Tian Hu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Niu Qing's words are just like Gu Yi. Who is willing to go on a battle for Gu Wang?"

All the generals asked for battle, especially the two kings Tian Hu shouted the loudest: "The envoy Niu Shumi is really far-sighted and has good advice. I am willing to bring a soldier with me, please ask Brother Wang to be kind."

As soon as Tian Hu was about to agree, a thin man in black armor turned from behind Tian Bao and said, "Why use a knives to kill chickens? They are just a few Liang bandit generals. Why do you use the two kings to take action? Otherwise, let the heroes of the martial arts laugh at us for bullying the small ones. If the last generals go, they will be considered as giving them face. If the thief Du Jia comes, the two kings will fight again."

Everyone looked closely and saw that the man was Ma Ling, the number one confidant general under Tian Bao. He was originally from Zhuozhou, nicknamed "Shenma Cat" and also called "Xiao Huaguang". He used a Fangtian Painting Ji. He was not only skilled in martial arts, but also good at using magical techniques. He also had bricks. He was also an all-round talent who could fight, run and output remotely. He also had martial arts skills. Xu Jin and the two generals also learned some of his abilities. They followed Tian Bao to guard the important town of Fenyang Prefecture. When Tian Bao left before, he was in charge, which shows his status.

Seeing that it was Ma Ling talking, Tian Bao stopped asking for battle, touched his beard and smiled, "I don't have any worries about having a good brother Ma go to fight, so I'll ask my brother this time. Be sure to make the Liangshan bandits pay the price, and I'm ashamed the day before yesterday."

Ma Ling bowed and said, "Don't worry, the second king, I know what to do, and I will definitely not disappoint the second king."

Tian Hu was also very satisfied when he saw that it was Ma Ling who asked for a fight. He immediately issued an order to let Ma Ling lead a total of 15,000 horse and infantry. Xu Jin and dozens of generals and officials of all sizes assisted him in Qingzhou. The goal was to Ping'an and other three prefectures. At least one of them would be to snatch back and kill all the Liangshan bandits and promote the power of the King of Jin. At the same time, he also arranged Fang Xuedu, the ward of Yushe County on the border of Jizhou, as a supporter, to support the army's logistics.

King Tian Hu of Jin personally rewarded the army, and Tian Bao was even stronger. Ma Ling happily took the order and ordered his troops. After passing Yushe County, he went straight to Mengzhou Prefecture. Originally, this was the territory of Qingzhou. Even if Tian Hu was fierce and domineering, he had to consider it carefully. This was like provoking the Qingzhou Prefecture Murong Rongda. Although Tian Hu was powerful, he still had no idea to challenge the two major prefectures at the same time. However, now this place has returned to Liangshan, and they will not be afraid. At that time, three cunning bodies will be taken away. Even if Murong Rongda's soldiers come, they will have to keep one. After all, they will be very helpful to them.

So from the beginning, the opponent that King Jin valued was the court rather than Liangshan. Although Liangshan made a big splash at the last Green Forest Heroes Conference, they just thought Du Jia was indeed a figure, but they did not take Liangshan seriously.

A few days later, Ma Ling and the others entered Qingzhou. A spy had already brought up the latest intelligence report. Hearing that Qingzhou had sent troops to capture these three prefectures, and now he was blocked by the Taohua Mountain defense line, Ma Ling was overjoyed: "It's God's help. If the Qingzhou soldiers come over, it will be difficult for us to deal with it. We must take down these prefectures before they come over, so that we can negotiate with them."

Wu Neng advised: "Sir, these three prefectures are formed with each other. If you only fight one way, you need to be on guard against the rear. In the end, you will not be as good as our troops split into three routes to attack the three prefectures at the same time. It is said that there are only more than 1,000 troops here in Liangshan, and it will not be easy to capture by then."

Ma Ling deeply agreed and divided the team into three teams, each with 5,000 troops. Then he and Wuneng and Xu Jin each led one team. Wuneng went to attack Mengzhou, Xu Jin went to attack Ping'an, and Ma Ling himself went to capture Dezhou. Ma Ling specifically told him to defend the ground immediately after breaking the city. If the officers and soldiers come, they must not rush to fight, and then negotiate separately. There is no need to be polite to the bandits of Liangshan. The leaders will kill them all, and the minions will be demoted to slaves.

Wu Neng Xu Jin nodded and took the order. The three armies separated and rushed straight to the three palaces. However, since Du Jia left, Liangshan has been careful every day, so Ma Ling and his soldiers have already learned about it as soon as they arrived in Qingzhou.

When Du Jia left, he had to deal with Hu Yanzhuo's army, more than 3,000 troops were taken away. Wu Song's Taohua Mountain was left, and Lin Chong had only 1,500 people, but he had to be on guard against three cities. It was really difficult. After Lin Chong thought about it carefully, he asked Chen Da to take 500 people to guard Ping'an, Yang Chun took 500 people to guard Dezhou, and he himself brought 500 people to take charge of Mengzhou.

It is natural that his arrangement makes sense, because Mengzhou City was completely destroyed by Erlong Mountain more than a year ago, so the city defense has not been fully restored and the number of guards is very small. Therefore, Lin Chong himself is in charge, and since Ping An of Dezhou has not gone through a big battle, the city defense is intact. As long as he has tried his best to defend Rong Tian Hu and others, there is no way for a short period of time.

Chen Da and Yang Chun both took the order, and Lin Chong, together with Wu Yong, who is currently in the prefect of Mengzhou Prefecture, gathered his troops, built a city wall, prepared military supplies for rocks, rolled wood, grains and grass, and closed the city gates to prepare for defense. Since the former prefect Wang Ying and a group of corrupt officials below, all the taxes and taxes have been removed, the lives of these months have been quite good. I just waited for the autumn harvest this year to predict that there would be a lot of surplus food at home, so I am grateful to the people in Liangshan. I heard that people from Tian Hu from the north planned to come here to destroy them, and I was naturally full of righteous indignation for the forbidden city order issued by Lin Chong and others. Many young and middle-aged men even took the initiative to ask to join the city defense force.

Lin Chong, Wu Yong and others then understood what Du Jia meant at that time, "sowing seeds". If he had robbed him and left, he seemed to have obtained a lot of gold, silver, money, and equipment, but it would inevitably make the people hate them very much. It would be better if they didn't fight with them at that time, and they would still want them to support him?

However, Lin Chong still refused the people's request to join the army directly, and just asked them to form volunteers to help maintain order in the city and transport supplies, etc. After all, they have not received any training, and they must be in a hurry to go to the battlefield suddenly. If they can't help much, the casualty rate will be very high.

In Wu Yong's view, they are all pillars of each household. If there are too many casualties, it will inevitably affect the production capacity here. In Lin Chong's view, fighting against the enemy is the business of these professional soldiers, and civilians must not be involved. Although both sides stand from different angles, they both came to the same conclusion.
Chapter completed!