Mo Jun wanted to return to his hometown to arrange his family, and he couldn't follow Li Yanqing into Beijing for the time being, so Li Yanqing wrote him a letter of recommendation.

Early the next morning, Zhou Chun sent two temporarily hired midwives and a maid to Li Yanqing's house, and Yang Liang also arrived from Tangbei Township.

Li Yanqing fully believed Luan Tingyu's judgment, this massacre of Tangyin County was a careful plan by Song Jiang against Lu Junyi, to attack Lu Junyi's prestige in the Liangshan Army, if it was carried out in Weizhou, the impact would be slightly smaller, and it would not be able to resonate with the Hebei generals in the Liangshan Army, and if it was carried out in the Daimyo's Mansion, it would affect the plan to raid the Daimyo's Mansion.

Li Yanqing judged that Wang Ying's massacre of the city in Tangyin was not hot-headed, but an action carefully planned by Song Jiang, but this plan undoubtedly seriously hurt the innocent people in Tangyin County, and also aroused the bitter hatred of Tangyin's children, including Li Yanqing.

Five days later, Li Yanqing and his entourage arrived in Bianjing.

In front of the gate of Gaofu, Gao Shen and his wife, who had already heard the news and were waiting at the door, finally saw their little daughter who had returned safely, the mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried, Gao Shen stepped forward with red eyes and said to Li Yanqing: "Li joined the army for great grace, Gao remembered it, and let it be reported later!" ”

Li Yanqing saluted and asked, "But the son-in-law sent someone to deliver the letter back first?" ”

"I received a letter from my son-in-law yesterday, and I was so worried that I hardly slept all night. Hebei's battle report has already made the imperial court boiling in the past two days, and in comparison, the atrocities committed by the Liangshan bandits against Tangyin County are nothing. ”

"But the battle situation in Hebei is unfavorable?"

Gao Shen smiled bitterly, looked at the pedestrians coming and going on both sides, and said to Li Yanqing: "This is not a place to talk, let's go to the mansion to talk." ”

Saying that, he instructed the housekeeper to greet Yang Liang, and he took Li Yanqing to the mansion, Li Yanqing was also very concerned about the situation in the Hebei Daimyo's Mansion, but he didn't get the news all the way, and he was really a little worried.

In the study, the two sat down separately, and said with a deep sigh: "Liang Zhongshu's 30,000 army was defeated, and the 30,000 army was almost wiped out, and he only fled back to Daming County with thousands of remnants, and the Son of Heaven was very angry and ordered Liang Zhongshu to be dismissed." ”

"What about Daimyo Prefecture? Was it broken by the Liangshan Army? Li Yanqing hurriedly asked again.

Gao Shen shook his head, "I heard that the Daimyo County was alerted in advance, and the Daimyo Mansion sentenced Wang Renyi to mobilize four thousand troops to go to the city to defend it strictly, and the sneak attack of the Liangshan bandits did not succeed. ”

"Since Daimyo County has not fallen, why did Liang Zhongshu fall to the ground?"

Gao Shen sighed, "The Liangshan army used trebuchets to send tens of thousands of orders to the officers and soldiers camp at night, and the rumor-mongering Daimyo Mansion had been attacked by the Liangshan Army, Liang Zhongshu not only did not avoid the rumors in time, but even he himself believed it, and ordered the withdrawal of the army overnight, and the military heart began to be seriously confused, and a large number of deserters emerged, as a result, the Liangshan Army took advantage of the situation to launch an attack, and the 30,000 army was defeated. “

"Then who will the imperial court decide to send to suppress the Liangshan bandits next?"

"Now there is no candidate yet, the debate within the court is very fierce, because the bandits in the south of Fangla are also very serious, so that the court is a little careless, Yu Xiangguo suggested recruiting Liangshan bandits, focusing on cracking down on bandits in the south, but many ministers also think that now recruiting Liangshan bandits will only fuel the bandits, and the bandits should be severely cracked down, I also support the latter, but the official family seems to be inclined to Zhao'an, I estimate that the official family has sent someone to contact."

Li Yanqing was silent for a moment, then got up and saluted: "The junior wants to plead with the Taiwei about it!" ”

"How do you say this, Li Senjun is very kind to my daughter and son-in-law, as long as I can help, I will do my best!"

Li Yanqing said slowly: "If someone recommends the Seed Master Dao as the commander to exterminate the Liangshan bandits, please support the Taiwei!" ”

Gao Shen looked at Li Yanqing with a resolute expression, he seemed to understand something?

As Gao Shen said, after the Liangshan army annihilated 30,000 officers and soldiers, it was ready to take advantage of the victory to capture the Daimyo's Mansion, but Zhang Shuye, the governor of Xuzhou, led 3,000 Xiang troops and falsely claimed to be 10,000 elite soldiers, and attacked Jeju, one of the foundations of the Liangshan Army, which directly threatened the safety of Liangshan.

Although the plan to attack the Daimyo's mansion failed again, the Liangshan army still achieved a great victory in the Battle of Bozhou, capturing countless armor, baggage, grain and grass, and Song Jiang took the opportunity to expand the army, so that the strength of the Liangshan army increased rapidly to 80,000, and Song Jiang's personal prestige also reached its peak.

At this time, Song Jiang did not continue to expand his territory, he needed to integrate the internal and completely establish his absolute authority in the Liangshan army.

Xucheng County, Yunzhou, here is the state of Yunzhou, but also the ruling center set up after the Liangshan army went down the mountain, is the capital of Song Jiang, in order to get rid of the influence of Chao Gai, Song Jiang has transferred the foundation of the Liangshan army from Liangshan to Xucheng, and called himself Yungong, and built a Zhongyi Mansion covering an area of about 200 acres in Xucheng County, as the military government of the Liangshan army.

In the past two days, an angry news spread among the leaders of the Liangshan Army, Lu Junyi betrayed the purpose of acting for the heavens in Xiangzhou, openly slaughtered the city, and plundered the people's property.

The way of heaven is to rob the rich and help the poor, and to crack down on corrupt officials, which has always been the purpose of Liangshan Juyi, so the Liangshan army will never allow the slaughter of the city when attacking the city and plundering the wall, and generally suppresses the corrupt officials and gentry, seizes their money, and does not commit any crime against the poor people.

However, Lu Junyi's massacre of the city and looting undoubtedly violated the purpose of the Liangshan army, which made many generals angry, but under the strong pressure of Song Jiang's demand for unity, this matter did not expand and become public, but the dissatisfaction was surging secretly.

At noon that day, the military advisor Wu Yong found Lu Junyi, although Lu Junyi was in the storm of public opinion, he was still very calm, and calmly dealt with all kinds of dissatisfied eyes and accusations.

"Disturb the rest of the second village master!" Wu Yong walked into the room and smiled.

Lu Junyi was reading a book, and when he saw Wu Yong coming in, he put down the book and got up and said with a smile: "Where! Advisor, please be seated. ”

Wu sat down with a smile, and Lu Junyi asked Yan Qing to serve tea again, "Recently, there have been some criticisms against the owner of the second village, and the master of Song Village deeply regrets it!" Wu Yong groaned for a while, and then said his intention straight to the point.

Lu Junyi smiled faintly, "I am the chief general of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and I am responsible for the massacre and looting of the city by the army, but I believe that the Lord of Song Zhai has investigated the reason for this." ”

Wu Yong sighed, "Song Zhai Lord asked Wang Ying, he also admitted that it was difficult to control the army after entering the city, it was originally to crack down on the corrupt officials of the wealthy families, but the soldiers did not grasp the proportions when arresting the gentry and county officials, and accidentally injured some people, Wang Ying has confessed to the owner of the village, and the owner of the village decided to demote him to the control, although the responsibility of the second owner of the village is not great, but after all, the thing happened, if there is no point of expression, I am afraid that the brothers below will not accept it!" ”

Wu Yong's implication is that Song Jiang admits that the responsibility lies with Wang Ying and has dealt with Wang Ying, but as the main general, Lu Junyi cannot stay out of the matter and must bear the corresponding responsibility.

Lu Junyi knew it, and he didn't expose it, so he smiled and asked, "Then how did the Song Village Master decide to punish me?" ”

"It's also difficult for the master of Song Zhai to do! Let me discuss with the master of the second village to see what method can be used that does not hurt the brotherhood and does not violate the purpose of Liangshan. ”

Speaking of this, Wu looked at Lu Junyi with inquiring eyes, and Lu Junyi sneered in his heart and said, "Since the person concerned, Wang Ying, has been severely punished, how can I stay out of the matter, so be it!" I was also demoted by one level, from a general to a commander, and then notified the whole army so that everyone could take warning, what did the military advisor think? ”

Wu was secretly happy in his heart, and still said pretendedly: "This is not good!" Informing the whole army will damage the prestige of the second village master. ”

Lu Junyi shook his head, "Liangshan wants to become a big thing, of course, it must be fair and strict, military discipline is like a mountain, even if it is me, it is the master of Song Zhai, this is my official statement, I will write a letter of self-blame and admit my mistakes to the officers and soldiers of the three armies." ”

Wu Yong said for a while: "Just have a notice, don't write any more self-blame for the second village." ”

"No way!"

Lu Junyi said categorically: "Since the village is mainly on official business, how can I let General Wang be wronged and responsible, I must make this matter public, so that everyone knows what happened, I have made up my mind about this matter, and Wu Junshi should not persuade him anymore." ”

Lu Junyi's tone was full of danger, he was just waiting for a moment, you Song Jiang is not kind, then don't blame me Lu Junyi disregarded the overall situation, made the matter completely public, and let everyone see, who is behind the planning?

Wu Yong suddenly realized Lu Junyi's fierce counterattack at this time, and he was suddenly shocked in his heart, he vaguely realized that he was afraid that the matter of slaughtering the city and Tangyin had been messed up.