Zhao Ji attached great importance to Cai You, and encouraged Cai You, so he gave him a holy decree to transfer troops and horses.

Cai You came out of the palace, lost his previous embarrassment, and rushed to the Privy Council in high spirits. Let the Privy Council issue ten documents, and transfer 10,000 elite soldiers to the envoys, and gather them in Tokyo, waiting for the call.

The ten knots are:

Henan, Hebei, Jiedu, Wang Huan, Shangdang, Taiyuan Jiedu, Xu Jingjingbei, Hongnong, Jiedu, Wang Wende, Yingzhou, Runan, Jiedu, Meizhan, Zhongshan, Anping, Jiedu, Zhangkaijiang, Jiangxia, Lingling, Jiedu, Yang Wenyunzhong, Yanmen Jiedu, Han Cunbao, Longxi, Hanyang, Jiedu, Li Congji, Langya, Pengcheng Jiedu, Xiang Yuanzhen, Qinghe, Tianshui, Jiedu, Jingzhong, these ten people are all born in the green forest, the imperial court can not be arrested, only to issue an order to recruit An, and then many have made contributions to the Song Dynasty, or exterminate other bandits, or cut down Western Xia, are all elite and brave people, it can be said that outside the Western Army of the Song Dynasty, The most combat-ready army.

Cai You also learned from the Privy Council that Gao Yu had to transfer 800,000 forbidden troops to the head of the sect, Qiu Yue and Zhou Ang, but before the two left Beijing, Gao Yu was defeated. Therefore, Cai You transferred the two of them, and selected 500 elite soldiers from each of the four armies of Longmeng, Huyi, Zhuyue, and Zhongyi, a total of 2,000, to protect him as a pro-army.

Liu Menglong's army went north, because there was still some residual ice in the river, so he missed the time for the army to gather, and later heard that Gao Yu had been defeated, so he had to lead the troops to retreat to Tokyo to ask for guilt.

Cai You heard that there was still this navy, so he absolved him of responsibility and incorporated Liu Menglong's navy into the army.

Besides, after Chao Yong publicly executed Gao Yu in Jeju, it took two more days to assemble 40,000 soldiers and horses.

In that night attack, Chao Yong personally led his troops to break through the camp, while Guan Sheng led the troops to stop Zhang Shuye's ambush, the Song army heard that there were fights inside and outside the camp, and they couldn't see the situation clearly in the dark.

In addition to the thousands of people killed and wounded, there were more than 30,000 prisoners, plus more than 20,000 prisoners in the previous war, there were nearly 60,000 prisoners alone, and the daily consumption of grain was a large number.

However, after nearly 60,000 people were removed, there were only 40,000 soldiers left.

After Chao Yong asked Chao Gai, he asked Lu Junyi, Lin Chong, Dong Ping, Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, and Luan Tingyu to be promoted to another level, each commanding 10,000 horses.

When Chao Yong was gathering everyone to discuss which city to attack, he heard a report from his own soldiers that an old man was outside the yamen to see General Li.

Li Kui heard this and shouted, "Who is looking for me?" ”

The soldiers didn't dare to call Li Ying's name, and then they remembered that there was more than one General Li in the hall, and hurriedly said: "It's not looking for a general, it's looking for General Li Ying." ”

When Li Kui heard this, he glared at his own soldiers and said, "I can't say it clearly, there are several General Li in this hall, you just say Li Ying." ”

When Li Ying heard an old man, he was also puzzled: "Who is looking for me?" ”

The pro-soldier also looked puzzled and said, "It is said that it is General Li's cousin Han Zhong, the servant of the village." ”

When Li Ying heard that it was Han Zhong, he hurriedly said, "Hurry up and invite him in." ”

It turned out that Li Ying had a cousin named Li Wei, who was also a rich man, and Zhuangzi was not far from Lijiazhuang. He is loyal and kind, but he does not have Li Ying's martial arts, and in the past, relying on Li Ying's prestige, ordinary people did not dare to bully.

When Li Ying was forced to join Liangshan, he was also afraid that Li Wei would be bullied if he stayed, so he asked people to notify Li Wei to see if Li Wei was willing to join the gang together. But as soon as Li Wei heard that he wanted him to fall into the grass, he was immediately frightened and rejected Li Ying, so he never went up the mountain with Li Ying.

And this Han Zhong is the old man of the Li family, who started as a domestic servant when he was his grandfather, and has gone through three generations. He has never done anything bad in his life, he is loyal, respectful and cautious, and he is deeply valued by Li Wei. Because he is old, he is not restricted from doing things, he eats and gets money every day, sits and plays, and Li Ying also knows this old servant in his cousin's family.

After a short time, he saw that his soldiers had brought in an old man with a white beard, about eighty years of age, depressed, and his clothes were covered with mud.

The old man stumbled in, and when he saw many people in the hall, he knelt on the ground and said, "Han Zhong has seen all the generals. ”

Chao Yong hurriedly said: "The old man doesn't need to be polite, get up quickly." ”

Li Ying stepped forward to help Han Zhong up and said, "Why are you so embarrassed? ”

Han Zhong raised his head and saw that it was Li Ying he was looking for, but he knelt down again, and only shouted in his mouth: "Big official, help!" ”

Li Ying picked up Han Zhong and said, "Get up, you have a lot of grievances, tell me carefully, and I will naturally make decisions for you." ”

Han Zhong got up from the ground, remembering his own grievances, he couldn't help but leave two lines of old tears, and there was a resentment in his throat, and he could only hear the choking sound, and he couldn't say half a word.

Seeing this, Li Kui said impatiently: "If there is a grievance, I will say it quickly, and I will be irritable when I cry." ”

Chao Yong glared at Li Kui and said, "Tie Niu Hugh is going to be rude, the old man must be extremely angry, and he can't speak for a while." Old man, relax and tell your grievances, and we will naturally make decisions for you. ”

Han Zhong screamed loudly when he ate Li Kui, but he was startled, and he didn't dare to cry anymore, wiped his tears, and told the matter slowly.

It turned out that Dongping Mansion was broken by Liangshan, but Miao Shanggao, the new prefect of the imperial court, was Cai Jing's henchman, and when he went to office, he brought 3,000 elite forbidden troops to prevent Liangshan from attacking Dongping Mansion again.

After Miao Shanggao arrived, he sent people to investigate the affairs of Liangshan, and learned that after the soldiers and horses of Liangshan broke the Dongping Mansion, they destroyed Zhujiazhuang on Dulonggang, and Lijiazhuang and Hujiazhuang entered Liangshan.

The officers and soldiers who went to Dulonggang to investigate lived in Li Wei's mansion, and there were villains nearby who killed evil and informed Li Wei and Li Ying that they were cousins.

The official insisted that Li Wei had fornicated with the thieves in Liangshan, sat on the ground and made eyes, and secretly handed over the news, which Li Wei argued, and forcibly wanted to take it to punish the crime.

Li Wei saw that things were not good, so he hurriedly spent money on some and spent a lot of silver to get fine.

Although he was safe for a while, Li Wei also became a fat sheep raised by nearby officials, and from time to time he came to blackmail, and Li Wei was also bitter.

However, Li Wei didn't want to go to Liangshan to find Li Ying, so he could only sprinkle the silver all the time.

I thought I could spend money to eliminate the disaster, but I didn't want Zhuang Shang to make trouble again.

Li Wei has a daughter, named Xihua, who was born with a beautiful natural appearance and is unparalleled in the world. Gou Chang, the deputy director of Li Weizhuang, has been coveting it for a long time, but in the past, he hindered Li Ying's prestige and did not dare to be presumptuous. But after Li Ying left, this Gou Chang started to crook his brain again, and slowly hooked up with the maid next to the shy flower, and asked the maid to trick the shy flower into the garden and wanted to do wrong. Fortunately, he was bumped into by the people in the village, and Gou Chang was so frightened that he fled.

When Li Wei heard that Gou Chang actually dared to beat his daughter's idea, he was immediately furious, and asked Zhuang Ke to arrest Gou Chang, who had not fled far, and beat him up, and then drove Gou Chang out.

didn't want Gou Chang to go to the yamen to falsely accuse Li Wei of fornicating with Liangshan, and Dongping Mansion immediately sent someone to arrest Li Wei's family.

Only Han Zhong was old and the officials thought he was slow, so they just drove him out.

Han Zhong thought about it, only Li Ying could save his master, so he rushed to Yangsan, and on the way, he heard that Liangshan soldiers and horses had publicly executed Gao Yu in Jeju, so he rushed to Jeju.

Han Zhong said that, and couldn't help crying: "Please also ask the big officials to save your life." ”

At that time, after listening to Han Zhong's complaint, his anger rose to the top beam, and he screamed like thunder: "I originally knew that Gou Chang's house was not a good thing, but it was my brother, who misused this hall, and was framed in the end. ”

It turned out that this Gou Chang was born poor and was originally a tenant of the Li family, but Li Wei saw that he was capable, so he promoted him to be the deputy director. Li Ying felt that Gou Chang's eyes were not right and he was not a good person, so he dissuaded Li Wei, but Li Wei didn't listen to Li Ying.

After speaking, he turned to Chao Yong and said, "Li Yingwei is close to this brother, and he also asked the prince to let me lead the troops to save my brother." ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "Today, everyone is discussing which city to fight, since your brother is in trouble, let's fight Dongping Mansion." ”

Li Ying hurriedly said: "Thank you, prince." ”

Han Zhong also hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Chao Yong.

Chao Yong hurriedly said: "General Li, quickly help the old man up and settle him down." ”

Li Ying helped Han Zhong up, summoned Du Xing, who grimaced, and said, "You go and settle Han Zhong for a while." ”

After Li Ying led the troops, the grimace Du Xing also followed as a deputy general.

After Du Xing took Han Zhong down, Li Ying couldn't wait to say: "I'm afraid that the dog official of Dongping Mansion will kill my brother's surname, Li Ying asked to take the people of his headquarters to Dongping Mansion first." ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "We said before that Gao Yu was publicly executed, Dongping Mansion must have gotten the news, the city must be heavily guarded, it will be difficult for you to take down Dongping Mansion with a thousand people, if you let the dog officials of Dongping Mansion know that you are going for your brother, I am afraid that you will be blackmailed by your brother, or even kill your brother's surname." ”

Li Ying was in a hurry, and couldn't help but say anxiously: "Then what should I do?" ”

Lu Zhishen said: "If you don't sprinkle the family and go into the city again, you should take this Dongping Mansion together." ”

Lin Chong shook his head and said: "Tai'an Prefecture was won like this before, and Dongping Mansion is close to the left, so it must have gotten the news, and I'm afraid it won't be easy to get in." ”

Li Kui shouted: "Now there are a lot of soldiers and horses, thinking of a plan, I see that the army is pressed over, and one person can drown Dongping Mansion with a mouthful of spittle." ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "What Li Kui said is that we will raise an army of 60,000 to attack Dongping Mansion and declare that we want to unify Jingdong. At that time, Dongping Mansion will inevitably be tired of dealing with our army, and will have no time to take care of Li Wei. ”

Lin Chong frowned and said, "The newly reorganized 40,000 soldiers and horses are not familiar with each other yet, so they cannot operate flexibly. I am afraid that it will be defeated by the soldiers and horses of Dongpyeongfu, so it is better to only bring the original 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the new 40,000 soldiers and horses will stay in Jeju to practice. ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "We have executed Gao Yu, and the Song Dynasty will definitely not give up, and I am afraid that there will be soldiers and horses to attack soon." If they just practice, I am afraid they will not be able to become strong soldiers in a short period of time, and what they lack most is military discipline, not training. This prince will use this battle to let them know what military discipline is. ”

(To be continued)