Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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I ran to this Yunzhou to join the army after going through all kinds of hardships, and only a few days later, I was involved in the battle between the Ximenqing officials and the Liangshan army, and was beaten by Song Jiang and the others in Shouzhang County. Bad luck again and again, bad luck!

Yun Baosi drank a glass of wine depressedly, and then thought of the thing that made him hate the most.That was when he was duel with Ximen Qing back then, he cut off half of little Yu Baosi, leaving his crotch empty, and he lost a lot of masculine prestige.

Nowadays, Yu Baosi, who is tall and mighty, has to give those whores more hush money every time he goes to have a fling in Fireworks and Willow Lane, so as not to let them tell their secrets. These days are really miserable!

The hatred for Ximen Qing in Yu Baosi's heart has never disappeared, but in the past he was more afraid of Ximen Qing than hatred, so he endured it until now.Now, after colluding with the increasingly powerful Liangshan bandits, Yu Baosi became much more courageous, and began to think about revenge.

When Yu Baosi made a toast to Dong Ping, he inquired carefully about Cheng Zhifu's contact with the local powerful to discuss the matter of suppressing bandits, and confirmed that Ximen Qing would rush to Dongping Mansion before the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

Chapter 521 Ximenqing dispatches troops and generals

Yu Baosi, who had inquired about the conclusive information, immediately passed the information to Li Xiaoer, the "child born with wine" who was in contact with him after the banquet.

In the Liangshan Juyi Hall, after learning that the enemy Ximen Qing would leave Ximen Fort for Dongping Mansion before the Lantern Festival, Chao Gai, Wu Yong and others gathered together, dispatched troops and generals, and secretly planned how to attack Dongping Mansion.

When the Liangshan bandits were discussing how to attack Dongping Mansion, Ximenqing also received information from the Liangshan bandits, and made corresponding preparations with Luan Tingyu, Hu Sanniang, Wang Jin and others.

A few days later, "Jiang Gate God" Jiang Zhong and "Golden Retriever" Duan Jingzhu returned to Yanggu County with a hundred personal guards, the day before New Year's Eve.Knowing that he was going to fight the Liangshanbo bandits again, Jiang Zhong was so excited that he geared up for the fight, and found Ximen Qing to volunteer for the fight.Ximen Qing smiled and asked Jiang Zhong to recharge his energy first, and it would not be too late to discuss after New Year's Eve.

On New Year's Eve, "Jade Kylin" Lu Junyi and Mr. Lu came to Ximen Fort in Yanggu County at the invitation of Ximen Qing.On this trip, he did not bring the "prodigal son" Yan Qing, but Li Gu, the head of the capital in his mansion.

Because Ximen Qingxin invited him to come to celebrate the festival, and go to Dongping Mansion to enjoy the Lantern Festival lanterns together after the festival, and at the same time check the unpacking business jointly operated in Yunzhou, so Lu Junyi brought Li Gu who helped him manage the business.

On the same day, Hong Zhen who was stationed at Hongjiazhuang in Dulonggang also returned to Ximenbao, and Zhu Long from Zhujiazhuang was with him.

This time, the Zhujiazhuang caravan followed Ximenqing to Liaodong, and made a lot of money, so Zhu Chaofeng specially asked Zhu Long to come to Ximenbao to send many gifts to Ximenqing, and at the same time, he also discussed with Ximenqing how to deal with it. The bandits and bandits in Naliang fought together.

On that day, Ximen Qing slaughtered cattle and sheep in Ximen Fort, and set up hundreds of tables of banquets inside and outside the fort, with all the brothers, his and his brothers' family members in the mansion, directors of herbal medicine shops and restaurants, weapons workshops, The craftsmen and shepherds of the horse ranch, as well as the soldiers and farmers of Ximenbao, and other related people celebrated the New Year together.

Although some brothers were far away in Dengzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Jiangnan, and could not join the feast, at this moment Ximen Qing was surrounded by talented people.

Sitting next to Ximenqing were Lu Junyi, a guest from Daming Mansion, and Zhu Long, a guest from Zhujiazhuang, next to them were Luan Tingyu, Wang Jin, Jiang Zhong, Hong Zhen, Tang Long, Jiao Ting, and Brother Qiao Yun. , Huangfuduan, Duan Jingzhu, An Daoquan and other brothers.

As the mistress, Hu Sanniang sat patiently with her family and children in the inner courtyard to eat, and did not appear in the group of strong men beside Ximen Qing to drink with them.Bo'er Jijin? Alan also sat with Ximen Qing's charming ladies, spending the Chinese New Year with curiosity.

After night fell, the entire Ximen Fort was decorated with lights and festoons, bright as day, and thousands of people in the banquet were smiling and immersed in a joyful atmosphere.

Ximen Qing also watched all this happily, enjoying the good time at this moment.At the same time, Ximen Qing secretly vowed in his heart: All the achievements in front of him are the result of years of hard work after he traveled through time. Whether it is the Liangshanbo bandits, the dog emperor Song Huizong, or the future Jurchens, he will never be able to live forever. Take these from me!

Thinking of living today, I will be involved in a bloody storm again.Ximen Qing also let go of his arms, and had a hearty drink with all the brothers in the middle of the night.

After waking up the next day, Ximenqing called all the brothers together and formulated the current countermeasures against the Liangshan bandits.

In order not to reveal too much strength, Ximenqing decided to keep a low profile. His own army temporarily implemented the policy of protecting the environment and the people, mainly driving away the Liangshan bandits who were about to invade Yunzhou, and did not seek to wipe them out in a decisive battle.

As for the officers and soldiers of Dongping Mansion, try to help them defeat the Liangshan bandits and let them consume their strength with the bandits.

Following this policy, Ximen Qing made the following arrangements:

According to the agreement with Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, Ximen Qinghui will go to Dongping Prefecture to meet with him and discuss helping him to suppress the bandits.

Since the intelligence showed that the army led by Dong Ping, the military commander of Dongping Mansion, was showing signs of instability, Ximen Qing would bring two hundred elite soldiers with him on this trip to prepare for temporary contingencies in the city.

During this trip to Beijing Daming Mansion, Lu Junyi and Dayuan Lu will accompany Ximen Qing, and Ximen Qing will also bring two brothers, Wang Jin and Jiao Ting, with him.

Lu Junyi is known as the "Three Wonders of Hebei", and his martial arts skills with sticks are unparalleled in the world; Wang Jin was once the instructor of the 80 forbidden army in Tokyo, and his family passed down his skills in using sticks, and he also has the courage to be undeserved; Jiao Ting and Ximen Qing are also very powerful in combat. The combination of four people is rare to meet an opponent, and it is enough to guarantee their own safety in Dongping Mansion.

Another reason why Ximen Qing brought Wang Jin was that Wang Jin had been the instructor of the Imperial Army for many years, and had also experienced in the Western Army for many years. He was a real expert in commanding the army and commanding wars.If there is a disturbance in the imperial army of Dongping Mansion during this trip, and Wang Jinmao rectifies those officers and troops, it will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

Now, apart from Yanggu County which is Ximenqing's sphere of influence, many lands and villages in Dong'e County to the east of Yanggu County and Shouzhang County to the southeast have also been annexed by Ximenqing.Therefore, Ximenqing should assist the officers and soldiers to guard these two counties and prevent them from being destroyed by Liangshan bandits.

Ximen Qing asked Jiang Zhong and Hong Zhen to go to Dulonggang. Together with Zhujiazhuang and Hujiazhuang, they sent a coalition army to enter the village under the jurisdiction of Ximenqing in Shouzhang County in the southeast and garrison them to support the official army in Shouzhang County. Safeguard the environment and the people.

For Dong'e County, east of Yanggu County, Ximenqing needs to arrange a cavalry unit to lurk there. Firstly, it is to guard against the robbers at Liangshanbo who will take risks and cross Dongping Mansion to directly attack and plunder Dong'e County. Second, they can quickly go south to rescue Dongping Mansion. .

In order to compete for the command of this cavalry unit, Hu Sanniang and Luan Tingyu refused to give in to each other and wanted to fight.The two of them used to serve as the left-behind posts of Ximenbao, and they had long been itchy, and wanted to lead troops out to fight a big fight.

There was no other way, the two of them were the most trusted people of Ximen Qing, and the base camp of Ximen Fort was entrusted to them so that Ximen Qing could travel around boldly with confidence.

Seeing that both of them were eager to fight, Ximen Qing was inclined to let Luan Tingyu join the battle, but he couldn't persuade Hu Sanniang either.In the end, Luan Tingyu had an idea and invited his wife, Ximenxin, to come out to help him with the matter.

Under Ximen Xin's persuasion, Hu Sanniang finally reluctantly agreed to let Luan Tingyu play first this time.But Hu Sanniang's condition was that Luan Tingyu would not be able to compete with her the next time she played.In order to appease Hu Sanniang, Luan Tingyu, who won the chance to fight, agreed with a smile on his face.

After confirming that Luan Tingyu was going to battle, Ximenqing asked him and Duan Jingzhu to lead a cavalry to follow him to Dong'e, and then lurked between Dong'e County and Dongping Fucheng to wait for orders.

Chapter 522 This Killer Is Not So Good

Among the remaining brothers in Ximenbao, Brother Qiao Yun will also lead his subordinates to follow Ximenqing, and will be responsible for conveying the information and Ximenqing's orders to Luan Tingyu, Jiang Zhong and others as quickly as possible.

Brothers Tang Long, Huangfuduan, and An Daoquan were valuable talents in special fields, Ximen Qing couldn't bear to let them merge with the Liangshanbo bandit, so he let them stay in Ximen Fort to help Hu Sanniang defend the camp.

In addition, in order to cope with his actions in Dongping Mansion, Ximenqing also sent people to Yanzhou Duyingshan, and asked Shi Jin brothers to take a team along Wenshui to the border of Wenshang County at the junction of Yanzhou and Yunzhou to prepare for the contingency. Prepare.

After arranging several support teams around Dongping Mansion, Ximenqing sent people to Dongping Mansion first and reported to the prefect Cheng Wanli that he would arrive at Dongping Mansion on the [-]th day of the first lunar month to enjoy the Lantern Festival with him.

On the bank of Jishui in the east of Shouzhang County, Yunzhou, there is a forest next to the official road leading to Dongping Mansion. There are three "Nezha with Eight Arms" Xiang Chong, "Flying Sage" Li Gun and "Touching the Sky" Du Qian. The leader of the Liangshan bandits was leading hundreds of young men in ambush in the woods, watching the passing merchants and pedestrians.

Xiang Chong is a native of Peixian County, Xuzhou. He is good at using a dough card, with 24 throwing knives in his back, and can pick up people with a hundred steps. He is known as "Nezha with Eight Arms".Li Gun is a native of Beixinglou, Pizhou, nicknamed "Flying Great Sage". Like Xiang Chong, he is good at envoy cards, with 24 javelins inserted in it, and he is both offensive and defensive.

Xiang Chong and Li Dang were originally the bandit village owners of Mangdang Mountain in Xuzhou, and joined Liangshan together with Fan Rui, the owner of the village, "the devil in the world".

Xiang Chong and Li Gun are good at throwing throwing knives and javelins, and they are known as a hundred hits.In the original history, the two of them, together with Li Kui and Bao Xu, formed the Liangshan infantry's killing four, which was the combination with the highest killing efficiency.It's a pity that the two perverted murderers Li Kui and Bao Xu have been eliminated by Ximen Qing, leaving only their two brothers in Mangdang Mountain.

After receiving information from Yu Baosi that Ximen Qing would enter Dongping Mansion on the [-]th of the first lunar month, Wu Yong, the military strategist, sent this assassination duo to ambush the passing Ximen Qing with throwing knives and javelins. .Because "touching the sky" Du Qian is a veteran on Liangshan and is most familiar with the geographical path of Yunzhou, so Wu Yong also ordered him to lead the way for Xiang Chong and Li Gun and cooperate with them in carrying out their tasks.

After Du Qian took the order, he took the two leaders Xiang Chong and Li Gun to the official road on the west bank of Jishui in Shouzhang County to ambush.Du Qian told Xiang Chong and Li Gun that this official road is the only way to go from Yanggu County to Dongping Mansion via Shouzhang County. As long as Ximen Qing appears, he will fall into an ambush by his brothers.

Xiang Chong, Li Gun, and Du Qian squatted in the woods for a few days, seeing people coming and going on the official road, but they never saw Ximen Qing and his party.

Seeing the sun rising from the east, it was already the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, and Ximen Qing, the target of the robbers' sneak attack, still did not show up.Xiang Chong, Li Gun, and Du Qian looked at each other in dismay, puzzled. Could it be that the information received by the military division was wrong?

Seeing that Xiang Chong and Li Gun were restless, Du Qian said to them, "You two brothers, don't be upset. I will wait here for another half a day. Perhaps Ximen Qing will pass by this road before noon today. If so No matter how late it is, he won't be able to make it to Dongping Mansion today."

"Brother Military Advisor asked us to go back to have a round with Brother Chao Gai today. Hey~ I have to wait for half a day. If we don't see him again at noon, we have to leave." Xiang Chong said helplessly.

How did the two killers, Xiang Chong and Li Gun, know that Ximen Qing, Lu Junyi, Wang Jin, Jiao Ting, and Qiao Yun had already left Yanggu County with their team during the few days they were lying in wait in the woods, heading east. After crossing the Jishui River and entering the territory of Dong'e County, go southward to Dongping Mansion.Although this road is a bit farther than the journey through Shouzhang County, it is obviously safer because the road is far away from Liangshanbo.The bandits Xiang Chong and Li Gun chose the wrong place to ambush, where can we still see Ximen Qing?

Behind Ximen Qing and the others, the cavalry team led by Luan Tingyu and Duan Jingzhu separated from Ximen Qing for half a day, and also entered Dong'e County eastward, lurking in Dong'e County.

Before noon on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Ximen Qing and his party entered Dongping Fucheng without incident, and lived in the restaurant opened by Ximen Qing's family.The accompanying [-] elite soldiers, also led by Brother Qiao Yun, hid in several places in various properties that Ximen Qing had bought.

When Ximenqing and others were eating and drinking spicy food in the restaurant in Dongpingfu City, Xiang Chong, Li Gong and Du Qian were still blowing the northwest wind in the woods.The three persisted past noon, but Ximen Qing was still nowhere to be seen, so they had to admit defeat and retreat.

Xiang Chong and Li Gun were upset. They happened to see more than a dozen passing merchants on the road, and they yelled, "Here is the hero of Liangshanpo! If you know something, stay here to buy money!" , surrounded these unlucky businessmen, and robbed them of their money and goods without leaving a single penny.

If Du Qian hadn't reminded Xiang Chong and Li Gun next to him that Chao Gai's brother only allowed robbery and didn't like to kill people indiscriminately, I'm afraid that these dozen merchants would encounter the murderous hands of Xiang Chong and Li Gun.

After the Liangshan robbers left, the merchants who were robbed fled back to Shouzhang County to sue the officials in fright.When the magistrate of Shouzhang County heard that hundreds of Liangshan bandits had come to the territory, he trembled in shock and didn't know how to place his hands and feet.After a long time, he came back to his senses and hurriedly summoned the county lieutenant and the county capital to lead troops out of the city to arrest the robbers.