Chapter 117: The Hero Wu Song is Promoted to Dongping Prefecture

It is still Mid-Autumn Festival in the fifth year of Zhenghe reign.

Jingdongsi Road, Jeju, Yuncheng.

Two years ago, the birthday gift was robbed and two hundred thousand strings of gold and silver treasures disappeared. Thanks to the unremitting efforts of County Magistrate Shi, this major case finally made some progress.

The criminal directly pointed to Song Jiang, the bailiff of Yuncheng, and Yang Zhi, the military commander of Daming Prefecture. After much investigation, it was determined that there was collusion between the officials, clerks and bandits, which allowed the birthday gift to be robbed quietly.

Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, for Yuncheng County Magistrate Shi Wenbin, the case was solved.

As for how to catch the thieves, that is not his job. That is the concern of the inspectors in various provinces, prefectures and states.

By solving this major case, Shi Wenbin could be considered to have redeemed himself, or even achieved some small merit. His three-year term would soon be up, and he might be able to make further progress in officialdom.

Naturally, I am happy all day long and enjoy everything I see.

"Erlang, thanks to you, I was able to solve the birthday gift case. I offer you a toast."

The banquet was still hosted by "Bai Li Hou", and the two captains Lei Heng and Zhu Tong were present. It was a pity that compared with a year ago, the bailiff Song Jiang was missing.

Upon hearing Shi Wenbin's words, they all looked at Cao Jie.

Everything has its gains and losses, and everything has its causes and consequences.

Cao Jie smiled bitterly, stood up and clasped his fists, saying, "I don't agree with what you said, sir. I helped Wu Erlang conquer Qingfeng Mountain in Qingzhou, but unfortunately the dwarf Wang Ying escaped. I swore a poisonous oath that day to catch this man-eating demon and not allow him to continue to cause trouble.

A few days ago, Zhang Wenyuan's heart and liver were eaten. I immediately confirmed that it was the dwarf tiger who did it, and I was only focused on catching Wang Ying! As for the other things, they are all the credit of the adults, and I dare not take credit for them. "

"That's exactly what I'm talking about! Because you confirmed the identity of the short-legged tiger, I was able to follow the clues to find out who was responsible. Unfortunately, Song Jiang and Yang Zhi are nowhere to be found, and the whereabouts of the two hundred thousand strings of gold and silver treasures are unknown... Otherwise, this would not be a small achievement, but a great one."

The treasure of one hundred thousand strings of cash is hidden in the cellar of Liangshan!
Cao Jie planned to transport the stolen goods to the Liao Kingdom to sell them.

So he raised his glass and smiled, "Sooner or later, the truth will come out."

When the banquet was over, the moon was already high above the willow trees.

Lei Heng and Zhu Tong were both not interested. Now that Song Yasi was no longer there to manage the affairs of Yuncheng and help with internal and external communications, they were no longer able to do their work smoothly.

Without Song Jiang, we now realize how crucial his role is in Yuncheng!

"Brother Cao, please don't blame yourself. Song Gongming has ended up like this because he didn't know people well. If he gets involved with a demon like Wang Ying, there's no way he won't die."

Zhu Tong let out a long sigh, looked up at the bright moon, his beautiful beard fluttering in the autumn wind.

"It was originally just a crime of murder, but in the end, it was because of me that he suffered an unjust punishment."

Lei Heng also sighed and clasped his fists, saying: "Brother Cao has great magical powers. If you find Gongming, I hope you can protect him."

"I have already sent people to the manor of Mr. Chai in Cangzhou, and to the residence of Little Li Guang Hua Rong in Qingfeng Village in Qingzhou. If Song Gongming goes there, I will definitely not let him be arrested by the court."

"Brother, I feel relieved with your words."

But I, Cao Jie, am really worried!

Since Song Jiang embarked on the path of breaking the law and committing crimes, he seemed to have turned on a cheat code and disappeared in Shandong.

Could it be that the Queen Mother of the West really was helping him?
Cao Jie was not sure whether the Queen Mother of the West helped Song Jiang, but there was no doubt that Wu Song was Shi Nai'an's biological son.

Because he was promoted again.

In order to strengthen the northern border defense, the Song Dynasty ordered that four states including Dengzhou be upgraded to "secondary borders" and that some capable officials be selected to serve as Tongpans.

Among the first batch of Tongpans who were promoted, there was Zong Ze, who had not been promoted or reused for a long time. He was appointed as the Tongpan of Dengzhou.

In addition, Yunzhou was promoted from a state to a prefecture and was called Dongping Prefecture.

It is located at the intersection of the ancient Jishui River, Wenshui River, Yellow River and Grand Canal, and is the throat of the north-south waterway and the east-west land route, and a military stronghold. Naturally, elite soldiers and generals were dispatched from all over the country to guard it.

Wu Song was one of them. He wiped out many mountain strongholds in Qingzhou. He was powerful and generous. Somehow, he caught the attention of the imperial court.

He was going to be a seventh-rank general in Dongping Prefecture.

From then on, Wu Song entered the fast lane of military officer promotion. He had crossed the threshold of junior military officer and reached the level of low-level military officer.

Among the people on the list of those promoted this time, there was a man named Dong Ping. His position was the military commander of Dongping Prefecture, an eighth-rank official, but unfortunately he was in charge of the garrison troops.

A regular general like Wu Song led regular troops, and was the regular general of the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guards and Infantry, the Xuanyi Army, and the Dongping Prefecture Camp.

Although the number of people he led was not as many as that of the Bingma Dujian, the source of his troops was much better than that of the garrison troops, and their equipment was also far superior.

They were even equipped with organized infantry armor.

Wu Song led the heavy infantry battalion, which consisted of 500 men and sets of heavy armor.

An urgent letter was sent to Cao Jie, and without any time for communication, he took a dozen of his trusted men and took office in Dongping Prefecture.

At this time, the Qin Mansion in Qingzhou was filled with gloom and sorrow.

"How come Wu Song is so lucky that he was promoted to the rank of General of Dongping Prefecture? Master, you are not on the list of those who were promoted this time."

Since Huang Xin was dismissed from his official position, he had been drinking to drown his sorrows. Upon hearing the news, he immediately went to Qin Ming's house drunk.

Qin Ming also had a cold face and drank alone, his eyes turning red from drinking.

Even though Qin Ming was in charge of the Qingzhou Command, being the commander-in-chief of the state's military and a seventh-rank official, how could a state and a prefecture be the same?

"Master, that old villain Murong suppressed you everywhere and didn't allow you to eliminate the bandits and earn military merits. That's why you lost this great opportunity. We can't do this anymore! We have to eliminate the bandits too..."

Qin Ming picked up the wine jar and drank it, then threw the empty jar heavily into the corner, smashing it to pieces. He then exhaled a hot breath and said in a muffled voice:

"Without food and money, how can I fight against bandits?"

"Wu Song didn't have any food or money, but he still conquered seven or eight mountains. If Wu Song could do it, why couldn't Master do it? Why couldn't I, Huang Xin?"

The sky cleared up and the rain stopped, and I felt like I could do it again!

"It's to earn military merit! Without military merit, not even a mouthful of soup can fall into my mouth."

"Military merit!"

Qin Ming felt great pain in his heart when he thought of Wu Song leading the Xuan Yi Army's heavy infantry, with dozens or hundreds of heavy armors.

With heavy infantry like that at hand, there are no bandits that cannot be defeated.

Those are all military merits. With military merits, you can get promoted, and with promotion, you can suppress bigger bandits...

The infantry armor is the highest level of defensive armor for the Song Dynasty infantry. It is composed of 1825 armor plates with a total weight of kilograms. Only such heavy infantry can form a square formation with long spears and giant axes and remain unmoved in the face of foreign cavalry.

The entire Qingzhou army has no more than thirty sets of infantry armor, which Qin Ming has been deliberately building up over the years.

Who made him the governor of the state instead of the prefecture?
"boom!"

Qin Ming smashed the table with his palm, stood up and said: "Huang Xin, stop drinking, I will go to ask the prefect, and you will be able to return to your post soon and lead the troops left by Wu Song.

By the end of this year, I will wipe out Erlong Mountain and capture the bandit leader."

"Master, I'll go get ready now!"

(End of this chapter)