Chapter 720: Countermeasures
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Zhou Bao's shot made Li Jing no longer dare to underestimate the heroes of this era.
There is Gao Biao in front and Zhou Bao in the back, these people's shots are all unexpected by Li Jing, but after careful consideration, their shots are inevitable.
Gao Biao Zhou Bao, the marshals of a town, can sit in the current position, they are not idle people, and anyone who despises them will have to pay the price. Li Jing had despised Gao Biao before, and as a result, there was the defeat of Hu Tuzhou and the current danger of Huaisi.
And because Gao Biao didn't take Zhou Bao in his eyes, he finally paid the bitter fruit at this moment.
Liang Zhang's 50,000 soldiers and horses attacked Hu Douzhou, fought hard for several days, and finally spent 30,000 people to destroy the garrison Qin army and take Hu Tuozhou. But before he could be happy, Zhou Bao finally made a move, and as a result, Liang Zhang spent countless costs to win Hu Shuzhou to make a wedding dress for Zhou Bao. In the end, the whole army was wiped out, if it wasn't for the opportunity to flee quickly, snatched a small boat and escaped, I was afraid that the first general under Gao Biao would also be broken and sunk here.
Li Jing didn't expect Gao Biao to make a move, but Gao Biao saw the opportunity to make a move. Gao Biao didn't expect Zhou Bao to make a move, but Zhou Bao also saw the opportunity to make a move. These princes of a town are more shrewd than the other, and none of them are vain in their reputation.
On the Linhuai Xing camp, Li Jing swept away his previous depression and was in a good mood. Gao Biao, Gao Biao, you also have today.
"Fifth, this king will give you another task, immediately send someone to Runzhou to meet the king of Runan County, bring more gifts, and thank Zhou Dashuai for his help." Although Zhou Bao sent troops to deal with Gao Yu, it was not for Li Jing's revenge, but just out of his own interests. However, the so-called long-distance and close attack. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Li Jing is now willing to work with Zhou Bao. Let's deal with Gao Yu together.
With Zhou Bao being restrained behind Gao Yu's back, Li Jing's pressure in Huaisi has also decreased.
Huainan, Yangzhou.
On the top of the Yacheng Festival Hall, Gao Yu was dressed in a golden robe and wore a purple and gold crown, and was looking coldly at the four generals Liang Zhang, Qin Yan, Bi Shiduo, and Li Hanzhi.
In the first battle of Hu Tuzhou, Liang Zhang can be said to be in late trouble, first 50,000 people fought 10,000 people. As a result, 30,000 died. finally took Hu Tuzhou, but it didn't take a day, and he was attacked by Zhou Bao, and after a day, the whole army was wiped out.
The 50,000 soldiers and horses were all lost, but the four generals of Liang Zhang all escaped.
At this time, when they returned to Yangzhou, the four of them were also disgraced.
"This king has found out that it was not Zhou Bao's town navy that attacked you, but the Tutuan township soldiers in Hangzhou Badu." Gao Yu's voice was cold, but he couldn't believe it in the ears of Liang Zhang and the others.
The Qin army was bitten hard, and it can be said that the township soldiers of the Qin army are not ordinary feudal army soldiers. They are well-armed, have sharp firearms, and so on. In addition, it was a sea crossing to fight, so losses were inevitable. But after the defeat, if it is said that the sneak attack was Zhou Bao's town navy, it can also be said that Zhou Bao was born as a fierce general of the forbidden army, and his soldiers and horses were fierce, and it was a sneak attack, and they chose when they were tired and slack after the battle with the Qin army just now.
But now I heard Gao Dashuai say that it was not the town navy that attacked them, but only a Tutuan township army in Hangzhou, and the number was only 20,000, and their strength at that time was comparable. As a result, they were defeated first by Li Jing's township soldiers, and then by Zhou Bao's township soldiers, and he Liang Zhang was also known as the first general under Gao Dashuai, which was simply a joke.
"This can't be?" Not only Liang Zhang couldn't believe it, but even Qin Yan, Bi Shiduo, and Li Hanzhi, the three fierce generals, couldn't believe it, they had fought for many years, even if they didn't compare to Li Jing and Zhou Bao's soldiers, but when did they even beat a group of township soldiers?
"Nothing is impossible, the one who defeated you was Hangzhou Badu, 20,000 Hangzhou township soldiers, and Zhou Bao's town navy did not have one. Moreover, the eight capitals of Hangzhou have destroyed all of you, but there are less than 5,000 casualties. The casualties are one to four! Gao Yu was already a little angry and laughed.
This time, the troops were divided into two routes, and the most powerful subordinate Liang Zhang was sent to the south, and Li Hanzhi, Qin Yan, and Bi Shiduo, the three fierce generals who surrendered, and as a result, the whole army was annihilated. On the contrary, it was Gao Jie in the north, who took Haozhou with no more than 1,000 casualties.
"Please give me another 20,000 soldiers and horses, no, give me another 10,000 soldiers and horses, and I will definitely recapture Hu Tuzhou." Liang Zhang was ashamed, and his face turned red. Thinking that he and Zhang Lan were known as Huainan Shuangbi at the beginning, as soon as Zhang Lan died, he was the first among the generals of the Huai Army. But now, Gao Jie's little rabbit cub can easily take Haozhou, but his 50,000 soldiers and horses fight a small continent, but the whole army is annihilated.
If he didn't bring the troops back to this field, then what kind of face would he have to rank first in the Huai Army general's foremanship.
"Forget it, it's good that you can come back, go back to the mansion to recuperate first, and then temporarily take charge of training new recruits during this time." Gao Biao waved his hand and vetoed Liang Zhang's request. And after a few words, he sent Liang Zhang and the four of them to train the new army, as the head of the sect, and did not even bring them soldiers.
Liang Zhang's faces were swollen and red, and they were very unwilling in their hearts, but they had to retreat in shame after the end.
After the four of them retreated, Gao Xiao, who had been extremely calm, suddenly pulled out the sword hanging on the side, and split the table in half with a sword.
Although Liang Zhang's defeat disappointed him, Zhou Bao's sudden attack made him extremely angry. Since he was called a famous general, he began to slowly look down on the former eldest brother Zhou Bao in the forbidden army. Who would have thought that Zhou Bao would actually attack him this time, which was tantamount to slapping him fiercely.
Gao Xiao, the general who lost the army, didn't care too much, and it was a common thing for the winning and losing soldiers. But it depends on who loses in the hands of Zhou Bao, which makes him extremely angry. In particular, Zhou Bao still attacked him.
After a horizontal and vertical slash, Gao Biao was in a mess in front of him, and the tooth soldiers guarding outside were all calm, and they didn't dare to take a breath.
After a long time, Gao Biao asked people to call Lu Yongzhi, Zhang Shouyi, and Zhuge Yin, three immortal cultivators who are now very trusted. Zhang Shouyi, like Zhuge Yin and Lu Yongzhi, is just a warlock and a traitor, but at this time, he is very trusted by Gao Yu and entrusted as a confidant.
After the three arrived, Gao Biao discussed with them for a long time before leaving.
After the last, Gao Biao sent someone to call Bi Shiduo.
"Liu Hanhong, where General Bi still has contact?" Gao Biao asked.
Bi Shiduo was shocked, his scalp was a little numb, thinking that Gao Biao was going to use him to make a scapegoat for Hu Zhuozhou's defeat. In his mind, Hu Tuzhou was defeated, and someone must be responsible for such a big thing. But although Liang Zhang is the main general, he is a general of Gao Biao, and he will definitely not trouble him. Then only the three of them were scapegoated, and then thinking about it, his relationship with Lu Yongzhi had never been good, and he heard that Lu Yongzhi had just left, and if it was not good, it was Lu Yongzhi who wanted to harm him.
Gao Yu looked at Bi Shiduo's pale face, and said: "You don't have to be careful, I didn't ask you to ask you about your sin, you answered me truthfully, do you still have a connection with Liu Hanhong?" ”
Bi Shiduo secretly observed Gao Biao's face, and saw that it really didn't look like he was going to trouble him, and he was slightly relieved.
Liu Hanhong, like Bi Shiduo, was one of the top ten commanders under Wang Xianzhi in his early years, but before Liu Hanhong joined Wang Xianzhi's gang, he was actually a small official in the government, which was considered an official. Later, the grass army and Li Jing fought in Songzhou, Liu Hanhong was defeated and captured, and this guy surrendered to the Tang army again. However, Li Jing didn't look down on these people who were born as grass thieves, so he handed him over to the imperial court. However, the court pardoned his sins, and let him lead him to surrender to the old ministry and become an official army.
Subsequently, he mixed well, his position continued to improve, and his soldiers and horses gradually increased.
When Wang Duo replaced Gao Yu to crusade against the grass thief capital, he recruited Liu Hanhong. As a result, after the defeat of the Li family in the battle of Jiangling, Wang Duo abandoned the city and left, leaving Liu Hanhong to stay in Jiangling. As a result, Liu Hanhong saw that the thief army was strong, so he simply robbed Jiangling directly, and then set a fire to Jiangling and became a thief again.
After robbing Jiangling, Liu Hanhong had money and food in his hands, and his strength did not fall but rose, but not long after, the imperial court recruited him again and arranged him to eastern Zhejiang. Last year, Liu Hanhong rebelled in eastern Zhejiang, and the imperial court not only did not punish him, but made Liu Hanhong an envoy to the Eastern Army of Zhedong Town. Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao were so desperate that they were to clear their hands, but Liu Hanhong successfully did it.
After Liu Hanhong became the envoy of the Zhendong Army, he secretly communicated with him several times, wanting to recruit this fellow grass thief back then. Master Bi hesitated about this, he thought that the matter was confidential, but he didn't expect that Gao Yu had already known the Tao, and he was very frightened.
hesitated, and after the last moment, Bi Shiduo still explained: "Liu Hanhong sent letters to his subordinates several times, and there were words in the letters that he wanted to recruit subordinates, but he was loyal to his subordinates, and all of them refused. ”
Gao Biao smiled slightly, "You don't have to be nervous, these are all clear." This king now gives you a task, and you will leave for Yuezhou in eastern Zhejiang now. ”
Bi Shiduo was stunned for a moment, not understanding.
"Zhou Bao's old puppet dared to sneak attack this king behind his back, and this king also used his own way to give back to him. When you go to eastern Zhejiang this time, you are going to discuss with Liu Hanhong and ask him to join forces with us to deal with Zhou Bao together. You tell Liu Hanhong that as long as he is willing to send troops to the navy, then after the two of us are completed, we will divide Zhejiang and West equally, and in addition, for the sincerity of the king, I am willing to give him one million yuan first. ”
Hearing this, Bi Shiduo finally understood.
No wonder Gao Dashuai rejected Liang Zhang's request to invite troops just now, it turned out that he had this idea. Zhou Bao raided the Huai army, Gao Yu did not plan to retaliate directly, but to join forces with Liu Hanhong behind Zhou Bao, and return the favor to the other in his own way.
Although Liu Hanhong sat in the position of the commander of the Zhendong Army, he was just a grass thief, and one million yuan was paid, which is indeed a very tempting bargaining chip. In particular, Gao Biao also proposed to divide Zhejiang and Western China equally, and he was afraid that Liu Hanhong would be difficult to refuse after hearing this condition.
Bi Shiduo secretly praised Gao Yu's methods, this hand played well, and joined forces with Liu Hanhong, Zhou Bao's backyard caught fire, but he was afraid that he would not dare to take action against Huainan again. In this way, Gao Yu can rest assured that he can compete with Li Jing for Huaisi.
Damn, these guys are really better than the other, Li Jing and Zhou Bao teamed up to deal with Gao Bao, and Gao Biao teamed up with Liu Hanhong to deal with Zhou Bao, this situation is really complicated. (To be continued......)