"Second brother, the Confederate army has indeed deployed heavy troops in the area of Sanshan Floating Bridge. The number of troops is probably as many as three to four hundred thousand!"
"What? Three or four hundred thousand? Pharmacist Guo, didn't you say that the three yamen forbidden troops of the Confederate Army are all empty, and that the so-called 800,000 forbidden troops are mostly imaginary numbers?"
In Tangyin City, a military meeting was also being held at this time.
Those who participated in this military meeting included Wanyan Yanmu, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Talan, Yelu Mawu, Liu Yanzong and others who followed the main brothers of the Jindong Route Army, as well as Wanyan Wushu and Guo who had just arrived from the Liyang front line. Pharmacist.
After listening to Yan Wushu's explanation of the number of Song troops in the area of Sanshan Floating Bridge, Wanyan Zongwang immediately questioned Pharmacist Guo.
He made it very clear when he took refuge in the Kingdom of Jin... The 800,000 forbidden troops of the Song Army were very fictitious and there was not much real number, and Kaifeng Prefecture was especially empty. The so-called Sanya forbidden troops were at most 30,000 to 50,000. People, and they are all vulnerable, are simply not worthy of their name.
"Second Prince..." Pharmacist Guo tried his best to pretend to be sad and haggard... Of course, he was not pretending, he was indeed very sad.
If he had known that Zhao Kai could become an official, and that his daughter and Zhao Kai could actually see eye to eye, he would not have joined the gold thief. Even if you lead the crowd to escape! Now that we are members of a royal family, are we still afraid of losing our glory and wealth?
"Second Prince," Pharmacist Guo wiped his tears, "The Southerners' 800,000 Imperial Guards are really overkill. Most of the Southerners currently gathering on both sides of the Yellow River should be newly recruited. But their 53,000 Yamen soldiers It seems to be true, the lower official was also deceived by Gao Qiu, thinking that the three yamen soldiers were vulnerable, but in the end..."
Pharmacist Guo's analysis is quite reasonable.
"Gao Qiu..." Wanyan Zongwang gritted his teeth, "What should we do now?"
"Second brother," Wanyan Wushu said, "Now that Gao Qiu's elite soldiers are all in the Sanshan Floating Bridge area, Kaifeng Mansion must be empty... Although Zhao Kai still orders the heroes of the world to be diligent, but how strong can the Wu He who urged them to gather be? We If we can cross the Yellow River eastward and then attack Kaifeng Mansion in a detour with our elite troops, we might be able to capture Zhao Kai in one battle!"
Pharmacist Guo added: "Even if we can't catch Zhao Kai, we can still get a lot of gold, silver and silk!"
Wanyan Zongwang asked: "What about Gao Qiu here at Sanshan Floating Bridge?"
Wanyan Wushu glanced at Medicine Master Guo.
Pharmacist Guo immediately said: "Second Prince, I am willing to lead my troops to stay in Liyang... If Gao Qiu dares to send troops to attack, I will tell him to never come back, so that I can avenge my little daughter!"
Wanyan Zongwang looked at Yaoshi Guo for a while and said, "That's fine...but your master, An Guo, is quite smart, so I still have to keep him by my side to do things."
Guo Anguo is a hostage, and of course he cannot be returned to Yaoshi Guo.
However, Wanyan Zongwang did not doubt that Medicine Master Guo had secret connections with the Song Dynasty. If a slave of the third surname like him wanted to become a slave of the fourth surname, someone would have to take it!
Wanyan Wushu said: "Second brother, if we want to take a detour to advance the army, I'm afraid we have to hurry up... If we delay it any longer, the rabble will be nothing. I'm afraid that Kaifeng City will be built more and more solidly."
"Let's go east tomorrow!" Wanyan Zongwang said with a smile, "We can't miss it... So what if the Southerners build Kaifeng Prefecture into an impregnable city? As long as we occupy the city outside Kaifeng Prefecture, we can slowly fight against them. Don’t be afraid that they won’t cede the land and pay the money!”
...
The clatter of horse hooves crossed the official road, and the first horse trotted along the road at the junction of Pu, Yun and Jizhou on Jingdong Road. Dozens of knights followed closely. The figure on the horse who advanced first, with a black hat and purple clothes, a long road hanging from his waist, and a bow and arrow on his shoulder, was handsome and mighty. He was none other than Zhao Kai, an official of the Song Dynasty.
On both sides of the road are large stretches of farmland as far as the eye can see, dotted with some villages, towns and farms. It's almost dinner time now, and the smoke from the cooking pots is floating over all the farmhouses in the distance.
A cavalry group, carrying many baggage vehicles, was marching on the road from Sanshan Floating Bridge to Shuiboliang Mountain.
Although Zhao Kai keeps saying that "Gao Qiu went to Liangshan", the "real Gao Qiu" has now followed Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan to Xuzhou, and will continue to flee south to the south of the Huaihe River. Of course, it is impossible to go to Liangshan to fight against the Jin Dynasty . And even if he was willing to come back to participate in the anti-golden struggle, Zhao Kai would not give him Shuibo Liangshan, a key location related to the defeat of the Kaifeng defense war.
So now it is Zhao Kai who really goes to Liangshan, but it is not convenient for Zhao Kai to wander around in his own name, let alone stay in Liangshan for a long time. But he had to go to Liangshan Bo - because through the military meeting on the sixth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Kai had discovered that Liangshan Water Bottle was as important in his anti-gold cause, even as important as the Sanshan Floating Bridge!
If we say that the series of dangerous points such as Sanshan Floating Bridge, Dagong Mountain, Tiancheng Fort, Wenzi Mountain and Baima City are blocked, we can firmly choke the Jin soldiers who forcibly crossed the Yellow River southward, making them unable to use their weapons under Kaifeng City. Too much strength. Then stationing troops in Liangshanpo can catch the tail of the Jin soldiers who bypassed the northern section of the Yellow River, walked away from Defu, Puzhou, and Xingrenfu and entered Kaifeng Prefecture. And he can keep poking the golden man in the back with a knife!
The Sanshan Floating Bridge to the north of Kaifeng Prefecture, Liangshan Bo to the east, and the Xingyang-Guangwu Mountain area to the west, together, are the three major fortresses that protect Kaifeng Prefecture.
As long as these three major points are in hand, even if the gold thieves can attack Kaifeng City, it will be difficult for them to be surrounded for a long time. The most they can do is seek a quick victory.
How could the Jin army take advantage of Kaifeng Mansion's strength?
It is a pity that in the original history, after He Guan and Liang Fangping defeated the Sanshan Floating Bridge, the defenders of Kaifeng Prefecture were no longer able to carry out effective defense outside Kaifeng Prefecture. In the end, they could only rely on an isolated city to resist... ...
However, Zhao Kai has now successfully "defeated" Kaifeng Mansion, so naturally he has to make arrangements outside Kaifeng Mansion before he can return.
Of course, it is impossible for all the troops he brought to the Sanshan Floating Bridge to go to Liangshan. The Sanshan Floating Bridge must be defended! Therefore, Zhao Kai left two veteran generals, He Guan and Wang Yuan, with more than 13,000 troops to guard the Sanshan Floating Bridge. Among them, He Guan served as the envoy to the northeast of Tokyo in the name of the military envoy and was also aware of Junzhou affairs. Wang Yuan, on the other hand, added an official who was in charge of the deputy capital of the camp and was also aware of Huazhou affairs.
Zhao Kai, together with Han Shizhong and He Li (who also temporarily added a camp envoy), led more than 10,000 cavalry. In the early morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, they quietly left the Wenzi Mountain Camp southeast of the Sanshan Floating Bridge, and then headed eastward until Heading to Yuncheng County.
The journey from Wenzishan Camp to Yuncheng County was only more than 200 miles. The cavalry led by Zhao Kai were agile and tough, and the official road they passed was in good condition. They could only walk for three days, and Yuncheng County was low. The city wall is already in sight.
When the team approached Yuncheng County, Zhao Kai found a mound on the edge of the official road, so he rode up and climbed up to take a closer look.
Yuncheng County is an ordinary small county town in the Song Dynasty. Although it is close to the east bank of Liangshanbo, it is still a little far away from Guangji River (Wuzhang River), so it cannot be regarded as a transportation hub, and it is certainly not prosperous. The population is at most two to three thousand households.
"Your Majesty, there has never been peace in the Liangshanbo area." He Li, who had previously advised Zhao Kai to return to Beijing as soon as possible, now followed Zhao Kai and acted as a "guide".
He still knows about Yanzhou, and Yanzhou is right next door to Jeju (Yuncheng belongs to Jeju), so he can be considered half of the host.
"It's Liangshan. Well, are the Liangshan bandits making trouble?" Zhao Kai asked.
"Liangshanbo is located at the hub of water and land, and the terrain is very complicated. Liangshanbo is a wetland lake with a radius of hundreds of miles. And Liangshan is a mountain in the water, and it has always been a place where bandits and water pirates are entrenched!"
"Good minister, what do you think?" Zhao Kai turned back and asked Han Shizhong.
Han Shizhong also followed Zhao Kai. After He Guan and Wang Yuan stayed at Sanshan Floating Bridge, Han Shizhong became Zhao Kai's number one general!
Han Shizhong said: "Your Majesty, I thought I could recruit the land and water heroes from Liangshan area... With their help, we can form a navy army as soon as possible. With the navy army, I can control these hundreds of miles of water at my disposal!"
Zhao Kai nodded and said: "Good minister, I want to set up the Liangshan Camp for personal expedition later, and control the military training and security affairs of Puzhou, Yunzhou, Jezhou, Yanzhou and other places... Are you willing to serve as the general manager of the Liangshan Camp? Knowing the affairs of Dongping Prefecture (Yunzhou has been renamed Dongping Prefecture), and leading thousands of elite troops to take charge of Liangshan?"
Although the camp under the personal expedition camp was a "temporary" government office, it allowed the general manager of the camp to borrow Zhao Kai's imperial power and temporarily get rid of the constraints of the Song Dynasty officialdom on military generals - after all, the general manager of the camp represented the imperial power, and in name only Just taking care of things while the emperor is away at camp.
Han Shizhong knew that Liangshan was important, so of course he would not refuse. He clasped his fists on horseback and said, "Don't worry, officials. Han Wu will be optimistic about the Liangshan camp for the officials!"
"It's not enough to just be optimistic!" Zhao Kai shook his head, "You have to attack! I don't expect you to go head-to-head with the main force of the gold thieves, but you have to keep stabbing the gold thieves in the back with a knife, killing and injuring as many as possible. Ali Xibing of Grass Valley... In short, we cannot let the golden thief rest in peace!"
As he spoke, Zhao Kai turned to He Li and said, "He Qing, please do me a favor and call all the magistrates, tongpans, and military commanders from Puzhou, Yunzhou, Jezhou, Yanzhou, etc. to Liangshan..." I want to tell them personally that they will be controlled by the Liangshan camp from now on!
He Qing, when this matter is settled, you will go to Yingtian Mansion and take over as Commander-in-Chief Xuan Chen of Jingdong Road... Remember, the troops in the Liangshan Camp are not under the jurisdiction of Commander-in-Chief Jingdong, and Commander Jingdong’s main responsibility is , is to protect Yingtian, Xuzhou, Jinan, Qingzhou and other places from losing! "
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will work hard to protect the country!"
Zhao Kai nodded and pointed at Yuncheng not far away with his hand, "Let's go into Yuncheng first, and then go up to Liangshan... I will also raise Gao Qiu's banner on Liangshan!"
Gao Qiu has gained some prestige now, which is just a good use to attract hatred - anyway, he is already terminally ill, so he won't be afraid of "killing Qiu before he can make peace", right?
