Chapter 721: Dark War
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On Hu Tuo Zhou, at the foot of Wolf Mountain.
Shijingzhen's general Dong Chang led the eight generals of Hangzhou, who were full of smiles after the victory, and there were still many proudness in their hearts. Hangzhou Badu was only a Tutuan Township soldier, although Qian Biao had repelled a partial division of Huangchao at the beginning, which made Shijingdu famous. But to be honest, Hangzhou Badu has not fought any decent battles.
But this time, Hangzhou Badu was sent by Zhou Bao to Hu Tuzhou, which was originally just a striker, and most of the town navy arrived later, but after the battle, the town navy did not see a shadow. However, at this time, whether it was Dong Chang, Qian Biao or even other generals, they had already lost the anxiety and worry of the previous battle, and some were only excited and happy.
With only the eight capitals of Hangzhou, they actually defeated Liang Zhang, a famous general of the Huai Army.
There were 20,000 soldiers and horses in Hangzhou, and Liang Zhang's Huai army was also almost 20,000.
But who is Liang Zhang? The first general of the Huai Army, a famous general in the world, followed Gao Biao to fight in the south and the north, fought in the party, fought in the Southern Zhao, and fought all the rest of Wang Xianzhi and Huangchao, but such a famous general has now been completely wiped out in their hands. Even if this was a sneak attack battle, even if Liang Zhanggang fought with the Qin army for a few days, at this time there were many wounded soldiers and few elite soldiers, but no matter what, they annihilated Liang Zhang's 20,000 Huai army at the cost of 5,000 people, and did not rely on Zhou Dashuai's town navy, and achieved such a great victory with the strength of Badu, which was indeed enough for them to be proud of.
As the actual commander of the eight generals in this battle, Qian Biao is introducing the results of the battle to Dong Chang and his entourage: "At present, the preliminary search and cleaning of the battlefield has been completed, and statistics have been learned. This battle. Our army annihilated more than 17,300 Huai troops. More than 2,200 Huai troops were captured, and more than 200 officers above the Huai military camp were killed, but Liang Zhang, Bi Shiduo and others have not been found for the time being, and it is estimated that they have fled the island. ”
Hearing that Liang Zhang might have fled, Dong Chang felt a little regretful, turned his head and said coldly to Qian Di: "Those more than 2,000 captives were killed directly." "More than 2,000 captives don't weigh anything in his heart, but he is very concerned about the money and goods on the island.
"There is a lot of money and grain on the island, and it is tentatively estimated that there are at least five million yuan worth of money and grain. But. Most of these were goods that belonged to the merchants in the island's warehouses. Qian Biao was also shocked when he saw the number reported at that time, more than five million guan is not a decimal number, although it is only the value of the goods, not five million yuan of real money, but it is still tempting.
Sure enough, Dong Chang immediately had a greedy expression on his face when he heard this, that is, although the other heads were all rich people in a county, they were still short of breath when they heard five million.
Qian Biao reminded in a low voice beside him, "Most of these goods are the goods of northern merchants. There are also many goods that are directly the private goods of the King of Qin. Although Qian Bao is moving, Qian Bi, a former smuggler of salt, knows it very well. Some people's money is untouchable.
When Dong Chang heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate.
The others were still reluctant to give up the money, and this time the Badu army also consumed a lot of money and food, and these Zhou Dashuai would not compensate them, and they had already learned from Dong Chang that Zhou Shuai had promised in advance that the property on Huluzhou Island was theirs. They killed more than 5,000 people this time, and there were many wounded soldiers, and these pensions also cost money.
A few heads of the capital, you and I said a word, and soon Dong Chang was tempted again.
"We didn't take these goods from the King of Qin, but from the Huai Army, and they are no longer the things of the King of Qin. What's more, our dispatch of troops this time can be regarded as revenge for the King of Qin, and so many brothers who were killed and injured did not ask the King of Qin for compensation, and these goods can be regarded as the compensation given by the King of Qin to the brothers. ”
The matter was quickly settled, and the eight capitals divided the five million pieces of wealth according to the number of troops they sent, and took some of the severed officer heads and some rare goods, and sent people to Runzhou to Zhou Bao.
West Zhejiang, Runzhou.
After reading the military report sent by Dong Jinggang, Zhou Bao's face became more and more ruddy, and his eyes were full of brilliance.
There was a heavy slam on the case, and several staff members looked at him in shock.
"Dashuai, what happened?"
"A good thing, a great good thing." Zhou Bao was in a good mood at this time, "Dong Chang led the eight capitals of Hangzhou to break the Liang Zhang's department, with 10,000 casualties of his own, fought a bloody night, and completely annihilated nearly 30,000 horses and horses of the Liang Zhang's department. Fight well, Gao Biao, this bastard, and let him compensate us for our strength. ”
The news reported by Dong Chang was mixed with a lot of water, and the casualties in Badu were only 5,000, and he reported 10,000. And they killed less than 20,000 enemies, but he reported 30,000. However, in general, the news of the annihilation of Liang Zhang's entire army is indeed true, and this point has already been reported by Zhou Bao's secret agents in the eight capitals.
The generals and staff members in the hall still couldn't believe it, but after taking the letter and reading it carefully, they all believed it. What's more, Zhou Dashuai is convinced, so this matter will definitely be inseparable. This result really shocked them, Liang Zhang, a famous general of the Huai Army, was actually wiped out by the group of soil groups in Hangzhou Badu?
It turned out that some staff members said that Hangzhou Badu is in a group, and this momentum cannot be underestimated, especially since these eight capitals are the top heroes in Hangzhou counties, and they cannot be underestimated. But this proposal does not attract much attention from everyone, after all, no matter how strong it is, it is just a local tyrant.
But this battle made Zhou Bao and others really start to face up to this group of local tyrants in their hearts, and a group of local tyrants were able to annihilate the famous general Liang Zhangsuo of the Huai Army with the same strength, which was enough to attract their attention.
"Who is the commander of the eight capitals in this battle?" Zhou Bao turned his head and asked a person behind him, this person was in charge of the reconnaissance and military intelligence of the town navy, he groaned slightly, and immediately replied: "This time, Dong Chang is the main capital of the eight capitals, but the specific person who commanded this battle is Dong Chang's deputy general, and Qian Biao, the commander of the Shijing Town Yanei. ”
"How much do you know about this person?"
"When he was a teenager, he was a scoundrel in Lin'an, a good gambling ranger, and later sold illicit salt with the outlaw. Five years ago, Wang Yinganti. Dong Chang recruited village soldiers. began to invest in Dong Chang's command. This person is only twenty-seven years old, but he is brave and strategic, good at riding horses, and quite able to know soldiers. When Huang Chao committed Chang'an, he ambushed 2,000 Huang Chao with 20 people, and defeated it. Dong Chang's 5,000 soldiers and horses are quite fine, all of which are the work of Qian Biao. Dong Chang and Qian Biao, Dong Chang is rich and powerful, Qian Biao is brave and strategic, the two complement each other, and they are now the head of the eight capitals of Hangzhou. That person obviously did a detailed investigation of Qian Biao, not only did he have a detailed grasp of Qian Biao's situation, but also praised Qian Biao very much in his words.
It was the first time for Zhou Bao to hear the details of Qian Bi, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit of love for this young man.
"You find a chance to meet Qian Biao, such a talent should have a better opportunity." Zhou Bao said softly.
After talking about Qian Bi. A staff member held up the letter and asked, "Boss, what Dong Chang said at the end of the letter." What should I do? ”
Dong Chang also said something at the end of the letter, but Zhou Bao was still hesitant for a while.
The matter is not big, but it is not small, that is, after capturing Hu Tuzhou, they unexpectedly found that the Qin army on the island was not completely annihilated by Liang Zhang, but there was still a Qin army of about 500 people resisting stubbornly. Originally, if Liang Zhang wanted to destroy these 500 people, it would not be difficult. It's just that Liang Zhang fought for a day at that time, although he basically annihilated the Qin army, but he was also extremely tired, and the hundreds of Qin troops in the last few hundred were guarding Wolf Mountain and completely let go.
Liang Zhang didn't want to take people anymore but fight with them, he felt that it was completely unnecessary, as long as he surrounded them and waited until dawn, he could easily destroy them at that time. Who would have thought that this relaxation would have no chance to destroy them. On the contrary, his own people were destroyed first, and as a result, the 500 or so people on the mountain fell into the hands of Hangzhou Badu.
At first, Dong Chang thought it was the Huai Army, but after the most Lu confirmed that it was the Qin Army, he didn't know what to do with Lu Dao for a while.
In the end, Dong Chang had to temporarily invite more than 500 Qin troops into a temporary camp to settle down, send people to treat the wounded while giving food, and send people to surround the camp, and then threw this hot potato to Zhou Bao.
Zhou Bao didn't expect that Liang Zhang's subordinates still had more than 500 fish that had slipped through the net. If it was just an ordinary soldier, Zhou Bao would not take it to heart. But this time Liang Zhang sent troops to Hu Tuzhou, 50,000 people fought 10,000 people, Liang Zhang was a famous general of the Huai Army, but the most Lu was capsized in this 10,000 Qin army and township soldiers, which is enough to prove that these people are not simple.
According to the information obtained by Zhou Bao, the Qin army was divided into three types of soldiers, the soldiers were standing soldiers, and the united soldiers belonged to the local garrison troops, and generally did not leave the state. The township soldiers, on the other hand, are completely regarded as temporary auxiliaries, who are trained in their leisure time during non-wartime, and take turns to receive military orders to send troops during wartime, or serve as auxiliaries, or serve as some garrisons in the rear of the war. It is said that the original village soldiers were equipped with the same equipment as the ordinary feudal town army, and their combat power was even stronger. However, in the past two years, the Qin army has expanded its army on a large scale, and the combat effectiveness of both the soldiers and the united soldiers has dropped significantly.
But it is not trivial that such a township soldier actually beat Liang Zhang so badly.
In particular, he had received news that the Qin army garrison on Hu Tuzhou had several very sharp firearms, and it was these firearms that made Liang Zhang's gutter capsize.
The Qin army has a lot of sharp firearms, which is open information, and there are more or less firearms in various towns, but they are not very useful. Now Zhou Bao covets these firearms very much, if he can get them, then it will be a big help to the town navy. But he also has some scruples, the Qin army is not an ordinary army, and Li Jing is not easy to mess with.
At the moment, he and Li Jing are still in an alliance, but if Li Jing is annoyed by this matter, it will not be a good thing for the current situation of the Zhen Navy.
"Is there a lot of people who know that these five hundred people are still there?" Zhou Bao asked in a low voice.
The middle-aged man immediately understood that Zhou Bao was asking if anyone other than Dong Chang and his own side knew about Lu Dao, "It is estimated that only Liang Zhang knows about this matter, but then there was another day of scuffle on the island, even Huai Jun is estimated to be unable to say for sure that these people are still there, we can claim to the outside world that these people have died in the melee, and then let Dong Chang secretly escort these people back to Runzhou." ”
Zhou Bao thought about it carefully and felt that this was a solution. Although bringing back these five hundred people may not be able to grasp the secret of Qin Jun's sharp weapons, he is unwilling not to give it a try.
"Let Qian Bi personally escort people back, pay attention to secrecy, don't make too big a move, the less people know about it, the better." Zhou Bao solemnly explained again, if this matter was known to Li Jing, it would be a big trouble.
"Yes, I'll do it right away." The middle-aged man nodded and turned to leave. (To be continued......)