Huayin County is just an ordinary county and not a border area, so the entire county only has more than 500 troops.
Seeing the bandits surrounding the city outside, the magistrate of Huayin County and the county lieutenant were startled. The magistrate said: "There are so many bandits, thousands of them. What should we do?"
The county captain also had a sad face at this moment and said: "We only have 500 soldiers, so we are no match at all. For now, the only way is to close the city gate tightly and wait for the bandits to leave?"
The county magistrate said: "That's the only way."
At this time, the commander in the back suddenly said: "Two adults, Mr. Tong Guan of the Northwest Supervisory Army is at the foot of Mount Hua now. Why don't we send troops to ask for help from Mr. Tong Guan. He has 20,000 troops and wants to eliminate these bandits.
It's as easy as flipping a finger."
When the county magistrate and county captain heard this, they felt that this was the truth, and immediately ordered people to sneak out of the city and ask Tong Guan for help.
Yang Xiong surrounded Huayin City in the morning. In the afternoon, he began to launch a fierce attack on Huayin City. Hundreds of soldiers held huge crossbars and slammed into the gate of Huayin City. The county magistrate and county captain were extremely upset.
The horror. You must know that in a small city like Huayin City, the city gates are not strong at all and can be easily broken open. When the grass bandits rush in, the entire Huayin City will suffer.
"What should I do? What should I do? Is the person gone?" the magistrate asked anxiously.
"You have just climbed down from the city wall at the back. You will be able to see Master Tong Guan in the afternoon at most." Zhu Bo said.
The magistrate felt relieved and said, "Do you think those bandits can break down the city gate?"
Lord Bo was stunned for a moment and said: "My lord, the county captain has already led troops to guard the city gate. The stones are still rolling down, and he has also sent people to seal the city gate. There should be no problem?"
When he said this, Zhu Bo was also very worried, fearing that the city gate would be knocked open and the whole family would be killed by bandits.
Not to mention the terror in the hearts of the magistrate, Lord Bo and others, outside the city gate, Yang Xiong attacked for a quarter of an hour and called the soldiers back.
"Brother Yang, why don't you continue the attack? We can capture Huayin City directly." A soldier came to Yang Xiong's side and said. This soldier used to be Yang Xiong's Jianghu brother and joined Liangshan with Yang Xiong.
"So what if we capture it? There are still hundreds of soldiers in Huayin City, and we will still lose brothers by then." Yang Xiong said.
"Are we Liangshan soldiers still afraid of sacrifice?" the soldier said angrily.
"It's not a question of whether to sacrifice or not. If the superiors ordered us to take Huayin City, no matter how big the sacrifice was, I would take the city. Unfortunately, the superiors only asked us to feign an attack in order to attract the main force at the foot of Huashan Mountain.
Come here, that's why I asked you to stop." Yang Xiong said.
The soldier was still aggrieved. Yang Xiong frowned and said, "What is the first military regulation?"
The soldier was stunned, but he immediately replied: "All actions follow the command."
Yang Xiong said: "Isn't this it? We must obey the command in all actions. The orders given to us by the superiors must be carried out. No matter how big the temptation is ahead, we must carry out the orders given by the superiors."
The soldier nodded and said no more.
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In a dense forest more than ten miles away from here, Wu Dong, Lin Chong, Hu Sanniang, Cao Zheng and others are all here.
There was a map in front of them, and Hu Sanniang was telling everyone her strategy, saying: "To the east of Huayin County, there are dense forests and hillsides everywhere, which can hide people. This time we only sent one brigade
The soldiers attacked Huayin City. With such a small force, and because the officers and soldiers have always looked down on the "grass bandits", there will not be many reinforcements coming. With our superior strength and the right time and place, we can definitely give them a ten-faced victory.
Ambush and be sure to wipe out all the imperial reinforcements."
There was much more vegetation in this era than in later generations, and there were many more places to hide people. Then Hu Sanniang began to specify where to set up ambush. She actually had more than ten ambush points, all of which were extremely secretive places. Waiting for the enemy
After entering the encirclement, these more than ten ambush troops attacked at the same time. With the absolutely superior force and the favorable weather and location, there was no problem in annihilating all the officers and soldiers.
"Brothers and sisters, your House of Flying Daggers is okay against infantry, but I'm afraid it won't be good against cavalry?" Lin Chong said.
"Brother Lin, don't worry. The only cavalry at the foot of Mount Hua is Hu Yanzhuo, but the possibility of Hu Yanzhuo coming out is extremely low." Hu Sanniang said.
"How do you know?" Lin Chong said.
Hu Sanniang said: "Rescuing Huayin County can be regarded as a military achievement. Hu Yanzhuo is not Tong Guan's confidant, how could Tong Guan give this credit to Hu Yanzhuo?"
When Lin Chong heard this, he nodded immediately, admired in his heart, and said with a smile: "My brothers and sisters have thought carefully, they are really geniuses in using military force."
Hu Sanniang's face turned red, and she did not dare to bear such praise, and said: "If nothing happens, the imperial officers and soldiers will arrive tonight, and we must be ready for battle."
At the foot of Huashan Mountain, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court have been besieging Huashan Mountain for more than half a year, but Huashan Mountain is too difficult and dangerous and they have been unable to rush up.
The emperor hated Song Jiang very much, and kept issuing orders to go into the mountains to encircle and suppress Song Jiang. Regarding Tong Guan, Hu Yanzhuo and others continued to write letters and scold Tong Guan for his "incompetence in doing things". Tong Guan and Hu Yanzhuo were also very anxious and wanted to
Hurry up and destroy Song Jiang.
At this time, Tiantong Guan called his generals together and said, "Do you have any good ideas to conquer Mount Huashan?"
Hu Yanzhuo said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the terrain of Huashan Mountain has been so difficult and dangerous. Even if we have many soldiers and generals, it is impossible to capture it in a short time."
One of Tong Guan's generals stood up and said: "En Xiang, we have been surrounding them for many days. It is estimated that their food is almost running out, and they will definitely not be able to hold on for long."
Tong Guan frowned and said: "As far as I know, there are several small roads on Huashan Mountain that ordinary people can't get down, but those masters in the world can get down. What if Song Jiang secretly comes down from the mountain? Then even if the Shaohua Mountain is
All the remnants have been wiped out, but even if we escaped from Song Jiang, we can't explain it to His Majesty?"
Hu Yanzhuo had actually been wondering about this problem and said: "En Xiang, in fact, it is enough for us to wipe out all the remnants of Shaohua Mountain so that they can no longer cause trouble in the surrounding area. It shouldn't matter if we escape one or two leaders?"
Tong Guan said anxiously: "What do you know? Even if everyone escapes, as long as we catch Song Jiang, we will have achieved great success. If we don't catch Song Jiang, killing everyone will be of no use."
As for why the emperor hated Song Jiang, Tong Guan naturally knew the reason. However, this matter involved the emperor's privacy. He did not dare to tell Hu Yanzhuo and others. He only expressed the importance of Song Jiang to Hu Yanzhuo and others.
While everyone was discussing, soldiers suddenly came to report that Huayin County was besieged and was now in danger.
"What?" Tong Guan was surprised and said: "Huayin County is besieged? Are the Xixia people coming?"
After thinking about it, I thought it was impossible, so I shook my head and said: "With hundreds of thousands of troops in the northwest, it is impossible for the Xixia people to attack. Even if they attack, it is impossible for me not to know. Who is attacking Huayin County?"
The soldier who came to report the news knelt on the ground and said, "Sir, those who besieged Huayin County are a group of grass bandits."
Tong Guan frowned and said, "Grass bandits? How many are there?"
The soldier said: "There are about a thousand people. The thieves are so powerful that Huayin County cannot resist them. When I left, the thieves were about to break through the city gate of Huayin County. Sir, please rescue them immediately."
Tong Guan was surprised again and said: "The thieves are so powerful? In this case, I will send troops to assist immediately."
The officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty all have the duty to defend the territory. Although Tong Guan and others are here to capture Song Jiang, if Huayin City is captured by others, they will not be able to explain to the court. When the court officials are impeached, it will be difficult for us to deal with it.
At this time, Hu Yanzhuo had already stood up and said: "En Xiang, I will lead the people to eliminate all these grass bandits."
Tong Guan glanced at him, then looked at his generals, and said: "General Huyan, you have worked hard these days, so there is no need to go. Bi Sheng, you take 5,000 people to Huayin County. You must
Eliminate the rebels, and I will remember your great contribution at that time."
Sure enough, as Hu Sanniang guessed, Tong Guan would not give such credit to an outsider like Hu Yanzhuo.
A general stood up, it was Bi Sheng, and said: "En Xiang, there are only 1,000 grass bandits, there is no need for so many officers and soldiers."
The officers and soldiers did not take the grass bandits seriously. They always felt that the grass bandits were vulnerable. Especially these powerful troops in the northwest were even less likely to take the grass bandits into their eyes.
Tong Guandao: "It would be better to bring more people. Now there is no need for so many people at the foot of Huashan Mountain."
Bi Sheng nodded, immediately ordered his troops and headed towards Huayin County.
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The mobilization of 5,000 troops and horses was so impressive that it was impossible to hide it from others even in the dark of night.
Liang Shanbo had a large number of scouts at the foot of Mount Hua, and they immediately passed on the news.
"Order all soldiers not to act without authorization, and wait until the enemy reaches the encirclement before launching a full-scale attack." Hu Sanniang was a little worried and issued the order again.
The last time I fought in Jeju Island, I commanded a battle involving thousands of people, but this time it was a battle involving ten thousand people. Moreover, the last battle on Jeju Island was fought in a haphazard manner, unlike this time when I set up a battle plan and waited for the enemy to come.
Surrounded, she felt extremely uneasy, fearing something would go wrong.
At this moment, Wu Dong came to her side and said: "No need to be nervous."
Hu Sanniang nodded lightly, smiled charmingly at Wu Dong, and said: "Don't worry, I will mobilize the power of the entire army and turn it into an iron fist to crush the enemy."
Wu Dong couldn't help but laugh, thinking that this eldest lady was really interested in leading troops, and her temperament was very different from that of Master Li and Pan Jinlian.