Text Chapter 237 Guan Sheng's Imperial Recommendation of the Three Heroes (2)
The ugly county horse Xuanzan was originally the county king's mansion and the county horse, and his appearance was ugly, which made the county lord die with a grudge, so he could not be reused, and he was succumbed to the defense of the Yamen of the step division to protect the righteousness. He once recommended Guan Sheng to Cai Jing, and accompanied Guan Sheng to conquer Liangshan, and was the same deputy general as Hao Siwen, and was later captured and surrendered. At the time of the great gathering of Liangshan, he ranked 40th, and he was a star in the field, and his position was the leader of the Ma Army Xiaobiao General and the outpost leader of the Far Reach. He died in Suzhou during the expedition and was posthumously awarded the title of Yijielang.
Xuanzan looks like the bottom of a pot, with nostrils facing the sky, curly hair and red beard. However, because he won the general, the king of the county recruited the county horse. Who would have thought that the county lord who was a golden branch and jade leaf thought he was ugly and died with a grudge. Therefore, Xuanzan has never been reused, and only a defense is made to protect righteousness. To be honest, every time I think of the words "die with hatred", it always makes people sigh. Thinking that this county lord must also be a beautiful woman who has fallen into the city and the country, otherwise how could he see Xuanzan so ugly and resentful, so that he died of depression? This county horse is really an ugly guy, haha, it's so ugly that it's so ugly that he is so angry with his wife.
However, Xuanzan also has the demeanor of a general. When the Liangshan army attacked the Daimyo's mansion, Liang Zhongshu complained to Cai Jing about the urgency, and Xuanzan recommended Guan Sheng to lead the troops to the rescue, and he and Hao Siwen became Guan Sheng's deputy generals. As a result, Guan Sheng was defeated and captured, and Xuanzan and Hao Siwen were also arrested at the same time. When Guan Sheng, who was captured, turned around and asked Xuanzan and Hao Siwen, "We are captured here, what happened?" The two men replied, "And listen to the general's orders." "Hehe, the duty of a soldier is obedience, but when he is captured, there are only excellent generals who still have this kind of calmness and bearing. A "recommendation", a "and listen to the general's order", a few simple words portrayed the character of Xuanzan profoundly.
After the whole gang of Liangshan heroes received Zhao'an, they sent troops to conquer Fangla in the south of the Yangtze River, and when Ma Xuanzan of Choujun attacked Suzhou City with a large army, he fought with Guo Shiguang, a general of Fangla, fought each other, and died under the Yinma Bridge together. After his death, he was buried in a flower coffin and buried at the foot of Tiger Hill. You must know that this is the first scenic spot in Wuzhong, and this is the place where the overlord Wu Wangfu cha of a generation of overlords returns. People often say: "There is heaven above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below." "Being able to die here is also a compensation for the life of the ugly horse.
The story of Xuanzan illustrates a problem, a man's appearance is also part of fate. However, no matter how ugly Xuanzan is, he is also ranked 40th among the heroes of Liangshan, and he is also a good man.
Let's talk about the thunder Ling Zhen, ancestor Guan Yanling, good at making artillery, can fight fourteen or fifteen miles away. It turned out to be the deputy envoy gunner of the Tokyo Jiazhan Warehouse, and when Hu Yanzhuo attacked Liangshan, he asked Ling Zhen to assist. When Ling Zhen bombarded Liangshan, he was used by Wu to make Ruan Xiaoer capture alive in the water. Therefore, he surrendered to Liangshan, and built large and small artillery for Liangshan soldiers and horses, ranking 52nd in Liangshan. After Zhao'an, he followed the Liangshan army to fight everywhere, survived the expedition, and was appointed by the imperial camp of the Gunpowder Bureau.
Ling Zhen and other figures can be regarded as the world's highest, finest, and top-notch talents at that time, such talents are only a deputy chief officer in the weapons warehouse, not reused, and no one pays attention to it, just like waste abandoned in the warehouse, what a waste. If it weren't for a Bole, Ling Zhen would continue to be kept in the warehouse and not known to the world.
Who is Bole like Ling Zhen, a thousand-mile horse? This has to start with Hu Yanzhuo's defeat of Liangshan with a series of horses. The imperial court got the victory, the emperor rewarded ten bottles of imperial wine, a brocade robe, and 100,000 yuan, and Gao Taiwei sent an angel to Zhu Jie, after the angel arrived, Hu Yanzhuo explained the situation to him, and asked the imperial court to send Ling Zhen, an artillery expert, to help him besiege Liangshan, and in this way, Ling Zhen was able to appear.
When Ling Zhen arrived in front of the battle, he used a cannon for the first time and fired three shots, although only one shot hit the target, which made all the leaders of Liangshan lose their color, Song Jiang was very worried, and it can be seen that the power and shock are powerful. In order to remove the threat brought by Ling Zhen to Liangshan, Wu Yong and Chao Gai sent Li Jun, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, and Ruan's three brothers to arrest them, and Zhu Tong and Lei Heng responded. The artillery position that had not been well prepared was attacked by a sneak attack, and Ling Zhen was captured alive by Ruan Xiaoer.
Hu Yanzhuo wanted to use Ling Zhen to attack Liangshan, knowing the importance of artillery, but he neglected coordination, prevention, and cooperation, made a fatal mistake, and gave Liangshan a big gift. Ling Zhen, who submitted to Liangshan, his talents were fully brought into play, and in all major military operations, such as the encirclement and suppression of Liangshan by Tong Guan, the conquest of Liao to fight Danzhou, and the conquest of Suzhou and Hangzhou, Ling Zhen's artillery played a vital role. It was the Lingying Heavenly Master Bao Daoyi, who cut off Wu Song's left arm, who was beaten to pieces by Ling Zhen's sky-shattering cannon.
Ling Zhen ranked 52nd among the heroes of Liangshan, and was the general in charge of cannon building and artillery. After the expedition to Fangla, he was crowned as a martial arts general by the imperial court, ranking fifth among the fifteen partial generals, and he couldn't even enter the position of a general. Later, he was appointed to the imperial camp of the Gunpowder Bureau, which was equivalent to being locked in the warehouse again. Ling Zhen is not reused by the imperial court, although he is used by Liang Shan, he has not been given his due status, not even a Tiangang star, it can be said that Ling Zhen is a real buried talent, it is really untimely! What about being born in today's China? Professionals can't stand up to officials, and professionals have also been officialized, Ling Zhensheng is a nephew playing lanterns in today's China, as usual.
Song Huizong heard the three people recommended by Guan Sheng, although he had not heard of it, but people gather by like, things by groups, and those who can make Guan Sheng's recommendation are not mediocre straw bags after all, Song Huizong was just about to agree, but he thought of the scene of the previous conquest of Liangshan, that Dong Ping, Hu Yanzhuo and others are not famous generals, and that is not a famous family, but now, not all of them have taken refuge in Liangshan Caokou, which will be used, but they also have to be guarded against.
"That's good, I ordered Feng Xuanzan to be the vanguard officer, Hao Siwen and Ling Zhen to be the deputy generals, and the rebel general Guan Sheng obeyed the orders, and the eunuch An Dahai served as the supervisor, what else do you have any opinions?" Song Huizong also kept a heart and said at the moment.
"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." As soon as Song Huizong's words fell, he heard Cai Jing walk out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen recommended two generals to assist General Guan, and my heavenly soldiers will definitely increase their strength greatly, and breaking the Liangshan Caokou is just around the corner." ”
"Which two generals are Aiqing talking about?" Song Huizong asked.
"The commander of the left battalion of the guard's pro-army infantry army made Cao Dabin and the infantry army in front of the palace wait for Zheng Qing." Cai Jing said.
The two people recommended by Cai Jing are his two righteous sons, two of the thirteen Taibao, Cao Dabin, the eleventh Taibao night wandering god and Zheng Qing, the twelfth Taibao mountain tiger, Cai Jing sent the two of them to Guan Sheng's command because he wanted the two of them to fight on the battlefield to get a military feat, so that they could be promoted after they came back, and the second thought was also to watch Guan Sheng, and not let him take refuge in Liangshan again.