Water Margin people

"The terrain around Gaotang Prefecture is on the map. Now that it's raining heavily, they can only go here."

Sun Lei pointed to a road on the map and said, it has been raining heavily for two days and two nights tonight, and the ground is extremely muddy. There is only one road that [-] cavalry can take from Gaotang Prefecture to Zengtou City.

"Brother, let's get ready!"

Everyone immediately opened their mouths happily.

"Mr. Li, you will lead the troops first, and I will arrive later."

Sun Lei looked at Li Zhu with a smile and said.

"Yes, brother!"

Li Zhu clasped his fists in salute.

"Brother, if Zengtou City is leaving, the soldiers and horses of the Daming Mansion may also leave!"

Wen Huanzhang said, as long as one of the scattered army leaves first, the rest will be scattered.

"There is no way. We have limited troops, and it is already difficult to deal with Zengtou City. It is impossible for the [-] troops of Daming Mansion to divide up and go there."

Sun Lei shook his head helplessly. He only has [-] troops under his command. It is already very difficult to feed the [-] cavalry in Zengtou City.

"Let's let Li Cheng, Song Jiang, and Lu Junyi go this time. Compared to [-] war horses, they are really not enough."

Sun Lei looked in the direction of Gaotangzhou and said.

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Gaotang Prefecture, government office.

"There is water everywhere in the city, how can we fight this battle?"

Zeng Mi complained irritably that after a long time, the water reached the ankles in the morning and had already reached the middle of the calf, and seeing that it might rise to the knees tomorrow, there is almost no dry place in the city.

"Gaozhifu, the thieves have dug through several rivers, and the water gates have not been blown up. They can't be blocked in a short time. Now the water is only pouring into the city."

Shan Yangui walked into the government office and reported to Gao Lian.

"How many rivers have been dug through?"

Li Cheng asked with a dark face, no wonder the water in this city has been rising but not falling.

"Gao Zhifu, I suggest to abandon the city directly, and our army will go out of the city directly to find a high ground to station, and we will talk about it after the rain stops."

Zeng Mi looked at Gao Lian and said, anyway, the people in Zengtou City don't want to stay in this city for a moment.

"To put it simply, it's raining now, and there's not even a camp when you go out of the city. What should you do if the enemy sneaks up on you?"

Suo Chao looked at Zeng Tu and said, without the city, it would be like going to the battlefield without armor.

"Sneak attack? Then hit it head-on! You like living in the city so much? How many of us can't beat a bunch of grassroots thieves?"

Zeng Mi looked at Suo Chao coldly.

"What do you know? How do more than 4 people go out of the city to march? If the enemy makes a surprise attack, the head and tail cannot look at each other, and the army is in chaos, that is the way to die!"

Suo Chao glared at Zeng Tu and said, these Japanese soldiers don't know the art of war at all, they only know how to fight.

"That's you, my cavalry come and go like the wind, we will kill the enemy as soon as they appear, so why don't we care about each other!"

Zeng Mi said, the inability to look at each other is only considered by the clumsy infantry of the brigade. They are light cavalry, flexible and changeable, and they are not afraid of sneak attacks at all.

"It's raining so much, the ground is like a swamp, you cavalry, do you really think you can come and go freely once you step on it? I think they are stepping on each other!"

Guan Sheng said disdainfully, Zeng Mi said lightly, but the actual situation is not so suitable.

"If you don't go, let's go!"

Zeng Suo said with a snort.

"What does that mean?"

Gao Lian looked at the members of the Zeng family and asked, after talking for so long, the Zeng family finally revealed their purpose, these soldiers wanted to leave.

"Gaozhifu, we can't do anything in the city under the current situation. Why don't we go out of the city and find a place to camp. If the enemy attacks the city, we'll go around the back, don't you think it's better to have horns?"

Zeng Tu said directly, since the words have been spoken, there is no need to hide them.

These words are much more advanced than those of the Zeng family. Gao Lian and Li Cheng have no way to refute them. Now that there is heavy rain and flood in the city, the cavalry is really useless in the city, so it is better to go out of the city to support them.

"Moreover, the water in the city is getting higher and higher, and there are still many dead chickens, dead mice, and insects floating around. Many people have already fallen ill. I heard that it is a plague, but we are not afraid, and the war horses may not be able to bear it!"

Zeng Tu spoke again.

"plague?"

Everyone's face changed, everyone present was aware of the horror of the plague. Floods and wars are often accompanied by outbreaks of plagues. Now Gaotang Prefecture is full of floods and wars. The outbreak of plague is almost doomed after a long time.

"Go and see for yourselves, the rumors are very fierce in the city, and now every household stays behind closed doors, lest the plague come to the door, Sun Lei is going to drive us all to death."

Su Ding, an assistant teacher in Zengtou City, said.

As soon as the words of the plague came out, no one said anything, they all frowned and thought about countermeasures, the plague was too terrible.

The Zeng family had decided to go, so they quickly gathered their troops and prepared to leave the city through the north gate in the middle of the night.

Everyone returned to the camp with their hearts in their hearts.

Li Cheng summoned Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and others.

"Assemble your troops tonight, we won't be staying in the city anymore!"

Li Cheng looked at Song Jiang and Lu Junyi and said.

"Li Dujian, are we going out of the city too?"

Lu Junyi looked at Li Cheng and asked, now that everyone in Zengtou City has left, the main force in Gaotang Prefecture is only the soldiers and horses of their Daming Mansion. Now that they have left, Gaotang Prefecture will be empty.

"The people in Zengtou City are gone, what are we doing in the city? Haven't you been soaked enough?"

Li Cheng looked at Lu Junyi and asked.

Lu Junyi was annoyed. He had never worn wet shoes in his life, but he hadn't dried them in the past two days. His feet were now pale and cyanotic, very cold and itchy. Illness.

Lu Junyi was like this, not to mention the other soldiers, the water in the city was not clean rainwater or river water, it was very dirty mixed with the sewage and garbage in the city.

"The rumor about the plague is not groundless. Now that the city has become like this, the outbreak of the plague will happen sooner or later. I am ordered by Liang Zhongshu to lead the entire army and I will be responsible for the entire army!"

Li Cheng looked at the crowd and said, although he thought about using Song Jiang and Lu Junyi as cannon fodder, they were also cannon fodder of the Daming Mansion, and they should not be lost in vain.

Moreover, the soldiers and horses of the Daming Mansion belonged to Cai Jing's faction. This battle was launched by Gao Lian to avenge Gao Qiu, and they could help. There was no need to fight to the death.

The back hall of the magistrate's yamen.

"Two generals, Zengtou City and Daming Mansion are leaving now, how about you?"

Gao Lian looked at the two generals of water and fire in front of him. Unlike the Fan soldiers who had troubles and the soldiers of the Daming Mansion, the prefects of Lingzhou and Kouzhou were both promoted by Gao Qiu, and these people had no reason to leave.

"I am willing to help Kochifu defend the city!"

Wei Dingguo and Shan Yangui clasped their fists together helplessly, they would have given up long ago after the battle, but they were only practicing in the state army, and this time they came to Gaotang Prefecture under the order of death, and they couldn't leave even if they wanted to.

"Okay, don't worry, the two generals, my Gao family will never treat you badly after this battle!"

Gao Lian watched the two of them draw big cakes, and handed over all the houses in the city to them.

Wei Dingguo and Shan Yangui looked at each other with wry smiles. It's hard to say whether this situation will happen in the future, and the prosperity may just be in vain.