Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 325 Undercurrent Rising (please subscribe!)
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Guards are actually guards.

In terms of rank, Li Yan's personal guards are no higher than ordinary Liangshan soldiers.

But judging from past facts, Li Yan's personal guards have always been the cradle of Liang Shan's generals.

Of course, this was not the whole reason why Li Yan made Niu Gao his bodyguard.

Now the Liangshan army has become a large scale, and many of them are old brothers from Li Yan's family. They are Li Yan's biggest supporters, but at the same time they have also become Li Yan's resistance to promoting newcomers.

This is also impossible.

The army is a place where seniority and merit are talked about.

No qualifications, no achievements, even if you are promoted, others will not accept it.

This is also the reason why Shangguanyi, Li Tianxi and others obviously have the talent to serve as the commander-in-chief of the first army, but Li Yan only gave them a deputy commander first.

To be honest, if Shangguanyi and the others hadn't brought a lot of troops and supplies, and Li Yan counted them as their achievements, even Li Yan, the deputy commander, would not have given them.

As for the promotion of Yang Zaixing, Yu Cheng and others in the front line, there is more or less Yang Zhi, Bian Xiang and others' face, and there is also Li Yan's insistence on going his own way.

Yes.

Li Yan can go his own way.

With Li Yan's prestige, even if others have ideas, they dare not say so.

However, Li Yan has always used this power cautiously to avoid chaos in the army.

In fact, Li Yan can also use this power on Niu Gao.

But Li Yan considered that Niu Gao had the thought of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, so he deliberately placed Niu Gao by his side to influence him for a period of time, and then looked for opportunities to promote him.

What Li Yan was thinking, of course Niu Gao didn't know.

Niu Gao only knew that Li Yan, the great hero, the great hero, the governor of the Anton Protectorate, came to his house to recruit him as a soldier, and let him be his own soldier.

Niu Gao was overjoyed!

Niu Gao is eager to be famous, otherwise he would not be able to learn martial arts when he was young.

It's a pity that Niu Gao has never been able to find someone to support him.

In addition, there are old mothers, wives and children.

Niu Gaocai has been wasting until now.

Now that Li Yan personally recruits him, how can Niu Gao, who suffers from no connections, respond?

Niu Gao is a very straightforward person, he got Li Yan's reward of [-] guan, he asked his family to clean up the valuables at home, and the next day he dragged his family and Li Yan out of Shibeigou.

Niu Gao is bold, unlike many sergeants who dare not breathe in front of Li Yan.

Along the way, the excited Niu Gao kept yelling in Li Yan's ears, and Li Yan didn't think Niu Gao was bothering him, and he basically answered every question. Anyone who is familiar with Li Yan can see that Li Yan I like Niugao.

Niu Gao said: "Commander, where are we going?"

Li Yan said: "Go to Tangyin County, Xiangzhou."

Niu Gao asked: "What are you doing there?"

Li Yandao: "I heard that Zhou Tong, the hero of Shaanxi with an iron arm, taught apprentices there, and I want to ask him to teach martial arts."

Niu Gao said: "I've heard that Master Zhou Tong is a good martial artist, but he doesn't deserve to be seen by the Governor in person. The Governor can just send someone to invite him."

Of course Li Yan couldn't tell Niu Gao: "I didn't come to Zhou Tong to ask about martial arts, but to recruit Yue Fei and others." He just smiled and stopped talking.

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Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Besides, Chao Gai found out when he carried the Heavenly King Li Cheng and Dao Wenda back to Erlong Mountain:

Guan Sheng was caught by Wu Yong's trick, and more than 5000 officers and soldiers who came to encircle and suppress Erlongshan were killed by Erlongshan's army, and more than 1000 ran away.

Later, Qin Ming, Dong Ping and others escorted Guan Sheng, Xuan Zan and Hao Siwen up the mountain.

When Song Jiang saw him, he hurriedly left the hall, and then retreated the guards who escorted Guan Sheng and others, and then he untied Guan Sheng himself, supported Guan Sheng on the chair in the middle, bowed his head, and said, "Song Jiang, a young official in Yuncheng, Being harmed by others, he had no choice but to become a bandit. He only waited for the imperial court to pardon his crimes and recruit peace. There is no other intention. Today, the generals and heavenly soldiers are here to suppress them. Abusive officials and corrupt officials are rampant, framing the people of the world, afraid of being captured rashly, and no one knows our sincerity, so I offend Huwei, and I hope to beg for forgiveness!"

Guan Sheng hurriedly replied, but he didn't know how to respond!
Song Jiang winked at Qin Ming and Dong Ping.

Seeing this, Qin Ming and Dong Ping stepped forward and said: "Since I have received the general's order, I dare not disobey it. General Wanwang forgives you the crime of falsehood!"

Song Jiang said again: "the general lost a lot of money and food for the army and horses in this battle. How can those gentlemen in the court not see the general's guilt? If General Meng doesn't abandon the cottage and be humble, Song Jiang is willing to give up his position to the general; when the court sees use and is recruited, then the general It is not too late to serve the country faithfully."

Guan Sheng thought for a while, then looked at Xuan Zan and Hao Siwen and asked, "What do you two mean?"

Hao Siwen said: "Follow the general's orders!"

Xuanzan said: "And listen to the general's order!"

Guan Sheng said: "The three of us are willing to die early!"

Song Jiangdao: "Why do you say this? If General Meng will not abandon his lowliness and walk together for heaven, I will be very happy. If the general refuses, I will not dare to force you to stay. I will send the general back to Beijing today."

How could Guan Sheng dare to go back to see Cai Jing, so he had no choice but to go down the slope and said: "People call him the loyal Song Gongming, and it really is true... Today, I have a family that is hard to run, and a country that is hard to vote for. I would like to be a pawn under the tent! "

With the help of Guan Sheng, Song Jiang and others took all the more than 1 officers and soldiers into the army without much effort, and sent people to take back Guan Sheng's family.

After this battle, Song Jiang became famous in Shandong, and he chased after Li Yan. Chao Gai's brilliance was completely overshadowed by Song Jiang. In Shandong, only a timely rain was known in Erlong Mountain.

At this moment, Chao Gai came back with Li Cheng and Wen Da.

Liang Zhongshu was beheaded by Li Yan, and Cai Jing's daughter was rewarded to Ruan Xiaoqi by Li Yan.

In this case, Li Cheng and Wen Da had no way out, they could only take the whole family with Chao Gai to Erlong Mountain to drop grass.

Both Li Cheng and Wen Da are the capital supervisors, and they are quite famous among the officers and soldiers. Their martial arts are also comparable to those of Guan Sheng, Qin Ming, and Dong Ping. Bring 5000 people to show the importance to Li Cheng and Wen Da.

This is not over yet.

Two days later, Chao Gai asked Li Ying, who had always been a soy saucer, to come out and lead 5000 troops on the grounds that there were not enough experienced commanders, and Li Ying readily accepted.

In addition, the five thousand Chao Gai's direct descendants under Liu Tang's command before.

On the surface, Chao Gai's family can already compete with Song Jiang's family.

To this, Song Jiang always responded with a smile, and very cooperatively handed over 5000 people to Li Cheng, Wen Da, and Li Yingtong to lead, so that everyone could see Song Jiang's selfless side, so that Song Jiang's prestige did not drop but increased.

At the same time, Chao Gai's reputation for being jealous of the virtuous and the capable began to spread.

Erlong Mountain's undercurrent is raging...

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(End of this chapter)