Chapter 417 Baoguang Tathagata
Song Jiang, Lai Yong'er, and Wu Jiao discussed in secret for a long time and finally decided on a plan. To select gifts, Song Qing and Lai Yonger were still asked to pretend to be merchants and take people to Liangshan Prefecture.
I won’t talk about how Song Jiang chose the gifts, but Zhao Zhen and his party marched along the official road and passed through Sishui County. Zhao Zhen led Lin Chong, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng into the city to meet [Tianmu General] Peng Qi under the protection of the Yidu Horse Army. .
Peng Qi followed Zhao Zhen, drank some horse wine first, and invited the three of them to sit down in the backyard of the county government office.
Peng Qi said: "Thank you very much, Sir, for inviting Dr. An Shen to diagnose and treat me. If it weren't for An Shen Dr.'s elixir, I might not be able to use my left arm in the future."
Zhao Zhen said: "Last time I saw my brother chatting and laughing, I thought it was nothing serious. I never thought that this would happen again. Fortunately, I met my brother, and the country did not lose a general."
Peng Qi said with a smile: "Your Majesty is so complimentary. To put it bluntly, the results of our battles with the elites from the three states are not as good as ours."
Zhao Zhen said: "How can I have such ability? It all depends on the sacrifice of such brothers."
With that said, Lin Chong and the other three were introduced one by one.
Peng Qi said: "It turns out that Coach Lin is here."
Lin Chong said: "Xiao Ke was trapped because of the care of the senior officials."
Peng Qi sighed: "This world..." After sighing for a while, Peng Qi turned to ask: "My lord, why did you withdraw from the army?"
Zhao Zhen said: "Firstly, the weather has turned cold and it is not suitable for fighting. Secondly, I have only supported Huyan's commander along the way, and I have no siege equipment. So far, I have overfulfilled the court's instructions. Now that we are in a stalemate, it is better to go back. The army rests and reorganizes, and the rest will be discussed next year.”
Peng Qi said: "That's right. The imperial court has never given many rewards. It only allows each state to prepare its own food and grass. This expedition was all due to the command of Hu Yanzhuo, which won the favor of the officials. After he was the founding hero of the country, he has many good looks. .”
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "I've heard about it too. Song Jiang can't handle this chain of armored horses in a field battle. If Laiwu hadn't been so mountainous, I'm afraid it would have already invaded Qingzhou."
Peng Qi shook his head: "Brother Han Tao wrote that Song Jiang has many leaders with strong martial arts skills and strategists who make plans. I'm afraid Hu Yanzhuo will not be able to succeed easily just by commanding this army."
Zhao Zhen said: "There is a Yong'er there, who is nicknamed [Ghost Sees Sorrow]. He is the most scheming. As for the leaders of the thieves, we only know a few old thieves, but the new ones who have joined the group are unknown. If the regiment knows, Let’s talk about it, so you can be prepared if you encounter it in the future.”
Peng Qi said: "To say that these green forest strongmen recruited by Song Jiang are really brave. Nothing else matters, only the two brothers are the most powerful. The elder brother [Eye Leopard] Di Lei and the younger brother [Slim Face Bear] Di Yun, both of them are very powerful." With a red copper hammer, he is really invincible. Even with his ability, Commander Huyan can't win against Di Lei."
Zhao Zhen listened and kept it in his heart.
Zhao Zhen then asked: "Now that we have withdrawn our troops, the Surabaya officer who is also supervising Peng Tuan in Laiwu is injured now. There are also many wounded soldiers in Surabaya. We should ask Hu Yanzhuo to send troops to garrison as soon as possible. If Song Jiang ventures south, it will be easy for him." The troops moved in a hurry, and Surabaya was only two days away from Laiwu Prison."
Peng Qi said: "What Mr. Xiang said is that the infantry with Fu Ma only has only more than 5,000 people. How can we deploy soldiers and horses? The senior officials will follow up on the Qingzhou bandits and will pass through here. Why not leave a battalion of troops and horses to garrison them?" br>
Zhao Zhen said in embarrassment: "To be honest with Peng Tuanlian, I have stationed one troops in Xintai, Xinwen, Mengyin and Pingyi. If we want to garrison here, we have to recruit one from each county in Liangshan. Two troops Horses, if they don’t belong to each other, will cause a lot of trouble.”
Peng Qi heard this and said quickly: "My lord, don't worry. I am injured and it will be inconvenient to fight. There are only 500 soldiers and horses in the city who can fight, and the remaining 800 people have to rest. My lord, if you send me When people come, the villain is willing to give way to the virtuous, and just rest here to recuperate. ”
Lin Chong also advised: "Master, what Peng Tuanlian said is that if this place is occupied by Song Jiang again, the people here will become thieves when they see that the official army cannot protect the place."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "In that case, I will go back to the state and select a group of soldiers and horses to garrison here to take charge of Surabaya and Xianyuan. The two thousand civilians recruited will be given five days' leave, and then they will gather together. County, I sent people to practice, and they failed to fight in battle. They transported hammers, cannons and stones to defend the city, and they are just in use."
Peng Qi listened and nodded.
After discussion, Zhao Zhen released the people of Sishui County, who returned home one after another carrying the cloth, rice and noodles that Zhao Zhen had rewarded.
The neighbors saw him and asked about him one after another.
I heard that during this period, I was able to transport food and grass, cut down trees, and build camps for the army. Many of my neighbors were envious. All the people praised Zhao Zhen for his benefits.
Neighbors heard that the civilians were only in the rear and did not come forward to fight. Those who are bold can ask Zhao Daguan whether he is still recruiting civilian husbands.
The crowd said: "The high-ranking official will give him five days off, and he will have to go to the county seat to practice and train how to defend the city."
Some people heard that they wanted to defend the city and gave up the idea of signing up. After hearing this, more people expressed their intention to sign up.
After all, it is winter leisure now, and Zhao Zhen's army is rewarded despite being in charge of food every day. Not only will the family save food, but they will also receive some rewards, which will make life much better next year. After all, there was a military disaster this year, and every household suffered more or less losses.
After all, recruiting civilian husbands elsewhere is not like this. Those who encountered cruelty would not only receive no reward, but sometimes they would be forced to fill trenches with arrows in their hands.
Zhao Zhen didn't know that he just rewarded him with some money and food, but he suddenly gained a lot of support.
By the time Zhao Zhen returned to Liangshan Prefecture, word had already spread throughout Xianyuan and Sishui, and Zhao Zhen's reputation became even greater.
After returning to Liangshan Prefecture, the soldiers who participated in the expedition were given rewards according to their merits and were given ten days' leave to rest.
Then Zhao Zhen ordered that a thousand people from each county of Yuncheng and Liangshan be mobilized, one of them to accompany the Zuohu military camp, while Bian Xiang, Huo Wancheng, and Wang Liang were stationed in Surabaya. One group followed the right guard to guard the military camp, and Yang Zhi, Liu Qi, and Zhou Jin were stationed at Xianyuan. He also took charge of the training of civilian husbands.
Then, Zhao Zhen, accompanied by Bao Xu, Yan Shude, and Yu Bao, met [Baoguang Tathagata] Deng Yuanjue in the hall of Baishi Manor.
Speaking of Deng Yuanjue, he was also a fair-weather monk.
When I first arrived, I got extremely drunk in a restaurant in Liangshan County and acted like a fool in the street. The shopkeeper had no choice but to report it to the official, but seven or eight police officers could not subdue him.
It was Jiao Ting who took action and knocked Deng Yuanjue down twice before subduing him.
After sobering up, Deng Yuanjue refused to accept the offer and came to Jiao Ting for a fight. The two fought with bare hands for more than fifty rounds before Jiao Ting found an opportunity and fell to Deng Yuanjue.
Then he changed his weapon blades, closed them with more than twenty soldiers, and Deng Yuanjue knocked away the Jiao Ting Pu Dao with one stick.
The two did not know each other without fighting. Deng Yuanjue put away his arrogance when he heard that Jiao Ting was only training for the Liangshan County team.
After seeing the ceremony, Zhao Zhen looked at the great monk in front of him. He was wearing a fierce scarlet robe, a round sash tied with a piece of tiger tendon, a string of seven treasure necklaces and several beads, and a pair of nine-ring deerskin monk shoes, lined with incense thread. The golden beast hides its heart and uses its hands to make a shining iron Zen staff.
Cheers: "Master has a good figure."
Deng Yuanjue saluted and said: "The poor monk is a monk from Shezhou. He has never practiced Buddhism in his life. He only loves to practice martial arts and sticks. Seeing that the world is not peaceful, he came out of the mountain. The court is corrupt, and the granite stone has harmed the people. The young monk wanted to surrender. Fang La just saw that he acted without any scruples, so he was worried. "
"I heard that among the four major bandits in the world, Songjiang in Shandong is the most famous, but he is limited to a corner. It is said that it is because the high official is in Liangshan, and I also heard that the high official has a [Flower Monk] here, so the young monk simply does not vote for Fang La , come to Shandong and have a look.”
Zhao Zhen heard this and said, "It's not a coincidence that Master has come. These days, I am waiting to fight abroad, but Lu Tiha is now stationed in Xintai County." Deng Yuanjue said, "It doesn't matter, the young monk can't recite sutras. These days, I have nothing to do. There was nothing wrong with me, and I also talked with the donor Tanyue who came to burn incense at Wagon Temple. They all said that it is good for senior officials. Therefore, the young monk also wants to join the army, so he will naturally have time to get to know Brother Lu Zhishen. "
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "This is simple. Next year we will have to fight with Qingzhou Songjiang. Since the great monk came here to meet Lu Zhishen, why not also go to Jianrui camp to keep Lu Zhishen company?"
Deng Yuanjue heard this and said with a smile: "This is the best."
"The Jianrui Battalion has 3,000 troops. Now the three commanders Guang Hui, Lu Zhishen, and Wu Song have led 2,000 people to garrison in Yizhou, and there are 1,000 people to garrison in Zhongdu County. How about the master temporarily commanding these 1,000 people?" Zhao Zhen said.
After Deng Yuanjue heard this, he bowed and saluted and said: "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful. I, a young monk, take orders."
World Log:
Name: Deng Yuanjue (hero, monk in Shezhou.)
Nickname: Baoguang Tathagata
Race: Human
Reputation: 100 (the famous monk Mang in Shezhou)
Occupation: Monk
Level: Level 5 Level 5 (Strength 65, Commander 50)
Attributes: Strength 61, Constitution 54, Agility 34, Spirit 25
Skills: Natural power level 6 (physical strength is good, strength +6), professor level 3 (teaching martial arts, spirit +3), fighting level 3 (competition, physical fitness +3).
Command skills: Fighting General level 3 (fighting generals in front of the formation, morale +3 for victory, morale -3 for defeat), Charge level 2 (lead by oneself, morale +2)
Martial arts: fists and kicks (small success, using fists and feet, +5 force, three-way Vajra Fist), Zen staff (dacheng, using Zen staff weapons, +6 force, five-way small yaksha stick, three-way big yaksha stick)
Monthly salary: 20 yuan
On that day, Zhao Zhen held a banquet in honor of Deng Yuanjue. On the second day, he sent Jiao Ting to Zhongdu County with his appointment documents, and sent the county magistrate Xu He, the chief registrar Chao Ning, the county captain Xu Qing, and the regiments of Shi Xiu, Du Qian, Song Wan and others were introduced to Deng Yuanjue.
After two days of busy work, Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief after handling all the backlogged affairs in the state.
Everyone seemed to know that Zhao Zhen was tired, and no one came to disturb Zhao Zhen for three days in a row. Zhao Zhen was hiding in Baishi Valley and was happy and at ease. He doesn't practice martial arts either. He only entertains cats and dogs every day, accompanying Cheng Wan'er and others, and teasing a few birds at home.
On this day, Zhao Zhen took Jin Le Silk Chu Yuan and Xiu Le Silk Chu Yan to watch the black clam spit out its beads in the lotus pond.
It should be said that this is the third time that the black clam has spit out pearls since it was discovered.
The first one he spit out was a second-level [Relieving Heat and Cooling Bead], and the second one spit out two first-level [Blue Spring Beads].
Biquan Pearl (first level, the bead is in the shape of a water drop, the whole body is light blue, the surface is as smooth as jade, and slightly moist.)
Effect 1: Condensate water. Put this bead on a wooden plate. Under the moon, you can get one liter of water.
Effect 2: Match it, wealth +3.
For fear of destroying the characteristics of the beads by drilling holes, Zheng Tianshou, the white-faced man, inlaid the two beads with a circle of lotus pattern and gold, and made two necklaces for Jin Cuilian and Angelica dahurica. Today is the middle of the month again. Cheng Wan'er decided that the beads spit out this time would belong to the two of them, so Zhao Zhen brought Chu Yuan and Chu Yan over.
After a while, the black clam slowly walked out of the lotus pond and spit out two more beads.
Zhao Zhen suddenly heard a voice in his mind. He carefully identified it and found that it was coming from the black clam in front of him. It was directly reflected in Zhao Zhen's mind. Although it was incoherent and not a sentence, Zhao Zhen still recognized that the black clam really meant that it would dive into the mud and not come out until spring.
Zhao Zhen tried to respond in his mind. The black clam seemed to really understand and slowly sank into the water.
Zhuang Ding on the side rolled up his trouser legs, walked into the water, fished out two beads, and delivered them to Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen has seen it, and it is also a first-level [Biquan Pearl].
Zhao Zhen handed it to Chu Yuan and Chu Yan, who smiled and thanked Zhao Zhen. After playing with it in their hands, the two of them murmured, and Chu Yuan said to Zhao Zhen: "Master, we two want to make a pair of earrings and wear them alternately."
Zhao Zhen said: "Well, then send it to Zheng Tianshou. Write down any requirements and I will ask Zheng Tianshou to build it himself."
The two agreed happily.
Zhao Zhen asked: "Do you two know what happened to Li Jiaoer, Sun Xue'e, and Meng Yulou?"
Chu Yan said: "I heard from Sister Cuilian that Li Jiaoer fell in love with Chen Da, Shi Yong fell in love with Meng Yulou, and Cao Tielin fell in love with Sun Xue'e."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Can you pass?"
Chu Yuan nodded and said: "Dong Laodao chose a day, and a small sedan came in. It was not as lively as when the two of us entered. Sister Cheng sent congratulatory gifts on behalf of the officials. Each house has a mahogany carved cloud. A bed inlaid with warm stone, two mandarin duck quilts, four pieces of red velvet satin and two sets of gold and silver jewelry.”
Zhao Zhen listened and nodded.
I don't know when, this martial arts hero spent his whole day working hard and practicing martial arts. Avoiding female sex is more terrifying than a tiger. And he was nicknamed "Liu Marrow".
Zhao Zhen married wives and took concubines, and this trend slowly dissipated, and few people laughed at him. Jiao Ting, Fourth Sister Hei, Bao Xu, and Jin'er were all brought together by Zhao Zhen, and the others slowly accepted it.
In Zhao Zhen's view, as for the Green Forest people not marrying wives, in addition to wasting their energy and strength, they are more afraid of leaving behind their fate and being threatened by others.
Now that these people have various positions in Liangshan Prefecture, they naturally no longer have this worry.
The entire Liangshan Prefecture still encourages childbirth. After all, population is also wealth.
The weather in November was very cold at the bottom of the valley. After staying for a while, Chu Yan and Chu Yan couldn't bear it anymore. Zhao Zhen saw them and took them back to the house on the mountain.
Cheng Wan'er asked: "Sir, are the beads spitted out by the black clam different this time?"
Chu Yan shook the two [Biquan Beads] in her hand and said, "Sister, they are also [Biquan Beads]."
Cheng Wan'er smiled and said: "It seems that this black clam has given birth to a lot of [Biquan Pearls]."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen thought to himself: I can ask this black clam next time.
The couple were chatting when the steward Zhao Yuanli came in and said, "Master, there is a brother and sister outside Zhuangzi who want to see you."
(End of chapter)