Chapter 1360 Using the defeated army, Song Jiang's disposal method
Xiao Tang decided on the job assignments of all the leaders and announced them publicly in the Juyi Hall. Regarding his appointment, most people intuitively agreed with their previous expectations. For example, Mr. Jin Jian and Li Zhu were still willing to be a counselor
He joined the leadership team of the village to make suggestions, but his nephew Li Yan could lead the troops alone. Not only did he gain more experience, but he could also make achievements and become famous. There were still three generals in Longzhong, He Ji, Chen Yun, and Guo Ji, who complemented each other and held the power.
Certain military power.
As for Liu Fa, he almost always lived in seclusion behind the mountains. Usually, he was only looked at by many regular imperial officers and generals. However, he was promoted by Xiao Tang to the position of deputy commander of the horse and infantry armies of various villages. All the brothers in the village
They can also express their approval.
Although this natural-born divine general still tried his best to avoid direct confrontation with the Song Dynasty officials and troops, Zhe Mo also wanted to wait until the Jin Kingdom turned out to be what Xiao Tang expected, and saw that after annexing the Liao Dynasty, it would still be greedy and go south brazenly.
He would only go out to help Xiao Tang resist foreign enemies. However, Liu Fa was a veteran general who was admired and admired by all the elite Western Army generals of the Song Dynasty. In terms of prestige in the army, he was also a figure who could compete with the old and small kinds of managers. He was willing to
Juyi joined the group, and Xiao Tang put him in a special position, which was just right.
Although Mu Hong, Lei Heng, Yang Xiong and others were transferred from the original positions of chief generals in Liangshan and even in the original work to deputy generals, they were appointments that they could accept calmly. Although brothers Mu Hong and Mu Chun originally worked with Xiao
When they first met in Tang Dynasty (although they were not acquaintances before fighting), they had great admiration for him. However, after all, it was because the Mu family added all their property to Liangshan's military resources without saying a word that Song Jiang paid special attention to him, even in
In the original work, he was promoted to an important position like the Eight Horsemen of the Horse Army, but in terms of leading troops in battles, although Mu Hong fought bravely and was not afraid of death, his ability was not outstanding compared to other infantry generals.
As for Lei Heng, Yang Xiong first came from Songjiang and later Xiaotang. Now that he can be hired and reunited with him, he is satisfied and has no dissatisfaction.
The other Green Forest leaders who were transferred to various horse infantry armies as partial generals, although they were also the leaders of a village, knew very well that long before they came to join the gang and gather together, Xiao Tang's command was already full of fierce generals, and they were able to do all the horse infantry armies.
Most of the generals are people whose names they have admired for a long time on the road. Now they are joining the top forces in the green forest. They can enjoy the shade under the big trees, and almost all of them are appointments that they can accept.
Of course, although almost all the brothers who were appointed to ministerial posts were willing to rebel against Xiao Tang, there were still Chang Shun, Ye Chun and others who originally planned to be obedient people, but because of their grandson's persuasion and being persuaded by Xu Tang
After Da Dao threatened him, he knew that he had been acting under Xiao Tang for a long time and was inseparable. Without the protection of the green forest villages, he was afraid that he would be hunted down and imprisoned by the government for collaborating with rebels, so he had no choice but to come and join the gang. For Chang
Shun, Ye Chun and others also comforted Xiao Tang with kind words, and they were relieved for the time being. After all, when the time comes when the heroes from all walks of life resist the invasion and plunder of foreign enemies, they will finally fully understand Xiao Tang's purpose of raising the rebel flag. Indeed,
What is said is not true.
The leaders present were talking a lot, and the generals and subordinates assigned to the same branch immediately came forward to chat with each other. Although the scene was lively, some people were very surprised. For example, Liang Xing and Zhao Yun looked at each other.
They knew that neither the four people from Hongluo Mountain nor Wang Gui, who was from the same family as Brother Xiao Tang, had a low reputation in the green forest and could not compare with those heroes who had already become famous in the world. They should also be transferred there.
Served as deputy general in the first step.
But now Wang Gui and Ji Qing have been transferred to brother Xiao Tang's command, Hua Rong, an unparalleled general in cavalry and shooting.
Among the Thunder Army led by Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming, there were only two of them left who wanted to separate from their old brothers and go to the Taihang Mountain area on Hedong Road to manage another village. Liang Xing and Zhao Yun were also surprised. They didn't know that brother Xiao Tang was treating him like this.
The two of them made a special arrangement, but what was their intention?
After the announcement of the appointment of all the leaders, Cao Zheng naturally arranged the preparations and held a big banquet in the village, and taught all the brothers currently gathered in Shuibo Liangshan to eat wine and celebrate to their heart's content. Liang Xing, who looked at each other,
Zhao Yun and others immediately looked at Xiao Tang with a smile on his face, walking towards him with Xu Guanzhong, Xiao Jiasui and other brothers. They were about to meet with these two chief and deputy officials of the "Loyalty and Righteous Society", an anti-golden armed force in the official history.
Secrets are given secretly, and another explanation will be given...
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When the families of Li Congji, Wang Wende, Xiang Yuanzhen and other Jiedu envoys were also picked up from Bianliang, Tokyo, and arrived at Shuibo Liangshan, these veteran generals who were accustomed to strong winds and waves in the green forest and officialdom met Mei Zhan who rushed to the village.
Mei Dalang reminisced about the past for a while, but Han Cunbao and Yang Wen still had to take into account the reputation of their families who had been loyal to the Song Dynasty for generations, so they had no choice but to bid farewell to other old brothers who had decided to stay in Liangshan in tears, and they parted ways.
Regarding the placement of Liu Fa, Hu Yanzhuo and others in the stronghold, Han Cunbao and Yang Wen also promised that they would not leak any information, lest the powerful traitors in the DPRK would take the opportunity to persecute their descendants. As for this disastrous defeat and fall
They were in the hands of Xiao Tang, but after they were released, they decided to accept how the court would deal with Han Cunbao and Yang Wen. Even if they were stripped of their official status, they would not be able to bring humiliation to their family.
However, now that Gao Qiu has been executed, even if Han Cunbao and Yang Wen need to be held responsible for the defeat, Gao Qiu is dead, and the battle history of the conquest of the rebel armies led by Xiao Tang will no longer be falsified.
But it was to be reported to the court as it was. Anyone who knows something about military affairs can also see that the reason why Xiao Tang's soldiers and horses were ineffective in exterminating the rebel traitors, resulting in the conquest army being killed one after another and defeated miserably, was entirely because the old thief Gao Qiu led the army.
Incompetent. Now that he, the Third Lieutenant, has lost his life, he will no longer be able to place the blame for the defeat on other generals, nor will he be framed by a powerful traitor and his life will be in danger.
And because of Gao Qiu's death, Han Cunbao and Yang Wen were not the only ones who were able to avoid the disaster of killing.
"Looking at the intention of the imperial court, it seems that because of the strong admonition and intercession of Jeju Zhang Shuye and the imperial court Su Yuanjing, Song Jiang and the defeated generals under his command should not suffer the responsibility of losing their troops to the defeated army and be rehabilitated...
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"But if it is true as what has been discovered, the officials still plan to command Song Jiang to mobilize the remaining troops under his command to the south of the Yangtze River to serve as a partial army to assist Tong Guannasi in conquering the Manichaeans in the south of the Yangtze River. Most of them will not get any official troops.
To coordinate and lead the defeated army to conquer Fang La's troops who are still resisting, I'm afraid they will still escape death. I'm afraid many leaders who still follow Song Jiang will lose their lives in the south of the Yangtze River... As for whether Song Jiang can win something
It is still unknown whether military exploits will be tolerated by the imperial court..."
In the main room to the east of the Juyi Hall, Xiao Tang, Xu Guanzhong, Yan Qing and other brothers were waiting after they heard that they had come to Bianjing to fetch the leaders of the Jiedu family to inquire about the situation. They heard the news about how the imperial court would deal with Song Jiang and others.
Everyone expresses his or her own opinion.
In fact, Song Jiang still had to fight against the rebel forces led by Xiao Tang, who were far more powerful than his troops. It was indeed true that his loyalty did not disappoint the court. Moreover, Song Jiang was killed and defeated, and it was indeed because of Gao Gao.
Qiu Nasi deliberately taught him to wear down Xiao Tang's troops as much as possible, and he completely ignored the life and death of the strong bandits recruited by the imperial court. Finally, Xiao Tang defeated them one by one, and he himself was killed by the heroes with random swords.
Song Jiang followed the commander's orders from the beginning to the end. Zhang Shuye, who roughly knew the war, naturally tried his best to excuse Song Jiang. However, the Green Forest soldiers and horses under Song Jiang's command were just exploitable weaklings in the eyes of the powerful traitors in the court. Naturally,
He was completely out of Cai Jing's eyes; Tong Guan was busy leading the elite Western Army to exterminate the Manichaeans in the south of the Yangtze River, so he had no energy to deal with a recruited bandit leader; now Xiao Tang's threat to the court was far greater than in the original work
Song Jiang, Yang Jian, who was one of the chief perpetrators of persecution in Liangshan in the book, naturally did not regard the disgraced Song Jiang as a scourge. Now that Gao Qiu is in a state of defiance, there is still Su Yuanjing in the court who can intercede for Song Jiang. It is expected that this time the rain will also come this time.
Rather than being punished with death as a result of his defeat, he still had to continue struggling to gain recognition from the court.
Xiao Tang sighed again after thinking about it, saying that when Song Jiang led more than a hundred Liangshan leaders to conquer Fang La, most of them were lost. Now he only has the incomplete soldiers and horses under his command. If he really wants to obey the imperial court's order to conquer Mani in the south of the Yangtze River.