The mountains to the east of Tongling are vast and deep. I don’t know how many there are or whether there is a road. However, even if there is a road, it will be blocked by the big lake in the south of the mountain. Therefore, it is not impossible to send troops from the mountains to Chizhou, but it is too difficult, especially
Walking into the mountains and forests in summer is absolutely inhuman torture, no matter whether it is the scorching sun or the continuous rain.
Therefore, taking the official road is still the first choice. However, this long and narrow path close to the cliff and the Yangtze River has been heavily guarded by Bai Wang and has layers of obstacles. It is not easy to get through.
Seeing Chang Yu frowning, Ma Ke coughed lightly and said: "More than a hundred thousand Tatars and hundreds of thousands of thieves can't stop the governor. The white thieves in front of him are like mantises blocking the car. The governor only needs to give an order.
You can easily grind it into mincemeat!"
Chang Yu turned his head and smiled half-heartedly: "Does Mr. Ma really think so?"
Marco looked a little embarrassed and coughed lightly: "The general made a mistake and made the governor laugh." At this time, he was shocked to realize that this little eunuch didn't seem to like other people's flattery!
"To open the road, we need to rely more on General Ma!" Chang Yu smiled slightly, and Ma Ke quickly said: "I will go through fire and water without hesitation." As he spoke, he looked to the south and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. It turned out that there were hundreds of thieves.
They had reached nearly a hundred meters away, but they stopped because Tu Yuan and Kuang Ren had defeated the thieves and reached behind Chang Yu!
Chang Yu whispered a few words to Ma Ke and then they clapped their horses forward. Tu Yuan shouted in surprise but Chang Yu raised his hand to stop him. The two riders reined in their horses half a hundred times. As expected, there was a reaction from the rebel army. The three riders
Slowly coming and stopping ten meters away was the King of Hell, Wang Yi'en. He frowned and cursed: "You idiot, please tell me your name!"
Ma Ke was furious: "I killed you just yesterday and you lost your shit so quickly that you no longer recognize me!" The King of Hell narrowed his eyes: "Are you Wu Sangui or Ma Ke?"
"It's you, Uncle Ma!" Marco sneered, touching the handle of the knife: "Name the leader of the thieves!"
"The King of Hell who took your dog's life!" Wang Yi'en cursed loudly: "You come here to ask for mercy. It doesn't matter. Kneel down and kowtow three times and call me grandpa, and I will spare your life..."
Childish, so damn childish! Listening to Ma Ke and Wang Yi'en's scolding, Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, then raised his hand to interrupt the two of them: "Wang Yi'en, the King of Hell, is one of the five tigers under Bai Wang's command. He is bloodthirsty and easy to kill. I heard that
Is it true that nearly three hundred people were killed at your hands?"
"It seems that the bastard in the king's body sold me cleanly." Wang Yi'en chuckled slyly, and suddenly raised his hand to point at Chang Yu: "Who are you, this young man?" He wondered in his heart that the person who could stand side by side with Ma Ke was definitely not someone else.
General.
"It doesn't matter who I am, I'm just here to ask you a question." Chang Yu smiled slightly: "Are you willing to surrender?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yi'en was furious. He raised his knife and pointed it: "Shut your mouth. Do you think I am a treacherous and shameless person like the bastard in the king's body? How can I surrender to you..." All kinds of filth
The obscene words kept coming, and Ma Ke was furious when he heard it, and was about to lead his troops to fight, but Chang Yu stopped him with his eyes. Although Wang Yi'en was stubborn and vulgar, he was still a man, so he interrupted him:
"You have killed countless people and gained a bad reputation as the King of Hell. Even if I am not talented, there will be people who kill you and have a bad reputation. If you don't surrender, you will be judged. Let's see if you, the King of Hell, take me in, or if someone kills you and sends you to meet the real King of Hell." He said with a sneer and left.
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Wang Yi'en didn't react for a while. He was reminded by people around him and suddenly realized that the young man was actually the eunuch of Dongchang! That's right, the eunuch of Dongchang was murderous and aggressive and liked to build a reputation in Beijing to watch people massacre, but he didn't expect to have such a spirit.
Boy!
When he came to his senses, Chang Yu and his entourage were gone. His subordinates encouraged him to chase and kill him. Capturing the eunuch would be a great achievement. However, it was obvious that Wang Yi'en still had some sense. How could the eunuch earn such a great reputation?
Yi Yi's generation, and the fact that dozens of his cavalry were able to penetrate deep into the position without being stopped shows how strong their combat power is, not to mention that their cavalry was extremely powerful and fast like the wind, making it difficult to stop and pursue them, so they gave up and went back to report the news.
Baiwang.
At this time, Bai Wang was frowning and looking into the distance by the river. Wang Yi'en stood behind him and chattered a lot. Bai Wang only shook his brows when he heard that the little eunuch was coming in person. He was otherwise indifferent. When Wang Yi'en was wondering, Bai Wang raised his hand and looked towards the other side.
Pointing: "Look, here comes the man who is going to die!"
The drizzle made it difficult to see clearly. Wang Yi'en didn't pay attention to Bai Wang's words at first, so he squinted his eyes and looked at the other side carefully. He was shocked when he could vaguely see human figures stretching for more than ten miles: "Officers and soldiers? He, they are going to Anqing?"
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"No!" Bai Wang sneered at the corner of his mouth: "The dog eunuch thought of a two-pronged approach, but he didn't know that I had already asked Cheng Niandong to sharpen his sword and kill as many as he came."
Wang Yi'en's face looked a little better, and he laughed a few times: "It's not much, I guess there are more than ten thousand people, and they look like cavalry, but the cavalry is of no use to Anqing... Hey, where did the imperial court come from so many cavalry?
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"Maybe the Dog Emperor has transferred all the cavalry from the north, but...hehehehe" Bai Wang laughed: "The cavalry here is not as useful as the pig riding the head!"
People around him laughed, and Bai Wang raised his head and looked at the sky: "As long as it doesn't rain too hard, the officers and soldiers will have nothing to do with us." Everyone agreed.
The soldiers and horses Bai Wang saw were naturally not Gao Jie and others, but the Shenji Battalion and the Guards Battalion sent by Li Yan to Anqing for reinforcements. The two marches were not covered at all, and they happened to reach the other side of Tongling because they were avoiding mountains and lakes and could only stick to them.
While walking along the river, Bai Wang happened to catch a glimpse of him, but he thought he was the vanguard of officers and soldiers, but he didn't know that the real vanguard, Gao Jie, was fighting with Cheng Niandong.
As soon as Chang Yu's military order arrived last night, Gao Jie was impatient and wanted to attack overnight, but Liu Zeqing dissuaded him because fighting at night was extremely disadvantageous to them. After all, the geographical location here is very complicated. The gap between the Yangtze River and Shitang Lake is less than 100 meters wide.
However, we must be fully prepared to fight with the bandits on the nearly twenty-mile swamp road.
The most basic preparation is for the soldiers to have enough food, drink, and rest, and to conduct sufficient pre-war mobilization. As veteran soldiers who have experienced battles in the field, Gao Jie and the others understand that this is the most basic but also the most important step.
So they did not launch an attack that night, but allowed the soldiers to have a good sleep before they began to gather for attack preparations at midnight. At this time, the sky was drizzling and very cool. It was really a good day for fighting. Gao Jie chuckled, while Liu Zeqing frowned.
Frowning tightly, his eyes narrowed into a thin line as he looked at the road between the rivers and lakes in the distance.
The three of them have already discussed that Huama Liu will be stationed at Sturgeon Town to take charge of the rear, while Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie will concentrate their forces to seize the twenty-mile Jianghu Road, step by step, and never advance rashly.
As it approached noon, Liu Ze counted 500 cavalry and 500 infantry, totaling more than a thousand, as the vanguard. Gao Jie led an equal number of troops and then marched southward along Jianghu Road in a mighty manner.
"Remember not to advance rashly, even if you advance mile by mile!" Liu Zeqing warned, but Gao Jie disagreed: "You are the vanguard and the first to defeat the enemy is the best."
Liu Zeqing let out a laugh: "Since I am a pioneer, I should make the first contribution, so you should keep an eye on it!"
Gao Jie laughed and said, "If you defeat the enemy, I will be credited with your first achievement."
The two of them deliberately joked and joked in order to relieve the pressure. Unknowingly, they walked for several miles and came close to the position where the rebels were trying to dig ditches to divert water and block the enemy. At this time, the rebels on the opposite side also gathered thousands of soldiers and horses sharpening their swords. Huo Huo was waiting.
Fight.
While the two were observing, a scout from the front came to report: To prevent the officers, soldiers and cavalry, the rebels marched straight in to take rocks from the river beach and covered the road for two or three miles!
Damn it! Gao Jie's eyes widened with anger and he couldn't help but yell: "Damn you thieves! You've even done this kind of trick."
Liu Zeqing also smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Use all possible means, this method seems familiar." Gao Jie turned to look at him: "Are you talking about my brother?"
Liu Zeqing shrugged: "Stop talking about it, how can we fight in front of you?"
Gao Jie sneered: "Is it possible that we can't defeat him without cavalry?" Liu Zeqing nodded. Without Zhang Butcher, we still have to eat pork. He turned to look northwest and couldn't help but coldly snorted: "As long as the flower horse
If Liu doesn't hold back, we two brothers won't suffer a big loss."
When Gao Jie heard the news, he could vaguely see figures on the Shitang Lake in the northwest. He knew that the bandit army was out there, and they obviously wanted to outflank them from the back.
"The intersection where the village is located is very wide. Huama Liu can use his cavalry to defend against the enemy. There is no need to worry over there. We just have to do our jobs well." Gao Jie withdrew his gaze and Liu Zeqing nodded: "It's getting late. Let's do a battle first.
"Immediately he ordered an attack, and more than a thousand officers and soldiers dismounted and rushed towards the opposite side on foot. Gao Jie immediately ordered his men to follow suit. The bandit army did not show weakness and faced them with swords. In the blink of an eye, they were fighting together.
Cheng Niandong maximized the use of the terrain to restrain the cavalry of the officers and soldiers. In this way, the officers and soldiers lost the advantage of horse fighting and could only abandon their horses and fight, which was exactly what he wanted. As ruthless bandits, their combat effectiveness was not inferior to that of the officers and soldiers, and sometimes even higher due to the influence of morale.
The officers and soldiers have an advantage. After all, in the past many years, the officers and soldiers have not fought any impressive battles, otherwise they would not have allowed the rebel army to grow bigger.
There was a sound of killing, and the two armies charged forward one after another bravely. Amidst the flash of swords and the shadow of the sword, there was constant yelling and yelling. Looking around, there were fighting figures everywhere in the city. There were everywhere in the mud on the river beaches and lakes. Some people were lost among the rocks.
The weapons used stones to kill the opponent, and some even entered the water, pushing the opponent into the water in an attempt to drown...
Gao Jie was eager to fight. Seeing the fierce fighting, he couldn't help but want to rush into the formation for a good time. However, the terrain was really unbearable, with rocks and mud everywhere. Once the war horses entered, they would only be hacked, so he had to
Stop watching and cheer for us!
The fighting on Jianghu Road was fierce, and a battle had begun in Sturgeon Town ten miles behind them. As Liu Zeqing expected, as long as they attacked, the bandit army ambushing in the west would definitely come to attack, but this time Huama Liu was ready
Prepare, when the rebels are still several miles apart, they have assembled cavalry to block the intersection. When they get close, they give the order and the cavalry rushes over. Although the rebels are brave, they use infantry when they do not have the upper hand.
They were completely unstoppable to the cavalry and were dispersed in an instant.
However, they were worthy of being ruthless bandits. Although they were scattered, they did not retreat. They also deliberately led the battle group to the swamps near the water, causing the officers and soldiers' horses to get stuck in the mud, unable to move or with difficulty in maneuvering.
The officers and soldiers were indeed a little panicked at first, but Liu Liangzuo was also a long-time veteran and had rich experience fighting against the rebels for several years in Luzhou. He immediately adjusted his tactics and ordered some soldiers to abandon their horses and fight on foot. The cavalry charged the enemy and the infantry fought. In this way, the rebel army
Even though he was in a difficult situation, he still persisted in holding on. He really lived up to his reputation as a tough bandit.