"Master Qiqi, the field army that suppressed the bandits has arrived outside the city and set up camp outside the city, and their general has sent a post." In the back office of the prefect in Xucheng, Tang Youdao's subordinates were reporting to him.

"Well, they're coming so fast! I thought it would take some time! Show the name card to the house, and whoever is so bold will not come to the territory of the house to see it in person. Tang Youdao said slightly angrily.

According to the tradition of the Song Dynasty, a military attache is a rank lower than a civil official, even if you have a higher rank than others, people still look down on you and will only think you are a vulgar martial artist. Di Qing in history is a person who really relied on military merits from small soldiers to the position of privy envoy step by step, it is said that this is the highest military commander of the Song Dynasty, but in the end, he was driven crazy by a group of civil officials.

Therefore, it is natural for Tang Youdao to be angry when he sees such a military attache for the first time, and he dares not to come to see his local officials. However, he thought that these could help him get rid of his henchmen's troubles, and his mood improved again.

"Seed Shiheng? How did he get here? Tang Youdao couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the name of the famous post.

"Master, what's wrong?"

"Nothing? The mansion is wondering if this crackdown on bandits is not a big war, this kind of Shiheng actually came in person, no wonder he dared not come to see the mansion. ”

"Is there anything special about this man?" The subordinate asked puzzled.

"Well, although his official position is not high, he is deeply trusted by the saint, and he is the commander of the field army established by the saint himself, and he is named a loyal general, and his status is relatively special."

"That's strange, let's just that gang of thieves in Liangshan, he doesn't have to work to come in person, right? What other purpose does the difficulty have? ”

"This is where the mansion wonders, let our people be a little more restrained during this time, so as not to leave any handles."

"Yes, sir!"

"Also, prepare a gift, and visit them in person tomorrow."

"Master, is there a must for this? You're the prefect of a state! ”

"This government has to watch that group of people be exterminated with their own eyes to feel at ease! If there's nothing to do, you can go down! ”

"Yes, little retirement!"

Early the next morning, Tang Youdao sat in a sedan chair and walked leisurely towards the barracks, and before he got close to the barracks, he heard a burst of trumpets from inside, and thought: "Sure enough, he is worthy of being an elite soldier, and he doesn't forget to train in this temporary camp. ”

Tang Youdao and his entourage came to the camp gate, and they planned to enter the camp directly without getting off the sedan chair, and they had done so in the past, but they didn't expect to be stopped by the camp gate guards this time.

"What a bold man, the palanquin in this mansion dares to stop it, blind your dog's eyes, don't open the door quickly!" Tang Youdao saw that his sedan chair was actually stopped, and he was in a good mood and was destroyed again, so he couldn't help but open the sedan door and scold.

"Who are you? There is an order in military law, and idlers are not allowed to enter! The guard replied without flinching.

"You...... You...... You! This mansion is the prefect of Zhenzhou, and you dare to be so rude to this mansion, wait and see! Tang Youdao trembled with anger and roared.

"It turned out to be the prefect, I don't know what happened to the prefect to the barracks, but I have to report in advance!" The guard was at his mercy, still putting on a dead face, and said solemnly.

"The government still needs to be notified in advance when it comes to inspect the barracks? Wait, there's no mistake! Tang Youdao was so angry that he jumped down from the sedan chair and pointed at the guard's nose and snorted.

The guard touched the saliva on his face, and raised his hand to salute by the way: "Then please ask Lord Futai later, the villain will go to pass it on!" ”

However, the guard's action scared Tang Youdao, he had never seen a new-style military salute, and he thought that these Qiu Ba wanted to beat people! Scared old hearts and livers.

"You all give your officers a good training, don't forget to train just because you're marching. The Holy One said well, sweat more in peacetime, and shed less blood in wartime. Why did the official bring it out for you, and you have to bring it back with a lot, understand? Standing in the middle of the makeshift training ground, he shouted loudly with a paper horn.

"Understood!" Groups of soldiers on the playground replied loudly as they practiced.

"Report!" The guard came to Chong Shiheng's side and shouted loudly.

"Speak!"

"General Qiyu, the prefect of Zhenzhou asks to see you!"

"Well, it's coming pretty fast! We've just set up camp! Hurry up, please...... Wait, let's go in person! Chong Shiheng turned around and looked around, and saw Yang Jinhua, who was running with the soldiers, shouting loudly: "Jinhua, come with this official!" ”

"Oops! Master Tang is here, no matter if you miss it, you can forgive your sins! When Chong Shiheng and his entourage came to the gate of the camp, they saw Tang Youdao who was angry and rushed to the crown, and immediately put on an exaggerated smile to greet him.

"Adult, you're really not easy to get into! A guard is so bold. Tang Youdao stared at the guard next to him as if he was cross-eyed, and said sourly.

"Hehe, Lord Tang laughed, it's too late for you to be happy with this official! When we set off, the Holy Lord instructed us to have a good relationship with the local government, which should have been the official to meet the adults, but it was not too late to set up camp! Don't be surprised! Chong Shiheng arched his hand and smiled.

"Don't you dare! But you soldiers, ......," Tang Youdao looked at the doorman with resentful eyes.

"Lord Tang, if you have a large number of them, don't be like them, this is also their duty, when the Holy Lord established the field army, the rules were established, and the dignity of the guards is inviolable, even if the Holy comes to the military camp, you don't blame them. Come on, let's go in and talk, Jinhua go make some good tea for the adults! Chong Shiheng pulled Tang Youdao and walked inside, he has seen a lot of such situations, this rule is too far ahead, most people in this era can't accept it, he handled it very smoothly.

"Hmph......" Tang Youdao flicked his sleeves and snorted at the guards before entering with Chong Shiheng.

"One-two-one, one-two-one......" The soldiers on the playground did not stop their training because of Tang Youdao's arrival, and still carried out regular training in an orderly manner.

"The seed is really a good leader! The field army really lived up to its name. Tang Youdao said with a thumbs up and a smile.

"My lord has won the award, this is all the credit of the saint, and this official does not dare to take credit! I wonder why you are here today? "Chong Shiheng humbly bowed his hand towards Tang Youdao.

"Oh, you see that this mansion has been forgotten, and I came to my lord today to discuss with you about this problem of suppressing bandits."

"I wonder what advice you have?"

"I can't talk about advice, but according to the observation of this government for so many years, there are only a few bandits in this state, among which this Shuibo Liangshan is the largest and the most ferocious, they often kill people and goods, and do all kinds of evil, which has a major impact on the public security of this state. The government has also summoned soldiers to clear and suppress this place many times, but this place is surrounded by cliffs on three sides and faces the water, and only attacks from the waterway, but those thieves are proficient in water, causing the government to return in vain many times. This government came this time to remind adults to pay more attention to this, this group of people is extremely dangerous, I hope that adults can get rid of the evil, otherwise this government is worried about ......" Tang Youdao pretended to be loyal to the monarch, patriotic, worried about the country and the people.

"Lord Tang said this situation, our scouts also learned, this Shuibo Liangshan terrain is indeed dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is not suitable for a large army to deploy, to be honest, this time we have to rely on you, my lord!"

"If you have any requests, you can say anything, and the government will do its best."

"Then the official can really say, you also saw that we came lightly this time, and the ship and sailors will have to rely on the adults."

"That's easy to say! When you want it, you say it! ”

"Thank you, sir! The Holy Lord also attaches great importance to this crackdown on bandits, and since he has arrived, this official wants to solve it as soon as possible, so as to share the worries of the Holy Lord, right? ”

"Yes, yes, after the government arranges it, I will notify the adults immediately, and the government will leave first!"

Chong Shiheng got up and sent him out of the camp gate, and the two said goodbye: "Master Tang go slowly, I won't send it far!" ”

"Plant-sama, please come back, too!"

After sending Tang Youdao away, Chong Shiheng returned to the camp with Yang Jinhua to check the just-completed Liangshan terrain sand table, which was also taught by Zhao Zhen to the field army, all scouts must master the skills of drawing, and each battle must be done in advance of the sand table, not as in the past, and the sand table should be made into a model and handed over to the Privy Council for archiving.

"No wonder the Holy Lord will deliberately name this place, the terrain of this Liangshan Mountain is indeed wonderful!" Chong Shiheng touched his beard and looked suddenly enlightened, but he was extremely shocked because the emperor was not leaving the palace and had the world in mind.

"My lord, when are we going to start suppressing bandits?" Yang Jinhua was dissatisfied with his nonsense, and directly interrupted him.

"Isn't this official trying to figure out a way? Do you have any good suggestions? ”

"What do you have to think about, the last general will personally take people to destroy them, it's too boring to suppress bandits, I still want to go back to Beijing as soon as possible!"

"The saint is right, you are big-chested and brainless!" Chong Shiheng muttered quietly, but when he saw Yang Jinhua changing his face playing Sichuan opera, he immediately smiled and pretended to be extremely sincere and said: "General Yang said that great, as soon as you get out of the horse, those thieves will definitely flee from the wind!" But this official just doesn't know that General Yang knows water? Are you going to swim there with your soldiers? ”

"Isn't there a ship? Just take a boat! Yang Jinhua said unadmittedly.

"You, you! I don't like to use your brain when you're a general, didn't Lord Tang say that these bandits are good at water and like to scuttle boats, but we soldiers can't do it on the water! ”

"Cut, do you think this girl doesn't know, it's not because you're here, I'm too lazy to think about it, the emperor said that it's easy to get old if you think too much." Yang Jinhua pursed her mouth.

Chong Shiheng's face darkened when he heard this, you said that you, a guy who is less than twenty years old, said that you are old in front of our Ben Si people, is there such a thing?

Yang Jinhua looked at Chong Shiheng's eyes and suddenly felt panicked, and hurriedly interrupted: "My lord, just say what to do!" ”

"It's okay, you take a closer look, although the terrain of this Liangshan is dangerous, almost all three sides are cliffs, and there are lakes in front of it, which is not conducive to the deployment of large troops. This official thinks so, although these cliffs are steep, they are not insurmountable for our special forces. Didn't we bring a squad of special forces this time, let them sneak into Liangshan first, and lay down the ropes. When the time comes, the officer will lead the brigade to make a feint at the main gate to attract their attention, and you will take a squadron of elite soldiers up the hill along the rope and annihilate them from behind. What do you think? ”

"Just do it! When are we going to pull it out? Yang Jinhua thought about it, this method is not bad, I believe that as long as his people can go up the mountain, it is not difficult to deal with one or two hundred bandits......

"Send an order to go down, rest for two days, and after two days, you can pull out the camp, and send someone to inform Lord Tang to arrange the ship in place."

"Yes!"