"The north refers to the immortal village in Junzhou, which is steep and abnormal. The village is from the north to the people of Junzhou, there are hundreds of elite soldiers, the leader Wei Zugui was originally the Jin State of the army of 100 households, because the army was defeated, with his subordinates and families to Junzhou entrenched. This man is both wise and brave, and cannot be underestimated. ”

"Dongzhong refers to Zhong Guobin, the water kou of Xiazhou, who entangled the gang and ganged up in the Three Gorges to openly intercept passenger boats and kill passers-by and rob passers-by for robbery.

"Xi Chen is talking about Chen Zhongshun, the big Kou in Qizhou, who was originally a catcher in Qizhou, but later got into a lawsuit because of his righteous anger, so he simply gathered a group of brothers to go up the mountain. However, the owner of Chen Zhai has a good relationship with the government, and he does not come out to rob his house on weekdays, and the merchants from other places pass his mountain as long as they pay enough money according to the rules to protect them over the mountain, and those who do not pay the money do not cause harm, just give them out of the country, and they are a little polite to say. ”

Zheng Yunming smiled and said, "In this case, who does Hu Gong think is the most priority among these bandits and needs to be exterminated?" ”

Hu Xian touched his beard and said: "Naturally, the bandits turned into two official armies are more preferred, these people are poorly trained, have certain military qualities, and their equipment is much stronger than ordinary thieves. And the new green forest, there is not much food and goods, it is the time to commit crazy crimes. To pacify the Jinghu bandits, start with these two big bandits. ”

"I understand, in this way, I will take a group of men and horses to calm the volunteer thieves of the frustrated water, and Wandu will be responsible for cleaning up the thieves of Yunmengze. There are four people left, who dares to go to the crusade? ”

Meng Jing snorted and said: "That Zhong Guobin is entrenched in the Three Gorges, killing many innocent people, young and old, I have long seen him unpleasant, tomorrow I will write a letter to Puyu to Meng Dashuai, and ask him to allocate a naval army to Jiangling Mansion, I will take it to exterminate that guy, Guan Bao mentioned the head of this thief and dedicated it to Xiao Zhao Xianggong." ”

Zheng Yunming said: "Ezhou also has the Ezhou Navy and the Jing'e Army stationed in Ezhou, and I also gave an order to the commander of the Navy of my army, and asked him to lead the team to assist Meng Gong." ”

Hu Xian shook his gray hair: "Then the old man Chen Zhongshun has some friendship with him, if they can all trust the old man, I will write a letter to Qizhou to recruit him down the mountain." ”

Wang Deng, who was standing beside Zheng Yunming, suddenly said: "Shi Wenhu and Shi Zhuang seem to have some contact with the tea merchants in the south, do you want to try to appease this Lai Zongming through this relationship?" ”

Wan Wensheng said dissatisfiedly: "Where is the majesty of the country gone?" Kill a group of people, capture a group of people, and only then do others know the power of the national law, and naturally surrender obediently. ”

Zheng Yunming also felt that the Song Dynasty was too weak in treating these rebels, and if they were just greedy for convenience, it would be convenient for them to rebel again.

"Don't move the tea merchants in the south yet, and after Meng Gong has taken care of the Three Gorges Water Kou, let's see their movements."

"Immortal Village Wei Zugui, who dares to crusade?"

Wang Deng said: "Please give the last general 500 men and horses to go to the crusade, since the Xiangyang Rebellion rested the bones are painful, just go out of the city to move the muscles and bones." ”

Hu Xian smiled and shook his head: "Young people don't be arrogant, the terrain of the immortal village is dangerous, and Wei Zugui is fierce and capable of fighting." You will never be able to take this stockade without 3,000 people. ”

"General." Yang Yu, who was standing behind Zheng Yunming, didn't speak for a long time, and suddenly spoke at this time: "I think the strategy of the Immortal Village should be put aside a little." ”

Zheng Yunming was stunned: "Why is this?" ”

Yang Yun approached Zheng Yunming and lowered his voice and said, "You forgot about Bai Junshi and a little lady surnamed Wei."

Zheng Yunming suddenly realized, turned his head and instructed Zheng Yi at the bottom of the stairs: "I will repair a book to the White Army Division, you take the letter and tell Han Feng to quickly go to the White Army Division and ask him what is going on in the Immortal Village." ”

He turned his head and saw that everyone present had their eyes wide open, trying to hide their curious looks. But everyone is a noble person with an official rank, so naturally they don't dare to gossip so explicitly.

Zheng Yunming had to get the topic back on track, he said: "The military situation is urgent, without further ado, tomorrow I will set off with Wandu Commander, and Meng Tongzhi will lead the troops to Ezhou to wait first, and when the Huangzhou Navy arrives, it will start to act immediately." ”

But at the moment when Xiangyang Mansion sent troops, all the troublemakers in Jinghu got the news.

Since ancient times, China's society has been divided into two different worlds, the one who is above governs the people, and the one who is below is called "temple" according to the scriptures, and the one who sells vegetables and pulps, cultivates and gathers is called "rivers and lakes". But they all have their own set of operating rules.

Even the armed forces of the two worlds have their own set of rules. The officers and soldiers sent troops to the army with a dignified army, hoisted high flags, and the momentum was huge, which made the ordinary people look forward to it. But as soon as they made such a big move, even the three-year-old children on the road knew that the official army was coming, and the people in the rivers and lakes had already gotten the news, whether it was fleeing overnight, shifting positions, or using ambush methods, there was plenty of time. It is precisely because they do not understand this set of tricks in the rivers and lakes that the officials and soldiers have always suffered a lot when they send troops to exterminate the bandits.

Therefore, the famous generals quickly concealed their troops, like Yue Fei's expedition against Yang Mi's Dongting Shui Kou, all of them went out overnight, and the troops moved quickly, forcing the other party to retreat in the village or conduct a decisive battle before Yang Mi failed to make an effective response, and the officers and troops naturally had an advantage.

With a departure like Zheng Yunming, these bold Jianghu people will not be frightened. In fact, as soon as Zheng Yunming's soldiers and horses left the city gate, several people dressed as peasants on the south gate hurriedly rushed out of the city. They were the spies who rushed to Dazhai in the upper reaches of Fushui to report the news.

On the third day, more than a dozen leaders of Fushui Dazhai were summoned, and they already knew that the Zheng official who had trained troops in Lao Ya Mountain had set off from Xiangyang, and the target was himself.

"What about Zheng Yunming?" The irascible Hu commander shook his beard quite scary: "The left and right are just a scholar doll, relying on Jinghu to give a few veterans and a group of capable envoys, and just lucky to meet the Mongols retreating, get a little credit, he wants to come to us, we will capture him alive and exchange some wine money with the government!" ”

The thin and shrewd Zhao leader was preoccupied: "Zheng Yunming is incompetent, Shatou City captured a thousand Mongols alive in the first battle, and the first battle of Lao Yashan destroyed many Mongolian trebuchets, and even old guys like Xia Tiedao were folded in his hands, this person is by no means simple." Everyone should be careful. ”

The fat leader Li fluttered his huge head: "I'm afraid of a bird!" We have seen a lot of those officers and soldiers, which one is not lazy, and he values his life more than others. When the time comes, let's set up an ambush and rush towards the place where Zheng Yunming is, and ensure that the little yamen will be scared and flee. What's so hard! ”

There was a lot of discussion among the people, but they couldn't make up their minds.

The last few big leaders who claimed to be in charge of the grass with the volunteers discussed and deployed a brilliant plan to deal with the officers and soldiers.

This plan will not only surprise Zheng Yunming, but also have great ambitions, wanting to eat all the officials and soldiers who will commit crimes in one bite, and if possible, capture Zheng Yunming alive to negotiate with the imperial court.

Zheng Yunming's army was divided into two routes, with 5,000 infantry cavalry on land, including 200 cavalry, which was the main force he used to crusade against the frustrated thieves. On the waterway, there were 200 civilian boats, loaded with all the food, baggage and tents of the Jing'e army, and followed the army up the river.

The plans of the frustrated water thieves all fell on this water army.

Under the guise of a small group of men and horses, they confronted Zheng Yunming's army head-on, and as soon as they engaged, they pretended to flee, luring Zheng Yunming into the mountains and forests in the upper reaches of Fushui, and took them around the mountains and woods to kill time. At this time, the brigade suddenly killed the baggage fleet dragging behind from the other direction, captured all the fleet, and then turned around and ambushed outside the mountain, waiting for Zheng Yunming, who got the news of the annihilation of the baggage team, to turn around and hurry back, and defeated Zheng Yunming in one fell swoop in the dangerous place outside the mountain.

When Zheng Yunming's exploration horse encountered the banners and earth-shattering shouts all over the mountains, the entire plan had already begun.

When the infantry of the Tulong Army had just formed a formation, the tall spears had not yet had time to be leveled. In the trees, in the distance, countless thieves with knives and guns shouted loudly and rushed towards the strict phalanx.

The chariot loaded with General Zhu was pushed to the front of the phalanx, and Sun Jia, the fifth deputy general of the Tulong Army, nervously calculated the distance of the enemy. After several battles, he has a lot of experience in estimating distances, not only to ensure that the enemy is completely within the range of General Bamboo, but also to ensure that the first salvo will give the enemy the greatest shock.

While attacking the archers among the thieves, they began to shoot arrows, sporadic arrows shooting straight into the dense phalanx. But each pikeman stretched out his spear diagonally upwards and swayed gently. Like a jungle of spears swinging in the wind, all arrows are swept aside by spears. According to Wang Deng's experiments on the exercise ground, only about one-fifth of the arrows could fall on the soldiers in the phalanx through the shaking rush forest.

Seeing that the enemy troops in the brigade were getting closer and closer to the main formation, the palms of some of the firearms men who had newly joined the firearms team were already covered with sweat. However, Vice Admiral Sun did not give the order to open fire, and no one was allowed to move. This is the first sentence of the new recruits of the firearms team, and the banner of "Hacker beheaded" is written by the chief general Zheng Yunming, and it is posted on the playground of the firearms team.

Sun Jia closed one eye, silently calculating at what distance was the most appropriate to order. He suddenly saw that the flag-bearer who was rushing to the front was stirred by the roots of the tree on the ground. This little episode slowed down the charging thieves a little.