There are strange things every year, and this year is especially numerous.

The annihilation of the 15,000 cavalry soldiers earlier had already caused half of Tokyo to hear the crying, because 7,000 of the 15,000 were the forbidden troops stationed in Beijing. And this time, the 50,000 foot cavalry brought out by He Guan were all forbidden troops stationed in Beijing, not to mention that half of the people were residents of Tokyo City, and one-third were always there. I heard the gossip that said that He Taiwei Fan County was defeated, and his troops were defeated, and now he can only defend Fan County to be based on thieves. Then the whole city of Tokyo began to cry.

Only the court covered its ears and closed its eyes, as if it had not been seen, as if it had not been heard. The Manchu Dynasty seemed to have forgotten He Guan and the soldiers and horses, and no one cared about how much He Guan had to lose, so he had to defend the city. How much strength does Liang Shanbo have to have to fight, so that He Guan doesn't dare to take the troops?

Not to mention that no important ministers of the court would send it back then, Lu Qian was just a small wait in the palace marshal's mansion. But now, people are the big bosses of the world's largest green forest. Who can not recognize that they are talented?

This rebellion has become famous, and it is also a manifestation of talent and ability, isn't it? And he is still a genius of the world.

Those who were defeated under him were all overseers of the army, and even the tasks of the commanders. In the future, I may not have more than one lieutenant.

Isn't that funny? The little Yu Hou defeated the captain of the pro-military division of the court's guards?

Such a powerful person, who has been in Tokyo for many years, is just a small waiting, is there no Bole in the Great Song Dynasty, or is there no Bole? I don't know how many talents are going to be buried.

Nobody cares about this. Those scholars and doctors who open their mouths to the people of the world and close their mouths also seem to have amnesia. All the superiors are vying to recite the freshly baked Zhao Liangsi.

This is a character who was born in a wealthy family in the north and has also been a great Liao Guangluqing. But he can not forget the Han family, remember the old master, and resolutely return south, which can really be described as great benevolence and righteousness, and should be recited for the world's scholars.

It has been four years since Zhao Lianghe, who seemed to have forgotten his original name Ma Zhi, returned to the Song Dynasty, and when he first proposed the strategy of "Lianjin to destroy Liao", he also made fun of countless scholars and doctors. The reason why the scholars and doctors praise him now is not because the current emperor praised him this time, and even gave him the surname Zhao.

It's like they forgot He Guan and Lu Qian, and they were also forgotten by the literati doctors in Shilin for more than four years.

Only the people of Tokyo City have not forgotten everything, and the city has not forgotten everything.

After Guan Sheng passed by Tokyo City with his friends, the whole person was going to be bad.

This is really some kind of gossip, all kinds of absurd rumors. Some of its spearheads are directed at He Guan, some at Gao Yu, some at Cai Jing, and even more directly at the current emperor.

The emperor, the day patrol hunting, the prime minister of mountains and rivers. Not to mention, everyone must be as wise as a torch, like Bole Soma, and know the great talent and genius among the talents. But it is also necessary to use people like instruments, and each one takes advantage of his strengths. It is to put Bole who can get along with many middle and lower-level officials in a position where he can get in touch with many middle and lower-level officials. And the current emperor obviously didn't do this well, so Cai Jing and the other six thieves, that Gao Yu, who is a birdman?

The people of Tokyo are just like that? And when the interest came, they were all bold and unscrupulous. In the teahouse and restaurant, there are people talking and judging in the open. It's that Ma Zhi is sprayed as an opportunistic villain. The reason why he abandoned Liao and returned to the Song Dynasty was more because he had already been convicted of the Liao Court, and there was no future at all.

Guan Shengren passed by Tokyo City overnight, and Tang Bin collected a whole pinch of tabloids.

Compared with Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen, two people who worked for the Great Song Dynasty, the imperial court was not so sacred in the minds of the three heroes of Baoqi Mountain. Otherwise, Tang Bin, Wen Zhongrong, and Cui Yu would not have gone to the grass. Even Tang Bin, who was born as an officer, wanted to come to Liangshan at first.

It's not that you have to go to the grass after killing someone, but after running away and going to the field, you can live happily. Tang Bin thinks so, and how loyal he is to Da Song in his heart can be imagined.

Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen hated those tabloids very much, thinking that they slandered the important ministers of the court, and even praised and belittled the emperor, which was really a great rebellion. And Tang Bin and the three are a different picture. The lace news and gossip in it called the three bandits who had just changed careers, and they were not excited to watch.

In the past, when they stayed in the remote place of Baoqian Mountain in Hedong, where could they see such strange and strange stories and gossip of big people? So, excitement is a must.

Fortunately, the IQs of the three were still online, and before the group arrived in Fan County, they lost all the tabloids.

When the group arrived in Fan County, they saw that the morale of the Song army was low and the morale of the army was uncertain. It can be said that everyone is depressed. Xuanzan's injury has not healed, but he insists on coming to greet his good friend. Also out of the way to greet him was Liu Zhen, the commander of the Tiger Wing Army. This man was the former commander of the Great War that day. After losing the war, He Guan was not guilty, and Liu Zhen could not escape his responsibility. But how to punish it is not something that He Guan can decide. He can only be asked to make meritorious deeds.

Therefore, Liu Zhen is one of the people in the current Fan County official army who is more eager to win.

The generals raised by Cheng Wanli, whether they are Hua Rong, Zhang Qing, or Zhang Zhongxiong, who has the most mediocre record, are all extraordinary. In this way, the Guan Sheng recommended by Xuanzan made He Guan and others have high hopes.

Liu Zhen out of the city gate, at first glance saw dozens of horses surrounded by Guan Sheng, sure enough, it is the righteous and brave Wu'an Wang Yan faction descendants, born and ancestor Shangyun looks like a general, thin three willow mustaches, two eyebrows into the temples, phoenix eyes to the sky, the face is like a heavy jujube, the lips are painted with Zhu, and the end is a good person.

Then He Guan and all the generals were waiting, Xuanzan and led Guan Sheng, Hao Siwen and other five people to the festival hall, and they stopped and stood at the bottom of the steps. He Guan looked at Guan Sheng, a good person, a dignified six-foot-two-three body, and a dignified husband. At the moment, he was overjoyed, "How young is the general?" ”

Guan Sheng replied: "The young general is thirty years old. ”

He Guan laughed, "The year of establishment is the time when the husband has made contributions. Liangshan Bocao is rampant, may I ask the general what is the best strategy to relieve the siege of the army? ”

"The young general has just arrived, and he doesn't dare to talk about military strategy. Only on the road, I can see that there are many soldiers in the city, who are also tall and healthy, and the armor is bright. Only trapped in low morale and low morale. Guan Sheng is not talented, has three points of bravery, and is willing to raise a knife to kill Kou to show military might. When the morale of the soldiers is high and the morale is full, the captain can wave his army to break the enemy, sweep away the thieves, and wash the water. ”

I have been in the officialdom for many years, although my ambition cannot be stretched, but I can sit in the position of inspecting this kind of general affairs and miscellaneous affairs, Guan Sheng is not ignorant of good and bad, and I don't know how to advance and retreat. His words were very decent, so that He Guan was happy to hear them.

He had already reported the defeat to the city of Tokyo, but the number of soldiers and horses lost had been greatly reduced by his Spring and Autumn brushwork.

You must know that when he sent out his troops, he brought a total of 110 battalions of troops, and on average, each battalion had 450 men. That's really huh. After the defeat of Zhao Laoer's Northern Expedition, the forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty, counting the southeast and northwest, when did there be a battalion of 450 people?

The Fengjie army has 400 people in each battalion, which is already a small number. It's all pieced together.

Then now He Guan is really calculated according to the military strength of the 110 battalions. In this way, his so-called 50,000 foot riders are only in their early 40,000s when they are full, and this is still the number on the roster. How much is the actual number, and Zhao Ji's heart is a bit B-numbered.

In this way, there are more than 20,000 people stationed in Fan County, and the loss of this force is not very large.

Naturally, the culpability is very small.

Counting the severe cold of that winter, if it weren't for the fact that He Guan's reputation was not very big, the lid would be really difficult to cover. If you change to Tong Guan or Gao Yu to be the coach, it can be said that the winter is cold, and the sergeants are all bitter, and they have the right to strike and retire. As soon as he did something, he only hid it from the Zhao family, who would dare to play nonsense?

Now this He Guan can only eat and be punished, but it has not yet touched the foundation. He Guan was dutiful to the imperial court, but he didn't plan to fill himself in. Even if he lost a small game, he had to lose. So good that the important ministers of the court woke up, the elite of the forbidden army can't even resist a nest of grass coars, how can they go to Liao?

It's okay to rob while it's hot, but don't set yourself on fire. The Great Liao has been established for more than 100 years, can it easily fall?

is like the Great Song Dynasty, isn't the Western Xia very similar to the current Great Liao?

They were all lost soldiers and heavy losses. Daliao is going to lose even Tokyo Prefecture. But as long as they Nanjing Mansion is in the hands of [Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures], and the Liao State has millions of Han people in the north, it is not that they want soldiers and soldiers, and they want money and grain armor? How can it be easily provoked? When the mutton was not eaten, it was called and provoked.

He Guan has always disagreed with the strategy of "Lianjin to destroy Liao". Previously, no one in the court was open to Tong Guan and Ma Zhi, but this year, the Liao Emperor was defeated in his own conquest, and now the emperor has revealed such a meaning, and he also gave Ma Zhiguo the surname Zhao, and the situation was all reversed at once. Yes, He Guan also thinks so.

It's just that what Taiwei He fears the most is still the failure of the conquest and the loss of tens of thousands, so how to do the compensation? If he doesn't break Liangshanbo and can't contain thieves, it will be difficult for him to do this.

The forbidden army in Tokyo City, even if its status is low, cannot be bullied like this. In that ordinary period, because the forbidden army of all classes was not rewarded as scheduled, they could gather in the Zuozang Treasury to make noise. With tens of thousands of teachers lost in this way, there is no pension, He Guan's reputation is ruined, and his life and future may not be recovered.

Yes, He Guan decided to settle down with Liang Shan.

Early the next morning, Lu Qian was receiving the thunder in the village. The general of the defeated army, even his life was saved by Liang Shanbo, how can he not be grateful? However, although Ling Zhen is like this, he is still unwilling to fall into the grass. The reason why I came this time was to repay Lu Qian's favor.

Hu Yanzhuo could think of using stone cannons to meet the enemy that day, how could Lu Qian not think of it?

At the beginning of his crossing, all he could think about was artillery. It's just that the power of gunpowder made by himself is really touching, and people are not discouraged. When he caught the thunderbolt, Lu Qian had the idea of artillery in his heart again. This is the first gunner of the Great Song Dynasty, who has really seen artillery and gunpowder. As long as he is truly obedient, how can Lu Qian not be able to get a trial cannon?

It's just that Song Heizi on the original Water Margin was easily recruited, and he surrendered to Liangshanbo's thunder, but now in front of Lu Qian, he has become a loyal minister and good general of the Great Song Dynasty. Like Hu Yanzhuo and others, he is grateful to Liang Shanbo, but he is unwilling to surrender.

Lu Qian had thought about this matter carefully. Tell the facts, put the reasoning, and don't mention the buff bonus of Old Man Shi, the biggest difference between him and Song Heizi is only a "Zhao'an".

Compared with Hei Saburo, who will serve the court and wait for Zhao'an's words to hang on his lips, Lu Qian's mouth has never confided that he wants to be recruited once.

This incident illustrates the fact that Zhao'an really has a huge attraction to many of Liangshanbo's imperial court generals.

This Ling Zhen was reluctant to surrender to Liangshan, so Lu Qian asked him for one thing, but it was also difficult to refuse. That is to ask him to lead the stone cannon research group in Liangshanbo, and use the simplest structure and process to manufacture three types of large, medium and small counterweight stone cannons. That is, the Xiangyang cannon used by the Mongols in official history.

In later generations, those who like to look at history at a certain point will know more about what the Xiangyang cannon is. In the early years, Lu Qian also looked up the manufacturing process of that thing on the Internet, but this year is really a long time ago, and now he can only be a reporter, only the name of the counterweight.

Counterweight, as the name suggests, the Xiangyang cannon is essentially a counterweight box to throw out stone bullets.

Compared with the current multi-tip guns, the counterweight stone cannon has a longer firing range. The iron-clad Xiangyang is no joke, and its moat is as wide as half a mile at its widest point. Ordinary stone cannons can't drop stone projectiles on the city. But Xiangyang Cannon can do it. And because it is a counterweight box, the operator is greatly reduced compared to the multi-pin gun. And because the weight of the counterweight box is the same, its firing point accuracy is higher than that of the old multi-tip cannon pulled by manpower.

As long as the time is given, the stone cannon team under the Ordnance Supervisor will be able to come up with a powerful counterweight stone cannon sooner or later. In this time and space, it is no longer a Xiangyang cannon, but a Liangshan cannon.

Most of the members of the stone cannon team were the gunners of the Song Army who had been captured in the previous battle, and all of them were disciples and grandchildren brought out by Ling Zhen.

But the level of these people is obviously not as good as Ling Zhen, and Lu Qian is facing the predicament of Fan County, and he is also in urgent need of a powerful weapon that can quickly open up the situation. He asked Thunder to lead the group so that he could repay the debt he owed to Liang Shanbo.

The expert shot, and the effect is really extraordinary. The performance indicators of Liangshan Cannon improved by leaps and bounds, and soon met Lu Qian's requirements. Now it's time for them to shine.

Although the Liangshan cannon on the front line needs to be made locally. But it couldn't be delayed for a few days. As the first gunner of the Great Song Dynasty, Ling Zhen saw that the 'divine weapon' he had researched was about to be used against the imperial court officials, so he naturally felt uncomfortable. But he couldn't resist the temptation, and he was eager to see the power of this Liangshan cannon with his own eyes. When Lu Qian heard about it, he naturally promised. Therefore, he followed the craftsmen of the general ordnance supervisor to the front line of Fan County.