Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 367
Hu Qian went to greet them in person, and after seeing Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang, they talked for a while.

After introducing Lu Junyi, Zhang Qing said: "I heard the name of Hebei Jade Qilin a long time ago, and I am so lucky to meet you today."

Lu Junyi said: "The well-known vegetable gardeners Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang have wanted to get acquainted for a long time."

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Hu Qian asked curiously, "Why did brother and sister-in-law come here?"

Zhang Qingdao: "The inn on Shizipo is notorious, it can't continue to operate, and the officers and soldiers came to extort money twice in three days, so after much deliberation, I decided to come here and hope that my brother will not be disgusted with it."

Hu Qian said: "It's too late for me to be happy that you two can come.",

So he ordered a big banquet to welcome Lu Junyi, Yan Qing, Zhang Qing and Sun Erlang.

When everything settled down, he began to discuss meritorious deeds and rewards.

Shi Jin, Zhu Wu, Chen Da and Yang Chun were the first to win Mizhou, followed by Guan Sheng and Hu Yanzhuo.

In the end, even Pang Chunmei was rewarded—in addition to a gold bracelet, there was also an energy liquid bestowed by Hu Qian himself.

She was so happy that she smiled, whether she met Wu Yueniang, Sun Xue'e, or Li Ping'er, Xiaocui and others, she had to talk about it every time.

On this day, except for Wu Song and Yang Zhi who went to guard Mizhou, everyone else returned to Qingzhou to discuss the next move.

Hu Qian asked Zhu Wu a little bit—this so-called military master of magic machine is ranked first in Disha.

Perhaps Zhu Wu also knew what Hu Qian meant, so he pondered for a moment, and then said: "Now that my brother has taken Qingzhou and Mizhou, plus Erlong Mountain and Taohua Mountain, it is not insignificant, but it is comparable to Fang La and Tian Hu. However, there are still some gaps.

For the current plan, it is better to keep a low profile and manage the existing foundation first, and then wait for the opportunity to seek other cities. "

Hu Qian said: "Which cities should we seek?"

"Tengzhou has been surrounded by us, as long as all the traffic arteries are cut off, Dengzhou will be destroyed by itself.

To the north of Qingzhou is Laizhou, and to the south of Mizhou is Haizhou.

If these two prefectures are taken, not only can our current territory stretch from north to south, but also threaten Jeju to the west, and occupy the Bian River and Huai River to the south.

If they occupy a fertile land like the Huai River, they will not have to worry about food and grass, and their military strength can be increased several times compared to the present. "

Hu Qian said: "These are benefits, so aren't there any problems?"

Zhu Wu nodded, "My brother is very worried, if we take Laizhou, then Liangshan will be caught between us and Tokyo.

If he went south, he would bump into Fangla in the south of the Yangtze River again, which was his territory and had been in business for a long time, so it was not a good place to take.

To put it simply, after occupying several nearby states, we will be restricted whether we go north, west or south. "

Hu Qian nodded.

He has also considered this issue before, the north is still the territory of the Liao Kingdom, the south is Fangla, and the west is Daming Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion and Yingtian Mansion.

In any case, it is not good to skip these places.

If they want to develop, Fang La and Song Jiang must kill one of them.

For the imperial court, Fang La may be the biggest hidden danger, so Song Jiang was recruited to destroy Fang La.

So Hu Qian naturally didn't want to touch Fang La first.

But if it is against Song Jiang, then Liangshanbo is really not easy to attack.

If he sent his troops to the north and took the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, he was afraid that he would be attacked by the Liao Kingdom and the later Jin Kingdom.

He thought hard for a long time, and decided to follow Zhu Wu's suggestion to manage this area well first.

The most important thing is, we must take the opportunity to improve our faith and unblock the supernatural powers.

If he can get the supernatural power of swordsmanship, it doesn't matter whether he is Fang La or Liang Shan, it's all a matter of one sword.

Just as he was thinking, Zhu Wu said again: "The people in Shandong have been harmed by the public land tax for a long time, and everyone has resentment. Why don't we take advantage of this and use it as a banner, and maybe let the people compete to vote."

Hu Qian thought, but he forgot the slogan he had thought before.

So he said, "I've already thought about this."

Several people were taken aback immediately.

Although the slogan is only one or two sentences, it is very important. Not only must others be able to understand it, but it must also be catchy, and most importantly, it must have an appeal.

For example, the previous "princes and generals have a kindness".

While waiting, Hu Qian opened his mouth and said, "Open the city gate to welcome King Ming, but King Ming won't pay the food when he comes."

Hu Qian didn't think there was anything wrong with taking Li Zicheng's words.

Zhu Wu and the others muttered a few sentences, and the more they said it, the more they felt right, and they praised again and again: "Brother is really a god!"

"Open the city gates to welcome King Ming... King Ming didn't pay the food when he came..."

Guan Sheng and Hu Yanzhuo also praised each other again and again.

"In this way, wherever our army goes, maybe the people who can't survive will rush to open the city gate!"

Everyone agrees.

Zhu Wu said again: "Brother, do you really want to pay the food? Then what should we do with our food and grass?"

Hu Qian said: "Call out the slogan first. After entering the city, you will be exempted from grain for the first year, and grain for the next three and a half years. We will talk about things after that."

Zhu Wudao: "It's very good."

So the arrangement went on, trying to let everyone learn these two sentences, and tell others if they have nothing to do.

Within two days, this sentence spread throughout the land of Qilu.

Even Liang Shan and others heard this sentence.

Wu Yong said to Song Jiang: "Brother, this Wu Dalang has such a powerful strategy!"

Song Jiangdao: "It's just a slogan, the military division doesn't need to panic."

Wu Yong shook his head and said: "Although it's just a sentence, but the current court is fatuous, treacherous ministers are in power, and taxes are increasing every year, which makes many people go downhill.

If it is true that they do not pay the food, these people will have the hope of surviving, and wherever they go at Wuhan University, the people will definitely welcome them.

At that time, our living environment in Liangshan will be very embarrassing. "

Only then did Song Jiang frowned, "If you don't pay the food, where did they get the food?"

"That's just a slogan, it can't be taken seriously.

In short, this slogan is neither true nor true, and it is very powerful. "

Meanwhile, BJ Daming Fu.

The new prefect also heard the songs on the street and asked, "Who is this King Ming? Is he with Liangshan Song Jiang?"

"My lord, this King Ming was originally a pancake seller in Yanggu County, but after somehow he got some supernatural powers, he claimed that he was the God descending from the earth, and that he was the Ming King Taiyi who rescued suffering.

Later, because of the collusion with Liangshan bandits, the bandits entered Yanggu County, killed countless people, and then..."

"Okay, let's talk about it, I'm not with that Liang Shan.

Just prepare black dog blood. "

"What are you going to do with that?"

"Of course it is to break his demon law.

Since he claimed to belong to a god or King Ming, of course he wanted to use the blood of a black dog to drive away evil spirits. "

"My lord, Wuhan University has already occupied Qingzhou and Mizhou, plus Erlong Mountain and Taohua Mountain, and it has become a climate. How about we..."

"Whispering, you are the prefect and I am the prefect! Go do it!"

"Yes……"

The slogan spread more and more widely, and finally Hu Qian racked his brains and added the only sentence "open the city gate to welcome the king of Ming, and the king of Ming will not pay the food" as:

Seeking promotion in the morning and seeking harmony in the evening, it is difficult for the poor to survive these days.

Open the door early to pay homage to King Ming, and all the disciplines, big and small, are happy.

Killed cattle and sheep, prepared wine and syrup, opened the city gate to welcome King Ming, but King Ming didn't pay for food when he came.

Eating his mother, eating her mother, is not enough for King Ming.

If you don't work on errands and don't pay your food, everyone has a good time.

And found many children, taught them one by one, programmed nursery rhymes, and spread them all over the world.

Besides, since Dengzhou's sick lieutenant Chi Sunli and Sun Xin went to Liangshan, they strengthened the monitoring of the officials, but no matter what, they never thought that their route to Tokyo would be cut off.

From Dengzhou to Kaifeng, Tokyo, almost every route was guarded, basically in teams of three or five, and roadblocks and traps were set up at the intersections. If they encountered a single-handed man, they would be caught, and if they encountered a large group of people, they would report to the leader.

Anyone who goes out from Dengzhou will inevitably be stopped, and the people Song Ting sent to Dengzhou will naturally have trouble. If they come and go twice, Dengzhou will lose contact with Song Ting.

Hu Qian is not in a hurry to take Dengzhou now. Firstly, there are many soldiers and horses, enough food and grass, so there is no need to go to Dengzhou to replenish. Secondly, he wants to see the court's attitude towards him. As for the third, he wants to wait for this The fermentation of slogans.

After all, the Song court was poor and weak, with constant internal and external troubles. It would be fine if it continued to improve itself, but Song Huizong was an artistic emperor.

He is very fond of writing and painting, but he doesn't care much about the government.

Cai Jing, Yang Jian, and Gao Qiu below are all greedy. Selling officials and nobles is just a basic operation. There is a saying at that time that best illustrates this situation:

Three thousand cables, Zhimi Pavilion, five hundred guan, promoted to judge.

At this time, the Song Dynasty not only had to deal with the ever-growing Liao and Jin in the north, but also suppressed the continuous peasant uprisings.

As long as the army moves, it needs to spend food and military pay.

And food, grass and military pay come from taxation. In this way, the more taxes are collected, the more uprisings will be.

The more uprisings there are, the more they need to be suppressed.

It can be said that the Song Dynasty has formed an endless loop.

Under such circumstances, if the people obey the control, they will be overwhelmed by taxes, and even starve to death and freeze to death on the street.

Otherwise, they can only revolt, or follow the rebellion. Anyway, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, the most important thing is that they can eat.

After waiting for a while, Song Ting didn't move at all, as if he didn't notice the situation in Dengzhou at all.

However, Hu Qian heard immediately that Cai Jing was busy transporting the giant strange stones collected from Jiangnan to Emperor Daojun during this period.

Wherever they went, the city gates were too small to pass through, so the city gates were dismantled and transported by boat, and the bridges were dismantled if they could not pass under the bridge.

In order to prevent the occurrence of the birthday outline last time, three thousand forbidden troops were specially mobilized from Tokyo and escorted all the way to Kaifeng Mansion.

Therefore, whether it was Hu Qian's attack on Mizhou or Song Jiang's actions in Liangshan, Song Ting ignored them.

Hu Qian, Guan Sheng and others shook their heads when they heard this.

In the past, when Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and others worked for the court, they could still deceive themselves, saying that the emperor was just deceived by treacherous officials, but after going out, they could see more clearly what the emperor was doing.

Regardless of what happened in BJ Daming Mansion, Chao Gai was killed by Shi Wengong from Zengtou City after all.

He is the eldest brother of Liang Shan, Gongsun Sheng, the three Ruan brothers, Liu Tang and others only recognize Chao Gai in their hearts, if they don't avenge him, it will be unreasonable both emotionally and rationally.

So after resting for a period of time, Liang Shan began to attack Zengtou City.

Hu Qian had also been waiting for this opportunity a long time ago, sending Guan Sheng to lead troops to take Laizhou, and Hu Yanzhuo to lead troops to Haizhou.

When Song Jiang attacked Zengtou City, Guan Sheng attacked Laizhou at night.

After all, it is different from military states like Qingzhou and Mizhou, and there are not many soldiers. When they heard King Ming of Qingzhou attack, many soldiers even gave up resisting and surrendered.

While good news from Guan Sheng's side was spreading frequently, Hu Yanzhuo's side encountered difficulties.

Just when the troops approached the city, Fang La's subordinate Pang Wanchun also arrived there. The two sides were in a stalemate under the Haizhou city, but the prefect of Haizhou was frightened and closed the city gate tightly and strictly ordered no one to enter or leave.

Hu Yanzhuo went out with orders. If he couldn't win Haizhou, he really couldn't explain to Hu Qian.

And on Pang Wanchun's side, perhaps he didn't expect to bump into another army. Judging by the banner of the opponent, it was written about King Ming.

Then he asked his younger sister Pang Qiuxia, "Is this King Ming the Hunshi Ming King who recently took over Qingzhou?"

Pang Qiuxia said: "It must be him."

Pang Wanchun said: "I heard that Ming Wang Wuda is a three-inch Dinggu bark, and his wife was snatched away, but how can he use the name of Ming Wang, and judging by the appearance of the man opposite, it seems that he is not easy to deal with."

Pang Qiuxia said: "That man is Hu Yanzhuo with Double Whips. Before that, Hu Yanzan, the ancestor, was the founding hero of this dynasty. He used a pair of double whips, which is very powerful.

Brother must not be careless. "

Pang Wanchun nodded, patted his horse and shouted: "Come on, let me know your name!"

Hu Yanzhuo stepped forward and said: "Qingzhou, Hu Yanzhuo! Who are you?"

"Hangzhou, Pang Wanchun!"

Hu Yanzhuo narrowed his eyes slightly, it was indeed Fang La's person.

Before setting off, Hu Qian and others had said when specifying the combat policy that if they took Haizhou, they would probably meet Fang La's people.

I didn't expect to bump into Fang La's people as soon as I arrived.

"You are waiting to raise your troops, what are you talking about?"

Pang Wanchun smiled and said, "Probably the same thought as you."

Hu Yanzhuo snorted, remembering Hu Qian's words - try not to fight against Fang La's people.

But now, seeing Pang Wanchun's confident look, he immediately shouted: "The thief general! How dare you fight me!"

Pang Wanchun said: "Why don't you dare!"

As he flattered the horse and rushed out, Hu Yanzhuo immediately swung his weapon and smashed it.

The two fought against each other for fifty moves, neither winning nor losing.

After a while, Pang Wanchun suddenly returned to his horse as if he was exhausted.

Hu Yanzhuo immediately rode his horse and chased after him.

Unexpectedly, not far away, Pang Wanchun suddenly turned his head and shot an arrow in Hu Yanzhuo's shoulder.

Hu Yanzhuo was in pain, so he didn't chase anymore.

The army retreated thirty li and set up camp.

Pang Wanchun didn't chase after him either, he returned to the south and set up camp.

The armies on both sides were in a stalemate in Haizhou City.

This made Haizhou prefect anxious like ants on a hot pot.

After waiting for a long time, the north came to report that Guan Sheng had taken Laizhou.

Hu Yanzhuo was even more unable to step down.

Before, he asked for his order to take Haizhou and gave up Laizhou to Guan Sheng, but now it's over there, and instead of making any progress here, he got shot by an arrow.

The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and he said angrily, "Order me down, I'm going to rob the camp tonight."

Li Zhongdao: "Brother, don't be reckless. Brother Ming Wang told us not to fight each other. Now we have violated the military regulations. If we go to rob the camp, if we fall into an ambush, we will suffer."

Hu Yanzhuo nodded, and punched the table in front of him, "Oh, I was really careless just now."

Li Zhongdao: "Brother, there is no need to be like this, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, not to mention that the two sides are at a stalemate here, and we have not failed.

In my opinion, it's better to report the situation here to Brother Ming Wang. With his foresight ability, he will definitely be able to come up with an idea. "

When the spies arrived in Qingzhou, Hu Qian was in the room looking at Meng Yulou and Pan Qiaoyun kneeling in front of him.

(End of this chapter)