At the age of nineteen, he killed an official in Shijia Village, Huayin County, and fled, and in the third year of Xuanhe, Shi Jin was already twenty-seven years old, and he was a father last year.

Although there are tens of thousands of soldiers, and the nickname of the nine-patterned dragon has also been replaced by the king of benevolence and righteousness, Shi Jin has not changed much from the past, most of the time he still trains martial arts and soldiers with the leaders, and there is only one lady in the back house.

As we enter February, the weather is much warmer.

Shi Jin, Xiao Jiasui, and Zhu Wu, who were dressed in strong suits, were strolling in the garden.

Shi Jindao: "I just received the news that after more than ten days of fighting in Hangzhou, the army of Tong Guan and the Fang La army withdrew from Hangzhou. Tong Guan did not issue the reward money in time, and the Western Army burned Hangzhou. ”

Zhu Wu said a little moved: "The Western Army really lives up to its reputation, the Fangla Righteous Army occupies the geographical advantage, and stands in the city, but it only lasts for more than ten days. ”

Xiao Jiasui said: "Although the Western Army is a proud general, it has always been a guard for the imperial court, and the generals of the Western Army have always been careful. I think it was because of the heavy casualties in the attack on Hangzhou, and the reward was deducted by Tong Guanke, and the soldiers were angry, so they burned Hangzhou. ”

Shi Jin nodded and said, "Both the Western Army and the Fang La Righteous Army should not be underestimated. After the battle between Tong Guan's army and Fang La's righteous army, Chen Da and other brothers came more diligently, what did the two military advisors think? ”

Zhu Wudao: "Tong Guan brought 150,000 Western troops to the south of the Yangtze River, and the remaining Western Army had to guard against Western Xia, and the imperial court could no longer draw out Western troops." As long as we don't threaten Jingshi, Tong Guan's army will not abandon the mighty Fangla Righteous Army and come north to deal with us. Except for the Western Army, the Great Song Dynasty had no available soldiers. I think we can fight one or two state capitals and recruit troops. But it's not time to make a big deal about it yet. ”

Xiao Jiasui nodded and said: "After the Fangla uprising, everyone was united and wanted to overthrow the Song Dynasty. If you wait for a long time, it will also affect your ambitions. It's fine for us to fight a few state capitals, but after we conquer the city, we don't have enough officials to divide the land, and if we expand too quickly, we can't say that there will be mistakes and affect my brother's reputation. We are still a state capital and a state capital are playing well. ”

Earlier, Shi Jin publicly said that as long as the court was a traitorous minister, Liangshan would not accept Zhao'an. The leaders of Liangshan also supported it, but a considerable number of leaders did not support the rebellion. Because they felt that the Song Dynasty was rich all over the world, although the imperial court was full of harsh government and lost the support of the people in recent years, it was not yet time to perish.

Tian Hu and Wang Qing rebelled. There is some chaos in the world. Chen Da and other leaders jumped out to rebel, but a considerable number of leaders still disagreed, feeling that Tian Hu and Wang Qing were just grass cobs, and they were not enough to shake the foundation of the Song Dynasty.

But the Fangla Uprising, known as the million righteous army, swept through the south of the Yangtze River, which made all the leaders realize that the Song Dynasty was really stormy.

Tong Guan led 150,000 western troops to the south of the Yangtze River, which made all the leaders see the opportunity.

The Song Dynasty had 800,000 forbidden troops. But except for the Western Army, the other forbidden armies were useless.

This is evidenced by several engagements between Liangshan and the imperial court.

The founding heroes are undoubtedly much more attractive than being the king of the mountain and recruiting An. Therefore, all the generals of Liangshan were very active in running to Shi Jin, asking when the army would be raised.

Jiangnan is the world of Manichaeism, and the north can be said to be the world of Shi Jin.

With the name of Liangshan's elite soldiers and the king of benevolence and righteousness, Liangshan's speed of attacking the state and plundering the government will never be slower than that of Fang La.

Shi Jin nodded and said, "Since the two military advisors think that they can send troops, then let's fight Dongping Mansion first." What do the two advisors think? ”

Xiao Jiasui said: "After the Dongping Mansion is laid, Liangshan Shuibo will all be under our jurisdiction, and the imperial court's transportation will be cut off." Now that Jiangnan is in turmoil, we have cut off Shandong's luck again, and the imperial court is only afraid that it will be nervous. We might as well hit Tai'an first. Tai'an Prefecture is next to Qingzhou, and when Tai'an Prefecture is defeated, when Yang Zhi and others want to attack Qingzhou, we can reinforce at any time. ”

Yang Zhi, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Kong Ming, and Kong Liang are still stationed in Qingzhou, and their soldiers and horses have also expanded to more than 6,000 people.

In the second year of Xuanhe, more than 10 million catties of burnt knife wine were dumped into Liaojin, consuming more than 200,000 stone of grain and making a profit of 300,000 yuan.

If it weren't for the fact that the state capitals of Shandong had tightened the grain inventory and Liangshan wanted to accumulate grass and grain, Liangshan could dump more burning knife wine into Liaojin.

Shi Jin was still humbly admonished, and after listening to Xiao Jiasui's analysis, he said: "Okay, then let's fight Tai'an Prefecture first." ”

The three of them agreed, and Shi Jin sent troops to attack Tai'an Prefecture.

After Yangsan occupied Jeju, the nearby state capitals were on strict defense, fearing that Yangsan would continue to attack the city, but after more than half a year, Yangsan did not attack other state capitals, and the nearby state capitals slowly relaxed their vigilance.

In addition, Shi Jin was taken by surprise and did not mobilize Jeju soldiers and horses, but ordered Qingzhou Yang Zhi, Wu Song, and Kong Ming to bring 3,000 soldiers and horses to raid, and with the cooperation of Neiying, they easily captured Tai'an Prefecture.

After Yang Zhi and the others conquered Tai'an Prefecture, Shi Jincai ordered Lin Chong, Hu Yanzhuo, Dang Shiying, Dang Shixiong, and Guan Sheng to each bring 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack the five counties of Tai'an Prefecture.

Under the name of Liang Shanwei, two county officials in the five counties abandoned the city and fled, and the people of one county directly opened the city gate, and the other two counties fell in only half a day under the fierce attack of Hu Yanzhuo and Dang Shixiong.

After conquering the counties of Tai'an Prefecture, Shi Jin asked Wu Song to lead 2,000 people to guard Tai'an Prefecture, recruit troops and buy horses, and sent Jiang Jing, a god operator, to Tai'an Prefecture to take charge of political affairs and distribute land to the people.

The news of Liangshan's capture of Tai'an Prefecture reached the capital, which also shocked the court.

The emperor remembered that Gao Yu had withdrawn because of the plague in Jeju before, and wanted to send Gao Yu to lead troops to conquer Yangshan, but Gao Yu had completely lost confidence in the forbidden army, and the Western Army could not be transferred, so how could he dare to provoke Yangshan again. He lied that the Liao State gathered troops and horses on the border, and if the forbidden army was mobilized on a large scale at this time, he was afraid that the hinterland would be empty and taken advantage of by the Liao State, so it was better to wait for Tong Guan to defeat Fang La, and after the Western Army returned to the division, he would attack Liangshan.

The emperor saw that Tong Guan had won successes one after another, and it seemed that it would not take long to exterminate Fang La, and he was afraid that the Liao State would really take advantage of the situation, so he postponed the extermination of Liangshan.

Shi Jin was originally known as the king of benevolence and righteousness in Shandong, and with the measures of exempting taxes and dividing land, he quickly won the hearts of the people of Jeju and Taean.

Except for a small number of large families and ordinary people who fled, most of the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and many Ding Zhuang enthusiastically joined the Liangshan army in order to protect the land they had just been allocated.

Liangshan's soldiers and horses are increasing every day, although they are not yet capable of fighting for the time being, but they are enough to defend the city.

Shi Jin still did not recruit the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty, and every time he laid down a place, he would let the forbidden army with the tattoo disarm and return to the field, and use a small number of Liangshan elite soldiers and new soldiers to defend it.

These soldiers and horses will also practice every day in addition to defending the city. (To be continued......)