Under the strong pressure of the government and the army, the heroes of Hebei Province, 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 who wanted to achieve their wishes, but the Hebei Province Green Forest President got his wish.
There was no joy on the face of the arrogant Gao Shida. 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 maintain the superficial unity of the entire alliance.
, so as not to be taken advantage of by the officers and soldiers.
The reason why Gao Shida was depressed was not because Hebei Ambassador Wei Ji and Qinghe County Prime Minister Yang Shanhui led troops to stab him in the butt. In the past few years, in Qinghe and Pingyuan counties in the south of Hebei Province, the fighting between the official army and the rebel army has been going on.
It never stopped. They both had a clear understanding of the temperament of the main generals on both sides and how capable each was. Before Gao Shida went north, his good brother Dou Jiande, who stayed in his hometown to look after the house, was able to handle it completely. With his knowledge of the terrain,
Familiar with each other, he was even absolutely sure that if Wei and Yang failed to steal the chicken, they would 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 trust. He first sent a small group of people to pretend to be old camp soldiers and horses, leading the officers and soldiers to circle around Gaojibo. Then he jumped out with elite soldiers.
Outside the battlefield, they attacked cities and plundered territory when the officers and soldiers were negligent in defense. The war spread from Qinghe and the plains to Jijun in the west and Bohai in the east, causing the entire road on the north bank of the Yellow River to be blocked by rebels and refugees.
No matter they were officials or ordinary people, they could only hide at the ferry on the south bank and cry and wipe their tears.
The reason why Gao Shida was depressed was not because of the murder of Zhao Wanhai. On the contrary, he was deeply grateful for the rapid destruction of Zhao Wanhai's department. If Zhao Da was still alive, as the nominal leader of Hebei Province Green Forest, Gao Shida
It is the responsibility to go all out to save people. However, Zhao Wanhai's entire army was wiped out before the reinforcements arrived on the battlefield. Gao Shida was much more relaxed in choosing a combat plan. At least he no longer needed to be maimed in order to rescue.
The majority of Mr. Zhao lost thousands of brothers.
What makes Gao Shida depressed is the current attitude of Hebei people towards the green forest heroes. As early as a year ago, whether it was the rebels under his tall boss or the horse thieves under Yang Gongqing, as long as they stood among the destitute people,
Shouting "Come with me to rob the official treasury!" will definitely attract tens of thousands of refugees without spending any military pay. Although these refugees are in poor physical condition and have not received any formal training, they never lack the courage to fight against others.
After several major battles, through natural elimination, the best can be eliminated and the soldiers can become a group of elites who are feared by the officers and soldiers. Therefore, heroes from all walks of life have never worried about the issue of soldier resources. Even if they are defeated occasionally, as long as they can escape from the officers and soldiers
The pursuit will come back within two years.
But now, Gao Shida has integrated the power of more than a dozen heroes and has barely managed to collect 200,000 men. Although it is said to be 400,000 men, in fact, there are only over 100,000 men who can actually go into battle to fight with the officers and soldiers, and the rest are all old men.
The weak, sick and disabled. All the village owners who came to join the alliance complained very frustratedly, saying that now that people are at peace, the people would rather go hungry to cultivate wasteland under the rule of the dog official named Li than follow him.
The big bosses eat well 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 Wubao outside the city wall,
The manor has been conquered, and all the landowners and old thieves have been killed, and no one is left alive. Where can the person named Li find so much unclaimed land? To put it bluntly, even if the person named Li can find the land,
Without the threat of heroes outside, how could the rich and powerful families 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.
.And even if Gao Shida wanted to follow Li Gouguan's example and allocate the wasteland near Gaojibo to the people for cultivation, the people would not believe his promise!
These frightened people would rather travel over the mountains and ridges to Zhaojun, Boling, and Shanggu to thank Li Gouguanxu for the big cake drawn by him than to accept the real offer from the master Gao Da.
Gift. Gao Shida's good brother Dou Jiande spent countless efforts, even at the expense of executing the minions who harassed the people in public, to show the people that he sincerely wanted to lead everyone to live a normal life, but the effect was minimal.
In the eyes of these common people, no matter how prosperous the green forest hero is, he is still just a bandit. And 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 savior."
A good official who is benevolent and righteous 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 belonged to everyone.
The enemy knew full well that the two sides would 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 in the future.
In this battle, the heroes of the green forest have to fight whether they want to fight or not, and they must at least fight to an invincible state 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 empty defense of Raoyang. Then before the officers and soldiers arrived, they occupied a small place named Wuluo County on the bank of the Hutuo River. The county magistrate of Wuluo.
Hexian 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 court have refused to take up their posts in the past two years. The few remaining surnames had no choice but to recommend a surname.
The scholars of Shi came out to temporarily inspect the school and the county magistrate. When he heard that the heroes of the green forest were calling, the magistrate of Shi did not dare to resist, and opened the door obediently 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 the attack on the official army would be successful. However, in terms of subsequent tactical arrangements, the four
However, a conflict broke out between the most powerful leader. Yang Gongqing insisted that the three groups of troops advance together, twenty miles apart from each other, and echoed each other in a "pin" shape. If they heard that any group of troops had encountered an encounter with the official army, the other two groups would immediately surround them.
Go up and kill the officers and soldiers head to tail without looking 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 official's prestige, and then walk away.
"The height of Hejian County has just been raised after the busy spring. It will be difficult to capture it within half a month. And the two officers and soldiers have half a month to repair, which is enough time to recover!" Wang Bo said to Yang Gongqing.
I disagree. He had read books and thought he was more knowledgeable than others, but his luck was really bad. The year before last, he met Zhang Xutuo when he went out and was hunted down from Henan to Hebei. His reputation suddenly fell from the peak to the bottom.
So this time I had to watch as Gao Shida took the position of chief executive of Hebei Province Green Forest 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. As for 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. That’s why Zhao Da’s family was blocked at Baimapo on the east bank, and was lost in vain. life!"
None of the leaders here could understand the picture (Note 1), but from the arrogant look on Wang Bo's face as he spit out stars, he knew that he was introducing the topography of Hejian County. The Hutuo River runs through half of Hebei, so everyone knows about the autumn floods. When it came, the river looked ferocious. But the Zhulong River was a little-known stream, and no one knew what Wang Bo meant 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. Leave one group of soldiers and horses to bluff in Wulu County to attract the attention of Yang and Li. The other two routes go east and west. The east road follows the Yongji Canal and goes straight to Lucheng to attack Yang Yichen's lair. The west road "his finger" Quickly swiping to the left, "Follow the Mudaogou of the small tributary of the Hutuo River to the west and go to Suichang in Boling County. That 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!" "
"Okay!" Even if they don't like Wang Bo's character, everyone has to admit that the other party has come up with a clever plan. Grabbing a vote and leaving is what everyone is good at, and Wang Bo's plan just maximizes the advantage of the coalition forces. Sui Changcheng Sandwiched between Mudaogou and Sushui, another important tributary of the Hutuo River, the county is surrounded by good fields that can provide water. During the Taiping years, the surrounding people never worried about the drought. The dog official surnamed Li organized the people to join the two The fertile soil between the rivers has been cultivated for a whole year, and the weather is good this year. As long as Sui Chang comes, 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 was a good place for Yang Yichen to stock up on supplies and baggage. Now the main force of Yang's army was 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 on everyone's faces and praised with a smile. Since he has done something for everyone, he must have a broad mind. So he repeated in his mind Tell yourself that you can't mind being upstaged by others, "But didn't you just say that the Hutuo River is impassable? Since we want to attack Sui Chang City, how can our army fly across this troubled water?"
"Yes, 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, and the water volume is only half of the main river. Everyone made rafts with sheepskins and could sneak across without being noticed. Go over there. After crossing the river, turn north and you'll find Mudaogou. The narrowest point upstream of the ditch is less than three feet. Just cut down two trees and you can build a wooden bridge!"
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, and we will have enough time to provide warning to our own people!" (Unfinished)
