Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Ximenqing said that when he passed by Qingzhou last time, he heard that Qin Ming was still leading troops and stationed at the Yishan Pass at the junction of Qingzhou and Yizhou, in case the Songjiang bandit army would go north from Huaiyang Army and then flee to Qingzhou to do evil.Now that Qin Ming has returned to the city of Qingzhou, it must be that the crisis of the Huaiyang army has been resolved, and the Song Jiang bandit army has no possibility of invading Qingzhou.

After hearing Ximen Qing's words, "Thunderbolt" Qin Ming exchanged glances with his apprentice "Zhen Sanshan" Huang Xin, and said to Ximen Qing with a smile: "Hahaha~ the officials are really good at predicting things! Ten days ago, Song Jiang's bandit army was defeated and fled into the sea. Now the Liangshan Po bandits on the east and west roads of Beijing can be regarded as completely pacified. After receiving the military report from the front, I just led the troops from the border of Yizhou three days ago Back in Qingzhou City. If the officials had come a few days earlier, they wouldn’t have seen you in the city!”

"Oh! Did Song Jiang also lose? How is the Huaiyang Army doing?" Ximen Qing asked curiously.

Both Qin Ming and Huang Xin participated in the siege and suppression of Liangshan Po bandits. Knowing that Ximen Qing was very concerned about the movements of Liangshan Po bandits, they complemented each other and told Ximen Qing about what happened near the Huaiyang Army on East Jingdong Road. A series of battles.

The brother of Taiwei Gaoqiu, Gao Lian, the prefect of Gaotang Prefecture, Hebei, was severely reprimanded by the court after he escaped Chao Gai, the master of the great village in Liangshanpo, "Tuota Heavenly King", and Wu Yong, the military advisor, "Zhi Duoxing".Under Taiwei Gaoqiu's mediation, the imperial court agreed to let Gao Lian commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, and lead troops south to fight against Song Jiang's bandit army.

Gao Lian commanded the army from Jeju City to Xuzhou in disgrace, and echoed the Hu Yanzhuo army stationed in Suqian County from east to west. previous humiliation.How did you know that the Song Jiang tribe was brave and good at fighting, and Gao Lian's army suffered a lot.

After Song Jiang's bandit army defeated Hu Yanzhuo's thousands of iron-clad horses by tricks, they captured many armors, vests and horses, and even formed a powerful iron-clad cavalry.At the same time, the water army led by Li Jun, the leader of the water army in Liangshanbo, "Hunjiang Dragon", was also among the Song Jiang bandit army.Therefore, the Songjiang bandit army is an extremely difficult opponent in the Huaiyang army with many rivers and lakes.

Gao Lian and Hu Yanzhuo teamed up to fight Song Jiang's bandit army several times, but they each won.Gao Lian's three hundred soldiers set fire to many Liangshan troops, and Li Jun's water army at Liangshanbo and Chai Jin's armored cavalry also killed and wounded many court officers and troops.For a time, the three armies fought endlessly in the territory of Huaiyang Army and were at a stalemate.

Just last month, Taiwei Tongguan, who was suppressing the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, sent a good news to the imperial court: the imperial army led by Wang Zhi as the vanguard launched a decisive battle with the Fangla bandit army at the Jinhua City of Wuzhou Prefecture in the south of Hangzhou. No less than 10,000 troops.After several days and nights of fighting, the official army dominated by the Western Army finally gained the upper hand and defeated the main force of the [-]+ Fangla thief army.Fang La, the leader of the bandit, was wounded and fled to his old nest in Qingxi County, Muzhou. The officers and soldiers were pursuing the victory.

After receiving the good news from Tong Taiwei from Jiangnan, seeing that the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River is expected to be quelled, the monarchs and ministers in the court were full of joy, and all the ministers praised the Taoist emperor for his wisdom and martial arts.

However, this good news made one person anxious, and it was Gao Qiu, Taiwei Gao.

In order to prevent Taiwei Tongguan from quelling the Fangla Rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, and then go north to clear Liangshanpo Songjiang's bandit army, leading the court alone, Taiwei Gaoqi, who couldn't hold back, asked the Taoist Emperor for orders, and personally led an army of [-] to Huaihe River. Yang Jun, together with Gao Lian and Hu Yanzhuo, launched a strong attack on Song Jiang's army entrenched in Xiapi City.

Chapter 659 Song Jiang's Whereabouts

Qin Ming and Huang Xin told Ximen Qing that after the Taiwei Gao Qiu arrived at the Huaiyang Army, he made a rare brainstorm and appointed Zhang Shuye, the prefect of Haizhou, as the military adviser, and Hu Yanzhuo, the commander of the forbidden army, as the forward, and launched a decisive battle with the Songjiang bandit army. .

At the same time, Taiwei Gao Qiu also held the imperial edict in his hand, commanding Jiang Yuan, the prefect of Yizhou, Murong Yanda, the prefect of Qingzhou, and other nearby prefectures to jointly dispatch troops to chase and intercept the Song Jiang bandit army from all sides.

"Thunderbolt" Qin Ming therefore led his troops into Yizhou, joined forces with Yizhou prefect Jiang Yuanjun, oppressed Song Jiang's bandit army from the north, fought Song Jiang, Chai Jin and other bandits in Yizhou, and forced them back to the Huaihe River. Yang Jun.

In the face of an army several times larger than their own, Song Jiang and other Liangshanpo bandits finally couldn't hold on, and were forced to abandon Xiapi City. of Chuzhou.

After Taiwei Gaoqiu regained the Huaiyang army, he was afraid that Song Jiang and other bandits would take over Huainan East Road, so he hurriedly dispatched his troops to pursue Song Jiang's bandit army.

It is said that the original idea of ​​the Songjiang thief army was to go south to the Jianghuai area and join hands with the Fangla thief army in the south.How did they know that after arriving in Chuzhou, they just learned the news that Tong Taiwei had defeated Fang La's bandit army.

Obviously, following the Chao Gai army in Liangshanbo, the Fangla army in the south of the Yangtze River is also about to be defeated, unable to echo the Song Jiang army.Song Jiang, Chai Jin and other bandits had to fight alone, dying.

After another bloody battle between the Taiwei Gao Qiu and the Songjiang bandit army in Chuzhou, he paid the price of tens of thousands of casualties of the officers and soldiers. bandit army.

Even so, the official army failed to win a big victory.Although most of Song Jiang's bandits were wiped out in Chuzhou, they failed to capture a single bandit leader.

The bandit leaders of this Liangshan Po bandit army are "Timely Rain" Song Jiang, "Little Whirlwind" Chai Jin, "Huanjiang Dragon" Li Jun, "Nezha with Eight Arms" Xiang Chong, "Flying Sage" Li Yan and "Touching the Sky" Du Qian all escaped the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, and none of them were caught.

It is said that they took more than a thousand remnants of the army, robbed more than 20 sea ships at the seaside port of Chuzhou, and fled into the sea with the gold and silver treasures they robbed along the way, disappearing without a trace.

After Song Jiang and other thieves escaped, Taiwei Gao Qiu led the army and sent naval forces to search and guard the coasts of Chuzhou, Haizhou and other places, but there was no trace of Song Jiang's remnants.In desperation, Gao Qiu had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to the court, declaring that the Song Jiang Department of the Liangshan Po bandit army had been wiped out by the officers and soldiers, and set up a list to offer rewards for the fugitive Song Jiang and others who had escaped from the net.

After Taiwei Gao Qiu withdrew his troops, Qin Ming also returned to Qingzhou City from Yizhou with Qingzhou army horses.

After Ximenqing listened to Qin Ming and Huang Xin's narration, he realized that Fang La and Song Jiang, the two rebels, had lost to the imperial court army successively.

After Fang Lana was defeated, he fled back to his hometown of Bangyuan Cave, Qingxi County, so there was no reason for him to escape by chance.Ximen Qing asked Brother Lu Xiaoyi to leave two guides for Wang Tian, ​​who could lead Wang Tian's army straight to Fang La's old lair.It's only a matter of time before Fang La is captured.

The difference from history is that even though Song Jiang couldn't stay in Huainan and was forced to flee to the sea, they did not harass Zhang Shuye's Haizhou after their defeat. Shu Ye was captured alive and surrendered to the court.

The sea is vast, I don't know where Song Jiang will flee with his desperadoes?

Ximen Qing had a premonition in his heart that even though the robbers in Liangshanbo, Chao Gai and Song Jiang, were chased away by him with the help of the imperial court officers, they would definitely bump into these bandits again in the future and decide to die.

In any case, the peace of the Huaiyang Army, which also belongs to Jingdong East Road, made Murong Yanda, the prefect of Qingzhou, a lot easier.Seeing that the Chinese New Year will be around in two months, the prefect Murong Yanda still wants to have fun with the people with peace of mind, and does not want the festive atmosphere to be ruined by Song Jiang and other thieves.

Seeing this, Ximen Qing also raised his glass to celebrate the victory of the officers and soldiers, and had a few drinks with Murong Yanda, Qin Ming, and Huang Xin.

Everyone drank and feasted until late at night, and only then did the music end and everyone dispersed, and they went home.

After Ximen Qing returned to the inn where he was staying, he immediately called Brother Qiao Yun to his room and taught him the tips face to face.

Ximen Qing told Brother Qiao Yun that Song Jiang and other thieves won't wander in the sea for a long time if they seized the boat from Haizhou on Huainan East Road.Those guys either go south to Liangzhe Road and Fujian Road along the coast of the south of the Yangtze River, or go north to Jingdong East Road.

At the moment, there are 10,000+ troops of Taiwei Tongguan on Liangzhe Road and Fujian Road to conquer the remnants of Fang La's army. If Song Jiang and Chai Jin hadn't gone crazy, they probably wouldn't have thrown themselves into the trap at this time.

And this Jingdong East Road in Shandong is not heavily guarded by the imperial court, and it is the most familiar place for Song Jiang and other thieves.Ximen Qing judged that Song Jiang and other thieves were [-]% sure that they would take a boat north to Jingdong East Road.

Therefore, Ximenqing asked Qiao Yun to stay in Qingzhou, and immediately mobilized the intelligence network in Qingzhou, Mizhou, Laizhou, Dengzhou and other places to inquire about the movements of Song Jiang and other thieves along the southeast coast.At the same time, Ximen Qing asked Brother Qiao Yun to send someone to report to Xu Wen and other brothers in Dengzhou, so that their sailors should also be careful.

Ximen Qing said to Brother Qiao Yun, "I feel the sky" Du Qian is safe and sound by the side of Song Jiang and other thieves, as long as they have a place to stay or land on the shore, he will definitely try to deliberately expose some whereabouts.Therefore, unlike the officers and soldiers who had no clue, Ximen Qing was confident of catching Song Jiang's escape route.

Brother Qiao Yun immediately left the inn after taking the order, and went out with his men to collect information about Song Jiang.

After Brother Qiao Yun left, Ximen Qing invited Wang Yi over again and gave him a task.

Wang Yi once recommended his good friend to Ximen Qing, the painter Zhang Zeduan who currently lives in Bianliang City, Tokyo.Ximen Qing had no time to go to Bianliang City, Tokyo to find Zhang Zeduan, so he asked Wang Yi to take a hard trip, bring Zhang Zeduan back to Yanggu County with a lot of money, hire him as his painter, and follow Wang Yi to be responsible for the new map drawing.

Don't look at Zhang Zeduan's later generations who became famous because of "Surfing the River During the Qingming Festival". At this time, he is just a painter with a poor reputation who sells paintings for a living.

Now Zhang Zeduan can't stay in the painting academy of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, and has been reduced to selling paintings in the market.Knowing that Ximen Qing, the richest man in Dongping Mansion, hired him as a full-time painter, he must be happy to take up the post!

After Brother Qiao Yun and Wang Yi left one after another, Ximen Qing and Jiao Ting stayed in Qingzhou city for one night, bid farewell to Murong Yanda, Qin Ming and others, and rode straight to Peach Blossom Mountain.

After passing Qingfeng Village, you will arrive at the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain within a day.

Knowing that the officials of Ximen Qing had arrived, Liu Taigong and Ling Zhen from Taohuazhuang both came out to welcome them.

When Ximen Qing saw his old father-in-law, he hurriedly got off his horse and gave him a big gift.

Ximenqing's current family business and reputation are getting bigger and bigger, and he is proud of Jingdong Road.Liu Taigong saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart.Seeing Ximen Qing, I immediately took his hand to greet him, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

While the two were talking, a person suddenly turned around from behind Ling Zhen, "Booming Thunder", and shouted at Ximen Qing: "Master, you are easy for me to find!"

Chapter 6 The Truth Is Within Cannon Range

Ximen Qing took a closer look at the person behind Brother Ling Zhen, couldn't help being overwhelmed with surprise, stepped forward and asked, "Master An, why are you here?"

The person who came was Ximenqing's pharmacy director, An Daoquan, a "miracle doctor" invited back from Jiankang Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River.

Ximen Qing discovered in Huining City, the capital of the Jin Kingdom, that the nominal No. [-] figure in the Dajin Kingdom was actually the No. [-] military and political figure with real power. , brought the "miracle doctor" An Daoquan to Ningcheng, the Golden State Council, to diagnose and treat Wanyan Sagai.

When Ximen Qing and Wanyan Nianmei followed Wanyan Aguda back to Huining City, An Daoquan also rushed to the capital of Jin Kingdom, and was treating Wanyan Sagai in Guoxiangzhai.

In Huining City, An Daoquan secretly told Ximen Qing that Wanyan Sagai suffered from an unmentionable disease when he was young and fought in the bitter cold north, and was not well diagnosed and treated. , so that it shows the trend of running out of oil and lamps.

Previously, thanks to Ximenqing's use of warming and tonic medicine to stabilize Wanyan Sakai's condition, An Daoquan had time to display his medical skills.

An Daoquan told Ximen Qing that he had to stay in Huining City for a period of time to cure Wanyan Sagai of his hidden illness and recuperate his body, so that he could prolong his life and avoid catastrophe.

For this reason, when Ximen Qing left Huining City for Posu Road, he didn't take An Daoquan with him, but left him with Wanyan Sagai and Wanyan Nianmeihe's father and son.