"General, the Liangshan cavalry attacked our army six times today. A total of 8,300 stones of grain and grass, countless swords, guns, arrows and other weapons were burned. Jiutai siege equipment was destroyed, and more than 3,400 sergeants were lost.
people, and there are more than a thousand civilian casualties." The quartermaster knelt down in the hall and carefully reported the report. He did not dare to look up to read the praise, for fear of being used as a punching bag by his superiors and dragged out to beheaded. Unless he had no choice, he would not
Coming.
"Go down." Fortunately, Xuanzan just waved his hand impatiently. When the quartermaster saw this, he hurriedly left as if he had been granted amnesty, for fear that Xuanzan would regret it.
"Everyone, this trip still has at least two days, and the road is flat. How should we deal with the elusive cavalry of the Liangshan bandits?"
In the past two days, Xuanzan had been driven crazy by Chen Kui's guards. Facing this cavalry that came and went like the wind, both Xuanzan and Hao Siwen lacked effective ways to deal with it. However, in just two days,
The army lost more than one-tenth, and the price paid by Liangshan was so small that it was almost negligible.
Chen Kui's fighting method can be summed up in four words - encirclement and reinforcements. First, attack and rescue the enemy, forcing Xuanzan to send troops. Then the Guards will fly kites to eat up the reinforcements bit by bit.
The method is not afraid of aging, as long as it works.
Hao Siwen, Xuan Zan and others thought of many countermeasures, but the results were not obvious. No matter how many troops and horses were sent, the results were almost the same. So far, the most effective method was that once the cavalry led by Chen Kui appeared, the officers and soldiers would
Stand in line and wait through a tight defense without giving the cavalry any chance.
This method did have some effect. Although the speed was seriously reduced, the casualties were obviously controlled. However, it also made the logistics and civilian teams a loophole. Lu Zhishen saw the opportunity and led more than two thousand people who had been waiting impatiently.
The cavalry came out from the side, stabbed them hard, and set fire to them, causing heavy losses to the logistics troops.
It can be said that it is neither offensive nor defensive.
Of course, it was not that Hao Siwen and others had not thought of a plan to surround the strange cavalry and capture Chen Kui, the leader of the thief, but the idea was good, but it was very difficult to implement. This area was originally Liangshan's territory.
, the mass base is very good, every move of the officers and soldiers cannot escape the eyes of the Liangshan scouts, and no matter how powerful you are, you will not be able to use it.
"The only solution for now is to slow down and take strict precautions."
So helpless.
…
The main camp of Guan Sheng's army.
"Sir, is there no news yet?"
"Not yet." Wen Huanzhang shook his head.
Xuanzan was troubled by Chen Kui and the Guards, and Guan Sheng was very uneasy. For some reason, all the liaison soldiers sent out during this period, without exception, had no news. The agreed rendezvous date was approaching.
They arrived, but not only were there no reinforcements, there was no news, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.
What exactly is going on? Could it be that Xuan Zan's 30,000-strong army was made dumplings by the Liangshan Army?
"Liangshan is definitely unable to annihilate the 30,000 forbidden troops at present, otherwise they would have taken action against our army long ago. The signal troops must have been intercepted and killed by Liangshan on the way."
"..."
Guan Sheng understood the truth, but he still couldn't help but worry. He walked back and forth uneasily in the camp several times, hesitated to speak, thought for a moment, then looked at Wen Huanzhang and said: "Sir, I want to send the remaining cavalry to the camp."
It's better to send them all out than to wait here."
Later, Guan Sheng divided the remaining cavalry into ten teams and sent them out. Using the cavalry as messengers was a bit luxurious, but in Guan Sheng's view, this was considered "use of waste". Since the cavalry was defeated by Wang Jin,
These cavalry have lost their courage and are of no use at all.
Everything indicates one thing - Guan Sheng is in a hurry.
As for the cavalry sent out, apart from giving heads and experience to the Guards, they seemed to have no other significant role.
…
Outside Beihai City, the Liangshan Army Camp.
This time the three armies of the imperial court encircled and suppressed Liangshanbo. No matter how embarrassed Guan Sheng on the west route and Hu Yanzhuo on the north route were, their posture was offensive and suppressed the Liangshan Army to a certain extent. However, the local coalition forces on the east route were completely different.
Now, we are on the veritable defensive line.
Regardless of the huge momentum of the coalition forces, in fact, the Xiang armies in these areas have already been dealt with by the Liangshan Army. The so-called coalition forces assembled now are all temporarily recruited rabble, including local braves, criminals, and local ruffians.
Low, low morale.
From the beginning, the coalition forces retreated all the way and were driven away by the Liangshan Army. They successively lost Jinan Prefecture, Jeju, Qingzhou, Mizhou, Qizhou, Dengzhou, Changyi and other important capitals, cities, and military states. The remaining troops and horses had been captured by Zhu Wu.
, Sun An designed to besiege Beihai City.
Now the only thing they can look forward to is the achievements of the other two armies.
Weizhou is located to the east of Qingzhou and borders Laizhou Bay to the north. It was an important salt field during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Beihai City was the seat of Weizhou. The specific location is probably equivalent to Weifang City, Shandong Province in later generations. Currently, the entire Jingdong East Road
, only Beihai City in Weizhou was still in the hands of the army, and all other places fell.
"General Luan, since Sun Li is your junior brother, why not send a letter to the city and invite him to open the door and surrender. This can be considered a great achievement." Zhu Wu said.
Beihai City has thick walls and sufficient supplies. Taking Beihai City will not be achieved overnight. However, Zhu Wu did not want to wait. The other two groups were still waiting for his own rescue, so he began to take risks.
"My junior brother, I'm afraid he won't surrender." Luan Tingyu said, he had already written a letter, hoping that Sun Li could go to Liangshan, but in the end he was scolded by Sun Li.
"Whether he surrenders or not is not the key. Your attitude is the key." Zhu Wu said with a smile.
"ah?"
What does this mean?
"Just write it down." Zhu Wu said.
"yes."
What is Zhu Wu going to do?
Zhu Wu didn't want to waste time outside Beihai City, so he decided to give Sun Li a chance to use his strategy. Chen Kui had reminded them before that they should be careful of Sun Li's false surrender. After all, in the novel, this is how Sun Li broke into Zhujiazhuang.
, and finally helped Liang Shanbo win Zhujiazhuang.
So Zhu Wu simply gave him a chance to do the opposite and legitimately gave Sun Li a chance to fake surrender. As for whether Sun Li actually surrendered or faked surrender, does it matter?
But someone was more impatient than Zhu Wu. Luan Tingyu's letter had not yet been delivered. That night, a man escaped from Beihai City and came to Liangshan Military Camp under the cover of darkness. This man was Sun Li's brother, Sun Xin.
Sun Xin brought a very breaking news. The governor of Beihai City suspected that Sun Li had colluded with the Liangshan bandits and leaked the military plan. Sun Li was beaten fifty times.
Is this a bitter plot?
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