Water Margin Survival

The morning light of dawn, exuding thousands of rays, permeates the land of Qilu in early spring, which is extremely intoxicating.

A fully equipped mighty army marched in Yunzhou on the north bank of Liangshanbo, but the shiny armor, sharp blades, majestic mounts, and high morale all showed the team's determination to win.They walked in neat steps, facing the dawn, and embarked on the journey.

Looking carefully, except for the battalion under the banner of "Hebei Yuqilin", which is slightly immature, most of the other teams are composed of veteran Liangshan troops.The soldiers don't say they have experienced hundreds of battles, at least they have experienced fierce battles, bitter battles, and even desperate battles. The precious life experience has quietly accumulated on these young men with high spirits, so that they have enough confidence to face all difficulties and difficulties .

What's more, the goal this time is not very strong.The so-called Gaotang prefecture only had five battalions stationed under the command of infantry commanders, with a full force of only 500 people, not to mention one-tenth of the Liangshan rescue army.

The reason why Wang Lun put on a posture of a lion fighting a rabbit this time has a lot to do with the last battle of Daming Mansion.The situation at that time was very similar to the present situation. The target was not strong, but the backup force that might follow was not to be underestimated.Moreover, the Mushou of the two prefectures have very similar backgrounds. Cai Jing behind Liang Zhongshu has dominated the government for many years, and he can be said to be the head of the civil servants of the dynasty, while Gao Qiu behind Gao Lian is not a vegetarian, but the most important minister of the military. .

Gao Qiu's current status is similar to that of the head of the capital's military region, but the Song Dynasty pursued a military policy of strong branches and weak branches. At least three to five percent of the national forbidden army was concentrated on the ground of the capital, all of which were in charge of this official's confidantes before he ascended the throne (The Privy Council does not control the troops, but manages the deployment of troops).Moreover, Gao Qiu also has nominal control over the local bans and soldiers (many of which are divided among the prefects). Such a person who is deeply trusted by the officials has a great influence on the military and political officials of the states. Look, Wang Lun has no reason to choose to ignore.

Fortunately, the target this time is not far from Liangshanbo, with only a Yunzhou in the middle.Located directly north of Liangshanbo, the distance is only [-] miles, and the political influence of Gaotang Prefecture is far smaller than that of Daming Mansion.The combination of various factors made this well-prepared Liangshan army relaxed, vigilant and not nervous.

Shi Yong, the new leader who came up the mountain, observed this "his" team curiously, feeling that everything was so fresh.As a native of the Daming Mansion, he thought he had seen some things in the world, but the team in front of him undoubtedly shocked him.

"Brother Xu, I heard that my elder brother only fell into grass for three or four years. At the beginning, Liangshan was only a small hill with hundreds of people. How did you manage such a family business in such a short period of time?" Regarding Wang Lun's fortune History, Shi Yong is undoubtedly very interested, and he couldn't help asking his fellow villager Xu Guanzhong.

Xu Guanzhong smiled, glanced at the energetic armored warrior beside him, and said: "Everyone has an answer to this question, no matter who you ask, the result may be different! After you stay in the cottage for a long time, you should know understandable!"

Seeing Xu Guanzhong's words were full of emotions, Shi Yong nodded half-understood, and suddenly worried: "Our twenty or thirty leaders brought the whole group out, what will happen to the cottage?"

"Where is this going? We have less than half of the Shanzhai horses and infantry this time, and no one in the navy has come out. There are two military advisers, Xiao Jiasui and Zhu Wu, at home. The court is sending another When a conscript army of 3 to [-] people comes, the brothers in the cottage can bite their flesh hard!" Xu Guanzhong laughed proudly.replied.

"Good boy! In the past, I only heard rumors from Jianghu that Kuiye defeated Dengzhou, retreated thousands of miles away from Wang Qing, and defeated the coalition forces of several states in Hebei. It turns out that these are true. Seeing is believing!" Shi Yong shook his head and sighed.

"Uncle and nephew Zou led thousands of troops to station in Yizhou, you know that! I guess you don't know yet, we still have three battalions with nearly ten thousand troops deployed near Koryo. They were defeated a few days ago, and this time If it weren't for going to Gaotang Prefecture to rescue Chai Daguan, I'm afraid that the hardships of the Koryo Kingdom will come soon!"

Xu Guanzhong has always believed in Wang Lun's vision of seeing people, and now he sees him surpassing his fellow villager as the leader of the cottage.I believe that he is definitely not a duplicitous person, so he has nothing to hide about the basic situation of these cottages in words.

"We went to Fanguo!?" Shi Yong was completely shocked this time, no matter whether it was in Jianghu or Chai Jinzhuang, he hadn't received any wind at all beforehand.

"This is just the beginning!" Xu Guanzhong looked up at the rising sun and said thoughtfully.

Shi Yong tried his best to digest the information he got from Xu Guanzhong, looking at the various elements around him that made him feel fresh, he just felt that his eyes were not enough.

However, unlike Shi Yong, who had just arrived, the people of Yunzhou should be used to seeing Liangshan soldiers and horses coming in and out, but at this time everyone was still very interested and stopped to watch.Because it was a sudden encounter, everyone was a little caught off guard, otherwise, facing the soldiers from Liangshan who were like a family, there would definitely be scenes of eating rice paddies.

"Arrogance, it's too arrogant!" I saw two middle-aged scribes with three companions on the side of the road, and the five were on their own side. One of them sighed in a low voice, "Master, we might jump into the fire pit this time!"

The middle-aged scholar, who looked a little younger, sighed noncommittally, and said in a deep voice: "Not necessarily! You see that Liangshan is a short distance away from the city of Yunzhou, but it has never broken the city. It was the failure of the imperial army's crusade years ago He did not take the opportunity to seize the city. At this time, their army is going north, it seems that they are going to the territory of Hebei, and they have nothing to do with me in Yunzhouqiu! If he wants to borrow food, why should he go far away? It seems that these strongmen have rules to follow , let's try to understand their thinking, which will be of great benefit to us in protecting the environment and the people in the future!"

"Master, look at the people here, how can we protect the environment and the people?" The middle-aged man next to him obviously had a different opinion, and he couldn't laugh or cry at this time: "Women dare to watch from the side of the road with their children in their arms, but there is nothing wrong with them." A trace of fear, look, look, and wave! It’s true that meeting a strong man is closer than meeting the court. You say such people..."

"There is an old saying, 'If you abuse me, you will be hated, if you caress me, you will be spoiled!' The people are not at fault, but it is our people-friendly officials who are at fault!" The middle-aged scribe shook his head and corrected the people around him.

The middle-aged man didn't argue, just looked around, carefully reminded: "Master, let's go to the city quickly, this Liangshan strongman is one kind to the common people, but he is afraid to be another kind to the court officials, it is useless to stay here any longer! "

The middle-aged scribe nodded when he heard the words, and couldn't help but look back at this kind of team, sighed, put his hands behind his back, and threw himself on the east road.

Because there were many people watching on the side of the road, no one noticed the five people with relatively special identities.Let's say that the Liangshan Rescue Army had been on the road for more than ten days, and when they were still [-] miles away from the city of Gaotang Prefecture, the army set up camp. At this time, Shi Qian brought people back to report:

"This Gao Lian is a ghost. He closed the gate of the city a few days ago and only opens it for an hour a day. He is only allowed to go out but not to enter. The guards on the city and the Xiang army guard him day and night, so we can't find any weakness for him!"

Wang Lun discussed with Xu Guanzhong and told the crowd: "Tomorrow morning, the army will arrive at the city, let's see whether he should fight or not. If he just can't shrink back, let's think of a way!"

Seeing Wang Lun's head bowed in thought, Xu Guanzhong asked, "If the brothers from the Listening Camp can't get in, do you want to invite Leader Ling Zhen and the brothers from the Engineering Camp down the mountain?"

"The sharp weapon of the country must not be shown to others! If the imperial court knows that we have a sharp weapon to overthrow a huge city, like a piece of paper, no matter how stupid the officials are, they will definitely use all the power of the whole country to get rid of me and Liangshanbo! Said, if we use the gunpowder formulated according to the new recipe, if we want to blow up the city wall, it will cost thousands or tens of thousands of catties each time, and it will be very laborious to dig a tunnel to the bottom of the city wall. At this time, the source of raw materials is not guaranteed. Don't panic and turn your back on yourself! In my opinion, the time is still immature!"

Wang Lun shook his head. When he left the mountain this time, he had no plan to bring Ling Zhen and the engineering battalion down the mountain. Currently, the village has only saved thousands of jins of black gunpowder made from a new recipe, and he plans to save it up and use it on foreign battlefields. In fact, if he was exposed in front of the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty at this time, it would be tantamount to putting himself on the fire, and he was afraid that if he had a good hand, he would let it go first.

Xu Guanzhong thought carefully for a moment when he heard the words, and he deeply agreed with Wang Lun's point of view, saying: "Since this is the case, if we can't penetrate it, we might as well attack by force. Right now, the infantry battalions in Liangshanbo have no actual combat experience in attacking the city directly. Gaotangzhou, with few soldiers, practice their hands!"

The two discussed it, and Xu Guanzhong ordered people to cut down trees all night to make siege equipment and prepare for the siege in the future.

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Gaotang Prefecture in the besieged city was shrouded in a sense of nervousness.At this time, the atmosphere in the state prison was even worse than this, and the small prisoners were like ants on a hot pot, anxious and uneasy.Although Liangshan Boqiu did not commit any crimes, it was for ordinary people. As prisoners, they had a bad reputation because of their occupations. What's more, there is a great god living in the prison. After all, everyone knows that this Why did the soldiers and horses outside the city come here?

But at this time, a figure came out from Zhizhou's mansion and went back to the state prison. On the way, people who knew him called him "Linjie class" with playful expressions. Out of joy and anger, he just nodded his head all the way, and finally turned around and came to the death row prison where the former emperor's grandson Cangzhou Chai Jin was being imprisoned. Seeing that the prisoner was resting with his eyes closed, Lin Jie looked inside and said: "Mr. , have a rest? Then follow me on my way!"