Water Margin people

Chapter 645

Daming Mansion, Lingzhou, Kouzhou, and Zengtou City soldiers and horses soon arrived in Gaotang Prefecture.

"Haha, the reinforcements are here! They are here! I want to see how Sun Lei dies!"

Gao Lian watched the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered, and laughed arrogantly on the city wall. At this moment, he was no longer afraid of Liangshanbo Sun Lei, and with these people, he could directly wipe out Liangshanbo.

"Open the city gates! Open all the city gates!"

Gao Lian shouted at the soldiers defending the city, he no longer needs to hide in the city to defend, even if Sun Lei kills him, he will not be afraid at all.

"Gaozhifu, where is the thief?"

Li Cheng looked at Gao Lian and asked, the news he received was that Liangshanbo thieves were besieging Gaotang prefecture, how come the weather was calm and there was no trace of the thieves?
"Li Dujian, the culprit was repelled by Lu Xianfeng and Song Xianfeng yesterday, and retreated all the way to the distant mountain!"

Gao Lian pointed to the mountain in the distance and said with a smile, this made Lu Junyi and Song Jiang happy. They were defeated for a while yesterday, but now they have become enemies and defeated for a while. Gao Lian is speaking for them.

"The mere grass bandits need so many soldiers and horses to deal with them?"

The second son of the Zeng family, who was eight feet tall and had a black face and long beard, Zeng Mi looked at the crowd and said sarcastically.

Zeng Suo's words instantly offended all the officers and generals in front of him. Everyone gathered here to destroy the thieves for the country, so why did some people sing the opposite.

"Kaozhifu, this is the second son of the Zeng family in Zengtou City."

Wei Dingguo whispered to Gao Lian.

Zeng Nong, the mayor of Zengtou, was over fifty years old. He was originally a Jurchen. When he was young, he came to the Central Plains to trade horses, mink fur, and ginseng, and accumulated tens of thousands of wealth.Because of his physical strength, he dominated the village and changed his name to Zengtou City, and helped the imperial court raise horses.

Zeng Nong is a foreigner, and he is domineering in the local area, and the government does not dare to offend, so Zengtou City has become more and more powerful, and it is not a day or two that there is no one.

When Gao Lian heard that it was Zengtou City, his expression softened a little. He had heard of Zengtou City's brutality. Foreign barbarians don't understand anything, but their martial arts and combat prowess are not bad. He recruited Zengtou City this time. However, the conditions for the establishment of a military state were set out.

Gao Lian had already asked Gao Qiu for instructions. As long as Zengtou City helped destroy Sun Lei in Liangshan, Gao Qiu would write a letter to recommend Zengtou City as a military prefecture and Zeng Nong as a Zhijun, and the rest of the Zeng family would serve in turn.

"How dare the barbarian soldiers speak wild words?"

Gao Lian didn't pursue it, but Li Cheng couldn't see it. Seeing those people in Zengtou City with shaved hair and pigtails of money, knowing that these were people of a foreign race, his tone became a little hostile.

Daming Mansion is an important town in the north to defend against foreign races. Most of the generals and soldiers have served on the border in the north, and their hatred for foreign races is far beyond that of ordinary people.

Although this group of Jurchens had surrendered to the Song Dynasty in name, their robes, hair ornaments, and habits did not change. They were just foreign soldiers, and the Fan soldiers were the lowest existence in the Song military system.

"There are so many of you who can't do anything with a water bottle, and you have the face to speak when you're huddled in the city!"

Zeng Suo didn't restrain himself but spoke louder and louder.

"court death!"

Behind Li Cheng, Suo Chao took the gold dipped ax and was about to chop Zeng Nong.

"Where did my second brother say something wrong?"

The third son of the Zeng family, Zeng Suo, waved the three-strand sky fork to block Suo Chao's golden dipping axe. Suo Chao wanted to use his strength, but Zeng Suo's strength was not weak, so the two of them held on.

Shi Wengong and Su Ding looked at all this without any reaction. The Zeng family is powerful and has a large number of people. They have been so arrogant all these years, and the state government can't control it.

The army behind Suo Chao was on alert, and the Zeng family also held down the crossbow on the saddle, as if ready to fight at any time.

This situation surprised Gao Lian, Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and others. They did not expect that a group of Tibetan soldiers in Zengtou City would be so bold.

If the people present want to talk about official positions, Gao Lian, the prefect, is the biggest.

In terms of the right to speak, Li Cheng, the Military and Horse Supervisor of the Daming Mansion, said nothing. The Daming Mansion is Beijing, one of the four capitals, and the Military and Horse Supervisor has a very high status.

No matter how bad it is, there are still two Lingzhou water and fire generals, they are the training envoys of the state government regiment.

"Li Dujian, I ask Li Dujian to forgive me for my second younger brother's outrageous remarks!"

Just when the two sides were at war, Zeng Tu, the boss of the Zeng family, cupped his fists at Li Cheng.

Li Cheng nodded slightly, even if the matter was over, Suo Chao and Zeng Suo collected their weapons, and the soldiers and horses of both sides returned to their respective teams.

"Zengtou City dares to speak to Li Cheng like that!"

Song Jiang thought quickly in his heart, now it seems that his biggest competitor in this battle is not Lu Junyi, but Zengtou City, and the 6000 people in Zengtou City are all cavalry, this is the first time he has seen so many cavalry .

"Everyone, I have already arranged the military camp, and after I settle down, I will hold a banquet in the government office to welcome the wind!"

Seeing the easing of the atmosphere, Gao Lian said to everyone with a smile.

"Master Zhifu, my soldiers come from the countryside and don't understand etiquette. Please arrange some lodgings separately."

Zeng Tu looked at Gao Lian and clasped his fists.

"It turns out that I didn't think carefully. I went to clean up some houses and settle Zengtou City reinforcements."

Gao Lian said to Kong Mu beside him.

Li Cheng, Suo Chao and the others had a murderous look in their eyes, Zeng Tu didn't want to stay in the same military camp with them, how could they want to live with the foreign soldiers?
But now that these words are said first by the low-ranking soldiers, it is somewhat provocative.

The banquet in the government office didn't end until night, and everyone returned to the camp with their own thoughts.

"Xiaoyi, do you think that with so many soldiers and horses, can they take Liangshan down?"

Lu Junyi looked at Yan Qing and asked, Yan Qing seemed to be yearning for Liangshan very much, which made him a little jealous, why did his own servant turn his elbows outward.

"Master, although there are many soldiers and horses, they are scattered."

Yan Qing shook her head and said.

"Why do you always talk in frustration!"

Lu Junyi was a little angry.

"Master, Li Cheng is using us as cannon fodder to explore the way; Song Jiang is full of bad water; Zengtou City is full of foreigners, and the master saw it with his own eyes just now; the second general of water and fire in Lingzhou doesn't know what he is thinking; Gao Lian is sitting firmly now Diaoyutai. No matter how many such an army, how can we win?"

Yan Qing looked at Lu Junyi and said, Lu Junyi is impulsive and arrogant, sometimes he can't listen to persuasion, and can't see current events clearly.

"It's just that there is no leader. If I can make a promise..."

Lu Junyi looked at the steel gun in his hand and said coldly, the reason for the chaos is that this time the army came from all over the place, and there was no unified leader. If he killed the generals in front of the battle and frightened the three armies, then the situation would be different.

"Master, today I saw Shi Wengong, a teacher from Zengtou City, looking at Master from time to time. I don't know if there is any conspiracy, Master should be careful."

Yan Qing sighed and talked about other things, including Shi Wengong's scrutiny, Yan Qing, who was a bystander, saw this most clearly.

"Look at me? It's probably because I've heard my name and I'm a little surprised."

But Lu Junyi didn't care. Why was Lu Junyi, the unparalleled jade unicorn in Hebei, afraid of being scrutinized?
"Master, I think that person has sharp eyesight and seems to be quite skilled in martial arts!"

Yan Qing reminded that he had also looked at Shi Wengong, and only thought that man was very dangerous.

"Can you beat my steel gun?"

Lu Junyi smiled indifferently, picked up a cloth and wiped the two-point steel gun.

(End of this chapter)