Chapter 361: Flames
--Liangshan
"This Hu Yanzhuo is really good, and he actually notified the lord to leave." Xu Guanzhong shook his head with the secret letter sent by Hu Yanzhuo and said, "It's just that he didn't think that if this secret letter was intercepted by Liang Shan, would the lord be in danger?" ... Or did he do it on purpose? ”
"Hu Yanzhuo will not have such a crooked bowel, send an order to the generals, the fighter plane I am waiting for is coming!"
- The next day
After Hu Yanzhuo finished dressing, he picked up the iron whip handed by the guard next to him, and asked Hu Yantong next to him, "Hasn't anyone come down from Liangshan yet?" ”
Hu Yantong shook his head and said, "Still not, Lin Jiaotou has been waiting outside the village for a night." ”
"Hey, this Lin Jiaotou is a good man who preaches righteousness, it seems that Jiang Weilang is difficult to get out this time, so what is the movement of Liangshan Dazhai?" Hu Yanzhuo was worried about whether Liangshan had intercepted the news, making it difficult for the raid to succeed.
"As usual, there is not much movement, and Liangshan is carefully guarding against our army day and night, the last general thinks that this raid is difficult to achieve, and Liangshan is in the water, but our water army is not effective."
Speaking of the water army, Hu Yanzhuo is also full of anger, Hu Yanzhuo's water army is mobilized from various states and counties, these people were originally collecting some taxes and fees in the rivers, not so much the army, their identity is more like the tax bureau in later generations, you say that the war of the tax bureau can be reliable?
Moreover, Hu Yanzhuo did not have any effective naval army commander in his hands, and these thousands of naval troops could not even be lined up, which was also the reason why Hu Yanzhuo had never dared to attack.
Compared with the naval army, the infantry army and the horse army, which are mainly trained by Hu Yanzhuo and other generals, are much more powerful, especially the horse army, even if it is pulled to the northwest, it is also an ace army.
It's just that this ace army suffered a lot of losses in the last big battle, and this time it was another attack on the mountain, so Hu Yanzhuo was not ready to let them fight, just to play a deterrent role.
"The imperial court is now suspicious of us, and we have only one way to fight to the death, go, and pass on the generals to obey the order!"
At this time, Hu Yanzhuo had more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, including 5,000 sailors, 2,000 hoarding Juye, 2,000 horse troops, 3,000 infantry brought by the second general Wei Dingguo, 6,700 Xiang troops supported by various states and counties, and 5,000 infantry troops of Hu Yanzhuo, Peng Xi and Han Tao.
In the big tent, all the generals gathered, Hu Yanzhuo looked at Lin Chong with red eyes, and then glanced at Qian Neiguan who had a slight upturn in the corners of his mouth, sighed lightly, and then said, "Everyone, the Liangshan thieves have been poisoning the world for a long time, the last war, we were treated with ease, and they fought a draw, today has been repaired for more than a month, I want to fight again, you can have the heart to fight?" ”
"Please rest assured, the general has long wanted to level this Liangshanbo, as long as the general gives an order, we will fight to the death!"
"Please give the general an order, we will definitely advance and retreat!"
Anyway, shouting slogans and not asking for money, and everyone knew that this march had already been decided, so everyone shouted to fight, but Lin Chong didn't say a word.
Hu Yanzhuo looked at Lin Chong, knowing what Lin Chong was thinking, so he said, "Generals, everyone also knows that there are still many literati on Liangshan, and even important members of the imperial court are trapped, so when they go to war, they must be captured alive and not killed at will. ”
"No!"
"Good! Pass on my military order, where is Huyantong? ”
"The last general!"
"Order you to bring a thousand fine horsemen, tonight the third watch to make food, the fourth watch to set off, and when the fifth watch day sees the fire on the south side of the Liangshan thief village, he will lead the cavalry to attack from west to east, not asking you to kill the enemy, only asking you to disrupt the enemy camp, and not to make it assemble and fight."
"The last general commands!"
"Where is Peng Xi?"
"The last general!"
"Order you to take 5,000 infantry, tonight the third watch cooks, the fourth watch set off, and when the fifth watch is over, I see the fire on the left side of the Liangshan thief village, and follow the Huyantong army to rush into the enemy village, and your army will divide the troops into two roads, all the way to the west, all the way to the south, there must be no mistake!"
"The last general commands!"
"Where is Wei Dingguo?"
"The last general!"
"Now that the weather is getting warmer, I see that these days are the south wind, I want to come tonight is also the south wind, I have heard that you are good at using fire to attack, and ordered you to bring 1,500 soldiers and horses, tonight the three watches make rice, the fourth watch set off, and the fifth watch uses fire to attack its Dazhai from the south side, not to kill the enemy, only to mess with the enemy, do you understand?"
"The last general will make the thief's camp like a fire cave!"
"Where is Shan Tingjue?"
"The last general!"
"I order you to lead 1,500 headquarters, cook food on the second watch tonight, set off on the third watch, take a small boat to ambush on the lake, if the thief army is defeated, be sure to capture its rout, especially those leaders, don't let it go!"
"The last general commanded... It's just a general, don't we have a water army? Shan Tingqi asked incomprehensibly, this is not used by the navy, let yourself do the work of the navy, do you think you can't fight on land?
"General Huang Da has other things to do, where is Huang Da?"
A thin man stood up and gave up his hand, this person is the leader of the navy army elected by the states and counties, he secretly complained in his heart, he knows best who he is, this is for those people in Shangliangshan, it would be good if they didn't run away on the spot, at most they could only fight a tailwind battle, but now it seems that they are going to pick up the beams.
Hu Yanzhuo said, "General Huang Da, you take 5,000 sailors, set off tonight on the fourth watch, go to Liangshanbo, make sure that Liangshan can't rescue its Lu Village, whether this battle can be successful, the most important thing is you." ”
Entangled the Liangshan Water Army... This... By the night, it seems to be okay! Huang Da weighed it and responded, "The last general will definitely fight with all his might!" ”
This is not a packed ticket, it is obviously leaving a way back, Hu Yanzhuo glanced at him, and it is not easy to force it, after all, the other party is not a forbidden army in the first place, and everything that the Great Song Water Army can fight is in Dengzhou.
Hu Yanzhuo finally said: "This village will ask Qian Jianjun and Lin Jiaotou to guard it. ”
Lin Chong stood up and arched his hand: "The last general, please fight!" ”
Hu Yanzhuo shook his head and said, "The general hasn't slept all night, let's take a rest, let's guard Dazhai, Dazhai is also extremely important, you can't let the prison army guard alone." Well, the military order is like a mountain, so be it. ”
This was Lin Chong's first time in battle, and he naturally wanted to make meritorious contributions, but when he heard the four words of the military order, he also understood that he couldn't say it anymore, so he could only sit down.
In the end, Hu Yanzhuo said, "As for the general, he will bring a thousand elite horsemen, and he will sit in the back to respond, okay, let's disperse!" ”
"No!"
Lin Chong walked out of the big tent and went to the gate of Dazhai to guard, hoping to see Jiang De come back, and when the Qian Neiguan not far away saw this scene, he was envious and jealous in his heart, and said to others, "It seems that our Lin sect leader has a deep affection for Jiang Weilang!" ”
"My lord, I don't think this Lin Chong and I are people with the same heart, such a person is a trouble at all times."
Qian Neiguan rolled his eyes, nodded, and said, "After this battle, let's talk about other things." ”
At dusk, Lin Chong still didn't wait for Jiang De to come back, he watched the sky gradually darken, and his heart was very anxious, at this time, a person walked up to him and said, "Sect leader, don't wait any longer, go back and rest." ”
Lin Chong looked at the man and saw that it was Jiang De guarding Li Zhong, the strange thing was that Li Zhong was actually wearing the military uniform of the Song army, and there was a small group of Song army soldiers behind him, so he said, "Li Zhong, Xiao Langjun is still in the thief village and has not returned, why are you here?" Still dressed like this? ... Could it be that Xiao Langjun has returned? ”
"Teach the head, this is not the place to speak, please ask the head to take a step to speak." Li Zhong waved his hand and said, Lin Chong was full of doubts in his heart, but he still followed Li Zhong all the way back to his big tent.
"Li Zhong, now can you tell me what my junior brother is selling?" Lin Chong thought about it for a while on the road, and felt that since Li Zhong was back, Jiang De must be fine, so he was not in a hurry. "Where did you get this uniform? Why do you have sergeants under your command? ”
Li Zhong smiled and said, "Sect leader, you should also know how bad the local army is, but it is very easy to get up with this military uniform and military position, and the sources in the army this time are mixed, there are more than a dozen troops from places, and it will not be strange to meet people you don't know." ”
Lin Chong asked again, "Then why are you like this, where is my junior brother?" ”
Li Zhong replied: "Xiao Langjun is now in Liangshan Dazhai. ”
"Why are you still in the thief's village? Hu Yanzhuo is about to attack tonight, once the war starts, those thieves will definitely kill Xiao Langjun first! ”
Li Zhong shook his head and said, "My little Langjun already knows General Huyan's plan, just like I just said, the army is mixed, and it is simply a sieve. ”
Lin Chong was taken aback, "In this way, could it be that the Liangshan thieves already know?" No, I'm going to tell General Huyan right away. ”
Li Zhong hurriedly grabbed Lin Chong and said, "Don't worry, I still have something to tell the head of the sect, it's not too late to ask the head of the sect to listen to me." ”
Lin Chong thought that there was still time, so he said, "Then you say." ”
.....
"What? Jiang De is actually Jiang Xinzhi! Lin Chong jumped up violently, he grabbed Li Zhong and said, "Li Zhong, do you know what you're talking about?" This is a great sin of extermination! ”
Li Zhong's whole person who was caught by Lin Chong was lifted up, and he hurriedly patted Lin Chong's hand and said, "Teach the head to calm down.. Calm down! ”
"How do you want me to calm down, do you think that just by relying on your Liangshan, a small land, you can go against the imperial court?"
"Sect leader, Xiao Langjun has his own plans, he just hopes that you brothers and sisters will not kill each other, tonight's battle, I hope that the sect leader will be a wall-by-side watch."
"Wait... Does my brother also know about this? "Lin Chong is not stupid, as soon as he explains it, he will figure out a lot of things.
"Lu Yuanwai is now leading my Liangshan soldiers and horses overseas to fight, and it is said that he has already conquered several states."
Half of the area of Withered Leaf Island is really the size of several states in the Central Plains, but this is not wrong.
"What? How many states did the senior brother conquer overseas? Lin Chong was taken aback and asked, "Where is Senior Brother fighting?" ”
As he spoke, Lin Chong's strength in his hand was also three points less.
"Lu Yuanwai is fighting on Dry Leaf Island, which is in the north of Goryeo, and the Wu military division on the mountain is planning in Goryeo at this time, the head of the sect, the great things that the imperial court can do for a hundred years can be done in the hands of Xiao Langjun, don't you want to help him?"
"Hmph, then he has to live through tonight first!" Lin Chong remembered Li Zhong's words just now, "Wait, you just said that junior brother he knows about General Huyan's arrangement, are you planning to do it?" ”
Li Zhongdao said, "The small one is just a guard, I don't know about these, the head of the sect, if you want to be famous and rich, take the small one over there to see Hu Yanzhuo, if not, please sit and watch the success or failure tonight." ”
Lin Chong looked at Li Zhong, and suddenly asked with a smile, "It's not like you can say this, I'm afraid my junior brother taught you, right?" ”
Li Zhong scratched his head and said, "The small one is just a sellout, where do you know these four words and four words, these are all taught by Xiao Langjun, Xiao Langjun also said that in the future, if the head of the sect goes up the mountain as he wishes, he will be a general of the first army, which is better than being trapped in the capital, right?" ”
Lin Chong shook his head and said, "My Lin family has been loyal and good for generations, but I can't be a coward, I have received the heart of my junior brother, that's it, for the sake of my senior brother's affection, I don't know anything about today's affairs." ”
Li Zhong sighed and said, "Sure enough, Xiao Langjun understands the head of the sect, Xiao Langjun said before, the head of the sect is a person who will never be sorry for the court until the end, I still want to give it a try, that's it, Xiao Langjun finally asked me to bring a sentence, the official family will be defeated tonight, please ask the head to collect the defeated army when the time comes, it will naturally be useful afterwards." ”
"But even if Liang Shan wins for a while, can he still win for a lifetime? You go back and tell my junior brother, you still have to make plans early! ”
Li Zhong thanked Lin Chong and took people away, Lin Chong looked at Li Zhong who was far away, his heart was like turning over the river and the sea, the head of the Liangshan thieves was actually his junior brother who was valued by the officials, how many people could believe it?
The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, but tonight is a good weather, which makes Hu Yanzhuo secretly happy in his heart, and outsiders think that it is different, in addition to the elite, most of the ancient sergeants have night blindness, this is mainly because the ancient sergeants have poor food and do not have a correct understanding of night blindness, if it is really the weather with dark moon and high wind, Hu Yanzhuo has to worry about whether his sergeants will be in chaos.
Hu Yanzhuo himself led a thousand heavy horsemen to a hill, where he could vaguely see the Liangshan military village in the distance, he had a wooden stick in his mouth, and his war horse's mouth was also tied with a ring to prevent the horse from shouting indiscriminately.
It's the fifth watch.
Wei Dingguo took his own 1,500 soldiers, saying that it was 1,500, but in fact only more than 500 were his elite soldiers, all of whom carried bows and wore red armor, in order to increase efficiency, Wei Dingguo ordered a group of three, one for the firefighters, and the other two were the ordinary box soldiers who were brought, and the box army assisted the firefighters with fire.
Wei Dingguo saw the time, and gave an order, only to see the five hundred elite soldiers take out bows and arrows, and some of the box soldiers behind them took rockets, and some lit torches, and then Wei Dingguo waved his hand and shouted to shoot, and the five hundred firefighters shot arrows at Dazhai not far away.
The arrow was different from other bows and arrows, but it was strapped to the body of several small paper tubes, and the front was tied with a lighter soaked in grease, and after the fire was lit, it was shot at the tent, and the paper tubes exploded violently, and it turned out that these paper tubes were full of fuel and gunpowder, and one arrow could quickly ignite a whole tent.
Five hundred firefighters shot arrows desperately, only to see that the entire Dazhai South Camp turned into a sea of fire in less than a hundred breaths, Wei Dingguo touched his beard, nodded and smiled, "It's a big thing!" ”
Later, someone praised and said, "Lang Lang star shows his eyes, and the tiger face is like purple jade." The brocade robe is embroidered with lychee red, and the jacket is lined with parrot green. The line is like a thousand regiments of fire, and the troops are led by a cluster of clothed troops. The people of the world are called the Divine Fire General, this is Lingzhou Wei Dingguo. ”