The green forest soldiers and horses of Taihang Mountain? Xiao Tang's mind moved, and he secretly thought that he had really heard people talk about this group of Jianghu forces before.

When Xiao Tang communicated with the cottages and market towns under his command, he was mainly in charge of Xiao's dart business, and now Yang Lin, a brocade leopard who has traveled south and north and has seen more, also mentioned that a new group of strongmen has been added to Taihang Mountain in the south of Gaizhou. However, I have also heard that this group of strongmen does not seem to harm innocent and good lives.

Yang Lin originally planned to gather in the green forest leader of Taihang Mountain, firstly, he also visited the mountain according to the rules of the dart line, and when he walked the dart or met in the rivers and lakes in the future, he was born to form an enemy in vain, and secondly, he could also take the opportunity to observe the character of the leader of the green forest thieves on this road, and see if these rivers and lakes were suitable to win over and gather righteousness with Xiao Tang. It's just that in recent times, the Hedong Territory has been stirred up by banditry, and the fierce bandits who are raging everywhere are not those people in the rivers and lakes who are willing to do favors with Xiao's dart line, but Yang Lin's side has to give up temporarily.

However, Xiao Tang didn't know that the number of soldiers and horses of this group of strongmen in Taihang Mountain was already very considerable, and he had been going to Hedong for a while, and the group of green forest forces gathered in Taihang Mountain was not leaky, and it seemed that it did not have anything to do with Tian Hu.

After a little muttering, Xiao Tang asked the little leader again: "You said that Fang Xuedu was according to Tian Hu's orders, and the Gaizhou territory where there were many strong people brought thieves from all over the country to join the gang, and the people and horses along the Taihang Mountain had promised to join Tian Hu?" ”

In order to save his life, the little leader reported to Xiao Tang like pouring beans from a bamboo tube: "I want to teach this captain to know that on that day, the head of the house and the head of Fan went to the Tongtianxia of Taihang Mountain to visit and lobby several leaders of the chain village, and they seemed to be stiff-mouthed, but they were kicked out of the cottage. Most of the men and horses who attacked the military master today were strongmen who had gathered in the areas of Lutai Mountain, Qinshui Village, and Xicheng Mountain in Gaizhou, and most of them were killed by the military master. ”

"I see......"

Xiao Tang nodded, and immediately ordered the army to take the strongman leader down to detain, he did not rush to the Tongtianxia chain village occupied by the number of people and horses in Taihang Mountain to search for the thief leader, but ordered his soldiers and horses to temporarily rectify in the same place, and sent people to the surrounding boundaries to inquire from the villagers living nearby about the methods of the green forest soldiers and horses gathered in Taihang Mountain, and the opinions of the surrounding people on them.

Yao Pingzhong watched coldly from the sidelines, and when Xiao Tang arranged it, he said that "Xiao Jieshuai arranged it like this, and he planned to recruit the gang of grass cowards who occupied the Tongtian Gorge of Taihang Mountain?" ”

Xiao Tang smiled faintly and said: "The matter of recruiting peace must also be pardoned by the imperial court, and the envoys should be sent to recruit the green forest thieves to return to obedience." How can this section be so good that he acts on his behalf and makes his own decisions? However, the culprit of the misery of the people of Hedong is Tian Hu and the grass thieves who are willing to follow him to fight for the tiger, since this group of people in the green forest is unwilling to join Tian Hu's gang, it is not my duty to exterminate the bandits along the way in Taihang Mountain. If they can temporarily appease this group of green forest soldiers and horses, they will not cause any extraneous branches, but will force them to join Tian Hu's side. ”

It turns out that this Xiao Tang is no different from many court officials, he only cares about sweeping the snow in front of his door, and he doesn't want to mess with things that are not beneficial to his career?

Yao Pingzhong smiled coldly, he was young and vigorous now, at that time, he even dared to choke the other party with secret hatred in front of Tong Guan, how could he be jealous of Xiao Tang's power at this time? It was Yao Pingzhong who immediately said: "Xiao Jieshuai, no matter whether the grass robbers on the road of Taihang Mountain collude with the Shoutian Tiger of Hedong Kou or not, after all, they are doing the work of gathering in the mountains and forests and ignoring the law of the country.

What's more, why isn't it the duty of my military to recruit and suppress thieves? Since the grass gangsters all the way to Taihang Mountain have gathered the murderers and evil parties, and many soldiers and horses have been recruited at this time, if they don't execute them early, he will develop the general trend of the thief army in the future, and I am afraid it will be even more difficult to subdue. If it is in the border area of our western army, but there are bandits who dare to make trouble, the soldiers of all the departments are also scrambling to level the cottage of the gang of thieves, so that they can compete for a reward......

The general also knows that Xiao Jieshuai is a senior member of the DPRK, so naturally there is no need to sacrifice his life like us low-level military attaches to seek an inch, but tens of thousands of green forest grass thieves will also be a great achievement. With such a feat, Xiao Jieshuai really doesn't plan to earn it? ”

Although Yao Pingzhong's tone was tough, Xiao Tang still smiled indifferently and said: "I also know that the soldiers of the Western Army are known for their fierce and good fighting, but Yao Dujian said that as long as there are thieves in the border court, the sons of the Western Army will definitely not let them wreak havoc, I also believe in this matter, but I just want to ask Yao Dujian Qinfeng Road, Yanyan Road, Jingyuan Road, Yongxing Army and other places in the green forests and grasses of the borders, has it really been swept away by the Western Army?" Or is it said that the extermination is endless, and there will still be many people who gather in the mountains and forests to become strongmen? ”

"This ....." Yao Pingzhong didn't expect Xiao Tang to ask this question, and when he didn't know how to answer, Xiao Tang asked him again: "I also want to ask Yao Dujian, what do you think of Taiwei Tong's character?" ”

As soon as he heard Xiao Tang mention Tong Guan again, Yao Pingzhong suddenly snorted, but he is not a fool with a intestine to the end, and Xiao Tang is just meeting for the first time, and he also knows that it is taboo to be shallow and deep, so Yao Pingzhong sneered and said: "Tong Taiwei is a senior member of the court, and his temperament is inconvenient to put his beak if he is not down." ”

Xiao Tang sighed and said: "It doesn't matter whether Captain Tong is a traitor or a virtuous person, but he has sent envoys to Shaanxi ten times, and has been a supervisor of the army several times, crusading against Brother Xizang's expedition, recovering the Jishi Army, Taozhou and other state capitals, and repeatedly killing the Xia army can also be called a great achievement, these are also the truth, right?" ”

Listening to Xiao Tang's words, Yao Pingzhong's face was even more uncertain, and he secretly said: Tong Guan, that eunuch, has made many achievements, but how did he earn those credits!? When the Western Army suffered heavy casualties during the crusade against the Qing Tang Dynasty, the official family also issued an edict ordering Tong Guan to collect the troops, but the eunuch did not report it, but tampered with the holy will and ordered the army to go out.

Although the general is outside, the king's order is not affected, but the bones of countless sons and daughters of the Western Army have achieved the promotion of the eunuch, and then he has the important positions of the envoy of the Gyeongbok Palace and the observer of Xiangzhou, which is also the beginning of the beginning of the military and political affairs of the Western Army. The battles that Tong Guan can fight when he is in the side court must be fought, and the wars that can be avoided must also be deliberately instigated! There are no bones by the river, people in the spring boudoir dream, and how many border court soldiers should not have died on the battlefield? How many of those who dare to impeach or contradict him end up with a good death?

Yes, the eunuch knows how to lead the troops, and he has established many military exploits, but he intends to control the military and political affairs of the Western Army, that is, he wants to use the blood of the athletes of the Western Army to achieve his fame and fame!!

The more Yao Pingzhong thought about it, the more he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, Xiao Tang looked at his face full of fear, and said in his heart that it was indeed as mentioned in the official history, this little captain of the Western Army was indeed very ashamed to treat Tong Guan.

Xiao Tang immediately shook his head again and said, "If Taiwei Tong is here, he must take this battle exploit of exterminating tens of thousands of green forests and grass robbers, right?" ”

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Note: Tong Guan is now concurrently serving as a captain, but there is also a difference between a captain and a palace commander, such as Chen Zongshan, Su Yuanjing, and Yang Jian in the Water Margin. In the official history, after Tong Guan returned from the Liao State, he gradually grasped the military and political power. When the Song State was about to use troops against the Western Xia and sent Tong Guan to Hengshan in the Xia State, he also gave him the title of Tai Lieutenant and the propaganda envoy of Shaanxi, Hedong, Hebei and other places.

And Gao Yu is the Tai Lieutenant of the Palace Marshal's Mansion, the central military chief in charge of the Palace Marshal Division, the Ma Military Division, and the Infantry Military Division, and he is only divided into higher positions according to the functions of the Tai Lieutenant.