The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 379 Sending troops to Zengtou City

Just when Gao Qiu became more and more impatient, a person suddenly came out, this person was the defense envoy of the Privy Council, surnamed Xuan and Zan.When Gao Qiu saw it was him, he didn't like it at first, because the origin of the praise was quite problematic.

It turned out that this Xuanzan was born with a face like the bottom of a pot, with upturned nostrils, curly hair and red beard, a sturdy figure of eight feet, a steel knife, and outstanding martial arts skills.He used to be a county horse in the palace before, and people called him an ugly county horse.Because he won the general against Lianzhujian, the county king recruited him as his son-in-law.Who would have thought that the princess thought he was ugly and died with hatred, so he could not be reused and could only be a military envoy to protect righteousness.Gao Lian is a flatterer, incompatible with him, and often suspicious.

Seeing him come out now, Gao Qiu secretly made up his mind that if he couldn't explain the reason for this praise, he must be severely punished.Of course, he had a smile on his face, and asked, "I don't know who the county horse recommends?"

Xuan Zan reported, "Returning to the Taiwei, the young general had an acquaintance in the village. This person is a descendant of the three-point righteous and brave King Wu'an at the end of the Han Dynasty. His surname is Guan Mingsheng. His appearance is similar to that of his ancestor Shang Yunchang. Qinglong Yanyue Dao, known as Da Dao Guan Sheng, is currently living in Pudong and doing a small inspection.

Moreover, this person studied military books hard since he was a child, and he has a deep understanding of martial arts, and he has the courage that is unworthy.If you invite him with gift coins and worship him as a general, you can wipe out the bandits, wipe out the lunatics, protect the country and the people, open up the territory and expand the land, and this is the person.Begging for Junzhi. "

When Gao Qiu heard this, he was overjoyed, and he didn't care about the bad luck of finding Xuanzan, so he immediately signed the document and sent Xuanzan as an envoy, ordering him to rush to Pudong, and invited Guan Sheng to go to Beijing for discussion.

Xuan Zan received the documents, took three or five entourages, and rode a horse for a starry night. It took only one day to arrive at the Pudong Inspection Department.

The three met each other, Xuanzan did not greet Guan Sheng, and said directly, "Recently, Qingfeng bandits broke into Qingzhou City, killed the uncle Murong Yanda's family, and made a big disturbance in Jiangzhou City, killing Cai Xianggong nine times." The son lost his life. Now the government ordered to punish this group of thieves. In front of the Taiwei, Xuan Mou recommended his elder brother to have the ability to govern the country and bring peace to the country. Go to Beijing."

In private, Guan Sheng often lamented that there is no way to serve the country. He was so unhappy when he heard the news, he hurriedly agreed, and pulled Hao Siwen to say,
"This is my sworn brother. His surname is Hao and his name is Siwen. His mother dreamed of Jingmuyan and gave birth to him, so people call him Jingmuyan Hao Siwen. He has eighteen kinds of martial arts, and his skills are not inferior to mine. Today The Taiwei has a call, why not go together and contribute to the country."

Xuanzan had nothing to do, so he kept urging them to go quickly. Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen settled down in their home, packed their horses and armor, brought a dozen soldiers with them, and set off for Beijing with Xuanzan.

When they arrived in Tokyo, under the leadership of Xuan Zan, they first went to meet Gao Qiu. When Gao Qiu saw Guan Sheng, he looked like a handsome man, with an imposing figure of eight feet five or six, with a thin three-willow mustache, two eyebrows tucked into the temples, and phoenix eyes facing the sky. Like heavy jujubes, lips painted with vermilion, it seems that Guan Yunchang is alive.

Gao Qiu was very satisfied, so he asked, "May I ask if the general cares about it, how many troops do you need?"

Guan Sheng replied, "Qi Taiwei, I have already thought about it on the way here. The terrain of Qingfeng Mountain is dangerous. The thieves may not be able to shrink back when they see my army coming. Therefore, I want to ask the Taiwei to send a Jun decree, order Qingzhou government to fully cooperate, and send more crossbowmen and fire oil."

"The general wants to attack with fire?"

"Taiwei Mingjian, instead of attacking with unnecessary casualties, it is better to guard the intersection and set fire around, and catch the enemy in a urn."

Gao Qiu has been a captain for many years, he is not the ignorant rascal back then, so he thought about it for a while, and found that Guan Sheng's proposal was very safe, and then through the Privy Council, he dispatched [-] elite soldiers, of which only There are five thousand bow soldiers.

He also took Guan Sheng as the leader of the command history, Xuan Zan as the deputy, and Hao Siwen as the forward.Reward the three armies on the same day, and after reporting to the emperor, they rushed to the Qingzhou government in a mighty way.

But here in Liang Shanbo, because Mu Xu had arranged for Zhang San and his gang to go back to Tokyo to lurk early in the morning, so Guan Sheng's men and horses left the border of Tokyo, and he learned the news.

Mu Xu had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and he didn't dare to delay, so he took Lu Zhishen and his party on the same day and hurried back to Liangshanpo.Before entering the cottage, he learned from Zhu Gui that Mrs. Gu and others had come to seek refuge, and he felt double happiness in his heart.

Different from Song Jiang in the original text, Mu Xu attaches great importance to the Dengzhou family, because the Xie family brothers, Zou family uncles and nephews are all rare talents in mountain warfare, and the Sun family brothers are also extraordinary in martial arts.Especially Na Le and Yun Wen Yun Wu, if they are cultivated well, they must be military advisors.

After returning to the cottage, Mu Xu first met with a group of heroes from Dengzhou. After encouraging them, he immediately ordered to form two battalions of mountain troops. for vice.Sun Li was transferred to Lin Chong's deputy general, and Sun Xin went to assist Wu Song.

As for Mrs. Gu, Mu Xu promised that she and Hu Sanniang would form a women's battalion when she returned from victory.After talking about the arrangement of several people, he ordered Lehe's general to accompany him on this expedition, and to be a military counselor together.

On the same day, Mu Xu summoned all the leaders and announced the attack on Zengtou City. He dispatched [-] soldiers and horses, Zhu Wu, Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, Wu Song, Luan Tingyu, Shi Qian, Shi Jin, and Shan Shiqi. People and others assisted Xu Guanzhong to stay in the camp.

When everything was ready, Mu Xu cut down the three sacrifice flags the next day, ordered Lin Chong to be the vanguard, and Lu Zhishen and Luan Tingyu to be the deputy. Head to the market.

During this march, Mu Xu specially ordered more people to fly banners and make the momentum extremely large, in order to frighten the surrounding local officials and prevent them from making wrong decisions. This move really worked. All the city gates are closed, and no one dares to stop the soldiers.

After marching like this for seven or eight days, the army arrived near Zengtou City, and the three of Lin Chong had already settled the camp.Seeing Lin Chong, Mu Xu asked, "Did the Zeng family ever go to war?"

Lin Chong replied, "No, I just sent envoys to question me, saying that we committed crimes without reason."

Mu Xu sneered, "Hmph, how dare a group of barbarians engage in the war between the two countries? Just ignore him and follow me to check the surrounding terrain."

Having said that, Mu Xu brought a group of leaders and two horse troops to Zengtou City to have a closer look, and found that this place was really a dangerous place, but he saw: Zhou Hui was surrounded by wild water, surrounded by high hills on three sides.The river port at the edge of the moat is like a coil of snakes, and the willow forest under the Hao is as dense as rain.Looking at the green shade from a high distance, you can't see people, and you can see the green shadows nearby, hiding deep in the stockade.

Mu Xu and his entourage were pointing at Zengtou City, when they suddenly heard the sound of a trumpet in the village, and saw the suspension bridge lowered, and a group of people came out, about seven or eight hundred people.The man in the lead, wearing a wrought bronze armor, harnessed a ring armor, wielded a point steel gun, and rode a charging horse. He was Zeng Kui, the fourth son of the Zeng family. He came up to him, raised his gun and shouted,
"But Mu Xu's traitor is face to face. Grandpa is Zeng Kui. He has been waiting for you for a long time. If you don't dismount and be bound, when will you wait?"

Hearing that Zeng Kui was so rude, all the heroes were furious, and challenged Mu Xu one after another. Mu Xu patrolled for a week, finally set his sights on Shan Shiqi, and nodded slightly.

Shan Shiqi came to Liangshan and hadn't shown his skills yet. Now that he got Mu Xu's approval, he was overjoyed immediately, grabbed his iron rod and rushed out to fight with Zeng Kui.

The two fought on horseback for more than [-] bouts. At the beginning, there was no distinction between winners and losers. After more than a dozen bouts of fighting, Zeng Kui was at a disadvantage. His opponent immediately sold an opening, drew his gun and returned to his horse, and fled back and forth.

Shan Shiqi got off his horse and was no match for Zeng Kui, so he had to curse badly, and returned to the battle, pleading guilty to Mu Xu, "Little brother failed to capture the general, please punish me!"

Mu Xu waved his horsewhip casually, and said with a smile, "Brother, what is your fault for setting Zeng Kui's spirit down and letting him know how powerful I am as a hero in Liangshan?"

(End of this chapter)