The main general Chai Jin rode in the middle of the team, he kept looking up at the surrounding terrain, on the left is the hills that stretch for more than 20 miles, overgrown with weeds, dense woods, and on the right is an endless wheat field, which is an excellent place to set up an ambush, Chai Jin felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"Has General Shi sent someone to investigate?" Chai Jin asked loudly.

"It's already been investigated!"

Chai Jin is still a little worried about Shi Jin, Shi Jin is relatively rough, he must not have carefully confirmed, Chai Jin ordered loudly: "Speed up, pay attention to both sides!" ”

At the same time, Chai Jin sent dozens of people up the mountain to confirm.

Li Yanqing was a hundred steps away, and he saw that Chai Jin actually sent soldiers up the mountain, although the timing was not too good, but Li Yanqing had no choice.

He shouted, "Shoot!" ”

When the military order was issued, Bangzi suddenly sounded, 'Bang! Bang! Bang! Thousands of arrows were fired in the mountains and forests on the left, the thieves were caught off guard, and a miserable scream arose, and the dense soldiers of the Liangshan Army on the official road were suddenly shot over countless times, and the fear in their hearts made the soldiers confused, and they began to rush to the wheat field on the other side.

"There is an ambush! The officers and soldiers are coming! The shouts of fear were hysterical and resounded through the official road.

Chai Jin found that there were not many ambush soldiers, at most only a few thousand, and he had 20,000 troops, so he didn't have to be afraid at all, he drew his knife and hacked a few people to death in a row, shouting: "Don't panic, line up for me!" ”

But his orders had no effect, and the Yangsan army was unstable and demoralized, and most of them were peasants who were forced to participate in the rebellion, and they were reluctant to do so, and there was a deep fear of war in their hearts.

The ambush at this time was like the first domino to fall, causing the Liangshan Chinese army to collapse in an instant, and the soldiers trampled on each other, scrambling to flee for their lives in the wheat field.

At this time, two miles away to the right of the Liangshan army, Liu Jian led two thousand cavalry to wait in the woods for a long time, and he looked at the thieves in the wheat field who were fleeing like the Yellow River bursting embankment, and a grim smile appeared on his face.

With a wave of his sword, he shouted: "The whole army will attack and defeat the thief army!" ”

Two thousand cavalry slaughtered overwhelmingly, the armor was shining, the swords and spears were sharp, and the murderous spirit was fierce, and the two thousand cavalry rushed through the wheat field and instantly killed the chaotic soldiers of the Liangshan army.......

Wang Gui led 300 cavalry to kill the army that was transporting grain and grass to the rear army, less than 100 paces away from the convoy, the 300 cavalry longbows were drawn into a full moon, and 300 long arrows were shot almost at the same time, whistling towards hundreds of enemy soldiers.

'Ah-' A series of long screams rang out in the ranks, and in the midst of the screams, three hundred horsemen rushed from the wheat fields, brandished their spears and swords, and rushed into the enemy convoy in an instant.

Three hundred horses were rampaging through the ranks, the grain carts were overturned, the oxen pulling the carts were assassinated, the oil was sprinkled on the carts, the cavalrymen lit torches and threw them on the carts, and in an instant, the carts were ablaze......

The fire of the rear army convoy spread rapidly, where the fodder and grain convoy was dense, and soon it was connected into a sea of fire, 300 warriors rushed left and right in the sea of fire, spears and bayonets chopped, unstoppable, killing the dead bodies of the Liangshan army all over the field, the heads of people rolled, and the blood flowed like a river...

Although it was difficult for the nearly ten-mile-long army of the Liangshan army to assemble and fight a decisive battle with the official army, this long snake march provided favorable conditions for the Liangshan army to preserve its strength from another aspect, Shi Jin's front army and part of the rear army were not affected by the ambush, they quickly retreated to the wheat field, and soon assembled, at the same time, Chai Jin and another lieutenant Shi Xiu also gathered part of the army, and the Liangshan army began to brew a counterattack.

Li Yanqing rode a horse to supervise the battle at the fiercest battle, when a cavalryman galloped in and shouted: "Commander of Qiqi, General Wang has set all the grain carts on fire!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "Order him to retreat immediately!" ”

The cavalry galloped away, and at this time, another cavalryman rushed to the scene and reported urgently: "The enemy's front army has been assembled, about 6,000 men, and has begun to counterattack us, and the third battalion cannot resist it, and has suffered heavy casualties. ”

The enemy's counterattack was expected by Li Yanqing, but how could there be heavy casualties? If the enemy's front army has assembled to counterattack, then today's ambush can be over, Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "Mingjin retreats!" ”

'When! While! While! The bell rang in a hurry, this was the order to collect the troops, and the officers and soldiers who were attacking the Liangshan army retreated to the mountain like a tide.

Soon, the fierce battle on the official road ended, but the deputy general Shi Xiu was full of resentment in his heart, and was ready to lead three thousand Liangshan troops up the mountain to chase after him, but unexpectedly, the mountain was like a rain of arrows, and his team was shot and killed by hundreds of people, and the team could not move forward, and was suppressed by the opponent's random arrows.

"Retreat down the mountain!"

Shi Xiu was helpless, so he had to lead the army back to the official road, watching the other army's army disappear into the mountains and forests.

The official road and the wheat field were in a mess, corpses were everywhere, there were stumps and severed arms and bodies that had been cut off, Chai Jin was very nervous, and he had no time to care about whether there were still enemy cavalry, so he simply gathered soldiers in the wheat field.

Not long after, the two deputy generals Shi Jin and Shi Xiu were invited by Chai Jin to the front to discuss military affairs, Chai Jin said to the two helplessly: "It is undeniable that we were ambushed, the number of enemy troops is not small, about 6,000 people, and we have also suffered serious losses, these are all facts, but the question is, how do we report to the eldest brother?" I'd like to ask both of them for their opinions. ”

Shi Jin was very open-minded, and he said frankly: "To tell the truth, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and besides, we haven't lost everything, I don't think there's any need to hide anything?" ”

At this time, Shi Xiu cautiously asked, "What are our casualties?" ”

Chai Jin sighed, "The casualties have not yet been counted, but the troops we have gathered are only more than 8,100 people, can it be that we have suffered 12,000 casualties?" ”

Shi Jin and Shi Xiu glanced at each other, they suffered a maximum of five or six thousand casualties, so where did the other six or seven thousand go?

Chai Jin smiled bitterly, "It's the reason why it's hard for me to report, but I can't get around, so I want to discuss it with the two virtuous brothers." ”

In fact, they all know what the problem is? It's just that this result is too embarrassing, there are actually six or seven thousand soldiers who took advantage of the war to escape, Shi Jin was silent for a moment and said: "Big brother should also understand in his heart, I think it's better to tell the truth!" ”

Chai Jin looked at Shi Xiu again, Shi Xiu nodded, "I agree with General Shi's opinion, there is no need to hide anything, I hope that the eldest brother can strengthen training and improve morale after seeing the report, so as to avoid the next desertion." ”

Since the two lieutenants had the same opinion, Chai Jin no longer insisted, so he said: "Let's go to Sucheng County first!" When I go back, I'll report back to my eldest brother on the situation. ”

After the army cleaned up the battlefield, the three of them gathered their forces and set off again, quickly heading for Sucheng County.

This time the ambush battle Liangshan army suffered heavy losses, the fleeing soldiers were actually more than the soldiers killed, only 8,000 people were left in the 20,000 army, not only that, but the logistics materials such as grain and grass were also burned by the official army, but there was no failure, these 8,000 people entered Xucheng County, at least to keep the safety of Xucheng County, which was also the original purpose of Song Jiang to send troops north.

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After Li Yanqing ambushed the Liangshan army, he retreated to Yunshan according to the original plan, and they also lost more than 400 people in this battle.

Although the number of casualties was not large, the reason for the casualties made Li Yanqing uncomfortable, three hundred of them were soldiers of the third battalion, and they commanded Gu Changchun not to strictly comply with his own requirements, and led the army to leave the official road too far when chasing and killing deserters, and as a result, the assembled Liangshan front army counterattacked, and nearly three hundred casualties among the 1,000 soldiers, which made Li Yanqing secretly annoyed in his heart.

However, Li Yanqing did not pursue the matter, this matter is not a violation of military discipline, it can only be said that Gu Changchun is too greedy for merit, if he is too aggressive, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary antagonism.

That being said, Li Yanqing still had to look for an opportunity to knock Gu Changchun.

During the break, Li Yanqing invited several commanders and envoys to discuss the military situation, and he asked Wang Gui and Niu Gao to also participate in the discussion.

The ambush was a big victory, and several commanders were in a very high mood, they had not tasted the sweetness of victory for a long time, even Gu Changchun, who had suffered the heaviest losses, showed a smile on his face, Li Yanqing's calmness and decisiveness made him sincerely admire, no wonder he was able to lead 2,000 people alone to exterminate the Liangshan bandits in Hebei, judging from today's battle, it was by no means a kind of luck, if he hadn't ordered a retreat at a critical moment, his army's losses would have been greater.

The arrogance in Gu Changchun's eyes was finally invisible.

"Everyone, the battle is over, everyone needs to sit down and summarize the lessons learned, this is my practice of leading the troops, although it is a bit of a sweep of the interest of the generals, but the war is like this, if you don't prepare early, if you don't take precautions, I'm afraid it will be our turn to fail next time, so I want to review it with you to see what we have in this battle, according to the convention, it should start with me!"

Li Yanqing glanced at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Gu Changchun's face, he shifted his gaze again, and said lightly to a few people: "First of all, this battle is relatively hasty, we are not well prepared, and the place we chose is not ideal, there is enough spacious wheat field for the other party to gather, and at the same time, our own departments only care about killing the enemy, but the team is scattered, giving the other party the opportunity to concentrate forces to break them one by one, so in this ambush we have not been able to completely annihilate the enemy army, we can only be regarded as a success, if we plan well in advance, ambush in sections, In the next battle, we must plan carefully and make full preparations to defeat the enemy in one blow. ”

After Li Yanqing finished speaking, he glanced at Liu Kuan, and Liu Kuan understood and said, "Let me talk about it next!" This cavalry attack also has shortcomings, I should not attack the middle of the enemy's army, but attack the enemy's front army, so that the enemy's front army will not be assembled so quickly, it is my lack of experience, I did not make a correct judgment, the next ambush, I should plan the direction of the cavalry attack with the main general in advance. ”

With Li Yanqing and Liu Jian taking the lead, the other two commanders Zhu Sen and Pei Qun also expressed their positions, pointing out their own shortcomings, of course, everyone will have their own shortcomings, it just depends on whether he has the courage to speak out, and then whether he will learn a lesson.

At this time, Li Yanqing's eyes fell on Gu Changchun's face, and he hoped that Gu Changchun could thoroughly reflect on his mistake of being greedy for merit.