However, it was said that after the Jeju government sent troops and horses to encircle and suppress Yangsan, he went to count and there was no news. The Jeju government sent more than a dozen spies to learn from the villagers of Seokjie Village that the officers and soldiers who attacked Yangsan had been wiped out.

Jeju only commanded four commanders, and the three commanders who attacked Yangsan were all wiped out, and there was only one commander left in the city, and it was still the most serious commander with empty salaries, and there were only 200 people in the full battle.

The Taishi Mansion officials heard that the Liangshan thieves were so powerful, and there were only 200 old and weak troops left in the city, and they were afraid that the Liangshan soldiers and horses would take advantage of the situation to attack Jeju, so they rushed back to Tokyo overnight to report to Cai Jing.

Although the prefect of Jeju also wanted to abandon the city and leave, he was responsible for it, and if he left, he was afraid that his life would not be guaranteed, so he had to order the remaining commander in the city to strengthen the guard, and then sent a document to transfer the local soldiers from each county to the state city to defend, which was the policy of abandoning the soldiers to protect the commander.

However, it was said that Cai Jing in Tokyo had a big birthday, and he was not rewarded by the emperor, and hundreds of officials were filial, and gold and silver poured into Cai's mansion like flowing water.

The only thing that bothered Cai Jing was that his son-in-law was robbed again when he sent the birthday gang from the běijīng daimyo's mansion, but fortunately the whereabouts of the thief were found out this year, unlike last year, there was no news at all, as long as the thief was caught, the birth gang can always recover most of it, and the missing ones can also be ordered to make up for the local officials.

When Cai Jing was waiting to recover the birth gang, he didn't expect the cadre sent to Jeju to return in embarrassment.

In the previous letter from Jeju, the name and whereabouts of the thief who had been investigated, and the supervision of the family members, Cai Jing originally thought that the thief must be caught, and the birthday gang could also be recovered.

However, looking at the dusty family members in the hall, Cai Jing's heart flashed with a hint of ominousness, and he asked in a deep voice, "How are things going?" ”

At that moment, the henchman told how to find out the whereabouts of the thief who robbed the birth gang, tracked down the thief along the way and learned that the thief fell into Caoyangsan, and Jeju sent troops to attack Yangsan, but the whole army was wiped out, and said it one by one.

At the end, he exaggerated: "There are thousands of thieves in Liangshan, and after Chao Gai and a group of thieves joined the gang, they robbed more than a dozen villages and towns, recruited troops and horses, and now I am afraid that there are not thousands of people." The local Xiang army was afraid that it would not be able to resist the enemy, so the small one came back and asked the Taishi to transfer the forbidden army to attack Liangshan, so that Chao Gai and a group of thieves could be captured. ”

Cai Jing frowned and said: "The transfer of troops will be a matter for the Privy Council, if you go and invite Master Tong to come, you will say that there is a major military situation to discuss." ”

At this time, Cai Jing and Tong Guan were respectively called "public ministers" and "concubines" by the world, which means that the two are extremely powerful, and it also implies that the relationship between the two is very close, as if they are a male and a female.

It turned out that Cai Jing was demoted to Dongxiao Palace and lived in Hangzhou, but the thief's heart did not die, and he still wanted to be able to reach the heavens and listen to it, and one day he would be able to go out again. It happened that Tong Guan was ordered to go to Hangzhou to find strange things about calligraphy and painting, and Cai Jing got the news, and he didn't care that Tong Guan was just a eunuch, and he was careful to serve him. Tong Guan sent his calligraphy and paintings to the emperor, which reminded the emperor that there was such a person as Cai Jing, which laid the foundation for him to become a leader again in the future.

After Cai Jing came out, he naturally repaid the favor, Tong Guan was a eunuch, and Wenchen's road was impassable, so Cai Jing recommended him to be the Northwest Supervisor. Tong Guan did the Northwest Supervisor Army, and actively urged the Northwest armies to start a war with the Western Xia, during which although there were many defeats and few victories, the black cauldron of defeat was naturally carried by the Northwest generals, and the credit for the victory was Tong Guan's. There are people in the court who are good officials, not to mention that Tong Guan won the trust of the emperor, and within a few years, Tong Guan was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, led the affairs of the Privy Council, and mastered the power of the world's soldiers and horses, which can be described as the first eunuch in history.

Although Tong Guan was the first person in the army, Cai Jing was in charge of the three provinces, but he was the head of the civil ministers, and he did not dare to slack off when he received Cai Jing's invitation, so he immediately followed the messenger to Cai's mansion.

This Tong Guan is burly, because he has been in the army for several years, his skin is tanned, and he looks full of masculinity, but his chin is only sparse and dozens of beards, probably because Tong Guan was castrated into the palace in his twenties. Although he doesn't have many beards, Tong Guan loves his only male symbol the most, and he is reluctant to touch it, for fear that he will accidentally lose the dignity of this last male xìng.

Cai Jing and Tong Guan were embarrassed, and they didn't hide it at the moment, and after a little greeting, they told Chao Gai and others about robbing him of his birthday and defeating the Jeju Xiang Army.

Tong Guan listened to it and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Taishi, it's just some grass cowards, why use the labor ban army." Cheng Wanli, the governor of Dongping Prefecture, was originally my guest, and he had a supervisor under him who was called Dong Ping, a double-gun general, who was originally a general on the Hebei side, and had the courage of ten thousand people. Liangshan Shuibo is next to Dongping Mansion, so I will pass a letter and ask Dongping Mansion to send troops to arrest him. ”

Cai Jingdao: "Since Dongping Mansion has such a good general, he should be able to exterminate the Liangshan thieves, then it will be troublesome." ”

Previously, Cai Jing's birthday gang was robbed in Jeju, and Dongpyeong Province received documents to block roads and check pedestrians. After that, the Jeju officers and soldiers failed to catch the thieves, but the whole army was wiped out, and Yuncheng County was sacked by Yangsan. These things have already spread throughout the state capitals around Shuibo, and all state capitals have also strengthened their vigilance to prevent Liangshan from sneaking into the city.

The prefect Cheng Wanli received a letter from the Privy Council, asking Dongping Mansion to send troops to arrest the Liangshan bandits, as well as a private letter from Tong Guan, asking him to recover Cai Jingshengchengang after exterminating the Liangshan bandits.

Although Cheng Wanli is a Tong Guanmen, he has to look at Cai Jing's eyes on the civil official road, and he is worried that there is no way to tie up Cai Jing. Naturally, he was overjoyed when he received Tong Guan's letter, and he hurriedly asked people to invite Dong Ping, the supervisor of the city's soldiers and horses.

If it is peaceful, Cheng Wanli is very unwilling to see Dong Ping, but now he has to rely on him to catch the big ship of Taishi Cai, and Cheng Wanli has to pay tribute to Corporal Xian.

It turned out that Cheng Wanli had a daughter, Cheng Wan'er, who was born with the appearance of a shy flower in the closed moon, and the posture of sinking fish and geese, which was the pearl of Cheng Wanli's palm. This time Cheng Wan'er also followed her father to Dongping Mansion to take office, Dong Ping fell in love at first sight after seeing Cheng Wan'er, Cheng Wan'er also liked Dong Ping's romantic characters, and the two of them had a lifelong promise to each other. Helplessly, Dong Ping asked people to ask for marriage several times, but Cheng Wanli excused him.

Although Dong Ping made a good pair of guns, he had the courage of ten thousand people, and he was also ingenious, three teachings and nine streams, omniscient, and he was able to tune the strings with bamboo, and he was called a merry double gun. It stands to reason that she is both civil and military, and she is young and has already been a capital eunuch, mastering a government of soldiers and horses, and she is a daughter who can match the journey. It's just that Cheng Wanli always thinks that he is a Tongguanmen, and he will inevitably be able to rise one day, and his daughter is very good-looking, so he can also help him more if he doesn't worry about finding a wealthy family to marry. It's just that the world is not peaceful now, and Cheng Wanli needs to use Dong Ping to protect the country and the people, so he didn't stop Dong Ping's thoughts, and wanted him to make a good contribution, and after Cheng Wanli was promoted, the matter would naturally be over. In order to prevent accidents, Cheng Wanli even asked Cheng Wan'er to be grounded and not allowed to go out of the house for half a step.

Dong Ping has been a little irritable recently, and after Cheng Wan'er was grounded, the two haven't met. Dong Ping was in his twenties, and when his strength was abundant, he was depressed, so he vented all his strength into martial arts training and cāo training soldiers and horses.

When Dong Ping was training soldiers and horses in the camp, he received a message from the prefect that there was a major military matter to discuss, so he immediately came to the government office. Dong Ping is naturally familiar with the government, and he doesn't need anyone to lead the way, so when he arrived at the lobby, he hugged his fists and said: "The last general Dong Ping has seen the prefect." ”

Cheng Wanli said with a smile: "General Dong doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat." ”

After speaking, he shouted again: "Come on, serve tea." ”

"Don't bother, I don't know what your lordship has to call Dong Ping over?"

Although Dong Ping has some requirements for Cheng Wanli, he still can't change his straightforward xìngzi.

"If you have the ability to do it in vain, you don't know how to be an official, and you can make great progress. If I marry my daughter to you, it will be in vain for more than ten years of my raising. Cheng Wanli thought to himself.

"Today, I received a letter from the Privy Council, the thieves of Liangshan gathered to make a rebellion, plundered everywhere, and specially ordered my Dongping Mansion and Dongchang Mansion to send troops to exterminate them, so I specially invited General Dong to discuss."

Dong Ping was also worried that he would not have the opportunity to show his skills in front of Cheng Wanli, so that he could give his daughter to him, and said with a smile: "It's just some grass cowards, the Jeju Xiang army is incompetent, and the country is humiliated." Dong Ping will go to order all the soldiers and horses, and the Liangshan thieves will be swept away within three or five rì. Adults are waiting for me in the city to get good news. ”

Cheng Wanli didn't want to get the credit, and then he was charged with underestimating the enemy's losses, so he hurriedly said: "The general can't underestimate the enemy, a few days ago, Jeju sent three commanders to attack Liangshan, and in the end only the whole army was destroyed. These rìzi, the Liangshan thieves recruited troops and horses, and the momentum was even greater. Although the general has the courage of ten thousand people, he must be careful. ”

"Your Excellency's orders are that the last general must be cautious in the use of troops."

Dong Ping thought to himself: You are a gentleman who sits in the hall, and you know how to use soldiers. Liangshan is just a few grass cowards, so why worry about it. As long as he defeats the Liangshan thieves by himself, he will take advantage of the situation to ask for relatives, and he is not afraid that he will not agree. In the future, he will be his own father-in-law, and he can't be too stiff.

Cheng Wanli is not good at only raising the prestige of Liangshan, and said with a smile: "The prestige of General Dong, this official has also heard of it, as long as the general is cautious in the use of troops, Liangshan Caokou is not yet captured, and this official will set up a celebration banquet for the general in the city, just waiting for the general to triumph." ”

Cheng Wanli immediately allocated grain and grass, and rewarded wine and meat for the three armies.