Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Two flowers bloom, one on each side.

It is only said that when the Liangshan heroes first attacked Damingfu, the city of Damingfu had not yet been conquered, Liang Zhongshu and Mrs. Cai had not been captured, and Liang Zhongshu had not been interrogated to death by Shi Xiu. Liang Zhongshu followed the advice of Wen Da and others and sent people to nearby areas. While the prefectures and counties asked for help, they also sent people to deliver a message to Cai Jing, asking Cai Jing to urge everyone to quickly send troops to rescue Daming Mansion in Beijing.

The prefectures and counties near Daming Mansion had the intention to rescue Daming Mansion.

But no one expected that the heroes of Liangshan captured Damingfu City in one battle, without giving others time to rescue them.

The chief officials of various states and counties sent scouts and sentinels to Damingfu to investigate, and it was quickly discovered that after Jiang Hongfei captured the city of Damingfu, he did not just grab and run away, but sent a large army to occupy various passes and important roads. , putting on a posture to face reinforcements from all directions.

This made the chief officials of various prefectures and counties who were waiting for Liangshan's army to withdraw and go to Daming Mansion to make great achievements, no longer dared to send troops rashly. Even if they sent troops, they would only walk one or two miles a day and rest for three to five days. Marched towards Daming Mansion at a turtle's speed, trying to avoid fighting with the Liangshan Army.

After Cai Jing received Liang Zhongshu's letter asking for help, he was shocked. He really didn't expect that the small group of thieves he had let go due to the situation would now be so rampant that they dared to attack one of the four capitals of the Song Dynasty. reached the point.

Cai Jing said: "How dare the thief Kou An be so bold, please report it truthfully!"

The visitor told Cai Jing: "When the villain came out, Jiang Yan, the leader of the Liangshan bandits, had already led all the bandits to surround the city of Beijing. Previously, Li Cheng and Wen Da, two governors, went to war and were defeated in two battles, losing nearly 20,000 horses. …”

After hearing this, Cai Jing said calmly: "The pommel horse is tired. You can go and settle down in the post house while I wait for the meeting with the officials to discuss."

The visitor reported again: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, Beijing is in danger and is in danger. If it falls, what will the counties and counties in Hebei do? I hope that your Majesty, your Majesty, will send troops to exterminate this group of daring bandits!"

Cai Jing waved his sleeves: "No need to say more, just step back."

The central administrative system of the Zhao and Song Dynasties was a system of two offices and three departments.

The second government refers to Zhongshu Menxia (Government/East Palace) and Privy Council (Privy Palace/West Palace).

The three divisions refer to Yantie, Duzhi and Hubu.

In the early Song Dynasty, the three provinces were left empty, and Zhongshu Menxia was set up as the office of Prime Minister Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, which controlled administrative power.

The Privy Council governs military affairs.

The third division is in charge of finance.

The two-government and three-division system divided administrative, military, financial and other powers, weakening the power of the prime minister and strengthening the power of the monarch.

It is true that Cai Jing has power over ten thousand people under one person, but Cai Jing does not have the power to mobilize troops, at least in name.

It is the Privy Council that has the power to deploy troops.

The person who is currently in charge of the Privy Council is the one who rose up during the Western Expeditions of the Gsisiluo Dynasty in the early years. He recovered the Qingtang area that had been in the hands of Tibet for three hundred years. He expanded the territory to more than 3,000 miles and recruited surrendered generals. More than 2,700 people, with a household registration of more than 700,000, allowed the border of the Zhao and Song dynasties to cross Qinghai in the west and reach the border of Qiuci. The Taiwei was appointed as the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi, Hedong and Hebei, and then he was appointed as the Kaifu Yitong Third Division. , Tong Guan, the eunuch who leads the Privy Council, Gengjiuzhen, Taifu, and Duke Jing!

Cai Jing sent his cronies to invite Tong Guan and communicate with Tong Guan about Jiang Hongfei leading Liangshan troops to siege Damingfu City.

Tong Guan knew that Liang Taishu of the famous family was Cai Jing's son-in-law, otherwise Cai Jing would not have worried about this matter.

Tong Guan must give this face to Cai Jing. After all, he still has something to ask of Cai Jing.

So Cai Jing and Tong Guan went to the Privy Council together. Tong Guan summoned all the three yamen officers to the festival hall to discuss the rescue of Daming Mansion in Beijing.

Tong Guan motioned to Cai Jing to tell him that he didn't mind.

Cai Jingcai explained in detail the critical situation of Jiang Hongfei leading the Liangshan Army to attack Damingfu, and then said: "Beijing cannot allow any loss. Losing it will not only humiliate the country, but also cause chaos in Hebei, which will have a huge impact. Who can If you have any good strategies for repelling the enemy, you can tell me, or if you have any good generals who can repel the enemy soldiers and protect the city, you can also recommend them?"

Not long ago, Wang Qing of Huaixi was making such a big fuss that it alerted Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji personally issued an order to supervise the operation, claiming that this group of bandits must be wiped out.

Cai You thought this was a great opportunity to gain military exploits, so he personally led tens of thousands of troops to Huaixi. However, he was beaten by Wang Qing and fled back to the capital.

With the example of Cai You in front of us, who would dare to take on this hard job easily?

Moreover, Cai You has Zhao Ji to take care of him. If he loses the battle and humiliates the country, he will not be held accountable. Others do not have such a good friend as Zhao Ji.

The key point is that many people have heard that Wang Qing is just a rising star among the four bandits, but Jiang Hongfei is the leader of the four bandits.

Wang Qing is so good at fighting, isn't Jiang Hongfei even more powerful?

Therefore, when faced with Cai Jing's inquiry, all the officials looked at each other with fear, and no one took up the issue.

Some people may want to ask, has the Zhao and Song dynasties been so weak? No one even dares to fight against gangs of bandits?

How can it be.

The reason why bandits such as Shuibo Liangshan, Longhu Mountain, and Fangshan have become bigger in recent years is not because the Zhao and Song dynasties did not have the strength to wipe out these mountains, but because Zhao Ji, Cai Jing, and Tong Guan were not determined to suppress the bandits. On small matters, but on the big matter of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Back then, after the Qingtang region was recovered, the iron triangle of Zhao Ji, Cai Jing, and Tong Guan vaguely looked like the most powerful monarchs of the Zhao and Song dynasties since the early Song Dynasty. At that time, the whole country was jubilant, and the government and the public were in a sensation. He personally led his troops to accomplish this feat. Tong Guan is even more famous.

If Zhao Ji and his ministers can continue that momentum, even if they stop in time, then they will definitely be able to rest on their merits and be praised forever.

But Zhao Ji and his ministers are not willing to stop there. They have even greater political ambitions!

——They want to recover Xixia, which was split by the Dangxiang people, and they also want to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun that all the emperors of the Zhao and Song dynasties have longed for.

Zhao Ji and his ministers not only dared to think, they also dared to do it.

In the past few years, after the efforts of previous generations, Tong Guan finally led the Western Army to capture the Hengshan area of ​​Xixia.

For Xixia, this Hengshan area is equivalent to the Sixteen Yanyun Prefectures of the Liao Kingdom. It produces grain, soldiers, horses, and is an important economic place. It is also a defensive natural hazard.

The reason why the Zhao and Song dynasties could not regain Xixia before was because the Hengshan area was in the hands of Xixia, which caused the Zhao and Song dynasties to fall short of success several times.

After the Zhao and Song dynasties captured the Hengshan area, Xixia was like a naked beauty. If the Zhao and Song dynasties exerted more force, they would be able to fuck her.

But when the Zhao and Song dynasties took off their pants, the Emperor Yelu Yanxi of the Liao Kingdom actually came forward to "mediate", that is, he threatened the Zhao and Song dynasties by sending troops to prevent them from regaining the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

——The nominal daughter of Yelu Yanxi, Yelu Nanxian, is the queen of the contemporary Xixia Emperor Li Qianshun. Xixia is also a vassal state of the Liao State, so the Liao State heavily favors the Xixia State.

This made Zhao Ji and his ministers extremely angry!

However, if the Zhao and Song dynasties at that time were really attacked by the Liao and Xia countries, they might be at risk of annihilation.

There was no other way, Zhao Ji and his ministers could only hold their noses and negotiate peace with Xixia, giving up the good opportunity to regain Xixia.

After the peace talks, Tong Guan went to Liao as an envoy on Zhao Ji's order.

In the Liao Kingdom, Tong Guan met a Haner named Ma Zhi.

Ma Zhi told Tong Guan that in the north of the Liao Kingdom, the Jurchens had risen, established the Jin Kingdom, and were annexing the territory of the Liao Kingdom, and gave the Zhao and Song Dynasties a way to unite with the Jin to destroy the Liao and regain the sixteen states of Yanyun. Strategy.

Tong Guan brought Ma Zhi back to the Zhao and Song Dynasties and introduced him to Zhao Ji.

Ma Zhi also dedicated the plan of uniting Jin to destroy Liao and regain Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to Zhao Ji.

Thinking that he could avenge the Liao Kingdom that had oppressed the Zhao and Song Dynasty for many years, and recover the Sixteen Yanyun Prefectures that all the emperors of the Zhao and Song Dynasty had failed to recover, if this thing was really done, then Zhao Ji would After becoming the most accomplished emperor of the Zhao and Song dynasties after Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Ji couldn't help but be ready to make a move.

Therefore, Zhao Ji changed Ma Zhi's name to Zhao Liangsi, and according to Zhao Liangsi's strategy of joining forces with Jin to destroy Liao and regain the sixteen states of Yanyun, he repeatedly sent people from the sea to Liaodong to contact the Jin Kingdom, and discussed how the two families could jointly destroy Liao and carve up the kingdom. The territory of the Liao Kingdom.

After years of communication, the Song and Jin countries have almost reached an agreement on jointly destroying the Liao Dynasty.

At this stage, Zhao Ji and Tong Guan were all focused on this matter and were planning this century-old plan. How could they care about a few thieves, especially since they had not made much noise before.

At this stage, Cai Jing also supports the plan of uniting the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty and regain the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Naturally, he also knows that Zhao Ji and Tong Guan are preparing for this plan. They will only wait for the final disputes to be negotiated with the Jin Kingdom. Implement this plan.

At this critical juncture, the most capable army of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, the Western Army, could not be easily moved.

Otherwise, if you thought Tian Hu was having so much fun under Tong Guan's eyes, why didn't Tong Guan deal with him? It's just because Tong Guan no longer looks down on this small contribution, and he doesn't want to waste the Western Army by suppressing bandits. With his own fighting power, he was ready to fight the national war, so that his name Tong Guan would forever be remembered in history.

Cai Jing knew this very well and supported Tong Guan's idea, so he didn't want to start a big fight. He just wanted to suppress the matter first. After a year or two, Tong Guan regained the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture and came back with the power of victory. , these few gangs of thieves were wiped out easily?

But Cai Jing didn't expect that Tong Guan's Western Army would not move, and no one else would dare to pick up on his words.

No, Cai Jing could only ask again: "No one can worry about the country?"

Seeing that there was still no one coming out, a person came out from behind Captain Bu Si.

This person is Xuan Zan, the Yamen defense and justice envoy. But see:

Xuanzansheng's face was like the bottom of a pot, his nostrils were pointed upward, and he had curly hair and a red beard. It could be said that he was extremely ugly.

Previously, Xuanzan had defeated a general because of his shot of arrows. On a whim, the county king recruited Xuanzan as his son-in-law, so people called Xuanzan the Chou Commandery Horse.

Who would have thought that the princess thought the praising was ugly and died out of hatred.

The prince regretted greatly and stopped communicating with Xuan Zan. Therefore, Xuan Zan was not reused and could only be used as a military envoy to protect justice.

Tong Guan knew that the prince hated Xuan Zan, so he deliberately suppressed Xuan Zan and sold out to the prince.

This made Xuanzan depressed and frustrated.

At this time, seeing that no one dared to accept the mission of relieving the siege of Daming Mansion, I felt that this was an opportunity to praise, and couldn't help but say:

"When the young general was in the village, he had an acquaintance. This person was a direct descendant of the righteous and brave King Wu'an in the late Han Dynasty. His surname was Guan Mingsheng. He was born like his ancestor Guan Yunchang. He wielded a Qinglong Yanyue Sword, which was known as Dadao Guan Sheng. Now it is called Pudong On inspection, I submit to my subordinates. This person has read military books since he was a child, is proficient in martial arts, and has courage that no man can match. If you invite him with courtesy and worship him as a general, he can clear the water stronghold, exterminate the madmen, and protect the country and the people."

After hearing this, Cai Jing was overjoyed and sent Xuan Zan as his envoy. With the documents in hand, he went to Pudong overnight and invited Guan Sheng to Beijing to discuss matters.

Stop talking too much.

It is only said that Xuanzan received the documents, took three or five servants with him, rode a fast horse, and within a day he came to the Pudong Inspection Department and dismounted.

Just in time, Da Dao Guan Sheng and Jing Muyan Hao Siwen were discussing in the office the recent major events in the world and the ups and downs of ancient and modern times.

After hearing the report from the yamen officer, saying that a special envoy from Tokyo wanted to meet for inspection, Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen hurriedly came out to greet him.

After everyone had saluted, Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen invited the guests and hosts to sit down in the hall.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, dear brother. Why do you come here in person today?" Guan Sheng asked.

"Brother, have you heard about the Liangshan bandits attacking Daming Mansion?" Xuan Zan asked without answering.

Guan Shengyi said angrily: "Brother Wei and brother Hao Siwen were talking about this just now, but a group of thieves dared to attack one of the four capitals of the Song Dynasty and bully me into having no one in the court?!"

Xuan Zan said: "My younger brother is here because of the Liangshan grass bandits' attack on Beijing. In front of Taishi Cai, I strongly recommend that my brother has the strategy to stabilize the country and the ability to surrender troops and kill generals. In accordance with the imperial edict and Grand Master Jun's order, I respectfully invite you to rise. Okay. Brother, please don’t push me away, so please pack up and go to Beijing with my little brother.”

Guan Sheng, who had always been depressed, was overjoyed after hearing this, and said to Xuan Zan: "My brother's surname is Hao, and his double name is Siwen. He is my brother-in-law. When his mother Mengjing Muyan was reincarnated, she became pregnant, and this person was born. , so people call him Jingmuyan Hao Siwen. These brothers are capable of all kinds of martial arts. I have been called by the Grand Master to go together to serve the country. Is it okay?"

Xuan praised: "This is the time when the imperial court is employing people. If we go together, we will have a good future."

Because the rescue of Daming Mansion in Beijing was urgent, Xuanzan urged Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen to set off quickly.

Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly settled the old and young, and then attracted a dozen of Guanxi's cronies, packed their swords, horses, armor and luggage, and set off overnight with Xuan Zan.

The group traveled all night on the road and arrived at Bianliang City in Tokyo early the next morning. Then they went straight to Cai Jing's house and dismounted their horses and asked someone to report.

The doorman reported to Cai Jing that Cai Jing had invited him.

The announcement led Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen to the Festival Hall to pay homage to Cai Jing, and then the three of them stood at the foot of the steps.

Seeing Guan Sheng, with a majestic body of eight feet five six, three thin mustaches, two eyebrows on the temples, phoenix eyes facing the sky, a face as heavy as a jujube, and lips as if painted with vermilion, Cai Jing fell in love and asked: "How young is the general?" ?”

Guan Sheng replied: "There are two young generals in their thirties."

Cai Jing asked again: "The Liangshan grass bandits have besieged the city of Beijing. May I ask your good general what a clever strategy can be used to break the siege?"

Guan Sheng reported: "I have long heard that grass bandits occupied puddles, invaded the people, and robbed the city. This bandit left his lair without authorization and brought disaster upon himself. If you save Beijing, you will waste your strength. Begging for tens of thousands of elite soldiers, first take Liangshan, and then Take a thief and teach him not to look at each other from head to tail."

Cai Jing was overjoyed and said to Xuan Zan: "This is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao. It suits my heart."

He immediately asked Tong Guan to mobilize 15,000 elite troops from Shandong and Hebei, and taught Hao Siwen to be the vanguard. After announcing the alliance, Guan Sheng was the leader and commander, and the infantry Taiwei Duan Chang provided supplies. Reward the three armies and set off within a limited time.

Here, Guan Sheng, Xuan Zan, and Hao Siwen just took orders to leave.

Over there, someone who had finally come to the capital from Daming Mansion suddenly reported urgently: "Report to the Grand Master, the city of Beijing was destroyed, Liang Zhongshu was killed, and Mrs. Cai was forcibly taken into the backyard by the leader of the thieves, Jiang Yan..."

Cai Jing was furious: "What did you say?!!!"

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