Seeing that it was getting late, Chao Gai asked everyone to go back to rest, arranged the manpower of the night patrol, and Chao Gai also went back to rest, and said nothing all night.

The next day, the day was bright, Hu Yanzhuo and others who stayed in the camp outside also led the men and horses into Linqu City, the army rested for half a day, and the prisoners who were willing to join Liangshan were added to the camps, and at noon, after the army had eaten, they drove directly and went straight to Qingzhou City.

Song Jiang led the remnants of the defeated generals, ran all the way, and finally returned to the city at noon the next day, and the statistics showed that there were less than 2,000 people who came back with him, and the rest were folded in Linqu County, fortunately, several generals under his command did not lose, otherwise Song Jiang finally recruited all the heroes who came to Chao Gai to be reimbursed.

Returned to the city, Song Jiang did not rest, directly took his younger brother Song Qing to the prefect's yamen, found the Qingzhou prefect Murong Yanda, as early as last night Murong Yanda got the news of Song Jiangcheng's defeat, not only lost the south gate of Qingzhou, but also lost the only 10,000 horses in Qingzhou, and when he heard the next person report that Song Jiang was waiting outside, he was angry and strode towards the living room.

As soon as Murong Yanda entered the hall, Song Jiang saw it, and immediately fell to his knees, kowtowing like a chicken pecking rice, and said: "The sin will Song Jiang visit the prefect, the sin will deserve death, the loss of Linqu, and the loss of 10,000 elites, please punish the lord." Song Qing behind him also kowtowed and asked for guilt.

"Hmph." Murong Yanda didn't even look at Song Jiang, but snorted coldly when he walked past Song Jiang, and then walked over directly, sat on the Taishi chair in the middle of the body, and looked at Song Jiang coldly.

Murong Yanda didn't want to punish Song Jiang, now he even has the heart to kill Song Jiang, it is Murong Yanda who has come to this position, but not only does he have a sister of a noble concubine, but his own literary talent is also one of the best, at present, all the generals in Qingzhou have surrendered to Liangshan, Qingzhou is now short of major generals, only one Song Jiang is available, and there are several strong martial arts under his command, if Song Jiang is really punished, this Qingzhou city will really be guarded.

At that moment, Murong Yanda took a sip of tea, suppressed the anger in his heart, with a slight smile on his face, stepped forward to help Song Jiang, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and the Song Metropolitan Prison does not have to blame himself, the Liangshan thieves are extremely fierce, and the defeat of the Imperial Prison is excusable, but the capital crime can be avoided, and the living crime is inescapable. ”

Song Jiang was moved to tears, and said in a trembling voice: "The sin will thank the adult, the adult will not kill the sin general, the sin will be very grateful, I dare not have any extravagant hopes, and I hope that the sin will be punished heavily." ”

Murong Yanda didn't know that the Song Jiang in front of him was acting, but even if he knew, he had to pretend not to know, otherwise once he fell out, Qingzhou would not be safe, and it would be no good for him Murong Yanda, although he was unhappy in his heart, but there was no performance on his face, he still had a smiling face, and said: "Okay, then I will temporarily deprive you of the position of the capital prisoner, but you will still lead the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou, and make meritorious contributions." ”

"Sinner, thank you!" Song Jiang bowed to the ground and said loudly.

After Murong Yanda encouraged him again, he asked Song Jiang to go back to rest, and as soon as Song Jiang left, the smile on Murong Yanda's face disappeared, replaced by a cold face.

"If it weren't for the fact that the official still had a place to use you, he would have quit and beheaded you a long time ago, hum!" Murong Yanda snorted coldly, glanced at Song Jiang's back with disdain, turned to the back of the screen dissatisfied, and returned to the study in the backyard.

Back in the backyard study, his staff thinker Murong Xing had been waiting for him for a long time, just now Murong Yanda and Song Jiang's words, he also heard it clearly, after Murong Yanda came back, he sat directly behind the bookcase, took a sip of tea, and asked, "Did you hear what Song Jiang said?" Also have any ideas? ”

Murong Xing thought for a while, sorted out his language, and then said: "Song Jiang is not ambitious, but he has no real talent and real learning, his ability is all in the opportunism and intrigue of the drill camp, as for the command of the army, it is even more unsatisfactory, so the adults can't put their hopes on him, the Liangshan thieves are strong, with the strength of Qingzhou now, they can't resist the attack of the Liangshan thieves no matter what, so they still make plans early, leave a good way back, and when the time comes, once the city of Qingzhou is broken, they will retreat to Tokyo Bianliang." ”

Murong Yanda thought for a while, then nodded, and said: "What you said makes sense, but I am a feudal official, the governor of a state, I lost my land and city, and I lost my generals, and the emperor didn't kill me?" ”

"Hahaha, adults don't have to worry too much, when the time comes, all the blame will be put on that Song Jiang's body, anyway, the elite of my Qingzhou will be lost from his hands." Murong Xing smiled slightly and said confidently.

Hearing Murong Xing's answer, Murong Yanda nodded again and again, and said, "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, worthy of being my brainstorm, this matter will be left to you." ”

"Yes." Murong Xing replied and retreated.

Song Jiang's face changed when he went out, and his expression of gratitude and tears disappeared in an instant, and his face was calm as if nothing had happened, in fact, Murong Yanda guessed correctly, Song Jiang was acting just now, if Chao Gai saw the scene just now, he would definitely exclaim, both of them are actor-level performances, and if they are put in Hollywood, they are both actors.

Song Jiang had already guessed that Murong Yanda would not do anything to him, so he came to the Taishou Mansion to ask for guilt so fearlessly, and after leaving the gate of the Taishou Mansion, Song Jiang took his younger brother Song Qing directly back to his residence.

Back in the capital eunuch's mansion, the pig iron Buddha Cui Daocheng, the flying marshal Kuang Jinlong, the dementor general Sha Mohai, the sky carving Li Ying, the grimace Du Xing, the brocade tiger Yanshun, the bantam tiger Wang Ying, the flying centipede Wang Daoren, and the Dusan Martian Kong Liang were sitting in the hall waiting for Song Jiang and them to come back, as soon as they saw Song Jiang coming back, everyone stood up at the moment and saluted Song Jiang.

Song Jiang waved his hand, and then walked through the crowd and sat down on the top, Song Qing sat next to him, Song Jiang looked at the people in the hall, all of them were tied with bandages, large and small were some minor and serious injuries, and it was difficult for Kong Liang and the Flying Centipede Wang Dao to even walk, and he sighed at the moment and said: "Alas, it was I who underestimated Liangshan's grass kou and underestimated him Chao Gai, so we failed again and again, and I blame me for having no way to command, and I am ashamed of the brothers who died." ”

"Amitabha, Brother Gongming don't want to say this, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and heroes are not judged by temporary success or failure, I believe that Deng Long's brothers will also think so, and the top priority is to think about how to deal with the next Liangshan army." Pig iron Buddha Cui Daocheng recited a Buddha horn and said.