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While Cai was still strengthening himself in Xiangzhou, Song Jiang was also strengthening himself.

is similar to what Cai still expected, the Hebei Forbidden Army is really rotten to the root.

Originally, as long as the Song Jiang Righteous Army crossed the Yellow River, it didn't even have to wait for the Song Jiang Righteous Army to cross the Yellow River, and all the thousands of people and horses of the Song Jiang Righteous Army could be wiped out.

But the Hebei Forbidden Army is either too slow to react, or it is vulnerable.

As a result, he was killed alive by Song Jiangyi's army.

Not only that, coinciding with the great drought in Hebei this year, Song Jiang and his gang fought all the way and grew all the way, and now there are 20,000 horses, more than before, and there is a trend of continued expansion.

Nowadays, Song Jiang led 20,000 horses to entrench in Wuma Mountain in Qingyuan Mansion (later Zhao County, Hebei Province), they set up Chaotian, Tiebi and other camps on Wuma Mountain, forming a very majestic military fortress, waiting for the opportunity to enter the Taihang Mountain Jiaolong into the sea.

Huang Qianshan and Liang Fangping personally led the army to fight several times, but without exception, all of them were repelled by Song Jiangyi's army by virtue of their geographical advantage.

At present, Huang Qianshan, Liang Fangping and others have mobilized 60,000 or 70,000 troops to besiege Song Jiang and his gang in Wuma Mountain.

But even so, Huang Qianshan, Liang Fangping and others still didn't have enough troops in their hands - they wanted to gather 100,000 troops and wipe out the Song Jiang rebels in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Cai Ying, who thought that he could train recruits in Xiangzhou for three months, received an order from Huang Qianshan after only training for more than two months-to transfer the Jinwu army to the north to encircle and suppress the Song Jiang Righteous Army.

After receiving the order, Cai was still helpless, so he could only shorten the training period of the new army, and at the same time reorganize the Jinwu army when Zhang Wei collected people's husbands, grain, grass, and materials.

The integration plan was prepared long ago.

It's just that before that, both soldiers and generals were being trained - there were many generals who Cai still poached from other forbidden armies, such as Gao Shidan, Zhai Xing, Zhai Jin, Xue Qing, and Li Bao, who had not received training from the Jinwu Army.

Because the soldiers and generals were not ready, Cai still did not issue a reorganization order.

Now that the start is imminent, Cai still naturally can't wait any longer.

So, the day after receiving the order to go north to suppress the bandits, Cai still announced the results of the reorganization.

In a nutshell:

The reorganized Jinwu Army has a total of six battalions, namely: front, rear, left, right, center, and personal guard battalions.

The commanders of the six battalions were: Zhang Xian, the commander of the front battalion, Wang Sheng, the commander of the rear battalion, Zhang Yu, the commander of the left battalion, Gao Shidan of the right battalion, Niu Gao, the commander of the middle battalion, and Wang De, the commander of the guard battalion (also the horse battalion).

In addition to these six battalions of people, because there are too many good soldiers, Cai still accidentally recruited a little more, so Cai still set up a personal guard, led by Yang Zaixing - don't get me wrong, this personal guard is not the left of the six battalions, but the ones that Yang Zaixing picked up were assigned to the six battalions, Yue Fei and Li Bao were among them.

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In mid-April, the Jingo army was launched.

On only seven days, the Jin Wu army, together with the six or seven thousand people led by Zhang Wei and Jiang Xingzu, arrived at the place designated by Huang Qianshan and Liang Fangping - if it were not for the fact that the people were waiting for the people to help the people transport grain and grass together, the Jin Wu army would not even need three days to arrive.

Huang Qianshan, Liang Fangping and others didn't expect Jin Wujun's speed to be so fast.

Later, Huang Qianshan, Liang Fangping and they privately agreed that Cai Ying, Zhang Wei, Jiang Xingzu and others should have been ready to march a long time ago, so when they gave the order, Cai Ying, Zhang Wei, Jiang Xingzu and others immediately led the army to march, which would come so quickly.

Although Cai still brought two or three thousand men and horses, it was nothing compared to the army of 100,000.

What's more important is that ninety percent of the Jinwu army are new recruits, so no one would think that such a Jinwu army can still fight as before.

Therefore, the arrival of Cai Ying and Jin Wujun did not cause too many ripples, only some portraits of the Central Forbidden Army Sequence Zeng Xiaoyun, Liang Fangping, and Wang Zongwei came to find Cai still to gather.

In this regard, Cai was still happy to be idle, while continuing to guide the battalions to run in, he always sent clever people to the armies to dig out those low-level colonels and non-commissioned officers who were capable but not reused, and at the same time asked him to send people to investigate the situation here in Song Jiang and Wuma Mountain.

Soon, Tabai of the Jin Wu Army inquired about the situation here in Wuma Mountain from the local population.

Wuma Mountain belongs to the remaining vein of Taihang, facing Walong Mountain across Jishui in the south, facing Wanhua Mountain across the Huai River in the north, and Dui Su Mountain and Zhangliang Mountain on the east side are the barrier of the North China Plain, which can be said to be surrounded by mountains.

To the west of Wuma Mountain is the majestic Taihang Peaks, which should also be the goal of the Song Jiang Righteous Army.

However, there is the famous Changshan Pass in the west.

That Changshan Pass, the circumference is about four or five miles, the bottom of the city wall is two zhang wide, the top is one zhang five wide, the height is about three zhang, the wall is the loess rammed outside the masonry. There are three gates in the east, west, and north of the castle. The architectural design of Guancheng is unique, it is according to the cliff, near the deep stream, half in the valley, half in the mountain, the whole Guancheng is built according to the topography, and the Tang River flows around the Guancheng from the west, north and east. Mountains, waters, and gates complement each other here, and they are dangerous and obstacle to each other.

With such a dangerous pass, it is naturally not easy to get through.

It is precisely because of this that the Song Jiang Righteous Army was trapped in the area of Wuma Mountain, otherwise they would have broken through and rushed into the Taihang Mountain.

Soon after, Zhang Xian, who was in charge of finding out the news, brought Cai Yi a few more tongues of the Song Jiang rebels they caught.

From the mouths of these tongues, Cai still learned that Song Jiang divided his righteous army into five parts, which were stationed in Wuma Mountain, Walong Mountain, Wanhua Mountain, Dusu Mountain and Zhangliang Mountain, and the five parts exchanged information and supported each other, forming a very majestic military fortress.

Cai still called a group of generals and staff under his command together to discuss how to exterminate the Song Jiang rebels.

After a full discussion, everyone agreed that it was difficult to rely on the Jinwu army alone to exterminate the rebel army on any of the mountains, after all, now the offensive and defensive situation is changing, the Jinwu army is the attacker, the Songjiang rebel army is the defender, and the art of war is cloudy: "Ten are to encircle, five are to attack, and the times are divided, the enemy can fight, less can escape, and if not, it can be avoided." The 3,000 men and horses of the Jinwu army are less than the Song Jiang rebels in any mountain, how can they go to suppress them alone?

After more than half a month, all the troops participating in the battle arrived one after another, and the 100,000 troops gathered in the area of Wuma Mountain, plus 200,000 people who escorted grain and grass to carry heavy baggage, a full 300,000, and claimed 500,000 to the outside world, which is not unmajestic.

Huang Qianshan and Liang Fangping summoned senior generals to a meeting to discuss how to exterminate the Song Jiang rebels.

At the meeting, Huang Qianshan took the lead in saying:

"In view of the fact that this group of rebels is related to each other, and that one will lead the rebels on the other four mountains to go down the mountain and attack, we have made the following arrangements after discussion: the Qianning Army, the Yongjing Army, the Baoding Army, the Xin'an Army, the Ansu Army, and the Yongning Army are stationed in the Baimushroomgou-Zhulinzhai area to cut off the connection between the rebels on Dusu Mountain and Zhangliang Mountain and the rebels on the other three mountains, the Guangxin Army and the Shun'an Army are responsible for attacking Dusu Mountain, and the Central Forbidden Army is responsible for attacking Zhangliang Mountain. Seek out the rebels on three more hills. ”

Sending 50,000 troops such as the Qianning Army, the Yongjing Army, the Baoding Army, the Xin'an Army, the Ansu Army, and the Yongning Army to cut off the connection between Wuma Mountain, Walong Mountain, Wanhua Mountain, and Dusu Mountain and Zhang Liangshan is quite reliable, no matter what, the Song Jiang Righteous Army on Wuma Mountain, Walong Mountain, and Wanhua Mountain is also more than 10,000 horses, and it is intercepted in the plain area with five times the soldiers and horses of the Song Jiang Righteous Army.

The army responsible for attacking Dui Su Mountain and Zhang Liangshan made Cai still very doubtful that they could attack these two mountains.

Not to mention the Central Forbidden Army, their combat effectiveness is scum, although there are more than 20,000 troops, but except for the Jinwu Army, the rest of the army can't fight any battles at all, especially this kind of tough battle, so Cai still doesn't believe that they can attack Zhang Liangshan at all.

But—

There is still some hope on Zhang Liangshan's side, because the Jinwu army is on Zhang Liangshan's side, and they can fight.

What worries Cai the most is the Guangxin Army and the Shun'an Army.

Although these two armies have been established for a long time, they still have more than 10,000 men and horses each, and they are fully equipped.

But as far as Cai still knows, these two armies have not fought for more than ten years, and the last time they were dispatched, they were with Wang Hou and Tong Guan to recover the Qingtang region, and they were not formal troops, but reserves.

Cai still really doubts that such an army can capture Dui Su Mountain?

If the Guangxin Army and the Shun'an Army can't attack Duisu Mountain, it will still have no impact on Cai, and Cai will still not bother to care about this matter, just follow the fool.

But the problem is that the Song Jiang Righteous Army on Dui Su Mountain and the Song Jiang Righteous Army on Zhang Liang Mountain are mutually supportive, once the Guangxin Army and the Shun'an Army fail to suppress Dui Su Mountain, to put it more seriously, if the Guangxin Army and the Shun'an Army are defeated by the Song Jiang Yi Army on Dui Su Mountain, then the Central Forbidden Army attacking Zhang Liangshan will face the danger of being flanked from front to back, and then suffer defeat.

Therefore, Cai still pondered for a while and asked, "May I ask Huang Zhaoqiu and Liang Dujian, this is the final battle plan, or is there room for further negotiation?" ”

Huang Qianshan's face was a little unsightly, and he said in a deep voice: "What is Commander Cai's opinion?" This plan to suppress bandits was painstakingly drawn up by Huang Qianshan, how could he be willing to let others question it?

Liang Fangping had just made a great contribution, and Huang Qianshan suppressed the bandits for four or five months, not only failed to exterminate the Song Jiang Righteous Army, but made the Song Jiang Righteous Army stronger, so Liang Fangping did not take Huang Qianshan in his eyes at all.

In addition, Liang Fangping knew that Cai was still really capable of fighting.

Therefore, Liang Fangping didn't seem to see Huang Qianshan's face, and said to Cai with a pleasant face: "If Commander Cai has anything to say, this plan has not yet been finalized. ”

This is not the time to be humble, Cai is still counting on making new contributions and continuing to grow, how can he not seize the opportunity to speak?

Based on this, Cai still pondered a little, and then said: "The junior general thinks that this is a plan for the equal distribution of troops, and our army cannot gain absolute superiority in the two battlefields of Dusushan and Zhangliangshan, according to this plan, even if our army wins, it may be a miserable victory, so the junior general thinks that this plan is inappropriate." ”

As soon as Cai Fangping's words fell, Liang Fangping's beloved general Tian Shizhong whispered a few words in Liang Fangping's ear.

Liang Fangping listened, his expression moved!

Seeing this, Huang Qianshan asked Liang Fangping: "What insight does Liang Dujian have?" ”

Liang Fangping said: "The combat power of this group of rebels, everyone knows how capable we are, we all know it, and the fact is just as Commander Cai said, such an even distribution of troops, I am afraid it will be difficult to exterminate the rebels on Dusu Mountain and Zhang Liang Mountain, and it may not even be able to exterminate one of them." ”

Huang Qianshan said angrily: "If Liang Jianjun has any high opinions, you might as well say it directly." ”

Hearing this, Liang Fangping looked at Cai Yi and said, "Commander Cai, you come to speak for our family." ”

Everyone scolded: "Slippery head! ”

Only Cai still responded seriously: "No! Then he talked eloquently: "The junior general thinks that he should concentrate his superior forces to attack any of the mountains in Dui Su Mountain and Zhang Liang Mountain, and if the young general is allowed to choose, the young general will choose to concentrate on attacking the better Dui Su Mountain." ”

Huang Qianshan said: "Fight the pile of Sushan, won't the rebels on Zhang Liang Mountain come to the aid of Dui Sushan?" ”

Cai still said: "So we have to send an army to contain the rebels on Zhang Liangshan, huh...... We can send an army to advance towards Zhangliangshan with great fanfare, and induce the rebels on Zhangliangshan to come to fight or hold on to Zhangliangshan, but the main force sneaks to Dusu Mountain and annihilate the rebels on Dui Su Mountain in one fell swoop. ”

After listening to Cai Ying's plan, everyone discussed it one after another, and finally felt that it was more certain to annihilate the Song Jiang rebels on Dui Su Mountain with an absolute superiority of 50,000 troops.

Now there is only one question, that is, who will lure the enemy to contain the Song Jiang rebels on Zhang Liangshan?

Slowly, everyone looked at Cai Yi in unison - their meaning was very clear: since this plan was proposed by you Cai Ziyin, then it is up to you Cai Ziyin to complete this most difficult task......

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