Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Hehe~ Didn't that fellow Cheng Wanli praise you as a hero?The capital prison will give you two thousand "elite soldiers", let's see what you can do!

After Dong Ping returned to the residence, he summoned his confidant general Wang Jun and gave him a task, asking him to pay attention to how Ximen Qing and others practiced the two thousand troops from tomorrow.

Wang Jun took the order, and after he came out of Dong Ping's mansion, he did not go home, but rode curiously to the Xiangjun barracks.

Before he reached the side of the barracks, Wang Jun heard the voices of people in the barracks.Wang Jun, who is a powerful general in Dongping Mansion, was taken aback, and wondered to himself, could it be that Ximen Qing's improper discipline caused the mutiny in the camp?

Wang Jun didn't care about hiding his figure, and hurriedly rode his horse into the barracks, trying to stop the soldiers from making trouble.But as soon as he entered the camp gate, he was stunned by the scene in front of him, unable to believe his eyes.

I saw the two thousand soldiers sitting on the ground, neatly lined up in ten or twenty rows, happily eating wine and meat.

Ximen Qing, Wang Jin and Jiao Ting are leading their subordinates to distribute rewards to the soldiers in a row!

These Xiang army sergeants were used by generals as handymen and coolies on weekdays, and their monthly income was very meager, so they could barely make ends meet.Therefore, morale is low, military discipline is lax, and it is impossible to fight.

As soon as the officials of Ximen Qing entered the barracks, they had a big meal of wine and meat, and gave each sergeant a reward. For these Xiang army sergeants who are inferior in the army, this has never happened before, no wonder The sergeants yelled with joy, and some even wept with joy.This, the morale of this army is available!

Is this how Ximen Qing took over Xiang Jun?The rich can really do what others can't!

Wang Jun smiled wryly, got off his horse, and walked over to Ximen Qing and the others who had already discovered him.

Ximen Qing knew this mighty general of Dongping Mansion, and when he saw Wang Jun coming, he thought to himself that it was just the right time!If you don't come to me, maybe I will go to you too!

"General Wang is here! Please sit down and have a few drinks with me." Ximen Qing warmly greeted him.

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On the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the people in Dongping Prefecture did not know that the bandits from Liangshanbo were coming to attack the city, and they were still immersed in the joy of the festival.After the gates of the city were opened in the morning, tourists from surrounding counties and towns and merchants and peddlers came in bustlingly, scattered among the various streets, or enjoyed lanterns, or sold around, making the city of Dongping Prefecture more prosperous than before. It was a bit noisy.

The three leaders Du Qian, Zhu Fu, and Li Xiaoer led some of their subordinates dressed as pedestrians and entered the city gate among the people entering the city.

After entering the city, Li Xiaoer and Du Qian went to contact Yu Baosi secretly, asking him to cooperate with the Liangshan army to open the city gate when the Liangshan army attacked the city.However, Zhu Fu went down to the Genggu Tower with a few men. He wanted to set fire to the Genggu Tower when the Liangshan army attacked the city, so as to create chaos in the city and break up Dongping Mansion together.

Li Xiaoer and Yu Bao didn't know that they were discovered by Qiao Yun's men as soon as Li Xiaoer entered the city.Every move they did after they entered the city was under Qiao Yun's surveillance.

At this time, Ximen Qing was busy in the middle of the night. After subduing the two thousand troops, he handed them over to the two brothers Wang Jin and Jiao Ting, while he accompanied Lu Junyi to check the cooperative business in the city.Lu Junyi's supervisor, Li Gu, followed behind the two, carefully serving the master and the Ximen official.

Because Lu Junyi did not go to Liangshan to be a robber, Li Gu has always maintained his loyalty to his master and worked hard to manage business for Lu Junyi.

After the three of them took stock of the accounts in the solution library, they were very satisfied with the business in Dongping Mansion, and walked to the restaurant opened by Ximen Qing, and sat down in a pavilion facing the street, chatting with officials and soldiers while having a drink This time the crusade to wipe out the grass bandits in Po Liangshan.

Speaking of the magistrate Cheng Wanli who invited him to watch the lantern, but it turned out that he wanted him to help him suppress the bandits, Ximenqing apologized to Lu Junyi and said: "Brother, forgive me, I don't think the prefect Cheng would have such thoughts. This time, little brother Please come here, brother, I am afraid that you will also get involved in the conflict with the Liangshan grass bandits."

Lu Junyi smiled and said: "My dear brother, why did you say that! Those thieves and men in Liangshanpo, what's the point of beating them? I see them as worthless, and I will go to catch them specially, so that I can learn the martial arts a few days ago and show them to the world. I can be regarded as a manly man." My virtuous brother invited me here, it happened to happen to me, but it was exactly what I wanted!"

Chapter 525 Dong Ping's Battle

The subordinates reported that after the three leaders Du Qian, Zhu Fu, and Li Xiaoer had mixed into the city of Dongping Mansion, Chao Gai and Wu Yong mobilized their troops and attacked Dongping Mansion aggressively.

Seeing the smoke and dust billowing from the south, the officers and soldiers guarding the city hurriedly closed the east, south, west and north gates, pulled up the suspension bridge, and sounded gongs as a warning.

Seeing them, the people outside the city who had not yet had time to enter the city cried for their fathers and mothers, ran away with their heads in their arms, left their groceries on the ground, and fled in all directions in a panic.

Chao Gai rushed to the south gate with the bandits, saw that the city gate was closed tightly and the people fled, so he rode out his gun and shouted at the top of the city, "Don't be alarmed, I am a hero from Liangshanbo." Ta Tianwang' Chao Gai! When today's son has no way, the sky is angry and people complain. I specially led a hundred thousand soldiers to Dongping Mansion to kill corrupt officials and save you and the people of Li from the fire and water! Soldiers, quickly open the gate of the city and let us go When the heroic rebel army enters the city, we will only kill corrupt officials, and we will definitely not commit any crimes against you. But those who contribute to meritorious service will be rewarded by our army. If you are stubborn and stubborn, after I break the city, I will definitely let you Wait for jade and stone to burn!"

After Chao Gai finished speaking, the robbers behind him shouted and cheered in unison, which shocked the birds on the city gate and upstairs into the sky.

Seeing that the Liangshan bandits were powerful, the general guarding the city above the city gate was terrified, and hurriedly sent someone to the prefect's yamen to report to the prefect Cheng Wanli.

Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Mansion, is a literati who doesn't know soldiers. Because Liangshanbo bandits haven't harassed Dongping Mansion in the past two years, he always mistook the Liangshanbo bandits as a group of grassroots bandits.

Yesterday, Cheng Wanli was still thinking about uniting with the local tyrants to send troops to suppress the thieves earlier, and to compete with Jeju, Yanzhou and other states, but he never expected that these bandits would be so powerful that they dared to attack Dongping Mansion, which was guarded by the imperial army!

After hearing that Chao Gai, the master of Dazhai in Liangshanbo, led an army to attack Dongping Mansion, Cheng Wanli, the magistrate, hurriedly asked Dong Ping, the "two-gun general" of the prefecture's military and horse governor, to discuss important military matters.

After calming down a bit, Cheng Wanli remembered that Ximen Qing and the others were also in the city, and hurriedly asked Marquis Yu in the mansion to look for Ximen Qing and the others.

When Hou Fang of Yu went out, Dong Ping, who had learned about the military situation, had already dressed up and walked into the magistrate's yamen.

After the two met, Dong Ping learned that Cheng Wanli had sent someone to invite Ximen Qing again. He snorted coldly and said to Cheng Wanli: "The magistrate also values ​​outsiders too much! Forgive how capable those Liangshan grassroots are. Dare to eat the bear's heart and the leopard's courage to invade the state? It's not that the general is boasting. When I was young, the general led the army out of the city, and he was determined to kill these thieves. A few grassroots are causing trouble, why should the magistrate ask for help from outsiders."

The magistrate Cheng Wanli heard the words and said: "The thieves came suddenly, even if the prison guards are brave, they must be careful, and must not be careless."

After Dong Ping heard this, he felt that the magistrate Cheng was timid and fearful, and he didn't know his true ability, so he underestimated himself.He was resentful in his heart, how could he hear the prefect's advice.

While the two were talking, the disciples reported: "Liangshan bandit Kou Chaogai shot a letter of war with an arrow."

Cheng Wanli finished reading the letter, handed the letter of war to Dong Ping, and said to Dong Ping, "The bandits in Liangshan are so bold that they want to surrender the city of Nacheng! They are going to rebel! Dong Dujian, look at this matter." how?"

Dong Ping was furious when he heard this, and tore the letter of war to pieces, shouting: "What a thief! I wonder if there is Dong Ping, the 'two-gun general', Dong Ping in Dongping Prefecture? How will Ping take the head of that dog thief Chao Gai!"

After Dong Ping finished speaking, he turned around and walked outside the magistrate's yamen.Cheng Wanli shouted from behind: "Dong Dujian, wait for officials Ximen Qing to come, and then discuss sending troops before it's too late."

Dong Ping replied without turning his head: "The prefect just went to the city to watch me break the thief, why do I, Dong Ping, need help from outsiders! Didn't I already give Ximen Qing two thousand troops last night? The prefect can ask him to help guard the city gate .”

Before he finished speaking, Dong Ping had already left the magistrate's yamen, got on his horse, and went straight to the Imperial Army's barracks.When they arrived at the barracks, Wang Jun, Yu Bao and the other four generals had all dressed neatly and were gathering troops in the barracks.

Dong Ping raised troops and horses, leaving [-] forbidden troops to defend the city, and he led [-] forbidden troops to open the south gate and fight out of the city.

In front of the Liangshan army, Dong Ping commanded the army to set up a formation, and then ran out and scolded: "Anti-national grassroots, how dare you invade Dazhou, Dongping Prefecture! Do you know me, the 'two-gun general' Dong Ping? The imperial court is ordering You wait for these grassroots bandits, you don’t hear the wind and run away, the rats are running in the grass, and you dare to come to my Dongping mansion to die! Killing you today is not a good man, I will catch you alive one by one. Trapped in the car, untied to Tokyo, the corpse is broken into pieces. You should accept the surrender as soon as possible, and then discuss it."

Chao Gai looked at Dong Ping in the formation, and saw that he was born with red lips and white teeth, handsome face, and an exquisite white robe and silver armor. There was a small flag in the quiver behind him, and there was a couplet written on it: "Heroes with two spears , Merry Ten Thousand Households".

Chao Gai looked at it, and smiled to Wu Yong who was beside him: "This guy is dressed up in a flashy manner, he has a vain temper, I'm afraid he is also an idiot!"

Wu Yong also laughed and said, "Dong Ping is quite brave, but unfortunately he is impetuous. Xiaosheng already has a plan to take him! Brother, let's talk to him first and lead him to fight." After finishing speaking, Wu Yong said to the people around him Fan Rui and the others gave some instructions in a low voice.

Chao Gai came out of the formation with his spear straightened out, and shouted under the banner of the gate in front of the formation: "How dare you become my army, you unmasculine general! I see that your hand holding the gun only goes home to embroider. This Heavenly King boasts of being brave in front of you? This Heavenly King has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and thousands of strong generals, and today he is here to do justice for the heavens, to help the poor and the needy. Are you a bird and a man and a woman who have not obeyed the destiny and surrendered early?"

Dong Ping was furious, and cursed back: "You rural man who stole the birthday card, you damn madman! How dare you be arrogant! Stop running, and shoot me!" Before he finished speaking, Dong Ping held up two guns He rode his horse straight to Chao Gai.

Before Chao Gai could make a move, Wu Yong had already dispatched two generals, Xiang Chong and Li Gun, to meet the enemy.The second general got the order, held the regiment card in his hand, and took Dong Ping directly.

Seeing this, Wang Jun and Yu Baosi behind Dong Ping rushed out to block the two generals Xiang Chong and Li Gun.Dong Ping rushed to Chao Gai's side and fought with him.

Dong Ping's pair of iron spears are so mysterious that they can't be regarded as human beings.Chao Gai, as the elder brother of the bandits in Liangshan, also has good martial arts.The two played against each other for more than 20 rounds on horseback, with neither winning nor losing.

Chao Gai wanted to lure Dong Ping into the battle, but he was defeated after a feint.The two generals Xiang Chong and Li Gun also fled into the formation with a flaw.

Dong Ping was greedy for merit, and with two guns in hand, he went straight to chase and kill Chao Gai and entered the battle.

Wu Yong unfurled the small flag in his hand, surrounded by soldiers from all directions.Where is there any trace of Chao Gai in front of Dong Ping?

When Wang Jun and Yu Bao saw that Dong Ping was surrounded by the Liangshan army, they also led their horses and rushed up to rescue the general Dong Ping.The two armies fought together outside the city.

Chapter 526 Retreating

Although Dong Ping was skilled in martial arts and brave in battle, he could charge through the army formation with his own abilities, but the Imperial Army of Dongping Mansion behind him couldn't keep up with him.