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Chapter 380 Hu Yanzhuo's Frontline Rebellion

While Shi Xiu and the others were actively training in Qinzhou City, the staff members of Sun Xin's Temporary Headquarters of the Protection Army were also rapidly marking information on the Liangshan front line on the military map.

Luan Tingyu looked at it for a long time, then shook his head:
"What is this hitting!"

The battle reports from Liangshan's front line came intensively. After Hu Yanzhuo rested for five days, Han Tao led the armored army to launch a counterattack against Liangshan's army.

The two sides once again started a decisive battle.

But this counterattack didn't even have the excellent effect that Sun Xin thought before.

The first batch of serial horses indeed broke Liangshan's main formation, but then they encountered successive blows from Liangshan's musketeers.

In the past few years, Liangshan has also obtained hundreds of muskets, and they have actually fought with Sun Xin's musketeers, and they have a good understanding of musket tactics.

This thing is the natural enemy of the cavalry, and with the firearms, it directly reduces the mobility of the heavy cavalry on the battlefield by a large amount.

Moreover, according to the battle reports from the front line, due to the fact that the development of Dengzhou musketeers has been paid special attention to in the past two years, the research on firearms in the entire Shandong green forest circle far exceeds that in other places in the world.

Although Liangshan couldn't make excellent muskets, they actually invented something similar to the enemy of ten thousand enemies in the late Ming Dynasty. A large bag of black gunpowder should be wrapped tightly with silk and satin, plugged in with the lead wire, and wrapped in silk. Gravel and the like, either thrown by hand or thrown out by a trebuchet, can hit the effect of a grenade when it falls on the battlefield.

It was a disaster when this thing fell into the chain of horses in the iron armor.

The throw was accurate and landed in the middle of the cavalry. The front cavalry couldn't stop, and the rear cavalry ran over again. The chain of horses caught in the middle couldn't run even if they wanted to, and could only stand helplessly being bombed.

Peng Qi and Ling Zhen, who were captured by Liang Shan before, had already surrendered.

Peng Qi personally led a cavalry out to copy the back of the serial horse, and Ling Zhen was even more at ease. He was an expert in the use of long-range weapons. Zhen really has some skills. According to the battle report ahead, the number of serial horses killed by his catapult troops alone is at least two hundred.

As a result, the decisive battle that had been prepared for ten days was completely defeated. Liang Shan didn't even use a hook and sickle gun, and directly used firearms and barbed wire to break the famous serial horse.

After the discussion, the headquarters unanimously judged that Hu Yanzhuo had lost all possibility of a decisive battle with Liangshan after this battle, and he would definitely withdraw his troops.

Sun Xin is going to give instructions to Dulonggang. If Hu Yanzhuo wants to go back to Qingzhou, Dulonggang should send an army to meet him, so that this guy will not be robbed all the way back to Qingzhou like in the novel.

Hu Yanzhuo left the field, and the next battle of Qingzhou should be the protagonist of the protection army.

But Sun Xin's order hadn't been issued yet, and a chicken feather letter from the front reached the camp outside Qingzhou City.

The letter was sent through an emergency channel, and there should be a day's difference between the time when the letter was sent and the time when I received the battle report, but when it arrived in my hands, it was almost the same time.

The only thing that can use this channel is the careful work of the Protectorate Army inside Liangshan. Sun Xin immediately paid attention to the chicken feathers on the letter.

Sure enough, he was taken aback when he opened the letter and saw the contents.

"Hu Yanzhuo was arrested?"

The content of the chicken feather letter stated that Hu Yanzhuo was dissatisfied after the war, and brought a soldier and horse, planning to make a last-ditch attempt to rob the camp in Liangshan, and it would be best to kill Song Jiang.

The soldiers and horses set off in the starry night, and originally planned to come back in the early morning, but it took a whole day for Hu Yanzhuo to return to the camp.

Sun Xin also saw this news in the previous battle report. According to the detailed information in the Forbidden Army camp, Hu Yanzhuo failed to rob the camp this time. After losing a large number of his men, he never touched the Songjiang camp. On the other hand, he was chased and intercepted by Liangshan's army horses all the way, but he was lucky enough to fight until the last few riders escaped. This farce-like camp robbery did not have a big impact on the overall war situation.

However, reports from Liangshan's insiders confirmed that Hu Yanzhuo's soldiers and horses entered Song Jiang's camp all the way.

Both Wu Song and Luan Tingyu rushed to the tent, and after reading the letter in Sun Xin's hand, both of them frowned tightly.

Wu Song: "If the news is true, Hu Yanzhuo must be wrong."

Luan Tingyu was more cautious: "If there is no isolated evidence to say that Hu Yanzhuo rebelled, we'd better find some other evidence."

Sun Xin thought for a while: "If Hu Yanzhuo returned to Qingzhou alone, then he may not have rebelled, but if he can bring back a soldier, he will definitely rebel!"

Wu Song and Luan Tingyu also nodded.

Tens of thousands of people have entered the front line of Liangshan. If Hu Yanzhuo returns alone, it is possible to do it with his good horse, but it is almost impossible for him to return with a whole-organized army. , the only reason is that he wants to go undercover to Qingzhou to help Liangshan attack the state capital.

Speaking of this, Wu Song also quickly mentioned the recent changes outside Qingzhou City: "There has also been movement on Baihu Mountain, and the communication between them and Liangshan has never been interrupted. Our people are too small, so we can only guard outside Qingzhou City. For Qingzhou The news from other parts of the government is always not timely, and it is even more difficult to catch the spies from Baihu Mountain."

Sun Xin and Luan Tingyu nodded, with a look of worry on their brows.

This battle with Liangshan bandits was easier than expected. Sun Xin didn't expect that in this time and space, it seems that there will be no situation in the novel where Liangshan has only [-] soldiers left to attack Qingzhou. The number of Huiti soldiers attacking Qingzhou is likely to be [-].

This is already equivalent to the number of Sun Xin's defenders outside Qingzhou City.

As for the little township army in the city, Sun Xin had no hope at all after getting to know him in the past few days.

These people can be used to defend the city and fill in the lines, but to repel Liangshan's attack, these veterans are almost useless.

And when Liang Shan comes to attack, there will be Bai Hushan and other people who are familiar with the local news of Qingzhou City as helpers.

Although there are not many soldiers and horses on Baihu Mountain, these people are from old lands, and they can easily sneak into Qingzhou Mansion to help Liangshan bandits create chaos when they attack the state capital.

Now with Hu Yanzhuo as a variable, it may be much more difficult to defend Qingzhou City than imagined.

"Soldiers will come to block the water and cover the soil." Sun Xin has no way out. If Liang Shan wins this battle solidly, they will enter the heyday. The window of opportunity for expanding Shandong's power is not long, but I can't stand such a delay in Liangshan.

Sun Xin hammered the table and made up his mind.

"They increase their troops and we increase our troops."

"Send a letter to Dengzhou immediately, our reserve team should be called up!"

(End of this chapter)