Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 78 I Want to Conquer Liangshan ([-])

The dim sunlight was unable to pierce through the thick clouds, making the sky look even darker.Under thick clouds, several people walked into the Yamen of Yuncheng County, and were led down to the back hall of the Yamen.

There were five people sitting in the small hall. In addition to today's parties gathered together, there was also an elegant man in his thirties sitting at the top seat, wearing the green official uniform of the county magistrate.

His surname is Li Mingyuan, and he is the county magistrate of Yuncheng County. It is said that he has a background and has noble people behind him to rely on.

Sitting below him was a middle-aged man with thinning hair named Jiang Yao, who was Li Yuan's aide. He was about forty now, with a greasy face and a fat body, not a pleasing person.

Next to Jiang Yao was Song Jiang, and on the opposite side were Zhu Dian and Lei Heng, the two patrol chiefs.

"It seems that today's group of people are new thieves?" Li Yuan twisted his beard and asked Song Jiang.

"Return to the county magistrate, that's right." Song Jiang turned his body sideways, and only the right half of his buttocks sat on the chair and said: "I feel that something is wrong when I come back this time, so I have a careful interrogation with both of you. The people who caused trouble in Jianlou came from Jinghu and Jingxi, in order to arrest a gangster named Deng Fei from another group."

Li Yuan's Nianxu hand stopped: "Come on, come on, Jiangyang Bandit? When did Jiangyang Bandit appear in this county?"

Saying that, a pair of eyes squinted at Zhu Tun and Lei Heng who were sitting below.

Zhu Dian and Lei Heng glanced at Song Jiang, the three of them moved their eyebrows, and Song Jiang replied instead: "Your magistrate, you are not a Jiangyang bandit from this county. Deng Fei was originally from Xiangyang, and he fled to the north after killing someone. , and recently occupied Liangshan with a group of bandits, intending to fall here and become a bandit, causing harm to one side."

"Not from this county?" Li Yuan put down his hand, looked at Jiang Yao at the side, and raised his eyebrows, as if he was a little bit reproachful.

Seeing the eyes of his proprietor, Jiang Yao thought for a while and said, "Song Yasi, you know all this from those foreigners? Why didn't the county government know about this situation before? Where did these people really come from? "

An apologetic smile appeared on Song Jiang's dark face, and he said respectfully: "My lord, forgive me, but there is indeed a water barrier, and it is impossible to find out. And the secret of this group of thieves, if it weren't for the audacity of today's group of thieves who entered the city to fight with others Conflict, Zhemo will have to wait for him to set up the stronghold and go down the mountain to loot to find out."

After a short pause, seeing Li Yuan's complexion turned slightly pale, Song Jiang continued: "It's not clear where they came from, but they came from Hebei."

"Where is the other group now?" Li Yuan interjected and asked.

"I was about to report to the county magistrate, and now that group of people know their mistakes, and they are being detained by the patrol department, waiting to be punished. It's just that this group of people are not bad in nature, but they acted recklessly. Brothers who had a conflict with him. Now he is willing to be punished, thinking that he will be punished later." Song Jiang tapped the table twice with his index finger while talking.

Li Yuan's eyes lit up when he saw his movements, and his complexion became better. He said with a smile: "In this way, he is also eager to contribute to the country. Now that the misunderstanding has been eliminated, naturally he will not have to wait."

As he spoke, he twirled his beard again: "The injured people will be given two pennies per person, and it won't let the people below just work hard and have no benefits. It will save people's hearts."

Song Jiang gestured to Zhu Dian and Lei Heng with his eyes, and the three of them stood up and saluted together: "Thank you, Lord Zhixian, for the reward, and I will thank you for the brothers first."

"Hey~" Li Yuan waved his hands with a smile on his face: "It's all for the safety of Yuncheng County, what is it worth?"

Jiang Yao touched his chin and looked at them. Seeing that Li Yuan had set the tone for the previous conflict, he couldn't help but smiled and wanted to flatter the boss, but Li Yuan suddenly said: "Boss, you two Dutou, do you know how many thieves there are?"

The three of them looked at each other upon hearing this, Zhu Dian and Lei Heng still did not speak.

Only Song Jiang had communicated with Fang Han before, bowed his head and thought for a while and said vaguely: "I don't know the exact number, it should be about two or three hundred."

Li Yuan stood up and took two steps, glanced at Jiang Yao, and Yao Jiang looked at his proprietor with some doubts, knowing that there was something for him to cooperate, but he didn't know what it was.

Li Yuan suddenly turned his head and asked Zhu Dian, "How many soldiers and horses are there in this county?"

Song Jiang suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and quickly interjected: "The magistrate is now..."

"Four hundred." Jiang Yao thought that this was the matter, recalling the official document he had read before, he opened his mouth and took the words: "Except for the city guards, there are still more than four hundred remaining Xiang army sergeants who can be used. If you add the county government Yamen servants, if possible, add half a hundred more."

Zhu Ting and Lei Heng also realized that something was wrong when they heard this, they glanced at each other, they both frowned and bowed their heads in silence, only peeking secretly at Li Yuan who looked a little excited.

Sure enough, what Li Yuan uttered made the blood of the three of the five people in the room turn cold by half: "Now that this county is the parent official of this Yuncheng County, we must not allow these gangsters to set up a stronghold in Liangshan so easily, and even threaten us. County people live."

As he spoke, he shook his head and said: "There is a saying in the art of war: 'Anyone who goes to the battlefield first and waits for the enemy loses, and whoever goes to the battlefield later and pursues the battle will be exhausted. Therefore, those who are good at fighting will attack people but not others.'

I will first take the initiative on the battlefield with superior forces, and then force..."

"Master magistrate." Zhu Tong's face turned pale when he heard this, and he quickly stood up and bowed his head, "The county captain of this county has just passed away, and the new county captain has not yet arrived. This matter of dispatching troops..."

Li Yuan waved his hand: "Don't worry, if the county lieutenant is not here, then the county has the duty of supervising soldiers and horses."

Zhu Tian secretly complained, and said bravely: "It's not a villain who wants to pour cold water on the county magistrate, it's really the strength of Liangshan's gang of bandits."

"How extraordinary is this?" Li Yuan walked up to Zhu Dian and stared at him, "Have you fought against him before?"

"Never." Zhu Tong bowed his head and said bluntly.

Li Yuan snorted coldly: "Then how do you know that his strength is extraordinary?"

Zhu Tong smiled wryly: "This... the villain once saw that bandit cut open a person's clothes with a knife in Wujianlou without hurting the flesh.

Li Yuan frowned and looked at him: "You can't even kill anyone, so what's there to admire?"

"Ah? This..." Zhu Dian was stunned by Li Yuan's question, and Lei Heng also lowered his head and opened his eyes wide behind.

"That's all right, all right, there's only one thieves on the left and right, if you have two more people, you'll be hacked to death." Li Yuan waved his hand, not wanting to hear what Zhu Tong had to say.

Zhu Tong was in a hurry, stretched out his hand and then retracted it, and said anxiously: "No, magistrate, this person..."

"I just ask how you can conquer this Liangshan!" Li Yuan interrupted impatiently, pointing at Zhu Dian from the air and saying: "Just talk about how to do it!"

Zhu Dianjian said that it seemed as if he had pulled out his energy, but he still replied: "If you want to conquer Liangshan, you need ships, and this county doesn't have so many boats to use..."

"Then requisition." Li Yuan stopped Zhu Dian's words with a wave of his hand: "Nearby villages collect more ships."

Glancing at the three people, Li Yuanyi hesitated, then turned to look at Song Jiang: "Song Jiang, you have to deal with it, and you must ensure the number of boats. When Zhu Dian and Lei Heng arrive, you and Zhao Neng brothers will lead the troops together. Go and wipe out this gang of thieves, I don't believe that a group of thieves who just arrived can make a fortune in this Yuncheng County."

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes, glanced at the three of them and said, "Why, didn't you hear what the county said?"

Song Jiang and the three looked at each other, knowing Li Yuan's temperament, the three had no choice but to bow and said: "I would like to follow the order of the county magistrate."

Li Yuanpi looked at the three of them with a smile: "That's right, that's all, go out and prepare quickly, and the Japanese county council will inform you when the troops are dispatched tomorrow. The suppression of bandits is a major event, and there should be no delay. Otherwise, wouldn't the people in the county all live under the blade of the gangsters, how can this county's conscience be at ease?"

"The little official and others must share the worries of the magistrate." Song Jiang bowed his hands solemnly, and pulled Zhu Dian and Lei Heng to retreat.

When the group left, Jiang Yao said to Li Yuan in a puzzled manner: "Dong Weng, you can move to the right and leave this place in a year and a half. Why do you need to do more things like suppressing bandits?"

"It's been too long." Li Yuan turned around and sat back on the chair, took a sip from the teacup, "A year and a half... Huh, when the time comes, all the fat people will be picked away. Others eat meat and I drink soup... …No, Zhemo won’t even have a sip of the soup then.”

Putting down the teacup, Li Yuan leaned back on the chair: "The Jingdong area is calm, if the county has no merits, it is true that we can only wait for a few years before trying to move out.

But God is sorry to see, this group of thieves and bandits, whose number is no more than three hundred, can easily be captured with four or five hundred soldiers and horses in this county?Heh, if God does not take, you will be blamed instead! "

Jiang Yao recalled the ugly faces of the three of Song Jiang just now, and felt a little uneasy: "Dong Weng, if there is an eventuality...in case this group of thieves are powerful and something unbearable happens..."

Li Yuan shook his hand and said: "Four to five hundred versus two to three hundred, there is absolutely no reason for defeat."

Jiang Yao opened and closed his mouth, nodded slowly.

……

Song Jiang's three people came out of the back hall, their faces were somewhat ugly, and their steps were heavy when they walked, especially Zhu Dian's face changed greatly, it was already overcast and comparable to the clouds in the sky.

"Brother Gongming." As if he couldn't stand the grievance he suffered in the room just now, Zhu Diandao couldn't help but said when he walked to a place where there were no one around: "The county magistrate is so rash, how can we deal with it? The soldiers in the county said There are five hundred, but the actual sum is only 350, how can there be enough sergeants for him to use."

Song Jiang sighed: "I don't know what my brother said. It's just that the magistrate is now determined to attack Liangshan. If the two of you object, you won't be able to stop it. I'm afraid it will not be easy in the future. And if you tell the truth... well!"

Song Jiang sighed, and Zhu Dian and Lei Heng also sighed. It is a common practice in the army to eat empty pay. Yuncheng County has 350 troops and there are still [-] soldiers. nothing.

Lei Heng also had a dark face, but the scars on his face could not be seen to be really burning, he just said in a muffled voice: "That Deng Fei is not very capable, but the leader is a trouble, if you meet him on the battlefield with martial arts skills, I'm afraid it's not easy to provoke."

Zhu Tong also sighed when he heard the words: "Xiang soldiers are not good at fighting. If we go this time, I don't know how many people will die. The magistrate's military book is half-understood. It is clear that he is sending people to death."

"Shut up." Song Jiang glared at him, turned his head and looked left and right, saw that no one had just touched his short beard, thought for a while and said: "Not necessarily, if it is the leader of the bandits in Liangshan, the rest are like Those fiery eyes are like a suanni, so there are still two chances."

Zhu Ting shook his head: "Don't forget that there is another Taoist. These two people use knives to cover up extravagantly. I don't know if they have killed anyone."

Song Jiang's face suddenly turned bitter, and he turned to look at the two of them and said in a shy voice, "It seems that Brother Yu thought of something, but we didn't do enough."

Zhu Dian and Lei Heng looked at Song Jiang: "What's the matter, Brother Gongming?"

Song Jiang said bitterly: "There is a saying in the art of war: 'Know yourself and know the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.' But now we only know one Deng Fei, and we don't know the name of the leader and the other person. Po Liangshan, I'm afraid they have figured out all the details about us."

Zhu Dian and Lei Heng looked at each other, Zhu Dian said shyly: "I was worried for a while but I forgot about it. Brother Gongming's words are right, and it's true."

Lei Heng's expression was uncertain, and he said after a while: "Why don't you go back and continue questioning those people from Jinghu, they seem to know more about the situation than me."

Song Jiang smiled wryly: "Don't be rude. Now the county magistrate has agreed to treat him with leniency. If you use tricks, it's hard to explain."

Song Jiang looked up at the sky again: "It's getting late, please trouble the two virtuous brothers to ask him, but brother Yu is going to collect a boat, so..."

Lei Heng's face changed color, and he couldn't help but glance at Zhu Dian.

"Brother Gongming, wait a minute." Zhu Dian received Lei Heng's wink, interrupted Song Jiang's words immediately, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Gongming and I should go together, the boat is not in a hurry, it might as well be later Recruitment, give me a chance to breathe, just don't miss the dispatch of troops."

Lei Heng next to him also nodded in agreement.

Song Jiang thought about it and understood what the two of them meant. These two people had a fight with the Jinghu group today, and their relationship with each other is not harmonious. If they use some means, they can pry their mouths open. In other words, it is very possible to push two, five, six, ask questions, and don't know, but there are not many good tempers in the inspection department. If there is a quarrel...

That's all, if you start a fight again, you'll lose your head, so I'd better go through with it.

"Okay, I will go with the two virtuous younger brothers, but you have to listen to me on how to do it." Song Jianghei smiled on his face. It is convenient for others to be convenient for himself. Not to mention that the two parties have a good relationship, they are ordinary colleagues. There is absolutely no need to force people to die.

"Should, should, everything is according to Brother Gongming."

Zhu Ting and Lei Heng were overjoyed, they agreed repeatedly, surrounded Song Jiang and walked out, as if they had lost their minds, they walked much more briskly.

　Thanks to the hero I once had ideals, the hero galloping Kazakhstan big white pig, the hero does not know the white sky in the east, the sunshine of the Song Dynasty, the embers from the Isle of Quel'Danas, the fake book b of the hero, and the real professor Guderian monthly ticket~
　　
　
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