Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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However, "Zhen Sanshan" Huang Xin is a person who doesn't know how to write the word "fear".Huang Xin couldn't even compete with Yan Shun from Qingfeng Mountain in Qingzhou back then, and he dared to call himself "Zhen Sanshan" without shame, he was a person with a high self-esteem.

After arriving in Jeju City, Huang Xin clamored all day long to flatten Liangshanbo, capture the bandit leader Song Jiang alive, and kill him in the street to avenge Liu Gao, the Zhizhai of Qingfeng Village.

When the news came that Song Jiang's army had arrived in Xuzhou, Huang Xin was not worried but rejoiced, and said to his subordinate generals: "This general came south this time to capture Song Jiang! When that guy went south to the Huaihe River, he was beyond his reach. Why don't you sigh at night? This time the guy came to the north, but it is exactly what I want. The generals practiced their soldiers and horses well, and they are going to go south with me to capture Song Jiang alive, skin the black guy, cramp his bones, and scatter his bones to ashes!"

Jeju defender Huang Xin's remarks quickly spread among the army.Not long after, he was found out by Liang Shanbo's secret work, and reported to Chao Gai and Song Jiang respectively.

After Song Jiang learned of Huang Xin's wild words, his teeth itch with hatred, remembering the deep hatred of Huarong, Yanshun and other Qingzhou brothers.

Chapter 572 Song Jiang and Huang Xin's old account

After deploying the Cangzhou Army and Lingzhou Army to Yuncheng County, Jeju, west of Liangshanbo, the Qizhou Army and Gaochangfu Army to Wenshang County, Dongping Prefecture, east of Liangshanbo, and the Qingzhou Army and Yanzhou Army stationed in Jeju City, south of Liangshanbo, The imperial army completed the blockade of Liangshanbo from the east, south and west, blocking the way for Chao Gai and others to escape.

On the north side of Liangshanbo, under the city of Dongping Mansion, the official army of the original Dongping Mansion, the Daming Mansion Army led by Li Cheng, the Daming Mansion Military Superintendent, and the Laizhou Military and Horse Superviser Liu Wu commanded the Laizhou Army.

Among the other prefectures on Jingdong Road, Puzhou is located in the west of Yuncheng County, Jezhou. Therefore, Puzhou government troops gathered in Juancheng County and Leize County at the junction of Puzhou and Yuncheng County in Jezhou, as the second blockade line west of Liangshanbo. , and is ready to join the battle.

Xingrenfu, Guangji Army, and Shanzhou, the three state armies in the southwest, because Song Jiang's bandit army captured Xuzhou and threatened Nanjing Yingtianfu, they concentrated their forces to defend Nanjing Yingtianfu in the southwest, and did not mobilize reinforcements. Go to Dongping Prefecture and Jeju to participate in the war.

Because most of the Huaiyang army on the southern border of Yizhou fell into the hands of the Songjiang thief army, in order to prevent the Songjiang thief army from going north, Jiang Yuan, the governor of Yizhou, also deployed all the troops on the southern pass, but failed to dispatch reinforcements to Dongping Mansion.

In order to strengthen Yizhou's strength and prevent Song Jiang's thieves from attacking Jingdong East Road, at Ximenqing's suggestion, Cheng Wanli simply gave way to Mizhou in the northeast of Yizhou to assist Yizhou in defending the south.Therefore, the Mizhou reinforcements diverted midway, went to Xintai County, turned south, and rushed to Yizhou to station.

The rest of the reinforcements from Zizhou, Weizhou and Dengzhou are on their way to Dongping Mansion.Ximenqing heard that the commander-in-chief of the Dengzhou reinforcements was the Dengzhou soldiers and horses in charge of the horse administration, and he didn't know whether the Ma Kuo brothers came with the army.

By the Liangshanpo Lake in Shouzhang County, the government and army are vigorously building warships.As long as the reinforcements from Zizhou, Weizhou, and Dengzhou arrived at Dongpingfu, the magistrate Cheng Wanli would attack Liangshan from the north with the six-state coalition assembled under Dongpingfu as the main force.

Judging from the wooden map, Chao Gai's [-] bandit army in the Liangshan Po is like a trapped beast in a cage, with nowhere to escape, waiting for the fate of extinction.

In the Huaiyang army, Hu Yanzhuo, who was reinforced by soldiers and horses, had the help of Zhang Shuye, the prefect of Haizhou, and regained the ability to fight against the Songjiang bandit army. A fight broke out in the territory.Song Jiang, Chai Jin and others couldn't get away for a while, and they couldn't go northward to break the siege of Chao Gai's bandit army in Po Liangshan.

In the city of Dongping Prefecture, Cheng Wanli, the magistrate, seems to have a certain chance of winning. He holds banquets and wines in the city every day. The arrival of reinforcements from the three states.

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In Liangshan Dazhai, in the Juyi Hall, Chao Gai, the "King of Tota", whose leg was shot in the battle of Dongping Mansion, has already healed. Listen to the military situation reported by the spies.

Most of the young people on Liangshan Po are from the surrounding counties of the lake. They are familiar with the local geography. They rowed a small boat and went ashore from the reed marshes. How can the patrols of the officers and soldiers be forbidden!

Although Zhu Fu, Li Xiaoer and other leaders in charge of intelligence at the foot of the mountain were all hunted and killed by the officers and soldiers in Dongping Mansion, and the Wangfeng hotel by the lake was burned to the ground by the officers and soldiers from all walks of life, the military adviser Wu Yong sent Liang Shanbo veterans, Li Jingang and Song Wan led people down the mountain to inquire about the news, but the secret agents continued to report back the news of the officers and soldiers.

Now Chao Gai summoned all the leaders to Juyi Hall to discuss matters, to discuss how to capture Jeju City and break the encirclement of the officers and soldiers.

When he heard Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, playing and singing every night, feasting and feasting with his generals, and the officers and soldiers in the states outside Dongping Prefecture becoming more and more arrogant, and their military discipline abolished, Dong Ping sneered and said, "That guy Cheng Wanli is just Taiwei Tongguan. Mr. Menguan, who has no real talent or learning, knows anything about military affairs? Wang Jun, the new military governor of Dongping Mansion, was originally just a traitor under my command, and his skills are ordinary. I was lucky enough to win for a while, so how dare I bully me that there are no good men in Liangshanbo? Since those fellows are so lax, why don’t I send troops to attack overnight, break through the Dongping mansion, and kill that dog official Cheng Wanli and the traitor Wang Jun.”

Dong Ping was a crow laughing at pig black. He only saw Wang Jun betraying him as a subordinate general, but he didn't see himself as an officer of the court, surrendering to the Liangshanbo bandits in order to survive.He had a feud with Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Mansion, and Wang Jun, the current superintendent of soldiers and horses, so he never forgot to fight back to Dongping Mansion to take revenge.

After hearing Dong Ping's words, Wu Yong, the military adviser, said, "No, although Cheng Wanli, the magistrate, and the generals of Dongping's mansion are arrogant and slack, after all, there are several prefectures and troops gathered under the city of Dongping's mansion. It is difficult for our army to capture Dongping Mansion quickly. I heard that the imperial reinforcements are still marching towards Dongping Mansion, and it is no longer a battlefield that is beneficial to our army."

Wu Yong paused for a while, and seeing that all the leaders were looking at him, he pointed to the map and said to the leaders: "Now the brother Song Jiang who is going south has sent two leaders, Xiang Chong and Li Yan, to occupy Xuzhou, which is only separated from me by Liangshanbo. A Jeju. Xiaosheng has already found out that the current guard of Jeju City is Huang Xin, a soldier and horse commander from Qingzhou. That guy also has a name in the Jianghu, called "Zhen Sanshan". After Song Jiang's brother failed to attack Qingzhou , had brought back some brothers from Baihu Mountain. Xiaosheng had already asked them, and learned that Huang Xin was a proud general in Qingzhou, who liked to boast. Xiaosheng thought that Cheng Wanli, the prefect of Dongping Prefecture, made a mistake in employing people, and that Huang Xin, the guard general of Jezhou Faith is not difficult to break with tricks!"

Chao Gai was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said to Wu Yong, "What's the master plan to break Huang Xin!"

Wu Yong said: "Xiaosheng once heard from brother Song Jiang that when he was in Qingfeng Mountain, Qingzhou, he had some feuds with Huang Xin, the soldier and horse commander, and killed Huang Xin's friend, Liu Gao, the acquaintance of Qingfeng Village. Xin and Qin Ming, the general manager of Qingzhou soldiers and horses, led the troops to kill Qingfeng Mountain and killed several brothers of Brother Song Jiang, such as 'Little Li Guang' Huarong and 'Jin Maohu' Yanshun. When going north to help the Baihushan brothers attack Qingzhou, Song Jiang's two apprentices, Kong Ming and Kong Liang, were also killed by Qin Ming and Huang Xin. Therefore, Song Jiang's and Huang Xin's hatred is as deep as the ocean."

"Winged Tiger" Lei Heng listened to him, and asked, "Since brother Song Jiang and Huang Xin are old enemies, the intention of the military advisor is to ask brother Song Jiang to go north and attack Jeju City with our army from north to south, and kill Huang Xin." Letter, to avenge Brother Song Jiang?"

Wu Yong shook his head, smiled slightly, and said to the leaders: "Brother Song Jiang is attacking Hu Yanzhuo's army, and he will not return to the north at this time. However, our army can fake a false appearance for Huang Xin, making him mistake Song Jiang My brother led the troops to the north."

Chapter 573 Set fire first, then attack the city

In the Juyi Hall, Wu Yong, the military adviser, said that the most important places are "Tuota King" Chao Gai, "Double Spear General" Dong Ping, "Fighting Eagle" Li Ying, "Winged Tiger" Lei Heng, and "Holy Hand Scholar" Xiao Rang, "Jade Arm Craftsman" Jin Dajian, "Yunli King Kong" Song Wan, "Iron Fan" Song Qing, and "Jade Banner Gan" Meng Kang all looked at Wu Yong and listened to how he used his schemes to confuse Jeju City. Guard "Sanshan Mountain" Huang Xin.

Wu Yong dispatched troops and generals in the hall, and decided to send Xiao Rang, a "holy scholar" from Jeju city, and Jin Dajian, a "jade arm craftsman", to lead 2000 people to sneak across Jeju city, all the way to Jinxiang County in the south of Jeju. , and choose another young man to pretend to be Song Jiang, the deputy head of the village, and raid Jinxiang County under the banner of Song Jiang's army, giving the defenders of Jeju City the illusion that Song Jiang's army has gone north.

Wu Yongrang led Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian to humiliate Huang Xin in front of Jinxiang County officials in the name of Song Jiang, then sent these people back to Jeju City, and led Huang Xin to lead the army to attack Jinxiang County.After Huang Xin was found to have dispatched troops, Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian led the troops back to Xuzhou along the Nanqing River, attracting Huang Xin's army to chase south, and transferred Huang Xin far away from Jeju City.

The village master "Tuota King" Chao Gai and "Two Spear General" Dong Ping led the main force of the Liangshan Army with [-] troops, accompanied by military advisor Wu Yong.

"Winged Tiger" Lei Heng led [-] troops, lurking in the Guangji River mouth southwest of Liangshanbo. When the main force of the village leader Chao Gai attacked Jeju Prefecture, he ambushed and intercepted the Yuncheng County official army who came to help.

"Fighting Eagle" Li Ying also led three thousand soldiers, lurking in the Huangou River mouth southeast of Liangshanbo. It was also when the main force of the village owner Chao Gai attacked Jeju Prefecture that he ambushed and intercepted the Wenshang County official army who came to help. .

For the two leaders of "King Kong in the Cloud" Song Wan and "Iron Fan" Song Qing, military adviser Wu Yong also assigned them a special task, that is, before the leaders acted, they brought people to make up and sneak into the official shipbuilding shipbuilding in Shouzhang County. At the pier, set a big fire and burn all the warships under construction.

As long as the army has no warships, the leaders of Liangshanbo will not have any worries when they attack, and they are not afraid that the army will take the opportunity to attack Liangshan Dazhai.In addition, the leaders of Liangshan Po have a navy to help them, and it is convenient to travel in this lake area, and they can attack the officers and soldiers from east to west.The officers and soldiers who had lost their warships were running back and forth on land, they would only be beaten passively, and they were exhausted before the battle, so how could they be opponents of the Liangshan Army.

The remaining leader, "Yufangan" Meng Kang, naturally led the navy to transport the leaders to and fro on Liangshan Po, and patrolled the waters around Dazhai in Liangshan to ensure the safety of the Jinshatan Wharf.

After Wu Yong divided the tasks of the leaders, the village owner Chao Gai asked all the brothers to check the soldiers and horses and follow the plan.All the leaders responded in unison, and each took orders.

Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian are Wu Yong's confidantes. After the crowd dispersed, Wu Yong recruited them into his room and taught them the opportunity to use all means to lead Huang Xin's army to In Xuzhou, they fought against the troops led by Xiang Chong and Li Yan.

Wu Yong wanted to keep Song Jiang, who had grown up in the Huaiyang Army, out of the way, and wanted to drag Song Jiang's army into the battle for Jeju.

Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian knew the intention of the military adviser Wu Yong, and they took the order to go.Although the two of them are not high in martial arts, but when it comes to pretending, they are two masters.Back then, Wu Yongzhuan and Li Ying, the "Fighting Eagles on the Sky", were also dispatched to the mountain by these two brothers.Now let the two of them deceive that "Three Mountains Town" Huang Xin, and they will be able to complete the task.

Among the leaders of Liang Shanbo, Dong Ping, Li Ying, and Lei Heng knew that there was a fierce battle to be fought, and they were eager to fight. Only one leader was dissatisfied with the task assigned to him by the military advisor Wu Yong.

This person is none other than Song Jiang's brother, the "Iron Fan" Song Qing.After Song Qing went to the mountain, because of the care of his elder brother Song Jiang, he was assigned the position of "in charge of a row of banquets" on the mountain.This guy got a fat post to arrange a banquet, he has oil and water in his hands, and he doesn't need to fight in battle. It can be said that he is the leader who lives the most comfortable life in Liangshanbo.

But ever since his elder brother Song Jiang led troops south to the Huaihe River, military adviser Wu Yong's eyes on Song Qing changed a little.Today, Wu Yong, the military adviser, finally sent Song Qing to the front line to fight with the officers and soldiers!

Thinking that he was going to have to pin his head to the waistband of his trousers, Song Qing was very upset.But now all the leaders on the mountain have missions, even the village owner Chao Gai has to lead the troops to fight, Song Qing can't say that there is anything wrong with Wu Yong's arrangement.

Song Qingling's task was to be carried out immediately, so he had to hurry back to the village and go to Song Taigong's house to bid farewell to his old father.

Seeing that his youngest son, Song Qing, was going to do the decapitation, the old lady Song felt distressed and depressed, and regardless of being in Liangshan Dazhai, she yelled at Song Jiang for being a disobedient and unfilial animal. The Song family couldn't live in peace.

Song Qing persuaded the old man Song with kind words, and said goodbye to his father in tears.

"King Kong in the Cloud" Song Wan had already picked up dozens of confidantes around him, all of whom had hidden fire starters, waiting for Song Qing outside the gate of the village.

After seeing Song Qing, Song Wan went down the mountain with him to the Golden Sand Beach, preparing to take a boat to Shouzhang County.

Seeing that Song Qing was silent all the way, Song Wan let his subordinates board the boat first, leaving only Song Qing and himself.

Seeing him, Song Qing looked around and asked, "Brother Song Wan, do you have anything important to say?"

Song Wan whispered to Song Qing: "Brother Song Qing, I think you have something on your mind, but because you want to take the risk of burning down the shipbuilding docks of the officers and soldiers, do you make things difficult for Brother Song Qing?"

Song Qing's face blushed, and he concealed it: "It's not because I dare not go to battle to fight desperately, but brother, I have never done this kind of espionage. elder brother."

Song Wanwen said with a soft smile: "Brother, what's so difficult about this! Although the military adviser ordered you and me to go together, he didn't agree that we should enter the shipbuilding dock of the official army together. After we dock, brother, you Bring a few men to hide in the reeds, guard the ship, and take care of me. I alone lead my brothers into the shipyard to set fire."

After Song Qing heard Song Wanzhi's words, it seemed that he didn't need to take too much risk. He felt at ease, but said in his mouth: "Brother Song Wan, how can this be done! Brother Military Advisor's order is for you and me to go together, brother, how can I let Song Brother Wan, are you alone in danger?"

Song Wan smiled and said: "Brother, you can't write two Song characters in one stroke. They are all brothers of your own family. There is no need to be so polite with my brother. This murder and arson is not your strong point, brother, so don't force it. Brother and I I’m the best at this, brother, please leave it to my brother with confidence! In the future, brother, you can give me a few good words from brother Song Jiang, wouldn’t everyone be happy?"