Seeing that Zhao Guanjia and Cai Taishi were all without their masters, Tong Guan deserved to be in the battle for a long time, but he was calm in the face of danger. He raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Your Majesty, don't worry, leave the old minister here. How dare you touch the tiger's beard in Liangshan?" ?”
He pointed his halberd finger at the messenger general: "Hey! Don't make such a fuss, you guys, you are so cowardly. If we were in the Western Army, I would first cut off your dog head to sacrifice the flag. Please tell me in detail, those who are lying in wait." How many troops are there and how powerful the army is, how do you know he is a Liangshan grass bandit?"
Seeing Tong Guan's majestic appearance, Zhao Guanjia and Master Cai suddenly felt at ease. They felt that they had a backbone. They nodded repeatedly and looked at the general: "Why don't you quickly reply to Master Tong's words?"
The general said with a bitter face: "He has no less than five or seven thousand soldiers and horses. Among them, there are two or three thousand heavy cavalry who charge, and they are unstoppable. There are also two or three thousand light cavalry, who are all tough and brave people. There were two or three thousand horse archers who were very skilled in riding and shooting. There were also two or three thousand cavalry ambushing the road. As for why he was said to be from Liangshan, it was because the three generals leading the army were all recognized. One of them was in his 80s that year. Lin Chong, the leader of the Ten Thousand Forbidden Army, was Yang Zhi, the envoy of the palace commander's office at that time, and Qin Ming, the rebel general of Qingzhou. Lin Chong fell into disgrace at Liangshan, and Yang Zhi fell into disgrace at Erlong Mountain. They are both powerful thieves from Shandong."
Tong Guan sneered and said: "The four cavalry teams are only two to three thousand. If the total is not over ten thousand? What a fool."
He turned around and clasped his fists: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. There are hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops inside and outside the capital, and they are here at your beck and call. As for those grassroots soldiers and horses, don't listen to these guys' nonsense. In the opinion of the old minister, they are only four to five thousand at most, which is not worth mentioning." . And order all the troops to guard the city gates, and wait for me to personally lead an army to kill him without leaving a single piece of armor behind, so as to share your majesty's worries."
When the officials saw Tong Guanxiong's bravery, loyalty and courage, they became more and more excited and nodded: "The Taifu is really the pillar of the country! The Western thieves are brave and fear the name of the Taifu, let alone the grass bandits?"
Cai Jing said, "Wait a minute! Your Majesty, Grand Tutor, this matter is strange."
Tong Guan frowned and said, "Why is it so strange?"
Cai Jing looked at the official and said, "Your Majesty, do you remember what happened to Murong Yanda?"
The official frowned and felt a pain in the dragon's egg. He remembered that Murong Yanda's people knew all about Tong Guan's proposal to cross the sea and connect gold, and he suddenly became suspicious.
Tong Guan didn't know about this. Hearing this, he said curiously: "I also heard that that guy had the intention of rebellion. Fortunately, he was discovered and executed by Captain Gao. That guy once served in Qingzhou. Could it be that the grass bandits in Liangshan and Erlongshan were behind the scenes?" It’s actually this person?”
Cai Jing nodded and said grimly: "Otherwise, what big thing can a martial artist do? Your Majesty, if the old minister is right, it is probably because after the death of Murong Yanda, his group was leaderless, so the traitor Wang Qing recruited Let's go! Wang Qing calls himself the King of Chu, and his rebellion has been revealed for a long time. If there is a group of thieves from Shandong to help us, and we can make a big move in the future, we can divide our troops into two groups to capture Kaifeng."
Tong Guan slapped his thigh hard: "That's it! Grand Master is really impressed! It turns out that this joint is not in Liangshan, but in Wang Qing!"
Cai Jing nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Liangshan is not plagued by mustard moss. If Gao Qiu is not incompetent, he can be destroyed by just sending a general. However, if Liangshan is destroyed, Wang Qing will still contact the grass bandits elsewhere. Only by destroying Wang Qing can we end it." Bane!”
The two of them exchanged words and analyzed them, and the Zhao family suddenly understood: So that’s it, Murong Yanda is dead, what kind of career can a grass bandit in Liangshan do? The key is Wang Qing of Huaixi who dares to claim the title of king!
He looked at Tong Guan again and talked about Murong and Liang Shan with a calm and unashamed look on his face. He couldn't help but feel happy: It seems that the Taifu has nothing to do with the rebels. The similarity in the proposal of crossing the sea to connect gold is probably a coincidence. .
Immediately said: "In this case, a general can be ordered to lead the troops to kill Liangshan soldiers and horses. As for the Taifu, there is no need to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer. The main business is to lead the troops to suppress Wang Qing."
Tong Guan immediately said: "Liu Yanqing, the general manager of Yanyan Road of the Western Army, has fought many times under the command of the old ministers. Now this man happened to come to the capital to pay his birthday to the queen. So he was appointed as a general and led 10,000 forbidden troops to kill the Liangshan grass bandits. He will definitely be able to kill them." Big win.”
After hearing this, the officials were overjoyed and immediately issued an order, ordering Liu Yanqing to lead 10,000 elite soldiers and go out to fight in the city.
Tong Guan added: "As for conquering Wang Qing, this matter is no small matter. If we want to complete the victory in one battle, we will need at least 100,000 soldiers and horses!"
The official smiled and said: "The soldiers and horses in the world are all at your command."
Tong Guandao: "In this case, let's allocate the military and horse supervisors in the Eighth Route Army Prefecture under Tokyo's control, and each lead 10,000 troops to join together. Duan Pengju of Suizhou, Chen Zhu of Zhengzhou, Wu Bingyi of Chenzhou, Han Tianlin of Tangzhou, Li Ming of Xuzhou, and Dengzhou Wang Yi, Ma Wanli of Zhenzhou, and Zhou Xin of Songzhou, this is the 80,000-strong army, and another 20,000 forbidden troops can be transferred to the central army. However, Gao Qiu suffered such a disastrous defeat and lost troops and generals. I wonder if there are any useful generals in the forbidden army. .”
Cai Jing quickly interjected: "Didn't I just say that there are still a few in the bag who are capable of fighting? They are all brave generals who are invincible. I wanted to recommend them to conquer Liangshan. Now that the joints are with Wang Qing, let's adjust them first. Go to the Privy Council and listen to the order, and then we can talk about it after Wang Qing is annihilated."
Tong Guan coldly lowered his face and said: "Old Master, it's not because of any rudeness of a certain family, it's just the important matter of the country, which is to sacrifice and fight! The matter of the battle formation cannot be ignored. The person recommended by the Grand Master, but Tong wants to try their martial arts , if I can fight, I am also willing to select talents for the country."
The official laughed after hearing this and said: "The Taifu's words are also the words of a mature man who wants to seek the country. But the Taifu's vision is naturally not wrong."
When Cai Jing heard this, he felt a little uneasy, but at this point, could it be that he had the final say now? He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll ask them to go to the Privy Council tomorrow and let the Tutor take the exam."
After the matter was settled, the two resigned from the emperor and left the palace. Tong Guan returned to the Privy Council to transfer the soldiers and horses of the eight states to the capital.
Cai Jing, however, was distracted and returned to Cai Mansion in a state of confusion.
In order to get involved in the military power in recent years, he persuaded the emperor to appoint Jianchan, Zheng, Cao, and Gongzhou as the four auxiliaries. Each auxiliary stationed 20,000 troops, and used his in-laws and close associates Song Qiaonian, Hu Shiwen, etc. as county guards. Today, he had the opportunity, so he I want these people to follow Tong Guan and achieve military success.
Unexpectedly, Tong Guan refused to give face and threatened to take the martial arts test. But what kind of people are these people? Cai Jing naturally knows very well that when it comes to corruption, power grabbing, cliques and selfish interests, all of them are the best in the world. When it comes to martial arts, they can I can't lift the gun or draw the bow, it's still a choice between the two.
He was worried all the way, but when he returned to his house, he saw someone making a noise at the door. Cai Jing, who was already worried, couldn't help but get angry and shouted: "Whoever dares to ask for wildfire in my house has his legs broken. Submit it to Kaifeng Mansion."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a tall man who was more than nine feet tall and shouted: "My Enxiang was a disciple of the Grand Master. He was wronged and died today. We were waiting to see the Grand Master to avenge his injustice, but you disciples only care about chasing people away, and then What’s the point?”
This man's roar was like thunder, making people's ears numb. Another big white man, also nine feet tall, saw this and shouted: "General Sun, why are you here? Since his lintel is high, I can't wait to climb up." . I heard that Privy Tong is also in the capital. Privy Tong is in charge of the army, so he must recognize heroes. Are we afraid that he will not reuse this martial arts skill?"
When Cai Jing heard this, he took a closer look and saw that these two big men were both like gods. Although the four men next to them were not as tall as these two, they were all powerful and handsome. He had an upright face, and one could tell at a glance that he was a loyal and righteous man. He suddenly said with joy, "Oh, I really wish I didn't have any warriors. Wouldn't a warrior come to my door now?"
He immediately got off the sedan chair and led a group of servants to the door of his house. He pointed at the tip of the door and said, "You are a shameful and evil slave. It's all bullies like you who have ruined the great reputation of our Cai family." .Left and right, fight this guy hard with me!"
Several servants behind him pounced on him like wolves and tigers, opened the door and started beating him. The sound of big kicks and kicks was very similar to the legacy of the late Lieutenant Gao Qiu.
Cai Jing's face was full of kindness, and he cupped his hands with the spirit of immortality: "You brave men, I am Cai Jing. Why are you coming to my door?"
As the saying goes: when you are hungry, the dates fall, and when you are sleepy, you get a cotton pillow. I just hate that I don’t have any heroes in my pocket, but I have talents outside my own door.
(End of chapter)
