Qiming 1158

Chapter 746 Zhao Yucheng Comes to Help
Facing the sudden situation, it was not only Li Dao who was puzzled, but also Zhang Xiaohu in Taihe County.

Zhang Xiaohu and others, who were on the brink of desperation, also didn't know what was going on.

Is it their southern escort force to meet them?
No, you know the level of your own army best.

It's okay to fight against the wind, and the tactical level of this kind of night attack is still silent. Obviously, it is not something that my own army can fight——

As a hunter, Zhang Xiaohu is very confident that the army under his command does not have such a professional level.

And he has no generals under his command who can command such battles, including himself.

The latter facts indeed proved his guess. It was not the escort army he sent to protect the people going south, but the peasant army who first rose up.

The peasant army that had swept through four counties and disappeared.

It happened quickly and disappeared so quickly that everyone was caught off guard.

Zhao Yucheng led troops to kill Zhang Xiaohu, and by the way, attacked the Song Army camp at night, beating them defenseless, defeating the Song Army's main force of 2 people.

After the sky was bright, the peasant army, who had received several months of regular military training, went to chase and kill the Song army. Zhao Yucheng stayed in the Song army camp outside the city, and greeted Zhang who opened the city gate and went out to thank him. Little tiger.

"I didn't expect that Your Excellency would actually help. Thank you very much. You saved the lives of Zhang and the brothers. Your kindness will never be forgotten by Zhang and the brothers."

Zhang Xiaohu sincerely thanked Zhao Yucheng.

Zhao Yucheng smiled.

"Your Excellency will spare your life to protect the people from evacuation from dangerous places. Zhao admires such a hero. If you don't help, wouldn't there be one less hero in the world?"

Zhang Xiaohu was ashamed and smiled awkwardly.

"Don't dare to be a hero, how can a hero be beaten and have no power to fight back? Without your help, Zhang would have died long ago..."

"The so-called hero is either standing up to fight in a desperate situation, or resolutely stepping forward to uphold justice when relying on the strong to bully the weak. Regardless of the outcome, just acting like this is enough to be called a hero."

Zhao Yucheng bowed to Zhang Xiaohu.

Zhang Xiaohu clumsily returned a bow, somewhat moved in his heart, and his eyes couldn't help but get wet.

Zhao Yucheng served Zhang Xiaohu and his subordinates a meal with the captured Song army rations in the Song army barracks, and the two sides chatted about what happened before while eating.

"So your Excellency has been paying attention to the battle situation?"

Zhang Xiaohu couldn't help but be very surprised when he heard that after Zhao Yucheng led his army into the deep mountains, he had been sending people to gather intelligence in outside activities.

"Speaking of which, when Your Excellency and the others rose up, they escaped into the mountains without a trace. Many people didn't know what was going on, and Zhang was also very puzzled."

"It's easy to talk about this."

Zhao Yucheng sighed and said: "It is our established strategy to escape into the mountains after the uprising, we have already decided to escape into the deep mountains before preparing for the uprising, so we are still looking for a suitable station in Luoxiao Mountain. , ready to hide in the mountains for a long time to develop."

"Why are you in the mountains?"

Zhang Xiaohu looked puzzled: "Since everyone has turned against his mother, why don't you just go to Lin'an and ask Zhao Guan's family for justice? What's the use of hiding in the mountains? Besides, eating and drinking are all problems. If you don’t fight and occupy the area, how can you develop and expand to fight against Zhao Guan’s family?”

Zhang Xiaohu did have some insight, Zhao Yucheng felt this way, he was indeed different from some other uprising leaders.

Therefore, Zhao Yucheng is also willing to talk more with Zhang Xiaohu.

"It's not that I don't want to fight, but that I can fight?"

Zhao Yucheng looked at Zhang Xiaohu.

Zhang Xiaohu opened his mouth, but a word stuck in his throat and he didn't say it.

He hadn't fought before, and he lost. If Zhao Yucheng hadn't brought troops to help, he might have died on the battlefield.

"When the incident just started, the most important thing was not to attack the city, not to go to Lin'an to find Zhao Guan's house to seek justice, but to survive. You must survive first, and then you can talk about other things. If you can't even survive, you can talk about other things. Woolen cloth?"

This statement also makes sense, Zhang Xiaohu thought about it, but did not deny it.

"That's right, but if you don't fight, how can you survive? Didn't you break down four counties in a row after the uprising?"

"Of course you have to fight, but you have to be clear about what can be fought and what can't be fought."

Zhao Yucheng opened his mouth and said, "Before the uprising, I had thoroughly figured out the situation of these four county towns, and I knew that these four county towns themselves had no formal armed forces, and they were all prowling archers or fast catchers, and they couldn't wait with me after the uprising. military confrontation.

Defeating them is a matter of course, so of course I want to fight, but I also know that the Ezhou army of Song state is not far away, I also know that the Jiujiang army of Song state is not far away, and I know more about Ganzhou There is also a Song army.

I might be able to defeat one of them. If I attack the city a little bit before they arrive, it is possible to defeat one, but it is more difficult to defeat all of them. Those regulars have firearms, armor, crossbows, and equipment. Far better than me, I have no chance of winning. "

Zhang Xiaohu listened, thought for a while, and then asked, "So your Excellency decided to escape into the deep mountains?"

Zhao Yucheng nodded.

"Yes, escaping into the deep mountains is not good, and life is not easy, but relying on the rugged mountains, the Song army has many soldiers and horses, and the advantages of good equipment cannot be used. I can make full use of the mountains and block the Song army's attack with a small number of soldiers and horses. He came a few times. , I will lose a few times, then I can survive."

"Then what? The mountains can be described as poor and bad, and it is not easy to live. Only in the mountains, nothing can be done. After all, it is better to attack the city."

"Yeah, so at the beginning we didn't want to start a fight now. Our plan is to gradually win the trust of the surrounding people and slowly draw them to our side. When there are enough people gathered, we will start together again. Well, then there would be enough manpower.

We still have a lot of supporting preparations. For example, after escaping into the deep mountains, we continue to send people down the mountain to mix with the people, urging the people to follow us, and win the support of more people. In a year or two, the situation will change, which will be very beneficial to us.

The reason why there is going to be an uprising now is purely because when those corrupt officials imposed taxes, I really couldn't stand it anymore, so I took some villagers to kill those tax collectors, so I didn't stop doing it, I just rebelled. . "

Zhao Yucheng smiled helplessly; "So the reason why this happened so early is also because I was too impatient. I have reviewed it at the meeting."

"Meeting? Review?"

Zhang Xiaohu looked puzzled: "What your Excellency said, there are some things I don't quite understand..."

"Oh, this, this..."

Zhao Yucheng thought for a while, then said slowly: "Actually, we were prepared for the uprising, and we have been preparing for a long time. We belong to an organization called the Renaissance Society. Through this organization, we recruited people to prepare for the uprising, and we made full preparations. "

Sure enough, Zhang Xiaohu was very interested.

"Renaissance? Your revolt has been planned for a long time?"

"It's not impossible to say that, it is indeed a long-planned plan, but if it hadn't been planned for a long time, I wouldn't have the meeting today, right?"

Zhao Yucheng smiled and said, "A life-threatening event like an uprising must be prepared carefully no matter what, a thorough investigation must be done before the event, and reliable personnel must be required, and it cannot be done at once. In that case, It's definitely not going to last long."

(End of this chapter)