With the addition of more than 5,000 officers and soldiers from Runing, Chenzhou, and Yingzhou, plus the 3,000 displaced people from Hebei after the holiday, and the 500 people brought by Wu Yong and others, Liangshan Manor suddenly added more than 8,000 new members. The training camp was overcrowded for a while, and Gu Haotian asked Gu Bo to lead a part of the personal guards, and asked the staff office to send 500 veterans from each battalion to help, which barely solved the problem.

Immediately, Gu Haotian announced several new appointments in the Zhonghua Hall. In the escort team, a new military justice department was established, with Wu Yong as the director, and a new military intelligence department was established, with Gongsun Sheng concurrently serving as the director. So far, the escort force has four divisions: military administration, staff officers, military law, and military intelligence, and the management structure has gradually taken shape.

The establishment of the military intelligence department was an idea that Gu Haotian had on the spot, and he felt that there would be more and more battles in Liangshan in the future, and intelligence in this area would become more and more important, so he put Xue Yong, Yang Lin, and Bai Sheng in the intelligence department. At the moment, Gongsun Sheng's subordinates, plus the original Duan Jingzhu and Ma Ling, already have five deputy directors, and then count Zhu Gui in Tokyo, Zhu Fu and Li Li in Jeju, and Cao Zheng in Yuncheng, the power is unprecedentedly strong.

Hu Yanzhuo was appointed as the commander of the ninth cavalry battalion, Hao Siwen was promoted to the commander of the tenth cavalry battalion, Han Tao and Peng Xi partnered with the two respectively, and they only waited for the recruits to leave the camp to form an army, and Liu Tang went to the second infantry battalion. gave Sun An as his deputy, as for Chao Gai, he can only wait for his body to recover, and then look at the situation.

On this day, after the relevant appointments were announced, Wu Yong dragged Gu Haotian and Wen Huanzhang into the office on the second floor of Zhonghua Hall, and the military discipline of the Liangshan Guard was formulated by these two people. The three of them had been discussing together for nearly an hour, but Wu Yong was still unsatisfied, and at this moment, he saw Bian Xiang walking in with Li Bao.

Li Bao and Ruan Shuisheng's fifth battalion of sailors, Gu Haotian intended to use them as a naval training camp, and after the backbone sailors of the officer training camp left the battalion, he would let them go to the fifth battalion first, and then let Li Bao take them to the sea for training, and then assign them to other battalions after they passed the test, the purpose of which was to train the backbone for future naval operations. After the year, the fifth battalion took the opportunity to go to Laizhou Bay to transport salt and went to sea early for training.

"Brother Li Bao, why did you come back a long time ago, could it be that the weather off the coast is not good?"

Gu Haotian couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw that this guy didn't want to die in training on weekdays, but he came back so quickly this time.

"It's not the weather, but it's the Jurchens, so I have to come back first."

"Jurchens! The Jurchens also went to Laizhou Bay, where did they come from the sailors? Gu Haotian was taken aback when he heard Li Baoyi say, and hurriedly asked.

"It's not a sailor, this time when the aquatic took a boat to train in the open sea, I met a merchant ship from the north, which is not rare, who knows that the guy is very arrogant, occupying his own ship and actually started our idea, and the result is just for the aquatic they used to practice in actual combat, the whole boat was captured, unexpectedly, the boat turned out to be a Jurchen, we interrogated a few, but none of them could speak Chinese, so we had to be escorted back to the mountain first."

"Where are you now?"

"I'm betting on the camp on Golden Beach."

"Bian Xiang hurriedly went to ask Director Xu to come over, and we went to interrogate what these Jurchens were doing."

Because Xu Guanzhong knew the Jurchen language, Gu Haotian immediately asked Bian Xiang to find someone, and he went down the mountain with Wen Huanzhang and Wu Yong.

In the camp on Golden Beach, six Jurchens were locked up in a barracks. After a few people entered, Xu Guanzhong suddenly said, these people are very useful, and they are all killed.

When everyone was wondering, he pointed to a Jurchen man and said, this guy understands Chinese, pull him to interrogate.

It turned out that Xu Guanzhong thought that the Jurchens came to Han land, and it was impossible that no one would understand Chinese, so a little trick led to one.

Later, after some interrogation, the Jurchen man turned out to be a descendant of the Han people in the north, and he said that the trip was to Zengtou City, and the purpose was to find out the whereabouts of the soldiers and armor that were transported from the capital a few years ago.

It's Zengtou City again! The last time it was Zengtou City that set up a den for the Jurchens in Chenqiao Town, it seems that the relationship between the Zeng family and the Jurchens is indeed extraordinary! Gu Haotian listened and said secretly. For a while, I thought that Zengtou City is located at the junction of Jingdong and Hebei, and it is only a few days away from the southwest to the Daimyofu, so the geographical location is very important. If it is allowed to become bigger, it will become a springboard for the Jurchens to go south in the future. This place must be removed as soon as possible, and besides, there is still a senior brother there, Gu Haotian secretly made up his mind.

After returning to Zhonghua Hall, Gu Haotian immediately summoned Wen Huanzhang, Xiao Jiasui, Gongsun Sheng, Wu Yong, Zhao Ding, Zhang Jiucheng and others to discuss the matter of conquest of Zengtou City. After analyzing what he had just thought, he said:

"I have decided to attack Zengtou City, and sooner rather than later, I judge that the imperial court is newly defeated, and it will take some time to send troops again, so I must take this opportunity to go as soon as possible."

"If you have to attack, you can use the Jurchen messenger to make some articles this time, maybe it will have a miraculous effect."

Xu Guanzhong immediately thought of the Jurchens imprisoned at the foot of the mountain and felt that he could use it.

Wen Huanzhang saw that Gu Haotian had made up his mind, and knew that there would be no change, so he said:

"Now that I have made up my mind, I will talk to the Han man from the north again to see if it can be used by me, and the intelligence department must also take a step forward to find out the details, and the soldiers here must also prepare in advance."

According to Mr. Wen's arrangement, Director Gongsun immediately went to Zengtou City with capable people to inquire about the news; Director Xu tried to rebel against the Han people in the north, and then pretended to be a messenger of the Jin State and went to Zengtou City to act at an opportune time; I took the first part of the personal guard battalion and Lin Chong, Shi Qian, etc., to take the lead and strive for contact with Senior Brother Shi Wengong; Director Xiao led the army to follow. ”

Gu Haotian immediately gave an order, and everyone was ordered to go separately. But Wu Yong stayed, saying that he went with him without making a mistake, and Gu Haotian only responded.

That night, Gongsun Sheng took Ma Ling, Yang Lin and others and set off overnight. Xu Guanzhong passed a night of attacking, and the Han man from the north also agreed to cooperate. On the morning of the next day, Gu Haotian and Xiao Jiasui agreed to dispatch the first, third, and eighth battalions of infantry, and the first, seventh, and ninth battalions of cavalry, totaling more than 4,000 people and horses.

Let's say that a group of people got on the boat from Liangshan along Jishui until they went ashore at a ferry in Huihe Town, Qizhou, and rode for a few days to Lingzhou.

Everyone followed Xue Yong into the reserved inn. Gongsun Sheng and the others arrived two days early, and they had already made a general inquiry. According to what they know, this Zengtou City is a very big castle, with a population of four or five thousand, Zhuang Ding should not be a few, and there are at least two or three thousand in a rough judgment, and there are five brothers of the Zeng family and two teachers, Shi Wengong and Su Ding, the strength is indeed extraordinary, if it is attacked, I am afraid it will be very difficult.

"Is it convenient to enter and exit Zengtou City on weekdays?"

Gu Haotian listened to what Gongsun Sheng and others said, and he didn't know the bottom of this Zengtou City for a while, so he wanted to go and see it on the spot. Gongsun Shengjian asked and replied:

"In the past two days, I have been disguised as all kinds of people, and it is convenient to get in and out, but if the army comes, it must not be so easy."

Let's wait to see it tomorrow, Gu Haotian thought in his heart. That night, he specially called Lin Chong and inquired about the reason why Shi Wengong left the division that year. He remembered that his master had told him that if he met the third senior brother in the future, he told him that the master would not blame him for his mistakes back then. So what was wrong with this third senior brother back then? Gu Haotian felt that he had to figure it out, otherwise it would be a meeting, and he didn't know what to say.

Lin Chong saw Gu Haotian asking about this, and pondered for a while before saying, this matter is related to him. Back then, the two of them learned martial arts by Zhou Dong's side, Lin Chong was a little older and slightly better in martial arts, but Shi Wengong was very strong by nature, but he didn't admit defeat and looked for him to compete every day.

Let's say that Zhou Dong was very prestigious in the forbidden army that year, and there happened to be a place for the head of the forbidden army that year, so he recommended one person to go over. Zhou Tong saw that Lin Chong was older and had a steady temperament, so he let him go. Who knew that Shi Wengong was also thinking about that person in his heart, he thought that the master felt that his martial arts were poor and did not recommend it, so he had an evil idea for a while, and went to steal the martial arts of the master, and was found by Zhou Tong and scolded him, and then he didn't know whether he was ashamed or dissatisfied, so he said goodbye.

"If you knew that he was also worried about the identity of the sect leader, what would it do to give it to him, and it would save you a lot of trouble." At the end, Lin Chong said melancholy.

Gu Haotian finally understood the reason after hearing this, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, could it be that this third senior brother was unwilling in the Zhou Dynasty, but went to seek refuge in the Jin Kingdom, if so, it would be difficult to recover. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask cautiously:

"How is Senior Brother Shi a person? Can there be no distinction between good and evil, and self-righteousness? ”

"Should this be, when he was young, he was so strong and competitive, and the master's character is the most important."

After listening to Lin Chong's reply, Gu Hao was a little relieved, thinking that he would have to find a chance to meet this third senior brother tomorrow.

The next day, Gu Haotian and Lin Chong, Bian Xiang, Wu Yong, Shi Qian five people, pretending to be foreign merchants, accompanied by Xue Yong to Zengtou City, less than half an hour, a group of people came to the outside of the village, only to see the mountain hills on three sides, a week of wild water, a black and oppressive wild willow forest in front of the village, the terrain is good and sinister. In front of the gate of the East Capital Village, I saw a few Zhuang Ding guarding, and now it is also a peaceful season, and there is no check on the pedestrians.

Six people entered, then saw Zhuangzi vertical and horizontal several streets, people come and go very lively, the difference is that there are many young men with knives and sticks, Xue Yong said that this Zhuang is still martial, Zhuangli men are concentrated in the school field to practice martial arts in their leisure time on weekdays, at this time it seems to be for the people, and they can be soldiers in wartime.

Under the guidance of Xue Yong, after walking in Zengtou City for about half an hour, Gu Haotian wanted to inquire about Shi Wengong's news, so he came to a barracks in the center of the village, but saw a few Zhuang Ding guarding the gate of the village, not allowing idlers to approach. So I found a tavern on the periphery, thinking that the little two here must be familiar with the barracks here, so I went in and sat down and ordered some wine and food, and looked for the little two to investigate.

Bian Xiang was already very familiar with this matter, and after he saw that he gave some silver to the little second, the guy knew everything. It is said that there are only some Zhuang Ding living in this camp, and the five brothers of the Zeng family, Teacher Shi and Teacher Su are not usually here, but will come to practice regularly on the first, eleventh, and twenty-first days of the new year of each month, and the rest come and go uncertainly. Bian Xiang asked where the history teacher lived, but Xiao Er said that he only lived in the mansion of Prince Zeng, and if he had something to do, he had to go there to report to the concierge, but what he couldn't see was another story.

Gu Haotian couldn't help but be a little anxious when he saw it, he should go there to see this senior brother! At this time, they heard a commotion outside, and everyone turned around to look, but saw a team of Zhuang Ding driving more than ten horses in front, and several people escorted a few men tied up behind, and the unkempt face in front was very eye-catching. When they came to the front and looked closely, the six of them were all surprised, how could this person appear here! I was shocked for a while.