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Li Yan laid down the Daimyo's mansion, and the public trial, looting money, food and various materials were not listed for the time being.

Let's say that on that day, Liang Zhongshu sent his henchman Wang Ding to Beijing to find Cai Jing for help with a letter asking for help.

Wang Ding didn't dare to slack off, and hurried away in the starry night, and did not dismount until in front of Caijing's Mansion in Tokyo.

The doorman reported to him, and Cai Jing called Wang Ding to see him.

When he arrived at the back hall, Wang Ding bowed and presented Liang Zhongshu's handwritten secret letter.

Cai Jing saw it, was shocked, and then hurriedly asked Wang Ding for details!

When Wang Ding left the Daimyo's Mansion, there was no indication that it was not the men and horses of Erlongshan who attacked the Daimyo's Mansion but the Liangshan army, so Wang Ding told Cai Jing about Li Gu's suing Lu Junyi and the "people of Erlongshan" robbing the Dharma field to beg Lu Junyi.

After hearing this, Cai Jing was full of doubts and said, "That Erlong Mountain is bold? ”

Wang Ding told Cai Jing what he heard: "Those two dragon mountains have successively conquered Gaotang City and Qingzhou City, and looted the wealth of those two cities, which have already become bigger, and now they are unstoppable, I am afraid that among the thieves, only Natian Hu and Wang Qing are below." ”

Cai Jing knew that Gao Tang City was not laid by Erlong Mountain, but by Li Yan - this kind of thing can be hidden for a while, and it is impossible to hide people like Cai Jing forever.

However, Qingzhou City was indeed laid by Erlong Mountain.

Therefore, Cai Jing also recognized Wang Ding's speculation for the time being.

Cai Jing said: "You saddle your horse all the way, and go to the pavilion to rest first, I will deal with this matter." ”

Wang Ding couldn't help but said again: "The Daimyo Mansion is in danger like a tired egg, it is broken, if the Daimyo Mansion falls, Hebei counties and counties are in danger, I hope the Taishi will send troops to eliminate it as soon as possible!" ”

Cai Jing said: "Needless to say, I have my own opinions. ”

Wang Ding didn't dare to say anything more, so he retired.

After Wang Ding left, Cai Jing sat in place and thought for a while, and then asked people to prepare a sedan chair to go to the Privy Council.

Hearing that Cai Jing was coming, Gao Yu hurriedly greeted him, and said from afar: "If the Taishi has something to order, I will come to the door to obey the order, how dare I work for the Taishi!" ”

Cai Jing said: "Go in and say." ”

Gao Yu welcomed Cai Jing into the festival hall and attracted a number of officials.

Cai Jing said: "It's all free of courtesy." ", and then said directly: "Today, there are two dragon mountain thieves attacking the Daimyo's mansion......"

Cai Jing carefully explained the critical matter of the daimyo, and said: "Tai Lieutenant, what good strategy do you have, and a good general can retreat the thief soldiers to protect the city?" ”

Gao Yu said: "It's these two dragon thief mountains again, I want to destroy Gaotang City and Qingzhou City when I broke through them before, but there is really no good general in my hand to entrust this big thing!" ”

Cai Jing didn't like it, and then glanced around, wanting to find one or two brave generals.

But none of the people in the festival hall dared to look at Cai Jing.

Seeing this, Cai Jing knew that Gao Yu was not all shirk.

At this time, an ugly man with a face like the bottom of a pot and nostrils facing the sky, curly hair and a red beard eight feet in shape came out and said: "The young general will protect one person, but he can retreat the thief." ”

Who is this person?

This person's surname is Xuan, the name is praised, because he won the general with a series of arrows, the county king loves his martial arts, recruited as a son-in-law, who wants the county lord to think he is ugly, and he died with a grudge, so that he can not be reused, only made a soldier and horse to protect the righteousness, and got a nickname of "ugly county horse".

Cai Jing, who was anxious to save his daughter and son-in-law, heard Xuanzan's words and hurriedly asked: "Who is the county horse baoju?" ”

Xuan praised: "The person who is the little general is the descendant of the late Han Dynasty three-point righteous and brave Wu'an Wang Yan, surnamed Guan, famous place, known as Dadao Guan Sheng, now doing Pudong inspection, this person reads military books at a young age, is well versed in martial arts, has the courage of ten thousand people, if he is a general, he will be able to sweep away the thieves, exterminate the maniacs, and protect the country and the people!" ”

Hearing that Guan Sheng was Guan Yu's descendant, Cai Jing immediately said: "Please ask Jun Ma to go and invite Guan Sheng to discuss the strategy of suppressing thieves." ”

Xuanzan did not shirk either, and immediately bid farewell to Cai Jing and went to Pudong to invite Guan Sheng to Beijing.

The conversation is endless.

When he came to the Pudong Inspection Division, Xuanzan was welcomed into it by his old friend Guan Sheng.

Sit down.

Guan Sheng asked: "The county horses are here, I don't know why?" ”

Xuanzan directly explained the meaning: "Today, there are two dragon mountain grass cowards attacking Beijing, Xuan Mou in front of the Taishi to protect his brother has the strategy of stabilizing the country and reducing the army, the Taishi listened to the summoning of the brother to Beijing to discuss the strategy of suppressing the thief, if the brother responds properly, this time it will be able to run!" ”

Guan Sheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "I will not forget the grace of the rebuilding of the county horse!" ”

Seeing Hao Siwen on the side, Guan Sheng said again: "My brother, surnamed Hao, double name Siwen, is my brother of worship, when his mother dreamed of Jing Mu Qian reincarnated, so he was pregnant, and later gave birth to him, so everyone called him 'Jing Mu Qian', he has no way of eighteen martial arts, he has to be called by Master Meng, and I will go with me to serve the country, can I?" ”

Proclaimed: "Great goodness! ”

Guan Sheng was a man of Dong Bing, and understood that an army could not be led by only one or two people, so he selected a hundred capable people from his own soldiers to bring them to Beijing to meet Cai Jing together.

The starry night hurried, needless to say, just said that a group of people came to Cai Jing's mansion.

As soon as Cai Jing saw Guan Sheng, he had a dignified body of eight feet five or six, a thin three willow mustaches, two eyebrows into the sideburns, phoenix eyes facing the sky, his face was like a heavy jujube, and his lips were painted with Zhu, so he liked it and said: "The thieves are besieging Beijing, may I ask the good general, what is the best way to relieve the siege?" ”

Guan Sheng said: "The Erlong Mountain thieves are not afraid, the person who is afraid is the danger of the mountain peak where he is, and now they are far away from the mountain to attack the Daimyo's Mansion is to seek their own death, if they go to save Beijing, I am afraid that they will not be able to flee from the enemy, and they can not be desperate, if they send tens of thousands of elite soldiers, first attack Erlong Mountain, force him to come back, and then ambush halfway, annihilating it in one fell swoop." ”

Cai Jing praised: "Good plan, this is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and he will be able to get rid of this gang of thieves in Erlong Mountain in one fell swoop!" ”

At that moment, Cai Jing discussed with Guan Sheng and Xuanzan the details of encircling Wei to save Zhao.

After discussing properly, Cai Jing went to the Privy Council again and forced Gao Yu to allocate 5,000 elite horse troops and 10,000 elite infantry troops to Guan Sheng, and provided Guan Sheng with enough armor, horses, food, grass and baggage, so that Guan Sheng had no worries.

Everything was ready, and Guan Sheng led an army of 15,000 straight to Erlong Mountain to kill.

Passing by Shuibo Liangshan, afraid of causing a misunderstanding in Shuibo Liangshan, Guan Sheng sent someone to Shuibo Liangshan to explain the situation, and did not hesitate to spend an extra day bypassing Shuibo Liangshan.

Two points can be seen from this detail:

First, Guan Sheng is careful in handling things, and he has the potential of some famous generals.

Second, Guan Sheng will be a person and an official, not as unruly as his ancestor Guan Yu.

Not long after bypassing Shuibo Liangshan, Guan Sheng led his army to the foot of Erlong Mountain.

After sending sentinels to inquire with the locals and personally inspecting them, Guan Sheng came to the conclusion that as long as there were three or five thousand people on this mountain, it was not something that his more than 10,000 people could capture.

Guan Sheng made up his mind at the moment, just a feint, not a real attack, just waiting for the people of Erlong Mountain to come back and win the battle - this can not only relieve the siege of the Daimyo's Mansion, but also make a great contribution to suppressing the thieves!

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