Chapter 121: Direct Decisive Battle
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Summer goes to autumn, and winter is coming again in the blink of an eye.
Three and a half months have passed since Hu Yanzhuo led the troops to Shuibo Liangshan.
In the past three and a half months, Hu Yanzhuo has not even seen a single shadow of the heroes of Liangshan, let alone submitted to battle.
The key is that Hu Yanzhuo didn't dare to slack off for a moment, for fear that one day Li Yan would bring someone to touch his camp.
Therefore, one can imagine how bad Hu Yanzhuo has been in these three and a half months.
OK!
It's all coming to an end!
The Dengju Navy (5 battalions of 2,500 men) and the large and small ships of the Dengju Navy were all in place, and the 100 large ships built by the Jeju government were also in place.
Total: 10 large sea ships with a load of 50,000 stones (can carry 500 people), these ten large sea ships were all brought by the Dengzhou naval army, although their speed is not as good as the three-masted sea ships built by Meng Kang and Ye Chun, but in terms of load, they are not inferior to the three-masted sea ships built by Meng Kang and Ye Chun. There were 200 large ships with a load of 10,000 stone (100 people), 100 of which were brought by the Dengju navy, and the other 100 were built by Yoon Governor, the capital of Jeju. There were a number of ships with a load of less than 5,000 stones, and most of these ships were recruited by Yoon of Jeju Prefecture for Huyanzhuo to help Huyanzhuo transport grain and grass siege equipment.
In addition, Yoon, the governor of Jeju, recruited another 3,000 brave people, all of whom were under the command of Hu Yanzhuo.
Today, Hu Yanzhuo has a total of 15,500 soldiers and civilians, and 4,500 large and small ships.
Hu Yanzhuo passed the order, and the Dengzhou Navy put all the ships into the broad port, built iron locks, and nailed each five large ships with a load of 10,000 stones, paved with plates, and locked with iron rings at the stern, and the infantry and the people all got on the boats to adapt, and built a wide gangplank and placed them on ten large ships with a load of 50,000 stones to transport the horse army.
After more than half a month of training, all the horses and horses can quickly get on and off the boat, and the conditions for attacking Shuibo Liangshan are finally fully ripe.
Hu Yanzhuo's movement is so big, how can he hide it from Li Yan?
Knowing that Hu Yanzhuo was about to launch a general attack, Li Yan, who had already made preparations, stopped the Ruan Xiaowu Water Battalion that was going back and forth between Shuibo Liangshan and Jeju Island, and requisitioned 3,000 people, two battalions of reserves, and nearly 3,000 horses and infantry naval troops, a total of 7,000 men and horses, to prepare for a decisive battle with Hu Yanzhuo.
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this day.
The wind direction is directed to Liangshan Dazhai.
Hu Yanzhuo, who couldn't wait for a long time, dressed properly, and then ordered people to beat drums and gather troops.
Three drums were struck in a row.
Fifteen thousand five hundred men and harnesses were all there.
Kill pigs, slaughter sheep, bury pots and make rice.
After a feast, 15,500 men and horses pedaled the ship in an orderly manner, and loaded all the utensils and grain and grass that should be attacked and seized onto the ship.
In just one pillar of incense, Hu Yanzhuo's 15,500 men and horses were all on board.
It can be seen that Hu Yanzhuo's men and horses are well trained, at least in the matter of getting on and off the boat.
Standing at the bow of the main ship, Hu Yanzhuo waved the iron whip in his hand, and four or five hundred large and small ships rushed towards Liangshan Wanzi City!
Lian Lian continued, the golden drums sounded in unison, and they fought into the depths of Liangshanbo, and Hu Yanzhuo and the others didn't even see a boat.
This situation was never expected by Hu Yanzhuo and others before they set out on the expedition.
Han Tao frowned and said, "It's strange, didn't those thieves abandon this puddle and escape?" ”
A swarthy man said: "I think that Li Yan is afraid that he is preparing to rely on the Liangshan Heavenly Danger to fight a direct battle with us." ”
Hu Yanzhuo said: "Uncle's words are good, I also see it this way, I am afraid that this battle is a tough battle, everyone must be prepared." ”
Who is this swarthy man?
He is Hu Yanzan's great-grandson, Hu Yanzhuo's son, Hu Yanzhuo's uncle Hu Yanqing - Hu Yanqing is only in his early thirties at this time, two years younger than Hu Yanzhuo, but he can't stand his age.
(There is information that Hu Yanqing is the sixth generation of Hu family generals, Hu Yanzhuo is the tenth generation of Hu family generals, Hu Yanqing is the ancestor of Hu Yanzhuo, and there are also materials that say that Hu Yanqing is the sixth generation of Hu family generals, Hu Yanzhuo is the eighth generation of Hu family generals, Hu Yanqing is Hu Yanzhuo's uncle, which statement is true, I can't judge, and the latter is more conducive to the shaping of the novel, so I chose the latter.) )
This Hu Yanqing was originally the commander of the Ping Navy, but because he was good at foreign Chinese, he was asked to go to Dengzhou to serve as the commander of the Dengzhou Water Army.
This time, Gao Yu transferred the Dengzhou Navy to help Hu Yanzhuo destroy Shuibo Liangshan, and Hu Yanqing and four other Dengzhou Navy commanders came to obey Hu Yanzhuo's orders.
Because Hu Yanqing's top boss Dengzhou Naval Army Commander suddenly "had a stomach" when the army was about to start, Hu Yanzhuo did not shy away from his relatives and appointed Hu Yanqing as the temporary commander of the Dengzhou Naval Army, commanding the Dengzhou Naval Army, and assisting him in destroying Shuibo Liangshan.
Qiu Yue said: "It's better than not even seeing a figure, these water thieves all belong to Wang Ba, and they can't come out of this puddle, so I have been waiting for the cold wind to blow on the edge of this puddle for three or four months in a row, and I am still worried all day long!" ”
Cheng Ziming said: "Yes, the decisive battle is the best, we can rest in Wanzi City tonight, I heard that there are many female dependents in this group of female thieves." ”
Hu Chun hesitated a little and said, "If it is...... If we can't beat that Liangshanbo today, what should we do? ”
As soon as Hu Chun's words came out, everyone was stunned!
They are all veterans, how could they not know that if they can't hit Shuibo Liangshan today, they will be in trouble?
Some people may not understand, if they can't be beaten, they can't be beaten, how can they be in trouble?
Quite simply, their trouble is the location of the battle.
If they can't hit Shuibo Liangshan today, they may find themselves in a dilemma.
Enter, needless to say, can't fight, where are they going?
Retreat, behind them is Liang Shanbo, who may be ambushed by the Liangshan army.
That resting in place?
It's even more impossible, how can the heroes of Liangshan let these invaders have a good rest?
All in all, the decisive battle is in Liangshan, which is surrounded by Liangshanbo, and for Hu Yanzhuo's side, there are many harms but no benefits!
In the face of this unfavorable situation, everyone is worried!
At this moment, the golden sand beach of Shuibo Liangshan appeared in the field of vision of Hu Yanzhuo and others.
I saw that there was not a single boat in the lotus swing, which was extremely abnormal!
Looking further afield, both sides are full of unique forests, cobblestones are stacked like mountains, bitter bamboo guns are like rain, and behind are cliffs that are difficult for apes to climb, only in the middle there is a wide road up the mountain.
Zhou Ang said: "Didn't these thieves really abandon here and run away?" ”
Hu Yanzhuo said: "Where did they run, they were obviously waiting for us to wait for the decisive battle." Speaking of this, Hu Yanzhuo pointed to the first pass at the end of the avenue with the iron whip in his hand.
Everyone looked in the direction pointed by the Huyanzhuo Iron Whip, and saw five or seven hundred people standing in shadow above the pass, and there were wooden cannons, lime bottles, hard crossbows, and strong bows, and the walls were also filled with dense bitter bamboo spears.
The official fleet moved forward a little closer to the head of the golden beach, and when everyone looked again, they saw that the man at the head of the pass was a walker with a double sword in his hand, on his left was a yellow-haired man with a broad waist and a round waist of eight feet tall, and on his right was a big man with thick eyebrows and eyes with a figure of seven feet five or six.
The three of them waited calmly for the arrival of the officers and soldiers.
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