The military discipline of the Yongle Army has always been not very good, and once the army has absorbed too many bandits and robbers from the 64 villages in the south of the Yangtze River, how can it be possible for these people to abide by military discipline and prohibit it?

Second, the corrupt officials and landlords and bullies in the southeast are too harmful to the people and abuse the people, and now the bankrupt and displaced people have naturally wanted to seek revenge on these corrupt officials and bullies, and the money and women of the corrupt officials and bullies have naturally become the targets of the Yongle Army's cleansing and looting.

It's just that once this kind of thing makes the soldiers below taste the sweetness, how can it be limited to corrupt officials and bullies who do a lot of evil?

As a result, with the acquiescence of the generals, some well-off families and even ordinary people also suffered from the pond fish.

But in general, after all, the Yongle court was under the banner of overthrowing the dark tyranny of the Zhao and Song dynasties and caring for the people.

Including the Fang clan and Shi Bao, Si Xingfang, Deng Yuanjue and others, the top leaders of the Yongle Dynasty also had lofty ideals in their hearts, and wanted to establish a new imperial court without exploitation and oppression, and for the peasants to be the masters of the house.

The reason why the robbers of the green forest in the south of the 64th village were absorbed was also because the force was too weak at the beginning of the uprising, and they had to do it as a last resort, and the acquiescence of the soldiers to loot some good homes was also out of morale considerations, for fear of damaging the enthusiasm of the soldiers.

But even so, Fang La, Shi Bao and others never relaxed their control of military discipline for a moment.

With these high-level people pressed and controlled above, plus the Holy Father (Fang La) and the three marshals are powerful and high enough, the soldiers below do not dare to do too much, whether they are born from hungry people or robbers, and most of them are mainly extortion and robbery.

Therefore, although the military discipline of the Yongle Army has always been bad, it is still much better than the real robbers and bandits or the beast army that slaughters the city at every turn, rapes and plunders all kinds of evil.

But this time it was different, more than 50,000 routs were chased and driven by thousands of Liangshan iron cavalry all the way to flee in panic, and more than 10,000 people trampled on each other and trampled to death and panicked and were squeezed into the moat and drowned.

Even if the rest of the rout fled back to the city and luckily picked up a life, the fear in their hearts could not be lingered, and as soon as they closed their eyes, their minds were full of rumblings, and they swept over Liangshan Iron Cavalry like an iron-clad monster.

As soon as they thought of these images, all the soldiers of the Fang La Army couldn't help but tremble, they needed to vent, they needed more stimulation to forget to dissolve these fears.

So that night, many of the generals of the rout army drank drunk with wine bottles, and then hugged the beauty who had not been snatched for a long time, ravaged and vented, tossing themselves to exhaustion, and then temporarily forgot the fear in their hearts, and fell asleep with the weeping beauty in their arms.

The vast majority of the soldiers who did not have wives gathered together and slipped out of the barracks after dinner and night, and came to various residential areas to ask for food and drink, and beat and scolded the people in the city at every turn, so as to vent their inner fears.

In the reverence of the people in the city, the tyranny of these defeated soldiers was soon aroused, and with the rise of alcohol, many soldiers were no longer satisfied with eating and drinking, but began to molest and rob the people's daughters.

Many soldiers from cottages even began to rape women in front of their husbands, and the slightest resistance from the people caused these routs to draw their swords.

Perhaps the original intention of these routs was just to scare, but since the drunkenness was rising, the tyranny in their hearts was gradually stimulated, and it became a matter of course to cut them with a knife.

Once the blood was gone, things could no longer be controlled, and these routs, who had been ruled by fear and lost their restraints, began to slash and slaughter in the city, rape women, and even set fire to houses.

By the time Fang Xiang, Shi Bao, and Si Xingfang found out that something was wrong and brought the elite of the Manichaean headquarters to quell the chaos, a small half of the entire Suzhou city was already shrouded in flames, thousands of women were raped, four or five thousand people were killed, and the turmoil became out of control.

In the end, it was Shi Bao who was ruthless, first beheaded, and then ordered the rebellious soldiers to kill no more than 3,000 people, so that the turmoil was temporarily quelled.

However, after this incident, this army can be regarded as completely abolished, and it can no longer even be regarded as an army, and even if it is reorganized and restored to the previous restraint and restraint, it will never be able to talk about the slightest combat effectiveness.

Even many people are still quietly spreading such remarks - the Liangshan army is invincible, Bianjing City will be broken if it is broken, and the Western Thief and Gao Liguo will be destroyed if they are destroyed, how can we be opponents when we are defeated? What's the use of being locked up in the camp now and sharpening your guns?

Once the city is broken, you and I will not be able to escape death, it is better to grab a handful and run, and regather the mountains and forests to block the road and rob the happy life!

Anyway, Zhao Song and Liang Shanjun will have to divide one superiority sooner or later, and the Jurchens will fight sooner or later, and the world will be in chaos, who will have air traffic control over us at that time?

In short, although the turmoil has calmed down temporarily, Shi Bao and Si Xingfang know better than anyone else that the military spirit has long been dispersed and gone!

Such an army, such a state, even if it is pulled into the battlefield to face the Liangshan army, it is also the result of a one-touch collapse!

Unless the Liangshan army is defeated and let them know that the Liangshan army is not invincible, the fear in their hearts will be truly forgotten, and it will be possible to reorganize military discipline and train strictly.

Only then could it be delayed until the Liangshan army ran out of food, their morale was low, and the epidemic was rampant and they could not make peace with them and withdraw from Jiangnan.

It's just that the Liangshan army is fierce, and the military discipline and morale are not inferior to the Han Yulin, the Tiger Ben Army, and the Xuanjia Army in the early Tang Dynasty, so how difficult it is to win the battle.

However, it was said that on this day, Shi Bao was training soldiers in the barracks, and suddenly heard that the spies came to report that the three hundred patrol cavalry of the Liangshan Army had been patrolling outside the city for half a day, and finally took off his clothes and armor outside the south gate, and took off his saddle to find a shaded place to rest.

Shi Bao was furious when he heard this, and said in his heart that the Liangshan thieves also underestimated the heroes of Jiangnan, and then his eyes lit up again, and the secret Liangshan army was so careless that he could take the opportunity to defeat it.

If he can defeat this group of Liangshang patrol cavalry and capture its leading generals, not only can he exchange the captured Lu Shumi back, but also defeat the myth that the Liangshan army is undefeated and restore the morale of his own army.

But despite this, Shi Bao is still very cautious.

"Can you see clearly, who is the leading general, but that white-robed young general who captured Lu Shumi's secret?"

The spy shook his head: "No. ”

"But Zhang Qing, who has no feathers and arrows that can fly stones?"

"No, I remember that this guy only watched the battle from the sidelines that day, and never went into battle."

Shi Bao secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and immediately led 800 cavalry, leading four generals, Wen Kerang, Zhao Yi, Wang Ren, and Fengyi, out of the city to fight the Liangshan patrol cavalry.

At that moment, the cavalry of the 800 Fangla Army was neatly tied up at the gate of the city, stepped on the war horse, and then the city gate creaked open, the drawbridge was lowered, and Shi Bao led the 800 cavalry to gallop out and take Pang Wanchun and others who were enjoying the shade under the big willow tree not far away.

But it was said that Pang Wanchun's side, although the armor and saddle were removed, was not completely unguarded, as early as the first sound of the city gate, the three hundred Liangshan patrol cavalry immediately changed their previous lazy style and became as fast as the wind.

It's just that Shi Bao's side came too fast, and more than ninety percent of the Liangshan army's side didn't even have time to put on their armor, so they hurriedly put on their saddles and stepped on the war horses to meet the enemy, and in an instant, they put on an attack formation.

Shi Bao rode on the horse and didn't expect Liang Shanjun to be so fast, every movement was as fast and skilled as if he had been trained thousands of times, and he was stunned for a moment.

But he came to the battle this time to revive the morale of the Yongle army, how could he give up halfway, and the morale was still there?

Moreover, his own armor is complete, with swords and guns in hand, and the war horse has been accelerated to the fastest.

And the saddle on the side of the Liangshan army was not tightened, there were almost few with complete armor, and the horse speed was not raised, and the number of people was less than half of that on his side.

If you can't win the battle like this, then the Yongle Army doesn't have to fight anymore and surrenders directly to the Liangshan Army.

"Follow me to break the enemy, they are three hundred, we are eight hundred, this battle will be won!"

As he spoke, Shi Bao slammed the horse's belly, and the BMW under his crotch suddenly accelerated out of the crowd and rushed straight towards Pang Wanchun, who also came out of the crowd.

Seeing that the distance between the two horse's heads was rapidly approaching, but the leading general of the Liangshan Army still did not bring the horse up quickly, and even still held the spear in his left hand, Shi Bao felt a bad premonition in his heart.

The thought flashed through him, and before Shi Bao could come up with a reason, he saw Pang Wanchun's right hand poke out and suddenly pulled out a riding crossbow from the bow bag on the side of the saddle.

Shi Bao's eyes widened, and he subconsciously wanted to hide in stirrups, but he saw a scene that made him even more creepy - almost at the same time, behind the Liangshan general, three hundred Liangshan cavalry also raised the crossbows in their hands.

"The ...... of the Straight Lady Thief"

Shout! Shout! Shout! Shout! Shout! Shout!

In Shi Bao's stunned eyes, three hundred crossbow arrows shot like lightning, the bowstring vibrate, and the sound of the air being torn filled everyone's eardrums, Shi Bao didn't even have time to make other movements, he suddenly felt his vision flicker, and a stream of fishy hot heat sprayed straight out of his face, and then the whole person flew out.

Shi Bao's heart was beating wildly, and his heart said that my life was over, the war horse was shot and fell down directly, and he was also thrown out, not to mention that the other party used arrows, but he directly hit and stepped on it and trampled it to death.

But the instinct to survive still drove him to quickly pick up his feet, and then take advantage of the momentum to roll forward to unload the forward momentum, and at the same time, a series of crossbow arrows pierced through the flesh and muffled sounded in his ears, and then a terrible scream rang out one after another!

Shi Bao's heart sank, but there was still hope: the Liangshan army only had 300 horsemen, but we had 800 horsemen, as long as the knights behind rushed forward desperately to kill, there was still a possibility of victory.

Who knew that just when he rolled forward and got up from the ground, there was a shout and scream in his ears, and it was conceivable that after suffering the first round of blows, the cavalry behind the Yongle Army who were not hit by the arrow collapsed directly!

Shi Bao looked up in disbelief, and saw that the Liangshan cavalry not far away had put the cavalry crossbow in his right hand back into the bow bag at this time, but in their left hand, it was a cavalry crossbow that had been wound.

Then there was a dense sound of locusts flapping their wings and crossbow arrows breaking through the air, and three hundred crossbow arrows roared up again, and countless black dots were rapidly magnified in front of his eyes, and even the sky was temporarily darkened by this dense rain of arrows.

Shi Bao only felt that his scalp was numb, his pupils were wide, and the whole person seemed to be frozen, but fortunately, the expected pain of the crossbow arrow into the flesh did not happen, but a terrible scream sounded behind him again.

At this time, the Liangshan cavalry had already rushed to the front with four personal guards, and then suddenly pulled the reins to stop the war horse, and the spear and crossbow arrows in his hand were aimed at him.

I heard the rider smile and said, "Shi Bao, when will you wait if you don't descend at this time?" ”

At this time, Shi Bao was alone surrounded by five horsemen on all sides, and he had no wind splitting knife and meteor hammer in his hands, how could he dare to be a hero?

But since he practiced martial arts, he has not been defeated, and there is a pride in his bones, asking him to surrender is tantamount to asking him to die.

"If you want to kill, you will kill, and you will not say much!"

Shi Bao only felt that his face was feverish, and he was about to take out his pocket saber to wipe his neck, so Liang Shanjun might as well throw two nooses to trap him as soon as possible, but he couldn't kill himself if he wanted to.

"I have heard that there is a Shi Bao in Jiangnan who is a rare good man, a wind splitting knife and a meteor hammer in the other hand can be said to be an invincible opponent in Jiangnan, such a heroic figure, even my brother is admired!

But I don't want to see it today and realize that it's all rumors, what the first hero of the southern country is, but just a coward looking for death and life. ”

Shi Bao was shocked and angry, and said, "How can I be a coward? ”

"I think you are also a good man with eight feet of Angzang, you were born by your father and mother, you are dignified, dignified, and you have learned a good martial arts since you were a child, why?"

Pang Wanchun was secretly overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly answered: "You must know that a man was born between heaven and earth, and he should have a great ambition to carry a three-foot sword to make immortal achievements, and act for heaven internally, protect the territory and the people, and protect the people to live and work in peace and contentment; Defend the territory and open up the territory, and expel Hu Lu Tie to ride out of the country!

Presumably, you don't know that the world will be in chaos, sooner or later there will be a battle between the imperial court and my Liangshan army, and the Jurchens in the north will destroy the Liao, and when the Jurchens destroy the Liao, they will take advantage of the situation to invade the south, that is, when the war is raging, the lives are ruined, the mountains and rivers are broken, and the sky is broken.

You Shi Bao has the ability, at this time, you don't go to resist Hu Lu and serve the country, but guard Fang La, a group of demon demons who harm the people, the robbers who kill people and sell goods do not let go, and would rather die than serve the country, and join hands with us to block the front of Hu Lu's iron cavalry, and save the world from falling immediately, isn't this a coward? Not only a coward, but also a fool! ”

Shi Bao was shocked by Pang Wanchun's words for a while, and his mind was like a mess, in fact, he also did not believe in Manichaeism, and he also felt that the dualistic theory of good and evil (the good god representing the light and the evil god representing the darkness fighting against each other) in Manichaeism was a bit nonsense.

But Shi Bao's good little rich family was ruined by Hua Shigang, it was the Manichaeism of the Holy Father Fang La who helped him avenge the blood feud, and Fang La's trust in him was unusually heavy, he was a righteous person, how could he betray Fang La and surrender to the Liangshan Army?

Shi Bao was speechless for a while, Pang Wanchun saw that there was a play, and continued to persuade: "So that Brother Shi knows, this time my Liangshan army went south to suppress the bandits and quell the chaos, and it was necessary to kill Fang La's gang completely, but it was actually too many robbers under Fang La's men who blocked the road and cut the path to kill people and cross the goods, and the military discipline was too lax and corrupt, killing hundreds of people...... How can I, Liang Shanjun, sit idly by?

After this battle, presumably Brother Shi also saw that Fang Lakou kept overthrowing the dark tyranny of Zhao and Song, and was the master of the people and loved the people, but most of his subordinates were bandits, robbers, and rabble, what did the scourge of Jiangnan become? What do you think such a team can accomplish? Can you protect the territory and the people, and resist Hulu......"

Shi Bao also calmed down at this time and asked, "I don't know what Lord Lin means?" ”

"The head of my family said that as long as Fang Laken gives up resistance and surrenders with Lilly, he still does not lose his position as a general, and he can still command the soldiers and horses to fight for the country, and even continue to call the king to order one side, but the thieves and bandits who kill the people under his command must be punished, and those who commit the most heinous crimes will be killed, and those who commit less serious crimes will be punished with hard labor. If Brother Shi Bao wants to continue to follow Fang La, he can join us in the great cause, drive out Hu Lu and save the world......"

Pang Wanchun continued to persuade Shi Bao not to mention it, but said that Shi Bao in Suzhou City had not yet left the city, and Si Xingfang and others got the news, so they ordered the soldiers in the city to come to the city gate to watch the battle.

Originally, a group of people wanted to see Shi Bao defeat the Liangshan army and capture the Liangshan army cavalry general, but Shi Bao's ability to shoot was shot off the horse and captured alive without even a chance to shoot, and the most elite cavalry of the eight hundred Yongle Army also collapsed in two rounds of arrow rain from the Liangshan army, and the morale of the people on the city tower suddenly fell to the bottom, and the entire city of Suzhou was shrouded in a gloomy cloud.

Since then, even if the Liangshan army only has twenty or thirty horsemen outside the city to unload the saddle and rest, the defenders in the city do not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle, and the Liangshan army has always surrounded the point to send reinforcements, and is not in a hurry to attack the city, but it has been peaceful for two days, until the reinforcements on both sides almost come to the city of Suzhou.

However, it was said that on this day, General Jinwu in front of the Yongle Reinforcement Palace, all the internal and external armies recruited the vanguard emperor's nephew Fang Jie, the Ma Bu pro-army Du Tai Lieutenant, the hussar general and the deputy vanguard Du Wei led 15,000 imperial forest troops, and 30 generals came to Suzhou City five miles away, and they were facing the Liangshan army Han Shizhong, Bai Qin and other 3,000 cavalry who had been waiting here for a long time.

The two armies quickly formed their own formations, Fang Jie on the side of Fang La's army, he came to the front of the two armies with his courage and prancing horses, and Du Wei also followed behind him on foot.