Unlike Feng Sanniang, who was full of confidence in the Liangshan army, when the imperial court deceived the main force of the Liangshan army into an expedition to the western thieves under the pretense of Zhao'an, the news came that 100,000 troops were dispatched behind the scenes, and a net was laid to prepare to fill in the water, set foot on Liangshan, and wipe out this gang of anti-thieves.

The entire Jingdong Road and Hebei Road, and the merchants who have business dealings with Liangshanjun were all shocked!

When people's hearts were fluctuating, new news came that the imperial court sent 200,000 troops at once at any cost this time, vowing to kill all the thieves in Liangshan!

When the news came, all the merchants who had business with Liang Shanjun before could no longer sit still.

At this time, all these people no longer had to worry about being afraid of offending Liang Shanjun, or being embarrassed.

The first reaction of all the merchants was that the imperial court did its best, and with a thunderous blow, the main force of the Yangsan army was transferred away, and the Yangsan army left behind in Jeju and Yunzhou would definitely not be able to hold it!

The second reaction was, once the Liang Shan army was destroyed, wouldn't the gold, silver and copper coins in my hands be smashed in my hands?

After all, all the gold, silver and copper coins have increased their precious metal value by five times, just because of the real gold and silver of the Liangshan military and the various goods in demand in Liangshan to guarantee these gold, silver and copper coins.

Moreover, when doing business with Liang Shanjun, they only accepted gold, silver, copper coins and copper coins, and everyone gradually recognized this convenient and easy-to-use currency, and everyone had a large number of gold, silver and copper coins in their hands.

But once the Liangshan army was exterminated by the imperial court, no one used real money, silver and goods as collateral for gold, silver and copper coins, and it became unknown whether their value could remain strong!

What if the imperial court wanted to ban this coin?

Therefore, the safest way is naturally to exchange the gold, silver and copper coins in his hand for silver ingots and gold bars before the Liangshan army is wiped out!

Even if there is a two-cent (2%) handling fee for the exchange of gold, silver and copper coins for gold and silver, this is also recognized.

Besides, since Liangshan is about to finish, this business can no longer be done, and when exchanging gold, silver and copper coins, by the way, I will do this last transaction with Liangshanjun!

Therefore, when the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the imperial court camp, as well as the soldiers and horses of the Eight Capital Supervisors and the Ten Sections of the Envoys, were urgently mobilized and began to gather in the direction of Bianjing and Xingrenfu, the merchants of the entire Jingdong Hebei Road and even further away also took urgent action.

For a while, the whole Jingdong land was lively, if someone drove a plane to take aerial photography in this area, you will find that in the center of Liangshanbo, all the official roads on the entire Jingdong Road are full of traffic and are rushing to the four cities of Liangshan Shuibo.

Merchants are always the most willing to endure hardships in pursuit of profits and risks, and even at night, the convoy of merchants still refuses to stop to rest, and all of them rush away with torches.

Looking at the past from afar, the fire dragons stretched forward, leading straight to Liangshanbo, which was also spectacular.

"The court of the straight lady thief, there are so many copycat bandits on the Hebei Road in Jingdong who don't want to exterminate them, but they want to raise troops to come to the Liangshan Army, which never robs and plunders the people, so that we can't do business!"

At noon that day, when the mules and horses were tired of walking and stopped to rest, a group of merchants, large and small, gathered together to talk about these things.

Along the way, such discussions and scolding have long been heard in the ears of the people around them.

The reason why this is the case is not that these merchants support and recognize Liang Shanjun, but that Liang Shanjun's goods are too tight and easy to sell;

The price at which Liang Shanjun purchased silkworm cocoons, raw silk, porcelain, tea, medicinal materials, copper and iron, timber and other commodities has always been fair, and he never took as much as he could, and never paid on credit.

Such a partner is naturally deeply liked by these merchants.

To be honest, in the past half a year, these merchants have made a fortune by doing business with Liang Shanjun. Now that the Liangshan army is suddenly about to be exterminated, it is naturally a little reluctant.

"It's also said that the imperial court turned a blind eye to the robbery of merchants and bandits, but it did its best to the Liangshan army, the 200,000 army, and it was Captain Gao and Captain He who personally led the troops, and the Liangshan army was in a catastrophe this time."

"It is also strange to say that this Liangshan army is also strange, the imperial court has 200,000 soldiers and horses to attack, and the 40,000 main force led by the Lin army lord is far away in Hedong. It is said that it should be reined into the big island of Liangshan, blockade the Beiqing River with the water army, and resist the enemy with 800 miles of water.

But the Liangshan army is so tough! He even released a word that he wanted to defend himself against the enemy in Jeju, and in addition to Yunzhou, he also drove the army to the border of the two states. But you also saw it on the road before, just a little soldier and horse, how is it the opponent of the 200,000 army of the imperial court! ”

This was immediately agreed by everyone, and everyone felt that Liang Shanjun was really incomprehensible, so they heard a wealthy businessman who looked quite elegant and said: "You don't know, Liang Shanjun is aiming at the world, so he wants to buy the hearts of the people." Don't forget, what was the earliest slogan of the Liang Shan Army? It is for the heavens, to protect the territory and the people!

Later, the Liangshan army built water conservancy in the land of Liangzhou, built bridges and paved roads, distributed seeds of new crops to the people, taught them to dig biogas digesters, and Zhao'an also said that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were not allowed to enter the two states, which was to regard the land of the two states as their own territory.

Now as soon as the soldiers and horses of the imperial court come, if they hide in the water without fighting, not to mention the huge losses, what will the Liangshan army shout in the future to do the way for heaven and protect the territory and the people? ”

At this time, I heard a small merchant say: "Maybe Liang Shanjun still has a backhand?" I have heard the story, this Lin army master is a heavenly martial arts star, otherwise how could he single-handedly take on a hundred iron harriers with the power of one person, and defeat the imperial court with almost no effort? ”

The elegant and rich merchant said: "You don't know, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court this time are different from the past, especially the ten knots, they were all born in the green forest before, and later they were recruited.

These ten knots made Emperor Meng Xian glorious, all grateful, diligent training of soldiers and horses, pillow to treat the enemy, leading the soldiers and thieves to kill a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in Hehuang, all of them are people who have made great contributions to the country, and they have made a name for themselves with a knife and a shot.

The subordinates of these ten knots have all fought with the western thieves, and how can they be compared with those soldiers and horses who have never fought before?

It's not that I'm looking forward to the Liangshan army being bad, but this time the Liangshan army fell into the calculations of the imperial court, and no matter how strong the Liangshan army left behind, I'm afraid that this time it will be more auspicious! ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help shaking their heads and sighing, and after resting for a while, the men and the handlebars had finished feeding the mules and horses, and everyone returned to the convoy and continued on their way.

After less than a day, everyone finally arrived at Shuibo Nancheng, the entire road was almost crowded with vehicles coming and going, and dozens of Liangshan soldiers were directing traffic near the city gate.

It seems that everyone has similar ideas, and they all think that the destruction of the Liangshan army is imminent, so they will rush to use up the gold, silver and copper coins in their hands as soon as possible, or exchange them for gold and silver ingots to maintain their value.

At this time, this group of attentive merchants found that on the side of the city gate, a small group of Liangshan sergeants was escorting thirty or forty men who were tied with their hands and strung together with ropes, and they did not know where to go.

The Jeju Suiyang military merchant who had quite an insight and elegant temperament before couldn't help but be suspicious, and hurriedly grabbed a merchant who was a little familiar and had been waiting here for a long time and asked, "What's going on?" ”

When the merchant saw that he was an old acquaintance, he didn't hide it from him at the moment, pulled him to a place with fewer people, and whispered: "These are all the court works that were pulled out by Liang Shanjun. ”

"The court is fine? What did they do? ”

The merchant glanced around and whispered, "You don't know yet?" This time, the imperial court not only raised an army of 200,000 to exterminate the Liangshan army, but the official family even issued a holy decree to the world, saying that only the head of the thief would be killed, and the rest would not be asked;

As long as the officers who surrendered to the Liangshan Army before returned to the imperial court anyway, the imperial court will still give them reuse, at least the officials will be reinstated; surrendered to the Liangshan Army, and the forbidden army of the imperial court could be rewarded if they defected before the battle; The people who were bewitched by the Liangshan army to go up the mountain could be exempted as long as they surrendered.

If you can kill Liang Shanjun and pay the vote, there are various rewards!

The imperial court also issued a reward, killing and killing Lin Chong with a reward of 100,000 yuan, and sealing the capital; The reward for killing Lü Junshi, Wen Junshi, Lü Junshi, and Zhu Junshi was 30,000 yuan, and the feudal system was sealed; Those who killed Du Bao, Lu Da, Li Tianyan, Wu Song and other high-ranking generals of the Liangshan Army were rewarded with a reward of 10,000 yuan, and they were sealed with official positions such as capital supervisor and regimental training envoy.

It's just that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are still gathering, and this notice can't be read out in front of Sergeant Liangshan, so they have to send some detailed works, and they are all caught. ”

"All caught? How could it be! ”

The elegant merchant was a little unconvinced. In his opinion, it is almost a sure thing that Liangshan Army will finish, how can Liangshan soldiers not see this?

Moreover, in his opinion, most soldiers are greedy for money and gambling, and if they have milk, they are mothers, and they are very easy to be bought. No one was bought?

"It's not, to say that the main training of the Liangshan Army is really the best in the world, and the Liangshan Army is really strict in military discipline! I heard that these fine works first asked these soldiers to drink, but none of them went, and then stuffed money.

And guess what? These Liangshan sergeants all smiled and accepted them one by one, and then asked what to say, but they were arrested as soon as they spoke; Then it is said that these fine works secretly went to the camp of the Liangshan army to distribute leaflets, but they were discovered and arrested by the secret sentinel. ”

The elegant merchant frowned slightly, a little surprised at the same time, but also a little puzzled: "It seems that we underestimated this Liangshan Army a little before!" It's just that even if the military discipline of the Liangshan Army is so strict and the sergeants are stable, after all, the difference in strength is there.

The imperial court has 200,000 soldiers and horses, even if half of them have to be divided to block the main force of the Liangshan army led by Lin Chong, there are still 100,000 soldiers and horses;

Moreover, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are still gathering in a hurry, but the Liangshan Army scattered a very small number of soldiers and horses on the border of the two states, and the major workshops of the Liangshan Army also left soldiers and horses to guard.

But the more this is the case, the more the troops are still so scattered, and it is clear that there is no loss of territory, and the posture that every place must be defended, isn't it more and more impossible to hold it?

Could it be that when Gao Taiwei's 100,000 troops are assembled and enter Jeju in a mighty manner, will the Yangsan army be able to block it with only one or two thousand men and horses on the border?

At present, it seems that the Liangshan army is still running in an orderly manner, and it does not look like it is unprepared, but how do they plan to solve the current crisis? ”

"How will this gang of Liangshan thieves break the game?"

When the merchant asked this question in his heart, in the guest room of an inn in Shuibo South City, looking at the lively scene of traffic and crowds on the street, Zha Huairen also asked the same question.

The same question also appeared in Cha Huairen's mind.

This former Tai student, a talented son of Bianliang, and the son of an official eunuch, was also admitted to the Jinshi last year.

However, unlike Gu Pengzhen, Gu Pengzhen has a big background, and he is both close to and old with Cai You, the little minister, and has a good relationship since he was a child, so Gu Pengzhen was sent immediately after he was admitted to the Jinshi and was directly sent to Linpu County, Puzhou, Jingxi Road, as the magistrate.

You must know that there are too many Jinshi admitted each time in the Song Dynasty, and there are tens of millions of official positions in various graces.

It is because not everyone who has passed the Jinshi examination has a dispatch position to arrange, let alone directly obtain a dispatch position that can do things, and most officials actually start from almost no work and idle errands.

Therefore, a person like Gu Pengzhen, who is directly released from the Jinshi to Zhixian, can be said to be the one with the best treatment among all the Jinshi.

You must know that the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty also has to be ranked, generally speaking, if you want to enter the center to be the prime minister, you must have the experience of governing a large state capital, that is, you must have been a governor or prefect; And if you want to be a prefect or prefect, you must have served at least two prefects before.

Cha Huairen's backstage is not as good as Gu Pengzhen, so he is only a candidate official at this time.

But he is better than the average candidate official, and he promised early on that he would be sent next year, so he doesn't have to work hard in Bianliang like others to go through the road and wait for the dispatch.

This time, the imperial court was going to take action against the Liangshan army, and Zha Huairen got a lot of inside information from Bianliang from Gu Pengzhen, and Zha Huairen naturally wanted to see how the Liangshan army was destroyed.

Relying on the strict discipline of the Liangshan Army, as long as you don't commit a traitor, you will definitely guarantee your safety and have a good reputation, and Lin Chong, who knows himself, is far away on Hedong Road.

Therefore, Zha Huairen also dressed himself up as a merchant and brought five scholars from Linpu County to Liangshan Bonan City, like a close look at how the Liangshan army would respond.

Unexpectedly, what I saw was such a busy but not chaotic scene, and he didn't take the 100,000 in the court seriously, and Zha Huairen was also full of doubts in his heart.

"Master, could it be that this gang of thieves is actually holding on, and when the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are assembled and ready to be pulled, they will all retract back into Shuibo, and then wait for Lin Chong to come back from the fight!"

Seeing that Cha Huairen frowned and was silent for a long time, his scholar whispered tentatively.

As soon as he talked about Lin Chong, Cha Huairen laughed and said, "You don't know, Lin Chong's situation is actually even more dangerous than here!" ”

"Why?"

The little scholar said, even though he knew about his master's festival with Lin Chong, he still thought that Lin Chong was very powerful in his current heart.

The sneer on Cha Huairen's face became stronger and stronger, and after a long time, he said disdainfully: "That Lin Chong is also stupid, knowing that the imperial court is gathering troops and horses to intercept and besiege him, and they only have five days' rations at most, this guy even let Zhang Shuye's two sons run to Bianliang to exchange hostages!" ”