After the end of the Battle of Vaxia, the imperial court recruited a total of 230,000 party Xiang Qingzhuang to join the army of river governance.

These 230,000 people are like a huge powder keg; They did not dare to use this section of the river near the capital, and all 230,000 people were in the section of the river below Guyang, responsible for digging and dredging the eastward river.

In general, the Great Song Dynasty treated these captives quite well, in addition to food and clothing, each person could get twenty literary wages per day, which was not much different from what they earned from farming for the party leaders in Western Xia.

Coupled with the 20,000 cavalry transferred back from the northwest, 10,000 steps watched with great eyesight, under normal circumstances, no one dared to rebel, but as soon as the rumor of the Yellow River bursting reached here, some party members felt that under the huge flood, the Great Song Dynasty was probably too busy to take care of itself, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; Under the secret instigation of these people, tens of thousands of young party members suddenly joined the rebellion, and the number of rebels is still increasing, if it cannot be extinguished in time, I am afraid that all 230,000 people will be involved in this rebellion.

The situation is urgent! Liu Wu and others, who were dedicated to guarding against these young and strong party members, led the army to quell the rebellion while urgently reporting to Beijing.

In the political hall, Yang Yi, Zhang Dian and others were rejoicing that with the efforts of Shen Qingzhi's 50,000 people, the river embankment in the Lingpingsi area was finally saved; The rain outside has stopped, and the long-lost sun has lit up the sky again, and it only takes a day or two, when the river subsides, a catastrophe can be safely passed.

At this moment, Ma Hanqing, the governor of the Staff Pavilion, strode into the political hall.

"What? Rebellion? ”

Yang Yi took the case, pointed at Ma Hanqing and shouted: "Didn't the staff pavilion buy eyeliner among the party captives and monitor their every move?" Why hasn't there been any news beforehand? You are derelict in your duty! ”

Yang Yiai is so deep and responsible, Ma Hanqing can only weakly defend: "My lord, no one planned this rebellion in advance, because the rumors of the Yellow River bursting the embankment spread to the party captives, and the people's hearts fluctuated, which suddenly triggered this rebellion, so the staff pavilion did not get any news in advance. ”

"Tell me, what's going on?" Yang Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Ma Hanqing was arranged by him with great effort to enter the staff pavilion, if it was really his responsibility this time, without being blamed by others, Yang Yi would not be able to tolerate this dereliction of duty.

Ma Hanqing replied repeatedly: "At present, the rebellion is mainly concentrated in the Guyang area, and the number of people participating in the rebellion has reached 70,000, and Liu Wu and his 30,000 horses have all been dispatched to quell the rebellion, but General Liu is worried that the rebellion will affect all 230,000 prisoners, so he asks the imperial court to transfer troops to suppress/suppress it as soon as possible, so as to avoid damage to the place." ”

If all 230,000 people joined the rebellion, what kind of damage would it bring to the Great Song Dynasty, although there is no need to say much, Zhang Dian and General Xu and other important ministers did not have time to summon a court meeting, and quickly reported to the Empress Dowager Liu, and ordered Yang Yi to take full charge of countering the rebellion, and led 20,000 cavalry from Gyeonggi to quickly reinforce Guyang.

Yang Yi didn't even have time to return home, so he received the tiger talisman and immediately flew to the barracks, dispatched troops, and waved the army east.

Near Guyang, a total of 100,000 party members and young people dredged the river here, because of the rumors of the Yellow River bursting, under the instigation of Yeliatu and Weiming Wusun and others, a huge rebellion was set off for a while; Most of these young and strong party members are soldiers, and it can be said that they are the army when they take up arms.

Along with the rebellion, tens of thousands of people, led by Yeliatu and others, killed the officials and craftsmen sent by the imperial court to command the river, and even routed the 3,000 Song troops who were responsible for guarding them. Grabbed some knives, guns and weapons.

Yeliatu and Wei Ming Wusun were born into the party nobles and were the generals of the Xia army, and after they discussed, they led the rebels to quickly rush to Guyang County; In order to provide them with food on weekdays, the grain and grass in Guyang City were piled up, and Ye Liatu and Wei Ming Wusun wanted to seize this batch of grain and grass before moving elsewhere.

The rebels marched to the city of Guyang, but encountered 10,000 cavalry from Liu Wu.

Liu Wu didn't say a word, the long knife waved, and the arrows like dark clouds suddenly rose behind him, sprinkled like a torrential rain, most of the Xia army had no armor, and they also took hoes and shovels for river control, and only a very small part of them snatched armor and knives and guns from the Song army, and when the rain of arrows hit the sky, the judgment army fell one by one.

Liu Laohu showed no mercy, waved his army and rushed into the enemy formation, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves shook the heavens and the earth, and the swords and guns of the snow were bright with the momentum of the war horse, and every time the knife was chopped, the severed limbs were flying, and the blood was splashed.

Due to the beginning of the rebellion, the rebels' hearts were still cohesive, coupled with the rudimentary weapons, and Liu Wu's 10,000 cavalry suddenly encountered, almost turning into a one-sided massacre; But there were so many rebels that sixty or seventy thousand people scattered and stretched for more than ten miles, like an ocean, killing them inexhaustibly, and there was no end in sight.

Liu Wu's 10,000 cavalry divided and combined, constantly cutting the enemy position vertically and horizontally.

One of the leaders of the rebels, Wei Ming Wusun, was cut under the horse by Liu Wu with a knife, and Ye Li Attu took advantage of Liu Wu to clean up the front of Wei Ming Wusun, with the back of 20,000 horses fled to the mountains and forests south of Guyang, Liu Wu divided his troops to pursue, Ye Li Atu led the team to escape directly from the paddy field, and the Song army's war horse entered the paddy field and the horse's hooves were trapped, but it was not as fast as the rebels' two legs and feet.

After this battle, the rebels suffered more than 10,000 casualties, 40,000 were captured, and nearly 20,000 escaped under the leadership of Yeliatul.

In the vicinity of Gaotang downstream, there were still more than 100,000 party Xiang Qingzhuang there to govern the river, because the rumor of the Yellow River bursting was relatively slow, the 20,000 Song troops stationed there quickly took measures to control the situation, so there was no rebellion on the Gaotang side.

On Guyang's side, Liu Wu cleared out the fleeing rebels and strictly guarded the tens of thousands of captives who surrendered, and also divided his forces to pursue the 20,000 rebels in Yeliatu.

The rebels were heading south, which was exactly what Liu Wu was most worried about.

The farther south, the fewer garrisons of the Great Song Dynasty, there was no forbidden army garrison in many areas at all, and the armor protection law was not implemented in the south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, although Liu Wu's troops were nervous, he still divided his 4,000 men and horses to pursue Yeliatu incessantly, even if he could not destroy this rebel army, he would block their route south.

When Yang Yi led his army to Juancheng, he learned that Liu Wu had controlled the situation in Guyang, but at the same time received a report that Yeliatu had fled south to the Liangshanbo area with more than 10,000 people.

Under the pursuit of Liu Wu's 4,000 cavalry, the reason why the 20,000 rebels were able to escape to Liangshanluo was because Yeliatu divided the rebels into multiple units, plundered all the way, and scattered forward.

Liu Wu's thousands of cavalry took care of this, and Guyang was only a few dozen miles away from Liangshanluo, and there were many mountains and forests along the way, which was very unfavorable to the cavalry battle.

Yeliatu's division of troops, Liu Wu and their troops are too small, they can stop this force, but they can't stop the search for the unit, so they can only watch the rebels flee into Liangshanluo.

Liangshanbo, that is, Liangshanbo, Wuzhang River flows from Tokyo, flows into Liangshanbo, and the North-South Grand Canal also passes through Liangshanbo, the water area of Liangshanbo at this time is more than 100 square kilometers, surrounded by mountains, forests and swamps; This is not far from Gyeonggi, the reason why Song Jiang in later generations can call the wind and rain in Liangshanbo for so long is not because of how beneficial his one hundred and eight heroes are, for the battle of the army, no matter how good the martial arts of one hundred and eight people are, it will not play a big role, the rain of arrows is pouring down like a tide, can you block three or five arrows, can you block thousands of arrow rain?

Therefore, Song Jiang can "sleep soundly next to the couch", all relying on the favorable terrain of Liangshanbo, where the mountains need not to be high, but the forests are dense, plus the water is wide, and the swamps are vertical and horizontal, which is extremely unfavorable to the battle of the army.

After Yang Yi learned that more than 10,000 rebels had fled into Liangshanbo, he couldn't help frowning, but in any case, this rebel army must be cleared as soon as possible, otherwise the remaining party members will learn from each other, which will make the imperial court tired to deal with it.

"My lord? What to do? Li Yizhong, who was beside him, asked in a deep voice.

"Pass on my military order, the army immediately transferred to Liangshanluo, in addition, pass the order to Gaotang, don't start work there for the time being, all the party items are temporarily detained in one place, strictly guarded, and Lei Xiu will send another 5,000 soldiers and horses to Liangshanluo, so as to exterminate the rebels of Yeliatu as soon as possible."

Jeju Fortress is located on the south bank of Yangsanbo, and after learning that more than 10,000 rebels have fled into the mountains and forests around Yangsanpo, Su Shi, the governor of Jeju, is very nervous.

Although Su Shi had also seen several battle formations when he was in Huanzhou, in fact, it was the generals Yang Yi and Chong Pu who were in command every time, and he just helped with some logistics work.

Now everything has to be dealt with by Su Shi, Jeju City is located inland, and there is no garrison in peacetime, Su Shi wants no soldiers, and there are no generals, so he is in a hurry to turn around, he ordered the four gates to be closed, and all the officials and strong men were organized to defend the city. At the same time, it was urgently reported to Tokyo to request reinforcements.

Fortunately, Liu Wu also knows that Jeju cannot afford to lose, once such a large state city is lost, he Liu Wu is afraid that he will be finished!

Therefore, as soon as Yeliatu's group of rebels escaped into Liangshan Shuize, Liu Wu immediately divided his troops into two routes, 1,000 men and horses went to Yunzhou in the northeast of Liangshan Luo to garrison, and 1,000 men and horses went to Jeju in the south of Liangshan Luo to assist in the defense, and he took 2,000 men to patrol the east to prevent the rebels from attacking Yanzhou in the east.

Liang Shanluo is so big, Liu Wu has thousands of men and horses to defend on three sides, and he can't defend it at all, so he is so anxious that his eyes are on fire; Fortunately, Yeliatu was not familiar with the terrain on all sides, and was chased and frightened by Liu Wu, so he finally hid in such a favorable terrain as Liangshanluo, and he urgently needed to take a breath, so he did not flee far for a while; He let the rebels hide in the mountains and forests, and then sent people out to investigate the situation outside, he now wants weapons or no weapons, logistics without logistics, and he has to find out the surrounding situation and terrain before he can act, otherwise he will run into the Song Dynasty army head-on as soon as he goes out, which is not looking for death.

Yeliato's approach is not wrong, but this has won Yang Yi an extremely valuable day, Yang Yi is from Yuncheng County directly into Jeju, can not let the judgment army go south, this point even Liu Wu understands, Yang Yi naturally will not be unclear, he first blocked the south of Liangshanbo to prevent the judgment army from fleeing south.

As for the west, as long as the rebels don't want to die, then go, the 100,000 forbidden troops of Gyeonggi are waiting there.

To the north, Yang Yi is not too worried, the Great Song Dynasty on the Hebei side also has a huge garrison, and there is a plain over there.

Therefore, Yang Yi's main defense was to the south and east, and even if only a few thousand rebels fled in these two directions, it would be a huge disaster.

(To be continued)