"What's so funny!"
Li Gang looked at Sun Lei and others coldly, and he could hear the ridicule in the laughter.
"Mr. Li, it's fine to use the army to scare others, but to scare me, Liangshan, is a bit too disrespectful. Let me introduce it to you."
"Wang Jin has been teaching the Forbidden Army for fifteen years. There is no more senior instructor in the Forbidden Army than him."
"Teacher Lin Chonglin has been the instructor of the Forbidden Army for eight years. Several generations of his family have been instructors of the Forbidden Army!"
"Master Lu Zhishenlu, a former general of the Western Army, fought against the Xixia people under the account of Mr. Lao Zhongjinglue Mansion."
"Qin Ming, the general manager of Qingzhou Prefecture's troops and horses."
"Zhang Qing, Supervisor of the Army and Horses of Dongchang Prefecture."
"Many of them are from martial arts or military backgrounds, so I won't list them all."
Sun Lei pointed at the people present and introduced with a smile.
"Mr. Li, this is not to show you how powerful my Liangshan brothers are, but I want to tell you that I know better than you what the virtues of the official army are. Whether it is the Forbidden Army, the Western Army or the Xiang Army, you are a civilian and do not understand at all. How rotten is the military today?"
Sun Lei looked at Li Gang and said, Li Gang is only in his thirties. He has been in Tokyo since winning the imperial examination. Without being exposed, he has no idea what happened underneath.
Li Gang didn't expect that he would be silenced by a bandit. He wanted to argue, but as Sun Lei said, he didn't understand the specific situation in the army.
"If that's the case, then I'll go back and get the order back."
Upon seeing this, Li Gang stood up and left.
As soon as they arrived at the door, Xie Zhen and Jie Bao blocked Li Gang's way.
"What does it mean!"
Li Gang turned back and looked at Sun Lei coldly.
"Mr. Li, since you are here, why rush to leave? If you go back like this, you won't be able to pay your dues!"
Sun Lei looked at Li Gang with a smile and said.
"Oh, then I'll stay for a few days."
Li Gang's expression suddenly changed, and he said with a smile, he had never planned to leave so easily, he was just pretending, and he stayed as soon as Sun Lei opened his mouth, just in time to get to know the thieves in Liang Shanbo.
"Haha, let's take a seat then!"
Although Sun Lei was a little surprised, he still laughed and invited.
After the banquet, Li Gang went to the small courtyard arranged by Sun Lei. In order to show his kindness to the landlord, Sun Lei specially asked Hu Cheng to be Li Gang's guide.
"Brother, this Li Gang is not simple!"
Wen Huanzhang said in a low voice when he saw Li Gang leaving.
"It's not easy, but you can't escape from my grandson's Wuzhishan."
Sun Lei said with a smile, forget it if you didn't see it, how can you let it go now that you have seen it.
"Ignore him for now. News came back from Tokyo that Gao Qiu is preparing to transfer Liu Menglong, commander of the Kangfu Navy, to come. He is also building warships in Jinmingchi. He should arrive in a few months."
Sun Lei looked at everyone and said.
"Don't worry, brother, we will destroy as many as we come!"
Lin Chong said.
"I always feel that Gao Qiu's visit this time is not that simple! He has failed several times. How dare he come in person this time with more than 15,000 navy troops?"
Sun Lei expressed his doubts. Gao Qiu must be absolutely sure that he dared to come in person. Fifteen thousand naval troops were obviously not enough to defeat Liangshanbo.
"Brother, do you mean that Gao Qiu will come with more than just these troops this time? There are quite a few Imperial Guards in Tokyo. Gao Qiu is the Grand Lieutenant of the Third Government Office and can be mobilized."
Wang Jin frowned and thought, the main force of the Western Army is far in the northwest, and it is impossible to transfer it to Liangshan. The surrounding Xiang troops have long been beaten by Liangshan and dare not show their faces. The only ones that can be used now are the Imperial Guards in Tokyo.
"What do the military advisors think?"
Sun Lei looked at Xiao Jiasui, Wen Huanzhang and Li Zhu and asked.
"Brother, Huang Wenbing is the prefect of Puzhou now. I think Gao Qiu will attack from the north."
Xiao Jiasui pointed to the north and said, Huang Wenbing should have been severely punished if he lost Jezhou, but Gao Qiu interceded and let Huang Wenbing go to Puzhou again. There must be some intention in this.
"The military advisor is saying that Gao Qiu is planning to let the navy attack Liangshanbo directly from the Yellow River?"
Sun Lei asked with narrowed eyes.
"Yes, now that we have captured Jeju, Liangshanbo has expanded two hundred miles to the west. It is almost impossible for Gao Qiu to lead his navy across the Wuzhang River. The Wuzhang River is not very wide."
"The Wuzhang River cannot be crossed. The Tokyo navy has only two ways to get here. One is to take the Bianhe River and the Nanqing River and then transfer to Surabaya. But this road is too far and it is impossible to walk. The other is to take the Yellow River and then Going south is the fastest way.”
Xiao Jiasui said, although Liangshanbo is very close to Tokyo, the imperial court is lazy and the river has not been dredged for a long time. It is okay to use some boats on this waterway, but if there is a water battle, it will be somewhat difficult to use.
"Puzhou, that's it!"
Sun Lei nodded, such an analysis is really possible.
"There are still a few months to go, don't worry, let Gao Qiu help us build the ship properly!"
Sun Lei smiled and said, this means that if we don't have guns or cannons, the enemy will make them for us.
"Li Gang is not the only one who is recruiting for peace. It is said that the imperial court has also sent envoys to other three parties to recruit for peace. However, I don't think they will succeed. The chaos will continue for a while in the past six months."
Sun Lei looked at the crowd and said, once rebellion starts, it is not easy to put down. Ambition will only expand and will not die on its own.
Zhao Ji and those senior officials are so self-righteous that they are unwilling to give any benefits. They just want to deceive people and recruit them. How can anything in the world be so cheap?
"After that, I took the time to go to Cangzhou. It was said that they had a little friction with the Liao Kingdom."
Sun Lei looked at everyone again and said.
"Brother, my little brother is willing to accompany us to fight!"
When everyone heard that there was a conflict with the Liao Kingdom, everyone immediately became energetic. The Song Dynasty was very boring to fight against. It was too weak and it was embarrassing to brag about winning. However, the Khitans of the Liao Kingdom were still strong enough.
"Let's talk about it then, it's still early."
Sun Lei shook his head. Although the war is close, it is not that fast. It will take at least three or four months for Gao Qiu to build a warship. The Liao Kingdom is now battered by the Jurchens, so there is no chance of any big conflict. At most, it is Small friction at the border.
When Li Gang returned to his residence, he was immediately surrounded by Li Yuhou and Zhang Qianban, who repeatedly asked him if the matter was finished and when he would leave.
"We can't leave for the time being, so Sun Lei said he wants us to stay for a while!"
Li Gang looked at the two of them with an embarrassed expression and said.
"What? Stay for a while!"
Zhang Ganban's face turned pale. He didn't want to stay in this den of thieves for a moment.
"There's nothing we can do. The thieves are powerful. Let's wait for a few days. The thieves don't dare to touch us!"
Li Gang comforted the two of them.
In the next few days, Li Gang visited Jeju Mansion under the leadership of Hu Cheng.
"That's Liangshanbo over there? I wonder if I can go and have a look?"
Li Gang asked, pointing in the direction of Liangshanbo. In the past few days, he had seen merchants and people going to Liangshanbo, and he was even more curious.
"Of course, my brother said that except for Liangshan and the military restricted area, all other places are open to the public."
Hu Cheng nodded.
"I didn't expect so many people to go to Liangshanbo!"
The closer he got to Liangshan Park, the more frightened Li Gang became. There were more and more people on the road, and they were all heading towards Liangshan Park.
"Haha, merchants from both Jingdong and Jingdong roads will pass by Liangshanbo. It's not the Chinese New Year, but there are fewer people here."
Hu Cheng laughed and said.
(End of chapter)
