Speaking of this, Tao Yuanming paused: "The demon thief Xu Daofu was recently defeated in Jingzhou. He almost escaped alone, and took away the Jiangxia defenders. He abandoned an important port like Jiangxia. He did not dare to attack Jiangzhou."
After crossing the border, they went directly to the direction of Yuzhou and met Lu Xun in the Liyang area to plan the next battle with Marshal Liu. But they also knew that at this time, if Jiangzhou was not stabilized, the way back would be blocked.
And once the powerful forces here in Jiangzhou rebel, their troops will also flee on a large scale."
Liu Muzhi nodded: "That's true. Therefore, according to the information I have here, the demon thief sent two green forest thieves, Zuanshan Baobao and Yuzhang Hu, who led 6,000 and 7,000 men respectively in two groups.
Returning to Jiangzhou, they claimed that they were just the vanguard and that the follow-up army of demon thieves would arrive in ten days. In Yuzhang, the capital of Jiangzhou, there was also an army of four thousand demon thieves led by Ying Tanzhi who had stayed behind. Tao
Sir, do you know anything about these enemies?"
Tao Yuanming smiled slightly: "Only by knowing the enemy can you fight without danger. I am a civil servant and I don't know much about the military formation. And Luo Sima has been collecting the situation in Jiangzhou these days. Let him analyze it. Maybe
More appropriate."
Having said this, Tao Yuanming looked at Luo Longsheng: "Luo Sima, please talk about the enemy situation in Jiangzhou that you have discovered recently."
Lu Gui said coldly: "Luo Sima is really diligent in the king's affairs. As soon as he arrived in Yu Gong's shogunate, he found out the enemy situation in Jiangzhou across the way. When he was here before,
, it seems that your intelligence and reconnaissance skills are not that strong. Is this just like moving trees to death and people to living?"
Luo Longsheng smiled slightly: "General Lu, there is no need to ridicule me like this. My reconnaissance of the enemy situation in Jiangzhou only started after I recently decided to switch to General Yu's account. It did not last long. Moreover, my reconnaissance was very
To a large extent, it depends on the resources and contacts left by General Yu during the previous battle in Jiangzhou, so that some of my scouts can have the opportunity to obtain information and verify it."
Liu Muzhi nodded: "Then what valuable information did Luo Sima get?"
Luo Longsheng said seriously: "Zuanshan Bao's surname is Bao, and his name is Bao Haozhi. His family has believed in Tianshi Tao for generations. He moved from Wudi to Jiangzhou decades ago and became a powerful family in Nankang. Moreover, they
For generations, our family has been traveling across the Five Ridges to trade with the barbarian tribes and Guangzhou maritime merchants in Guangzhou. In order to protect the caravan, we also bribed many guards with high martial arts skills. Only later did we find out that those guards with high martial skills...
There are many disciples of Tianshi Dao. After Tianshi Dao occupied Guangzhou, Xu Daofu became Prime Minister of Shixing and began to make secret arrangements. He colluded with Bao Haozhi and escorted some of his disciples with the Bao family caravan.
They infiltrated into the Nankang area in the name of General Zhu, it was these people who were responsible for your raid!"
Zhu Chaoshi gritted his teeth and said: "I can't forget that time in the market in Nankang, when thousands of merchants, vendors and guards suddenly drew their weapons and attacked me and my brothers. Bao shouted,
He is the leader of these people. I thought that the Bao family has been a powerful family in the Nankang area for many years, and they usually give them enough benefits, but I didn't expect that they are actually a gang of monsters and thieves!"
Luo Longsheng sighed: "The Bao family has believed in the Tao of Heavenly Masters for generations. When they came to Nankang, they also had a secret missionary mission. Their family's identity has always been the senior brother level among demon thieves, but outsiders have never known it.
When the thief Sun En made a rebellion, they did not launch an attack because they were too far away from Wu. This made everyone miss the point. The Bao family took the lead in that raid on Nankang. Later, the Bao family followed the demon thief and continued eastward.
But this time, Bao Haozhi personally led 6,000 troops, the first group to enter Jiangzhou, threatening to pull out the nail in the Hu family's head, and his arrogance was extremely arrogant."
Liu Muzhi frowned: "What is the combat effectiveness of Bao Haozhi's men? Are these six thousand purely combat troops? Or do they include many non-combatants such as women and children?"
Luo Longsheng curled up his lips: "After Bao Hao joined the rebel demon bandits, he was granted the position of altar leader. Therefore, he recruited surrenders and rebels along the way. He coerced and recruited many bandits and robbers, as well as some renegade Jin army soldiers. He
There are about a thousand old thieves in my old team, plus the Bao family's own bodyguards, there are about two thousand people. These two thousand old thieves can be regarded as elites, and they have made a lot of contributions in the previous battles with the demon thieves.
Most of them are light infantry, with some barbarians from Lingnan mixed in. In addition to more than two thousand people, the other three or four thousand are rebels from various walks of life who later joined. Although their combat effectiveness is average, their rebellious heart is firm, and
Their ability to fight to the death is unlike ordinary Jianghu bandits. Although they claim to attack the Hu family's mansion in the west of Jiangzhou, I think from their marching route, they should be rushing to Nankang to save their hometown.
"
Liu Muzhi nodded: "Yes, the news I got before was that the Bao family relied on the sneak attack on Nankang. Bao Haozhi's younger brother Bao Haozhi took three to four hundred villagers and went to Nankang to become a leader.
The demon thief's pseudo-prefect, during this year, he has been plundering the people's wealth and doing all kinds of evil. Many wealthy households in Nankang have also been blackmailed by him, which makes them miserable. However, because of the huge power of the demon thief,
, they also dared to be angry but dare not speak out. Now that the demon thieves were defeated in Jingzhou, the people of Jiangzhou were floating. This Bao Haozhi was probably afraid that his Bao family would be liquidated and retaliated in Nankang, so he took the initiative to ask for orders to return to Jiangzhou, in the name of stability.
The situation is such that he should actually rush back to his hometown to collect his ill-gotten gains for future plans."
Luo Longsheng smiled slightly and said: "So, our plan is to target Bao Haozhi as the primary target. He was in a hurry to get home, so he marched eighty miles all the way from Jiujiang. Relying on their notorious reputation,
, and they thought that there was no force that dared to confront them in Jiangzhou. They were arrogant and almost undefended along the way. Like Na Yingjiu, they went deep alone. So..."
Zhu Chaoshi said with a smile: "So, Luo Sima is planning to ambush Bao Hao's troops in the mountains about a hundred miles north of Nankang and completely wipe them out. With this victory, he will shock the people of Jiangzhou, right?"
Luo Longsheng nodded: "That's exactly what I meant, so I wanted to surprise you. While training and recruiting troops in Jiangxia with great fanfare, I quietly moved the existing 500 cavalry to Jiangzhou to join Mr. Hu and rush to Jiangzhou.
Go to the mountainous area north of Nankang and ambush the bandit in one fell swoop! As long as Bao Haozhi is eliminated, the situation in Jiangzhou will be settled!" (End of Chapter)
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