Lu Zhishen, Wu Song and Zheng Tong led 30,000 horses and horses directly back to the Liangshan camp, as for the extra 10,000 horses, it was Zheng Tong's subordinates, the main generals all surrendered, and the sergeants under them naturally surrendered to Liangshan.

The three of them came to the Shuai tent to restore their lives, and Chao Gai learned that Lu Zhishen and Wu Song led the army to a complete victory, and Zheng Tong, the chief general of the official army, also surrendered to Liangshan, so he was naturally very happy, and immediately appointed Zheng Tong as the deputy general and listened to the order under the account.

Seeing Zheng Tong, Xu Guanzhong, the little Marquis, laughed at that time, twisted his beard, arched his hand towards Chao Gai, and said: "Governor Dadu, now this Ying Tianfu is at your fingertips, General Zheng Tong surrendered to our army, at this time Ying Tianfu does not know, we might as well take advantage of this time, let General Zheng Tong lead the army and horses into the city pretendedly, and suddenly occupy the city gate when the time comes, and our army will then rush to kill, and Ying Tianfu will be determined." ”

Chao Gai heard Xu Guanzhong's strategy, and immediately stroked his palms and laughed, and said: "Good strategy, at this time, Naying Tianfu must not know that General Zheng Tong has surrendered to my Liangshan, and he is unprepared to attack him by surprise, so it's good." ”

As soon as Chao Gai's words fell, Wu Yong, Zhiduoxing next to him, stood up, arched his hand towards Chao Gai, and said: "Governor Qiqi, this strategy is good, but General Zheng Tong has just returned to my Liangshan, and he can't help but be a little tired, so it is better to let General Zheng Tong rest for a few days." ”

Zheng Tong next to him was just about to stand up and ask for battle, as soon as he heard Wu Yong say this, he retreated back, Wu Yong's words and other words Everyone in the tent understood, Zheng Tong had just returned to obedience, and his loyalty had not yet been confirmed, so he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and it was impossible for anyone to trust him so easily.

Chao Gai naturally heard Wu Yong's words, laughed at the moment, waved his hand, and said: "The pedant's concern is not unreasonable, but my Liangshan heroes are all loyal and righteous people, bright and fair, I Chao Gai has always used people without suspicion, and the Zheng Tong brothers are also loyal and righteous people, and I Chao Gai is the first to believe him." ”

As soon as Chao Gai's words fell, Zheng Tong walked out, full of excitement, and plopped towards Chao Gai to push the golden mountain and bow to the jade pillar, the dignified seven-foot man was moved by Chao Gai's words, his eyes were red, and he choked up and said: "Zheng Tong is the general of the defeated army, I don't want most of the governors to give up, trust me so much, Zheng Tong can't repay it, in the future, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, ten thousand deaths, if there are two hearts, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed." ”

Seeing Zheng Tong like this, Chao Gai stood up, came to Zheng Tong to help him up, patted the dust on Zheng Tong's body, and said: "Brother Zheng Tong joined me Liangshan, they are the brothers we are waiting for, and the family does not speak two words." ”

"Yes, Zheng Tong has seen Brother Chao Gai." Zheng Tong said with a resolute face.

Chao Gai nodded with satisfaction, sat back down in the handsome case, looked around at the people in the handsome tent, and saw that they were all eager to try, full of fighting spirit, and immediately said: "The wolf tooth camp of the desperate San Lang Shixiu, the Shenhuo camp of Wei Dingguo, the Shenjian camp of Xiaoyang Youji Pang Wanchun and the old department of the five thousand Zhengtong brothers, pretending to be the reinforcements of the Huaiyang army, deceived the gate of Yingtianfu, and the rest of the army waited until the city gate was opened, and rushed directly into the city. ”

"Yes, obey the orders of the Grand Governor!" Everyone stood up, hugged their fists towards Chao Gai, and responded in unison.

The tasks are all arranged, and the preparations of each army are not mentioned.

Let's say that in Yingtianfu, in the lobby of the Taishou Mansion, all the civil and military generals of the Taishou Mansion are here, and the Taishou Cai Ke sits on the top, next to Ying Tianfu's defense envoy Qi Yuanshun, the general sentence Guo Wenliang, the capital supervisor Liu Fengxiang, Lu Yuanhui, and Shi Shizhao.

Liu Shipeng, the envoy of the festival, has long been ignoring the world because of his old age, and he has the name of the envoy of the German army, and he is idle at home and recuperates for a long time.

Cai Ke had a gloomy face, looked at the few people in the hall who bowed their heads and were silent, and for a while he was angry, he slapped the table and said in a deep voice: "Now that the Liangshan thieves have broken through Xingren Mansion, Xuzhou, Guangji Army, and the army is coming to the city, what are your plans to break the enemy?" On weekdays, good food and drink are provided for you, and you take the country's money, but when it comes time to use you, why are you dumb? ”

"Also, why haven't the reinforcements of the Huaiyang Army arrived, the thieves in Liangshanbo have been desperately attacking the city every day in the past few days, and the 30,000 troops in the city have lost 5,000, and if this continues, our end will be the destruction of the city!"

Seeing that Cai Ke's face was pale, Guo Wenliang, the general judge next to him, stood up and said: "My lord, this Liangshan Army is capable of many people, and it is even higher than our Ying Tianfu, and the two generals, Zhao Shikui and Zhou Xingda, both died under the knife of the Liangshan thief. ”

"For today's plan, we can only go deep and high, stick to the reinforcements, wait for the reinforcements of the imperial court, and when the time comes, the whole army of Liangshan will be wiped out, and the Huaiyang army reinforcements sent people yesterday to say that they can go to Yingtianfu today, and it is estimated that they will arrive soon."

"Report ......"

Just when Cai Ke was about to speak, a small colonel ran in from outside the hall, and the small colonel came to the hall, saluted Cai Ke and the others, and then said: "Lord Qiqi, the officers and soldiers of the brigade appeared outside the city, the number is about 20,000, under the banner of the Huaiyang Army, and the word Zheng is written on the flag, which should be General Zheng Tong, the general of the Huaiyang Army." ”

In the hall, everyone was overjoyed when they heard the news, with the arrival of reinforcements, the chance of defeating the Liangshan bandits was greater, and with the reinforcements, Yingtianfu had a full 50,000 troops, with the towering and wide walls of Yingtianfu, the Liangshan bandits did not have hundreds of thousands of troops, and they could not be broken no matter what.

Just when everyone was very happy, the defense envoy Qi Yuanshun stood up and said with a worried face: "My lord, now there are Liangshan thieves outside the city, how did General Zheng Tong's reinforcements of 20,000 troops and horses escape Liangshan's eyes and come here, there must be something strange in this, I think we should be careful." ”

Qi Yuanshun's sudden opening made Cai Ke a little dissatisfied, and looked at Qi Yuanshun at the moment, this guy is against his will every time, and he is against himself, if he hadn't broken his reputation in the local area, he would have found a reason to kill him a long time ago.

At that moment, Cai Ke said dissatisfiedly: "General Qi, now that General Zheng Tong's military horse is outside the city, and the officers and soldiers of our army have recognized General Zheng Tong, what is there to wonder about?" Could it be that you doubt that General Zheng Tong will take refuge in Liangshan and become thieves? ”

"The Huaiyang Army is the elite soldier of the East Tokyo Road, and General Zheng Tong is the general of the Huaiyang Army.

After speaking, he no longer bothered with Qi Yuanshun, and walked out directly, and the general judge Guo Wenliang, the capital supervisor Liu Fengxiang, Shi Shizhao, and Lu Yuanhui also followed and walked out, and only Qi Yuanshun was left in the entire hall.

Seeing that Cai Ke was so disobedient to advice and insisted on going his own way, Qi Yuanshun was resentful, looked at Cai Ke's back outside, and said hatefully: "Traitor to the country, the Great Song Dynasty will die in the hands of Er and Wait sooner or later, and the erection is not enough and conspiracy, hum!" ”

Not to mention Qi Yuanshun, just say that Cai Ke came to the city wall, looked down, and saw Zheng Tong wearing armor at a glance, he still has a relationship with Zheng Tong, so he recognized it at a glance, and the person under the city is General Zheng Tong.

Zheng Tong under the city also found Cai Ke, and immediately raised his head and said: "The city is Lord Cai Ke, the last general was ordered to come to reinforce the lord, and please open the city gate quickly, and ask the last general to lead the army in, this city is full of Liangshan thieves, and if you delay for a while, I am afraid that it will alarm the thieves." ”

Cai Ke was just about to order the city gate, but was stopped by the capital supervisor Shi Shizhao next to him, among the five tiger generals of Tianfu, Shi Shizhao was the most strategic, when he saw the officials and soldiers under the city, although he said that it was serious and neat, but there was always something faintly wrong, but he couldn't say it.

"My lord, it is not known whether this city is a reinforcement from the imperial court, for the sake of my safety in Tianfu, it is better to be careful, the last general always feels that something is wrong." Shi Shizhao whispered in Cai Ke's ear.

Hearing Shi Shizhao's words, Cai Ke was also shocked, he still believed Shi Shizhao's words, and couldn't help but glance at the officials and soldiers under the city again, could it be said that Zheng Tong had taken refuge in Liangshan thieves?