After two days of rest, the fatigue caused by the day's march and other discordant factors such as seasickness were basically eliminated. After breakfast, the soldiers were full of energy waiting for the order to be promoted.

"Target Liangshan, let's go!"

"Yes! A large group listened to the order, all of them, turned left, and walked in unison......"

With the order of Chong Shiheng, the soldiers walked out of the barracks and embarked on the journey under the leadership of their respective officers. Thousands of people are one, and the sound of neat footsteps gathers together, which can't help but make people excited, and even the officials who follow behind unconsciously straighten their waists.

Both sides of the road are surrounded by people who watch the excitement, and see the neat pace, sophisticated equipment and full spirit of the field army, all of which are poured by the prestige of Wang Shi, and many young people who are fortunate to see this scene have the idea of becoming a soldier in their hearts at this moment, and many years later they have made great contributions to the Great Song Empire's conquest of the Quartet, which is not expressed for the time being.

In a short time, the army drove to the Nanqing River outside the city, and since the requisitioned merchant ships had already left, this time they could only take the ships collected from Xuzhou City. Dozens of ships of different sizes, carrying more than 1,000 field troops and 100 servants, sailed north from the Nanqing River into Dongping Lake, and then turned back to Shuibo Liangshan through the Liuchang River.

It was almost dusk when the brigade arrived outside the Liangshan Water Village, except for Yang Jinhua who quietly left with only one squadron of cavalry, the rest of the brigade got off the boat and camped by the lake, and had no intention of attacking.

Tang Youdao came to the big tent of the Chinese army to find Chong Shiheng, who was studying the terrain, and asked him, "Master Chong, why don't you attack immediately?" Isn't it just dealing with a group of bandits? Don't be so careful! ”

"Lord Tang is calm for a while, the Holy Lord teaches us that we can despise the enemy strategically, but we must pay attention to the enemy tactically, and the lion must fight the rabbit with all our strength. This army is the blood of the saints, and we must not be reckless! After arranging for Tang Youdao to sit down, Chong Shiheng said to him seriously.

"Then I don't know if it's appropriate for an adult to attack? Don't let those thieves run away! ”

"It's not early now, the vision is not good, and our army is not familiar with this terrain, so it is easy for the enemy to take advantage of this rash attack at this time. Therefore, the officer intends to attack early tomorrow morning. ”

"That's good! Can I need the assistance of the government officials? ”

"Wouldn't it be nice if you were familiar with the terrain?"

"Don't worry, this mansion will definitely find someone who is familiar with the terrain, and I wonder what the adults think about the aftermath of this bandit?"

"The Holy One said first, this time the bandits are less murderous, the thieves are arrested for hard labor, the army is only responsible for the suppression of bandits, and the prisoners are guarded by the local government, and they are called after listening, and the local government is not allowed to execute the prisoners at will, and the Holy One is still of great use."

Hearing what Chong Shiheng said, Tang Youdao let go of his heart a lot. He believed that as long as these people fell into his hands, they would not have a chance. It's too easy to kill a few prisoners these days.

"In this case, this mansion wishes your lordship a victory, and this mansion is here to wait for good news and say goodbye!" Tang Youdao got up and said goodbye when he got the answer he wanted, thinking that he was also the most honorable civil official in the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't disdain Yu Er and other vulgar martial artists.

"Master Tang, go slowly! I won't be far away! ”

At the same time, on Liangshan, flags are waving, people are boiling, and minions are shuttling endlessly. However, in the hall, it was the opposite, and the leaders looked at each other, and they were silent.

"It's always time to come!" The sigh of the big boss Qi Zhonghao broke the quiet hall.

"Big brother, why don't you fight with them? With our natural risk, they don't want to take advantage. A small leader stood up and said loudly.

"Yes, I fought ...... with them" The words of the little leader also aroused the echo of many people.

"It's all quiet!" Qi Zhonghao looked at the noisy crowd, slapped the table and said loudly: "You all know how to fight, what to fight?" Their numbers and equipment are beyond our reach, they are not those soft-footed shrimp in Suzhou City, they are the strongest field army in our dynasty, use your brains. ”

"Big brother, let's do what the younger brother says!" Liang Shi calmed Qi Zhonghao, who was furious, and said to him.

"Hey...... All right! Brother Xian, go and talk to them, if you have any mistakes, the eldest brother will definitely bring the brothers to accompany you! Qi Zhonghao patted him on the shoulder and said helplessly.

"Where did the eldest brother go, we are forced to fall into the grass, who is not forced by the government to have no way to come to our Liangshan, you have to be responsible for the brothers!"

Qi Zhonghao let out a long sigh and stopped talking.

"Big brother, little brother plans to go to the barracks tonight."

"Take care, brother! Everyone salutes the bowl of the second master, come, do it! ”

"Dry ......"

"Second brother, you have to be more careful, the brothers are waiting for you to come back!" Qi Zhonghao helped Liang Shi onto a small boat and instructed him.

"Big brother, go back! Little brother province! ”

The sun slowly set, and the earth will be shrouded in darkness again, and several sturdy figures in the woods in the southern section of Liangshan are constantly shuttling, but they don't make a sound, they are the special operations team that lurked here in advance. Due to the distance from the center of Liangshan Cottage, and everyone's attention was attracted by everyone at the main gate, no one noticed their existence.

Yang Jinhua also took the cavalry around, evaded the bandits' field of vision and came to the agreed place, just waiting for dawn to climb the rock and launch an attack.

Chong Shiheng looked at his deployment and the reports of various departments, and couldn't help but sigh: "Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!" ”

However, he was interrupted before he could wait for his "east wind".

"General Qiqi, we caught a spy, he said he wanted to see you, please command?" The guard walked into the tent and said to Chong Shiheng.

"Bring it in and take a look!" Chong Shiheng thought for a moment and instructed the guards.

"Yes," the guard replied before turning and shouting outside the tent, "bring someone in." ”

"Grass people meet your lord!" After Liang Shi was escorted into the camp tent, he observed the surrounding situation for a while before saluting to Chong Shiheng.

"Who are you? What is the matter with the night visit to the barracks? Quickly recruit from the real thing! ”

"Lord Hui, the grass people's surname is Liang Mingshi, the word Zhongxian, originally lived in Sucheng, and now he is the second head of Liangshan......" Speaking of this, only to hear the sound of "bang", the guard drew a knife and put it on Liang Shi's neck, interrupting his words.

Chong Shiheng waved his hand to signal the guards to withdraw their knives, and said to Liang Shan: "This official sees that you are also like a scholar, you have no power to restrain the chicken, and you don't think about reimbursing the court, why did you still fall into the grass and become the second master of Kou?" ”

Liang Shi kowtowed and said: "The adult is really as wise as a torch, this is a long talk, don't hide it from the adult, the grass people were originally born in a scholarly family, and his father Liang Hao was the champion of the Yiyouke family in the second year of Yongxi (985) of Song Taizong, and a scholar of Hallym University. ”

"Wait...... You say you're the son of Lord Liang Haoliang? Chong Shiheng asked in surprise.

"Yes, sir!"

"yes, no! This official has also heard of your father, and it seems that he has passed away for more than ten years! According to the convention, you should be an official with your father's shadow, why did you become a thief? ”

"What the adults said is true, it has been ten years since my father died, and the grass people should have been touched by their father's light and could get an official and a half-job. But when my father was alive, he had a grudge against him because he reported that the prefect Tang Youdao was corrupt and perverted the law, and Tang Youdao colluded with the minister Ding Wei to be exempted from punishment, and after my father died, he framed and framed my family, causing me to be cut off from my reputation, and my family was ruined, and I had to be assigned to the frontier. In the end, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, I wanted to kill people halfway, and happened to pass through the boundary of Liangshan, and encountered the heroes of Liangshan who were robbing, and the grass people escaped, and since then they have fallen into the grass. Later, because of the grass people's reading and literacy, he was selected by the big boss and became the second master......"

"Smack...... Are you saying that Lord Tang framed you to let you be like this? Is there any evidence for that? If you are a fool and frame the ministers of the court, this official can cut you down now, you know? Chong Shiheng slapped the table with a stern expression.

"Back to ...... Back to my lord, what the grass people said is true, not only the grass people, but many brothers on Liangshan were forced to fall into the grass, and even the big boss was originally quite wealthy, and Tang Youdao was worried about it, so he ended up like this. ”

"But even if you have grievances, you won't fall into the grass! You can complain to the envoy of the warp against him, right? If you really can't do it, you can go to Beijing to sue the royal court! Today's saints are honest and honest, and they will definitely restore your innocence. ”

"My lord! It's not that the grass people haven't thought of these methods, but their officials protect each other and collude, we have no way to file a lawsuit, and we are still carrying the signboard of the imperial court, so we can't go out at all, let alone sue the emperor. Over the years, although the grass people and others have fallen into the grass, they have not done anything that hurts the heavens and reason, and the adults can go to the surrounding people to find out a thing or two. We don't want to defeat Tang Youdao all the time, so we secretly collected a lot of evidence of his corruption and perversion of the law. ”

"Did you bring any of the incriminating evidence you mentioned?" Chong Shiheng asked with a frown.

Liang Shi knelt on the ground, slowly took out an account book from his arms, held it on his head and handed it to Chong Shiheng and said: "This account book is a record of Tang Youdao's collusion with other officials, as well as part of their testimony of stealing, and there are many other circumstances, the grass people can't grasp the evidence, and I implore the imperial court to investigate it carefully." The grass people and the big boss have been waiting for the arrival of the king, and we will bear any punishment from the court, so I hope that the lord will let those brothers live! They are all unavoidable, and they only went to Liangshan in order to survive, please open the net! ”

After speaking, Liang Shi kept kowtowing.

Chong Shiheng took the account book and looked at it carefully, and found that the officials recorded in it included almost all the important positions in the original, except for the supervision yamen and the general judgment yamen that were being formed. Seeing this, Chong Shiheng not only has a big head, but if this situation is true, then the problem is big. He couldn't help but think that the Holy Lord had deliberately named this place, could it be that he was aware of this matter? Or is it a fake, but in fact......

Looking at Liang Shi who kept kowtowing and crying bitterly in front of him, Chong Shiheng suddenly had an idea: "It's better to get these guys to the capital and give the emperor a headache!" ”

It was his absurd decision that caught everyone off guard, including Zhao Zhen, of course.

"Alright, alright, get up! The situation you have reacted to, this official will truthfully report to the Holy Lord. If you really have the heart to repent, then immediately lay down your arms and return to Beijing with your own officials. The Holy Lord ordered us to suppress the bandits, and the official can't let you go without permission, but if what you say is true, the official will plead with the Holy One, what do you think? ”

"Thank you, my lord, the grass people are willing to obey your orders!" Liang Shi said gratefully, thinking that he seemed to have made the right bet, this kind of adult doesn't look like a treacherous person, he should be able to help him achieve his wishes.

"In that case, you should go back quickly, and let your big boss gather everyone to lay down their weapons and wait in the cottage, and someone will take you away." When Chong Shiheng said this, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and his words changed: "In this way, this official will give you a letter, and when the time comes, you will hand it over to a female general named Yang Jinhua, remember not to give it to others!" ”

Although Liang Shi was a little puzzled, he still nodded and agreed: "Yes, my lord, the grass people remember!" ”

Under the cover of the night, Liang Shi's arrival and departure did not cause much reaction, everything was calm again, only the long sigh of Chong Shiheng seemed to echo over the camp.