Two hundred and eighty fourth chapters are about three
Let's say that Captain Gao looked from a distance and saw only a fire on the water. Many ships were burned, and the intact ones also rolled into the river and ran away on the mountainside. However, Liu Menglong's water army flag was not seen on the ship, but the Green Forest Army's Nine Dragons flag in the sky. Lieutenant Gao knew that there would be a setback in the waterway, so he hurriedly conveyed military orders, ordered the troops to retreat, and returned to Henan Prefecture to make plans.
On the dry land, the ten military commanders led their troops to fight hard for a day. When the army was about to retreat, it was already late at night. They could only hear the sound of cannons everywhere, and they did not know how many green forest troops were coming to kill the generals. Gao Taiwei was because of the fire on the waterway. The defeat was a disastrous defeat, which made me extremely confused. The land battle, which was originally overwhelmingly numerically superior, was also directed without any formations. This is called "the Yinling lost its way and met the divine crossbow, and the fierce soldiers at Chibi encountered a strange wind." The situation was originally good. , as long as the Green Forest Army fights hard for one more day, the weakness of the Green Forest Army's insufficient strength will be revealed and become a fatal flaw, but Gao Taiwei has no fighting spirit in his heart. At the moment, he can only hear the sound of cannons on all sides and rush to retreat. Gather the generals and seize the road and run away.
Lieutenant Gao led his troops to retreat, only to find that a fire broke out in the camp outside Fuchang City. The thick smoke reflected the waterway. Just when Lieutenant Gao was frightened, the soldiers and horses accompanying him suddenly caught fire. Someone pointed at the top of Fuchang City and exclaimed: "Lieutenant, look, how could this happen?"
Gao Taiwei followed the chaos and shouts in the army and looked around. He saw that the flags of the officers and soldiers on the top of Fuchang City had been cut down at some point. What was swaying in the wind were the Green Forest Army's Nine Dragons Upturned Flags. Gao Taiwei He exclaimed in surprise and felt dizzy. The person accompanying him said: "Lieutenant, please go to Shou'an to hide for a while. The city of Shou'an is strong and can block the thieves' attack."
"Go to Shou'an," Lieutenant Gao was almost frightened, and his mind was even more empty than his face.
Going to Shou'an, the sergeants spread this military order one after another along with the retreat, and the vast number of officers and soldiers went to Shou'an as if the tide was ebbing.
It turned out that there were not many soldiers and horses gathered in Yongning, namely the Songzi Camp under Wu Song, the Zhuozi Camp under Hu Yanzhuo, Xie Qianqiu's Qiuzi Camp and Xu Ning's Ningzi Camp, totaling 110,000 troops. Although the number is very small compared to that of officers and soldiers, they have many uses. After dividing the troops several times, not many soldiers and horses actually went to the front battlefield. On the one hand, Wu Yong had to send 10,000 soldiers to prevent the officers and soldiers from taking the opportunity to sneak attack the rear city. The horses stayed in the city. In addition, Shi Jin led the troops to contain the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers from the front, while Wu Song was responsible for commanding some of the brothers from Songzi Camp. About 30,000 troops and horses detoured from the front battlefield and approached Fuchang. , It cannot be described as strong on the outside but strong on the inside. Although the city is equipped with a large number of arrow feathers, rolling stones, and wood, but with limited manpower, the power is like a wolf with its teeth knocked out. Wu Song used the force-climbing style from the side away from the battlefield. The siege tactics only took a moment, but Wu Song and his brothers from the Songzi camp forced their way to the top of the city, defeated the few officers and soldiers in the city in one fell swoop, and captured Fuchang.
As a result, only 70,000 troops were left on the frontal battlefield. Zhu Wu was worried that the lack of troops would show holes after one day of the battle, so he mobilized 3,000 green forest troops in the city to set up cannons on the surrounding hillsides and fired them in all directions, and then waved flags and shouted. , in fact, there was no ambush, but it was just to frighten Captain Gao into trembling with fear. Sure enough, Captain Gao did not know what the plan was, so he withdrew his troops back to Shou'an overnight, and planned some infantry. There were not many losses, but Most of the naval force was destroyed, and not a single warship came back. Liu Menglong, however, had a hard time escaping. Some of the sergeants who knew how to swim were considered lucky, and they managed to escape in scattered pieces. Those who didn't know how to swim, and those who encountered water, Those who joined the Green Forest Army were stabbed to death in the water.
Lieutenant Gao's military power was defeated, his spirit was destroyed, and he stationed troops and horses in the city. This time he returned home without his battleships, leaving Lieutenant Gao like a defeated rooster, returning to the temporary commander's residence in the city and sitting down. On the Taishi chair, his internal organs were filled with anger. He raised his triangular eyes. After a long while, he spoke coldly and ordered Niu Bangxi to escort all the detained civilian ships to Shou'an City. At the same time, he sent someone to bring official documents to urge them, no matter what they were. All ships that were suitable were captured and sent to Shou'an City to reorganize the navy in order to advance again.
Besides, after chasing the officers and soldiers for more than ten miles, the Green Forest Army approached the boundary of Shouan and did not dare to go deep and retreated. Shi Jin first sent people back to Yongning City to visit the injured Sun Xin. Baicao had already pulled out the sword and arrow for him, covered the sore with golden sore medicine, and then mixed the medicine with it. Sun Xin stayed in the city to recuperate and said nothing more.
Wu Yong gathered all the generals and entered the city together to appease the people. Needless to say, Wu Yong recruited Wu Xiaolong, the leader of the navy appointed by Shi Jin, and helped Dang Shixiong come forward to ask for merit. Shi Jinjiao took him away. They were kept under soft supervision in the prisoner-of-war camp, and all the generals were rewarded according to their merits. In this battle, the navy won a great victory, which was something Shi Jin had never expected. Not only did they defeat the imperial navy, but they also captured nearly a hundred ships. There are countless ships, armors and weapons. This equipment is like a timely help, bringing new hope and a higher starting point to the Green Forest Army, a newly formed naval force. Shi Jin sent people to collect all the ship numbers. It was collected in the water stronghold and distributed to the leaders of the navy for use. In addition, it recruited troops and horses in the city and rectified military affairs, which we will not discuss in detail.
It is said that the defeated Lieutenant Gao did not dare to write a letter to the emperor to report the results of the battle in Shou'an City. He only said that he had fought bloody battles with the bandits for one day and could not tell the winner. Although he seemed to be able to fool the court, the first battle failed. He also lost the city, which really made him feel uneasy. After a night of reflection, Gao Taiwei gathered the generals to discuss the strategy of recovering Fuchang. Those who are unwilling to withdraw their troops know that the root cause of failure is not the soldiers or the fighter planes, but the lack of strategy. He has learned the two brushes in Gao Taiwei's mind. He is simply a feather duster. He is really talented and has too little knowledge. I feel that there is no way to deal with the Green Forest Army twice. It is really not possible. Only cunning hunters can deal with cunning tigers and leopards. If it were not for Captain Gao's incompetent command, he would not have paid attention to one thing and lost another, and ended up losing a big thing for a small thing.
If Xu Jing had a hundred brains, he would not dare to complain, but it is not an option to continue like this. After all, everyone is a grasshopper on the same rope, and we can't just follow Gao Qiu all the way to the dark side like this. , the flexible Xu Jing immediately came out and reported: "Taiwei, when Xu traveled around the world in his childhood, making guns and selling medicine, he once made friends with a man. His surname is famous as Huanzhang, and he is currently teaching in Anren Village outside Tokyo. If he can be hired as a staff officer, he can defeat Wu Yong's schemes."
Lieutenant Gao also thought about it last night. The biggest failure of this time was because Wu Yong was really cunning. When he heard this, he felt relieved. He immediately sent one of his generals with a satin pommel horse back to Tokyo at starry night to pay his courtesy. Wen Huanzhang, a scholar from the teaching village, came to serve as a former army staff officer. Wen Huanzhang was unsuccessful in his early years, but he still had some ink in his stomach. Although he had a clean life teaching in this countryside, he was after all a man who wanted fame and wealth. Hearing that it was him Recommended by his old friend Xu Jing, Gao Taiwei personally sent someone to invite him with great gifts, and his opponent was Shi Jin, who was famous all over the world. He felt that his chance to be promoted had come, so he simply packed up, passed by the inns along the way, and changed things along the way. Taking the official fast horse, we set out on the road to Shou'an to counsel on military affairs together.
But just when the general had only been back to the capital for three to five days, suddenly a horse scout came from outside the city, saying that the Green Forest Army and Horse were approaching the city to fight. After hearing this, Captain Gao was furious: "These rebels, I ordered them to After a while, they kicked their noses in their faces and dared to chase them here to call for battle. Today they will never come back." Then he ordered his troops to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and ordered the military governors of each village to lead their troops to fight with the army.
Lieutenant Gao led his troops and rushed out of the city. The Green Forest Army had already retreated to the wilderness fifteen miles away in Pingchuan. Lieutenant Gao led the troops to rush forward. The Green Forest Army soldiers and horses had already formed a formation towards the hillside. A fierce general jumped out from the horse, and it was clearly written on the flag, it was "Double Whip" Hu Yanzhuo.
Hu Yanzhuo saddled his horse and stood in front of the formation. Facing the imperial officers and soldiers, he looked indifferent.
Captain Gao felt unhappy when he saw it. I was blind at first, and recommended you to be such a traitor. Now he was extremely angry when they met. He pointed at Hu Yanzhuo and said to the generals behind him: "This guy is the one who rebelled when he was commanding the chain horse." Anyone from the imperial court who kills this guy with me, I will protect his chariot and riding as a general."
As soon as Gao Taiwei finished speaking, Han Cunbao, the envoy of Yunzhong Jiedu, came out to meet the enemy. Han Cunbao was good at using a square-shaped halberd. Without saying a word, he rode away with his whip raised. The two met in front of the formation. Without saying anything, one used a halberd to strike, and the other used two whips to greet him. The two fought until they were about fifty, and Hu Yanzhuo used his weakness to get out, whipped two whips, galloped and looked down the hillside before leaving.
Han Cunbao was eager to make meritorious service and came on horseback. Han Cunbao hung Fang Tian's painted halberd on the saddle hook and took out a bow and arrow from his back. This bow and arrow was not Han Cunbao's specialty. If he didn't try it for a long time, he would have three points. This time, he was jolted on the horse again. , the bow was not stable, not to mention the arrows that were shot. Seven or eight arrows in succession were deflected. Han Cunbao was anxious and swung his bow to hit the horse to catch up. The two horses' hooves turned over. Like throwing cymbals, they drove about five or six miles and turned just behind the mountain hill. The mountain hill blocked the view. There was no one around. Seeing that he was about to catch up, Han Cunbao drew his halberd in his hand and suddenly called out. Zhuo Le returned to his horse and danced his whip to greet him. The two fought for dozens of rounds. Hu Yanzhuo separated his whip with his halberd, returned to his horse and left again.
Han Cunbao thought, I heard that this guy is very good with two whips, but today's meeting is nothing more than that. He can't win against me, so why not catch up with him and take this thief back alive, so that he can earn the general's chariot and cavalry gloriously? Well, then So Han Cunbao thought about it and urged his horse to go up. When he saw Hu Yanzhuo running away in an awkward situation, he chased him more vigorously. When he turned around a mountain pass, two roads separated. He looked around, but he didn't know. Where did Hu Yanzhuo go? When Han Cunbao rode up the hill to see where Hu Yanzhuo had gone, he saw Hu Yanzhuo escaping along a stream.
Han Cunbao shouted arrogantly: "Thief, where are you running from? Get off your horse and accept the surrender. I will spare your life." Hu Yanzhuo stopped his horse, turned around, pointed at him and cursed at him.
Han Cunbao was angry and drove horses to take Hu Yanzhuo's retreat. The two happened to be facing each other by the stream. There was a mountain on one side and a stream on the other. There was only one road in the middle. The two horses were circling, unable to advance or retreat...