Jeju, Chaojiazhuang!

Caravans from south to north gathered, transporting grain, cloth and other supplies. It also transports alcohol, clothing and other goods from various factories to various places, and the business transactions continue to return funds, and the trade has never stopped. Flotillas laden with grain arrived at the docks at intervals.

The grain ships belonging to Chaojiazhuang will sail directly to the north, and from there a large number of cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock, all kinds of fur, leather armor and so on will be transported.

Undoubtedly, it has opened up another way to make money!

In autumn, this is a harvest season, so that the people of ten miles and eight towns bring their own fruits and vegetables to the market, and the city is more lively than ever. After the off-season passed, the cattle and sheep trading market became lively.

Because the trading area is secured. The price is slightly higher in the market, and no one dares to make trouble. The people would bring their own pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and other poultry to sell.

Cattle and sheep dealers gather here, and it is crowded with people.

The work of the sharpshooter Shi Wengong became more and more arduous, and he was in the company of feces every day. Either it is picked up from a distance to dry it into firewood, or it is transported to the fertile land of the field.

A strong, majestic nine-foot man became a dung picker. Whether it was the market staff or the foreign caravans, they were puzzled.

Because this big man has great strength, he picks up dung for two or even two, which makes other hired workers admire it, and privately calls it a dung bully. It's just that this person is a man of few words, rarely talks to people, and has no friends. Often silently watching the people coming and going in the trading market and the praise of the people around him, Chao Gai, without expression, is a complete eccentric.

Who is he? Where's the fight? Why is it here?

These questions lingered in people's hearts and once became the object of people's discussions!

Even Zhao Tan, who has been in Chaojiazhuang for more than ten days, accidentally discovered that this person has kung fu. I really want to recruit the other party into the army, and even give the position of commander. But the other party was silent for a long time, and finally politely declined. After that, no matter how it was guaranteed, no matter what conditions were offered, it failed to win over.

This is a person who does not know the times!

Zhao Tan, the master of the Soldiers and Horses, left angrily, although he gave up recruiting strange people, but he did not give up making meritorious contributions, and insisted on making a nail to nail here to eliminate the Liangshan strongman to complete the task of Enxiang.

Chao Gai said that Jeju would not give food, but Jeju Governor Zhang Shuye really didn't, so he collected it from Yunzhou, Yanzhou and other places in the name of the Privy Council. The state capitals have responded to the allocation of money and grain, and they have deducted it according to the rules, so that they can only eat enough.

Chao Gai said that the quality of the forbidden army was low, so Zhao Tan strictly managed and trained the army. Every day, the forbidden army camp opposite blows the bugle to practice, and he also learns from it. It's just that because of the law, it's still the same old-fashioned fighting training, which consumes a lot of physical energy. As a result, the 10 battalions of 5,000 forbidden troops complained bitterly, their physical fitness was not good, they were tossed enough, and they no longer had the energy to go out and be presumptuous.

This is a typical random imitation, and the painting of the tiger does not become an anti-dog.

Not to mention that the elite of the Chao family army suddenly had meat to eat, even the two forbidden armies of the iron spear Zhao Wanli and the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi were also rich in food and balanced nutrition. Look at the ten battalions of forbidden troops, pickles and bibimbap with an occasional piece of salted meat.

Because the nutrition can't keep up, the soldiers are tired, and their opinions in private are very big! Zhao Tan didn't know that the harm caused by the comparison of food was still his own thing.

Chao Gai did not give the ship, so he requisitioned it from the state capitals and borrowed it from his comrades. In more than ten days, he really got more than 20 ships of 3500 materials. As if confrontation, Zhang Shun conducted routine military drills. The 5,000 forbidden troops also took turns to train on the other side of the Jinsha River.

To the exclamation of the merchants, Zhang Shun shook his head and said stupidly.

This soldier and horse eunuch is obviously eager for meritorious service, and he is too hasty. In other words, this is a common problem of regular army generals, who feel that they are very powerful on the border, have never fought any tough battles, and treat grass as if they were nothing. The 5,000 forbidden troops took turns training for a few days, and they were about to go to suppress the bandits as soon as they became familiar with water warfare. ignored the dissuasion of Xiao Jiasui, Lu Zhishen and others.

"Zhao Dujian, if you don't listen, there's no way. But because of the last Jinsha River wharf incident, the Shui Bo strongman has at least two or three hundred warships and thousands of troops, so you'd better be mentally prepared and retreat if you can't do anything. Xiao Jiasui sighed with emotion and didn't hit the south wall or look back, so he left his words and left.

"A bunch of puddles and grass coars, what's the point?" Zhao Dujian roared out bold words. looked at the generals of the Chao family army who came to dissuade them, and there was only disdain on their faces.

"Good words can't persuade damn ghosts." Xiao Jiasui and Lu Zhishen shook their heads and sighed bitterly. Just this kind of stupid fork is returned to the Western Army's veteran generals, who do not find out the enemy situation in Liangshan, and use soldiers in water warfare without training their soldiers, what is the difference between this and sending them to death?

I was caught off guard by surprise.

Zhao Tan has been in the Western Army for many years, and he is not an ordinary person, and he has his own opinions. He had always felt that Chao Gai's strategy of sharpening the army was wrong, because this would make the strongman bigger, and he should be annihilated in one fell swoop at an early stage to avoid future troubles.

Coupled with Tong Guan's instructions, how could he not do his best?

He ordered to prepare dry food in advance and carry it onto the ship, and bought cattle and sheep out of his own pocket to reward the officers and men of the three armies, and swore to mobilize and go on the expedition.

In the early morning of 13 September, Xiao Tianbao Su Ding led 3,000 soldiers to board a ship at the Jinsha River Wharf and sailed into the water to harass him as usual.

Zhao Tan also had some strategy, and led the team to board the ship to prepare to accompany him. I also didn't listen to Su Ding's words that "the water mist is serious in the morning, so you can't sneak attack". After passing through the harbor, the command team quietly left the team and went straight to the main island of Liangshan.

"The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return once he is gone." Iron Gun Zhao Wanli looked at the other party's resolute appearance, and couldn't help muttering this sentence.

He couldn't understand why there were such stupid and unresponsive people in the world. With this amount of troops, recklessly slaughtering to the main island of Liangshan is the rhythm of looking for death. I can't help but think of the chase when I first came. It's also in the wee hours of the morning, and it's the same expression, and I think the same way.

Zhao Wanli touched the scene and sighed that life is full of hardships, and the dead pig does not listen to persuasion.

The result of the facts is as Zhao Dujian expected!

Taking advantage of the hazy sky, Zhao Tan thought that the Liangshan strongmen were negligent in taking precautions, and led the fleet to attack the island like lightning, wanting to take down this group of strongmen in a battle.

As you can imagine, his idea is very wrong.

The water is not blown in the eight hundred miles of Liangshan, and the water is foggy in the early morning. At least two or three hundred days a year is the case.

On the way, the team was very happy to see the giant island of Yangsan getting closer and closer. It's just that all of a sudden, it seems to be getting more and more blurry, and a large amount of water mist is evapousing to obscure the view, and it is getting thicker and thicker, and the island is not visible.

Zhao Tan didn't feel that it was wrong, but was overjoyed and thought it was a good opportunity. As long as you can land on the island to fight, it is not difficult to take Liangshan in one fell swoop.

"Lord Metropolitan Eunuch, the mist is obstructing, do you want to go back?" A swordfishing boat that served as a flagship. A conductor remembered Su Ding's serious words, and had a bad premonition in his heart. Asked a little apprehensively.

"Go back? This is a godsend, and with cover, the odds will be greatly increased. Zhao Tan was excited, and when he heard these words, he immediately lowered his face and scolded: "If anyone dares to retreat, disturb the morale of the army, and immediately cut it down." ”

Speaking of this, where did the accompanying commanders dare to speak up? He could only order his own soldiers to be on strict alert and accelerate towards the island.

Driven by the oars, it is like an arrow from the string.

It's a pity that Zhao Tan never expected that Liang Shan, who he dealt with, was by his side. Not yet close to the island, the mist obscured the fleet in favor of a surprise attack. But it also obscured his own vision and couldn't see the situation on the water. As a result, they plunged headlong into the encirclement formed by the Yangsan fleet.

As the fleet was moving, there were suddenly shouts of killing from the front, left and right.

"Kill, kill me, dare to do this? Sons, kill them for me. ”

"Well, the officers and soldiers, the heroes of Liangshan are here."

……

The war drums beat and the horn blew, and before Zhao Tan could react, the bowstring fluttered. Dense arrows formed a rain curtain that covered most of the ships. The sound of clanging metal and popping into flesh is terrifying. The unprepared soldier on the ship was hit by an arrow that fell like a piece of wheat. It was okay to be killed on the spot, but the person who was hit by the arrow screamed loudly.

"Get down, get down, get down, retreat, retreat." Zhao Tan has been on the battlefield and reacted quickly. When the shouts of killing sounded, he fell down and saw that his soldiers had suffered heavy casualties, and he shouted and retreated without even thinking about it.

The helmsman in the wheelhouse began to take the helm and make a U-turn.

But at this time, it was too late to retreat, and a large number of ships rushed out from the front and left and right. Dragon slayer Sun An, leopard head Lin Chong, golden gunner Xu Ning and other generals gathered, and Song Wan, who had a small belly in the clouds, carried a knife and yelled, "Don't let them run", with both knives moving, his face full of fierceness.

In addition, the VIP room is educated, and Dong Cheng observes.

They went up to Liangshan and stayed for a day without finding any useful information. On the contrary, it was found that there was a shortage of all kinds of materials on the island, and there were tens of thousands of personnel. Life is not satisfactory, the only bright spot is that the leather armor is very good.

I thought there was nothing to gain, but after getting an unexpected news, Chaojiazhuang was very easy to sell equipment to the surrounding villages and market towns.

Plus this Jeju official army attack battle. made Fang Xuedu's confidence burst again, because seeing that the Jeju Forbidden Army was not enough, the famous Shandong Heavenly King Chao Gai was estimated to be a showman, so there was no need to worry!

Zhao Tan led a large army to advance lightly against the enemy and was besieged by the Liangshan fleet. There were few big ships, all small boats, but there were very many of them, densely packed with hundreds, and they were full of people, bending bows and arrows.

He decisively chose to break through and retreat, relying on the superiority of equipment to resist, but failed to change the situation of the rout. The ships that had been painstakingly requisitioned were destroyed one after another. The Praetorian soldiers on board were either shot or fell into the water and drowned.

Blood stained large swaths of water, and limbs sinked and fell.

Otherwise, he lay on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head, and there were few counterattackers. Seeing that the whole army is about to be destroyed! Zhao Tan has a feeling that the sky is going to kill me.

Xiao Tianbao Su Ding, Sai Rengui Guo Sheng, and Xiao Wenhou Lu Fang were like divine soldiers descending from the sky, each leading a fleet to respond, with a huge momentum, shouting and shouting and killing. Many ships in Shuibo Liangshan were knocked over, and they retreated when they saw that the situation was not good.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the fleet rescued the remnants of Zhao Tan who were desperately fleeing.

Returning to count the losses, the battle lost more than a thousand people and more than a dozen ships.

Zhao Tan, the warlord of the soldiers and horses who looked at people with his nostrils, was taught a lesson this time. Without that kind of spirit, I don't dare to underestimate the Liangshan strongman anymore.