In the original Wucheng, after being burned with grain and grass, the lack of food was already doomed, and what was even more headache was that because of the siege of Liangshan, the soldiers and civilians were not allowed to go out of the city to collect firewood, and the firewood in the city was exhausted. However, the 100,000 army and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city needed huge firewood every day, and a large amount of wood was used to cook rice and boil water every day.

Now the ordinary people in the city have no firewood, so they can only eat raw food, rice and noodles are all raw food, and they are miserable. I'm afraid that after some time, the military horses in the city will have no firewood, so they can only eat raw food. In addition to the lack of firewood and salaries in the city, there is also a shortage of medicinal materials, salt and so on. In short, Niu Bangxi cried for a long time, that is, how hard the city was, at this moment, don't say that Liangshan is coming, I am afraid that if the city is besieged for eleven or twelve days, the city will definitely be defeated without a fight, Gao Taiwei can't swallow it, and only begs Tong Shumi to save him.

After listening to this, Tong Guan said a few words of comfort and asked, "Since Liangshan is very besieged, how did you get out of the city?" Niu Bangxi said: "After the Liangshan female thief burned the granary in the city, after a few days, she sent someone to the city to shout, and told the Taiwei that this city must not be defended, and taught the Taiwei to send a reliable person out of the city, and she could release people back to Tokyo to report the news." Therefore, the Taiwei sent the villain back to Tokyo to report the news, and the Taiwei blood book is here. ”

At that moment, Niu Bangxi took out a blood book and presented it, Tong Guan opened it and saw that it was indeed a blood book, but Tong Guan knew that it could never be Gao Yu's own blood, most likely the blood of a sheep and a dog. But looking at the words written by Gao Yu above, tears fell, and he complained bitterly, only asking the court to agree to recruit An Liangshan and save 100,000 soldiers and horses from escaping.

Tong Guan secretly scolded Gao Yu for being incompetent, and led an army of 130,000 to go, but not only did not make an inch, but was besieged by others, which was used as a bargaining chip to blackmail the imperial court. Originally, Tong Guan also thought that there was enough food and grass in the original Wucheng, enough for two years, even if the city was besieged, it could be delayed for some time, calmly mobilize reinforcements, and after half a year of deployment, he would raise a large number of troops to relieve the siege. But she didn't want the female thief to burn the grain and grass, so she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to wait long, and once the food was cut off, the 100,000 soldiers and horses in the original martial city would be in danger.

When Tong Guan was still groaning, Niu Bangxi said again: "After the villain went out of the city, he saw the Liangshan female thief in the Liangshan camp, and the female thief said that she had a thunder rocket there to hit the city, if she didn't still have the idea of Zhao'an, she only needed to hit all the thunder rockets into the city, and the city would be burned with fire, and the 100,000 Song army could be destroyed within one day!" Now she is just teaching the city to run out of food, and please ask the court to make a quick decision, if she wants to fight again, she can burn 100,000 Song troops in just one day, and the city will be destroyed! ”

Tong Guan scolded when he heard this: "What a vicious female thief! After a moment of silence, Tong Guan sighed, and had to appease Niu Bangxi, ordered him to go down to rest, and brought his own sedan chair to Cai Jing's mansion.

It turned out that Cai Jing had not returned to his hometown since he left his post, and only lived in the capital. When he arrived at Cai Jing's mansion, Tong Guan told him that the servants of the mansion were introduced. When I arrived at the flower garden in the backyard, I saw Cai Jing dressed in a short farmhouse costume and planting flowers and plants in the garden. Tong Guan stepped forward to salute, Cai Jing kept his hand, and only said: "The privy secretary came to the old man at this time, and the melon field and plum were under the fruit, and it was inevitable that he would be truthful." ”

Tong Guan said: "I have no choice but to ask Ji Enxiang this time." Cai Jing said with a smile: "Nowadays, idle people should not be grateful." Tong Guan said: "Since Cai Xiang left office, the situation has become more and more unfavorable, and now Gao Yu commanded 130,000 troops, besieged by Liangshan soldiers and horses, and was in danger. ”

Cai Jing paused for a moment, sighed and said: "I have heard a lot about the previous situation, and the two of you have fallen for the trick of the female thief this time." Tong Guan was taken aback and said, "What kind of strategy did you fall into?" ”

Cai Jing said: "You want to do the strategy of fighting with the snipe and the clam and the fisherman to gain profits, but that Liangshan and Tian Hu will fight for both sides, so you take advantage of the good to hide from behind and take advantage of the fisherman?" Tong Guan said: "Exactly, Mr. Wen also calculated like this at that time. ”

Cai Jingdao: "Wen Huanzhang is in the game, not as clear as the old man is outside the bureau. But thinking that the female thief had no reason, why did she suddenly show favor to the imperial court, and bluntly said that she would raise troops to help the imperial court suppress Pingtian Tiger? There must be a lot of certainty that this risky move will be made. Once she suppresses Pingtian Tiger there, she has the land of Sanjin in her hand, and she can bargain with the imperial court to blackmail the matter of opening the town of Shandong. She is also determined, and you will definitely send troops to cover her back road, and lay out a backup move, so that you can bring a large army to throw yourself into the net. Now it just so happens that not only did you take the bargaining chip of the land of Sanjin, but you also sent 100,000 hostages to her, and now the situation is like this, how can you recover? ”

Tong Guan arched his hand and said: "Cai Xiang is old and seeks the country, we are not as good as others, now the southern part of the Yangtze River has not been exterminated, and the thieves in Liangshan are prosperous, and I also ask Cai Xiang to take the country as a plan and point out the way out." ”

Cai Jing stopped the work in his hand, the left and right little guys hurriedly stepped forward to send sweat towels, Cai Jing went out of the garden, walked to the side of the pavilion and sat down, Tong Guan hurriedly followed, both of them sit, the servant looked at the tea, and after eating a tea, Cai Jing said slowly: "The only plan for today is to agree to Liangshan's Zhao'an conditions first, play tomorrow's son, allow it to open the town of Shandong, and after the square La, calmly mobilize troops and horses to surround and suppress it." However, the imperial court has repeatedly raised troops, and it is difficult to do its best, and Fang La, Tian Hu and others are troubled. Second, Zhu Wu in West China colluded with the Xia State to contain the military momentum. This trip to Zhao'an and the opening of Shandong can be allowed, but the imperial court will definitely let Liangshan transfer the Zhuwu Department of Huaxi from Huaxi, and it is best to gather in one place in Shandong, so as not to ignore both the east and the west when the army is reinstated in the future. Once Huaxi Zhu Wu went to Shandong, Xia Guo had no internal response, and he did not dare to act rashly. Now that Tian Hu has been removed, just wait for Fang La to be flattened, he can calmly arrange and slowly recover Shandong. ”

Tong Guan said: "But I'm afraid that the female thief will not agree to Huaxi Zhu Wu to move eastward, and she will surround 100,000 soldiers and horses there to threaten her, so what can she do?" Cai Jing groaned: "The female thief said that it is also strange, now she has Liangshan Jeju and other states under her command, and there is Huazhou Zhu Wu's department in the west, and there are no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Tong Guan continued: "Maybe I'm worried that she is a female streamer, pulling the flag and standing on her own, and no one follows her." Cai Jing smiled dumbly and said: "Lu Junyi, Gongsun Sheng, Lin Chong and other heroes follow left and right, and there are 200,000 people with wings in the east and west, how can you say that there is no one?" After a pause, Cai Jing said: "But no matter what, I think that the female thief has no plans to stand on her own so far, or maybe she just wants to dominate Yizhou all the way, but no matter what, she will not really kill Gao Yu's 100,000 horses." ”

Tong Guanqi said: "But why? Cai Jing said: "100,000 soldiers and horses are trapped in the original Wu Town, just as she said, as long as she uses that thunder rocket to set fire to the city, how can 100,000 officers and soldiers survive so far?" Tong Guan's eyes widened and he said happily: "If that's the case, you don't have to save Yuan Wu?" ”

Cai Jing shook his head and said: "100,000 soldiers are surrounded, if they don't save them, how can the DPRK and China discuss it?" But when recruiting peace with Liangshan, there is no need to care too much about her threat with 100,000 soldiers and horses, and he must ask for a balance and teach her to give up Huaxi. ”

Tong Guan said: "In Huaxi, Zhu Wu has been in business for a long time, but I am afraid it will be difficult to give up. Cai Jing said: "At this moment, it is no longer possible to coerce, if you use more temptation and spend more money and food, you must also let her agree to give up Huaxi, remember this word." No matter who is sent here, you can go to Yuanwu and discuss the matter of recruiting peace with Wen Huanzhang. Although Wen Huanzhang was a big man before, he was strategic, and he could rely on it. After Tong Guan received the words, he said goodbye to Cai Jing and prepared to go to the court the next day to explain the matter.

The next morning, Niu Bangxi's words were reported, and Gao Yu's blood book was presented, and the court was in an uproar. Su Yuanjing came out of the class and said: "In the previous Zhao'an, Liang Shan's mention of opening the town of Shandong was only shelved because there was no such precedent in this dynasty. But now there is nothing to be done, if the original military is lost, and the destruction of 100,000 officers and troops is imminent, it is too late to mobilize troops and horses elsewhere. The original army was lost, and the Liangshan bandits could be on the Yellow River, and the Liangshan water army defeated our water division, crossed the river to the south, and besieged the city of Tokyo, which was also a matter of death. Please also ask Your Majesty to think twice, send angels quickly, and grant what you want, so as to relieve the siege of Yuanwu. ”

Tong Guan came out of the class and said: "Since Zhao'an, what should the Huaxi Zhuwu Department do?" Su Yuanjing said: "Naturally, recruit An." Tong Guan said: "After Zhao'an, where will you be placed?" Su Yuanjing said: "On the last trip to Liangshan, please ask Huaxi to open a town." ”

Tong Guan said: "This proposal must not be agreed, the imperial court has attacked many times, and there are her soldiers and horses at both ends of the east and west, it is difficult to join forces in one place, and things are difficult to take care of." On this trip to Zhao'an, he must teach Huaxi Zhu Wu to move east to Liangshan and teach his thieves where to be. In the future, Fang La Ruoping, Fang Hao gathered and suppressed it. ”

Su Yuanjing frowned and said: "Since they have all been recruited, they are the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, how can they be exterminated?" Tong Guan said: "How can others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch?" After Fang La's suppression, when the army was gathered, he found a reason to cut her town. Zhao'an opening the town is an expedient measure to retreat into advance, could it be that Su Taiwei really opened the town of Shandong when this female thief, which is beneficial to the country? Su Yuanjing was stunned for a moment, and then said: "What if she uses the land of the Three Jin Dynasty and 100,000 soldiers and horses as a threat, and refuses to agree to Zhu Wu's troops moving east?" ”

Tong Guan said: "That female thief is greedy for small profits, and she can promise to redeem the land of Sanjin and 100,000 soldiers and horses with money and grain, even if it is the land of West China, you can also negotiate and redeem it." I'd rather spend some money to recover all the lands of West China and Sanjin, and only allow her to open one town in Shandong, and never open two towns. ”

After hearing this, the Son of Heaven bowed his head slightly and said: "What Qing said is reasonable, Su Yuanjing is the Qin Mission, go to Yuanwu, and negotiate with the Lord of Liangshan to discuss the matter of Zhao'an according to these conditions." But to open the town of Shandong, Liangshan can be in charge of military power, but the power of civil affairs should be in the imperial court, and the prefects of various prefectures and counties in Shandong still have to be appointed by the imperial court, and Liangshan can only be in charge of military power all the way. Just wait for Fang La and Zhu Wu to calm down before making plans. (To be continued.) )