanzhuo Army for a showdown, and then manage the land of Huainan. Hey~ For the great cause of Liangshan and the brothers Qian Cheng, let me bear that unfilial name alone!" Song Jiang covered his face with his hands, and two drops of muddy tears came out of the corners of his eyes.

"Brother Song Jiang, Gao Yi, this move is for the sake of the overall situation. Who in the world dares to say that brother is not filial? Don't worry, brother. I have a plan to solve my immediate worries." Jiang Jing said again.

Hearing this, Song Jiang stared at Jiang Jing with wide eyes, and said to him, "What's your plan?"

Jiang Jingdao: "Brother Song Jiang, after our army captured Xuzhou, the defenses of Xuzhou City have been destroyed. Although our army temporarily abandoned Xuzhou in order to go south to Huaihe River and Huaihe River, and let the Xuzhou City be occupied by the army again, our army will take it again. Xuzhou is as easy as turning the palm of your hand. My brother can let the two brothers Xiang Chong and Li Yan lead the troops to go up along Surabaya, take down Xuzhou City, and threaten Jeju in the north, causing our army to echo with Brother Chao Gai. Brother Chao Gai only needs to lead troops to take down Jeju, you can become one with our army. Our army has tried its best to rescue, and the world should know the sincerity of my brother."

Song Jiang and Chai Jin listened to Jiang Jing's proposal, and they all praised it.

Song Jiang had a perfect countermeasure, and immediately dispatched troops to let Xiang Chong and Li Yan, who were most familiar with Xuzhou, lead the troops to attack Xuzhou.

Not long after the city of Xuzhou was recovered from the Liangshan Po bandits, the city defenses were dilapidated, and the officers and soldiers were weak.

After the Songjiang bandit army returned to the Huaiyang army from Huainan and defeated the Huyanzhuo army, Xuzhou, which was next to the Huaiyang army, was already in turmoil, and officials big and small were in panic all day long.

When the news that Xiang Chong and Li Yan led troops into Xuzhou spread to Xuzhou City, the prefect of Xuzhou fled with a group of officials and officers before he saw a single soldier of the robbers, and retreated straight to Yingtianfu in Nanjing. .The bandit army in Liangshanbo occupied Xuzhou again without bloodshed.

A few days later, Song Jiang's reply was sent to Wu Yong, the military commander of Dazhai in Liangshan.

After reading Song Jiang's reply, Wu Yong knew that Song Jiang's army could not be expected to return for help.Song Jiang has already taken the lead in the Huaiyang Army. He divided his troops to take down Xuzhou.

Seeing Song Jiang's words in the letter asking righteous brother Chao Gai to fulfill his filial piety and take good care of Mrs. Song, Wu Yong knew that Song Jiang's trick of using Song Jiang's father and brothers to restrain him was virtually resolved by Song Jiang.There is an expert around Song Jiang!Is it Chai Jin Chai's scheme, or Jiang Jing's scheme?

With a gloomy face, Wu Yong took Song Jiang's letter to Chao Gai's room, and explained his analysis to Chao Gai in detail.

When Chao Gai heard this, he couldn't believe it, and murmured to himself: "I have treated my virtuous brother Song Jiang well, why is he doing this!"

Wu Yong sighed: "Brother Chao Gai, your virtuous brother Song Jiang has the ambition to rise to the top of the clouds, and he is unwilling to stay under others for a long time! This time he went south, he defeated the Hu Yanzhuo army sent by the imperial court, his reputation was greatly boosted, and he broke into his own territory. Heaven and earth. Xiaosheng thought that he would never return to this Liangshanbo again."

When Chao Gai heard this, he slapped his palm on the table with a "slap", smashing the table to pieces.He stood up, hurried back and forth in the room, and said bitterly: "I remembered his friendship with my brothers in Yuncheng County, and personally led the brothers to rescue him from the Jiangzhou court. Come on. For this matter, good brothers such as Lin Chong and Liu Tang have been harmed. I don’t want him to be so greedy for power and position today, and ignore the brothers in the Shanzhai! I’m so angry!"

Seeing that Chao Gai was so impatient, Wu Yong tried to persuade him, "Brother Chao Gai has lost his temper! Although he has the will to stand on his own feet, he is still playing the banner of a cottage. In Xiaosheng's opinion, there is still room for redemption. leeway."

Chao Gai stopped in his tracks and asked Wu Yong, "What's your opinion, Mister?"

Wu Yongdao: "Since Song Jiang's army can't return to aid, our army can't stick to this Liangshan Dazhai. Our army can take advantage of the unpreparedness of the officers and soldiers to take Jeju by surprise and join forces with Xuzhou and Huaiyang armies. Then let Song Jiang Wait for the leaders to come to join the army, wait for the opportunity to incorporate and integrate the army going south."

Chao Gai was overjoyed when he heard the words and said, "Just follow Mr.'s words!"

Chapter 571 Huang Xin's Confidence

The news that Song Jiang's bandit army captured Xuzhou was quickly detected by Huang Xin, the defender of Jeju and Qingzhou military commander "Zhen Sanshan".Huang Xin sent out his scouting horses to Nansa to be on guard, and at the same time sent people flying horses to report to Dongping Prefecture's prefect Cheng Wanli and military advisor Ximen Qing and others.

"My son-in-law, I don't think that the Songjiang bandit army is so powerful that they defeated Hu Yanzhuo's army and even went north to occupy Xuzhou and threaten our city of Jeju. Is this Liangshanpo bandits who want to cooperate from inside to outside to break our army's iron barrel encirclement of Liangshanbo?" Cheng Cheng, the prefect Wan Li asked Ximen Qing.

Ximenqing looked at the battle wooden map, and replied to Cheng Wanli: "I think Song Jiang's army is just bluffing, echoing Chao Gai in Liangshanbo, and doing what brothers do. The current opponent of Song Jiang's army is also in the Huaiyang army. Hu Yanzhuo's army. With the help of Taiwei Chaozhong Gao and the assistance of Huaidong states, Huyan Zhuo's army will not be easily defeated by Song Jiang's bandit army. As long as Song Jiang's bandit army and Hu Yanzhuo's army are in a difficult situation, he will not be able to give his all All the troops marched northward, exposing their backs to Hu Yanzhuo's army."

"Son-in-law, in this way, Song Jiang's army won't go north, so our city of Jeju will be safe? It's just that Hu Yanzhuo is brave and foolish, can he really hold back that giant Song Jiang?" Cheng Wanli also looked at the wooden map and asked .

Ximen Qing smiled and said: "Yue Zhang, didn't you get the news that Taiwei Tong asked the states on the Huainan East Road to assist Hu Yanzhuo in resisting the Songjiang bandit army before leading the troops south, so Zhang Shuye, the prefect of Haizhou, has already raised his troops to respond? According to the son-in-law You know, Zhang Shuye, the magistrate of Haizhou, is brave and resourceful. With Hu Yanzhuo's help, I'm afraid he won't be defeated again. As my son-in-law knows, it won't be long before that thief, Song Jiang, will turn his back on the north. .”

"The virtuous son-in-law is still young, how can he be so knowledgeable about the affairs of the world? It is really in the midst of strategizing, and the decisive victory is thousands of miles away. It is really my Zhang Zifang who is thousands of miles away! Hahaha~ With a virtuous son-in-law, why should I worry?" Cheng Wan Li's melancholy was completely gone by Ximen Qing's words, and he let out a relieved laugh.

How did Ximen Qing know Zhang Shuye, the magistrate of Haizhou? He just remembered that the Song Jiang uprising in history was finally defeated by Zhang Shuye, the magistrate of Haizhou.So he knew that Song Jiang was about to meet his nemesis, and it was absolutely impossible for him to be as rampant as before.

After hearing Ximen Qing's analysis, Cheng Wanli, the magistrate, learned that Song Jiang's bandit army could not go north to rescue Chao Gai's bandit army trapped in Liangshan Po, and he felt a stone in his heart, so he asked Ximen Qing with a smile if everything was going as usual.

Ximenqing pointed to Mutu and told Cheng Wanli, the magistrate, that because Zhang Shuye's army participated in the battle, Hu Yanzhuo's army had brains and backup, and it was possible to turn defeat into victory against Song Jiang's bandit army.Therefore, the encirclement and suppression of Chao Gai's bandit army must be accelerated, so as not to be robbed by Hu Yanzhuo's army.And after the Song Jiang army occupied Xuzhou, it was only one Jeju from Liangshanbo.Although Song Jiang's bandits will not go north, they must guard against Chao Gai's bandits attacking Jeju in desperation.

After the prefect Cheng Wanli heard this, he will dispatch troops to increase the number of troops for Jeju City and strengthen the defense of Jeju City.Ximenqing stopped the prefect Cheng Wanli's actions.

Ximen Qing leaned over and pointed at the wooden figure, and told the magistrate Cheng Wanli that it should be like this, and Cheng Wanli nodded in agreement.

In Yuncheng County, Jeju, "beautiful bearded man" Zhu Dian led the Cangzhou soldiers and returned to his hometown majestically.At the beginning, for the private release of the "winged tiger" Lei Heng, Zhu Ting, who valued the loyalty of the world, was willing to accept the crime and be punished. From here, he was sent to Cangzhou, Hebei.

Although Zhu Dian's actions back then won him a reputation for being righteous and generous in the world, but the fact that he was assassinated was not very honorable in front of the elders in his hometown after all.This time, as the leading general of the Cangzhou army, he brought thousands of people to Yuncheng County, and finally made Zhu Dian feel proud in front of the villagers.

The good brothers Lei Heng, Chao Gai, and Song Jiang who were let go at all in the past, but because of murdering Xiao Ya Nei and framing Zhu Dian, they broke up with each other.Now that Zhu Ting still has to meet them with swordsmen, it really can't help but make people sigh and sigh.

In order to prevent the Liangshanbo robbers from moving his family up the mountain and forcing him to gather for a righteous cause, Zhu Dian had no choice but to relocate his whole family to Cangzhou, Hebei. The manor at home in Yuncheng County has been abandoned a lot.

After all, it is hard to leave his homeland, so Zhu Dian decided to move his family back after he wiped out the bandits in Liangshanbo and revive the family business of Zhu's family in Yuncheng County.

Leading the troops with Zhu Ting, there was also the Lingzhou army under the command of "General Shengshui" Shan Yangui, the training envoy of the Lingzhou Regiment.

Ximen Qing asked Zhu Dian and Shan Yangui to lead troops to station in Yuncheng County, where Chao Gai, Song Jiang and other bandits were born, and implement the strategy of encircling the bandits with iron buckets to prevent Liangshanbo bandits from fleeing westward and harming Puzhou in the west of Yuncheng County. .

Ximen Qing asked Zhu Dian to return to Yuncheng County, and also used Zhu Dian's familiarity with Yuncheng County to let him strengthen the control of Dongxi Village, Shijie Village, Songjiangzhuang and other places, and strictly prevent some of the local people from communicating with the Liangshanbo robbers again. voice.

In order to assist Zhu Dian in sealing off Yuncheng County, at Ximenqing's proposal, Cheng Wanli, the prefect, also allocated Zhang Wenyuan, the original governor of Yuncheng County, and Zhao Neng, the capital head, to Zhu Dian, and transferred these two relatives to Yuncheng County. People who know the bottom line are his assistants.

As backup, the township soldiers from Hujiazhuang and Zhujiazhuang in Dulonggang were deployed by Ximenqing at the junction of Yanggu County, Shouzhang County and Yuncheng County to fight against Zhu Dian and Shan Yangui's army.

To the east of Liangshanbo, in Wenshang County of Dongping Prefecture, Xin Zan, the training envoy of the Qizhou Regiment, and Zhang Qing, the Bingmadu Supervisor of Dongchang Prefecture, were stationed here, blocking the route for the Liangshanbo bandit army to rush eastward into Yanzhou.

Yanzhou's Shi Jin, Zhu Wu and other four people from Yingshan also made great efforts to approach Wenshang County and act as the backup of Qizhou Army and Dongchangfu Army.

In Jeju City, Huang Xin, the "Sanshan Town", received reinforcements from the Qingzhou Army and added some troops, but there were still only Qingzhou Army and some Yanzhou Army stationed in Jeju City, and no officials from other states came to reinforce them.For Jeju City, where there are Liangshanbo bandits in the north and south, it seems that the force is a little weak.