With the increasing unrest in the Great Song Dynasty now, Zhu Biao discussed with Wen Huanzhang and Hu Qing'e as early as two months ago, and made a detailed division of the ministry and the boundary of the Quartet embroidered clothes.

Qinglong made Yan Qing still stay unmoved according to the fixed Bianliang, responsible for inquiring about the movements of the government and the opposition; The white tiger made Shi Xiu transfer to Yingtianfu, on the one hand, he was responsible for the affairs in Shandong, and on the other hand, he echoed Yanqing in Bianliang; Suzaku made Shi Qian with his subordinates and scattered into the border of Jingxi and Huaixi, always paying attention to Wang Qing's movements; According to the previous deployment, Xuanwu envoy Ma Ling dispersed the Xuanwu Division people who had withdrawn from the north in Hebei and Hedong, and passed the news of Tianhu to Du Bai and Dulonggang in Baoqian Mountain.

In order to summarize the information of the Quartet at any time and coordinate the allocation of Dulonggang resources, Zhu Biao built a new warm pavilion on the side of the Dulonggang meeting hall, with the inscription: Admonition Pavilion; Wen Huanzhang, Xu Guanzhong, Xiao Jiasui, and Zhu Wu took turns to take charge, and after several months of operation, there were some signs of the cabinet during the Yin Dynasty.

At this time, Zhu Biao sat with Wen Huanzhang, Xu Guanzhong, Xiao Jiasui, Zhu Wu, and Hu Qing'e around the case, Zhu Biao put down the thick stack of letters in his hand, turned his head to Hu Qing'e and said: "Sanniang, you will tell the information you have obtained during this period of time with a few gentlemen one by one." ”

Hu Qing'e nodded lightly and said softly: "The first thing to bear the brunt of is the news that the Ma Ling brothers sent back early this morning, Tian Hu has now gathered tens of thousands of thieves in the mountains of Qinyuan County, Weisheng Prefecture, and broke Qinyuan County and the Weisheng Army ten months ago, and now Weisheng Prefecture is a mess, and the Ma Ling brothers passed on the words of Du Yan and Qiao Daochang, and asked how to do it?" ”

"This matter is the strength of Brother Guan Zhong and Mr. Xiao, so please let them talk about it first." Wen Huanzhang listened to Hu Qing'e's words and bowed his head.

Xu Guanzhong and Xiao Jiasui glanced at each other, did not postpone it, and said first: "Now that the Western Army is mired in the quagmire of war with Western Xia, the defense of Hedong and Hebei is empty, which is giving Tian Hu an opportunity to take advantage of. ”

"What Brother Guan Zhong said is consistent with what Xiao thought in his heart, and now there are only two choices, either let Du Yan, Tang Bin and Qiao Daochang stick to the calf mountain, or withdraw the people and horses of the calf mountain as soon as possible." Xiao Jiasui took over and said.

After listening to what the two said, Zhu Biao nodded, for Tian Hu, Zhu Biao had done detailed research in the past.

A hunter in Qinyuan County, Weisheng Prefecture, has strength and is familiar with martial arts, and it is at a time when there are frequent floods and droughts in Hebei, the people are poor and rich, and the people are confused; Tian Hu took the opportunity to gather a group of outlaws and gather in the mountains and forests. At first, he plundered some property, but later, when he saw that the officers and soldiers were strong, he began to invade the state and seize the county.

At first, there were also officers in Weisheng Prefecture who led some soldiers and horses to chase and suppress Tian Hu, but seeing that Tian Hu was powerful, he dared to step forward, but he only followed behind, ran around, bluffed, and even killed good and risky achievements. The people in the eastern part of Hebei became more and more resentful, and instead went to the thieves to avoid the officers and soldiers.

Until the final Great Song Dynasty court reacted and sent a large army to encircle and suppress, Tian Hu had already occupied 56 counties in the five states of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhu Biao sighed slightly for a moment and said: "The matter of holding the calf mountain was agreed upon by me and the Guan Zhong brothers when they were in the Daimyo's Mansion, as a wedge for Hebei, this is not only about Tian Hu's problem, but also about the situation in Hedong a few years later, and it is impossible to withdraw." ”

When Xu Guanzhong heard this, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain, but what Zhu Biao said at this time was what Xu Guanzhong thought in his heart, only he was the one who proposed the decision to occupy the calf mountain at the beginning, but now it is not good because of what he said, so he let Du Yan, Tang Bin and others sacrifice their lives to fight, and it is more appropriate for Zhu Biao to say the words of holding the calf mountain.

"If you don't withdraw, then there is only one way, to collide with Tian Hu head-on, beat it painfully, and beat it so that he doesn't dare to have delusions about Baocalf Mountain in a short period of time, so that he can keep the key geographical location of Baoqian Mountain." Xu Guanzhong is colorful.

Hearing this, Zhu Biao said in a deep voice: "According to what Guan Zhong said, Tian Hu is powerful, and it is difficult to hold the calf mountain alone, once the incident happens, who needs to be sent to Hebei to rescue, this matter is planned by several military advisors and good students, and a result will be obtained as soon as possible." ”

Wen Huanzhang, Xiao Jiasui, and Zhu Wu saw that Zhu Biao had already made a decision, so they didn't say much, and Hu Qing'e saw that the matter was closed, so he continued to speak: "In the past two months, Liangshan has made frequent moves, and Song Jiang led Liangshan men and horses to loot Qizhou and Puzhou successively, and now it has attracted the attention of the imperial court;

Xiao Yi sent back the news from Bianliang, a few days ago, when the dynasty was meeting, Gao Yu Bao promoted the descendants of the famous general Huyan Zanyan in Hedong, and the double whip of Runing County was controlled - Hu Yanzhuo was the commander, and the Chenzhou regiment trained the Baisheng general - Han Tao, and the Yingzhou regiment trained the Tianmu general - Peng Xi was the main and deputy vanguard, and now the three of them have left their respective territories and rushed to Bianliang in the starry night. ”

"What does the teacher think about this?" Zhu Biao said to Wen Huanzhang.

Wen Huanzhang's brows furrowed slightly at this time, and he said in a rather obscure tone: "This matter is more tricky than the matter of holding the calf mountain, once the imperial court and Liangshan start a war, it will be unprofitable for us to win, on the contrary, there will be trouble coming to the door;

If that Huyan Zhuo wins, we will lose the barrier of Liangshan, and the strength of Dulonggang will be quickly exposed; If Liangshan wins, then Hu Yanzhuo will die or capture, if he is simply defeated, if he wants to make a comeback, he will inevitably borrow troops from Jeju and Yunzhou, Gongzi is now the defense envoy of Dongping Mansion, if Hu Yanzhuo comes to borrow troops, we will not borrow it. ”

Wen Huanzhang's words fell, Zhu Wu got Zhu Biao's eyes, took over the conversation and said: "What Mr. Wen said is reasonable, only according to a certain point of view, this battle can only be won by Liang Shan, and Mr. Wen said that no matter which side wins, we will not be profitable, in fact, it may not be, then Hu Yanzhuo will win and we will naturally not be profitable, but if Liang Shan wins, we can make a lot of profits." ”

Zhu Wu continued: "If Liangshan wins, then as Mr. Wen said, then Hu Yanzhuo will definitely seek help from Uncle Zhang and Lord Cheng, at that time, Lord Cheng ordered, Gongzi should only respond, send two or three thousand men and horses, only these two or three thousand men and horses to Liangshanbo, only defeat is not allowed to win, not only defeat, but also to collapse at the touch of a button, defeat is embarrassed; On the one hand, this can make Liangshan more rampant and better cover for us; On the one hand, it can use the mouth of Hu Yanzhuo to discourage the embarrassment of our Dulonggang sergeant in the court and eliminate the vigilance of the court. ”。”

When Zhu Wu was halfway through his words, Wen Huanzhang had already turned white, and at this time, Zhu Wu said that after speaking, Wen Huanzhang smiled and said: "Brother Zhu Wu is worthy of being a divine machine military master, such an argument makes Wen admire." ”

When Zhu Wu heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand towards Wen Huanzhang and said: "Sir, why do you say this, you are the optimus jade pillar of our Dulonggang, only everyone has their own strengths, and Zhu Wu happens to be good at swordsmen, if you talk about other aspects, Zhu Wu is difficult to pat at and sir." ”

Seeing that the two admired each other, Zhu Biao smiled and said: "The four gentlemen are all pillars, there is no need to be humble to each other, if Cai Jing and Tong Guan and others in the court see it, they will only joke that the gentlemen will not be officials." ”