Chapter 115: Rebellion
"This time I was able to break Quzhou County, and the righteous people should be the first to take the lead. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although Wei Dingguo, the god of fire, had a lot of complaints about letting Shi Qian, who was born a thief, participate in the capture of the city, he saw that Shi Qian would sneak into the enemy city and set it on fire, and the task of opening the city gate after leading the enemy into chaos was perfectly completed.
Thinking that after all, his words were offensive to the times, Wei Dingguo was bright, so he said again: "Sneaking into the enemy city quietly and making thousands of thieves mess up alone, this kind of ability, I Wei Dingguo admires it very much!" The previous words offended the righteous people, and I hope to forgive me! ”
Shi Qian smiled and said, "What is my little ability?" Brother Xiao Tang knows people and talents, and now there are many capable people around him, which is not much better than the Warring States Meng Weijun, who is known as having thousands of diners. ”
Wei Dingguo pondered for a moment after hearing this, and said to Xiao Tang: "Xiao Detention Prison knows people well, only talents, sincerity and trust, and there is no doubt about employing people. Sure enough, there is no vanity under the fame, and I, Wei Dingguo, have also served you. ”
Xiao Tang shook his hand and said: "Commander Wei has won the award, if there is no robe, the three armies are united, how can they defeat the thieves?" ”
The county seat of Quzhou was broken by Xiao Tang, Wei Dingguo, and Shan Tingjue, and after clearing the thief army, they immediately demolished the house to divert water and control the fire. Although the houses in the city were burned down by fierce fire for two or three percent, and many villagers' houses were burned down, seeing the fire and fighting last night, one by one they were frightened by the quail-like neck, and they did not dare to speak, but the number of casualties among the people when breaking the city was very small, and it was very rare to control the additional damage to this point.
Xiao Tang and the others sat down in the Quzhou County Ya to discuss the next good strategy for entering the army, Shan Tingqi pestled his chin and muttered: "From Quzhou County to the west, and then after passing the ancient city of Yiyang, it is Zhang Di who has recently broken the Yongnian City of Zhaozhou Prefecture, and then governed the two important places of Loushan Tanglei and Linhaoguan Town into horns, and it is probably not as easy to break the city as Quzhou." ”
Wei Dingguo fought several times, and his mood was high, and he immediately said: "The soldiers are fast! Let's rest for one night, and then take that Yiyang City in one go, aren't the eight dead in Jingxi Chen Zhu and Wu Bingyi underestimating the 1 northern generals of our river? Teach them to just rub around in the south of Zhaozhou, let's connect the two cities, and also teach them not to let out bird farts! ”
Shan Tingqi frowned and said, "When the two armies are fighting, how can they fight for will? Yiyang City certainly wants to take it, but what kind of play has not yet been decided, how can he be greedy for merit? ”
Wei Dingguo was not angry and said: "What is greed for merit? Bear your lukewarm nature! Breaking the enemy should be like a bird's disease, is it possible that we are only waiting here for Wang, Zhang Liangjiedu, Wen Dujian and Xue to lead the army before starting? So what kind of striker is that? ”
Shan Tingqi shook his head and said: "Those who are good at fighting should plan and then move, and it is taboo to go deep alone without knowing the enemy's situation." What is the situation in Nanzhu Town, Quzhou County? How many thieves are stationed in Yiyang City? How many troops can the thief army in the towns of Jize County in the north send to help? It's not advisable to do something like you! ”
In these days, Xiao Tang can be regarded as accustomed to seeing Wei Dingguo and Shan Yanqi on the battlefield, but on weekdays, they often argue and quarrel due to differences in temperament, and they are often "as powerful as water and fire".
According to the theory of war mechanics in later generations, Wei Dingguo was sure that the combat effectiveness of the army in addition to the strength of the army, but also depended on the mobility and impact force, but the time to attack was bound to achieve "invasion and plundering like fire". Shan Tingqi has been studying the method of water attack for a long time, so he is accustomed to inspecting all the information such as the enemy's situation and terrain for analysis in each battle. Defeat before victory, and fight with safety.
The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it cannot be generalized, and it cannot be said that the styles of Wei Dingguo and Shan Tingqi are stronger than others. The two of them have worked together for many years, and although they quarrel most of the time during discussions, they can complement each other and gradually be influenced by each other. It seems that Shan Tingjue's most reckless time was to rush into Shezhou City with Wei Dingguo, and fell into the pit in the ambush of Wang Yin of Fang Lajun, teaching the two brothers who had cooperated for many years to die together.
And after counting the killing of the enemy and the capture of Quzhou City this time, Xiao Tang already had an idea in his heart, and he said: "The only one who commands the envoy is worried about is that the enemy situation is unknown. This time, he captured Geng Gong, the leader of the thieves, why not say that he came to surrender. Not only can this person get a general idea of the deployment of the thief army, but this person can also be very useful. ”
Shan Yanqi listened and said: "I heard that this Geng Gong is a green forest strongman who voted for Zhang Di with Dong Cheng and Shen Ji, since his accomplice Dong Cheng is a stubborn and stubborn person, can Geng Gong really surrender sincerely?" ”
Xiao Tang smiled slightly, although people's hearts are unpredictable, but since he has looked at the Water Margin several times and knows a lot about the deeds of the characters in it, what kind of person this Geng Gong is, Xiao Tang knows it very well.
When the Liangshan army led by Song Jiang conquered Tian Hu, he made a counter-plan and changed his tricks five times, and the generals under Tian Hu also made one after another moves, which also shows that Tian Hu is extremely unpopular, and his ability to control is far inferior to Song Jiang, Fang La, and Wang Qing in the four major Kou (those who surrendered to Song Jiang when the imperial court sent troops to conscript, Wang Qing only had Hu Xian, Hu Jun, and Fang La's Jin Jie, Duan Kai and a few other people) and this Geng Gong was the first leader of Tian Hu's subordinates to surrender to Cheng.
Moreover, after Dong Cheng and Shen Ji died in the battle in the Water Margin, this Geng Gong didn't say a word after being captured, surrendered immediately, and immediately helped Lu Junyi, who was the deputy pioneer at the time, to earn Gaoping City again. If this person "knows the righteousness", it may not be, in the original book, when Qiao Daoqing, the national teacher under Tian Hu, led the army to capture the black whirlwind Li Kui in Liangshan, he was also a general of the north of the river who had surrendered to Song Jiang, and the fierce general Tang Bin sacrificed his life to fight and was arrested together, but this Geng Gong saw that the situation was not good, and he fled in advance.
As soon as this person surrendered, he turned his face and betrayed his former colleagues (Tang Bin in the northern surrender of River 1 was coerced and coerced by Tian Hu before he pretended to surrender, Qiong Ying and Tian Hu had a grudge against killing their father and mother, and Sun An's cronies knew Qiong Ying's past, and he and Ma Ling were arrested by Tian Hu with a bounty, and then fought bloodily with Tian Hu's most brave Northern Army on the battlefield. In addition, people such as Qiao Daoqing, Bian Xiang, Shan Shiqi and others did not draw their swords against the old master after surrendering, but later made a big splash when they crusaded against Wang Qing) is also quite criticized.
Although in the middle of the fierce battle between Song Jiang and Tian Hu, Zhaode Mansion had Jin Ding, Huang Yue, Weng Kui, Cai Ze and others who surrendered to Song Jiang after killing the deputy general Ye Sheng and others, it was also after Qiao Daoqing had been defeated, and Wu Yong designed the army to say, "If the surrenderer is pardoned and hired, if he is obsessed with patrolling, the day the city is broken, the jade will be burned, and there will be no remnants." "At that time, the five leaders in the Zhaode Mansion surrendered, and only three main battles remained, and the situation at that time was that if you didn't surrender, everyone would die together. Therefore, although the actions of Jin Ding, Huang Yue and others are criticized, they also have their own difficulties.
After the crusade against Tian Hu, the heroes of Liangshan, including the general Zuo of the River 1 North, were not injured, and only this Geng Gong was trampled to death by men and horses when he broke Qinyuan City and entered the palace of Tianhu Puppet Emperor. From the beginning, he did the second and fifth boy to the end, and when he saw that he could be pardoned and rewarded by the imperial court, he ended up like this, and it cannot but be said that this is very ironic.
However, although this Geng Gong is not a righteous person, he is now using this "person who is quite knowledgeable about current affairs", Xiao Tang said to Shan Tingjue: "I will meet him, and now in such a situation, I believe that this Geng Gong will be an understanding person." ”......
At this time, Geng Gong and his two henchmen, as well as the captured thieves, were all locked up in the Yada Prison in Quzhou County. His heart was like fifteen buckets of water, and he knew very well what the crime of invading the states and plundering everywhere was for Zhang Di bandits. After being tried by the government, it is not impossible for him to be sentenced to a thousand knives for such a major crime of rebellion.
Every time he thought of this, Geng Gong couldn't help but feel creepy, and his heart was shocked. At the beginning, it was only because he had a little martial arts that he wanted to be happy for a while, so he fell into the grass and Zhending Mansion and Fenglongshan to become a green forest strongman. But who knew that Dong Cheng, the big boss of Fenglongshan, heard Zhang Di in Zhaozhou get up, and he was not willing to just go to the camp in a cottage, and he just wanted to do a big career.
Geng Gong has been extremely opposed to this, there is a way to come out of the rafters first decay, such a season to occupy the mountains and forests to cut the path to rob, the state government yamen may not be in the heart, can pull up the banner and the court to do it, how can a long time not attract the government army to requisition? Although Geng Gong is cowardly, he has a very clear understanding of the situation in front of him: how can a dozen green forest strongmen gathered in cottages and a group of rabble compete with the Great Song Dynasty, which has 800,000 forbidden troops and countless soldiers and native armies in Zhuzhou?
But Dong Cheng was arrogant and reckless, Geng Gong couldn't persuade him, and he only hoped that Zhang Di would be lucky enough to defeat the encirclement and suppression of the army once or twice, and he would be recruited and exempted from responsibility as if he was the emperor before. But now that the festival has made the old merry Wang Huan take command, he has entered the territory of Zhaozhou, and he has been captured alive by the officials and soldiers, and Geng Gong's thinking has been completely shattered.
Geng Gong secretly thought: Now I just want to surrender, the officials and the army don't need me, believe it or not... From the beginning to the end, I didn't think about the damn rebellion! Can someone show me the way out now!?
Geng Gongwu cried out to himself, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, and several soldiers entered the cell and escorted Geng Gong and his two henchmen out of the prison. One of Geng Gong's two henchmen is called Sun Ruhu, and the other is called Li Baolong, who is shaking like chaff and crying for mercy. Geng Gong's mind turned extremely fast, and he was surprised and secretly said: Now that Zhang Di has not been eliminated, it is not when we are sentenced by the government and sentenced by the government, and we are summoned at this time, isn't it to remember my usefulness?
Geng Gong and two of his subordinates were escorted to a side room in the county office, and saw Xiao Tang sitting on the top, and instructed the sergeant to untie Geng Gong and ask him to sit at the bottom, Geng Gong knew that he had guessed correctly, he almost cried, and he didn't sit down, he knelt down directly and said: "Xiao Renxia is benevolent and righteous, like a villain who has been captured, he treats each other with great courtesy, and the villain is grateful!" ”
Xiao Tang saw Geng Gong's appearance like this, this plan was feasible, he stood up and helped Geng Gong up, and said: "There is a way to know mistakes and correct them, and it is very good." If Geng Zhuangshi is willing to return to the Heavenly Empire, I am willing to protect Geng Zhuangshi to be reused. ”
Under the fright, Geng Gong only felt that his legs were weak, Xiao Tang just helped him up, and he bowed and thanked him: "Since I have received the grace of not killing, I Geng Gong is willing to atone for my sins for Xiao Renxia's pawn!" ”
"Geng Zhuangshi, I want to use you, why do I only make you a pawn?" The corners of Xiao Tang's mouth curled, stared straight at Geng Gong and said, "I am willing to protect Geng Zhuangshi to do a meritorious service, I don't know if Geng Zhuangshi can rely on it?" ”