In the battle of Lijia Daokou, Liangshan Manor won a complete victory. Gao Yu commanded tens of thousands of troops, but he couldn't cross the moat one step, and eventually lost his troops and fled in embarrassment.

After this war, the confidence of the merchant customers of Lijiadaokou has been greatly boosted. More than 100,000 troops attacked a small village, but they couldn't move an inch, so what was there to worry about doing business here! So on the day after the war, many merchants returned after hearing the news.

Gu Haotian and others also returned to Liangshan that day, and on the same day he received news from Zhu Fu that after Naqiu Yue and Zhou Ang led their troops out of Beijing, they immediately adjusted their battle plan. He wants to take this opportunity to eat all the living forces of the imperial forbidden army, solve the hidden dangers behind him once and for all as much as possible, and then free up his hands to send troops to the north. He felt that after Tong Guan and Gao Yu, there would be no larger-scale conquest in the imperial court in a short period of time. One is that the cost of manpower and financial resources is huge, and the other is that according to Lu Junyi's letter, Fang La in Jiangnan is about to start an incident, and it is bound to distract the attention of the imperial court at that time. So he ordered Jeju to be taken before the imperial reinforcements arrived, and then set up an ambush on three sides to block Gao Yu's way, and drove him back to Jeju to facilitate his next move.

The victories won in the past few days have also brought great pressure to the various institutions of Liangshan Manor, and the number of officers and soldiers who have surrendered and the prisoners on the battlefield have reached more than 30,000.

An Daoquan and Dr. Gao have been very busy these days, and the wounded soldiers who keep going up the mountain have involved a lot of energy for the two of them. On this day, in the medical hall in the back mountain, An Daoquan was busy with the matter at hand, and suddenly saw Gu Haotian and Wu Yong coming in, so he hurriedly greeted him and asked:

"How can the petty official and Director Wu Yong be free today?"

"How is General Xiang Yuanzhen's injury?"

Gu Haotian came to see Xiang Yuanzhen today, and after capturing Jeju that day and night, and taking him to Liangshan, he has been placed in An Daoquan's medical hall.

"General Xiang's internal organs were injured by the shock, but he was delayed in Jeju for a few days, and now it takes more time to recuperate, and it is not a big problem after all."

"That's it!"

Gu Haotian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but this person is a master, especially archery, in the original book, he fought against Dong Ping and shot an arrow in his arm. In the original book, in the battle of Liangshan's attack on Dongchangfu, in the face of the flying stones that no one could avoid in the face of Zhang Qing, who had no feather arrows, only Dong Ping dodged three in a row, which shows his superb skills in dodging hidden weapons, but he suffered a big loss in front of Xiang Yuanzhen, which shows the high archery skills. In fact, in Gu Haotian's mind, if the Water Margin heroes talk about archery, Hua Rong, Pang Wanchun, and Xiang Yuanzhen should be the most, so when he attacked Jeju that day, he specially told Xu Guanzhong to take Xiang Yuanzhen's good life up the mountain.

"That day, the two armies encountered, General Xiang's 10,000 people were flanked by the two regiments of Guan Sheng and Master Deng Yuanjue, and the chaotic army ate Master Zheng's cane.

It was Wu Yong who intercepted Xiang Yuanzhen all the way that day, so today he insisted on accompanying Gu Haotian over, and after listening to An Daoquan's words just now, he felt a lot more relieved.

Later, under the guidance of An Daoquan, several people went to the ward at the back together. Xiang Yuanzhen lives alone in one room, accompanied by a relative. When the three of them entered, he was closing his eyes on the bed, and when he opened his eyes to hear the movement, he saw Dr. An accompanied a young man with an extraordinary bearing, and he immediately thought of a character, and hurriedly got up.

"General Xiang must not act rashly, it is important to cultivate his body." Gu Haotian walked a few steps, held him down, and sat on the edge of the bed by the way, "I've been at the Lijia Road crossing recently, and I only hurried back last night."

Come, but I neglected the general, don't be surprised. ”

After Jeju seized the city, Gu Haotian did not return to the mountain, so he also saw Xiang Yuanzhen for the first time, and at this time, he saw that he was forty years old, although he was a little thinner, but he couldn't hide his heroic spirit, thinking in his heart, it was really not an ordinary layman.

"The general was injured by mistake in the first battle that day, it was all my Wu's fault, I will make amends here first, and heal from my injuries in the next day, and then call Guan Sheng and Deng Yuanjue brothers, so that the general will drink and compensate."

Wu Yong stood on the side, and at this time he also hugged his fists.

"The two of them can speak, the defeat and injury are not as good as others, and those who dare to be compensated by others are ashamed of the old man, so hurry up and mention it."

Xiang Yuanzhen is an understanding person, and he also knows that the two of them are saying this to save his face. In the past few days after arriving in Liangshan, Wen Huanzhang, Xu Guanzhong and others often came to see him, and after several heart-to-heart talks, he already had a deeper understanding of Liangshan, and the persuasion of several veterans such as Xu Jing and Wang Huan, in fact, he had agreed with this place in his heart. Today, I saw that the petty officials in the manor came to see him as soon as they returned to the mountain, and I was even more grateful.

Let's say that the three of them were gossiping, but they saw a noise outside, and after a while, they saw Xu Jing, Li Congji, Wang Huan, and Mei Zhan coming in together. These four people and Gu Haotian have never met in person, but they can guess who they are, and a few people saw him as a lord of Liangshan, and when they returned to the manor, they immediately came to visit an injured general, and suddenly felt that the praise of others was indeed worthwhile.

"I wanted to visit a few generals later, but I didn't want to meet here. I think you know that I am lazy by nature, and I gathered here together, but I saved me some distance. ”

When Gu Haotian saw the four of them coming in, he stood up and said jokingly.

And Xu Jing and the others saw that Gu Haotian was easy-going and had no arrogance, and the slight sense of strangeness suddenly dissipated, and everyone found a chair and sat down.

"Little official, the old man took the liberty to ask, I heard that the Taiwei led the rest of the troops to return to Jeju, but with the manpower of the manor at the Li family crossing, it is impossible for him to retreat with his whole body, I think it must be intentional in the manor, right?"

Wang Huan is the oldest here, and his seniority is also the oldest, in the past two days, he heard about the changes in the battle situation at the Li family crossing, but it was a little strange, in his understanding, Liangshan should have taken the opportunity to destroy the imperial army, and why let the Gao Yu people flee to Jeju, isn't this a tiger returning to the mountain, so he has been a little puzzled, and then he couldn't help but ask when he saw Gu Haotian.

When the other four heard this, they were also curious, and they couldn't help but look at Gu Haotian together.

"Director Wu Yong knows this matter best, and when he was at the Li Family Road crossing that day, he also proposed a strategy, so he asked him to share it with the generals." Gu Haotian deliberately pushed Wu Yong out.

"This arrangement is everyone's idea, I don't dare to be greedy for merit, even if the petty officials want to open their mouths, they will also explain a thing or two cheekily, I hope the generals will not laugh."

Wu Yong knew that Gu Haotian intended to give him a chance, and he was secretly grateful in his heart, he saluted everyone, and then said:

"It was our intention to let Gao Yu and others go to Jeju, in fact, there were 10,000 infantry in the Li family road crossing at that time, and there were nearly 10,000 cavalry outside, and the manor can also send additional troops at any time, if you want to attack 30,000 officers and soldiers, it should not be too much of a problem. So let them go south, but it is considered like this, according to the news from Tokyo, the imperial court will send Qiu Yue, the head of the forbidden army, and Zhou Ang, the head of the deputy chief sect, to bring the slow soldiers to come, we thought that instead of being entangled with the court every day, it is better to do a big one, and make some time for ourselves to do other things, so we let them go, so as not to retract the reinforcements. As for Gao Yu, we think that he is the most suitable commander of the imperial army, and his skills are all understood, so of course I am reluctant to let him have an accident at the moment. ”

After listening to Wu Yong's explanation, several people couldn't help but be awe-inspired, and they couldn't imagine that the tens of thousands of troops dealing with the imperial court were in Liangshan

But what comes out of everyone's mouths is like child's play. But thinking of the second half of what he said, they were relieved in their hearts, a commander like Gao Yu, what is the use of more soldiers and horses under his subordinates, and what is even more sad is that there are such people in the court today, just like Tong Guan who came to attack before.

"Little official, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, even if the court is defeated this time, there will always be people who will come to crusade, why do you think that after this time, you will not send troops over."

Wang Huan pondered for a long time and asked again.

"The third thing to worry about, one is that if Gao Yu's army is defeated, you think that if you come to attack again, who else in the court can lead the army? In the next several times, the princes of the court and the central government, but no one is competent! Second, at the end of the year, the south of the Yangtze River will be reversed, at that time, the south of the Yangtze River was in turmoil, the food and materials from the south were cut off, and the Tianhu of Hebei and Wang Qing of Huainan were also in Hebei, and the imperial court still had some strength to take care of my Liangshan. In fact, the most important thing is that thirdly, according to the exact news, the Jurchens have already invaded the northern part of the Liao State, and in the short-sighted view of the monarchs and ministers of the court, they will definitely form an alliance with the Jin State to attack the Liao, and at that time he will also have the troops to take care of an isolated island in the water here with me. ”

Gu Haotian looked at everyone, snapping his fingers one by one, and everyone was silent when they heard it.

After thinking deeply, Xu Jing suddenly remembered the conversation with Wen Huanzhang in Dongtang Village, Tongcheng Town, and couldn't help asking:

"According to Mr. Wen, the petty officials believe that the Jurchens will eventually invade the south, so if the imperial court sends troops north to attack Liao, wouldn't it be aiding the abuse?"

Wu Yongjian said with emotion: "General Xu probably hasn't heard of the "Three Kingdoms Theory" of petty officials, if Jin destroys Liao, he will invade the Zhou Dynasty, and the alliance between the imperial court and Jin will undoubtedly quench his thirst, and he still doesn't know that he died in front of him. ”

After listening to Wu Yongyi's words, everyone suddenly remembered the "Three Kingdoms Theory" that had been circulating in various places in recent years, and after thinking about it carefully, they all felt a chill in their hearts, and they couldn't help but ask what to do.

Gu Haotian took the opportunity to talk about the strategic plan of going north to Liaodong and east to Goryeo, and then he said:

"Although Liangshan seems to be strong, but the soldiers are only more than 100,000, and there is only one manor in the land, if you want to protect my Han family, you must also have countless people with lofty ideals to help, and the generals understand at this time, and invite you to go up the mountain."

It is said that the ten festival envoys are all veterans of the army and have profound qualifications. After hearing this, Wang Huan sighed and said with emotion:

"The little official's mind is like the river and the sea, although we have been in vain for decades, we are far inferior! At present, there are still more than 7,000 people in the headquarters, if the petty officials have to use it, let it go, although the old man is more than fifty years old, but if it is to eliminate the Jurchen barbarians, what does it matter if he is buried in Mobei! ”

"Hey, hey! In this way, the old man can't shrink in this hospital bed, Ma Ta Mobei is something that he dreams of! But how could I be missing? ”

Xiang Yuanzhen was originally lying on the bed, but at this time, he suddenly sat up, as if he had recovered most of his illness.

The rest of the people were also impassioned and expressed their attitudes, and the atmosphere in the small ward was very warm for a while.

"The generals are well aware of the righteousness, and they are deeply moved, and in the future, we should work together to recreate the glory of the Han family!"

Gu Haotian was very excited when he saw it, and stretched out his right hand forward. Seeing this, everyone put their right hands on top of each other. At this moment, a voice sounded outside the door:

"Such a good thing, how can you leave us behind!"

Everyone was stunned, but they saw Wang Wende and Yang Wen coming in from outside the door, it turned out that the two had been listening outside for a long time, and then the two hands went up again.

"Work together to recreate the glory of the Han family!"

Then in the small ward, there was a shout, but it was the sound that shook the roof tiles.

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