Chapter 727 It's not that I'm betraying the country, it's you who forced me
In addition to Xiao Tang who led the new army to defeat the Hedong bandits at Jieshan in Fenzhou and captured a large number of bandits, Wang Huan, Han Cunbao and other veteran generals who led troops to intercept the bandits in the west of Weisheng Army led their troops to attack one after another and forced the bandits
The army had no choice but to change its route and flee, but Yao Pingzhong led the soldiers of the Sixth Battalion of the Western Army to intercept and kill the flanks. The thieves lost all fighting spirit, just like how Xiao Tang suppressed the thieves. About 30% of the thieves were killed, and most of the rest were left behind.
Everyone is afraid to surrender.
The war to pacify Hedong has reached the current stage. The large bandits in the southern and central areas of Hedong Road such as Gaizhou, Jiangzhou, Jinzhou, Longdefu, Fenzhou and other areas have basically been wiped out. During this period, Tian Hu, who led his troops to escape north,
He did not allow the government troops to suppress the movement of his own bandit troops. Instead, he ordered nearly 10,000 bandit troops to pass through Liaozhou and penetrate directly into the middle of Wei Sheng's army. He attempted to take advantage of the government troops to suppress Fuzhou Prefecture and once again seize the southern end of Hedong Road.
The situation is confusing.
However, Xiao Tang's subordinate Xu Guanzhong first expected that Tian Hu would not remain indifferent when he saw his sphere of influence being gradually compressed and encroached. He also predicted that the thieves would take advantage of the situation to seize chestnuts from the fire, and the thieves thought that the government troops were ordered to attack Hedong Road at this time.
The defense was suppressed, leaving the rear defenses empty. In all likelihood, they would detour to Tongdi County, the center chosen by Xiao Tang when he was marching east of the river, and launch a surprise attack at Tongdi County, where Wei Sheng's army was governed.
However, various troops under Xiao Tang's command conquered Fenzhou Jieshan, and the progress of the bandits in Qinyuan on the west side of Wei Sheng's army went much smoother than expected. Xiao Jiasui took advantage of the opportunity to offer Xiao Tang advice on Wei Sheng's army in Wuxiang, and the Nishui area
Many ambushes were laid, and pocket formations were set up to wait for the rebels on the only way from Liaozhou to Tongtian County. Instead, nearly 10,000 rebels who fell into danger from the official army encountered a surprise attack, and their morale was greatly reduced.
When they finally fought their way out and were about to flee to the north, they realized that what was waiting in front of them for a long time was a chain of heavy cavalry with more than a thousand armored cavalry, and several battalions of officers and soldiers following the general's powerful cavalry.
He gave the order and launched an overwhelming charge against them with earth-shaking momentum...
After this battle, the number of thieves under Tian Hu's command had been reduced by more than 60%.
Just as Xiao Tang was preparing to gather heavy troops and gradually advance to the north to completely eradicate the Hedong thieves who had been wreaking havoc for a long time, Tian Hu, who was now located in Fangshan, Taiyuan Prefecture, finally realized that a disaster was coming...
Under the gaze of strong men from all walks of life, although Tian Hu was sitting on a big tiger leather chair with a golden sword, still showing a majestic appearance, the more sophisticated leader of the thieves had clearly noticed these changes.
Hita Tiger was moody, and even when he convened a group of thieves to discuss matters, he was not as eloquent as before.
Now Tian Hu's expression was very gloomy. He sat on the big chair without saying a word. The officers and soldiers were victorious, and a large number of his available troops were either annihilated or captured. It was Tian Hu who was so rebellious and vicious.
The barbarian Hedong bandit leader has now realized that the balance of victory has long been tilted towards Xiao Tang's side.
Tian Biao, who was at the bottom, saw a very rare look of fear on Tian Hu's eyebrows. He immediately said loudly: "Brother! Your prestige in the green forest has not diminished. Now the bandits in Hedong are also the same. They only follow your lead. We will rely on our current situation."
With our own manpower, we can still confront the government and the army in Taiyuan, Xinzhou, and Daizhou. Besides, we will continue to plunder and accumulate military supplies according to the original method. By then, there will inevitably be hunters, tenant farmers, and refugees who defect to us. Is this the first time?
Let those dog officers have the upper hand, but if we gather all the soldiers and horses to defend the situation, how can they do anything to us?"
After hearing this, Tian Hu's face seemed to darken a bit. He snorted coldly, thinking that his third brother was still a brainless guy after all. He couldn't think of any good strategy. How could he gather the remaining troops and occupy the mountain to defend? I'm afraid. The officers and soldiers had long expected him to have such an idea!
Tian Hu, who at least has some strategic vision, knows that once he gets entangled with the gang of thieves and rises up, he must from time to time make the strongmen under his command feel that there is huge profit. With so many people under his command, it turns out that they can meet their needs by separately carrying out robbery and robbery. , but now that tens of thousands of people have gathered together for an uprising, they need to eat and drink. How long can money and food last?
According to Tian Biao, is it possible to plunder everywhere and at the same time gather a large army to hold on to the danger? Could it be that he led tens of thousands of troops to rob prefectures and counties? If he did this, the military commanders of the prefectures and prefectures would immediately notice The movement of our own troops and horses will mean that the advantage of breaking up into pieces and sending out several groups of bandits to fight guerrillas will be lost. The officers and soldiers will easily detect their traces and send heavy troops to encircle and suppress them. The officers and soldiers led by Xiao Tang have successively taken advantage of them. After several big victories, both sides simply gathered their armies for a last-ditch fight, so what are their chances of winning?
After all, Tian Biao is a ruthless man who is used to cruelty. Although he hates his son for being captured by the army, at least it is not his own life that is lost. Therefore, I still do evil things no matter what Tian Biao did in the past. The tiger is fierce, at worst, it will catch a girl and produce another one. But although Tian Hu also has a lustful and violent temper, the thought that his son Tian Ding and other relatives will be killed by the Yi tribe really makes him feel a sense of fear in his heart. .
In addition to establishing the country as a local emperor, Tian Hu has tasted all the sweetness of rebellion, but now he is unwilling to taste the bitter fruit of failure and accept the price of rebellion.
Since Xiao Tang, you are definitely not willing to leave a way for me to survive. Whether I am accused of being a traitor or colluding with other races, I, Tian Hu, will never lose my life in your hands!
"Just gathering the strong soldiers and horses in the northeast of the river is of no use. How many soldiers and horses can we use if we use all the troops in northern Shanxi? It is only more than 30,000 to 40,000 people. Now that we have started an uprising, the Song Dynasty government still doesn't know how many troops to dispatch. The officers and soldiers came to encircle and suppress us... Huh! That guy Xiao Tang has the support of the Song Dynasty court, why don't we use outside help?"
After Tian Hu said this solemnly, he immediately looked at Tuozhao, who had just returned from the northwest, and asked: "Brother Tuozhao, have you already spoken to all the party leaders in Xia Kingdom?"
The strongman leader of the Dangxiang tribe who called for escape immediately stood up and reported to Tian Hu: "Chief Tian Da, I went to persuade the leaders of the Dangxiang tribe to send troops, and it really took a lot of words! Because of the previous battle with Xia The country was defeated by the Song Dynasty. If they were asked to help invade the prefectures and seize counties, they would definitely not agree. There were very few tribes who chose this time to bring trouble to the Song court.
However, most of the tribesmen are in barren land, and the Song people have a lot of money and food, and they are ten times, a hundred times richer than these tribesmen! In addition, Yinzhou has also suffered from black and white disasters in the past two years. , the herdsmen have no way to survive, so they are very happy to persuade the leaders of various tribes to take the opportunity to cross the border to plunder! It’s just the leader of Tian Da... The party members and several tribes are just looking for money and food and clothing, I’m afraid It won’t be used by you.”
Tian Hu snorted coldly and said: "It doesn't matter, as long as they can mess up the water in the east of the river again! There is another matter that is very important. Brother Tuozhao, what do you think of those party leaders?
Among them, some of them are familiar with the founder of the Xia Kingdom, Lu Ze (the title of the Xia Kingdom's bureaucratic system, translated as the big leader, meaning the leader)? I intend to get acquainted with them, and I also want to take this opportunity to learn from them.
Establish a line with the nobles of the Xia Dynasty."
Although Tian Hu is just a green forest bandit who was born as an Orion, he has lived in the east of Hedong for a long time, and he has also found that the relationship between the Song Dynasty and Xixia has become tense again in recent times. When the war between the two sides really breaks out, he still has 30,000 troops under his command, and
He is a native of Hedong. Since the Song State is pressing hard, if he can find an opportunity to go to Xia State to build a line, the current dilemma of only fighting against the huge power of Song Ting as the leader of the Hedong bandit will not be reversed in an instant.
come over?
What's more, although Tian Hu is not familiar with classics and history, he at least knows some historical figures who have left many deeds in Hedong. He also knows that during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, there was a person who served as a military envoy in Hedong, but later raised an army.
The rebellion also faced encirclement and suppression by the army of the Later Tang Dynasty, but that man received great help from foreign countries, and even luckily became the founding emperor...
