Daming Prefecture is a capital in the north and north of the Song Dynasty. Its status in the Song Dynasty was greater than that of ordinary prefectures. Therefore, when the Liangshan army invaded Daming Prefecture fifty days ago, it finally caused anger from the court. Zhao Ji immediately issued an order to transfer 30,000 border imperial guards from Zhending Prefecture to the Daming Prefecture, which was fully commanded by the prefect Liang Zhongshu.

The Liangshan Army has been defeated repeatedly in recent years, and its ranks have grown rapidly, and it has increased from the initial thousands to 50,000. A small Liangshan Mountain can no longer accommodate them. More importantly, the Liangshan Army has repeatedly defeated officers and soldiers several times their own. Especially after defeating the Taiwei Gao Qiu, Song Jiang discovered the corruption and vulnerability of the imperial army. His ambitions began to expand violently. He felt that he could also divide the country and be called a lonely person.

Since last year, the Liangshan Army took the lead in capturing Yunzhou and Jeju, and took half a year to gain a firm foothold in Yunzhou and Jeju. By this summer, the Liangshan Army began to march northward to conquer Bozhou on the north bank of the Yellow River.

For the Liangshan Army, attacking Daming Mansion is by no means avenging Lu Junyi. Daming Mansion has a high political status. The capture of Daming Mansion has a high political influence and has great significance for the Liangshan Army to get rid of the "bandits".

Therefore, after the first defeat of the Liangshan Army, Song Jiang led tens of thousands of main forces to confront officers and soldiers in Bozhou, restraining Liang Zhongshu's 30,000 troops, while Lu Junyi led 5,000 troops to Xiangzhou and attacked the empty Daming Mansion from behind. This was an extremely clever strategy, but Li Yanqing saw through it.

Hu Qing'er caught up with the team that was marching north quickly. Hu Cheng found that his daughter's face was not very good, so he slowed down and walked side by side with Hu Qing'er. "What's wrong?" Hu Cheng asked in a low voice.

"It's nothing. I want to try Brother Li's martial arts, but I still lost." Hu Qing'er casually gave an excuse.

"Haha! I know his martial arts very well. His flying stones are the best in the world. The archery developed on the basis of flying stones is also outstanding. If these two items are removed, I think he is not your opponent unless you deliberately give it to him."

"I didn't mean it!"

Hu Qing'er blushed and said, "I clearly lost to him."

"Who dares to bully the mistress!"

A rude voice suddenly appeared behind him. When Hu Cheng and his daughter turned around, they were the commander of the Liangshan Army. Wang Ying was a turtle bandit. He was about thirty years old. He had a short body, a big head as big as a bucket, a round waist, and extremely strong. His legs were short, so he got a nicknamed a short-legged tiger, which weighed 70 pounds long-handled copper hammer with infinite strength.

It would be fine if he was short and strong, but he looked very bad, with a fat face full of flesh. There was a long scar from the corner of his left eye to his face, and his appearance was very ferocious.

Although Wang Ying has a poor appearance, he has a high status in Liangshan. He is the direct descendant of the leader Song Jiang and is deeply trusted by Song Jiang. This time, as a deputy general, he followed Lu Junyi to sneak attack Daming Mansion.

At this time, Wang Ying stared at Hu Qing'er with a pair of copper bell eyes and said, "Which bird thief dares to be rude to Sanniang? Tell your brother, your brother will tear him!"

Hu Qing'er's face darkened and she said coldly: "What does my business have to do with you?"

If Hu Cheng is not here, Wang Ying will definitely be pestering Hu Qing'er with a smile. With Hu Cheng beside him, Wang Ying's face is a little uneasy, "Sanniang, I'm kind-hearted!"

Hu Cheng knew that Wang Ying was vicious and always cruel. He was afraid that his daughter would offend him, so he quickly grabbed him and smiled: "Sanniang has always been willful. Don't bother with her. Let's go to Lu Shuai to talk about military affairs!"

"Haha OK!"

Wang Ying glanced at Hu Qing'er's tall chest again. Seeing his gaze, Hu Qing'er was furious and was about to swing a whip. Hu Cheng hurriedly pulled Wang Ying away without waiting for his daughter to attack.

How could Hu Cheng not know Wang Ying’s thoughts about his daughter? Song Jiang has hinted twice, hoping that he could lead to this marriage. Although the two are very different in age, this is not important. Wang Ying’s fierce and ugly appearance makes Hu Cheng dislike him, and Hu Cheng can tolerate it.

But Hu Cheng could never tolerate Wang Ying's lust. Wang Ying was very fond of fishing. He had been a bandit for many years and had countless good women who had been ruined by him. He did not restrain himself when he went to Liangshan. He had long been famous. How could Hu Cheng marry his daughter to him with such a man?

However, Wang Ying is a fellow villager of Song Jiang and is deeply trusted by Song Jiang. He ranks third among Song Jiang's direct lineage, second only to Wu Yong and Li Kui, and Hu Cheng dared not offend him too much.

After Lu Junyi went up the mountain, he quickly gained support from a group of Chao Gai's old subordinates such as Lin Chong, Liu Tang, Ruan brothers, etc., and supported by Sun Li, Guan Sheng, Hu Cheng, Shi Xiu, Yang Xiong and other Hebei brothers, Lu Junyi has become the leader of Liangshan forces alongside Song Jiang. Although Song Jiang was not happy, he had no choice but to let him inherit Chao Gai's position and become the second person in Liangshan.

Song Jiang was determined to promote the marriage between Wang Ying and Hu Qing'er, and the vague meaning was to pull Hu Cheng over and split Lu Junyi's subordinates.

This time, Lu Junyi led his army to raid the Daming Mansion, but Song Jiang appointed Wang Ying as his deputy general, and his intention to monitor was obvious.

Lu Junyi also knew this. At this time, Lu Junyi said to Wang Ying and Hu Cheng: "I have just asked most of the soldiers that more than half of the soldiers had eaten up their dry food, and the soldiers with the largest amount of dry food did not exceed two days. I would like to discuss with you, go to nearby villages to collect grain, or go to Lushan Town to raise official grain?"

As soon as Lu Junyi finished speaking, Wang Ying said without hesitation: "How much food a small town gets must be attacking the county town. Lu Shuai, I strongly recommend attacking the county town."

"But attacking the county town will reveal our whereabouts, and Daming Mansion will likely get news in advance."

Wang Ying insisted on attacking the county town with his own deep meaning. He shook his head and said, "Lu Shuai thought it was too simple. If we don't enter the county town, Tangyin wouldn't know that we exist? It is certain that we expose our whereabouts, but food is also very important. Without military rations, morale will be gone."

This Liangshan army actually has more than 5,000 people. In addition to the 5,000 troops that were circling around Bozhou, more than 2,000 bankrupt farmers in Weizhou were willing to follow them to rebel, carrying hoes and wooden roots behind them. The total force had exceeded 7,000, and military rations were a big problem for Lu Junyi.

Lu Junyi looked at Hu Cheng, "What does Lao Hu mean?"

Hu Cheng lowered his head and thought, "Since it is time to supplement it sooner or later, instead of supplementing it in Daming Prefecture, it is better to supplement it in Xiangzhou. In addition, the brothers have been marching day and night these days, and they are relatively tired, so they simply take a rest in Tangyin County for a day."

"I'm afraid the news will be leaked!"

Wang Ying smiled and said, "Shuai Lu, so what if the news is leaked? Daming Mansion has no army to resist, and at most it will be escaped by some officials. If Liang Zhongshu divided his troops to rescue him, this would be an opportunity to wipe out all the officers and soldiers. I believe Brother Song can seize it!"

Lu Junyi nodded, "Okay! Go to Tangyin County to rest."

Wang Ying was overjoyed and quickly added: "Then let's follow the customs, let's do the way for heaven!"

This is something that Wang Ying is concerned about. The so-called practice of the Heavenly Heaven is to kill stolen officials. This is a custom set by the Liangshan Army. After capturing the city, they usually have to reward the three armies. However, Song Jiang wanted to build a reputation and strictly prohibit plundering people's wealth. Therefore, Wu Yong planned a way to kill corrupt officials. Killing corrupt officials can win the hearts of the people, and at the same time, the wealth exploited by corrupt officials can be used to reward the army, which meets the money needs of the Liangshan army and has a reputation that is not violated. It can be said that it can kill two birds with one stone.

Lu Junyi sighed secretly. Wang Ying was Song Jiang's man. Since he insisted on doing this, he couldn't object, so he had to agree.

Wang Ying was in high spirits and waved his arms and shouted: "Brothers, conquer Tangyin County and reward the three armies!"

The soldiers' morale was greatly boosted and they accelerated their pace toward Tangyin County, 30 miles away.

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It was noon that the five thousand Liangshan troops arrived in Tangyin County, but Tangyin County was not prepared at all. Dozens of town soldiers were still standing at the city gate chatting. At this moment, the pedestrians on the official road suddenly became frightened, shouted, and rushed towards the city gate.

The villagers were shocked and didn't know what happened?

"What's going on over there?" a village soldier asked, pointing at the official road in the distance.

Everyone also saw it, and saw dust flying on the official road. I don’t know how many people ran to produce such an effect. After a moment, more than a dozen pedestrians rushed to the city gate first and shouted: “There is an army behind, with murderous intent, not like officers and soldiers!”

At this time, the five thousand Liangshan troops had appeared more than 200 steps away. They were all armoured and carrying spears on their shoulders, and were rushing towards them. Generals were following on both sides, carrying flags of various colors. From this perspective, this army was completely different from the imperial guards, but they were too murderous, which scared the pedestrians and ran away in scattered places.

The villagers looked at each other and turned to look at the team. The soldiers were not sure about it. They wanted to close the city gate but did not dare to close it. At this moment, a group of arrows rushed towards him and hit the chest of a village soldier. The soldiers screamed and fell to the ground.

Everyone suddenly woke up and ran to the city shouting, "Close the city gate! Close the city gate!"
Chapter completed!