Chapter 401 (1/2)

Tong Guan in this world is not as humble and courteous to Cai Jing as written in the outlaws of the marsh. As a Taifu, Tong Guan holds the power in Hebei, Hedong and Shaanxi. It can be said that Tong Guan's position in the court is only under the Taishi Cai Jing and can compete with Cai Jing.

Of the six thieves, these two have the highest official position.

After years of military career, Tong Guan is not so easy to give up. Although he was forcibly demoted to wisdom when collecting Liangshan, he still asked for orders to levy Liangshan again after he came back.

But Cai Jing didn't give him a chance. He commanded the courtiers to denounce Tong Guan's mistakes in the war these years, which suppressed the possibility of Tong Guan taking command again.

According to the suggestions of the courtiers, song Huizong sent Gao Qiu as the leader to fight against Liangshan.

Gao Qiu was born a naughty boy. He was appreciated by song Huizong by playing football. Later, he exercised in the frontier for several years and was promoted by the emperor to be the Taiwei of the palace. It was precisely because he had the experience of joining the army in the frontier and ”fought” with Xixia people that Cai Jing pushed Gao Qiu out to fight with Tong Guan.

But in fact, Gao Qiu is in the northwest. He really only has mixed qualifications. There have been a lot of arrogance, but there have been few serious battles.

Even so, Gao Qiu is full of confidence. He thinks that Liangshanpo is just a small bandit of zhuo'er. As long as he goes out, he can catch it.

He has a feud with Liangshan. Lin Chong, the leopard head who first went to Liangshan, was forced to go up the mountain by him.

Therefore, Gao Taiwei was very enthusiastic about destroying Liangshan and didn't want Liangshan to succeed.

Gao Qiu thinks that his strength is no worse than Tong Guan. Tong Guan failed because he underestimated the enemy's carelessness. The army and horses mobilized are only the soldiers around him who have not fought for many years, and there is no water army. Therefore, he was killed by Liangshan bandits.

After learning Tong Guan's lesson, Gao Qiu specially summoned those generals with combat experience when ordering troops.

After choosing from place to place, Gao Qiu transferred ten Jiedu envoys to his command to help him capture Liangshan.

All the soldiers and horses under these ten Jiedu envoys have fought.

Wang Huan, governor of Henan Province and Hebei Province;

Xu Jing, Taiyuan governor of the Shangdang;

Wang Wende, Minister of Hongnong festival in North Beijing;

Yingzhou Runan Festival envoy plum exhibition;

Zhongshan Anping Festival envoy opens;

Jiang Xia Lingling Festival envoy Yang Wen;

Han Cunbao, festival envoy of Yunzhong gate;

Li Congji, festival envoy of Hanyang in western Gansu;

Langya Pengcheng Jiedu envoy Xiangyuan town;

Qinghe Tianshui Festival envoy Jing Zhong.

It sounds frightening. The top ten Festival envoys, placed in the Tang Dynasty, are enough to occupy half the world. However, in the Song Dynasty, Jiedu envoys had empty titles and did not have much power. These Jiedu envoys probably only took charge of the army and horses of one state or several counties.

The ten Jiedu envoys selected by Gao Taiwei calmly have another unique feature, that is, these ten are all thieves and bandits. They have fought with the imperial court and have strong strength. The imperial court can't suppress them, so they change their mind to appease them.

The impression of the great Song Dynasty has always been that it was poor and weak, prosperous and weak, and the combat effectiveness of the army was poor. In fact, the Central Plains may be so. The northwest forbidden army was not weak in any dynasty. It was a powerful army that dared to fight bravely against the elite of Xixia, Tubo, Jin and other countries.

The great Song Dynasty changed its strategy, so the ten were recruited, became a Jiedu envoy, led their own troops and horses to work for the imperial court, and were given the title of Jiedu envoy.

Otherwise, the Song Dynasty would be mad to set up so many rulers. We should know that although the virtual duty is suck, this general rule is generally given to the prime minister, the Privy commander, the master and the leader of the righteous leader. If there are no powers in the great Song Dynasty, how can we win this honor?

Because he was born in the green forest, he knows more about Liangshan thieves from the same green forest, so it is easier to win.

This is Gao Taiwei's wonderful theory.

Don't think about it. If so, why does the imperial court keep so many troops?