Things were just like in the Water Margin. Wang Lun heard that Chao Gai's eight men were all highly skilled in martial arts, and now they had robbed Cai Jing's birthday card, so he didn't dare to take them in. He just dealt with it with false promises and didn't say anything about joining the gang. That night, Chao Gai and eight others were sent down the mountain to rest.
Wang Lun¡¯s plan was also discovered by Wu Yong and Lin Chong. After Lin Chong sent the group down the mountain, Wu Yong made a plan to help Lin Chonghuo and Wang Lun.
When they went up the mountain the next day, when Wang Lun asked Chao Gai and others to make other plans, Lin Chong became angry and killed Wang Lun. After some rejections, Chao Gai took the first place, Wu Yong second, Gongsun Sheng third, Lin Chong fourth, Liu Tang fifth, Ruan Xiaoer sixth, Ruan Xiaowu seventh, Ruan Xiao Qi took the eighth place, Shi Qian took the ninth place, Du Qian took the tenth place, Song Wan took the eleventh place, and Zhu Gui took the twelfth place.
The leader of Liangshan has been replaced, and I have already had the good sense to come down the mountain and invite the new leader, old and young, to come up the mountain. Chao Yong took his family up the mountain, settled the two families, and then came to Juyi Hall.
Chao Gai and others were discussing matters. When Wu Yong saw Chao Yong coming in, he smiled and said, "We have forgotten about this little Zhuge. Let's bring in another person."
Chao Yong saw that Chao Gai had the top chair in the middle of the hall. Wu Yong and other eleven people were divided into two sides. It was obviously inappropriate to move the seats and place them directly next to Chao Gai. Putting them on both sides would undoubtedly have to be discussed in terms of ranking.
"No need, I just stand and listen to your uncles' advice."
After saying that, he walked behind Chao Gai.
Chao Gai didn¡¯t know many of Chao Yong¡¯s thoughts and said with a smile: ¡°Yong¡¯er said, let him study more and just stand.¡±
When everyone saw Chao Gai, they also said this. Everyone was just trying to escape with their lives at this time. There were only a few hundred people in Liangshan, and there was no big undertaking.
Wu Yong and others had no choice but to do so, and did not have many plans. Naturally, they could not see the deeper meaning of Chao Yong.
" However, Chao Yong saw two flaws in the birth plan earlier, so no one dared to underestimate his wit.
Wu Yong then asked tentatively: "Just now we were discussing how to reorganize the stronghold and prepare to meet the enemy's army. What do you think, Brother Yong?"
Now Chao Yong no longer only knows how to be brave and fierce in Chao Gai's heart. Tai'an Prefecture borrowed flowers to offer Buddhas and saw the flaws in Huangni Gang, which made Chao Gai overjoyed.
In Chao Gai¡¯s heart, Chao Yong is now as well-planned as Wu Yong.
When Chao Yong saw Chao Gai turning to look at him, he thought for a moment and said: "The owner of Shanzhai has just changed, so people's hearts must be floating. In my opinion, it is not appropriate to make major changes in personnel for the time being, except for Wang Lun's confidants. Shanzhai The old man acted according to his original duties, and the new leader will recruit more troops. The missing weapons and troops will be sent soon. When the birthday incident happened, dozens of us came all the way, and it was difficult to hide our whereabouts. On the 1st, Jeju officers and soldiers will definitely come to attack, and Yuncheng County is the place where Jeju officers and soldiers must pass when coming to Yangshan. In my opinion, we should first send spies to Jeju and Yuncheng County to find out the actual situation of the officers and soldiers, and then we can make plans to deal with it. . As long as we defeat the officers and soldiers for a while, we can get weapons, and then we can use the troops to cover up the water and earth."
Ruan Xiaoqi clapped his hands and said, "What Brother Yong is saying is that the previous court set up checkpoints in Shuibo to collect heavy taxes, and the fishermen around here had no way of living. We wave the flag and shout, and we can gather hundreds of people. Wait for the officers and soldiers Then he sent weapons and killed his officers and soldiers several times, so that they would wet their pants in fear when they heard Liang Shan¡¯s name.¡±
Wu Yong said with a smile: "Brother Yong is absolutely right. It's just that when I went up the mountain, I saw that there were very few weapons in the village. The battle formation was right in front of me. Although it was easy to defeat him, in order to reduce the loss of troops and horses, we still have to step up our efforts to build and Buy weapons."
Chao Gai was very happy when he saw that Chao Yong had been praised by Wu Yong again. He smiled and said, "It's easy. I'll just spend 10,000 yuan and go to the nearby counties to buy weapons."
Ruan Xiaoqi shouted: "How can I only ask my brother to pay, and I will also pay five thousand yuan."
Chao Gai shook his head and said: "I have a lot of wealth, you can just keep it."
Chao Yong interjected: "The birthday plan is the people's anointing squeezed out by Cai Jing's son-in-law. We use it for our own purposes, but it is not justified and cannot be said to be righteous. We can raise the banner of justice for heaven and eliminate harm for the people in the nearby countryside. In this way, it is justifiable for us to use the birthday card to arm the village. Firstly, it will strengthen Liangshan's momentum, and secondly, it can also solve the problem of money and food needed by Liangshan."
Ruan Xiaoqi felt that Chao Yong's every word tickled him, and he jumped up excitedly and said: "Okay, those rich landlords who harmed the people should be chopped alive long ago, and I, Ruan Xiaoqi, will be their living hell." ¡±
Lin Chong knew the details of Liangshan and said: "The village has been newly established. We have few soldiers and few food supplies. We are sending troops everywhere. I am afraid that it will attract heavy troops from the imperial court to encircle and suppress us. It will be difficult to deal with it then."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "What my brother said is that the birthday card incident happened. Even if we don't go down the mountain, Jeju will send people to fight. At most, the Jeju Xiang army will be dispatched. It's better to choose some money and grain nearby and accumulate it in a hundred miles." , and he likes to bully good people on weekdays.The big families in the country took action and divided part of their money and food with the victims, and moved the rest to the mountains to recruit troops and horses, just in time to deal with the officers and soldiers. After a few battles have been broken and the officers and soldiers have been severely beaten, we will not rob the state and plunder the government, but will only kill some important households in the countryside that are harmful to the people. If the local government reports to the court, the court will only order the local government to send troops to arrest us. Those dog officers do not dare to arrest us. Instead, they will cover up for us for the sake of their black hats. "
Wu Yong hadn't thought that far yet. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said: "Brother Yong has thought carefully and this plan is feasible. It will be a few days before the Jeju army sends troops, so we will first choose a large house that will cause the greatest harm. Take action and raise the banner of justice for heaven, so as to recruit troops and fight against the officers and soldiers. "
Chao Gai said: "Since the military advisor also said it is feasible, then we will discuss and see which leaders will come down from the mountain and which villages will be attacked."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ruan Xiaoqi said: "I would like to go down the mountain for a walk."
Lin Chong and Liu Tang also expressed their willingness to go down the mountain.
Chao Gai said: "I will ask five leaders, Lin Chong, Liu Tang, Ruan Xiaoqi, Shi Qian, and Du Qian, to take three hundred children down the mountain. The other leaders will follow me to guard the village."
Chao Yong was worried that they were not doing things well, so he hurriedly said: "This is my suggestion, and I can't rest. I would like to accompany the five leaders for a walk down the mountain."
Wu Yong nodded and said: "Brother Yong has thought carefully and is willing to go down the mountain. The leaders should listen more to Brother Yong."
Chao Gai also wanted Chao Yong to experience more things. Hearing this, he said: "Then the six of you will go down the mountain and tell us about the big families nearby that are harmful to the people."
Zhu Gui was usually responsible for inquiring about information. He immediately named several nearby villages where wealthy and unkind wealthy households were located. After some discussion, they chose Dongma Village.
After deliberation, Chao Yong said again: "This is our first battle in Liangshan. We must restrain our troops when we go down the mountain this time. We must not disturb the people. It will ruin our reputation in Liangshan."
Chao Gai also loved to hoe the strong and support the weak in his life. Hearing this, he said: "All leaders, please obey the order. Anyone who dares to disturb the people will be killed."
Liangshan minions were originally grass bandits who raided homes and houses. Seeing Chao Gai's strict order, Du Qian and Song Wan also secretly had a headache. They had to convey Chao Gai's military orders to their minions when they returned, so as not to be dragged down by them.
"But it's not their original intention to disturb the people. After all, they were ordinary people before they fell into the grass. Ordinarily, ordinary people are satisfied if they can feed and clothe themselves, so there is no surplus food. It's just that there are so many people in the village that they don't plunder enough property on weekdays, so they have no choice but to borrow rations from the people nearby. Of course, they always borrow but don't return them, so they don't know how many people starve to death.
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But Du Qian and Song Wan knew what their life was like. If they could see meat every day, it was a good life. If they ate large pieces of meat, they would have good business.
In the past, Wang Lun was the head of the family, and Du Qian and Song Wan were of low ability. They were afraid of encirclement and suppression by the imperial officers and soldiers, so how could they dare to rob big families. Most of the targets were passing merchants, but whoever was out and about was careless. The more they robbed, the fewer merchants came to the foot of Liangshan Mountain, and it became difficult for them to do business.
Five to six hundred people have to eat, and it¡¯s hard for them, but they can¡¯t let the Liangshan people disperse even if they try their best. After they were beaten to death, they were registered in the court, and each one was offered a reward. If there were fewer people and horses, the people who would chop off their heads would also come.
Now Chao Gai is the big leader, and he has several capable leaders under him. Although Du Qian and Song Wan ranked last, it was a lot easier to not have to worry about the money and food of the copycat. When the officers and soldiers came to fight, they were supported by the leaders in front, so they felt in their hearts that it was not unacceptable for Liangshan to change its master.