From west to east, to Jeju, or Shandong, there are two land routes.

One follows the east direction of Jishui. Just like Lu Qian's seizure of Shandong, first Jeju and then Dongping, then Zizhou, Qingzhou, Weizhou, and Denglai. With Jishui as a convenience, taking this road is definitely the best choice for the army to fight.

The second is to start from Lunan, take Yizhou, pass through Mizhou, go to Denglai, and in turn outflank the northwest of Lu. Who let the center of the land of Qilu have a Yimeng mountain range that stretches across the entire central and southern Shandong?

Although the Yimeng Mountains are a mountainous area, hills, and plains, it cannot be said to be a pure mountainous area, which does not mean that crossing the Yimeng Mountains is a good choice.

Lu Qian is now letting go of the southwest of Qilu, whether it is Xuzhou or Yanzhou, the army is not stationed. If Tong Guan sent a team of soldiers and horses to kill him, he would definitely be able to sweep through more than ten counties in the two state capitals in a very short time. But what is the use of this egg? Entering Yanzhou is not the same as entering Ludong, and the Yimeng Mountain that runs through it in front of you is simply an unsolvable problem. The only way out is to take Yanbei, pass through Tai'an to Laiwu, and then enter the southern border of Zizhou, which is essentially also a Jishui route.

Tong Guan led more than 100,000 horses, and the South Road would never go. There is no convenience of water transportation, just the grain and grass transfer of the army can make Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng and others who are in charge of state affairs complain. And he took the north road, and Liangshanbo was a threshold that could not be bypassed.

Tong Guan had a headache about this problem, although he had a letter from Zhao Liangsi, and had already asked someone to go to the Bianhe River to get rid of the boat. As the most important of the four canals in Tokyo, the Bianhe River, which is responsible for transporting six million grains a year, will naturally have enough ships. But those are all civilian boats.

The gap between civilian ships and warships is still obvious, and even for the sake of insurance, he will recruit a wave of characters about water warfare to come and command the fight.

The Dengzhou Sailor is finished, and the only thing left is the Jinling Sailor Commander. Liu Menglong suffered a miserable defeat last time, and the strength of the Jinling Sailor has not recovered so far, but Liu Menglong, who has lost badly, is still a good water player. Whether it is the Yang family brothers under his Tong Guan, or whether they can be begged or sought, Liu Zhongwu is wrapped in them, but they are all standard 'landlubbers'.

If so, Tong Guan came up with a plan, first use a vanguard to contain the thief army of Liangshan Dazhai, and then divide a partial division to break Jeju City, cut off the canal, and then raise troops south to Xuzhou, confront Yang Zhijun, and then escort Liu Menglong's army to fight Jinling north.

Things have to be prepared with both hands. Mixed in the palace, Tong Guan, who started from the bottom of the little eunuch, does not put his eggs in one basket when he does things, this is already a habit he has developed in decades of changes, and it has become natural. Now he's just as prepared with both hands.

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In the city of Jeju, Chaogai did not retreat.

Not only did Chao Gai not withdraw, Xu Ning also sent Liu Tang and more than 2,000 of his troops into the city to support. Even Jang Soon led a sailor and wandered in the waters outside Jeju City.

……

The drums of war roared. The sound of killing, the shouts, the neighing of people and horses, went straight into the sky, but it was only a brief encounter.

Liu Tang led 2,000 elite soldiers to fight a big battle with the attacking officers and soldiers. There are only 2,000 officers and soldiers, and the first army will be branded with the word "folding". Obviously, this is a vanguard team composed of the Fuzhou army.

There was no exact winner in a fierce battle, because Han Tianlin, the supervisor of the Tangzhou soldiers and horses, led the troops to arrive, and Chao Gai urgently ordered people to collect the troops.

At this time, on the western city wall of Jeju, the Yangsan army wearing armor was arranged in order, neatly on standby, silent.

At the head of the city, Chao Gai stood in the center, and the surrounding generals were standing on his left and right, looking intently at the official and military battle formations that were gradually revealed in front of them.

Chao Gai's experience in war is also very shallow, but he was born with a big heart. Even though the battle between the officials and troops outside the city was amazing, Chao Gai also had a calm expression, and the only change was that the light in his eyes flashed from time to time.

Liu Tang had already led the soldiers back into the city, and the officers and soldiers did not pursue.

In the distance, the drums of war roared. On the horizon, the armies seem to be black lines, expanding from far to near, and have entered Chao Gai's eyes.

There are really a lot of centaurs. The flag is like the sea, the battle robe is like a cloud, and the fire is cloudy. In the end, there are more than 20,000 troops, which is simply a sea of people.

When they got closer, the ladders, siege towers, carts, moats, and all kinds of stone cannons were revealed.

Although under the clairvoyant mirror, they have long been in full view of Chao Gai. But when the hundreds of large instruments were placed in front of everyone, there was still a sound of inhalation above the city.

"Leader Chao, look at it, it's a trench bridge, and the length of the trench is subject to the width of the trench. Two huge rounds are applied below, and two small rounds are run through for the first time. Advance into the trench, and the bridge will be flattened if the wheel sinks. Even a city can cross it. If the moat is wide, use a folding bridge, that is, two moat bridges are stacked together, and the shaft is applied in the middle, like a hinge. When it's time to use it, use the rope to pull it. ”

"It's a chariot, with a false lid at the bottom and an upper cover, like the blade of an axe. With raw cow leather mask, the cart can accommodate people on the ground, and it will reach the city to attack. ”

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Chao Gai naturally has knowledgeable characters around him to explain to him. With so many instruments, coupled with stone artillery bed crossbows, the preparation of the officers and soldiers is not incomplete. However, no matter how well prepared you are, you can't take the city, and it's still in vain.

At this time, there was the sound of the armor vibrating behind him, and the red-haired ghost Liu Tang strode up to the city wearing a bloody armor.

"Brother Chao." Liu Tang in this time and space has no loyalty to Chao Gai in the original book, but he also has great respect.

This is not only because of Chao Gai's strength - his own martial arts are good, but also because of Gongsun Sheng and Wu Yong, all of which have to be reused by Lu Qian; Wu has Sun An, a big master who can overwhelm Qin Ming, and is faintly better than Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen; is even more because Chao Gai has a bold and atmospheric personality, and he has a very good appetite for Liu Tang.

"Brother Liu Tang, come and see the array of officers and soldiers. With more than 20,000 horses, this momentum is really extraordinary. ”

Chao Gai directly stuffed the clairvoyant mirror in his hand into Liu Tang's hand, his eyes were blazing and he looked out of the city, his face was full of excitement.

He is not afraid of officers and soldiers at all.

What about an army of more than 20,000? There were four or five thousand soldiers and horses in this Jeju city. Even Song Gongming can rely on Dizhou to fight Cangzhou's 20,000 officers and soldiers, and now he is terrible?

Not to mention that the Hebei Forbidden Army is unbearable, is it possible that the official army of Gyeonggi Road in the Central Plains is worthy of war? Joke.

The only officer and army outside the city who should be careful is the 5,000 Western Army. But looking at Liu Tang's fight with him, he is not weak at all.

With a strong city in his own hands, he really has to be afraid of the official army, so he will die of the heart of the battlefield, and he will honestly be a civilian official in the rear in the future.

The one left behind in Jeju is Seo Ning. Although Liang Shanjun established the Dadu Governor's Office, there was no official position of reward, because everyone knew that no matter how many rewards were awarded now, Liang Shanbo could not cross the threshold of Tong Guan, which was all fake.

The location of Chaogai is Jeju Fortress. To a certain extent, they are acting as the prefect of Jeju. Because of his name, it is still somewhat useful for Yang Sanbo to officially take over the political affairs of Jeju.

The head of private salt, Chao Gai, who was born in the rivers and lakes, is a rare all-rounder among the people of the rivers and lakes - 'both civil and military'. It is a real literacy hyphenation, able to write and calculate.

And for many years with Zhu Tong, Lei Heng, Song Jiang and other officials, I have some understanding of the county government's office. Not to mention, during the period of being the Jeju City Guard, Chao Gai held the "Governance Plan" in one hand and a knife in the other, and he did it in a good way. But he is impatient with this by nature, and he is more willing to go to the battlefield than to be a civilian official.

"Don't be afraid of them." Liu Tang patted his chest, "That Zhejia army is a big name, Shizhen Fuzhou, and I think that they are all iron-clad heroes." That's just the case. The knives and guns fell, and they fell to the ground the same, crying their fathers and calling their mothers. "Although the combat effectiveness of this Zhejia army is really much stronger than that of the previous officers and soldiers, the blood and flesh in the battle array are splashed, knives and guns are stabbed, and the iron whip bones are smashed, and the performance of the Zhejia army is really much braver than the previous officers and soldiers.

But Liu Tang is sure that he will only fight at the right time, and if no foreign army arrives, it will be the Liangshan army that will win in the end.

Because the soldiers of Liangshan Bo are more daring to fight and dare to fight. Since the officers and men in the army were divided into military merit fields, he could feel that the combat effectiveness of his men and horses had soared again. If earlier, he could only say that he was eight pounds and eight taels, then now he is sure of victory.

"As for the 20,000 Gyeonggi Road officers and soldiers, they are just a group of beginners who have not experienced the war, and they should be very bird-like."

"Haha, my brother's words are exactly what Chao Gai wants." King Tota burst out laughing.

This Liu Tang and Chao Gai pointed to the officials and soldiers outside the city to comment on the head of the city, and under the banner of the Song Army, the pioneer of the Song Army, Zhen Kecun, also saw the current principal of the Zhen Family Army, and his brother could ask for it.

The two are brothers, and they have nothing to hide. Zhe Keqiu rebuked directly: "Today's thrilling situation almost broke the morale of my army." "The two thousand Zhejia army was almost defeated in the hands of a nest of thieves with an equal number of people, and when it was transmitted back to the northwest, it would definitely make the Shaanxi Sixth Route soldiers laugh off their big teeth.

Zhe Kecun, who was only twenty years old, didn't care about this, but said to his brother in a tone full of shock: "I have heard that the Liangshan thieves are brave, the soldiers are brave, and the combat power is extraordinary. I just thought that the characters of the Inner Dynasty had no insight and made a fuss. But I don't want this Liangshan thief to be so good. Today, it seems that the enemy and our forces are strong, but the Liangshan thieves have the upper hand. It was not because Tang Du came in time, and the younger brother had already been defeated. ”

Of the 2,000 Fuzhou state troops, only 1,500 people were left standing. In that short battle, 500 Kansai Han were killed and wounded, and the 5,000 Fuzhou troops who went out in this battle lost eleven. And to clean up the battlefield, there are few corpses of the Liang Mountain thieves. And when Liu Tang retreated, he ordered to take away the corpses of the soldiers who died in the battle as much as possible, and as for the injured, there was no one left.

Zhe Keqiu's face rose with a fierce color. The outcome of today's battle was truly shocking to him. Although he was young, he went to the battlefield at the age of fifteen, and he was a rising star in the Western Army. It's not a wine bag or a rice bag.

The battle of 2,000 soldiers and horses was actually pressed into the disadvantage by the Liangshan thieves, which was something that Zhen Keqiu had not thought of earlier. The current result is also a reflection of the most real Liangshan thief. "It can be seen that the officers and soldiers who came here to arrest were defeated and returned, so it turned out to be so profitable!"

- This gang of bandits and water robbers is not inferior to the Western Army in terms of combat power.

How is this possible?

I can't believe it, but I know it's the truth.

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In Leize County, a banner with the word 'Zhai' fluttered at the head of the county.

Zhai Xing's Zhai Jin brothers were ordered to lead 2,000 villagers into Leize. He was accompanied by Zhou Bin, the training envoy of the Jeju regiment. This guy followed Cheng Wanli and fled thousands of miles, and ran directly into Huainan East Road, which was considered to be safe.

That prefect Cheng can be said to have abandoned his family and business, and Zhou Bin has also become a bare pole. The two who are connected by the same fate are now serving in the army again. Because the main general of this wave of conquest is Tong Guan, and Cheng Wanli is Tong Guan's doorman. Although his importance in Tong Guan's mind is far less than that of Zhao Liangsi, he has already reached the prefect level, and it is a pity to abandon him. In this way, Cheng Wanli will be guilty of meritorious service under Tong Guan's account. But Zhou Bin didn't have such luck and was sent to the front line early.

And Zhou Bin didn't know that the leader of the Henan Township Soldiers he was in had a relationship with him far more than just the villagers of Henan Mansion.

The three of them have more or less ties with Liang Shanbo.

Zhai Xing's face was heavy, he handed the letter in his hand to Zhai Jin, got up and walked to the door of the military tent, looked at the vast autumn sky, and let out a sigh of relief. It seems that this can empty all the boredom in his heart.

"Big brother. This Jiangnan civil unrest is intensifying. Fang La has now captured Shezhou again, annihilated the third general Guo in the middle of the division, attacked Kefuyang and Xincheng in the east, and went straight to Hangzhou. If Hangzhou is lost, Fangla will become the climate, and the disaster will not be less than Liangshanbo......"

Unlike the depression of the eldest brother Zhai Xing's stomach, Zhai Jin's face flashed with irrepressible joy. The southeast is lost, and this is really going to kill the city of Tokyo. And Liang Shanbo and Fang La echo from north to south like this, if the imperial court wants to exterminate it, it will be even more difficult, and it will be easier said than done.

That's what he likes.