Jeju, Chaojiazhuang!

Liu Menglong, the ruler of the Jinling Water Division, has rebelled!

As if he betrayed the Chaojiazhuang front, hooked up with Zhao Tan, the commander of the forbidden army, and prepared to rectify the army and horses to attack Shuibo Liangshan again.

It all started a few months ago!

Liu Menglong, the official eunuch surnamed Li of his family, and the general of the navy introduced by Yang Gechang. Chao Gai did not brush off the other party, and was accepted into the forbidden army, planning to attack Liangshan one day, when the time was ripe, to send some military merits.

Considering that the other party is the ruler of the Jinling Water Division of Jiankang Prefecture, he has a lot of face in the local area. At that time, Chao Gai asked him to lead a team to Liangzhejiang Road, Jiangnan Road and other coastal areas to collect or buy warships to prepare for the suppression of bandits.

Private shipyards and official ships are all public relations targets.

A lot of money opened the way, and for a few months there, the acquisition of warships went very smoothly. Sailors drove more than 1,000 ships back to Shuibo Liangshan one after another.

At the end of September, when the team returned, a fleet of more than 100 ships was in full swing. In addition to Chaojiazhuang spent money from the shipyard, the caravan purchased dozens of sea vessels. The rest of the riverboats were all obtained by Liu Meng from the local Haoqiang.

He got it by virtue of his personal ability.

In this process, most of the means are disgraceful, but the effect of coercion and inducement is very good. There are more than 100 ships, mainly 3500 materials, and 1,000 large ships. Although these ships do not have watertight cabins, and most of them are old ships, they can only operate in the rivers and lakes, but they are suitable for the environment of water mooring.

In order to suppress the bandits and gain merit and display his talents, Liu Menglong let himself out.

It's a pity that he didn't wait to hand over the ship to Chaojiazhuang and ask to be the striker. On the day the mighty fleet arrived at the port, it attracted the attention of those who cared about it.

Who? It was Zhao Tan who suffered a big loss in the last attack on Shuibo Liangshan. The soldiers and horses of the forbidden army were all overseered and retracted to lick their wounds. While cheering up, I asked for support from the backer behind the report.

Although he didn't say that Chao Gice was correct, he recruited troops and horses to accumulate strength. In Jeju, the recruitment was not good, so he went to other state capitals to recruit. At the same time, he trained the navy and asked the imperial court for warships, equipment and other materials.

After more than half a month of preparation, the 5,000 forbidden army was not only replenished, but also 2,000 more. A total of 7,000 men and horses were trained in the barracks, and they took turns to go to sea for training.

Mobilize grain and grass from all over the country to stock up and prepare for war.

The only thing that gave Zhao Tan, the supervisor of the soldiers and horses, a headache was the ships, which were transferred one after another due to the short time, and there were still only more than 30 of them. It is not enough to crusade against Shuibo Liangshan, he is worried about it.

I heard the news that Liu Menglong led the fleet to arrive at the port. Like a shark smelling blood, he came to the door, and he didn't know what benefits he promised, or he said bad things about Chao Gai, but the two were hooked up anyway.

Liu Menglong did not deliver the warship as promised, but colluded with Zhao Tanxin. Wu Yong, the military advisor of the Chao family, was angry when he learned the news, and successively informed the representatives of the eunuch group, and Cai Jing's henchmen asked them to report to each other.

finally found Liu Menglong for an appointment, but the details were not clear, but they broke up unhappily.

Liu Menglong completely rebelled and drew a line with Chaojiazhuang!

There are more than 100 ships, the ships are not worried, but there are not enough people, there is an extreme shortage of sailors, Zhao Tan is worried about the lack of manpower, and he wanted to go to the nearest Latin catcher to be a coolie but he didn't dare. Notices could only be posted everywhere, recruiting soldiers with great fanfare, and Tong Guan was strongly supported by the imperial court, and 1,800 people who were good at water and could drive ships were drawn from all over the country to arrive.

In October, the forbidden army under Zhao Tan exceeded 10,000, and the equipment was eliminated from the Western Army, and all of them were armed. Liu Menglong, an insider, was responsible for commanding the whole army, training all day long in the Jinsha River, with great momentum, and sometimes pouring into the water. made the passing caravans fearful, for fear of provoking the Liangshan strongman.

On the other hand, the forbidden army swept away the decadence of its defeat a month earlier, and its morale was high. Zhao Tan and Liu Menglong, the soldiers and horses, were very excited and decided to attack a year ago.

This change is very serious, especially when several water divisions of the Chao family army are outside. The naval army of Yangsan main island only has the naval garrison corps.

To this end, Wu Yong, Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong, and Zhu Wu jointly agreed. Zhang Hengqin, the sixth army ship of the navy stationed in Shijie fortress, led half of the men and horses to defend the island, and Zhou Xing, the deputy general of the fourth army of the navy in Jinsha Port, led 3,000 men and horses, and quietly went to Liangshan late one night.

The naval garrison corps, together with sailors and soldiers, exceeded more than 20,000 people. More than 10 large-scale ships were inspected and reloaded and put into this war. There are dozens of thousand-level river boats, and more than 100 knifefish boats of 3,500 materials......

Ma Yuan, the chief general of the naval garrison, invited the dragon slayer Sun An, the flower monk Lu Zhishen, and the leopard head Lin Chong to discuss the strategy of destroying the enemy.

Not only did they take measures militarily, but they also fought for it in the court. Tong Guan's move touched the interests of Cai Jing and Yang Jian, the two traitors. grabbed Zhao Tan, Liu Menglong didn't listen to the withering order, and acted without permission.

At the beginning of mid-October, as the day approached dusk, Liu Menglong and Zhao Tan returned to the barracks from the port. Before he even stepped outside, he was blocked by a group of people.

It's none other than the Chao family's military wisdom and multi-star Wu Yong, the two military advisors of the sick pharmacist Xiao Jiasui, Xiao Tianbao Su Ding, and the overlord sword Li Tianyan and other generals. Everyone looked at Liu Menglong and Zhao Tan with unkind eyes.

"You... What are you doing? Zhao Tan was stunned, but he was not to be outdone.

It's just that no one paid attention to him, and before he finished speaking, a fair-skinned eunuch walked out of the crowd, pinched his orchid fingers, and looked at Liu Menglong with a strange yin and yang attitude: "Liu Zhizhi, our ugly words are ahead, it's okay to capture Liangshan and make meritorious contributions, if you lose troops again, as for the consequences, you can see for yourself." ”

After that, a piece of yellow silk paper similar to a holy decree was thrown to Liu Menglong. The latter hurriedly took a look, his body swaying, and his face turned pale. There is only "if you do not win, you will make an assertion without permission, and you will be punished for several crimes, and you should be beheaded according to the law".

The words are concise and clear, and murderous!

A gloomy smile appeared on Pavilion Chief Wang's face: "Hey, hey, Liu Zhizhi, there are some things that you can't get involved in." Yang proclamation admonished you many times that you must abide by the rules in Chaojiazhuang. This is the order of the old Yang Gong, no one can change it, Yang Gong told you, let you do it yourself. ”

Liu Menglong's hands trembled uncontrollably, and he stared blankly at the line of words on the yellow silk paper. There was a deep despair in his eyes and a hint of remorse.

Yang Gong, Old Yang Gong, how did he not know who it was? One is Yang Jian, the most powerful eunuch who accompanies the emperor, and the other is the successor. These two people are dissatisfied with their change of court, and they have no tolerated it.

Zhao Tan next to him noticed that Liu Menglong's situation was wrong, and when he looked at it, his face changed. After stabilizing his mind, he whispered into his ear and assured: "Liu Zhi doesn't need to worry, Tong Shumi's council will protect you, and you will be safe and ......."

Although his voice was not loud, many people heard it.

It is because this person has repeatedly provoked wars and recruited young people everywhere to harm the people. Xiao Jiasui looked at him fiercely, and rarely reprimanded him harshly: "Hmph, Zhao Dujian, you have successively sabotaged the plan of the Jeju Soldiers and Horses Commander, and sent troops without dissuasion, and all the consequences are borne by you." Don't blame Xiao for not reminding the two, Shuibo strongmen are by no means simple. ”

Liu Menglong is helpless, swaying from side to side, easy to deal with.

However, Tong Guan behind Zhao Tan was very difficult, forming a gang above the court, Taiwei Gao Yu was also on his side, Cai Jing and Yang Jian had the upper hand, but it was not good to intervene directly, so they could only wait in a stalemate.

"Zhao Dujian, Tong Guan can protect you for a while, but he can't protect you several times. There are some things to think through! Hello do it yourself! Wu Yong coldly put down a sentence. and Xiao Jiasui led the generals to leave.

After everyone left, Liu Menglong, who came back to his senses, grabbed Zhao Tan's neck and asked with a hideous face: "Zhao Tan, you said that I should join the forbidden army and jointly crusade against Liangshan, is there something to hide from me?" ”

Liu Menglong is not a fool, he has been in the officialdom for many years, and he knows more or less about factional fighting. From the fact that the eunuch group reacted so violently and only arrived between words, it was definitely not as simple as Zhao Tan said to go to the Privy Council to suppress the bandits. Thinking of being deceived, and thinking of the consequences of not being able to capture Liangshan, he was furious.

"Say, are you lying to me? Let me take the blame? ”

"Rule, let go first, rule Liu, have something to say."

Zhao Tan was also taken aback by Liu Menglong's actions, seeing that the other party's face was full of anger and hideousness, he smiled again and again and said good things, but the other party grabbed it very tightly and couldn't break free. I also saw more and more soldiers watching and pointing.

The face of the Commander of the Soldiers and Horses became ugly, and while struggling to break free, he shouted: "Liu Zhizhi, let go of you, you calm down first." ”

Liu Menglong, the general of the navy, couldn't compare to Zhao Tan in martial arts, he was thrown away by breaking his hand, he stumbled and almost fell, stabilized his body, his eyes were red, and he stared at Zhao Tan and shouted: "Calm down, how can you let me calm down?" deliberately deceived, things have come to this point, and I won't have good fruit to eat if I win or lose. You have the protection of the Privy Council, what about me, I can only be a victim? ”

"You Zhao Tan probably fancy those ships, I'll ...... it"

"Oops...... Brother Liu, don't think so, we are comrades-in-arms! Zhao Tan saw that Liu Menglong was a little excited, and hurriedly stepped forward to say good things.

"Privy Counsellor Grace Boy appreciates your righteous deeds and will not ignore them. Besides, how can our navy be defeated if it is strong? And there are secret ......"

Zhao Tan was really afraid that Liu Menglong would make an excesse, so he stepped forward to grab him and say good words to comfort him. Talking about how Tong Guan likes him and other falsehoods to stabilize the other party. He also pulled the other party into the barracks to discuss the plan.

Even Chaojiazhuang hid an army revealed......

Compared with the bitter mother-in-law here, the heavenly and earthly boxes in Chaojiazhuang. Wu Yong personally accompanied him, invited Pavilion Chief Wang, and Cai Gan to eat and drink well. took the two of them to have fun, went to Goolan Washe to watch the play, and looked for a girl.

One-stop service, very hi!

It was also in this atmosphere that after dark, the fleet arrived at the golden beach. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians on Liangshan Island were a sensation and flocked to the wharf.

Li Jun, the mixed sea dragon, led the team back, bringing back not only all kinds of special products from Jeju Island, but also precious items such as medicinal herbs and pearls obtained from the sea, but also the news that Chao Gai and several ladies would arrive later.

Liangshan Taishou Zuo Shangshu Lou Minzhong took over the island for three or two months, and he was indeed talented, and the affairs were handled in an orderly manner, and the island was lively but not chaotic.

In the early morning of the next day, people were organized to clean the streets to welcome Chao Gai's return.