Liang Cuirong opened the letter brought back by the Liao soldiers, read it and said, "Jin Tongda is going to meet me in the valley a few miles ahead this morning." Fang Jinshi said, "Then I will go with you to meet him."
Liang Cuirong hummed and said, "There is something I want to tell you." Fang Jinshi said, "What?"
Liang Cuirong took a step forward and said: "Anminghou Zhao Ziping betrayed King Jing and wanted to deal with me. At the same time, he also wanted to deal with the Golden Snake. I have told you this before. According to Zhao Ziping, he has promised this One of the three people benefited greatly and asked him to deal with the Golden Snake secretly, and that person agreed, but Zhao Ziping's plan failed, so the person who wanted to deal with the Golden Snake did not take action."
Fang Jinshi turned around and asked, "Who is this person among the three of them?" Liang Cuirong shook his head and said, "Zhao Ziping is cruel to others, and he is also cruel to himself. I can't figure out who this person is at the moment. Who it is, it¡¯s none of my business and I don¡¯t want to ask further, but I have asked Golden Snake to keep an eye on it secretly, and I don¡¯t know if he has found out.¡±
Fang Jinshi frowned and said: "The situation here is already chaotic enough. I didn't expect that every part of the army is so complicated. The Jin army is imminent. I believe that Jin Tong will handle the big things by himself. We can't control these many things for the time being. Now The most important thing is to get the people in Huimeng Mountain to evacuate from the river, and those things must not fall into the hands of the Jin soldiers."
Liang Cuirong asked: "Are you sure that Zhang Zong'e's troops can evacuate safely?" Fang Jinshi said: "If Jin Tong agrees to borrow troops, I will be 80% sure. The remaining 10% is luck. There is a chance that the Golden Soldiers will not interfere."
Liang Cuirong nodded, and Fang Jinshi said: "I need to make arrangements first, and then we will go to see Jin Tongda together." He went to find the two subordinates brought by Huimengshan and asked them to go back and notify Chen Lu Jun brought more than a thousand people to meet him, and specifically told Chen Lujun to take a long way from Tianyun Mountain along the border to Huangfeng Mountain, and meet him at Yinmatan in the lower reaches of the Yellow River in Ningren County.
Huang Jinmian was listening to his arrangement and said a little strangely: "Soldiers are very fast. You are going around in such a big circle. Aren't you afraid of causing trouble?" Fang Jinshi said: "If you can't make trouble, it will be safer if you go around farther."
Fang Jinshi also asked Xiao Kuohai to send people to inquire about the movements of the Jin soldiers. Needless to say, Xiao Kuohai had already sent people to inquire. Although he was separated from Liu Chengchuan, the enemy was facing the enemy, so he also sent people. Go to Ningren County to tell Liu Xingbao about the discovery of Jin Army cavalry.
Fang Jinshi and Liang Cuirong took several subordinates to see Jin Tongda, but Huang Jinmian did not go. As soon as they approached the agreed valley, Jin Tongda had already brought people waiting. He was a man in his forties. A lean man, wearing a white Confucian shirt with fine embroidery, he is gentle and elegant, and looks like a scholar. In fact, Jin Tongdae is indeed a scholar. He passed Jinshi in high school, but he is also proficient in martial arts, righteous, and loves to fight against injustice. He offended many powerful people, and after being ostracized, he simply returned to his hometown. He liked to make friends, and all the people from different religions and professions sold his face to him, and gradually became a local tyrant.
He had been favored by King Jing in his early years, and it cost a lot to make friends, so King Jing fully supported him. Jin Tong knew that King Jing wanted to conspire against him, so he secretly recruited troops and horses for King Jing and won over his cronies. Over the course of decades, he slowly When we came down, there were more than ten thousand people.
It's just that these three parties have always had grievances, and thanks to Jin Tong's great face, all three parties have received a lot of benefits from him, so they have to live in peace. This time, Jin Tong led his people on a long-distance attack, for fear that the three parties would get angry and fight each other. They arranged for Wang Duxian and Fu Xuan, who had less grievances, to come first. Unexpectedly, Qin Gan's team met the Jurchen cavalry on the way. In fact, these three troops did not have ten thousand people in total, but only five or six thousand, which was very difficult for the other two teams. Something is concealed and something is exaggerated.
Under the introduction of Liang Cuirong, Fang Jinshi met with Jin Tongda and met Qin Gankai and Fu Xuan. However, Wang Duxian did not come. He stayed behind in the mountains and did not come out.
After the meeting ceremony, Jin Tongdao said: "Yinniang's letter has made it very clear. What do you want me to do?" Fang Jinshi said: "How dare you ask Brother Jin to listen to me? Those things are originally from the King of Shows." Yes, no matter what, we can't let the Jurchens get away. Now that everyone is cooperating, Brother Jin has led hundreds of miles to help Mengshan get out of trouble. He can't go back empty-handed. I will give half of those things to Brother Jin. It's okay to go back. On assignment for Prince Jing."
Jin Tong laughed and said: "For Yin Niang's sake, I should help you, not to mention that there are good goods to be obtained. All you have to do is tell me what you want me to do. I believe in Yin Niang, and naturally I believe in you."
Fang Jinshi thanked him again and said, "All I need is Brother Jin and his men to show off on the flanks of Shi Bin's army and escort the brothers from Huimeng Mountain from Yinmatan to Huangfeng Mountain." Jin Tongdao said, "Just do this. Can it be done just by pretending?" Fang Jinshi nodded and said: "It's done by just pretending, but we must also prevent Shi Bin from jumping over the wall and doing unwise things. Brother Jin had better send more people to fight with the people in Huimeng Mountain.There are more frequent visits to the village. Jin Tongdao: "This is not difficult." "
Fang Jinshi said: "Then we made an appointment. Before noon tomorrow, Brother Jin will take the brothers to the side of Shibin Camp in Junhe, keeping a distance of ten miles, and deliver the goods after entering Huangfeng Mountain." Jin Tong thought for a moment. He immediately said: "That's it, is there anything else to do?"
Fang Jinshi saw that he was also a very cheerful person, and he liked him in his heart. He smiled and said, "There is nothing to do. I just have a question to ask Leader Qin."
Qin Gankai stood silently behind Jin Tongda. He suffered a big loss yesterday and his face was extremely disgraceful. No one among these three troops looked down on anyone else. The other two men all snickered when they heard that he had suffered a defeat.
When he was still depressed at this time, he heard Fang Jinshi suddenly ask him. He raised his head and glanced at Fang Jinshi. Fang Jinshi smiled and said: "Chief Qin, I would like to ask you, why did your army go to war with the Jin army's cavalry yesterday? You Do you have any grudge against the Jurchens?"
Qin Gan said angrily: "Grandpa has never dealt with the dog thieves of the Jin Kingdom before. If he had any enmity, it started yesterday. The brothers in Yundong Mountain have always robbed others. Unexpectedly, in the Liao Kingdom, the dog thieves How dare you stir up trouble and come to steal grandpa's food and grass." Only then did Fang Jinshi know that it was the Jurchen cavalry who had rushed to the Liao border and saw that these people had food and grass, so they robbed the bandits.
Fang Jinshi said: "I wonder where these Jin soldiers came from. Does Brother Jin ever know?" Jin Tongda shook his head and said: "I'm not sure about this. I haven't encountered Jin soldiers along the way, and I have never heard of it. News of the Jin soldiers crossing the river."
Fang Jinshi was slightly disappointed and said: "Then please ask Brother Jin to help keep an eye on it. If there is any news about the Jin soldiers, please send someone to tell them. If the Jin soldiers are involved in our operation this time, it will be much more difficult." Jin Tongdao : "I will pay attention to this. Let's go back and prepare. Please be careful on the road."
Fang Jinshi said goodbye to him. On the way back, Liang Cuirong said, "As expected, Jin Tongda is willing to help. Now your plan can come true." Fang Jinshi said, "I'm not worried about Jin Tongda here. He was willing to help. He was deceived by Zhao Ziping and brought so many people here. If he returned empty-handed, not only would it be difficult to deal with King Jing, but it would also be difficult to appease his three men. His strength was not as good as Shi Bin, or even as good as Zhang Zong'e. His subordinates can get a lot of things just by pretending, will he come to such good things?"
Liang Cuirong said: "Are you worried about the Jin people?" Fang Jinshi said: "This sudden Jin cavalry is very problematic. I am afraid that the Jurchen army has crossed the river secretly, so this matter must be carried out immediately, no matter how big it is No price can be paid to leave this batch of things to the Jurchens."
The two of them talked and returned to the camp. Fang Jinshi went to Xiao Kuohai and said, "Brother Xiao, I want to see Brother Zhang Zong'e right away. You also go back quickly, take all the people you can, and arrive at Shi Bin before noon tomorrow. The north side of the army is too close to Ningren Prefecture. It is difficult for Jin Tongda's troops to go there." Xiao Kuohai said: "Brother Fang, don't worry. Although we are not many in number, we will never let our friends down. .¡±
Fang Jinshi turned back to Huang Jinmian and said, "Miss Huang, are you going to meet Yeluchuan with Brother Xiao, or are you going to meet your brother-in-law with me." Huang Jinmian remained silent, but when he heard his question, he answered: "I'll go with you to see my brother-in-law."
Fang Jinshi nodded and said: "Then let's separate from Brother Xiao here. The matter is urgent. Let's work separately. Brother Xiao, your troops only need to be behind Shi Bin. If he moves, you will move. If he doesn't move, you will not move." Don't move, don't care how the brothers in Huimeng Mountain go. If Shi Bin attacks you, don't fight forcefully. You immediately retreat to Yunnei Prefecture Fucheng. He never dares to cause chaos in front of the tribal army in Yunnei Prefecture Fucheng. Kill the Khitans."
Seeing that he had even thought of this, Xiao Kuohai admired him even more. He took his troops and said goodbye, and Fang Jinshi said: "Let's get up too, the success or failure will be tomorrow."
Following him at this time were still the thirty Liao troops brought from Yunnei Prefecture and four subordinates from Huimengshan, plus Huang Jinmian and Liang Cuirong, who rode fast horses to the bank of the Jun River where Zhang Zong'e was. Run.
A few hours later, Fang Jinshi and the others came to the river. The Junhe River was originally a small river and would dry up in winter, but in summer it was very choppy and the river was extremely wide. Zhang Zong'e concentrated all the goods he had brought. After arriving at more than 30 large and small boats, which were covered with straw, he camped the people and horses he brought with him by the river. He built the camp with rough wooden towers and dug a horse pit with a depth of ten feet along the camp. The bamboo-marked spears were used to divert water into the pit near the river. The most terrifying thing about Zhang Zong'e was Shi Bin's more than a thousand cavalry, so they were the top priority in defense.
??Shi Bin is also riding a tiger and can't get off at this time. If he rushes forward to attack, he is afraid that he will suffer a lot of losses. Liu Chengchuan is now focusing on defending the city and is unwilling to easily send troops to help.?, if Zhang Zong'e listened to Zhang Zong'e's negotiation terms, got some weapons and let the tiger return to the mountains, the two sides would already be at odds with each other. I'm afraid he would just turn around and return to the Song Dynasty. Even if he couldn't completely annihilate the three thousand men in Mengshan, he would still have to find a way. At least Zhang Zong'e's strength will be greatly damaged.
So Shi Bin's idea was to wait until Zhang Zong'e's food and grass were exhausted and his army's morale was weakened. He would naturally win without fighting. He was not afraid that Zhang Zong'e would run away, and he even deliberately left a side for Zhang Zong'e to escape if he wanted to escape. , those horse traps that gave the cavalry headaches were of no use.