Where did they have the confidence, where did they come from, so unhurried?

The same question also puzzled Qian Ming, the governor of Jeju, and Cheng Wanli, the governor of Yunzhou, and then they quickly got feedback, but the answer made them a little crying and laughing.

According to the reports of the dukes who were squatting in Shuibo South City and North City, the reason why Liang Shanjun was so calm was that he did not believe that the imperial court would be treacherous and tear up the oath for no reason, and there must be a misunderstanding in this. The lord of the Liangshan army has played to the imperial court, and in order to eliminate misunderstandings, he is willing to exchange hostages with the imperial court!

The Liangshan army's sincerity in pursuing peace and not wanting to fight to the death with the imperial army at the moment when the Jurchen strong enemy was about to invade the south has never changed! As long as the imperial court also exchanges hostages, the Liangshan army can act as if the previous incident has not happened, and the Lin army master will continue to lead the army to expedition to the western thieves, break through Helan Mountain, and capture Li Qianshun alive!

As soon as these news were released by the Liangshan army through the four cities of Shuibo, they immediately spread as if they had grown wings, and they spread almost all over the southern part of Jingdong Road and Hebei Road within a day or two.

Everyone's first reaction was similar to Qian Ming and Cheng Wanli, first a little crying and laughing, and then incredible.

Is Liang Shanjun stupid?

Now even a fool knows that the imperial court's recruitment is fake, and the 200,000 army has been urgently mobilized and assembled, and the Liangshan army even puts its hope on the imperial court will agree to exchange hostages!

Isn't that naïve, a little too stupid?

"It's really a chaotic minister and thief, and when he dies, he is still buying the hearts of the people and fighting for justice!"

Linpu County, the county magistrate Gu Pengzhen actually knew about this matter through the relationship between Bianliang and Cai You, and he thought that Lin Chong was deliberately paralyzing the imperial court by delaying the army, and the main force of the Liangshan army took the opportunity to escape from Hedong.

It wasn't until now that he realized that Liang Shanjun didn't forget to buy the hearts of the people and fight for righteousness at any time.

But even if they buy the hearts of the people and win the righteousness, what is the use of winning the righteousness, the Liangshan army is going to be finished, and the 200,000 soldiers and horses of the imperial court are gathered, and they are a dead end.

After eliminating this gang of rebels, the right to speak is on the side of the court, and the court can say whatever it wants, so what's the use of all this?

What the hell are they thinking? So far, there has been no movement of the sergeants, don't they know that the imperial army is coming, and they are finished...... What are these thieves online? ”

On Hedong Road, Weisheng Army's Nanguan Town, it has been almost five days since Zhang Shuye sent his two sons 800 li to urgently report to the imperial court that Lin Chong wanted to exchange hostages and continue the expedition to the western thieves, and the military rations of the 40,000 main forces of the Liangshan Army were almost exhausted.

Zhang Shuye, who insisted on staying in the army, couldn't help but ask a similar question at this time: "The lower official doesn't understand one thing. ”

"What?"

"Does Lord Lin really put all his hopes on the fact that the imperial court will agree to exchange hostages? Why didn't the Lin Army Lord have any response for five days in a row? ”

Lin Chong took the sash handed by Mei Jiasheng and put it on his head, and glanced back at Zhang Shuye: "Who said we didn't deal with it?" ”

"Master Lin has already responded? Xiaguan has been in the army, how did not find out. ”

Uncle Zhang was a little confused, for more than four days, 40,000 Liangshan troops had been stationed in the camp outside Nanguan Town to rest, and at the same time ordered the team to go to the four towns and villages to buy food, and the cavalry and people went to the mountains to graze horses and cut grass.

But these are just waiting for the response of the imperial court, what kind of response?

"Huh?"

Seeing that Lin Chong was still a little confused, Uncle Zhang reminded him: "You know that the imperial court has decided to make a move, and you will not agree to exchange hostages, why do you have to wait here honestly for a reply for five days?"

You know that the imperial court has once again requisitioned the Ten Sections of Envoys to encircle and suppress you, why didn't you react at all? Plus the Eight Capital Eunuchs, they are about to come over, and you have all eaten up your grain and grass......"

"Well, you say this, I naturally know this."

Lin Chong looked at him with a relaxed and indifferent smile on his face: "It's just that we have never put our hopes on the imperial court." And we have already dealt with it, that is, to fight! ”

"Hit?"

Uncle Zhang looked at Lin Chong at night and widened his eyes: "Since you want to fight, why don't you act earlier, at that time, you still have more than four days of military rations, and you can still take the initiative, but now that the grain and grass are exhausted, and the road ahead is blocked, is it too late to say that you want to fight?" ”

At this time, Yu Chibin had already brought the Zhaoye Jade Lion Horse, Lin Chong reached out and patted its neck, turned around, and smiled coldly: "So what?" The army is exhausted, and we still have three days of dry food. In three days, we will conquer Tongtao County and then go south to Lund Province......"

After a pause, Lin Chong stepped onto the war horse, he turned his body to look at Zhang Shuye: "Zhang Xianggong, now that the relationship between Liangshanjun and the imperial court has broken down, I gave the imperial court a chance, and the imperial court did not cherish it." Now that I've decided to do it, I'm not going to fight the thieves for the time being, and you, the prison army, are no longer suitable to stay in the army.

I also asked Zhang Xianggong to immediately go south, and tell Zhiwei Shengjun (Note 1) and Xu Jing, the envoy of the Taiyuan Festival of Shangdang, that I would say that the 40,000 main forces of my Liangshan Army would arrive later, and I would surrender early! ”

Uncle Zhang was a little stunned for a while, he was not the kind of scholar who could only talk about cannons, and he had led troops to fight bloody battles with the Qiang people in the northwest before, and kept one side safe.

Therefore, Uncle Zhang's way of nature and the way of using troops is to seize the opportunity and attack it unprepared, how can there be such a thing as Lin Chong: first waited in the same place for nearly five days, and missed the opportunity in vain; Now I tell you to hurry up and report to the news that the Liangshan army is about to attack.

What's going on?

Mo Feilin deceived himself?

But the terrain to the east of the river is the Yellow River to the west, and the Taihang Mountain to the east separates Hedong Road from Hebei Road. Now the 40,000 Liangshan army is sandwiched between Taihang Mountain and Taiyue Mountain, and there are only two ways to return to Liangshan or attack Bianliang.

First, it has been going south, from the southernmost Taihang of Taihang Bacheng to Huaizhou, and then crossing the Yellow River to threaten Bianliang; The second is to first go south through Tongyu County (the garrison of the Weisheng Army) into Longde Mansion, and then go east through Xiangyuan County and Licheng County, and cross the Taihang Mountain through Fukou in Shexian County.

After the Taihang Mountain, it is a large plain of a horse and a flat river.

Of course, there is a third way, that is, to walk thousands of miles north to Rao for a big circle, and go out of Taihang Mountain from Jingcheng Pass, but Uncle Zhang thought that Lin Chong would never do this.

So no matter how he chooses, Lin Chong also has to pass through Tonglu County.

And Tongluo County is just stuck on the mountain road of the Liangshan army to the south, although the terrain there is not as good as Jingcheng Pass, Fukou Pass, and Taihang Pass, but it is also quite dangerous.

Lin Chong actually gave the imperial court soldiers and horses enough time to prepare, and then led the troops to attack?

"You...... You're crazy...... Arrogant! ”

Note 1: Zhijun, the full name of "Quanzhi Military", in the Song Dynasty, the army, the state, and the government were the same level, and the level of a small number of armies was smaller than the state and government; The full name of the governor of the state is "Quanzhi a state matter", referred to as Zhizhou; The prefect of the prefecture is called the prefect; The commander of the army is called the Zhijun. For example, the commander of the Guangji Army is called the Zhiguang Ji Army, and the commander of the Weisheng Army is called the Zhiwei Shengjun.