Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 389 Conquest of Huainan
Xiapi City.

Tens of thousands of Liangshan troops are waiting.

Yang Zhi was dressed in a battle armor, and he climbed up to the high platform steadily.Sharp eyes like eagle eyes scanned all the fighters below.This is the main force of the subordinates of the governor's mansion of his right army, and the left and right deputy governors Luan Tingyu and Wu Song are behind him on both sides.

The sun is so warm in early March.Huainan is full of spring.But no matter how warm the bright sunlight is, it can't wash away the fierce and murderous aura of the ten thousand troops with bright armor and shining swords and guns.

A piece of armor, a piece of weapons, exudes a cold light in the sun.

"Captain, the time has come." The military officer stepped forward to report.

Yang Zhi nodded, and said, "Dianmao."

Luan Tingyu, the deputy governor of the left, stepped forward and responded: "The last general will die."

Open the roster in your hand and order your generals loudly, one by one generals respond to the command, with banners waving.Later, Luan Tingyu reported to the general Yang Zhi: "Go back to the governor, our army, together with the auxiliary soldiers [local garrison], set out for [-] troops, and all of them have arrived."

At this time, clouds were filling the place invisible to the naked eye. Yang Zhi pulled out his saber and pointed forward obliquely, "According to the king's order, send troops to Chuzhou. Our army will win this battle!" Almost at the same time, the banner waved , the gongs and drums are loud and can be heard for miles.When Fang Fei and Gao Yu were puzzled by the gathering of cavalry soldiers in Yantai and Weihai ports, Lu Qian ordered Yang Zhi, who was stationed at the southern end, to lead the main force to attack Chuzhou.

Who told Chen Guan to send someone to report that the Huainan local government of the Song Dynasty has recently recruited Minyong aggressively, and their combat power is weak, but Liu Menglong, who was contracted to defend along the river, joined forces to attack and kill Taizhou, which made Chen's father and son unable to support up.How could their generals be a strong army?Together with the Songjiang Department, the fight in Huainan was nothing but a pecking at each other.

Lu Qian didn't intend to attack Chuzhou in the first month of March, but looking at it now, he had to move forward.

At this time, tens of thousands of troops in the school grounds shouted together, and the shouts rang out like spring thunder: "Our army will surely win, we will surely win. King, Wansheng, Wansheng, Wansheng!"

After hearing this, Yang Zhi could feel the high morale of the soldiers. He raised his saber and slashed forward, saying, "Let's march."

Because they had been ordered by the military before, one after another, the phalanxes were moved out in an orderly manner.First was the former army led by Luan Tingyu, later the central army led by Yang Zhi himself, and then the rear army led by Wu Song.

Battalion after battalion and battalion after battalion, the Liangshan army rushed past like a tide, marching southward, if you can't see the long dragon from the beginning to the end at a glance.

The army is well-organized, mighty and majestic, the soldiers are vigorous and powerful, and the armored swords are dazzling. It is a strong army.

As the saying goes, if there are more than ten thousand soldiers, there are no boundaries, but the tens of thousands of troops stretch for three to five miles.

The Liangshan army made such a big move, did they cover up the news? Naturally, the Song army's spies were not deaf or blind.When Yang Zhi led his troops to Suqian, the Chuzhou defenders were already busy preparing for the battle.

And an urgent report was delivered to Yangzhou.Lu Yirou, the appeasement envoy of East Huainan Road and the magistrate of Yangzhou, trembled when he saw the urgent report.The bad news that he had feared and feared again and again finally arrived unstoppably.Hearing the news, the assistant officials in the hall looked at each other, their faces pale.

How could Huainan East Road, which could not even wipe out a mere Chen Guan, have the strength to resist the really strong soldiers of the Liangshan bandits?Although Chen Guan's father and son also used the banner of Liang Shanbo, no one would think that Chen Guan's combat power was comparable to that of the real Liangshan bandits.For Yangzhou City, this is great news.

After a while, Lu Yirou was stunned, he had calmed down, and ordered in a deep voice: "Call all the officials to discuss immediately!" Lu Yirou, the second place in Wuchen Ke High School in the third year of Zhezong Yuanyu (1088), did not know soldiers in his life, but he had a calm personality , gritty.This is the biggest reason why Huainan Donglu and Chen Guan and his son, from being passively beaten at the beginning, became stronger and stronger later on - Minyong recruited more and more, turning defense into offense.

Ninety-ninety people who travel a hundred miles are willing to be whipped!This sentence is a true portrayal of his character.

After Lu Yirou said this order, he looked around at the crowd with a murderous look in his eyes, only to hear him spit out the words through his teeth: "From now on, the whole city will be under martial law. Anyone who dares to shake the morale of the army will be killed, and anyone who dares to run away without permission will be killed." Kill, kill anyone who dares to resist and disobey." The repeated killing words undoubtedly showed Lu Yirou's attitude, he would not abandon the city and flee, let alone surrender without a fight.

Officials should be one after another.

After a while, orders came out from the mansion, and it didn't take long for everyone to arrive.

At this time, the inside and outside of the yamen were already full of sergeants.

When all the officials arrived, Lu Yirou greeted each other.He didn't take his seat either, so he cut straight to the point and said, "Shicai, I received an urgent report from the prefect Lin of Chuzhou that Yang Zhi, the general under Lu's command, led more than [-] Liangshan thieves to the south. Now that he has arrived in Suqian, he will be ready soon." Soldiers are coming to Chuzhou."

Many officials in the hall didn't know it yet, and they all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words, the tens of thousands of bandits, these are not the incompetent people under Chen Guan, all of them turned pale involuntarily.

Lu Yirou looked around, and said in a deep voice: "This is a critical time of life and death, and the only way you can survive is to work hard, gentlemen, work hard!"

Lu Yirou's policy is very simple, withdraw the troops who attacked Taizhou, fortify the walls and clear the country, and stick to Yangzhou with all your strength.

Even Gaoyou City was abandoned.

Lu Yirou issued orders one by one at this time, and no one had room to object.But their faces are submissive, but their hearts are uneasy. Ten thousand Liang bandits are no small matter, not to mention that their army also has a super stone cannon that can destroy cities and pull out villages like flipping their palms. Is this battle still going on?
Lin Bing, the prefect of Chuzhou, was born in Changle, Fujian. His father, Lin Shao, was a direct bachelor of Xianmo Pavilion.It can be said that this is an 'unorthodox' background in the official circles of the Northern Song Dynasty.But Lin Bing used his real experience to prove one thing. It really doesn't matter whether he is a good official or not, and the depth of knowledge of his classmates.

Since he knew Chuzhou, "by observing and hearing, he is a hero, a corrupt official, and he dare not bully him."He is a very experienced official.And he has good knowledge. In the first year of Chongning (1102), Lin Yushi was a member of Tuntian and was sent to inspect Hebei.At the time of His Majesty's speech, Lin Bing suggested that a commander in chief should be chosen for a big mansion, a guard should be chosen for a frontier state, and guards should be more guarded for arrogant soldiers, etc., which won Huizong's heart.

Such an official can be called a capable minister.But the more such officials are, the more loyal they are to Zhao Song.

He is a civil servant.In addition to the consideration of integrity and righteousness, and the cleanliness of the name behind him, he also pays more attention to the "national policy and guidelines".During Lu Qian's "Palace Examination", he divided the scientific examinations into categories, which inherently aroused the resentment of the scholar-bureaucrats.Not to mention Lu Qian's tax policies, and the Liangshan Army's killing of local evil gentry is like slaughtering chickens.

When Song Jiang attacked Chuzhou, many officials and gentry in the city were terrified and trembling.However, he had been sent to the Liao Kingdom and fought hard in the Liao Kingdom, so that the Liao Kingdom was furious and cut off the supply of water and food to the Song Dynasty mission. Lin Bing, who still did not give in, remained calm in the face of danger and recruited brave people. The marshalling city is young and strong, so it easily keeps Song Jiang out of the city.

But now, this competent and courageous official couldn't help trembling after holding Lu Yirou's letter back.

"When tens of thousands of Liangshan bandits attack, how can I defend Chuzhou for ten days? Isn't this going to kill me?" Lin Bing's face was very pale. I am afraid that I will not be able to support it in two or three days, and I will continue to support it for ten days.It's just fantastic.

As for Lu Yirou's order to fortify the walls and clear the fields, all the surplus money and food were transported back to Yangzhou.He can understand this!
Yangzhou is different from Chuzhou. In the latter, there are only a few brave people, and the people in the city contributed more in the battle against Songjiang.The former recruited a large number of civilian braves, all of which needed money and food support.

However, Chuzhou is the gateway to Huainan. If it is lost here, the entire Huainan East Road will no longer be the land of Song Dynasty.

Lu Yirou's abandonment of Chuzhou was so easy.

Lin Bing sighed, and the surrounding officials trembled even more.In this battle, Chuzhou abided by the law like this, which is more than luck.

From Suqian to Chuzhou, the distance is only one hundred and fifty miles.

For the Liangshan Army, the 150-mile journey took three days.This time, it is necessary to take into account the luggage on the river, and the whole marching process is only four days.

The second day after Lin Bing received Lu Yirou's reply, the murderous Liangshan Army appeared at the foot of Chuzhou City.

Arrows rained down, and they continued to cover and shoot, hitting the city defenders Yong and Ding Zhuang on the top of the city, unable to raise their heads.They don't have formal armor to cover their bodies.Even shields are pitifully simple.

On Yang Zhi's side, he waved his hand and asked someone to push him up the trench bridge, and he made a passage in the north of Chuzhou City that day.Lin Xing knew that the situation was not good, so he recruited a group of warriors with a lot of money that night, led the team with his parents and children, and sent the team to the city to burn the trench bridge.As a result, Liang Shanjun, who was on guard at night, noticed and shot a wave of arrows, and was shot in half in an instant.

The son of Lin Bing, wearing leather armor and holding a sharp sword, was shrinking behind the wall of sheep and horses together with the others.Distraught.

If tonight's move is not successful, until dawn, the Liangshan army stepped across the moat to attack the city, erected ladders, and climbed the city to fight.Chuzhou fell in the blink of an eye.

This is a very intuitive judgment. After two times of Song Jiang's siege experience, why can't Lin Tong see the difference between the front and rear enemy troops?Compared with the current Liangshan bandits, Song Jiangjun is just a mob.

On that day, Song Jiang's bandit army tried their best to fill up the moat and spent five days under the city.It was so exhausting that the soldiers and civilians in Chuzhou City were not afraid.But what about the current Liangshan bandits?In just half a day, eight moat bridges were built in the northern city of Chuzhou.At the same time, arrows rained down on the top of the city, and the defenders were so strong that they couldn't lift their heads.This feeling of complete suppression made everyone feel heavy.

Lin Tong gritted his teeth and said to the people beside him: "Whoever wants to go again, just pour oil on the fire, and you're done! Afterwards, rockets will naturally be shot down from the top of the city. Those who do this will add another level, and the reward will be ten through."

Before he finished speaking, a figure sprang up beside him, agreed loudly, and called everyone to go up and grab the trench bridge together.

The sheep and horse wall is very close to the moat bridge, only ten steps away, but these ten steps are extremely difficult to walk.A torch was already lit in the darkness on the opposite side, but there was no one around the torch.Feathered arrows were shot down from the top of the city, but no cry from the Liangshan army was heard, instead, they shot arrows in the dark, and the arrows bit the flesh.

Everyone descended from the city, and the shields they carried were all short and round shields, and it was good enough to cover their upper body.However, the archers of Liang Bandit were obviously good archers with outstanding accuracy, and several of them were hit by arrows in their waists and legs.Being forced to a desperate situation, Lin Tong also gave it all, relying on the leather armor on his body, and rushed out with the round card on his back.

Fortunately, a can of kerosene fell onto a bridge.But when he returned to the wall of sheep and horses, only four of the dozen or so people who escaped from the city were left.

And their result is to add a touch of grease to the two trench bridges.However, wouldn't such a method be a drop in the bucket for the whole battle of offense and defense?
Lu Qian soon received the battle report from Yang Zhi that Chuzhou had been taken down, Zhizhou Lin Bing and his son Lin Tong were captured by Zhao Li, the head of Xuzhou guards.

On the one hand, Yang Zhi reported the victory, on the other hand, he recommended Zhao Li to Lu Qian, saying that Zhao Li was brave and resolute, and he was a good seed, so he recommended him to study in the Martial Arts Academy.

The latter added a wave of teachers not long ago, and students also gathered one after another. They were all middle and low-level military officers who performed well in various ministries.

(End of this chapter)