Chapter 234: Encountering a Strong Enemy

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In the study, Zhao Mingcheng hugged a beautiful concubine and looked at the letter sent by Li Qingzhao together.

After Zhao Mingcheng came out this time, he only went to work alone, and Li Qingzhao still stayed in the countryside.

The beautiful concubine saw that Li Qingzhao was coming to find Zhao Mingcheng again in the letter, and couldn't help twisting her body in Zhao Mingcheng's arms, and said coquettishly: "Don't let the official come." ”

This beautiful concubine was just accepted by Zhao Mingcheng after taking office, at this time she was twenty-eight years old, which was the time to be delicate, and Li Qingzhao was thirty-six years old at this time.

Zhao Mingcheng pinched his face and said with a smile: "Does the little beauty still want to be a pet?" ”

The beautiful concubine twisted her body and said: "You have been married for more than ten years, and she has not given birth to a boy and a half girl to the official, she is not bad if the official does not stop, how can you still indulge her." Last time, I wrote back to her, so that she could live in the countryside with peace of mind, and the letter was going to make a fuss again. The official might as well reply to reprimand her, and when she didn't abide by the woman's morals again, he divorced her. ”

Zhao Mingcheng was also a little annoyed that Li Qingzhao was ignorant, but thinking about the days when the two of them had been in love with each other over the years, discussing poetry and studying gold and stone together, he still smiled and said: "She is my father's wife who married me, how can I divorce casually." ”

When the newly acquired concubine heard this, she immediately became coquettish and stupid in Zhao Mingcheng's arms, and she was unrelentingly entangled.

Zhao Mingcheng liked this newly accepted concubine very much, so he listened to her provocation and didn't want Li Qingzhao to come. Not having an heir is also a pain in his heart, although the concubines he has accepted have not given birth, but he has never suspected that the problem is on him, but feels that those women are not angry.

When Zhao Mingcheng was coaxing the beautiful concubine in his arms, he saw a duke suddenly break in.

Zhao Mingcheng's face immediately sank, and he shouted, "Bold." ”

The duke saw Zhao Mingcheng holding the concubine. The two of them were disheveled, hurriedly lowered their heads, and said in a panic: "My lord, it's not good, the Liangshan thief Kou has entered the city." ”

Zhao Mingcheng also vaguely heard some shouts of killing at this time, so he was so frightened that he pushed away the beautiful concubine, pulled out his legs and ran out.

Now Liangshan can be said to be famous in Jingdong, especially for large officials, Gaine is now corrupt officials, and most of the big households are rich and unkind. The object of Liangshan's path for heaven is exactly them.

The concubine saw Zhao Mingcheng leave herself and run out, and hurriedly shouted, "The official is waiting for me." ”

Zhao Mingcheng didn't look back, and ran straight outside the yamen.

The Yamen all saw Lord Zhizhou running out, and hurriedly shouted: "My lord, there is a shortage of soldiers outside, it is very dangerous, it is better to wait for the soldiers and horses in the city in the Yamen to come to the rescue, we can resist for a while." ”

Zhao Mingcheng originally wanted to escape quietly alone, so as not to attract the attention of the people of Liangshan. Hearing this, he also felt reasonable, and said to the capital: "Liangshan siege is broken, and now the city gate has been broken, how can it be defended." You protect Lord Ben from the city. Wait for the imperial court to come and recover the city. ”

This head is also afraid of the soldiers and horses of Liangshan, but he still has a sense of responsibility in his heart, and he wants to defend the yamen, and he heard Zhao Mingcheng say this. He no longer had the will to fight, and took more than a dozen public servants to escort Zhao Mingcheng to the west gate.

When Zhao Mingcheng arrived at the west gate, he immediately called for the city gate to be opened. Flee to Tokyo.

The officers and soldiers defending the city saw that Zhizhou had fled, and they still had the heart to defend the city, so they all abandoned the city gate and dispersed.

After Chao Yong's army broke into the territory of Zizhou, he sent Xie Zhen and Xie Bao brothers to infiltrate the city, and then raided the city gate with light horses.

After Chao Yong entered the city with a large army, he went straight to the palace. Although they came non-stop, when they arrived at the mansion, the building was already empty.

Chao Yong sat in the yamen and asked his soldiers to post notices everywhere.

When Chao Yong was looking through the account books of the Yamen, he saw Shi Wengong come in with a clear-faced official in his forties, and his identity had been revealed in an official robe.

"Get on your knees."

Lu Fang, who was standing behind Chao Yong, shouted violently.

Zhao Mingcheng was so frightened that he almost knelt down, but thinking of the dignity of the court officials, he still reluctantly stood and said: "This official is an official of the imperial court, how can you wait for the gift of kneeling?" ”

Although Zhao Mingcheng spoke firmly, his trembling voice had betrayed the timidity in his heart.

Lu Fang said with a smile: "This dog official seems to look down on us Liangshan heroes, and the children let him suffer a little." ”

Zhao Mingcheng looked at the Liangshan soldiers who surrounded him on both sides, and suddenly turned pale with fright.

"Stand down."

Chao Yong stopped the soldiers at the right time and said with a smile: "Don't be rude to Lord Zhao." ”

Zhao Mingcheng secretly wiped a cold sweat and said to Chao Yong: "Since Zhao Mingcheng took office, although he didn't dare to say that he would not leave no stone uncovered and never close his door at night, there was no major corruption in the city, I don't know why the heroes of Liangshan attacked my Zizhou?" ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "Presumably Lord Zhao also knows about the rebellion of Fang La, Wang Qing, and Tian Hu." Zhao Ji was mediocre, and the traitors in the court were in charge, brutalizing Zhongliang. The Song Dynasty has lost the hearts of the people, and it is when we wait for the heroes to rise up, and I Liangshan also rose up with the trend and was about to do a career. ”

Zhao Mingcheng originally thought that Liangshan would retreat after another plunder, but when he heard Chao Yong say that he rebelled, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, for fear that Chao Yong would say something to invite him to join the gang.

Chao Yong looked at Zhao Mingcheng, whose face was changing, and said with a smile: "Lord Zhao, don't panic, although we are at odds with the imperial court, we will not harm an honest official like Lord Zhao." What's more, I have long heard of the talents of Lord Zhao and your wife, and it would be a blessing for Chao Yong to be able to listen to the teachings by his side often. ”

Zhao Mingcheng heard Chao Yong say this, and he was even more shocked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The lower officials are shallow in learning, how can they teach the king." ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "Master Zhao has a family history, he was famous when he was young, and he has lived in seclusion in Qingzhou for many years, so he must be more knowledgeable, so why be humble." ”

When Zhao Mingcheng heard this, he hurriedly said: "Xia Guan has been examining Jinshi all these years, and his knowledge has long been lost, so he is really a king who can't be taught." ”

Although Chao Yong admired Li Qingzhao's talent, he really had no intention of apprenticeship, so he smiled when he heard this: "Since this is the case, then that's it." However, I also heard that Lord Zhao was an honest and honest official, and he had the courage to ask Lord Zhao to be my prime minister of Liangshan. When I Liangshan dominates the world, Lord Zhao will be able to reproduce your father's scenery. ”

Zhao Mingcheng listened, but shook his head in fright. said: "The lower officials have been loyal and good for generations, how can they do such a thing that goes against the court." ”

Rebellion is a major crime of the nine clans, not to mention that the death penalty of the living is inescapable, even the ancestral graves will be dug up, and the bones will be crushed and ashes. I'm afraid that following the rebellion of Liangshan will not be able to reproduce the scenery of the ancestors, but the bones of the ancestors will be reproduced.

As soon as the words fell, Lu Yi shouted: "In that case, what do you want?" ”

As he spoke, the Chinese Heavenly Painting Halberd slashed at Zhao Mingcheng's neck.

"I ......"

Zhao Mingcheng suddenly screamed in fright, but just said a word. Fang Tian's halberd had already lightning, and Zhao Mingcheng could already feel the coldness of the blade, and he was so frightened that he closed his eyes and waited for death.

But Zhao Mingcheng didn't wait for the imaginary pain, but felt a cold neck, plucked up courage, and opened his eyes to see that it was Chao Yong who grabbed Lu Fang's halberd.

Fang Tian's painting halberd was stopping next to his neck, the sharp blade was close to his neck, as if it had cut through the skin, and Zhao Mingcheng could see a trace of blood spreading on Fang Tian's painting halberd.

Chao Yong grabbed Fang Tian's halberd. Said: "What else does Lord Zhao have to say?" ”

Zhao Mingcheng hurriedly said: "I'll descend, I'll descend." ”

Chao Yong pushed away Lu Fang's Fang Tian painting halberd, got up and said, "Okay, good." Lord Zhao is willing to help, and the people of the world are also lucky. ”

When Chao Yong sent troops, he discussed Zhao Mingcheng's matter with Chao Gai, and Chao Gai listened to Chao Yong's analysis for a while. also agreed to let Zhao Mingcheng be the prime minister.

Chao Yong also asked Shi Qian to investigate, Zhao Mingcheng's political achievements can be said to be decent, not outstanding, but not incompetent. is also considered to be honest and honest, if it is only considered by the talent of governance, Zhao Mingcheng may not be able to serve as the prime minister, but Chao Yong takes a fancy to Zhao Mingcheng's background, and he and Wang Hao also like Zhao Mingcheng, they are both protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials who want to win over Zhao Tingzhi.

There is no shortage of soldiers in Liangshan who can fight well, but civil officials who govern the government are scarce, so winning over civil officials in the imperial court has become the only choice, and winning over Zhao Mingcheng can get twice the result with half the effort, and Chao Yong believes that he can let Zhao Mingcheng join the gang.

Chao Yong knows Zhao Mingcheng's weaknesses, not because Zhao Mingcheng is a historical celebrity, but because Zhao Mingcheng has a lady who is the most talented woman in the ages. In later generations, Li Qingzhao's words were widely circulated, Chao Yong loved the house and Wu, and he also carefully investigated Li Qingzhao's life and knew Zhao Mingcheng's past.

The first half of Zhao Mingcheng's life can be said to be unremarkable, but after Jingkang's shame, he did something that has been stinking for thousands of years.

That year, he was the prefect of Jiangning, and his subordinate generals rebelled, and someone in the city noticed it in advance and reported it to Zhao Mingcheng, but Zhao Mingcheng felt that it was impossible, and did not take it to heart and did not take any action. That night, there was a real rebellion. Zhao Mingcheng heard the commotion in the city, and was so frightened that he climbed up to the top of the city alone, hung a rope and abandoned the city and fled. The generals in the city, however, organized themselves and put down the small rebellion.

When the news of Zhao Mingcheng's abandonment of the city and his escape reached the court, he naturally could not be spared, and he was immediately dismissed from his official position.

Li Qingzhao didn't expect Zhao Mingcheng to leave her alone and run away, but he was also ashamed of Zhao Mingcheng's failure to escape, and wrote the famous "Summer Quatrain" within a few months, "Life is a hero, death is also a ghost." So far, I think of Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong. ”

Later generations mostly interpreted Li Qingzhao as satirizing the escape of the Southern Song court, but the Southern Song Dynasty court at that time was not in a corner of peace, and Yue Fei and others were still in full swing to counterattack the Jin Kingdom. After Zhao Mingcheng heard this poem, he was depressed and died soon after.

After Chao Yong learned about Li Qingzhao's life, he felt that this poem was written by Li Qingzhao to satirize Zhao Mingcheng's escape, but later generations seemed to suffer from the disease of exalting celebrities, and it seemed that Li Qingzhao's satire on Zhao Mingcheng fell into the general, and it had to be misinterpreted as a satire of the Southern Song Dynasty.

After Zhao Mingcheng joined the gang, Chao Yong left Luan Tingyu with a team of 1,000 people to garrison Zizhou, Shi Wenbin was the governor of Zizhou, and the team came to Qingzhou.

When he arrived in Qingzhou, the spies came to report that Chao Gai fought several battles in a row, but he couldn't take Qingzhou, but instead lost Ou Peng and Ma Lin.

It turned out that after Chao Gai led the troops to Qingzhou, he also generally wanted to send Ou Peng and Ma Lin into the city to do internal response and seize Qingzhou. Unexpectedly, the city was heavily guarded, and when the two entered the city, they were arrested.

The matter was caused by the hairy star Kong Ming and the only Mars Kong Liang, these two people were also big households, and they were not the masters of Anfen, when they were young, they loved to learn guns and sticks, so they worshiped Song Jiang, who was very famous in the rivers and lakes, as a teacher to learn guns and sticks, and when Song Jiang was in exile in the rivers and lakes, he also lived in the two villages.

The two learned some of Song Jiang's three-legged cat kung fu, and they ran rampant in the township.

A few days ago, the two had a dispute with a rich man in this department, so they killed the rich man all over the house, and he was afraid that the court would pursue him, so he simply gathered hundreds of people, occupied Baihu Mountain, and robbed his house. The prefect of Qingzhou Murong arrested the two uncles Kong Bin and prepared to behead them.

When the two heard that their uncle was arrested, they immediately sent a message to attack Qingzhou City. Therefore, the Murong prefect made people vigilant day and night to prevent thieves from sneaking into the city and causing trouble in Qingzhou. Ou Peng and Ma Lin didn't know it, so they led people into it and were taken squarely.

Unable to blend into the city, Chao Gai had no choice but to storm it.

But after the fall of Qin Ming and the forced of Qingzhou by Chao Yong, the prefect of Murong felt that Qingzhou's troops were insufficient, so he asked Gao Yu and the Privy Council for help, and the Privy Council was afraid that his sister was a concubine, so they made up 5,000 forbidden troops to Qingzhou, and Gao Yu sent him a fierce general to guard it.

This person is Gao Yu's recent search for a fierce general from the side court, called Ji Anbang, born in Jizhou, has always contributed to the side court, is proficient in literature and martial arts, has a hidden strategy, and is not a man.

Liangshan broke through Gaotang Prefecture, killed Gao Lian, and destroyed Gao Yu's plan for several years, so Gao Yu looked for a fierce general and prepared to take revenge. However, Qingzhou is the capital of Jingdong, and the prefect of Murong has nobles to take care of. So Gao Yu sent Ji Anbang to Qingzhou to wait for the opportunity to exterminate Liangshan.

Chao Yong led the troops to Dazhai, see Chao Gai.

Chao Gai heard that Chao Yong easily conquered Zizhou City, and he was also a little gloomy.

However, it was also a great joy to hear that Zhao Mingcheng was willing to surrender.

Although Chao Gai has risen from the king of the mountain to the anti-king, deep down, he still feels that his Chao family is just a rich man in the countryside, and Zhao Mingcheng is the son of the prime minister of the Song Dynasty.

Chao Gai had just summoned all the leaders to pick up Zhao Mingcheng when he heard a report from Xiaojun: "There is a battle outside Ji Anbang's camp." ”

It turned out that Ji Anbang heard that Liangshan had come with reinforcements again, and he wanted to give him a dismount, so he led soldiers and horses to fight.

Chao Gai led the leaders out of the Dazhai and set up the soldiers and horses.

Ji Anbang said with a smile: "Liangshan Caokou, more than ten leaders couldn't beat me before. There are some rabbles here today, but who dares to fight me? ”

When Suo Chao heard this, he immediately slapped his horse and went straight to Ji Anbang.

The two of them exchanged axes and knives, and fought in one place.

However, after more than 20 combinations, Suo Chao was timid, struggled to force Ji Anbang away, and ran back to the Liangshan formation.

Ji Anbang didn't chase after him, and said with a smile: "Is Liangshan just such a pickled herb, if there is no one who wins Ji, he will retreat quickly." Otherwise, Hugh blamed Ji for being arrested one by one, escorted to Jingshi, and beheaded to show the public. (To be continued.) )