Chapter 350: Soldiers Approaching the Li Family Crossing
The first water contest between Liangshan Manor and the imperial court lasted three hours, and the four battalions of Liangshan Naval Soldiers had nearly 400 ships in size, besieging 300 warships of officers and soldiers, and finally achieved overwhelming success with the new weapon of the firearms workshop, the bomb. Except for a very small number of the ten thousand heroes of the imperial court who escaped, the rest were either killed or captured, and the more than 200 ships that were not damaged all became the trophies of the Liangshan soldiers. The two leading generals, Liu Menglong dived early when he saw the opportunity, and Dang Shixiong was taken advantage of by Ni Yun because he didn't know the nature of the water, and became another high-level prisoner who was captured on the mountain.
Through this water battle, Liangshan Manor not only allowed the sailors of each battalion to get real combat tempering, but also gave birth to the research and development of a new type of weapon. Ling Zhen immediately pulled Meng Kang after the war to discuss the development of artillery warships, because as an artillery idiot, he had already studied all kinds of artillery when he was in Tokyo, and the new steel and new explosives of the Liangshan Ordnance Workshop provided more favorable conditions for its casting cannons, so when Gu Haotian proposed the use of solid bullets, flowering shells of iron cannon hypothesis, he was immediately touched, he thought that there was no difficulty, but in his heart he was more enthusiastic about the explosive bombs that the petty officials said.
When the news of the defeat of the imperial court sailors reached another Xiongshi, the 20,000 Xiongshi led by Wang Huan, the envoy of Henan and Hebei Jiedu, and Mei Zhan, the envoy of Runan Jiedu in Yingzhou, had already arrived at a place called Erhezhuang on the periphery of Lijiadaokou. As soon as the two heard the news, they were immediately entangled, and the two sides that the blueprint said were going to attack on both sides, but now only they are left, so can they still fight? Just when he was hesitating, Captain Gao's military order arrived again, but he strictly ordered the two of them to immediately take the Li family crossing, and the snow sailor was humiliated.
"General Wang, Liangshan Manor is extraordinary! If this Li family crossing is really his territory, then the 20,000 people of our two may not be enough! ”
Mei Zhan stood beside Wang Huan and said worriedly. In the past few days, the strength of the Liangshan troops has produced a dark shadow in his heart.
"Let's set up camp first, and when the situation is found out tomorrow, we will make a decision."
Wang Huan is a veteran of the battlefield, and he naturally sees the foundation of Liangshan Manor very clearly. What kind of grass kou can have the strength to send the five road heroes, and wipe out the five sections of the imperial court to eliminate the heroes under the command of the five knots outside the country, which has never been heard of since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and only incompetent and ignorant people like Gao Yu, and arrogantly believe that tens of thousands of troops can destroy Liangshan. In fact, in his opinion, this expedition had already failed while on the road. Suddenly, he remembered a rumor he heard on the road, saying that the Kanto hero Zhou Tong was also in this manor, if this was the case, this manor would be even more worthy of a different view.
At that moment, 20,000 male divisions were stationed in Erhezhuang. This village is only four or five miles away from the Lijia road crossing, and it is very convenient to pass by water and land in two miles, since the market has become prosperous, Erhezhuang is close to the water, and then it has become rich, and the arrival of officers and soldiers has cast a layer of darkness on the days they have just looked forward to. Therefore, if it is said that the most hateful to officers and soldiers, the villagers of this village will not be inferior to others.
In the evening, after the Xiongshi camped, Wang Huan and Mei Zhan inspected the camp and came to the gate of the village, they saw the smoke rising from the Erhezhuang Road on the side, lining the vertical and horizontal rivers, vast fields, and scattered houses, just forming a quiet and peaceful rural picture.
It is said that this Liangshan Manor is extremely benevolent and righteous, but I don't know whether it is true or false! Wang Huan's heart suddenly had an idea, so he said:
"General Mei, would you like to go with me to the nearby village?"
Mei Zhan was stunned when she saw it, and then she happily responded. So the two of them changed into civilian clothes, took three or two of their own soldiers, and went over there.
There are about more than 100 households in Erhezhuang, and a few people slowly pass along the village road, but there is no trace of the closed doors. Wang Huan looked at the cooking smoke on the roof suspiciously, and suddenly made it clear that these villagers were afraid of them and these officers and soldiers, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, and the interest he had just mentioned for a while also dissipated without a trace, but when he was thinking about turning back to the barracks, he suddenly heard a fierce quarrel in the courtyard in front of him, and several people couldn't help but be curious, so they hurried over, but the scene they saw made Wang Huan and Mei Zhan embarrassed.
What appeared in front of everyone's eyes was a small courtyard with a good appearance, and it could be seen that it was a solid family. The scene that was taking place in the courtyard was really despicable, I saw four or five men dressed as officers and soldiers, pulling five or six sheep to go out, while an old man and two young men inside were pulling and not letting them go, and the two sides were about to break out into a noisy fight.
"The master has worked hard for you to suppress the bandits, what is wrong with eating a few of your sheep, let go quickly, otherwise you will regret it!"
A soldier who only took the lead drew his waist knife and pointed at the three of them, and shouted viciously.
"Liangshan Manor has always been kind, but there has never been such a villain, you are shameless bandits."
An older young man was not afraid at all, staring at the military man and stubbornly turning back.
"Huh! This guy actually spoke for Liangshan Caokou, it must be a gang, brothers, don't be polite, give me a hard beating! ”
The soldier was annoyed when he saw that this family did not give in at all, and he was about to slash with his sword.
"Stop!"
At that moment, a majestic voice sounded at the door. The man was stunned, but when he turned around, he saw that there were several men dressed in ordinary clothes, who only thought that they were neighbors in the village, and immediately glared at him, and said intimidatingly:
"The government will arrest the thief and avoid it quickly, and don't get into trouble."
But as soon as he finished speaking, the military man seemed to feel that something was wrong again, and hurriedly fixed his eyes and took a closer look, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"General-general-this family--bandits-"
"Take it all down, take it back to the camp to engage in military law!"
Wang Huanli ignored him, and ordered his guards to take these people away.
After this incident, the group was even more depressed, and they went back to it with a sigh. Wang Huan walked in front of him lonely, without saying a word along the way. Until the gate of the camp, it was Mei Zhan who said:
"General Wang, this Liangshan Manor, the princes in the court look down on it too much, if this attack fails again, I am afraid it will be difficult to suppress it in the future."
"What General Mei said is very true, but the old man is more worried that one side of the grass can win the hearts of the people, and our court and government are really worried!"
Wang Huan let out a long sigh, and Mei Zhan also fell into deep thought.
It is said that the Erhezhuang is named because there are two rivers passing through the village, and the river naturally leads to Liangshanbo, and the camp of the officers and soldiers is located not far from the river on the left side of the village.
Yuan Lang and Zhang Shun had been looking forward to the arrival of the officers and soldiers for a long time, especially after the sailors ate the officers and soldiers who came by water, they were uneasy for fear that they would retreat by land. Soon after the officers and men arrived in the afternoon, the two men were so bold that they pretended to be fishermen and drove a small boat into the small river. For a whole hour, they inspected the net while going down, and they actually saw the process of the officials and soldiers going down to the village thoroughly.
"Boatman, do you have fresh fish?"
At the beginning of the unitary period, when the two were about to leave, they suddenly saw three military men arrive at the river and stop them. Yuan Lang and Zhang Shun glanced at each other, and couldn't help flashing a trace of greed at the same time, and saw Zhang Shun reply:
"Good instructor knows that there are only a few small fish in this cabin now, and if I want to be big, I have just beaten a lot, but they are all raised in a basket at the mouth of the river, but I have to annoy a few people in the past."
As soon as the three soldiers heard that there was a big fish to eat, they immediately asked Zhang Shun to row a boat to the shore and follow him, and then they followed them to the sailors' camp at the entrance of Lijia Daokou in a daze.
At night, a team of more than 10 people came to the gate of the Xizhai of the officer and soldier camp, and the first person was a captain under Mei Zhan's subordinates, and the officers and soldiers guarding the village all recognized it, but no one knew that this captain had been out for several hours because of eating fish just now, so he let them in with peace of mind. But what they didn't expect was that after the next few breaths, these people quickly took control of the walled gate, and then countless armed staff came in from the darkness, and the camp of the officers and soldiers was instantly chaotic.
Wang Huan has not slept since returning from Erhezhuang, he is full of thinking about the right and wrong of the court and Liangshan, and when he is sleepy and drowsy, there is a sudden noisy shouting outside the camp, he immediately thinks that Liangshan has attacked the camp, and then picks up the spear and goes out of the tent, but he sees the camp full of fire, and the rebels are scurrying around like headless flies.
"Those who retreat will be killed!"
Wang Huan shouted vigorously, and then raised his gun to kill the gap in the camp. But before he arrived at the Zhaimen, he met a fierce man holding two handfuls of water to make steel, and the two were killed in one place in an instant, and the two of them killed dozens of people in the dark, and the sound of gongs outside was heard extended.
"This brother is very capable, I don't have time to accompany me tonight, and I will ask you for advice tomorrow."
The big man did not hesitate when he heard the sound of the gong, he shouted, and immediately jumped out of the battle circle and retreated to the outside of the village.
At this time, the people in the camp shouted and neighed, Wang Huan didn't know the details, and he didn't dare to chase him, so he only reported Mei Zhan on one side, and then ordered his subordinates to clean up the camp, but waited for dawn to talk.
It was not easy to wait for dawn, and the results of the night battle were counted on both sides, but more than 2,000 people were injured.
"General Wang, Liangshan does not hesitate to risk a night attack, it must be that they are weak and timid, it is better to directly send troops to the Li family crossing to deter them."
Mei Zhan looked at the thousands of hands that had been gathered, and his heart couldn't help but swell again, and he spoke a lot more arrogantly.
But Wang Huan didn't think so, in his opinion, this was just a test of Liangshan's troops to them, otherwise there would be so calm, he still clearly remembered the man who fought with him, his amazing martial arts were not inferior to himself, and it was because of this that he had a more emotional understanding of Liangshan's strength. So he said:
"The night attack of the Yangsan troops is not cowardly, I think they are like a temptation, otherwise they will not advance and retreat as freely, and at the moment, they can only let the lower heads be optimistic about the camp and wait for the news from Jeju."
However, Wang Huan's idea did not come true, and in the early hours of the morning, Gao Yu's urgent paperwork was sent from Jeju to the barracks. The defeat of the navy army made him very annoyed, and he strictly ordered Wang Huan and Mei Zhan to immediately take the Lijia Daokou, and then use it as a springboard to attack Liangshan.
After Wang Huan and Mei Zhan received the order, they looked at each other and were relatively speechless, and after a long time, they could only order the camp to go to the Li family crossing.
Five or six miles away, that is, the time of half a pillar of incense, when more than 10,000 male divisions arrived at the west end of Lijia Daokou, Wang Huan and Mei Zhan were stunned by the complex terrain of this village.
"General Wang, if there is no navy, how can we attack this village?"
Mei Zhan couldn't help but gasp when he looked at the moat several zhang wide and the strong walled wall on the opposite bank.
"If we insist on attacking, it is nothing more than a few ways to fill the river and build bridges, but the defenders of Liangshan will not let us calmly act as ......"
However, before Wang Huan's words fell, he only listened to the number one cannon in Zhuangli, and in an instant, he saw a suspension bridge put down in the middle of the river, and a group of men and horses quickly killed out of it. Then a thunderous voice sounded:
"That one is Wang Huan of Henan, come and try it with me."
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