Seeing that everyone was looking at Li Yuhou and Zhang Ganban murderously, Haobai was worried that they would kill someone, so he stopped: "Okay, someone should have secretly drunk the imperial wine, and then filled it with drinking water, you can see if all the imperial wine can't be drunk." ”

As soon as Haobai said this, everyone immediately understood a little, looked at Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi among the three brothers of the Ruan family, and found that Ruan Xiaosan was not in this Juyi Hall.

And Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi also blushed, although Haobai obviously didn't say it explicitly, but everyone also understood that the imperial wine was not only drunk by Ruan Xiaosan, but also by the two of them.

It's just that the two of them just tasted it, unlike Wang Xiaosan, who was directly drunk, so he didn't appear in this hall of righteousness.

Then the leaders checked all the other wines, there were a lot of royal wines, Ruan Xiaosan and they only drank a few jars, and the others were all good.

Li Yuhou and Zhang Ganban were shocked when they saw it, and they were relieved to find that it was none of their business, and they could go back alive.

All the leaders of Liangshan tasted this so-called imperial wine, and then dispersed.

And Chen Zongshan woke up soon after and found himself in a small room, and then he remembered that the people of Liangshan not only refused the court's recruitment, but also had the audacity to tear up the holy decree.

For such a situation, Chen Zongshan almost wanted to die, but he was helpless about it.

So he hurriedly found Liangshan's people, hurriedly said goodbye and left, and returned to Beijing to resume his life.

Haobai didn't care when he heard the news, he would come anyway, but he just ordered to go down and let the leaders step up the training of Liangshan soldiers to deal with the next crusade of the imperial court.

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In the capital, above the court, it was another early dynasty, and at this moment, all the officials had a little seriousness on their faces, and they already knew about Liang Shan's refusal to recruit An.

After the early dynasty began, Chen Zongshan was the first to stand up, knelt on the ground and shouted: "The minister has the grace of the saint, then Liangshan refuses to recruit An, and the capital will tear up the holy decree!"

When Zhao Ji heard this, he was immediately furious: "That Liangshan thief is so bold!

Chen Zongshan hurriedly talked about what he had seen and heard on Liangshan, and said: "After the minister went to Liangshan, he originally wanted to directly issue the holy decree, but who wanted Haobai, the leader of the Liangshan bandits, to stop it directly, saying that he was unwilling to accept Zhao'an. ”

Then a big man jumped out and returned ...... He also scolded the saint and snatched the holy decree directly from the minister's hands, and tore it apart in three or two clicks!"

As soon as Chen Zongshan's words came out, there was an uproar in the court, and everyone was talking.

At this moment, a strong man with no beard stood up and said, "This Liangshan is just a few thieves, it just so happens that the minister has already returned, so it is better for the minister to lead the troops to exterminate Liangshan!"

It was Tong Guan who said this, the imperial court had sent troops to attack Liangshan several times before, and he was not in this capital, but now he just rushed back, thinking that there was another battle to fight, and the other party was just a bandit and bandit, so he wanted to take credit.

Cai Jing hurriedly said: "Don't be careless, this Liangshan thief is extraordinary, several previous encirclements and suppressions have ended in failure, if you want to go to encirclement and suppression, you must be cautious." ”

Zhao Ji thought for a while and said, "Since this is the case, then Tong Aiqing and Gao Aiqing will go together, bring 100,000 elite soldiers, and wipe out Liang Shang in one fell swoop." ”

What Zhao Ji said was Tong Guan and Gao Yu, seeing that there was a fight, Tong Guan was naturally extremely happy, and he could make meritorious contributions again.

But Gao Yu didn't think so, he didn't rely on fighting and making meritorious contributions to get promoted, he relied on being able to kick and bow in order to curry favor with Zhao Ji.

But since Zhao Ji has spoken, no matter what the two of them think, they can only take their orders.

In Tong Guan's opinion, it would not take 100,000 troops to exterminate the so-called Liangshan thieves, but Zhao Ji asked for this, and everyone told him to be cautious, so he also attached importance to Liangshan.

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On Liangshan, after the last Zhao'an, all the leaders performed their duties, or drilled the soldiers and horses of various departments, or built ships and equipment, etc., so that the whole Liangshan became more prosperous.

Before attacking the prefectures and counties, Liangshan recruited some people to go up the mountain to join the gang, and now Liangshan has 10,000 cavalry, 40,000 infantry, 10,000 sailors, a total of more than 60,000 soldiers and horses.

This is still the result of careful selection, otherwise it is easy to recruit 100,000 troops, or even 200,000 troops, but such an army can only be a rabble.

Just like after the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, the people were coerced to form a vast army of hundreds of thousands, but they were not defeated and retreated, and finally they could not escape annihilation.

Liangshan soldiers and horses are different, one is carefully selected, and most of them are veterans who have been on the battlefield.

In the hall of righteousness, Haobai convened the leaders to discuss the matter, and he had received the news that the imperial army was coming.

After the leaders sat down, they were no longer nervous about the news that the imperial court had sent troops to attack, but were full of confidence.

The imperial court has successively sent three groups of troops such as Huyanzan and Guan Sheng to attack, and Liangshan has won easily.

What's more, now they are all descended from the stars, blessed by the heavens, and even have no fear of the imperial court.

Haobai looked at the many leaders below and said, "The leader in charge of intelligence, tell me about the specific situation." ”

Immediately, a leader stood up and said, "According to the report, this time Tong Guan is the main general, and Gao Yu is the deputy general, leading a total of 100,000 troops!"

100,000 troops!

Although the leaders were a little mentally prepared, knowing that the soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court to attack Liangshan would only increase, and they would become stronger and stronger, they were still shocked when they heard the number of 100,000.

But thinking that Liangshan is also strong now, with 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, he is not afraid!

After everyone came to their senses, Hao Bai spoke, and said, "The army of the imperial court this time is different from the past, and the ones who fought against us before are actually not real armies. ”

"In the previous three times, the generals who led the army to fight were all half of the people in the rivers and lakes, so they would fight before fighting with us. ”

After a pause, Haobai continued, "But this time it is different, Tong Guan and Gao Yu are both serious officials, and they are by no means people in the rivers and lakes, so this time they will definitely not fight, but will directly set up a formation to fight." ”

"So this time we Liangshan must be cautious, don't easily engage with the army of the imperial court, if you can't do anything, you can retreat directly, we have these eight hundred miles of Liangshan water, and the imperial court can't directly enter Liangshan. ”

After Haobai finished speaking, many leaders thought about it carefully and found that it was really the case, in the previous battles, they were all the first generals, and it was always the victory of Liangshan's side, and then they took advantage of the morale to cover the past, and often directly defeated the enemy army.

But this time it is not possible, and this is also the difference between the regular army and their copycat forces.

After all, the Great Song Dynasty was not like the Three Kingdoms during this period, which liked to fight generals at every turn, and the regular army directly set up a position and rushed to kill directly.

And the reason why people in the rivers and lakes like to fight generals is only because people in the rivers and lakes respect their strength, and they have seen too much of various romances, so they always like to fight generals before the two armies fight.