I became a saint by picking up corpses in Water Margin

Chapter 383 The fox borrows the power of the tiger to bully others, Yang Chang: I am a tiger?
Sun Xin and Gu Dasao stayed in Weizhou to assist Lin Chong.

The intelligence from Yingtian was too shocking, so Sun Xin was sent to Pingding Army in person.

After hearing this, Yang Chang stood there in a daze, and did not comment for a long time.

I vaguely remember.

There was also a military mutiny in the Southern Song Dynasty in history, but Zhao Gou went to the south of the Yangtze River at that time.

At this time, people in Yingtian can also be controlled by others?
Seeing that Yang Chang was silent, Sun An immediately advised, "Prince Jin, the Song army was defeated in the Northern Expedition, Wuzhu has already chased across the Yellow River, and Zhao Gou is in chaos. It is very likely that the country will be destroyed in one battle. It seems that we don't need to wait any longer. We can directly send troops to Zhending and even swallow up the whole of Hebei."

"That's exactly what I meant."

Yang Chang nodded in affirmation, then frowned and reminded: "But 30,000 people are indeed too few. It will be no problem to take Zhending, but it is not certain to take all of Hebei. After all, the states are flat and there are no strategic locations to defend. After occupying them, we have to divide our troops to defend them, otherwise we will be attacked from both the north and the south, and I can't take care of everything."

Sun An replied: "Let's take Zhending first. My brothers have been waiting for a long time. After we take Zhending, with the support of the Pingding Army, it should be no problem to hold it."

"Okay, once the intelligence from the Night Owl Army is sent back, we will immediately dispatch troops to Jingxing."

"Great."

"Oh, right." Yang Chang turned his head to look at Sun Xin and continued to ask, "Song Jiang went to Jiangnan to recruit amnesty. Is there no news from him yet?"

"It seems that he has been successfully recruited, but just like us in Liangshan at that time, there are many things that need to be handed over, so he has been delayed in Jiangnan. However, when the news of the Yingtian Mutiny spreads, he should go north to defend the king as soon as possible."

"Where are Generals Han Shizhong and Yue Fei?"

"Originally, he was helping Song Jiang to suppress the rebellion. He should be on his way back to Beijing now."

Hearing what Sun Xin said, Yang Chang felt sad for those who had participated in the mutiny.

To the north of Yingtian, Zhang Jun and other defeated troops were retreating, followed by Wuzhu's Jin army; to the south of Yingtian, there were Han Shizhong and Yue Fei, followed by Song Jiang and Fang La.

Why on earth would you take this risk?

"Do you know why there was a mutiny? This doesn't seem to make sense."

"I heard that the rebel leader Miao Fu, who used to be under the command of Liang Yangzu like Zhang Jun, was not promoted as fast as Zhang Jun. He had the opportunity to make great contributions in this Northern Expedition, but was ordered to stay in the capital. He was somewhat dissatisfied, and the Western Court sent people to contact him, and then this happened."

"Western Court?"

Yang Chang was shocked when he heard this.

what's the situation?
Is there also the matter of Zhao Huan here? Wasn't he suppressed by Zhao Gou? How could he have fought back?

Seeing that Yang Chang was suspicious, Sun Xin quickly added an explanation: "Although this is a rumor, the news should be true. Moreover, Miao Fu was able to rebel, and it seems that the Western Court used the reputation of King Jin."

"What does it have to do with me?"

"Yes, the King of Jin nominally belongs to the Western Court, so they naturally want to take advantage of the power of the other side."

"Haha, I became a tiger?"

Yang Chang smiled helplessly, and then ordered Sun An: "Send someone to get paper and pen. I am preparing for a full-scale attack. I need to write letters to the governors of each state to pass on the order."

"comprehensive?"

Sun An first signaled to the attendant at the door, then turned around and asked, "Prince Jin, since it is an all-out attack, how do you want to fight?"

"Come and see."

After Yang Chang finished speaking, he also stood up and walked to the wall behind him and stopped, on which was hung a map of Hebei.

"The Jin Dynasty is in civil strife, Yingtian is also in civil strife, the Song army is defeated, and the Jin army is pursuing us. The east is in chaos. If I don't take action, I will be sorry for this chaos."

"First, we will send troops to seize Zhending, and then advance eastward depending on the situation; secondly, General Lin will send troops to Xiangzhou. Shouldn't Wu Yong have fled long ago? Let's give him a chance to go to the king's defense; thirdly, the Luzhou garrison will march out of Fengyue Pass, first march south to feint an attack on Xiangzhou to build momentum, and then turn around and capture Cizhou for me!"

"hiss"

Sun An swallowed and murmured, "Except for the Yanmen defense line, everything that can be moved in the south has been moved, which is almost equivalent to an all-out attack."

"The Yanmen defense line must also be moved."

"what?"

"When I inspected Qilan before, Dong Ping volunteered to attack Yingzhou, and I approved of him at that time. Yang Zhi and Cai Fu would cooperate. Now more than 20 days have passed, and they have had a long time to prepare. I guess they have already started now."

At this time, Yang Chang was in full command, with the feeling of inspecting troops on the battlefield. He had evolved from the commander of an army to a general in charge of the overall situation.

As soon as he finished speaking, the waiter brought paper and pen and respectfully spread them out on the table.

Yang Chang first picked up his pen and wrote down the names of Lu Junyi, Lu Zhishen, Liu Tang, Suo Chao, Li Yun and others, asking them to come as soon as possible to pacify the rebellion and serve. Then he wrote separately to Yan Qing, Sun Li, Lin Chong and others.

Since there was chaos south of the Yellow River, Yang Chang planned to use Zhending Prefecture as a barrier to block the reinforcements from Hebei and Yunzhong, and then work with Lin Chong to the south and north to swallow up all the prefectures and counties between Zhending and Weizhou and north of the Yellow River.

of course.

If the civil strife in the Jin Dynasty lasts long enough and Wuzhu continues to move south without looking back, Yang Chang will use the real positioning as a springboard to directly take over the entire Hebei Province, thus forming a situation of closing the door and beating the dog internally.

However, Wuzhu had limited military forces, and although he and Salihe could defeat the Northern Expedition Army, it did not mean that they could continue the subsequent victory.

In history, he was suppressed by Yue Fei, and if he went all the way south to Yingtian, he would have to face Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Song Jiang, and Fang La at the same time.
Thinking about Wuzhu, Yang Chang felt a headache.

It feels like the time when Hu Yanzhuo was defeated in Qingzhou and met Yang Zhi, Lu Zhishen and Wu Song successively.

After Yang Chang finished writing the letter in public, he sent a fast horse to deliver it to Yangqu to pass the order. As Sun Xin was going back to Weizhou, he took the orders from Yan Qing, Sun Li and Lin Chong back with him on the way.

The second day of August, the day after Sun Xin left.

Before Lu Junyi and others received the transfer order, Li Yanxian's Leping garrison was gathering, but Shi Qian returned to Pingding from Hebei and brought back the latest intelligence on the Jin army.

As soon as Shi Qian saw Yang Chang, he said excitedly: "Prince Jin, the Jin army led by Wushu is unstoppable and has occupied most of Shandong."

"Is Wushu so fast?"

Sun An found it incredible and accidentally interrupted him. Shi Qian nodded in affirmation and then continued to report to Yang Chang: "The main reason is that Zhao Gou did not deploy defenses in northern Shandong. The failure of the four armies in the Northern Expedition affected the mentality of the defenders in various places. Many of them surrendered at the sight of the Jin army rather than being conquered."

"I'm not surprised at all."

Yang Chang sneered, "When the Jin army first invaded Song, these people had experienced this once, and it is a relapse of an old illness."

Shi Qian added: "Among those who surrendered, Jinan Governor Liu Yu is a little special."

"Liu Yu?"

Yang Chang half squinted his eyes, feeling inexplicably familiar, but couldn't remember who it was.

"Not only did this man surrender to the Jin people, he also poisoned Guan Sheng to death."

"Guan Sheng?"

After hearing Shi Qian's supplement, Yang Chang suddenly realized at this moment. According to the information provided by Suo Chao and others, he heard that Guan Sheng was wanted by the Eastern Court and would be responsible for suppressing the rebellion in Shandong.

Yang Chang was originally glad that he had left Song Jiang, thinking that he might be taken in by him in the future, but he did not expect that he would die in such a miserable way. His death is quite sad.

Up to now, of the Five Tiger Generals appointed by Song Jiang, Lin Chong and Dong Ping are in Yang Chang's hands, while Qin Ming and Guan Sheng are gone, leaving Hei Sanlang with only Hu Yanzhuo.

"This may be his fate. Where is Wuzhu now? Will he continue to march towards Yingtian?"

"That's not it."

Shi Qian shook his head, "This guy suddenly stopped after taking Jinan. Maybe he wanted to rest in the middle?" Rest?

This guy won't do that.

Yang Chang remembered that in the original history, the idiom "searching the mountains and seas" was coined by him. He crossed the Yangtze River and fought all the way to the south of the Yangtze River, scaring Zhao Gou so much that he retreated to the sea.

But the situation is different. In the original history, the Jin people completely occupied the north, but now Yang Changzhen is in Hedong, and Wuzhu probably doesn't have the courage to be so fierce.

Thinking of this, Yang Chang's mouth twitched slightly, and he sneered, "This guy has participated in the two expeditions to pacify the enemy, and he knows how powerful we are. I'm afraid he is hesitating now because he is afraid that we will attack Hebei to cut off his retreat. He deployed Salihe in Zhending in advance because he is afraid of us."

"That"

Sun An swallowed his saliva and asked carefully: "Since the Jin people are prepared, should we still send troops to Zhending?"

"Come out, why not?"

"But Wushu may return to Hebei at any time."

"It won't affect our attack on Zhending even if he goes back to Hebei."

Yang Chang said this solemnly, and then asked again: "The military order was just issued yesterday. Lin Chong, Yan Qing, Sun Li and others will move, and taking Zhending will protect them, so we must move no matter what."

"When will the troops be dispatched?"

"There is no time to lose, we will send out troops tomorrow!"

"tomorrow?"

Sun An swallowed his saliva and hurriedly reminded: "Prince Jin, the generals of Yangqu should not have received the transfer order yet. Do you have to be so anxious?"

"Are your men not ready?"

"I am fully prepared and can set out at any time, but there is little food in Pingding. If I send troops to Zhending, I will only have half a month's worth of food."

"enough."

Yang Chang waved his hand and said calmly: "From here to Zhending, I estimate that it will take at most three days. It will take me four days to break the city. I must be showing mercy to the Jin army."

"Can we take the city in one day?"

"It's one night!"

"hiss"

Sun An hadn't fought with Yang Chang for a long time. Although he often heard people say that King Jin was powerful, he only felt his domineering power when he heard it with his own ears.

It has only been a few years since he abandoned Tian Hu and surrendered to Yang Chang.

What am I missing?
After bidding farewell to Yang Chang and leaving the hall, Sun An pulled Shi Qian aside and asked him many questions. When he learned the details of the attacks on Xinzhou and Daizhou, he realized that the King of Jin was already invincible.

The fierce generals of the Jin army were killed as soon as they showed their heads, and the marshals or chief marshals hiding in the central army were all beheaded by Yang Chang who sneaked into the army, as easy as taking something from a bag.

No wonder he dared to make such a boast.

Thinking about the chance to catch a glimpse of her beauty, Sun An couldn't sleep that night.

On the morning of the third day of August, Yang Chang set out from Pingding County, while Li Yanxian received an order from General Sun An in advance and led the Leping garrison to wait at the entrance of Xingdao.

When the main force of Pingding arrived at Xingkou, Li Yanxian's troops were already at the front of the team, so Yang Chang ordered him to serve as the vanguard.

Sun An was upset when he heard this. He took Yang Chang aside during the march and whispered, "Prince Jin, I followed you before Li Yanxian did. How can you let him be the vanguard?"

"Look, he's in a hurry."

Yang Chang shook his head and smiled, patting his arm to comfort him: "Li Yanxian is your deputy general, how can you let the main general be the vanguard? Besides, he is not a fierce general. Even if he is allowed to lead the way, he may not be able to seize the initiative."

"Although he is not a fierce general, the young lieutenant Li Kui received your guidance and tips twice. Now his strength has improved by leaps and bounds, and he always leads the troops in every battle."

Although Sun An was secretly happy to hear this, he was still worried in his heart.

Li Yanxian has always been very wise in using troops. If Zhao Huan could use Yang Chang to bully others, why couldn't he do the same?
Salihe had just suffered a defeat in Luzhou. If he heard that the Prince of Jin was personally leading a large army to attack Zhending, this Jin general would probably run away.

but.

Sun An thought so in his heart, but he couldn't say it directly, so he used Li Kui to block the arrow.

"You mean him? Haha."

Yang Chang ignored his meaning, thinking that Sun An was worried about Li Kui's meritorious service, and immediately comforted him: "I gave Li Kui some advice, that is, to imitate the Black Whirlwind and train him to deal with Song Jiang. Now it seems that he is useless. Although he is brave in battle, his strength is still limited. Besides, I didn't teach him horsemanship, so what can a foot general do?"

"Well, I hope so."

"Have some confidence in yourself. You are the Dragon Slayer Sun An. No matter now or in the future, you will be the main force in attacking Hebei. In the future, I also plan to hand over the defense of Yanjing to you."

"Prince Jin."

Sun An, a nine-foot-tall man, almost cried when he heard these words.

Seeing that he had listened, Yang Chang reminded him softly, "Li Yanxian is a rare good general. He cooperated well with you in Pingding. Hebei is much larger than Pingding. You also need an assistant to assist you. Do you understand?"

"I totally understand. I am too narrow-minded."

Sun An felt ashamed of himself and sincerely suggested, "General Li is indeed a talented general. Why don't I be his deputy?"

"Okay, that's it!"

Yang Chang stopped the topic in a stern voice, "You can be modest, but you can't be too modest. I know what I am doing. Command the troops well. I want the soldiers to capture the city on the same day."

"Yes."

The Jingxing Pass was narrow, and the 30,000 Jin troops passed through it in a long queue.

As a pioneer, Li Yanxian did have certain advantages of being the first mover, and as Sun An predicted, he really marched towards Zhending City under the banner of Yang Chang.

On the day the army left Jingxing, they passed by Huolu County for rest. The defenders there heard of Yang Chang's name and abandoned the city and fled early.

The garrison commander of Huolu County was Xiao Gong, a former surrendered general of the Liao Dynasty.

When he brought the intelligence about the Jin army to Zhending, Salihe didn't know what to do for a moment.

He brought 20,000 people from Yunzhong. The walls of Zhending Prefecture were high and strong. As long as there were enough food and grass in the city, it would be no problem to stop an army of 100,000.

You should know that three years ago, Olibu and Nianhan attacked Song for the second time. The Jin army from the east and west jointly attacked Zhending. The more than 100,000 Jin troops fought for half a month. At that time, there were only 20,000 Song troops in the city.

Salihe was Aguda's adopted son. He learned all the military strategies and tactics from Aguda. He was also a leader in bravery in the Jin Kingdom. In theory, he was much stronger than the Song army back then, but Yang Chang was not an ordinary enemy.

Not only did he kill Yin Shuke, Lou Shi, Wulibu, Xieye and others, but it was also said that he went all the way to Shangjing and chopped off the head of the Jin emperor.

Facing such an opponent, what military strategy should we use?
At the request of Wuzhu, he was stationed in Zhending with the original intention of guarding against Sun An and Li Yanxian of the Pingding Army, so that the Jin Army in the east could fight the Song Army with peace of mind.

But now, the opponent has changed.

Salihe was scratching his head in confusion, while Xiao Gong was still standing in the tent waiting for news.

At this time, one of his generals, Wuyan Huligai, suddenly said, "If he is flying Yang Chang's flag, does that mean he is Yang Chang himself? Could he be an imposter? I heard that the Han people are cunning."

"Uh-huh"

(End of this chapter)