Song Dynasty

Chapter 223 Zhang Yong ([-])

Hearing that Zhang Yong said that he would not only help him get back his troops and territory in the future, but also hand over his former army to him, Li Hong's eyes lit up and he was very moved.

He choked up and said: "Brother leader, my brother Zhang, Li Hong has no choice but to repay his kindness by killing him. There is nothing to say, come down and fight against the Sizhou army, let's see Li Hong!"

Speaking of Wang Shen, Li Hong gritted his teeth: "Little Wang is a treacherous villain. He even took advantage of the heavy rain to sneak attack on our camp. It's also because of Li Hong's carelessness that he suffered such a big defeat. Leader, just take care, I will definitely call Wang Shen!" Shen knows that I, Li Hong, are powerful. Putting on a stance to fight, Li Hong has never been afraid of anyone."

After finishing speaking, he asked Zhang Yong again: "Leader, our army is superior, why don't you go out of the camp to fight the enemy, but stick to the camp and let the Sizhou army's bandits run rampant outside?"

While speaking, he saw another group of scouts from the Sizhou Army running in the distance, standing outside the range of Zhang Yongjun's long-range weapons and pointing, extremely rampant.

Yes, these past few days, Zhang Yong has been too conservative in employing troops. The joint battalion is more than ten miles away, and its strength has already gained an absolute advantage over Wang Shen.But he still refused to go out to fight, and let the enemy grab all the main roads.

If this continues, the enemy will completely grasp the strategic initiative and cut off Zhang Yongjun's traffic and news.A majestic 6 to 1 horses were surrounded by less than [-] horses from the Sizhou Army. Wouldn't it be a big joke to tell it.

In gratitude to Zhang Yong, Li Hong suddenly felt a little dissatisfied.

Zhang Yong sighed: "Thank you, Brother Li, for your concern. Wang Shen has never lost a single defeat since he started his army. How many people have suffered a lot from him, and it's not safe to fight in haste. It's better to be careful."

Li Hong: "The leader of the alliance is wrong. Although Wang Shen is a powerful man, he likes to be opportunistic every time he fights. I still doubt whether the Sizhou Army can really fight. We have a large number of people and the terrain here is open. He Even if Zhuge is reborn, what tricks can he pull out? The so-called war, if you want to win the final victory, you have to fight hard with your strength."

Zhang Yong shook his head: "Brother Li's words are somewhat reasonable, but there is room for discussion. Yes, whether it is the battle between you and him in Xiaogan, or the battle of Qichun and the ambush of Yang Zaixing in Huangzhou, Wang They all use tricks to win. In this way, it will give people the illusion that he is not successful in the way of Wang Daosi battle."

"But, don't forget. Before we came to Jianghan, Wang Shen fought Kong Yanzhou head-on. You and I know how Kong Juji's soldiers are, but Lao Kong lost that battle very badly. Wang Shen didn't You can't fight in battle, but since you can easily win with tricks, why bother to fight hard?"

"Mr. Ru Lin once said a word, be lenient in anticipation of the enemy, and think of everything from the difficult point. In this way, you will not be at a loss when it is really difficult."

"Therefore, I feel that now is not the time for a decisive battle."

After hearing this passage, Li Hong's heart suddenly moved, and he asked, "Brother leader is waiting for the other rebels?"

Zhang Yong smiled and nodded: "Exactly, the more troops the better for Han Xin. This time, I not only want to repel the invading enemies of Huangzhou, but also completely wipe out the Sizhou army. I have sent out many days ago." The messenger drew up a map for the leaders of each family, and ordered them to come from all directions, or intercept Wang Shen's retreat, close the door and beat the dogs; .”

"If Wang Shen is not eliminated, we will not live in peace in Jianghan."

Only then did Li Hong suddenly realize, and he said joyfully, "Since the lord has a plan, it's best, we are not in a hurry to confront Wang Shen."

He roughly calculated in his mind that there are now more than 5 people in Zhang Yongbu, all of whom are infantry.Although Cao Cheng's troops suffered a big loss in Huangzhou before, they only lost 3 former troops. Now they still have more than 1 horses on hand, and they can still dispatch more than [-] troops.The most wonderful thing is that there are thousands of cavalry among the more than [-] people, which are the elite of Cao Cheng's elite.Also because of the presence of this cavalry, Cao Cheng is the most powerful fighter in the Eighth Route Rebel Army.Otherwise, it is impossible for him to occupy the rich land of Yingcheng as soon as he arrives in Jianghan.

In addition to Cao Cheng, Shang Yuan had more than 1 horses on hand, and he could dispatch six or seven thousand.

As for the other five-way rebels, the most can dispatch four thousand, and the few can have more than 1000 horses.

There are all kinds of people, adding up to nearly [-], so there shouldn't be any problem in enclosing Wang Shen firmly in the Sanlong River area.

In this way, if this battle is fought, there is a seventy-eight percent certainty of eliminating Wang Shen.

It has to be said that Zhang Yong's plan is perfect and extremely safe.

Fanzhan, the so-called art of war, is to put it bluntly, at the time and place chosen by oneself, with one's most comfortable tactics, concentrate superior forces to attack the enemy by surprise.

It has to be said that commanding such a large-scale battle is Zhang Yong's strength. Apart from his own charisma, this is also the main reason why he can be the leader of so many rebels.

However, the subsequent development of the situation was out of Zhang Yong's control.

In the evening, Zhang Yong suddenly raised his account to discuss matters.

When Li Hong walked into the tent of the Chinese army, he saw the faces of all the generals in the tent were full of anger, and everyone shouted and scolded: "What kind of brotherhood, what kind of loyalty in the world, they are all fed to dogs."

"Cao Cheng's two-faced and three-faced thieves have ruined the leader's plan and put our army in danger. We must not let him go."

"Yes, I swear to kill this thief. Not only Cao Cheng, but also Shang Yuan, and those thieves, none of them can be let go."

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There was chaos in the tent, and angry shouts filled the ears.

Looking at Zhang Yong again, he sat on the head with a helpless face, his eyes fell on the transom on the roof of the tent, and he couldn't help sighing.

With a thump in his heart, Li Hong walked over and asked in a low voice, "Brother Leader, what's the matter?"

Only then did Zhang Yong look away, with a sad expression on his face: "The messengers who went to the various leaders have returned, Cao Cheng, Shang Yuan and the others refused to send troops."

Li Hong whispered: "What, how could this happen? Could it be that they were frightened by Wang Shen's child?"

Zhang Yong said bitterly: "I just received a report, and the other leaders of the six groups are now gathered at Cao Cheng to discuss matters and discuss the next step. They have been dissatisfied with Zhang Yong for a long time, especially Cao Cheng... ...I'm afraid the reinforcements won't be able to come!"

It is true that they were frightened by Wang Shen.When I was in Huangzhou, seeing Yang Zaixing lose so badly, the coalition forces left by boat without firing an arrow. In addition to being afraid of Wang Shen's brutality, the more important reason was to preserve their strength.

Among the so-called rebel armies of the eight routes, only Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng had many generals, and the other ministries had more than 1 horses. After deducting the auxiliary soldiers, the real main force was only a few thousand.With such a small number of people on the battlefield, participating in this unprecedented large-scale battle, they might be defeated with a single charge.

In troubled times, the barrel of a gun is the most real thing.If you have a gun, you are the king of grass. Without an army, you are a fart.At that time, not only will the so-called allies not give you a hand, they may even eat you up with your belt and bones.

Although Zhang Yong's plan was good, he ignored that all the generals and leaders had their own thoughts, and they all wanted to let others bleed to pick up the cheap, so naturally they refused to come and be the stunned youths who charged into the battle.

Their alliance is a loose combination, everyone is a thousand-year-old vixen, how can they be willing to come to Sanlonghe to contribute to others.

More importantly, Cao Cheng, as the strongest fighter in the alliance, has long been wary of Zhang Yongbu, and this time he wants to use Wang Shen's hand to weaken Zhang Yong.As long as Zhang Yong is defeated, Cao Cheng will be the leader of the alliance.

The ghost knows what Cao Cheng wants to do by gathering the other leaders.

Seeing Zhang Yong being so decadent, Li Hong didn't take it seriously, and said, "Brother Leader, even if the other damned beasts don't come, can't we fight this battle by ourselves? Even if we can't surround Wang Shen and wipe out the Sizhou Army, The big deal is to beat them back to Huangzhou. After defeating Wang Shen, we will come back and deal with Cao Cheng and Shang Yuan's bastards."

He sneered loudly: "When the time comes, the lord will return to the army with the victorious troops to fight, and we will have to ask them to come up with an explanation. This De'an is settled by us, and we will have the final say on how the territory will be allocated at that time."

Zhang Yong smiled wryly: "Let's get over this difficulty first."

"Difficult, is this also difficult?" Li Hong said loudly: "Brother Leader, how heroic and heroic you were in the past, if Cao Cheng and the others don't come, why don't you come? Prestige? Although I, Li Hong, lost terribly under Wang Shen, that was my carelessness, and I was never afraid of him."

Zhang Yong's face became more depressed, and he handed an urgent report to Li Hong: "Brother Li, you can read it for yourself, this is just sent by our army's Shuiyong scout."

Li Hong took the information and only glanced at it, his scalp went numb.I couldn't help screaming: "Li Cheng and Uncle Li are here!" The information in his hand fell to the ground.

Zhang Yong nodded: "Yes, Li Cheng is coming, the problem is troublesome."

Li Cheng and the others are all from the left-behind department in Tokyo. Everyone knows how powerful this man is.This person is nicknamed the king of heaven, and since he started his army, he has hardly encountered a decent opponent.Even the Huaixi Army of Liu Guangshi, the most powerful soldier in the Song Dynasty, was repeatedly defeated by him, and was almost captured alive several times.

Li Chengbu's combat effectiveness was at the forefront when he was in Tokyo. After being recruited in the third year of Jianyan, he moved his troops across the river and has been fighting rogues in the south.

Just at the beginning of this year, Zhong Xiang, the leader of the Manichaeism in Wuling, rebelled. He destroyed prefectures and counties, burned government offices, and killed officials. The people responded, and now it has swept the entire Hunan area of ​​Dongting Lake, and the bandits are very powerful.

The local Xiang army and Xiangyong could not resist.Seeing the desolation in the Hunan area, the court thought for a while, the only army available in the south was Li Cheng's troops who captured and killed envoy Li Cheng.

Therefore, he was ordered to lead his troops into Hunan to suppress these cultists.

Li Cheng deserved to be ordered by the king of heaven. As soon as he arrived in Dingzhou and Chenzhou, he used thunderous means to wipe out the bandit army and regained a large number of cities.

Zhong Xiang is invincible, so he can only passively defend according to the dangers in various places.Coupled with the hot weather, the two armies began to confront each other.

However, based on his understanding of Li Cheng, Zhang Yongjun knew that it would not take many days for Li Tianwang to completely wipe out this army of thieves.

Now Li Cheng is an officer and soldier, and everyone is a bandit. Once the war in Hunan is settled, Li Tianwang will definitely send troops to the north.This is a more vicious and terrifying opponent than Wang Shen.At that time, who can be the one?

For a moment, everyone in the tent looked scared.

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After a long time, Zhang Yongcai said: "Li Boyou is far away in Chenzhou. It may be after autumn when you go north. What are you afraid of? Anyway, let's wipe out the Sizhou army first. It's fine if Cao Cheng and the others don't come, we will wait." There is no need to wait any longer, go out to camp and fight Wang Shen tomorrow morning."

What Li Hongri thought about was to avenge Xiaogan's revenge. He was overjoyed when he heard this, and he cupped his hands and said, "Brother Leader, I, Li Hong, don't want to be the leader of that Lao Shizi anymore. I will serve under your command from now on. Since you will The army is handed over to me, Li Hong, and the last general is willing to be a forward tomorrow, so he can teach that little Wang Shen a lesson, and he will never retreat in a bloody battle. If the battle is not good, the general can cut off my head!"

While talking, he looked back at the generals, and loudly encouraged morale: "Our army has 6 to [-] horses, and the little thief Wang only has less than [-]. The thieves are exhausted from afar, and our army is waiting for work. This battle will surely win!"

Zhang Yong shouted: "Okay, brothers, work hard to kill the enemy. Whether it is Wang Shen or Li Cheng, there is nothing to be afraid of. Don't worry, after this battle, I will find a good way out for the brothers."

Where is the way out?

Zhang Yong also lost his mind for a moment.Murder and arson were recruited, and now even Li Cheng is an official of the court.Ordinarily, a big man like them would definitely be recruited in the future.The greater the commotion now, the greater the official rank that will be granted after joining the imperial court in the future.

But the problem is that he and Cao Cheng are making too much noise now. The number of rebels together exceeds [-], sweeping the entire Jianghan.How many officials should the imperial court appoint them to satisfy the leaders of each family?No one is willing to accept a mere big killer.

In fact, everyone is now considered to be the king and hegemony of the separatist regime, so how can they be willing to be controlled by others?
Besides, it's not like I haven't seen how the imperial court treats everyone when I was in the Left Behind Division in Tokyo.If it weren't for everyone's rebellion, they might all be killed by the old thief Du Chong.

The enemy on the opposite side, Wang Shen, is Du Gongmei's favorite student and the number one subordinate.Thinking about it, Wang Daosi would never let go of this good opportunity to vent his anger on Du Xianggong and ask for a reward.

Whoever is in his position will inevitably kill the killer, so don't even think about recruiting security.

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No matter where we go in the future, we have to defeat Wang Shen first.

(End of this chapter)