Lin Chong raised a smile on his lips and said in his heart: "Start the mission!"
"Ding! Ask the host to defeat the imperial army. After defeat, there will be generous rewards!"
Lin Chong accepted the task without hesitation, and now he must defeat the army!
The officers and soldiers can fail countless times, but as long as the officers and soldiers win once, Liangshan will be completely destroyed!
This is the difference caused by the disparity in power.
Beside Lin Chong, Qin Ming came closer and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Jin, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng are meeting with Night Eagle from Tianji Pavilion. The information is almost clear."
"How many troops?" Lin Chong replied, adding, "Are there any troops attacking Liangshan?"
Qin Ming looked admiring and said: "The government has really made a big move this time. There are about 4,000 horse troops, almost 10,000 infantry troops, and 14,000 people, coming from the northwest. The most fear is
The strength of the Western Army. If they are those people, they will be in great trouble.
Those people have been fighting against the Liao Kingdom all year round and are very powerful! They should be heading towards Yuncheng. If they capture Yuncheng, they will be able to defeat our army and then march straight in to attack our Liangshan hinterland.
In addition, there are also 6,000 naval and infantry troops. They come from the southwest and rush to the 800-mile water bank. There are already a large number of craftsmen stationed there and several large camps have been built.
The water attacks our Liangshan Mountains."
"It seems that Cai Jing is really angry when we make trouble in Jiangzhou." Lin Chong smiled coldly, with a look of disdain on his face.
When Qin Ming saw Lin Chong, his face was calm, and he admired him greatly in his heart. Liangshan had 20,000 elite soldiers, but the naval force numbered six to seven thousand, and the actual number of soldiers fighting on land was only 14,000.
There are 14,000 people and thousands more guarding Yuncheng. In fact, the number of troops that can be mobilized is as high as 10,000 people.
Ten thousand people, divided into horse army and infantry army, have no advantage at all in terms of military strength.
The outcome of this battle is truly unknown!
Of course, this was Qin Ming's analysis, but inexplicably, he trusted Lin Chong very much!
In fact, in the past wars, Liang Shan and Lin Chong repeatedly defeated more with less, and their methods were so elusive that there was no trace at all!
"The army in the northwest is divided into three groups. They basically supply supplies on the spot. Look at this posture. They are united fifty miles west of Yuncheng!" Qin Ming analyzed.
"Dividing troops and horses into three groups is just for the convenience of supply. After all, more than 10,000 troops and horses, coupled with the logistical equipment, can easily block the road." Lin Chong analyzed a little, "If there are three groups of troops, 14,000 people, each
The support is about four to five thousand people."
Qin Ming rolled his eyes and said: "Why don't we attack a group of troops first and win the first victory?"
Lin Chong did not answer immediately, but pondered for a while, obviously thinking.
"We don't know the strength of this group of troops. They are not the local Forbidden Army. If they are the Western Army, then their strength will be a fierce battle!" Lin Chong said slowly and calmly, "If all the troops and horses are unable to
If we eat it quickly, the other two groups of soldiers and horses will quickly support us, and then our troops will be passive!"
Qin Ming froze on the spot and said after a long while: "Then we have to wait quietly?"
Lin Chong smiled slightly and said: "Of course not, at least there is an army, four to five thousand people, let Wu Song stop it!"
Qin Ming was stunned for a moment, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Lin Chong said: "General Qin, please come here. I have something to tell you!"
Qin Ming had a respectful look on his face. As Lin Chong whispered, his eyes became bigger and bigger, and the expression on his face became more and more shocked. After finally hearing this, he was stunned and speechless for a long time!
"General Qin, can you do it?" Lin Chong smiled lightly.
Qin Ming felt his blood boiling, and he clasped his fists and said, "If something like this cannot be handled well, I, Qin Ming, will raise my head to see you."
Just as I was talking, it started to rain again. Not only did it rain, but after a while, snow started to fall on the ground, and it fell densely on the ground.
Even when Xuezi fell on the armor, he could hear some subtle sounds, rustling, the sound was very strange, but he also felt some mysterious power of nature!
"Snowing!"
"It's going to snow heavily!"
"If it snows heavily, there will be severe cold!"
"If the snow doesn't melt, that's a good thing. What I'm most afraid of is the snow melting. If the snow melts, it will be very troublesome. Maybe people will freeze to death."
...
"Although it is snowing, the climate in this era is indeed different. The eight hundred miles of water have never been frozen. Perhaps this is the reason why Wang Lun and the others chose this place as their cottage in the first place?" Lin Chong
thinking in mind.
However, looking at the snow in winter, it seems that it is heading towards a bad situation.
"Snowy weather is not good for soldiers!" Qin Ming said worriedly.
Lin Chong smiled and said: "Everything must be considered from both sides. God is fair. Those who are suffering from this winter snow are both our Liangshan and the officers and soldiers. And... our soldiers
, their clothes are very warm, and in terms of weapons and equipment, don’t worry about gold and silver.”
Qin Ming suddenly realized it and said: "That's it."
"Let's go! Let's go to the top of the mountain first. The soldiers and horses are approaching from Fan County and Shouzhang. If the soldiers and horses of Fan County want to go south to take Yuncheng, they must go through Qingyun Valley. That place is a narrow valley trail. When the time comes, let's get there.
As long as Wu Song stops that group of people, we will have a lot of room to maneuver." Lin Chong raised his hand and said, "General Qin, the key to this battle depends on you!"
Qin Ming looked excited and said: "I will let Huang Xin stay with my brother and listen to your orders! Murong Yanda and I have a life-and-death feud. If we don't avenge this revenge, I swear I won't be a human being!"
"Go for it!"
Qin and Ming were also unambiguous. They collected the troops and horses from the town, divided them into one place, and quickly headed north.
Lin Chong understood very clearly that the key to this battle was to prevent the officers and soldiers from joining together, and the aiding troops were unable to return to aid!
This is the highest goal. If it is more, it will be to surround the point and call for reinforcements.
However, the execution of encirclement and reinforcements requires the right time, place and people. If one person is not good, it may even come back to bite him!
"The only uncertain thing is the origin of the official army. Are they the Western Army?" Lin Chong showed a solemn look. He never used the local imperial army, but was very afraid of the Western Army.
Generally speaking, the current army of the Song Dynasty can be divided into three parts: the imperial army, the Xiang army and the rural soldiers. Among them, the Xiang army and the rural soldiers have relatively weak combat effectiveness.
As the main force of the army, the Forbidden Army is also divided into three parts - the Hebei Forbidden Army, the Northwest Forbidden Army and the Central Forbidden Army. As for the southern Forbidden Army, the number of all the Forbidden Army together is not as large as any of the above three parts.
The most famous among them is the Northwest Forbidden Army. Because it is stationed in Shaanxi with strong folk customs and has been at war with Xia for a long time, it has maintained strong combat effectiveness for a long time.
It was precisely for this reason that Lin Chong was so wary of the Western Army.
Famous troops in the Western Army include Fuzhou Zhejia Army, Linzhou Yang Family General, Qingjian City Zhongjia Army, etc. These constitute the inheritance and development of the Western Army.
Among them, the Zhong Family Army has been powerful in the world for more than 80 years. The army led by the Northern Song Dynasty general Zhong Shiheng, his son Zhong E, and his grandson Zhong Shidao was known as the "Zhong Family Army".
It can be said that the Zhong Family has been protecting the Song Dynasty for many years, and the Western Army has been operating for many years. It has been fighting Xixia and even the Liao Kingdom all year round. It can be said that the Western Army has suffered heavy casualties.
Among ordinary soldiers, men often died in battle. For example, in Shaanxi Province, several generations of a family had served the Western Army. Men who fought in the war often did not live past their thirties. It was common to see a bunch of widows living together.
At the beginning, when Lin Chong was reading historical records, every time he saw the records of the Western Army, he felt extremely heartbroken and felt a sense of suffocation.
The generals of the Western Army are generally inherited from generation to generation, and their combat power is much higher than that of the ordinary Song Army who "general do not know the soldiers, and the soldiers do not know the generals", but the military discipline of the Western Army is poor.
The snow fell harder and harder, but Lin Chong's thoughts also wandered further.
It is now the second year of Xuanhe, and we are about to enter the third year of Xuanhe.
In the original historical process, in the first year of Xuanhe, the imperial court bought horses from the Jin people and sent envoys to the Jin Dynasty to conquer the Liao Dynasty.
It is now the second year of Xuanhe, and Song and Jin have formed a maritime alliance. This is probably done!
It is not the turn of people like Liang Shan to participate in this kind of national affairs.
As for the agreement, it was mutually agreed that the Jin would attack the central capital of the Liao Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty would attack Yanjing of the Liao Dynasty. After the event was completed, the sixteen states of Yanyun would be returned to the Song Dynasty.
The land also returns to gold.
The Song Dynasty originally thought that it could easily seize the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun based on this, but it did not expect that the Liao army could not withstand the attack of the Jin soldiers and was not afraid of fighting the Song army. As a result, in the fourth year of Xuanhe, the Song Dynasty sent troops to attack Yanjing twice.
, were all severely defeated by the Yanjing garrison of Liao.
It is precisely because of this that the Jin Kingdom saw the weakness and decadence of the Song Dynasty, and it also paved the way for the Jin soldiers to go south.
"Next year will be the third year of Xuanhe, and I, Lin Chong, don't have much time left! Within one year, I must occupy the entire territory of Shandong! Otherwise, the golden people between the black mountains and white waters are like tigers and wolves. How many people can
Resist?" Lin Chong murmured to himself.
The snow was falling more and more, and Qingyun Valley was right in front of us. Suddenly, not far away, a scout came to report.
"Tell me! What's the military situation?"
The scout said: "I got the news that among the Forbidden Army, there are three thousand people from the Western Army, and the rest are the Forbidden Army recruited from Shandong, Hebei and other places."
Lin Chong was stunned for a moment, then looked up to the sky and laughed, saying, "God help me! God, you are so interesting to me, Lin Chong!"
