subvert the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 184 Occupy Liangshan

Zhang You really couldn't imagine why the troops of the Xuanwu Army came to Suzhou so quickly. Could it be that the [-] troops in Yongzhou have already been defeated?If this is not the case, how could the enemy army bypass the front line where the army gathered and come to Suzhou? The Xuanwu army should be overwhelmed at this time!

Zhang You sighed while meditating, but the matter had come to an end, he had nothing to say, he went straight out of the state office and went up to the city wall, seeing the enemy army in the darkness outside the city, he felt so regretful.At the time when Pu dispatched troops, he transferred away almost all the elite troops in Suzhou, leaving only [-] old and weak to defend the city. Originally, Zhang You did not expect that the people from the Xuanwu Army could cross Yongzhou to fight, otherwise he would have killed him. will not agree.But it was too late to say anything now, the enemy army was approaching the city, and it was about to start an attack, so I could only organize defense.

Although there are not many troops in Suzhou, both Pang Shigu and Ding Hui came here in a hurry and did not bring siege equipment. If Zhang You insisted on defending the city and waiting for reinforcements, they might not be able to take Suzhou for a while. .

But this is not a problem for them, there are ways to siege a city.There is a river not far from the north of Suzhou City, which is a tributary of the Bian River. The local name is the New Bian River. The low-lying terrain of Suzhou is most suitable for water attack.Dinghui dug the embankment of the Xinbian River that night, and the turbulent river quickly spread, and the vicinity of Suzhou became a swamp country.The river is as high as a person, but the flood is still coming here. Although the city gate is strong, how can it stop the flood?

Knowing that this was a fall, Zhang You hurriedly raised the white flag and agreed to surrender.

Ding Hui was not the kind of person who would not forgive others, so he immediately used the sandbags he had prepared and mobilized thousands of soldiers to plug the gap.After the flood receded, Zhang You stepped out of the city on the mud to welcome Pang Shigu and Ding Hui into the city, appease the people, and recruited the surrendered army. Zhang You still let him be the governor, but he found a deputy for him. This person is Uncle Shi Cong, although Zhang You is still the governor of Suzhou, he has been completely excluded, and Suzhou has become the territory of Xuanwu Army.

Pang Shigu and Dinghui left 5000 troops to stay in Suzhou, and took away the original [-] surrendered troops from Suzhou. They marched eastward and captured Lingbi, Sixian, and Suining one after another, and arrived at the city of Suqian. At this time, Shi Pu had already Hearing the news, he hurriedly brought troops from Yongzhou to rescue him.

It's a pity that Zhu Zhen's troops clung to him tightly. More than 2 people began to attack Yongzhou. The sharp artillery and muskets went into battle. The Shi Pu army in Yongzhou did not dare to fight at all. Zhu Zhen did not enter the city because of the absolute superiority in the number of enemy troops in the city. Otherwise, if her 2 people fought in street fighting, she would definitely not have the slightest advantage.

Zhu Zhen didn't mind at all being wasted with Shi Pu's army in Yongzhou. Shi Pu's favorite general Li Shiyue was in charge of the overall situation in Yongzhou. This kid is now disgraced. He originally wanted to go out of the city to attack the enemy's camp, but he was beaten by Zhu Zhen Ambush, lost 5000 troops, didn't even see the enemy's face, came back disheartened, and now there is still no time to wash off the dust on his face.

Li Shiyue has never fought such a useless battle. With 7 troops, there is nothing he can do about them. Now his own troops have lost more than 1 people, but the enemy has only suffered dozens of casualties. It's a big joke in the world, even Li Shiyue himself feels ashamed to see Shi Pu.

When Li Shiyue died, Pu picked him up with one hand. Knowing Shi Pu's temper and understanding, he knew that if the battle report was published, his future would be considered late.Li Shiyue made up his mind to fight Zhu Zhen to the death. He planned to go out of the city to fight with all the troops in his hand. Isn't Zhu Zhen good with muskets? I'll fill it with people and see how many bullets you have.

Now Li Shiyue also knew that the fire sticks equipped in Zhu Zhen's team were no longer black magic. They were a new type of weapon that needed "bullets" to fire.As long as one's own troops rushed forward in a swarm, the enemy's three thousand rifles would not be able to handle it at all.

Although there will be heavy losses at that time, the final victory will still be his own.

Li Shiyue's plan was made, so he started to prepare to go without mentioning it.

However, it is said that after Zhu Wen arranged everything in Yiyunzhou, he did not continue to advance eastward, but sent troops to Liangshan in the northeast direction. The main task of soldiers and horses is to inquire about news and spy on the military situation.

Fortunately, there were many soldiers from Shandong in Zhu Wen's team, so let these people set up camp in Liangshan, pretending to be bandits, but actually acting as Zhu Wen's spy troops, but who will be the leader here? ?

This made Zhu Wen troubled, Zhu Wen expressed his thoughts, and Ge Congzhou suddenly said: "I have a candidate. Although this person is young, he may have been the leader in the mountains before. things are more familiar."

Zhu Wen's heart moved, and he said, "You mean Wang Tan?"

Ge Congzhou nodded and said, "That's right. Brother Xu Huaiyu specially arranged him under my command when we went out this time, and wanted him to make some military exploits, so he is in the army now."

Zhu Wen nodded and said: "He is indeed a very good candidate. The proud disciple of Guanzhong Xiucai, who is in charge of Guanzhong Lvlin, is the most suitable for this task. This can also be regarded as an old job. He is familiar with all aspects, so he doesn't need to be alone. Go learn. You get him, and I will discuss it with him."

After a while, Ge Congzhou took Wang Tan into Zhu Wen's big tent. After giving the salute, Wang Tan said: "General Ge has already told me that I will resolutely follow the prince's arrangement, and I will never let him be embarrassed, and I will not let him down." trust."

Zhu Wen patted Wang Tan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You are still young, so you should exercise more. Your big brother Xu asked you to serve with General Ge. It is a good intention, but you are still so young. It would be a pity to charge forward. , you can preside over the overall situation on Liangshan.”

But Wang Tan said: "Your Majesty, I heard that there is now a group of bandits on the Liangshan Mountain in this water park, who specialize in robbing houses and doing a lot of evil. Why don't we put them down first, so as to save trouble later."

Of course Zhu Wen agreed, attacking a cottage is of course a breeze, so Zhu Wen didn't care too much, and handed over the command to Wang Tan, and asked Wang Tan to take 3000 people to attack Liangshan.

Ge Congzhou was a little worried, feeling that Wang Tan was too young to be competent, so he went with Wang Tan, and 3000 people dressed up as Jianghu gangs went to worship the mountain.The king of the mountain is called Lin Hui. He is a tall, mighty, rough and bold man. He is somewhat loyal, but he is cruel and easy to kill. The people around him are very afraid of him.

Wang Tan handed in the name card, Lin Hui looked at it, and said with a smile: "The horse bandits from Ma Le Gobi, Guanzhong actually came to my site, obviously to grab business."

Song Hao, the second master, looked at the famous post and said with a smile: "It turned out to be a student of Guanzhong scholar. I heard that Guanzhong scholar rebelled with Huang Chao five or six years ago and died in the rebellion in the battle of Liang Tianpo. I didn't expect He still has disciples left behind, and he brought a lot of people with him. This Guanzhong scholar was the head of the Guanzhong horse bandits back then, and he was the prime minister of Huang Chao. I heard that there are indeed two brushes."

Lin Hui said nonchalantly: "A strong dragon doesn't overwhelm local snakes. Even if he has a deep foundation in Guanzhong, wouldn't he obediently worship the mountain when he arrives at Liangshan? What's more, after Zhao Zhang's death, the gangsters on the green forest road in Guanzhong became a mess. , even some people are not very powerful, we will go meet them now."

The two called out five hundred minions and rushed to the front of the mountain gate. Seeing that Wang Tan was young, but he had brought 3000 troops with him, the two couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Now there are only more than 1000 people on Liangshan. If there is a conflict between them, it may be really difficult to handle, after all, where is their strength.

Wang Tan didn't talk nonsense, he just stated his intentions when he came up, saying that he was tired of being in Guanzhong, thinking about the development of Shandong, and seeing that Liangshan is a good place, he came up to have a look, if the two of you don't dislike it, you can develop together.

This time Lin Hui didn't want to do it anymore. Although he was not as powerful as the other party, how could he be so blatant to grab the territory?I have seen horizontal ones, but I have never seen such horizontal ones!Seeing that this kid is only seventeen or eighteen years old, how can he speak so harshly?He sneered, and said: "We are all people with a reputation in the Jianghu. Although I, Lin Hui, and your master have no friendship, we have admired each other for a long time. You speak like this, it is too unsure that Lin is in your eyes. Are you in?"

Wang Tan laughed, and said: "Since I'm here, the land of Liangshan is occupied, so don't talk so much nonsense, if you want to stay, you can stay, I will arrange a leader for you or something, if you want to leave I Don't stop me, if you really take my words as a deaf ear, don't blame brother, I don't follow the rules of the rivers and lakes!"

To be honest, he is now a general of the government, so there is no need to talk about the rules of the world!

These words made Lin Hui and Song Hao angry, Lin Hui said loudly: "Okay, since the king said so, you and I will follow the rules of the world, as long as you win the gun in my hand, I, Lin Hui, will turn around and leave , all the men and horses on the mountain will be left to you, and from now on, Liangshan will obey your orders."

Then he changed the subject and said: "If you lose, the people in Guanzhong will not be allowed to step into Liangshan."

He knew that he had more troops than him, so he said that. Although Wang Tan was Zhao Zhang's disciple, he was young after all, so he should not be his opponent.

Wang Tan said contemptuously: "You two should go up together, it will save me trouble."

This made the two of them very angry, but when they thought about it, this is your courting death, and it has nothing to do with me, so the two of them rushed over without saying a word, just looked at each other, and Wang Tan just rode forward slowly. , did not move at all, even the spear was hung by the saddle and did not move.

When the two of them were about to rush forward, Wang Tan flipped his hand over and took the revolver in his hand. He knocked them off the horse with two bang bang shots, and sneered, "You idiot!"

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