Water Margin Survival

I don't know why, all the time when the army conquered Liangshan, they always liked to set up their base camp in Yunzhou.This is the case for Gao Qiu, who was born as a rogue, and the same is true for Tong Guan, who is old in the military.Even for this unprecedented wartime meeting, Tong Guan and his Shengjie army did not move away, but urgently recalled many generals who were stationed at the front line to listen to his teachings.

General Liu Zhongwu of the Western Army was also in the ranks of being recruited this time, but as a veteran general in the conquest army who was second only to Tong Guan in terms of prestige and qualifications, as soon as he arrived in Yunzhou from the front line, he enjoyed Tong Guan's private banquet. treatment.

"Prince Shu, this is... you have to leave!? Could it be that this battle is over?" Hearing the meaning behind Tong Guan's words, Liu Zhongwu couldn't help but freeze his hand holding the chopsticks, and asked immediately.

Tong Guan chuckled, looked at the surprised Liu Zhongwu, pressed his hands down, and said, "Ziwen, now that the Jingdong Road (East and West) has been fully restored, it's time for a certain family to return to Beijing to report on their work! Seeing that the Privy Council has accumulated an There are so many things to do, and the officials are in a hurry to receive me, so it doesn't make much sense for me to spend any more time here!"

Liu Zhongwu mechanically stuffed a piece of duck leg meat from the chopsticks into his mouth, and began to chew slowly, but he began to think about Tong Guan's real thoughts.

Although the last city stolen by Liangshanbo has been recovered, in the eyes of laymen, it is of course the imperial court's big victory at the moment, taking the limelight.However, as a veteran on the battlefield, he knows that at most it's just a change of offense and defense, and it's far from a decisive victory.Although the imperial court regained the lost ground, the thieves' vitality did not suffer a devastating blow. Instead, they retreated to the offshore islands in an orderly manner with a large amount of spoils, and may launch another attack on Jingdong Road at any time.So, the battle is only half over at most!

It is absolutely impossible for Tong Guan not to understand this, but as the coach, he wants to return to Beijing at this time, what is this?

Liu Zhongwu is not a small person who needs to be trembling in front of Tong Guan. Even without Gao Qiu, the imperial supporter, he is still a well-known sign in the Western Army, second only to Zhong Shidao and Liu Fa, two famous generals in the world.

Therefore, Liu Zhongwu had something in his heart at this time, and he didn't pretend to be: "Prince Shu, you can't go at this time! Although the army has gained a lot along the way, Liang Shanbo has never hurt his bones. Thousands of bandits occupy Jeju Liangshanbo and the Salmonella Islands outside Dengzhou are likely to gather forces at any time and attack the lost land I have regained. Although the imperial court has more than [-] troops in Shandong, if there is no such respected and handsome minister as the Prime Minister, At that time, I am afraid that we will fall into the predicament of fighting each other, and the Liangshan bandits will defeat each other. At that time, the situation we have worked so hard to gain will be lost in an instant!"

This is the biggest difference between Liu Zhongwu and Zhong Shidao and Liu Fa. Although everyone has different opinions, Liu Zhongwu will not directly contradict Tong Guan, and his words are mostly tactful.

Being tactful usually represents concern, and in a sense, concern is not far from respect. At least there is a kind of teacher's way and Liu Fa. Compared with Liu Zhongwu, Liu Zhongwu respects Tong Guan enough.

Sure enough, Tong Guan's face was as usual at this time, still with a gentle smile.To be honest, sitting in his position, I don't even need to worry about strategizing. The only thing I need to do is to deal with people.One good thing about Liu Zhongwu is that there is a common problem of no martial artist: arrogant and domineering.And this person is very winking, otherwise he wouldn't have given up more of his military achievements to Gao Qi, who came down from the court to be gilded.

Therefore, for Liu Zhongwu who has lost his backup, Tong Guan mainly focuses on winning over. At that moment, he smiled and said to Liu Zhongwu in a confiding tone:

"I don't know if Ziwen knows, but after the imperial court and Koryo State negotiated the possibility of a future excuse, the officials used the only three commanders of the Tokyo Water Army Shenwei and the Tiger Wing Army as their basis in the Jinming Pond to order Jiang Jiang Soldiers from Huaishan, Huaishan Shuijin, and Xiang entered the capital to form a new army, and planned to train an elite army within two years. Now it seems that this elite army is still far away from being used in the north, but he must wait until he is trained to defeat the Liangshan bandits. Before these 5 people form an army, I will not use my weaknesses to avoid my strengths and fight the Liangshan bandits in a decisive battle on the water!"

"Except for water battles, our army has performed land battles to the extreme! The bandits have no place to live on land other than islands. That's enough! It's like stuffing corpses under the strong city!"

Liu Zhongwu is a character who knows everything at once, and immediately understood Tong Guan's true intentions.It turned out that the other party didn't realize the potential harm of Liangshan banditry, but wanted to use up the city to consume Liangshan's vital strength, and even use this to consume the large number of surrendered soldiers in the imperial army, which was a good thing that killed two birds with one stone. with ideas.

But he is also a person who has the goods, and instantly pointed out the loopholes in Tong Guan's general plan: "What if the bandits don't take Jingdong, but go around to Hebei, or Huainan, or even Liangzhe Road, which is an important financial and taxation area in Song Dynasty? How can you keep it?"

Tong Guan laughed when he heard the words, and threw out two poems: "Scholar Dongpo has two poems well written, which are called 'I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but because I am in this mountain'. Why didn't Ziwen hear it when he was on the front line? Dengzhou crossing the sea and withdrawing troops are all risky river boats, so how can they go to the two Zhejiang provinces to cause chaos? Moreover, a certain besieged Liangshanbo and did not attack, just to prevent these guys from losing their minds and abandoning their old nests and fleeing far away. Recently There is no news of Wang Lun in Deng, Lai, etc. A certain family guesses that this person is undoubtedly on Liangshan Island. He usually regards himself as loyal and righteous, and the people under his command have been somewhat bewitched. If he abandons his master and escapes at this time, the thief The soldiers have lost their morale before fighting! When the time comes, I will deploy a ready-made navy in Huainan to wait for work, and ambushes halfway, and Liangshan will be broken!"

Liu Zhongwu also laughed, and immediately patted Tong Guan and said, "Your Prime Minister is brilliant!" After the pat, he said, "But if there is a ready-made navy, why don't we take a blow across the sea in Dengzhou? The thieves swept Jingdong earlier, swept away With no less than tens of millions of dollars in food and food, we can spend two years in poverty, so why don't we just spend the day with him if he doesn't leave the island?"

Tong Guanjian said, shaking his head and smiling bitterly, "Ziwen, Ziwen, you and Gao Taiwei are inseparable, how can you not know what happened to Liu Menglong? Although this man is usually arrogant, the Jiangnan Navy is really unmatched. Even he was defeated by the thieves, if my victorious army crosses the sea to fight in our ships, wouldn’t it be fulfilling the thieves’ tricks?”

No wonder they want to select and train new recruits in the capital. It turns out that they don't have enough trust in the Jiangnan Navy!This is to say that they are definitely unreliable, but they are used to beat the side drums, which is considered to be the best use of everything.Seeing this, Liu Zhongwu couldn't help but secretly nodded, admiring Tong Guan's prudence in his heart.

"As for the huge amount of money and food that Liangshan rolled away..." Tong Guan smiled triumphantly, and said, "You are the most intuitive when you march all the way. Have you noticed any abnormal household registration in each state?"

Hearing this, Liu Zhongwu showed a thoughtful expression, pondered for a moment and said: "If you don't say anything, the general hasn't paid attention to it. According to what I have seen along the way, at least five or six out of ten tenants in each state have gone with the thief. Now the entire Jingdong household registration A [-]% reduction is considered conservative, and it would not be surprising if it was [-]%!"

"That's why a certain family always said that in the Western Army, the way of teachers is old and Liu Fa is a little irritable, Ziwen is the most worthy of training!" Tong Guan showed a very satisfied expression, and he did not hesitate to praise Liu Zhongwu in words.However, the "cultivation" in his words certainly does not refer to the cultivation of talents, and its meaning is self-evident.

Hearing this, Liu Zhongwu smiled "reservedly", he did not show gratitude to Tong Guan's stepping on others and exalting himself, and of course he did not reject others, which was completely just right.Tong Guan didn't take it seriously, and continued to confess:

"What worries me the most in the Song Dynasty? People! If these tenants who are struggling between hunger and food don't go with Wang Lun, they will also be the bane of the court in a bad year. Liangshan has them, and he thinks he has grown his momentum, but he doesn't know these things. People are dragging their families and mouths. No matter how much money and food Wang Lun grabs, they will not be able to fill their mouths. These people dare to rebel against the court for the sake of stuttering. If Liang Shanbo cannot satisfy them in the future, Wang Lun, a fallen scholar, can predict Do you get the consequences that will happen in the future?"

"No!" At this time, the reserved Liu Zhongwu was determined. "These sour scholars usually only know how to deceive people and harm Gangji. When he really gets into trouble, how can he have any good strategies to help the world? In the future, apart from looking at the sea and sighing, he can only I can cry and feel sorry for myself. It’s a pity that these people who turned to thieves have suffered! Now it’s spring and summer, if the plague spreads again, Salmonella Island will become a ghost island again!”

Although Liu Zhongwu spoke resolutely, he still couldn't hide the panic in his heart. It turned out that Tong Guan had been deliberately driving people to Liangshan!No wonder the surrendered troops, who were worse than the military discipline of the Western Army, burned, killed and looted along the road. This gentleman turned a blind eye to it, and it turned out that he had the idea of ​​​​wasting the bandits.These Liangshan bandits are also really stupid, if they dare to take the bait, he dares to bite the bait.The bottom line is that those who are good at water will drown in the water, and those who show benevolence and righteousness will be burdened by benevolence and righteousness.

"Ziwen, people have their own aspirations. These people are self-defeating in the imperial court. If they can have a good end, wouldn't people all over the world follow suit?" Tong Guan's words are quite meaningful, especially when it comes to the word imperial court. The tone was emphasized, as if he was talking about the fate of the common people who were thieves, but there were some other meanings mixed in.

"It's the benevolence of the last general's wife!" Liu Zhongwu finally tasted it, and said: "Liangshan bandits will be in chaos within half a year! If this is the case, the Prime Minister can't leave. If you leave, the troops in Jingdong will be killed." You will lose your heart!"

"A certain family is gone, isn't there still you, General?" Tong Guan laughed, and suddenly stood up, his face changed, and he said very solemnly: "Liu Zhongwu accepts the order!"

Liu Zhongwu was taken aback, seeing Tong Guanbao's solemn appearance, he hurriedly knelt down on the ground, and saw Tong Guan read out the imperial decree in person, which is quite rare:

"Qing Shiji is loyal and well-versed in military affairs. He has worked hard in the western frontier for years and has become a national leader. If there is no reward, why should he be rewarded? He was specially promoted to be the deputy commander of the Ma Jun of the guards and the military commander of Taining. Restrain the soldiers and horses of the eight prefectures of Deng, Lai, Qing, Mi, Wei, Zi, Yi, and Xiqing. The imperial court has a plan to attack them. After receiving the imperial edict, you can go to Qingzhou and Jingdong East Road to appease the envoy Zeng Xiaoyun, who knows Dengzhou Liu Yu, etc. Military. The friendship that is expected to be deep in the same boat, and the achievements that will last forever, will not live up to my high hopes!" (To be continued~^~)