Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Therefore, Wang Fu did not report to Song Huizong the first news of Fangla's rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, but instead reprimanded officials at all levels in Liangzhe Road and Muzhou, asking them to destroy Fangla bandits in Qingxi County within a limited time limit.

After dealing with the military situation reported by Muzhou on the Liangzhe Road, Wang Fu looked at the two new battle reports sent by the East and West Roads in Beijing, and fell into deep thought.

Of the two military reports, one was from the Huyan Zhuo Army that he and Gao Li had given high hopes.After Hu Yanzhuo's army successfully repelled the Liangshan Po bandits in Yingtianfu, Nanjing, they made themselves and Gao Yu look good in front of the officials.

However, after the Liangshanbo bandit gave up Yingtianfu in Nanjing, he even attacked the Huaiyang army, threatening Yizhou and Mizhou on Jingdong East Road to the north, and even the prosperous Huaihe River Valley states to the south!

The imperial court urgently ordered the Huyanzhuo army, which was repaired in Yingtianfu, to pursue the rebellious army led by Song Jiang, the leader of the Liangshan Po bandit, to the southeast.When Hu Yanzhuo marched into Xuzhou, he was ambushed by the Liangshan Army in Mangdang Mountain, losing 2000 troops.

Although Hu Yanzhuo, who is now frustrated in military power, has killed the Xuzhou city, he is at a stalemate with the Liangshan Po bandits in the city, unable to conquer and regain Xuzhou.Urgent documents from various prefectures in the Huaixi region poured in one after another, making Wang Fu and Gao Qiuhao very troubled.

Taiwei Gao Qiu couldn't sit still, and mobilized three thousand elite soldiers to quickly reinforce Huyanzhuo's army, ordering Huyanzhuo to kill the Huaiyang army as soon as possible, repel the Songjiang bandit army, and relieve the worries in the Huaixi area.

Now the military information in Wang Fu's hands was reported back by Hu Yanzhuo's army.Hu Yanzhuo's army had given up the siege of Xuzhou according to Taiwei Gao Qiu's instructions, and the army went straight to the Huaiyang army.

Wang Fu put down Hu Yanzhuo's military report, picked up the military report of Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, glanced at it, and sighed: "Hu Yanzhuo was born as a general for generations, and the army is said to be brave enough to be inappropriate. How can he face the enemy? Why not use soldiers like Cheng Wanli, a scholar? Taiwei Tong, do you really have a lot of talents in your sect?"

The military report from Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, is another good news.

After Cheng Wanli led his army to defeat the rebel general Dong Ping and regained the entire territory of Dongping Mansion, he made persistent efforts and defeated the main force of Chao Gai, the leader of the Liangshan Po bandit in Yuncheng County, Jezhou, and killed Chao Gai and other bandits. Among them, and took advantage of the trend to recover Jeju City.

With the recovery of Dongping Mansion and Jeju, the threat of Liangshanpo bandits to the surrounding Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Puzhou, Gaochang Mansion, Qizhou and other places has been temporarily lifted.

The officers and troops of various prefectures turned from defense to offense, and they are mobilizing troops one after another to go to Liangshan Po. They must strictly defend the surrounding area of ​​Liangshan Po, and trap the bandits to death in the puddles.

Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, made a head start this time, and when he goes to court tomorrow, Tai Wei Tong Guan will definitely exaggerate his achievements in every possible way.Presumably the officials will definitely remember Cheng Wanli in their hearts!

At present, it seems that Cheng Wanli is the biggest beneficiary among the local officials in the Liangshan Po bandits rebellion.If he successfully wiped out the Liangshanbo bandits, that guy Cheng Wanli would definitely be reused by the officials!

Now the West Army is already in Tong Taiwei's pocket, if the Jingdong Road army is also in the hands of his disciples in the future, Tong Taiwei's wings may be too strong!

There was a golden light in Wang Fu's eyes, and he decided to have another secret discussion with Taiwei Gao Qiu.

Chapter 548 Wang Dujian Offers Suggestions

Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, sat alone in his magistrate's yamen, looking at the specially made wooden figure, full of thoughts.

Not long ago, with the help of Ximenqing, he gathered the officers and soldiers of Dongping Mansion led by Wang Jun, the soldiers of the local manor owners led by Ximen Qing, and the officers and soldiers of Dongchang Mansion Military Superintendent Zhang Qing who came to help, and they were defeated in one fell swoop. The traitor Dong Ping, who was entrenched in Dongping Mansion, regained this Dongping Mansion.

Afterwards, the reinforcements from Qingzhou and Yanzhou also arrived, joined forces with Cheng Wanli, and defeated the main force of the Liangshan bandit army led by Chao Gai, Wu Yong and other bandit leaders at the junction of Shouzhang County and Yuncheng County of Jezhou.After the main force of the Liangshan bandit army was defeated and fled back to Liangshan Boli by boat, the defense of Jeju City was empty. Cheng Wanli took the opportunity to lead various coalition forces into Jeju and recovered Jeju Quanjing.

After the news of the great victory was reported to Bianliang City in Tokyo, Cheng Wanli and the officers of the various states in the coalition army were rewarded by the imperial court.Wang Jun, the mighty general of Dongping Mansion, was also promoted to the military and horse capital supervisor of Dongping Mansion because of his outstanding meritorious service, and was responsible for commanding the official army of Dongping Mansion.

Daojun Emperor Song Huizong also sent the handwritten "mainstay" to Dongping Mansion, and bestowed the magistrate Cheng Wanli as a reward.After Cheng Wanli got the imperial brush of the Taoist emperor, he was deeply honored, so he carefully framed the calligraphy and put it in the main hall of his magistrate's yamen.

Tong Taiwei also sent someone to send a secret letter to Cheng Wanli, telling him that the imperial court had sent another general, Hu Yanzhuo, to lead the army to suppress the rebellion, and asked Cheng Wanli not to relax. The first victory of the service.

Cheng Wanli let the Qingzhou Army and Yanzhou Army station in the newly recaptured Jeju, and his own Dongping Army and Dongchang Army stationed in Dongping Prefecture, presenting a north-south attack, vaguely surrounding the [-]-mile Liangshanpo.

At this time, Cheng Wanli was ordering people to collect and build ships, and when the reinforcements from the states arrived, he would launch a general attack on Liangshanbo.

At this time, Hu Yanzhuo, the commander of soldiers and horses from Runing County in Caizhou, was still wandering around the Huainan area with more than 1 elite soldiers following Song Jiang's Liangshan Po bandit army!

I heard that the Song Jiang bandit army attacked prefectures and counties all the way and plundered the people. They have gathered tens of thousands of people and are wandering around Huainan East Road and Huainan West Road.

When Hu Yanzhuo led troops to attack Xiapi City where the Huaiyang Army was located, Song Jiang's bandit army had already gone south to Sizhou.

In Sizhou, Song Jiang's bandit army met the joint resistance of the local hero Liu Shiquan and the local government army, suffered setbacks, and turned westward to Suzhou and Haozhou.

Hou Meng, the magistrate of Bozhou, which is close to Suzhou, was frightened by the momentum of the bandit army. On the one hand, he sent people to negotiate with Song Jiang's bandit army, and on the other hand, he asked the court to recruit the Liangshan bandit army led by Song Jiang.

However, before the frightened Hou Meng could do anything, Song Jiang and other bandit leaders led troops into Shouzhou on Huainan West Road.

Judging from the military report, although Hu Yanzhuo had thousands of heavy cavalry with iron armor and serial horses, the Liangshan bandit army did not dare to confront them head-on, but the Huainan area was densely covered with water networks and numerous lakes and rivers, which were not suitable for heavy cavalry movement.Therefore, although Hu Yanzhuo's army followed Song Jiang's army and continued to report victories and regain lost ground, they were still unable to catch up with Song Jiang's bandit army and start a decisive battle. In fact, they had lost the initiative on the battlefield, but they were just exhausted.

The current situation is very favorable for Cheng Wanli.Hu Yanzhuo's army had no chance to go back to the east and west roads of Beijing and compete with himself for the credit for capturing the bandits' lair in Liangshanbo.Cheng Wanli is also full of ambitions to show his talents in Liangshanbo, but the situation has undergone some subtle changes in the past few days, which makes Cheng Wanli very depressed.

In addition to the reinforcements that have already arrived, Dongping Prefecture and Hebei Huazhou, Kaidefu, Guanzhou, Gaotang Prefecture around Jeju, Qizhou, Zizhou, Yizhou, Xingrenfu and Guangji Army on Jingdong Road, The officers and soldiers who were supposed to come to the rescue immediately suddenly disappeared.

Cheng Wanli sent people to urge him many times, and these states and armies all delayed the dispatch of troops on the pretext that food and grass were not ready, or that thieves were found in the state, and so on.

Even Qin Ming, the commander of the Qingzhou army stationed in Jeju, also transferred his army back to Qingzhou because there were many thieves in this state and he had to guard against the Songjiang thieves' army going north from the Huaiyang army.In Jeju City, only Huang Xin's army was left behind.

Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Mansion, wanted to kill the thieves, but he didn't have enough troops, so he could only defend Dongping Mansion and Jeju, and trap Chao Gai and other robbers in the Liangshanbo.

Although Cheng Wanli didn't know anything about soldiers, he was somewhat politically shrewd.It didn't take Taiwei Tongguan to send a secret letter to remind him, he already figured it out, there must be some important ministers in the court who didn't want to give him the credit for breaking Liangshan, and they were obstructing and delaying the time.Perhaps, those people wanted to wait for Hu Yanzhuo to lead the troops to the north before launching a general attack on Liangshanbo!

The gods fight, and the little ghost suffers. The magistrate Cheng Wanli can't afford to provoke those big figures in the court hall of Bianliang City in Tokyo.Although he knew that the states and the army were perfunctory, he didn't dare to point it out. He really went to Bianliang City, Tokyo to complain.

There was no other way, so Cheng Wanli had no choice but to sit in his magistrate's yamen with a frown, staring at the wooden figure marching and fighting in a daze, unable to think of any good countermeasures.

When Cheng Wanli, the magistrate, was worried, Wang Jun, the new military governor of Dongping Prefecture, came to visit and wanted to report to him about the construction of the ship.

Cheng Wanli invited Wang Jun, his favorite general, into the living room, sat down and had tea, and listened to Wang Jun's detailed report on the shipbuilding.

Because Dongping Mansion was once occupied by Liangshan Po bandits, all the money and food in the treasury were looted. At this time, the food for the officers and soldiers of Dongping Mansion and Dongchang Mansion was donated by Ximen Qing, the official of Yanggu County.

Because Dongping Prefecture and Jeju lacked funds for shipbuilding, the imperial court made arrangements to send them from several surrounding armies and prefectures.However, in the past few days, the money and food sent from the surrounding states have decreased a lot, and the shipbuilding has also been affected.If there is no more money and food to send, the officers and soldiers will not have enough to eat, and I am afraid that they will have to borrow food from the officials of Ximen Qing.

Cheng Wanli escaped Dong Ping's catastrophe because of Wang Jun's timely informant, and he had already regarded Wang Jun as his confidant.Therefore, he did not hide it from Wang Jun, and told Wang Jun the reason he guessed and the troubles in his heart.

Wang Jun hesitated for a while, and said to Cheng Wanli, the magistrate, "Your Majesty, at the end, I don't know if I should say something or not?"

When Cheng Wanli heard the words, he hurriedly said: "Wang Dujian, you and I are life-and-death friends, how can you be so far-fetched? If you have anything to say, Wang Dujian can say it anyway."

Wang Jun said to Cheng Wanli: "Master Zhifu, this time you and I were able to turn the crisis into safety and made great contributions to the imperial court. It was not my Wang Jun's ability, but it was all thanks to the official Ximenqing of Yanggu County! From my point of view In short, there are many heroes under the Ximen Qing official, which is enough to rival the gang of bandits in Liangshanbo. Zhang Dujian from Dongchang Prefecture in this city and Huang Dujian from Qingzhou City in Jeju City are also comparable to the Ximen Qing official. That's why they made friends, so they were able to lead troops to support the state so quickly. If Xianggong still wants to make a difference, I'm afraid he will have to rely on the power of the official Ximen Qing!"

Chapter 549 Recruiting Ximen Qing as Son-in-Law

The magistrate Cheng Wanli heard Wang Junzhi's words, frowned and said: "The government also knows that it is possible to turn defeat into victory this time and repel the Liangshanpo bandit because of the strategizing of the official Ximen Qing and the hard work of his brothers. But, that The official Ximen Qing is willing to help me, and it is also to protect the environment and the people, so that his Yanggu County will not be threatened by robbers. How can Dongping Mansion be stable? There is no benefit, how can this government force someone to work for me?"

Wang Jun asked: "My lord, how much will this crusade against the bandits in Liangshanpo affect my official career?"

Cheng Wanli replied: "Now the imperial court is watching the bandit rebellion at Po Liangshan. Whether you can break through the bandit's lair first is related to the fate and future of the mansion!"

Wang Jun asked again: "My lord, what kind of person is the official Ximen Qing?"

Cheng Wanli praised: "The high official Ximen Qing is able to stabilize the country with humanities, establish a country with martial arts, has a wealth of wealth, and is born with very talented people. From the perspective of this government, he is really a rare talent in the country!"

Wang Jun heard the words and said with a smile: "The official Ximen Qing is such an outstanding talent, why didn't you recruit him as your son-in-law? In the end, half of the property in Dongping Mansion is owned by the official Ximen Qing, Miss Xianggong You won't feel wronged if you marry him. After Mr. Ximen Qing is a good son-in-law, his family wealth and power can naturally be used by Mr. Xiang. The general thinks that it is Mr. Mr. who is going to flatten Liangshan and wipe out the bandits in Liangshan!"

"This... the meaning of Wang Dujian, this government already understands. This marriage needs to be considered carefully, so let this government think twice." Cheng Wanli replied.

"The last general talks too much, so don't blame me. The last general will go to discuss the military situation with Zhang Dujian, so I will resign." Seeing that the magistrate Cheng Wanli was hesitant, Wang Jun got up and said goodbye without urging him.

Hearing Wang Jun's idea, Cheng Wanli hesitated in his heart, so he sent Wang Jun away first, and wandered back and forth in the mansion alone, unable to make a choice for a while.

If Ximen Qing was just a local tyrant with some money, it would be absolutely impossible for Cheng Wanli, the magistrate, to marry his daughter to him.