Above the court of the Song Dynasty, before Chen Guoting could speak, several people went out to echo him. Cai Jing sneered when he heard this: "Three and a half million households in Beijing, millions of soldiers and civilians, seventy percent of the daily needs are transported by the canal. Sending an envoy to recruit peace, showing weakness like this, how can it calm people's hearts and calm down people's grievances? And it is more powerful to be a thief, which is not beneficial to the country. ”

Chen Guoting arched his hand and said: "The old master has become a country, and I will listen to the master of the country." Cai Jing pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "Fang La's scabies disease is insignificant, and it is appropriate for you to recommend Zong Ze to transfer Jiangnan soldiers and horses to the conquest, although this strategy is not a superior strategy, it is also quite insightful." Thinking that Zong Ze has been in charge for many years, he can make meritorious contributions, and if he can suppress square La, it will also be regarded as his credit. ”

Then Cai Jingzuo said to the Son of Heaven: "Fang La's place can be recommended by Chen Guoting, and Zong Ze will send soldiers and horses from the Fourth Route Military Prefecture in Jiangnan to go to conquer and suppress." When the Son of Heaven heard this, he sent Chen Guoting to Jiangnan to summon Zongze to open it, and mobilized the soldiers and horses of the Fourth Route Military Prefecture in Jiangnan to conquer Fang Labumen.

After Chen Guoting received the order, Cai Jing said again: "The most important thing at the moment is to gather the boat master first, solve the trap of the canal, and then conquer the female thieves in Liangshan again." This female thief lurks in the water, advances and retreats freely, defeats the officials and soldiers, threatens the lifeblood of the capital, and should be eliminated first. ”

The Son of Heaven said: "Who can go to the conquest?" Cai Jing glanced at Gao Yu in the number, Gao Yu understood, and went out to play: "Weichen is not material, I am willing to follow the work of dogs and horses, go to conquer this Kou, and ambush the holy decree." Tianziyun: "Since Qing is willing to share his worries with the widow, let Qing choose to choose a military horse." ”

Gao Yu also played: "This trip to use troops, the first thing is to solve the difficulty of the canal, and the Liangshan Bo is more than 800 miles in radius, not a boat, can not advance, the minister begs the holy decree, near the capital, cut down wood plants, supervise craftsmen to build ships, or use official money to buy civilian ships, for the purpose of war." Select elite soldiers, organize and train the navy, and when the boat division is completed, you can go out to attack. ”

The Son of Heaven said: "The secretary is in charge, and the secretary is in charge, and the secretary is in charge, and if it is feasible, be careful not to harm the people." Gao Yu played: "Weichen dares! Only tolerate grace in order to succeed. "The Son of Heaven ordered to take the brocade robe and gold armor, give it to Gao Yu, and choose another auspicious sunrise teacher.

On the same day, hundreds of officials retreated, Tong Guan, and Gao Yu sent the Taishi to the house, sat down in the study, and after eating tea, Tong Guan said: "Grace is facing up today, why did you later agree to Chen Guoting to recommend Zong Ze to conquer Fang La?" ”

Cai Jing's face was pale, and he said, "Don't you hear what the Liangshan female thief is calling?" Qing Jun's side, punish traitorous ministers, who else are you talking about me? Such female thieves who harbor evil intentions should be eliminated first. Fang La will put it there first, and Pope Ze will go around and suffer a little. ”

Gao Yu said again: "But at this moment, the military horses are mobilized to fight with the female thieves of Liangshan, and the soldiers on the left and near are all unusable, and it is difficult to win." ”

Wen Huanzhang, a staff officer under the door, turned out and said: "En, maybe we were all misdispatched before. Although Huazhou has 100,000 soldiers of the Demon Maiden, it cannot threaten the Jingshi. Now that she has defeated the official army in Liangshan, she has become a trend, and she foolishly thinks that when she sends 100,000 elite western troops to the east to conquer and suppress, she will have a chance of winning with the military horses of the eastern route. ”

Cai Jing groaned: "Hearing the words of the staff officer, I thought that Huazhou was the place where she had a heavy army, but I forgot the sentence that the thief captures the king first. This time, if this demon girl dares to be so provocative, she will definitely raise troops to recruit them, otherwise it will be delayed for a long time, and the government and the opposition will talk about it, and the officials will inevitably not be suspicious. Qing Jun's side, punish the traitorous ministers, hum, I'm not wrong, can you be a female thief and compare yourself to the princes of the Seven Kingdoms? ”

After the discussion was decided, he called the Zhongshu Province to close the house and Peng Shi, preach the holy decree, and decide to allocate the army. Gao Taiwei said: "Since the Grace Prime Minister has allowed the mobilization of the elite of the Western Army, there are ten knots within the number, and most of them have made contributions to the country, or conquered the ghost side, or cut the Western Xia, and Northern Liao and other places, and are proficient in martial arts. ”

According to the permission, Taishi Cai sent ten documents to pay the papers, and 10,000 elite soldiers under the leadership of each subordinate department went to Jeju to get all the pieces and wait for the call. The ten knots are not trivial, each leading 10,000 troops, going to Beijing to gather in the starry night, and the remaining 100,000 western troops are still confronting Huazhou.

The ten military horses were: Wang Huan of Henan and Hebei Jiedu, Xu Jing of Shangdang Taiyuan Jiedu, Wang Wende of Jingbei Hongnongjiedu, Mei Zhan of Yingzhou Runan Jiedu, Zhang Kai of Zhongshan Anping Jiedu, Yang Wen of Jiangxia Lingling Jiedu, Han Cunbao of Yunzhongmen Jiedu, Li Congji of Hanyang Jiedu of Longxi, Xiang Yuanzhen of Langya Pengcheng Jiedu, and Jingzhong of Qinghe Tianshui Jiedu

It turns out that the soldiers and horses of the West Army of the Ten Roads have been trained elite soldiers, and have been used in the northwest for a long time, and they are also envoys of these ten sections. On the same day, the Zhongshu Province set a schedule and issued ten official documents, asking the ten military horses to arrive in Tokyo as scheduled, and those who were slow would be dealt with according to the military order.

After the land military horse was selected, Gao Yu said again: "There is a naval army in Huai, which is the head commander and is called Liu Menglong. When this man was born, his mother dreamed that a black dragon flew into her womb, and she was born. When he grew up, he was good at knowing the nature of water, and he had meritorious service in fighting thieves in the Xichuan Gorge River, and was promoted to the command of an officer, commanding 15,000 naval troops, 500 ships, and defending Huaishang. You can send people to recruit, go north along Yingshui, enter the capital waterway first, and march together. ”

When Cai Jing heard this, he immediately ordered Gao Taiwei to transfer, and at that moment Gao Yu sent a confidant, called Niu Bangxi, and also made him a military captain, taught him to receive the official document, went to Huaishang to transfer Liu Menglong to listen to it, and ordered that when he came back, he should come to Tokyo to collect all the boats along the river and in the river.

There are a lot of generals in the front of Gao Taiwei's tent, and the two of them are the best: one is called Dang Shiying, and the other is called Dang Shixiong: the two brothers, now as the commander, each has the courage to be unsuitable. Gao Taiwei recommended two more to Cai Jing, and Cai Jing also agreed.

He also taught to select 15,000 elite soldiers in the imperial camp, together with 30,000 soldiers and horses who had returned from the defeat on the previous expedition, a total of 160,000 troops and horses from all over the country.

After the navy, army, and horses were settled, they discussed the matter of shipbuilding. Hearing the staff officer's words, he said: "If you talk about shipbuilding, Xiao Ke recommends one person here." This person's surname is Ye Mingchun, who was originally from Sizhou, and is good at shipbuilding. Because he came to Shandong, he passed through Liangshan and refused to pay the thief's money, so he was robbed of his capital by the leader of the gang there, and he was exiled in Jeju and could not return to his hometown. When the Yangsan bandits attacked Jeju, he and a group of officers and soldiers were defeated and fled to the Gyeongshi. Yesterday, Xiao Ke met him by chance, and heard that the captain wanted to cut down and build a ship, and marched into Liangshanbo in order to win, and painted the paper into a ship-like, so he came to offer. Xiao Ke saw the pattern of the boat, which is very suitable, and I came to recommend it this time. ”

Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Yu were overjoyed when they heard it, and they came to see each other. When he was young, Wen Huanzhang led Ye Chun to come, bowed, and said: "The former heard that the Yellow River Boat Division was marching by boat, why can't he win?" Guy because the ships are all in every place to detain the future, so that the wind shakes the oars, and there is no law; It is also a small bottom point, which is difficult to use. Ye Chunjin offered a plan, if he wanted to ambush this coward, he must first build hundreds of big ships. The largest one is called the Big Loach Boat. On both sides are twenty-four naval armies, which can accommodate seventy or eighty people in the boat, and each army has twelve people to tread; Externally covered with bamboo fences, which can avoid arrows; A crossbow tower was erected on the surface of the ship, and a waterwheel was built and placed on it. If he wanted to go forward, there was a bang on the battlement, and twenty-four waterwheels stepped hard together, and their boats were flying, and what kind of ships could he stop! This ship can fly over the canal and the Yellow River, and if it encounters the enemy, the crossbow on the surface of the ship will be fired, and what will he be able to cover! Its second-class ship is called the Little Loach Boat. Only 12 waterwheels are used on both sides; The ship can accommodate thirty or fifty people; The front and the rear tail are all nailed with long nails; Crossbow towers are also erected on both sides, and there are still shaded fence sheets. This ship can be used everywhere with steel forks, which is a small port within the number of Liangshan berths, and it can also be obtained, so that it can block this private road ambush. If this is calculated, the Kou of Liangshan will be able to settle at your fingertips. ”

When Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Yu heard about it, they all looked at the pattern and were overjoyed. He called for wine, food, and clothes, and rewarded Ye Chun, so he was the head of the warship. For several days, the shipbuilders near Tokyo were mobilized to listen to the use, and the morning and night urged the merger, cut down the wood and plants, and the time limit was to pay in Tokyo. He also issued an official letter ordering all the prefectures and counties near Tokyo to share shipbuilding materials. If the limit is violated by two days, the flogging shall be forty, and one class shall be added every three days; If the limit is violated outside the five-day limit, he will be beheaded according to the military order. Everywhere persecuted and obeyed the order, the number of people died was large, and the people complained.

Not to mention that Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Yu were in Tokyo, mobilizing military horses, supervising the construction of warships, and preparing grain and grass equipment. But it is said that after Uncle Zhang's defeated army returned to Tokyo, the military horse was immediately taken over by Gao Yu, and then Zhang Shuye was taken down and thrown into Dali Temple for questioning.

Just because Tong Guan wanted to get rid of the crime, Cai Jing, Gao Yu and others joined forces to frame it, so Dali Temple decided the case very quickly. Within a few days, more than 10 charges were convicted, including the loss of several states and counties in Jeju, the loss of soldiers and horses, and the thieves and thieves, and the Son of Heaven was convicted.

Emperor Daojun hesitated for a day, Cai Jing personally saw His Majesty and said it, and only then did he start to write and decide, only to be escorted to the city Cao to behead him after a month, Chen Xizhen was guilty of the same crime, and if he escaped back, he would also be executed in general. Uncle Zhang's family fell into Jeju at a young age, so he didn't care about it for the time being.

There were repeated actions in the capital, and everything was carefully listened to by the White Lotus Sect, one by one, and the flying pigeon passed the book and Liang Shan knew.

On this day, after Sanniang got the detailed report of the flying pigeon, she pondered for a moment and taught someone to call Chen Xizhen. After Chen Xizhen arrived, he was arrogant and contemptuous, and after Sanniang told him about the crime set by Song Ting, Chen Xizhen's face turned pale and he didn't say a word.

Sanniang sighed, asked Chen Xizhen to sit down, and said: "The traitors of the court are in charge, you and Zhang Taishou were defeated, and in order to get rid of the crime, he put all the blame on the two of you. ”

Chen Xizhen frowned and said, "Why did you want to save Zhang Taishou?" Sanniang said solemnly: "I respect the most loyal people in my life, Zhang Taishou is loyal and upright, although I have been an enemy for many years, but I still respect him, so I went to save." ”

Chen Xizhen sighed and said with a wry smile: "I can't think of a loyalty, but in the end, I want you, a demon girl, to save it." That's it, I'm willing to go and rescue Zhang Taishou together! (To be continued.) )