Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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After Hu Yanzhuo led the troops to break the siege of Yingtianfu in Nanjing, and fought against the Songjiang bandit army for the first time in Xuzhou, the two armies also fought and fought many times in the pursuit of the East and West Roads in Beijing, and the East and West Roads in Huainan.

Song Jiang's Liangshan Po thief army fought several ambushes and blocking battles, but they were all quickly repelled by Hu Yanzhuo's armored heavy cavalry, failing to severely damage the official army of Commander Hu Yanzhuo.

It was precisely because they could not face the enemy's Huyanzhuo army's iron-armored serial horses that Song Jiang's army retreated again and again, abandoning the newly occupied counties and counties, and playing hide-and-seek guerrilla warfare with the officials and troops in the Huainan area.

After several trials, the "magic operator" Jiang Jing figured out the advantages and disadvantages of Huyanzhuo's armored serial horses, and had a strategy to defeat the enemy.Only then did Song Jiang return to the familiar Huaiyang army with his army and horses, and set up a trap in advance between Maling Mountain and Luoma Lake.

In the first battle yesterday, Jiang Jing asked Xiang Chong and Li Yaner to ambush in the Maling Road. He did not expect that Hu Yanzhuo would be fooled into entering the Maling Road, but deliberately showed weakness, making Hu Yanzhuo think that the Liangshanbo army would only imitate Sun Bin and kill Pang Juan during the Warring States Period. In the battle of Maling, there were no real resourceful men.

Song Jiang adopted Jiang Jing's strategy of "building plank roads in the open, and keeping Chen Cang in secret", deliberately laying an ambush in the ancient Maling road and returning in vain, so as to confuse Hu Yanzhuo, but hid the real killer move in this boundless place, only Asakusa And reeds, it is difficult to ambush soldiers and horses by the lake of Luoma.

Hu Yanzhuo claimed to be a descendant of many generations of generals, and he was familiar with military books since childhood, but he did not expect to lose in the hands of a failed imperial examination today.

Hu Yanzhuo knew that he was in the middle of the game, and now it would be useless to call Zhuang Tianqu, he hurriedly ordered his sergeants to throw off their helmets and armor, untie the lasso of the chain horse, and follow him out of the encirclement, as far as he can go.

Hundreds of the heavy cavalry of the [-] iron-armored serial horses were trapped in the mud and could not escape. The remaining sergeants hurriedly cut off the serial ropes, jumped off the horses, and struggled in the mud to help each other take off the heavy armor.Then, he took off the vest for his own mount.

After removing the heavy armor, the remaining 2000 sergeants led the horses, and finally they were able to walk staggeringly through the water.Hu Yanzhuo led them to rush towards the high ground occupied by Ou Peng and Jiang Jing with difficulty.

At this time, in Hu Yanzhuo's army, he was the only one still riding on the horse.Hu Yanzhuo's crotch was riding a snow-kicking black horse bestowed by the Emperor Daojun, with strong feet, capable of climbing mountains and wading, and traveling thousands of miles a day.Although trapped in the lake and mud, this black horse can still carry its master forward. It is really a rare horse.

Song Jiang saw it on Li Jun's boat, and praised it off-hand: "What a fine horse! Order all the brothers not to shoot the black horse with arrows. Brother Li Jun, this battle is up to you."

The bandits in Liangshanpo painstakingly laid this trap, and just now let Hu Yanzhuo's armored heavy cavalry fall to death. How can Hu Yanzhuo easily lead his sergeants to break through and escape at this time?

"Brother Song Jiang, don't worry, brother, I will definitely take that black horse and dedicate it to my brother!"

After the "Jiangjiang Dragon" Li Jun got the order, he whistled as he had been prepared, and more than 100 small boats were set up in the navy, carrying more than 1000 sailors, and followed Li Jun to kill.

In that depression, there was lake water below the knees of the horses, and the soldiers of Hu Yanzhuo's army stepped on the mud, and it was very difficult to walk in the deep and shallow places, but the flat-bottomed boat that Li Jun and his young people took Supported by two pennies, it shuttles like a shuttle across the water.

Not long after, Li Jun's navy approached Hu Yanzhuo's army struggling in the mud.After Li Jun gave the order, the gangsters on the boat fired arrows and crossbows at the soldiers of Hu Yanzhuo's army.

At this time, the cavalry of Hu Yanzhuo's army had already removed their heavy armor, and both men and horses lost their protection. They were inconvenient to move and avoid in the muddy water, and became living targets for Li Jun's water army. Poured a slice.

In order to break through, these cavalry sergeants removed their armor, but they still had weapons in their hands and bows and arrows on their backs. Seeing Liangshan Po bandits attacking by boat, some of the sergeants waved their weapons to call arrows, and some also unfurled their bows and arrows to fight with them. Li Jun's water army shot at each other.

However, Li Jun's navy boats flew back and forth on the water surface, approaching and far away, gathering and dispersing, and their tactics were flexible and changeable. On the other hand, Hu Yanzhuo's cavalry were fixed in the water like wooden stakes, unable to organize an effective movement. formation.

Not long after the two armies fought, the cavalry sergeants of Hu Yanzhuo's army were shot by arrows one after another and fell to their deaths in the muddy water. These heavy cavalry soldiers trained by Hu Yanzhuo were tied up at this time, and it was difficult to display their abilities. They were still the opponents of Li Junshui army.

Hu Yanzhuo saw that the momentum was about to annihilate the whole army, so he didn't dare to pay attention to his soldiers anymore, and he alone urged the kicking snow black horse under his crotch, splashed a burst of water, and fled to the high ground far away.

Ou Peng and Jiang Jingjun on the high ground have been waiting for work to stop the retreat of Hu Yanzhuo's army, laughing and watching the three thousand heavy cavalry of the official army struggling to death in the swamp of the depression.Seeing that Hu Yanzhuo was able to ride the waves on a steed black horse at this time, he was secretly amazed.

Seeing that Hu Yanzhuo was about to leave the water, Ou Peng rushed up to the high ground, hurriedly led an army to block Hu Yanzhuo's way, and shouted loudly: "Wu Na, the defeated general, where do you want to go!"

Hu Yanzhuo fell into the trap of bandits in Po Liangshan today, the main force of the army was lost, he was very anxious.Seeing Ou Peng blocking the way with a big hob in his hand, he didn't answer. He slapped his horse and danced his whip and killed him, screaming strangely into Ou Peng's army.

The "magic fortune teller" Jiang Jing was born as a scholar. Although he abandoned literature and went to martial arts after failing, he was able to wield a gun, but he was far from Ou Peng and other heroes after all, and he dared not step forward to help Ou Peng.At this time, the soldiers are fighting hand to hand, but Jiang Jing is not the commander of the military division. He can only command the young people to swarm up in the formation, relying on the number of people to catch Hu Yanzhuo.

Hu Yanzhuo already had the courage of all men, but today's humiliation of failure aroused the madness in his heart. He waved the two water-milled eight-edged steel whips in his hand, and fought against Ou Peng and his group of little ones fearlessly. Minions, Ou Peng vomited blood and retreated from the beating, and the little minions were flying with flesh and blood.

After Ou Peng's defeat, his subordinates panicked for a while, Hu Yanzhuo took the opportunity to kick the snow-black horse, rushed straight through a gap in the Liangshan Po bandit army, and fled towards his camp.

Seeing this, Jiang Jing didn't care about Song Jiang's military order not to shoot Hu Yanzhuo's mount, and hurriedly ordered all the young men to shoot arrows.It's a pity that the horse that kicks the snow and the black horse travels thousands of miles a day, and it has already gone a long way in one swift motion, making it difficult for Jiang Jing's men to shoot.

"A man is a fierce general, and a horse is a marvelous foal. What a match! Hey~ What a pity!" Jiang Jing saw that Hu Yanzhuo had gone far, so he had to withdraw his troops to treat Ou Peng and his injured subordinates.Looking back at the puddle, Hu Yanzhuo's three thousand iron-armored chain horses were completely wiped out under Li Jun's attack!

Chapter 565 The Battle Between the South and the North

After Hu Yanzhuo escaped by relying on his personal bravery and the BMW under his crotch, he galloped all the way back to the camp, and met the vanguard general Han Tao who was about to return to the camp with the same loss of troops.

When Han Tao, the "General of All Victories", led his troops to outflank the back of Song Jiang's army, he was flanked by Xiang Chong and Li Yan, the leader of the Liangshan bandits, and fell into a melee.

During the chaotic battle, Han Tao was hit by "Nezha with Eight Arms" Xiang Chong's throwing knife and almost fell off his horse.Fortunately, the soldiers around him rescued him, and Han Tao escaped with his life just now.It's just that the [-] light cavalry led by him were killed by Xiang Chong and Li Yanjun, and many troops were lost.

Hu Yanzhuo sighed, and poisoned himself. Three thousand armored heavy cavalry fell into the mud by Luoma Lake, and Han Tao was informed of the bad news that Pianjia didn't survive.

Hu Yanzhuo's [-] armored heavy cavalry were the elite main force of his army. Without the armored chain horses under his command, the combat power of Huyanzhuo's army dropped by more than [-]%, and he no longer had the confidence to face the tens of thousands of Liangshan Po bandits.

Hu Yanzhuo and Han Tao didn't dare to stay at the foot of Maling Mountain any longer. After gathering the retreating army, they left the camp and luggage, and before the bandit army returned from Songjiang, they retreated non-stop to Suqian County on the south bank of Sishui.

Back in Suqian County, Hu Yanzhuo, Han Tao, and Peng Qi counted the army and horses together. The 7000 elite officers and troops brought to the north bank of Surabaya this time lost 5000 troops, almost half of them.Counting the 3000 people left behind by Peng Qi, there are only [-] troops left, and they are mainly infantry, and their combat power is not as good as before.

Although Hu Yanzhuo's army also killed and injured thousands of bandits in Naliang Mountain in the two battles, the bandit army's strength came from the rebels, and they only needed to go to a few counties once, and they could recruit thousands of people to replenish their troops.

On the other hand, Hu Yanzhuo's army, the most elite armored heavy cavalry was wiped out by the bandit army, and they could not restore their strength through local conscription. They had to mobilize elite forbidden troops from Bianliang City, Tokyo to supplement their combat power before they could fight the Liangshan Po bandit army again.

In desperation, Hu Yanzhuo did not dare to conceal the news of the defeat, so he had to dispatch troops to defend Suqian County, and at the same time urgently asked the court for help from eight hundred miles away.

When Hu Yanzhuo defeated the Huaiyang Army on Jingdong East Road at the foot of Maling Mountain, the uprising and riots of the Fangla Army in the south of the Yangtze River were also in full swing.

On Liangzhe Road in the south, after the Fangla uprising army occupied Muzhou and Shezhou, they used the slogan of killing corrupt officials, which won the enthusiastic support and response of the peasants who had been exploited by officials.

Shisheng in Suzhou, Lu Xing'er in Gui'an County, Huzhou, Zhu Yan and Wu Bang in Lingshandong, Lanxi County, Wuzhou, Chen Shishi in Fangyanshan, Yongkang County, Huo Chengfu and Chen Kuutong in Jinyun County, Chuzhou, led and mobilized local farmers to participate in the uprising. Joined the ranks of Fang La's army.

Lu Shinang in Xianju County, Taizhou, Qiu Rixin in Shan County, Yuezhou, Zheng Mowang in Quzhou and others also led the local Manichaeism secret organization to respond to Fang La, who was also a Manichaeism.

Farmers in Huzhou, Changzhou, Xiuzhou and other prefectures to the north of Hangzhou also heard the news and gathered disciples, preparing to take advantage of the chaos to attack prefectures and counties to meet Fang La's army going north.For a time, the entire Liangzhe Road was involved in the flames of war, and affected the adjacent Jiangnan East Road and Fujian Road.

The city of Hangzhou, the capital of Liangzhe Road, is surrounded by flames of war. The people in the city are in panic. The officials, big and small, and guarding the city are also terrified. They don't know when they will be destroyed.

Just when Hangzhou was about to fall and the entire Liangzhe Road was about to fall into the hands of Fang La's army, the vanguard army led by Wang Zhi and Huang Wenbing of Jiangzhou went down the river and landed at Majiadu in Jiangning's Jiankang Prefecture.

After Wang Tingjun dispatched state troops from Jiangning Jiankang Fuhui and Jiangnan East Road, he traveled day and night to the southeast to Huzhou and Xiuzhou, and joined forces with Prince Wuli Yingwai, the guard general of Xiuzhou who was defending the city, and wiped out them like a storm. The Fangla rebellion there.

After clearing the obstacles to the north of Hangzhou City, Wang Chi and Huang Wenbing led the army into Hangzhou City and took over the heavy responsibility of Hangzhou City's defense by order.

Huang Wenbing sent troops to post notices in the city that the imperial army was marching south, which finally stabilized the sentiment and morale of the people in Hangzhou.

Dressed all over, Wang Ting stood majesticly on the gate tower of Hangzhou City, looking up to the south.He knew that most of the Liangzhe Road had fallen, and the city of Hangzhou was like a reef in the midst of a storm, about to face violent waves.

As long as the city of Hangzhou is still in the hands of the imperial court, the Fangla rebels will not be able to completely control Liangzhe Road.Now Wang Tianjun wants to hold on to Hangzhou before Taiwei Tongguan's army reaches the south of the Yangtze River, so as to prevent further erosion of law and order in the southeast.

After Fang La's army learned that the official army was reinforcing Hangzhou City, they also assembled an army of [-] to [-], led by Fang La's beloved general Fang Qifo, and rushed towards Hangzhou in a murderous manner.

A big battle is about to take place in Hangzhou

Under the state city.

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The sudden rise of the Fang La Rebel Army cut off the economic lifeline of the Song Dynasty. Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty was terrified, and urgently sent his trusted minister Taiwei Tong Guan to serve as the envoy of the Jiang, Huai, Jing, Zhejiang and other roads to lead troops to suppress the rebellion.

After Taiwei Tongguan sent Wang Zhijun to lift the siege of Hangzhou, he assembled 15 Western Army Fan and Han soldiers in Bianliang, Tokyo, and prepared to set off to the south soon to quell the chaos.

At this moment, Hu Yanzhuo, the commander of the soldiers and horses of the Forbidden Army, defeated the Huaiyang Army at Maling Mountain, and the military situation of the Pegasus asking for help was reported to the court.