Lord: Start with a copy of Water Margin

In the next few days, Zhao Zhen dealt with the backlog of affairs in the two states in the village every day, and paid attention to Song Jiang's actions in Qingzhou. Gao Lian in Gaotangzhou in the north has begun to recruit soldiers and civilians to raise an army of 10,000.

I don't know if it was Zhao Zhen's suggestion, but the spies in Lingzhou who were looking for information also sent back news that Zengtou City raised 5,000 soldiers, led by the two Lingzhou militia commanders [Holy Water General] Shan Tinggui and [Divine Fire General] Wei Dingguo, and joined forces to support Hu Yanzhuo in the middle.

Song Jiang also got the news early, and organized his guns, swords, weapons, bows and arrows to prepare to resist the enemy's army.

In addition, the spies under Le He also found out about Song Gongming's arrangements.

Song Jiang still guarded Laiwu in person, with [Ghost Seer] Lai Yonger as his military advisor, and the guards included [Fei Lian] Huangfu Xiong, [Little Overlord] Zhou Tong, [Ai Ye Baozi] Di Lei, [Iron Arhat] Fa Tong, [Pan Hai Long] Qin Hui, [Mountain Bear] Zhao Fu, [Sea Stirring General] Zhao Gui, [Flower Knife] Meng Futong, as well as Ruan Qixiang and Ruan Zhaoer who surrendered from Yizhou. There were eleven leaders, big and small, commanding 30,000 troops, 20,000 able-bodied men, claiming to be 100,000, to defend Laiwu and Laiwu Prison.

The northern route was still led by [Golden Scaled Python] Ma Yuan, who led [Lie Jue Da Lang] Helian Jinming, [Hungry Big Bug] Yao Shun, [Iron Back Wolf] Cui Hao, [Zhuang Tiantuo] Yin Tai, [Drilling Ghost] Yin Chun, [Sima Shi] Wanqi Chun, six people, 20,000 cavalry and infantry soldiers, 3,000 naval forces, and 70 to 80 large and small ships, led by [Hun Jiang Long] Li Jun, who patrolled the Zibo River.

Weizhou was guarded by [Mao Tou Xing] Kong Ming and [Drunken King Kong] Fahui.

Qingzhou was guarded by [Qingtianzhu] Ren Yuan and [Ugly Scholar] Wanqi De.

As for [Iron Fan] Song Qing, [Tiger Fighting General] Li Zhong, [No Cover] Mu Hong, [Little Cover] Mu Chun, [Sima Zhao] Wanqi Rong, the five people led 10,000 troops and launched an offensive one step ahead of time, and the target was exactly Mizhou as Wu Yong expected.

Song Qing's troops had been secretly prepared long ago. When the weather turned warmer, they set out from Weizhou. When Zhao Zhen received the news, Anqiu, Gaomi, and Zhucheng counties had been captured.

Such a smooth process was not only because Song Qing's troops were sudden, but also because of the idea of ​​[Sima Zhao] Wanqi Rong, who sent people to sneak into the city seven or eight days in advance. When the troops were at the gates of the city, they attacked from both inside and outside. There were no capable defenders in the three counties. Song Qing took over the three counties without any effort, and the prefects and county magistrates died or fled.

Only Ju County and Jiaoxi County in the entire Mizhou were still in the hands of the court.

After receiving the news, Zhao Zhen did not hesitate and immediately sent a pigeon to let Guan Sheng, who had been stationed in Yizhou, lead 2,500 tiger troops to Ju County.

Li Kui, Tang Meng, Li Gun, and Xiang Chong led 2,500 Yongyi Camps and set out from Liangshan to follow Guan Sheng's orders. As soon as Ju County was occupied, Madam Lu led people to boil salt.

Besides, Hu Yanzhuo, who was in charge of the talisman, also found out that the Qingzhou bandits attacked Mizhou, and sent people to contact Zhao Zhen, wanting to set a date to encircle and suppress most of Song Jiang's troops in Laiwu.

Zhao Zhen met the messenger, but asked Hu Yanzhuo to postpone the dispatch of troops because the spring plowing was busy, the soldiers were tired of fighting, and the imperial court's reinforcements had not arrived.

Dai Zong was the messenger, running back and forth to deliver the message. It took another seven or eight days to set a date.

At this time, Guan Sheng had occupied Ju County. Song Qing's troops saw the Liangshan flag on the top of the city and did not dare to attack the city, so they turned around to attack Jiaoxi. When the Lingzhou troops arrived, Zhao Zhen sent troops slowly.

Before the troops were dispatched, Zhao Zhen returned to the main world and made a deal with the shopkeeper Du from Huainan, buying a thousand stones of coarse tea, a hundred stones of good tea, and a set of four volumes of "Hegong Tools and Instruments Illustrations". Unfortunately, the tea for entering the class that Zhao Zhen was looking forward to was not available. In addition to the thousand-jin Geng cake that had been prepared long ago, many dried dates and dried persimmons purchased from Qingzhou in the fantasy world were also taken out, together with the cool bamboo mat, and the transaction was completed by barter.

With this set of "Illustrated Explanation of River Engineering Tools", Zhao Zhen handed it over to the state, selected seven or eight clerks and painters Wang Yi and Li Zhaoliang, and copied several sets of this set of illustrated river management books. In addition to sending them to the state and Zhao Zhen's mansion, the state also prepared various tools.

He also ordered [Thin Eel] Dong Er to set up a battalion [Heqing Army] to specialize in the defense, repair and dredging of various rivers.

The brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, who studied military orders in Ruan Xiaoer's army, also commanded a battalion of water soldiers, patrolled the river, and trained water soldiers. Zhang Shun's battalion of water soldiers was special. In addition to the normal large and small sea loach boats, there was also the only sinking snail boat in Liangshan.

Although there is a map of this sinking snail boat, unfortunately, due to limited materials, a [Spirit of the World] was used in the end, which solved the problem of breathing underwater.

This time, Zhao Zhen only brought the five cavalry camps of the Left and Right Brave Cavalry Camps, the Ranger Cavalry Camp, the [Green Flag Willow Leaf Division], and the [Red Flag Daughter Division], as well as the Guarding Flag Division under Yu Baosi, and the rest of the Liangshanzhou soldiers were not mobilized.

There were 12,500 cavalry and infantry soldiers stationed in Xintai, Yiyuan, Mengyin, Pingyi and other places in Yizhou. A total of nearly 15,000 people were enough to deal with emergencies.

After all, Zhao Zhen was not really going to wipe out the Qingzhou bandits. Sending these people and horses could also be explained to the court.

When Zhao Zhen led his troops to Xintai, it was already the fifth day of March. The sun was warm and the wind was gentle, the grass was green and the sand was soft, just right for fighting. When they arrived in Xintai, Li Ying led his men to follow. A large camp had been set up in the north of Xintai City. Zhao Xin, Jie Zhen, Jie Bao and others from Mengyin and Pingyi had already led their troops to station there.

Zhao Zhen did not go to the city either, and stayed in the camp.

The drum for gathering the generals was beaten, and Zhao Zhen went up to the tent. Seeing that everyone was there, Zhao Zhen asked, "What is the situation in Laiwu now?"

After hearing this, Li Ying stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, there was a fight between Laiwu and Laiwu Prison seven days ago. Hu Yanzhuo, Han Tao, and Gao Gao led the troops to attack Laiwu, but a group from Lingzhou divided into two groups. In two places, Shan Tinggui, the regimental commander, and Wei Dingguo assisted Hu Yanzhuo. On the other hand, Zengtou City's soldiers and horses were led by Zengtou's eldest son Zeng Tu, his second son Zeng Mi, and his fifth son Zeng Sheng, who sent troops to attack Laiwu prison."

"Why are the troops divided? How many troops are there in Hu Yanzhuo?" Liu Huiniang asked.

"Madam, the spies found out that the people and horses in Zengtou City in Lingzhou were strong and strong. They refused to accept Hu Yanzhuo's control, so they formed their own army. The spies said that there were 5,000 people and horses in Zengtou City, and the horse army alone was 3,000 people, each with a bow and a horse. Skilled, the team is neat and tidy," Li Ying replied.

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"How is the war going?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"The people in Zengtou City did not attack the city. They only scolded and fought outside the city every day. The four defenders, Zhao Fu, Zhao Gui, Meng Futong, and Ruan Qixiang, allowed them to scold and did not go out to fight."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said: "It seems that the division of troops in Zengtou City is just to avoid the attack."

Just as he was talking, he heard that Fulu Primary School came to report, and Zeng Sheng from Zengtou City came to see him.

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said to the generals: "Let's see what he says."

With that said, he asked people to bring Zeng Sheng to the big tent.

After a while, the sergeant introduced Zeng Sheng. When everyone looked at him, they saw that Zeng Sheng was only sixteen or seventeen years old, with a fair face and no beard. He is nine feet long, wearing a golden helmet, iron armor, a velvet ribbon around his waist, a scarlet robe on his body, and cloud-root boots on his feet. An outstanding talent.