Chapter 448
Tong Guan led an army of 100,000 from the capital all the way to Liangshan, and only a few days later, he arrived near Liangshan.
And Tong Guan was thinking about the strategy of dealing with the Liangshan bandits along the way, before the imperial court transferred troops three times to conscript, tens of thousands of troops, elite soldiers and strong generals, every time they were completely smashed in a short time, so it can be seen that the combat power of that group of Liangshan bandits is extremely strong.
But this time, he personally led an army of 100,000 to encircle and suppress, no matter how strong the thief is, he must avoid the edge of his 100,000 army!
In this way, the Liangshan bandits must be lurking, and they only need to cut off the grain and grass on the four sides of Liangshan first, and then march into the army.
Tong Guan nodded secretly, thinking that after arriving in Liangshan, he would act like this.
Not long after, the army was already approaching Liangshan, and Tong Guan ordered to send someone to the nearby state and county branches to greet them, while sending an order to camp the army.
Who knew that he had just come to the vicinity of Liangshan, and before the camp was completed, he heard a Malay report: "The Liangshan thieves are here!"
Tong Guan was stunned, his face showed an incredible look, and he shouted with some incomprehension: "Liangshan Bo thief Kou actually took the initiative to kill, what a big boldness! When his 100,000 army is muddy, he can't do it!"
Then Tong Guan immediately ordered not to camp anymore, and immediately lined up to meet the enemy!
On the Liangshan side, led by Haobai, all the leaders of Liangshan who led the troops led the army down the mountain, and the naval army also responded behind and killed in front of Tong Guan's army.
Tens of thousands of troops, mighty!
Hao Bai was in front of the Chinese army, looking at the 100,000 imperial army from a distance.
Just from the leadership aspect, it can be seen that Tong Guan is not just a traitor, but he is also somewhat capable.
Of course, those who can leave a name in history will have some skills anyway, but their abilities are different, and Tong Guan is obviously such a person who is good at leading troops to fight.
An army of 100,000 is not a small number, that is, with Haobai's strength, you can see the end at a glance, and others can only see 10,000 or 20,000 at most.
The scale of this war has reached 100,000 figures, which is much grander than the previous wars.
The 100,000 army lined up to meet the enemy, Tong Guan and Gao Yu were on the platform in the formation, and carefully looked at the soldiers and horses of Liangshan, but they were shocked at this look.
I saw that although the soldiers and horses of Liangshan were much smaller than those on his side, there were tens of thousands of troops, and the army was neat and full of murderous atmosphere.
And at this moment, when the flag is changing, the soldiers and horses of Liangshan are also in formation.
Tong Guan fought in the south and north for many years, and it was not difficult to command an army of 100,000, although there were 100,000 troops, but there was no confusion at all.
And Tong Guan was also extremely surprised when he looked at Liang Shan, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, because Liang Shan's arrangement of troops did a better job than them.
Tong Guan looked at it and muttered to himself: "It seems that the leader of the other party is a master! That Liangshan army and horse is obviously a powerful force in the world, no wonder the tens of thousands of troops before the imperial court were all defeated!"
Gao Yu didn't understand much about this, he was also shocked when he heard Tong Guan's words, and simply compared the armies of the two sides, and then he looked at the rear from time to time.
He is trying to find a way back for himself, although this time the chance of victory is greater, but if there is a case, he must also be ready to escape! Otherwise, it will not be good to be caught by the people of Liangshan!
Seeing that both sides stood for a while, Haobai became a little impatient and ordered the drum to invite the battle!
The earth-shattering drumming sound immediately sounded among the Liangshan military horses.
Tong Guan listened to the incessant drumming of the Liangshan army, his face sank slightly, he rode on a war horse, came to their generals, and said to many generals: "Who wants to take the lead in the battle!"
One of the pioneers came out, stepped forward and jumped out, and said to Tong Guan: "The last general is invited to fight!"
Tong Guan nodded, and also beat the drum and sent the general out.
The general, with 3,000 cavalry, broke away from Tong Guan's army and came to the front of the two armies.
Seeing this, Haobai looked at the many leaders of Liangshan, and these leaders also understood what Haobai meant, and immediately several people asked for battle.
In the end, Haobai looked at Guan Sheng and asked him to meet the enemy!
Guan Sheng also brought 3,000 cavalry, plus two adjutant generals, Xuanzan and Hao Siwen.
Sure enough, as Haobai said, there were no fighting generals on both sides, although they looked somewhat similar to fighting generals, in fact, both sides rushed forward with three thousand soldiers and horses.
This is also the ancient war, when the soldiers and horses on both sides are few, they can all be pressed, but at this time, the two sides add up to more than 100,000 people, and it is impossible to rush together.
If it's okay in other places, the main thing is that it can't be used in this vicinity, and in such a large area, even if they all rush up, there won't be too many people who really engage the enemy.
Therefore, if there is no certainty of victory, it is generally not possible to directly kill all of them together, which is also the reason why ancient wars are fought for months.
At this moment, a total of 6,000 soldiers and horses on both sides were killed together, and Guan Sheng relied on his own force, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and directly killed the general opposite.
The general was not afraid of Guan Sheng, and fought directly with him, but soon they were divided into high and low, and in just a dozen rounds, the unknown general was obviously defeated and fled directly to the rear.
Where can Guan Sheng allow him to go, he directly raised the knife in his hand, cut off the opponent's head with a helmet, and cut it off directly.
If according to the previous situation, the generals were killed, then their soldiers and horses would soon be defeated, but this time it was completely different, and the other party did not look like they were defeated at all.
Instead, those soldiers rushed to Guan Sheng to besiege and kill him, and snatched the general's body back.
Guan Sheng was not afraid at all, the other party surrounded him, but he met him and rushed to kill at will surrounded by the enemy.
The time of this battle was not short, but after all, the imperial court was defeated, which was mainly due to the role of Guan Sheng, Xuanzan, and Hao Siwen, with the three of them, the morale of Liangshan was always high.
In the first battle, Liangshan was slightly damaged, but the officers and soldiers lost one general, plus more than 1,000 soldiers and horses.
Tong Guan can see clearly, and then look at the generals on the left and right, all the generals bow their heads, everyone's skills are similar to the generals who were killed before, and some are even worse, if they come forward to call for war, wouldn't they be looking for death!
In such a scene, Tong Guan couldn't help but sigh, knowing that he couldn't go on like this anymore, if there was a fierce general here, how could it be like this!
Although they lost the first battle, the problem was not too big, after all, they had an army of 100,000.
Tong Guan thought for a while and said, "Since it is not an opponent to fight like this, then let's set up a position, recuperate, and wait for the Liangshan thieves to attack." ”
After a pause, he continued: "If Liangshan doesn't come to attack, then in a few days, our army will come out and have a decisive battle!"
All the generals received orders one after another.
Tong Guan immediately passed down the general's order, the front army was on alert, and the rear army was encamped, on the one hand, it contacted the surrounding state and county governments.