"Haha! Brother Wu's plan is very good! Deng Yuanjue clapped his palms and laughed, "This task will be handed over to our cavalry regiment, the cavalry regiment has been practicing for almost two months, and there is no target that can be trained, as long as I am given accurate information, I have the confidence to lead the cavalry regiment to attack any place under the mountain!" ”

Lin Chong, Wang Yin, and Li Tianyan also got up to ask for battle,

Wu Yong continued, "Commander Deng's second regiment is all cavalry, and it can't be used on the mountain, so it's better to let them go down the mountain when the time comes, hide under the mountain, and use it as a surprise army!" ”

Zheng Fei nodded, "Okay!" Brother Deng, there is still a period of time before the start of the war, you must continue to seize the time to train, especially pay attention to the training of the whole regiment for long-distance running, when the war starts, you will be of great use! ”

"No problem!" Deng Yuanjue and others happily agreed, and they were excited one by one, which led to the envy of Lu Zhishen, Chao Gai and others.

Zheng Fei asked Xiang Du Qian again, "Manager Du, how is the grain and grass on the mountain now stored?" ”

Du Qian immediately got up and said, "Big Chief, please rest assured, the mountain has already stockpiled grain and grass for half a year, and the number is still increasing!" We are almost running out of grain and grass all over the mountain, and now we have begun to buy grain and grass from Yingtianfu and other places far away. ”

Zheng Fei nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, don't be afraid to spend money, you can buy as much as you can before the big war, especially in Jeju, Yunzhou, Puzhou and other places under the mountain, not only to buy more grain and grass there, but also to spend a lot of money to raise the price of grain!" I want to see how they can fight without food and grass! ”

Du Qian smiled, "Yes! ”

Zheng Fei asked Ruan Xiaoer again, "Battalion Commander Ruan, how is the training of your water military camp?" ”

Ruan Xiaoer got up and hugged his fists and said, "Back to the big leader, everything is normal in the water barracks, and the newly built ships of all sizes have also been launched. ”

Zheng Fei said with a smile, "Very good, you should use this last time before the start of the war to focus on training a group of soldiers with good water skills for diving training, and be responsible for scuttling the enemy's warships underwater!" ”

Ruan Xiaoer said, "Yes! ”

Next, after Wu Yong and others' repeated suggestions, Liang Shanbo's combat countermeasures were basically determined, and everyone had to divide labor.

After the meeting was dismissed, Zheng Fei dismissed everyone, but only Zhu Gui remained.

"Zhu Gui, what's going on with the carrier pigeon?"

"All the pigeons are working fine, and the first group of 30 people have learned how to use them."

"Very good, you immediately send these people out, send them to the states and counties under the mountain, and closely monitor the movements of the government, especially the movements of the local state soldiers, as long as they move, we must soon know that this matter is related to the entire war situation, and we must not be careless!"

"Yes!"

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Time flies, more than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, Hu Yanzhuo and the two generals Han Tao and Peng Qi also arrived in Gaotang Prefecture, but he was sulking as soon as he came.

What do you say? It turned out that all of them had arrived from afar, and the cheap Gao Tang Army hadn't even prepared grain and grass.

The soldiers and horses went first before the grain and grass were moved, this is a child who has only listened to the play understands the reason, doesn't Gao Lian understand?

Of course, Gao Lian also understands, it's not that he didn't prepare, but that there is no grain and grass at all, and not only Gaotang Prefecture, but also nearby Yunzhou, Qizhou and other places have varying degrees of shortage of grain and grass, and the price of grain has soared all the way, several times more than a few months ago.

Gao Lian wondered, in recent years, when the wind and rain have been smooth, and the grain output has been stable and sufficient, how can such a strange situation suddenly appear that can only occur in disaster and famine years?

Gao Lian and Hu Yanzhuo discussed, on the one hand, they immediately wrote to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to order the opening of Yicang and the allocation of grain and grass, on the other hand, they seized the time to send people to the farther states and counties to find grain, and sent news to Puzhou, Yanzhou and other places that participated in the conquest and suppression of the Liangshan bandits, asking them to be ready, and agreed to gather together at the foot of Liangshan on the tenth day of December, and strive to exterminate the Liangshan bandits in one go before the New Year, so that everyone can rush back to celebrate the New Year.

After another ten days, the imperial court finally got a reply, allowing the prefectures and counties involved in the encirclement and suppression of the thieves to open the Yicang for military rations, which solved the urgent needs of the prefectures and counties.

Around December 9, the armies of all roads that participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Liangshan bandits also left their respective stations and set off towards Liangshan.

At the same time, more than a dozen carrier pigeons also flew out from various places and flew in the direction of Liangshan.

When the first carrier pigeon arrived at Liangshan, only half an hour later, Deng Yuanjue, Lin Chong and others led the cavalry regiment to quietly descend Liangshan after bringing enough rations for five days, and quickly lost their traces at the bottom of the mountain.

The whole of Liangshan is also ready to welcome the official arrival of the big war!

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The assembly site of the bandit army was chosen outside Yuncheng County, because it was only a dozen miles away from Liangshan, and there was Yuncheng County where grain and grass could be stored.

The first to arrive was the Jeju State Army, which was naturally the location of Yunseong, and Yangsan was in Jeju, and Jeju had an unshirkable responsibility to contribute, so the Jeju State Army sent a total of 2,500 state soldiers, which was the largest number of troops among the various departments this time.

The next to arrive is the Yunzhou state army, Yunzhou is also close to Liangshan, in order to prevent the thieves from escaping down the mountain after being broken through the cottage and endangering Yunzhou, Yunzhou needs to strengthen the city defense, so only a thousand state troops were sent,

Hu Yanzhuo and the Gao Lian Department also arrived soon, and then the Yanzhou, Qizhou, and Xuzhou ministries also arrived one after another.

The generals took the lead in meeting with the chief and deputy commanders Gao Lian and Hu Yanzhuo, and under their command, they each selected a place to set up camp, only waiting for the people of Puzhou and Bozhou to gather all the troops as soon as they arrived, and officially sent the troops to Liangshanbo tomorrow.

For a time, the joint venture outside Yuncheng County checked out, the military flag fluttered, and it was very lively, and there were state soldiers walking back and forth everywhere, talking and laughing, shouting and scolding, and the sound of scolding was endless.

Shi Wenbin, the magistrate of Yuncheng County, stood on the tower of Yuncheng County and looked down, but his brows were furrowed, and his face was worried, he was not worried that the war would burn here, there were so many state soldiers here, even if he gave Liang Shanbo eight guts, he didn't dare to come here, and now he was afraid that he had already received the news and made a mess on the mountain.

He is worried about this group of state soldiers, Yuncheng County suddenly came to so many state soldiers, and these state soldiers are notoriously difficult to obey and discipline, if they enter Yuncheng County, it will be bad if they make any mess after drinking, such as smashing a shop, molesting a people's girl or something, Yuncheng County can not afford the toss of more than 10,000 state soldiers!

The more Shi Wenbin thought about it, the more frightened he became, and immediately decided to immediately ask to see the commander of the coalition army, even if he had to pay a little money, he asked them to restrain these state soldiers as much as possible, and try not to enter the city if they can.

Gao Lian and Hu Yanzhuo soon met with Shi Wenbin, Shi Wenbin first sent a meeting gift, Yuncheng County is a small county, not too rich, Shi Wenbin's meeting gift was naturally shabby, Gao Lian's face then pulled down, he thought that Shi Wenbin was here to stammer himself, because his cousin was Taiwei Gao Yu, and he was often stammered by a small county like Yuncheng County, seeing that Shi Wenbin was so "ignorant", Gao Lian left with a few polite words, and gave Hu Yanzhuo a look, asked him to send away this Shi Wenbin for himself,

But he didn't expect that Hu Yanzhuo had misunderstood what he meant at all, Hu Yanzhuo thought that Gao Lian had something to deal with, and that look just now also wanted to make his own decisions on his behalf, so when he listened to Shi Wenbin carefully talking about his worries, Hu Yanzhuo couldn't help laughing, he has always been strict in governing the army, and naturally he is not worried that his subordinates will go to Yuncheng County to make trouble, but he also knows what kind of virtue other state troops are, and he understands the difficulties of this honest county magistrate called Shi Wenbin very well. Thinking about this kind of maintenance of local law and order, it is also the responsibility of the garrison, just now Gao Lian has also "authorized", he immediately said, "Shizhi County, please rest assured, in the future, there will be an extra sergeant of our department at each city gate in Yuncheng County, with them watching, except for those who enter the city to get food, all state soldiers are not allowed to enter and leave Yuncheng County, what do you think?" ”

Shi Wenbin was overjoyed, thanked Hu Yanzhuo with a thousand thanks, and then returned to the city with confidence.

Subsequently, Huyanzhuo really sent people to guard the four city gates, and did not allow the state soldiers to enter the city again.

Next, the rest of the state soldiers, even including the soldiers of the Gao Tang Army, wanted to go into the city to visit, but they were all closed, but seeing that it was the deputy marshal Hu Yanzhuo's subordinates guarding the city gate, and said that it was the order of the deputy marshal Hu Yanzhuo, everyone didn't dare to make too much trouble, so they could only return to the station with a scolding.

This matter also quickly reached Gao Lian's ears, and Gao Lian was a little unhappy when he heard it, and secretly said Is it you Hu Yanzhuo is the coach or I Gao Lian is the boss? Did I agree that the state soldiers were not allowed to enter the city, and you sent someone to guard the city gate?! Do you have me as a coach in your eyes?!

But if he is unhappy, he is not happy, as soon as Gao Lian remembered his cousin Gao Yu's instructions when he left, he didn't want to turn his face with Hu Yanzhuo, so as not to cause Gao Yu's dissatisfaction again, so he had to suppress the fire in his heart.

But although he didn't go to Hu Yanzhuo, Hu Yanzhuo came to him......