Since Gao Yu sent troops to Lijia Daokou, there were only more than 10,000 officers and soldiers left in Jeju City, and the most complete force was the troops of Li Congji, the envoy of Hanyang Jiedu in Longxi, who was 10,000 unscathed, and Xu Jing and Xiang Yuanzhen combined were only 3,000 people, and the latter was seriously injured and bedridden.

Wangjiang Tower, Xu Jing and Li Congji came to the famous building in Jeju together in the evening of this day. In fact, these two people were friends who had friends in the early years, Xu Jing was in trouble that year, and he was enthusiastically helped, and later fell into the grass together, recruited together, and became a festival envoy together.

The owner of the teahouse greeted the two of them into the elegant room on the third floor, and sat by the window.

"Those should be Jiankang's sailors!"

Li Congji pointed to the large boats on the dock to the south, densely packed together.

Xu Jing saw that when he looked at the probe, the mast was the banner of the Jiankang Water Division.

"Brother, you said that this water step has five thousand troops, three hundred big ships, and a large water surface in the water, why can't you pass?" Li Congji asked confusedly.

"It's not just that you can't get by, but the three hundred ships can be left behind, and a few of the five major armies have returned." Xu Jing talked back.

"In this way, this Liangshan Manor is indeed extraordinary, the original brother and other armies were ambushed on the way, none of them won, and this time the water army was completely defeated, it can be seen that there is no difference between the two armies of the water and land, and it will be difficult for me to win this time."

Although Li Congji has never fought against the Liangshan team so far, what he has seen and heard for several days has taught him to feel cold.

"Who said no, I have to report during the day, Taiwei is not going well over there, tens of thousands of people have attacked a Zhuangzi for a few days, and a lot of people have been lost."

Xu Jingzheng was talking, and saw a knock on the door, and then saw the shopkeeper personally bring in the wine and dishes, but he didn't care, and continued to take care of himself:

"The previous Tai Lieutenant sent additional manpower in Beijing, and today I heard in Xia Yu Yali that it seems that Qiu Yue, the head of the forbidden army, and Zhou Ang, the deputy head of the capital, led troops to help, I don't know if it's true or not."

"I've heard about it, and it seems to be true."

Li Congji also responded casually.

It's just that the shopkeeper glanced at Xu Jing intentionally or unintentionally, and then went out quietly.

After that, the two brothers drank and talked in the private room, from the corruption of the court to the suffering of the people, from the anger of the people to the situation in Liaojin, and said everything in their hearts.

Xu Jing asked at this time: "Brother, if the Zhou family declines and the world is not quiet, what should you do?" ”

"Humph! You and my brother are so modest, who dares to attack us. ”

"Brother's words are inappropriate, as the saying goes, there are no eggs under the nest, if it is really the Jurchen invasion of the south, how can a small town be able to resist, and you and I have been half cut into the ground, and we have to find a way out for future generations."

Li Congji couldn't help but be stunned when he saw it, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it made sense, and couldn't help asking:

"In that case, what should I do in my brother's opinion?"

"You and my brother don't have much to say, in my opinion, my Zhou family will not last long, and it seems that when the dynasty is changed, it is a good time for me to wait for a good man to get ahead, if you can find a generation of masters, with your and my ability, I can't say that I can't earn a family inheritance, why bother to bury this filthy court."

"This!"

Li Congji couldn't imagine that Xu Jing was so aggressive, he was surprised, and a little alcohol suddenly subsided, and then after thinking for a long time, he asked:

"Then where is this master?"

"Although the world is big, there are a few who can prosper through the wind and rain, as long as you observe carefully, you will always find it."

Xu Jing did not give an answer, but Li Congji listened thoughtfully.

Gu Haotian received Zhu the next morning

The information delivered by the rich express boat that Qiu Yue and Zhou Ang had already set off from Tokyo, and he immediately felt that the action against Jeju was going to be advanced, so he immediately sent an order to Xu Guanzhong.

Let's say that the Poison Dragon Gang in the east of Jeju City, since the death of Zhao Bowen, the person behind the scenes, he has no constraints, and the prefect of the current government was made by Liangshan to be anxious, and he has no intention of governing the place, so it has grown rapidly, and now it has reached nearly 300 people, that is, the original opposing gang leader Li Li and the deputy gang leader Ba Saburo, and there has never been any rumors of discord.

These days, hundreds of warships of the Jiankang Navy Division docked on the shore of the lake and river in Jeju, spending hundreds of taels of silver every day, but Li Li and Ba Saburo were also clever, and the two found a relationship with Zhong Qun, and took over the supplies of the water division, and really made a lot of money.

In the evening of that day, Li Li and Ba Saburo took a group of brothers and escorted more than ten truckloads of vegetables, grains and oil to the dock of the water division. When Li Li saw it, he said enthusiastically:

"General Qian, the little one just got two good golden carp, I have already made an appointment with Captain Yang at the city gate, stay in Wangjiang Tower, let's have two cups together."

"Tonight!" The man surnamed Qian thought for a while, and then replied, "It's okay tonight, then Liu Tongzhi went to the city, and he won't be able to come back for a while, so he just went to relax." ”

"That's just right, the unitary time is not gone."

Li Li handed over the materials and led his men down.

At about midnight, Li Li and Ba Sanlang, together with the staggering Yang Xiaowei and Deputy General Qian, came to the city gate, and at this time, more than ten gangs came to the treasury of the clever Poison Dragon Gang.

"Gang leader, Huzi and Zhang Laosan ate bad stomachs at night, and they were in a hurry to go into the city to find a doctor, but the city gate was closed again, look at this ......"

"What a lot of things!" Li Li scolded fiercely, but turned his head to Captain Yang and said, "Captain, look at this matter......

"My brother, if you have anything to say, just go in."

The man surnamed Yang did not hesitate to respond, only to see him shout a few times in front of the city gate, and the gate opened a few moments later. At this moment, I saw that at the foot of the city wall, another gang ran over quickly, and then immediately took control of the city gate.

At this time, I saw that the dozens of warehouses of the nearby Poison Dragon Gang were all opened, and all the guards who came out were fully armed, and I don't know how many people were pressed by the black, and all of them entered the city gate.

At the same time, Ba Saburo led a few people to put the drunken Vice Admiral Qian on the boat, and soon after, a lantern was lit at the stern of the boat, and in an instant, the merchant ships and fishing boats that had been leaning on the surrounding area, as well as the countless speedboats hidden in the rivers and reeds, immediately approached the sailor ships at the pier.

Xu Guanzhong stood in a room of the Poison Dragon Gang, his staff officers kept going in and out, and information was constantly summarized on his desk.

"Report, the second and fourth infantry regiments have entered the city, and the two regiment commanders, Sun An and Wu Song, are leading the team to encircle Li Congji's department."

"Report, the Fifth Infantry Regiment has entered the city, and Regiment Commander Deng Yuanjue and Deputy Regiment Commander Chao Gai are dividing troops to control various key points as planned."

"Report, the special battalion has surrounded Qingsheng Tower."

"Report, the second, third, and fourth battalions of sailors have boarded the ships of the dock sailors and are cleaning up ship by ship."

With the sound of reports, Xu Guanzhong kept marking on a map on the table, and finally, he stared at a blank space, which was the barracks in the south of the city, after Gao Yu led the troops to the Lijia Road crossing, Li Congji and other troops entered the city to defend, where only the remaining 5,000 people of the Jiankang Water Division remained, and there was the task of the second and third cavalry regiments.

Time passed little by little, but the news over there could not come for a long time, Xu Guanzhong couldn't help but be secretly anxious. The petty official entrusted him with the responsibility of attacking Jeju this time, but he had great trust, and he had worked hard to refine the battle plan these days, and he did not want to leave a single flaw.

When a room full of people were looking forward to it, I saw

A staff officer ran in with a man in a hurry.

"Report, the second and third cavalry regiments have besieged the southern barracks of the city on time at the beginning of the day."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and then they realized that this man had accidentally broken his horse's hoof while running at night, and he had arrived on foot and was late.

Let's say that in the Qingsheng Building, tonight, Xu Jing, the Taiyuan Festival of the Shangdang Party, invited the high-level generals in the city and the officials of the government to a banquet on the grounds of celebrating his birthday. At the beginning of the year, when the banquet was at its most lively, some of their subordinates suddenly ran upstairs in panic to report that an unknown enemy had attacked the city.

"Nonsense, tens of thousands of troops inside and outside the city, the enemy soldiers from there are attacking the city!"

When Xu Jing heard the report, he scolded him, and the officials were relieved. But it didn't take long for a group of cronies downstairs to rush upstairs, saying that the restaurant was surrounded, and then everyone panicked, so they hurriedly crowded into the lobby on the first floor, and sure enough, they saw a group of armed soldiers surrounded by black pressure outside the gate.

"Brother, break through with me!"

Li Congji shouted, drew his sword, and was about to take his cronies to kill.

"Brothers, don't be reckless!"

Xu Jing hurriedly pulled him down, and at this time, Li Congji saw the dense bows and arrows on the opposite side, all facing the door of the restaurant, he looked at himself in a green shirt, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. For a while, there were six gods and no masters, and he asked anxiously:

"Brother, how can you be good now?"

"Brother don't panic, just restrain your next brother, brother will make you fine."

But Xu Jing was not nervous at all, I saw that he immediately went out to negotiate with a cronie, and after a while, he came in and replied that the two generals Xu and Li were invited to take people out, and the rest were not allowed.

Li Congji was apprehensive in his heart, but when he saw Xu Jing calmly take the lead and go out, he followed. The officials of the government who stayed in the building and Liu Menglong, the commander of the sailors, were worried and frightened for a while.

"Brother, when I looked at Jianglou that day, my brother once said that he wanted to choose a master and auxiliary, but in fact, there was already a candidate in his heart, I was afraid that you had doubts, and I didn't dare to say it if I broke the plan to seize the city, and now you must know who it is. My brother can guarantee here that if my brother is unwilling to go with him, all the horses in Longxi will definitely return to Zhao. ”

Outside the Qingsheng Building, Xu Jing, Li Congji, and Shi Wengong, the commander of the special battalion, stood in the courtyard, and Xu Jing said sincerely to his old friend.

"Brother Fei has already returned to Yangsan before coming to Jeju!"

Li Congji stared at Xu Jing and asked, but there was obviously a little unhappiness in his tone.

"Don't hide it from my brother, that's exactly the case, Mr. Wen Huanzhang taught him in person that day, it was like a slap in the face, and my brother made up his mind at that time. So when I came to Jeju to talk about my heart, most of them were worried that my brother would suffer an accident here, and I would not be at peace for the rest of my life, and I hope that there would be no misunderstanding. ”

"In Xia Shi Wengong, but the senior brother of the minor officials in Liangshan, my junior brother had an explanation when he came today, if Li Jiedu is embarrassed, you don't have to be reluctant, and now you are also free to come and go, but I am afraid that your army will not be allowed to return to the court alone, and you might as well make it clear to you, the old general Wang Huan and Mei Zhanjiedu have already returned to my manor, and Wang Wende and Yang Wen, who originally went up the mountain, have also been put into service, what is the vision and ability of these people, Li Jiedu knows better than me, please don't make mistakes."

Tonight's Qingshenglou banquet was a bureau made by Xu Jing and Liang Shan, and Shi Wengong's special battalion entered the city as soon as possible to surround it, and then he saw that Xu Jing couldn't let go of his words, so he simply said it to Li Congji.

And Li Congji also suddenly woke up when he heard it, if the whole army is ink, and his own army goes back intact, not to mention the imperial court, if Gao Yu can go back alive, he will definitely not let himself go, and Wang Huan, Xu Jing, and Mei Zhan are very human, even if they are all optimistic about Liangshan, there must be something outstanding here, and they have made up their minds at the moment. Then he said to Xu Jing:

"I was too radical for a while, and I hope my brother will forgive me, so I will listen to my brother wherever I go."

Xu Jing was overjoyed when he heard this, and then Shi Wengong sent someone to lead the two to the barracks and persuaded his subordinates to go down.

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