Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 284 Only 5000 People
Hei Lang clapped his hands at the top and laughed loudly: "The master is still powerful, but the one guarding the north is the most powerful [-] imperial guards in the capital, so it's not easy to fight!"

Huang Yidao said: "What are you afraid of? We have more than 8 people inside and outside. These many people are very afraid. If you want to have food for your head, you have to give up your head."

Someone immediately responded: "I agree with elder brother, kill the officers and soldiers from Kaifeng."

"Why don't we make a detour, walk from the west, and kill the local officers and soldiers?"

"If you're afraid of shit, kill the officers and soldiers sent by the emperor's old son."

"That's right, there are only 5000 officers and soldiers from the capital."

"You are the ancestors of the day, and those 5000 people will be the top four, which is equivalent to a [-] army."

The thieves below were arguing one after another, clamoring to deal with their respective enemies.

"You bastard sons, don't call your mother." Xu Qingfei stood up and said: "We must hurry up tomorrow, otherwise the Baizhang Pass will be blocked again and we will be finished. The officers and soldiers who repelled the capital from the north have the shortest journey, so we will fight They, this matter is so decided. Each family must send two thousand soldiers capable of fighting in front."

Four or five miles to the northwest of Xiaokou Town, this is the camp between Huang Yidao and Xu Qingfei in Xiying. Huang Yidao was hit hard by the Imperial Army in Bazhou, and was blocked by the Imperial Army of Sichuan and Sichuan. He came here after fleeing. , Lost a lot, but along the way to arrest the people, and recruited some bandits and bandits and other rogues who broke up, and now the number has reached nearly ten thousand.

In the middle of their camp was a village of mountain people, which had just been brought down by them. The horse soldiers lived there, and other bandits were scattered on the plains in this way. In the forest on the edge of Bashan, they were chopping firewood and hunting wild fruits. Occasionally, some horse soldiers ran outside.

More than a dozen horse thieves came running from the east. They just came back from looting. Two of them stayed in the camp for a while, and then rode out to the forest to the north. Another rogue on horseback was supervising some vagrants chopping wood.

After the three cavalry soldiers gathered to avoid the refugees, one of them raised his head and looked around at the edge of a forest. He was the former member of the Southern Gang, and now Shiwa, the intelligence team leader of the Sichuan and Shu regions of the Huaxia Weifu Intelligence Department.The other two are gold medal spies that are extremely rare in the Huaxia Weifu. They are both from the [-] Imperial Imperial Army brought by Han Hu.The intelligence personnel of the Intelligence Department have the same grades as the Huaxia Guards of the Operations Department. The so-called gold medal spies correspond to the Huaxia Golden Guards of the Operations Department. These two are Wu Gang and Feng Zhiyuan.

However, the clothes and looks of these three people clearly looked like rogues.

These are three of the dark chess pieces that Li Junhao played among the rogues. Although most of the rogues escaped during the Bazhou War, it also disrupted the organization of the rogues. There were dozens of intelligence agents and Huaxia Wei took the opportunity to pretend to be a small group of rogue cavalry soldiers who had been dispersed, replaced them with captured weapons, and divided them into seven groups and joined the seven major rogue groups. This situation also works for chaotic organizations like rogues.

After being hit hard, the rogues needed to replenish their strength. Seeing that they were good at riding, they were immediately included among the horse thieves, and all the horse thieves were core members of the rogues.Feng Zhiyuan's group first joined the blood butcher, and then cast Huang Yidao.The structure of the rogue bandits is loose and chaotic, similar to a large group of bandits. Horse bandits often change their "owners". Chuan Shu is very familiar with him, and he speaks clearly and logically, and his accent is very authentic, so the rogues did not become suspicious.So he ran with Huang Yidao's team for more than half a month, and finally found Xu Qingfei and Hei Lang.

Feng Zhiyuan looked at a group of horse thieves running by on the road outside, and asked the two of them: "There are a lot of people coming and going today, and they all went to Xiaokou Town. They seem to be discussing some important matter."

"It was Xu Qingfei who summoned the leaders of the seven groups of bandits in Xiaokou Town. I just followed the black wolf. The gangsters made a loud noise. I heard it from outside the door. The demon monk of the Maitreya Sect will help them open the Baizhang road leading to Guanzhong tomorrow." Pass, tomorrow they want to break out from the north and escape to Guanzhong." Shiwa said.

"The commander-in-chief has already arrived. Our Huaxia Weifu is almost full. If they are allowed to run away like this, it will be a disgrace to our Huaxia Weifu. I suggest that I sneak out immediately and report to Lizhou. The Commander-in-Chief will decide." Wu Gang said first.

Shiwa originally wanted to report the letter in person. After all, this was the first very important military report after the arrival of the chief commander, but since Wu Gang had already taken the lead, he couldn't say anything more. You are not safe alone, you both go, sneak away now, I will cover you."

Both of them nodded, and Shiwa asked in a low voice: "When you go out today, have you written down the crossing points of those rivers?"

"I wrote it down, and made the surrounding marks. I also drew a simple map of the vicinity, and I also found out the roads in the mountains." Feng Zhiyuan said
At this time, a horn sounded from the side of the camp, it was Huang Yidao who was summoning the cavalry, and then several other bandits nearby also sounded horns or trumpets.Feng Zhiyuan and Wu Gang didn't say anything anymore, they disappeared into the nearby forest.

At the southern foot of Daba Mountain in the north of Lizhou, the majestic and continuous Daba Mountain has become a gentle hill here. The dense forests are gradually thinning out, leaving only clumps of shrubs and grasses on the outer edge. These hills slowly extend to the Qinling Mountains. The Qinling Mountains is the Guanzhong area of ​​Yimapingchuan.

In the canyon outside the mountain are refugee camps that stretch for several miles. Large groups of refugees come to the mountain to chop firewood and collect water.Some horsemen led their horses to graze everywhere.Xu Qingfei, Huang Yidao, Heilang and other thieves started cooking.

Feng Zhiyuan and Wu Gang got out of the woods, found a hidden horse in a hidden place, rode along the mountain for a while, and disappeared after hiding in the mountain.Soon after, they circled back to the plain from a few miles away, and rode their horses to Lizhou in the south.

Three miles northwest of Lizhou City, the land is dry and yellow, and the continuous drought and turmoil have almost lost the vitality of this land.

The Operation Department of Huaxia Weifu came out in full force, and gathered 2000 Huaxia Wei here.Plus [-] black cavalry, a total of [-] people set up a camp here.Two deep trenches were dug, which were covered with sharp wooden piles, and behind it was an earth barrier with javelin-made refusal horses inserted into it, and a wooden watchtower with several Huaxia guards on duty , Everything is camped and fortified according to the requirements of field camps.Yellow dust rose from the road to the west, and several Huaxia guards galloped over with two rogue-like men, and after talking to the sentinel at the gate, they entered the camp.

Inside the Chinese military tent, Ye Chen, Bai Canghai, Li Junhao, and Hu Sanguang sat at the big table, looking at a map and studying the information collected by the intelligence department. In Bashan, it is very likely that there will be major actions.

Ye Chen and the others couldn't figure out what the rogues were going to do, but they just sent people to strengthen their guard against the rogues' surprise attack.

The more Ye Chen understood the situation, the more he felt that these rogues were far more difficult to deal with than the regular army of the Southern Han Dynasty.There were quite a few of these rogue cavalry, and there were [-] to [-] vagrants accompanying them, and the whereabouts of the camps were also uncertain. Often when the officers and soldiers received the news and rushed to them, the rogue sentry found out early, and then they had already changed camps.The officers and soldiers often miss nothing, and although they have won many battles, they have not been able to deal a decisive blow to the bandits.

A few people frowned and were scratching their heads at the map. A soldier outside the tent reported loudly: "My lord, the commander-in-chief, Feng Zhiyuan and Wu Gang, the gold medal spies of the intelligence department, have returned from the bandits. They have urgent information and want to see your lords." .”

Hearing this, Ye Chen lifted his spirits, slapped the table, and shouted, "Let them in quickly."

After a while, Feng Zhiyuan and Wu Gang ran in, looking very hurried, no one exchanged greetings, the two hurriedly saluted all the superiors, then went to the map, introduced the movements of the rogues, and then Feng Zhiyuan pointed to the north of Daba Mountain and pointed out one by one : "My lord, the seven bandits have all arrived at Daba Mountain. Xu Qingfei, the general leader of the bandits, camped near the southern foot of Daba Mountain. Huang Yidao is to the east of him, Hei Lang is to the west, and the other four bandits are all to the south. Their camps are two or three miles away from each other. It is about a hundred miles away from us. This afternoon Xu Qingfei convened a discussion with the leaders of the various gangsters. He said that the people of the Maitreya Sect would open the Baizhang Pass leading to Guanzhong. They decided to raid the five thousand from the capital tomorrow from the north. Forbidden army, pass Baizhang Pass and go to Guanzhong. So the subordinates rushed to report back."

Everyone was refreshed when they heard the words, and Ye Chen said without hesitation: "That's right! This information is very important. The secret agents sent by Li Sishi and Bai Sishi did a good job."

Li Junhao said: "Master Chief Commander, did you mobilize the Sichuan army to go to the north overnight to support the imperial guards in the capital?"

Ye Chen shook his head and said: "No, mobilizing the army to the north, it is difficult to escape the eyes of the rogue sentries, they can take advantage of the emptiness of the officers and soldiers in other directions to change directions and go to Baizhang Pass."

"The subordinates think that they can send people to report to Baizhang Pass, and then mobilize the army to rush to Baizhang Pass and wait for the bandits in the direction of Baizhang Pass." Hu Sanguang said.

Ye Chen said: "It is necessary to send people to Baizhang Pass, but to mobilize the army to go to Baizhang Pass, except for the Imperial Army in the north, the Sichuan Army in other directions may be too late in terms of distance. But the Imperial Army went to Baizhang Pass If the Maitreya Sect also opens several other small passes to Guanzhong, wouldn’t these bandits flee to Guanzhong without hindrance.”

Bai Canghai looked impatient, looked at Ye Chen and said, "Why do you follow the plan of those gangsters? No matter what the plan of the gangsters is, since Xu Qingfei, Hei Lang, Huang Yidao and other gangsters have all gathered together, then this is It’s a great opportunity, they are not far from our camp, in my opinion, it’s better to lead the [-] Huaxia Guards and the [-] black cavalry you brought to raid their camp directly.”

(End of this chapter)