After Fang La and Zhao Gou reached an agreement, the two sides reorganized for two days, and then developed according to the rested marching route.

Zhao Gou led his troops to the north and attacked Luoyang with Yang Jian. Fang La led his troops to attack Fangzhou in the south and took Wang Qing's lair.

But in the world, plans are not as good as changes. On the third day when Fang La and Zhao Gou each led their troops, Fang La received news from Bai Sheng in the territory of the Jin State, saying that the Jin and Liao countries had quietly completed the assembly of soldiers and horses, and that they should take advantage of the emptiness of Taiyuan and Daming Mansion, and before the expansion plan of the Great Song Dynasty was completed, and the main force of the Great Song army went south to the Central Plains to plunder the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty when it was at war with Fang La, Wang Qing, and Tian Hu.

The military operation of the Jin State was very secretive, and the specific plan was only known to the high-level military leaders of the two countries. Even Qin Hui didn't know that the Jin people had advanced the time to go south.

Therefore, Bai Sheng only learned about it after the Jin people had completed the assembly of soldiers and horses.

This news was sent half a month ago, and ten days later it reached Tokyo, Yan Qing immediately divided it into several parts, sent them to Shandong, Taihang Mountain, and Huaixi respectively, and asked people to spread the gossip in Tokyo that the Jinliao coalition army was going to invade the Central Plains on a large scale, in order to arouse the vigilance of the Song court in advance.

At this time, Zhao Chongyang had already returned to Dasheng Country with Duan Qiaoqiao and Pang Qiuxia, leaving Fang Baihua in Shuibo Liangshan to raise the fetus.

Therefore, after receiving the news, Yang Jiajun and Fang La on Taihang Mountain could only make a judgment based on their own situation and could not ask Zhao Chongyang.

Yang Huaiyu knew that the Daimyo's Mansion was the most dangerous place because of its small number of soldiers and soldiers, so Yang Zhi led 30,000 cavalry to assist Lu Junyi in defending the city.

At the same time, Shi Wengong and Wang Shan led 30,000 horses to support Taiyuan. In this way, the men and horses of Taihang Mountain are only enough to protect themselves, and they can no longer draw more men and horses to block the Jinliao coalition army head-on.

At this time, Taiyuan Mansion Zhongshi Dao led 20,000 soldiers and horses to the south and confronted Tian Hu's men and horses in Fenyang. And Yang Huaiyu did not give face to the Great Song Dynasty this time, did not accept the official decree and silver ticket of the official family, and did not send troops to fight Tian Hu.

Fortunately, the three brothers of Tian Hu indulged in wine all day long, and after the palace was repaired, they selected beautiful women, enjoyed themselves all day, and no longer bothered with military and political affairs.

Therefore, the real power of the Tian Hu Group fell into the hands of Qiao Daoqing and Song Jiang, and even Sun An, Tian Hu's original right-hand man, who could be called the first general under Tian Hu, also saw that Tian Hu was finished.

On the contrary, Song Jiang's reputation became more and more famous in Shandong, and the people brought by Song Jiang were loyal to him, so Song Jiang's strength was the first in the Tianhu army.

And Qiao Daoqing, another powerful figure under Tian Hu, actually had a hot fight with Song Jiang. Sun An and the people of the veteran faction have already seen that in the future, King Jin's people may have to change the boss.

Sun An's status in the patriarchal faction was second only to Qiao Daoqing, and his prestige in Tian Hu's old department was extremely high. The fierce generals Bian Xiang, Shan Shiqi, Li Tianjue, Niu Wenzhong, Zhang Zhongli, etc. are all his brothers in life and death.

On this day, Sun An took advantage of the fact that Bian Xiang, Shan Shiqi, Li Tianjue, Niu Wenzhong and others came to Fenyang, so he called several people together and said: "Since the king of Jin built the palace, he has been drinking and having fun with the two kings and the three kings all day long, and he doesn't ask about military and political affairs at all. ”

"We originally wanted to follow him for a good future, but now it seems that this King of Jin is short-sighted and not a person who has achieved great things."

"On the contrary, you see, Song Gongming has only been here for more than a year, but he has won the hearts of the people, and even Prime Minister Qiao Junshi is happy to listen to him. Therefore, sooner or later, Song Gongming will have the final say here. ”

"In this case, we might as well push the boat down the river, encourage Song Citizen to rise up, kill the three brothers of the Tian family, and let Song Citizen be the boss. What do the brothers think? ”

Bian Xiang and the four of them said in unison: "I listened to the general's orders." ”

In this case, the three brothers, please come with me, and we will go to see Song Gongming Chen and say that it is amazing......

Let's go back and talk about the Taiyuan Jiedu envoy Zhongshi, he has been coming to Fenyang outside the city with 20,000 horses for more than a month, and he has not seen the reinforcements of Taihang Mountain, nor the three towns in the northwest have sent a single soldier.

He was alone here, he could only protect himself, and he did not dare to attack Fenyang City at all.

Fortunately, the Tian Hu brothers were nostalgic for the flowers during this time, and all the big and small affairs were handled by Qiao Daoqing and Song Jiang, neither of them wanted to go against the imperial court, but it was not easy to compromise with the imperial court on the surface, so they only ignored the 20,000 troops in the middle division outside the north gate.

On this day, Zhongshi received an urgent military information document from his eldest son Ming Song, saying that after receiving Yang Huaiyu's flying pigeon message, the Jin Liao army went south to invade the Central Plains by east and west, and sent troops all the way from Yanzhou to Daming Mansion.

The other road started from the Yunzhou area, passed through the territory of Taiyuan and Tianhu, and went south to the Central Plains, and finally the two armies would be divided into Kaifeng.

Ming Song asked his father to return to Taiyuan as soon as possible, and said that General Yang was ready to send his first fierce general, Shi Wengong, to lead 30,000 horses to help defend the city.

Zhong Shizhong received information from Zhong Mingsong, and thought to himself that with the 30,000 horses supported by Yang Huaiyu, Taiyuan would have no problem protecting itself.

It's just that although the more than 100,000 horses of this Tianhu are a rabble, if they defect to the Jinliao coalition army, it will also bring a lot of trouble to the imperial court.

The best way is to recruit them, promise them a certain official position, and stabilize them first. Then send someone to tell those in power in the court to ask for the holy decree and officially recruit the peace.

After Zhongshi Dao finished the discussion, he discussed with several staff members, and sent someone to contact Tian Hu and the others tomorrow to test their tone.

The next day, after breakfast, Zhong Shidao ordered the whole army to pack up their things and prepare to set off from the camp, and at the same time prepared to send his staff Fan Wentong to see Tian Hu, Xiao Yi, to see how Tian Hu responded.

Discussions are underway with Fan Wentong on how to phrase it. Suddenly, there was a report from the guards outside the door: "Report to Zhong Shuai, Song Jiang, the leader of the villain army in Fenyang City, sent someone to send a message, inviting Zhong Shuai to enter the city to discuss the union of the two armies, fight against Jin Liao, and jointly protect the great Song River and Mountain." ”

Zhong Shizhong muttered to himself: "The great leader of Song Jiang sent someone to spread the word...... Wait a minute, when did the big leader of the villain army become Song Jiang? Let the messenger come in. ”

The guard walked out and soon brought with him a man who was nearly thirty years old and dressed as a Taoist priest.

The person who came said to him: "Poor Dao Gongsun Sheng, on the instructions of Brother Gongming, the chief of my family, I specially invite Zhong Shuai to Fencheng to discuss the plan. ”

Zhong Shizhong said: "Mr. Gongsun, please take a seat." What about Tian Hu? When did your big leader become Song Gongming? ”

Gongsun Sheng replied: "So that the shuai can learn that Tian Hu is short-sighted, greedy and lustful, and after becoming the queen of Jin, he and his two brothers do not ask about major affairs in the army, and only know how to have fun all day long." ”

"With the support of the righteous Sun An and others, the leader of the Song Dynasty has merged the three brothers of the Tian family, and my senior brother Qiao Daoqing and Sun An and others respectfully ask Brother Gongming to be the big leader."

Brother Gongming said that if he wants to be the big leader, he wants everyone to do the right thing for heaven and uphold justice, and he can't help the gang to abuse and be a thief who causes trouble in the country.

Everyone respected his opinion, and at this time when the country was in danger, they agreed to unite with the army of Zhong Shuai to deal with the Jin and Liao people.

Zhong Shizhong said: "Since this is the case, Fan Laosheng will accompany me to Fenyang City, and Mingshan and Mingshui will continue to urge everyone to pack up their things and prepare to return to Taiyuan." ”

It turned out that the day before yesterday, Sun An's soldiers found Song Jiang and agreed that Qiao Daoqing, Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming, Hua Rong and others were here, and everyone was very dissatisfied with Tian Hu's performance.

After Sun An and the others arrived, when they saw that they were all Song Jiang's henchmen, they didn't hide it at the moment, and told Song Jiang and the others what they thought.

Song Jiang was afraid that he was sent by Tian Hu to test him, so he dared to agree at first, saying that he had no second thoughts about Tian Hu.

In order to show their hearts, Sun An, Bian Xiang, Shan Shiqi, Li Tianjue and others said that at the end of the ugly hours in the early morning tonight, when they led their elite men to attack the Jin Palace and kill the Tian brothers, please Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming and others to lead troops to respond.

Sun An and the others talked about this, and Song Jiang and they had to agree.

Sure enough, at three o'clock in the morning, Sun An and the other five people each brought five hundred elite soldiers to surround Tian Hu's palace, and killed all the three brothers of the Tian family and their children who were sleeping.

As soon as the morning dawned, Song Jiang walked into the palace of the King of Jin with the support of a group of confidant brothers, and soon ascended to the throne. However, he did not claim the title of king, only the headdress. In this way, Song Jiang easily sat on the throne of the big leader......