As Yan Qing said, at the same time that Yan Qing led 10,000 troops to Yunzhou, the 30,000 Qi army had also been reorganized and rushed towards Yunzhou along the Wuzhang River.

This time Liu Yu is determined to exterminate the Liangshan Righteous Army, not only from Sizhou to draw the main army, but also out of the elite 10,000 Yun Congjun, Yun Congjun is Liu Yu's guards, a total of 30,000 people, well-equipped, skilled, well-paid, in Liu Yu all the army has the strongest combat effectiveness, Yun Congjun has always been by his side, will not be easily sent, this time he in order to exterminate Zhang Rong's bandit army, did not hesitate to spend blood, actually took out 10,000 Yun Congjun.

But even so, Liu Yu didn't believe in his generals, but asked his brother Liu Yilai to personally command this 30,000-strong bandit army.

30,000 troops with nearly 200 supply ships, mighty march towards the direction of Yunzhou, Liu Yu's army is basically infantry, he has been the king of Qi for almost two years, but the Jin country's support for him is not large, it can be said that there is basically no support, the resources of the Jin country are used to launch the Mobei conquest war, and even the war horses are only given to Liu Yu hundreds, only enough for the generals to ride.

Liu Yu does not have a rich place like Bashu to provide a lot of financial resources, his territory is the ravaged Central Plains, the population has plummeted, ten rooms and seven empty, the largest Bianjing City is only 300,000 people, the annual tax is pitiful, but also to support Xuzhou's 20,000 gold soldiers, a gold soldier's expenditure is equivalent to four times that of an ordinary Qi army, the heavy burden makes Liu Yu not only unable to expand the army, can maintain the current army is already very difficult, hard for two years, the army barely maintained at about 120,000.

The soldiers are underfed, and the morale is generally low, but the equipment is not bad, all of which are the forbidden army equipment left by the Song army in the past, in fact, his 120,000 troops are the Han army that surrendered from the Song army in the past, and was later renamed the Qi army.

Liu Yi is about forty years old this year, originally just a farmer, after his brother developed, he also followed the chicken dog to ascend to heaven, was named Lu Guogong, the commander of the army, if it was a war with the Song army, Liu Yu would not let him lead the army to fight, but this time it was to exterminate the bandit army, Liu Yu gave Liu Yi this opportunity.

In Liu Yi's eyes, the bandit army that rebelled in Yunzhou this time was just a group of rabble, although the momentum was great, but it was vulnerable, and the annihilation of Zhang Jian's entire army was purely accidental, it can only be said that his troops are too small, and it does not prove how strong the bandit army is.

It is no wonder that in the past two years, the anti-Jin rebels in Hebei and the Central Plains have risen and fallen, but they have been easily swept away by Liu Yu and Gao Qingyi, and dozens of rebel rebels have been suppressed, and even Liu Yi has suppressed Zhao Xiaobo of Yingchuan Prefecture, Ma Jie of Zhengzhou and Zhang Santoutuo of Chenzhou and other rebel rebels.

Zhang Rong, who had just emerged, was just a slightly mighty rebel army, and for them, what was more important was that the Shandong Peninsula was unguarded, which was a big hidden danger, and it was necessary to fill it with troops as soon as possible.

Therefore, Liu Yi was also named the prefect of Jinan, and he must keep the Shandong Peninsula, if he loses the Shandong Peninsula, they will lose half of their financial resources, and they will not be able to support the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of troops at all.

On the morning of this day, the 30,000-strong army arrived in Juye County, Jeju, less than thirty miles away from Liangshanbo, and the general Chen Zhiyuan stepped forward and said to Liu Yi: "Dutong, I am afraid that our fleet will be attacked by bandits when it enters Liangshanbo, so it is better to carry grain and grass materials ashore!" ”

Liu Yi's face sank, "How to transport the grain and grass materials ashore?" Do you think I don't understand anything? ”

Chen Zhiyuan secretly scolded in his heart, so he had to say patiently: "In the past, the attack on the Liangshan army was like this, about thirty miles away from Liangshanbo, the grain and grass were moved ashore, and then Juye County was used as the logistics, and the army marched to Yunzhou. ”

"What year are you turning over the old yellow calendar, this is not the Liangshan army, this is a group of bandits who have been gathered for less than a month, do you think they can live in Liangshanbo with tens of thousands of people?"

Liu Yi did a little homework, he specifically inquired about the follow-up treatment of the Liangshan Army, in the third year of Xuanhe, the imperial court burned all the buildings and military villages of the Liangshan Army to white ground, and no one was allowed to live within 20 miles of Liangshanbo, which was considered to have completely destroyed the foundation of the Liangshan Army.

Therefore, he dismisses Chen Zhiyuan's suggestion, but Liu Yi will not recklessly drive the fleet into Liangshanpo, he needs to get the situation of the enemy army before deciding on the next move.

Liu Yi saw that it was getting late, so he ordered: "The army will rest on the spot and set off again at dawn tomorrow!" ”

The soldiers of Yun Congjun's army unloaded the simple tents from the boat one after another, and set up thousands of simple tents on the east bank of the river, which was the prerogative of Yun Congjun, as for the other 20,000 troops, they could only simply wrap their bodies in military blankets, and directly sleep with the sky as a quilt and the earth as a bed.

The soldiers hadn't slept for the time being, they gathered together to drink water and eat dry food, dozens of soldiers gnawed dry hard cakes, and looked at the Yuncongjun soldiers who were burying the pot and cooking from afar, and their hearts were full of wordless anger.

Yun Congjun's treatment is much better than theirs, and they only have three times a month.

The diet is also completely different, the soldiers of Yuncongjun have a pound of fine grain supply every day, and they can also eat broth, fresh fish and vegetables, and the amount of salt is sufficient, even if they march, they can drink thick sauce broth.

And ordinary soldiers only have half a catty of coarse grain every day, and then pickled vegetables, occasionally there will be a little salted meat, and there is basically nothing else, and there are no pickles when marching, just dry cakes, which are as hard as stones, and must be soaked in water for half a day before they can chew.

Of course, Yun Congjun will not march with ordinary soldiers in peacetime, everyone is out of sight, this time it is a special situation, 10,000 Yun Congjun and 20,000 ordinary soldiers are arranged together, which makes the difference in the treatment of the two armies particularly obvious.

Yun Congjun will naturally not reduce his salary just because he is with ordinary soldiers, and ordinary soldiers will not be stained with their light just because he is with Yun Congjun, what should be done.

The sound of scolding the mother came and went, but there was nothing to be done, and soon, after eating the dry food, everyone fell asleep with a stomach full of anger.

At dawn, the spies rushed back from Yunzhou and reported to Liu Yi about Zhang Rong's bandits, who had already led 20,000 bandits to leave Yunzhou and retreat in the direction of Jinanfu.

Liu Yi immediately made a decision, he led 10,000 Yun troops to garrison Yunzhou as backup, and ordered the deputy general Chen Zhiyuan to lead 20,000 troops to Jinan Mansion.

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Liu Yi's words are only half right, although Liangshanbo no longer has a camp for the army to station, but it has enough open space for the army to be stationed temporarily, and at present, 10,000 Song troops are stationed on the largest straw shoe island in Liangshanbo, they have set up camps and waited patiently for the opportunity to attack.

As the name suggests, Straw Shoe Island is shaped like a straw sandal, consisting of two parts, north and south, thin in the middle and wide at the end, in fact, more like a gourd.

The whole island is about five miles long and two miles wide, and was once the last garrison of the Liangshan army, with a maximum of 20,000 troops.

Although all the buildings on the island have been burned to the ground, the traces of Liang Shanjun's operation here are still visible, the whole island is very well maintained, very suitable for camping, dozens of large ships are moored in the inlet of the island, in addition to tents on the boat, there are a large number of earth-shaking thunder and fire oil, in addition, there are dozens of warehouses on the island, which are piled up like a hill of grain, Zhang Rong's men moved the granary of Sucheng to the island.

Yan Qing stood on a large rock in the southernmost part and looked at the water, he was immersed in the memories of the past, it was here that his father-in-law went ashore, and finally died on the island, he disguised himself as a small soldier and mixed in the group of soldiers, and escaped, Song Jiang thought that he jumped into the lake like Hu Qing'er and escaped.

Many years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the father-in-law knows that he has become the youngest general of the fourth rank in the imperial court, all of whom are in charge, and he is knighted as the prince of Changshan County, Yan Qing sighed softly, and when the war is over, he will go to Jiangxia to visit his father-in-law and worship his father's tomb.

At this time, five or six young generals came over, this expedition was dominated by young generals, all of whom were second-level and third-level commanders, most of whom were around twenty years old, and stood out in repeated wars.

Of course, there are more civilian children, such as Tianshui Zhao Wu, the first general to enter Xingqing Mansion, who performed extremely well in the street battles of Xingqing Mansion, was brave and strategic, and was exceptionally promoted by Li Yanqing from the general to the second-level commander.

At this time, Yan Qing felt something, and when he turned around and saw several young generals, he smiled slightly: "Can't wait?" ”

Chong Lie was a little embarrassed and said: "Everyone has heard the news that the Qi army has divided its troops into two routes, 20,000 people have gone north, and 10,000 people remain in Liangshanbo, we are all a little impatient." ”