The wind is evil, the clothes are thin, and the road chief is cold and unbearable.

Having said that, winter has never been a good day for marching. What's more, it is now close to the end of the year, and these forbidden troops of the Beijing Division, who are used to being idle in Tokyo, were sent out by Cai Jing to follow an unknown leading commander and march on this vast plain.

Along the way, it is not uncommon to see people who are really sick, pretending to be sick, lazy, and lazy, and it is said that this large army that has not yet encountered the enemy is constantly attritional, but fortunately, Guan Sheng has the idea of breaking the kettle and sinking the boat, and does not care about offending anyone, and after the most severe punishment, a few commanders with thorns in the head have been severely punished, and the situation has only changed slightly.

"Brother, I have wronged you by asking you to be my deputy this time!" Along the way, I have to praise this Jingshi general for his dedicated assistance, otherwise, just by virtue of his qualifications as a remote state inspection, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to let this group of arrogant soldiers order and cooperate sincerely.

Xuanzan shook his head, stroked his horse's mane, and said, "What did my brother say?" If you talk about martial arts and strategy, I can't catch up with you! If you really want to talk about it, the little brother won't wade into this troubled water! ”

At the beginning, he recommended Guan Sheng in front of Cai Jing, mainly because he couldn't bear to see that this brother had been depressed and condescended to the subordinates. As for the level of fame, who is in charge and who is subordinate, he really doesn't care. Otherwise, it would not be reasonable to call him a yamen defense envoy and be a deputy to an inspector who came up from the state capital below.

After Xuanzan finished speaking, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "Although I am my brother's deputy, I have nothing to say, but in the end, I asked my brother to be the deputy of Liu Zhizhou, the son of Nalaoshi, but I have wronged my brother!" Xuanzan knows too much about the arrogance in Guan Sheng's heart, which is quite similar to the style of his ancestor Guan Yunchang.

Guan Sheng waved his hand and said, "I'm not so delicate yet, I can't bear it!" It's just that who is this Liu Zhizhou, and can the brother know the clues? ”

Xuanzan thought for a while and said, "I haven't dealt with it. It's just that he's not a straw bale. I heard that this person is not sticky, and he is the best at figuring out his intentions, otherwise Cai Xiang would not have made him handsome! ”

Guan Sheng nodded thoughtfully, and didn't continue to ask for news about this person, but said, "The two regimental training envoys he brought are familiar with me. In those years, they all met many times, and they were all real characters, one was called the holy water general Shan Tingqi, who was good at immersing the army with water, and the other was named Wei Dingguo. Known as the Divine Fire General, he is proficient in the art of fire attack, and the soldiers and horses brought by these two people are all trained by themselves, which is an unexpected help! ”

Speaking of Shan Tingqi and Wei Dingguo's own soldiers and horses, Guan Sheng couldn't help but show a trace of regret on his face, the biggest regret in his life was that he never led an army alone, that is, he did not have a field team directly under him. called him full of ambition and no place to show it.

Xuan Zan sighed, and heard that Guan Sheng's tone was quite believable to the meaning of the team of people around him, and said with emotion: "There is still a war in the west, but the forbidden army in the capital is rotten to this extent. It's embarrassing! Brother doesn't know that in these years, traitors have been in power, and even the forbidden army near Tokyo is also very slack, and they don't repair their armor. Don't do anything, don't talk about it, what do they do on weekdays? is either to repair the private house of the chief official Gao Yu, or to work as a coolie for the official family. When you really want to go into battle, it is better to transfer some border troops to be reliable! ”

"What I asked Cai Xiang for was 30,000 elite soldiers, but he only gave 15,000 in the end, and they were all forbidden troops in Beijing. Liangshan Bo has the strength to break the Daimyo's Mansion, and then repeatedly broke through several states to chase soldiers, even Xiao General Xin Congzhong died in their hands, I estimate that they should be at least 30,000 people at the moment, and most of these minions are brave people who have experienced a hundred battles, this battle, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult to fight! Guan Sheng sighed and said.

He is no stranger to Liang Shan, after all, the two righteous brothers Tang Bin and Hao Siwen have sent letters from time to time, although they have never leaked Liang Shan's secrets, but the proud tone between the lines of their words still makes Guan Sheng quite moved. After all, these two heroes with high vision can be full of confidence, how weak can Liangshan's soldiers be?

"Brother, to be honest, fifteen thousand people are not less!" Xuanzan said an insider word at this time.

With Guan Sheng's qualifications, he led tens of thousands of people to fight on his first expedition, which can be regarded as breaking the convention. This is still Cai Jing's revenge, so he tolerated Guan Sheng's initiative to "ask for an official", after all, not everyone can casually take more than 30 battalions of forbidden troops to fight, and Guan Sheng's local inspection department, which was in charge of arresting thieves, only has a few hundred soldiers? First of all, you have to have that grade and seniority, otherwise it is the responsibility of the proponent to cause criticism.

"For Guan, it's really a lot. But for Liang Shan, it is too little! Guan Sheng knew the lack of his own qualifications, and he also knew that Cai Jing was so "tolerant" of himself, all because of one purpose, that is, to level Liangshan and capture the bandit leader Wang Lun, but this discounted troop allocation made Guan Sheng already at a great disadvantage when he had not yet faced Liangshanbo.

"Report! The two generals, Lingzhou Liu Zhizhou's military horses have been stationed in Yunzhou, and they ordered our army to go to the round quickly! At this time, the spies came to report and brought the latest military information.

Guan Sheng pondered for a moment when he heard this, and ordered: "Order the whole army to change its route and go to Yunzhou as soon as possible!" ”

The dozen or so people on the left and right were Guan Sheng's personal people, and when they heard this, they hurriedly went down to pass the order, and Xuanzan asked on the side: "Don't go to Jeju anymore?" ”

"Although Jeju Zhang Shuye is virtuous, Jeju is a small state, with uneven soldiers and poor money and food, and it is a great burden for him to go to the people. Yunzhou is a large state, with seven counties under its jurisdiction, at least there is not much pressure on the supply of grain and grass! Besides, Shangguan is already in Yunzhou, so we don't have the reason to flash him back before we meet! Guan Sheng explained.

"Well, anyway, although Shuibo belongs to Jeju, Yangsan Island is a little closer to Yunzhou, so it doesn't hurt to go to Yunzhou!"

Xuanzan had no objection, the two said a few words, and then led the team to Yunzhou, the more than 10,000 men and horses marched in the cold Qilu land for three or five days, and finally arrived at the location of Yunzhou Prefecture Xucheng, the two of them tied up the soldiers and horses, rushed to the Lingzhou army camp, and met the commander of the expedition.

As soon as they entered the camp tent, Guan Sheng and Xuanzan saw a white-faced civil official sitting in the middle of the camp tent, with a bookcase in front of him, on which were placed several volumes of documents, while Shan Tingqi and Wei Dingguo were standing behind him on the left and right.

Seeing this, Guan Sheng groaned slightly, so he and Xuanzan stepped forward to greet Liu Zhizhou, Liu Zhizhou put down the scroll in his hand, stood up with a smile, stepped forward to help the two of them, and said: "This official's surname is Liu Mingyu, and he has been favored by Xiang Jian, and he and General Guan and General Xuan are fighting against the Liangshan thieves, which is also a fate!" This official is willing to cooperate sincerely with the two generals, and I hope that the two of them will not live up to this good fate! ”

Guan Sheng and Xuanzan glanced at each other, they didn't dare to say anything, they were already familiar with this name, and they didn't have any special feelings at this time, but their first feeling of this Liu Yu was okay, but they were not casual young people, of course they wouldn't rely on their first impressions to recognize people.

At this time, Liu Yuxiao introduced Wei Dingguo and Shan Tingqi behind him to the two, Guan Sheng saw that they were behaving differently just now, and he was silent at the moment, only when he saw him for the first time, fortunately, Xuanzan was also a fine person, but he didn't say anything, so he saw these four people in front of Liu Yu and saw each other again.

After the ceremony, everyone sat separately, and then listened to Liu Yu speak: "Although this official is the commander-in-chief, General Guan and General Xuan are both generals in the army. ”

Guan Sheng asked, pondered for a moment, and asked without answering: "Dare to ask how many people did the prime minister bring?" ”

Liu Yu smiled and said, "The horse army is 2,000, and the infantry army is 3,000, what's the matter, what does General Guan think?" ”

"The young general was ordered to bring more than 14,000 horse infantry troops, and Xianggong joined forces, less than 20,000 people, according to the young general's investigation these days, the Liangshan army is no less than 40,000 horses, twice as many as my ......" Guan Sheng replied, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Liu Yu.

"I know all this, but the rabble of Liangshan, how can it be my heavenly opponent? Regarding General Huwei, plus General Xuan's wisdom and bravery, why worry about the thief? Liu Yu said with a smile, "My two regimental training envoys are not idle people, and they will definitely be able to help the two generals!" So how can the thieves not be too worried, please ask General Guan to talk about the strategy of suppressing the thieves! ”

"Since Xianggong is not ashamed to ask, the young general will say some immature thoughts in his heart for everyone to laugh at!" There was nothing unusual on Guan Sheng's face, but Xuanzan had already heard a trace of impatience in his words.

"As far as I know, there were no less than 40,000 soldiers in Liangshan, but in the battle of the Daimyo's Mansion, Liangshanbo took nearly 100,000 people from there! In this way, it can be said that there are 1440,000 people gathered on these four water-facing islands, and the daily consumption of food is a huge burden. What I mean is to contact Yunzhou, Jeju, Xiqingfu, and Puzhou around Shuibo nearby, and ask these three prefectures and one government to carefully guard their respective regions, so as not to let Liang Shanbo get supplies easily. If a small part of the Liangshan army comes down to borrow grain, we will eat him in one bite, if a large number of people and horses go down the mountain, we will mainly attack and disturb, mainly because we cannot let them carry grain up the mountain smoothly. Over time, Liangshanbo will inevitably not be able to support it, and when the time comes, they will be eager to fight, and the offensive and defensive situation will be changed, and we can rely on favorable terrain, such as cities, villages, and manors to consume them! ”

Guan Sheng spoke eloquently, and when he heard Xuanzan's brows stretched, Shan Tingqi and Wei Dingguo nodded again and again, but Liu Yu's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character and asked, "Didn't the general plan to fight with Liang Shanbo?" ”

"If my subordinates are like the elite soldiers under the command of Xianggong, Guan is willing to fight a decisive battle with Liangshan! But ......" Guan Sheng didn't mention the field battle at all just now, and that's what he was worried about.

"General Guan, your method is good, but it's too slow! Too negative! You must know that this time the minister asked us to come over, but he didn't ask us to confront Liang Shanbo! When the time drags on for a long time, Eun Xiang is afraid that he can't wait, and the DPRK and China will criticize, don't we put Eun Xiang on the fire? ”

Liu Yu said this with a smile, although he was extremely unhappy at this time. The army has driven to Liangshanbo, but it is just a passive slack, what kind of revenge is this? If he doesn't have a resolute attitude at this time, and the news will reach Tokyo in the future, will he still mix up in front of Cai Jing? (To be continued......)