Water Margin people

Gaotang state.

"So strict!"

Shi Qian looked at the strict investigation at the gate of Gaotangzhou City and was speechless for a while. Everyone in the army would check it, and they would also check their luggage carefully. How could they enter the city in this way.

"Brother is right. It's not that easy to rescue Chai Jin. We have to be careful."

Looking at the guards above and below the city, Ma Ling frowned and said that the guards in Gaotang State were stricter than they imagined.

"Well, let's go into the city lightly!"

Shi Qian looked at Ma Ling and said that the weapons, gold bricks, and medicinal powder they carried with them could not be brought in under this kind of search.

"Okay, let's hide the things in the tree first!"

Ma Ling took the package, jumped, tapped a few times on the trunk, and hid the package among the dense branches and leaves.

Shi Qian fumbled around for a while, and put all his things into the package, then climbed up the tree a few times, and hid the package.

Shi Qian pretended to be a thin and wretched rogue, and Ma Ling pretended to be a wandering Taoist priest. After being searched, the two entered Gaotang Prefecture smoothly.

"Not only outside the city, the city is also heavily guarded!"

Ma Ling looked at the government servants passing by on the street from time to time and only frowned. Under such circumstances, it was difficult for them to start their work. They didn't even know where Chai Jin was being held.

"In this case, I'm afraid I can't easily go to the prison city."

Shi Qian looked around and opened his mouth and said, going to the prison city rashly under such guards would be to scare the snake to death.

"Let's live in the city now, no matter how tight the guard is, there will always be time for relaxation."

Ma Ling said.

"Let's find a place separately, and meet here every day at noon and sunset."

Shi Qian nodded and said, then hid in a dark alley.

Ma Ling nodded, waved the whisk in his hand, and walked towards an inn with a smile.

Shi Qian didn't go looking for an inn, but mingled in a tile house in Gaotang Prefecture. In this kind of place where three religions and nine streams are mixed, Shi Qian felt very comfortable, so he picked a gambling house and went in.

"What is this bet?"

Shi Qian got into the place with the most people, dozens of people were surrounding a wall, and on the wall were wooden signs with dates written one by one.

"Don't you know? Let's bet on whether Liangshan soldiers will come to Gaotang Prefecture, when they will come, and whether they can take Gaotang Prefecture after they come, and take Gaotang Prefecture in a few days!"

A gambler smiled and pointed to the wooden signs with dates written on them.

"Can this be a gamble?"

Shi Qian was surprised for a while, these gamblers are really bold, dare to bet on this kind of thing?

"There's nothing you can't gamble on. So what if Liangshan comes, anyway, the heroes of Liangshan don't embarrass the common people!"

Another gambler giggled.

"Brother, don't you want to place a bet? The highest odds are a thousand times! The usual money pays a thousand times!"

Another gambler pointed to the top wooden sign, which said that on the fifteenth day of the next month, Liang Shanbo won Gaotang Prefecture.

"You want to lie to me? One month plus five days, kill Gaotang Prefecture from Liangshanbo, and take Gaotang Prefecture? Is this possible?"

Shi Qian glanced at the sign, and immediately despised those gamblers. Those gamblers had smirks on their faces, obviously trying to lie to themselves, and they didn't even believe it.

"Ha ha!"

All the gamblers burst out laughing.

Shi Qian took out a piece of silver, pretended to place a bet, took a closer look at the lead, and all the gamblers gathered around to watch.

"Then Liang Shan colluded with Chai Jin to rebel. If I win, won't I deny it?"

Shi Qian waved the quotation in his hand and asked.

"Whether to rebel or not, let's bet on us! Isn't Chai Jin still locked up in the dungeon? What are you afraid of?"

A gambler who knew something said indifferently.

"Shouldn't this kind of prisoner be sent to Tokyo?"

Shi Qian took the opportunity to ask, and the rest of the gamblers also asked suspiciously, if they rebel, they will be sent to Tokyo to beheaded.

"Who knows? I'm still in the dungeon of the government office, and my brother-in-law is working in the mansion, taking turns every day..."

Seeing everyone looking over, the gambler said with a smile.

At first they were still talking about Chai Jin, but they soon returned to gambling, and one by one began to guess the result. Most people thought that Liang Shan would not be able to come to Gaotang Prefecture, and even if he came, he would not be able to break through Gaotang Prefecture.

At some point, Shi Qian broke away from this group of gamblers and joined a group of drunkards.

Shi Qian's appearance was not good, he was thin and even a bit wretched, this kind of appearance was too inconspicuous, the drunkards didn't notice the addition of Shi Qian at all, and started drinking and laughing with Shi Qian.

In the inn, just in time for the meal, Ma Ling sat down in the place with the most people, ordered a few dishes and a pot of wine, and poured himself a drink.

The tables next door were full of people, and it was inevitable that Chai Jin colluded with Liang Shanbo to rebel while chatting while drinking. Ma Ling just listened while drinking.

……

Liangshan Park, Juyi Hall.

"Brother, the news is flying all over the sky now, and there are all kinds of things."

Zhu Gui looked at Sun Lei and said.

"Interesting, Chai Jin colluded with me to rebel? Preparing for the post-restoration week? A bit smart!"

Sun Lei looked at the information collected by Zhu Gui and said with a smile, this rumor is still a brainstorm, Liangshan is now the largest den of rebels in Shandong, and Chai Jin is a former imperial family, the collusion between the two parties is simply a match made in heaven. No one doesn't believe it.

"This is to kill Chai Jin, and force Liang Shan to take action!"

Wen Huanzhang said, although Liangshan defeated the government army several times, he never said publicly that he wanted to rebel, nor did he attack the city and loot the land, at most it was a larger group of bandits.

But now that the rumors came out, Liangshan would have to rebel if he didn't, and he was also connected with Chai Jin, the royal family of the Later Zhou Dynasty. This rebellion was a certainty.

"This Gao Lian should be fully prepared, and he is not afraid of me killing him at all!"

Sun Lei squinted his eyes and said, Gao Lian is so confident, his preparations must be more comprehensive than the last time Guan Sheng and Hu Yanzhuo attacked. Last time there was an army of [-], this time it should be no less than [-].

"Brother, there is no sign of mobilization of soldiers and horses around Jingdong Road."

Lin Chong opened his mouth and said, ever since he was preparing to send troops to rescue Chai Jin, the army had released its eyeliner, and there was no sign of increase or mobilization of the army in the state capital around Liangshanbo.

"It seems that the reinforcements were not transferred from Jingdong Road!"

Sun Lei nodded.

"Brother, there is no sign of mobilization of the imperial guards in Tokyo."

Zhu Fu said that the news came from Ma Lin. The transfer of the imperial army in Tokyo is a major event, and it is absolutely impossible to hide it.

"So there are only soldiers and horses from Hebei."

Sun Lei looked at the map. In this era, the transportation capacity is limited, and the mobilization of soldiers and horses is extremely slow. Apart from Tokyo and Jingdong Road, the closest ones to Gaotang Prefecture are Hebei East Road and West Road, and the farther one is Hedong Road. It will take at least a month to transfer troops to Gaotang Prefecture.

"The place with the most soldiers and horses on Hebei Road is Daming Mansion!"

Xiao Jiasui pointed to Daming Mansion on the map and said, this is not only an important town in Hebei, but also stuck between Liangshan and Gaotang Prefecture. If Daming Mansion sends troops to the east when Liangshan besieges Gaotang Prefecture, it will be easy to attack the middle road and take Liangshan The road between the army and Liangshanbo was cut off, so that the army could not look at each other from head to tail.

"But is it that simple?"

Sun Lei suddenly said.