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Seeing that Huanzhang and Liu Qi came out at the same time to persuade him to adopt Liu Menglong's combat strategy, Gao Yu frowned!

Many people in the Zhao and Song Dynasty courts knew that Wen Huanzhang was a top strategist who was proficient in the art of war and strategy, but they were afraid of Wen Huanzhang's talent and refused to introduce Wen Huanzhang to Zhao Ji.

When Sun Jing was still by Gao Yu's side, he also chatted with Gao Yu about Wen Huanzhang.

Sun Jing's evaluation of Wen Huanzhang is: "Wen has the ability to be a pedant, but others are a little pedantic and disdain to do some things, so they are down." ”

Gao Yu thought so, and felt that Wen Huanzhang was too principled, and Sun Jing, who was not offline, was better used, and Wen Huanzhang was not suitable for him.

The reason why Gao Yu brought Wen Huanzhang this time was only because Sun Jing, who he was used to, ran away to be a thief, and as a last resort, he brought a strategist that Sun Jing had praised just in case, and he didn't really think about reusing Wen Huanzhang.

Therefore, Wen Huanzhang's words, Gao Yu can not listen, or even don't want to listen.

But Liu Qi is different.

Liu Qi's father was Liu Zhongwu, the famous general of the Western Army, and was also the supreme commander of the Western Army.

The Zhao and Song dynasties had clear regulations that those who did not have border merit could not serve as the highest-level military attache of the Zhao and Song dynasties, that is, the three marshals of the three yas in charge of the forbidden army (the front division of the palace, the division of the guards, the pro-army, the horse army, and the infantry division).

It's a dead rule.

It's not that if you are a close confidant of the emperor, you can be exempted.

At the beginning, Zhao Ji was very fond of Gao Yu and wanted to promote Gao Yu to one of the three handsomes.

However, Gao Yu has never been in the army at all, let alone fought in the side court.

So, Zhao Ji handed Gao Yu into Liu Zhongwu's hands.

In the second year of Daguan, Tong Guan and Liu Zhongwu achieved another great victory in the west, and they successfully recruited Zang Zheng, the prince of Qiang, and recovered the Jishi army.

Zhao Ji was very happy about this, personally met with Liu Zhongwu, was quite favored, and ordered Liu Zhongwu's nine sons to be officials, Liu Qi was one of them, and he was specially appointed as the only waiter.

Liu Zhongwu knew Zhao Ji's purpose of entrusting Gao Yu to him, and he had been expanding Gao Yu's merits, doing this favor, and letting Gao Yu complete the gilding in his army.

As a result, Gao Yu was able to successfully build a festival in a few years, follow the envoys, traverse the three ya, and be in charge of the forbidden army of the Zhao and Song dynasties for 20 years.

In other words, Gao Yu's most important support in the military is Liu Zhongwu.

And Liu Zhongwu's biggest backstage in the Zhao and Song Dynasty courts is Gao Yu.

The relationship between the two men was extremely close, even better than that of ordinary political allies.

In the fifth year of Zhenghe, Liu Zhongwu lost the battle, but his career was not affected in any way, also because Gao Yu said good things for him in the court.

The key is that Gao Yu, who has been in Liu Zhongwu's army for several years, knows Liu Qi very well and loves Liu Qi very much.

Liu Qi is handsome, good at archery, and his voice is like a bell. When he was young, he followed his father Liu Zhongwu to fight, once the water tank at the gate of the camp was filled with water, Liu Qi shot an arrow into the water tank, pulled out the arrow, the water in the tank "poofed" like a fountain gushing out, Liu Qi then shot an arrow just to plug the original arrow hole, people were impressed by his superb archery skills.

Liu Qi won many victories in the battles against the Western Xia, and was quite feared by the Western Xia soldiers and civilians.

When the Xixia children cried, their mother would say "Liu Qi is here!" to intimidate.

That year, when Liu Zhongwu and Liu Qi went to recruit Zang Zheng, the prince of Qiang, and recover the Jishi army, it was Liu Qi who took the initiative to serve as a hostage that facilitated this matter.

In Gao Yu's eyes, Liu Qi is not only a good skill, but also a brave man, and he is definitely a general.

This is from the history, the Zhao and Song Dynasty court adopted Gao Yu's recommendation, and specially awarded Liu Qi as the only candidate for the gate, after Liu Zhongwu's death, Gao Yu strongly recommended Liu Qi to Zhao Ji as a general, it is not difficult to see.

Therefore, hearing Huanzhang's words, Gao Yu could not listen to it, nor did he want to listen to it, but Liu Qi also spoke, Gao Yu hesitated for a moment, and then asked patiently: "What's the trick of this plan?" ”

Liu Qi politely invited Wen Huanzhang and motioned for Wen Huanzhang to come and talk.

Wen Huanzhang understands that Liu Qi is saying that he is the second generation of officials, and there is no shortage of opportunities to show his face like this, so let's give you this opportunity.

After Wen Huanzhang understood Liu Qi's attitude, he hugged Liu Qi with a fist to express his gratitude, and then said to Gao Qi:

"The reason why this Liangshan thief is difficult to fight is because there are thousands of waterways around Liangshanbo in these 800 miles, and the water is 800 miles in all directions. There are also seventy-two sections of harbor branches, and thousands of warships are hidden. The vast and boundless lake that hides murderous opportunities everywhere can be described as a paradise for the Liangshan water army, and at the same time a hell for the guest army with unknown terrain. If Liu's plan to control is successful, and the thieves and water army are led away and annihilated, Liangshan will become an isolated island. ”

After a pause, Wen Huanzhang continued: "The key is that Liu's plan is wonderful, and this plan will be successful." ”

Hearing that Huanzhang said that Liu Menglong's plan would succeed, Gao Yu was finally a little interested, and he asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Wen Huanzhang said: "The Beiqing River is the only waterway between Liangshan and Shandong, if Liu Tongzhi intercepts it, Liangshan thieves will go to the rescue, this river battle, the horse army, the infantry army are useless, only the water army can distinguish the winner and loser, and the subordinates a few days ago Weifu private visit, I heard that the Liangshan bandit Kou only four water armies in this place, each five thousand, a total of 20,000. There were no more than 1,800 warships in the area. In this way, if the Liangshan thief Kou wants to defeat Liu's system, his naval army will come out. Even if the Liangshan thieves seek stability and leave a naval army, it is easy to hook up. ”

Then, Wen Huanzhang patted his horse and said: "The captain should have made this great achievement, and when his subordinates went out to listen to the news of the Liangshan thieves a few days ago, they met a capable person. This person's surname is Ye Mingchun, who was originally from Sizhou, and is good at shipbuilding. Because he was robbed of his capital by thieves, he was exiled in Xingren Mansion and could not return to his hometown. Now I live in the inn in Fucheng. He said that he would build loach boats and would be able to defeat the Liangshan army. ”

When Gao Yu heard this, he hurriedly sent someone to invite Ye Chun.

Ye Chun knew that Gao Yu wanted to cut down wood and build a ship, and marched into Shuibo Liangshan in order to win, so he drew the paper into a ship-like pattern and came to see Gao Yu.

Ye Chun bowed and said: "The villain Jizu builds ships, especially good at building big war ships, the largest one is called the big loach boat, with twenty-four waterwheels on both sides, and the boat can accommodate hundreds of people. Each car is pedaled by 12 people, and the outside is covered by a bamboo fence to avoid arrows. A crossbow tower was erected on the surface of the ship, and another rowing cart was built and placed on it. If he wanted to go forward, there was a bang on the battlement, and twenty-four waterwheels were treading hard together, and their ships were flying, what kind of ships could he stop? If he encounters an enemy army and crossbows are fired on the ship's surface, what will he be able to cover? Its second-class boat, called the Little Loach Boat, uses only 12 waterwheels on both sides, and can accommodate 100 people. The front and rear tails are all nailed with long nails. Crossbow towers are also erected on both sides, and there are still shaded fence sheets. But this ship went to Liangshan and Bo small port, and was used as an ambush on this private road. If this is calculated, the Kou of Liangshan will be able to settle at your fingertips. ”

Gao Yu listened, looked at the pattern again, and was overjoyed. He called for wine, food, and clothing, and rewarded Ye Chun, and he supervised the construction of warships. Urging the merger day and night, cutting down trees and plants, and limiting the time of the day, to pay at Xingren Mansion. All provinces, prefectures and counties are sent to use shipbuilding materials. If the limit is not violated for two days, the flogging shall be forty days. One class is added every three days. If the limit is violated outside the five-day limit, he will be beheaded according to the military order. Persecution everywhere, obey orders and urge supervision. The number of the people who died was great, and all the people were grieving. There is a poem as proof:

The well frog sees how to know the sky, but he listens to the words. After all, it is difficult for the loach boat to win, and it is even more futile to lose money and labor.

Not to mention that Ye Chun supervised the construction of loaches and other ships. However, it was said that the soldiers and others who had been allocated water everywhere were all coming to Jeju one after another.

This made Gao Yu see the possibility of exterminating Shuibo Liangshan, Gao Yu took the opportunity to expand Liu Menglong's army to 30,000, and vigorously supported and urged Ye Chun to build a loach boat.

However, Gao Yu also knows that this is not something that can be successful in a short period of time, and he still needs to endure for a while.

At this stage, Gao Yu is most depressed, why haven't Yun Tianbiao and Chen Xizhen come to gather troops?

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Let's say that the naturalization village is adjacent to Lirenzhuang and Zhengyizhuang, and the place name is called Zhengyi Village.

The three villages in this village are all Hui Department, and each has more than 15,000 strong villagers.

Naturalized Zhuangdu group practice is Haransheng; Lirenzhuang is a brother of Ha Lansheng; Zhengyi Zhuang is all practicing Sha Zhiren and Mian Yixin.

But these three villages are all under the control of Haran.

Harran's ancestors migrated here from the Western Regions during the Tang Dynasty and became extremely wealthy for generations.

When Harran was born, the room was full of orchid fragrance, so he was named Lansheng. He was a little weak at a young age. When he was twelve years old, he went to play in the Zhenwu Courtyard at the foot of Erlong Mountain, and he fell asleep in the Spirit Palace, and dreamed that the Spirit Palace gave him a jade crab, but he was shaken and awakened by his companion Xiaoer. Lan Sheng only eats the right sting of the jade crab, so his right arm is so strong so far, making a one-legged bronze man, weighing 7,500 catties, and his right hand moves like flying, but his left hand can't do it.

After the Liangshan army grew stronger, in Shandong, especially in the second base of Qingzhou, many high-ranking officials and nobles, wealthy families, and gentry in Qingzhou went to Zhengyi Village, and Haransheng joined the Sanzhuang regiment to practice the township bravery, and relied on their geographical advantages, so that the Liangshan army did not dare to peep.

The people of Zhengyi Village didn't want to leave Qingzhou.

But as soon as they came, Xiao Jiasui, Cao Zheng, Hua Rong, Luan Tingyu and other people from Shuibo Liangshan had already set their sights on Zhengyi Village, and they sent tens of thousands of troops to surround Zhengyi Village, and made a posture that they were determined to exterminate Zhengyi Village, so that Harlan Sheng and them knew that if they didn't leave, they would definitely not have a good life.

Second, Gao Yu is going to use Yun Tianbiao, if they follow Yun Tianbiao to vote for the Zhao and Song courts, they may not be able to get the official body, which is what they have been looking forward to.

After some discussion, Ha Lansheng and other people from Zhengyi Village and people from Qinghal Mountain followed Yun Tianbiao and began to evacuate Qingzhou, and then withdrew towards Yizhou.

As soon as Yun Tianbiao led the people of Zhengyi Village and Qinghal Mountain to leave the station, Xiao Jiasui led the Third Infantry Army, the Fifth Ma Army, the Sixth Ma Army and a number of garrisons to bite Yun Tianbiao's army.

Yun Tianbiao got a report, saying that the Liangshan Bandit Brigade was chasing after him, and he didn't dare to retreat regardless of it, so he could only retreat slowly, and only dared to retreat thirty miles a day.

Who knows, Xiao Jiasui didn't chase after him, about Yun Tianbiao retreated thirty miles a day, and Xiao Jiasui entered thirty miles a day.

After retreating for three days, Yun Tianbiao reacted that Xiao Jiasui was "sending the king back to the palace", the purpose was to delay time, prevent him from marching quickly, and force him to make a big mess.

On the fifth day of the case, Yun Tianbiao was furious, so he taught the troops not to retreat anymore, and immediately set up camp.

Who knows, Yun Tianbiao will not retreat, Xiao Jiasui will not advance, and the distance between the two armies is still thirty miles.

The next day, Yun Tianbiao wanted to retreat, but Xiao Jiasui had already used the clairvoyant mirror to probe the reality, so he pulled out the village and chased after him, but he was about thirty miles away and no longer chased.

Yun Tianbiao was furious, and ordered to let the troops set up camps, and then sent people to knock directly in front of Xiao Jiasui's camp to challenge.

Luan Tingyu and Hua Rong fought successively, the Great War Fenghui and Haransheng, and later Zhengyi Zhuang Tuan Lian Sha Zhiren was shot by Hua Rong with an arrow.

Zheng Yizhuang was furious and came up desperately.

The two sides fought another scuffle, and the results were victorious.

The next day, Yun Tianbiao personally came out to challenge, but Xiao Jiasui couldn't hold on.

Yun Tianbiao had no choice but to send someone to the Ape Arm Village to ask Chen Xizhen for help, and let Chen Xizhen lead the army to meet him.

Chen Xizhen responded to Yun Tianbiao's requests, and personally led 10,000 horses to the north to meet Yun Tianbiao.

What made Yun Tianbiao secretly relieved was that seeing Chen Xizhen leading 10,000 elite soldiers to respond, Xiao Jiasui actually stopped.

Later, Yun Tianbiao retreated more than thirty miles, and Xiao Jiasui did not immediately follow, but hung far behind them, as if preparing to send them out of Shandong.

After three more days, Yun Tianbiao and Chen Xizhen came to Yizhou.

When it was less than twenty miles away from the ape arm village, the scout sent by Yun Tianbiao to explore the way came back and said to Yun Tianbiao: "In front is the Zhangjia Road Pass, where the land is flat and flat, and there is nowhere to take root on all sides; The enemy is guarded by heavy troops, and it is not yet possible to stop me from passing, which is the way to advance. ”

Yun Tianbiao listened, but couldn't help frowning: "Chen Xizhen is not a person who doesn't understand military affairs, why is the brick city of this Zhangjia crossing not built, abandoned for no reason, more than ten miles away, if you don't set up a battalion and a fence, you don't have a plan to general, and you won't be so careless?" ”

Yun Tianbiao became suspicious, so he said, "Stop moving forward and ask Manager Chen to come and answer." ”

The colonel received the order, and after a short time, he invited Chen Xizhen over.

Chen Xizhen only brought Gou Ying and a minion to Yun Tianbiao.

Seeing this, Yun Tianbiao felt a lot more relieved, but out of steadyness, he still asked: "Brother Xian, your Zhangjia Daokou is even more than ten miles, and there is no place for taking root in a flat and flat place. If the Liangshan thieves come here in a big way, Hugh said that he would be guarding, he would be evading, and there would be nowhere to hide in his eagerness. Only by building a brick city and setting up a trench to reach the Wei River is the best policy. ”

Chen Xizhen smiled bitterly: "How can I not know? It's just that this project is too huge, not a year and a half of hard work, it will not help, and I am afraid that my village to build a brick city to attract the attention of Liangshan thieves, so I did not build a brick city here. ”

Yun Tianbiao asked: "When you are in the ground, if the thieves send a large army to fight your ape arm village, how should you defend it?" ”

Chen Xizhen smiled mysteriously: "I have two methods. ”

Yun Tianbiao asked, "Which two methods?" ”

Chen Xizhen raised a finger: "One law, empty city plan." In the past three points at the end of the Han Dynasty, Prime Minister Zhuge used the strategy of empty city because the west city was difficult to defend, and Jin Xuan was fooled. If I meet those who are self-righteous, I don't have to do anything, and he doesn't dare to come forward. ”

After Yun Tianbiao heard this, his jujube red face immediately became even redder, and even faintly hot, he felt that Chen Xizhen was scolding him, but he had no evidence.

Yun Tianbiao could only say: "It's easy to break your plan, just send a team of people over, find out, and solve it." ”

Chen Xizhen smiled: "That's true, that's why I have this second plan." ”

Yun Tianbiao asked: "What is the second plan?" ”

Chen Xizhen said: "I sacrificed a Jiuyang Divine Bell ......"

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(End of chapter)