Defeated, defeated, the defeated army was completely defeated in the battle at Baigou...
The bullshit elite Western Army and the extremely rubbish Bianliang Forbidden Army, with a total of almost 200,000 troops, were severely defeated by the Liao Army guarding Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture. Their bodies were left lying for dozens of miles. It was extremely miserable.
If the Liangshan army hadn't fought to the death, several inhuman warriors with starlight-tempered bodies were killed until their bodies were covered in blood, more than a dozen Liangshan leaders died in battle, and tens of thousands of Liangshan soldiers were killed and wounded, and the Liao army could have been forced back, I'm afraid.
I'm really going to die.
After this battle, the imperial court suffered heavy losses and its prestige almost fell to the bottom.
As long as you are not a fool, you will know that the Liangshan army is not the imperial court's "own people".
That is to say, at this time, the largest Green Forest military group in the Song Dynasty had been completely destroyed, otherwise they would have suffered a lot.
If Fang La could hold back until now and launch his attack, he might be able to capture half of the country south of the Yangtze River in one go, and nothing would happen to Zhao Gou in the future.
Not to mention that the imperial court was in mourning, the main village in Liangshan was also extremely busy.
Large numbers of wounded were quickly transported to the village for recuperation via carriages decorated with runes, and the entire village suddenly turned into a huge wounded camp.
Fortunately, the health and medical conditions here in our village are quite good, and the doctors trained by the medical school are quite good at treating trauma.
At least, under the command of the genius doctor An Daoquan, the village received almost 20,000 wounded people in one breath, and it was still able to maintain order and order.
However, some leaders who came back to recuperate asked Chai Daguan: "Why are the brothers who have entered the introductory state of star contemplation and ended up dying in a chaotic battle?"
Even Song Jiang was mentioned vaguely in his letters to Chai Daguan.
"Why so many?"
"Star Observation is a cultivation method. It is just a simple introduction. How can it be possible to make practitioners invulnerable on the battlefield and not afraid of death?"
"At least you have to reach the starlight tempering stage, then you can barely have strong vitality on the battlefield and not be afraid of the siege of thousands of armies!"
"I would like to ask, among the leaders who died in the battle, which one is an inhuman strongman who has reached the astral tempered body?"
With these words, the leader who came to the village to recuperate was speechless and made him practice even harder and more diligently.
Song Jiang also silenced his voice. The usual correspondence was just a discussion of the current situation, and no doubts were ever spoken.
The current situation in Hebei can be described as chaos.
The remnants of Tong Guan's troops were defeated and retreated all the way. They almost retreated to the Bianliang area of Tokyo in one breath, as if their backbone had been broken.
According to the information collected by Chai Daguan, among the soldiers deployed by the Zi-Bianliang Forbidden Army, among those who could come back alive, some of them ran away privately and went home almost every day.
Originally, Tong Guan was able to gather around thirty to fifty thousand soldiers and horses.
Even if your combat power is just papery, you can still bluff people, right?
Unfortunately, Tong Guan himself was also in a state of despair, as if he was frightened out of his wits. He simply ignored the crumbling defeated army and ran directly back to Bianliang to please the Daojun Emperor.
The disastrous defeat in the expedition to Liao naturally led to a scapegoat, and it was obvious that Tong Guan was the best choice.
Tong Guan also understood this, so he didn't bother to win over his frightened subordinate Bai Jun, but focused on pleasing the Daojun Emperor so as not to be used as a scapegoat.
I don’t know how he operated it. Anyway, Emperor Daojun let him go in the end, and finally asked Tong Guan to continue recruiting troops and horses, intending to continue to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.
At this time, the Liangshan army, which was already less than 20,000 in number, was particularly conspicuous by being able to withstand the offensive of the Liao army in Yanyun's Sixteenth Prefecture and still maintain its basic combat effectiveness.
At the very least, the Liangshan army can withstand the Liao army's front, which is something that even the elite Western Army cannot do.
Then, the remaining Liangshan army, which was less than 20,000, came under the discernment of Daojun, Emperor Daojun, Tong Guan and other powerful ministers.
To put it bluntly, the Liangshan army with less than 20,000 troops in Hebei at this time can be regarded as the most reliable mobile force in the Song Dynasty.
The Western Army could no longer take care of it. The main force had collapsed. The remaining Western Army had to guard against the Xixia Party members. The rest of the troops were not worth mentioning.
It’s really funny to say that the Song Dynasty claimed to have a million forbidden troops, but after a closer look, it turns out that the million forbidden troops are basically paper. When the critical moment comes, you can’t count on them at all. You have to rely on people like the Liangshan Army who have been transformed from thieves and bandits.
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At the same time, some secrets of the Liangshan army can no longer be hidden.
Ruyunlong Gongsun Sheng will be able to call upon the wind and rain, arrange formations and arrange strange gates and shields. He is definitely a master with genuine skills.
There are also inhuman strong men who have been tempered by starlight and become incredibly powerful.
Such a strong person can completely defeat an army with one person on the battlefield, and his strength is terrifying and powerful.
The court only saw this, and it was quite shocking.
Emperor Daojun did not care about the conquest of the Liao Kingdom for a while, and hurriedly called Tong Guan to inquire about Yunlong Gongsun Sheng, with the intention of recruiting him to the Bianliang Palace as a Taoist enshrinement.
During the previous campaign against Fan La's rebels, Tong Guan requested the court to recruit Taoist and Buddhist masters to deal with the fact that Fan La's rebels had fire-controlling skills.
It's just that the high scholars recruited by the imperial court did have some cultivation skills, but unfortunately they did not perform well against Fang Labu's opponents who had the art of strange fire.
Naturally, Emperor Daojun was also aware of this, so he did not pay too much attention to these truly accomplished scholars.
It's just that this time, the details of Liangshan's army are too shocking.
Ruyunlong Gongsun Shengnai is a Taoist master who has experienced the fire of war. He is very attracted to the Taoist emperor who wants to seek Taoism and immortality.
When Tong Guan heard this, Emperor Daojun wanted to invite Gongsun Sheng to become a palace minister. How could this be done?
Gongsun Sheng was fully involved in the war against Fangla's rebels. He was clear about Tong Guan's poor performance. If Tong Guan said "nonsense" when he came to the emperor's side, would Tong Guan want to continue to mess around?
After much talk and hard work, he finally suppressed Emperor Daojun's "unreliable" thoughts, and Tong Guan launched an offensive to seize power against the Liangshan army.
Throughout the Song Dynasty, the defense against warriors was deeply rooted in their bones.
Basically, any general who takes the lead will rarely end well.
It can be said that Di Qing of the Renzong Dynasty received Renzong's full support and maintenance, but was he not forced to die in depression by the powerful civil servant group?
That is to say, the northwest general families such as the Zhong family and the Zhe family have always had powerful soldiers and horses in their hands due to the border war. In order to maintain the unique status of the generals, many clans have been killed in the war since the founding of the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years.
The status that talents get.
Even so, he lived his life cautiously and cautiously, fearing that one day the imperial court would suddenly turn against him and destroy his family.
The Song Dynasty was a paradise for scholar-bureaucrats, but it was definitely a purgatory for aspiring warriors!
At present, the performance of Liangshan's army is extremely amazing. It is actually able to fight with the Liao army with the same number of troops and still not fall behind.
Such a powerful army must be in the hands of the imperial court!
Don't think that this is Tong Guan's idea, or the collective intention of all the scholar-bureaucrats from the Taoist emperor to the court.
The imperial court not only wanted to completely control the Liangshan army of less than 20,000 people, but also wanted to completely dismantle the Liangshan army after using it until it could no longer form a large-scale armed force.
As for how to control the Liangshan army, the method is actually quite simple!
It was just a matter of appointing officials and transferring the leaders of the Liangshan army.
So soon, Song Jiang, who was on the front line in Hebei, received an order from the imperial court.
He was directly promoted to Doctor Wude and the pacifier of Yanzhou!
This kind of official position is much more reliable and formal than the previous empty title of so-called Pioneer Officer.
Lu Junyi also got the position of Luzhou pacifier!
The two commanders-in-chief and deputy commanders of Liangshan were all officially appointed by the imperial court at this time, and they were considered to have entered the ranks of high-ranking local military officials in one fell swoop.
As for the following leaders, they basically hold the official positions of commander, deputy general and general.
For a time, the entire Liangshan army camp burst into cheers, and Song Jiang and Lu Junyi couldn't help but feel happy, feeling a sense of satisfaction in having achieved their wishes.
However, when the envoy from the imperial court came to urge Song Jiang and Lu Junyi to take office as soon as possible, they were dumbfounded.
Especially Song Jiang, he quickly understood what was going on, and his mood was extremely complicated. He didn't know what to do for a while.
After all, he had been hanging out in Yuncheng County Yamen for many years. How could he not know the methods of the imperial court?
This is to seize the military power of the Liangshan army...
However, the imperial court used scheming to give him benefits that were difficult to give up in exchange for the imperial court's control of the Liangshan army.
Song Jiang had no other thoughts, but he knew that the Liangshan army was the basis for his foothold in the court. If he lost the support of the Liangshan army, his career in officialdom would be difficult in the future.
Of course, it would be impossible for him to refuse the court's 'good intentions'.
Isn't it just for this day that I accepted the recruitment despite all objections?
When the other leaders heard the news, they didn't know what to say.
The imperial court gave enough benefits, and Yanzhou's pacification envoy was no joke. It was a frontline military town facing Xixia. It can be said that it is an absolutely important position to have military and political control.
Using the official position of the Yanzhou pacifier in exchange for the command of the Liangshan army, the court's sincerity this time is still very sufficient.
At least, that's what the leader who was once a general thought.
Even the other leaders with reckless backgrounds felt something was wrong, but they couldn't explain why. They only looked at Song Jiang's thoughts and choices.
But before Song Jiang and a group of Liangshan leaders could get entangled in their hearts, Lu Junyi, the jade unicorn on the other side, happily packed his bags, greeted the prodigal Yan Qing, and was about to leave for Luzhou to take up his post. He had nothing to miss about the Liangshan army.
To say that Lu Junyi has any affection for Liang Shan is to deceive himself.
But now that he has gone up the mountain, he has no way out.
Right now, being able to get the position of Luzhou's pacifier is definitely a surprise from heaven. If you don't take up the post immediately, you'd be a fool...