Yang Weizhong, whose real name is Kang Jiong, is an elder Han who was captured by the Liao people to settle in the north, and he has deeply felt the hardships of the life of Han people in foreign countries since he was a child. He was loyal and righteous, and his heart ached that the Great Song Dynasty was unable to resist the barbarians to protect the people, so he secretly sneaked to the Song Dynasty to join the army under the pseudonym Yang Weizhong.

Of course, if he is willing to go along with Tong Guan and his ilk like most military generals, his current position will definitely be much higher than now, but unfortunately this person's political acumen is basically not at the level.

The most classic is twenty years ago before Zhao Ji ascended the throne, Yang Weizhong was twenty-eight years old at that time, and with his military exploits, he had already achieved the high position of the imperial city envoy, Yongzhou assassin history, Anxi Prefecture Yanbian pacification deputy envoy and general judgment of Anxi Prefecture military state affairs, Xiao cavalry captain, Song Zhezong also gave the "Brave General" banner to show grace.

Soon after, Song Zhezong died, and the empress dowager wanted to establish King Zhao Ji as the emperor, but Yang Weizhong felt that he was deeply favored by the emperor and could not let Song Zhezong's young son be bullied, and said that he should establish the son of Zhezong...... After Zhao Ji took the throne, he immediately pushed Yang Weizhong to the end, and demoted him to the deputy envoy of the Inner Treasury and the Weizhou Soldiers and Horses Prisoner, a petty official from the seventh grade.

In the past 20 years, Yang Weizhong has risen back step by step with his military exploits and has become a strategic envoy of Jingyuan Road. He is now very valued by Da Song Xungui, and he also has friendships with many Jiangmen families. In the past few days, Yang Weizhong happened to have something to return to Beijing, and Zhao Huan was moved by Cao Sheng's words and decided to see him.

Of course, what interested Zhao Huan even more was that Cao Sheng said that two of Yang Weizhong's subordinates were related to the people on Liangshan, and the names surprised Zhao Huan very much.

Sitting in the carriage of the Horse Mansion, he soon came to the door of Yang Weizhong's house in Tokyo. It was a fairly fine medium courtyard, but it was not luxurious, and there was only one gate sitting there in front of the door watching, and when he saw hundreds of sergeants crowded around a carriage parked in front of the door, he immediately stood up and went to the carriage and asked:

"Dare to ask which general drove the front?"

Wu Lan stepped forward and whispered: "It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, don't make a show, go and invite your master!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes! The villain is going! ”

Menzi agreed, turned around and entered the small courtyard; Zhao Huan got out of the carriage and followed Wu Ling in, letting the sergeants watch at the door.

"General! Checkmate! Oh no! ”

"What's all the fuss about?"

"There is a distinguished guest arriving, please hurry up to greet the general!"

"What has arrived?"

A series of conversations floated into Zhao Huan's ears, the former was the man, and the latter had a very strong voice, sounding full of energy, which made Zhao Huan immediately have a good impression of this person.

It should be that Menzi whispered Zhao Huan's identity, and a man in his forties and fifties immediately walked out of the middle hall, dressed in regular clothes, with a long black beard, eyes like cold stars, eyebrows like double knives, not angry and self-righteous when looking at people, and walked with a tiger, seeing that Zhao Huan had entered the small courtyard, he immediately bowed to the ground:

"Chenjing's original road is slightly envoy Yang Weizhong to see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Yang Xianggong, please get up!"

Zhao Huan hurriedly took a few steps forward to help Yang Weizhong, hugged his fists and said: "Yang Xianggong finally went back to Beijing to meet his wife and children once, and the uninvited guests came to disturb him, and the palace apologized to Xianggong first!" ”

Yang Weizhong saw that Zhao Huan saluted him, panicked and wanted to worship again, but was quickly supported by Zhao Huan and couldn't go on, so he had to return the salute with his fists: "How dare the minister be His Royal Highness the Prince, it's really a torture for the minister!" ”

"Deserved! Deserved! Xianggong has guarded the west for many years, as the barrier of the country, everyone in the world should be admired, and this palace is no exception. I have long admired the name of Xianggong, and today except for the Xianggong and the Zongxianggong, who dares to compare with the Gong? I came here today, one is to visit, and the other is to ask for advice! ”

"Your Highness, please come inside!"

Yang Weizhong invited Zhao Huan to the main seat of the house, accompanied him in the guest seat, and asked people to hurry up to serve tea, and asked:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here for the Eastern Expedition to Liangshan?"

"Xianggong is wise, and this is exactly what he is here for!"

Zhao Huan sighed and said, "The forbidden army has been abolished, and more than 800,000 people have no fighting spirit, as evidenced by the defeat of Tong Guan and Gao Yu in Liangshan." This palace is very worried, but not only worried about whether this expedition to Liangshan can be successful, but worried that my Great Song Dynasty has no power to protect itself, once the Liao people and Jin people go south, I am afraid that the country will be broken! So come and ask the minister! ”

After listening to Zhao Huan's words, Yang Weizhong hesitated for a while before he boldly said: "The Liao people are not terrible now, but the Jin people are very fierce, and the Liao State can still act as a barrier to the Great Song Dynasty in the north." ”

Alas! Zhao Huan sighed, this Yang Weizhong's political mind is really low and terrifying, as soon as he said this, it penetrated the ears of Zhao Ji, Cai Jing and others, and he was sure to push him to the end.

Now many people know that you are Kangjiong of Liaoguo, and you have become a high-ranking official of the Great Song Dynasty incognito, and now you are saying "Liaoguo is harmless", it is hard to guarantee that it will not make people think about it!

However, this person is indeed the only remaining mainstay of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is protected.

Thinking of this, Zhao Huan said: "What Yang Xianggong said is right! The barbarian clan of the Jin people is far less likely to get along with each other than the Liao State after it was contaminated with our Great Song civilization, so the palace also thought that it should join forces with Liao to resist Jin. But we can only say this in private, Yang Xianggong must not say it in front of the official family and other ministers, otherwise not only will you not get the result that Xianggong wants, I am afraid that the Son of Heaven will be furious and involve Xianggong himself! ”

Yang Weizhong hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Thank you Your Highness for reminding me, the minister knows!" ”

He actually knew that he couldn't say nonsense, but seeing that the Great Song Dynasty was in danger, he still couldn't hold back. But since the prince also thought so in his heart, Yang Weizhong was greatly relieved.

"Your Royal Highness, the minister is also willing to share his worries for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to attack the Liangshan bandits, but the situation in the west is unclear, and the minister cannot leave his post without permission, and he is willing to give the minister's 'National Army' 3,000 people to help His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Serve the country?" Zhao Huan was a little puzzled, and looked at Yang Weizhong suspiciously.

"The army of serving the country is composed of 1,000 warriors selected from the western army and 2,000 heroic rangers, and has been trained for five years; As the secret weapon of the ministers to deal with the Western Xia, the Baoguo Army has repeatedly made great contributions to the ministers, and has become the elite of the elite. Now that there is less war on the Western Xia side, it is time to help His Highness in his eastward crusade. ”

It turned out to be a "special forces", which is unattainable!

Zhao Huan was overjoyed and thanked him: "Since this is the case, the palace is grateful to the minister!" ”

Yang Weizhong said with a smile: "Your Highness, there are two current leaders of the Baoguo Army, both of whom defected to me two years ago, and they also have a lawsuit involving Liangshan thieves; It's not that the ministers are rude, His Highness wants them to return to their hearts, and they may have to waste a lot of effort, and as long as His Highness relieves their worries, the army will definitely swear allegiance to His Highness! ”

"Two leaders? Could it be ......?"

"That's right!" Yang Weizhong said with a smile, "It's Shi Wengong and Su Ding!" ”