Xiangxiang is located on the banks of the Lianshui River, southwest of Changsha.
There is a garrison of the Liu brothers and sisters in Xiangxiang, with a total of five thousand people.
There are more troops than Liuyang garrison.
Mainly to cope with the pressure from Hengzhou and Shaozhou.
At the end of the year, Hengzhou and Shaozhou seemed to have formed an alliance. The teams of the two families pressed on the border and formed a confrontation with the Liu brothers and sisters.
Therefore, Liu Jinpeng deployed 5,000 troops in Xiangxiang to respond.
"General Liu, some villagers said that the remnants of Tanzhou soldiers are hiding in the mountains to the west."
At the Xiangxiang County Government Office, Liu He was sitting among everyone, with a bearded general below reporting on the situation.
"Is the information accurate?"
"It should be accurate. I sent people to check. Although I didn't find the specific hiding place, I did find some traces. There should be eight or nine hundred people."
"Okay. I will report the news to the second master right now!"
As Liu He spoke, he took out a pen and paper and gave a summary of the news here to Liu Jinpeng.
A house in the southwest corner of Xiangxiang County.
There are a few half-grown boys squatting in the corner and playing around the yard. No one cares about them. There are many wild children in the city.
But their sight can surround the entire house.
In the small courtyard, a dozen strong men stood at important positions in the front room and the backyard.
Anyone who attempts to climb over the wall and enter the hospital will be discovered immediately.
In the room, three men gathered together and talked about something.
"How is the arrangement going?"
The one in the middle is a boy who could be twenty years old.
"Don't worry, there is no problem. The people are looking for us. Now we are just waiting for them to fall into the trap!"
The person who spoke was a man about fifty years old, but his voice was extremely high-pitched.
"Okay! Eat part of the living force first this time to teach them a lesson!"
The young man's eyes flashed with murderous intent and he said fiercely.
"Zhou Qianhu, we will go back when it gets dark soon. I need you to worry about the details." The young man looked at the middle-aged man on the other side and said.
"Don't worry, young master. I will give them a hard blow this time!" Zhou Qianhu said solemnly.
"The bandits will definitely send a large army after this battle. After this battle, we will abandon the Xiangxiang camp and go to Hengzhou. I heard from the people that Hengzhou and Shaozhou seem to be in alliance. Let's go and see if we can borrow two
The soldiers of the state will liberate Tanzhou!" the young man said.
"It seems that King Hengzhou and King Shaozhou are still alive. Let's go to them for help. They should be able to help." The shrill man said.
"I hope so. These two uncles like me are not responsible. They didn't reply to the letters I sent before. I just ask them to give us a temporary place to stay. When the bandit army withdraws, whether we want to come or not
Support, we all have to go to Tanzhou!" the young man said with a frown.
He called the two kings of Hengzhou and Shaozhou uncle Wang!
This young man’s name is Song Mao, the second son of Song Tong!
When Tanzhou fell, Song Tong killed his concubine, but his son and daughter did not.
At that time, he arranged for an old eunuch to escape from the palace with his children among the chaos.
The shrill man next to Song Mao is the old eunuch Yao Jin.
Yao Jin took Song Mao and his sister Song Ning out of Wang Gong.
Finally escaped from Tanzhou City.
Outside the city, I encountered the scattered remnants of the Tanzhou Army.
That is the middle-aged Zhou Kai on the other side.
Zhou Kai was a member of a thousand households in Tanzhou. When the Liu brothers and sisters pressed on the border, Zhou Kai was ordered to fight the bandits outside the city.
As a result, they only had more than 2,000 people, and there were nearly 10,000 thieves there to rival them.
They were soon killed in pieces.
Zhou Kai himself is quite powerful, and he is surrounded by seventeen guards.
Taking advantage of the darkness, they broke out of the encirclement and gathered more than 300 remaining troops.
Originally, Zhou Kai planned to sneak into the city to rescue King Tanzhou.
As a result, he met Song Mao when he arrived at the city gate.
I originally planned to discuss saving King Tanzhou, but I heard that King Tanzhou died in prison.
Liu Jinpeng had no intention of announcing the fact that King Tanzhou was alive, as this would only leave people with thoughts.
So he simply said that King Tanzhou was dead, ending any remaining hope of supporting King Tanzhou.
When Song Mao heard that his father was dead, he wanted to fight the bandits.
Fortunately, Zhou Kai can still carry it clearly.
They forcibly took the Song Mao brothers and sisters away.
Over a period of time, their small group gradually absorbed some remaining troops.
Later, some people who opposed the Liu siblings joined in.
Moreover, the policies of the Liu brothers and sisters in Tanzhou were also unpopular, especially those of their subordinates who expropriated and seized land and harmed and destroyed the people, which made the people hate them even more.
This also allowed more people to join Song Mao's team.
By now they have nearly 5,000 troops.
Song Mao divided 5,000 people into several small groups and harassed the area controlled by the Liu brothers and sisters for days and days.
It caused some little trouble for the Liu brothers and sisters.
But there were few of them and it was easy to avoid them, which gave Liu Jinpeng a big headache.
Until a few days ago, Song Mao planned to do something big. He asked the villagers to spread the news that his team was meeting in the mountains.
It also gave the Liu brother and sister's spies the illusion that there were only a thousand people.
The purpose is to lure them over.
If there are more than a thousand people, it will not be necessary to send out an army of ten thousand people. If there are three to five thousand people.
These three to five thousand people can be wiped out by Song Mao and his five thousand people.
Song Mao and the others came to the city these days just to lay out false news.
The three of them agreed and it was already dark.
Taking advantage of the darkness, Song and Tong led the strong men in the yard to sneak out of Xiangxiang through the collapsed city wall.
Two days later, Liu Jinpeng received news from Liu He.
Suddenly I was pleasantly surprised.
Song Mao's people have not harassed the Liu brothers and sisters in recent times, and they are worried that they have no place to find anyone.
Liu He inquired about the situation of Song Mao's remaining soldiers.
"Humph! It turns out he hid in the mountains of Xiangxiang!" Liu Jinpeng sneered.
"Second brother asked the new recruits to go? Can they do it?" Liu Manqing asked.
Those remaining soldiers must be exterminated, and they will inevitably come out to harass them when the weather warms up.
It would be better to take advantage of them to gather together and destroy them together.
"Of course it's more than that. I plan to let the new recruits be the forwards, and let Ah He lead 3,000 elite troops to hold down the formation. This way, we won't have to worry about losing, and it will also give the new recruits a chance to train." Liu Jinpeng said with a smile.
Liu Manqing nodded. Although she thought that the thousands of remaining soldiers might be eligible for renewal, she would not have thought that Song Mao already had nearly 5,000 soldiers.
So when Liu Jinpeng said he would send 5,000 people, she did not object.
The next day, two thousand recruits were ready to go.
Liu Jinpeng personally led the team and went straight to Xiangxiang.
After the team arrived in Xiangxiang, they took a short rest.
Together with the three thousand troops mobilized by Liu He, they began to march towards the mountains to the west.
Liu Jinpeng did not follow him to the mountains, he wanted to take charge in Xiangxiang.
Because the military strength of the two kings of Hengzhou and Shaozhou seems to have increased recently.
Liu Jinpeng stayed in Xiangxiang by himself, which would be more convenient for both command and rescue.
As for the extermination of Song Mao's remnants, he didn't even notice it.
In his opinion, the remaining soldiers of more than a thousand people could be destroyed with one shot.
The remnants of Song Mao's army, which could be wiped out, have been waiting in the mountains for many days.
Song Mao received the news that Liu He was leaving the city early this morning.
Five thousand people, two thousand new soldiers, and three thousand troops stationed in Xiangxiang.
The composition of Lian Liuhe's army was clear to Song Mao.
The common people were his intelligence agents and knew all about the Liu brothers and sisters' inappropriate movements.
Since he started fighting guerrillas, Song Mao has relied more and more on the common people.
He also pays great attention to establishing good relations with the people.
The military and civilians get along harmoniously and happily.
"Zhou Qianhu, check the traps one last time. After checking, everyone should hide and don't move again!"
"yes!"
"Yao Jin, go and help Ning'er comfort and take care of the family camp."
"Old slave wants to..."
"Go. It's equally important over there, it's related to the morale of the military!"
"Yes! Old slave understands. Old slave will go now!"
After several months of training, Song Mao grew up very quickly.
I can already command calmly.
My sister Song Ning also shouldered the heavy responsibility. She led the family camp to retreat to the back mountain path last night. Today, the family camp will evacuate to the south first.
After the battle here, Song Mao will join them.
The family camp is actually the family members of these five thousand soldiers, many of whom brought their families to join them.
It is impossible for Song Mao to only have young men and not have family members.
Therefore, there are more than 2,000 old, weak, women and children in the family camp.
Zhou Kai and Yao Jin took the order to leave. Song Mao walked to the edge of the mountain, his eyes full of determination.
"Father, I will definitely avenge you! This battle is just the beginning. Sooner or later, I will drive the thieves out of Tanzhou!"
After Song Mao finished speaking, he put on his robe and walked into the jungle with his guards.
Liu He led five thousand men and horses to the foot of the mountain forest. According to the mountain people, the remnants of Song Mao's army were in the mountain.
He also sent people to check, and it was indeed in this area.
"General, we have found it. It's in the mountain col ahead!"
The spies quickly reported the results and found traces of the remnants of Song Mao's troops in the mountain col.
"Can you confirm the number of people?"
"Judging from the tents, there are more than a thousand people!"
"Okay! Go into the mountains!"
Liu He gave an order, and the large group of troops began to move closer to the mountain.
After walking for only half an hour, they encountered the first wave of ambush.
"The thieves have entered the mountain! Tell the general to retreat quickly!"
"Quickly go! Go and report the news, we will stop the bandits!"
An ambush of dozens of people appeared in front of the large group of people.
Sparse bows and arrows, and some throwing stones, only caused three or five soldiers casualties.
When Liu He heard this, he frowned: "We've been discovered! Hurry! Chase! Don't let them run away!"
In Liu He's opinion, those dozens of people should have been patrolling the mountain. When they discovered Liu He entering the mountain, they went to report him and let him escape.
Liu He was able to make people escape, so he hurriedly ordered a large group of people to chase him.
After chasing into the mountains for half an hour, the mountain col appeared in front of us.
Tent after tent is located in the mountain col, and there are many smokes, showing that it is inhabited.
"Kill them! Don't let them run away!" Liu He directed the large group of troops to rush towards the col.
"Bang bang bang!"
Just when we got down the hillside, there was a sudden noise.
It's the Rolling Stones!
"No! There's an ambush!"
"Hoo ho ho!"
A shower of arrows shot over with flaming arrows.
There is not much rain this winter and the weather is cold.
There is a thick layer of fallen leaves in the mountains.
A large rocket flew over and set fire to the fallen leaves.
The fire started, and the fire burned more and more fiercely due to the wind...