Gao Qiu is on fire, but this is an irreversible fact. Although Gao Qiu hates that old guy Han Zhongyan, he is also very afraid of him. Now that his nephew's whereabouts are unknown, if Han Cun is allowed to go back alive , so that he could be falsely accused of Gao Qiu's murder. This handle was like a bright sharp knife, always hanging over Gao Qiu's head.
However, an official of the imperial court and a general of the country were rescued halfway, and he had to give an explanation. Gao Qiu sat in the commander's mansion and thought hard, and finally came up with an excuse to fool him. He immediately rushed five hundred miles away and wrote a letter. Feng, prepared to detail the impact of Han Cunbao's defeat, and then brought out the words about his demotion and escorting him back to Beijing. Finally, he used the Green Forest Army to kidnap Han Cunbao halfway, and implicitly avoided the part where he wanted to kill him. After the memorial was written, Gao Qiu read it twice and felt it was appropriate based on the little ink in his stomach, so he sent it off.
When this memorial was sent to the court, the Holy Spirit looked melancholy, and Han Zhongyan was even more anxious when he got the news.
The Holy One sat in the palace and told the story. Zheng Juzhong, Han Zhongyan's protégé and imperial censor, had long been instructed by his mentor. At this moment, he went out to report to the class and said: "I would like to inform the Holy One that the world is in turmoil. The Kingdom of Jin in the north is ready to move, and the Kingdom of Jin in the west is ready to move. The rebellion of the Green Forest Army caused disaster, the Fang La bandits in the south were powerful, and the bandits in Liangshan were also uneasy. The previous campaigns had little effect. The foolish minister thought that at present, recruiting peace was the priority, and crusade was the next priority. Song Jiang in Liangshan worked hard to express his intention to recruit peace. Even though they were highly promoted by some powerful people and refused to repay it, now for the sake of the Song Dynasty, for the sake of the country, and for the health of the Holy Dragon, I still hope to send an angel to Zhao'an,"
"You can't call for peace, you can only suppress and arrest," Cai Jing came out and reported: "Your Majesty, those gangsters are bold and do all kinds of evil. Not to mention the unwillingness of the people to order them to peace, even if they are left, they will be the remnant poison of the Song Dynasty and will be the guarantee of peace in the future. What a disaster! They are all rebellious, treacherous and vicious. There is no telling which day they will rebel again, and what will be done when the time comes? Such evil will not be tolerated." At this point, Cai Jing saw that Zheng Juzhong was about to refute again, Then he continued: "Raising the flag to rebel is a major crime that kills nine tribes and destroys their bones. They must not be tolerated. They committed such a heinous crime, and in the end they had to give them preferential treatment by inviting them to peace. Wouldn't that give the world a way to imitate? In the future, everyone can rebel and everyone comes to ask for peace. Then will our Song Dynasty still be the Song Dynasty, and the imperial court will still be the imperial court?"
After Cai Jing's aggressive barrage of words, Zheng Juzhong was speechless. He was stunned for a moment and then said: "Not all of these bandits are heinous people. There are also many patriots, such as Song Jiang from Shandong. He himself I have no different intentions, I just hope that the imperial court can recruit people and be able to contribute to the country,"
"Song Jiang," Tong Guan glared at Zheng Juzhong and said: "Song Jiang was originally a sharp-edged official in our court. If he hadn't bent the law for personal gain and freed Chao Gai, Shi Jin and others, how could he have caused any trouble? In today's situation, now, you have to say it for him. If Song Jiang is a loyal and good person, I would like to ask you, Zheng Juzhong, how you define a saint in your heart."
Zheng Juzhong was asked anxiously, and he said something immature in his heart: "Even if the recruitment is not serious, it can be used as a delaying tactic. Now we are surrounded by crises. If we cannot stabilize them, how can we defeat them one by one?"
"Lieutenant Gao led the troops to suppress the rebels in Green Forest. I will set off in two days to rush to the southeast to suppress Fang La. How can I share my worries with you? Just shut your mouth and wait for the good news in the court," Cai Jing said coldly. He glanced at Zheng Juzhong one last time.
"Okay," Emperor Daojun said: "Yesterday, Captain Gao sent people to invite Wen Huanzhang from Anren Village as a staff officer, and asked him to go to the army as soon as possible to be commissioned. Today, he will be sent to accompany the angel. If If you are willing to come and surrender, you will be exempted from this crime. If you still don't surrender, I will send Gao Qiu to set the limit and hunt down all the people and return them to the capital." Taishi Cai agreed and wrote a grass edict. He heard about Huanzhang and went to the provincial banquet. It turned out that Wen Huanzhang was a well-known scribe and court minister, many of whom were knowledgeable. He prepared wine and food to welcome him.
Not to mention that Wen Huanzhang left the capital with the angel, but that Lieutenant Gao was troubled in Shouan's mind.
The doorman reported: "Niu Bangxi has arrived,"
Captain Gao then summoned him, bowed and asked, "How is the ship?"
Bang Xi reported: "More than 1,500 large and small boats were impounded along the river, and they all arrived at the lock."
Lieutenant Gao was overjoyed and rewarded Niu Bangxi. At the moment, Lieutenant Gao only wanted warships and did not care about the lack of a ready-made naval force, because in his early years when he was listening to books in a tea house, he listened to the song "Burning Red Cliff", and now he quickly thought of it. Knowing how to successfully send infantry onto the ship, he issued an order to put the ships into the wide harbor, nail them in a row of three, lay them on planks, and lock the sterns with iron rings. This prevented the officers and soldiers from being dissatisfied with the waterway. , and at the same time, to avoid repeating Cao Cao's mistakes, 10,000 infantry troops boarded the ship, and the remaining horse troops escorted the ship close to the water.
After the soldiers were arranged on board the ship and the chains were nailed according to their divisions, it took another two days and everyone in the Green Forest Army knew about it.
Wu Yong summoned Wu Xiaolong to take charge of the waterway and make achievements. The other navy leaders recruited each prepared a small boat, with iron leaves nailed in rows on the bow. They continued to load reeds and dry firewood in the cabin, and the firewood was filled with sulfur flames. Fire starters were stationed in the small harbor. At the same time, gunner Ling Zhen was mobilized to set up artillery on the high mountains. At the same time, in the densely wooded areas near the water, flags were tied to the trees, and gold was placed everywhere. He drummed artillery, garrisoned men and horses, set up a camp, asked Gongsun Sheng to perform rituals and sacrifice to the wind, divided three groups of troops and horses on the dry land to support him, and so on, Wu used his fingers to draw, and the whole army waited for the officers and soldiers to arrive.
Sure enough, within two days, Captain Gao couldn't stand it any longer. Even if he mobilized troops and horses in Shou'an City, it was Niu Bangxi who commanded the army by water. He and Liu Menglong were in charge of the three parties, Shiying, and Captain Gao was in charge. A, the three-way drum was fired, the boats sailed in the water port, the horses galloped on the dry road, the boats moved like arrows, and the horses flew like flying, they all rushed down to Fuchang City.
There are many ships in this waterway, with continuous poles and the sound of golden drums. They meander along the waterway towards Fuchang, but until they enter the boundary of Fuchang, there is not a single warship. Looking closer to Fuchang, only lotus flowers are seen. There were two fishing boats, with only two people on each boat. Not only were they not afraid when they saw the official boats, but they pointed at the officers and soldiers on the boats and clapped their hands and laughed. Liu Menglong on the first boat looked at the men laughing wildly, and he also laughed evilly. It was not ordinary people, it must be the gap between the Green Forest Army. At that moment, they started shooting arrows indiscriminately. Arrow feathers fell from the officers and soldiers' warships. The fishermen there had already jumped into the water with a splash. When they looked again, Except for the two swaying boats, there were no signs of people anywhere.
Liu Menglong still had the dark clouds of the previous defeat in his heart, so he quickly mobilized the warship and approached the city of Fuchang. The green bank along the bank was full of thin willows. Two oxen were tied to the willow trees, and three or four shepherd boys were sleeping on the green sedge. , there was another shepherd boy in the distance, riding an ox backwards, whining and whining a flute. Liu Menglong saw that this place was too peaceful, which really made him a little uneasy, so he had to teach the pioneers to bravely land first and explore. To explore the truth, unexpectedly, as soon as the officers and soldiers set up the springboard and carefully moved to the shore, the shepherd boys jumped up, laughed, and penetrated deep into the willow shade. Liu Menglong watched his sergeants step on The way he stepped ashore seemed a little awkward, but it was not so laughable. Liu Menglong suddenly felt that the smile was getting weirder.
Seven or eight hundred people from the front line rushed ashore. Before they could spread around, in the shade of the willow tree, there was only a sound of cannons and the sound of war drums on both sides. At the same time, a group of red armor troops rushed out from the left. The leader is [Leopard Head] Lin Chong, and a group of black-armored troops rush out from the right. The leader is [Double Whip] Hu Yanzhuo, each with five thousand troops and horses, and they fight to the water's edge.
Liu Menglong saw that the vanguards had become nothing but fish, and hurriedly called for the sergeants to disembark to support him, but he did not expect that most of the military academy had been destroyed. Niu Bangxi heard the front troops shouting and fighting, so he had the idea of retreating and immediately ordered the rear ships to retreat. At this time, only a series of cannons were heard on the mountain. Niu Bangxi was frightened and thought they were trumpets. However, he did not expect that the guns that fired in unison were not used for issuing orders, but the cannons that Lei Zhen had devoted himself to studying for a long time and made several improvements. It was called the "Fenghuo Mother and Son Cannon". After the roar of the cannons here, Niu Bangxi saw the ships on the river being blown up one after another. The ships that were hit were broken in half. It was tilted forward and backward, overturning the boat directly. For a moment, flames shot into the sky, and countless people were killed and injured.
Niu Bangxi was shocked out of his mind by this scene, but at this moment, he could only hear the rustling sound among the reeds, but it was Gongsun Sheng with his hair spread out, holding a sword, fighting with a gangbang, worshiping the wind on the top of the mountain, and piercing the forest through the trees for the first time. , after that, rocks and sand flew, and in a moment, white waves lifted the sky. In an instant, black clouds covered the ground, the red sun was dull, and strong winds blew. Liu Menglong hurriedly taught the boat to retreat, but he saw among the reeds, deep in the lotus flowers, in the small harbor. From the narrow branch, everyone took out their small boats and got into the large fleet. Where the drums were beating, they lit torches together. In an instant, a fire broke out, and the flames flew into the sky, falling in all directions. They all penetrated the large ship, and the official ships in front and behind were all together. When it is burning, how can we see the fire, but we can see: black smoke blurs the green water, red flames make clear waves, the wind rolls lotus leaves flying all over the sky, the fire burns the reed forest and cuts off the stems, the gods scream and ghosts cry, the sun is dim and the color is dull; It is a pity that the landslide, the sound of the mighty waves is like anger, the ship is overturned, the rudder and oars are all rested, the flag at the stern is no longer mixed with green and red; the sword and halberd at the head of the building are hard to fight with the frost and snow, zombies and fish are floating together, and the blood is in the waves. They boiled together, thousands of flames shot up into the sky, and thousands of red clouds flew over the water.
At this time, Liu Menglong saw fire flying all over the harbor and the warships were on fire. As the saying goes, you never fall into a pit twice. But now that he had suffered another defeat, he was immediately discouraged and had to abandon his helmet and armor. He jumped into the water, because he had learned the lesson from last time and did not dare to go to the shore. He chose a deep and wide place in the harbor and ran for his life.