Chapter 509: The Battle of Dongting
Seeing that on Dongting Lake, the boats are excellent and the formation is strict. Han Shizhong knew that these were the elites under Yang Mi, as long as he won this sailor, Yang Mi would break his arms. It's just that Yang Mi's command is good at water warfare and is famous all over the world, which is simple, but it is difficult to reach the sky.
Han Shizhong did not dare to underestimate the enemy, so he first set up an army, guarded the camp, and practiced day and night, as if the enemy did not move and I did not move.
As the days passed, Yang Qi saw that Han Shizhong did not dare to march, and the bolder he became, so he personally led his troops to test it.
On this day, I saw a lot of boats on the lake, and the tide was surging. On the big ship of the commander of the Chinese army in Shuikou, there is an angry tiger green flag, and the golden drum is ringing, shaking the river waves, and it looks very powerful.
Song Bing watched from the mouth of the lake, all of them changed color, and they were secretly surprised. Yang Mi also scattered the remaining large and small ships, and covered them with reeds on the lake, setting up more suspicious soldiers, and looming impermanence. Let the officers and soldiers not know how many enemy soldiers came.
When Han Shizhong saw this, his heart became more and more shocked. After a while, several small boats flew in, hissing and fighting. Han Shizhong didn't dare to come out, and ordered people to guard it tightly, and those who came out lightly were beheaded. When those water cowards saw that the officers and soldiers did not come out, they became emboldened, and they began to shout and curse. Han Yanzhi was furious and taught people to shoot him with random arrows and shoot the water coars.
When Yang Mi heard that Han Shizhong didn't dare to fight with him on the water, he was not in a hurry, and the leaders under his command came to ask for battle. Yang Mi said to everyone: "The officers and soldiers come from afar, the ships are not as good as our army, we don't need to rush to fight with them, after a few days, the officers and soldiers run out of food, and naturally withdraw, when our army is behind the killing, there is no doubt about victory!" These days, we just send troops to investigate and harass from time to time. ”
When everyone heard this, they all praised it, so they all followed Yang Qi's strategy and only disturbed but did not attack. Han Shizhong's army was annoyed, but he didn't dare to send troops to fight. Han Shizhong reported back to the imperial court, explained the benefits, and implored the elite sailors. How do you know that Zhao Gou got revenge, not only did he not send troops, but also shouted angrily, ordering Han Shizhong to break the water as soon as possible, otherwise all the troops would be punished.
When Han Shizhong heard this, he was even more worried. This night, Han Shizhong came to the shore and saw the lights on the Shui Kou Village, dozens of miles on, some small boats and speedboats lit up many lights, cruising back and forth, shuttling very fast, it was very good-looking.
Han Shizhong looked across the river, as if he saw the fires everywhere, connected into an extremely long line of fire, separating the lake, the wind blows, the waves surge, and many fire snakes loom in each small boat, flying above the waves of the river. Suddenly, the lights on the village shook together, more like a volcano surging on the river. Under the bright moon and sparse stars, it suddenly becomes a wonder, which can be described as a miracle.
"Eh, now that the war is difficult to lift, the Great Song Dynasty is not easy, and there are gradually traces of recovery, but it has encountered nearly a million bandits and bandits, and it can't be suppressed for a while. Over the years, there have been foreign enemies and internal strife, and the country's talented soldiers have almost died, and most of those who remain are mediocre people, but when they encounter thieves, they all flee in despair, and they never dare to fight to the death. The country is now only guarded by himself and the Yue family's army, but Yue Fei has been suspicious of His Majesty and has been reluctant to send it, Wang and Yang are powerful, and it is difficult for Song to hold out for long!! Han Shizhong sighed, his face full of loneliness.
Over the years, the Great Song Dynasty has had ups and downs, originally thought that Zhao Gou was a Ming monarch, but not long after becoming the emperor, he gradually began to become rigid and self-serving, and after being cast by his Qin Hui, he gradually alienated Han Shizhong, these loyal ministers, no wonder Han Shizhong was so disheartened.
At present, although many people in Han Shizhong's army are also familiar with water, they suffer from poor military weapons, and most of the boats they take are civilian boats and fishing boats collected from nearby, and there are very few warships. Before the battle, he feared the enemy, but the imperial court did not send assistance, and urged the army to fight. When Han Shizhong thought of this, he sighed again.
At this moment, I saw a heroic and beautiful woman wrapped in a big red phoenix robe, walked over, heard Han Shizhong sighing repeatedly, and said with a smile: "The husband is the tiger general of the world, and everyone in the world is in awe when they hear it." How can you sigh under the moon, so weak? If the righteous men of the world know about this, they will be disappointed. ”
When Han Shizhong heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, turned around and smiled: "Let Madam see and laugh." ”
Han Shizhong said, and did not forget to take off his cloak and cover Liang Hongyu. Liang Hongyu smiled, as beautiful as a flame of light in the night, taking away the brilliance of heaven and earth.
"The so-called car to the mountain before there must be a road, the current war is difficult to lift, but the time has not come, why should the husband worry? The bandits were cruel and ruthless, and they killed nearly 50,000 or 60,000 people in the Hunan area, which made the Hunan area angry. The so-called many acts of injustice will kill themselves, and those who have lost the way will be judged by heaven. Not long ago, Yan Zhi subdued a lot of bandit leaders for his husband, why not say it with righteousness, let them secretly have an affair with Yang Mi, and our army set up an ambush, but lured Yang Mi to attack and capture it in one fell swoop, why not be good!? ”
Liang Hongyu, smart and brave, quite proficient in the art of war, as soon as this plan came out, Han Shizhong couldn't help but be overjoyed, and grabbed Liang Hongyu's soft and boneless hand, like a child, and shouted in surprise: "Madame's plan is really good, if you fight on the shore, even if Yang Mi's hundreds of thousands of troops come together, Han will not be afraid, let alone an ambush attack!" Hahaha~~!! ”
Liang Hongyu also laughed when she saw Han Shizhong smiling so happily, and her delicate face was as bright as a pearl and jade.
So, the next day, Han Shizhong hurriedly summoned Wu Shangzhi and a few other leaders, first said it with great righteousness, and according to what his wife had taught before, the court heard what Yang Mi had done in Hunan, and was furious, and His Majesty had now ordered the Yue family army to come to crusade, and it would be soon. He also said that Yue Fei was loyal and righteous, and he hated foreign enemies and bandits the most in his life, but if he encountered them, he would definitely kill them.
Wu Shangzhi and the others were all shocked when they heard this. Today's Yue Fei is no longer a nobody, over the years, Yue Fei has been fighting against the Jin people at the forefront of the war, repeatedly killing the Jin people's fierce generals, and defeating the Jin Wushu with the name of 'evil disaster', and tens of thousands of Jin soldiers are helpless. There are even some legends that say that Yue Fei is the incarnation of the great Jinpeng under the Buddha's seat, with supreme mana, when the battle of Bianjing, Yue Fei turned into a golden peng, his wings flapped, the wind suddenly rose, and all the camps of the Jinren were overturned. The golden vulture and the book are all available, so the camp was repeatedly withdrawn, and the Jin soldiers later withdrew from the camp three times.
Of course, this is by no means the case. The reason why the Jin people repeatedly withdrew their troops was because Deng Yun was disturbed at that time. However, the people are more willing to listen to the legend of Da Jinpeng, and now the people in Hedong and Henan almost regard Yue Fei as a god, and many people in other places think the same.
Although Wu Shangzhi voted for the officers and soldiers, he still cared very much about the brothers in the village, and hurriedly pleaded with Han Shizhong. Han Shizhong said that there was only one way to save everyone's lives, and that was to capture Yang Mi and other leaders. When Wu Shangzhi heard this, he immediately felt embarrassed, after all, the Dongting Water Kou, the military is magnificent, and the officers and soldiers have simple ships, as long as Yang Mi is captured among hundreds of thousands of water robbers, it is simply a fool's dream.
Of course, Wu Shangzhi did not say what he thought directly. Han Shizhong also knew his thoughts, so he told his wife Liang Hongyu's plan. When Wu Shangzhi and the others heard this, they looked at each other and hesitated.
"Da Jinpeng has never been defeated since he joined the army, and even the elite team of the Jin people will definitely be defeated when they meet my brother. When he arrives, the two armies will unite, and it will not be difficult to break Yang Mi, but by then, there will be countless casualties. How to choose, it's all up to you and other ideas, and I won't force it. Han Shizhong said, turned around and left.
Wu Shangzhi gritted his teeth, arched his hands, knelt down and shouted: "General, slow down!" The last will be willing!! ”
When Han Shizhong heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and secretly thought: "Haha, it seems that Yue Fei is a good person, and he will definitely make more use of it in the future." ”
So Wu Shangzhi and others acted according to the plan, and that night Wu Shangzhi sent a henchman to take a small boat, taking advantage of the night, to sneak back to the water village. Wu Shangzhi knew that Yang Qi was suspicious, so he first taught his henchmen to come to Fan Cheng as an internal response.
It just so happened that his henchman had just gotten off the boat and was found by Fan Cheng's men. The little leader was Zhang Yong, the little staff officer under Cao Cheng's command back then. Zhang Yong has always been alert, and quickly recognized this person as Wu Shangzhi's confidant, and immediately said that he was a fellow villager who joined the gang not long ago, and relieved the siege for that person, and then asked carefully, knowing that it was probable, so he thought: "Yang Mi is suspicious, knowing how difficult the country is now, but he took the opportunity to make a fortune." The so-called gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. Although I, Zhang Yong, am greedy for money, I will not do such a conscientious thing! Hmph, it's so true, it's better to help Han Juhu and let him owe me a favor. ”
Zhang wiped his nose and frowned, and actually introduced Fan Cheng to Wu Shangzhi's henchman. Zhang Yong is very popular in the village, and although everyone saw that the person next to him was a little familiar, they did not doubt it.
Soon, Zhang Yong took the man to Fan Cheng's tent. When Fan Cheng saw Zhang Yong, he immediately scolded angrily: "It's probably not a good thing for you to come with this slippery head, let's talk quickly, how much money will you borrow this time?" ”
I saw that although this Fan Cheng was not as tall as Wu Shangzhi, only about five feet, his face was full of scum, his eyes were vicious, and he was also a fierce man at first glance. But don't look at Fan growing up rough, but he is righteous. Zhang Yong loves to gamble, but he loses nine out of ten bets, and often asks Fan Cheng to borrow money to pay off his debts on weekdays.
Zhang Yong listened, wiped his nose, and said with a smile: "Hehe, Leader Fan, you guessed wrong this time." I'm here to introduce you to an old friend. ”
"The deceased?" When Fan Cheng heard this, he looked at the person next to Zhang Yong, and couldn't help but change his complexion, recognizing that this was Wu Shangzhi's henchman Cai Ming. Cai Ming hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Leader Fan, the villain came this time to take the order of the head of Wu, and it is for the lives of hundreds of thousands of brothers in the village. Please also ask Leader Fan to listen to the villain's words, if Leader Fan doesn't believe it, he wants to kill or chop, and the villain will admit it!! ”
Fan Wei was good friends with Wu Shangzhi, and when he heard Cai Ming speak, he also admired his courage, so he said, "Let's talk about it." ”
So Cai Ming told Yue Fei that he was going to lead an army to help. Fan Cheng had also heard of the reputation of the Yue family's army, and his heart was at a loss for a while, but he would not betray so easily, and said, "Hmph!! Even if Yue Fei has monstrous skills, if he doesn't have a sophisticated ship, it is impossible to break our army's water village!! ”
Zhang Yong's eyes immediately rolled, his face sank, and he became serious and said, "Leader Fan is wrong again. To tell you the truth, Yue Fei and I were originally brothers in the same country. I have long heard that when this Yue Fei was born, the family was full of golden light, and the villagers came to look at it, and they saw that there was a Buddha in the sky, and the Buddha's horn sounded everywhere, which was extremely solemn, and the villagers knelt down one after another, thinking that it was a miracle! Or this Yue Fei is really as rumored to be, the great golden peng under the Buddha's throne! If this is the case, but if Yue Fei turns into a Jinpeng, his wings blow, and the wind and waves are stirred, no matter how good the weapons of our army are, they will be destroyed in an instant, and the brothers will all fall into the water, and then the officers and soldiers will launch a surprise attack, so what can I do!? ”
"This Yue Fei is really so powerful!?" Fan Cheng's eyes immediately widened, Zhang Yong was born in Tangyin, he had heard about it a long time ago, and Yue Fei was a Tangyin person, and the world knew about it. Now I heard Xuanhu, Fan Cheng is simple, and he has always believed in Zhang Yong and Wu Shangzhi.