Water Margin people

"The two military advisers, Anshan Town will be handed over to them."

Sun Lei looked at Xiao Jiasui and Wen Huanzhang beside him and said, what remains to be done is to appease the townspeople, build camps, and welcome the coming officers and soldiers.

"Yes, brother!"

Xiao Jiasui and Wen Huanzhang clasped their fists together.

The Liangshan army did not stay in Anshan Town for a long time. The army directly came to camp on the high ground outside Anshan Town. excellent.

Sun Lei just stood on the high hill and looked into the distance. He didn't summarize the raid on Anshan Town, and everyone kept silent, but just instructed the soldiers to build the barracks.

Anshan Town is not a big town, and winning it is not worth mentioning, but the first official battle with a large army made everyone feel deeply. Although everyone was grumpy, they were not fools, and they knew whether it was good or bad.

Everyone knew the performance in the battle just now, the slightly ugly and disorderly command and the chaotic running of the soldiers, if it wasn't for the sneak attack in the middle of the night and the absolute superiority in numbers, the result of the battle might not be so good.

Everyone felt ashamed to look back on everything just now, thinking about how to command the army well, so that this chaotic situation should not happen again next time.

"elder brother."

Wang Jin walked up to Sun Lei and clasped his fists.

"It seems that everyone understands!"

Sun Lei smiled and said, he actually doesn't know how to train troops and fight. Everything came from practice. It was the same for the first time he commanded an army. , The more frequent the command and formation, the more the soldiers don't know what to do. The two sides have no cooperation at all.

"Brother has worked hard."

Wang Jin sighed.Although Sun Lei is not from an orthodox military background, as a commander, he really knows people and makes good use of them, and is considerate of soldiers.

"Liangshan is not only mine, but also everyone's."

Sun Lei shook his head. This is not only for everyone's growth, but also for himself. In the future, when everyone is working hard, it is always good to have better brothers.

"My brother is right."

Wang Jin clasped his fists and replied with a straight face.

……

Dongping Mansion.

The news that Anshan Town had been captured did not spread until the next day.

For a while, Dongping Mansion was in a very strange state. Rich businessmen, wealthy businessmen, officials, and gentry were all in danger, but ordinary people were indifferent, and even talked about whether it would be better after Liangshan heroes came.

Dongping Mansion reacted very quickly, and the army quickly closed the city gates. There was a post at five steps and a sentry at ten steps on the city, looking like they were ready for battle.

"Where are the scouts and eyeliners you sent over? Didn't you say it's safe, you know exactly what the Liangshan thieves are doing?"

Cheng Wanli stared at Dong Ping angrily and asked.

Dong Ping, as the military commander of the Dongping Mansion, defended against the bandits' attacks. As a result, Anshan Town was destroyed, and they didn't know until the next day. What kind of defense is this?Anshan Town is only forty miles away from Dongping Mansion, if the thieves were ruthless, they might have killed the city last night.

"Enxiang, I didn't expect the thieves to move so fast, so I'm going to lead people to take back Anshan Town!"

Dong Ping clasped his fists at Cheng Wanli and said, Anshan Town is the gateway of Dongping Mansion and must be taken back.

"Take 2000 people to see it quickly. If you can't fight, withdraw quickly."

Cheng Wanli looked at Dong Ping and said, Dong Ping's martial arts skills are not bad, otherwise he would not be able to let someone with Dong Ping's character be the military commander of Dongping Mansion.

"Yes, Enxiang."

Dong Ping was overjoyed, he didn't like Liangshan Po for a long time, a group of thieves showing off their power in the water pool really thought it was a big deal, and today they sacrificed the flag with the thieves, and let the world know how powerful Dong Ping is with his two guns.

After Dong Ping left, a group of officials walked up to Cheng Wanli, all worried.

"Enxiang, can General Dong Ping alone defeat the thieves? I heard that there are quite a few thieves, thousands of them!"

"Enxiang, why don't you ask Tokyo for help first!"

"Enxiang, Daming Mansion and Dongchang Mansion are nearby, why not ask them for help!"

"Master En, people in the city are in panic, I'm afraid there will be changes over time."

……

Everyone talked in a hurry, without exception, they all had a pessimistic attitude towards the war.

"As an official of the imperial court, what's the proper way to panic?"

Cheng Wanli looked at the panicked officials and frowned and said angrily, before the culprit came, he was in a mess. If the culprit came, wouldn't he wait and surrender?

"Tell me, why are people panicking in the city?"

Cheng Wanli looked at the head catcher who had spoken just now and asked, the people in the city are the most important thing when the thieves are coming.

"The common people...the common people are discussing the Liangshan bandits!"

The head catcher hesitated for a moment and said.

"The common people must be in fear and panic all day long. Hey, it's all the dereliction of duty by my parents and officials!"

Cheng Wanli said with a face full of self-blame.

"No... the people are discussing when the thieves will enter the city, and many people are secretly happy that they want to welcome the thieves into the city!"

Seeing that Cheng Wanli would have made a mistake, the head catcher hurriedly explained.

"What! Welcome thieves into the city?"

Cheng Wanli was furious. The people under his rule turned out to be thieves?what is this?I am conscientious and dedicated, and have never treated the people badly?Why did you do this to him?
"The common people say that if they welcome Liangshan into the city, they will be able to pay less grain tax."

The head catcher said truthfully with some fear.

After Cheng Wanli heard it, he was even more furious. The tax is set by the imperial court, so what does it have to do with him?He has tried his best to govern Dongping Mansion and protect the interests of Baixin. Yang Jian's Xicheng Office has always wanted to go to Dongping Mansion to integrate the tax revenue of the land, but he insisted on blocking it. Because of this, the official road was almost broken, and the result was not as good as a thief. Bewitched.

"Give me all to perform their duties, guard the city, and those who have different opinions will be killed!"

Cheng Wanli looked at the officials and ordered.

After everyone retreated, Cheng Wanli frowned and picked up a letter on the table, which was a letter from Zhu Chaofeng from Zhujiazhuang.

"Why don't you take advantage of Zhujiazhuang first?"

Cheng Wanli hesitated. The purpose of Zhu Chaofeng's letter was to introduce his three sons to join the official system of Dongping Mansion. For this reason, he was willing to assist Dongping Mansion to fight against Liangshan.

Zhu Chaofeng's letter was very thick, focusing on introducing the third son of the Zhu family and mentioning Cheng Wanli's daughter.

The meaning in the letter is obvious. I wish the family village has money and people, but it’s just that there is no official route. As long as Cheng Wanli is willing to go, I wish the family will contribute money and people, and fully assist Cheng Wanli. Promoted to the third rank and transferred back to Tokyo.

Cheng Wanli was very disdainful when he saw a letter from a village landlord at first. How dare such a mud-legged person climb his high branch and want to marry him?It's like a toad wants to eat swan meat.

But now Cheng Wanli has other ideas. Since Zhujiazhuang wants to climb high, why not take advantage of it. Zhujiazhuang's strength is much stronger than Dong Ping. Use Zhujiazhuang to block people from Liangshan, and then unite with Yuncheng Zhang Shuye, Liangshan Even if the thieves come, they will never be able to please them.