Chapter 37: Juxianzhuang [M]
Although Song Jiang captured Zengtou City and subdued several bandits in Qingzhou in one fell swoop, it was rumored in Shandong, but it was not worth mentioning for the military and civilians of Juxianzhuang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
What if Song Gongming gathers more bandits?
The owner of my family is now the emperor's guest, talking and laughing with the master Cai Jing, and calling Tong Guan a brother and brother to the privy envoy, and a bandit also wants to steal the limelight with us Juxianzhuang? It's really a person who doesn't know how ugly he is, and a horse who doesn't know how long his face is!
What's more, now in this Juxian Village, there is another exciting news that occupies the streets and alleys, who has the time to care about what happened in Liangshan?
And this exciting news is naturally that the imperial court is preparing to recruit the Red Turban Army to the south to quell the rebellion - that Shenggong Fang La is not comparable to the Liangshan Tukou, but a thief who has alarmed the government and the opposition, if he can take the opportunity to make some contributions, he can change into an official uniform!
Therefore, when the news was first received, the Red Turban Army was full of emotion, and they were all clamoring to sacrifice their lives for the country - ahh
The petition submitted by the single team was stacked on Wu Song's case.
Soon, however, another piece of news came out -- this time the Red Turban Army went south to quell the rebellion, but they were not prepared to bring any firearms.
As soon as this news came out, it was like pouring a basin of cold water on the head, pouring cold on many officers and men of the Red Turban Army, and I don't know how many people secretly regretted their intestines, wishing that they had never been on that 'war petition'.
After several battles, firearms have become the liver and soul of the Red Turban Army, many people have grenades around their waists and large poles on their shoulders, and they feel that they are looking for what they want.
But once they lost this firearm, they seemed to have lost their souls and broken their livers and gallbladders, and they couldn't exert a few catties of strength in their bodies.
The performance of his soldiers also made Wu Song, Luan Tingyu and others vigilant, originally thought that the Red Turban Army had won consecutive battles and constantly created miracles of winning more with less, and it should already be regarded as an elite soldier, who knew that as long as it was away from the firearms, it would be immediately beaten back to its original form.
Although firearms are indeed easy to use, this kind of dependence is absolutely unavoidable, otherwise, if you encounter the situation that firearms cannot be used during the first battle of Yanggu, I am afraid that the army will be in turmoil immediately.
However, seeing that the imperial court's order was coming, it was too late to engage in any training, psychological counseling, or anything, so Wu Song and the others had to keep this matter in mind for the time being, and then wait for the opportunity to set things right.
At present, the most urgent issue is how to assign the generals under his command -- unlike those pawns who look forward and look backward, those who can mix up an official and a half-post in the Red Turban Army are all unwilling ordinary people, and whether or not they can bring the firearms battalion to the south, the generals who ask for war always account for the vast majority.
This makes it difficult for Wu Song, who to let go and who not to go, he has to say one, two, three, otherwise, how to convince the public?
After discussing it for two days in a row, they couldn't get the point, and the generals even used their own magical powers in private, and some people even climbed up to Cheng Luan'er, intending to blow the pillow wind in their ears - although Cheng Luan'er did not agree, it also made Wu Song's head bigger and bigger.
If it weren't for the fact that it would take more than half a month to go back and forth to Bianliang, it would be too late, and Erlang really wanted to send a letter to Wu Kai and ask him to make a decision.
On this day, Wu Song was frowning and worried about the list of people in the back house, so he heard the maid report that Lin Dengwan came to ask to see him.
Wu Song was abrupt at that time, according to the original plan, Lin Dengwan was going to stay and take charge of the overall situation - he shouldn't have changed his mind, right?
Now those who are qualified to sit in Juxianzhuang are only Wu Song, Luan Tingyu, and Lin Dengwan, among whom Wu Song was personally recommended by Tong Guan, so naturally he can't help but go, and Luan Tingyu is from a family of Wu Jun, and what he thinks about is to make contributions on the battlefield, if he is not allowed to go this time, it is really not close to people.
So he can only let Lin Dengwan stay, if he makes any more trouble......
When Lin Dengwan came in, the solemn look on his face made Wu Song's heart beat even more, and he couldn't help but blurt out: "Lin Dengwan, you came to look for me, don't you also want to ask Zhan to go south?!" ā
Lin Dengwan was stunned when he heard this, and then hurriedly said: "What did the second master say, since his subordinates asked to stay behind, how can they regret it for no reason?" ā
Wu Song was immediately relieved, and hurriedly beckoned Lin Dengwan to sit down, and ordered someone to serve tea, so he asked Lin Dengwan about his intentions.
Seeing that Lin Dengwan groaned slightly, he arched his hand and said: "Second master, in the past few days, my subordinates have been turning over and over again, carefully pondering the content of the Buddha's letter, but I always feel that there seems to be a deep meaning in it. ā
Profound?
Wu Song scratched his head, he had read the letter a few times, and he didn't seem to find anything wrong?
Seeing this, Lin Dengwan hurriedly explained: "Second Master, think about it carefully, since the Buddha told us not to expose the power of firearms in front of the officials and soldiers, why did he deliberately tell you to hide some firearms in the personal guards?" Isn't that a contradiction? ā
When Wu Song heard this, he waved his hand indifferently, and said with some dissatisfaction: "It turns out that you want to say this, this is not simple, isn't it that my brother is afraid that I will be greedy and reckless, and I will be harmed by thieves, so I specially asked me to secretly bring some firearms to defend myself!" ā
As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something, and said strangely: "By the way, didn't we talk about this before, why do you have to ask again?" ā
Facing Wu Song's puzzled gaze, Lin Dengwan shook his head and said: "At first, my subordinates also thought so, but after carefully considering the words of the Buddha in the letter, I felt that it was not just that...... It seems that the official army will be defeated by the thieves! ā
"Will the officers and soldiers be defeated by the thieves?!"
Wu Song suddenly glared at the copper bell, then slapped the table and laughed: "Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, plus our Red Turban Army and other militia groups from the side, if you can't clean up a group of anti-thieves, then this Great Song Dynasty is afraid that it is long overdue to change the dynasty!" ā
After laughing for a while, seeing that Lin Dengwan was a little embarrassed, he still insisted on it, so he asked rhetorically: "If that's the case, why didn't my brother tell me directly, he wanted to make such an ambush?" ā
"This ......"
Lin Dengwan froze slightly, and then said with some unconfidence: "Maybe, maybe the Buddha is not very sure, that's why he ......."
Erlang waited to laugh again, taking into account Lin Dengwan's face, he reluctantly endured it, and said perfunctorily: "Okay, it's good, it's so good, I keep it in my heart......"
"Second Master!"
Lin Dengwan stood up, bowed to the end and said: "Please be cautious with the second master, especially those firearms, don't use them indiscriminately when your life is at stake - if the second master refuses to agree, the villain will have to be cheeky and go south with the second master!" ā