Under the leadership of Zhang Xiang and Wang Ji, Sun Lei led the army into the Taihang Mountains quickly, passing many camps guarding dangerous mountain passes along the way.
"Stop, who are you!"
After leaving Taihang Mountain, Liangshan's army was stopped just outside Lingchuan City.
The leader of the generals wears an iron helmet with golden hair, large and small red tassels scattered on the top, a pair of chainmail armor, a collar embroidered with clouds and flowers, and a slanted leather cloud heel. He wears boots, a red studded belt, a bow, a pot of arrows, rides a silver curly horse, and wields a wind-splitting knife.
"What a nouveau riche. He doesn't fight well, but his clothes are more beautiful than the other."
Sun Lei looked at the person blocking the road and sneered.
"Brother, this is Lingchuan guard Dong Cheng."
Wang Ji recognized the person blocking the road and quickly spoke to Sun Lei. He was afraid of angering the Liangshan army and the two sides started fighting.
"General Dong! These are not enemies, they are reinforcements..."
Zhang Xiang quickly rode up to Dong Cheng and explained.
"It turns out they are brothers from Liangshanbo. My younger brother collided with me. Please forgive me. My brothers have come all the way. Why don't we go to Lingchuan City first. My younger brother will order people to slaughter cows and sheep to entertain all my brothers."
Dong Cheng looked at Sun Lei with a smile as he cupped his fists.
"A treat for me?"
Sun Lei looked at Dong Cheng with a smile. He knew very well that Dong Cheng wanted to prevent him from continuing to the hinterland of the "forbidden fruit".
"Okay, it just so happens that my army has been traveling for a long time, and it's time for a good meal while sleeping in the open air."
Sun Lei glanced at the people behind him, and soon the people behind him started shouting, holding their stomachs.
"Brother, please!"
Dong Cheng didn't know why and invited with a smile.
"Try to be careful with me, see if I don't defeat you!"
Sun Lei showed no expression on his face, but he sneered secretly in his heart. With ten thousand mouths and an open belly to eat, he could eat even a mountain of food.
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Gaizhou.
"What? Liangshan's reinforcements are coming?"
Niu Wenzhong's expression changed after receiving the tip. As a Gaizhou garrison, he had been paying attention to the situation in Tokyo and Liangshanbo. There was no movement in Tokyo, but there was a lot of movement in Liangshanbo recently. Gao Qiu and Cai You were the military governors, and the former All the 150,000 troops were defeated, and now the whole of Tokyo is silent.
"Quick, hurry up and report to King Jin!"
Niu Wenzhong immediately ordered to the soldiers around him.
"Privy Envoy, are they really Liangshan troops? Didn't the scouts outside say there was a war?"
Yang Duan said, they have many spies in Weizhou. Liang Shanbo wants to come to Hedong, so there will be no movement along the way.
"The four of you follow me to Lingchuan!"
Niu Wenzhong looked at the four generals wearing armor below and said. These four generals are the four powerful generals under Niu Wenzhong: Niwei General Fang Qiong, Piwei General An Shirong, Biaowei General Chu Heng, and Xiong Wei General Yu Yulin.
Niu Wenzhong left Gaizhou with four powerful generals and 10,000 troops and headed for Lingchuan.
When Niu Wenzhong arrived at the foot of Lingchuan City, the vast swaths of smoke in the city made everyone frown, and the smell of meat seemed to be floating in the air.
"Your Excellency Privy Councilor, it's not good!"
Shen Ji rode up to Niu Wenzhong and shouted.
Shen Ji cried to Niu Wenzhong. They originally wanted to keep the Liangshan army in Lingchuan City, so they proposed to slaughter cattle and sheep to entertain them.
But the Liangshan army had such a big appetite that they ate dozens of cows and hundreds of sheep in one meal, and they would do the same thing every time after that.
This is a hardship for the Lingchuan garrison. Although they have a lot of food and grass, they can't bear to eat like this. The Lingchuan garrison can't eat two meals of meat a month.
Niu Wenzhong had a cold face. He knew very well that the Liangshan army did this on purpose, but Niu Wenzhong couldn't care about it at this time. Others came from thousands of miles to help them and they couldn't be stingy with food and grass.
"Meet Leader Sun!"
Niu Wenzhong bowed to Sun Lei.
"It turns out to be Privy Niu. You guys, this place in Hedong is really nice. The scenery is good, the weather is good, and the food is good!"
Sun Lei looked at Niu Wenzhong with a smile and said.
"As long as Leader Sun is satisfied."
Niu Wenzhong's mouth twitched and he said.
"Why hasn't Tian Hu come yet? I've traveled more than a thousand miles, but he's still unwilling to move for a hundred miles?"
Sun Lei looked at Niu Wenzhong while eating a roasted lamb leg.
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin is at war with the Western Army and cannot come to Gaizhou for the time being."
Niu Wenzhong said.
"Fighting with the Western Army? I heard that the Western Army is very powerful, and the King of Jin can actually compete with it. It's really powerful!"
Sun Lei smiled and praised. He wanted to come here just to eat and drink and watch Tian Hu fight with the Western Army.
"This... actually isn't going well either. Zhong Shidao is a famous general, and the Western Army is extremely elite. We started in a bit of a hurry..."
Niu Wenzhong didn't dare to accept Sun Lei's praise. If they could defeat the Western Army, why would they ask Liangshanbo for help? Prince Jin's face was not used indiscriminately.
"It doesn't matter. King Jin is very powerful. It's just the Western Army. It's no problem!"
Sun Lei didn't listen to so many bitter comments and insisted that Tian Hu was very powerful.
In the next few days, watching the Liangshan army eat and drink haphazardly, Niu Wenzhong's heart was bleeding. The food they frugally dwindled rapidly, but they did not dare to say a word.
Finally, five days later, news came from Qinyuan that the King of Jin had invited Sun Lei, the master of Liangshanbo, and even sent an imperial edict embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon in a yellow paragraph.
"Zhao Ji sent me an imperial edict a few days ago! Today Tian Hu also sent me an imperial edict! The edict is not valuable!"
Sun Lei laughed and said, but he did not accept the imperial edict. He did not accept Zhao Ji's edict. Isn't Tian Hu's edict just a piece of rag?
"Leader Sun, let's go to Qinyuan now."
Niu Wenzhong didn't care so much, and it didn't matter if Sun Lei didn't accept the imperial edict. Although Sun Lei didn't become king, his status was actually no lower than Tian Hu.
"Let's go. I miss Tian Hu too. It's been more than half a year since I last saw him in Tokyo."
Sun Lei smiled wisely.
Niu Wenzhong led the way, and Sun Lei led the group directly to Qinyuan.
"Privacy Niu, what's going on with the Western Army? Tian Hu's letter asking for help, shouldn't it be very urgent?"
Sun Lei looked at Niu Wenzhong and asked.
"Leader Sun, it was difficult some time ago. After all, our army did not have systematic training. It was the first time we fought with the Western Army. The situation was very bad. Fortunately, we later captured Taiyuan..."
Niu Wenzhong didn't hide it either. These were not secrets. Since Sun Lei was willing to come from thousands of miles away to help, they naturally couldn't hide it anymore.
"I've also heard about this. It's a good plan. I wonder who came up with it?"
Sun Lei asked with a smile.
"It's Captain Fang!"
Niu Wenzhong hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Fang Xuedu?"
Sun Lei squinted his eyes and thought, Tian Hu still has capable people under his command.
After walking all the way over mountains and ridges for several days before arriving in Qinyuan County, Sun Lei was speechless as he looked at the mountains in the distance.
"Tian Hu is really generous. Is he going to build a palace on the mountain?"
Sun Lei pointed at the mountain peaks where large-scale construction projects were being carried out. This guy Tian Hu really thought of himself as a local emperor, and he started building a palace before even laying down a few points in the world.
(End of chapter)
