Chapter 750 Xiao Jiasui's plan, the eve of the war of annihilation
Gongsun Sheng, who only stayed in Taiyuan Mansion for another two days, often chatted with Xiao Tang, and their friendship deepened, said goodbye and prepared to return to his hometown in Jizhou. Shan Shiqi and Shi Jin went there again After visiting Wang Jin, he immediately went south to Tongtian County, Weishengjun, and spent some time with his parents who had been separated for a long time before preparing to take them to Erlong Mountain in Qingzhou.
Shi Jin temporarily came to work under Xiao Tang's tent again. Both Wang Jin, who was kind to him and taught him, and Niu Gao, who had practiced martial arts with Shi Dalang for a long time at Xiao's house, were naturally very happy, and When Shi Jin was getting along with Wang Jin, he said that in the two mountains of Qingzhou, he only needs to be honest and free of wealth, to eliminate violence and peace, to do justice for heaven, and to swear not to harm ordinary people. He is a loyal and strong man. Wang Jin was very happy when he heard this, although he still only wants to be in the side court. Although he has made great achievements, but looking back on his past experiences, his benefactor Xiao Tang, colleagues Lin Chong, Xu Ning, apprentice Shi Jin and others have all become heroes in the green forest. Wang Jin naturally believes that they will never speak righteously and behave honourably. .
After taking care of the matters in the green forest in Shandong, Xiao Tang now wanted to withdraw his thoughts and concentrate on wiping out Tian Hu and other Hedong thieves who were causing chaos and evil as soon as possible.
The current situation can be seen at a glance. At that time, the Hedong thieves, who were attacking prefectures and counties in various places in Hedong, and chasing the officers and soldiers, had become increasingly arrogant. Later, after Xiao Tang led his army to march into Hedong, they suffered heavy losses one after another. After repeated battles and defeats, there are now very few areas where Tian Hu can roam on the boundary of Hedong Road. Of course, Tian Hu can lead his remaining troops to escape from Hedong Road to the north and east, but further north is the territory of the Liao Kingdom , now Tian Hu has not established a line with officials within the Liao Dynasty. What's more, although the two great powers of Song and Liao are in opposition to each other, they still have diplomatic relations of life and death covenant after all. A large number of grass bandits are coming to harm the people of the country, so border defense How could the Liao army let them go?
If you flee eastward towards the boundary of Hebei Road, Tian Hu's appeal in the green forest will be greatly reduced. Although in the original work, as one of the four major bandits, he is called "Hebei Tian Hu", in fact it is only for this season. An inertial name for the Hedong and Hebei regions. In the book, the scope of his separatist rule is limited to the central and southern part of Hedong Road. Usually the characters who fight in the rivers and lakes have a strong sense of territory, such as Song Jiang's territorial battles in Shandong and Hebei. Because of his reputation, he could call the shots. Although one hundred and eight generals were from various places, most of them had their own reasons to hang out in the Jilu area, which was also a high-incidence area for banditry in the Song Dynasty. Then they worshiped Song Jiang as their sworn brother. But when Song Jiang When they accepted the recruitment and led the Liangshan troops to attack Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, the first reaction of most of the strong men under the four major bandits in Hedong, Huaixi, and Jiangnan areas was: Shuibo grass bandits, you Song Jiang fucking again A bird?
Tian Hu was born in Qinyuan, Hedong's Weisheng Army. After many years of gathering evil gangsters and carefully preparing for a rebellion, the figures in the Green Forest Bandits in Hedong will buy into his account. The Green Forest Bandits in Shandong and Hebei Most people will not recognize him as a big leader. He has lost all his favorable geographical location and popular support, and if he invites officers and soldiers from all over Hebei Province to come to encircle and suppress him... Tian Hu will only die faster.
In this case, Tian Hu has only one choice left, which is to join forces with the Dangxiang people in Xitou and seize this opportunity to urge Xia Guo to support him.
Knowing yourself and the enemy means you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Now that they have accurately understood the movements of Tian Hu's bandit army, Xiao Tang and his generals have of course quickly made arrangements to completely eradicate the remaining bandits in Hedong.
When there was a military meeting in the Yamen Hall of Taiyuan Prefecture, Xiao Tang's confidant Xiao Jiasui made a plan. Wang Huan and Han Cunbao led their troops to the northwest of Taiyuan Prefecture to set up defenses to block the invasion of the Dangxiang tribes. However, this way
The soldiers and horses should only hold fast and not attack. The purpose of sending troops is to restrict the area where the party members move and completely isolate the Hedong thieves led by Tian Hu from the party members who enter the country.
In addition, Xiao Tang, Yao Pingzhong, Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and the new army troops must take the initiative to send troops to attack fiercely, and set up blockades and ambushes everywhere. When Tian Hu's bandits plan to flee west, they can just pursue them fiercely, and there will be officers and soldiers along the way.
Soldiers and horses ambush. The morale of the bandits in Hedong must have been very low now. A large group of officers and soldiers were chasing them in front, and a small group of troops around them designed to block them. This put a strong psychological pressure on them. The bandits were exhausted and unable to regroup and rest.
And Xiao Tang led a large army to chase Tian Hu and fight fiercely, but Tian Hu could not stop and plunder the surrounding money and food. They could only keep running away. For a group of frightened birds, they could not give them any chance to reorganize their troops.
A chance to rest and fight again.
Xiao Jiasui's plan, at best, is to launch an expansion of the results, chase and annihilate the retreating enemy, and completely annihilate the traitor army's pursuit tactics. At worst, it is to close the door and let the mad dogs go, and they will bite people to death if they catch them.
Let go... However, this was in line with Xiao Tang's wishes, so he immediately issued orders, dispatched troops and generals, ordered his troops to rest for two days, and then immediately sent out his troops to fight...
"Brother Niugao, more than 300 war horses have been recruited from the horse herding prison in Taiyuan Prefecture, and some brave men who can learn some riding skills have been selected from the refugees here to form a horse army and riding camp. I will appoint you.
For the time being, I will be a cavalry envoy in the new army. You have made some military exploits in the past, so I will recommend you to take a full-time job in the army. Since you also intend to make some achievements on the battlefield, if you only serve as a family general,
I obey orders in front of the tent. Although I can charge into battle, my ability to lead troops in battle has not been honed.
However, training the cavalry army is not as good as the infantry army, and the soldiers under your command may not all be brave and capable of riding and shooting. It has been less than a month since the training of the newly selected military soldiers from Taiyuan Prefecture, but Coach Wang Jin has trained them well.
Time may not be of much use. This time troops are sent to encircle and suppress Tian Hu. The new army selected from Taiyuan Prefecture is mainly used as a partial division to assist the official army. Wherever you command this battalion of cavalry troops to patrol, how should the Qingqi sentry be deployed?
Wang Jin has also taught you everything about leadership and other matters, so remember not to act rashly just because you are greedy for success."
In the military camp set up outside Taiyuan Mansion, Xiao Tangzheng carefully encouraged Niu Gao and gave instructions to Niu Gao. At that time, Zhou Tong, who was gathering at Xiao's house, asked him to take Niu Heizi out of the mountain and give him a chance to find a job in the army.
Xiao Tang also followed his mentor's instructions and taught Niu Gao to follow him to Hedong Road to conquer the thieves. It is said that because of the friendship between Niu Gao and himself, now he will let him know everything about his double-track operation, and
Teach Niu Gao to join his stronghold and become a strong leader, so he would definitely agree immediately. However, Xiao Tang thought that if he really arranged it like that, he would be living up to Zhou Tong's expectations for Niu Gao. Secondly, his subordinates
There is no shortage of warriors on horseback in Green Forest Village. Although Niu Gao is rough, he does have great potential in commanding soldiers and horses. The Hedong boundary established by the New Army is a strategic military location. If Niu Gao is arranged in the New Army
If he holds a military position, he will have more opportunities to be tempered by the flames of war.
As for the big thing he planned, although Niu Gao must one day know about it, even Yue Fei, Tang Huai, Zhang Xian, Wang Gui and others who are still young and are still gathering in the Xiao family to hone their martial arts and military skills with Zhou Tong,
However, Xiao Tang wanted to give Niu Gao himself a chance. At that time, it would be up to him to decide whether he would choose to remain in the official army and become a general of the Forbidden Army, or whether he would be willing to directly join his subordinates in the Green Forest Village and become a leader of the rebel army.
"Brother has placed great trust in me, and I will live up to it! If it weren't for my brother and Miss Tang who saved my wife and my mother back then, and recommended me to join my mentor, and work hard with Junior Brother Yue and others, I, Niu Gao, would still be nothing more than an idiot now.
Just make a fool of yourself in the deep mountains of Lushan in Ruzhou.
My brother saved my family and taught me that I can live a safe life now. Such a great kindness goes far beyond the sea. Whenever my brother is sent to do something, even brothers dare to go through mountains and seas of fire. I just hope that I can give my brother more words!
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Xiao Tang smiled faintly and patted Niu Gao's shoulder again, but secretly said in his heart: How could I not try my best to help you when I meet a famous anti-gold general like you? But now I have done everything I can to help you.
, there will be two roads in front of you from now on, and it will be entirely up to you how to choose.
