Tong Guan changed his previous thoughts, he wanted to send this Song Jiang to the front of the palace to fight with Gao Yu!

Before the expedition, Tong Guan was under the crotch of Haikou, saying that he would definitely be able to destroy Liangshan.

But this time the attack on Liangshan was defeated, and the soldiers were lost, Tong Guan knew that it would be very difficult for him to get out safely this time!

In addition to the reason why the Western Army can have today's status is to deal with the forces of Great Xia and Qinghai-Tibet, it is also due to Wang Anshi's changes.

It is precisely because of the changes of Wang Anshi that the Northwest Army has independent command and command power, and the combat quality of soldiers and generals has also improved day by day with the deepening of the reform, and finally gradually reversed the passive situation of the Song Dynasty in the Song-Xia War, and created a rare elite division for the Song Dynasty.

The group of Yuanyou's former ministers opposed Wang Anshi's reform of the law on all fronts, but all the policies of Wang Anshi's reform must be opposed and vetoed.

If Tong Guan wants to control the Western Army, he naturally has to safeguard the interests of the Western Xia Generals, maintain Wang Anshi's changes, and oppose Yuanyou's old ministers.

At the same time, Tong Guan, as a eunuch and eunuch, controlled such a powerful army, which also made many civil officials, especially those so-called Qingliu civil officials, very dissatisfied.

Even if a military general is in charge of the army, they have to oppose it, let alone a eunuch.

In their eyes, the army should obey their orders to these civilian officials, how can they obey the orders of a eunuch!

This is eunuchs interfering in government affairs, this is chaotic government, and it must be opposed!

It is precisely because of these that Tong Guan will ally with Cai Jing, who also wants to oppose Yuanyou's old ministers and is not liked by those civil officials.

In the eyes of those civil officials, he Tong Guan has a good relationship with Cai Jing and Gao Yu's gang, and they are all traitors who are embarrassed. even called him, Cai Jing, Li Yan, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Mian, and Wang Hao the "Six Thieves".

In the past, when it was necessary to deal with Yuanyou's old ministers, as well as the Qing officials and Qingliu in the court, and when he stabilized his power in the court, the "six thieves" had a good relationship.

But now, with the increase in the power of the six people, in order to obtain greater benefits, they really want to stab each other in the back two or three times.

This time I was defeated, I was afraid that Cai Jing, Gao Yu, and Liang Shicheng would be happy to see that they were deflated. Then he will take the opportunity to slander himself and suppress himself in front of the officials.

If it were me, I was afraid that I would do the same.

Even Cai Jing and them are like this, not to mention other civil officials in the imperial court.

Tong Guan agreed to Song Jiang's plan to encircle and suppress Dry Tree Mountain, but he needed a covering cloth to give the official family a good excuse to use in the future!

There is also a little more military merit for Song Jiang's house, so that he can go to the front of the palace justifiably.

If this Song Jiang stays in front of the official family, he can win his love.

Song Jiang may be able to replace Gao Yu and become the favored minister of the official family.

Even if you can't, as long as you can get the attention of the officials, it will be of great benefit to yourself.

At the very least, Gao Yu and Liang Shicheng will not stare at themselves all day long, and this Song Jiang can help him share the pressure.

At the same time, he can tell himself the news of the official family in time, and even help himself speak to the official family at some moments.

Song Jiang and Gao Yu fought each other, but I was afraid that Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng might not like it, but the official family would definitely be happy to see it, because this would allow him to better control the forbidden army.

Tong Guan has not tried to support people to replace Gao Yu before, but he has not succeeded.

If he wants to replace Gao Yu, first, he must be able to please the official family, and second, he must be able to fight Gao Yu.

These two points are indispensable.

Although this Song Jiang may not be as good as Gao Yu in terms of footwork, the football he is playing now is very attractive, and he will definitely be able to please the officials.

As for Gao Yu, no matter how smooth he plays, he doesn't dare to be higher than the official family!

At that time, he was planning, but Gao Yu appeared together as the opponent of the official family, so is it better for Gao Yu to win or not?

If you win, it's no wonder that the officials will be happy.

If he doesn't win, the official family also has a pimple in his heart, and he feels that Gao Yu looks down on him.

At that time, whether to win or not to win, it will be a troublesome thing for Gao Yu.

Thinking about this, Tong Guan asked: "I am going to recommend you to take up a position in the front of the palace, work hard, and don't live up to my expectations!" ”

I heard that Tong Guan wanted to recommend himself to go to the front of the palace to divide the military case, that is in charge of administration, and the front division of the palace is in charge of "all the army, straight, class merit rewards, big teaching reading and transfer capital, internal and external transfers, platoon companies, new and old line door shooting, change of officials and other things. ", high weight.

Song Jiang hurriedly bowed down and said, "Lord Xie Shuxiang!" The little ones will definitely work hard and will definitely not disappoint the expectations of adults! ”

Tong Guan patted Song Jiang on the shoulder and said, "You are the person who is the true appearance, and when you go to the front of the palace in the future, if there is a guy who doesn't open your eyes to trouble you, or if there is something you don't understand, you can come to find the true appearance." I'll call the shots for you! ”

Song Jiang nodded again and again and said, "Yes!" If there is no support from the cardinal, the small one has no roots, and I am afraid that the master in Beijing will be bullied. This has the support of the cardinal lord, and the small ones are not afraid! ”

Tong Guan said happily: "It seems that you are a reasonable person, so I am relieved." Give me the order, put up the banner of the handsome man of his own appearance, and call for people to ride horses to gather the defeated soldiers. Benxiang wants to send troops to exterminate the gang of thieves in Dead Tree Mountain! ”

Song Jiang hurriedly shouted, "Yes, the little one will go!" ”

If Tong Guan hadn't erected the handsome flag and hadn't called someone to gather the fleeing defeated soldiers, most of those defeated soldiers would have run back to the Beijing division directly, or the original garrison.

But now Tong Guan put up a handsome banner and ordered people to ride horses to chase after the defeated soldiers.

Soon, after hearing the order, the defeated soldiers who fled all gathered in Yuncheng County, where Tong Guan was located.

When Tong Guan recruited back the defeated soldiers, Shi Jin was also meeting someone.

Since he almost missed Zhu Tong and Lei Heng last time, in order to avoid such a thing from happening again, Shi Jin specially told Zhu Wu and Zhu Gui that if they had prisoners in the future, they must be registered.

When Shi Jin quickly browsed the roster of the captives that day, he found a familiar name.

Shocking thunder Lingzhen!

Although this guy fled at the beginning, it is a pity that although he claims to be the first gunner in the capital, his status in the forbidden army is actually very low, and he only serves as the deputy envoy of the armor warehouse.

In addition, this guy likes to tinker with and improve the gun carriage and gunpowder, and almost all of those monthly salaries are spent on this.

He Ling Zhen couldn't afford to buy it at all, and he couldn't afford to raise a horse.

There were no horses, and when he fled, his men ran with him. This naturally attracted the attention of Liang Shanjun, who was then pursued and captured and imprisoned.

When Shi Jin saw that he was in the list of prisoners, he hurriedly called someone to bring him in.

Shi Jin looked at Ling Zhen, about thirty years old, medium height, with a thin face and deep eyes, he could see that he should work a lot, as for his dark skin and calloused palms.

Seeing that Ling Zhen was a little nervous, Shi Jin waved his hand to let the soldiers go down, and said, "I heard that the catapults of the officers and soldiers were all made by you!" ”

Ling Zhen hesitated for a moment before replying, "The small one is just an improvement!" ”

"It can be seen that you know a lot about catapults, we in Liangshan just need talents like you, I sincerely invite you to go up the mountain and sit on a chair!"

To be a thief cool? Ling Zhen didn't dare to agree, he expressed his attitude silently.

"Follow me!" Shi Jin walked out of the tent, and Ling Zhen hurriedly followed.

Shi Jin walked to a Liangshan catapult not far from the camp and said, "This is the catapult I guided and improved!" ”

Hearing Shi Jin say that this was the catapult he had guided the reconstruction, Ling Zhen hurriedly raised his head and looked at the catapult in front of him.

Seeing that the tail pole of the catapult was not tied to a stone, but a rope was used to hang the stone, Ling Zhen suddenly came to his senses and said to himself: "I'm so stupid, it turns out that it can still be like this." In this way, the larger stone that can withstand it does not even need more than one person to operate! ”

Shi Jin turned his head and said, "How far can your catapult hit!" ”

Ling Zhen said: "Two hundred steps! ”

Shi Jin said: "My improved catapult can hit three or four hundred steps!" ”

Hearing Shi Jin say that his improved catapult could fight three or four hundred steps, Ling Zhen's face was very gloomy, "I knew it, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to capture the military camp so easily that night!" ”

Shi Jin patted the catapult and said: "But this is also the limit of the catapult, even if it is exquisitely made, the range is only afraid that it will not exceed five hundred steps!" ”

Ling Zhen shouted: "Impossible, as long as this catapult is big enough, it will definitely exceed thirteen or fourteen miles!" ”

"Perhaps! But if you want to hit the range of thirteen or fourteen miles, how big does the catapult have to be? How much is the consumables? How many people do I need to operate? And even if it's built, do you think that catapult can be easily moved? Is it going to be used for siege? Or can it be used to defend the city? ”

"...... this?" Ling Zhen couldn't answer.

Shi Jin looked at Ling Zhen and said, "I know a weapon whose size is not as large as this catapult, but its range can reach thirteen or fourteen miles, or even farther. Do you want to see it? ”

When Ling Zhen heard this, he hurriedly shouted, "What? There are really weapons that can fight to thirteen or fourteen miles! Where is it? Take me to see it! ”

Shi Jin shrugged and said, "I don't have a suitable maker under my command, although I know what that weapon is, we can't make it in Liangshan!" ”

Ling Zhen was very disappointed when he heard this, and said, "It hasn't been made yet!" ”

Shi Jin smiled, looked at Ling Zhen and said, "Do you want to make that weapon with your own hands?" ”