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Guan Sheng, Xuanzan, and Hao Siwen's strength is okay, and they all know how to command troops and are talents.

However, if you want Jiang Hongfei to be like Song Jiang, when you see Guan Sheng, you will kneel down for him, and then pretend to ask Guan Sheng to be the owner of the village, and then hint at Zhao'an or something, Jiang Hongfei will definitely not be able to do it, which will also give Guan Sheng unrealistic illusions, and then affect the unity of Shuibo Liangshan.

Moreover, to be honest, Guan Sheng and the three of them are not worthy of Jiang Hongfei's doing, or it can also be said that no one is worthy of Jiang Hongfei's solicitation.

For Guan Sheng and the three of them, Jiang Hongfei's attitude is that if they can solicit, they will definitely solicit, after all, they are useful, but if they can't be recruited, it's not a big deal.

In addition, Jiang Hongfei brought back a large number of people on this expedition:

There were more than 80,000 recruits and less than 90,000.

There are more than 15,000 craftsmen and boatmen of all kinds.

There are more than 300 literati who have no aspirations.

There were more than thirteen thousand sinners and less than fourteen thousand.

There are more than 330,000 family members.

More than 54,000 prisoners.

Total: more than 500,000 people.

All these people have to be properly settled, and Jiang Hongfei can't completely delegate this personnel power to Wang Lun and others, so he has to take care of it himself, so as to save the people below from forming a party and making it bigger.

In addition, Jiang Hongfei also brought back a large number of spirit horses, boats, all kinds of armor, swords, guns, swords, halberds, all kinds of weapons, bows, crossbows, arrows, as well as iron bars, horns, cowhides, cow tendons, sheepskins, arrows, feathers and other strategic materials, these things had to be disposed of, distributed, and transformed into the strength of the Liangshan army.

There are still more than 67 million treasures to be disposed of, planned, and spent to develop Shuibo Liangshan.

In addition, the more than 13.3 million stone of grain will be properly settled, which will be one of the biggest costs of Shuibo Liangshan next year.

In addition, because the time is too tight and the manpower is insufficient, many meritorious service rewards in this battle have not yet been issued, and this kind of thing cannot be delayed.

Other than that, you have to celebrate such a big victory, right? Lu Junyi, Yan Qing, Sun An, Shan Shiqi, Zhu Jing, Tang Chang, Ma Ling, Wu Neng, Xu Jin, Xu Guanzhong, Suo Chao, Zhou Jin (Suo Chao persuaded to surrender) and others join the gang, you have to welcome them, right? As soon as Jiang Hongfei left, it was more than two months, and the backlog of things had to be dealt with, right?

More importantly, the Liangshan army defeated the two important towns of the Zhao Song Dynasty and swept them away, Jiang Hongfei has to see the reaction of the Zhao Song Dynasty and make corresponding countermeasures, right?

All in all, Jiang Hongfei had too much to deal with during this period of time, and there were too many things to deal with than recruiting Guan Sheng and the three of them.

So, Jiang Hongfei handed over the matter of recruiting Guan Sheng and the three to their friend Tang Bin, just like Jiang Hongfei handed over the matter of surrendering Suo Chao to Yang Zhi before.

After returning to Yangsan.

Tang Bin, who received the order to surrender Guan Sheng and the others, took them directly to his residence, and then untied them without saying a word.

While untying Guan Sheng and the others, Tang Bin said: "My brother has brought back too many characters in this campaign, and there are many urgent matters that he needs to deal with personally, so teach me to help him entertain you first, and when he is free, he will meet you in person." ”

Guan Sheng looked at Tang Bin carefully and saw that he was now in high spirits, not at all as depressed as he was when he was in Pudong, but more like an officer than the three of them.

Guan Sheng can still see that Tang Bin should be very happy and have a status in Shuibo Liangshan.

Although everyone is their own master, as a friend, Guan Sheng is still very happy for Tang Bin.

But then again, now Guan Sheng is happy for Tang Bin, which is actually a bit redundant, after all, the position of the two sides now can't allow Guan Sheng to care about Tang Bin at all, and the reverse is almost the same.

Guan Sheng looked back at Xuanzan and Hao Siwen, and asked, "We are captured here, what should we do?" ”

Xuanzan and Hao Siwen both replied: "And listen to the general's orders." ”

Hearing this, Guan Sheng looked at Tang Bin and said, "Returning to Beijing without a face to see Taishi Cai, the three of us are willing to die as soon as possible." ”

Tang Bin smiled: "Why do you say this? My brother has already made it clear that if you don't abandon your humility, you will stay and do the right thing for heaven together. If you don't want to, you don't dare to stay, so I'll send you back to Beijing today. ”

Guan Sheng was surprised: "The Great Sage really said that? ”

Tang Bin said solemnly: "My brother Shandong and Hebei are well-known, the first heroes in the rivers and lakes, what kind of person, how can he not believe his words?" ”

Guan Sheng listened to the words and looked at Xuanzan and Hao Siwen.

Although Guan Sheng didn't say anything, Xuanzan and Hao Siwen also knew that Guan Sheng had the idea of surrendering.

The reason why Guan Sheng moved this idea was not because Tang Bin relayed Jiang Hongfei's words, but because of what the three of them had seen and heard in Liangshanbo for more than two months.

Guan Sheng and the three of them waited on the left, and the Liangshan army did not fight; Waiting, the Zhao and Song Dynasty courts did not send sailors over.

The three of them must have nothing to do.

The people here in Liangshanbo hate Guan Sheng to the bone, and they don't regard them as saving themselves at all.

Guan Sheng and the others were very curious because of this, and they didn't understand why the people here in Liangshanbo were so desperate for Jiang Hongfei and the heroes of Liangshan?

So, Guan Sheng and the three of them took turns dressing up in disguise and went to the neighborhood to find out.

Under this investigation, Guan Sheng and the three of them were all silent.

After the observation of Guan Sheng and the three of them, the people here in Liangshanbo have enough food and clothing, everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, everyone has their own land, none of them have debts that can never be paid off, and there are no various unpaid errands that exhaust people, they are all full of hope for the future, and some people are just homeless people who can't eat half a year ago.

And they, the Song army who came to attack Shuibo Liangshan, have become the only variable for the good life of the people here in Liangshanbo, can the people here not hate them to the bone?

In addition, Guan Sheng and the three of them heard that Jiang Hongfei and the heroes of Liangshan had done a lot of good deeds, giving relief to millions of victims, punishing the evil and promoting the good for many years.

Moreover, the most fearful thing in everything is contrast.

After calming down, Guan Sheng and the three of them thought about what they had seen and heard all the way from Pudong to Jingshi, and then from Jingshi to Liangshanbo.

Let's not talk about Jingshi, after all, it is the center of the Zhao and Song Dynasty, although it still can't be compared with Liangshanbo here, but it's not bad.

As for the rest of the world?

The white bones are exposed in the wilderness, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, in the territory of the Song Dynasty, a miserable scene, the people are all ragged, haggard faces are full of hardships of life, they are hungry, struggling on the edge of life and death, but they still have to endure the oppression and exploitation of the government, their eyes are full of despair, as if begging for a glimmer of life from the sky.

Compare the happy life of the people here in Liangshanbo.

In the dead of night, Guan Sheng and the three asked each other: "Is it really right for me to wait to cut the water and Boliang Mountain?" ”

Of course, this is only one of the reasons.

What's more important is that now Guan Sheng and they have suffered a big defeat, and returning to Beijing is also a death, and they have to involve their families, if they don't want to die, they have to find a mountain to fall into the grass for the Kou, and since they want to fall into the grass for the Kou, how can it be better than Shuibo Liangshan?

Xuanzan and Hao Siwen were silent for a while before nodding their heads in unison.

Guan Sheng saw it, and said to Tang Bin, who had been waiting tirelessly: "It is the hope of the whole people that it is called the Great Sage and Righteousness, and it is the hope of the whole people. Today, we have a family that is difficult to run, and a country that is difficult to vote for, and we are willing to be a pawn under the tent of the great saint. ”

Tang Bin was overjoyed and hurriedly went to report the matter to Jiang Hongfei.

Jiang Hongfei didn't expect to surrender Guan Sheng, Xuanzan, and Hao Siwen so easily, he thought to himself: "If I knew this, I would have personally surrendered." ”

Shaking his head, Jiang Hongfei suppressed this superfluous thought, and then ordered to go down, immediately set up a banquet to prepare to welcome the new leader and leader, and then personally went with Tang Bin to meet Guan Sheng and the others.

This time, Jiang Hongfei no longer said that Guan Sheng was pirated or cosplayed, but only said: "The general is a hero, and his name is well deserved!" ”

Then Jiang Hongfei said: "The court is unknown, the faint monarch is arrogant and lascivious, and connives, and connives, slanders and dictatorship, sets up abusive officials and corrupt officials, and frames the people of the world, Jiang Yan and others are the only ones who do the right thing for heaven, break the old world, rebuild the new world, save the common people from fire and water, relieve the people from hanging upside down, strive for everyone to have their home, and the cultivator to have their land, and welcome the three brothers to join the ......."

chatted with Guan Sheng and the others, and set up a banquet to invite them and Xu Guanzhong and others to join the group......

The next day, Jiang Hongfei asked Guan Sheng and the three of them to go to the captives to recruit people who were willing to surrender to Shuibo Liangshan, and at the same time sent people to fetch the three of them, all of them.

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Just when Jiang Hongfei led the heroes of Liangshan to welcome Xu Guanzhong and others into the gang, the people in Naitoushan were also welcoming Li Cheng, Wen Da, Cai Fu, Cai Qing and others to join the gang.

- Cai Fu and Cai Qing originally wanted to go to Liangshan, but Jiang Hongfei was too busy during that time to bother to meet Cai Fu and Cai Qing, the two little people, plus Liu Tang warmly invited Cai Fu and Cai Qing, Cai Fu and Cai Qing, who would definitely not be able to stay in the Daimyo's Mansion because they helped Shi Xiu rob the prison, could only follow Chao Gai and Song Jiang to Naitou Mountain.

In other words, Naitou Mountain went to the Daimyo Mansion with Shuibo Liangshan this time, which is really a big fat city.

Cai Fu and Cai Qing are the two additions, let's be honest, their real usefulness is really limited.

But Li Cheng and Wenda are really different.

The combat power of the two is not under Qin Ming and Su Qi, but in terms of fame, even Qin Ming, who once served as the commander of the Qingzhou Command Division, is not as good as Li Cheng and Wen Da.

It can be said that Naitou Mountain has Li Cheng and Wenda, which can really make their reputation of Naitou Mountain sound.

Whether it is Chao Gai or Song Jiang, after they got Li Cheng and Wenda, they can be regarded as having their wish to some extent.

However, to be honest, it is not easy to get Li Cheng and Wenda to join the gang.

All right.

For Chao Gai, it wasn't easy.

But for Song Jiang and Wu Yong, this matter is actually not so difficult.

Who let Li Chenggang marry a young and beautiful lady, and Wenda was almost forty years old before he got an only son.

Song Jiang and Wu Yong made a game, and let the gangsters of the Daimyo Mansion rob Li Cheng's wife and Wenda's only son, Li Cheng and Wenda can't go to Naitou Mountain, Li Cheng's wife has to teach the gangsters to spoil it, and Wenda has to send the white-haired people to the black-haired people.

Only when Li Cheng and Wen Da took the initiative to beg Song Jiang and Wu to use Naitou Mountain, the people of Naitou Mountain would help them save people.

In this way, how do you let Li Cheng and Wenda choose?

Afterwards, Song Jiang and Wu Yong helped Li Cheng and Wen Da to submit a petition.

And it was settled.

It can be said that for Song Jiang and Wu Yong, as long as people have weaknesses, they can take advantage of them, and then "persuade" each other to join the gang.

After the big deal, Song Jiang knelt down, and then pretended to give up the position of the owner of the village, at most vaguely expressed his life ambitions, most of the time he was invincible.

Miraculously, most of the people who were calculated by Song Jiang and Wu afterwards would still be very close to them.

In addition to getting Li Cheng and Wen Da, two generals whose strength and reputation were not weak, Nai Tou Shan was extremely fortunate to get an army of four or five thousand qi refiners.

Moreover, Jiang Hongfei is so generous that even the armor on these people has been given to Chao Gai.

Now, this army led by Li Kui and Liu Tang is already the strongest combat force in Naitou Mountain.

In addition, the original soldiers and horses of Nai Tou Mountain.

There are already more than 10,000 qi refiners in Naitou Mountain.

This strength, in the green forest road, is second only to the four major Kou, and other cottages are almost impossible to compare with Naitou Mountain.

There is no doubt that Natou Mountain has become stronger!

At the banquet welcoming Li Cheng, Wenda, Cai Fu, and Cai Qing, Chao Gai drank too much.

Chao Gai felt that his dream was near, he would soon be as famous as Jiang Hongfei, respected everywhere he went, majestic, his brothers followed him to drink wine and eat meat, even the government did not dare to underestimate him, Naitoushan carried forward under his leadership, whoever dared not give him face, he would send troops to fight whom, it was really happy and happy!

Chao Gai took advantage of the strength of the wine to pull Li Cheng with one hand and Wenda with the other, and said to them: "Two virtuous brothers, rest assured, from now on, you can not be afraid of the sky, not afraid of the earth, not afraid of lawsuits, on the scales and spiritual stones, wear silk brocade in a strange way, eat wine in an urn, eat meat in large pieces, be happy, go to the rivers and lakes, whoever dares not to give you face, that is, if you don't give Chao Gai face, I will lead the army to destroy him!" ”

To Chao Gai's surprise, in the face of such a bloody and cool thing, Li Cheng and Wenda's reactions were very cold, and they withdrew their hands without a trace.

And after a while, Chao Gai saw that Li Cheng and Wen Da were talking and laughing with Song Jiang.

This made Chao Gai's wine wake up!

Chao Gai hurriedly pricked up his ears and listened to what Song Jiang was talking about with Li Cheng and Wenda?

As a result, Chao Gai heard that Song Jiang, Li Cheng, and Wen Da said interesting things about their official careers, as well as how they used to play and eat in the six streets and three markets every day in their spare time, and they were respected and majestic everywhere they went.

After a while, I saw Cai Fu and Cai Qing also come over and talk about the things in the yamen.

Song Jiang took this opportunity to show off, he was proficient in swords and pens, proficient in the way of officials, and when he used his pen casually in Yuncheng, he didn't know how many people he saved, and in Yuncheng, from the county order to the pawn, who didn't love him, and which one didn't respect him?

Li Cheng complimented: "When the younger brother was in the Daimyo's mansion, he also heard for a long time that his brother was righteous and squandering money, and I heard that those who went to join their brother would stay in the Zhuangshangguan Valley and chase them all day long, and they were not tired; If you want to get up and do your best to fund, you will squander it and treat it as gold. ”

Wen Da also said: "The younger brother has also heard that when people ask my brother for money, they don't shirk it. And it's easy to do, and it's difficult to solve disputes every time, but it's just a matter of people's lives. As usual, the coffin bait is scattered to help the poor, the urgency of the people, and the hardship of the people. It is famous in Shandong and Hebei, and they all call my brother to make timely rain, but they compare my brother to the timely rain in the sky, which can save everything. ”

Cai Fu and Cai Qing also talked about Song Jiang's various benefits and complimented Song Jiang.

Chao Gai heard this, and he also wanted to integrate into this circle, but these people from official backgrounds, he didn't understand these things at all, and he really couldn't fit in.

Chao Gai couldn't help but feel a little melancholy: "Is being an official really so interesting?" ”

Chao Gai thought about it, but still felt that it was more cool to be a strong man.

So, Chao Gai drank wine with Liu Tang, Yu Sheng and others in large bowls and ate meat in large pieces.

After a while, Gongsun Sheng suddenly lowered his voice and said to Chao Gai: "Brother, Song Jiang's momentum is rising again, so I have to think of a way to deal with it." ”

After Gongsun Sheng's reminder, Chao Gai was so excited!

Chao Gai looked at Song Jiang at this time, and saw that there were more people around him.

Chao Gai took a closer look at Li Cheng, Wen Da, and Li Kui, and was stunned to realize that Naitou Mountain was stronger, but if you think about it carefully, the person who became stronger was not him, but Song Jiang.

These four new leaders obviously have more in common with Song Jiang.

Jiang Hongfei gave the four or five thousand qi refiners to Naitou Mountain, Li Kui served as its main leader, and Liu Tang only served as its deputy leader, the key, according to Liu Tang, those soldiers and ruffians only listened to Li Kui.

Chao Gai couldn't help but think: "If Song Jiang still has my mind, then ......"

Thinking of this, Chao Gai didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Subsequently, Chao Gai thought in a good direction: "Song Jiang and I are confidant brothers, and Song Jiang swore that he would not think about Zhao'an again, otherwise he would die of a rotten stomach, and when he died, there would be no contradiction between me and him, and there would be no situation where we were enemies." ”

But although Chao Gai can comfort himself like this, because Song Jiang has a criminal record, he can't help but think in a bad direction.

Chao Gai let out a long sigh!

This is the first time Chao Gai has found that the owner of the village is not good!

At this moment, Chao Gai couldn't help but envy Jiang Hongfei.

Jiang Hongfei's subordinates, even if there are not a hundred leaders now, are almost the same, among them, there are many people with outstanding ability, there is no lack of ambitious people, and even there are many people who are interested in recruiting peace.

But Jiang Hongfei can handle it very well, keep the whole village in one heart, think in one place, and make efforts in one place, everyone respects Jiang Hongfei from the bottom of their hearts, and no one has the intention of usurping the throne.

"How did Brother Jiang Yanxian do it? Can I really catch up with him? ”

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(End of chapter)