"Plop la la~"

With the sound of fluttering water, Liu Tang, Bai Sheng, Jin Hong, Xue Ju and his son swam to the shore in embarrassment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Whew~"

As soon as they arrived on the shore, several people collapsed and lay on the river beach, and Xue Ju, who was barely sitting up, looked at Hongzui Bay with a little doubt on his face.

There, the huge fleet of the Beiying Navy Division was cruising on the river, constantly salvaging the soldiers of the Liangshan Army who had fallen to the water.

Under the cover of Hongzui Bay, the 3000 sailors led by Yu Dayou attacked the returning Liangshan army and sailors by surprise, and the unprepared Liangshan army and sailors were defeated in a battle, and the 2000 sailors and the 1000 infantry troops on board were almost wiped out, and the commander of the navy, Ruan Xiaoqi, was captured, leaving only Liu Tang, Bai Sheng, Jin Hong, Xue Ju and his son and others to escape.

However, this is also what makes Xue Ju wonder.

Through the battle just now, it can be seen that the Liangshan Water Army and the North Battalion of the Water Division are not of the same magnitude at all, and with the strength of the North Battalion of the Water Division, they can be intercepted, but it seems that they are deliberately omitted.

Although there were doubts in his heart, Xue Ju did not delve into it, and after resting with Liu Tang and the others for a few minutes, he immediately got up and left, looking at the Xiaxi Town Navy Base that had not yet been burned out by the fire, who knew if there was an ambush on the side, and it was important to get out of danger first.

Immediately, several people fled to the eastern center of Yangshi County overnight.

"General, why didn't we catch them just now?"

On the river, on the general's boat, Yu Dayou's deputy Du Xu looked at the boat left by Xue Ju and others on the shore, and asked him suspiciously.

In the previous battle, if it wasn't for Yu Dayou's order to let them deliberately miss the right flank, how could the ship have broken through.

And judging from the scale of that warship in the Liangshan Water Army, it is very likely that it is the opponent's general ship, and there must be big fish on it, Du Xu didn't understand why Yu Dayou wanted to let them go.

"This is a special order from Wang County before the war, I think there must be a deep meaning in it, we just have to obey the order!"

Yu Dayou heard this, but his expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly.

You must know that Wang Meng is not only Sima Yu's new Zhongba County Commander, but also the general person in charge of the suppression of the Zhongba Rebellion, and has the right to mobilize Li Mujun and the North Battalion of the Water Division under the jurisdiction of Zhongba County.

Moreover, as a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, Yu Dayou naturally learned about Wang Meng's deeds in the history books and was convinced of his talent.

"After salvaging the pawns, return immediately!"

"Yes!"

"Drive!"

A day later, a fast horse quickly galloped into White Deer City from the West Gate.

Bailu City, located in the middle of Bailu County, nearly 100 kilometers away from Xiaxi Town, Yangshi County, covers an area of more than 30 square kilometers, has a population of more than 100,000, is the seat of Bailu County, and is also the center of influence of the entire Liangshan Army.

The Chao Gai Mansion in the city was full of jubilation at this time, the huge Juyi Hall was full of seats on both sides, and the leaders of the Liangshan Army were sitting on both sides, and hundreds of maids were standing on the side, responsible for pouring wine and food for them.

In the center of the hall, dozens of young girls dressed in transparent tulle were dancing in the moving melody, and the moving jade bodies loomed in the tulle, and their light and graceful posture attracted people's attention, which tempted the leaders of the Liangshan Army watching on both sides so much that they wanted to put their eyes on them.

"Hahaha! Come, my Liangshan Army can have today's momentum, thanks to the efforts of all brothers, I Chao Gai first to do it for respect! ”

On the main seat, Chao Gai, the leader of the Liangshan Army, picked up the wine bowl in his hand, looked at the many talented Liangshan Army brothers in the hall, smiled proudly, and drank the wine in the bowl directly and heroically after speaking.

"The big boss is serious, do it!"

"It's done!"

The brothers below were also enthusiastic when they heard this, and they all drank the wine in their glasses, even Wu Yong, the military advisor of Liangshan who was sitting on the left side of Chao Gai.

The reason why Liang Shanjun and the others were so happy at this time was because they had just won a big battle.

In the territory of Jinzhou, although Liangshan Army owns the land of Yangshi and Bailu counties, it is the most remote place in the southwest, bordering the Yangtze River in the west, Xizhou in the south, and Yuzhou in the east, with a vast and sparsely populated territory, and only 700,000 people in the total area of tens of thousands of square kilometers in the two counties.

On the southeast side, there were hundreds of southwestern tribes entrenched in Xizhou and Yuzhou, which firmly restricted the expansion of the Liangshan army, and the only way to expand was to the north.

However, to the north is the old and powerful neighbor Kong Youde forces entrenched in Baisha and Shiji counties.

Kong Youde, the word Ruitu, a native of Gaizhou, Liaodong, originally from Shandong, was a general in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. He staged a mutiny after Mao Wenlong's death and later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

Kong Youde, who led thousands of soldiers to this world, quickly fought out a force in Jinzhou after coming to this world, and occupied the richest two counties of Baisha and Shiji in the west of Jinzhou for a long time, with a population of nearly one million in the territory, and his economic and agricultural development was far superior to that of the Liangshan army.

As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, in the process of the rise of the Liangshan army, there were many fights between the two sides, and there were no less than hundreds of large and small wars, and Kong Youde, who had strong economic strength, had the upper hand for a long time.

However, in the recent battle of Tongshan, Kong Youde suffered a big defeat.

There is a large iron mine in Shiji County, which is close to Bailu County, and it is because of this iron mine that Kong Youde can quickly help it rise.

Who knows, but a month ago, due to lax guarding, the news leaked and was discovered by the Liang Shan army.

The two sides then entangled tens of thousands of troops in Tongshan for a battle that lasted for half a month, but in the end they were defeated because Kong Youde was defeated by the Liangshan army division Wu Yong, the 60,000 elite army was almost lost, and the Tongshan iron mine was also occupied by the Liangshan army.

Kong Youde not only lost tens of thousands of elite troops, but also lost iron ore, but the Liangshan army, which had collected a large amount of equipment, suddenly increased in strength, and also had iron ore to help it continuously build a large amount of equipment, which changed the situation between the two sides.

Today's banquet is a celebration banquet held by Chao Gai to reward all the brothers under his command, and the people of Liangshan Army are naturally very happy and worthy of celebration.

"Military Division, Xiaxi Town Urgent!"

Just when the atmosphere in the hall was warm and everyone was drinking, a Liangshan army guard hurriedly came to Wu Yong's side and whispered, handing the information in his hand to Wu Yong.

Wu Yongyan's expression froze when he heard this, and he had a bad feeling in his heart, and quickly took the letter and looked at it in detail.

"Go down!"

After reading the letter in his hand, the expression on Wu Yong's face changed slightly, and the fingers holding the letter couldn't help but tighten, and then calmly waved his hand at the guard.

"Yes!"

The guards bowed and left.

"Strategist, what's wrong?"

Chao Gai, who was seated, also came to the side at some point, looking at Wu Yong's expression and frowning slightly.

"Brother, something happened in Xiaxi Town!"

Wu Yongyan looked at the brothers who were drinking freely in the hall, and gently pulled Chao Gai to a corner of the hall.

"Downstream? Liu Tang: What happened to them? ”

Chao Gai's expression was slightly shocked when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked.

"Brother, don't worry, Liu Tang and Bai Sheng are all fine, but our navy is all over, together with Liu Tang and their 3,000 people, a total of more than 6,000 people have been lost, and Xiaxi Town and the navy base have all been destroyed!"

Wu Yongyan said softly.

"Damn! Gather your men and horses now and set out to conquer Zhongba Island! ”

As soon as he heard that the 6,000 men and horses were gone, along with the naval camp in Xiaxi Town, Chao Gai's face suddenly turned pale, and he turned around and wanted to go to the hall in anger.

"Brother, no!"

Seeing this, Wu Yong hurriedly grabbed Chao Gai and stopped.

"Why did the advisor stop me? The lives of thousands of brothers, I can't just count them! Chao Gai said angrily.

It is because of his righteousness that so many talents come to serve him, how can the revenge of so many brothers not be avenged.

"Brother, it's not that you don't report it, but now is not the time. Now our navy is all gone, even if you want to conquer Zhongba Island, you can't do anything, without the support of the navy, I'm afraid our army will be wiped out before it reaches Zhongba Island, and there will only be more brothers who will die at that time, and the other party will take a fancy to this point to reduce our navy, and revenge must be considered in the long run. Moreover, according to the news from the spies, the other party not only deliberately let Liu Tang and them go, but also released the captured Ruan Xiaoqi back, and it seems that they do not want to form a mortal enmity with our Liangshan army.

Therefore, brother, our top priority now is not to rush for revenge, but to take advantage of this great victory, when Kong Youde is weak, to organize a large army to attack Baisha and Shiji counties again, as long as we eliminate Kong Youde and possess Baisha and Shiji counties, our strength will be greatly increased, and it is not too late to talk about revenge."

When Chao Gai's mood eased, Wu Yongcai said.

"Okay, in that case, let's let these thieves go first!"

Chao Gai is not a reckless person who can't listen to persuasion, and after listening to Wu Yong's analysis, he had to nod unwillingly.

The whispered conversation between the two in the corner did not alarm the other people who were drinking in the hall, and they returned to the hall to drink with everyone again, but Chao Gai and Wu Yong no longer had the interest in the beginning.

The first encounter between the Yangwu army and the Liangshan army ended in the complete defeat of the Liangshan army.