Chapter Seventy-Three: Hold Your Ground

Huang Dayong would never have thought that he would stumble and die in a rice field in the south today.

The thirty elite horsemen he led actually fought with the other party to break the net, and the young general in the anti-thief team was very powerful, and he actually killed three of his subordinates when he was stabbed three times, and seriously injured him.

Huang Dayong soaked in the field and smelled the fishy smell in the rice field, and couldn't help but regret a little, why did he provoke them!

Huang Dayong's elite cavalry and Yuan Xingzu's personal guards fought to defeat each other, and neither of them could leave alive.

After Yuan Xingzu used his last strength to stab Huang Dayong in the abdomen, he was also stabbed through the waist by Huang Dayong's saber.

There are dozens of corpses lying on the official road, and the war horses that have lost their owners have been reluctant to leave the battlefield for a long time, and they keep arching their heads to the masters who fall to the ground.....

Mo Qian was desperately escorted by Yuan Xingdi and four other personal soldiers, and finally returned safely to the city of Linjiang Mansion.

The cavalry that pursued them pursued them until they were more than a mile away from the city before they chose to give up.

Yuan Xingdi and the four pro-soldiers were all injured by knife wounds and arrow wounds to varying degrees, and Yuan Xingdi used his body to help Mo Qian block a sharp arrow, which passed through the shoulder armor and did not cause serious injuries.

The soldiers defending the city welcomed Mo Qian into the city, and as soon as he entered the city, Mo Qian gave an order to Qian Dayou: "Send a hundred cavalry to the Loess Gang immediately, my personal captain is still fighting with the rangers of the official army!" ”

When Qian Dayou heard this, he hurriedly pleaded guilty and said: "The last sentence is about to be punished, which makes the handsome man frightened!" ”

"Let's talk about the crime of death and immortality, send out all the people in the cavalry team, and you must save Yuan Xingzu back!"

Mo Qian's rebel army has 20,000 horses, but it is basically all infantry, and the cavalry is only more than 100 people, of which a quarter of the men and horses are Mo Qian's personal guards, and the remaining 100 people are the trump card killer in Mo Qian's army, which is specially responsible for detecting the enemy's situation and assault operations.

This place in the south is not as flat as the north, it is mountainous and river-like, it belongs to the hilly area, the cavalry does not play any role at all, and the real big war depends on infantry and sailors.

As soon as the infantry boarded the ship, they became sailors, and they could stand firmly on both the warship and the boat, and there would be no seasickness.

This is due to Jiangxi's developed water system, and adult men basically know water, and they are embarrassed to say that they are Jiangxi people if they don't know water.

Qian Dayou led a hundred cavalry out of the city gate in the west, and arrived at the town of Loess Gang in less than half an hour.

The commander's personal army was all lying on the ground, some on the road, some in the fields, and the rest were some officers and soldiers in armor, all of whom were also killed.

"Quick, let's see if there's anyone alive!"

The cavalry hurriedly dismounted and searched, and everyone split up to search, and in a short time all the bodies of the twenty-five personal soldiers were found.

"Deputy Chief Soldier, these brothers are all dead, and none of them are alive!" A cavalryman reported.

Qian Dayi was stunned when he heard this, he stared into the eyes of the cavalry and asked, "What?" All dead? ”

The cavalry lowered his head and said cowardly: "Yes, they are all out of breath!" ”

Qian Dayou didn't expect him to set off at the fastest speed, but he still didn't have time.

"Bring back the corpses of your brothers!"

"Yes!"

Everyone collected the corpses, led the war horse that was eating seedlings, and returned to Fucheng.

After returning to Fucheng, Qian Dayou told Mo Qian the news that all the twenty-five soldiers had been killed, and Mo Qian couldn't help but shed tears after hearing it.

The people of the pro-soldier team were with him every day, and they were the people he was most familiar with in the rebel army, although he didn't want to believe it, but Mo Qian basically knew in his heart that they didn't have much hope of surviving.

"Order, bury the brothers, the position of the captain of the pro-soldier will be taken over by Yuan Xingdi, and the rest of the soldiers will double the care for their families in accordance with the rules!"

"Yes!"

Compensating the fallen is the rule of the righteous army, and this rule has not changed since Mo Qian's uprising.

As night fell, the five cavalrymen sent by Huang Dayong returned to the camp before nightfall.

As soon as they entered the camp, the cavalry reported today's encounter to the general soldier Liu Liangzuo.

When Liu Liangzuo heard that his sentry had almost caught Mo Qian, the leader of the anti-thieves, he immediately regretted it.

He pointed at the five and scolded, "Why don't you come back to report me?" ”

"Dashuai, they were very close to Linjiang City at that time, and Huang Jiang was always afraid that it would be too late to ask for reinforcements, so he asked his brothers to chase after them."

"What about Huang Dayong and the others?"

"Huang always fought with the anti-king's personal army team and was injured, both sides of the people and horses died, the small one wanted to bring Huang Zong's body back, but on the way encountered the anti-thief brigade of cavalry, the small one had no choice but to come back with a few brothers first!"

Liu Liangzuo nodded after listening to You Sentinel's report, and he said, "Okay, you guys are also meritorious this time, go down and receive the reward!" ”

"Xie Dashuai!"

There is a cavalry of 3,000 people in Liu Liangzuo's army, these are all elite soldiers trained by Liu Liangzuo, and half of these 3,000 people are his own generals.

Liu Liangzuo is extremely generous to them, whether it is a reward or rations, it is definitely the most given, he can always be invincible in the battle against the northern rogues, these generals and elite soldiers can play a vital role.

As soon as the five sentinels left, the curtain of the handsome tent was opened, and it was Liu Zongxiang, the governor of Jiangxi, who came.

As soon as Liu Zongxiang came in, he asked: "General Liu, why don't you lead your troops to attack the city, the small walls of Qingjiang County are short, you have an army of 20,000, and you only need one charge to take the city!" ”

After hearing this, Liu Liangzuo glanced at Liu Zongxiang with disdain and said: "Lord Governor, this war is not a child's house, how can it be as easy as you think, the county town of Qingjiang is not big, but there are tens of thousands of thieves in it, and all of them are elite soldiers, the art of war is cloudy, ten are encircled, five are attacked, and multiple is divided."

I only have 20,000 soldiers and horses, and there are 10,000 thieves in the city, how can you let me attack?

In case the attack cannot be defeated for three or five days, and as soon as the reinforcements from other anti-thieves and other walks of life arrive, my 20,000-strong army will just be exhausted, won't it become fat on the anti-thief board? ”

Liu Zongxiang's nose was about to smoke when he heard this.

This Liu Liangzuo, he has seen it now, and he doesn't know how much he has the ability to fight, but his ability to harm the people is absolutely first-class.

As soon as this guy entered Linjiang, he began to rob again, and the people in the villages and towns north of Linjiang Mansion made him almost a disaster.

Every time this guy sends someone out to rob, he will deliberately lure himself away, and then send a team of people out to rob, and it has been two days since he came to Jiangfu, and he has not killed a single soldier or a general of the thieves, and the people who died tragically are as many as hundreds.

Now that he was standing still, Liu Zongxiang couldn't help but shout angrily and asked: "Liu Liangzuo, what do you mean, Your Majesty sent you here to let you suppress thieves, not to let you harm the people of Jiangxi, this official must play Your Majesty, tell Your Majesty what you have done these days, and let Your Majesty punish your crimes, hum!" ”

After speaking, Liu Zongxiang threw away his sleeves, and after leaving the gate of the camp, Liu Zongxiang said to his subordinates: "Go, go and tell Zhang Yinghe (Guangxin Prefect) immediately, let the Zhejiang soldiers enter Jiangxi, and come to suppress the thieves quickly!" ”

"Yes!"

Liu Zongxiang already distrusted Liu Liangzuo, and after seeing Liu Liangzuo's corrupt military discipline with his own eyes, Liu Zongxiang felt that Chongzhen had made a big mistake, that is, he sent Liu Liangzuo, a bastard, to Jiangxi to suppress thieves.

This Liu Liangzuo, before he starts to suppress thieves, I don't know how many people in Jiangxi will be forced to become thieves by him.

After thinking about it, the 10,000 soldiers and horses in Zhejiang still have to be put in, otherwise I really don't know what this battle will be.

With Liu Zongxiang's order, the staff rode quickly to Guangxin Mansion.

However, at this time, Shen Shilun, the magistrate of Yushan, was already anxious to scold his mother, because the Zhejiang soldiers outside the city said that if they didn't give food, they would go to rob it.

In order to stabilize these soldiers and horses in Zhejiang, Shen Shilun took out all the grain from the official warehouse in the county, but that bit of food was not enough for 10,000 people to eat for a few days.

The Zhejiang soldiers outside the city ran out of food on the seventh day, clamoring to attack the city and rob, Shen Shilun jumped up and down in a hurry, and just at this time, Liu Zongxiang's order came.

Zhang Yinghe told Shen Shilun that he would open the city gate, let the Zhejiang soldiers enter Jiangxi, and let them go to Linjiang to suppress the bandits.

Shen Shilun didn't dare to delay, and immediately went out of the city to tell the news to Li Shizhong, the general who led the troops, and Li Shizhong was immediately annoyed when he heard the news.

He pointed at Shen Shilun's nose and scolded: "Damn, what do you Jiangxi people treat us Zhejiang people as?" If they wanted us to come to suppress the bandits, they asked the Holy Decree to transfer us, but when they came, they didn't let us enter the city, so that Lao Tzu's brothers and his brothers had been nesting outside the city for almost half a month.

Now you fucking say let Lao Tzu go to Linjiang Mansion to suppress thieves, his grandmother, are you Lao Tzu your maid, how you want to call it? If you want us to go to Linjiang to suppress the thieves, it's easy to do, first take 20,000 taels of silver and 10,000 stone of military rations, otherwise I will take them back to Zhejiang immediately! ”

Shen Shilun didn't expect this Li Shizhong to suddenly play such a play, and people were stupid for a while.....

The 10,000 Zhejiang soldiers stayed in Yushan County and did not move forward, and Liu Liangzuo did not move, which gave Mo Qian enough time to mobilize troops from the south to go north.

Lu Zhao, the commander of the first battalion, personally led 6,000 troops north to Linjiang, and he only left 1,000 soldiers and horses to defend in Taihe, and the rest of the troops were all brought.

The defenders of Ji'an Mansion were also transferred north by Mo Qian, and the 20,000 troops were all assembled in Linjiang Mansion with 16,000 people, in addition to the soldiers and horses guarding various places.

Mo Qian placed soldiers and horses, 5,000 defenders in Qingjiang County, 5,000 in Xinyu County, and the remaining 6,000 people were stationed in Zhangshu, an important town in the east of Qingjiang County.

Zhangshu Town is the medicine capital of the world, although it is a town, but the scale is no different from the city.

The camphor tree is on the south bank of the Ganjiang River, Qingjiang County is on the north bank of the Ganjiang River, and the Qingjiang River has the Yuan River as a moat.

The two armies were so consumed, neither of them dared to take the initiative to attack, they were all waiting for the other party to make a move, striving for a single blow.

At this time, on the Gan River, a small boat carrying a strong man five feet six inches tall was moving south quickly.

Beside the strong man lay two large packages, each with blood oozing from it.

Since beating this strong man on the boat, the boatman didn't even dare to look around, and there was only one thought in his heart, that is, the strong man must not kill him.