Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Zhao Mingcheng told everyone that the sound of the cannon just heard was the sound of the cannon that Qin Ming, the head of the Qingzhou command department, led the army to exterminate the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain.

After hearing this, Qin Hui and Wang Ya's couple were very dangerous.When the couple came to Qingzhou from Mizhou a few days ago, they came from the road of Qingfeng Town.If Hua Rong and the bandits from Qingfeng Mountain had attacked a few days earlier, I'm afraid that my husband and wife would have been trapped there too.

After hearing this, Ximen Qing was also stunned there, his heart was overwhelmed for a while, and he couldn't restrain his excitement.

Senior official, I ran into the historical event of Song Jiang, the big brother of the underworld, making troubles in Qingzhou!

Think about it carefully, the black guy Song Jiang released Chao Gai privately, and was discovered by Yan Poxi, and after killing Yan Poxi angrily, he first hid in Cangzhou "Little Whirlwind" Chai Jin to avoid disaster, and got acquainted with the murderous Wu Song.After Wu Song left, he got tired of living in Chai Jin's place, and went to live in Kong's Village at the foot of Baihu Mountain in Qingzhou for a few months. This Lantern Festival was the time when he went to Qingfengzhai to join Hua Rong!

Why didn't I think that Song Jiang was also in Qingzhou!Ximen Qing secretly blamed himself for his carelessness.

In Qingzhou, Song Jiang used the power of Yanshun and Huarong from Qingfeng Mountain to defeat and force Qin Ming to rebel against Qin Ming, and then rebelled against Huang Xin through Qin Ming, broke Qingfeng Village, and killed Liu Gao's family in Zhizhai .

Later, in order to avoid the government's conquest, Song Jiang took these people to Liangshan, took in Lu Fang and Guo Sheng in Yanzhou, and finally met Shi Yong, the "General Shi" who delivered the letter.

After the nine Qingzhou gangs headed by Hua Rong and Qin Ming went to Liangshan, they became Song Jiang's confidant team in the future, which made Song Jiang's popularity in Liangshan soar.Coupled with the Jiangzhou gang who followed Song Jiang and joined Liangshan, Song Jiang had a large number of people on Liangshan, and he had the potential to overthrow the Chao Gai, and finally became the head of Liangshan by virtue of this.

Of course, now that Shi Yong has taken refuge in Ximen Qing, he will naturally not follow that underworld big brother Song Jiang.

However, it would not be a good thing for Ximen Qing in Yanggu County if he didn't destroy Song Jiang's good deeds in Qingzhou and allow him to successfully ensnare so many heroes and soldiers on Liangshan.

First of all, the black guy Song Jiang and Wu Song are sworn brothers. After Song Jiang went to Liangshan, Ximen Qing's killing of Wu Song is hard to guarantee that he will not be aware of it.Although Song Jiang's insidious villain may not really have the intention of avenging the dead sworn brother, but he may use this as an excuse to go to Yanggu County to grab money and food.

Secondly, the bandits in Shuibo Liangshan have always been the sworn enemies of Ximenbao, Hujiazhuang, Zhujiazhuang and other manors, which made Liangshan stronger, which was very detrimental to Ximenqing's Yanggu County forces.

Although Ximenqing was playing the old trick of raising the bandits' self-respect, and using the signboard of defending the Liangshan bandits in the water park to expand his strength, he couldn't make Liangshan too strong and threaten his Yanggu County base camp.

Chapter 185 The wool comes from the dog

After hearing about what happened to Song Jiang and others in Qingfeng Mountain, Ximen Qing immediately fell into deep thought.He was thinking about how to use the Qingzhou government's power to help him get rid of Song Jiang's Qingzhou underworld gang.It would be even better if Song Jiang could be killed in one fell swoop.

What should we do this time?

Luan Tingyu was sitting next to Ximen Qing. Seeing Ximen Qing's appearance of not keeping his house, he whispered in Ximen Qing's ear, "Brother, are you worried about the Qingfeng Mountain robbers?"

When Ximen Qing saw him asking, he nodded slightly, and said to him in a low voice: "Exactly, I think that Qin Ming's going this time will definitely lose his troops, maybe the whole army will be wiped out! If there is no good strategy, I'm afraid it will be difficult to destroy Qingfeng." The bandit on the mountain."

Luan Tingyu asked: "The 'Thunderbolt' Qin Ming has the courage of a million men, and he is leading the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army he has selected. Could it be that he can't fight against the grass bandit on Qingfeng Mountain? Brother, why are you so sure that he will fight against the whole army? Annihilated?"

Ximen Qing said: "Brother, didn't you see that the 'Thunderbolt' Qin Ming is the most impatient, that day I deliberately provoked him to boast that he defeated you within thirty strokes in the school field, he really fell for it, and fell into it under his impatience. I bought your meteor hammer. People who are generals are the most jealous of impetuousness, but this Qin Ming is the most impatient. How can he be invincible? People like him can only be put on the battlefield with open swords and spears. A fighting general, but he must never be allowed to lead the army alone!"

Luan Tingyu said: "My brother is right. Although Qin Ming was in command of Qingzhou soldiers and horses, he was indeed not a general who commanded troops to fight. It's just that he was fighting against some mobs. Even if there was a slight setback, the entire army would not be wiped out. Bar?"

Ximen Qing said: "If it was just the three robbers and idiots on Qingfeng Mountain, they would have to run away when they met Qin Ming. But now the 'Little Li Guang' Huarong on Qingfeng Mountain is an officer who knows how to march and deploy troops. The impatient Qin Ming will definitely be tricked by Hua Rong and fall into the trap of the Qingfeng Mountain thieves."

Luan Tingyu said: "Since this is the case, why don't I wait for the four of us to chase Qin Ming's army on horseback and help him? Before he reaches Qingfeng Mountain, I should be able to catch up with him."

Ximenqing shook his head, and said to Luan Tingyu: "The four of us and Qin Ming are just acquainted with Qin Ming now, and he may not listen to our advice because he is arrogant. He is the head of the Qingzhou Command Department. State military and horse control, which general in Qingzhou can command him? I am waiting for four people to catch up now, but it is just adding four more people under his command. When he is defeated, I am afraid that he will suffer from it."

Luan Tingyu sighed after hearing the words: "Your brother said so, shall we just watch Qin Ming's army be defeated and killed?"

Ximen Qing said in a low voice: "Then Qin Minghui will be fine. I'm thinking about how to remedy his defeat and wipe out the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain in one fell swoop."

Luan Tingyu said: "Brother, it is better for us to arrange for someone to follow Qin Tongzhi quietly. If he is really defeated and captured as you guessed, brother, we can also get the news in time so that we can deal with it."

Ximen Qing heard the words, nodded and said: "Brother is right, but brother is thoughtful. I think it's hard work for brother Shi Yong."

Ximen Qing called Shi Yong who was standing next to him, whispered in his ear, and gave a few detailed instructions.After Shi Yong listened carefully, he cupped his fists at Ximen Qing and the others, turned around and left the Guilai Hall to track down Qin Ming's army.

At this moment, Jiao Ting said to Ximen Qing and Luan Tingyu, "Brothers, Brother Xin is here."

When Ximen Qing and Luan Tingyu, who were bowing their heads and whispering in secret, looked up, they saw Xin Zan walking towards them.Xin Zan asked Ximen Qing: "Brother Ximen are talking about the robbers in Qingfeng Mountain? Now that Qingfeng Town is not peaceful, Brother Qin Hui and Sister Wang Ya can't leave for the time being. We can only go south after Director Qin wipes out the robbers." OK. Brother Ximen, I will go west when I return to Qizhou, so I won't be affected by this, so do I still have to leave today?"

Ximenqing replied: "Brother Xin, brother, I think that this expedition will be more ominous than good luck for the general manager Qin Ming, and it will be difficult to achieve victory. If Qin Ming loses, there will be no one in Qingzhou city to lead troops to fight against." The general of the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain is gone, I'm afraid the common people will suffer because of it. Therefore, I discussed with Brother Luan to stay in Qingzhou city temporarily, and help the magistrate Murong Yanda to guard Qingzhou and defeat the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain."

Xin Zan was taken aback when he heard this, and asked Ximen Qing how he expected that Qin Ming would lose to the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain.Ximenqing could only explain Qin Ming's irritable personality and made a mistake to explain the taboo to Xin Zan.

Xin Zan was skeptical about this, and couldn't believe that the elite soldiers led by Qin Ming, the head of the Qingzhou command department, would lose to a group of mobs.However, he also admired Ximen Qing and Luan Tingyu, so he still chose to trust Ximen Qing's judgment.Xin Zan also decided to stay and help Ximen Qing fight against the Qingfeng Mountain bandit together.

Because of the thieves in Qingfeng Town, Ximen Qing and others, as well as Qin Hui and his wife, stayed in Qingzhou City for the time being, preparing for their own purposes, and quietly watching the news from the direction of Qingfeng Mountain.

Xin Zan threaded a bridge and asked his friend Zhao Mingcheng to speak to Murong Yanda, the magistrate, and recommended Ximenqing, Luan Tingyu and others to lead the army in Qingzhou city temporarily to guard against thieves.

Although Murong Yanda of Zhizhou believed that his general Qin Ming could wipe out the thieves in Qingfeng Mountain, firstly he admired Ximenqing and others, and secondly he had to give Zhao Mingcheng some kind of favor, so he assigned [-] forbidden troops to Ximenqing, Ximenqing and others. Xin Zan and others took charge of the defense of the south gate of Qingzhou City.When General Qin Ming returned in triumph, Ximen Qing and others were asked to hand over their temporary military command.

After Ximen Qing and Xin Zan took the five hundred soldiers, they immediately paid for wine and meat, allowing the five hundred soldiers guarding the south gate of Qingzhou to have a good meal.

Ximen Qing promised these sergeants that he would treat them with good meat every day, so that they could eat as much as they could!As for wine, there is also every day, but not so much as to make them drunk.

These sergeants have never encountered such a generous superior. As the saying goes, "If you have milk, you are a mother", the sergeants immediately yelled "General Ximen", "General Xin", "General Luan" and "General Jiao" No matter whether Ximen Qing and the others are temporary commanders.

For these sergeants, they wished that Ximen Qing would lead them for a few more days, and the big guys would have a few more days of tooth sacrifice.In the past, there was no such a good life with Director Qin and Huang Dujian.

Ximen Qing's generosity is naturally to win over these soldiers, let them work hard for themselves in the past few days, and wipe out the thieves in Qingfeng Mountain in one fell swoop.Although spending a lot of money on these soldiers every day, the wool comes from the dogs. As long as Qingfengzhai is conquered, the money accumulated by Yanshun and the three people in the cottage will not be in the pockets of Ximen officials?What the official Ximen Qing paid in advance was just a small amount of money from the Qingfengshan cottage.

Chapter 186

On the second day after Ximen Qing and others led the army, they took the soldiers to the school field to practice for a while, and became familiar with the skills of the soldiers under them.

Ximen Qing and Luan Tingyu also wielded swords and guns in front of these sergeants, showing off their skills.Seeing that the four of Ximen Qing were all highly skilled in martial arts, all the soldiers were sincerely convinced, and they were even more obedient to Ximen Qing and the others.With a powerful general, the morale of these soldiers has been boosted a bit.

Before noon on the third day, "General Shi" Shi Yong finally rode back and informed Ximen Qing and others of a news: Just as Ximen Qing predicted, when "Thunderbolt" Qin Ming was attacking the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain, Zhong With "Little Li Guang" Hua Rong's plan, the whole army was wiped out, and Qin Ming was also caught by mistake in the early morning of this morning.

After hearing Shi Yong's words, Xin Zan and Luan Tingyu admired Ximen Qing even more, and praised the Ximen brothers for their ability to predict things like gods.

Shi Yong asked Ximenqing: "Brother Ximen, since you guessed that General Qin Ming would be defeated by the bandits from Qingfeng Mountain, why didn't you lead troops to support Qingfeng Village earlier? Now that General Qin Ming is defeated, the gang of thieves will surely I will take advantage of the momentum to attack Qingfengzhai!"

Xin Zan and Luan Tingyu also had this question, and they all turned their attention to Ximen Qing.

Seeing this, Ximen Qing smiled mysteriously, and said to the three of them: "The three brothers don't know, but there is an insidious and vicious person on Qingfeng Mountain. With him, the robbers of Qingfeng Mountain will not attack Qingfeng Village guarded by Huang Xin." , but will come to attack Qingzhou City tonight."

Xin Zan asked: "Who is Brother Ximen talking about? This Qingzhou city is strong and has many soldiers and horses. Who is so bold that he dares to bring some robbers to attack Qingzhou city?"

Ximen Qing said to Xin Zan: "The man on Qingfeng Mountain is surnamed Song Mingjiang, and his style name is Gongming. He is from Yuncheng, Shandong. People in the rivers and lakes call him 'timely rain'. He was originally a small official in Yuncheng..."

Xin Zan was from a family of officials and was not very familiar with people in Jianghu, so he was not surprised to hear what Ximen Qing said.Shi Yong, who was beside Ximen Qing, hurriedly asked: "Brother Ximen, who do you think that person is? But Song Jiang'Hubaoyi'? There are rumors in the world that he donates money and helps the poor. Just like Brother Ximen, he is a rare hero."

Jiao Ting also said: "Brother, I have also heard of this person's name. This Song Jiang is indeed famous in Hebei and Shandong."

Ximen Qing said with a smile: "The two brothers only know one thing, but not the other! It is said in the Jianghu of the Song Dynasty that he donated money and helped the poor. That guy likes to help the heroes in the Jianghu most, so he has left a great reputation But, where did that fellow Song Jiang get so much money? He is just a magistrate in Yuncheng County, how can he use his meager income to donate money and help the poor? It can be seen that the fellow must be greedy in his daily life. How much money has been collected from the people!"

Jiao Ting said: "Brother Ximen said so, then Song Jiang is indeed suspicious. It's just that although the source of his money is unknown, there have never been rumors of him being cruel in the world! How does brother know that he is a sinister and vicious person?"

Ximen Qing said with a smile: "Two brothers, what happened tonight can prove whether Song Jiang is a vicious person. The most urgent thing is to move the hundreds of families outside the south gate of Qingzhou City into the city to prevent robbers from sneaking into the city at night. "

Xin Zan stood up and said, "I'll take care of this! I'll take Brother Zhao with me and go out of the city in the afternoon, trying to lure those hundreds of families into the city, and let them go home after tomorrow."

Ximen Qing nodded, and thanked Xin Zan, "Brother Lao Xin will be here, and the four brothers will go to the barracks immediately to gather the five hundred soldiers and horses, and lay an ambush in the south city, waiting for the Qingfeng Mountain robbers to arrive."