Chapter 2 Betrayal (Part 4) Under the strong pressure from the government and the army, the heroes of Hebei, who had never looked down upon each other, formed an alliance as quickly as possible. This is simply the dream of several generations of green forest heroes.
But Gao Shida, who got his wish and became the boss of the green forest in Hebei Province, had no joy at all on his face. In fact, he had been very depressed recently and wanted to find someone to fight with him every moment. But in the face of a powerful enemy, he had to protect the entire
The apparent unity of the alliance prevents the government and military from taking advantage of it
The reason why Gao Shida was depressed was not because Hebei Ambassador Wei Ji and Qinghe County Prime Minister Yang Shanhui led their troops to stab him in the butt. Over the past few years, in Qinghe and Pingyuan counties in the south of Hebei Province, the battle between the official army and the rebel army has always been
There has never been any discussion about the tempers of the main generals on both sides and how capable each one is. They all know each other well. Before Gao Shida went north, his good brother Dou Jiande, who stayed in his hometown to look after the house, could handle it completely. With his familiarity with the terrain, he
There is even absolute certainty that if Wei and Yang fail to steal the chicken, they will lose a handful of rice.
Judging from the news sent by the minions in the past two days, Dou Jiande has indeed lived up to his expectations. He first sent a small group of people to pretend to be old camp soldiers and horses, led the officers and soldiers to circle around Gaojibo, and then jumped out of the battlefield with elite soldiers.
In addition, when the officers and soldiers were negligent in their defense, they attacked cities and plundered territory, extending the war from Qinghe and the plains to Jijun in the west and Bohai in the east. As a result, the entire road on the north bank of the Yellow River was blocked by rebels and refugees.
Whether it was officials or ordinary people, they could only hide at the ferry on the south bank and cry.
The reason why Gao Shida was depressed was not because of Zhao Wanhai's murder. On the contrary, he was deeply grateful for the rapid destruction of Zhao Wanhai's department. If Zhao Da's family had not died yet, as the nominal leader of Hebei Province Green Forest, Gao Shida would have
It was his responsibility to go all out to save people, but Zhao Wanhai's entire army was wiped out before reinforcements arrived on the battlefield. Gao Shida was much more relaxed in choosing a combat plan. At least he no longer had to rescue Zhao's army who had been crippled.
And thousands of brothers were compensated
What makes Gao Shida depressed is that the current attitude of Hebei people towards the green forest heroes was as early as a year ago. Whether it is the rebels under his tall boss or the horse thieves under Yang Gongqing, as long as they stand among the poor people,
Shouting "Come with me to rob the official treasury!" You can definitely attract tens of thousands of refugees without spending any military pay. Although these refugees have poor physical fitness and have not received any formal training, they have never lacked the courage to fight for others.
After a battle, through natural elimination, the best can be eliminated and become a group of elites that will scare the officers and soldiers. Therefore, heroes from all walks of life have never worried about the issue of soldier resources. Even if they are occasionally defeated, as long as they can escape the pursuit of the officers and soldiers,
Will make a comeback in less than two years
But now, Gao Shida has integrated the power of more than a dozen heroes, and has barely collected two hundred thousand. Although it is said to be four hundred thousand, in fact, only those who can actually fight against the officers and soldiers are over one hundred thousand, and the rest are old and weak.
Being disabled, he can only assume the task of pretending to be impressive. The village masters who came to join the alliance complained very frustratedly, saying that now that people seem to be at peace, the people would rather go hungry to the dog official surnamed Li.
Go down to reclaim wasteland, and refuse to follow the big bosses to enjoy the good food and drink hot food
The reason why the dog officer surnamed Li has so much unowned wasteland for the refugees to colonize is all thanks to the heroes of the green forest. If it weren't for the heroes who have run wild in recent years and destroyed the docks and manors outside the city wall.
They have all been conquered, and all the landowners and old thieves have been killed, and no one is left alive. How can the man named Li find so much unclaimed farmland? To put it bluntly, even if the man named Li can find the land, there will be no land left.
With the heroes threatening them outside, how could the rich and powerful people in the city obey his control so easily?
But the dog official surnamed Li would not care about the benefits of the green forest heroes, nor would the common people who were allocated the land. On the contrary, over the past year or so, the reputation of the government has rapidly improved with the decrees issued by the man surnamed Li.
Even if Gao Shida wanted to follow Li Gouguan's example and allocate the wasteland near Gaojibo to the common people for cultivation, the common people would not believe in his credibility!
These frightened people would rather travel over the mountains and ridges to Zhaojun, Boling, and Shanggu to receive the big cake drawn by Li Gouguanxu with great gratitude, than accept the real offer from the master Gao Da.
Dou Jiande, the good brother who gave the gift to Gao Shida, spent countless efforts, even going so far as to execute the minions who harassed the people in public, to show everyone that they sincerely wanted to lead everyone to live a normal life, but the results were minimal.
In the eyes of the common people, no matter how prosperous the green forest hero is, he is still just a bandit. Even if Li Zhongjian is so poor that he becomes a beggar, as long as he has the official hat on his head, he is still the savior in people's eyes. "Master Li is a benevolent and righteous person."
A good official never kills innocent people indiscriminately!" "Master Li is an upright official and never accepts bribes!" Gao Shida heard the comments of the minions below countless times. Although these minions knew that the man named Li was the enemy of everyone,
Knowing that the two sides will soon have to fight to the death on the battlefield
They had already lost their momentum before the battle. This situation made Gao Shida, Wang Bo and others worried. But if they retreated to their lair before seeing the smoke kicked up by the opponent's horses, Hebei Green Forest would never want to unite again in the future.
In a battle, the heroes of the green forest have to fight whether they want to fight or not, and at least they have to fight invincibly in order to avoid the fate of being blocked one by one and eliminated one by one.
After entering Hejian County, Gao Shida led a three-pronged army to first break through the poorly defended Raoyang and then occupied a small place on the Hutuo River called Wulou County before the official army arrived. The county magistrate and county magistrate of Wulou
The Cheng was beheaded alive by Zhang Jin the year before last. Due to the small area and poor public security, the officials officially appointed by the imperial court have been refusing to come to any of the officials for the past two years.
When the county magistrate came out to temporarily inspect the school and heard the call from the Green Forest Heroes, the county magistrate did not dare to resist and obediently opened the door to welcome the surrender.
The bloodless result of the first battle greatly boosted the morale of the coalition forces. Gao Shida, Wang Bo, Yang Gongqing, Ge Qian and others all believed that this was a good sign, indicating that this time they would be unfavorable in the attack on the official army. However, in terms of the subsequent tactical arrangements, the four
However, there was a conflict between the most powerful masters. Yang Gongqing insisted that the three groups of troops and horses should advance together, twenty miles apart from each other, and echo each other in a "pin" pattern. If they heard that any group of troops had encountered an official army, the other two groups would immediately surround them and kill them.
The officers and soldiers cannot look at each other. If the officers and soldiers passively avoid the battle, everyone will take advantage of the situation to break through the Hejian County, kill the prestige of the government, and then walk away.
"The height of Hejian County has just been raised after the busy spring. It will be difficult to take it within half a month. The two officers and soldiers have half a month to repair, which is enough time to recover!" Wang Bo's opinion to Yang Gongqing
I dare not agree with him because he has read books and claims to be more knowledgeable than others, but his luck is really bad. The year before last, he met Zhang Xutuo when he went out and was chased from Henan to Hebei. His reputation suddenly dropped from the peak to the bottom, so this time
I had to watch helplessly as Gao Shida took the position of chief executive of Hebei Green Forest Forestry under his buttocks, while he himself was relegated to second place.
"Look, everyone, this is the Hutuo River, and the White Horse Pond is here!" Wang Bo took out a piece of wrinkled sheepskin from his sleeves and pointed at the countless winding ink lines on it to show off, "There is also a small stream in the middle, called Zhu.
Regarding the Lung River, I just asked the county magistrate. He said that this year’s autumn flood has just passed, and the water levels of the Zhulong River and Hutuo River have soared, making it impossible for people and horses to swim across it. This is why Zhao Da’s family was blocked at Baimapo on the east bank, and was lost in vain.
life!"
None of the leaders here can understand the map (Note 1), but from the arrogant look on Wang Bo’s face as he spits stars, he knows that he is introducing the topography of Hejian County. The Hutuo River runs through half of Hebei, so everyone knows that the autumn flood is coming.
, the ferocious appearance of this river, but the Zhulong River is a little-known stream. No one knows what Wang Bo means by mentioning it.
Wang Bo saw that everyone's eyes were attracted to him, and he felt a surge of pride in his heart, "So I suggest!" He spread out the map with force and pressed a finger on the upper right corner. "Take advantage of the opportunity when the army cannot cross the river immediately to fight.
One group of troops was left to bluff in Wulu County to attract the attention of Yang and Li. The other two routes detoured to the east and west. The east road followed the Yongji Canal to the north and went straight to Lucheng to sneak attack Yang Yichen's lair on the west road." His fingers quickly pointed to the west road.
He swiped his left hand and said, "Follow the Mudaogou of the small tributary of the Hutuo River to the west and go to Sui Chang in Boling County. This is the farmland that Li Thief has worked hard for a year. He will definitely not be willing to let us rob it based on our temper!"
Even if the leader Ge Qian didn't like Wang Bo as a person, he had to admit that the other party came up with a clever plan to grab a vote and leave. Wang Bo's plan just maximized the advantage of the coalition forces. Sui Changcheng was caught between a wooden knife
Between the ditch and the Lu River, another important tributary of the Hutuo River, the county town is surrounded by good fields that can provide water. During the Taiping years, the surrounding people never worried about the drought.
The fertile soil has been cultivated for a whole year, and the weather is good this year. As long as Suichang is conquered, the newly harvested autumn grain will be enough to feed a hundred thousand troops.
As for Lucheng on the east bank of the Yongji Canal, it is a good place for Yang Yichen to stock up on supplies and baggage. Now that the main force of Yang's army is also blocked by the autumn floods on the west bank of the Hutuo River, as long as the people who do it are quick enough, they are guaranteed to make a lot of money.
"What a great work by Tomoyo!" Gao Shida saw the eagerness to try on everyone's faces. He laughed and praised that since he has done something, he must have a broad mind. So he told himself repeatedly in his heart.
He couldn't mind being upstaged by others, "But didn't you just say that the Hutuo River is impassable? Since we want to attack Suichang City, how can our army fly across this troubled water?"
"That's right, Mudaogou is on the west bank, but we are all on the east bank now!" All the heroes woke up from their dreams in an instant and asked questions in a hurry.
"What is the purpose of Zhulong River? You haven't told me yet?"
As if he had anticipated the reaction of Gao Shida and others, Wang Bo smiled softly, showing a calm and calm face, "From here!" He pointed to Raoyang County, which had been left behind by everyone.
"There is a gravel beach fifteen miles southwest of Raoyang City. The Hutuo River has not yet merged with the Mudao and Shu Rivers. The water volume is only half of the main river. We used sheepskin to tie up a raft, and we could cross it without anyone noticing.
Turning north behind the river is Mu Dao Ditch. The narrowest part of the upstream part of the ditch is less than three feet, and you can build a wooden bridge by cutting down two trees at will!"
He paused, enjoying the admiration in everyone's eyes, "If the officers and soldiers want to cross the Hutuo River, they must first cross the Zhulong River. We will send more manpower to keep an eye on it, so we have enough time to provide warning to our own people!"
Note 1: Map, that is, ancient topographic map. There is "Daye Map Jing" in the Sui Dynasty.
