The grain and grass baggage of the Liangshan army was indeed transported by water, not to deliberately avoid the enemy's interception, but that the Liangshan army did not have enough livestock carts to transport the grain and grass baggage, so they were stationed on the shore of Liangshanbo Lake and could transport the baggage by water at any time.

When Li Yanqing led the army to ambush the 20,000 troops led by Chai Jin, the Liangshan army was a heavy cart with grain and grass at that time, which caused Li Yanqing to have an illusion of thinking, thinking that there was also a grain and grass baggage team in this retreat to the north.

When Li Yanqing realized that he had made a mistake in judgment, he immediately led the army to rush north, and he must completely destroy this batch of logistics and baggage before the grain and grass were transported into Xucheng County.

The cavalry galloped north along the trail, and that night they arrived at the mouth of the river where Liangshanbo entered Jishui, where the general fleet entered Jishui, and went north along Jishui, and finally entered the Bohai Sea.

And Xucheng County is forty miles north of the mouth of the river, a few months ago, Li Yanqing once passed by boat, there was originally a Liangshan army outpost here, now the outpost is still there, but there is no one for a long time.

Li Yanqing asked the army to rest and eat in the woods hundreds of steps away from the estuary, he looked at the empty estuary, his brows furrowed, from the time calculation, the fleet should have arrived here, but now they did not see any trace.

At this time, Niu Gao stepped forward and whispered: "Could it be that the grain and grass baggage were sent to Liangshan?" ”

Although there was this possibility, his intuition told Li Yanqing that the fleet would still go to Sucheng, otherwise the food in Sucheng would not be enough for the army to eat.

"Let's wait for Wang Gui's news first!"

Wang Gui rushed to the wharf of Sucheng County with a team of cavalry, the fleet could not sail directly into Sucheng County, it was necessary to unload at the wharf ten miles away from Sucheng County, and then transfer it into Sucheng County by cart, which would take at least a day at the earliest, as long as there was no movement at the Wharf of Sucheng, then it could be concluded that the fleet was still in Liangshan Boor.

Half an hour later, Wang Gui led the cavalry back from Sucheng, Wang Gui stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Qiqi is the commander, and the docks of Xucheng County and along the way have not found the enemy's fleet and grain and grass. ”

Li Yanqing nodded, then there are two possibilities now, either the fleet has not yet reached the mouth of the river, or Niu Gao's guess, the fleet went to Liangshan........

After another half an hour, the soldiers who were monitoring the estuary finally found a fleet of boats coming from Liangshanbo to Jishui, they were sailing with their sails open, and they were moving down the river with the power of the wind, and the wind was very strong on the lake in Liangshanbo, and the wind could be used as a power, Li Yanqing immediately ordered the army to hide so as not to be discovered by the enemy.

The moonlight of the night was exceptionally bright, covering the entire land with a layer of silver, and hundreds of steps away, Li Yanqing clearly saw a fleet of one hundred and twenty flat-bottomed tugboats sailing into Jishui, and the waterline of the tugboats was very deep, which meant that the fleet was full of various supplies.

There are several kinds of boats on the inland river, one is a double oar, the bow and stern each have a long oar, each oar is rowed by eight crew members, a boat needs sixteen crew members to row, this kind of boat is clearly visible on the Qingming river map, in fact, it is powered by people, generally used as a passenger ship, and the cost of being used as a cargo ship is too high.

There is also a three-masted ship, sailing by the wind, this kind of ship is mainly sailing on the Yellow River or the Yangtze River, the water surface is wide, the wind is strong, suitable for sailing, and the sail can also be accepted in the small river.

There is also a tugboat that has nothing, which completely relies on human fiber pulling, and this kind of ship generally sails in a fleet to dilute the cost of fiber pulling for each ship.

The tugboats of the Liangshan Army are actually the third type, but in order to facilitate navigation in Liangshanbo, they specially added masts, which are a bit nondescript, and each ship can carry 500 stone of goods.

After entering Jishui, under the influence of land, the wind on the river surface decreased sharply, and the fleet could no longer sail by the wind, so it could only rely on the slender man to pull the fiber, and the escort soldiers on the ship went ashore one after another, temporarily acting as a slender man, dragging the fleet to continue sailing north.

At this time, Wang Gui whispered to Li Yanqing: "It's a pity that these materials are burned, it's better to sink them into the water, and they can be fished up and used again in the future!" ”

Li Yanqing looked at the fleet carefully, it seemed that the grain and grass and other armor materials were transported separately, so he nodded, "If the grain and grass are burned, other materials can sink into the water!" ”

Wang Gui was overjoyed, he knew that Lao Li was not so pedantic, and when the fleet was far away, Li Yanqing waved his hand, and the soldiers followed silently.

When there were still more than 20 miles away from Sucheng County, the cavalry suddenly appeared by the river, and they divided into two routes, Wang Gui led 300 cavalry to kill the soldiers who acted as slender men, and the remaining 1,700 cavalry fired arrows into the boat together.

The soldiers of La Xian were frightened by the sudden arrival of the cavalry, they had nowhere to escape, and they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but Wang Gui did not let the cavalry kill them, but ordered them to pull the boat to the shore, at this time, the cavalry arrows rained down, and the boatmen on the boat were hit by arrows, and they were lucky not to be shot and each jumped into the water to flee for their lives.

The fleet was quickly towed to the shore, Niu Gao led 500 soldiers to jump on the boat to search the ship, and after a while, Niu Gao came back to report, "The first 50 ships are all kinds of armor and materials, and the back ships are all grain." ”

Li Yanqing immediately ordered the flotilla to be separated, and the flotilla behind poured fire oil on the flotilla and began to set fire to the boats, while the boats in front were pushed to the middle of the river by dozens of soldiers with good water skills, scuttled through the bottom of the boats, and sank all 50 boats to the bottom of the Jishui River.

The fire on the river was blazing, like a fire dragon floating on the water, Li Yanqing silently watched as the tugboats were burned through the bottom of the boat and sank into the water, burning for half an hour, as the last boat was burned and sunk into the water, the last flash of fire on the river disappeared.

"Go to Dong'e County!"

The cavalry had already dismissed the three hundred Laxian soldiers, and they turned their horses one after another and followed Li Yanqing to the northeast, aiming at Dong'e County, where there were also 3,000 stone of grain stored by the Liangshan army.

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The planter was in charge of the camp step by step, and before the summer grain was ripe, he forced the Liangshan army back to Yunzhou step by step.

Three days later, Song Jiang's 30,000 troops marched into Xucheng County, and less than half a day later, Lu Junyi led 7,000 troops to Xucheng County.

At this time, the 20,000 army led by the seed master Dao also killed in Sucheng County and joined Li Yanqing's army.

"Give orders to the marshal!"

Li Yanqing bowed deeply to the planter and handed back the arrow.

Seed Master Dao patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder heavily, and praised sincerely: "It is worthy of being my right-hand man, you are a little immature in the battle of Western Xia, and this time, you can already take charge on your own." ”

"Thank you for the praise, humble.... It's still far from the wisdom of the handsome. ”

Li Yanqing said from the bottom of his heart, and he soon gradually understood the strategy of planting the master to destroy Liangshan, what is called a soldier who does not fight to surrender, and finally forced Song Jiang to surrender by using the pressure of grain.

With the limited food in Sucheng County, how can it withstand the consumption of Song Jiang's 50,000 troops, at most one month, the food of the Liangshan army will be cut off, but more than half of the people in the city are the families of the Liangshan army, and the food pressure that Song Jiang will face can be imagined.

Li Yanqing also suggested: "In order to prevent the Liangshan army from going out of the city to grab grain, we must fortify the wall and clear the wilderness, and it is recommended that all the wheat fields within 20 miles around Xucheng County be destroyed, and the people should all be moved, so that the Liangshan army will not be given any chance." ”

Seed Master Dao nodded, Li Yanqing's suggestion was exactly what he wanted, and he turned back to Zong Ze and said, "I'll leave this matter to you." ”

Zong Ze hurriedly saluted, "Start immediately!" ”

Only then did the seed master invite Li Yanqing into the big tent, only to see that the big tent was full of all kinds of large and small cages, and the handsome case was also full of documents, "Just sit down!" I haven't had time to sort it out yet. The planter smiled. javascript:

Li Yanqing pulled a chair and sat down, and the seed master Dao also sat down in his seat, at this time, the soldiers came in and served them tea, and the seed master said with a smile: "A few days ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent people to visit the army, encouraging us to use this battle to completely annihilate the Liangshan army, don't leave trouble, His Royal Highness the Prince is the commander, since the commander has an order, of course we should obey it, I want to hear your thoughts, how can we completely annihilate the Liangshan army?" ”

Li Yanqing sighed and said: "The key is in Liangshan, as long as Liangshan is destroyed, the Liangshan army will lose its cohesion, the two major factions of Song Jiang and Lu Junyi will inevitably have internal strife, Lu Junyi is likely to be in the city immediately, we might as well let him go first, and then wipe out Lu Junyi's army in another place, without Lu Junyi's constraints, Song Jiang is more likely to surrender." ”

The planter was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "How to conquer Liangshan?" ”

Li Yanqing has thought about this question more than once, he smiled slightly: "We must first have a naval army, when the humble army leads the army to attack Liangshan, the main force of the Liangshan water army will go up the mountain to rescue, at this time, we dispatched the naval army to take the opportunity to wipe out the old nest of the Liangshan water army, and then use the earth-shaking thunder to capture the sound of the arrow city, and Liangshan will be gone." ”

Seed Master Dao pondered for a moment and said, "This is indeed a good way, but the mobilization of the imperial court army requires the approval of the Son of Heaven, I'm afraid it will take time!" ”

"We happen to need time to besiege the city, why don't you go to the book as soon as possible?"

Seed Master Dao nodded, "Okay! I'm going to book tonight. ”

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