Chapter 520 Countermeasures
In Yidu City, Song Jiang held a banquet to celebrate the victory.
Although Yao Gang was killed in the camp of soldiers outside the city, he was not under Zhao Zhen's command. Zhao Zhen had long known that Yao Gang was Gao Qiu's confidant, and now his death at the hands of Song Jiang was a good thing for Zhao Zhen. Without Yao Gang, the troops in Yunzhou would no longer be hindered. With the cooperation of his father-in-law Cheng Wanli, Dong Ping alone could control them.
I am happy in my heart, but I don’t show it on my face.
After Zhao Zhen sent his body back to Yunzhou, he secretly wrote letters and sent them to his father-in-law Cheng Wanli and Dong Ping, asking Cheng Wanli to recommend Dong Ping, who was only a nominal commander in Yunzhou, to take the post of Yunzhou Governor.
In the camp, Zhao Zhen said to all the generals: "Although Yao Dujian was defeated today, it was not because his martial arts were inferior to those of the Qingzhou bandits. If he had not fought the two brothers Yin Tai and Yin Chun first, how could Ren Yuan have defeated him? In the future, you must not be careless in the battle. If it is not necessary, you must not fight continuously."
After hearing this, all the generals agreed.
The next day, Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo went to fight. Yesterday, Ren Yuan killed Yao Gang, so the leaders of Qingzhou were naturally very proud. Seeing Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo challenged each other, Song Jiang asked, "Which brother will cut off the heads of these two?"
Upon hearing this, Tiger Wing Mountain leader Zhao Fu (Mountain-pulling Bear) and General Zhao Gui (Sea-stirring General) stepped forward and said, "Brother, watch us fight."
The leader of Shejiaoling [Panhailong] Qin Hui, and the brothers Yin Tai and Yin Chun also stepped forward to challenge for battle.
Seeing the crowd's enthusiasm, Song Jiang was delighted and said to Zhao Fu, the "Bear of the Mountain", and Zhao Gui, the "General of the Sea", "Since the two men below the city have challenged each other, you two brothers should accept the challenge."
Then he turned to Qin Hui and said, "Brother Qin Hui, please support us."
Shan Tinggui faced Zhao Fu, Wei Dingguo faced Zhao Gui, the two armies shouted, four horsemen fought in pairs in front of the battle array. Eight arms stretched out in all directions, sixteen horse hooves stirred in disorder. After more than fifty rounds, neither side could defeat the other.
When Qin met Zhao Fu and Zhao Gui and they were unable to win, he thought that since he had accepted this task today, it would be best if he could make a contribution so as to encourage them to fight.
There were naturally defenses in the Liangshan formation. [Mirror Gaoliang] Gaoliang swung his sun and moon swords, covered in fine silver armor, and slapped the silver white horse, which flew to catch it. Gaoliang fought with Qin Hui for more than ten rounds, then slapped his horse and left.
When Qin Hui saw this, he thought Gao Liang was weak, so he rushed over. Gao Liang turned around, stared at Qin Hui's face, threw a flying knife at him, and shouted, "Catch!"
Qin Hui dodged in time, and the blade swished and hit Qin Hui in the face, causing him to fall off his horse and die.
Seeing that the flying knife had worked, Gao Liang turned his horse around, jumped off, put Qin Hui's body on the horse's back, and led Qin Hui's horse back to the formation.
Seeing that Qin Hui would die on the battlefield, the brothers Zhao Fu and Zhao Gui had no intention of fighting anymore.
Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo saw that Gao Liang, who had supported them, had made great contributions, but they had not killed any enemies. How could they let Zhao Fu and Zhao Gui escape? They kept a gun and a knife by their side at all times.
In a hurry, Zhao Fu and Zhao Gui could not escape.
Let's talk about Gao Liang returning to the camp. Zhao Xin was about to speak when he saw Gao Liang leaving Qin Hui's body, turning his horse around and rushing out of the battle formation again.
Gao Liang rode his horse and shouted in front of the battle line, "Who else dares to seek death?"
On the top of the city wall, Qin Hui was about to be beheaded, which had already alarmed Song Jiang.
Seeing Gao Liang showing off her power, Song Jiang was furious: "How can brothers like me let a woman humiliate us? This is unreasonable."
【Ghost Sees Sorrow】Lai Yong'er said: "Brother, the man who killed people with a flying knife must be Gao Liang from Zhaojia Village in Yizhou. Everything else is fine, but the flying knife attack that injured people requires Brother Di Lei to go into battle. It's getting late today, so why not call off the battle? Tomorrow, Brother Di Lei will have rested well, and then we can ask Brother Di Lei to go out and take revenge."
Seeing Lai Yong'er secretly winking at him, Song Jiang nodded and sounded the horn to call back his troops.
After hearing this, the brothers Zhao Fu and Zhao Gui, who were fighting on the battlefield, became more anxious.
Zhao Fu opened his mouth and shouted, "Wait a minute, a battle in front of a general must be open and aboveboard. Pressuring someone is not the behavior of a hero. It's getting late today, we'll fight again tomorrow."
After saying this, while Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo were stunned, the two of them rode their horses back to the city. On the top of Yidu City, after arranging the guard duty, Song Jiang hurried back to the yamen, followed closely by Lai Yonger.
Without waiting to sit down, Song Jiang asked, "Military Advisor, why are you so anxious?"
Lai Yonger pointed at Fei Lian Huangfu Xiong who had been waiting in the yamen and said, "Brother, something has happened in Linzi."
"What?" Song Jiang asked in surprise.
Huangfu Xiong immediately told the news he had found out.
After hearing this, Song Jiang still couldn't believe it and asked, "Brother Ma Yuan was defeated by a group of local militiamen?"
Lai Yonger said, "Brother, now the Hui people from Zhengyi Village have sent troops to harass the county town. The soldiers from Linzi City can only defend and are unable to come to the rescue. We must make plans early."
After hearing this, Song Jiang fell silent. After perking up, he asked, "Military Advisor, how can we break the impasse now? If we don't handle it well, I'm afraid we will die."
"Brother, I have thought of two plans. Please choose one."
"Military advisor, please speak quickly."
"Now that we have more soldiers, Zhao Zhen only challenges his generals to fight at the south gate every day and does not dare to split his troops. If we go out of the city and fight him with all our strength, we may be able to defeat him. In this case, he will definitely gather a large force to fight us."
"Another plan is to submit a petition for surrender."
"Zhao Zhen has become powerful now. From the rewards bestowed by the imperial court, we can see that many people are dissatisfied with Zhao Zhen. We may be able to restrain some of them for the imperial court."
After Lai Yong'er finished speaking, Song Jiang asked, "Please surrender?"
Seeing Lai Yong'er nod, Song Jiang continued, "Let's not talk about whether the court will accept our situation. Even if we are recruited, we will not be given important positions. Moreover, we killed the brother of the imperial concubine Murong Yanda, the brother of the general Gao Feng, and robbed the birthday gift of the Grand Tutor Cai. How can anyone speak for us?"
Lai Yong'er said, "Brother, this is a different time."
After a pause, Lai Yonger continued, "Let's talk about Master Cai first. We just robbed him of a lot of money and we don't have any deep hatred. If we give him more money, I'm afraid he won't respond."
"Speaking of this high title, we can also let [Sima Shi] Wanqi Chun, [Sima Zhao] Wanqi Rong, and Ruan Zhaoer testify that we attacked Yizhou because we were bewitched by Liangshan."
"How can Gao Qiu be trusted?" Song Jiang asked.
"Don't worry, brother. Brother Wanqi Rong was captured by Liangshan and sent to Bianjing to ask for a reward. This guy is good at talking and actually persuaded Gao Qiu to spare his life. I have already instructed Wanqi Chun to contact him. These people witnessed us giving up Yishui and Yiyuan."
"Moreover, the capture of Yizhou Prefecture was largely due to the five disciples of Master Wu Jiao, who was the winner of Dongbin Sheng. After the group captured the city, they defected to Liangshan. Isn't that enough to explain it?"
"In the end, General Gao punished many people, including Wang Jin, Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, etc., who all settled in Liangshan. Gao Qiu probably hates Liangshan more than he hates us. Now that Liangshan is so prosperous, doesn't he have any ideas? We can bribe him with money and goods, and we can help his brothers gain merit through the escaped Gao Lian. I'm not afraid he won't agree."
"As for Concubine Murong, it's even less of a problem. She is just a concubine without children. Without the support of the Grand Tutor and the Grand Marshal, it's naturally not difficult for us. Qin Ming, Huang Xin, Hua Rong and others were originally under Murong Yanda's command. It was these people who were dissatisfied with Prefect Murong that provoked the incident, resulting in Prefect Murong's death. With this excuse, we can give her some treasures and that's it."
Song Jiang heard this and said unwillingly, "Can't we defeat Liangshan? We have traveled all over Shandong, but we can't defeat Liangshan."
After hearing this, Lai Yong'er and Huangfu Xiong were also silent.
I just feel that it seems...
Liangshan is naturally capable of conquering Qingzhou.
(End of this chapter)
In Yidu City, Song Jiang held a banquet to celebrate the victory.
Although Yao Gang was killed in the camp of soldiers outside the city, he was not under Zhao Zhen's command. Zhao Zhen had long known that Yao Gang was Gao Qiu's confidant, and now his death at the hands of Song Jiang was a good thing for Zhao Zhen. Without Yao Gang, the troops in Yunzhou would no longer be hindered. With the cooperation of his father-in-law Cheng Wanli, Dong Ping alone could control them.
I am happy in my heart, but I don’t show it on my face.
After Zhao Zhen sent his body back to Yunzhou, he secretly wrote letters and sent them to his father-in-law Cheng Wanli and Dong Ping, asking Cheng Wanli to recommend Dong Ping, who was only a nominal commander in Yunzhou, to take the post of Yunzhou Governor.
In the camp, Zhao Zhen said to all the generals: "Although Yao Dujian was defeated today, it was not because his martial arts were inferior to those of the Qingzhou bandits. If he had not fought the two brothers Yin Tai and Yin Chun first, how could Ren Yuan have defeated him? In the future, you must not be careless in the battle. If it is not necessary, you must not fight continuously."
After hearing this, all the generals agreed.
The next day, Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo went to fight. Yesterday, Ren Yuan killed Yao Gang, so the leaders of Qingzhou were naturally very proud. Seeing Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo challenged each other, Song Jiang asked, "Which brother will cut off the heads of these two?"
Upon hearing this, Tiger Wing Mountain leader Zhao Fu (Mountain-pulling Bear) and General Zhao Gui (Sea-stirring General) stepped forward and said, "Brother, watch us fight."
The leader of Shejiaoling [Panhailong] Qin Hui, and the brothers Yin Tai and Yin Chun also stepped forward to challenge for battle.
Seeing the crowd's enthusiasm, Song Jiang was delighted and said to Zhao Fu, the "Bear of the Mountain", and Zhao Gui, the "General of the Sea", "Since the two men below the city have challenged each other, you two brothers should accept the challenge."
Then he turned to Qin Hui and said, "Brother Qin Hui, please support us."
Shan Tinggui faced Zhao Fu, Wei Dingguo faced Zhao Gui, the two armies shouted, four horsemen fought in pairs in front of the battle array. Eight arms stretched out in all directions, sixteen horse hooves stirred in disorder. After more than fifty rounds, neither side could defeat the other.
When Qin met Zhao Fu and Zhao Gui and they were unable to win, he thought that since he had accepted this task today, it would be best if he could make a contribution so as to encourage them to fight.
There were naturally defenses in the Liangshan formation. [Mirror Gaoliang] Gaoliang swung his sun and moon swords, covered in fine silver armor, and slapped the silver white horse, which flew to catch it. Gaoliang fought with Qin Hui for more than ten rounds, then slapped his horse and left.
When Qin Hui saw this, he thought Gao Liang was weak, so he rushed over. Gao Liang turned around, stared at Qin Hui's face, threw a flying knife at him, and shouted, "Catch!"
Qin Hui dodged in time, and the blade swished and hit Qin Hui in the face, causing him to fall off his horse and die.
Seeing that the flying knife had worked, Gao Liang turned his horse around, jumped off, put Qin Hui's body on the horse's back, and led Qin Hui's horse back to the formation.
Seeing that Qin Hui would die on the battlefield, the brothers Zhao Fu and Zhao Gui had no intention of fighting anymore.
Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo saw that Gao Liang, who had supported them, had made great contributions, but they had not killed any enemies. How could they let Zhao Fu and Zhao Gui escape? They kept a gun and a knife by their side at all times.
In a hurry, Zhao Fu and Zhao Gui could not escape.
Let's talk about Gao Liang returning to the camp. Zhao Xin was about to speak when he saw Gao Liang leaving Qin Hui's body, turning his horse around and rushing out of the battle formation again.
Gao Liang rode his horse and shouted in front of the battle line, "Who else dares to seek death?"
On the top of the city wall, Qin Hui was about to be beheaded, which had already alarmed Song Jiang.
Seeing Gao Liang showing off her power, Song Jiang was furious: "How can brothers like me let a woman humiliate us? This is unreasonable."
【Ghost Sees Sorrow】Lai Yong'er said: "Brother, the man who killed people with a flying knife must be Gao Liang from Zhaojia Village in Yizhou. Everything else is fine, but the flying knife attack that injured people requires Brother Di Lei to go into battle. It's getting late today, so why not call off the battle? Tomorrow, Brother Di Lei will have rested well, and then we can ask Brother Di Lei to go out and take revenge."
Seeing Lai Yong'er secretly winking at him, Song Jiang nodded and sounded the horn to call back his troops.
After hearing this, the brothers Zhao Fu and Zhao Gui, who were fighting on the battlefield, became more anxious.
Zhao Fu opened his mouth and shouted, "Wait a minute, a battle in front of a general must be open and aboveboard. Pressuring someone is not the behavior of a hero. It's getting late today, we'll fight again tomorrow."
After saying this, while Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo were stunned, the two of them rode their horses back to the city. On the top of Yidu City, after arranging the guard duty, Song Jiang hurried back to the yamen, followed closely by Lai Yonger.
Without waiting to sit down, Song Jiang asked, "Military Advisor, why are you so anxious?"
Lai Yonger pointed at Fei Lian Huangfu Xiong who had been waiting in the yamen and said, "Brother, something has happened in Linzi."
"What?" Song Jiang asked in surprise.
Huangfu Xiong immediately told the news he had found out.
After hearing this, Song Jiang still couldn't believe it and asked, "Brother Ma Yuan was defeated by a group of local militiamen?"
Lai Yonger said, "Brother, now the Hui people from Zhengyi Village have sent troops to harass the county town. The soldiers from Linzi City can only defend and are unable to come to the rescue. We must make plans early."
After hearing this, Song Jiang fell silent. After perking up, he asked, "Military Advisor, how can we break the impasse now? If we don't handle it well, I'm afraid we will die."
"Brother, I have thought of two plans. Please choose one."
"Military advisor, please speak quickly."
"Now that we have more soldiers, Zhao Zhen only challenges his generals to fight at the south gate every day and does not dare to split his troops. If we go out of the city and fight him with all our strength, we may be able to defeat him. In this case, he will definitely gather a large force to fight us."
"Another plan is to submit a petition for surrender."
"Zhao Zhen has become powerful now. From the rewards bestowed by the imperial court, we can see that many people are dissatisfied with Zhao Zhen. We may be able to restrain some of them for the imperial court."
After Lai Yong'er finished speaking, Song Jiang asked, "Please surrender?"
Seeing Lai Yong'er nod, Song Jiang continued, "Let's not talk about whether the court will accept our situation. Even if we are recruited, we will not be given important positions. Moreover, we killed the brother of the imperial concubine Murong Yanda, the brother of the general Gao Feng, and robbed the birthday gift of the Grand Tutor Cai. How can anyone speak for us?"
Lai Yong'er said, "Brother, this is a different time."
After a pause, Lai Yonger continued, "Let's talk about Master Cai first. We just robbed him of a lot of money and we don't have any deep hatred. If we give him more money, I'm afraid he won't respond."
"Speaking of this high title, we can also let [Sima Shi] Wanqi Chun, [Sima Zhao] Wanqi Rong, and Ruan Zhaoer testify that we attacked Yizhou because we were bewitched by Liangshan."
"How can Gao Qiu be trusted?" Song Jiang asked.
"Don't worry, brother. Brother Wanqi Rong was captured by Liangshan and sent to Bianjing to ask for a reward. This guy is good at talking and actually persuaded Gao Qiu to spare his life. I have already instructed Wanqi Chun to contact him. These people witnessed us giving up Yishui and Yiyuan."
"Moreover, the capture of Yizhou Prefecture was largely due to the five disciples of Master Wu Jiao, who was the winner of Dongbin Sheng. After the group captured the city, they defected to Liangshan. Isn't that enough to explain it?"
"In the end, General Gao punished many people, including Wang Jin, Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, etc., who all settled in Liangshan. Gao Qiu probably hates Liangshan more than he hates us. Now that Liangshan is so prosperous, doesn't he have any ideas? We can bribe him with money and goods, and we can help his brothers gain merit through the escaped Gao Lian. I'm not afraid he won't agree."
"As for Concubine Murong, it's even less of a problem. She is just a concubine without children. Without the support of the Grand Tutor and the Grand Marshal, it's naturally not difficult for us. Qin Ming, Huang Xin, Hua Rong and others were originally under Murong Yanda's command. It was these people who were dissatisfied with Prefect Murong that provoked the incident, resulting in Prefect Murong's death. With this excuse, we can give her some treasures and that's it."
Song Jiang heard this and said unwillingly, "Can't we defeat Liangshan? We have traveled all over Shandong, but we can't defeat Liangshan."
After hearing this, Lai Yong'er and Huangfu Xiong were also silent.
I just feel that it seems...
Liangshan is naturally capable of conquering Qingzhou.
(End of this chapter)
