Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 564 Song Jiang: Why should others pick all the peaches? [1 more]

They were discussing everything well, but when they arrived at Zhaode Mansion, Song Jiang, Wu Yong and the others were stunned:

"Great King?"

Tian Ding was already in a bad mood, and when he saw Song Jiang and Wu Yong's expressions, he felt more angry than just surprised:

"how?

"Are you disappointed that I'm not dead?"

"Don't dare!"

Song Jiang quickly explained:

“We originally thought that the King…

"We are pleasantly surprised that the king is safe!"

"Is it?"

Tian Ding snorted coldly, pointed at Ma Ling and said:
"If it weren't for Master Ma, I would have been killed by you!"

Master Ma?
Song Jiang and Wu Yong were stunned for a moment before they realized that Tian Ding had promoted Ma Ling to the rank of Grand Tutor.

Directly filled the gap left by Bian Xiang.

Is there any mistake?

Song Jiang was almost going crazy:

Although the officials of Jin State cannot compare with the officials of the imperial court, they are still officials!

Last time, he was clearly the one taking the lead, but Tian Ding appointed Chao Gai as the Privy Councilor!

This time, he was also at the forefront, and Tian Ding appointed Ma Ling as the Grand Tutor again!

Why?

Why should other people pick all the peaches?

"It's unfair, my king!"

Seeing that Song Jiang didn't know what he was thinking, Wu Yong quickly cried out for injustice:

"Your Majesty, it's all Bian Xiang and Sun An who are causing trouble!

"On the battlefield, Bian Xiang's former subordinates suddenly turned against him!

"We want to go back to the city, and Sun An's former subordinates have raised the drawbridge again!

"Bala, bala, bala..."

After Wu Yong finished explaining, Tian Ding was still angry, but he heard Yan Poxi whispering:

"Your Majesty is so stingy..."

"Humph!"

Tian Ding glared at Wu Yong:
"In that case, tell me, what should we do next?"

Wu Yong was stunned.

His plan was to support Tian Bao, and he never thought that Tian Ding was still alive...

Besides, considering Tian Ding's stubborn attitude, what other ideas can he come up with to turn the tide?

Fortunately, Wu Yong was quick-witted and said:

"My lord, the only solution now is to unite with Tian Bao!"

Tian Ding glared:
"impossible!

"He nearly killed me!"

Wu Yong advised kindly:

"Your Majesty, now we only have the isolated city of Zhaode Prefecture.

"The imperial army is coming and we are isolated and helpless, with no way to retreat!

“Tian Bao also only has one Fenyang Prefecture.

“If we unite, our strength will be twice as strong!
“And Fenyang Prefecture and Zhaode Prefecture sandwich Weisheng Prefecture in the middle.

“We can attack from both sides and attack Weishengzhou together!
“If we take back Weishengzhou, the king’s foundation will be back!

"Your Majesty, if we unite, we both benefit; if we separate, we both suffer!"

After Wu Yong finished speaking, a burly man with a face full of flesh and a sturdy build next to him also said:

"It makes sense!"

Song Jiang, Wu Yong and the others were not familiar with this burly man. They only knew that he was Shan Shiqi, the military commander of Zhaode Prefecture.

Seeing that Shan Shiqi agreed with their opinion, Song Jiang and Wu Yong both nodded to Shan Shiqi in a friendly manner.

But Tian Ding didn't care about Shan Shiqi's opinion. The person he trusted most now was the divine horse Ma Ling.

So after listening to this, Tian Ding looked at Ma Ling:
"Master Ma, what do you think?"

Ma Ling hesitated for a moment:

"Your Majesty, I also think what the Minister said makes sense.

"We should put aside our past grudges, otherwise we will be defeated one by one by that dog official Liu Gao." "If we cooperate with the Second King, we may be able to retake Weishengzhou."

Seeing everyone saying so, Tian Ding nodded:
"But if we cooperate, who will take the lead?"

Song Jiang had adjusted his mindset by this time and said:
“Your Majesty, cooperation is naturally between two equals.

"Who should be the leader? It won't be too late to talk about it after we take over Weishengzhou..."

"Humph!"

Tian Ding flicked his sleeves and said, "If that's the case, who will be sent as an envoy to Fenyang Prefecture?"

Ma Ling volunteered: "Your Majesty, I will go to Fenyang Prefecture."

Song Jiang and Wu Yong looked at each other and quickly reached a tacit understanding.

Wu Yong volunteered: "I am willing to go too!"

Tian Ding subconsciously looked at Yan Poxi.

Yan Poxi didn't say anything, Tian Ding made a prompt decision:
"Go back quickly!"

In such a short time, the king was played around with...

Wu Yong also subconsciously glanced at Yan Poxi:

As expected of Brother Song Gongming’s godsister, she’s quite capable!

……

"How many?"

Three days later, Liu Gao was surprised when he heard the reports from Lu Junyi, Hu Yanzhuo, Bian Xiang and Sun An.

Bian Xiang had no choice but to repeat it again:
"About 10,000 innocent people were forced to settle in Weishengzhou.

"More than 80,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people settled down to farm at the foot of the Taihang Mountains.

"There are about 30,000 people selected..."

Liu Gao: "Isn't there a total of 130,000 troops?"

Sun An: "There is still 10,000 points of water..."

Good guy!
It’s full of moisture!

Liu Gao counted with his fingers:
Of the 130,000, only 30,000 were available. What about Tian Hu's 500,000-man army...

No wonder he was beaten so badly by Liangshanpo’s 100,000 troops in the original novel.

It seems that they are all just for the sake of numbers.

Even so, Tian Hu still defeated the imperial army.

This shows how weak the imperial army was.

But it is also true that if the 800,000 imperial guards of the Song Dynasty were truly 800,000 elite soldiers, would there have been the Jingkang Shame?
At the same time, Liu Gao also asked Dai Zong to instruct Guan Sheng to reduce the number of troops and government officials, as it seemed that there were not many people left in Taihang Mountains.

According to this ratio, it would be good if there were 10,000 troops left out of the 40,000 troops in Taihang Mountains.

"Good job!"

Liu Gao gave a thumbs up vigorously:

“You should also take these 30,000-plus troops to the Taihang Mountains.

“Brothers Bian Xiang and Sun An, you can go up the mountain, or you can change your appearance and stay with me.

"It's up to you to decide. Don't worry about it. It's the same whether you go up the mountain or with me.

"You should also know that the current leader of Taihang Mountain is my sworn brother Guan Sheng."

In the end, Bian Xiang chose to go to Taihang Mountain, and Sun An chose to follow Liu Gao, and later changed his name to Sun Tulong.

As for generals like Fan Yuming, Yu Deyuan, Lei Zhen, and Mei Yu, they had no choice but to go to Taihang Mountains.

When everyone had left, the only men left under Liu Gao in Weisheng Prefecture were Gongsun Sheng, Shi Qian, Dai Zong, Yan Qing, Zhang Bao, Yue Fei, Sun An, Qiu Qiongying, Wu Li, and Ye Qing.

The only remaining military force was the 5,000 troops coordinated from Gaizhou and Jinning Prefecture.

"Brothers, look at the map."

Liu Gao spread out his hand-drawn map for his brothers to see:
"Weisheng Prefecture, Jinning Prefecture, and Gai Prefecture are connected together, separating Fenyang Prefecture and Zhaode Prefecture.

"Fenyang Prefecture is in the west, and Zhaode Prefecture is in the east. Both are isolated cities. How should we deploy our troops in the middle?

Although Liu Gao asked his brothers, he actually only placed his hopes on Yue Fei.

After all, Yue Fei is the only talented general here.

Yue Fei had actually been thinking about this problem for a long time.

At this time Liu Gao asked, Yue Fei opened his mouth and answered;
"Brother, Fenyang is not worth mentioning, the key is Zhaode.

“I heard that Shan Shiqi, the military commander of Zhaode Prefecture, is brave enough to defeat ten thousand men and is a talented general.

"There is also Tang Bin, the 'Mountain Puller' from Baodu Village.

"He can wield a 120-jin mountain splitting axe, and he is also a fierce general.

"In my opinion, if we want to conquer Zhaode Mansion, we have to rely on Tang Bin..."

(End of this chapter)