Chapter 441 One corner and three evils, Xu Guanzhong's speculation
"In this battle, the thieves in Luannan were defeated, and the sharp sword Yan Jiu was killed in one fell swoop. Brother Yang Zhi should be credited with the first achievement!"
On the wall of a village town near Luan County, Xiao Tang patted Yang Zhi on the shoulder and encouraged him, and then said: "That fellow Yan Jiu is too conceited! He thinks he can drag him down with his own men and horses. Stay with our army until Wang Bolong gathers his troops and join forces with others, and then try to reverse the situation of the war. Unfortunately, this man is also a foolhardy man. Brother Guanzhong has an insight into the opportunity and has already guessed his intention! We should also be credited with the first credit."
After Yang Zhi killed the bandit leader with one blow, Xiao Tang led his army to strike while the iron was hot and attacked the wall of the dock occupied by Yan Jiu. Yan Jiu almost went out in full force to attack Xiao Tang, but instead fell into a counter-ambush set by Xu Guanzhong , there are only a hundred or so remaining rebels left guarding the dock wall, how can they withstand Xiao Tang's troops coming with the victory?
Yang Zhi and Zhu Jing, who had recorded their merits in the battle, looked at each other and smiled, and they all clasped their fists in thanks to Xiao Tang. Lu Zhishen laughed loudly and said: "Brother Yang Zhi is a member of the military who led troops to achieve the law, so what Yan Jiusa family is here to see." He is just a green forest thief in name only, but he is a bird seeking his own death, and he wants to hit his brother's knife edge!"
Zhu Jing listened to what Lu Zhishen said, but said unconvinced: "Brother Zhishen, you were once the commander of the soldiers and horses who obeyed orders in front of the Prime Minister's account in Yan'an Prefecture of the Western Army, and brother Yang Zhi was a tiger son of the Yang family and a famous general. When it comes to martial prowess, my descendants are naturally very impressive. But we, the rough and tumble heroes from the green forest, may not lose to you when we fight against thieves and kill enemies for Brother Xiao!"
After hearing this, Bao Xu, who was born in Kushu Mountain, also laughed and started making noises in agreement with Zhu Jing's words. Lu Zhishen waved his hand and said angrily: "How can the Sa family underestimate the heroes who are beaten in the green forest? I am also settling in Erlong Mountain now. A strong man, if the Sa family looks down upon the heroes in the world, wouldn’t they point at a monk like me and call themselves a bald donkey?”
All the brothers burst out laughing after hearing this, and Xiao Tang couldn't help but smile and shake his head, saying to himself that when you are a flowery monk, you are so good at scolding, it seems that you have often pointed at monks who are also Buddhists and called them thieves and bald donkeys. Did it...
What made Xiao Tang even more gratified was the fighting power displayed by the troops at Erlong Mountain and Qingfeng Mountain in the two battles with the Nanjing Taoist bandits. Although the scale of these two wars was not very large, these horse infantry athletes In terms of individual combat capabilities, most of them are better than the group bandits on the Nanjing Road of the Liao Dynasty. It can be seen that Lin Chong, Xu Ning, Yang Zhi and others have indeed put in a lot of effort in the training of the army.
What's even more commendable is that the mental outlook of these two mountain men is really more like a rebel army dormant in the mountains and forests, rather than grass bandits who make a living by robbing homes, killing people and setting fires.
This is not only because Xiao and Tang strictly prohibited Erlong Mountain. The people of Qingfeng Mountain targeted innocent people and robbed the villages and towns around the common people. The two village owners in charge of the village affairs in these two mountains, Hua Monk Lu Zhishen, hated evil as much as they hated evil and were passionate about ancient ways. The great hero of the world; the dragon slayer Sun An is also a hero who puts chivalry first, hoeing the strong and supporting the weak. In addition, Yang Xu in Bianjing arranges money and food, and Yang Lin secretly transports logistics materials. The two mountains have no worries, just like Lu Zhishen , how could a person like Sun An allow his subordinates to do evil to innocent people?
There is also Sai Gongming Bian Xiang who stayed behind in Xiaojiaji. He must have gained a lot when he followed Wang Jin to train the Six Thousand Township Warriors in the market town...
At that time, Xiao Tang made this arrangement, taking into account that although Bian Xiang was born as a farmer, he did have the talent to lead an army in combat. In the original work, when Song Jiang led the Liangshan army to conquer Tian Hu, Bian Xiang, who was extremely resilient, led the troops.
He was attacked from both sides and fought hard until the end. If Li Jun hadn't poured water into Taiyuan City, Zhang Qing had rebelled against Qiong Liyin Waihe, and even after Tian Hu had been taken away from his home, Bian Xiang, a fierce general, would have been unable to make a comeback. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to defeat Liangshan.
How much trouble did the army bring?
Wang Jin, the former instructor of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army, was well versed in the art of training soldiers. Xiao Tang kept Bian Xiang by his side just so that he, a fierce general, could learn from Wang Jin's skills in training soldiers, and did not send him to the army prematurely.
Become the leader of the Green Forest Village under your own rule.
After all, the purpose of fighting these powerful Liao invaders now is to hone the fighting strength of their own rebel army. What Xiao Tang and his soldiers will eventually face is the Jin Kingdom's cavalry, which is known as "the Jurchens are less than ten thousand and ten thousand are invincible".
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"We have wiped out the Yanjiu bandits again, and the other Pingzhou bandits who were attached to Wang Bolong will also be frightened by the news! When our army and Lin Chong's brother join forces again, we will wipe them all out with Wang Bolong's existing mob.
It’s no longer difficult!”
Xiao Tang was high-spirited and said loudly to the brothers in front of him. But when he glanced out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xu Guanzhong frowning slightly and saying nothing, as if he was thinking about something.
Xu Guanzhong overcame Yan Jiu's plan to sneak attack the rear army, and used his plan to instigate a counterattack against Xiao Tang to ambush and annihilate all the bandits. However, he was not complacent at all. Because Xu Guanzhong knew very well that his brother took him on a mission to the Liao Kingdom.
It wanted him to personally go to Liaodong to assess the situation and coordinate the overall situation for Xiao Tang in managing Liaodong. It also wanted him to grow quickly during the battles and become a think tank and counselor who could provide advice to Xiao Tang and the leaders of the various ministries.
Xu Guanzhong is still very clear that his resourcefulness is needed now. However, an important criterion for measuring a counselor also depends on whether he can accurately predict the opponent's strategic intentions in advance...
Listening to Xiao Tang encouraging the heroes to defeat Wang Bolong in one fell swoop, Xu Guanzhong had a thought in his mind. He secretly said: Wang Bolong, the Nanjing Dao giant, seems to be powerful. On paper, he has nearly 10,000 troops... but
In the battle at Erxianshan, our army caught him off guard. Zhijiao lost more than 3,000 men and horses. This battle also defeated Kuai Dao Yanjiu's army in Luannan, in order to scare the monkeys and other vacillating Pingzhou.
Bandits. It can now be said that our army has achieved its goal. With the army's morale weakened, it is no longer possible for Wang Bolong to make all the bandits in Pingzhou willingly submit...
Our army's morale is currently strong and its edge is unstoppable. Even if Wang Bolong and Kong Yanzhou hate brother Xiao Tang to the core, they should also know very well that it is difficult to win with the current strength of their troops. If they plan to fight against the enemy in a corner,
Even if they could occupy a dangerous mountain and defend it, the conflict between the two Green Forest groups would be worse than the war between the two countries...Wang Bolong was not tolerated by the Liao officials at all.
If we can allow our army to slowly encroach on their power in the green forest, if this continues, they will have no chance of winning. It is only a matter of time before our army will capture them all...
If I were in a dilemma like Wang Bolong and Kong Yanzhou, what would I do? Kong Yanzhou seemed to be a resourceful person who could advise Wang Bolong. What would he plan in this situation?
After thinking about it for a while, Xu Guanzhong's eyes suddenly lit up and he already had an idea in his mind.