Infinite Brilliant Scroll

Chapter 260
The Emperor Tianming transferred back the frontier army and divided the army into four groups. Each army has more than [-] elite demon soldiers, either cavalry or sailors, moving like wind and fire, and marching at lightning speed.

They avoided Jingdong East Road, which is now almost completely occupied by the rebels, and also avoided Kaifeng Prefecture Bianliang City, all the way south, from Hedong Road to Yongxing Road, Jingxi Road, Jinghu Road, all the way to Jiangnan and Guangnan.

The four armies responded to each other, and all of them played the banner of the imperial conquest, but the emperor restrained his breath, and no five-colored clouds rolled over. No one knew which army he was in.

When these large armies joined forces with the counter-insurgency Jiedu envoys, the scattered rebel armies immediately felt the pressure of the surge.

At the same time, the emperor ordered a large-scale mobilization of soldiers and horses from various places such as Hedong Road, Jingxi Road, Huainan Road, and Jinghu Road.

These places are all under the control of Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, Zhu Yu, etc. who he specially released back then, and let them manage the people's livelihood. After the Emperor Tianming allowed locals to raise private soldiers, these people became even more arrogance.

The world's rebels revolted, and there were frequent battle reports from all over the world. On the contrary, the people under the rule of this group of greedy traitors were so exploited that they were unable to resist for a while. There are more places nearby.

The emperor sent a few murderous generals to declare the decree in person, asking Zhu Xi and others to share the family wealth, reward the soldiers, and boost morale. Enclosed to Bianliang and to Jingdong East Road.

Li Ying and others received the news in Bianliang.

"Heh, the soldiers and horses of Zhu Xi and others claim to have an army of 10,000+, but in fact they are all just mobs."

Li Kaixian said, "Even if they are encircled, the battle line will be long, and it will be more troublesome to clean up. With our current strength in Liangshan, it only takes two months to defeat them one by one, and they will all be defeated and scattered."

While he was speaking, he patted the table in the conference hall with all his strength, his hair was a little messy and he was short of breath, and his temper showed a different irritant than usual.

During this period of time, Liangshan’s soldiers captured Bianliang, and there were too many people who could be killed. Li Kaixian led a team of troops, killing people and ransacking their homes every day. Several execution grounds were used for beheading criminals, and the smell of blood was lingering every day. Go, the ground has completely soaked into a dark red color.

Even those people in Bianliang City who love to watch beheadings the most, no one is interested in approaching these places anymore.

Li Kaixian searched the property of each family without sleep, took a group of civil officials who had surrendered in Liangshan and had not been trained for a long time, and checked which of the civil and military and thousands of famous families in the Manchu Dynasty were sent to do hard labor first, and which could be cut off directly. Never leave your hands, never leave your eyes.

Even if Guan Luoyang personally took action to wash their muscles and bones, calm their spirits, and prevent their sudden death, there was no way to completely appease their emotions.

Li Jun and the others have their own cultivation, and their condition is still stable. They said: "But the elite of the frontier army has already joined forces with the Jiedu envoys from various places. If we really wholeheartedly deal with these mobs, I'm afraid The rebel army will not be able to hold on anymore."

Li Kai frowned first, and said: "Then what do you mean, we also call out four groups of soldiers, first break through the encirclement of this group of mixed soldiers, and go to support the volunteers?"

Lu Da shook his head again: "That won't work. We now have less than 15 official soldiers who can be called elite soldiers when we add up to Fang La's manpower. We have to divide our troops to garrison in various places. Yes, there are less than 10 people."

"Splitting 10 people into four groups, rushing to fight fiercely, and sending them to various places, even if it can't be said to be sending sheep to the tiger's mouth, there is a high possibility of losing the battle. It is really not a good strategy."

Li Kaixian was puzzled and said: "Why are there only these people? After we captured Bianliang, didn't we already start to recruit the [-] forbidden troops?"

"It's the [-] forbidden army, it's a big trouble. The Sajia said just now that they want to keep people stationed, mainly to guard against those guys."

Lu Da's face was very displeased, "Sajia and Wu Song's brothers, together with Fangla's capable men, and Zhang Wanxian and Zhang Daochang's great help, after a hasty screening these days, at least [-]% of the forbidden army , all his mother can’t use it.”

After the local soldiers and horses were defeated by Liangshan, the process of incorporation can barely be called smooth. Out of [-] people, at most [-]% of them are regarded as hidden dangers. They must be absolutely guarded, deprived of their cultivation base, outraged by civilians, etc. , the others are still barely available, anyway, coercing to fight a few battles, and confirming their status as rebels, those who are vacillating can only be more honest.

But the forbidden army can't.

The life of the imperial army is much better than that of the local soldiers and horses. They rarely cut corners in the supply of minerals, food, meat and silk, and silk and silk.

When the emperor was in Bianliang, Chen Xizhen and Yun Tianbiao were mostly left to fight over other matters, but the imperial army was always in the hands of the emperor himself, and they often had some means of showing favor.

Emperor, Son of Heaven, Ninth Five-Year Supreme, this identity has been added with too many mysterious colors, as long as he walks in the imperial army by himself and talks with others casually.

Even if it's just a specious look, two or three words that are a little closer, these well-fed soldiers of the Imperial Army can feel grateful, consciously honor the lintel, and cultivate a heart of foolish loyalty. It is a matter of course and a matter of course.

"In the past, after Yan Shude and even some of the troops under Chen Xizhen surrendered, within half a month, they were able to mix with the people of Liangshan, and they couldn't recognize who was who, and these bastards of the imperial army were completely out of tune with us in Liangshan. If you give them half a year, they may not be able to improve."

Lu Zhi hated that iron cannot be made into steel, and said, "The Sajia wish to smash the buttocks of these guys who don't understand human language, and send them to various places to see what the people under their Holy Son of Heaven look like."

Li Kai first said: "Then use God Gu to devour them, turn them into red clothes and red armor, and distribute them to other people!"

Before he finished speaking, he patted his forehead, scratched his hair, and said, "It's really stupid."

The devouring, splitting, and multiplication of Shenyi also takes time. After the previous battle with Chen Xizhen, the captives taken in have not yet been processed with Shenyi's offspring, so there is no way to distribute the excess to the prisoners of the Forbidden Army.

Another problem is that there are also requirements for the wearer of the divine clothes, at least they must be young men and women who can eat for a few days, and they must have a little faith and courage to achieve it.

At present, under Liangshan's soldiers and horses, almost all people like this have been recruited. Even if there are more god-clothed bodies, there may not be enough people to wear them in a short time.

Li Jun smiled wryly and said: "At this time, I remembered the battle of destroying Xixia. After the defeat of Xixia, there were similar problems. Many soldiers and captives would become hidden dangers. objection."

Wu Songdao: "You mean the incident that killed more than half of Xixia soldiers in the pit, and killed Xia people so frightened that they almost didn't accept it?"

Li Jun said: "This time there are rebels from all over the world, but there is no movement on the Xia people's side. I heard that after they killed a lot, they changed hands and raised many famous relatives from the local area. They are clearly the nobles of the Xia people. They are more loyal to the Emperor of Destiny than one."

Lu Da raised his thick eyebrows high, and said loudly, "What do you mean by that, are you persuading the big boss to do the same thing as the dog emperor?"

"That was not what I meant."

Li Jun said, "Things like the imperial army don't need to be so bloody. Just pick out a small group of the most stupid and loyal ones and kill them, and maybe other people's minds will change a little bit. As long as there are about a thousand people, kill one." If the batch is not enough, another batch will be killed, up to 6000 people, which is almost the same.”

"Anyway, the richness of the imperial army came from the blood and sweat of the people. Even if the culprit is not a heinous crime, and the crime is not fatal, it doesn't matter if you kill it if necessary. We can't delay our business because of these things, right?"

Li Kai interrupted him first: "Don't talk about it, the big boss will not agree. Besides, you made an example of others, but you asked them to join the war soon, in case they mutiny..."

"No." Li Jun said, "After they know how to respect us, don't give them good armor and weapons, and drive them to be the vanguard, to disperse the miscellaneous army of Zhu Qian and others. They must charge out of fear, and after rushing past, they must fight to survive, this is also the case of Xixia."

Lu Zhishen's expression was already quite impatient, and he was about to explode again.

Li Ying spoke at this moment, and said: "My dear brother, you saw the imperial court using such methods in Xixia back then, and you seemed to be quite used to it, and even managed to control the navy all the way. Later, if it wasn't for serious injuries, if it wasn't for seeing you Your hometown is suffering so much, do you think the court is not good?"

Li Jun was puzzled, thought for a while, his face changed slightly, and he hesitated.

Li Ying continued: "If it were you today, even if you were not seriously injured, the suffering you have seen is not your hometown. Would you draw your sword for them?"

Li Jun said decisively: "Of course."

"Okay!" Li Ying laughed, "Then if you play lightly today and kill five or six thousand people who are not worthy of death, how long will it take to change back to the original self, and how long will it take to become What do Chen Xizhen and Yun Tianbiao look like?"

Li Jun said angrily: "Am I like them...they...he..."

Halfway through his speech, his voice subconsciously lowered. The more he thought about it, the more dry his mouth became, but a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

Seeing the ashamed look on his face, Li Ying knew that he had repented, and without waiting for him to say it, he turned to the others and said slowly: "Everyone, we don't need to be so anxious, how can there be a rebel army who can conquer the world within a year? "

"The emperor's big moves are the same. Our affairs are getting more and more busy, and it seems that he has made us anxious, but in fact, he is anxious, but we can slow down. He is overwhelming, but we can walk away lightly? "

"The general background of the rebels from all walks of life is not as good as that of the imperial court. We can ask them to swim without fighting, slowly shrink, and occupy a part of the territory."

Everyone nodded slightly when they heard this, Li Ying said again, "Look at their actions, and then look at our government decrees, and you can see that the people under our command must be the first to recover their vitality. It’s time for us to press back with the general momentum.”

Li Ying is in charge of logistics, and Guan Luoyang often chatted with him about this matter. Although some words seemed to be conjectures and nonsense, Li Ying laughed it off when he heard it, but there were also some words in them, which were surprisingly meaningful. The insight gave Li Ying a lot of inspiration.

The vitality of the people and the overall logistics are fundamental.

Li Kaixian also calmed down, regained the thinking that a military adviser should have, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Brother Li Ying, although what you said is a kingly method, there is a big problem."

Li Ying: "Oh?"

Li Kaixian said: "The military rule set by the big boss is that it is not allowed to loot the people, so our food mainly comes from the stockpiles of rich families in various places, but we also have to support the poor who cannot survive, and the food left by ourselves is just enough. daily needs."

Daily needs are different from wartime needs.

In the simplest example, a person who stays at home all day without doing anything may survive a day with just a bowl of rice and a bowl of water.

But if you want to do coolies, three bowls of rice and six bowls of water may not be enough.

When the imperial army came, the local rebels could withdraw, but if they finally came to Liangshan's territory, Liangshan would have to fight, and there might not be enough food at that time.

So Guan Luoyang had been commanding soldiers and horses to attack continuously, just to plunder more food to alleviate this problem.

This is the biggest flaw of the righteous army with military regulations and discipline in the current world.

Li Ying said with a smile: "Military advisers don't have to worry too much. I think the big boss has been thinking about this issue for a long time. The benefits of our helping the people will be shown in this aspect. Those people who can't survive will have our help." If you donate money, you can go back to reclaim fertile land and do slash-and-burn farming.”

"The previous batch of grain near Liangshan has already been harvested, but at that time the land was small after all, and the grain harvested was not too much. But as long as we wait two more months, the entire Jingdong East Road will receive the second round of grain this year. , will mature, from the people to us, there is not so much exploitation, they can have food and clothing, and we can also have sufficient food for soldiers."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Kaixian finally showed a smile, and said: "Based on the situation of the previous battles, if we immediately notify the rebels everywhere, change from attacking big cities to wandering and avoiding, and find some small and medium-sized famous families as grain depots, it should be enough to last for two years. months."

Outside the conference hall, came a cold and hoarse voice.

"I'm afraid you can't be so optimistic."

Everyone turned their heads and saw Dai Zong leading Han Shizhong and others coming.

Lu Da and the others already knew the news that Han Shizhong was seriously injured and rescued. They heard that Guan Luoyang was still healing his injuries a few days ago, and it seemed that they sent the couple to Liangshan after that.

Sure enough, Guan Sheng and the others, who were still sitting in the Liangshan dungeon, all followed behind Han Shizhong at this moment, with extremely gloomy faces.

Dai Zong said: "The big boss asked General Han to participate in the discussion and discuss military strategy."

Lu Da and Li Kaixian had always admired the commander of the frontier army. After knowing what happened to him, they felt the same way. They were furious and stood up to greet him.

Li Kai first asked: "What does the general mean just now? Is there something we haven't thought about?"

It was Han Shizhong who refuted everyone just now. He saluted and said, "Based on the previous situation, it is impossible."

"The ones who commanded the troops in the past were still the generals of the Song Dynasty. Even if they deceived themselves and acted as a minion for the tiger, but... compared to the despicable and absurd things, I am afraid that they are still far inferior to the person who is now commanding the army."

Han Shizhong showed a sarcastic sneer.

It's ironic and self-deprecating.

At the beginning, he thought that how to deal with the emperor, he could wait until the army was withdrawing, or even wait until the time of confrontation with Liangshan, and slowly try to solve it.

After all, no matter how absurd the emperor was, he was still a person who wanted to defeat Xixia, and it was impossible for him to fight in front of the battle, break his own arm, and make the world laugh.

But it turned out that Han Shizhong was still too optimistic, and he shouldn't treat the other party as a human being.

"Based on what I know about that person, he will first force the rebels to destroy their military discipline. If he succeeds, some rebels will survive, but how will Liangshan get along with the rebels?"

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In the south of the Yangtze River, Mount Gaotuo looked gloomy as he looked at the streets of the small town where horseshoes had ravaged in front of him.

Xiao Bing came to report: "Everyone in the city who can be called a wealthy family has been looted. It is said that a team of officers and soldiers came to handle the matter. Those who are a little richer have all their food robbed and are crying."

The rebel army had just fought a few times with the demon elites who came to help them. It was the time when people were exhausted and there was not much food left. Suddenly someone shouted.

"General, those rogue old men and healthy women had food at home. They said that when the officers and soldiers left, some small bags of food were left in the city without time to move, and they picked them up."

(End of this chapter)