Mengjin, since ancient times, is the Yellow River crossing, is a place where soldiers must fight, the Great Song Dynasty attaches great importance to it, especially after the Jin army went south for the first time, it is to strengthen the control of Mengjin.

In Mengjin, 20,000 Xiang troops were stationed, and the two Xiang armies were not subordinate to each other, so it can be said that each performed its own duties, but it was under the control of the Mengjin prefect to coordinate the contradictions between the two.

The 10,000 Xiang Army was stationed at the ferry under the leadership of Wan San, and the other 10,000 Xiang Army was stationed in Mengjin City, and Zhu Tong was originally a general of Liangshan, and later when he was in Kaifeng County, he chose to bet on Liu Zhenglong, the magistrate of Kaifeng County at that time, on key issues, and later transferred to Mengjin, which is also the best destination after the heroes of Liangshan returned to the Great Song Dynasty. Of course, it can't be compared with Sun Sheng, the dragon of Zhuyun, Lu Junyi and others who took refuge in the Han Kingdom.

On August 15, the third year of Shenlong, a mysterious guest came to Zhu Tong's home, which was his good brother many years ago.

Lei Heng has long been transformed from a military general to a civilian official, and he served as the magistrate of Dahan County, and this time he came to Mengjin with a special mission.

Zhu Tong seemed to guess the intention of the good brother, he poured wine for Lei Heng, and said solemnly: "Our two brothers are their masters, I was an official of the Great Song Dynasty before, and then I went to Liangshan by mistake, and then served the imperial court, although during this period the emperor of the Han Dynasty has the grace of carrying me, but I am never willing to be a slave with three surnames, if you are here to persuade you to surrender, brother, you had better avoid respect, our brothers in the province are not happy." ”

Lei Heng put down his wine glass and said coldly: "The Han Dynasty has a million soldiers and a thousand generals, and the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has a clear edict that does not allow the officials below to surrender the generals of the Song Dynasty without authorization." I, Lei Heng, am a Han official, how could I come to recruit you? ”

"It's good if not." Zhu Tong breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't let himself surrender to the Han, then he could say anything.

"I'm here to give you a future." Lei Heng saw that Zhu Tong was about to interject, and hurriedly said, "Brother, don't be in a hurry to listen to what I have to say." Wan San has already secretly defected to the Jin State, and the Jin army should soon go south. I came to you to tell you that when the imperial court sends someone here, you must be prepared in advance, and you must help the imperial court control the Mengjin ferry, if there is a mistake in the Mengjin ferry, I am afraid that the Song State will really die. ”

"Where did you get this news from?"

"Dahan's intelligence network is all over every corner, and this intelligence is not a top secret in Dahan." Lei Heng's face was full of disdainful affection, he drank the wine in the wine glass and said: "This time I came purely to catch up with brothers, as for the information of the soul song, it doesn't matter if you believe it or not, anyway, resisting Jin is your Song country's business, and our Han Dynasty, we have always been the only ones who fight others, and absolutely no country dares to be stupid enough to attack the Han Dynasty." ”

Regardless of whether the information is true or false, it is always possible to prevent problems before they occur. At that time, Zhu Tong began to prepare, but in the absence of conclusive evidence, he did not dare to tell the prefect Zhao Qi, you must know that Zhao Qi was born in the royal family, and he originally looked down on military generals in his bones, so it would be misunderstood to report rashly.

On October 19, Zhang Shuye's son Zhang Bofen secretly came to Mengjin, Zhang Shuye also firmly believed in Zhu Tong's character, and firmly believed that this kind of upright person would never commit treason, in this case, let his son come to visit Zhu Tong first, and then report to Zhao Qi, the prefect of Mengjin.

Benli Zhu Tong was skeptical of Lei Heng's words, and now it can be said that he is 100% sure, in this case, he is unwilling to wait, so he decided to report to the prefect Zhao Qiyu.

Zhao Qi was born in the royal family, he was arrogant, and it was true that he looked down on the generals, but when the Jin army was pressing, he still had to rely on the generals to defend the country, and Zhang Shuye was a civil official, ranking in the second rank, far higher than him, the prefect of the sixth rank, in this case, he had no reason not to believe in the Wansan rebellion.

Although he is a civil official, Zhao Qi is also a ruthless character, he gritted his teeth and said to Zhu Tong: "General Zhu, you come to deal with Wansan personally, try to outwit as much as possible, don't startle the snake, what do you need this government to do, although you rely on your mouth, this government will fully cooperate, and after the matter is completed, this government will ask the court for credit for you." ”

"Lord Xie Fujun carries love." Zhu Tong still had to respect Zhao Qi on the surface, and he said: "In the name of the prince, I invite Wansan to come to the city as a guest, and when the time comes, I will personally control the box army at the Mengjin Ferry, let the three thousand soldiers led by Zhang Bofen enter the city, and secretly arrest Wansan at the banquet." ”

"And what about after the capture?"

At this time, Zhang Bofen said: "I also hope that Fujun will come forward to persuade Wansan, as long as he is willing to cooperate, he will not blame the past, of course, this traitor will make meritorious service to paralyze the marshal of the Jin Guodu, Wanyan Xianye, to lure the Jin army to cross the river." My father will personally lead a large army to strangle the Jin army. ”

"Then what if Wan San doesn't come?"

"I can't help him not come, the more at the critical moment when the Jin army is about to cross the river, the more Wan San will not dare to offend the king, otherwise the Jin country's plan to cross the river will be in vain, and he will lose the value of using the Jin army. Besides, the entire Yellow River has been sealed by my father, and the Jin army will definitely cross the river from Mengjin, and the conditions offered must be something that Wansan cannot refuse, and he will take risks for this fate. Besides, Wan San didn't know anything about our plan, so there was no need to offend the prince and leak it in advance. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Tong felt that it was not okay not to give the prefect a reassuring pill, so he said: "The last general will lead the army to receive the Mengjin ferry, if Wansan does not go out of the camp, then attack, even if it is a strong attack, I am sure that it will be annihilated." ”

"10,000 against 10,000, the odds won't be so big, and if the news leaks, it will affect the overall situation." Zhao Qi thought for a long time and said, "I'll coordinate the 20,000 forbidden troops to help suppress the formation, and you don't use force to solve the problem as much as possible." ”

The prefect can't influence the forbidden army, but Zhao Qi is a royal family, and Zhao Shuping is his uncle who commands the forbidden army in Huaiqing Mansion, so it is normal to coordinate the forbidden army in this case. Of course, there is a premise for all this, that is, a big war is coming, and this matter has the military order of Zhang Shuye, the defense envoy of Gyeonggi, otherwise it will be difficult to use the forbidden army.

The mobilization of the army of the Great Song Dynasty is extremely strict, but in wartime, it can still be accommodating and flexible, and this time the forbidden army is only a transfer, just a gesture, playing a deterrent role, and not participating in the war. Despite this, it is also a rather troublesome matter, and if there is a mistake, Zhao Shuping will be punished.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. For the prefect Zhao Qi, what he can do now is to wait, after all, this is the first time he has experienced this kind of thing, and he is nervous in his heart, for fear that something will go wrong.

At this moment, Wan San was very uneasy in his heart, although he took refuge in the Jin State, but after all, Meng Jin still had 10,000 Xiang Army, and there were 30,000 forbidden troops in Huaiqing Mansion, not too far away, if something went wrong, then the 10,000 Xiang Army under his command would be uprooted, you must know that the punishment for treason in all dynasties was very cruel.

If you want to be foolproof, unless you want to pull Zhao Qi and Zhu Tong into the water, but Wan San and Zhu Tong have no friendship, it is difficult to convince each other, and Zhao Qi is from the royal family, so it is even more difficult to do.

The news of the surrender of Liu Yu, the prefect of Jinan, still reached Wan San's ears under the deliberate planning of the Jin army, in this guy Kalai, since Liu Yu can surrender, then Zhao Qi is not impossible, as long as Zhao Qi is convinced, then Zhu Tong is simple, either pull into the water, or find an opportunity to hunt.

Just when Wansan was actively planning to win over Zhao Qi into the water, Jin Guo's secret talks came that he had to cross the river at the end of the month, so that Wansan would do whatever it took to get this matter done, and there would be a heavy reward afterwards.

The arrow had to be sent, and now there was no turning back, Wan San first sent someone to send a heavy gift to Zhao Qi, under the pretext that he hoped that Zhao Qi could recommend his son Wan Chong to study in Taixue.

When he was sleepy, someone handed him a pillow, Zhao Qizheng was worried that he couldn't find an excuse to let Wansan enter the city, after all, everyone had no friendship, and if he rashly let him enter the city for a banquet, it was easy to be suspicious in this special morale, and it just happened that Wansan took the initiative to show goodwill, so the whole thing was simple.

Zhao Qi, Zhu Tong, and Zhang Bofen re-discussed and formulated a plan to ensure that the crisis would be resolved at the lowest cost. Obviously, it is most appropriate to let Wansan take the initiative to send it to the door.

On October 22, Zhao Qi invited Wan San and his son Wan Chong to the city as guests.

As a guest, since he was a guest, Wan San had a bold idea, that is, to coerce and lure Zhao Qi, take advantage of this time to take down Zhao Qi, and solve Zhu Tong by the way, after all, there are not a few days left until the end of the month, and it can't be delayed any longer.

As a guest, although he was a guest, Wan San still asked his younger brother Wan Si to lead 3,000 soldiers into the city in disguise, and he himself led 500 elite soldiers to escort into the city.

Although Zhu Tong's 10,000 troops were stationed in Mengjin City, only 1,000 were actually stationed in the city, and the rest of the soldiers were stationed outside the city. This is Wan San thinks that if three or four thousand soldiers enter the city, he can ensure that nothing goes wrong. This guy is obviously a martial artist's thinking, the idea is too simple, and such a simple strategy is unsightly.

In one day, there were inexplicably more than 3,000 young men in the city to enter the city, even if the army defending the city was stupid, they would not be able to find out. After the soldiers below reported, Zhu Tong showed a treacherous smile on his face, he knew that in case the third was tricked, this time the problem was simpler than he had imagined before.

Zhu Tong reported to the prefect Zhao Qi: "Fujun, Wansan secretly sent 3,000 soldiers into the city, and if you say this, there are only more than 6,000 left, after all, he will bring a few hundred soldiers over." As long as Commander Zhao led a large army to surround the Xiang army, it could easily collapse, and in that case, we could easily take Wansan in the city. ”

"Okay, you come to the layout, this time you sing the leading role, and this house just cooperates." Zhao Qi's meaning is very simple, if he succeeds, he will not take credit, and if he fails, Zhu Tong will carry it.

Zhu Tong doesn't care about these anymore, he doesn't take it seriously, as long as he can catch Wansan and crack the conspiracy of the Jin army to cross the river, nothing else is a problem.

The sky gradually darkened, Wan San led five hundred soldiers into the city slowly, he chose this time to enter the city, because the city gate will be closed as soon as it gets dark, as long as his subordinates control the city gate, he is not afraid that Zhu Tong will be able to transfer troops from outside the city.

Sure enough, less than half an hour after Wansan entered the city, the city gate slowly closed. It seems that it is difficult for Zhu Tong to transfer troops into the city from outside, and in fact, it is impossible for Zhu Tong to bring troops into the city again.

Before entering the Zhao Mansion, Wan San saw his brother Wan Si, and after asking, he knew that everything was normal, so he entered the Zhao Mansion with confidence.

The normal is just the appearance, in fact, less than half an hour after Wan San entered the Zhao Mansion, Zhang Bofen led his troops to capture Wan Si.

On the one hand, there is a huge gap between the combat effectiveness of the two, and on the other hand, there is smoke in the room, this guy is weak, how can he resist in this case?

Zhang Bofen looked at Wan Si, who was tied to death, and said: "Your name is Wan Si, your brother Wan San has already entered the Zhao Mansion, and it is estimated that he is about to get drunk at this time, although the three thousand soldiers you brought were disguised and disguised, at least more than half of them were caught by us, and there were less than five hundred left." Taking refuge in the gold people is betraying the country and killing oneself. If you don't want to die, be honest, this time Zhang Yuanjun has already said that you can not blame the past. ”

"Who are you?"

"Zhang Bofen, Zhang Yuanjun is my father."

Zhang Bofen's eyes showed ruthlessness, he put the knife in a very special position on Wan Si's body and said: "What are the consequences of this knife, you better think about it and then answer, Your Majesty has authorized my father, the third rank is a civil official, and the second rank is a military general, as long as it is treason, you can kill it directly without asking for a holy decree, this time it is not to kill one, but to uproot ten thousand families." ”

"How dare you?" Wan Si was a little scared, he was not afraid of death, but if the entire family was destroyed, it would not be as simple as being afraid of death.

Zhang Bofen's sharp knife stabbed Wan Si's thigh fiercely, and he said coldly: "The Great Song Dynasty has a tradition of not killing civil officials, but the whole family of Zhu Mian, the king of the southeast, was destroyed, and the whole family of Xianggong Wang Huang seemed to have been killed, Tong Guan, Gao Yu, Liang Shicheng, and Cai Jing don't need to be honored by your family." Killing you is like crushing an ant, and if you don't believe it, you can try it. ”

"Don't kill me.".

Wan Si finally chose to give in, he knew that since Zhang Shuye was involved in this matter, there was no possibility of change, and in this case, he finally chose to give in. Regardless of whether it will be liquidated afterwards, at least Wanjia will not be uprooted.

Wan Si's submission was expected, nothing can be surprising, under this guy's people, in the end, all the van soldiers who infiltrated the city in makeup were captured, and none of them escaped, in fact, Zhang Bofen only found less than a third before, and most of them were still confessed by Wan Si, otherwise it would be difficult to uproot. Wan Si was arrested, and Wan San was also trapped, but this guy hasn't discovered the crisis for the time being, but if he is in the mouth of a tiger, how can he escape.