Chapter 291: Taiwei Gao loses three times in a row
Everyone in the Green Forest Army came prepared. Now they were about to take this opportunity to take action. Wu Yong heard the key points and immediately found a perfect excuse. After Wu Yong's guidance, Wu Song and others understood.
After the angel on the city read the edict, Wu Song jumped up and pointed at Gao Qiu on the city and shouted: "If you don't pardon my commander-in-chief, I will surrender to you."
At this time, Xie Qianqiu had already set up his arrow, pulled the bow full, looked at the envoy who issued the edict, and said: "Look at Grandpa's magic arrow." After he finished speaking, he shot the angel in the face with an arrow. In the center of the main gate, blood was flying and his eyes were sudden. All the officers and soldiers on the city were so frightened that they rushed to give first aid, but it was too late.
Gao Qiu was frightened by the scene and hurriedly stumbled back and hid low. At this time, all the heroes in the city shouted "Reverse." Lin Chong also took up his bow and arrow and shot at Gao Qiu on the city. Gao Tai The lieutenant couldn't keep away, fearing that these green forest troops would attack again, so he quickly asked his officers and soldiers to push the old and young people on the top of the city to the front to serve as human shields.
When the Green Forest Army under the city saw it, they were all dumbfounded. The bows in their hands were all froze, and no one dared to let go of the bow string. Shi Jin saw the officers and soldiers pushing the old and weak of the city into the wind and waves, and fiercely He stamped his feet fiercely and shouted: "Don't cum,"
Seeing the immediate effect, Gao Qiu showed a treacherous smile with satisfaction. He immediately waved his hand and ordered the Yingzhou Runan Jiedu envoy Mei Zhan, who had been preparing for an ambush in the city, and the Zhongshan Anping Jiedu envoy Zhang Kai to lead his troops. The horse rushed out, hoping to catch them off guard in one fell swoop, and slashed the several leaders of the Green Forest Army standing in front of them at the bottom of the city.
Mei Zhan, after being ordered to open his arms, immediately rushed out soldiers and horses from the four gates of the city, shouting loudly, and rushed towards the Green Forest Army. At this time, in the Green Forest Army, there was only a sound of war drums beating, and Shi Jin took one last look at the old and young people on the top of the city, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Get out," and then he got on his horse and left with all his brothers.
When the officers and soldiers in the city saw the Green Forest Army retreating like a wave, their morale was high and they desperately pursued it. They were about five or six miles away, and they could only hear the sound of artillery fire from the rear army. In the east, there was Sun Li's Group Army, leading 10,000 soldiers and horses to fight. , there is Luan Tingyu's Army Group to the west, and he has brought his 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack. Two groups of soldiers suddenly came out, like scissors, cutting the open troops and horses into several sections. The two groups' armies went back and forth. The officers and soldiers were killed together, and Mei Zhan and Zhang Kai were caught in an ambush. When they hurriedly retreated, Shi Jin turned around and attacked with his generals. They attacked from three sides, and the officers and soldiers were in chaos. Rushing back, many were killed but few survived. They captured Mei Zhan alive and opened them up. Shi Jin released the two of them on the spot, immediately retreated his troops, and returned to Shouan without any instructions to chase.
But it was said that Captain Gao retired from the Green Forest Army. He drank a bowl of tea in confusion and paced back and forth in the study for countless times before he figured it out. That day, he wrote a list in Henan Mansion and reported to the court: "Shi Jin "Thieves, shoot the angel to death, don't ambush and call for peace." Write a secret letter outside and send it to Grand Master Cai, Privy Council Tong, and Lieutenant Yang for discussion. They teach the Grand Master to play to the Emperor, collect food and grass along the way, and send troops to come at starry night to suppress them. Catch a bunch of thieves.
But it was said that Taishi Cai had received the secret letter from Taiwei Gao, and went directly to the court to report it to the emperor. When the emperor heard the report, Long Yan was displeased. He turned over the memorial on the case and said angrily: "This bandit has humiliated the imperial court several times and is a repeat offender." "Rebellion," he immediately issued an edict, instructing all troops and horses to obey Gao Taiwei's orders and to eliminate the rebels at any cost. Knowing that Gao Qiu had failed in two battles, Yang Taiwei selected two more troops from the Imperial Camp Division. At the same time, the generals selected five thousand elite soldiers from the four battalions of Longmeng, Huyi, Pengri, and Zhongyi, for a total of twenty thousand, and followed the two generals to help Gao Taiwei kill the thieves.
These two generals: one is the current commander-in-chief of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army, and the official leads the commander of the left Yiwei pro-army, escorting General Qiu Yue; the other is the current deputy commander of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army, and the official leads the commander-in-chief of the right Yiwei pro-army. The two generals, Chariot and Cavalry General Zhou Ang, had accumulated extraordinary achievements and were famous overseas. They were proficient in martial arts and commanded the capital. They were also close men of Taiwei Yang. At that time, Taiwei Yang appointed the two generals and set out on a certain date. Come and say farewell to Grand Master Cai.
Cai Jing ordered: "Be careful. If you have done great work early, you will definitely use it seriously." The two generals resigned.
In the fourth camp, we selected first-class elite soldiers who were tall and strong, with thin waists and broad arms, from Shandong and Hebei, who were able to climb mountains and were accustomed to swimming, and assigned them to the second generals. This Qiuyue, Zhou Ang, resigned from the Provincial Council. The officer went to say goodbye to Taiwei Yang and said: "We will leave the city tomorrow." Taiwei Yang gave the two generals five good horses respectively for use in the battle formation. The two generals thanked the Taiwei and returned to their camps to pack up and start the next day. , the soldiers tied their horses and waited in front of the imperial camp. Generals Qiu Yue and Zhou Ang were divided into four teams: Longmeng and Huyi. The second battalion had 10,000 soldiers and horses, including more than 5,000 cavalry. They were all led by Commander-in-Chief Qiu Yue. The second battalion of Zhongyi and Zhongyi had 10,000 soldiers and horses and more than 5,000 cavalry horses. They were led by Commander-in-Chief Zhou Ang. There were also 5,000 forbidden troops, divided among the entourage of two generals. Qiu Yue and Zhou Ang arrived at Chen. At the time of playing cards, they marched out of the city in a procession.
Lieutenant Yang personally inspected the army at the city gate. Not to mention the majesty of the military commanders and the bravery of his followers, just looking at the two embroidered flags, the two generals among the clumps of war horses were also unbelievably majestic. Among them, the escorting general Qiu Yue was dressed as He Sheng. He wore a helmet with red tassels and brocade pockets and two phoenixes shining on the sky, a pair of green velvet and red cotton interlocking chain mail, and a green collar with gold beads underneath. He wears an embroidered lion robe, a chi belt with exquisite gold leaves and otter tails and red nails on his waist, a pair of gold-plated green cloud-root boots, and a red sandalwood tiger-stringed treasure-carved bow on the back, and a pot of firewood, bamboo and phoenix hanging on the back. The tail feather has a wolf tooth with a gold-dotted steel arrow, a seven-star frost-edge sword hangs on the waist, a Yanyue Sanjing knife is held horizontally in the hand, and he rides a rouge horse. At this time, Naqiu Yue is sitting on the horse, high-spirited and majestic, leading With the troops from the left team, the people of Tokyo all cheered when they saw it.
Then the right team passed through the city gate. The two battalions of soldiers and horses holding the sun and the loyalty and righteousness were all neatly dressed, with silver helmets and silver armor. Under the two embroidered flags, among a clump of horses, surrounded by the cavalry general Zhou Ang. That Zhou Ang Wearing a dragon-headed green tasseled silver helmet, a pair of luan phosphorus cooked steel armor, a gold-threaded red robe with a collar, a unicorn belt inlaid with seven treasures around his waist, a pair of three-point cloud-rooted tiger-tail boots, and behind him Equipped with a six-jun bow painted with sparrows and purple heddle embroidery, a pot of iron chisels and arrows with carved feathers, an ax dipped in gold from the mountains, a horse charging into the formation on a fire dragon colt, and a spare silver pole with four square edges to split the slips. This week Sitting on his horse, Zhou Ang led the right team and came to the edge of the city. He dismounted with Qiu Yue, came to pay his respects to Taiwei Yang, and bid farewell to all the officials. He left Tokyo and took the official road to watch Henan Prefecture. .
【Henan Prefecture】
Although the Green Forest Army did not attack the city, Lieutenant Gao met Mei Zhan who had fled back with gray eyebrows and a dirty face in Henan Mansion. He opened his eyes and heard that he was ambushed again. In addition to being furious, he was also sitting on pins and needles these days. When he put aside all unfavorable emotions such as jealousy, hatred, etc., Gao Qiu, a man who could stir up trouble in the court, also had a smart side. Gao Qiu deeply understood that there was only a thin wall between waiting for help and self-destruction. , so, in addition to strengthening the city defense, Gao Qiu chose to be bolder and discussed with the suspicious Staff Officer Wen: Instead of waiting for the court to allocate more troops and horses to garrison, it would be better to send people to the nearby mountains and forests to cut down Doitian Dashu detained shipbuilders in nearby counties and counties, set up a dock outside Henan Fucheng, and built warships. At the same time, he put out a list and recruited brave and brave people as sergeants.
In the inn in Henan Prefecture, there was a guest resting. His surname was Ye Mingchun. He was originally from Sizhou and was good at shipbuilding. Because he was passing through here, he happened to be in the war and was living in Henan Prefecture. He could not return to his hometown. Hearing high The Taiwei wanted to cut down trees and build ships, and recruit the Green Forest Army. He suddenly felt that there was a profit in this, so he drew the style of the warship on paper all night, came to see Taiwei Gao, and went to the Taiwei's mansion to pay homage. Ye Chun reported: " In my humble opinion, it’s not because Enxiang’s command was unfavorable. It’s all because the ships were seized from all over the place. The method of using the wind to rock the oars is wrong. The small bottom of the boat makes it difficult to use force. Ye Chunjin came up with a plan. If you want to subdue this bandit, you must first build hundreds of large boats. The largest one is called a big sea loach boat. There are 24 naval troops on both sides. The boat can accommodate several people. Hundreds of people, each army uses twelve people to move; it is protected by bamboo fences to avoid arrows; a crossbow tower is erected on the surface of the ship, and another crossbow cart is built and placed on it. If it is time to move forward, there will be a bang on the fortress. Twenty-four waterwheels were pedaling hard together, and the ship was flying. How many ships could the Green Forest Army have to stop it? If it encountered the enemy, and all the crossbows were fired on the ship, I wonder if he had anything to protect him. This is a first-class boat, and this second-class boat is called a small loach boat. It only uses twelve waterwheels on both sides. It can accommodate a hundred or ten people. It has long nails at the front and back. There are also crossbows on both sides. The building is still equipped with a fence to cover the ocean. This boat can be used in the small harbor of the river to prevent these guys from ambush on the fork in the road. If we follow this plan, the green forest rebels can be defeated easily in a short time."
Lieutenant Gao was frothing after hearing what he said. After seeing the drawings, he was overjoyed. He quickly called for wine, food, silk and satin, and rewarded Ye Chun heavily. He then set up supervision of the construction of warships, and he was the leader of the warships. He urged them day and night. , there is a fixed time limit for felling trees and plants, and you have to go to Henan Prefecture to pay. Each prefecture, prefecture, and county has its own share of shipbuilding materials. If you violate the limit for two days, you will be flogged forty, and one grade will be added every three days; if you violate the limit for more than five days, Those who were killed were ordered to be executed in accordance with the military orders, and they were forced to obey the orders and urge the supervisors everywhere. Many people died and all the people complained.
While Ye Chun was supervising the construction of sea loach and other ships, various provinces were recruiting sailors and so on, and they came to Henan Prefecture to assemble one after another. Gao Taiwei was assigned to the command of the Jiedushi of each village.
After five or six days, the gatekeeper reported: "The imperial court sent Qiu Yue, and General Zhou Ang will arrive."
Lieutenant Gao was immediately overjoyed. After two days of hard work, he finally received the reinforcements. He immediately ordered all the military governors to go out of the city to greet him. He invited the two generals to the commander's residence, met with the lieutenant, and personally gave him food and wine to comfort him. After that, he sent people to reward the army and take care of the second general. The second general asked the Taiwei general to lead the army out of the city to fight.
Lieutenant Gao smiled and said: "Second sir, we will wait for a few days to wait for the loach boat to be ready. At that time, water and land will advance together, and the boats and riders will travel together. One drum can quell the bandits."
Qiu Yue and Zhou Ang reported: "It's child's play for a certain class to look down on the rebels in Green Forest. Don't worry, Taiwei, he will definitely return to the capital in triumph."
Gao Qiu knew the abilities of these two men and said with a smile: "If the two generals answer the question, I will inform the emperor that he will definitely use them in important positions."
That day, after the banquet was over, the two generals mounted their horses in front of the commander's house, returned to their base outside the city, and stationed their troops and horses to listen to their orders.