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Chapter 43 Brother is the master of the cottage, how can he move lightly
Before Chao Qing approached Chao Gai, he had already had an affair with Lin Chong in private. Lin Chong had an old grievance with Chen Xizhen, and he had heard all kinds of unconscionable things in Yuanbi Village, so he naturally agreed to send troops to Yuanbi Village.In the past few years in the cottage, especially under Wang Lun's exclusion, I have lost a lot of heroism, and I have long been eager to fight a hearty battle on the battlefield.

Lin Chong said: "Since the Shanzhai carried out military reforms a few months ago, the sons and daughters have undergone training and their combat power has improved a lot. Everyone is eager for a battle. It can be said that they are full of momentum. We are also passing this battle to test our training results. .”

Seeing that Chao Gai and Lin Chongdou agreed to send troops, Wu Yong immediately suggested: "Headmaster Lin is right. As the saying goes, if you want to strike first, if he waits for his Yuanbi Village to grow stronger in the future, it will be difficult to wipe them out. Why don't we take advantage of them when they are relatively weak now?" By sending troops, we can win at a relatively small cost."

Chao Gai agreed: "What the military adviser said is very true. I also think so in my heart, so I have settled down. I want to go down the mountain and personally catch Chen Xizhen and let him know that I am not so easy to provoke. of!"

Song Jiang had long heard that although Chen Xizhen was a traitor, his heart was towards the imperial court and he had been looking forward to being recruited. This coincided with his own thoughts. Therefore, in the bottom of Song Jiang's heart, he had always drawn Chen Xizhen as his confidant. The position is stable, and when there are few affairs in the cottage, he will go to Yuanbi Village in person and reach an alliance with Chen Xizhen.

Unexpectedly, before the plan was implemented, Chao Qing directly confronted Yuanbi Village, and after returning to the village, he encouraged Chao Gai to send troops to attack Yuanbi Village. The characters all agreed to send troops, and it was hard for him to say anything that was not appropriate to send troops.

So Song Jiang's mind changed, and he began to consider winning the position of the head coach of this dispatch.In this way, firstly, they can use combat to control the military power of the cottage and establish their own prestige; secondly, as the commander in chief, the battle with Yuanbizhai can be controlled within a certain range, leaving room for each other.

Seeing that Chao Gai was going to lead the army in person, Song Jiang hurriedly said, "Brother is the master of the village, how can he not move lightly! Why don't I let my younger brother go through this on my brother's behalf?"

When Chao Qing heard Song Jiang's words, his heart skipped a beat. He had seen Song Jiang say such words too many times in the book.It is because Song Jiang goes down the mountain every time and returns with a big victory, which leads to the fact that the heroes who recruited to go up the mountain have a much higher identification with Song Jiang than Chao Gai.In the end, Chao Gai, the owner of the village, really became the mascot of the village.

This is Liangshan's first foreign war, which is of great significance, so Song Jiang must not be allowed to be the coach this time.

At this time, Chao Gai said: "My dear brother, I am the owner of the village. If I don't go down the mountain, I will make the heroes of the world look down upon me."

Song Jiangdao: "A sword has no eyes on the battlefield, what if my brother makes a mistake! The Shanzhai can live without Song Jiang, but it cannot live without my brother!"

This said, it seems that Song Jiang is thinking about Chao Gai wholeheartedly, without any selfishness of his own, he is taking the risk for Chao Gai.

Chao Qing said: "I don't think it's better for my father to lead the army and my uncle to stay and guard the village. This is the first time we have sent troops to Liangshan. If my father doesn't go down the mountain himself, how can he motivate his brothers? Besides, people in the rivers and lakes will gossip and think My father is a tortoise, timid and afraid of death, so he dare not go into battle to kill the enemy!"

When Chao Gai heard this, he made up his mind immediately, and said to Song Jiang: "My son is very right. Brother, don't persuade me any more. This time I must lead my troops down the mountain. If there is another problem next time, I will let you go You can do the work for Brother Wei. I, Chao Gai, take the lead, how can I let the brothers fight outside, and I will hide in the back and sleep peacefully."

Seeing that the matter had been finalized and there was no room for change, Song Jiang felt cold.

In fact, in Chao Qing's heart, why didn't he want to be the coach this time!It's just that his qualifications in the cottage are still too shallow, and his prestige is hard to convince the public.So I can only settle for the next best thing and put my father on top. No matter what, I must never let Song Jiang lead this battle.

Although he failed to become the coach, as long as he goes out with the army, he will have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds and establish his prestige in the village through military exploits. This is Chao Qing's plan in mind.

Now that the coach has been finalized, all that remains is who to bring and how many troops to bring to the expedition. After some discussions, the expedition personnel are finally determined.

Ma Jun Qin Ming and Huang Xin battalion 500 people, Liu Tang and Qing Fengshan three, and three infantry battalions led by Mu Hong, Mu Chun, Li Li, Li Kui, Ou Peng, Ma Lin and Jiang Jing all went out for a total of [-] soldiers. Hundred combat power.

In addition, Wu Yong, Lin Chong, Chao Qing, and Zhu Dian served as the commanding generals of the Chinese army.Yang Lin was in charge of food and grass transshipment, while Dai Zong and Bai Sheng were in charge of intelligence interrogation.

The cottage was handed over to Song Jiang and Hua Rong to guard.The garrison battalion of 1000 troops and the navy guarded the cottage together.

Before setting off, Chao Qing said to Chao Gai: "Father, we are sending troops to the Yuanbi Village this time. The defense of the village is relatively empty, and we need to guard against the surprise attacks from the imperial court officers and soldiers from nearby states and counties."

Song Jiang listened to it, and said to Chao Gai: "Brother, just feel free to go out to fight. I will guard this stronghold well. If the court officers and soldiers come, it's time for our brothers from the navy to fight."

Ruan Xiaoer also said: "Seeing the brothers from the horse army and the infantry battalion going out to make meritorious service, my heart is really itchy and uncomfortable. I wish the imperial court would send troops here so that the world can know how powerful our Liang Shanshui army is."

With Song Jiang's level, it shouldn't be a problem to defend a cottage.The generals went down the mountain in peace, the army was mighty along the way, and first arrived at the Xiazhai not far from Erlong Mountain.

At this time, Chao Qing had sent Bai Shengzhi to meet the people in Erlong Mountain, and Lu Zhishen, Wu Song and Yang Zhi brought 1000 people to the round.Cao Zheng and others were left to guard the cottage.

When all the heroes meet, there will be a lively scene.Chao Gai and others met Yang Zhi and talked about the past of the birthday gang. Chao Gai and Wu Yong apologized in person.Fortunately, Yang Zhi at this time has decided to follow Chao Qing to create a great cause together, and he has already seen these past events, and immediately expressed that he doesn't mind, so everyone chatted happily.

Lin Chong also hadn't seen Lu Zhishen for many years, and when they met and gathered together to talk about the past in Tokyo, they were both deeply moved.

Since the battle is imminent, it is not advisable to drink too much, so after a simple welcome ceremony, the heroes turned to the topic and began to discuss how to attack the Yuanbi Village.

Previously Yang Lin had found out the general layout of the Yuanbi Village, and now he drew it into a map for the generals to refer to when fighting.However, even with this simple map, everyone was still at a loss.

There is no other reason, this ape arm stronghold has long been made like an iron barrel by Chen Xizhen, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack.

(End of this chapter)