"General, I heard that the second wife's family has a painting of "The Map of All Nations and Seas". It is a great thing, but I wonder if it was snatched away by the bloodthirsty ghost king?" Mr. Lang looked at Wang Shenxiang nervously and whispered.
asked.
"Isn't it just a broken painting? What's the big deal? Go back and ask the newly appointed escort. Since he has cracked the bloodthirsty ghost king's treasure ship, he may have seen the painting." Wang Shenxiang's wife Guo Shi
She was the Hakka sister. When Wang Shenxiang talked about his father-in-law's family being wiped out, he didn't show any sadness at all, even if he was pretending to do so. It seemed that either the Guo family was not favored by him, or that he had a cold nature.
Thin.
When Mr. Lang heard Wang Shenxiang's nonchalant words, he suppressed his excitement and said to Wang Shenxiang in an almost flattering manner: "General, Lang has always liked to collect calligraphy and paintings. I wonder if the general can help Xiaosheng ask for some from the escort."
"The Map of Ten Thousand Kingdoms and Sea States"?"
Wang Shenxiang waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "It's a trivial matter. I'll get it for you, General. Forgive him, even a benevolent and brave captain, he wouldn't dare to disobey."
Wang Shenxiang's mind was now filled with the food and grass that Kang Long had escorted, as well as the gold and silver treasures seized from the bloodthirsty ghost king. He was thinking about how to make Kang Long spit out half of the seized supplies.
"General, I would like to ask for instructions on what to do, Commander-in-Chief. I need to quickly reply to Commander-in-Chief." The colonel looked at Wang Shenxiang carefully and reminded him in a low voice.
Gao Tie also led 500 swordsmen and lurked in the woods south of the town, waiting for Wang Shenxiang's further instructions.
"Tell Gao Tie that there is no need to quarrel with the Khitan dog riders. Let them in. Once all the Khitan dog riders enter the ambush circle, order Gao Tie's troops to cut off their retreat. I will give him a roundup this time!" Wang Shenxiang!
said coldly.
When it came to fighting, he returned to his solemn and cold demeanor, without any of his previous indifference.
"Got the order!" The principal took the order and ran out quickly.
Wang Shenxiang glanced at the generals below and frowned. The commanders who were familiar with him knew that a major battle order was about to be issued, so they all cheered up and looked at him.
Huangzeguan is located in the southeast of the Taihang Mountains. It is a pass on the east side of the Taihang Mountains that controls the north-south movement of the East Mountain Road. It is also a must-pass for entering and leaving the Taihang Mountains.
From Huangze Guanxi, there is a mountain road leading directly to Shanxi, passing through the Taihang Mountains, to the south is Luzhou, and to the north is Liaozhou. The Taihang Village was built on both sides of this mountain road, controlling the main east-west route of the Taihang Mountains.
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If Hedong wants to send troops to rescue Yedu, they must pass through this mountain road, pass Huangze Pass, and cross the Zhang River before reaching Yedu. But now this Taihang ancient road is controlled by the Taihang villages entrenched here. If Hedong soldiers and horses want to come over,
, the only way is to eliminate this group of bandits first.
As the name suggests, the Taihang Village is a copycat alliance composed of dozens of thieves of varying sizes. The most powerful Longfeng Village is the leader of the Taihang Group Village Alliance, with dozens of bandits and more than 7,000 followers who are highly skilled in martial arts.
Occupying Longfeng Mountain on the south side of the Taihang Ancient Road as a village, they specialized in plundering prefecture and county offices in Shandong and Shanxi, and their reputation shocked both Shandong and Shanxi.
Liu Zhiyuan, the governor of Hedong and the king of Taiyuan, sent troops to conquer the Taihang villages several times, but all failed. During the campaigns, many troops were lost. In order not to be harassed by the Taihang villages, he ensured the tranquility of Hedong.
, Liu Zhiyuan built more than ten earthen strongholds in succession about thirty miles west of the Taihang Ancient Road, with two battalions of soldiers and horses stationed in each stronghold. The more than ten strongholds were connected end to end to watch and help each other. If one stronghold was attacked, the ten strongholds would rescue each other.
Although this curbed the harassment of Taihang villages to the territory of Hedong, Shanxi, it also restricted the possibility of Hedong sending troops to Shandong.
Now the imperial court is allocating 300,000 stones of grain and grass to the front line of Yedu. The Khitan army wanted to cut off the grain route to Yedu and burn the 300,000 stones of grain and grass brought this time. Later, the Taihang army wanted to plunder this batch of grain and grass.
The supplies are for the Taihang Village to survive the winter.
There were more than 30,000 bandits in Taihang Village. It is conceivable that the people and horses consumed a lot of food and grass in one winter. If they just plundered the nearby prefecture and county yamen in daily life, it was not enough, so they decided to raid the Jin Dynasty.
It cannot but be said that these thieves were so audacious that they even dared to rob the imperial court's military rations.
Deng Ming, the guard general of Huangze Pass, was under the control of the Zhangde Jiedu Envoy. He was a guerrilla general from the fifth rank. He was a stable and mature man. He had been commanding the five battalions of the Zhangde Army with 2,000 infantry and 500 cavalry guarding Huangze.
This time, in order to prevent the Taihang Group from robbing grain, Wang Shenxiang transferred 2,000 rural soldiers from the former Sanhekou Town Township Army Commander's Department to Huangzeguan to help out.
Huangzeguan can also be regarded as a majestic pass. The city gate is built against the mountain, with steep cliffs on both sides. In the middle, there is an ancient Taihang Road that can accommodate three or four people walking parallel to each other.
open.
Behind the pass is Huangze City, which was built on the mountain and water bank. The city is on the mountain side, and there is a village on the water side. It controls the mountain and the water, which is also an extremely dangerous place.
In addition, there are several watchtowers and beacon towers built on the earth and stone hills beside Huangzeguan. When attacked, the enemy's situation can be detected early, and the beacons can be lit in time to convey messages.
As long as Huangze Pass is guarded, it will be impossible for bandits from Taihang Village to pass through and steal food.
At this time, in an open valley more than two miles away from Huangzeguan, a large number of bandits in various costumes gathered. The only thing they had in common was probably the blue cloth wrapped around their heads.
The bandits in Taihang Village also have a well-known name - Blue Turban Bandits. When mentioning Blue Turban Bandits, the people in several nearby states and dozens of counties all become pale. These Blue Turban Bandits rob prefecture and county offices and loot villages.
Big businessmen blocked the Taihang Ancient Road and Shandong Official Road and robbed passing merchants. They committed all kinds of evil and gained a bad reputation.
Although the imperial court threatened to suppress the people every year, the strength of Taihang Village became stronger and stronger year by year, but the imperial army never arrived.
This open valley has the Taihang Mountains stretching for dozens of miles to the west, and the Zhangshui River, a tributary of the Wei River originating from the mountains of southeastern Shanxi, to the north. The Taihang Ancient Road runs parallel to the Zhuozhangshui River, and was actually developed along the Zhuozhangshui River by our predecessors.
An ancient road through the Taihang Mountains.
Zhuozhang water swirls in this valley, forming a half-moon shaped valley.
A man in his thirties, with fair and delicate skin like a woman, with a blue scarf on his head and thin silver-white scales, was sitting astride a divine maroon horse. Behind him, a long sword was slung across his back.
Blue butterfly sword spikes flutter in the wind. An iron spear, a pot of carved feather arrows, and a yellow birch horn-hard bow hang diagonally in front of the saddle.
The handsome and extraordinary face, coupled with the equipment that even the senior generals of the Jin Dynasty could hardly possess, made this leader of the blue turban bandits even more outstanding.
In fact, none of the twenty-five village owners of the sixteen villages who came with him this time had such extraordinary magnanimity as his.
This person is Dugu Yuheng, the leader of Longfeng Village, the "Jade-Faced Dragon". It is said that he is even more famous in the world and is already one of the world's best masters of Xuan Kung. He once climbed the Jiu Shiyan of Mount Huashan alone to challenge Fuyaozi.
, although he could not meet Fuyaozi, he fought against Fuyaozi's eldest disciple, "Lazy Sword Immortal" Lazy Handsome, and the two fought for a day. In the end, Dugu Yuheng was defeated with half a move, and he fell down in hatred. But his fame
As a result, his popularity increased greatly and he became a celebrity in the northwest arena.
Dugu Yuheng not only had superb swordsmanship and mystical skills, but also had unique insights into the art of war. Since he founded Longfeng Village, it only took him less than three years to conquer 81 members of Taihang Thirty-Six Villages.
The leader established the Taihang Group Village Alliance and became the leader of the alliance.
"Master, do you think that Marley can succeed? If he can't bypass Huangze Pass, it will be in trouble. I heard that Huangze Pass has now transferred two thousand Chilao troops, commanded by Pan Mei, who knows military affairs well.
It's difficult for us to break through." A blue-turban bandit leader came to Dugu Yuheng's horse and asked eagerly.
The Taihang Group Village Alliance dispatched nearly 10,000 minions from *** Village this time. They have been gathering in the valley in front of Huangze Pass for half a day. The minions who inquired about the news have just come to report. There is still more than an hour.
The grain and grass will be able to arrive at Sanhekou Town. If Zhang De's army cannot rob this batch of grain and grass before it reaches Yedu, once they mobilize the civilians and transport the grain and grass away, they can only stare blankly.
But the head of the family, Dugu Yuheng, didn't seem to be worried at all. He still looked at the dim sun with a leisurely expression. After a while, he smiled and said: "Why are you anxious? Those iron bastards should be anxious.
Do you think the Khitan cavalry are vegetarians? Calculating the time, they should have arrived at the mouth of Sanhe. Maybe the two sides have already handed over to each other by now. These Chilao troops came to Huangze Pass in vain, and they are afraid that it won't be long before they have to fight again.
Go back to Sanhekou for support. Just wait, old Murong is cunning and Ma Lei is brave. I'm afraid it won't be long before Ma Lei's giant ax will open and close the door over there to welcome us in."
Iron Bastard is the bandit's nickname for Zhang Dejun. The armor worn by Zhang Dejun's soldiers has a flat front piece and a turtle shell shape at the back. The front and back are connected by belts. The whole thing looks like a big iron turtle, so it is called "Iron Bastard" by Taihang.
The bandits were jokingly called the Iron Bastards. The Chilao Army was a contemptuous name for the rural soldiers. Those rural soldiers were not fully equipped with clothes and armor. Most of them wore shabby crimson military uniforms issued by the court, and most of them were composed of rural warriors.
It is composed of civilians and has no fighting ability at all.