Gaotangzhou. Qinbei Pavilion
"Are you so strict!"
Shi Qian was speechless when he saw the strict inspection at the gate of Gaotangzhou City. Every one of the soldiers would check and look through their luggage carefully. How could they enter the city in this way?
"Brother is indeed right. It's not that easy to rescue Chai Jin. We have to be careful."
Ma Ling looked at the guards above and below the city and frowned and said, Gaotang Prefecture is more tightly guarded than they imagined.
"Let's go into the city lightly!"
Shi Qian looked at Ma Ling and said that the weapons, gold bricks, and medicinal powder they carried could not be brought in under this kind of search.
"Okay, hide the stuff in the tree first!"
Ma Ling took the package, jumped up, tapped the tree trunk a few times, and hid the package among the dense branches and leaves.
Shi Qian groped around for a while and put everything into the package, then climbed up the tree a few times and hid the package.
Shi Qian pretended to be a thin and wretched rogue, and Ma Ling pretended to be a Taoist priest. After being searched, the two successfully entered Gaotang Prefecture.
"Not only outside the city, the city is also heavily guarded!"
Ma Ling frowned at the government officers who walked by on the street from time to time. It was difficult for them to start working under such circumstances. They didn't even know where Chai Jin was being held.
"In this case, I'm afraid we won't be able to explore the prison city easily."
Shi Qian looked around and said, going to the prison city rashly under such guards would be to scare the snake to death.
"Stay in the city now. No matter how tight the guard is, there will always be times when it becomes lax."
Ma Ling said.
"We will find a place separately and meet here at noon and sunset every day."
Shi Qian nodded and hid in a dark alley after saying that.
Ma Ling nodded, waved the fly whisk in his hand, and walked towards an inn with a smile.
Shi Qian did not go looking for an inn, but went to a tile in Gaotangzhou. In such a mixed place of three religions and nine streams, Shi Qian felt particularly comfortable, so he picked out a gambling house and went in.
"What is this bet on?"
Shi Qian wandered into a place with the most people. Dozens of people were surrounding a wall. On the wall were wooden signs with dates written on them.
"Don't you know this? Let's bet on whether Liangshan soldiers and horses will come to Gaotang Prefecture, when they will come, and whether they can capture Gaotang Prefecture after they come, and how many days they will take Gaotang Prefecture!"
A gambler smiled and pointed at the wooden signs with dates written on them.
"Can I bet on this?"
Shi Qian was surprised for a while. These gamblers were really bold. They dared to gamble on such a thing?
"What can't be gambled on? It doesn't matter if Liangshan comes. Anyway, the heroes of Liangshan won't embarrass the people!"
The other gambler chuckled.
"Brother, why don't you place a bet? The highest odds are a thousand times! The same amount of money will pay you a thousand times!"
Another gambler pointed to the top wooden sign, which said that on the fifteenth day of next month, Liang Shanbo would win Gaotang Prefecture.
"You want to lie to me? One month plus five days, come from Liangshanbo to Gaotang Prefecture, and capture Gaotang Prefecture? Is this possible?"
Shi Qian took one look at the sign and immediately despised the gamblers. The gamblers had evil smiles on their faces, obviously trying to deceive themselves, and they themselves didn't believe it.
"Ha ha!"
All the gamblers laughed.
Shi Qian took out a piece of silver and pretended to place a bet. He took a careful look at it, and a group of gamblers gathered around to take a look.
"Then Liangshan colluded with Chai Jin to rebel. If I win, I won't deny it, right?"
Shi Qian asked, waving the Pingyin in his hand.
"Rebellion or not, let's bet on us! Isn't Chai Jin still in the dungeon? What are you afraid of?"
A gambler who knew something said nonchalantly.
"Shouldn't this kind of criminal be taken to Tokyo?"
Shi Qian took the opportunity to ask, and the other gamblers also asked in confusion. If you rebel, you will be taken to Tokyo and beheaded.
"Who knows? He is still in the dungeon of the government office. My brother-in-law is working as an errand in the government office, taking turns every day..."
When the gambler saw everyone looking over, he smiled and said proudly.
At first, they were still talking about Chai Jin, but soon they returned to gambling, and one by one they began to speculate on the outcome. Most people thought that Liangshan would not come to Gaotang Prefecture, and even if he came, he would not be able to break Gaotang Prefecture.
Shi Qian didn't know when he had separated from this group of gamblers and joined a group of drunkards.
Shi Qian was unattractive, thin and even a little wretched. His appearance was so inconspicuous that the drunkards didn't even notice that there was an extra Shi Qian, so they started drinking and talking and laughing with Shi Qian in their arms.
In the inn, just in time for the meal, Ma Ling sat down in a place with the most people, ordered a few dishes and a jug of wine, and started drinking.
The tables next door were full of people, and while they were drinking and chatting, it was natural that Chai Jin colluded with Liang Shanbo to rebel. Ma Ling just drank and listened.
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Liangshan Bo, Juyi Hall.
"Brother, the news is flying all over the sky now, and there are all kinds of news."
Zhu Gui looked at Sun Lei and said.
"Interesting, Chai Jin colluded with me to rebel? Preparing for the restoration of Houzhou? He is quite intelligent!"
Sun Lei looked at the intelligence collected by Zhu Gui and smiled and said, this rumor is still based on his brain. Liangshan is now the largest rebel den in Shandong, and Chai Jin is a member of the former royal family. The collusion between these two parties is simply a match made in heaven. Tell it like it is. No one doesn't believe it.
"This is to kill Chai Jin and force us Liangshan to take action!"
Wen Huanzhang said, although Liangshan defeated the government army several times, it never openly stated that it wanted to rebel, nor did it attack the city and seize territory. At most, it was a larger bandit group.
But now that this rumor came out, Liangshan had no choice but to rebel, and it was also connected with Chai Jin, the royal family of the Later Zhou Dynasty. The rebellion was a certainty.
"This Gao Lian should be fully prepared and not afraid of me killing him at all!"
Sun Lei squinted his eyes and said, Gao Lian is so confident, so his preparations must be more thorough than the last time Guan Sheng and Hu Yanzhuo attacked. Last time there was an army of 20,000, this time it should be no less than 40,000.
"Brother, there are no signs of troops mobilizing on Jingdong Road."
Lin Chong opened his mouth and said, since they were preparing to send troops to rescue Chai Jin, the army has set out their sights, and there is no sign of the state army increasing or mobilizing around Liangshanbo.
"It seems that the reinforcements are not being transferred from Jingdong Road!"
Sun Lei nodded.
"Brother, there is no sign of the imperial army mobilizing in Tokyo."
Zhu Fu said that this news came from Ma Lin. The mobilization of the Imperial Army in Tokyo was a major event and it was absolutely impossible to hide it.
"So the only soldiers and horses are Hebei."
Sun Lei looked at the map. In this era, transportation capacity was limited, and the mobilization of troops and horses was extremely slow. Apart from Tokyo and Jingdong Road, the closest ones to Gaotang Prefecture were Hebei East Road and West Road, and the further ones were Hedong Road. But from there It will take at least a month to mobilize troops to Gaotang Prefecture.
"The one with the most troops on Hebei Road is Daming Mansion!"
Xiao Jiasui pointed to Daming Mansion on the map and said, not only is it an important town in Hebei, but it is also stuck between Liangshan and Gaotang Prefecture. If Daming Mansion sends troops to the east when Liangshan besieges Gaotang Prefecture, it will be easy to attack the middle road and defeat Liangshan. The road between the army and Liangshanbo was cut off, making it impossible for the army to see each other.
"But will things be so simple?"
Sun Lei suddenly spoke.
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