Chapter 66: On meritorious deeds (1)
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If the Selected Front Army had not come to the aid, the Jinwu Army would have definitely suffered greater casualties.
What's more important is that when the defending was really impossible, Cai Jian could only lead the defeated general of the Jinwu army to evacuate Jishanzhai. If that was the case, then all the efforts Cai Jian's previous efforts would be in vain.
Now that the electoral army has arrived, the Song Jiang Yijun was forced to withdraw, the great contribution of the Jinwu army has been made, the soldiers of the Jinwu army have been fully trained, and the casualties of the Jinwu army are barely within the scope that Cai can still bear. It is really just right now or late.
Therefore, Cai is still a heartfelt welcome to the arrival of the front-selling army.
Therefore, Cai still personally led the soldiers of the Jinwu Army to welcome the arrival of the Election Front Army.
The army of the Selected Front Army did not arrive together. The first one was the front army of the Selected Front Army, which was the five hundred horse army of the Huben Right Guard led by commander Gao Shidan.
Under the guidance of Tabai, Gao Shidan led his personal army to escape from the Huben Left Guard and headed straight for Jishan Village.
The closer you are to Jishan Village, the more shocked Gao Shidan is!
He is an old army and has experienced many great wars. Therefore, although the soldiers of the Jinwu Army and the rural troops of Jishanzhai have cleaned the battlefield, Gao Shidan can still judge from the clues they left behind that the Jinwu Guard must have experienced a great war, and it is likely to be a tragic war.
This judgment reached its peak when Gao Shidan saw Jishan Village.
Looking at the ruins and blood-stained village walls, Gao Shidan was shocked: "How tragic this battle was!"
At this time, Cai still led people to greet him.
As far away, Cai still clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Brother Gao, for coming to help in time, otherwise I will have to be exhausted."
Gao Shidan looked at Cai Jian and others again, and almost everyone was injured.
Gao Shidan was still more awe of Cai, and he said, "I'm so kind. We should thank you. If you hadn't personally led the Jinwu Guard to rush to Baili and sacrificed your life to intercept him, the rebels would probably have entered Liangshan. Our encirclement and suppression will be in vain again."
Cai still walked to Gao Shidan and said, "One thing goes back to another thing. Brother Gao led the Hu Ben Right Guard to scare away the rebels and avoided the loss of my Jinwu Guard. I will bear this love."
While talking, Cai still invited Gao Shidan to enter Jishan Village.
After entering the village, Gao Shidan discovered that what Cai still said was not an exaggeration.
Along the way, few of the soldiers of the Jinwu Army that Gao Shidan saw were not injured.
However, although everyone in the Jinwu Army was injured, Gao Shidan, who had been through war for a long time, was still sure that if he used the 500 elite soldiers he brought to fight against these defeated generals of Cai Jian, the defeat would definitely be the 500 elite soldiers he brought to him!
Gao Shidan glanced at Cai Jian who was passing by him in a simple battle and said to himself: "Whoever tells me about Cai Zi's future generations of scholars will not lead troops to fight, I will definitely spit on him. Cai Zi will not only lead troops to fight, he is really a famous general!"
"... My Jinwu Guard arrived at Jishan Village the day before yesterday. I immediately ordered Yidudu Head Zhang Xian and Madu Head Wang De and Yuhedian to ambush the rebels. As a result, I wiped out more than 500 rebels led by Ma Chao, killed 413 rebels, and captured 102 rebels alive. My Jinwu Guard fought with the rebels two times during the day and at night yesterday, and killed 923 rebels again and captured 260 rebels alive. A total of 100 rebels were: My Jinwu Guard fought with the rebels in a total of three times, three times, and three times.
A total of 1,336 rebels were killed, 362 rebels were captured alive, and six rebel leaders were killed. They were the pioneer Suo Chao, Black Tornado Li Kui, shakuhachi-legged Liu Tang, two-headed snake Xie Zhen, Shenxing Taibao Dai Zong (the guy who ran very fast when Cai still twisted his neck), Sai Guan Suo Yang Xiong (killed by Zhang Xian during the night battle), and captured one leader, which was the phutian Diao Li Ying (that is, the guy who threw the flying knife), and now he is detained in a prison..."
After hearing what Cai Shen told him about the battle situation in the past two days, Gao Shidan had only one thought, that is, jealousy, naked, unreserved jealousy!
Gao Shidan thought to himself: "The result of this battle is too brilliant. Tens of thousands of troops have been suppressed for more than a year, and even a leader of a rebel has not been captured or killed. You, a small Jinwu Guard, captured and killed seven leaders in just three battles. You want to be promoted to level 20 in a row!"
"At present, our army is resting, but I have sent horses to cover up and kill the rebels. If Brother Gao wants to make a contribution, he can also beat the dogs in the water. Otherwise, when Wang Xuanfeng and Liang Jianjun lead the army up, there will be more wolves and fewer meats. Brother Gao is afraid that there will be no chance to make a contribution."
After hearing what Cai Shen said, Gao Shidan's steps suddenly stopped, and then he said with a little guilt: "The army of Liang Jianjun, including the selection army, should not come in a short period of time."
"What?"
Cai Shan and other soldiers of the Jinwu Army all showed disbelief.
Now, the Jinwu army has blocked the way to the east of the Song Jiang rebel army, forcing the Song Jiang rebel army to go north. In the north, there are first obstacles to the Yellow River, and countless Song army intercepted them. As long as Liang Fangping and Wang Zongqi led the army to bite the Song Jiang rebel army and then planned it carefully, it is very likely that the Song Jiang rebel army would be wiped out before the Song Jiang rebel army crossed the Yellow River.
It can be said that the situation of the bandit suppression army is very good.
But at this time, Gao Shidan told Cai Jian and others that Liang Fangping and Wang Zongyi did not lead the army to follow!
How can this not shock Cai Jian and others or even be in the atmosphere?
Gao Shidan could fully understand the shock and anger of Cai Gan and others. The Jinwu army rushed to attack desperately, and almost half of it stopped Song Jiang's rebel army. Originally, everyone could have wiped out Song Jiang's rebel army in one go, but when they met a group of friendly troops who had failed and failed, who could not be shocked and who could not be angry?
Gao Shidan organized a speech for a while before saying, "After receiving your personal letter of help, General Wang wanted to reinforce you immediately, but many generals and officers under General Wang's tent disagreed. They said that Song Jiang's rebel army had been away for two days and Linpu was not far from Liangshan, so it was impossible to stop it. In this case, they encouraged General Wang to regain Linpu first. General Wang could not resist the public's intentions, so he led a large army to advance towards Linpu."
After a pause, Gao Shidan said again: "Later, I don't know who reported this news to Liang Jianjun. Liang Jianjun personally led the army to Linpu and ordered General Wang to reinforce your Jinwu Guard."
Speaking of this, Gao Shidan is a little difficult to talk about.
But when Gao Shidan thought about it, this matter could not be hidden after all. If he didn't say it, there would definitely be someone else to say it.
So, Gao Shidan continued vaguely: "At that time, our selection army was less than thirty miles away from Linpu. Let's go quickly and we will arrive in Linpu in three or four hours. The key is that no one thinks that your Jinwu Guard can stop the rebels, but Liang Jianjun has another clear order. After General Wang takes it all into consideration, he will send my Huben Right Guard to reinforce your Jinwu Guard."
Gao Shidan's words have already been said so clearly, who can't understand what's going on?
It was nothing more than that Liang Fangping and Wang Zongyi went to fight for the regaining Lin Pu, and did not send troops to reinforce the Jinwu army.
The Gao Shidan and Huben Right Guard who came were just sent to pretend due to Liang Fangping's order.
After knowing this, all the soldiers of the Jinwu Army who had sacrificed their lives to suppress the bandits were full of anger.
Only Cai Jian, who had long expected all this, was not angry or even pretended to be shocked.
Moreover, Cai was not only not angry or shocked, but on the contrary, he was a little relieved and even a little gloating: "It would be too unreasonable for such a dynasty to perish."
Some people may say that this is Liang Fangping and Wang Zongyi's greed for merit, what does it have to do with Emperor Zhao Ji and the Northern Song Dynasty?
Please!
Who appointed Liang Fangping and Wang Zongyi? It was not appointed by Zhao Ji, especially the former, which was an eunuch who Zhao Ji favored very much. If Zhao Ji had not tried his best to praise him, how could he, a eunuch, come to lead the army?
So, there is no problem in blaming all this on Zhao Ji.
Of course, Cai would still put on the full set if he should be equipped. He said with regret: "It would be a pity for this. If Liang Jianjun led the army to follow, even if only Wang Xuanfeng led the army to follow, he would definitely not ask this group of rebels to run to Hebei easily."
Gao Shidan also said: "Yes, it's a pity that this good opportunity."
Gao Shidan changed his tone and said, "But let go of the other people, let's not talk about it for now. The contributions of your Cai Ziyin and your Jinwu Guard have been made. Just based on the results of your battle, you will not even be promoted to you, Cai Ziyin, level 10. I am afraid it won't take long. I will even call you, Cai Ziyin."
As soon as Gao Shidan said this, the faces of the Jinwu soldiers were better, and some even showed joy.
It’s no wonder, after all, who can’t like getting promoted and getting rich?
Cai still smiled and said, "How could you say so exaggeratedly? If I could pass the ambassador, I would be satisfied."
Cai still has the 46th rank of Bingyilang, who is a small envoy. If he follows the steps, Cai may still have to go through five years of investigation and remediation before he can complete the small envoy, and passes the ambassador and enters the deputy envoy of the various departments. Therefore, if this battle can really make Cai still cross these two steps directly, Cai will be satisfied.
Gao Shidan laughed and said, "I'm definitely easy to get into the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Commerce this time. Don't forget that your surname is Cai."
Gao Shidan's words came to the point.
Not to mention that Cai still made enough money to be promoted to deputy envoy of the Ministry of the Ministry, even if it is not enough, Cai still operates a little and will definitely be promoted to deputy envoy of the Ministry of the Ministry. You must know that Cai is still not those military officers who have no followers, he is a descendant of the Cai family with a deep background.
Once Cai is still promoted to the deputy envoy of the Ministry, then Cai can still become a real low-level military officer (the rank of military generals in the Song Dynasty is generally not high, and military officers of the seventh rank can already be regarded as low-level military officers).
Let me put it this way, even if Cai entered the fast lane of military officials' promotion after this battle, he could be said to have a great future.
Cai still smiled and said, "This matter depends on Shangguan's intention. After all, this credit is not my own."
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Chapter completed!