Chapter 42 Siege and Reinforcement
"I will give these conditions to Lord Kang when I am young, although it is not clear how Lord Kang will reply, but I believe that he will agree to these three conditions!" This Wu Yucheng's determination to accept Zhao'an is still very large, and the conditions put forward are all for his brothers, but he does not put forward any special requirements for himself, and is even willing to take himself as a hostage.
"Good! Set up the table, and I have a few drinks with Wang Daxia and Miss Luo. β
The guests and hosts enjoyed this meal.
Originally, according to my idea, I was going to go back overnight, but I thought that Luo Rou was running around with me, and my body was very tired, which made me feel very distressed, so I rested overnight in Qinglong Village and returned the next day.
After listening to my report, Kang Yan unsurprisingly agreed to Wu Yucheng's conditions, and when he wrote a silk letter that would never be investigated, signed and stamped the seal of the left servant of the military department, sent Wang Xiao to lead a few cavalry to send it, and asked him to tell Wu Yucheng that he treated people sincerely, and did not need Wu Yucheng to be a hostage in the army, and the cottage could be disbanded after all the bandits were settled, but he should immediately announce to the outside world that he had accepted the court's recruitment. Kang Yan needs to use the Qinglongzhai Zhao'an incident to fight other bandits, if they learn that Qinglongzhai, one of the three major forces, accepted Zhao'an, and the imperial court did not investigate what they committed in the past, I believe that many people will destroy the village to surrender, even if they don't surrender, morale will be greatly affected.
On the same day, Wang Xiao came back with good news, and the news that Qinglongzhai accepted Zhao'an also spread on the same day.
After the qiΔ was done, Kang Yan ordered someone to set up a banquet to celebrate Luo Rou and me.
In the next few days, Luo Rou and I had nothing to do, except to go to the garrison to help train the troops, that is, to stay in the city to recuperate and prepare for the fierce battle that was coming.
Sure enough, after learning that Qinglong Village accepted Zhao'an, ten more forces destroyed the village one after another, and another three disbanded themselves, and the whereabouts of the people in the village were unknown.
This is good news, but there is also bad news, the remaining eighteen mountains have formed a unified alliance, led by Xiaoliangshan and Juying Alliance, all of them are focused on these two places, they know the truth of the cold lips and teeth, the two forces are each other's horns, one south and one north, close cooperation, support each other.
"Now, it's time to start a tough battle!" Kang Yan looked at the marching map and said in a deep voice.
In addition to him, me and Luo Rou, there were also the ten captains in the room.
Everyone sat in a group, looking at the two dangerous terrains of Xiaoliang Mountain and Juying League, and unconsciously frowned. But these people all came out of the pile of dead people, and the harder the bones to gnaw, the more exciting they were.
Wu Jungang was not only the captain of the cavalry, the captain of the personal guard, but also the captain of the reconnaissance, and he began to introduce what he had learned: "Now, all the bandits who disobey Wang Hua have retreated to these two places, and there are about 22,300 people in each place. The terrain in these two places was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and now the bandit army has been strengthened and multiplied in strength, and they have dug a large number of traps along the terrain, and the high ground is covered with rolling wood and thunder stones, and if they attack strongly, our army will surely suffer heavy losses. After he introduced the situation, everyone began to discuss it word by word.
There are many ways, and there is no shortage of whimsical, but every way to say it will be refuted by others.
The idea of "it's better to ......" slowly grew in my heart, which was thought of in combination with everyone's opinions: "Now they are in the south and the north, but they are separated by a Yellow River, and the exchange of news must remain the same." We can do this, feint to attack one of them, the attacked will definitely ask for help from the other side, the main force will lie in ambush on the river, and once the bandit army comes to help, all will be annihilated. At the same time, organize a crack force to lie in ambush under the cottage, and once the main force in the village is dragged to the river, this force will immediately raid their lair......"
Kang Yan exclaimed: "Okay, good, in this way, the momentum of the horns will be broken, and the remaining party will be wiped out if it is difficult to support it alone." β
"But......," said an infantry captain, "we must have suspicious soldiers, but also set up an ambush with the main force, and there is also a strong elite force to suddenly attack the enemy's palace camp, so that our troops will be insufficient." β
The excitement that everyone was rising was extinguished, and everyone summed it up, and the strength of the feint attack should be at least five hundred, otherwise the other party would not be fooled if there was too little movement; There are at least 2,000 people in ambush on the river, otherwise they can't even swallow reinforcements, and they can't even drag them back, so that they can't feel that something is wrong and turn around, and those who raid the mountain may be attacked on both sides; The elite force that raided the mountain could not be less than five hundred, and if there were fewer people, in that dangerous place, it would be to deliver food to people!
"Why don't we ask the local garrison for help! Adults have a holy decree to control them! β
"But the composition of these garrisons is complicated, what if they leak out?"
"Asking for reinforcements!"
"It takes at least a month or two to go back and forth, and a long rest will make the soldiers relax, and once the morale collapses, it will be dangerous to fight again!"
Kang Yan listened without saying a word.
I saw that everyone had no idea, and said, "It's better for us to ask Qinglongzhai for help!" β
My mention immediately aroused the opposition of the ten captains in unison, and most of the opinions were how could the water thieves believe it, if they fought back, or if the news leaked, the battle would be dangerous.
"No, the people of Qinglong Village are all local boatmen, they are just fed up with the oppression of these bandits, and now that they have the opportunity to take revenge, they will definitely respond. We also have to fully disclose the battle plan to them, just let them promise to be ready to cooperate with us in the battle at any time, and then notify them to set off when the people asking for help have crossed the river, so that even if they want to, it will be too late to report the news. The most important point is that you are all infantry troops and are used to land warfare, and we have to annihilate the enemy on the river, which is what Qinglongzhai is good at. β
What else do you want to say, Kang Yan waved his hand: "That's it!" This time, I went to meet Wu Yucheng in person. β
"My lord, no, as the commander, you can't go deep into the dangerous place." Wu Jungang was the first to object.
Everyone else responded.
"Don't say it, I have to go myself!"
As everyone knows, when he said this, no matter how much persuasion others had, it was ineffective, so they had to beg him to bring more guards, and he only let me and Luo Rou accompany him.
Naturally, everyone was unanimously opposed, and after no result, they had to respond. But after the meeting, Wu Jungang gathered all the captains together and ordered everyone to be ready and go to the rescue as soon as Kang Yan was in danger.
We didn't know this, at this time, Luo Rou and I were accompanying Kang Yan on the way to Qinglong Village.
Although Kang Yan is a military attachΓ©, he has been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and he can be regarded as a Confucian general. Listening to his guidance along the way, I benefited a lot.
Soon, we arrived at Qinglong Village.
After asking Wu Yucheng to wave away others, Kang Yan said: "The master of Wuzhai understands the righteousness and respects him in the next life!" β
Wu Yucheng said: "The general is not afraid of danger, he goes into danger alone, and he has the heroic spirit of the martial saint who went back with a single sword, and he is also very admired below!" β
Yes, as soon as the two met, they picked it up.
"But these two of me are not Guan Ping and Zhou Cang with knives, they are both Changshan Zhao Zilong!"
Yes, even my praise has been made.
After a few words, Kang Yan made his intentions clear. After hearing this, Wu Yucheng immediately agreed, but there was a small request, if his people were killed or wounded in battle, the government should give them pensions and treatment, and they should not be rewarded for their merits after the war, in a word, they should be treated the same as the regular army......
Kang Yan immediately agreed to these small requests.
Without staying too long, the group of three left Qinglong Village.
Six days later, the troops quietly left the garrison at night, and according to the tasks agreed in advance, they moved separately. The final result of the discussion: a feint to gather the British League and attract Xiaoliangshan to support. Of course, it is undeniable that I have more or less selfish intentions in proposing to strike at Xiaoliangshan first.
A team of firecrackers, a team of infantry and Wu Jungang's cavalry team are responsible for feints to gather the British League, this route is commanded by Wu Jungang, the results of the battle do not need to be big, but the momentum must be maximized, so that they feel that they are in danger of falling at any time, and bluffing, cavalry and bird guns are undoubtedly an excellent choice.
Kang Yan took two teams of infantry and two teams of crossbowmen, and set up an ambush on the river to annihilate the enemy army with the help of the heroes of Qinglongzhai.
The remaining two teams of infantry and one group of birdmen were led by me, and they lay in ambush in a hidden place under Xiaoliang Mountain, and as soon as the river was fighting, they would immediately attack Xiaoliang Mountain.