Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Shi Jin replied with a proud face: "Master Wang Jin taught me good martial arts, and I can do it in this world. If Li Ying dares to challenge me, how can I be afraid?"

Zhu Wu laughed and said, "Brother thinks he is a hero, Zhang Dujian is also young and energetic, he considers himself a hero! How could he not accept the challenge from Li Ying?"

When Shi Jin heard this, he also smiled and said: "You are right, let's watch the battle on the sidelines, if anything happens, I will step forward and chop Li Ying to death!"

Everyone laughed together when they heard this, and fixed their eyes on the battlefield where Zhang Qing and Li Ying were singled out.

The duel between "No Feather Arrow" Zhang Qing and "Punching Eagle" Li Ying was a bit different. One of the two claimed to be "good at hitting people with flying stones, and can hit people with a hundred shots", while the other claimed "five throwing knives hidden on his back, can hit a hundred times." Take people at a step, and go out of nowhere." They are all masters of using hidden weapons.

Therefore, in the decisive battle between the two, they did not go forward to fight with guns, but they kept a distance by coincidence, using their best hidden weapons to win.

Chapter 585 Flying Knife vs. Flying Stone

When Shi Jin and the others didn't know Zhang Qing's methods, and were still somewhat puzzled by his reckless challenge, Zhang Qing's two lieutenants, "Huaxianghu" Gong Wang and "Zhongjianhu" Ding Desun, were ignorant of Zhang Qing's methods. The leader of the team was full of confidence, riding on the horse and watching Zhang Qing go out to fight with a smile.

I saw Zhang Qing, the military and horse supervisor of Dongchang Mansion, wearing a chain armor, holding a pear flower spear in his palm, and riding a silver mane horse, facing the Liangshan bandit "Putting the Sky Eagle" Li Ying.

One of Gong Wang and Ding Desun is good at javelins, the other is good at flying spears, and they are also people who kill enemies with throwing weapons. Therefore, the two of them know how superb Zhang Qing's locust stone ability is.

In history, when Liangshanbo bandits attacked Dongchang Mansion, Zhang Qing, who was the guard of Dongchang Mansion, devoted himself to his duty and fought hard to kill the enemy.He once used flying stones to beat Liangshanbo bandit leader "Golden Gunner" Xu Ning, "Jin Mao Hu" Yan Shun, "Yumu General" Han Tao, "Tianmu General" Peng Qi, "Ugly County Horse" Xuan Zan, "Shuang Whip" Hu Yanzhuo, "Red-haired Ghost" Liu Tang, "Blue-faced Beast" Yang Zhi, "Beautiful Bearded Man" Zhu Dian, "Winged Tiger" Lei Heng, "Big Sword" Guan Sheng, "Two Spears" Dong Ping, Fifteen generals including "Vanguard" Suo Chao and "Hua Monk" Lu Zhishen.

Later Zhang Qing was cast by Gongsun Sheng, Wu used tricks, "Leopard Head" Lin Chong led the iron cavalry to charge into the water, and was captured by the Ruan brothers, the leader of the Liang Shanshui Army, and was forced to return to Liangshan in desperation.

When Zhang Qing was captured, all the "famous generals" on Liangshan who had been beaten by Zhang Qingfei and disgraced all angrily demanded that Zhang Qing be killed. This is also the special treatment that other captured generals of the army have never had.It can be seen from this that Zhang Qing's flying locust stone gave them a psychological shock.

Gong Wang and Ding Desun took a closer look, and saw that after the main general Zhang Qing came out of the battle, the bandit general at Po Liangshan, "Fighting the Eagle" Li Ying took advantage of Zhang Qing's unstable footing and didn't report his family, so he waved his right hand, Long ago, a flying knife came straight to Zhang Qing's face!

Li Ying, that bird man, is so despicable and shameless!At the same time, this idea emerged in the minds of Shi Jin and others.

The flying knives shot towards him, but "No Feather Arrow" Zhang Qing didn't panic, he lifted the spear with his left hand, and with his right hand, he took out stones from the brocade bag, and hit them out one by one. With a sound of "ding", sparks splashed in the air, and Li Ying's flying knife was hit by the locust stone, deviated from the direction, flew over Zhang Qing's head, and landed on the grass behind Zhang Qing.

"Heh!" Li Ying yelled strangely, and made continuous moves with his right hand, and the two throwing knives went straight to Zhang Qing's chest and abdomen.At the same time, Li Yingze rushed towards Zhang Qing.

With two "ding dong", Zhang Qing also shot two locust stones, knocking down Li Ying's flying knife on both sides of his silver-maned horse.

"Drink!" Before the sound came, the knife came first, and then two flying knives were shot in front of Zhang Qing.As soon as the two flying knives were raised and lowered, the upper one shone coldly, aiming directly at the center of Zhang Qing's eyebrows, trying to dazzle Zhang Qing; but the lower one cunningly avoided the opponent's chest, which was the key point of defense. The abdomen shot towards Zhang Qing's thigh, which was really hard to guard against.

At the same time as he shot his last two throwing knives, Li Ying, the "Punching Eagle", held a long spear, and stabbed Zhang Qing violently with a move of poisonous snake.

Seeing Li Ying's fierce attack, "Nine Pattern Dragon" Shi Jin couldn't help raising the three-pointed double-edged knife in his hand, and was about to step forward to save him.

In the midst of this flash, only four sounds of "Ding ~ Ding ~ Pop ~ Pop ~" sounded in succession, and Shi Jin and others were dazzled by the scene in front of them.

"No Feather Arrow" Zhang Qing was busy and not in a hurry, and shot three locust stones with a wave of his hand.After flying Li Ying's two throwing knives, the third locust stone hit Li Ying's face.Under the pain, Li Ying fell heavily from his horse to the ground.

In just a split second, "No Feather Arrow" Zhang Qing turned his defense into an offense, defeating Li Ying, the "Punching Eagle" who boasted that he could take people with a hundred steps with a flying knife.

Not to mention the hidden weapon skills of the two, but regardless of the number of hidden weapons, Li Ying can't fight against Zhang Qing!He only had five flying knives hidden on his back, and Zhang Qing's brocade bag contained dozens of hundreds of locust stones.That guy Li Ying wanted to compete with Zhang Qing for a hidden weapon, but didn't he seek death by himself?

After Li Ying fell to the ground with serious injuries, Zhang Qing led Gong Wang and Ding Desun Ce to go forward immediately, and the gun and fork pointed directly at Li Ying's body, preventing him from moving.

Shi Jin and the other four also commanded their soldiers to completely wipe out the remaining bandits.

Seeing that Li Ying was defeated and had no fighting spirit to fight with the officers and soldiers, Li Ying's subordinates dropped their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy, and they were captured without a fight.

The ambush in Wenshang County ended with a big victory for the officers and soldiers.

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After handing over the robbers and prisoners of war captured on Liangshan and the captured money and food with the prefect Cheng Wanli and Wang Jun in Dongping Mansion, Ximen Qing is having tea and chatting with Cheng Zhifu and Wang Dujian in the prefect's yamen in the city, waiting for each other. Military reports on the battlefield.

Suddenly, a small military school came in to report that an army horse had come from outside the city, claiming to be the Dengzhou army led by Dengzhou soldiers and horses under the leadership of Ma Zheng.

"Ma Jinjue is here? I'll go out of the city to meet him." The magistrate Cheng Wanli stood up upon hearing this, and at the same time looked at his son-in-law Ximen Qing.

Cheng Wanli remembered that Ximenqing told him when he was troubled by the reinforcements that he had a close relationship with all the officials in Dengzhou, so he could invite the Dengzhou army to help out.

Cheng Wanli knew in his heart that Wang Shizhong, the prefect of Dengzhou, and Ma Zheng, the prefect of Bing Ma, had no friendship with him, the prefect of Dongping Prefecture. Ma Zheng led the troops from all the way here, and he could only prove once again that he was a good son-in-law Ximen Qing is very powerful.

Ximen Qing didn't hide it in front of Cheng Wanli and Wang Jun, and told them directly that he and Ma Zheng's son Ma Kuo were sworn brothers, and the relationship between Ximen's family and Ma's family was extraordinary.

After successfully conquering Liangshan and grabbing enough money, food and supplies for several years of expenses, Ximenqing was also complacent, thinking that he could indulge himself once, and pretended to be aggressive in front of Cheng Wanli and Wang Jun.

The more Cheng Wanli and Wang Jun admire Ximen Qing's ability now, the better it will be for Ximen Qing to further control the entire Dongping Mansion in the future.

The three of them left the magistrate's yamen, went to the upper gate of the north gate, and looked out of the city.

Ximen Qing recognized Hengdao Lima at a glance, and standing majestically at the forefront was Dengzhou Bingma Jinju Mazheng.

Since Sun Lifan, Ma Zheng's top general, Dengzhou soldier Ma Tijuan, was rebelled, Ma Zheng is the most capable of fighting in Dengzhou.After receiving Ximenqing's secret letter this time, Ma Zheng decided to personally lead the troops to help the battle.

It was only because Ma Zheng was delayed for some time in Dengzhou to deal with some cross-sea joint financial matters, and the road was far away, so Ma Zheng was a step late.

Beside Ma Zheng, there is a young general in fresh clothes who is angry with the horse, isn't it Ma Kuo?

After Ximenqing recognized the two, he hurriedly asked Wang Jun to open the city gate. He went down the city in three steps at a time, and rode out to welcome them out of the city.

"Brother Ma Kuo! Uncle Ma! Are you safe? Ximen Qing is here!" Ximen Qing rushed to the front of the Dengzhou army in a hurry.

"Brother Ximen!" Seeing Ximen Qing, Ma Kuo hurriedly jumped off his horse and went forward to greet him.

Ximen Qing also fell off his horse and hugged Ma Kuo.

Chapter 586 Come One Step Late

The two brothers Ximen Qing and Ma Kuo jumped off their horses and hugged for a while, then came to the horse of Dengzhou soldiers and horses in charge of horse administration.Ma Zheng also got off his horse at this time, and said to Ximen Qing: "Your Majesty Ximen, we meet again! Ma was delayed for a few days due to court affairs, did he not delay the battle in Dongping Mansion?"

Ximen Qing was a little embarrassed when he heard this.Ma Zheng and his son came thousands of miles to help, but it was only a day or two, and they missed the duel with Liangshan Po Chao Gai's gang of robbers.If nothing else happened, the battles in Jeju and other places had ended, and the military exploits of destroying the bandits in Liangshanbo would be divided up by the officers and soldiers of the various states.The Dengzhou army led by Ma Zheng and his son worked hard, but they might not get a single star or half of their military exploits.

"Uncle Ma, I am very grateful that you and Zichong have come to help from thousands of miles away. Uncle Ma has traveled all the way, and the officers and soldiers have worked very hard. Please go to the city to rest first, and we will talk about this battle sooner rather than later." Ximen Qing cupped his hands against the horse. Expand said.

Hearing Ximen Qing's words, Ma Zheng felt a little suspicious in his heart. Could it be that our army was slow to come to help, and Cheng Zhifu of Dongping Prefecture and the others suffered a new defeat?

Ma Zheng was about to ask further questions when Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, and Wang Jun, the governor of the army and horses, came out of the city with a group of men.Ma Zheng had no choice but to let go of the doubts in his heart, and went up to meet and greet Cheng Wanli, the prefect of Dongping Prefecture, and other officials.

Ximen Qing stood aside with Ma Kuo and talked about brotherhood.Ma Kuo told Ximen Qing that this time he was not only accompanying his father to exterminate the Liangshan bandits, but more importantly, he had a secret discussion with Ximen Qing about the alliance with gold.

Ximen Qing thought for a while, and it seemed that Song and Jin signed a maritime alliance to jointly attack Liao, and the past two years were the time when the two sides sent envoys to each other frequently.Since Ma Kuo said that he was discussing with him about the alliance with Jin, it must have been chosen by the imperial court as an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin!This brother Ma Kuo is finally going to step on the stage of history through the Cross-sea Lianjin and display his talents.However, since he and I, Ximen Qing, have become brothers in this life, I naturally want to help him at a critical moment in history so that he can avoid the tragedy of the rest of his life.

Ximen Qing asked Ma Kuo in a low voice: "Brother, are you going to be an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin again?"

After hearing this, Ma Kuo replied to Ximen Qing: "Brother Ximen is really good at predicting things! Brother, I was commended by the court for accompanying my father to the Kingdom of Jin last time. , decided to send secret envoys to the Kingdom of Jin again to discuss the alliance. The imperial court decided to send the direct scholar of Longtuge, the Xiuzhuan of Youwendian, and the court official Zhao Liangsi as the main envoy, Ma Kuo as the deputy envoy, and the horse buying as the main envoy again. Famous crossing the sea to the north, seeking to reach an alliance with the Kingdom of Jin. At this time, Zhao Liangsi is still in Bianliang, Tokyo, preparing to go on an envoy. Brother, after receiving the appointment from the imperial court, I will immediately follow my father to Dongping Mansion to see you, brother Ximen."

After hearing this, Ximen Qing asked Ma Kuo, "Brother, what do you want to do with your brother?"

Ma Kuo said: "Brother Ximen, I have discussed with my father, and we all think that my brother is the most popular in the Kingdom of Jin, and he has won the trust of the monarch and ministers of Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin. Relying on the strength of my brother. The situation in Liaodong is changing a lot, and the Jurchens' intentions are also quite difficult to guess. My father and son, I still want to invite brother Ximen to go with me this time, and ask brother Ximen to help my brother. I know that brother Ximen is helping Cheng Zhifu to wipe out The bandits from Liangshanbo came here with my father Xingye to help my brother and Cheng Zhifu to suppress the bandits, so that my brother can escape and go north as soon as possible. Brother Ximen, brother, I don’t know what you want from this unfeeling request?"

Ma Kuo came just in time!If Chao Gai's gang of thieves are still alive, Ximen Qing must do his best to help the future old father-in-law Cheng Wanli suppress the thieves, so naturally he can't get away and go north to help Ma Kuo.But now that the overall situation in Liangshanbo has been decided, the remaining messes can be left to the officials and soldiers of the states to take care of. Since I have made enough benefits in Liangshan, I should withdraw quietly from this matter.