"Oh, you're saying that the recently famous healing 'potion' in Houying is the talisman water made by Chai Daguan?"
Song Jiang was taken aback, hurriedly stood up from his chair, walked to Ruan Xiaoer and asked eagerly: "Is this true?"
"Of course it's true!"
Ruan Xiaoer smiled and said: "Big boss, do you want to give it a try?"
"How to try?"
Song Jiang was interested, as were Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng who were present.
Especially Gongsun Sheng, his eyes were gleaming at this time and he couldn't wait.
There was even a hint of jealousy rising in my heart...
I was wondering if I had been involved in the war for too long and my Taoist cultivation had not improved at all. This was not a good thing.
Here, Ruan Xiaoer took out a piece of talisman paper and said with a smile: "Although the number of rejuvenation talismans given by the official this time is not large, it is enough to relieve the fatigue of all brothers!"
After saying that, he ordered the guard at the door to bring a wooden bucket filled with clean well water. He muttered something while the talisman in his hand glowed, and then he threw it into the bucket.
With a whoosh, the talisman paper spontaneously ignited into ashes and quickly merged into the clean well water.
"Big boss, you can invite some brothers who have hidden diseases or consume too much to come over. Each of them can drink a bowl of talisman water. The effect will be immediate!"
When Song Jiang heard this, he did not try it himself, but called over a group of leaders who had been fighting for a long time. They all looked tired and obviously had not recovered from the aftermath of the war.
Under Ruan Xiaoer's command, each of them drank a small bowl of talisman water, and immediately their spirits were lifted and their original fatigue dissipated.
"Good stuff, are there any more?"
"Ah, the hidden disease on my body no longer hurts!"
"I feel so energetic that even if I continue to fight on the battlefield for three days and three nights, it won't be a problem!"
"..."
Several leaders couldn't help but be happy, everyone wished for their own good health.
Seeing this, Song Jiang hurriedly asked: "How many rejuvenation charms did the officials give this time?"
Ruan Xiaoer said: "Not many, only about fifty. Most of them have been used on wounded soldiers. Now I only have three or four in my hand!"
With that said, he took out three rejuvenation talismans and handed them to Ruyunlong Gongsun Sheng, and said with a smile: "Taoist Master Gongsun should know how to activate the rejuvenation talismans!"
Gongsun Sheng nodded and said with a smile: "I don't think that the progress of senior officials will be so great that it will make the old Taoist go back to the mountains to practice cultivation!"
As for which mountain he returned to, only he himself knows.
Song Jiang's expression was unhappy for a moment, but he returned to normal in the blink of an eye, and said with a smile: "I don't want the high official to have such means, how about asking him to join the army?"
As he spoke, he looked at Wu Yong, his meaning was very obvious.
"No!"
Before Wu Yong could speak, Ruan Xiaoer said anxiously: "No, Chief. At this time, the Chief Officer is presiding over the transformation of the villages around Shuibo. It has reached a critical moment. The Chief Officer must not leave halfway, otherwise he will suffer the consequences of Liangshan."
The reputation of our village has been greatly affected!”
"The officials are renovating the countryside near Shuibo?"
Song Jiang seemed to have heard something funny and couldn't help but said: "Instead of wasting such effort, it would be better to share the credit with the army, and then high-ranking officials will be at your fingertips!"
Ruan Xiaoer shook his head and said: "The high official told us that if he accepts the reward from the imperial court, he will not be far from death!"
Song Jiang was stunned for a moment, then he realized what he was doing and smiled awkwardly, waving his hands and saying, "Come on, let's not mention this, lest the officials say that I am harming him!"
Isn't it?
I don’t even think about Chai Daguan’s background. It’s strange that the imperial court can accommodate him!
Gongsun Sheng said with a smile: "The chief is joking, how can the officials doubt the chief's intentions?"
Then, he added: "I don't know what our next regulations will be. If there is no big deal, I want to go back to the mountain to have a good discussion with the officials!"
"No way, Taoist priest!"
Wu Yong said at this time: "Not long ago, the imperial court issued an order asking us to go to Jiangnan to quell the Fang La Rebellion after we rest!"
Gongsun Sheng's eyes flickered slightly, but he didn't say much.
However, Ruan Xiaoer intervened: "The senior officials have long guessed that the imperial court will have this trick. When I came, I specially told you to remember it if the chief agreed!"
"Remember what?"
Song Jiang was a little baffled, and at the same time, he felt a hint of fear and dissatisfaction towards Chai Daguan.
"The imperial court's campaign against Fang La this time is mainly based on the Western Army!"
Ruan Xiaoer repeated: "The chief and other leaders must not fight too hard, otherwise even if they achieve great achievements, they will offend the Western Army and make the imperial court even more jealous!"
Song Jiang and Wu Yong were shocked when they heard this, and they couldn't help but look happy.
They had received orders from the court before, and they indeed wanted to be the best.
But now, we have to change our strategy...
"In addition, the senior officials also want to remind the senior leader not to use excessive force when conquering Fang La, as this will kill and injure too many brothers!"
Ruan Xiaoer continued to relay: "According to the predictions of the senior officials, after the La Rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River is quelled, the Liangshan army may be transferred to the border of the Liao Kingdom to participate in the battle to regain the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!"
"What, recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun?"
Song Jiang couldn't help but exclaimed. After he came to his senses, he asked directly: "What did the official say? Such a thing is definitely not groundless!"
As long as he thought about facing the Liao army, he would feel very uneasy.
After all, the entire Song Dynasty had been suppressed by the Liao Kingdom for hundreds of years, and both the officials and the people had already had a very strong psychological shadow.
The more northern the officials and people are, the greater the fear and shadow they have towards the Liao Kingdom.
Yunzhou, where Song Jiang was born, is not far from Hebei, so it was naturally affected by the overall environment.
"The big leader doesn't know that there is serious civil strife in the Liao Kingdom. It is no longer a secret!"
Ruan Xiaoer introduced: "A tribe called Nuzhi emerged from the frontier of the Liao Kingdom. They are quite powerful. Lien Zhan and Lianjie have almost taken over half of the Liao Kingdom at this time. The Liao Kingdom is about to die!"
"At this time, even a fool knows that it is a good opportunity for us Han people to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. This is why the Western Army was mobilized!"
Song Jiang was suddenly stunned, and at the same time his mind was agitated...
If he can participate in the battle to regain the Yanyun Sixteen Provinces, not to mention that he will definitely be promoted to a higher rank after the war, just being able to leave his name in history will be a great attraction.
At this time, Wu Yong showed the calmness of a counselor and asked directly: "What else does the official have to say?"
Ruan Xiaoer said with a smile: "What the official means is that our Liangshan army cannot fight too hard, otherwise if all the soldiers are killed, the court will have no scruples at all if they take action. If there are seriously injured soldiers and soldiers,
Leaders, or those who are tired of year-round battles, it is best to return to the village to rest and recover!"
In the original work, a group of Liangshan generals were injured and recuperating in West Lake. In the end, they either died of illness or went into seclusion, causing heavy losses to the Liangshan army. In the end, even the soldiers in their hands were almost exhausted.
Chai Daguan believed that during the long campaign, some Liangshan generals were either tired of the war, or they lost their fighting spirit after understanding the court's intentions, which led to Song Jiang almost becoming a loner in the end.
In fact, the Liangshan army lacks a logistics base that they can be completely assured of.
If Song Jiang in the original work had not given up on Liangshan, even if the leaders were tired of the war or did not want to work for the court, they could have returned to Liangshan to recuperate, which would be much better than living alone in the world.
Chai Daguan people don’t believe in such nonsense as returning home to retire.
With the experience of gathering righteousness in Liangshan and conquering the Quartet, neither I nor the Jin Kingdom will let them off easily.
If the main village of Liangshan is not abandoned and the leader survives the battle, there is a high probability that they will reunite in Liangshan. Even if they don't die again, at least it will be much better than scattering and returning home.
From this point alone, Song Jiang's selfishness is too serious...
"Mr. Jialiang, what do you think of Taoist Master Gongsun?"
Song Jiang was unable to respond directly and looked at Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng.
True to his heart, he didn't want to agree, but Chai Daguan's words were well-intentioned, and he couldn't make a rash decision.
"This is a good thing. Even if something happens to us in the future, we will have a safe and reliable escape route!"
Wu Yong said directly without thinking: "There is no need to think too much about such things!"
Although he and Song Jiang are allies of interest, it does not mean that he has no objections to Song Jiang.
Song Jiang's almost superstitious trust in the court alone made Wu Yong quite unhappy.
The conquest of Wang Qing was considered a great achievement, and the rewards were just that. The key point was that they were all vain things. It was obvious that the imperial court did not regard them as one of its own.
Just after Wang Qing was destroyed, he turned around and asked them to conquer Fang La. He refused to let them relax for a moment, or to restore their strength lost in the battle.
Song Jiang could not be unaware of this, but he still respectfully accepted the court's orders and was ready to rush to Jiangnan as soon as possible to put down the rebellion.
Although the suppression of Wang Qing went very smoothly, the Liangshan army itself suffered some losses, and all the generals were very tired.
After all, Wang Qing's generals are not vegetarians either.
Liangshan had killed so many leaders in one battle and had to pay a certain price.
If normal procedures are followed, it will take at least half a year to recuperate and recruit new soldiers to slowly restore strength before the next military action can be carried out.
But Liangshan’s army didn’t receive such treatment at all…
How is it possible to say that Wu Yong is annoyed because he has no ideas?
"Mr. Jialiang is right!"
Gongsun Sheng nodded and said: "It is not a good thing to keep wounded soldiers and war-weary brothers in the army!"
"Anyway, the high-ranking officials are stationed in the village. It's not impossible to let them go back to cultivate!"
Well, both of them had this attitude. Although Song Jiang was reluctant, he could only nod in agreement.
Ruan Xiaoer didn't know what the big guys were thinking, so he happily returned to the rear camp and began to transport the more seriously injured soldiers from the rear camp to the main village of Liangshan.
There were also a group of injured leaders who arrived at the back camp one after another, preparing to return to the main village of Liangshan with the wounded. Their thoughts were quite good...