"Brother Jiang, the governor of Liangshan has ascended the throne! He is also a Han, and now he wants to compete with me, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, for power." A soldier next to him said.
"These many soldiers can scare people to death. How can we in the Song Dynasty resist... No! Once the war starts, I am afraid that everyone in our family will suffer. I will return home immediately and take my family with me.
Hide in the mountains for a year or two and then come back when the war is over!" The man surnamed Jiang suddenly said.
"Brother Jiang, as far as I know, Liangshan's military discipline is very strict. They never bully ordinary people, and..." The soldier's voice suddenly became lower and he said: "Brother Jiang, the officials above us seem to have had a relationship with Liangshan for a long time.
It’s a deal! Speaking of which, we can be considered a member of Liangshan!"
"No matter what, after this thing is done, I must hide!" The big man surnamed Jiang shook his head.
For ordinary people, war is still an extremely terrifying thing! From ancient times to the present, except for a few wars in the Central Plains, almost every time it was a loss of life! Now Liangshan is about to move south, and even Liangshan himself cannot guarantee that all lives will be lost.
All the people are safe and sound! Without weapons or eyesight, by that time there will definitely be innocent people who will suffer the disaster of war!
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Liangshan's million-strong army gathered in the north, and the entire Hebei, Shandong and other places were already shocked and inexplicable!
Especially in Daming Mansion in the north, there is even more tension here! The people of Daming Mansion know that this is the focus of Liangshan's attack, and now all the people are heading south! When they come to the city gate, they have to
If you want to go out of the city, you have to pay some money to the soldiers guarding the city. These soldiers guarding the city can be regarded as making a fortune.
At this moment, a large number of the Imperial Guards of the Northern Song Dynasty were also gathering towards Daming Mansion. In just one month, more than half of the Imperial Guards in Hebei had arrived here.
This Daming Mansion was the most important military town in the north of the Song Dynasty! Historical data describes Daming Mansion as "controlling the river and locking the key to the north gate", which means that it controls a large area of territory north of the Yellow River and guards the north gate of the Central Plains! Hold on!
Here, it is impossible for the enemy to cross the Yellow River south! This is the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, known as "Beijing"
"! Since the establishment of Taoism in the Northern Song Dynasty, countless famous ministers have ruled here, including Kou Zhun, Wang Qinruo, Lu Yijian, Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and others. They all go to the center from here! Every year, a large amount of materials are shipped here, of course.
Over the years, the political corruption of the Song Dynasty has been so great that all the materials accumulated over a hundred years have been embezzled!
In the past, this place was used to prevent the Khitans from going south, but this time it was used to prevent the Liangshan Mountains!
The leaders of the Hebei Forbidden Army have also come here, including Song Jiang and Shi Jin. In addition, Hebei Xuanfu envoy Zhang Bangchang has also come here, and a large amount of war materials are now coming here in a steady stream!
Song Jiang was standing on the top of Daming Mansion at this moment, admiring the scenery of Daming Mansion.
After a hundred years of construction and reinforcement, Daming Mansion is now a famous city in the Song Dynasty after Bianliang! The outer city wall of Daming Mansion reaches 50 miles and has 16 gates, which is extremely strong! In addition to the outer city, Daming Mansion
There is also a palace in the palace, and the perimeter of the palace is 1
2 li, if the outer city is breached, the soldiers can retreat into the palace city and continue to resist the enemy! People at the time described Daming Mansion as having "thousands of fierce generals commanding the city and millions of civilians living in the country." Someone else said that "
There are hundreds of dancing pavilions and singing stages, and tens of thousands of Buddhist temples.”
The scenery here is extremely beautiful! Compared with Yanjing City, this place can better show the architectural civilization of the Han people!
Song Jiang stood there, and gradually the sound of footsteps came from behind him. It turned out that it was Shi Jin who had arrived in front of him.
Shi Jin was extremely busy during this period, and he had deep dark circles around his eyes, like a panda. During this period, a large number of forbidden troops entered the Daming Mansion. The military discipline of the forbidden troops was extremely poor. They occupied people's houses and raped ordinary people.
Women, because of their arrival, Daming Mansion was in chaos! Shi Jin dealt with hundreds of soldiers in the past few days, beheading them all, and the discipline in the city was slightly better.
Shi Jin was very worried now. He felt that such an army might be able to deal with Fang La, but it would be too weak to deal with the powerful army in Liangshan in the north!
"Shi Jin, are you going to deal with those boys again?" Song Jiang said.
"Brother Song, our military discipline is so bad! I heard that Liangshan's military orders are as high as mountains and its military discipline is strict. It would be great if we could be like Liangshan." Shi Jindao.
"Liangshan has gone through a long period of training to build a strong army! We don't have time to train at all now! If the soldiers want to rob something, let them rob it! The war is about to start anyway, and only the soldiers will benefit.
Only then can they defend the city properly!" Song Jiang said calmly.
"Brother Song, do you think we can really defend Daming Mansion?" Shi Jin said.
"We will definitely be able to defend here! This Daming Palace is extremely strong. It is not under Taiyuan City, nor is it under Yanjing City! When Taiyuan City was captured, it was mainly due to Liangshan's despicable tricks, and Yanjing City was captured mainly due to the Liao Army.
The main force has gone to the north! And now, our 200,000-strong army of the Forbidden Army has arrived here, and we will definitely be able to stop them!" Song Jiang said with a smile.
"I hope so." Shi Jin frowned.
"By the way, Mr. Zhang Bangchang is hosting a banquet for us tonight. Let's go and see it together!" Song Jiang said.
"He's hosting a banquet for us, what is he going to do?" Shi Jin asked in surprise.
"It's nothing more than discussing the war!" Song Jiang said calmly.
"Okay, let's go now!" Shi Jin looked at the sky and saw that the sun had set, and said immediately.
The two men called over some senior generals from the Forbidden Army, and then they took these Forbidden Army generals to Zhang Bangchang's mansion! In fact, in addition to them at this moment, Liang Zhong, who was left behind in Daming Mansion, and his beloved general Suo Chao were also
Let’s go to Zhang Bangchang’s residence! Zhang Bangchang’s residence is in the palace city, and those responsible for guarding the palace city are also Zhang Bangchang’s cronies!
It was getting darker and darker, and the number of officials who came to Zhang Bangchang's mansion had exceeded fifty. It was these people who were responsible for the defense of the entire Daming Mansion.
In the hall of Zhang Bangchang's mansion, Zhang Bangchang looked at the people below with a smile and said: "Everyone has been working hard for many days. Today we will have a drink and a meal first, and then we will discuss the war."
Song Jiang was stunned for a moment and said: "Master Zhang, I think we should discuss the war first, and then talk about other things."
After Song Jiang finished speaking, the eyes of the surrounding generals showed dissatisfaction! After all, Song Jiang came from a martial arts background, and he has not completely fallen yet, but because of this, he is somewhat unsociable among the Forbidden Army!
Over there, Liang Zhong said coldly: "Master Zhang is the envoy of Xuanfu in Hebei, and we all obey Master Zhang! Master Song, although you are the leader of the Forbidden Army, do you still want to restrain Master Zhang?"
Song Jiang said sadly: "In that case, we will listen to Mr. Zhang."
Soon, the banquet began, and more than fifty people from Daming Mansion started eating and drinking.
"This is Bianliang's fine wine. When I came from Bianliang, I specially brought it for everyone to have a taste!" Zhang Bangchang stood up and laughed.
"Wish me a long and prosperous Song Dynasty, drink!" Song Jiang also let go at this moment and started drinking loudly.
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And just 50 miles north of Daming Mansion, one hundred thousand Liangshan troops are coming in this direction!
The leader is Wu Song. Wu Song's eyes are fierce. He knows that Daming Mansion in the distance is the biggest obstacle for Liangshan to attack the Central Plains! As long as Daming Mansion is defeated, the south will be smooth! On the plain, the infantry of the Song Dynasty
They are definitely no match for Liangshan's hundreds of thousands of cavalry. They can rush to Bianliang without any worries and capture the Emperor of the Song Dynasty alive!
"Brother was really farsighted when he conquered Zhang Bangchang! Without Zhang Bangchang's help, it would have taken a lot of effort for us to capture such a fortified city!" Wu Song said secretly.