Reborn Wu Dalang

Chapter 170 Seventh Arrival of the Western Army

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"I hope Shuibo can help!" Hua Rong said. e^look

"That's the only way!" Wu Dong said.

The distance between Liangshanbo and the Hedong theater is very close, only a few hundred miles away, so it should be able to pass.However, the strength of Liangshanbo is the weakest of the three base areas. The total population of Liangshanbo is only about 50. Many soldiers recruited over the years have also gone to the Koryo theater. As a result, the total strength of Liangshanbo is now only 3.

Moreover, when the imperial court encircled and suppressed the Hedong theater, it was impossible to leave Liang Shanbo alone.In fact, 10 troops from all parts of Shandong have already moved towards Liangshanbo. At that time, Liangshanbo may only be able to defend itself, and it will be difficult to send troops to rescue the Hedong theater.

"May God bless me Liangshan!" At this moment, Wu Dong could only pray secretly, hoping that Lin Chong and Zhu Wu would be able to guard the Hedong theater, and that there would be no problems in the Hedong theater.

"The governor doesn't have to worry too much. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Hedong theater, and it is not so easy for the imperial court to conquer it! It's just that this battle is a bit difficult." Hua Rong said.

Wu Dong nodded and stopped talking.After a while, the two began to think about the upcoming women's real war again, and put aside the matter of the Hedong theater for the time being.After all, the Hedong theater is too far away, no matter how worried they are now, it won't have much effect. They can only pin their hopes on Lin Chong and Zhu Wu.

On the tenth day of September, the 9 troops from the Northwest finally arrived at Puzhou City.

Most of the 20 soldiers and horses are the army, and only [-] cavalry are the absolute elite of the Western Army.

The soldiers of the Western Army are very tough, with confident smiles on their faces, which is unmatched by the rest of the imperial court.

"With such a strong army, it is certain to conquer the Hedong theater! It is a pity that the imperial court has never dared to attack the Khitan people, otherwise it is possible for our large army to attack the Khitan and subdue Yanyun!" Liu Guangshi rode on the horse, Ha ha laughed.

"The Khitans are not comparable to the bandits from Liangshan. I'm afraid we are no match for the Khitans." Qu Duan shook his head.

Historically, after the Song court united with the Jin Dynasty to attack the Liao Dynasty, it also attacked the Khitan people. At that time, the Western Army was sent, and the leaders were Zhong Shidao and Tong Guan. As a result, the Western Army was no match for the Khitan people at all. The No.1 generals of the army were all defeated by the Khitans.And this was when the Khitans had already been beaten and maimed by the real woman, and they were defeated by the Khitans who had only the remnant army left.At best, they are just bullying Xixia people or peasant rebels like Fang La. There is still a huge gap between their real combat effectiveness and foreigners.

At this moment, Liu Yu, the magistrate of Puzhou City, General Guan Sheng, Tian Bao and others have already received the news that they are 30 miles away from the city gate to welcome the arrival of the Western Army.

Seeing the fierce aura of the 20-strong army, Liu Yu, Guan Sheng and the others were secretly happy while being shocked. They all believed that the capture of the Liangshan bandits in Hedong this time was a certainty, and there would be absolutely no mistakes!

"I don't know where the commander is? Do we want to meet the commander?" Liu Yu said to the general of the Western Army who came over.

"Come with us." The general of the Western Army curled his lips and said disdainfully.

Liu Yu didn't care much about the arrogant expression of the general of the Western Army. After all, he was a subordinate of a kind of teacher. This is the No. 1 general of the Song Army in this era, and it is normal to be a little arrogant.

The soldiers of the Western Army had already started to set up camp outside Puzhou City. When they came to the Chinese Army, they finally saw the tents of the teacher.

I saw countless soldiers guarding the tent outside, and many generals were coming towards this tent. It seemed that Zhongshi Dao was going to hold a pre-war meeting here.

Liu Yu, Guan Sheng, and Tian Bao were also let in after the notification. After the three entered, they didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly stood at the bottom, waiting for the order of Zhong Shidao.

After all the generals arrived, Zhong Shidao glanced at the generals coldly, and said: "This time I am leading a large army, all the generals must work hard and not slack off! Anyone who dares to violate the military law will be killed amnesty!"

The generals are awe-inspiring. At this time, Zhong Shidao's prestige in the Northwest Army is unmatched. His military orders have always been strict, and others dare not offend easily.

Liu Yu hurriedly stood up at this moment, and said: "I will see the commander-in-chief, and I wish the commander-in-chief a victory!"

Behind Liu Yu, Guan Sheng and Tian Bao had already knelt down. They were military generals, so they would naturally bow to their superiors.And Liu Yu is a civil servant, and the civil servant has a high status. Even in the face of the number one general of the Song Dynasty like Zhong Shidao, he doesn't need to kneel down.

Zhong Shidao nodded, and said: "You don't need to be polite, get up! How many soldiers and horses do you have in Puzhou?"

Liu Yudao: "Report to Commander, there are still [-] soldiers and horses."

Zhong Shidao was taken aback, and said, "Are there so many soldiers and horses in Puzhou now?"

He thought that there were only [-] to [-] troops in Puzhou, but he didn't expect there to be so many, which was beyond his expectation.

Liu Yu said: "Commander, this is not counting the soldiers and horses of the Hedong Salt Transshipment Department, otherwise there will be more."

Zhong Shi's way became more and more strange, his gaze swept across Liu Yu's body, and when he came to Guan Sheng's body, he paused slightly.After Guan Sheng became a saint, Zhong Shidao also nodded at him.When he saw the person next to Guan Sheng, he frowned slightly, and then remembered that after Tian Hu's territory was occupied by Liang Shan two years ago, Tian Hu's younger brother Tian Bao defected to the court and was named The general manager of soldiers and horses, it seems that the reason why there are more soldiers and horses in Puzhou is mainly because of Tian Bao.

Being stared at by Zhong Shidao like this, Tian Bao felt a little nervous.In fact, Tian Bao's current status is not low, but from the second-rank military general, in terms of official position, he is only two levels behind the teacher, but in fact, as a general, he has no strength or reputation. There is too much difference from the way of the kind of teacher. In front of the way of the kind of teacher, he has a lot of pressure.

"Are you Tian Hu's younger brother Tian Bao?" Zhong Shidao asked.

"Yes!" Tian Bao replied hastily.

"How did you get defeated by Liang Shan?" Master Zhong asked.

"Marshal Qi, two years ago, my eldest brother's son died in Puzhou Prefecture, so my eldest brother led soldiers to surround Puzhou Prefecture, trying to find out who killed the son. Unexpectedly, Liangshan took the opportunity to enter and occupied Fenyang, etc. At that time, Fenyang and other places did not have many soldiers and horses, so Liangshan could succeed." Tian Bao said.

"So that's the case, but since the army is in Puzhou, didn't you go to take back your territory later?" Zhong Shi said.

"Marshal, we wanted to regain the territory, but when we passed by Mount Li, the Liangshan army brutally set fire to the mountain. My elder brother and countless soldiers were burned to death. I had to lead the rest of the army to Puzhou Mansion. The imperial court surrenders." Tian Bao said.

In fact, the battle against Tian Hu in Liangshan was very simple. The main reason was that Tian Hu was caught off guard, and then he set fire to the mountain. In the first battle, Tian Hu could no longer stand up.At that time, there were only more than 1 troops in Liangshan. If you really fought against Tian Hu's army, you might not be able to beat Tian Hu.

Now hearing what Tian Bao said, all the generals of the Western Army in the camp booed constantly, Liu Guangshi said: "Commander, it seems that the so-called Liangshan was able to occupy Hedong only by virtue of insidious tricks. I think they were able to occupy it." Goryeo, I'm afraid they are relying on insidious tricks, after all, they are grassroots bandits, and their real strength is vulnerable! Please send me to lead the army, only [-] soldiers, and I promise to conquer all the east of the river within ten days!"

Zhong Shidao snorted coldly, and said: "Presumptuous! In the barracks, I didn't let you speak, why did you stand up?"

Zhong Shidao didn't like Liu Guangshi very much. This is a standard military yamen, and he doesn't follow the rules at all. He is regarded as a thorn in the military.It's just that Liu Yanqing arranged for this thorn to come in, and he can't do anything about this thorn, at most he would retreat.

Liu Guangshi curled his lips, and secretly scolded Zhong Shidao in his heart.He doesn't pay much attention to the way of being a teacher. After all, his father is also the number two figure in the Northwest Army. Although his father didn't come this time, relying on his father's identity and status, the way of being a teacher doesn't dare to do anything to him. Sample.

Zhong Shidao thought for a while, first looked at a general on the left, and said: "Feng Mei, you lead [-] troops to Gaizhou, and strive to conquer Gaizhou in one battle!"

Feng Mei is Tong Guan's confidant and was appointed as the vanguard. After hearing this, she was overjoyed and said, "Commander, I'm leaving now!"

Like the rest of the generals of the Western Army, he believed that Liangshan was vulnerable, and even thought that Liangshan might not have many soldiers, and he could conquer the entire Hedong by himself, so he was impatient and wanted to send troops to make contributions.

"Very good, you just organize your troops and set off today," said Mr. Zhong.

What Chong Shidao did was actually to send Feng Mei aside. Feng Mei has no virtue or ability at all, and she became a general only by relying on Tong Guan's relationship.Now that Feng Mei was sent away, he could continue to dispatch troops and strive to conquer Jinning in the north.

"Yang Keshi, Liu Guangshi, the two of you lead [-] soldiers to clear the way, make sure there is no ambush on the road ahead, and then find out the situation of Jinning for me." Zhong said.

A general on the right side stood up, he looked about 40 years old, Liu Guangshi also stood up, and they both knelt down and took orders.

Liu Guangshi was one of the four famous ZTE generals in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Yang Keshi was the top figure of the Western Army in this era. He was known as "the enemy of ten thousand people". He made great contributions in the battle of Xixia. The real ace general in his hand.In today's era, the rest of Zhong Shidao's generals are not as good as this Yang Keshi.

After receiving the order, the two immediately went to organize the army. They set off that afternoon and headed towards Jinning City in the north.

The land of Hedong is mountainous, and between Puzhou and Jinning are mainly some branches of the Luliang Mountains, and there is also the Fen River.

In later generations, even the Yellow River often stopped flowing, let alone the Fen River, which was the second tributary of the Yellow River. At that time, the flow of the Fen River was very small, but in this era, the Fen River was the largest river in Shanxi. The surging water was magnificent and the river was extremely wide. .

The danger of mountains and rivers really deserves its reputation, and it deserves to be the famous "lands and rivers inside and outside" in the past dynasties.

There are countless ambush locations here, but the two of them were surprised that they didn't encounter any ambushes along the way.

"There is no ambush in such a good terrain! It seems that the Liangshan bandits must have been terrified, so they all retreated to the city! It must be like this!" Yang Keshi said. .

"General Yang, what should we do now?" Liu Guangshi asked.

"Conquer the Jinning City ahead directly!" Yang Keshi said.

"Okay!" Liu Guangshi laughed loudly.