- Zhongli City

Jiang De led the army, rested for the night, at this time has been driven to Zhongli City, Zhongli City and Haozhou City are only separated by a Donghao water, can be communicated, Jiang De led the army to choose a place to set up camp.

Seeing this, Wang Qingjun on Zhongli City reported to the guard Liu Min in the morning, and Liu Min ordered everyone to be on strict guard while informing Haozhou City.

- Haozhou City

At this time, there was not a single common person on the streets of Haozhou City, and all the doors were closed tightly, as if there were demons outside.

"Handsome!"

All the generals stopped talking, bent down to the door, Duan Er and Fang Han walked in together, Duan Er sat on the original prefect's seat, and Fang Han sat on the master's seat next to him.

Duan Er motioned to Fang Han first and said, Fang Han said, "Everyone, yesterday's battle report, the Song army has conquered the gateway of our country, Shijian Mountain, today's general Du Bai's battle report, the Song army attacked Tushan at night, General Wei He died and died in battle, and now my Haozhou is already in danger, and the Song army has arrived outside Zhongli City, can you dare to fight?" ”

The following generals are Gong Duan, Gong Zheng, Xie Ning, Zhuo Mao, Kou Yi and others, among which Gong Duan and Gong Zheng are two brothers, both worshiped Wang Qing as a master, learned guns and sticks, and their skills are sparse and ordinary, but they are loyal.

Kou Yan is a Taoist priest who is good at using firearms, Xie Ning and Zhuo Mao were both strong men in Huaixi, and Xie Ning's ability was only under Du Bao in this Haozhou City.

Gong Duan said first, "It's only been one day, the Song army is coming very quickly, but we have a lot of soldiers, as long as we stick to it, it will be no big problem." ”

"Trapped in a domain, this is the way to die, as the saying goes, the Song army that came this time is Liangshan soldiers and horses, according to the poor road, the Song court has no trust in it, its grain and grass are mostly self-transported, if it can cut off its grain and grass, it will be difficult to collect in other state capitals, and the day of the defeat of its army is not far away." Kou Yan touched his beard and said with a treacherous expression.

"That's a good plan!" Duan Er's eyes looked at Fang Han, and Fang Han also nodded in agreement.

Duan Er said, "Gong Duan, Tushan is the backyard of our army, and the Song army can't be touched, now General Du is holding on to Tushan, and the troops are in short supply, I will give you 3,000 soldiers and horses, and you can go to support quickly." ”

"Obey!"

"Kou Yan, since you came up with this plan, you are responsible for sending out a horse to find the place where the Song army is storing grain, if you have a catch, you should be the first to make the first contribution to this battle!"

"Poor road obeys!"

"General Xie Ning, you lead 10,000 troops to camp in Dongcheng, and once Zhongli City is tight, go to support."

"The last general obeys!"

"The rest of the people are patrolling separately, don't slack off, otherwise the city will be broken, and several of us will be arrested and killed by the government!"

Speaking of the back, Fang Han couldn't help but secretly shook his head, the country has been established, and he also calls the government, which shows that he still regards himself as a thief in his heart.

Liu Min on the other side, while on guard, looked at the Liangshan soldiers and horses in the distance, and was jealous, Liu Yijing and Shangguanyi's skills he knew, although he was not a general, he was also a brave man, but he fought a battle, how powerful this Liangshan soldiers and horses were.

At this time, a general beside Liu Min took the initiative to ask for battle, "General, the Song army has just won, and the morale is high. ”

Liu Min looked back and saw that it was his general Lu Cheng.

This Lu Cheng is nine feet long and short, with three teeth covering his mouth and beard, square face and broad shoulders, eyebrows and round eyes, two arms, buffalo-like strength, making a steel whip, skilled in martial arts, and is a general in Wang Qing's army.

Liu Min asked, "Then in your opinion, what should you do?" ”

Lu Chengdao "According to the opinion of the last general, we should kill their sharpness first, most of our army is a new army, and the combat power is insufficient, so we should win with a fighting general!" ”

"Does General Naru dare to fight?"

Lu Cheng smiled and said, "Yes, I want to!" ”

Jiang De was preparing to cook and rest here, and someone outside reported that someone was challenged.

"Who's coming?" Jiang De asked.

"Self-proclaimed Huaixi Lucheng."

Jiang De looked at Gongsun Sheng, and Gongsun Sheng said, "This Lu Cheng is a tiger general, Liu Min is a weak person, and he can suppress many strongmen in the past, and he relies on this person's force." ”

Jiang De smiled and said, "The tiger general should be the master, this person wants to fight the general, he must hope to increase morale by relying on this, who is willing to take a trip?" ”

A person walked out from behind Jiang De and said, "The last general wishes!" ”

Jiang De saw that it was Shi Xiu, and he was a little worried, after all, Shi Xiu's record was not as beautiful as Dong Ping's, but it was not easy to stop him, for fear of hurting his heart.

"Well, you can go and I'll personally press the battle for you!"

Outside Dazhai, Lu Cheng was still scolding, only to hear a burst of drums, Lu Cheng saw a team of cavalry rushing out, and then a team of armor soldiers and crossbowmen, setting up a formation.

"Whoever calls the formation, how can he not want to see the sunrise tomorrow?" Shi Xiu was wearing battle armor, holding a steel gun, and the tip of the gun was pointed at Lu Cheng and shouted.

"The thief will dare to invade my country's land, but dare to fight with me?"

"Phew! A group of thieves dare to call themselves lonely and eat me with a shot! ”

The two no longer scolded, urged the horse to step forward, and the fight began, as soon as the two fought, they both felt a huge force coming, Lu Cheng used a steel whip, the force was large but short, Shi Xiu's steel gun came into contact, and he felt that he almost couldn't hold it, if he hadn't rushed over with horsepower, he was almost going to let go, and Lu Cheng also found that the steel whip used to kill at a long distance was a little disadvantaged, turned back to the horse, and wanted to get close to the fight.

Shi Xiu's spear connected the dots, Lu Cheng's steel whip smashed repeatedly, the two fought for seven or eight rounds, Shi Xiu gradually couldn't support it, Jiang De saw it in his eyes, and shouted to the side, "Who replaced Shi Xiu?" ”

A general had already rushed out, holding a sickle hook gun in his hand, wearing a golden armor with a wild goose ring, and shouted, "Brother Shixiu retreats first, watch me fight him!" ”

When Shi Xiu saw Xu Ning coming out, he knew that he was being seen by Jiang De, he was ashamed, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he shouted, "Brother Xu Ning, don't rest, wait for me to take him down first!" After speaking, he rushed to Lu Cheng desperately.

Xu Ning looked at it, the secret path was not good, this Shi Xiu was a ferocious attack, and he was going to fight hard.

Lu Cheng saw Shi Xiu rushing over and said, "It's a good time!" Shi Xiu looked at Lu Cheng's steel whip, gritted his teeth, and shouted, "Take your life!" Lu Cheng was shocked when he saw it, and just wanted to fight back, but it was too late, the steel whip hit Shi Xiu's shoulder, and the armor cracked, but the spear also stabbed Lu Cheng's chest, blood overflowed, Lu Cheng and Shi Xiu squirted out a mouthful of blood together, Shi Xiu gritted his teeth and smiled, "Dead?" With that, he fainted.

Jiang De saw the two fall off the horse together, and hurriedly shouted, "Save people!" ”

Xu Ning got closer, and grabbed Shi Xiu first, and Wang Qingjun over there also grabbed Lu Cheng, killing people on both sides and retreating.

When Shi Xiu was rescued, Jiang De saw that Shi Xiu's face was pale, his arm had been unnaturally bent, and he had obviously been beaten and fractured.

"Master Hou... Fortunately, the thief has returned! Shi Xiu gritted his teeth and said, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Jiang De nodded and yelled at everyone, "Zhuang Saburo!" Kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, when will you wait? ”

Xu Ning turned the horse's head and shouted loudly, "Kill the thief and make a meritorious service!" ”

"Kill the thief and make a meritorious service!!"

The sergeants saw Shi Xiu's injury for death, greatly encouraged, marched together, swords and axes, Lu Chengjun lost the main general, the army was disheartened, where to resist, was chased and killed under the city gate to be freed.

Liu Min saw Lu Cheng die, howled and cried for a while, and said to the left and right, "General Lu has followed me for more than ten years, like a sibling, and today he was killed by a thief, and this revenge is not shared!" ”

Gu Cen next to him said, "Don't be too sad, the Song army will attack the city in a few days, and then we will shoot a few of his generals and pay tribute to General Lu!" ”

Liu Min nodded, cried for a while, and then got up and said, "Is there any movement in the Song army?" ”

"General Hui, the Song army has set up another water village by the Huaishui, which seems to be preparing to transport grain and grass equipment by water." A general replied.

Liu Min nodded and said, "It is also reasonable to transport grain and grass with Huaishui, in this way, the grain and grass of the Song army should be hoarded in the upper reaches of Huaishui, Huaishui and Surabaya are connected, and Surabaya and Yishui are connected, and the grain and grass of Liangshan soldiers and horses must be transported all the way to this place from their old nest by waterway, on this way, there are two big cities of Sizhou and Zhaoxin, Liangshan and Song Ting do not trust each other, Liangshan will never dare to hoard their grain and grass in the city guarded by the Song army, but should be placed in a place where the waterway is smooth and difficult to block. ”

Liu Min walked to the map, looked at it carefully for a while, and said, "Here it is!" ”

Everyone gathered around and found that the place Liu Min pointed to was the area of Nushan Lake and Qili Lake behind Shimen Mountain.

Liu Min continued, "This area of water is complex, and there are places such as Qingming Mountain and Longtou Mountain to rely on, plus the connection to Huaishui, it is a high-quality place to store grain, but Liangshan soldiers and horses are elite, here must be more guarded, and it is far away, who dares to investigate?" ”

One person came out and said, "This water thing is naturally the last general." ”

Liu Min saw that this person was slender and wearing green armor, and he was Zheng Jie.

"Okay, you disguise yourself and go to investigate, be careful!" Liu Min asked him to take a few people to pretend to be fishermen and go to Nushan Lake by night.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, it rained heavily, and the two sides could not fight for a while, even Pang Wanchun and others in Tushan stopped fighting, and the heavy rain stopped for two days, and as soon as it stopped, Liu Min found that the Liangshan army began to move.

I saw a group of armored soldiers lined up at the east gate, these armored soldiers were all holding swords and shields, and at first glance they were the first to ascend, then a group of archers began to line up, and finally two groups of cavalry, lined up on the left and right.

"It's so murderous, no wonder Shimen Mountain changed hands one day." Liu Min said to the left and right, "Let the Overseer team prepare, once someone retreats, there will be no mercy!" ”

"Look, what's that!" Someone shouted loudly, Liu Min raised his eyes, and saw a ballista being pushed out.

"Put up a big shield!" Liu Min commanded.

In his eyes, these are small bed crossbows, and he is not afraid, what he is really afraid of is the three-bow bed crossbow or trebuchet, after all, most of his subordinates are new troops, and they cannot support high-intensity battles.

Under the city gate, Jiang De wore a mask and held a telescope, and he could clearly see every move on the city wall.

But Jiang De's heart is not here.

"Are the rats still there?" Jiang De asked as he looked at it.

"Those people have been hiding in the distance, Lord Hou, the imperial court is becoming more and more wary of us, I'm worried about our back road..."Gongsun Sheng said in a low voice, "Do you want to mobilize the sailors of Goryeo and other places to be on guard?" ”

Jiang De put down the binoculars, since the Liangshan army went deep into Haozhou, the things in the rear have not stopped, not only the cities around the country are like thieves to guard against him, every time the army passes a place, the city gate must be closed, every time a town is recovered, someone will take over the next day, the rats in Jiang De's mouth are a group of Song Dynasty officials, at this time they are not far away waiting for the end of the war, as long as Zhongli City and Haozhou City are conquered, they will rush over and ask to take over the city.

"Let's hit with a ballista first!" Jiang De ordered.

The ropes of the ballista creaked and twisted, and with an order, dozens of stone pills flew towards Zhongli City, some hitting the city walls, some hitting the city.

I have to say that the Song Dynasty was indeed rich, even inland cities such as Zhongli and Haozhou were still better than Heianjing in the Wa Kingdom.

The stone pill smashed on the city wall, and many Wang Qingjun were killed on the spot, but the number was too small, and it was more of a deterrent.

"Attack!"

A group of Liangshan troops held shields and pushed siege vehicles and other siege equipment to advance towards Zhongli City.

The tragic siege began.

The reason why it is easier to defend the city in ancient times, on the one hand, lies in the protection of the city wall, but more is the protection of the city wall to the hearts of the people, a new army, if it is a field battle, as long as the casualties of one or two achievements will collapse, but when it is to defend the city, as long as the city wall is not completely breached, even if the casualties are more than fifty percent, you can hold on.

At this time, Wang Qingjun was like this, they were fully manned, and they constantly attacked the Liangshan army with stones, bows and arrows, and many Liangshan soldiers fell under these attacks.

Finally, the siege vehicle hit the city wall, and Liu Min waved his hand and ordered, "Pour sulfur liquid!" Ignition! ”

Buckets of sulfur were poured down, followed by countless plants and trees and other fire-starting things, every minute, the entire Zhongli city became a stove, and a trace of the aroma of barbecue spread to the front of the two armies, Jiang De smelled this smell, and couldn't help but feel nauseous, but thinking that this was before the two armies, he still endured it and didn't spit it out.

"This bell is tall from the city, and the soldiers in the city are also quite disciplined under the command of Liu Min, I'm afraid it will be difficult to capture it for a while." Gongsun Sheng looked at the retreating sergeant and said.

"Order, wait for the fire to go out and continue the attack." Jiang De was unmoved.

The bloody siege lasted for a whole day, Zhongli City was killed and wounded, Jiang De pulled the reins and looked at the Liangshan soldiers who were retreating, more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded in this battle, many of them were rescued by their comrades who were missing arms and legs, and the wails continued to reach Jiang De's ears, these are the troops that Jiang De has accumulated little by little, such a waste, you can think of Jiang De's mood.

"Master Hou, such a siege of the city, the gains outweigh the losses, according to the opinion of the following, the city should be attacked with artillery." Gongsun Sheng said to Jiang De.

"The enemy of our army is not here, in the court, if the court knows the benefits of our firearms, how should I treat Liangshan?" Jiang De asked rhetorically.

Saying, Jiang De said, "Zhongli City and Haozhou City have been operated by the thief army for a long time, even if the artillery is used to break through, the street battle will also make our army suffer a lot of casualties.

Pang Wanchun has already sent a letter, occupying Tushan, our army has just been fighting for a day, the thief army knows the combat strength of our army, and it is easy not to attack, Dao Chief, you lead the soldiers and horses to blare here, I led 20,000 soldiers and horses to Tushan by waterway at night. ”

Gongsun Sheng hurriedly said, "Tu Shan is located in the rear of the thief army, so let's go by a general." ”

Jiang De shook his head and said, "If this battle is won, Wang Qing will die in a few days, when I go in person!" ”

That night, Jiang De led the selection of 20,000 soldiers and horses from the waterway to Tushan overnight, the ancient ship was small, the transportation was inconvenient, in order to prevent Wang Qingjun from discovering, and it was forbidden to light the fire, and when the dawn Jiang De was a little, he actually folded hundreds of people in this waterway.