Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 483 News
In the camp outside Laiwu Prison City, after reading the documents sent by Kong Hou, Zhao Zhen looked at the heads of Jingkong and Liang Zhengyi, as well as the confiscated property, which were brought by Li Zongtang and the Pingyi County Yamen runners.

He said to Li Zongtang: "Yes, Kong Tuiguan spoke highly of you and others for destroying this group of monks and Taoists."

After listening to this, Li Zongtang described the trip in detail.

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said, "You gathered intelligence, led the troops, and worked together to kill the bandit leader. This is a great achievement. I wanted to let you stay with me to besiege the city, but now it seems that there is a better place for you to go."

As he said this, he asked Li Zongtang to hand over his weapon. Zhao Zhen took it out and took a closer look. Sure enough, the blade was damaged and there were several cracks on the blade.

"You cooperated well with Yang Xiong and Xue Yong. They will go to Mizhou to serve. Go back to Liangshan and ask the Military Equipment Supervisor to recast your weapons. Then, take my order and go to Yang Xiong to serve as a Du Yuhou."

Li Zongtang was overjoyed when he heard this. He thanked Zhao Zhen, didn't even eat, asked Zhao Zhen for his orders, and then returned to Liangshan.

Zhao Zhen looked at the treasures on the ground, ordered his men to pick them up, and sent a team of soldiers to escort them back to Liangshan for storage.

This batch of wealth was mostly gold, silver, jewelry, silk and cloth, and two weapons of first-class quality, a first-class solid iron stick and a first-class solid iron sword. It was after seeing these two weapons that Zhao Zhen wanted to see Li Zongtang's weapons.

In addition to these, there are also seven or eight volumes of Buddhist scriptures and Taoist books. It seems that this group of people really came from that Taoist temple.

These volumes of Buddhist scriptures and Taoist books were all ordinary books, and Zhao Zhen had copied them in his study. But the one thing that could be said was a whisk.

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A whisk made of the tail of an ox, which can be used to brush away dust and dirt. Scholars must hold a whisk when they have a conversation, and this has become a custom and is an elegant utensil for celebrities.
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Zhao Zhen took it in his hand immediately and was very happy.

During these days, Zhao Zhen was not without progress. Zhao Zhen naturally knew what Song Jiang was planning. He invaded Mizhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou, where there were not many soldiers, expanded the territory, recruited able-bodied men, and collected wealth.

Wu Yong of Yiyuan saw through this and suggested that Zhao Zhen use troops against Mizhou. Firstly, there were not many Qingzhou bandits in Mizhou. Secondly, it would not cause much loss of troops and would give an explanation to the court.

Now, only the Jianrui Right Battalion led by Guanghui and Deng Yuanjue was left in Yiyuan City. Together with the Ranger Battalion led by Shi Wengong and Su Ding, they all went to Mizhou with Wu Yong. The Ranger Battalion reduced the number of scattered cavalrymen in Zengtou City, and now it has expanded to a thousand cavalrymen and sent them to Mizhou, which just happened to cut off contact with Zengtou City.

Not only that, Shi Qian and Bai Sheng each led a group of soldiers and sneaked into Mizhou, obeying the orders of Wu Yong and Guan Sheng.

Another group of soldiers, led by Li San, Wang Dingliu, and Liu Tong, also came to the camp outside Laiwu City. In addition to Liu Tong who stayed behind to pass on the message, Li San and Wang Dingliu were sent by Zhao Zhen to Qingzhou to gather information.

As for Wang Tianba, Tang Bin of the Left and Right Brave Cavalry Battalions, and their deputy generals Mie Gong, Yang Tengjiao, Wen Zhongrong, and Cui Ye, they had already returned to the camp, escorting the hidden gold discovered by Wu Yong, as well as horse skins, bone hooves, horsehair, pickled meat and other items.

In addition to these common items, after skinning so many horses, most of the alienated materials were horse bones, so Zhao Zhen sent people to send them to the bone carving workshop. Only two materials were obtained, one was a first-class horse treasure, and the other was a horse tail from the yellow horse that Zeng Tu sat on.

After removing the flesh and blood, the entire horse bone was as white as jade, and it looked like a spirit snake when it was waved. Zhao Zhen was very happy after seeing it.

As for the meat of the yellow horse, Zhao Zhen kept some in the camp to distribute to the commanders, and sent the rest back to Baishi Manor.

During these days, in addition to training his troops, Zhao Zhen copied thirty to fifty letters of persuasion for surrender every day and had people shoot them into the city.

Although there is not much effect, it can dampen the morale of ordinary soldiers in the city. This business is done by Hu Sanniang and Chen Liqing who lead the female riders from the two cities every day. The Qingzhou bandits who guarded the city used bows and crossbows to drive them away at first, but after Chen Liqing, Pang Qiuxia and Hua Baoyan shot and killed more than ten people, they dared not shoot arrows anymore.

On this day, Zhao Zhen was processing official documents sent from Yizhou in the camp. He was naturally happy to see that Yizhou was gradually getting back on track under the governance of his father-in-law Liu Guang.

The soldiers guarding the camp reported to the commander Dai Zong, who asked for a meeting outside the camp.

Zhao Zhen quickly sent someone to welcome him in. After greeting him, Zhao Zhen asked, "Brother, you have worked hard. Is there any decree from Bianjing?"

Dai Zong said, "Sir, Secretary Tong left for Hebei in the early spring. I did not see him when I went to Tokyo. The memorial was indeed delivered to the residence of General Gao by the clerk left by Secretary Tong."

"The court has asked General Gao to draft a reward for your efforts in retaking Ju County. The angel is on the way and will arrive in two or three days."

"But it's still Hou Meng?"

Dai Zong shook his head. "I asked around and found out that the angel is a student of the Grand Commandant, a man named Liu Bin."

"Can you find out what the rewards are?"

Dai Zong also reported them one by one.

After hearing this, Liu Huiniang said, "I don't know where these people from the Jiaofangsi came from, so don't get too close to them. When they are sent here, send them all to the newly established theater in Liangshan."

Zhao Zhen smiled and nodded. He said to Dai Zong, "Is there anything new?"

Dai Zong said, "I have been using gold and silver to win over this Liu Bin along the way. Once when we were drunk, I heard him say that Gao Lian also wrote a letter to ask for help. Taiwei Gao transferred Liu Menglong from Jiankang Prefecture to lead the navy warships to the north to break the blockade of Zibo River by the Qingzhou bandits. There is also a confidant of Taiwei Gao, Niu Bangxi, who seized all the ships along the river and on the river and handed them over to Zibo Prefecture."

"Hu Yanzhuo also asked the court to send more reinforcements, but I haven't asked which troops the court has sent to help. Zengtou City has also received rewards. In addition to Liu Bin's place, there is also a group going to Lingzhou to announce the decree."

Zhao Zhen listened and asked a few more questions. Then he said, "Brother, you have worked hard on the journey. You can rest in the camp for a few days. I will need you to pass on messages to me later."

After Dai Zong left, Liu Huiniang said to Zhao Zhen, "Sir, since Liu Bin is a close confidant of General Gao, he must have come to see how we are attacking the city, so that he can report to the general when he returns."

"Now we are living in peace, if the general finds out, I'm afraid he will blame us."

Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "This siege will cause the most casualties. We won't sacrifice the lives of our soldiers just to deal with the angels."

"Sir, how could you forget that Xintai County still has a unit of Flying Thunder Gods? Move them to the city and fire at the top of the city in the next few days. Set up siege weapons as well. This will be enough to deal with the angels."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen nodded repeatedly and ordered the Flying Thunder to be brought in and the siege equipment to be deployed.

On that day, Zhao Zhen ordered Jie Zhen and Jie Bao to lead the troops to make noise and shout to the top of the city wall, asking the Qingzhou bandits to surrender. Under the command of Liu Hui Niang, the Flying Thunder blew up the surrounding walls of the city wall.

(End of this chapter)