Late Tang

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On Hudou Island, at the foot of Wolf Mountain.

Dong Chang, the general of Shijing Town, led the generals of the Eight Capitals of Hangzhou, and he was full of smiles after victory, and he still had a lot of pride in his heart.Hangzhou Badu is just a native soldier, although Qian Liu once repelled Huang Chao's partial division, which made Shi Jingdu famous.But to be honest, Hangzhou Badu has not fought any decent battles.

But this time Hangzhou Badu was sent to Hu Douzhou by Zhou Bao. Originally, it was only a forward, and most of Zhenhai's troops would arrive later, but after the battle, Zhenhaijun did not see any shadow.But at this time, no matter whether it was Dong Chang, Qian Liu or even the other generals, there was no anxiety and worry from the previous battle, and there was only excitement and joy.

Only relying on the Eight Capitals of Hangzhou, they actually defeated the famous general of the Huai Army, Liang Zuan.

There are 2 soldiers and horses in the eight capitals of Hangzhou, and Liang Zuan's Huai army is also almost [-].

But who is Liang Yan?The number one general of the Huai Army, a well-known general in the world, followed Gao Pian in the South and North Wars, fought against the party, fought against Nanzhao, and fought against Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, but it was such a famous general, but now they have completely wiped out in their hands.Even if this was a sneak attack, even if Liang Zuan had just fought against the Qin army for several days, the 2 soldiers were still many wounded, and there were very few elite soldiers. The Wan Huai army, without relying on the Zhen Haijun of Commander Zhou, achieved such a great victory with the power of Badu, which is indeed enough for them to be proud.

Qian Liu, the actual commander of the eight capitals in this battle, is introducing the results of the battle to Dong Chang and his party: "...At present, the initial search and sweep of the battlefield has been completed, and statistics show that in this battle, our army wiped out [-] Huai troops. More than [-] people, more than [-] of the Huai army were captured, and more than [-] officers above the Huai army camp were killed, but Liang Zuan, Bi Shiduo and others have not been found yet, and they probably have fled the island."

Hearing that Liang Yan might have escaped, Dong Chang felt a little regretful, turned his head and said coldly to Qian Liu: "The more than 2000 captives were killed directly." More than [-] captives have no weight in his heart at all, but they are money on the island. He is caring.

"There are a lot of goods, money and food on the island. It is initially estimated that there are at least 500 million yuan worth of money and food. However, most of them belong to the goods in the warehouses of the merchants on the island." When Qian Liu saw the figures in the newspaper at the time , I am also shocked, more than 500 million guan is not a small number, although it is only the value of the goods, not 500 million guan of real money, but it is still tempting.

Sure enough, when Dong Chang heard the words, a greedy expression immediately appeared on his face, even though all the other capitals were wealthy, they still got short of breath when they heard 500 million.

Qian Liu reminded in a low voice beside him, "Most of these goods are the goods of northern merchants, and many of them are directly the private goods of the king of Qin." Clearly, some people's money is hard to move.

Dong Chang couldn't help hesitating when he heard this.

Others are still reluctant to give up the money. This time the Eight Capitals dispatched troops also consumed a lot of money and food. These Marshal Zhou will not compensate them, and they have already learned from Dong Chang that Marshal Zhou has promised to bring down Hu Douzhou in advance. The property on the island is theirs.This time they killed more than [-] people, and there were many wounded soldiers. These pensions also cost money. Now that such a large amount of money is in front of them, who is willing to release it again.

A few of them all talked to you and me, which soon made Dong Chang tempted again.

"We didn't snatch these goods from the King of Qin, but from the Huai army. They are no longer the property of the King of Qin. What's more, we sent troops this time to avenge the King of Qin, with so many casualties. The brothers didn't ask the king of Qin for compensation, so these goods can be regarded as the compensation for the brothers from the king of Qin."

The matter was quickly settled in this way, and the eight capitals divided up the 500 million treasures according to the number of troops they sent, and took some of the severed officers' heads and some rare goods, and sent people to Runzhou to give to Zhou Bao.

West Zhejiang, Runzhou.

After reading the military newspaper sent by Dong Jinggang, Zhou Bao's face became more and more ruddy, and his eyes sparkled.

With a bang, he slapped his palm heavily on the table, and several staff members looked over in shock.

"Master, what happened?"

"A good thing, a big good thing." Zhou Bao was in a good mood at this time, "Dong Chang led the eight capitals of Hangzhou to smash Liang Zuan's troops. With 3 casualties, he fought a bloody night and completely annihilated nearly [-] troops in Liang Zuan's troops. The generals Liang Yan and Bi Shiduo escaped by chance, and more than a thousand other officers, big and small, were all beheaded. If you fight well, Gao Pian, that bastard, let him pay us back for our hard work."

The news reported by Dong Chang was mixed with a lot of water, and the casualties in Badu were only [-], so he reported [-].But they killed less than [-] enemies, but he reported [-].But in general, the news that Liang Zuan's entire army was wiped out is indeed true, and Zhou Bao's secret agents in the Eight Capitals have already reported this point.

The generals and school staff in the hall still couldn't believe it, but after receiving the letter and carefully reading it, they all believed it a little bit.What's more, Marshal Zhou is convinced of it, so this matter must be inseparable.This result really shocked them. Liang Yan, a famous general of the Huai Army, was actually annihilated by the group of Tutuan in Badu, Hangzhou?

It turned out that some aides said that the eight capitals of Hangzhou were forming a group, and this force should not be underestimated, especially since these eight capitals will be the top powerhouses in the counties of Hangzhou, so they should not be underestimated.But this proposal didn't attract much attention from everyone. After all, no matter how strong he was, he was just a local tyrant.

But this battle made Zhou Bao and the others really start to pay attention to this group of local tyrants. With the same strength, a group of local tyrants could completely wipe out the troops of the famous Huai army general Liang Zuan, which is enough to attract their attention.

"Who is the commander of the Eight Capitals in this battle?" Zhou Bao turned his head and asked the person behind him, who was in charge of the reconnaissance and military situation of the Zhenhai Navy. Lord, but the person in charge of this battle is Dong Chang's deputy general, Qian Liu, the military envoy of Shijing Town Yamen."

"How much do you know about Qian Liu?"

"When I was young, I was a rascal in Lin'an, Hangzhou. He was a good gambler. Later, he sold smuggled salt with Desperado. Five years ago, Wang Ying rebelled, and Dong Chang recruited soldiers from the countryside. He began to join Dong Chang's command. This person is only 27 this year, but he is very brave. He is good at riding horses and lances, and knows soldiers well. When Huang Chao attacked Chang'an for the second time, he used 20 people to ambush Huang Chao's 2000 troops and defeated them. In the past few years, he was in charge of the military training of Shijing Town. Five of Dong Chang's men Thousands of soldiers and horses are quite skilled, and they all belong to Qian Liu. Dong Chang and Qian Liu are two people. Dong Chang is rich and powerful, and Qian Liu is brave and resourceful. The two complement each other, and they are the leaders of the eight capitals of Hangzhou today." People have obviously done a detailed investigation of Qian Liu, not only have a detailed understanding of Qian Liu's situation, but also praise Qian Liu very much in their words.

It was the first time Zhou Bao heard about Qian Liu's details, and he couldn't help feeling a little fond of this young man.

"You find a chance to meet Qian Liu, such a talent should have a better opportunity." Zhou Bao said softly.

After talking about Qian Liu, an aide held up a letter and asked, "Marshal, what should we do with what Dong Chang said at the end of his letter?"

Dong Chang also said one more thing at the end of the letter, but Zhou Bao was still hesitant for a while.

The matter is not big or small, that is, after the capture of Hudouzhou, they accidentally discovered that the Qin army on the island was not completely wiped out by Liang Zuan, but there was still a Qin army of about 500 people in the corner. recalcitrant.Originally, if Liang Yan wanted to kill these 500 people, it would not be difficult.It's just that Liang Yan fought for a day at that time. Although he basically wiped out the Qin army, he was extremely exhausted. The last few hundred Qin troops guarded Langshan and gave up completely.

Liang Yan didn't want to take others but fought with them. He felt that it was completely unnecessary, as long as he surrounded them and waited until dawn, he could easily kill them at that time.Who would have imagined that this relaxation would have no chance to kill them again.On the contrary, his own troops were wiped out first, and as a result, the five hundred people on the mountain finally fell into the hands of Hangzhou Badu.

At first, Dong Chang thought it was the Huai army, but when it was finally confirmed that it was the Qin army, he didn't know how to deal with it.

In the end, Dong Chang had no choice but to temporarily invite more than [-] Qin soldiers into a temporary camp for resettlement. He sent people to treat the wounded while giving food, and sent people to surround the camp, and then threw the hot potato to Zhou Bao.

Zhou Bao didn't expect that there were more than 500 missing fish under Liang Zuan's men.If it was just an ordinary soldier, Zhou Bao wouldn't take it to heart.But this time Liang Zuan sent troops to Hu Douzhou, 5 people fought 1 people. Liang Zuan was a famous general of the Huai Army, but in the end he was overturned among the [-] Qin army soldiers, which is enough to prove that these people are not simple.

According to Zhou Bao's information, the Qin army is divided into three types of soldiers. The combat soldiers are standing soldiers, and the united soldiers belong to the local garrison troops, and generally do not leave the state.The township soldiers are completely regarded as temporary auxiliary soldiers. They are trained in their spare time when they are not in war.It is said that the original township soldiers were equipped with comparable equipment and even stronger combat power than the general army of feudal towns.But in the past two years, the Qin army has expanded its army aggressively, and the combat effectiveness of both the soldiers and the united soldiers has dropped significantly.

But it's not trivial for such a group of country soldiers to beat Liang Zuan so terribly.

In particular, he had received news that the Qin army garrison on Hudouzhou had several very sharp firearms, and it was these firearms that capsized Liang Yan's boat in the gutter.

It is public information that the Qin army has a lot of sharp firearms, and there are more or less firearms in each town, but they are not very effective.Now Zhou Bao covets these firearms very much, if he can get them, it will be a great help to Zhen Haijun.But he still has some scruples. The Qin army is not an ordinary army, and Li Jing is not easy to mess with.

Right now, he and Li Jing are still in an alliance, but if Li Jing is finally annoyed because of this incident, it will not be a good thing for the current situation of Zhen Haijun.

"Does anyone know how many of these 500 people are still there?" Zhou Bao asked in a low voice.

The middle-aged man immediately understood that what Zhou Bao asked was whether anyone other than Dong Chang and his side knew about it, "It is estimated that only Liang Yan knew about it, but after that, there was another day of melee on the island. We can’t say for sure that these people are still there, we can declare that these people have all died in the scuffle, and then let Dong Chang secretly escort these people back to Runzhou.”

Zhou Bao thought about it carefully and felt that this was a solution.Although bringing back these 500 people may not necessarily be able to grasp the secret of Qin Jun's sharp weapon, but he is not reconciled if he does not try.

"Let Qian Liu escort the person back in person. Be careful not to make too many moves. The less people know about it, the better." Zhou Bao once again solemnly confessed that if Li Jing found out about this matter, it would be a big trouble.

"Yes, I'll do it right away." The middle-aged man nodded and turned to leave. (To be continued.)