Xiao Huaizhong was led by General Wanyan Yangming to pursue Fang Zian. For Xiao Huaizhong, this was a thankless job. The two hundred soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty envoy were really not worth mentioning. According to Xiao Huaizhong's idea, Fang Zian Shihao

There is no need to chase and kill the others. All we need to do is strengthen the blockade and prevent them from coming out of the mountains. Let them stay in the mountains for the rest of their lives and fend for themselves.

However, Wan Yanliang's attitude was very firm. Wan Yanliang told Xiao Huaizhong that Fang Zian was not only the murderer of his brother, but also obtained an important document from Wan Yan Gun. This document was extremely relevant and was completely blocked.

Taihang Mountain cannot do this. If he sends the documents back to the Song Dynasty, it will bring great losses to the Song Dynasty.

Wan Yanliang did not confess to Xiao Huaizhong the letter of allegiance from Qin Hui in Fang Zian's hand. Deep down in his heart, Wan Yanliang still could not trust Xiao Huaizhong. Wan Yanliang knew Xiao Huaizhong's character, and he could not guarantee whether Xiao Huaizhong would

Will leak this secret, or use it to gain greater benefits. In short, for a person like Xiao Huaizhong who defected before the battle and was unjust at the sight of profit, although he saved himself in time, Wan Yanliang still treated him deeply from the bottom of his heart.

Contemptuous and defensive. Even compared to the dead Xiao Yu, Wan Yanliang was more willing to trust Xiao Yu. Although Xiao Yu betrayed him, his character was not as good as Xiao Huaizhong's.

Xiao Huaizhong had no choice, but he had his own ideas. He told Wan Yanliang that since he wanted to go into the mountains to pursue them, why not simply make up his mind to eliminate the Eight-Character Army rebels. The Eight-Character Army existed in the Taihang Mountains and was always a thorn in his side. He didn’t know when it would happen.

They will come out to bite people. Their existence also makes the people near the Taihang Mountains rely on them. Many people are attached to the Eight-Character Army rebels, causing instability in the borders of more than a dozen state capitals near the 800-mile Taihang Mountains. In fact, they are a big gold

A cancerous tumor in the chest.

Xiao Huaizhong's words touched Wan Yanliang's inner worries. Xiao Yu had reminded him at the beginning that if he wanted to attack the Song Dynasty, he must first stabilize the internal situation before sending troops. Otherwise, there might be a fire in the backyard. At that time, Wan Yanliang had newly ascended the throne and focused on

In order to stabilize their position and eliminate enemy parties, they really had no time to take care of the affairs of the Eight-Character Army in the Taihang Mountains. Then they were busy with the matter of moving the capital, so this matter was temporarily shelved.

The mention of Xiao Huaizhong at this moment brought up this matter in Wan Yanliang's mind. He knew that once the letter of allegiance was leaked, Qin Hui's chess piece would lose its effectiveness. It would be a huge help to him within the Song Dynasty. Qin Hui

As long as you make trouble at the critical moment, the road to the southward expedition will be much smoother. And the Eight-Character Army in the Taihang Mountains has involved too many soldiers and horses to prevent them from coming out to cause trouble. Take these two things together, I am afraid that

He wanted to ruin his great cause. In this case, it was better to do two things together, make up his mind to wipe out the Eight Character Army in the Taihang Mountains, and kill Fang Zian and others. Kill two birds with one stone, and kill a hundred with one stone.

Wan Yanliang agreed to Xiao Huaizhong's request. In Xiao Huaizhong's view, this expedition was no longer a joke, otherwise it would be too shameless to have to fight for hundreds of Song Dynasty envoys.

Xiao Huaizhong was awarded the position of Marshal of the Right of the Central Supervisory Army, with full authority to mobilize troops into the mountains to suppress the bandits. Of course, Wan Yanliang could not mobilize all the troops and horses in Yanjing to him, so he gave Xiao Huaizhong 10,000 yuan, which was originally owned by Xiao Yu.

The soldiers and horses of Xiao Huaizhong, as well as the 30,000 soldiers and horses from the northwest to which Xiao Huaizhong belonged, totaled 40,000 people. After Xiao Yu's defeat, nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses were left among the 30,000 soldiers and horses who rebelled. Of course, it was impossible to kill these rebels.

Yan Liang

Only the main generals in the army were punished, and the rest of the troops stopped paying for three months and participated in the construction of the city for three months. For these rebels, they were actually very innocent. After all, they were obeying military orders. They had to fight tooth and nail for the people above.

And then they have to be punished, which is really aggrieved. But they can't do anything about it. After all, they participated in the rebellion, and it's good to be able to save their lives. This time Wan Yanliang allowed Xiao Huaizhong to choose 10,000 of them to go into the mountain. To put it bluntly, it was over

Yan Liang and Xiao Huaizhong knew in their hearts that this group of people must be the first to die. Fighting in the mountains is by no means the strength of the Jin Army, and many people will definitely die. They know the combat effectiveness of the Zhongyi Army, so these people will die if they want to. This

All 10,000 people died, and the loyal army should also be wiped out.

Since he was going to fight in the mountains with great fanfare, Xiao Huaizhong did not dare to neglect. Although he had never fought against the Zhongyi Army and spent most of his time in Datong Mansion in Xijing, he had heard of the Zhongyi Army fighting against the imperial troops.

Experience. That man named Zhang Diwan had some abilities. When the Zhongyi Army was on the verge of destruction, he was able to break out of the siege with the remaining soldiers and hide in the mountains. He was not an ordinary person. And the foundation of the Zhongyi Army was not that of an ordinary bandit.

, that was the Yue family army that once shocked the world, and even the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were frightened by it.

Xiao Huaizhong was not worried about failure, but he led an army of 40,000 into the mountains for encirclement and suppression. The number of people was seven or eight times more than that of his opponent. If he could not succeed, he would really be laughed to death. This was his leading battle after he officially took office.

You can win, you can't lose, you must succeed.

To this end, he made a lot of preparations. He mobilized a thousand engineers to lead the way, because he wanted to bring large siege equipment into the mountains, and he had to ensure that the road was smooth. The heavy equipment he carried included crossbows, catapults, and ladder trucks.

Turning stone carts and so on. It seems a bit fussy, but for the sake of victory, Xiao Huaizhong did this. In addition, Xiao Huaizhong also sent people to Huguan and ordered the local defenders to cooperate. The eight thousand Huguan defenders will be on their own

After entering the mountain, they coordinated the attack from the south, completely annihilating the Zhongyi Army in a pincer attack from the north and the south.

By the time all supplies, troops, horses and vehicles were mobilized, it was already two days after Fang Zian and others escaped into the Xishan Pass. This was already considered fast, but Wan Yanliang still couldn't wait any longer and urged him to send troops as soon as possible. Xiao Huaizhong didn't either

There was no reason to delay, so they chose to set off in the afternoon. After entering the mountain pass, they were ordered to drive all night. Because there were ruts and traces of people and horses where Fang Zian and others were walking, the secret road could also be passed by vehicles and horses. Engineers built bridges along the way to repair them.

The road is smooth and smooth.

In two days, Xiao Huaizhong believed that the other party must be running as fast as a rabbit, so he was not worried about catching them here. However, Xiao Huaizhong believed that after the Huguan passage was blocked, Fang Zian and others were closely monitored by the mountainside prefecture.

People will eventually choose to go to the Zhongyi Army camp, and maybe they can be wiped out by then. That's fine, it's best to do it all in one pot.

It was almost dawn, and Xiao Huaizhong was sitting in the cart with his eyes squinted and drowsy. At the beginning of the night's march, Xiao Huaizhong was still riding on his horse, looking at the stars at night, and listening to the sound of the tidal waves of pines, which was strange. However, later he felt that

It was boring. It was too cold, so he simply got off the horse and got into a carriage. There was a charcoal fire in the carriage, and the warm feeling made him drowsy. Especially at dawn, the sleepiness was unstoppable.

Xiao Huaizhong was already on the verge of sleeping.

suddenly

, the car suddenly stopped, and the inertia made Xiao Huaizhong almost fall onto the wall of the carriage. Xiao Huaizhong suddenly woke up.

"What's going on? Why did you stop?" Xiao Huaizhong stuck his head out of the car window and asked loudly.

The disjointed team of Jin soldiers outside looked messy and tired. After a night of marching, many of them could no longer hold on. But at this moment, they all woke up because the team suddenly stopped. Xiao Huaizhong was asking the reason, and the soldiers

Everyone asked about the reason.

"I don't know, Marshal Xiao, the team in front has stopped, so we have to stop." The guard guard guarding the carriage hurriedly reported back.

"Why stop? Now is not the time to rest. If you want to rest, you have to find a place to camp. Give me the order and keep moving forward." Xiao Huaizhong shouted loudly.

However, his order was given, but the team could not move even half a step. The dark army was all blocked on the mountain road, and everyone was very anxious. Xiao Huaizhong got off the horse angrily, and wanted to go to the front to see the reason, and mobilized troops to question the crime.

.However, just as he was about to move forward, the news from the front came.

"In front... there's a fight in front. The road is blocked. Two to three hundred people were killed in the engineering battalion in front. They were ambushed on the mountain ridge and attacked." Yelumeng, the former army general who was flying back, loudly reported

Report.

"What? Attack? How did it happen? Why didn't the scouts warn?" Xiao Huaizhong shouted in shock.

"The scout didn't come back. He should have been shot dead by someone who blocked the road. Because there was no warning, the engineer who opened the road walked right in front of the man. The other party had fierce firepower, including crossbows and firearms. The number of people and identities is unknown for the time being."

Yelumeng replied.

Xiao Huaizhong's face was ashen, and he rode forward without saying a word. The guards shouted loudly, and the soldiers forced out a passage for Xiao Huaizhong and others to gallop forward.

After galloping for two miles, we turned the corner of the mountain and could clearly hear the shouts of killing in front of us. Below the mountain ridge in front, our own troops and horses were rushing up the mountain ridge in black, with crossbows and firearms on top.

With great momentum, Xiao Huaizhong rushed to the foot of the mountain ridge and dismounted with his whip.

"Where is Xiao Zhengde? Ask him to come see you." Xiao Huaizhong shouted loudly.

Xiao Zhengde was General Wanhu, the leader of the former army. He was the newly promoted general to lead the 10,000 Xiao Yu rebels in the front camp. He was also a member of the Northwest Army and a trusted general of Xiao Huaizhong.

Not long after, Xiao Zhengde walked quickly with his armor tilted and a look of disgrace, cursing and swearing in his mouth. When he saw Xiao Huaizhong, he quickly stepped forward to salute.

"Have you figured it out? Who is blocking you here?" Xiao Huaizhong asked.

"This... I don't know. I have never seen such fierce firepower. I guess there are thousands of people." Xiao Zhengde said.

"Fart! There are only two hundred people. Listen to the sound of this firearm, it is the sudden musket of the Song Dynasty. The Eight-Character Army does not have such a thing. It can only be blocked by the envoys of the Song Dynasty. Xiao Zhengde, you are really capable,

You are blocked here by two hundred people and can't leave? I heard that many people died? It's really yours. You have only one stick of incense to attack them and annihilate them in one fell swoop. There must be no mistakes." Xiao Huaizhong scolded angrily.
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