The strongest Marquis in history

Taishan County is located in the border of Yanzhou.

This area is the easternmost border county of Yanzhou and the gateway to the east of Yanzhou. It borders Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

The original Taishan County was relatively peaceful.

But after the chaos in Qingzhou, the turmoil in Qingzhou spread to Taishan County, causing countless bandits to appear in Taishan County.However, the government is now very weak, so it can only protect itself, and it is impossible to drive out the bandits.

As far as the imperial court is concerned, although Cheng Mao has been appointed as the commander-in-chief, he will lead the army to suppress the rebellion.

The problem is, Cheng Mao's army is still behind.

It is still far away from Qingzhou.

Therefore, Qingzhou, and the surrounding areas of Qingzhou, should be chaotic, and there is no recovery.On the contrary, the situation in Qingzhou has become more and more serious, and it has become a mess.

Taishan County, Feiguo County.

Feiguo County is located in the south of Taishan County and borders Xuzhou.After passing through Feiguo County, you can enter Xuzhou and go to Nanyang County in Langya Country.

In Feiguo County, on the official road leading to Xuzhou, there is a steep mountain.

This mountain is called Mengshan.

Mengshan's terrain is quite steep, easy to defend but difficult to attack.Just like this, the biggest bandit in Taishan County is entrenched on Mount Meng.

On Mount Meng, in the hall of the cottage.

A burly middle-aged man with a hulking back, a lion's mouth and a wide nose, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a beard under his chin, was wearing a black robe inside and animal skin clothes outside, sitting upright with a big horse and a golden knife.

The strong man is named Hong Dushan.

Is from Qingzhou.

Hong Dushan rebelled in Qingzhou earlier, but he started late, and he was no match for many bandits who had already become popular in Qingzhou.So Hong Dushan found another way, took his brothers under his command, killed them in Taishan County, and then settled in Mengshan.

When Hong Dushan arrived at Mengshan, he continued to absorb troops.

So, with today's power.

There are more than 6000 soldiers in Hong Dushan, and their combat effectiveness is not weak.

In Feiguo County, Hong Dushan was a tyrant.As long as he doesn't attack Feiguo County, the magistrate of Feiguo County will burn incense.Therefore, today's Hong Dushan lives in a rather chic and comfortable way.

Hong Dushan looked coldly, looked down at a middle-aged scribe, and said, "Mr. Ye, according to the news, Wang Qi, the son of Zhenbei Hou Wang Zongxi, led more than 1000 people to escort 10 taels of silver, Fifty thousand shi of grain, go to Nanyang County, Xuzhou to take up the post."

"Wang Qi's current whereabouts have already entered Feiguo County."

"Next, we will pass through Mount Meng."

Hong Dushan said: "The meaning of the village master is that we send troops directly to take Wang Qi's food and money. What do you think about this matter?"

The Mr. Ye mentioned in Hongdu Mountain Pass is named Ye Quanming.

He is Hong Dushan's adviser.

Ye Quanming rolled his eyes when he heard Hong Dushan's words, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Village Master, in my opinion, we should not conflict with Wang Qi, nor rob Wang Qi of his money and food."

"Wang Qi is not an easy person."

"In the early years, when he was in Fanyang County, Youzhou, he defeated the bandits in Youzhou in a row."

Ye Quanming said: "Now there are more than 1000 people around Wang Qi, who are capable of fighting. At this time, if we go to rob Wang Qi, we may not be able to get any benefits."

Hong Dushan frowned when he heard this.

Looks a little unhappy.

With sharp eyes, Hong Dushan snorted and said, "Mr. Ye, we have more than 6000 elites on Mengshan Mountain. Is such a force still invincible to Wang Qi's more than 1000 people?"

"I also know that Wang Qi is a master of martial arts. However, Wang Qi is only a human being with a mortal body. If so, we can use the fighting power of the army to exhaust Wang Qi to death."

"As for Wang Zongxi who is behind Wang Qi, he guards Youzhou and has nothing to do with us, let's take care of what he does."

"Mr. Ye, I still want to go down the mountain to plunder. If we take Wang Qi's money, food and armor, and even annex Wang Qi's soldiers, our strength will go further."

There was hope in Hong Dushan's eyes, and he said: "Then the next step, we will attack Feiguo County, so we will be more confident. I want to give it a try."

Ye Quanming's heart skipped a beat.

Enemy with Wang Qi?

Who is Wang Qi? It's the clan that has beaten the barbarians all over the place.

Not to mention far away, let's just say that Wang Qi alone is the one who can defeat the generals and capture the flag among thousands of armies.

Although it is possible to use people to fight and consume Wang Qi's strength, but a master like Wang Qi is definitely not something that ordinary people can defeat.If you want to consume Wang Qi to death, maybe you will be killed by Wang Qi instead.

After pondering for a while, Ye Quanming persuaded again: "Village Master, in my opinion, there is no need to be an enemy of Wang Qi. Wang Qi is going to Nanyang County to take up his post. We don't care about him. Well water does not violate river water. Under such circumstances, Wang Qi It doesn’t care about us, everyone is safe and sound. Once we make a move, the two sides will be sworn enemies.”

Hong Dushan felt displeased, and said, "Mr. Ye, could it be that you are afraid?"

Ye Quanming said: "The humble job is really scary, messing with Wang Qi is like stabbing a hornet's nest."

Hong Dushan said forcefully: "The owner of this village just likes to poke a hornet's nest. When we rebelled in Qingzhou, we were stabbing a hornet's nest. When we rebelled in Taishan County, we were also stabbing a hornet's nest."

"We are thieves, have we ever lived a peaceful life?"

"We have been restless."

"We are able to be what we are today because we risked our lives and earned it, not by compromising. Now that Wang Qi is here, he has a lot of money and materials. As long as we take Wang Qi's materials, our strength will go further."

Hong Dushan said: "Even, we are enough to be the best in Taishan County. Even in the near future, not to mention taking Feiguo County, taking Taishan County, it is not impossible."

Ye Quanming sighed inwardly when he heard the words.

Now Hong Dushan is determined to fight Wang Qi and snatch Wang Qi's belongings.

However, Wang Qi's place here is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Ye Quanming also followed Hong Dushan for a while, and he knew Hong Dushan's temperament very well.As long as Hong Dushan made a decision, it was almost impossible to persuade him.

To put it harshly, Hong Dushan is headstrong.

Don't listen to advice at all.

Ye Quanming couldn't persuade him, so he said: "Since the village owner has decided to fight Wang Qi, he should prepare for the battle with all his strength. In this battle, he will take down Wang Qi in one go."

The matter has come to this point, Ye Quanming can't persuade him.

Can only follow the trend.

Help Hong Dushan plan and strive to win in one go. Only in this way can he win this battle.

It will not be defeated by Wang Qi.

Only then did Hong Dushan have a bright smile on his indifferent face. He nodded and said, "Mr. Ye, the village master already knows that you will definitely make suggestions. Under the current situation, what do you think we should do?"

Ye Quanming said: "Village Master, my humble suggestion is that our troops should be ambushed in the forest at the foot of Mengshan Mountain. When Wang Qi leads the army to arrive, we will rush out and kill Wang Qi's team in one go. In this way , we will win."

Hong Dushan thought about it after hearing it, and asked, "Mr. Ye, is there no other strategy?"

He was not happy about such an ambush.

Nothing technical.

There was no real ambush either.

Ye Quanming said: "Village Master, Mengshan Mountain where we are located is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Wang Qi comes to attack, we can use the terrain of Mengshan Mountain to counterattack and set up many traps. However, we are ambushing Wang Qi now, so there is no extra The choice. As for the strategy, there is no other way for the time being."

Hong Dushan sighed, and said in a deep voice, "That's all, just follow Mr. Ye's arrangement."

Ye Quanming said: "Humble job to arrange."

Hong Dushan said: "Go!"

"Yes!"

Ye Quanming nodded, turned around and went down to make arrangements.

Although Ye Quanming was still worried in his heart, at this time, he had no other choice but to follow Hong Dushan's arrangement and prepare for a battle with Wang Qi's army.

Chapter 238

The weather in November is getting colder and colder.However, during the day, there is the warm winter sun shining on the person's body, which is very warm and comfortable, without feeling too cold.

Especially the soldiers have been marching on the road, and under the strenuous exercise, they don't feel much chill.

The army led by Wang Qi rushed all the way from Yingchuan, and now, it has entered Feiguo County in Taishan County, and it is getting closer and closer to Mengshan.

At noon, the army stopped to rest.

The cook began to bury the pot to cook.

Wang Qi, Xiao Qingzhi, Zhuge Feng, and Zhu Shanchang sat opposite each other, talking about what they saw and heard along the way.

Xiao Qingzhi is now the leader of the army.

He is in charge of commanding the army.

Xiao Qingzhi looked around at the soldiers, with a look of pride on his face, and said with a smile, "Young Master, we have traveled all the way from Yingchuan County to today's Taishan County, and have gone through fifteen battles."

"Among them, there were two major battles and thirteen minor battles."

"Up to now, the number of soldiers we have lost is 430-100, and there are still more than 1000 people who survived. But the combat effectiveness of the remaining [-] people is no longer the same."

Xiao Qingzhi said with emotion: "The combat effectiveness of the army has been greatly improved. Even the soldiers in the army are no longer scattered, but have cohesion and a common goal."

"All soldiers have recognized their identities."

"Think of yourself as a soldier."

"This is a real soldier, not an ordinary family private soldier. Although our army has a smaller number, compared to before, its combat effectiveness has actually been greatly improved."

"Speaking of which, this army really needs fighting to be honed."

Xiao Qingzhi said: "Without this point, everything is useless. Only after the real blood baptism can the army sharpen its edge and have combat effectiveness."

Today's Xiao Qingzhi is quite full of ambition.

Even though he was only a county lieutenant, Xiao Qingzhi's heart was full of fighting spirit.

Full of expectations.

Zhu Shanchang smiled and said: "Lieutenant Xiao County, the reason why we can sharpen soldiers now is actually the bandits we encountered along the way. They are not strong enough, but they can be sharpened. Take the two wars as an example, if the young master did not take action personally, Our army has long been disbanded. It is because of the young master that we can turn the tide. Only the training of the army can continue. Only the strength of the army can be continuously improved."

Xiao Qingzhi smiled and said: "What Zhu Xiancheng said is true, the tempering of the army does require the superposition of various factors. Simply sharpening the army, if you don't pay attention, it will be broken up."

"Before the army has formed combat effectiveness, once it loses, it loses its fighting spirit. We have fought [-] times in a row, and we have won every time. We have won one battle after another, and the army has gained a sharp edge through sharpening again and again."

Xiao Qingzhi said: "All this is not easy!"

Zhu Shanchang is now the county magistrate.

This is the post of Nanyang county magistrate.

The two of them now have official positions under Wang Qi's command.

In fact, for the two of them, they didn't care much about official positions.After all, whether it is Xiao Qingzhi or Zhu Shanchang, their abilities are extremely outstanding.

Serving as a subordinate official in a small Nanyang County is really not worth mentioning.

Wang Qi listened to the words of the two, and said: "No matter what, our more than 1000 people are considered to have combat effectiveness. It is because the number of troops is getting smaller and smaller. When we enter Nanyang County, there will be bandits and robbers."

Xiao Qingzhi said: "What you said is very true."

"Da da!"

Suddenly, a war horse appeared on the official road ahead, galloping fast.

The war horse galloped, and the sentry came galloping.

Not long after, the sentry came to Wang Qi's side, got off his horse and said, "My lord, this is the latest news from the front line. There are detailed explanations on the various passes and dangerous places ahead."

While talking, Sentinel handed over the latest letter.

Wang Qi took it and read it. After reading the news in the letter, he handed it to Zhuge Feng, and then passed it on to everyone one by one.

Wang Qidao: "At present, the next step to face is the Mengshan area. According to the analysis of the news sent back, the Mengshan terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there may be bandits entrenched. It's just that we are now The situation in Feiguo County is not well understood, and we don't know the details of the bandits on Mount Meng for the time being."

Xiao Qingzhi said in a deep voice: "Young Master, our target this time is not Mount Meng. Even if there are bandits on Mount Meng, we are not afraid. The most important point is that our army has sufficient combat power. If Mount Meng If the thieves and bandits come to attack us, it will be a battle. The soldiers in the army, until now, are not afraid of war."

Wang Qi nodded.