Wu Yong and Wang Xiaohu left, Song Jiang's bones were not cold, and the words were still in their ears, so they embarked on the road out of the fortress without hesitation.

However, before leaving, Wang Xiaohu exerted his residual heat and robbed Song Jiang to bring back an excellent coffin, otherwise with Song Qing's little money leftover, he couldn't even afford a decent coffin lid.

This is a favor, Song Qing, Kong Ming, and Kong Liang can not accept it, after all, they are the three most useless people on Liangshan. After burying Song Jiang, the three of them settled in front of the grave and guarded the spirit for seven seven and forty-nine days, Kong Ming asked: "Shilang, the master is gone, Wu Xuexue and Wang Xiaohu are also gone—whether they are gone or not—what should we do?" ”

Song Qing asked rhetorically, "What do you want?" ”

Kong Ming and Kong Liang glanced at each other, and Kong Ming said: "After the master goes, the hearts of our two brothers for fame and fortune have also faded, my uncle Kong Bin is now working as a maritime merchant in Banqiao Town, Dengzhou, and my two brothers plan to go to him - what about you, Shiro?" ”

Song Qing had already made up his mind: "I can't give up my hometown after all, I have to go back to Songjiazhuang in Yuncheng - but before that, I have to go back to Liangshan to see the four springs of the West Gate, one to report the funeral, and the other to send a letter - Wu Yong and Wang Xiaohu went to the Jurchens, but we must beware of them betraying the country to seek glory." ”

Kong Liang exclaimed: "If Shiro went to Liangshan and didn't see the four springs of the West Gate, wouldn't he have sent the sheep into the tiger's mouth if he saw Qin Ming first?" ”

Song Qing said categorically: "If I die, I can resolve my brother's sins, so why if Song Qing dies?" I, Song Qing, have not been able to guarantee the good luck, so I have one thing to ask for - this child is temporarily entrusted to the care of the two virtuous brothers, and if I come back alive, I will have nothing to say; If I have any three longs and two shorts here, the two virtuous brothers will only look at the dead brother's sake, and raise him to grow up, and the Song brothers will have a grass ring under the nine springs, and they will also repay the kindness of the two virtuous brothers! He burst into tears.

Kong Ming Kong Liang also burst into tears, Kong Ming asked, "Isn't it possible if Shiro doesn't go?" ”

Seeing Song Qing shaking his head, Kong Ming gritted his teeth and said: "My brother is stupid, he can't say anything nice, anyway, Shiro, you go, we will wait for you, you are back, the child will follow you, you can't come back, the child will follow us - he will never make him suffer!" ”

The three of them had already decided, so they took the child and went straight to the road. For more than a month, they only lived in the wilderness, and the news was blocked, and now they returned to the densely populated place to inquire, but they heard a thunderbolt-like news on a sunny day-Gao Yu, the imperial court captain, personally led the troops to attack Liangshan, and the two roads of water and drought went hand in hand, and the 130,000 army had surrounded Liangshan!

When Song Qing and the Confucian brothers heard this, they had to stumble and complain - if the officers and soldiers surrounded the mountain, how could this Liangshan Mountain go up? The three of them lacked the talent to adapt, and looked at each other, Zuihou still Kong Liang said: "Otherwise!" Yuncheng is at the foot of Liangshan, and now that the officers and soldiers are surrounding the mountain, Shiro will send him to death when he goes back - it is better to go to Dengzhou with us, rent a house to live, we go to sea, Shiro teaches the children to read, how can he bring the master's bones and blood to the big! ”

This seemed to be the most Haode suggestion, Song Qing had no choice but to nod, and the four of them went to Dengzhou. Along the way, Song Qing looked back frequently, and while worrying about his hometown in the war, he secretly prayed: "I just hope that Ximen Siquan will show his tricks and tricks again, and retire the 100,000 army of Gao Yu!" ”

More than a month ago, when Ximen Qing, Hua Rong and others were secretly visiting Hua Meimei's whereabouts in Qingzhou, an urgent report came from Liangshan - Taiwei Gao Yu volunteered to go out on the court to ask for orders, and attracted 130,000 elite soldiers, vowing to level Liangshan, Fang showed his family's loyalty to the monarch and eliminate harm for the people - of course, Gao Yu didn't say a word in his heart - but also to avenge his brother Gao Lian!

Such a big thing, but it's not fun. Ximen Qing hurriedly led the people back to the mountain, and Hua Rong said: "Liangshan is not guaranteed, why do you want to be at home?" He also took his wife and returned to Liangshan with Ximen Qing to participate in the defense battle.

Back in Liangshan, Ximen Qing spread a wide range of horses, and the messengers were endless. It turned out that after Gao Yu and Cai Jing obtained the imperial order of Song Huizong to levy civilian ships, they pulled the banner to make tiger skins, expropriated violently, and looted countless people's wealth, so they still couldn't stop enough. When the two discussed the selection of generals for the expedition to Liangshan, Gao Yu said: "In the early years, there were nine generals who followed the veteran general to conquer Tubo, and now they have all been sealed as festival envoys, and their deeds have been spread everywhere, and they have also compiled a songbook, which is sung in the courtyards everywhere, and what is called "The Merry Wang Huan Hundred Flowers Pavilion" - today's expedition to Liangshan must be used to these nine generals who can conquer the usual war, so as to succeed!" ”

Who are these nine festival envoys? Henan and Hebei Jiedu envoy Wang Huan, Shangdang Taiyuan Jiedu envoy Xu Jing, Jingzhao Hongnong Jiedu envoy Wang Wende, Yingzhou Runan Jiedu envoy Mei Zhan, Zhongshan Anping Jiedu envoy Zhang Kai, Jiangxia Lingling Jiedu envoy Yang Wen, Yunzhong Yanmen Jiedu envoy Han Cunbao, Longxi Hanyang Jiedu envoy Li Congji, Langya Pengcheng Jiedu envoy Xiang Yuanzhen - these nine people are not orthodox origins, all in the green forest and thicket, and later by chance, by Zhao'an was ordered to conquer Tubo, and made countless meritorious contributions, so that Xu Da official position, but they are all elite and brave, There are heroes with real talents.

Cai Jing listened, nodded again and again, and said: "Everything is perfect, if you only send nine generals, it seems unlucky, I have one more person here, plus he makes up ten knots, it is not impossible!" ”

Of course, Gao Yu understands that Cai Jing is a private person and is ready to share the work before the battle, but this is his business? So he nodded happily and said: "The old lady carries the lunch box up the tree - the banquet branch is polite (reasonable)!" ”

Cai Jingxin said: "This rice bucket!" is worthy of being born as a prodigal son of Lang, what else do you know besides eating? While despising, with a stroke of the pen, he added the name of Jing Zhong, the envoy of the Qinghe Tianshui Festival.

The general of the expedition was set, and Taiwei Cai sent ten documents to pay for the order, so that after the ten knots were ordered, he would come to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo City to get all of them. Ten knots of the envoy after receiving the document did not dare to slacken, the starry night Pegasus came, the stream has arrived, the Privy Council arranged to rest in the post house, for a time the post house door outside the door of the puff sparkling, are the ten knots of the envoy of the ceremonial festival.

The festival envoys of the Song Dynasty did not have the same real power as the festival envoys of the middle and late Tang Dynasty. Since Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin cup of wine released the military power, the festival degree envoy has become the senior virtual title of the military attaché, the senior military attache worship the festival degree envoy, called the construction of the festival, although the crown is crowned with a number of states and counties as the festival town, but the crown is never stationed in the festival town (you want to be stationed in the imperial court and do not give you to go), only the grace of the number of the same government, used to send Lu, Yu Lu is higher than the prime minister, and give the guard of honor, called the festival.

At this time, in the Tokyo post house, ten pairs of festivals stand side by side. Every festival envoy has two door flags, one dragon and tiger flag, one section, two guns, two leopard tails, and eight things. The flag is nine pieces of red thread, and the gold-coated copper dragon head is used to unveil it, and the wooden plate is added, and the plate is three-layered, and the red silk is added; The festival is made of gold and copper leaves, and the brilliance is dazzling; The spear is also equipped with a wooden plate, which is very different from other ordinary flag guns and halberds of the guard of honor; The leopard tail is not really a leopard tail, but a leopard print painted on red and yellow cloth to make it more valuable. These eight things are all lacquered as the bar, the Wenchen uses vermilion, the military minister uses black, the flag is silk with red silk, and the section and the spear are silk with green oil, so it is also called "green oil and red water".

Originally, after these ceremonial guards were given, they had to be hidden in the private rooms of each person's public space, and they were all separate as halls, called "Festival Hall", and the next day of each Shuowang sacrifice, called "Yari". But since Tong Guan, Yang Jian and other eunuchs were also made envoys, what did these eunuchs save? These ceremonial guards were put out of disorder, and the officials knew about it and didn't ask, so after the upward and downward effects, the local festivals and envoys also became presumptuous, and no longer took the prestige of the court seriously, and these ceremonial guards became decorations to decorate the façade.

Gao Yu was overjoyed when he saw that the envoys of the ten festivals had come, so he gathered everyone and asked straight to the point: "You are all veterans of the war with long hair in your palms." How many men and horses did this expedition bring? ”

The envoys looked at each other, and then the most respected Wang Huan got up and replied: "Lord Taiwei, the young generals are vain, there is no one under their command, and when they come to Tokyo City, only Lord Taiwei is fate!" ”

Gao Yu Gang was born in idle films, where do you know this? If he changed to someone else, he would definitely feel embarrassed, but Gao Taiwei didn't even blush, just looked up to the sky and said very easily: "I'm going to fight Liangshan, you are all generals under my command!" What kind of soldiers and horses do you want? I'll get it for you! Open Liangshan, where there are mountains of gold and silver, everyone is rich! ”

Nine of the ten knots were mixed up in the Tao, and after listening to Gao Yu's words that greatly lost the prestige of the officials, not only did they not think it was strange, but they felt kind. Wang Huan then spoke: "Whatever soldiers you want, you will listen to the orders of Lord Taiwei, and the nine of us are just a 'type' word!" ”

Wang Huan called "nine people", and he didn't count Jing Zhong in the Qinghe Tianshui Festival.

This Jing Zhong added by Cai Jing belonged to the money bought, just in time for this year he followed to the Western Xia to fight two battles, although he didn't even see the shadow of the Western Xia people, but when he was talking about the merits, it was still Cai Jing and Tong Guan who were in charge, and they forced him to become the envoy of the festival, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, who dared to say the word "no"?

Jing Zhong knew that he had shallow qualifications and was unconvinced, so he regarded himself as a junior everywhere, and his low eyebrows were not like a festival envoy, but like an errand boy. It's just that the nine knots are all genuine knots, and no one is used to it, knowing that this person is coming to share his own credit, so no matter how he does it, he still looks at him everywhere and doesn't give him a good look, Jing Zhong just tolerates it.

Gao Yu won't go to the person who is difficult to protect Taishi Cai, but he won't stand up for him, you can struggle yourself! Therefore, he only pretended not to hear Wang Huan's rudeness, and said with a smile: "Hey——! The battle is fought by you, and the soldiers are brought by you, of course you have to choose! ”

Wang Huan said in his heart: "This Taiwei is easy-going. It's just that I don't know the face but the heart, so I'll test him first. Therefore, he said: "The young generals have also discussed in the hall these days, although the country has a lot of soldiers, but many are not used, this time to Liangshan with soldiers, I heard that the giant Kou Ximen Qing is the reincarnation of the star, with soldiers like a god, so to break this person, you have to be elite, which are the elite, the young generals do not know the soldiers, dare not say, but the soldiers in the Quartet are useless." ”

When Gao Yu heard this, his face sank, and he shouted: "You dare to say that the soldiers raised by the state are useless? What a guts! ”

Over the years, Wang Huan has been in the officialdom, and he has learned more or less, and after a temptation, he found that Gao Yu is also a good and unhappy person, so he immediately remedied: "Lord Taiwei is angry." These soldiers raised by the state were originally a benevolent government, gathering the homeless people who wandered around every year, giving them food, giving them clothes, this is a great good deed done by the emperor and the prince, and the adults in the court! ”

Under the unison of everyone, Gao Yu's face suddenly looked good, and he said with a smile: "The hard work of the official family has not been in vain after all!" Benevolent government, well said! Further on. ”

Wang Huan said: "It is precisely because of the generosity of the officials and the adults that the soldiers are pampered and coquettish, and they seem too loose. This time I went to Liangshan, I heard that Lord Taiwei was personally in charge? Since this victory or defeat is related to the face of Lord Taiwei, it must not be sloppy - that's why the young general said, these soldiers are too many to use, don't pay attention to them! ”

Gao Yu heard Wang Huan's words for his own sake, his heart was overjoyed, and he gave a thumbs up and said: "Wang Jiedu, if you talk to me about righteousness, Lao Tzu will not forget you - as you said, you can't use the van soldiers!" You say, "Where are the horses and soldiers?" ”

Jiujiedu excused himself in unison: "The young generals really don't know the soldiers, Lord Taiwei, you asked the wrong person!" "—just kidding! If we pick up elite soldiers in the east and elite soldiers in the west, and look confident, and are exposed by civilian officials, saying that we have evil intentions and plot to rebel, so we know the country's military strength well, then what can we do?

Gao Yu was dumbfounded, and said, "You don't know soldiers? But he told me to ask who to go? I'm calling you guys to have a? ”

Jiujiedu looked at each other for a while, and Wang Huan said tentatively: "Lord Taiwei, my Great Song Dynasty Western Army defeated Western Xia, and my spirit is in full swing, is it possible to come to beg for thieves?" ”

Indeed, in the current Great Song Dynasty, the most elite men and horses are the Western soldiers who have been fighting with Western Xia all year round.

When Gao Yu heard this, he shook his head like a drum, and said in a loud voice: "This thing must not be done." On the afternoon of February this year, the official family just led the six road side affairs with Gonggong Tong, and the commander-in-chief Yongxing, Yanyan, Huanqing, Qinfeng, Jingyuan, and Xihe passed through the roads to pacify the envoys, and the western soldiers were already in the pocket of Gonggong Tong, and I want to meddle in it now, what do you say? This matter will never be mentioned again! ”

Of course, Tong Gonggong is Tong Guan, and Cai Jing, Gao Yu, and Yang Jian are the same raccoon dogs, of course their own buddies can't cross the line, otherwise they will hurt the harmony, so what's the deal?

Jiujiedu couldn't do anything when he heard this, so he had to move his finger inch by inch to the east and south on the military Kanyu (map) - I heard that the soldiers in this state are well-trained, as if there is a patrol in this county and has bravery, as if there is a so-and-so who is proficient in the art of war living in this city...... A thousand words are gathered into one sentence - please make a decision!

Then they were amazed to find that while they were in the middle of their case, the beloved Lord Captain had fallen asleep on his stomach......

Finally lit up 100,000 horses, but these 100,000 horses came from different places, although the Privy Council was in a hurry, it still took more than half a month to assemble, and then the question came again - what to do with the armor of 100,000 people?

At this time, Gao Yu finally used it, and when he accompanied Huizong Zhao Ji to play football, he said casually: "There are now 100,000 troops stationed outside the city, but the armor is not complete, and the swords, guns, swords, and halberds in your arsenal are also rusty in vain, so it is better to lend them to the ministers to fight the thieves, and when Liangshan is broken, our monarchs and ministers have made a fortune, and the ministers will buy you a new guy!" ”

Huizong was kicking the ball on his head, and he didn't want to think about it when he heard it, so he said: "It's all up to Aiqing!" ”

When Gao Yu got the holy decree, he went to open the arsenal, and the armor of 100,000 people was prepared at one time. But when I went up to check the school in the ninth section, it was broken, and a lot of armor turned out to be papier-mâché!

Of course, it can't be all paper paste, and it can't be pasted with soft paper, but even if you use thick kraft paper to roll out the thickness of the armor layer by layer, if you really go to the battlefield, it will be all over when it rains. Besides, Liang Shan Shui Bo Liang Shan Shui Bo, since there is a word "water", get these paper armors, isn't that a child's play with the lives of the three armies?

Jiujiedu went to Gao Yu again, Gao Yu was also stunned when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he smiled and said: "Although this is a bad thing, but bad things can also become good things, you integrate your soldiers, and leave this matter to me!" ”

Looking at Gao Yu's appearance of being a bamboo in his chest, Jiujiedu went in disbelief.

Gao Yu really has a way, and his method is very simple - he sent one of his henchmen to be Niu Bangxi, to be the chief quartermaster in the army, and all the soldiers who received the armor had to pay him money, and after paying enough money, the armor was metal; There is no money, the armor is paper.

Jiujiedu is going crazy, so I came to see Gao Yu again, begging Lord Dao, you can't do this! Can this paper armor fight a war? It's your face to lose this fight!

Who knew that Gao Yu had already made up his mind, and said to Jiujiedu: "Let me tell you this!" Who is the one who got this paper armor into the arsenal? I already know. But I can't afford to provoke this person, and you can't afford to provoke it, so I have to pinch my nose and admit it, not only can't I pierce it, but I also have to help cover it up, otherwise everyone will be unlucky! Besides, what is Yangsan? It's just a bunch of grass. As you said, they only deserve to bully and bully the useless van army, and when they see an elite like Liang Zhongshu, haven't they been killed to the ground? Now that this thief has lost the battle, at most there are only some wooden knives and bamboo guns left, and what if he is wearing paper armor? Isn't it the same invulnerability? So don't worry! zuihou gives everyone a reassuring pill - those who wear paper armor will be put into a separate book and sent to Qinghe Tianshui Jiedu to make Jing Zhong go down, anyway, he is just here to play tricks......"

After listening to the nine knots, they looked at each other, is this okay? Wang Huan smiled bitterly and asked, "Lord Taiwei, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, what if it rains he......avily?" ”

When Gao Yu heard this, his face did not change, but he was hahadaxiao. This is exactly what it is:

Taiwei seems to be like Zhuge , and the veteran turned out to be a fool. But I don't know what will happen next, and listen to the next breakdown.