Northern Song Dynasty gangster: Start the game with a dog's head, and Mr. Bao spares his life

The rest of the combat forces, such as Jiaozi, Shi Qian, Xia Laodao, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Hu Sanniang, and Qiongying, were all brought by Cao Bin's side.

In addition, there is Bui Yi Xiangyun, who used to be the close female official of Empress Wuzang, who once helped Cao Bin escape from the Xixia Camp, and has been managing the inner house in the Hou Mansion.

This time I took her with me because I was thinking about the trip to Xixia, maybe it would be useful.

In the end, those who did not move...

Northwest Yanzhou.

Since Yang Zongbao was transferred to Waqiaoguan to defend the Liao people, Zhong Shiheng was appointed as the capital of the Yanyan Army.

As the general of the Great Song Dynasty, the Zhong family was very well-known in later generations, and it was from Zhong Shiheng.

A few years ago, he killed Yeli Yuqi's brothers with a divorce plan, cut off Yuan Hao's left and right arms, and thus became famous...

It was already March.

Zhong Shiheng was at home, frowning at the official document sent by the Privy Council.

Below sat his three sons.

Seeing that his father had read the official document for a long time without speaking, Zhong Erlang said anxiously:

"Father, did the imperial court appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army?"

Zhong Shiheng glanced at him, shook his head and sighed:

"No, the imperial court ordered Zhongjing Bo Cao Bin to be in charge of the capital of the Yanyan Army, and Liang Ji, the servant in charge, to be the supervisor of the army, under the control of Tong Guan of the Hedong Army."

Hearing this, Zhong Erlang couldn't help but angrily said:

"Cao Bin, why? In terms of seniority, he should be the commander-in-chief of the Yanyan Army."

Zhong Dalang shook his head and said:

"Cao Bin still has some skills. Yuan Hao was plotted to death by him, and he defeated the iron kite, pacified King Xiangyang, and defeated the female general of the Yang family during the military exercise."

Zhong Erlang said disdainfully:

"Has he ever fought in a serious way? What the two armies need for a confrontation is real skills, not just a few months of training civilians to be competent."

"This is an army of [-] to [-]. I heard that he doesn't practice martial arts, reads less military books, and is not as old as me. What kind of ability will he have?"

Zhong Sanlang said with a smile: "If you want to talk about cheating and cheating, second brother, you are the best..."

Zhong Shiheng waved his hand and said:

"Okay, stop arguing, Cao Bin is also a general, even if he is a bit of a dude, it won't drag us down."

"I'm worried about Tong Guan and Liang Ji. People who come out of the palace are mostly difficult to deal with."

Chong Dalang asked, "Father, who is this Liang Ji?"

Zhong Shiheng said: "He used to be the chief minister of Princess Zhaoyang's mansion. Not long ago, he was promoted to the 'insider guard' and was released from prison."

Zhong Dalang nodded and added:

"There is also the transshipment department. These days, the grains distributed to us are all old grains, and the portions are much smaller. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be targeted at our family, right?"

Zhong Shiheng shook his head and smiled wryly: "It should be for Cao Bin. I heard that he and Cai Jing are at odds."

Zhong Erlang frowned and said:

"Is this battle still to be fought?"

"It's fine if Cao Bin can't help, but he will also implicate us."

Zhong Saburo rolled his eyes and said:

"Second brother also said that others, you offended Tong Guan, saying that he is not a man. In recent years, the servants who came out of the palace are very hostile to our family."

After finishing speaking, he himself was also dumbfounded. Looking around, Cao Bin and his family offended everyone who could be offended.

Is this going to Xixia to fight, or to die?

There may be more troubles from Song Dynasty than from Xixia.

At this moment, a soldier came to report:

"General, Uncle Zhongjing sent someone to report that the army has entered the territory of Yanzhou and will arrive in the evening today."

"My lord should prepare the camp and meals."

Zhong Shiheng waved his hand and said, "Understood, you should step back first."

As he spoke, he got up and said to his three sons: "Go and order five hundred soldiers quickly, and go to meet Uncle Zhongjing with your father."

Zhong Er was stunned for a moment, then said in astonishment:

"Father, it's not enough, why don't you show him off and let him listen to us?"

"Anyway, he only brought more than 5000 civilians, and our Yanyan army is the main force."

Zhong Shiheng glared at him and said:

"Stop talking nonsense, he is the chief general appointed by the court, do you want to be impeached?"

Then he changed into his official uniform, flew on his horse, brought his three sons to join the soldiers, and went straight to meet Cao Bin.

It was almost noon when they arrived at Kulichuan.

Cao Bin and his party were camping on the river bank, Zhong Er frowned and said:

"No wonder they arrived in Yanzhou after traveling for more than a month, and they had to camp and rest at noon?"

Zhong Shiheng waved his hand and said, "It's just right, let's see his methods."

As he spoke, he had already galloped towards a high slope.

Zhong Da came behind Zhong Shiheng, looked at Cao Bin's camp from a distance, and exclaimed, "What a well-organized camp."

Zhong Er also looked over, and saw that the camp was layer upon layer, and there was no shortage of watchtowers and watchtowers.

In just a moment of effort, the camp has already established a prototype visible to the naked eye.

He couldn't help being dumbfounded: "This is the general prison moved here? How did it build so fast?"

Zhong Shiheng nodded and said: "It seems that Cao Bin has real skills, we were too worried."

But Zhong Erlang curled his lips and said, "I have some skills, but it's just camping."

At this moment, a group of soldiers galloped up and shouted:

"Who are you waiting for, why did you spy on our military camp?"

Zhong Shiheng clasped his hands and said, "Zhong Shiheng, who is in charge of Yanyanqian, is here to welcome Uncle Zhongjing!"

The leader of the school hurriedly returned the salute: "I didn't expect General Zhong to be so polite, just follow me into the camp."

In a short while, Zhong's father and son had entered the camp with the soldiers patrolling the camp.

At this time, they really realized the strength of those soldiers who built the camp.

I saw more than 2000 soldiers, more skilled than professional craftsmen, building villages and building camps like flowing water, and almost no manpower was wasted.

Watching them set up camp seems to have become a kind of enjoyment.

Zhong Dalang couldn't help asking:

"General, your ability to set up camp is too good. How did Uncle Zhongjing train you?"

He remembered that these soldiers had only been trained for four or five months, but they were so experienced in camping?

The little school laughed:

"Don't dare to call them generals...Of course they are skilled, because that's their ability to eat."

"Do you know the Bianjing construction camp? They build manors while training to earn money to support themselves."

As he spoke, he laughed and said:

"Do the generals need to build a manor? If so, we will give you a [-]% discount."

"If you have other business, you can introduce it to us..."

The father and son of the Chong family were speechless and looked at each other in blank dismay. Did this take the business to the frontier?

Zhong Er couldn't help laughing, gave a thumbs up and said: "Uncle Zhongjing is really a fantastic idea, a powerful and unconstrained style!"

The little schoolboy gave him a contemptuous look and said:

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking."

"We are unpaid government soldiers, what can we do?"

"Uncle Cao Bin can only use this method to make us self-sufficient."

Zhong Er looked around at the ruddy-faced soldiers, his laughter stopped abruptly, and he became thoughtful.

At this time, the little principal said: "We're here, Uncle Cao and the supervising army are in command, I'll go and report."

"The supervisor is here?"

Zhong Dalang's expression changed, he slapped his thigh, and said angrily:

"It's broken, I forgot to bring a gift, what should I do?"

"Come here empty-handed, won't the supervising army hold grudges?"

Zhong Er said:

"Brother, you don't have to worry about the debt anyway, even if you give us a gift, those eunuchs won't let us go, why bother?"

Zhong Dalang said angrily:

"Shut up, you know what a fart, which 'chief general' is not afraid of the internal guards? Let alone us subordinates?"

"If he files a complaint in front of the officials, even if he has done meritorious service, they can still be called a crime."

"Haven't you learned enough lessons?"

Zhong Shiheng nodded and said:

"Erlang, you have to change your temper, you are too rigid."

As he spoke, he shook his head and said:

"However, we went out of the city for fifty miles to meet the general and the overseer. We were already in a hurry, and it was not the time to give gifts. Just make up for it later."

What he meant was very simple, it was already a great way to save face by running so far to greet him, there is no need to be too attentive.

That way, it will be looked down upon by others.

Dalang Chong then heaved a sigh of relief and said:

"What my father said was that I was in a hurry."

In fact, it wasn't that he was impatient, it was that his family had suffered too much, which made him eager to improve the relationship with the servant.

Zhong Shiheng has outstanding talent, but he has wasted many years, and it is difficult to get promoted.

It is because he is too honest.

It's ridiculous to say that he is good at scheming and can accurately grasp the enemy's psychology, even Yuan Hao can't escape his scheming.

But as if he didn't understand the rules of officialdom, he was framed and demoted by his boss because he refused to join forces.

Even when Pang Ji was in the northwest, he offended him and was often suppressed.

This is not because he is unsophisticated, but he really doesn't want to.

He didn't dare to tell his sons about Pang Ji. If that happened, they would have even less confidence in this battle.

He also didn't know if Cao Bin would take revenge for his old father-in-law.

The little school leading the way laughed proudly after listening to their discussion:

"Don't worry, generals, with my uncle around, who would dare to stab him?"

"The supervising army will not trouble you for such a trivial matter..."

Seeing that Zhong Erlang curled his lips in disbelief, he turned around and went in to report without further explanation.

When they entered the camp, they all frowned a little. Is this too extravagant?