Chapter 364: Black Cauldron
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Lin Chong and his entourage retreated all the way to Jeju, and the prefect of Jeju Prefecture looked at Qian Neiguan, who only had the air in but not the air out, and his whole face became as white as paper in fright.
"So, the army has been defeated? Hu Yanzhuo is also reversed? The prefect of Jeju looked at Qian Neiguan, who was rescued by the doctor, and asked Lin Chong and the others suspiciously.
"General Huyan's matter, the villain still thinks there are still doubts." Lin Chong thought about it, but still felt that he had to say this, although he knew that after saying this, his identity would be labeled as sympathetic to the rebellious party.
This is very dangerous, especially since he is still a military general, or a low-status military general.
"Bold Lin Chong, are you saying this to exonerate that Hu Yanzhuo?" An officer pointed at Lin Chong and asked.
There were actually not many people who escaped with Lin Chong, Hu Yanzhuo did not intercept and kill at all, and these officers who escaped were bent on blaming Hu Yanzhuo for the defeat of the army, and naturally they didn't want anyone to rehabilitate Hu Yanzhuo.
When Jeju Governor Dong Yong saw this scene, he immediately understood what was going on, the things in this officialdom are actually simple and simple, since everyone wants to be unlucky for a person, then this person must be unlucky.
Dong Yong stroked his beard and said, "It seems that it is really a good thing done by Hu Yanzhuo, a traitorous and rebellious minister, you can rest assured, and immediately send a letter to inform the official family, so that the court can take down the family members of this guy and avenge the fallen soldiers!" ”
All the officers looked at the Jeju prefect with blank eyes, and everyone knew that Dong Yong, as a civil official, could be a hundred or a thousand times more effective in the imperial court than their coarse words.
Dong Yong enjoys this kind of look very much, and he has been studying for ten years, isn't it just to enjoy such glory.
"Of course, this official will also go to the official's house to tell you about your hard work and the feat of not colluding with the Huyan traitor!"
Suddenly, everyone laughed, you said a word, I said a word, Dong Yong's benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, and I almost wanted to say that Dong Yong was like a saint in the world.
Lin Chong retreated into the corner, and he couldn't help but think of his junior brother, what was his junior brother doing at this time.
- Liang Shan
Hu Yanzhuo took Hu Yantong and Hu Yanyu up the mountain with Jiang De, and the other officers and soldiers were naturally contained.
Coming to the Juyi Hall, Jiang De took the lead and walked in, Hu Yanzhuo looked at the door that he had been thinking about day and night and hoping to step into, and couldn't help but feel a little like a world away.
"Brothers, you've worked hard!" Jiang De came all the way to the top and sat down and said to everyone, Hu Yanzhuo looked at the leaders of Liangshan, and suddenly found that one person lowered his head, as if he was hiding from himself, he couldn't help but look carefully, and then shouted, "Huang Da? How do you sit here? ”
Seeing that the thin Huang Da couldn't hide, he stood up and said to Hu Yanzhuo, "Isn't the general also living here?" ”
Jiang De smiled and said, "Since they are all brothers in the future, some things are still said to be good, I Liangshan can win this battle, the number one hero is the Huang Da brothers, if it is not for the Huang Da brothers who understand the righteousness and are willing to submit to my Liangshan, the casualties on both sides of this battle will inevitably be not small, and the Huang Da brothers have made great contributions." ”
"Oh! It turned out that you kid defected to the enemy and sold me and waited! Hu Yantong heard the atmosphere, and was about to step forward to beat Huang Da, but Pang Wanchun stopped him and smiled, "It's all brothers, Brother Huyan, don't be impulsive." ”
Huang Da was so frightened that he jumped to the chair and shouted, "You can't blame me for this matter, my family was sent to Liangshan, and I had to obey the owner of the village." ”
Xu Guanzhong said, "General Huyan, don't be in a hurry, when the other generals arrive, we will tell the truth." ”
Hu Yanzhuo nodded and stood aside, but he stared at Huang Da, so frightened that Huang Da moved left and right, sad to death.
After a while, Wei Dingguo, Han Tao and others were brought up one after another, and everyone was surprised to see Hu Yanzhuo also standing there, not yet tied up.
Jiang De waved his hand to let everyone sit down, Han Tao and the others were also arranged to be seated, Hu Yanzhuo glanced at Jiang De, and finally sat down, Jiang De said, "Everyone, today my Liangshan army won a big victory, and I also got General Huyan and other generals to serve..."
"Wait! Master Jiang Zhai, I didn't say I wanted to work! Han Tao jumped up when he heard this, what are you doing, I've been holding on for a long time, why did I surrender all at once?
Jiang De smiled and said, "The battle report of the generals who have surrendered to me Liangshan should already be galloping towards Kaifeng City with the fast horses, and I think the generals have no other choice."
By the way, generals, please rest assured that I have already sent someone to pick up your family members, and I think I will be able to meet with your generals soon. ”
"General Han, the matter has come to this, and we can only borrow the cottage to settle down..."Hu Yanzhuo said with a sigh.
Several generals looked at each other, and Shan Tingqi arched his hand and asked, "I am the general of the defeated army, and I have no right to say anything, but it is really a little unclear after the defeat, why does our army seem to have not arrived yet, and there are copycat heroes ambushed there?" ”
"By the way, there is another person in our army named Jiang De, I don't know where he is? Please also ask the owner of the village to release it together. Hu Yanyu suddenly remembered, and also got up and said.
As soon as he said this, the whole hall burst into laughter, and Hu Yanyu looked around incomprehensibly, wondering what everyone was laughing at.
Jiang De slowly took off his mask and said, "This is mine, isn't it, I'm still hiding it from you, let's see who I am?" ”
"How is that possible?"
"Jiang joins the army?"
"It's... What the hell is going on? ”
Hu Yanzhuo gasped and looked at Jiang De sitting on it, he felt that he knew a big secret, and the price of knowing it was that he would never want to leave this cottage in his life.
"I am Jiang Xinzhi, the lord of Liangshan!" Jiang De put the mask on the table next to him and said, "So, when I became your army, I used my power to place a large number of people in your army, and then found the person who was the easiest to break through - Huang Da, the commander of the navy!" ”
Huang Da scratched his head a little embarrassed, and Jiang De continued, "Brother Huang Da is not a fierce person by nature, let him be a general, it is better to let him be a businessman."
The reason why the Huang Da brothers were elected as the commanders of the naval army is not because of how good he is in fighting or how prestigious he is, but because everyone is unwilling to be this leading bird, and the Huang Da brothers are not willing to fight with them.
The sailors who came to my Liangshan to participate in the war this time are all people from the nearby state capitals, and they know that my Liangshan is powerful, and secondly, they also know that my Liangshan is not some evil bandits, and it is normal to have such thoughts.
Therefore, after I learned about it, I sent my brothers to mix in the navy, and with a little persuasion, the Huang Da brothers were willing to help me secretly help Liangshan.
Of course, even if the Huang Da brothers are unwilling, there are many people in the navy who are willing to secretly communicate with me Liangshan. ”
Huang Da's face turned red when he was said, what does it mean to be slightly convinced, to put it bluntly, he was compared to his neck by two steel knives, and his family members were invited to the middle of nowhere, which had to be served.
There is no way, Huang Da's sailors are composed of local tax bureaus to put it bluntly, and many of these people have been corrupted by Liangshan, and Huang Da himself has taken a lot of benefits from Liangshan, and the roots are not hard.
Jiang De continued, "Knowing General Huyan's arrangement, our army will adapt measures to local conditions, the soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth, so it will naturally win the battle.
But this is only to win, but what I want is not just to win, but to want all brothers to help me Liangshan.
Therefore, I designed to let the Qin leader disguise General Huyan to attack the village, that Qian Neiguan was a villain who did nothing, the most jealous and jealous, and he had always been suspicious of General Huyan in his heart.
But the only thing I didn't expect was that this money official would really kill him, if I hadn't been prepared, I would have almost broken the little general, which is my sin. ”
Han Tao and the others only knew that there was such a thing this night, and they all looked at Hu Yanzhuo, but Hu Yanzhuo was looking for a bearded man angrily, Qin Ming stood up at the right time and said, "General Huyan, offended!" ”
"You! You'll fight me for 300 rounds later! Hu Yanzhuo also knew that it had come to this point, so naturally he couldn't fight with Qin Ming, but he still wanted to fight, after all, his only son was almost gone.
"Next, General Huyan, you also know, Pang Wanchun, who I arranged for you to be by your side, shot and wounded Qian Neiguan and saved the little general, but those Xiang troops also escaped a lot, and the information I got shows that they went to Jeju and have shirked all the responsibility for the defeat to the generals." After Jiang De finished speaking, he took the teacup next to him and took a sip of water, and gave the people below a little time to slow down.
“.....”
"Okay, time is running out, Brother Zhu Wu, has the data been counted?" Jiang De began to get down to business.
Zhu Wu nodded and said, "In this battle, our army has two republican officers and soldiers, one hundred and twenty-seven small battles, our army has participated in 17,000 battles, and our army has lost a total of 1,800 killed, seriously wounded more than 1,000 people, and lightly injured more than 1,900 people.
A total of more than 10,000 officers and men of this battle are willing to join our Liangshan, and nearly 10,000 others who are unwilling to join will be repatriated one after another within five days. Among the 10,000 people who are willing to join my Liangshan, there are 2,000 heavy cavalry, 1,000 naval troops, 3,000 infantry trained by General Huyan, General Han, and General Peng, 700 soldiers and horses of General Wei and General Shan, and the rest are local Xiang troops. ”
"Good!" All the leaders except Hu Yanzhuo and the others cheered in unison.
Jiang De also nodded excitedly and said, "Okay, Mr. Gongsun, immediately arrange a reward for the three armies, and in addition, we must give good compensation to the soldiers who have been killed and wounded, and reward the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions." ”
Gongsun Sheng arched his hand and said, "Obey!" ”
Jiang De looked at Hu Yanzhuo and the others again and said, "Han Tao, Peng Xi! ”
The two of them hurriedly stood up and gave up their hands.
"The two of you led the troops to join me Liangshan, and you both were skilled soldiers and horses, and they should have been crowned, but my Liangshan was not a person without military merits, so the two of you were temporarily named the main general of Dazhai, and the official worshiped the right to know the head of the regiment, and each led a thousand soldiers." Jiang De said with a smile, "Don't feel that you have fewer soldiers, you must know that there are not many soldiers, and you should all have experienced, the elite of my Liangshan Army does not dare to compare with the Western Army, but it is rare among the forbidden army." ”
Where do the two of them dare to say that they are unwilling, this is just taking refuge, it would be good to be able to lead troops.
Jiang De looked at Wei Dingguo and the others again, "The same is true for Wei and Shan, the two generals, temporarily named the chief general of the three passes, the official worships the right to know the head of the regiment, and each leads a thousand soldiers." ”
Wei Dingguo and the others were overjoyed, they originally had 500 soldiers in their hands, but now they have doubled, this is earned, as a general, who doesn't want to have more soldiers and horses in their hands.
Jiang De looked at Hu Yanzhuo again and said, "Hu Yanzhuo, Hu Yantong, Hu Yanyu!" ”
The three Huyan generals got up together and bowed to Jiang De, "Here!" ”
Jiang De was very satisfied with the attitude of the three of them, nodded and said, "The three Huyan generals are all martial arts, and they know that Tao Strategy, the chain of horses cannot be abolished, although there are only two thousand left, but the problem of war horses, I Liangshan has opened up the relationship with the north, so there is no need to care, you and others continue to lead the chain of horses, practice more, study combat skills, and it will be of great use in the future!" ”
Saying that, Jiang De looked at Zhu Wudao and said, "I have few soldiers in Liangshan, only at the regimental level, but now there are nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, and it is no longer appropriate to only have a regiment."
Now the regiment is changed to four battalions, that is, one regiment is 2,000 people, and the regiment has divisions, and the first division is five regiments, that is, 10,000 people.
My senior brother Lu Junyi fought overseas, made many military exploits, opened up territory and expanded territory for my China, and was specially appointed as the commander of the first division, under the jurisdiction of Dong Ping's regiment, Lu Zhishen's regiment, and the Duhu Troupe, and the other two regiments can be appointed by him.
As for the other divisions that are not set up for the time being, you should work hard, and I will see who can sit in the position of the commander of the second division first! ”
Everyone knew about Lu Junyi's foreign campaign, and they also knew that this expansion of territory was the first achievement, so no one objected, and everyone was just enthusiastic about the position of the commander of the second division.
Hu Yanzhuo had also heard of Lu Junyi's name, and thought that he was really sick, but he didn't expect to be fighting overseas, so he couldn't help but ask Pang Wanchun next to him, "Brother Pang, this Lu... Where is Division Commander Lu fighting? ”
Pang Wanchun said, "In the north of Goryeo, a place called Withered Leaf Island, it is said that several states have been defeated. ”
Hu Yanzhuo couldn't help but speak, he used to feel that he was a little unhappy that he took tens of thousands of people up the mountain and was not named the division commander, but now he has no unhappy mood, and he was named the division commander only after he conquered several states, so he has no merit to become the division commander.
Jiang De continued: "Although our army won this battle, this matter is not over, but after this battle, the imperial court will definitely not send a large army to fight in a short period of time. Our army must train well and prepare for another battle. ”
"Yes!"
After everyone left the Gathering Hall, Jiang De said to Chao Gai and the others, "This matter is going to be entrusted to you again, I will leave to the court immediately to find a way to end this." ”
Chao Gai said worriedly, "The owner of the village is in danger this time, depending on the bottom, I have the power to protect myself, so it is better to simply pull the flag and turn it back." ”
Xu Guanzhong shook his head and said, "The lord of Chaozhai is anxious, don't forget, the reason why our army is developing so fast is because of the continuous supply of grain and grass brought by the lord in the official face, if you lose these, as long as the imperial court transfers 200,000 troops, besiege and intercept, our army will not be trapped to death in half a year." ”