In front of the first gate he arrived at, Huang An didn't find anyone at the gate.
Seeing that there was no movement at the pass in front of him, He Tao stepped forward and said: "The Liangshan thieves have no ambush in the reed swamps, and they are not guarding the pass now. I'm afraid they may have a trick. General Huang, be careful."
Huang An looked at the not-so-majestic wooden pass in front of him, which could probably be split open with just a few axes. He thought for a while and said, "The thieves probably knew that this pass could not be defended. They did not want to lose the men and horses, so they guarded it on the mountain.
It also saved us a lot of effort. Shidutou, please take someone to the pass to see if there are any thieves."
Those who were targeted by Huang An all led people with shields on their heads and carefully entered the pass. After checking around, they sent out a signal for the large group to mount the mountain immediately.
Huang An led his men and horses along the mountain road for a while, and there was another pass in front of him, which was the same size as the first pass. However, when it was closed, there were many swords and guns, and the guards were very strict.
Huang An quickly ordered his troops to set up a formation to prevent Liangshan troops from leaving the border and making a surprise attack.
Chao Gai and others watched from the gate as the Jeju officers and soldiers set up their formation, and then they shouted: "Who is there at the bottom of the mountain? Dare to come to Liangshan and stroke my tiger's beard."
A Yuncheng County official said: "The one who shouted is Chao Gai."
When Huang An saw that the stone was closed and the rolling logs were all ready, he became timid and shouted: "I am Huang An, the commander of the capital of Jeju. I will lead the troops to destroy the Liangshan bandits today. Xiao Shi surrendered and only captured Huang Ni.
The group of people who robbed the birthday card on the post will let the rest be forgotten. Otherwise, if the stronghold is destroyed, no chickens or dogs will be left behind."
When Chao Gai was at the gate, he saw that Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu had defeated the remaining officers and soldiers and obtained the boats by the waterside. They all rowed to the south of the mountain. He smiled and said, "I'm afraid you won't be able to come back today. Just watch the boats at the foot of the mountain."
When the officers and soldiers turned around to look, they found that all the boats at the foot of the mountain were heading south one by one, and they suddenly became panicked.
He Tao said anxiously: "It turns out that the thieves want to cut off our retreat. General Huang, let's go down the mountain and grab the ship, otherwise we won't be able to get back."
"It's too late to rob now. The thieves have quite a big appetite. I'm afraid their teeth aren't sharp enough and they'll end up with a whole mouth of teeth broken."
Huang An thought for a while and shouted loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, the ships will be kept by the thieves first, and we will get the ships back after we break the stronghold."
The officers and soldiers also knew that even if they were to go down the mountain now, the ships would have already sailed far away. Under the scoldings of Huang An and officers at all levels, they had to slowly form their formation and prepare to attack the pass. However, they fell into Liangshan's plan in the first round. They were still thinking
The officers and soldiers who had placed a reward on their head were now thinking about how to return safely.
Under Huang An's urging, a row of shields covered 300 archers who slowly moved towards the pass, preparing for the archers to suppress the mountain bandits. Huang An then led his men to forcefully break through the pass. The world was not peaceful during Huizong's time, and the Taishi
Cai Jing also liked to whitewash the peace. Most of the memorials reported to bandits from various places were suppressed, and Huizong was not made aware of it. He just let various places to suppress and arrest them on their own. Therefore, the control of weapons was loosened. It was common for people to carry knives and guns on the road, mostly for coping.
Jie Dao. Even so, the grasslands were only equipped with some swords and guns, and the imperial court's standard bows and arrows were rarely lost. Therefore, the grasslands rarely dared to confront the imperial army head-on.
Before they even entered the range of the archers, they saw rolling logs and rocks raining down on them, roaring down the mountain road towards the officers and soldiers.
The shield bearers didn't dare to block the rolling logs and rocks whizzing down. They immediately fell into a ball. The more stupid ones turned around and ran back, while the more clever ones hid on both sides. The archers also followed suit, and the formation was instantly in chaos.
How could two feet run past the tumbling rocks and trees? Many people were smashed before they could take a few steps, and their limbs and arms flew everywhere, and streams of blood flowed down the mountain road.
Huang An could only care about dodging at this time, but how could he care about commanding his troops.
When Chao Gai saw this, he gave an order, opened the door wide, and the leaders rushed out first.
Most of the officers and soldiers in various states in the Northern Song Dynasty were soldiers. They only performed various chores on weekdays and did not conduct military training. They had just been discouraged by rolling logs and stones, and there were no generals to organize them. At this time, no one dared to turn around to resist. Within a moment, they were captured.
Everyone in Liangshan was driven to the golden beach.
After retreating all the way, when Huang An wanted to command his men to counterattack and stabilize the position, he realized that once he retreated, it would be very difficult to collect the defeated troops, so he had to be carried away by the defeated troops and fled down the mountain.
"Guan Guan, where to go?"
Huang An fled to the Golden Beach. Before he could gain a foothold, he saw a fierce and vicious man covered in blood rushing towards him with a knife. He had red hair and a big cinnabar mark on his face. He looked like a fierce ghost. They had not yet fought.
Already timid, he only blocked for three or two rounds before being cut down to the ground.
Liu Tang was caught by Lei Heng's soldiers while sleeping in the Lingguan Hall, so he was filled with anger. This time he could kill soldiers unscrupulously, which naturally made him more murderous. Early in the morning, he had set his sights on Huang An, who was wearing armor.
I didn't know how many officers and soldiers were killed along the way before I caught up with Huang An. I didn't expect him to be so cowardly.
Chao Yong originally wanted to stay alive, but he didn't expect Liu Tang to charge all the way, but he was unable to catch up. By the time he cut down several officers and soldiers and caught up with him, Huang An had already been chopped down to the ground by Liu Tang.
Chao Yong stood still and took a breath. He saw the leaders running like wolves and tigers among the officers and soldiers. Many officers and soldiers who were panicking ran to the water only to find that they couldn't swim and shouted for help. It was a completely one-sided situation. No need.
After a while, I was afraid that no one of the officers and soldiers would be killed, so I quickly shouted: "Put down your weapons. Those who surrender will not be killed."
All the officers and soldiers had long since lost the courage to resist. Seeing how fiercely the Liangshan troops were killing people around them, they did not dare to throw away their weapons, fearing that the Liangshan troops would not accept the surrender. After hearing Chao Yong’s words, they all threw away their weapons and knelt down as if they had received a talisman.
On the ground.
"What a damn softie. Grandpa hasn't had enough of killing yet. He usually deceives people very well, but when it comes to fighting, he becomes a weakling."
Liu Tang seemed not to have had enough of killing yet, he kicked the officers and soldiers kneeling on the ground and cursed.
The officers and soldiers looked at Liu Tang, who was still unfinished, and no one dared to say anything.
After the battlefield was cleared on Jinshatan Beach, Ruan Xiaoqi returned from Shijie Village and captured more than a dozen people alive and more than thirty war horses.
The leaders went to the mountain stronghold and were rewarded based on their merits, but it was Liu Tang who took the lead in killing Huang An, and the rest of the leaders also contributed. Because the officers and soldiers were defeated all the way, and a group of leaders rushed into the battle first, the Liangshan troops suffered a lot of casualties.
There are few, but there are many people injured on the battlefield who have not yet sprained their feet.
Liu Tang won the first prize and couldn't help but said with joy: "Even if there are ten thousand more officers and soldiers like this, our brothers can kill their shit."
Lin Chong was once the instructor of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army in Tokyo. Naturally, he knew how big the gap was between this army and the Forbidden Army. He reminded: "Don't underestimate the enemy. Today's attack is just local soldiers who lack training. If the Forbidden Army attacks, it will be necessary."
A tough fight.”
Wu Yong said with a smile: "Today, the emperor is unclear, and the civil servants and generals only know how to fight for power. In order to prevent the military generals from becoming big, Cai Jing blindly whitewashes the peace. According to Xiaosheng, Cai Jing will only order local arrests, and most likely will not go to war. The worst case scenario is that
The Qingzhou Forbidden Army is mobilized to attack. The ground in Qingzhou is not peaceful now, and the Qingzhou Forbidden Army cannot send many troops, so don't be afraid."
Chao Gai said with a smile: "What the military advisor said is that even if the Qingzhou Forbidden Army comes to attack, with all the brothers here, they will surely be able to block the water and cover it up with the earth. Today we have won the victory, and we should be celebrating, but I just remembered that Brother Bai Sheng is still in prison at this time. I can’t help but feel sad. Let’s see if we can take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture Jeju Prefecture and rescue the Baek Sheng brothers.”
Liu Tang shook his head and said: "Bai Sheng betrayed his brother, what did he want from him?"
"If it hadn't been for Brother Yong's reminder, I'm afraid we would have been caught by the government in a daze. Now my brother is asking everyone to go to the city with their heads to save him, but I'm afraid the brothers are unwilling to help." Wu Yong said and glanced at Ruan Xiaoer.
Ruan Xiaoer said understandingly: "What the military advisor said is that even if Bai Sheng is rescued, according to the rules of the world, those who betray their brothers will have their hands and feet cut off. Why bother letting the brothers take risks again?"
Chao Gai shook his head and said: "I led him to do this in the first place. Now it's time to rescue him. There were brothers who didn't want to go. Chao Gai had nothing to say, so he asked the brothers who didn't want to go to stay in the stronghold. The others Follow me to fight against Jeju City."
Chao Gai was well-known in the world. In addition to his righteousness and wealth, he was also very loyal. Everyone was willing to follow Chao Gai because of this. Seeing that Chao Gai insisted on going, they all expressed their willingness to go together.
Chao Yong thought of Bai Sheng's escape method in Water Margin and said: "The city of Jeju is strong, and the soldiers and horses of the village are not well-drilled. If we attack by force, I am afraid there will be heavy casualties. It is better to spend money to guard the upper and lower parts of the prison, as long as the guards are looser, so that Bai Sheng is clever and will be able to escape. We will train more troops and horses in the mountain stronghold. If Bai Sheng cannot escape, it will not be too late for us to raise troops to attack Jeju."
Wu Yong nodded and said: "What Brother Yong said is that there is no businessman who is not greedy for money these days. I will leave this matter to Xiaosheng and he will be able to accomplish it soon."
Chao Gai saw that he had a way to save Bai Sheng, so he nodded and said: "Then there will be military advisor Lao. The other brothers must train their troops and horses diligently to prevent the officers and soldiers from attacking."
All the leaders responded in unison, each training their troops and horses without mentioning it.
(The organization of Xiang soldiers in the Northern Song Dynasty is mostly based on command units. One command is 500 people, and its commander is the commander and deputy commander. One command is five capitals, and one capital is 100 people. The commander, Ma Jun, is the military commander and deputy commander. The soldiers and horse envoys and infantrymen are the Dutou and the Deputy Dutou. Under the Deputy Soldiers and Horses envoys and the Deputy Dutou, there are also military chiefs, ten generals, generals, Yuhou, Chengju and custodians and other officials. The arresting leader is also called Dutou)