Xiao Tang had the intention of forming another army in Hedong, and called Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and other good generals to help him. Judging from the geographical location of Hedong and the strategic intentions of the Song Dynasty in the future, it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult to mobilize the imperial court to select and organize a new army, but the difficulty lies in how to make Xiao Tang retain the command of this new army.

If the imperial court wants to allow itself to transfer officers and soldiers and horses, and recruit loyal and righteous soldiers to deploy in Hedong, not only does it need Zhao Ji's approval, but it also needs the Privy Council to send troops to select military officers for military defense and border preparation. Now that Zheng Juzhong, a senior member of the DPRK, has known the Privy Council again, the relationship between Xiao Tang and him can be regarded as harmonious, as for the other Tong Guan, who often leads the army outside, but also has a very high status in the Privy Council, in order to accumulate military achievements, it is now the time to employ people.

In order to use troops against Western Xia as soon as possible, Tong Guan even planned to move more than 100,000 brave archers from Hebei and Shandong to strip off their original hometowns, and they had to be transferred to the border court to make up their lives. Now the Western Xia Kingdom is trying to recover the barriers lost in the previous battle, but the Great Song Dynasty intends to fully occupy the Hengshan defense line of the Western Xia as soon as possible, and the war is almost a foregone conclusion. Now that Xiao Tang has made efforts to form a usable army, it is expected that Tong Guan must be very happy.

However, the Great Song Dynasty suppressed the military with literature, and Xiao Tang, who was a military officer, was also more sensitive to the fact that he wanted to take advantage of the state-owned war to set up a new army, and he also needed the support of other people who were respected in the imperial court, such as Cai Jing, the minister of power who now took charge of the political arena after returning to Beijing.

Now is also the time to meet the generation of giant traitors, but was recognized by the old and new parties in the past as a talent for governing the country......

At noon the next day, Xiao Tang planned to go to Cai's mansion to visit Cai Jing, his former Shangguan Liang Shijie's father-in-law. On the morning of the same day, Yan Qing came to report to Xiao Tang that there was another flying pigeon message from Hebei, saying that the Chai Jinchai officials of Henghai County, Cangzhou had taken in Song Jiang, who had come to defect. Because Xiao Tang's forces in the green forest also maintained a cooperative relationship with Chai Jin, Chai Jin also sent people to Xiao's family to ask for Xiao Tang's opinion, saying that since Song Jiang was also a good man praised by the masses in the rivers and lakes, whether to introduce him to Erlongshan Dazhai and be a leader of the righteousness with Xiao Tang.

Of course, Xiao Tang said about this matter, since Chai Daguan has a wide range of heroes in the world, let's keep that timely rain and Song Jiang to get along for a while, after all, what I am planning in the green forest has a lot to do with it, not to mention that I know about it with Hei Saburo for the time being.

On the way back to Bianliang, Tokyo with Xiao Tang and Xu Guanzhong, Yan Qing and other henchmen, Hua Rong, who temporarily stayed in Xiao Jiaji, learned that his brother Song Gongming had arrived at Chai Jin Mansion and was safe, so he was also relieved. Moreover, Pang Wanchun and his sister have also landed in Banqiao Town, Mizhou, by sea under the arrangement of Mei Zhanye, and Xiao Li Guang and Xiao Yang Youji, who are willing to distinguish each other from each other on the bow and arrow, have finally met.

It's just that no matter whether it is foot shooting, mounted archery, or even Hua Rong and Pang Wanchun riding horses with bows and bows, they don't even know a winner when they shoot at each other. Hua Rong walked through Yang Shenjian in a hundred steps, and Pang Wanchun was also a carving arrow that burst into the cold star, and the two of them were good at using fast arrows, and they could also catch the other party's arrow cluster shooting at their own vital points, so for three days in a row, no one could have the slightest advantage.

It is the good man who knows the good man, and the relationship between Hua Rong and Pang Wanchun became close when they were trying to do archery. And Pang Wanchun can compete with Hua Rong with his bow and arrow skills, but although he is a complete archer, if you talk about horse combat marksmanship, he is far inferior to Hua Rong, who is also good at using a silver spear and has Zhou Tong's gun skills. After thinking about it, Pang Wanchun also decided to cooperate sincerely with Xiao Tang's Green Forest Cottage like Shi Bao, the owner of Wuyi Mountain Village on Fujian Road, and become another hero from Jiangnan who gathers righteousness.

Hua Rong only informed Pang Wanchun about Xiao Tang's secret passage through Liaodong and the support of people and horses in the green forest, but after all, the leaders under his command who acted in the green forest were also confidant brothers who needed to be able to talk to Xiao Tang, so Hua Rong also sent a letter to Xiao Tang to ask if he needed to bring Pang Wanchun's brothers and sisters to meet with Xiao Tang when he returned to Bianjing.

Xiao Tang thought to himself that Pang Wanchun was the leader of the strongmen who fell on Liangzhejiang Road, except for the local government and military division, no one in Bianliang, Tokyo would know his origin. As long as the arrangement is thorough, it is expected that there will be no danger, so Xiao Tang instructed Yan Qing to send another letter, inviting Pang Wanchun's brother and sister to come to Bianjing with Hua Rong to gather with him.

After noon, Xiao Tang changed into Yanju regular clothes and went to Cai Jing's mansion to pay a visit, accompanied by Yan Qing and Xu Guanzhong, two brothers who were delicate and good at interpersonal relations, each with some generous gifts.

Now that Cai Jing has returned to Beijing, and the call for reintegration is getting louder, it is because on weekdays, officials from the court often come to the door to stammer. Xiao Tang, who had also visited Cai Jing's mansion before, went to the gate of Cai's mansion again, and explained his intention to Xiao Menzi, surnamed Wang, who was younger and attracted visitors, and that little Wang immediately went to the mansion to report to Zhang Gan in the mansion, and handed over the generous gifts brought by Xiao Tang to Li Duguan, the steward of Cai's mansion, and said that Xiao Tang of the palace marshal's mansion came to visit Cai Taishi.

Now Xiao Tang is not only a celebrity in front of today's official family, but he is also Cai Jing's son-in-law Liang Zhongshu's disciple, and the birthday gang escorted to Cai Jing's mansion over the years is also handled by the dart company under his name. Li Duguan naturally didn't dare to slack off at all, he invited Xiao Tang, Yan Qing, and Xu Guanzhong to the side hall of the mansion to wait, and at the same time went to the inner house to report to Cai Jing that he knew.

Xiao Tang, who was waiting on a sandalwood chair, looked at the luxurious scenery around the Cai Mansion mansion, and gradually couldn't help but get nervous in his heart. The head of the six thieves at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Cai Jing and Cai Yuanchang, a generation of power ministers, whether in this dynasty, or even in the Chinese dynasties, he can also be called a well-known heavyweight. However, a powerful traitor like Cai Jing, who has cultivated extremely sophisticated scheming skills, will definitely not be easy to deal with him.

Xiao Tang's greeting post was transferred from Li Duguan to the inner house and after a cup of tea, at this moment, Xiao Tang suddenly saw a Cai disciple who was richly dressed and looked a little similar to Cai You Walking towards Xiao Tang, and snorted coldly to a capital next to him and said: "Cai Yun is so confused, he relied on being the righteous son of his father, so he hooked up with some prodigal children of the people and indulged, and I don't know how many benefits he received!" What kind of Ximen official in Yanggu County is just an ordinary businessman in the county, how can he come to have anything to do with my Cai family? ”

That all listened to it and hurriedly said: "It is good to teach Cai Wugongzi to know, Yanggu County's Ximen officials are also filial piety to the Taishi, in addition to the Daimyo's Mansion Liang Zhongshu Xiao Jia's dart line escorted the birth gang, the Ximen officials also entrusted people to cast three hundred taels of gold and silver into four Shou Yin, congratulatory gifts in the golden longevity pot, jade peach cups and other utensils are also very luxurious, I heard that Yanggu County that Ximen family and Yang Jian Yang Tiju in the palace are also related to the deceased, that Ximen official sister married Yang Tiju's in-law Chen Hong's son, can also be said to be the in-laws of the in-laws. Since Yang Tiju is also a person who can speak in front of the official family, when the Taishi and Yang Tiju go back and forth, the great officials of the Simon Gate can also come in handy. ”

"Oh?" The man who was called Cai Wugongzi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and he no longer complained about Cai Yun, the righteous son Cai Yun received by his father, and what kind of Ximen official in Yanggu County. After the fifth prince Cai came to the side hall, he saluted Xiao Tang again and said, "Is Xiao Duyu waiting for your feet?" I am Xuanhe Hall to be made Cai Ying, my father has come to visit, please come with me. ”