The next day, Liangshan's army returned to the mountain from Dongchang Prefecture. There were no pursuers, and Dongchang Prefecture's money and food were all transported away.
But it is said that after Tokyo Gao Qiu received Gao Lian's letter asking for help, he quickly ordered all the troops from Hebei Prefecture to rescue Gaotang Prefecture. He originally thought that he could easily defeat the Liangshan bandits.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, news came that the Liangshan bandits had broken through Gaotang Prefecture, defeated the rescue troops of Dongchang Prefecture, Lingzhou, and Daming Prefecture, and publicly executed Gao Lian, his uncle and brother, in Dongchang Prefecture.
When Gao Qiu heard the news, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
There is only one Gao Lian who can be on the stage in his Gao family. The other uncles and brothers are either scoundrels or honest ordinary people. They cannot hold up the wall. Even if he has connections, the rest of them will not be able to hold any official positions.
And now that the alliance with Jin to destroy Liao has become a foregone conclusion, Gao Lian is a pawn in his fight for credit. As long as he comes back from conquering Liao, Gao Lian will be promoted to the court, and then the Gao family will be able to be more powerful.
If he moves up a level, with Gao Lian's help, his position will become more stable.
But now all the plans have been aborted, and the weapons he secretly allocated to Gao Lian have also become cheaper for the Liangshan bandits.
Thinking of his hatred, Gao Qiu immediately had his horse prepared and came to Liang Shicheng's house.
Liang Shicheng won the emperor's trust. When the emperor was fatuous and obsessed with calligraphy, painting and other miscellaneous arts, he sometimes did not bother to review memorials, so he asked Liang Shicheng to write for him.
Later, Liang Shicheng simply found someone to imitate the emperor's handwriting and forge the imperial edict. As a result, his power became increasingly powerful, and everyone in the court knew that he was the "hidden prime minister."
After Cai Jing took office, Liang Shicheng was no longer able to compete with him.
Although Liang Shicheng was an eunuch, he was favored by the emperor, so the emperor gave him a house outside the palace and allowed him to live outside the palace on weekdays.
When Gao Qiu arrived, Liang Shicheng told the story one by one about how the Liangshan bandits sacked Gaotang Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture and killed his brother Gao Lian, and then asked Liang Shicheng to send troops to avenge him.
When Liang Shicheng heard this, he couldn't help but frowned and said: "Last year, this group of thieves robbed Cai Jing's birth plan and Dongping Mansion. Cai Jing also specially invited us to discuss the annihilation of Liangshan. I remember that they transferred the younger generations of the Huyan family, right? They didn't annihilate them anyway.
Liangshan bandits?"
Liang Shicheng claimed to be Su Shi's posthumous son and seemed to have inherited some of Su Shi's interests. Apart from fighting in the court, he was obsessed with calligraphy, painting and poetry, but was indifferent to military matters.
Gao Qiu shook his head and said: "Cai Jing is not familiar with military affairs, but he still wants to interfere in military affairs. Last winter, the weather turned cold. Hu Yanzhuo asked Tokyo to allocate some clothes to the soldiers to keep out the cold. However, Cai Jing stopped him, saying that he wanted to use single clothes to encourage them.
Hu Yanzhuo's army broke through Liangshan as soon as possible. I heard some rumors that many sergeants in Hu Yanzhuo's camp were infected with the wind and cold. They plundered all Jeju ginger and spirits and gave them to the soldiers to drive away the cold. I think it was because a large number of the soldiers were infected with the wind and cold.
He lost his fighting power and was defeated by the Liangshan bandits."
In fact, Gao Qiu also knew at this time that Liangshan's soldiers and horses were probably very brave, otherwise he would not have broken Gaotang Prefecture, and then defeated the pursuers of three prefectures one after another. But now he wanted Liang Shicheng to help him mobilize troops to attack Liangshan.
Naturally, Liangshan cannot be said to be too powerful.
Liang Shicheng naturally didn't know that Gao Qiu was playing tricks on him and said with a smile: "So that's it. This group of thieves is also rampant. They have robbed the state capital several times and now they have killed the Taiwei brothers. They are not far from being destroyed. The Taiwei will be destroyed tomorrow."
I will tell you, Your Majesty, to dispatch a troop of soldiers and horses to exterminate the bandits in Liangshan."
Gao Qiu heard this and said hurriedly: "There are still many people in the court who oppose the alliance with Jin to destroy Liao. If this matter is brought to the court, I am afraid they will take the opportunity to cause trouble again."
Liang Shicheng relied on the alliance to destroy Liao Dynasty to win over Tong Guan, and then overthrew Cai Jing. However, he did not want this to happen unexpectedly, and let Cai Jing rise again. He nodded and said: "The lieutenant is right. In this way, I will let people
Go and invite Prime Minister Tong and the other officers of the Second Yamen to come. There is no need to disturb the Holy Lord for such a trivial matter."
Gao Qiu had this calculation in mind, but Tong Guan was his immediate superior, but he couldn't move him, so he borrowed Liang Shicheng's official authority.
Not long after, Tong Guan led the Ma Bujun Taiwei and some subordinate officers to Liang Shicheng's house.
After everyone had seen the ceremony, Liang Shicheng asked Tong Guan and the other two Taiwei to sit down, and asked Gao Qiu to explain everything one by one, and then said: "The Liangshan bandits have repeatedly robbed the state capital, which is really a serious problem for the imperial court. Now we can use General He Liang
, destroy this bandit?"
Everyone was a military general, so naturally they were also concerned about the military affairs of the imperial court. Knowing that there were many generals and bandits in Liangshan, they did not dare to answer for a while.
Liang Shicheng saw that no one answered, so his face darkened and he said sharply: "Is it possible that the high-ranking officials in the imperial court support you with generous salaries, and when they ask you to go into battle to kill thieves, no one dares to go?"
Everyone now knows that Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming and others have all defected to Liangshan. Thinking about the fact that these fierce generals are gathered in Liangshan, and they go to conquer, it is impossible to call them too many soldiers and horses. They all have fear on their faces and dare not respond.
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"Snapped"
Liang Shicheng slapped the table hard and scolded: "You are so greedy for life and afraid of death, how can you expect you to join forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty?"
Tong Guan was not angry, however. It was not his turn as the prime minister to take action in exterminating the small grass bandits. He had already known the details of these Forbidden Army officers. However, he was preparing to mobilize the Western Army when he conquered the Liao Dynasty. At this time, he was happy to watch the Forbidden Army have fun.
Duan Chang, the Infantry Lieutenant, looked a little worried. He looked around at his subordinates, hoping that someone would come out to win glory for him.
Finally someone stood up, and Duan Chang looked around and it was Ma Xuanzan, the Chou Commander.
This person has a face like the bottom of a pot, nostrils pointing upward, curly hair and a red beard. He is more than eight feet tall, wields a steel sword, and has outstanding martial arts skills.
A few years ago, envoys from the Liao Kingdom came to Beijing to show off their power. There was a general who was good at bows and arrows. For a while, there was no general in the court who could defeat him. Later, Xuanzan stepped forward and defeated this general with a flurry of arrows, which was also regarded as a national achievement.
Disgraced.
King Shao loved his martial arts skills and recruited him as his son-in-law. Unexpectedly, the princess thought Xuan Zan was ugly and died with hatred. After this incident, King Shao also felt a little resentful towards Xuan Zan. Naturally, he lacked support and gave him random arrangements.
A yamen defended the envoy and drove him out of the palace.
Xuan Zan hesitated again and again, thinking that this might be a good opportunity to make a contribution, so he couldn't help but come out and said: "The young general had an acquaintance in the village. He was a direct descendant of the righteous and brave King Wu'an in the late Han Dynasty. His surname was Guan Mingsheng. His birth name was Guan Mingsheng.
He looks just like his ancestors, wielding a Qinglong Yanyue Sword, known as the Great Sword Guan Sheng. When he was doing an inspection in Pudong, he submitted to his subordinates. Guan Sheng has been familiar with military books since he was a child, is proficient in martial arts, and has the courage of thousands of men. If you ask
When he comes, he will be able to clear out the water stronghold and wipe out the grass bandits."
Liang Shicheng felt that he came from a famous family, and he also had a good impression of this general. He said happily: "When there is such a good general, he will definitely be able to wipe out the grass bandits, so you can invite Guan Sheng to come." (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature for better updates of the novel.