Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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When sending Lu Zhishen and the others back to the barracks, Ximenqing made an invitation to them again, inviting Lu Zhishen and the others to come to his restaurant for a banquet the next day.

However, this time, Ximen Qing made a request to Lu Zhishen, asking him to find two more young generals from the Western Army to accompany him.

Ximenqing asked Lu Zhishen and the others to find Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, who were still junior officers in the Western Army.Among these two people, Han Shizhong was in Liu Yanqing's army, Zhang Jun was in Zhongshi's army, Lu Zhishen quickly found them and brought them to the banquet together.

"Po Han Wu" Han Shizhong is a native of Yan'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province. He was born tall and tall, with extraordinary courage. He is about 31 years old.Han Shizhong joined the army and has been in the Western Army for 14 years. He is a seasoned veteran.

Because he was born as a farmer, although Han Shizhong fought bravely, he was promoted very slowly, and now he has just changed from a small soldier to the leader of a hundred-man squad.

Because of his extraordinary bravery, he climbed out of the dead many times, Han Shizhong, who was fearless and fearless, became a well-known military ruffian among the soldiers of the Western Army. He was nicknamed "Po Han Wu", and ordinary people dared not provoke him.

However, Han Shizhong should be unlucky, but a "flower monk" Lu Zhishen who is even more unreasonable than him came to the army.

Lu Zhishen had been a gangster brother in Erlong Mountain, and he always believed in using big fists to reason.Han Shizhong is also a person who uses his fists to reason. The two have similar temperaments, so they got together and had a good exchange of principles.

The final result was that Lu Zhishen's fist was harder, so he "convinced others with reason" and defeated Han Shizhong.

Han Shizhong is worthy of being a rogue in the army. Not only was he not annoyed after losing, but he also stalked Lu Zhishen with a shameless face, and became sworn brothers with Lu Zhishen.

Lu Zhishen has two thousand generals in the army, and he is also the confidant of the brothers of the Zhong family. Han Shizhong, a small captain of a hundred people, is superior to Lu Zhishen.

However, Lu Zhishen was a straightforward person. He admired Han Shizhong's ability to resist beatings, so regardless of whether Han Shizhong's status was high or low, he became close friends with Han Shizhong.

Ximenqing asked Lu Zhishen to find Han Shizhong, which was really effortless.

Zhang Jun is a native of Chengji County, Fengxiang Prefecture. He is four years older than Han Shizhong. He joined the army as an archer at the age of 16, and has been in the Western Army for more than [-] years.Because of the tattoos of several birds on Zhang Jun's body, the army gave him the nickname "Huaqueer".

Because Zhang Jun was also born as a commoner, even though he is as brave and good at fighting as Han Shizhong, he has not been promoted for many years. Now he is only a low-level military officer with Cheng Xinlang, and he is as depressed as Han Shizhong.

Because Zhang Jun was originally in the army of the planting division, Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi quickly found him and brought him to Ximen Qing's restaurant.

Ximen Qing had already prepared a sumptuous banquet, and waited for a long time with Yue Fei and others.

Because Han Shizhong had already sworn relationship with Lu Zhishen, he wasn't surprised that he was invited, but Zhang Jun was not familiar with Lu Zhishen and other generals, and he had never met the officials of Ximen Qing.Therefore, Zhang Jun was a little puzzled by the honor of being able to attend this banquet.

However, people like Ximen Qing and Lu Zhishen are well-known in the Jianghu, and it is also a dream for the junior officer Zhang Jun to be able to make friends with these dominant figures.

Ximen Qing looked at Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, then turned his head and glanced at Yue Fei who was sitting beside him, feeling secretly complacent.

Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Yue Fei, the four famous ZTE generals in the Southern Song Dynasty in history, have gathered three of them!

These three famous warlord generals who will become famous in the future are either fledgling at the moment, or they are depressed in the Western Army, and they are all underdeveloped.Befriending them now is the easiest way to subdue their hearts.

In fact, Ximenqing knew that Liu Guangshi, the last of the four generals of Zhongxing, was also in the Western Army of Hejian Mansion, but he didn't go to find him.

Because Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Yue Fei have different backgrounds.

Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Yue Fei are all from low-level civilian backgrounds, and Yue Fei's background as a small landlord is considered to be from a better family background.

And Liu Guangshi is the son of Liu Yanqing, who was born as a general for many generations, and his status can be called a noble son compared to the other three generals.

Liu Guangshi was one year older than Han Shizhong. Because of his father's blessing, he joined the third class as an official at a young age.

In the third year of Xuanhe, Liu Guangshi followed his father Liu Yanqing to suppress the Fangla Uprising, and was promoted to the Yaozhou Observation Envoy and Fuyanlu Bingma Qian by virtue of his military exploits.

Compared with Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, two people with no background, have shed more blood and sweat in the army, but their current status is worlds apart.

Obviously, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, who have been buried for a while, are the ones Ximenqing wants to befriend, while Liu Guangshi, a yamen who fights his father, makes Ximenqing not much interested.

Chapter 8 and Three of Li Chuwen's Struggle

Ximen Qing's judgment was correct. Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, the two low-level junior military officers, were straightforward and rough fighters, and they were the easiest to make friends with.

Ximenqing treated these two unsuccessful people with courtesy, and soon won the favor of Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun.

Senior officials Ximen Qing helped the government to wipe out tens of thousands of bandits in Liangshanbo in Shandong, and they were so powerful in Shandong and Hebei. Even a hero like Lu Zhishen highly respected senior officials Ximen Qing.

Such a high-ranking official fell in love with Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, and gave them many gifts when they met for the first time, which immediately made them feel good about Ximen Qing and became their confidants.

Han Shizhong is lustful, Zhang Jun is greedy for money, and Ximen Qing has long known their natures.

Ximenqing's point of view is the same as that of Cao Cao, he is not afraid that his subordinates will make mistakes, as long as he has outstanding abilities and can use them for himself.

Therefore, Ximen Qing's idea is to make friends with these two people first, and then find an opportunity to take them under his command in the future.

After a meal of wine, Ximen Qing was already so affectionate with Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun that they called each other brothers and sisters.

In the next two days, Ximenqing invited Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun out of the barracks, and took them to wander around the city, eating delicious food and drinking spicy food.

In just a few days, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun had already become one with Ximen Qing, and they were almost on the verge of sworn brothers.

It wasn't until the Western Army moved out again, and Zhang Jun was about to return to Shaanxi with the Central Army of the Zhongshi Division, that he reluctantly parted from the generous and generous Ximenqing official.

Han Shizhong also wanted to follow Liu Yanqing's army. After Ximen Qing had the last flower wine with him in Goulan Washer, he sent him out of Hejian Mansion.

Farewell to generals such as Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, Ximen Qing met with Ma Kuo in secret again.

Because of this defeat, all the staff in Xuanfusi's yamen were disheartened, and Ma Kuo, who returned from his mission to Liao without success, was no exception.

Ma Kuo was also overjoyed to see Ximen Qing unexpectedly in Hejian Mansion.

This is full of complaints, and finally I can find someone to talk to.

Ma Kuo first expressed his gratitude to Ximen Qing, thanking Ximen Qing for reminding him not to recruit traitors during his envoy, and to make more contact with the local tycoons in Yandi.

That Zhuozhou local tyrant Liu Zongji provided false and untrue information to the Song Army, which was also one of the reasons why the Song Army underestimated the enemy and was frustrated.

Because Ma Kuo had no contact with Liu Zongji, he avoided being implicated by that fellow.

Seeing that Ma Kuo was unhappy because of the defeat of the Song army, Ximenqing relieved him for a while, telling him that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, and that the destruction of the Liao Kingdom is irreversible.

No matter what happens to the Song Army in the future, Ximen Qing wants Ma Kuo to save his life so that he can make great achievements in the future.

Seeing that Ximenqing was so determined about the demise of the Liao Kingdom, Ma Kuo thought about it, so he told Ximenqing that Zhao Liangsi had contacted Li Chuwen for internal response.

This was a military secret that could not be leaked, but Ma Kuo told Ximen Qing without hesitation.

Does Song Jun want to rely on Li Chuwen's internal response to attack Yanjing City?

Li Chuwen, Prime Minister of the Liao Kingdom, sounds familiar!

Ximen Qing recalled a little, and remembered that he had obtained information.Didn't Chao Gai, Wu Yong, and Dong Ping take refuge in the Liao Prime Minister Li Chuwen?

Could it be that, in a few days, we will have to deal with these bandit leaders again?

Wu Yong designed to frame Zhu Dian, the "beautiful bearded man", and almost killed the son of Du Chong, the prefect of Cangzhou.Ximenqing felt that he should send someone to inform Du Chong and Zhu Dian in Cangzhou City of Wu Yong's latest whereabouts.

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