The drums rumbled, the shouting and killing shook the sky, after a night of fierce fighting, to dawn, the battle was finally over, Xucheng County has been captured by the official army, 30,000 people who broke through from the east city except for Lin Chong and Dong Ping, who led more than 1,000 people to break through, the remaining 30,000 troops either died or surrendered, and the whole army was wiped out, but Song Jiang led 20,000 elites to break through from the south city gate successfully, and entered Liangshanbo by boat in Yunshan, and disappeared into the white 800 miles of Liangshanbo.

Tong Guan was surrounded by hundreds of guards and went to the Beida camp, which is now temporarily converted into a prisoner of war camp, where nearly 20,000 captured Liangshan prisoners of war are held.

At this time, the general Xin Xingzong galloped from the city on horseback and whispered to Tong Guan: "The lowly duty has been counted, and the remaining grain in the warehouse in the city is only 300 stones, and the people have been hungry for many days. ”

Tong Guan's face suddenly changed greatly, it turned out that the Liangshan army was really running out of food, and he suddenly realized that he was afraid that he had made a big mistake and let the tiger return to the mountain!

At this moment, a soldier came to report: "Captain Qiyu, Zhang Sima asks to see!" ”

Tong Guan knew that Uncle Zhang was here to accuse himself, his face was red and white, and he said angrily: "No! ”

Tong Guan was really annoyed in his heart, he knew in his heart that although they annihilated 30,000 enemy troops and occupied Xucheng County, Song Jiang's elite army broke through and fled, and it would be difficult to concentrate on attacking and destroying again, which made him anxious and hateful, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

"Captain, what should we do with these prisoners of war?" Yang Du, the general of the prisoner of war camp, asked.

Tong Guan looked at the prisoners of war from afar, thinking that it was these prisoners of war who were covering, only to know that he had made a big mistake and let the tiger return to the mountain, he suddenly became murderous in his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "Behead me all, and send my head to Beijing to ask for credit!" ”

He turned around and left, the prisoner of war camp was a miserable howl, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers immediately moved, the 20,000 Liangshan army prisoners of war slaughtered, for a time blood stained the loess, the soul of injustice everywhere, Tong Guan since then in Yunzhou famous for more than ten years, Yunzhou people mentioned Tong Guan, all for the name of the murderer, even children heard his name did not dare to cry at night.

Although Tong Guan knew that he had made a big mistake and let the tiger return to the mountain, he would never admit that it was his mistake, and he immediately wrote to the Son of Heaven to conceal the situation that the Liangshan army was running out of food, and vigorously commended his merits.

'The minister adheres to the holy will, and the power of the thunder of the Son of Heaven pours troops into the city, and the soldiers of the three armies are inspired by the holy will, fight hard, fight and kill the city, and the city is broken overnight, and the enemy is 30,000 enemies, and the enemy chief Song Jiangqiao pretends to be a humble pawn, mixed into the remnants of the army and escapes, and the minister has sent a tiger general to chase and kill, and must kill it all; Tong Guan is the Son of Heaven again, and the minister has broken through the enemy's lair, recovering Xucheng, Dong'e, Shouzhang, Yuncheng and other key points, so far, Liangshan Yukou no longer has a city and a county, and returns to the barren mountains and wild ghosts.......

A few days later, Tong Guan's good news was sent to the hands of Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, and there were 30,000 Liangshan bandits on the way to Beijing.

At the same time that Tong Guan wrote to the Son of Heaven, Zhang Shuye's impeachment of Tong Guan's recital was also sent to the imperial court, Zhang Shuye pointed out in the recital that the remaining grain of the 50,000 Liangshan army was only less than a thousand stones, and if it was trapped for ten days, the Liangshan army would definitely run out of food and surrender, but Tong Guan neglected to take precautions, and finally let the Liangshan elite break through successfully, Tong Guan not only let the tiger return to the mountain, but also deceived the upper and lower, and said that the defeat was successful, and his heart of deception should be punished.

Zhang Shuye's impeachment recital was only one day later than Tong Guan's good news to the imperial court, but Tong Guan's good news was directly sent to the hands of Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, while Zhang Shuye's recital was sent to the Ministry of War, which then transferred the recital to Xiang Wang Huang.

Wang Hao was recommended and promoted by Liang Shicheng, and was promoted from the general doctor to the eighth rank in a row, and was appointed as the prime minister, and the speed of promotion was unique since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty.

Speaking of which, Wang Hao originally belonged to the prince's family, but since the incident in the East Palace, the prince was seriously warned, Concubine Zheng was demoted to a concubine, and after the princelings ran out of ink overnight, Wang Hao was also frightened, he burned all the letters and notes written by the prince to him, and asked someone to enter the palace overnight to find Li Yan, and gave Li Yan 5,000 taels of gold and a beautiful house of ten acres in the inner city of Bianjing.

Although Li Yan spoke well for Wang Huang, so that Wang Huang was not implicated in the crown prince incident, Wang Huang also understood in his heart that Li Yan was not short of money, if he wanted to keep his position, it was far from enough to rely on a little financial bribe, he also needed to form an alliance with Li Yan in power, so that he would be protected by Li Yan's spare spare, Wang Huang has not been able to find a suitable opportunity, but Zhang Shuye's recital made him suddenly see a good opportunity, that afternoon, he asked a guard on duty to bring this recital into the palace.

In the past, he handled the daily government affairs for the Son of Heaven, and all the ministries and ministers of the imperial court had to pass through his hands, and then he selected major military affairs to report to the Son of Heaven.

Now half of his power is divided by Li Yan, his original official room is called Jinju Pavilion, located behind the Wende Palace, and now it is renamed the East Pavilion, Li Yan also has an official room behind the Jiying Hall in the west, called the West Pavilion, and divides half of Liang Shicheng's power.

Of course, the separation of powers and checks and balances has always been the most commonly used technique of the emperor, just like Zhao Ji used the eunuch group to divide power to check and balance the civil official group, and the same is true within the eunuchs, using Tan Zhi to check and balance Tong Guan, and Yang Jian to check and balance Liang Shicheng, now that Yang Jian is dead, Li Yan was promoted and became Liang Shicheng's sworn enemy, and Zhao Ji could not let Li Yan's family sit big, so although Liang Shicheng was greatly reduced, he still held part of the power and could barely compete with Li Yan.

Li Yan is really complacent, he is not only in charge of the harem, but also in charge of the inner treasury, and now he is equal to Liang Shicheng in terms of external power, since Liang Shicheng can be called the hidden phase, can he be called the 'inner phase'?

In the room, Li Yan is practicing the thin gold body, he has read for several years, and the calligraphy foundation is good, since the official family allowed him to practice the thin gold body, he is quite hard, and most of the time is spent on the hard training of the thin gold body.

"Chief, Wang Xiangguo asked someone to transfer this to you?" A confidant eunuch presented a sealed paper tube to Li Yan.

Li Yan immediately put down the pen and took the heavy paper tube with great interest, pasted both ends with paper and stamped with a seal, what could this be, a huge denomination? Or is it a title deed of tens of thousands of acres of fertile land?

Li Yan tore open the sealed paper and shook out a roll of music from it, he was a little stunned, and there was an inexplicable disappointment in his heart.

However, after Li Yan opened the recital and looked at it a few times, his frowning brows suddenly relaxed, this turned out to be the impeachment of Tong Guan's recital, the content of which Li Yan didn't care very much, but Wang Hao's attitude of giving the recital to himself made him feel excited, which meant that Wang Hao was going to decouple from Liang Shicheng and was ready to change to his own boat.

After a long while, Wang Hao continued to read the content of the recital, and he was secretly taken aback, if this recital was sent to the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that Tong Guan would not be able to eat it and walk away.

He didn't expect Tong Guan to be so bold, saying that the failure was a big victory, obviously it was the Liangshan army that broke through successfully, but he said that it was to conquer Xucheng, but Li Yan could also understand that Tong Guan suffered a crushing defeat as soon as he took power, and no one could accept it.

After pondering for a long time, Li Yan locked the watch into a small wooden box, found a confidant guard, handed the box to him, and said, "You go to Yunzhou quickly, and hand over this box to Captain Tong with your own hands, and say that it is a gift from me to him." ”

"Obey!"

The guard took the wooden box, saluted, and hurried away.

Of course Li Yan wants to seize this opportunity, in his heart, how can Zhang Shuye compare with Tong Guan's status, the content of this recital is not only a great favor, but also a handle, Tong Guan's handle is pinched in his hand, and he is not afraid that he will be disobedient in the future, thinking of this, Li Yan laughed a little proudly.

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