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

Chapter 690 Tong Guan: They are the spies of the rebels! [2 more]

What's more, all those who can fight have been transferred away by Liu Gao.

Aside from Lin Chong, the most capable people in Liangshanpo are Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Xiang Chong, and Li Gun...

So Liu Gao must go back.

"Brother, I can't wait for you to ascend the throne."

Liu Gao told Fang Tianding the news from Dai Zong:

"Liangshanpo is in danger, I must hurry back!"

"Ah this..."

Fang Tianding now regards Liu Gao as his backbone.

Without Liu Gao, he was unsure about ascending the throne:
"Brother-in-law, can't we wait one more day..."

"Can't wait any longer."

Liu Gao sighed:

"Brother, nothing will happen as long as Fang Jie, Deng Yuanjue, and Pang Wanchun are here.

“I will leave my brothers behind to guard Hangzhou.

"Don't worry, I will never let the imperial army march south when I'm not here!"

Liu Gao had said so much, and he did have a reason to leave, so Fang Tianding could only watch Liu Gao leave with tears in his eyes.

Liu Gao said goodbye to Fang Tianding, and gave some instructions to Fang Jie, Deng Yuanjue and others. Then he left Bangyuan Cave with Wu Song, Yan Qing, Zhang Bao, Wang Heng and Dai Zong.

Because the matter was urgent, Liu Gao didn't even take the carriage.

Zhang Bao carried Wu Song and Wang Heng carried Yan Qing to Suzhou first, while Dai Zong took Liu Gao directly to Liangshanpo.

Fang Jinzhi and others went to Hangzhou to become disciples after Fang Tianding ascended the throne.

As for the transfer of personnel, Liu Gao asked Sun An to guard Hangzhou, Tang Bin to guard Suzhou, Jin Jie to guard Changzhou, Xu Ding to guard Runzhou, and Huang Wenbing to guard Yangzhou.

Li Jun led Tong Wei and Tong Meng to set up camp in Taihu Lake.

Shan Shiqi, Lu Shinang, Qian Zhenpeng, Gao Keli, Zhang Jinren, Shen Gang and Xu Tong also settled in Taihu Lake.

This time, Liu Gao led a total of 110,500 troops in the southern expedition. After streamlining the troops, they were all brought to Taihu Lake for stationing.

Although Runzhou, Changzhou and Suzhou are still in Liu Gao's hands, Liu Gao believes that it won't be long before the imperial court will send people to arrange these states clearly.

But it doesn’t matter, Liu Gao has already taken root in Jiangnan.

Except for those who stayed in various states and stationed in Taihu Lake, such as Guan Sheng, Wu Song, Yue Fei, etc., all returned to Liangshanpo.

However, they didn't have Dai Zong, who could travel 800 miles a day, as their mount, so they could only lead the army behind them...

……

Liangshanbo Nanshan Hotel.

"Wa hahaha--"

Tong Guan laughed triumphantly:

"What four rebel kings? They are nothing but chickens and dogs in my eyes!

"Liu Gaoneng destroyed Tian Hu of Hebei, and I can also destroy Liu Neng of Shandong!"

He transferred in ten military governors, each of whom was very capable in fighting.

Among them, the most outstanding one is Wang Huan, the Jiedushi of Henan and Hebei. Although he is old, he can still fight with Lin Chong for seventy or eighty rounds without a clear winner in the original novel.

Wang Wende, the governor of Hongnong in northern Beijing, was able to fight Dong Ping for thirty rounds without a clear winner.

Han Cunbao, the governor of Yunzhong and Yanmen, was even more powerful. He fought with Hu Yanzhuo for a hundred rounds and gained the upper hand.

The naval commander Liu Menglong is also a tough guy.

When he was born, his mother dreamed of a black dragon flying into her belly, and she gave birth to him.

When I grew up, I became good at understanding water. I don’t know if this has anything to do with it…

Anyway, Liu Menglong had already repelled the Liangshan navy several times with the small boats he had looted from nearby.

Unfortunately, the small boat was not strong enough and could not achieve a complete victory even after repelling the Liangshan navy.

The 500 oared boats that Liu Menglong had in Jiankang Prefecture were still on the way, otherwise they would have already reached the Golden Sand Beach.

Wang Huan sneered: "If Liangshanpo dares to attack again, I will make sure he never returns!"

Liu Menglong angrily showed his presence: "When my boat arrives, I will take you generals to the Golden Beach!"

Tong Guan was very happy. Everything was fine, except the wine.

Tong Guan slammed the wine bowl on the table:
"Shopkeeper, are you out of good wine?"

"My husband, this is the best wine in our store!"

A mature waiter, about sixteen or seventeen years old, said with a wry smile, his face full of wrinkles when he smiled despite his young age.

The oldest, Wang Huan, advised: "Enxiang, this is a remote place with poor mountains and bad waters, so just make do with it."

"Poor mountains and harsh waters bring out unruly people!"

Tong Guan was not happy with his meal and glared at the waiter:
"Perhaps they are the spies of the rebels!"

"Pfft!"

The waiter immediately knelt down and cried loudly:

"My husband, it's unfair! It's unfair—"

"Eun-sang, forget it."

Han Cunbao was the nephew of Han Zhongyan, the old imperial tutor. He was a decent man and advised Tong Guan:

“He’s still a child.

"En Xiang, I just came up with a plan."

Tong Guan's eyes lit up: "What's the plan?"

Han Cunbao waved his hand to let the waiter back off, and when the waiter left the private room, he lowered his voice and said:

"I have long heard that there is a gunner named Ling Zhen in Tokyo, nicknamed 'Thunderbolt'.

“This man is good at making cannons, which can reach a distance of fourteen or fifteen miles.

"Where the stone cannon fell, the sky collapsed, the earth sank, the mountains fell and the rocks cracked.

“If we get this man, we can attack the thieves’ nest.

"Moreover, he is well versed in martial arts and is skilled in archery and horse riding.

"If you can bring this man here, we can take down the thieves' nest in no time!"

Tong Guan asked curiously, "Can it really hit from 14 or 15 miles away?"

Han Cunbao emphasized: "Really capable!"

"it is good!"

Tong Guan slapped his thigh:
“I will immediately send someone to Tokyo to fetch Ling Zhen and destroy the thieves’ den first!
"I'm not afraid that these rebels will not die!"

Tenth Jiedu: "You are a wise minister!"

Across the wall, the mature waiter and the big-headed and thick-necked shopkeeper looked at each other:
That's it!

At five o'clock in the morning, taking advantage of the bright moon and sparse stars, the shopkeeper with a big head and thick neck got up and went to the water pavilion.

He opened the back window of the pavilion, took out a magpie-painted bow, put a whistling arrow on it, and shot it toward the reeds in the opposite harbor.

Not long after, three or five minions came from the reed marsh across the street in a speedboat and went straight to the water pavilion.

The shopkeeper handed a letter to the minion.

The little minions rowed the boat towards the golden beach again under the cover of night...

On the golden beach, Lin Chong sat alone by the water, staring grimly at the continuous flames on the opposite bank.

A hundred thousand troops camped here, and even the campfires for the night watch looked like stars in the sky.

"Why, are you still worried?"

An old voice came from behind.

Lin Chong looked back and found that it was his master Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong sat down next to Lin Chong and also looked at the fire on the other side of the river:
“An army of 100,000 is very difficult to deal with.

"The forces of Liangshan Lake alone are definitely not enough. Why not contact Erlong Mountain and Wutou City?"

"No."

Lin Chong shook his head:

“If the imperial court knew about the connection between Erlong Mountain, Wutou City and Liangshan Lake.

"The imperial court will pay more attention to Liangshanpo and dispatch troops to defeat Erlongshan and Wutou City one by one.

"If you don't want to be defeated one by one, you can only rise up in rebellion.

“But now is not the best time.”

Zhou Tong: "When is the best time?"

Lin Chong: "If foreigners come south, the country will be destroyed."

Zhou Tong was startled: "Who told you this?"

"I."

With a whoosh, a head emerged from the water and grinned at Lin Chong as it came ashore:
"Brother, I'm back!"

(End of this chapter)