At the beginning, Hu Yanzhuo was recommended by Gao Yu to crusade against Liangshan in the name of General Zhengkou. He was extremely excited. Like most officials in the DPRK and China, he also considered the Yangsan bandits to be nothing more than a rabble.

Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, was also very satisfied with him, and gave him a horse named Treading Snow Wuqi. The emperor's grace was vast, and he had nothing to repay, and secretly vowed to defeat the Liangshan thieves in one fell swoop and live up to His Majesty's high expectations.

However, when he saw the so-called five thousand elite forbidden troops summoned for him by the Privy Council and the Palace Marshal's Mansion, he became dull when he was originally in high spirits.

Many of the ten generals in the army were temporarily transferred out and replaced with some new faces. It would be fine if these newcomers were all promoted by veterans of the army, but they are not. Most of them were related to some official in the imperial court.

In the eyes of those officials in the DPRK and China, Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others are not anti-thieves, but a big or small military achievement, and everyone wants to let their idle children participate in it and get a piece of the pie.

Leading such a complex army, Hu Yanzhuo felt a huge pressure. He not only had to think about how to defeat Liangshan, but also how to make those "rich soldiers" gain something.

The army had not yet arrived in the territory of Shuibo Liangshan, and the scouts of the former army exploring the road occasionally met with the Liangshan sergeants patrolling the mountain on a narrow road, and after the battle, they won and lost each other.

What made Hu Yanzhuo angry was that nine out of ten casualties of the scout team were due to the greed of the "rich soldiers" and fell into the trick of the Liangshan bandits.

The same news came one after another, and Hu Yanzhuo called all the scout captains in charge of exploring the path to the tent in a fit of anger and reprimanded them loudly.

At first, these rich soldiers just bowed their heads and listened, not daring to refute Hu Yanzhuo's reprimand. But when Huyanzhuo claimed that they would have their mistakes recorded in the marching records, they immediately became furious and spoke out against him doing so, and at the same time began to say who was theirs and who was in the court.

Hu Yanzhuo listened to them say their names one by one with great pride, from the names he didn't know, to the names he knew, and even finally appeared "Tong Shumi", "Gao Taiwei", "Right Minister", "Left Minister", "Cai Taishi" and other names that made him frightened.

The rich soldiers looked at Hu Yanzhuo's appearance of holding back his anger and not daring to make a sound, laughed a few times, bowed to him, and left the military tent without permission.

After those rich soldiers left, Hu Yanzhuo's face was cloudy, and after pondering for a long time, he let out a long sigh.

After another two days, Huyanzhuo's army marched to the territory of Liangshanbo. Chao Gai and Song Jiang led 2,000 troops and horses out of the village to meet the enemy.

The two armies faced each other in the wilderness, and the formations of both sides were lined up.

Most of the soldiers of the forbidden army are well-equipped with shield armor, on the other hand, on the side of Liangshan, most of the soldiers are cloth clothes and armor, compared with the iron armor of the forbidden army, the momentum is very different.

However, although the weapons and armor of the Liangshan sergeants were poor, the military appearance was quite neat, and the phalanx led by the leaders was neat, and the leaders did not speak, and the soldiers remained silent and did not say a word.

Many people in the forbidden army laughed when they looked at Sergeant Liangshan, who was wearing thick cloth clothes as armor.

Listening to bursts of laughter coming from the forbidden army array, Sergeant Liangshan's face was red. Li Kui, who was next to Song Jiang in the array, roared and was about to kill the general, but was angrily reprimanded by Song Jiang a few times before he stopped.

After a long time, under Hu Yanzhuo's several orders, the forbidden army formation quieted down.

But I heard Chao Gai say loudly: "I thought that the forbidden army was so powerful, but I never thought that it was just a waste in armor."

Hu Yanzhuo immediately said angrily: "It's just a thief, the armor is not complete, how dare you make a big statement here!" Later, you and others will be captured alive, escorted to Bianliang, and handed over to His Majesty. ”

With a wave of his hand, he led the army to rush towards the Liangshan military formation. As soon as the soldiers of the forbidden army heard the order to attack, they rushed to the Liangshan army formation like hungry dogs pounced.

The two armies fought each other in close combat, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

The Liangshan army was not afraid of death, and followed the leader to kill and kill, and the forbidden army believed that the victory was in their hands, and they rushed to grab military merits.

In terms of personal combat strength alone, the Liangshan soldiers are indeed inferior to the well-armored forbidden army. However, the forbidden army, driven by the rich soldiers who did not know the art of battle formation, had already confused the formation and fought separately.

Hu Yanzhuo soon discovered this problem that was enough to subvert the entire army, and hurriedly ordered to reorganize the formation and advance in formation.

However, the rich soldiers had already gone crazy at this time. is obviously a general, but he ignores his corporals and rushes straight into the chaos.

Without the command of these commanders and ten generals, Hu Yanzhuo's orders were executed very inefficiently.

However, under the leadership of the leaders, Sergeant Liangshan slowly cut the forbidden army into three sections, wanting to gradually encroach on it.

Hu Yanzhuo looked at the current situation of the army and was anxious.

Peng Qi, the deputy general next to him, proposed: "General, the army is already in chaos, and it is difficult to reverse the situation for a while, so it is better for us to rush over directly, if we capture Chao Gai and Song Jiang, the Liangshan army will be chaotic."

The vanguard Han Tao looked at the chaotic battlefield and saw Chao Gai and Song Jiang in the Liangshan Central Army, so he echoed: "The general should make a decision as soon as possible, and with the situation at this time, he should retreat if he does not advance." There are also masters in this Liangshan army, and the rich and noble soldiers are so happy that they may suffer a catastrophe if they are entangled for too long. ”

Hu Yanzhuo thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "Then I will fight with the thief."

Pulling out a pair of steel whips tied to the horse's back, Hu Yanzhuo, Peng Qi, and Han Tao led the military horses of the headquarters to rush straight towards Song Jiang and Chao Gai.

At this time, Li Kui also entered the chaotic army, and Song Jiang and Chao Gai were the only leaders of Hua Rong.

Seeing Hu Yanzhuo join the battlefield, Chao Gai and Hua Rong looked at each other and nodded, and three or five hundred sergeants went together to stop him.

In the midst of the chaos, Hu Yanzhuo, who was holding a double whip, was invincible. The snow under the seat was running at high speed, and the nearby Liangshan sergeants were all knocked away by the steel whips that were swung away.

Hua Rong just stared at him, bent his bow and arrows for a long time, and let go of his hand at the right time.

Hu Yanzhuo was fighting with the Liangshan soldiers along the way, and for a while he didn't notice that an arrow was coming towards his head.

When the arrow approached, Fang reacted and lowered his head sharply, and the arrow flew overhead.

After being frightened, Hu Yanzhuo turned his head to look at Hua Rong with a bow in the military formation, and galloped towards him.

Hua Rong was not afraid, put down his bow, and fought with him with a spear, and the silver spear and the double whip kept colliding.

Hu Yanzhuo makes it a double whip, which can be said to be both offensive and defensive, but sometimes it is necessary to control horses, and the length of the steel whip is insufficient, so the ability to attack is limited.

Hua Rong took advantage of this and kept his distance from him, pinning him down here, so that he could not command the overall battle.

Hu Yanzhuo didn't expect this person to be so difficult, he was a little anxious, and began to retreat. Hua Rong saw that he wanted to retreat, and hurriedly chased after him. However, the speed of stepping on the snow is beyond the reach of his ordinary war horse.

After Hu Yanzhuo returned to the army, he knew that the Liangshan army was not as simple as it appeared on the surface. He hurriedly called for Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

The gong sounded, and the military order was like a mountain. The soldiers of the Forbidden Army, who were in full swing, had to start retreating. However, the rich soldiers were dissatisfied, and they were unwilling to retreat for a while, leading their subordinates to continue to fight with the Liangshan army, but they never found that the Liangshan army had faintly surrounded them.

Hu Yanzhuo watched them being surrounded, and felt helpless, these "rich soldiers" all have a good background, if all the dead and injured are in Shuibo Liangshan, he will definitely not be able to get out of it.

So he had to shout loudly, organize not many stragglers without a leader, and kill them together with Peng Qi and Han Tao......

The situation on the battlefield was already very scorching, with corpses strewn all over the field and blood all over the ground. Due to the problem of coordination, the number of casualties among the soldiers of the forbidden army was actually higher than that of the army in Shuibo Liangshan.

Hu Yanzhuo once again fought with Hua Rong, who came to block him, and Peng Qi and Han Tao beside him fought with Li Kui, Chao Gai and others.

After a long time, Hu Yanzhuo looked around and found that Peng Qi and Han Tao had been captured alive by Liang Shan, and he was also encircled.

But he heard Song Jiang in the army formation say to him: "General Huyan, get off your horse and surrender." Today's officials in the court protect each other and poison the people. I am a good man in Liangshan, and I can't ask for anything more than the words 'for the sky' on the banner.

I also saw the problem of distraction in General Huyan's army, which must have been caused by the traitors in the court vying for power and profit. General Huyan, if you can join me Liangshan, we will treat each other with dignity. ”

Hu Yanzhuo was about to refuse angrily, but he saw that the "rich soldiers" who were surrounded in front of him had all been captured alive. If he goes back like this, he will inevitably be questioned by various officials of the DPRK and China, and even worse, he may not die a good death.

After thinking about it carefully, Hu Yanzhuo decided to pretend to surrender first, and then rebel against Liangshan when the time comes.

After making a decision, Hu Yanzhuo immediately dismounted, knelt down on one knee and said, "Hu Yanzhuo is willing to join Shuibo Liangshan."

Hearing the news, Chao Gai rushed to see this scene, laughed a few times, made a gesture to make him stand up, and said: "General Huyan has to join, and my Liangshan Bo is like a tiger with wings!"

Hu Yanzhuo waved his hand again and again: "The general of the defeated army is not enough for all heroes to love."

"What did General Huyan say," Song Jiang came over and said, "As long as you join me Liangshan, you will all be your own brothers, and everyone will drink wine and eat meat together in the future, how fast!" ”

After listening to Song Jiang's words, Hu Yanzhuo said loudly: "Since my brother is so loved, I Hu Yanzhuo will definitely do my best for Liangshan in the future, and I will die."

The leaders all looked at each other and smiled.

Seeing that the main generals had surrendered, the besieged forbidden soldiers all threw away their armor and knelt on the ground.

The forbidden army, which was not surrounded, began to flee in all directions, and those who were occasionally chased would surrender on their knees.

In one day, the invincible forbidden army ended up like this.

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The news of Huyanzhuo's defeat and surrender reached Bianliang, which was tantamount to thunder on the ground, and immediately caused a violent sensation

Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, was furious, and in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, he scolded Gao Yu, who recommended Hu Yanzhuo as the general of the expedition, and ordered him to personally lead the troops to crusade against the Liangshan rebels, if he did not win, he would not have to come back.

Gao Yu was also shocked, but he didn't dare to refuse at this time, so he had to accept the emperor's order.