Chapter 29: The Contest Begins

"The two masters have excellent martial arts, which has opened the eyes of Prince Ben! It's just that I don't know anything about martial arts, and I wanted to see the excitement, but I really can only see the excitement! The two masters, they are not happy to talk in private, but it is more enjoyable to go into battle to kill the enemy! ”

Zhao Huan's eyes were full of admiration with a capital letter, but seeing that the sun was gradually setting at this moment, he realized that the two had been fighting for more than an hour.

Everyone gathered in front of Zhao Huan and shook their spirits:

"Please command His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Zhao Huan led the generals to walk back to the map of Liangshan he had just drawn, picked up a branch, and stood there to draw.

"There are 100,000 soldiers in Liangshan, but the combat effectiveness is uneven, and the real strength is about 50,000 if those that cannot be fought are removed, which is just about the same as the Ninth Route official army under the mountain. They already know that the military discipline of the Ninth Route Officers and Troops has changed from what it used to be under my rectification, and it is impossible to rely on the sneak attacks, surprise raids and other means in the past to make the officers and troops chaotic. ”

"If they want to capture the prince, they must use some strategies, these strategies are nothing more than attacking the east and west, diverting the tiger from the mountain, transferring the Ninth Route official army from the barracks, and then concentrating forces to attack the barracks and take the prince."

"Three days ago, Chai Jin and Lehe went to see me in the camp, and I deliberately led them to the big tent where I usually lived, and they already knew where I lived, so their target must be there. In order to determine the location of the crown prince, they will also send people to investigate; But it doesn't matter, Prince Ben has already found someone to disguise himself as me and swagger in and out of the Chinese army camp. ”

"But no matter what strategy they use, since the strength of the two sides is almost the same, and they can only succeed and not fail this time, Prince Ben expects that they will lead the elite combat force to dispatch the whole army, leaving some old and weak to guard Liangshan."

"This time the battlefield is near Jeju City in the north of Yangsan, as well as the Ninth Route official army camp in the west of Yangsan, because of the large scale of the operation and the large number of people mobilized, the defense of Yangsan on the east and south sides will be relatively weak, especially in the east, because it is the farthest from the battlefield, they will risk transferring the guards to support the west and north, and this is also the best position for our sneak attack."

"Of course, all of the above are traps that Song Jiang and Wu Yong have set against Prince Ben, and they probably expect Prince Ben to do this."

"Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, Luan Tingyu, Hu Cheng, you take 3,000 people to make a detour to the north of Jeju City, and sneak attack Liangshan Pass from the east, remember, the formation must be large, but you must be careful, it is likely to be a trap, so you must not only reconnoiter the surroundings in detail, but also be extremely careful! You are only allowed to defeat and not to win, the purpose is only to attract the troops guarding Liangshan! ”

Zhao Huan took out another map that had been prepared, which depicted the terrain and important locations involved in the route of Liu Guangshi's military horses. After repeated explanations, the four generals led the troops away.

Zhao Huan said to the remaining generals:

"The battle situation in the west of Liangshan will be very thrilling, but I know Song Jiang and Wu Yong, and Song Jiang and Wu Yong also have some understanding of this prince, we all know that winning by surprise is just to see who can surprisingly beat whom!"

"Song Jiang will definitely guess that the prince will attack the cottage from the east, so not only will some old, weak, sick and disabled people be placed in the east to guard the pass, but also secretly ambush elite soldiers all the way, just wait for the battle to start the internal and external attacks, and when the time comes, one of the sneak attacks on the eastern pass will not be able to run. And if the ambush soldiers lie in ambush in the northeast, they will probably find clues in Jeju City, and they should ambush in the southeast. ”

"Liu Qi, Wang Jin, you take 2,000 people to bypass from the north, go farther around, ambush in this area, once there are enemy soldiers attacking Liu Guangshi and them, you bluff outside, in short, you want to contain the east to the death."

Zhao Huan drew a line and a circle on the ground, Liu Qi and Wang Jin wrote it down, and set off with two thousand men and horses.

There were only 3,000 soldiers left at the scene, including Shi Wengong and Su Ding.

"Tonight, we are the protagonists, this prince will take the two of you to the shame of your defeat to Liangshan!"

……

Yangsan.

In the Juyi Hall, Song Jiang gathered one hundred and eight generals and dispatched troops in high spirits.

"Brothers, this battle is related to the honor and future of my Liangshan, and we can only succeed and not fail; And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must not have anything to do; Try not to hurt the lives of the officers and soldiers in the battle, depending on how the officers and soldiers do, if they really kill us, we will really kill, and if they show mercy to their subordinates, we must also know what is good - this is the premise, everyone must know and keep in mind! ”

"Let's start assigning tasks!"

"Several brothers of the navy, Li Jun, Ruan Xiaoer, Zhang Heng, Ruan Xiaowu, Zhang Shun, Ruan Xiaoqi, Tong Wei, Tong Meng, Meng Kang, Wang Dingliu, Li Li, Zheng Tianshou, Wang Ying, Hu Sanniang, Sun Xin, Gu Sister-in-law, Zhang Qing, Sun Erniang, you lead 20,000 brothers, take a warship to bluff and attack Jeju City, as long as you can delay His Royal Highness the Prince's Nine Roads Jiedu Envoy for half an hour, you can withdraw from the waterway to support Lu Yuanwai!"

Li Jun and others received the military order and set off with hundreds of warships in Liangshan.

Song Jiang said again: "Lu Yuanwai, you take Gongsun Sheng, Lin Chong, Hua Rong, Qin Ming, Yang Zhi, Suo Chao, Liu Tang, Li Kui, Yang Xiong, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, Dai Zong, Yan Qing, Zhu Wu, Huang Xin, Xuanzan, Hao Siwen, Han Tao, Peng Xi, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Cao Zheng, Kong Ming, Kong Liang, Cai Fu, Cai Qing, Li Yun, Jiao Ting, Shi Yong, Ma Lin, Xue Yong, Le He, Xiao Rang, Yu Baosi, Fan Rui, Xiang Chong, Li Gon, Bai Sheng, Shi Qian, Duan Jingzhu, Du Xing, Zhu Gui, Zhu Fu, Yang Lin, A total of 46 brothers of Shi'en, leading 30,000 elite men and horses, ambushed in the west of Luhuadang, just waiting for the signal on the side of Jeju City, the officers and soldiers went to Jeju City to support, Lu Yuanwai could storm the official army camp, go straight to the residence of His Royal Highness the Prince of the Chinese Army, and see if the Prince Palace is there; If you are there, you will be issued a yellow cannon, and if you are not there, a red cannon will be issued! This is a very important matter, and you must not be wrong! ”

Lu Junyi said: "Brother, don't worry, there will be no mistakes!" ”

and Gongsun Sheng went with a large group of people.

"Chai Jin, Li Ying, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Song Qing, Ling Zhen, Tang Long, Pei Xuan, Jiang Jing, An Daoquan, Huangfuduan, Tao Zongwang, Jin Dajian, Hou Jian, you guard all the checkpoints, especially the eastern passes, you must not lose again, our net worth is on your brothers!"

The crowd replied, "People are locked up, brother don't worry!" ”

Song Jiang glanced at Wu Yong, waved the flag, and said resolutely: "Other brothers, follow me to take 20,000 elite soldiers east to ambush, if Lu Yuan can't find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the official army camp, then His Royal Highness the Prince must personally lead the troops to attack Dongguan, and we will wait there for the big driver, so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows that although we are grass cowards, the march is better than the official army!" ”