The news that the imperial court took Tong Guan as the commander and mobilized troops and horses from all over to conquer Liangshan was soon obtained by Liangshan, and the military advisor Xu Guanzhong did not dare to slack off at all, while discussing with Lu Zhishen and Zhu Wu how to camp, and on the other hand, he ordered Ma Ling to rush to Dengzhou and inform Junchen of this matter.

At this time, Dengzhou had just been taken over by Liangshan, and it was by virtue of Zong Ze's prestige in Dengzhou that Dengzhou, which had been plagued by Song Jiang and his gang, stabilized Dengzhou in time, and Junchen originally wanted to discuss the direction of Dengzhou's development in the future with Liu Min and Zong Ze.

Liu Min never thought that he would be the Taishou at this moment, when this moment came, he trembled with excitement, it was difficult to help himself, and he was a little calmer, together with Liu Yijing and Shangguanyi, solemnly said in front of Junchen that he would work with Zong Ze to prosper Dengzhou and guard the base for the Liangshan Navy.

Junchen has always been uninterested in such a statement, but he also knows that this is a promise that only a hot-blooded man can have, and directly said goodbye to everyone with tears, in their reluctant eyes, galloped away, but no one saw it, behind the city gate, Li Qingzhao, accompanied by the maid, silently watched Junchen's departing back, and secretly blessed him in his heart.

I have to say that the efficiency of the imperial court in the late Northern Song Dynasty was really low and a little scary, and after Junchen returned to Liangshan from Dengzhou, the people and horses mobilized by Tong Guan were able to arrive, and they swore to go on an auspicious day.

Although Tong Guan attaches great importance to military power, but as the commander of the enemy, he is very unqualified, often when the two armies are facing each other, find a rear city to hide in it, and let the soldiers under his command fight desperately on the front line, perhaps because he feels that this time is just a crusade against thieves, he does not take it to heart at all, and appoints Wei Dingguo, the commander of Lingzhou soldiers and horses, and Shan Tingqi as the vanguard, the first army set off on two days, and set up camp on the side of Liangshan Shuibo, he set off two days after leading the army, and it is necessary to destroy Liangshan.

The news of the dispatch of soldiers and horses in the imperial court was not hidden from Shi Qian and Ma Ling, and the two got the news, and since they were the first to send back to Liangshan, Junchen learned that the vanguard was Wei Dingguo and Shan Tingjue, so he gathered all the leaders to discuss how to meet the enemy.

Guan Sheng has lived in Pudong for generations, quite close to Lingzhou, and has a certain understanding of Lingzhou's military affairs and generals, "that Wei Dingguo is called "Shenhuo General", good at fire attack, and short-tempered; Shan Tingjun is known as the "Holy Water General", good at water planning, calm, the two usually take Shan Tingguo's opinion, but when the war comes, it is Wei Dingguo's opinion to act, according to the bottom of the view, we can take Wei Dingguo as a breakthrough, after taking him, in the plot Shan Tingjue. ”

After Guan Sheng finished speaking, he smiled quite smugly, not wanting Junchen to listen to it, haha laughed, "Although what General Guan said is reasonable, but it is not necessary to deal with the two of them, as far as I know, these two people have always regarded themselves very highly, if we wait for our relatives to go to the front of the camp to fight, with the temper of the two of them, they will immediately go out to fight, as long as the two of them go out, hehe..." Junchen smiled coldly, "Then they don't have to go back!" ”

Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and others heard this, and they all felt a trace of bitterness in their hearts, how could they not know that this is now a common problem of court generals, they are all above the top, and they do not put others in their eyes at all, even if they are their own colleagues, and the reason for this is because of the extreme emphasis on literature and military suppression in the Northern Song Dynasty, which has distorted the mentality of many military generals, and it seems that they can only show their differences in this way.

Bitter is bitter, the battle still has to be fought, since Junchen said so, then it must be done by others, Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and others are proud to be late on the mountain, and they are demoted generals, compared to Lin Chong and others, they quickly got up and said: "Brother, the younger brother is willing to lead the troops to take the lead!" ”

As soon as Guan Sheng and a few people asked for battle, the Juyi Hall immediately made a fuss, such as Qin Ming and others, how could they be left behind, they also got up one after another to ask for battle, Li Kui is a master who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, seeing that everyone is asking for war, he is also too happy, shouting in the back, Xiang Chong and Li Gon saw that Li Kui was here and kept shouting, and they also followed him to shout without a head, so anxious that Fan Rui was busy pulling the three of them on the side.

Junchen saw that the heroes were asking for battle, and he was also quite relieved in his heart, at least the common fear of the enemy in this era, and the problem of not fighting when encountering the enemy did not appear on Liangshan, but the smile on his face at this moment made the heroes shiver unconsciously in their hearts......

Wei Dingguo is just like his nickname, his temperament is as fierce as fire, since he received the order to mobilize soldiers and horses from Bianjing, he immediately gathered the elite soldiers and horses under his command, and rushed to Bianjing to gather, if this is the case, it will be fine, after all, this is his character, and Shan Tingqi will not have any opinions.

But no one thought that Tong Guan would appoint the two as pioneers, rushing to Liangshan before the army, paving the way for the subsequent arrival of the army, and building a camp, after Wei Dingguo received the order, he was full of joy, returned to his own army, and said to Shan Tingjue: "You and my brother have lived in Lingzhou for a long time, in addition to training soldiers and horses all day long, that is, looking at those Jurchens in Zengtou City, bullying the people everywhere, this time the court conquered Liangshan, and the two of us said that they could not make great contributions, and then asked the court to issue a decree to exterminate Zengtou City!" ”

Shan Tingqi looked at his partner with an excited face, and he was quite happy in his heart, as a general with a strong patriotic heart, he could often see the people who couldn't stand the bullying in Zengtou City fleeing to Lingzhou, and he couldn't wait to destroy Zengtou City in his heart, how could he not have the will of the imperial court, if he sent troops without authorization, even if he could exterminate Zengtou City, what was waiting for them in the end would only be a knife on the execution ground, of course, what they didn't know was that with their strength in Lingzhou, they were not Zengtou City's opponents at all.

Originally, Tong Guan just wanted the two to send troops two days earlier, but under the desire of the two to fight, they were five days early, and the equipment, grain and grass were prepared, Tong Guan also liked the generals who were in the lead in the battle, not only did not blame, but also directly promised that as long as they could set foot on Liangshan, then they would definitely fulfill their wishes and lead the army to level Zengtou City.

The two people who got Tong Guan's promise are even more energetic, originally traveled 30 or 40 miles a day to camp and rest, and now under the desire of the two of them to fight, they were stunned to travel nearly 70 miles a day, before they camped and rested, at such a marching speed, 5,000 pioneers arrived at Deyun City in a few days, Yuncheng Taishou saw the arrival of the imperial court soldiers and horses, and he was pleasing in every possible way, so he asked the two to place the soldiers and horses in the city, but the two discussed a little, and felt that this move was inappropriate, or according to Tong Guan's instructions, the camp was set up 20 miles away from Liangshan, so as to facilitate the attack of the army.

The two wanted to rest for two days, and when the sky was bright on the third day, they raised troops to fight, but they didn't expect that only one night had passed, and on the second day, someone came to the door to fight, and the guards at the gate of the camp did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly entered the camp to report to the two.

When Wei Dingguo heard the news, he laughed and said to Shan Tingjue: "The two of us came here to exterminate them, and I don't want them to guard the nest without knowing the location, but they come to the door to provoke, I really don't know what the word death is, just wait for you and me to go out, and kill them without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

Compared with the high-spirited Wei Dingguo, Shan Tingqi is undoubtedly much calmer, "Brother, don't underestimate that Liangshan, you must know that there are heroes like Lin Chong and Luda there, and the means and martial arts should not be under you and me......"

"Huh!" Wei Dingguo raised his hand indifferently, "That's because they didn't meet you and my brother, so they have this reputation, today I met you and me, where are their good fruits to eat, pass the order down, open the camp gate, the three armies lined up, and the Liangshan thief Kou has a high level!" ”