"Today I will invite a dinner party to resolve the grudges between you two." At the dinner party, Wang Han picked up the wine glass and said with a smile. "I know that both of you had died and injured before, but Chao Gai, the main person who caused the incident, is dead. The cause of the incident was even more misunderstanding caused by the thieves of Shiqian who pretended to be talents from Liangshan. Now that Song Jiang and others surrender voluntarily, I have surrendered to Liangshan. In the future, they will also be soldiers of the court, and they are responsible for protecting the people of the Song Dynasty. You, Sanzhuang, Dulonggang, are also people of the Song Dynasty. It is not appropriate for both sides to have another trouble in the future."

"We are willing to listen to the general and write off the grudges and take it as our responsibility to protect the people of the Song Dynasty." Hearing this, Song Jiang, who was sitting on the left of Wang Han, and several major leaders of the Liangshan bandits, immediately stood up and said. They naturally agreed with Wang Han's words.

"We are willing to obey the general's arrangements and eliminate the grudges between the two sides." The head of the Dulonggang Sanzhuang sitting on the right side of Wang Han also stood up and said. Although they were unwilling to accept it, they did not dare to disobey Wang Han. They could not even compete with the bandits of Liangshan, let alone compete with Wang Han and the court, so they could only let it go.

"Since that's the case, then everyone will drink and talk tonight, which is a new meeting. I will be pleased with your broad mind." Wang Han said with a smile. He raised his glass, "I will give you a glass to you first."

"General Xie." Hearing this, Song Jiang and others and the heads of the three Dulonggang families quickly raised their wine glasses.

Wang Han smiled and drank the wine in his glass in one go.

This is the purpose of Wang Han's dinner, allowing both parties to shake hands and make peace and resolve grievances. After all, he was here to deal with this matter, and Song Jiang and others had already stood on their side. Now he surrendered Liangshan on behalf of the court, and Zhujiazhuang Sanzhuang was also a citizen of the Song Dynasty, so it is necessary to let both parties resolve grievances.

Of course, Wang Han also said everything in advance, otherwise it would be a problem if the three Dulonggang families secretly blocked the recruitment. Of course, Wang Han did not deceive the emperor. If the court did not recruit Liangshan, Wang Han would have selected 5,000 soldiers from the Liangshan people. It was not a big talk.

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All night was full of fun. The next morning, Wang Han led a large army and returned with the surrendered Liangshan bandits. On the way, Wang Han took a detour through Liangshan Shuibo. Song Jiang sent people back to Liangshan Shuibo, allowing the people who stayed behind Liangshan Shuibo to surrender, and brought their families back to Liangshan for years.

After returning to Zhoujiang, Wang Han temporarily arranged Song Jiang and other Liangshan bandits to supervise on the west side of the Zhoujiang Daying. The next day he took a guard to the capital. One was to ask for an imperial decree for Song Jiang and others, and the other was to seek credit.

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The matter of recruiting Liangshan was very smooth. Wang Han went to the capital in person. After meeting Song Huizong, the matter was settled. The envoy from the court and Wang Han returned to Zhoujiang together. The new military supervisor, Tong Guan, and this guy brought even the coffin.

As Wang Han thought, recruiting Liangshan bandits such as Song Jiang also had many benefits for the court. Not only could they better manage these Liangshan bandits, but they could also increase the strength of the court and reduce the trouble of the court in supervising these people. Moreover, Song Jiang and others surrendered voluntarily. If the court does not show kindness, it would also damage the court's reputation.

Song Huizong easily issued an imperial edict to bring peace to Wang Han, but the imperial edict did not put too much effort into it. Of course, Song Huizong agreed to the ambush of Liangshan so easily, and there was probably the meaning of checking and balancing Wang Han. Liangshan bandits were recommended by Wang Han, and they could also monitor Wang Han after they were divided.

After the imperial edict for the recruitment came, Song Jiang took the people from Liangshan and left Zhoujiang with their things that originally belonged to them, and went to their garrison Mengchuan. Before leaving, Song Jiang specially sent Wang Han three boxes of jewelry as a thank you.

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Time flies, and soon another half a year passed.

In the past six months, Wang Han continued to strengthen the training of soldiers, and at the same time led his troops to suppress bandits everywhere. The forces of all sizes and large bandits were wiped out reached more than 30. In addition, he also invited an imperial edict for a group of 5,000 bandits. Song Huizong also easily agreed to Wang Han.

"General, the imperial edict has been sent."

On his way back after another group of bandits was wiped out, Yang Zhi hurriedly rode his horse to Wang Han's carriage and reported.

Upon hearing this, Wang Han nodded and ordered: "The whole army stopped advancing. Go and invite the envoys who declared war to come."

"General, the imperial court is so eager to find him. It seems that something big happened." After Yang Zhi left, Wu Yong said to Wang Han: "I heard that a man named Fang La led his people to revolt in Qixian Village, She County. Within a few days, 100,000 people gathered, and I heard that dozens of prefectures and counties have been captured one after another. Now the tribe has grown to hundreds of thousands. This imperial edict may be to send troops to fight Fang La."

"It should be true. Maybe you can meet Song Jiang and the others this time." Wang Han smiled and said. Although Wang Han gave Song Huizong the potato seeds, it could not be expanded to the whole country in one or two years. Before that, the people could not eat enough, so Fang La's uprising was not beyond Wang Han's expectations.

"General, do you mean Brother Gongming and others will be together?" Wu Yong asked.

"Military advisor, aren't you asking me knowingly?" Hearing this, Wang Han looked at Wu Yong with a smile and said. "I am a general with real power. Your Majesty must want to consume the power of my subordinates. This is a certain choice to stabilize the imperial power. Now, the court can only take back the real power of the army in my hands. It is necessary to change blood, and it can also consume my confidant. Song Jiang and others are the army that recruits and have many connections with me. The possibility of having them in the army that conquered Fang La will naturally not be low."

"Indeed." Upon hearing this, Wu Yong nodded in agreement and asked again: "How long does the general think the imperial court will take to destroy this uprising this time?"

"It won't take much time to be suppressed, and it may be three or five months." Hearing this, Wang Han said directly and affirmatively: "Although potato cultivation has not been popularized yet, it will take a few years to popularize the world. Therefore, the people are still very optimistic. There will be people who respond to the uprising, but they are all those who really can't eat enough, so the uprising will not form a prairie fire at all. There will be no more people to respond in the subsequent response. Under the suppression of the court, Fang La naturally couldn't hold on for long."

"General, I don't know whether to ask about something." Upon hearing this, Wu Yong said hesitantly.

"Military advisor, it's okay." Wang Han said with a smile.

"General, do you know why this uprising started?" Wu Yong looked at Wang Han and said carefully.

"I know, it must be the local officials who have become locust plagues." Wang Han said implicitly. He looked at Wu Yong with a smile and said, "If the military advisor has something to say, he will just say it."

"Yes." After hearing this, Wu Yong did not hesitate and said, "General, you once told me that you want to make unparalleled contributions, but now, General, your military power will be taken back by the court in one year. Now we only have some contributions to suppressing bandits and quelling the rebellion."

Wu Yong didn't say all of his words, but Wang Han already knew what Wu Yong meant and said with a smile: "The Fang La Uprising will be suppressed at most half a year, which can be said to be unfair. The crisis of the Song Dynasty did not come from within. This time, Fang La Uprising was like a pus on the body of the giant Song Dynasty, and flies could smell it."

"What does the general mean?" Upon hearing this, Wu Yong widened his eyes. He just wanted Wang Han to find a way to extend his military power, but Wang Han now mentioned foreign enemies.
Chapter completed!