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There are two flowers, one on each branch.

It is only said that when the heroes of Liangshan first attacked the Daimyo's Mansion, the Daimyo's Mansion had not yet been breached, Liang Zhongshu and Mrs. Cai had not been arrested, and Liang Zhongshu had not been interrogated to death by Shi Xiu.

The prefectures near the Daimyo Mansion had the intention of rescuing the Daimyo's Mansion.

But no one expected that the heroes of Liangshan would defeat the Daimyofu City in the first battle, and they would not give others time to rescue at all.

The chief officials of various prefectures and counties sent scouts and sentinels to the Daimyo's Mansion to investigate, and soon found out that after Jiang Hongfei conquered the Daimyo's Mansion City, he did not rush and run away, but sent a large army to occupy various passes and key roads, and put on a posture of facing reinforcements from all walks of life.

This made the chief officials of various prefectures and counties who were ready to wait for the Liangshan army to withdraw and go to the Daimyo's Mansion to pick up a great achievement, and all of them did not dare to rush to send troops for a while, even if they sent troops, they also walked one or two miles a day, and then rested for three or five days, marching to the Daimyo's Mansion at a turtle speed, trying to avoid fighting with the Liangshan Army.

And Cai Jing was shocked after receiving Liang Zhongshu's letter for help, he really didn't expect that the group of small thieves he was forced to let go of by the situation at the beginning has now been rampant to the point of daring to fight one of the four capitals of the Great Song Dynasty.

Cai Jing said: "The thief Kou An dares to be so bold, you report it according to the truth!" ”

The person who came said to Cai Jing: "When the villain came out, Jiang Yan, the head of the Liangshan thieves, had already led the thieves to besiege Beijing, and before Li Cheng and Wen Da were both imprisoned, they lost two battles and lost nearly 20,000 horses......"

After hearing this, Cai Jing said quietly: "Saddle horse is tired, you go to the pavilion to settle down, and wait for the meeting of the prime minister to discuss." ”

The person who came reported again: "Taishi is gracious, Beijing is in danger like a tired egg, broken overnight, if it falls, what can Hebei counties and counties do?" I hope that Master Tai will send troops to exterminate this group of bold thieves as soon as possible! ”

Cai Jing waved his sleeves: "Needless to say, you retreat." ”

The central administrative system of the Zhao and Song dynasties was a system of two governments and three divisions.

The two houses refer to the Zhongshu Gate (Government/East House) and the Privy Council (Shu House/West House).

The three divisions refer to the salt and iron, the degree branch and the household department.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the three provinces were fictitious, and another Zhongshu Gate was set up as the office of the same Zhongshu Gate Ping Zhangshi, and the administrative power was controlled.

The Privy Council is in charge of military affairs.

The three divisions are in charge of finance.

The system of two governments and three divisions divided administrative, military, and financial powers, weakened the power of the prime minister, and strengthened the power of the monarch.

It is true that Cai Jing is the minister of power above 10,000 people under one person, but Cai Jing does not have the right to transfer troops, at least nominally.

It is the Privy Council that has the power to transfer troops.

And the current Privy Council is in charge, in the early years in the process of the Western Expedition to the Oro Dynasty rose, recovered the Qingtang region that had fallen into the hands of Tubo for 300 years, opened the border with a vast territory of more than 3,000 miles, recruited more than 2,700 generals, more than 700,000 households, let the border of the Zhao and Song Dynasty cross Qinghai in the west, until the border of Qiuci, with Taiwei as the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi, Hedong and Hebei, and then ordered to open the palace with the three divisions, and lead the Privy Council, more nine towns, Taifu, Jing Guogong's eunuch Tong Guan!

Cai Jing sent his cronies to invite Tong Guan to communicate with Tong Guan about Jiang Hongfei leading the Liangshan army to besiege the Daimyo's Mansion City.

Tong Guan knew that Liang Zhongshu of the Daimyo Mansion was Cai Jing's son-in-law, otherwise Cai Jing would definitely not worry about this matter.

This face, Tong Guan must give Cai Jing, after all, he still has something to ask Cai Jing.

So, Cai Jing and Tong Guan went to the Privy Council together, and Tong Guan summoned the three lieutenants to the festival hall to discuss the rescue of the Beijing Daimyo Mansion.

Tong Guan motioned to Cai Jing to talk about it, and he didn't mind.

Cai Jingcai explained in detail the critical matter of Jiang Hongfei leading the Liangshan army to attack the Daimyo's Mansion, and then said: "Beijing cannot afford to lose, if it is lost, it will not only humiliate the national body, but also teach Hebei to cause chaos, and the impact is huge. ”

Not long ago, because Wang Qing of Huaixi was too fierce, Zhao Ji was alarmed, and Zhao Ji personally issued an order to supervise it, claiming that this gang of thieves must be exterminated.

Cai You thought that this was a great opportunity to reap the merits of the war, so he personally led tens of thousands of troops to Huaixi, but was beaten by Wang Qing and fled back to the capital with his armor thrown off.

With Cai You's example in front, who would dare to take on this drudgery easily?

Moreover, Cai You has Zhao Ji to take care of, he was defeated, he lost his teacher and humiliated the country, he can not be held accountable, and others do not have such a good friend as Zhao Ji.

The key is that many people have heard that Wang Qing is only a rising star among the four great Kou, but Jiang Hongfei is the first of the four great Kou.

Wang Qingdu is so capable of fighting, isn't Jiang Hongfei even more powerful?

Therefore, in the face of Cai Jing's inquiry, the officials looked at each other, each with their own fears, and no one took this stubble.

Some people may want to ask, has the Zhao Song Dynasty been so weak? No one even dared to fight the gangsters?

How can it be.

The reason why the thieves of Shuibo Liangshan, Longhu Mountain, and Fangshan have become bigger in recent years is not because the Zhao and Song dynasties did not have the strength to exterminate these mountains, but because Zhao Ji, Cai Jing, and Tong Guanjun were not interested in the trivial matter of suppressing bandits, but in the major matter of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun.

In that year, after recovering the Qingtang region, Zhao Ji, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, the iron triangle faintly had the appearance of the Zhao and Song Dynasty since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the most powerful monarch and minister, when the whole country was jubilant, the government and the opposition were sensational, and Tong Guan, who personally led the troops to complete this feat, was even more prestigious.

If Zhao Ji Junchen can continue that momentum, even if they stop in time, then they will definitely be able to lie on the merit book and be praised forever.

But Zhao Ji Junchen is not willing to stop there, they have even greater political ambitions!

- They want to recover the Western Xia, which was split by the party, and they also want to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, which were in the hearts of the emperors of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

Zhao Ji Junchen not only dared to think, but they also dared to do it.

A few years ago, after the efforts of previous generations, Tong Guan finally led the Western Army to seize the Hengshan region of Western Xia.

For Western Xia, this Hengshan region is equivalent to the sixteen states of Yanyun in Liao, producing grain, soldiers, horses, and economic powerhouses, and it is still a defense against natural risks.

The reason why the Zhao Song Dynasty could not recover the Western Xia was because the Hengshan region was in the hands of the Western Xia, which made the Zhao Song Dynasty fall short several times.

And after the Zhao Song Dynasty seized the Hengshan region, Western Xia was like a stripped beauty, and the Zhao Song Dynasty could kill her no matter how hard it worked.

But when the Zhao Song Dynasty took off its pants, Yelu Yanxi, the emperor of the Liao State, actually came forward to "mediate", that is, to threaten the Zhao Song Dynasty with troops to prevent it from recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun.

- Yelu Yanxi's nominal daughter Yelu Nanxian is the empress of the contemporary Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun, and Western Xia is a vassal state of Liao, so Liao is seriously biased towards Western Xia.

This made Zhao Ji Junchen hateful!

However, if the Zhao and Song dynasties at that time were really caught between the Liaoxia and Xia countries, there might be a risk of annihilation.

There was no way, Zhao Ji Junchen could only pinch his nose and negotiate peace with Western Xia, giving up the good opportunity to recover Western Xia.

After the peace negotiation, Tong Guan was ordered by Zhao Ji to go to Liao as an envoy.

In Liao, Tong Guan became acquainted with a man named Ma Zhi.

Ma Zhi told Tong Guan that in the north of the Liao State, the Jurchens had risen up, established the Jin State, were wantonly annexing the territory of the Liao State, and gave the Zhao Song Dynasty a strategy to join the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao and recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

Tong Guan brought Ma Zhi back to the Zhao Song Dynasty and introduced him to Zhao Ji.

Ma Zhi dedicated the plan of Lianjin to destroy Liao and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun to Zhao Ji.

Thinking that he could take revenge on the Liao State that had oppressed the Zhao Song Dynasty for many years, and that he could recover the sixteen states of Yanyun that the emperors of the Zhao Song Dynasty had failed to recover, if this thing was really done, then he Zhao Ji would become the most effective emperor of the Zhao Song Dynasty after Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Ji couldn't help but be ready to move.

Therefore, Zhao Ji renamed Ma Zhi Zhao Liangsi, and in accordance with Zhao Liangsi's strategy of uniting Jin to destroy Liao and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, he repeatedly sent people from the sea to Liaodong to contact with the Jin State to discuss the joint destruction of Liao by the two families and the division of the territory of Liao.

After years of communication, the Song and Jin countries are almost ready to negotiate the joint extermination of Liao.

At this stage, Zhao Ji and Tong Guan's minds are all focused on this matter, and they are planning this century-old plan, how can they bother to take care of a few thieves, especially when they haven't made much noise before.

At this stage, Cai Jing also supports the plan of Lianjin to destroy Liao and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and naturally knows that Zhao Ji and Tong Guan are preparing for this plan, and they will start to implement this plan as soon as they negotiate the final disputed matters with Jin Guo.

At this critical juncture, the most capable army of the Zhao and Song dynasties, that is, the Western Army, could not be moved easily.

Otherwise, he thought that Tian Hu was so happy under Tong Guan's nose, why didn't Tong Guan clean him up, just because Tong Guan couldn't look down on this little credit, and he didn't want to consume the combat power of the Western Army because of the bandits, so he was ready to fight the national war, so that his Tong Guan's name would be completely immortalized in history.

Cai Jing knows this very well, and also supports Tong Guan's idea, so he doesn't want to make a big move, he just wants to suppress this matter first, and wait for a year or two later, Tong Guan will recover the sixteen states of Yanyun and come back with the power of a big victory.

But Cai Jing didn't expect that the Western Army under Tong Guan would not move, and no one else would dare to answer his words.

Cai Jing could only ask again: "No one can worry about the country?" ”

Seeing that there was still no one in the ranks, a person turned out behind the captain of the step.

This person is the Yamen defense and righteous envoy Xuanzan. But see:

Xuan Zansheng's face is like the bottom of a pot, his nostrils are facing the sky, his hair is curly and his beard is red, it can be said that he is too ugly to want.

Previously, Xuanzan had won the general because of the Lianzhu arrow, and the king of the county recruited Xuanzan as his son-in-law on a whim, so people called Xuanzan an ugly county horse.

Who wants the county lord to be ugly and die with a grudge.

The king of the county regretted it and no longer had contact with Xuanzan, and Xuanzan was not allowed to be reused because of this, and he was only a soldier and a horse to protect the righteousness.

Tong Guan knew that the county king hated Xuanzan, so he deliberately suppressed Xuanzan and sold the county king well.

This has made Xuanzan depressed.

At this time, seeing that no one dared to answer the envoy of the siege of the Daimyo's Mansion, he felt that this was an opportunity to praise him, and he couldn't help but come out and say:

"The young general was in the township and had an acquaintance. This person is a descendant of the late Han Dynasty three-point righteous and brave Wu'an Wang Yan, surnamed Guan Mingsheng, born and similar to the ancestor Guan Yunchang, so that a mouth of the green dragon Yanyue knife, known as the big knife Guan Sheng. Now he is doing Pudong inspection, and he is subordinate to his subordinates. This person reads military books at a young age, is well versed in martial arts, and has the courage of ten thousand people. If you invite him with courtesy and worship him as a general, you can sweep the Qingshui Village, exterminate the fanatics, and protect the country and the people. ”

Cai Jing was overjoyed when he heard this, sent Xuanzan as an envoy, got the paperwork, and went to Pudong overnight, and invited Guan Sheng to go to Beijing to discuss.

The conversation is endless.

It was only said that Xuanzan received the paperwork, took three or five servants, rode a fast horse, and dismounted in less than a day in front of the Pudong Inspection Division.

Just in time for Dadao, Guan Sheng and Jing Mu Qian, Hao Siwen discussed the major events that have happened on the rivers and lakes recently, as well as the rise and fall of ancient and modern times.

Hearing that the official came to report that an envoy from Tokyo wanted to see the inspection, Guan Sheng hurriedly came out with Hao Siwen to greet him.

After each saluting, Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen invited Xuanzan to sit down in the hall.

"Brother Xian hasn't seen each other for a long time, why is he here in person today?" Guan Sheng asked.

"Brother, have you heard about the Liangshan thieves attacking the Daimyo's Mansion?" Xuan Zan does not answer rhetorical questions.

Guan Sheng was indignant and said: "Brother Wei and Brother Hao Siwen were still talking about this just now, and a group of thieves dared to attack one of my Great Song Dynasty Four Capitals, and no one in the court cared about me?!" ”

Xuanzan said: "The younger brother is coming because of the attack on Beijing by Liangshan Caokou, and the younger brother is in front of Taishi Cai to ensure that his brother has the ability to stabilize the country and surrender his troops and behead the generals. The elder brother should not be pushed, so please pack up and go to Beijing with the younger brother. ”

Guan Sheng, who was always depressed, was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Xuanzan: "My brother's surname is Hao, and his double name is Siwen, and he is my brother who worships righteousness. At the beginning, his mother dreamed that Jing Mu Qian was reincarnated, so she was pregnant, and later gave birth to this person, so people called him Jing Mu Qian Hao Siwen. This brother has eighteen kinds of martial arts, and he is omnipotent. Master Meng called and went to serve the country together, I don't know if it is possible? ”

Xuan praised: "This is the time for the court to employ people, go together, there will be a good future." ”

Because the rescue of the Beijing Daimyo Mansion was quite urgent, Xuanzan urged Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen to set off quickly.

Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen didn't dare to slack off, they were busy settling down the old and young, and then attracted more than a dozen Kansai cronies, packed up their swords, horses, armor and luggage, and followed Xuanzan overnight.

The group traveled on the road all night, arrived at Bianliang City in Tokyo early the next morning, and then went straight to Cai Jing's house to dismount and ask someone to report.

The doorman reported to Cai Jing that Cai Jing was invited.

Xuanzan led Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen to the festival hall, met Cai Jing, and then the three of them stood at the bottom of the steps.

Seeing Guan Sheng, with a dignified body of eight feet five or six, a thin three willow mustaches, two eyebrows into the sideburns, phoenix eyes facing the sky, a face like a heavy jujube, and lips painted with Zhu, Cai Jing fell fond of it and asked, "How young is the general?" ”

Guan Sheng replied: "There are two young generals in their thirties. ”

Cai Jing asked again: "Liangshan Caokou besieged the city of Beijing, may I ask the good general, what is the best way to relieve the siege?" ”

Guan Shengyu reported: "I have long heard that the grass invades the puddles, invades the people, and robs the city. The thief left the lair without permission and brought disaster upon himself. If you save Beijing, you will be working in vain. Tens of thousands of begging fake elite soldiers, first take Liangshan, then take the thief, and teach him not to take care of each other. ”

Cai Jing was overjoyed and said to Xuanzan: "This is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, which is exactly what I want." ”

Immediately, Tong Guan was asked to transfer 15,000 elite soldiers from Shandong and Hebei, teach Hao Siwen to be the vanguard, Xuanzan to be the queen, Guan Sheng to lead the troops, and Duan Chang, the captain of the infantry army, to receive grain and grass. Reward the three armies, and start for a limited time.

Here, Guan Sheng, Xuanzan, and Hao Siwen were just ordered to leave.

Over there, suddenly someone who came to the capital from the Daimyo's Mansion with great difficulty reported: "Yu Taishi, the city of Beijing is broken, Liang Zhongshu was killed, and Mrs. Cai was forcibly put into the backyard by the thief leader Jiang Yan......"

Cai Jing was furious: "What do you say?!!! ”

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(End of chapter)