The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 123 It turns out that they are trying to trick me into going up the mountain

Guan Sheng was slightly stunned. "A disaster is coming? You mean the Jin thieves? Oh no! Who cares about that? I'll fight them to the death. If I die, I die. I'm not afraid of anything."

Yue Wenxuan was possessing Master Ye: "If I die fighting the Jin thieves, that would be a happy death, but if I die at the hands of a villain, then..."

Guan Sheng: "What?"

Yue Wenxuan: "The Jinan prefect Liu Yu cannot be trusted."

Guan Sheng frowned as he said this and turned to look at Wu Jialiang: "Brother Jialiang, it seems you came to see me this time to trick me into becoming a bandit again."

Wu Jialiang laughed dumbly: "What nonsense are you talking about? I am also an official of the imperial court now. Who can I trick you into going to such trouble?"

Guan Sheng: "Then what does this Brother Ip Man mean?"

Yue Wenxuan: "Literally! The Jin thieves are powerful, and the coward Liu Yu will surrender. Before he does, we must kill you. We have come all the way from Jimo County to ask you to flee quickly and not give Liu Yu the opportunity to murder you."

Guan Sheng stared at Yue Wenxuan seriously. He saw that he had short hair and seemed to be a monk who had just returned to secular life. He didn't know if he was reliable or not, so he continued to stare at Wu Jialiang: "Brother Jialiang, is this what you mean?"

Wu Jialiang is the military advisor of Song Jiang's gang, and is considered the smartest one in the entire rebel army. Everyone usually relies on him to make plans. Guan Sheng also knows that he is far less smart than Wu Jialiang, so if this was said by Wu Jialiang, he would still believe it.

But Wu Jialiang didn't dare to express his thoughts. He whispered, "I don't know Liu Yu very well. I don't know his character. The one who said he would surrender was a young man named Yue. Brother Ip Man and nephew Bruce Lee are Yue's men."

Guan Sheng showed a strange expression: "In other words, where does Master Yue live?"

Wu Jialiang: "Laoshan."

Guan Sheng: "Master Yue said Liu Yu would kill me and told me to run away. Then I had nowhere else to go, so I had to go to Master Yue. Master Yue lives in Laoshan. Isn't this just trying to trick me into going up the mountain?"

Wu Jialiang: “…”

Yue Wenxuan almost laughed out loud. Don’t say it, don’t say it, this really is a bit like trying to trick people into going up the mountain.

How many of the 108 heroes of Liangshan in "Water Margin" used similar methods to gain access to the mountains? No wonder Guan Sheng was puzzled.

Wu Jialiang didn't know how to explain.

Suddenly, Guan Sheng grinned. "Brother Jialiang wants to trick me into going up the mountain, so I'll go. Hahaha, what's wrong with that? Anyway, being an official is so frustrating! You should have seen it just now. I gave the order to kill the enemy, but none of those cowardly imperial guards dared to charge. So I'll follow brother up the mountain and become a bandit. Let's become heroes of Laoshan together."

Wu Jialiang was overjoyed.

Yue Wenxuan couldn't help but smile: "Don't worry, Brother Guan, I'm not trying to trick you into becoming a bandit. To be honest, there's a prince in Jimo, and we have every right to resist the Jin. You'll see when you get there."

Guan Sheng was overjoyed: "To seek refuge with a prince? That would be even better! I'm not actually afraid of becoming a bandit, but I'm afraid my new wife will hear that I've become a bandit and want to separate from me, and even take away the baby she just gave birth to me. That wouldn't be beautiful."

Wu Jialiang: "Huh? Brother Guan Sheng got married and had children?"

Guan Sheng said proudly: "Hehehe, my son looks a lot like me."

After finishing his nonsense, Guan Sheng got straight to the point: "Brother, please wait here. I will go back to the city first, pick up my wife and children, and then go to Jimo with you. I also need to get a seal. I can't just disappear without a reason."

There is an old saying: When you come, call the master, and when you leave, say goodbye to the east.

It means that when you arrive at a place, you must greet the host first, and say goodbye to the host when you leave.

Running away without saying a word is not the way to behave as a human being.

Wu Jialiang clasped his fists and said, "I await your good news, Brother Guan." Yue Wenxuan frowned slightly, wondering: Wouldn't it be dangerous for him to resign like this? Would Liu Yu kill him at this moment? Logically, if Guan Sheng had resigned voluntarily, Liu Yu wouldn't have had to kill him, right? But the possibility that Liu Yu wanted to prove his loyalty to the Jin Kingdom couldn't be ruled out.

No, I don't know enough about Liu Yu, so such analysis is just castles in the air.

Watching Guan Sheng turn and leave, Yue Wenxuan lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Jialiang, his return to the city this time is very risky."

Wu Jialiang also nodded: "I was also thinking, if Liu Yu planned to give a gift to the Jin people, then Brother Guan Sheng's head would be the best gift."

The two looked at each other and said, "We have to go too!"

Wu Jialiang rode his horse to catch up with Guan Sheng and said, "Brother Guan, let me go with you. I can help you write the documents for the official seal. Otherwise, you are a rough man who can't even read a few words. What can you write?"

Guan Sheng smiled: "That's true, brother, come and help me write it."

So, everyone followed and joined Guan Sheng's men.

They were talking and laughing as they headed towards Jinan City.
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At the same time, in Jinan city.

The prefect Liu Yu was sitting in a secret room with his son Liu Lin, and next to them sat Zhang Jian, a clerk from Jinan County.

Outside the secret room were all trusted disciples, who had driven all outsiders far away.

Liu Yu lowered his voice and said, "Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to surrender. The main force of the Jin army has passed through the city, and they have only sent a few miscellaneous troops to surround us. We are no longer able to resist them. When the main force of the Jin army returns, Jinan will be undefendable, and we will all be dead."

Liu Lin: "Then what are we waiting for? Let's open the city and surrender."

Liu Yu: "The biggest trouble right now is Guan Sheng. Not only does he refuse to surrender, he frequently leads his troops out of the city to engage in battle with the Jin. I watched their battle from the top of the city walls today, and it was truly terrifying. Fortunately, he only attacked the surrendered soldiers from Hebei. If he had killed the Jurchens, it would have been disastrous."

Zhang Jian: "We can't let Guan Sheng continue fighting! Otherwise, he will bring disaster upon us sooner or later."

Liu Lin: "What father and Zhang Junshi mean is..."

Liu Yu made a gesture of wiping his neck and said: "We must deal with Guan Sheng and send his head to the Jin people to show our loyalty."

Liu Lin was startled.

Liu Yu said, "I am a civil servant and do not know how to fight. The only one who can lead troops here is Zhang Junshi. I leave this matter to you."

Zhang Jian quickly responded.

It turned out that when Liu Yu and his son discussed such an important matter as surrendering to the Jin Dynasty, they had to bring Zhang Jian along because Zhang Jian was the only person in Jinan City who could fight, besides Guan Sheng.

A few days ago, Jinan was surrounded by the Jin army's miscellaneous troops.

It was Zhang Jian who brought the garrison troops and local militia to help, which forced the miscellaneous troops of the Jin army to retreat.

This letter became the lifeline for Liu Yu and his son...

When talking about war, he is the first person that comes to mind.

Zhang Jian said, "When Guan Sheng returns from outside the city, I will lead my troops to capture him."

(End of this chapter)