Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Chapter 5 The Magical Use of Fangla

After Ximen Qing thought about it, in order not to lure Taiwei Tongguan's western army to the east and west roads of Beijing, he still couldn't ignore the rebellion of the Liangshan bandits and let them make too much noise.Therefore, it is possible to help the local government troops in the surrounding counties of Liangshanbo to fight against the Liangshan bandits to a limited extent.

The countermeasure in Ximenqing's mind is divided into two steps. The first step is to provide help to the local government army in the confrontation between the local government army and the Liangshan bandits, so that they can draw with the Liangshan bandits, and the scale of the Liangshan army's rebellion is not large for the court. , the illusion that the local army can suppress it.

The second step of this plan is to divert the disaster to the south.In order to prevent the news of the rebellion of Liangshanpo bandits on the East-West Road in Beijing from spreading to the capital, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty mobilized the Western Army to suppress the bandits, and Ximenqing had to find something for them to do.

Ximenqing decided to find a way to detonate the Fangla uprising in the south a few months in advance, let Fangla jump out and serve as a target for the Song army, divert the attention of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, and attract the main force of the Western Army of Taiwei Tongguan to the south of the Yangtze River .

Idiots like Chao Gai and Song Jiang only saw Song Huizong and Yang Jian exploiting the common people on Jingxi Road and Huaixi Road, and thought it was a good opportunity to coerce the rioters to make trouble, but they didn't know the general trend of the world.The imperial court has just reached a joint agreement with Xixia, so many Western armies have no battle to fight, and they are bored!The Liangshan bandits started to make trouble at this time, didn't they hit the knife's edge by themselves?

If Chao Gai and Song Jiang knew that I was still racking my brains to divert the main force of the Song army for them so that they could dance for a few more days, would they be grateful to me?

Hey~ Those who know me say I am worried, those who don't know me say what I want.Long heaven!Who is this?

I, a senior official of Ximen, really worry about the country and the people, and I also worry about the robbers!

After the plan was made, Ximen Qing arranged tasks for the two brothers Lu Xiaoyi and Brother Qiao Yun respectively.

Lu Xiaoyi followed Ximenqing to Jiangzhou and knew some of the geography there. Ximenqing asked him to take some people to Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhe Road to perform secret missions.

First of all, Ximenqing asked Lu Xiaoyi to arrange a few smart people to go to Bangyuandong, Wannian Township, Qingxi County, Muzhou, Liangzhe Road, and mix with a lacquer garden owner named Fang La.

Ximenqing told Lu Xiaoyi that Fangla should now be spreading Manichaeism in the area of ​​Bangyuandong, developing his own believers, and plotting to rebel.

The task Ximenqing gave to Lu Xiaoyi was that when he heard the news of the Liangshanbo robbers' rebellion on Liangzhe Road, he immediately publicized the news that Fang La was going to rebel in Qingxi County, Muzhou, and at the same time let Fang La know that his intentions had been exposed. , forcing Fang La to rebel in advance.

Fangla's old nest, Bangyuandong, is located between Muzhou on Liangzhe Road and Shezhou on Jiangnan East Road. When Fang La gets involved, he will definitely attack Muzhou and Shezhou, and march towards Hangzhou, the capital of Liangzhe Road and the seat of Zaozao Bureau.

Wang Zhi, the inactive army, was stationed on the north bank of the river, and he could rescue Hangzhou and Shezhou by going south. Ximenqing decided to give another credit to his old friends Wang Zhi and Huang Wenbing.He asked Lu Xiaoyi to rush to the Wuwei Army immediately after Fang La's rebellion, and inform Wang Teng and Huang Wenbing of the details of Fang La's army, so that they could call in battle to rescue Hangzhou in time, so as to make contributions to the court.

Lu Xiaoyi has long been accustomed to the magic of Ximen's brother's omniscience, and Lu Xiaoyi firmly believes that there is a birdman named Fang La in Bangyuandong, Wannian Township, Qingxi County, Muzhou, thousands of miles away, who is going to rebel.

After carefully taking note of Ximen Qing's payment, Lu Xiaoyi took the order to go, and he didn't care about celebrating the New Year at home, so he immediately selected some capable men to go to Jiangnan together.

As for Brother Qiao Yun, Ximenqing ordered him to continue to monitor the movements of the imperial army in Dongping Mansion and the bandits in Liangshanbo, and to grasp the information about the dispatch of troops from Liangshan bandits, so that Ximenbao could respond in time.

After explaining to Brother Qiao Yun, Ximen Qing seemed to have remembered something, and asked Brother Qiao Yun again: "Brother Yun, did you say that Yu Baosi was planning to release the treasury from Lu Yuanwai in Dongping Prefecture City?" ?”

"Senior officer, that's exactly the case. The way Yu Baosi has been peeping at the rich shops and households in the city every day these days, especially his obsession with my family's gold and silver shop and Lu Yuanwai's release of the treasury, must be trying to take advantage of the chaos. Robbery." Brother Qiao Yun replied.

After receiving the affirmative reply from Brother Qiao Yun, Ximen Qing smiled and said, "Yu Baosina bird man! He was stabbed at the foot of Qianfo Mountain in Licheng, Qizhou, and he didn't learn his lesson. He dared to attack me and Yuanwai Lu." The money to untie the treasury was also obtained by his bird man? This is just a chance to let Lu Yuanwai, the top three in Hebei, show off his stick martial arts!"

Ximen Qing wrote a letter in hand and sent someone to deliver it to Lu Junyi in Daming Mansion, inviting him to come to Yanggu County to celebrate the New Year, and to go to Dongping Mansion with him to enjoy the Lantern Festival lanterns.

In history, Lu Junyi was hurt badly by the two traitors Song Jiang and Wu Yong on Liangshan. He was framed by Wu Yong to rebel, and he was forced to go to Liangshan from a wealthy businessman in Daming Mansion to become a bandit leader.Ximenqing felt that it was time for Lu Junyi to fight against the Liangshan bandits and kill several bandit leaders.

After Brother Qiao Yun left, Ximenqing called together Hu Sanniang, Luan Tingyu, Wang Jin and other people who stayed in Ximenbao, and told them the news that the Liangshanbo bandits were going to make trouble in the near future, and asked them to do their best to deal with the robbers. They are ready to fight.

At the same time, Ximenqing also sent people to notify Brother Hong Zhen, Zhujiazhuang, and Hujiazhuang in Dulonggang, Shi Jin and Zhu Wu from Duyingshan in Yunzhou, and Brother Ling Zhen in Taohuazhuang in Qingzhou, so that everyone could strengthen the situation. Be alert, be careful of the sneak attack of Liangshan bandits.

As for the "Jiang Gate God" Jiang Zhong who is far away in Cangzhou, Ximen Qing decided to keep him temporarily because he was going back to Yanggu County for the New Year to participate in the battle with the Liangshanbo robbers.

When Ximen Qing was making arrangements quietly, in Dongping Mansion, Dong Ping, the supervisor of soldiers and horses, was training soldiers and preparing to conquer bandits, and at the same time took the opportunity to propose a marriage proposal to the prefect Cheng Wanli.

This fellow Dong Ping is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also clever in mind.In the area of ​​Shandong and Hebei, he is called the Merry Two Spears General.

When the prefect Cheng Wanli came to take office, he brought his family from Bianliang, Tokyo.He has a beautiful daughter who happened to be seen by Dong Ping.

Although Dong Ping is also a veteran of the flowers in Goulan Washe, he has no wife so far. He is greedy for the beauty of Cheng Wanli's daughter, and has repeatedly asked people to ask for a marriage.

In the Song Dynasty, Wenguiwu was light, and the magistrate Cheng Wanli was originally from Taiwei Tongguan's Mr. Menguan. He had a strong background in the capital and looked down on Dong Ping, who was born as a martial artist. In addition, he heard that Dong Ping was a romantic man. Will agree to this marriage.

Dong Ping felt unhappy when he saw that the magistrate Cheng Wanli despised him, and he had some disagreements with him in daily life.

At this time, the imperial court wanted Dongping Mansion to send troops to hunt down the thieves. The magistrate Cheng Wanli didn't know about soldiers, so he asked Dong Ping for help. Of course, Dong Ping wanted to make use of it.

5 Chapter Twenty

When Dong Ping invited the person who proposed to marry him to explain his intention to Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, Cheng Wanli saw that Dong Ping dared to use official business to invite personal interests. The person who came said: "Please tell General Dong that I am a civil servant and he is a military officer. It is justified for me to be my son-in-law. It's just that when my little girl was in Bianliang City, Tokyo, Taiwei Tong had already made the decision. Marriage. When I return to Beijing at the end of my term, I will get married. I understand the general's sincerity, but my daughter has already promised someone, so I have to ask General Dong to choose another spouse."

The beggar met a soft nail at Cheng Wanli, the magistrate, so he had no choice but to reply to Dong Ping.

After the suitors left, the magistrate Cheng Wanli returned to the inner courtyard of the magistrate's yamen angrily, and had lunch with his family.

Cheng Wanli's wife saw that her husband was depressed, so she spoke softly and asked him why he was troubled.

Cheng Wanli, the governor of the capital, Dong Ping repeatedly pestered him to ask for marriage, and told his family about the truly hateful thing.

Cheng Wanli's wife heard this, glanced at her daughter, and snorted coldly: "My husband, my daughter can play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so how can she marry a martial artist? Husband, although you were a child when you were young Mr. Menguan, the Taiwei's man, was slandered and criticized for this, thinking that you were not an official. However, you became an official after passing the imperial examination. You are an innocent scholar. My daughter wants to marry, and she must Marry a scholar of the right family. Dong Dujian can only wield a spear and a stick, but he is not in the right family with us, and he is in the wrong family."

Cheng Wanli said: "What madam said is true! Now the imperial court wants my Dongping mansion to send troops to conquer the grass bandits in Liangshan Poli. At this time, Dong Ping has to work for him, so I will bear him for a while for my husband. Wait until the grass bandits are cleared away." After that, I wrote a secret letter to the Taiwei and transferred this guy to the frontier army, lest he come to disturb my family again."

"Husband, I heard that all the robbers in Liangshanbo are vicious with green faces and fangs. Can Dong Dujian destroy them?" Cheng Wanli's wife asked with concern.

"Hmph! Isn't Dong Ping just dawdling and refusing to send troops? My Yunzhou is the closest to Liangshan. If the officers and soldiers from Jeju, Yanzhou, Puzhou and other places are allowed to capture Liangshanbo first, for my husband, I will be in the imperial court." Fortunately, a colleague recommended to me a local tyrant Ximen Qing, who said that he had defeated the Liangshan bandits. With the help of this person, I don’t have to worry about Dong Ping’s lack of effort.” Cheng Wanli said to said the lady.

"Ximenqing? How is it so familiar? Isn't he a popular lyricist! My daughter once sang the lyrics he wrote." Mrs. Cheng Wanli looked at her daughter.

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The beggar returned to the barracks and reported the result to Dong Ping.

Dong Ping listened to Cheng Wanli's words, although he replied in his mouth: "It's at the bottom of the edge." But he was furious in his heart, thinking that this guy Cheng Wanli didn't talk about any bird relatives, he was obviously taking Taiwei Tong Come and crush me, Dong Ping!This guy is too much of a bully, I, Dong Ping, will never give up with him in the future!

After Dong Ping was prevaricated by the prefect Cheng Wanli, he felt depressed, so he called his generals to accompany him to drink and have fun.

During the banquet, Yu Baosi, the "God of the Dangerous Way", did not forget Li Xiaoer's entrustment, and took the opportunity to ask Dong Ping about the date of dispatching troops.

Dong Ping got drunk and said with a blushing face: "What kind of bird soldiers are there? The capital inspector has guarded this Dongping mansion as if it is solid, and Liangshan bandits never dare to invade. This is a great achievement! Look at Jeju and Xuzhou In the past two years, Liangshan thieves have suffered a lot. This time the imperial court ordered the suppression of thieves, which must have been caused by the officials of those two prefectures complaining to the imperial court. Why did my troops from Yunzhou take the lead in Jeju and Xuzhou for him? To send troops to suppress the thieves, Also, after Jeju and Xuzhou send troops to Liangshanpo, it will not be too late for the capital prison to go out again."

After hearing his drunken words, the generals in Dong Ping's tent applauded and said: "Dong Dujian has the courage of ten thousand men, how dare the Liangshan bandits invade our Yunzhou. This time, it is not our Yunzhou that has destroyed the Liangshan bandits. Army horses must go."

Dong Ping laughed happily after hearing the flattery of the generals.

At this time, Wang Jun, Dong Ping's general, raised his glass and asked, "Does anyone in Shandong or Hebei know about the bravery of the capital prisoner? If the capital prisoner goes out, the Liangshan bandits will surely flee! However, Prefect Cheng wants me to rectify the troops and send troops after the Lantern Festival." Begging for thieves. If our army has been standing still, how can we report to Cheng Zhifu?"

"He's a civil servant, so he doesn't know the art of war! I've already made up my mind about this matter, so I have reason to discuss it with him. I heard that he even sent someone to invite Ximen Qing, a big family from Yanggu County, to Dongping Mansion in order to wipe out some Liangshan grassroots bandits. Meet, I want to ask that Ximen Qing to mobilize local soldiers to help our army. Hey~ I still need mud-legged local soldiers to help out my majestic imperial army? How ridiculous and generous! Cheng Zhifu is in a hurry to send troops, so I let him lead the troops in person! He is not Have you worked under Tong Taiwei? You must think you have learned how to march and fight." Dong Ping said nonchalantly, squinting his eyes.

From Dong Ping's wine conversation, the generals heard signs that Dong Dujian and Cheng Zhifu were at odds, so there was nothing to talk about, so they all ate their wine and pretended not to hear Dong Ping's words clearly.

The "God of the Dangerous Way" Yu Baosi heard Dong Ping say the word Ximenqing, his crotch shrank, his heart tightened, new hatred and old hatred surged in his heart.

That official Ximen Qing is his nemesis!If I hadn't met him, I would have brought a few hundred brothers to have a good time in Qianfo Mountain in Qizhou!If I hadn't met him, I would still be the head of Ershen Village in Kushu Mountain, Guanzhou!

Ever since I met Ximen Qing, a senior official, I have been unlucky all the way. I can't be a good bandit leader. I ran from Qizhou to Guanzhou, and then from Guanzhou to Cangzhou. It can be said that I have no fixed place to live.

As a result, not long after I arrived in Cangzhou, I encountered a once-in-a-century flood, and almost fed this beautiful body to fish and shrimp.