Xianxia version of Water Margin

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In accordance with Gao Qiu's request, the Privy Council assigned ten letters to deliver documents and ordered 10,000 elite soldiers from each department in the ten festivals to go to Xingren Mansion to await deployment.

Which ten festivals?

Henan and Hebei Jiedushi Wang Huan, Shangdang Taiyuan Jiedushi Xu Jing, Beijing Hongnong Jiedushi Wang Wende, Yingzhou Runan Jiedushi Mei Zhan, Zhongshan Anping Jiedushi Kai Kai, Jiangxia Lingling Jiedushi Yang Wen, Han Cunbao, the envoy of Yanmen Festival in Yunzhong, Li Congji, the envoy of Hanyang Festival in Longxi, Xiang Yuanzhen, the envoy of Pengcheng Festival in Langya, and Jing Zhong, the envoy of Qinghe Tianshui Festival.

It turns out that these ten Jiedushi were all from Green Forest in the past. Later, they were recruited and promoted to the position of Jiedushi. They were all elite and brave people, experienced in hundreds of battles.

On the same day, Zhongshu Province set a deadline, and the Privy Council issued ten official documents, asking all ten troops to arrive at Xingren Mansion as scheduled. Those who are late will be dealt with according to military orders.

There was a naval force in Jiankang Prefecture in Jinling, and the leader was called Liu Menglong. When he was born, his mother dreamed of a black dragon flying into her belly, which inspired him to give birth. When he grows up, he is good at understanding the nature of water. He once fought against thieves in the Xichuan River in Xichuan and was promoted to an officer in charge of the capital. He commanded 15,000 naval troops and 500 boats to guard the south of the Yangtze River.

——This naval force was originally prepared to suppress Fangla.

Gao Qiu wanted to take this naval force and ships, and came to listen to the instructions at starry night.

Gao Qiu also sent a confidant, named Niu Bangxi, who was also an infantry captain, to teach him to go up and down the river and within the river channel, and to seize and brush ships. He would all come to Xingren Mansion for delivery and deployment.

There are many front-tooth generals in Gao Qiu's account, among whom the seven are the most outstanding: they are Qiu Yue, the commander of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army; Zhou Ang, the deputy instructor of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army; Cheng Ziming, the golden-haired iron lion, the general manager of the Dongcheng Army and Horse Department; Hu Chun, the governor of the capital of Gyeonggi, often walked in Gaoqiu's mansion; Gao Chonghan, a mountain warrior; and one was called Dang Shiying and the other was called Dang Shixiong, and the two brothers became commanders. These people all have courage that no man can deserve.

Ordinarily, these people alone are already strong enough to go to Shuibo Liangshan to fight.

But Gao Qiu was not so reckless.

Although Gao Qiu had no direct dealings with Shuibo Liangshan, several of Gao Qiu's relatives had fallen into the hands of Shuibo Liangshan, including many outstanding talents like Gao Lian.

Therefore, Gao Qiu once made a serious investigation into the strength of Shuibo Liangshan.

If you don’t investigate, you won’t know. Once you investigate, Gao Qiu is shocked!

——Gao Qiu was shocked by the legendary strength of Shuibo Liangshan!

This is also the main reason why Gao Qiu has never avenged Gao Lian, Gao Rang, including Gao Yanei.

Now that Zhao Ji has spoken, both in public and private matters, Gao Qiu can no longer avoid the decisive battle with Jiang Hongfei.

But the older Jianghu gets, the less courage he has.

Gao Qiu has made up his mind. As long as he can mobilize the power, he will mobilize it all this time.

For this reason, Gao Qiu can ignore the past grudges or even lower his profile.

It can be said that Lin Chong just did not wait for the right time. If he waited for this time, Gao Qiu would definitely use him.

Because Gao Qiu knew very well that if he won this battle, his life would be stable and he could continue to win the wind and rain. But once he lost, his good days would be completely over.

For this crucial battle, Gao Qiu and even Corporal Li Xian transferred Zhang Shuye, whom he disliked very much, to serve as his deputy.

Zhao Ji was also very worried about this battle, so he said to Wang Fu: "Now Captain Gao has sent people to ask Wen Huanzhang of Anren Village as a staff officer. He has been commissioned by the army early, so he will be sent to accompany the envoy. If you are willing to come, If you surrender, you will be exempted from this crime; if you still do not surrender, we will set a limit with Gao Qiu, and we will hunt down all the prisoners and return them to the capital."

Wang Fu wrote an imperial edict and learned about Huan Zhang's visit to the provincial banquet.

It turned out that Wen Huanzhang was a famous scribe, and many of the court ministers were knowledgeable, so they all prepared wine and food to welcome him. At the end of the day, everyone dispersed and packed up to go. There is poetry to prove it:

Professor Yin Anren has been teaching for many years, and suddenly he summoned the army to hold Wei Lun in front of him.

There are many old acquaintances in the dynasty, but no one can recommend a wise person.

Now, Wen Huanzhang, a great talent, was finally activated by the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

In addition, Gao Qiu knew that there were many strange people and strangers in Shuibo Liangshan. Even Jiang Hongfei himself had a lot of virtues. His brother Gao Lian, who was a master of the mysterious, was instantly killed by Jiang Hongfei.

In order to prevent Jiang Hongfei from using magic to win, Gao Qiu specially asked Zhao Ji to invite two Kinmen feather guests.

Zhao Ji advocated Taoism and built the Shangqing Baolu Palace in the palace, recruiting Taoist priests with profound Taoist teachings to live there. They were banned from entering and leaving with yellow crowns and used jade tablets as their titles.

However, there were only nine people who could serve Chen (that is, the Kinmen Yuke who directly served Zhao Ji): Lin Lingsu, Wang Yuncheng, Zhang Xubai, Xu Zhichang, Dong Nanyun, Li Derou, Wang Chongdao, Shao Ruoyu, and Wang Wenqing.

Each of these nine people has profound magic and great supernatural powers.

Zhao Ji attached great importance to the suppression of Shuibo Liangshan, so he sent three Kinmen feathers, Wang Yuncheng, Xu Zhichang, and Wang Wenqing, to escort Gao Qiu.

Gao Qiu knew that there were two generals in Lingzhou: one was named Tinggui, and the other was named Wei Dingguo.

Shan Tinggui was good at dipping soldiers in water, and everyone called him the Holy Water General.

Wei Dingguo was proficient in the art of fire warfare and could use firearms to kill people in battle, so he was called the Divine Fire General.

These two men each have five hundred divine soldiers, which are extremely powerful.

Gao Qiu felt that with the three Kinmen Yu Ke and the two generals of water and fire, it would be useless to have any strange people and strangers in Shuibo Liangshan.

Xu Huai, whose courtesy name was Hu Lin, was born in Hangzhou. He was a famous scholar in Wuqiao Village of West Lake and the cousin of Xu He, a hermit in Gaoping Mountain. , is extremely proficient in military exercises and military formations.

In addition, Xu Huai has three protégés who are not weak, including Ren Sen, Wei Yangyin, and Li Zongtang.

At the beginning, Shuibo Liangshan was so big that many officials from the Zhao and Song dynasties did not dare to serve as officials around Shuibo Liangshan, or even in Shandong.

Zhao Ji was furious and personally selected ten officials, including Xu Huai, from among the personnel selected by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and sent them to Shandong for review.

At that time, there was a vacancy in Yuncheng County. Because it was located at the strategic location of Shuibo Liangshan, the environment was complicated, and official duties were limited. Several officials selected by the province did not dare to take office.

After Xu Huai learned the news, he took the initiative to fill the vacancy and serve as magistrate of Yuncheng County.

After Xu Huai took office, with his outstanding governance skills and vigorous and resolute methods, and with the help of three disciples, it took only more than three months to build the dangerous city that his colleagues were talking about into a city with strong defenses. , a military town with abundant warehouses, capable soldiers and brave generals, and peaceful people.

This also made Yuncheng one of the few cities in Shandong that was not conquered by Shuibo Liangshan.

In the past two years, with the strong support of the imperial court, Xu Huai trained 50,000 elites and contacted Xu He and three strange women to help him.

The first strange woman is Xu Qingniang.

She is the niece of Xu He and Xu Huai. When she grew up, she married Yan Li, a young talent. Yan Li has been smart since she was a child, has a good knowledge and a strong memory, a gentle temperament, and elegant manners. She is familiar with all schools of thought, astronomy and geography, and is recognized as a young talent by the Yan family. It's a pity that Yan Li's fate was unlucky and she passed away in the prime of her life. Her family, relatives and friends were all shocked and regretful.

From then on, Xu Qingniang lived as a widow in the Yan family. In addition to taking care of daily affairs in the mansion, she often went to her uncle's house in Gaoping Mountain to study Taoism and study military strategies. Over time, she became a knowledgeable and resourceful woman. A hero among women with good judgment.

Xu Huai was determined to conquer Shuibo Liangshan, but because he lacked good advisers around him, he was afraid that he would suffer a big defeat if he didn't think carefully, so he was unable to do anything and hesitated.

After his disciple Ren Sen gained insight into his mentor's thoughts, he recommended the hermit Xu He to Xu Huai.

Xu Huai couldn't help but feel inspired after hearing this. Xu He was his brother of the same clan and lived in seclusion in Gaoping Mountain in Juye County. He immediately sent someone to invite Xu He.

When Xu He set out, he took Xu Qingniang with him, and they came to Yuncheng County together, ready to help Xu Huai.

The second strange woman is Wang Gongren.

She was also a lady from a famous family. Although she had lived in a boudoir for a long time, she was very talented and strategic, and was good at making plans and even arranging troops.

Wang Gongren's husband is Wang Xueshi, a scholar in Yuncheng County.

After Wang Xueshi died of illness, Wang Gongren has been living in the mansion without leaving home.

Liangshanbo has countless clear springs and green streams, strange rocks and peaks, mist and clouds at dusk, spring and autumn colors, and it is a beautiful landscape.

When Bachelor Wang was still alive, he was always obsessed with landscapes and often traveled to Liangshan. He also invited a famous painter to draw hundreds of landscapes of Liangshanbo, framed them into albums, and hid them at home.

What's more, this painter was most interested in painting landscapes, so he painted Liangshan Bo's front and back, left and right, inside and outside, front, back and sides one by one, totaling more than 630 pictures.

These pictures are very similar to the real terrain of Shuibo Liangshan.

This will undoubtedly be of great help in attacking Shuibo Liangshan.

After Xu Huai knew that Wang Gong's family had this picture, he went to ask for it with Xu He and Xu Qingniang.

But Wang Gongren is a widow at home and has no man in sight.

Xu Qingniang and Wang Gongren are also related.

So Xu Qingniang took the initiative to ask for help and went to see Wang Gongren for help.

When Xu Qingniang came to ask for the map of Liangshanbo, Wang Gongren not only presented the full map, but also promised to help Xu Huai and the others attack Shuibo Liangshan. In addition, he also wrote to his cousin, Mrs. Jia, asking her to send troops to Liangshan back pass when Xu Huai attacked Shuibo Liangshan. To support.

This third strange woman is Mrs. Jia.

She is a thoughtful lady, good at recognizing people and things, and proficient in mobilizing troops and generals. Her husband is Zhang Ji, the general of Shandong Zhenfu.

Zhang Jisheng was cowardly in nature and had mediocre qualifications. He relied on the merits of his ancestors to become a general.

However, Zhang Ji was very self-aware and well aware of his wife Jia's abilities, and he obeyed her words without any refutation.

Therefore, Shandong's army and military affairs are all under Mrs. Jia's control.

When she knew that Xu Huai was determined to conquer Shuibo Liangshan, Mrs. Jia, who was worried about Shuibo Liangshan, the largest bandit force in Shandong, happily said that as long as Xu Huai took action, she would mobilize hundreds of thousands of Shandong's imperial troops, Xiang troops, and rural troops. When the army advances to Houguan in Liangshan, they will personally take command and sit in the army, arranging their troops and forming a balance between reality and reality.

In short, although Xu Huai was only a small county magistrate in Yuncheng, his men had already gathered a powerful force to suppress Shuibo Liangshan.

However, the power of Shuibo Liangshan was too great for Xu Huai to dare to take action rashly.

Now that Gao Qiu wants to personally suppress Shuibo Liangshan, he certainly cannot let go of Xu Huai, who is not a weak force in suppressing Shuibo Liangshan.

In order to get help from Xu Huai, the force that suppressed Shuibo Liangshan, Gao Qiu even lowered his status and invited Xu Huai to the capital to discuss the plan to suppress Shuibo Liangshan.

After Yun Tianbiao was defeated by Liangshan Army that day, he took the initiative to surrender to Gao Qiu.

When Gao Qiu learned that Yun Tianbiao had a murderous feud with Shuibo Liangshan, he happily accepted Yun Tianbiao.

In the past few years, Yun Tianbiao has been working under Gao Qiu. Gao Qiu later transferred Yun Tianbiao to the Qingnan area of ​​Qingzhou to fight against the Liangshan heroes in Qingzhou.

Yun Tianbiao stayed in Qingzhou for several years. He quickly grew based on Fengyun Village and recruited two powerful forces for Gao Qiu.

The first one is Zhengyi Village.

Zhengyi Village is a folk force in the Qingnan area, founded by Haransheng, a wealthy man in the village.

Shuibo Liangshan held high the banner of justice for heaven, and what he did was kill the rich and help the poor.

Moreover, Qingzhou is the second largest base of Shuibo Liangshan. It can be imagined how powerful Shuibo Liangshan is in Qingzhou.

This led to many wealthy people in Qingzhou going to Zhengyi Village, which was holding high the banner of rebelling against Boliang Mountain in Qingnan area at that time.

This also brings the number of village warriors in Zhengyi Village to more than 45,000. They are elite and brave soldiers and are large in scale. In addition to Haransheng, who is highly skilled in martial arts, among their forces are Ha Yunsheng, Sha Zhiren, Mian Mian and others. Yi Xin and other three fierce generals.

The original purpose of Zhengyi Village was just to resist Shuibo Liangshan's Beitianxingdao.

Later, Yun Tianbiao expanded the local army to prepare for war and brought all the heroes from Zhengyi Village under his command.

Also, Qingzhenshan also voted for Yun Tianbiao.

The Qingzhen bandits are the largest group of bandits in the Qingzhou area except Shuibo Liangshan. The big leader is the Jinlin python Ma Yuan. His subordinates include Fei Lian Huangfu Xiong, Lie Jue Dalang He Lian Jinming, Black God Slayer Wang Bochao, Tie There were five leaders including Zhou Xing, Guijianchou Lai Yong'er and tens of thousands of troops at the city wall.

Yun Tianbiao carried out three large-scale sieges on Qingzhen Mountain, resulting in heavy casualties among his troops. Four leaders including Wang Bochao, Zhou Xing, Lai Yong'er, and Helian Jinming were killed one after another. However, under the heavy pressure of Yun Tianbiao, the two leaders Ma Yuan and Huangfu Xiong surrendered to Yun Tianbiao with their remaining troops.

Yun Tianbiao, who had obtained the soldiers and horses of Zhengyi Village and Qingzhen Mountain, now became the leader again, with a total of ten generals and 60,000 to 70,000 troops.

When Shuibo Liangshan was about to be annihilated, Gao Qiu immediately summoned Yun Tianbiao and his men.

The Yuanbi Village in Yizhou, Shandong Province, was originally a local bandit force that brought trouble to the local area. It was founded by Ping Di Lei Qiang. It originally had only six to seven hundred people. They robbed homes and committed all kinds of evil in the local area.

After Gou Huan and others occupied Yuanbi Village, the scale was expanded to four to five thousand people, but the nature still did not change much.

Until Chen Xizhen went to Yuanbi Village, he established three basic rules for the village: 1. Not to be enemies with the government and the army; 2. not to loot villages and towns or harm civilians; 3. not to liaise with Shuibo Liangshan and other bandits.

At this point, the Yuanbi Village armed forces have transformed from bandits into a civilian force formed for self-protection.

Although Chen Xizhen's only daughter Chen Liqing married Jiang Hongfei as a concubine and gave birth to three sons to Jiang Hongfei, Chen Xizhen hated the Liangshan heroes who robbed the rich and helped the poor, acted for heaven and eliminated harm for the people.

As for why, the reason given by Chen Xizhen is very embarrassing, that is: if you are loyal, you must not be a robber; if you are a robber, you must not be loyal.

If we were to find some far-fetched reason, it could only be that Chen Xizhen's younger brother Chen Xiyi was attacked by Lin Chong with heavy hands when he competed with Lin Chong for the position of instructor of the 800,000 Forbidden Army. He died more than a month later. Therefore, He had a grudge against Lin Chong, the leader of Shuibo Liangshan.

In short, Chen Xizhen didn't know what evil was possessed, but he just wanted to be the enemy of Shuibo Liangshan.

Chen Xizhen occupied Yuanbi Village as a support and gradually developed and expanded.

Today, Yuanbi Village also has leaders such as Tang Meng, Zhen Dayi, Gou Huan, Zhen Xianglin, and Fan Chenglong, as well as 20,000 to 30,000 troops.

Later, Jiang Hongfei found out that Chen Xizhen was in Yuanbi Village, and sent Liu Guang to invite Chen Xizhen to join Shuibo Liangshan.

But Chen Xizhen drove Liu Guang out and threatened that even if he starved to death, he would not drown himself in Liangshan.

Gao Qiu heard about this and took advantage of the fact that Chen Xizhen was once considered his "master" to get in touch with Chen Xizhen and recently recruited Yuanbi Village.

But even after recruiting these three powerful forces, Gao Qiu still felt uneasy.

Before leaving Bianliang City in Tokyo, Gao Qiu summoned his confidant Ji Anbang, the military supervisor in charge of the Fifth Route Military Prefecture in Jingdong. He and his friend Tie Fangliang each led more than 10,000 troops to help in the battle. .

Finally, Gao Qiu also brought along a very promising young general, Liu Qi, to help him command his troops.

In total: Gao Qiu brought more than a dozen counselors, more than 200 generals, and an army of 300,000 to 400,000 people, known as one million.

Gao Qiu went to the imperial camp again, selected 15,000 elite soldiers as his own personal army, mobilized sufficient food, grass and baggage, spent days arranging his clothes and armor, and made banners, but before he could set out...

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