Chapter 543 Kidnapping the Lord of Cheshire

In Yanggu County, after the news of the defeat of the imperial court soldiers and horses in Liangshan came, Zhao Yougong was a little gloating, but he didn't dare to relax too much, after all, it was not a good thing for Liangshan to become bigger. At this time, in addition to Zhao Yougong, there were also Zhu Wu and Niu Gao in the front hall of the county ya, and the three of them were drinking tea while discussing the affairs of Liangshan.

"Counselor Zhu, now that Uncle Zhang has been defeated, it is impossible to come to the imperial court to do anything to Liangshan thieves in a short period of time, after that, what should we do?"

In fact, Zhao Yougong had already made a decision on how to deal with Liang Shan, but he still wanted to hear Zhu Wu's thoughts, on the one hand, to see Zhu Wu's ability, and on the other hand, to see if his ideas were missing.

Zhu Wu knew in his heart that this was His Royal Highness's first test for him, thought about it, and arched his hand, "The best choice is to win over the available people at that time, and leave the rest to Liangshan and continue to fight against the imperial court." However, this choice is not possible at the moment, since His Royal Highness killed Li Kui and Wang Ying, and the three ladies forced Song Jiang to take Li Kui's life with his own hands, after this incident, Song Jiang has regarded our Dingguo Army as a mortal enemy. The subordinates have been in Liangshan for a long time, and they also know a lot about this Song Jiang, Song Saburo seems to be loyal, chivalrous and courageous, but in fact, he is ambitious, cold-hearted, and good at winning people's hearts. Such people, if they do not perish early, will become a great trouble. Moreover, now that Song Jiang is bent on getting rid of the identity of a thief, he happens to win a big victory, and with Wu Yong's help, maybe this trick will be done. ”

"Oh, listening to Counselor Zhu's words, let's destroy Liangshan as soon as possible?"

"Yes, before Song Jiang failed to get rid of his identity as a thief. Get rid of it as soon as possible. If His Royal Highness intends to keep Liangshan and cause trouble for the imperial court. You can also kill Song Jiang first. In addition, Lu Junyi is on the top! ”

After Zhu Wuyan, Zhao Yougong squinted and smiled, raised his hand and applauded, then looked at Niu Gao and smiled, "Brother, how do you feel when you listen to Counselor Zhu's words?" ”

Niu Gao nodded with satisfaction, I heard His Highness say that Zhu Wu's talent and intelligence were not much worse than those of the big officials. I didn't believe it at the time, but when I heard Zhu Wu's words today, I really had to believe it, "Counselor Zhu is really a great talent in the world, it seems that this thief can survive, and Song Jiang will die?" ”

General Niu asked, and His Royal Highness Zhao and Zhu Wu nodded at the same time.

After the three of them discussed, a personal soldier came to report, "Your Highness, Runing is under the command of Hu Yanzhuo and asks to see!" ”

Zhu Wu and Niu Gao glanced at each other. At the same time, he smiled and said, "Congratulations to Your Highness." I'm going to get another warrior again. ”

"Haha, the king of this is so lucky, and he also owes the official family Hongfu!" His Royal Highness Zhao was not polite at all, if it weren't for Zhao Ji's incompetence, he would not have made a famous general like Hu Yanzhuo disheartened.

Hu Yanzhuo entered the Dingguo Army not to mention it for the time being, just talk about this Liangshan, after the big victory over Zhang Shuye, the shadow of the previous defeat of the Dingguo Army was swept away, and a banquet was held in the Juyi Hall, and everyone drank happily. Song Jiang was naturally happy, after three rounds of drinking, Wu Yong came to Song Jiang and said something, and saw Song Jiang retracting his smile, with a more dignified look, he gave up his hand to find a reason for being overwhelmed by alcohol, and Wu Yong helped him back to his residence.

Song Jiang was not a little drunk, he sat at the table, condensed his eyebrows and asked, "Brother Wu, what is going on?" ”

"Brother, just look at the content of the letter" Wu Yong handed over a note, Song Jiang just glanced at it twice, and then glared angrily. It turned out that Zhao Yougong had a premonition that Song Jiang was going to return to the imperial court, so he wanted to kill Song Jiang before Zhao'an and let Lu Junyi replace him. Thinking of Zhao Yougong's conspiracy again, how could Song Jiang not be angry?

In fact, Song Jiang was not only angry, but also had many questions, who came out of this news, and who put the note in Wu's room? It is not difficult to imagine that the one who can put the note into Wu's room quietly must be his own person, that is to say, there are other people's moles in Liangshan. However, Song Jiang has no intention of taking care of these, at least for now, with this traitor, there is only good for him, no harm.

"Brother Wu, what should I do now?"

"There is no other way, order a good cronie brother to protect my brother, and find a way to promote Zhao'an, as long as it is in the name of righteousness, then Zhao Yougong will not dare to deal with us blatantly!"

"The reason is good, but how to promote Zhao'an?" Song Jiang didn't have the slightest idea about this, but Wu Yong smiled slightly, covered the corners of his mouth with his hand, and said something softly, and soon, he saw a smile on Song Jiang's face.

Zhao Yougong was bent on killing Song Jiang, so Niu Gao prepared a team to infiltrate Liangshan and secretly assassinate Song Jiang, but then the spies came to report, saying that Song Jiang had strengthened his vigilance, not to mention the increase in guards outside, and Qin Ming and Hua Rong were close to him, as if Song Jiang had already known that there would be an assassination. If the assassination fails, he can only think of another way, but is there a better way than to march to Liangshan, and it is precisely Zhao Yougong who does not want to attack Liangshan Fortress, which will inevitably cause heavy casualties, which is really not worth it.

Soon came June, and for such a long time, Zhao Yougong still couldn't help Song Jiang. Just after the unitary hour, the sky darkened, Zhao Yougong sat in the chair and frowned, Ah Jiu ran in from outside, and obediently rubbed his shoulders for His Royal Highness Zhao, "Childe, what do you want, the meals are ready, and the county lords are waiting." ”

"The county lord? Don't worry about it, she can really wait, it is estimated that it will be eaten in a while! ”

What Zhao Yougong said was not bad at all, Chai Keyan also waited for a long time for a stick of incense, and when he saw that His Royal Highness Zhao did not come, he invited everyone to eat. As for whether His Royal Highness Zhao was hungry, she didn't bother to care.

On the third day of the sixth month of the fourth year of Xuanhe, an incident once again broke the hard-won peace of Jingdong Road, on the same day, Liangshan thief leader Song Jiang raised 20,000 troops to attack Yanzhou, because the Yanzhou defenders failed to respond in time, resulting in half a day, Liangshan soldiers and horses came to Yanzhou City, and besieged the entire Yanzhou City. Fortunately, there were Yang Zaixing and Yang Zhi in Yanzhou City, and after Liang Shang's soldiers and horses launched a fierce attack without any effect, they retreated and stationed outside Yanzhou City.

The Liangshan thieves besieged Yanzhou, but Zhao Yougong frowned, and at this time, most of the generals in the army gathered in Yanggu County to discuss it, but they didn't figure out why. Zhao Yougong is really a little unsure of what kind of medicine Song Jiang is selling in this gourd, what is the benefit of attacking Yanzhou at this time for Song Jiang? What's more, there are 6,000 soldiers and horses led by Yang Zaixing and Yang Zhi in Yanzhou City. Why did Song Jiang defeat Yanzhou?

Just when everyone felt that Yanzhou was foolproof. The next day. That is, on the fourth day of the first month of June, a piece of news came again. Yesterday night, Yanzhou Dutou Lei Nong opened the west gate of Yanzhou, Liangshan thieves swarmed in, it was chaotic in the middle of the night, in order to avoid too many casualties, Er Yang led the troops to withdraw from Yanzhou and returned to Zhongdu County. Yanzhou discarded. For Zhao Yougong, he doesn't feel distressed, Yang Zaixing and Yang Zhi's choice is not wrong, Yanzhou can be defended, and if it can't, it will be abandoned, and there is no need to damage Yanzhou too much. What made Zhao Yougong's mind swell was that after Liangshan occupied Yanzhou, he divided his troops and went to Rencheng in the south, and it was even more difficult to figure out what Song Jiang wanted to do.

In the front hall of the county government, Niu Gao, Zhu Wu and others were all standing around the square table, and there was a map on the table at this time. Zhu Wu's brows furrowed. His fingers regularly pointed at the table, and Niu Gao squinted and frowned. Xiao Yue also touched his chin, with a bitter expression. The most taboo thing in fighting a war is that it is not clear about the intentions of the local area, and it is fought indiscriminately. Before figuring out the intentions of the Liangshan bandits, how could they dispatch troops and horses?

"Really?" Niu Gao seemed to remember something, but immediately shook his head, "How is this possible?" ”

Zhao Yougong looked at Niu Gao and said with a wry smile, "What else is possible, brother, you first tell me what you think in your heart." ”

"Well, Your Highness, please see, this Yanzhou and Rencheng guard the southeast of Liangshan Shuibo, and these two places are also the places where our soldiers and horses are stationed. If the thieves feel too much pressure and Liangshan is not enough to defend, they can pass through either Guò Yanzhou and Rencheng, directly pass through Yizhou to enter Huainan Haizhou, and then enter the islands of the East China Sea. ”

Listening to Niu Gao, Zhao Yougong was shocked, and he inexplicably remembered a piece of history. I remember that when later generations read the historical materials of Shandong, didn't the Songjiang Uprising in history finally flee to Haizhou and rely on the island to fight against the imperial court? At this time, Zhao Yougong was in a mess in his heart, and he was a little confused about what Song Jiang would do in this time and space. Did he follow the instructions contained in "Water Margin" and recruit peace, or did he flee to Haizhou Donghai Island first like the real history?

It's really reliable, who said that the traverser will definitely be able to foresee? Zhao Yougong scolded his mother for a while, and he didn't know how those former traversers became prophets, and they were all mixed up. Is it that he Zhao is too unlucky, or are the ancients encountered by other time-travelers all fools?

Of course, the answer is simple, how could the ancients be fools? Zhao Yougong exhaled a long breath, and said solemnly, "Brother, whether what you said is true or not, we can't afford to guard against it." Give Yang Zaixing an order, let him go to Fei County as quickly as possible, and if he encounters Liangshan thieves going south, he must make every effort to stop him. In addition, Luda's headquarters was transferred to Pei County to guard the road to Huainan with all his might. ”

"Whoa!"

A series of orders were issued in Yanggu County, Lin Chong, Luda, Yang Zaixing, Hu Yanzhuo and others immediately took action, and in just one day, a big net was laid in the southeast of Liangshan Mountain.

Just when Zhao Yougong was guarding against Liangshan, a strange thing happened in Yicui Building, today Chai Keyan entered the room A as usual, but after a while, a skyrocketing fire broke out in the backyard of Yicui Building, and the fire was together, and the whole building was in chaos, and men and women rushed to flee for their lives. The scene was chaotic, and when Sanniang pushed open the door to drag the Cheshire Lord away, she found that there was no one in the No. A room, and there was a big hole in the brown wooden bed.

When the Cheshire Lord was lost, Sanniang was suddenly furious, pulled out a short knife, and shouted at the dozen or so guards who followed outside the window, "Pass the order, the Cheshire Lord has been taken captive, and the county seat will be blocked immediately!" ”

Those guards were scratching their heads about the chaos in Yicui Tower, and when they heard that the Cheshire Lord had lost it, they were immediately frightened into a cold sweat. Sanniang's reaction was not unpleasant, in just a quarter of an hour, martial law was imposed on the entire Yanggu County, and the soldiers of the Dingguo Army strictly checked the city, but after all, they did not find the figure of the Cheshire Lord. In the county office, Sanniang knew that she had caused a big disaster, so she bowed down and said, "Official, it is Sanniang who is not good at handling things, please punish the official." ”

Zhao Yougong closed his eyes gently, he felt that this time was very unsmooth, as if no matter what he did, there would be loopholes. Exhaled, patted Sanniang's hand, and said slowly, "Sanniang, I don't blame you for this matter, that woman goes to Yicui Building every day to work, if others have the heart, it is not difficult to get her away." Speaking of which, the king blames this for this, he has been staring at Liangshan, but he has ignored the person in front of him. ”

Who kidnapped Chai Keyan? It's not hard to guess at all, who else can there be besides the people on Liangshan? Isn't kidnapping Chai Keyan, the future crown princess, the best way to threaten the court and beg for peace? Song Jiang and Wu Yong are really smart people, if he Zhao has any weakness, then this weakness is Chai Keyan. Holding firewood in his hand, not only did the court dare not move, but even he Zhao Yougong was reluctant. Sending troops to exterminate Liangshan and forcing Song Jiang to kill Chai Keyan was emotionally reluctant, and there was not much benefit to the great cause.

The whole city of Yanggu County is under martial law, and a carriage in the south of the county is driving fast, and there is a beauty curled up in the carriage, the beauty has a red face and cold eyes, but unfortunately her hands and feet are tied, even if you want to scold, you can't.

Chai Keyan was very depressed, she just went to the Yicui Building to get some stigma, how would she have thought that this kind of thing would happen? Could it be another Liangshan thief? (To be continued......)