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Chapter 476 Chao Gai is offline

Even without Lu Cheng's attention, the development of Liangshanpo is still in full swing.

After a lot of effort and the loss of a lot of soldiers, Song Jiang successfully captured the brave but foolish Hu Yanzhuo and recaptured him.

Afterwards, Liangshan began to make every effort to conquer nearby mountain strongholds and expand its own power.

During this period, Song Jiang always let Chao Gai stay in Liangshanpo on the grounds that Chao Gai was the leader of the stronghold and could not leave the mountain easily. He himself led his troops to fight everywhere, taking over territories, recruiting followers, robbing money and food, and strengthening his power.

Under Song Jiang's management, Liangshan grew rapidly, with more and more leaders and more followers.

Afterwards, Song Jiang formulated many rules for the Liangshan troops, divided them into various departments, and divided the troops into cavalry, infantry, navy, as well as various logistics and intelligence personnel.

In terms of management ability, Song Jiang, the bailiff, is indeed more professional and knowledgeable than Chao Gai, the "village chief".

As for political skills, Chao Gai could not even catch up with Song Jiang.

Before he knew it, Chao Gai was completely sidelined.

Except for the younger brothers who initially followed Chao Gai up the mountain, the rest of the Liangshan people basically came for Song Jiang and were loyal to Song Jiang, and had nothing to do with Chao Gai.

No matter how stupid Chao Gai was, he gradually began to realize that Liangshan was no longer the Liangshan he was familiar with, and his words were no longer effective.

But it was too late. Song Jiang had complete control of the discourse and Chao Gai had no chance.

So, Chao Gai began to look for an opportunity, an opportunity to lead his troops down the mountain, win a battle, and regain his prestige.

Not long after, a controversy over horse donation also sounded the death knell for Chao Gai, the King of Chao.

It is said that there was a bandit named Duan Jingzhu in the north who made a living by stealing horses and was nicknamed Golden Retriever. Duan Jingzhu came to Liangshan and claimed to have stolen a horse from the prince of the Jin Kingdom. He was originally going to Liangshan Lake to present it to the leader of Liangshan, but it was robbed by the people of Zengtou City on the way, which triggered a big battle between Chao Tianwang and Zengtou City.

In the original novel, Jing Zhu once said: "I have only heard of the name of Timely Rain in the Jianghu, but I have nowhere to see him, so I have come to offer him my horse."

This has been made very clear. In the world, the only name heard is Song Gongming, the Timely Rain. As for who Chao Gai or Chao Tianwang is, people don't care at all.

Chao Gai was the leader of the stronghold after all, so how could he tolerate this? He immediately sent troops to attack Zengtou City.

It would be more accurate to say that Chao Gai attacked Zengtou City for the sake of a horse rather than for the fame, status and voice that the horse represented.

But at this time, Chao Gai only had those few younger brothers under his command, three fishermen from the Ruan family, Zhu Gui, a black shop owner, and Bai Sheng, a scoundrel.

As for other capable generals on Liangshan, such as Hu Yanzhuo and others, they could not be mobilized at all and could not be trusted.

Therefore, Chao Gai's military expedition was more like a one-man show.

Most of the heroes of Liangshanpo were watching the show silently, looking at Chao Gai who seemed to be drunk, and took his few younger brothers to run a long way to fight Zengtou City.

The result was not much different from the original novel. King Chao was ultimately unable to dodge the arrow and was rewarded heavily and taken back to Liangshan.

Perhaps because he saw through Song Jiang before his death, Chao Gai made his final struggle. He should have passed the position directly to Song Jiang, but he left a will that whoever could capture Shi Wengong alive would be the leader of Liangshan.

This last will was completely directed at Song Jiang. Although Song Jiang was the second in command of Liangshan, he relied on his personal prestige and had almost no martial arts skills. How could he possibly capture the martial arts master Shi Wengong alive?

If other people in the stronghold captured Shi Wengong alive, wouldn't he become Song Jiang's boss?

Although Liangshan seems to be harmonious on the surface, there are actually many mountaintops, such as Erlongshan, Taohuashan, Yinmachuan, Qingzhou School, etc., each of which is a small group.

If someone really captured Shi Wengong alive, even though Song Jiang had a high prestige, his position would be shaken.

Of course, Song Jiang also has his own methods, such as finding a stranger who has a high status in the underworld and great martial arts but has made no contribution to Liangshan to be the leader of the country. In this way, the brothers of Liangshan will naturally not obey, and will complain that the will made by King Chao is too absurd. The position of Liangshan will eventually fall into the hands of Song Gongming, and he will also decipher Chao Gai's will.

In the original novel, Song Jiang chose Lu Junyi, a great enemy. With Wu Yong's conspiracy, he ruined Lu Junyi's family and forced him to go to Liangshan. Then he used Lu Junyi's martial arts to capture Shi Wengong alive, and successfully took the position of the leader of Liangshan into his own hands.

Perhaps, with Chao Gai's intelligence, he could never have imagined that his last will and testament would be so easily cracked by Song Jiang.

Of course, this time Lu Junyi is no longer just a wealthy man from Daming Prefecture, but also a general in the new army in Bianliang. It is hard to say whether Song Jiang will choose him as his great enemy.

Of course, Lu Cheng didn't pay attention to these at this time.

In the city of Bianjing, inside the imperial palace.

After Emperor Huizong Zhao Ji finished painting a flower and bird in front of him, he turned to look at Lu Cheng and said, "Shou Xin, what do you think of my painting?"

"This painting by the emperor reminds me of Wang Wei's poem, 'From afar the mountains are colorful, from near the water the water is silent. Spring is gone but the flowers remain, people come but the birds are not startled.' The mountains and rivers in the painting are lifelike, and the flowers and birds move in the wind, which cannot be described in words."

"You, you haven't come to the palace often in the past two years. If I hadn't called you over, would you have almost forgotten to come and see me?"

"Sir, the princess and I are in harmony as husband and wife, and we are attached to the land of tenderness, and it is hard not to forget our feelings."

"Since the couple is harmonious, they should have a child, right?"

"Official, if you calculate the time, it should be available next year."

"Oh? So, Yu Pan is pregnant?"

Only when he saw Lu Cheng nodded did Zhao Ji feel relieved.

"After Yu Pan gives birth to the child, you must bring them both to the capital so that I can take a good look at them."

"sure."

In fact, as Lu Cheng continued to develop his power in Liaodong, he had long attracted the attention of the Song Dynasty.

Although Lu Cheng was very secretive every time he went north, there were still some flaws.

The Song Dynasty also had its own intelligence department, and through some clues, they discovered the connection between Lu Cheng, the son-in-law of the emperor, and the Yangwei Army, but it has not been confirmed yet.

Song Huizong called Lu Cheng back this time with the intention of testing him.

However, Lu Cheng did not reveal a single thing in his words and only said that he had business dealings with the Yang Wei Army.

Before there was definite evidence, Song Huizong did not say it too clearly, as he did not want to fall out with this son-in-law who was also his money bag.

In fact, at this time Lu Cheng was no longer afraid of making everything clear. With the vast territory in the north as his backing, plus Lu Cheng's personal military strength, if Song Huizong took action first, Lu Cheng could definitely seize the initiative quickly.

However, Lu Cheng did not want too many Han people to suffer casualties, so he still wanted to win the local war without fighting after gaining an absolute advantage.

However, now that Song Huizong wanted Lu Cheng to bring Zhao Yupan and the child to Beijing, it was obviously not just to see the child.