Chapter 407 Send a letter to Erlongshan, the hero of the desperate rivers and lakes
While Xiao Tang was still thinking about it, Ma Lin also rushed to say: "No matter what kind of giant thief he is, how dare he be so rude! If you don't kill that guy, how can you swallow this bird's breath? I have heard Deng for a long time. Brother Fei is very loyal, please allow me to go with you!"
Tianshan Yong and Kou Zhenyuan looked at each other and said: "Lord Wolf, Pingzhou is also on the border of Liao Kingdom after all. Since the rest of Wolf Lord's troops are far away in Song Dynasty, it is not easy to travel. Please ask Brother Kou and I to take our men and Lord Wolf away." Once."
Ou Peng refused to give in. He said, "What about the boundaries of the Liao Kingdom? Our brothers and brother Xiao Tang are both from the Song Dynasty. Didn't they also lay the foundation in Liaodong?" Ma Lin immediately joined in with him after hearing this. , and Ou Peng got into a dispute with Tianshan Yong and Kou Zhenyuan.
Xiao Tang made up his mind, clapped his hands, and after Ou Peng, Tianshan Yong and others calmed down, he said: "Since Wang Bolong has nearly ten thousand troops under his command, it won't be helpful if we don't have too many troops. This time we send troops Saving the Deng Fei brothers requires a long journey. The situation in Baozhou City is unstable, and sufficient troops must be left to guard it..."
Just as he was talking, Xiao Tang asked Zhang Shun again: "Brother Zhang Shun, how many ships are there in Mizhou?"
Zhang Shun immediately replied to Xiao Tang: "Manager Xiao Anxiao of the City Shipping Department has six large ships originally used for sea trade freight. If they are manned, they can carry up to five hundred people. These days, from There are also seven or eight sea-going ships purchased by the city shipyard that can accommodate 200 people, and five sea falcon ships, each of which can carry 150 people, are being built by the Meng Kang brothers and their shipwrights... ...The small ferries on other rivers cannot enter the sea. As long as the money is spent at the Michigan Shipyard, in addition to warships prepared by the Navy such as the Sea Falcon, they should be able to buy several large ships and passenger boats. , Brother wants to send the brothers from Erlong Mountain and Qingfeng Mountain to send troops across the sea to Pingzhou?"
Xiao Tang nodded and said decisively: "That's right! Qingzhou and Jizhou are separated by many state capitals on the Hebei East Road, not to mention that leading a large army of soldiers and horses cannot cross the Song and Liao border, so the land route is not feasible. Taking the sea route can save a lot of time On the same day, we can also bypass the border between Hebei Prefecture and the Song and Liao Dynasties. But when large groups of people want to land along the coast of Jizhou and Pingzhou, they are afraid of alerting the Liao soldiers patrolling the coast."
After hearing this, Zhang Shun smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. Although the big ship sails to the coast of Liaodi, it may seem strange at first glance, but if there are younger brothers going with the three elder brothers of the Ruan family, before the elder brother's ship approaches the coast, let's go and throw it into the sea first. , After exploring the Liao army’s defenses along the coast, they can then call for brothers to go ashore. The coast of Nanjing Road stretches endlessly, how can the Liao army guard everything tightly?”
Xu Guanzhong also nodded immediately, and added: "If brother Zhishen leads the Erlongshan brothers to take a boat to Pingzhou by sea, go north to Guangrao and board the ship at Bohai Laizhou Bay, he is afraid of encountering the Dengzhou patrol at sea. The navy of the sea. Qingzhou is adjacent to Mizhou. Brother Zhishen also led his troops to the southeast and passed Linzi. Linqu County entered the boundary of Mizhou, and then passed through Gaomi County to reach Banqiao Town. Take a boat and take the sea route out of Jiaozhou Bay. By bypassing Jiaodong and entering Bohai Bay, you can go ashore from Wuqing County, Xijin Prefecture (later north of Tanggu, Tianjin), Ninghe River, Luanhe River estuary and other places."
Xiao Tang nodded in response. This time he not only wanted to save Deng Fei, but the current Liao Kingdom's giant bandit and the future Jin Kingdom general Wang Bolong also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of him. As long as he could kill one of him, he would do it. This is equivalent to depriving the Jin Kingdom of 20,000 strong bandits in the future. Besides, since Wang Bolong is extremely fierce, and since he will meet him in battle sooner or later, why not take advantage of him before he gets close to the backer of the Jin Kingdom? except him?
From an emotional point of view, even if Wang Bolong, a Han man born in the Liao Kingdom, had no sense of belonging to the Song Dynasty, even if he did not call him a traitor, after he, the leader of a group of thieves, defected to the Jin Kingdom, most of his military exploits were through massacres of fellow Han members. Erlang was earned from the Song Dynasty, so Xiao Tang already had a very disgusting impression of him. What's more, after hearing what Guo Yaoshi and Dong Xiuo said about his temperament and temperament, plus this Wang Bolong has now formed a dispute with him, he looks like him This kind of stubborn, cruel and unruly person may not be able to surrender easily, and he may still have to be killed with a knife.
What's more, although the eight thousand troops of Erlong Mountain and Qingfeng Mountain under the command of Lu Zhishen, Sun An and other brothers are training constantly on weekdays, most of the opponents they face are local warriors hired by local powerful bullies, or Qingzhou, Weizhou, Zizhou The weak officers and soldiers in the inspection departments in various places have not yet experienced the tempering of blood and fire.
An elite division must be tempered through wars. Wang Bolong, a giant bandit that rampaged on the Nanjing Road of the Liao Kingdom, was not only a mortal enemy that must be eliminated, but also for the rebels in the Green Forest of Xiaotang. , it is also a very rare opportunity for military training.
Of course, we must first think about saving the Deng Fei brothers, and the battle between the heroes of the Water Margin and the giant bandits of the Liao Kingdom must be fought!
After Xiao Tang finished reading, he suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Without further delay, Xiao Yi, please quickly send a letter to Erlong Mountain and Mizhou, calling brother Zhishen, and brother Sun An to order all the people to go to Banqiao Town, Mizhou. , and ordered the three brothers of the Ruan family to prepare ships to join brother Zhishen. There are limited ships going to sea in Baozhou and Pidao. Not to mention the war in Liaodong, the responsibility of the army and guards to protect this place is also very important, and they cannot be neglected in the slightest. The leader will lead 300 people, the Yan family brothers will lead 300 elite cavalry, and the two brothers Zhang Shun and Guanzhong will go with me."...
Xiao Yi received Xiao Tang's instructions and hurriedly went to the pigeon house in the main village of Zhipi Island to write a letter, and then sent the carrier pigeon straight to Qingzhou on Jingdong East Road. When the carrier pigeon soared thousands of miles and finally arrived at the Baozhu Temple in Erlongshan, Qingzhou, something happened A man also rode a horse all the way from the border of Cangzhou, Hebei Province to the vicinity of Erlong Mountain...
The big man rode his horse to the door of a hotel near Erlong Mountain. He looked at the door and murmured: "This restaurant should be where Chai Daguan said..."
Then the big man tied his horse to the tree trunk holding the wine curtain at the door of the hotel, opened the reed curtain and walked in. The big man saw that the business in the hotel was very deserted, and all he saw were empty seats, so he casually He chose a place to sit down, put down his package, and leaned his spear aside.
Sitting idle in front of the hotel counter were street rat Zhang San and green grass snake Li Si'er, who were gangsters in the capital city. people.
It turns out that the restaurant here is the shop of Cao Zheng, the owner who was doing business in Shandong at that time, but he lost his capital and married here. After Lin Chong was taken to Erlong Village by Lu Zhishen, he also took Cao Zheng, his registered disciple, and his family The young and old were also invited to the mountain to become leaders. After Zhang San and Li Si also surrendered to Erlong Mountain, Lu Zhishen ordered them to be the little leaders at Cao Zheng's hotel to spy on guests from all over the world.
Because Erlongshan under the rule of Lu Zhishen did not rob ordinary merchants, there was no need for Zhang San and Li Si to open a hotel in the name of checking whether the merchants who passed by had any money. Zhang San was bored at this time and was just playing in vain. After yawning, Li Si hit Zhang San with his elbow and nuzzled his mouth in the direction of the big man.
Zhang San rubbed his eyes and looked over. It happened that the big man's eyes were like lightning, and he also looked towards Zhang San. Zhang San was trembling for no reason. He saw that the big man had thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, and he was very powerful. Bu Fan, I was secretly on guard, and thought to myself: This man does not look like an ordinary person. He is walking alone, and he does not look like a businessman passing by... Could it be that he is coming from the government? Want to explore the path of our Erlong Mountain with your eagle talons? If that is the case, I will call the younger ones to deal with that guy first before you go out to scout.
Zhang San was thinking in his heart, putting on a harmless smile, and asked the big man: "Sir, do you want to light a fire? I don't know what you want to order?"