A pouring spring rain suddenly fell around Liangshanbo from the end of January to the beginning of February in the eighth year of Xuanhe, making everything around Yuncheng invisible. The Jishui (Wuzhang River) that meandered through Liangshanbo surged again. It was no longer as calm as before. Amidst the wind and rain, the surging river water rushed into Liangshanbo with a radius of hundreds of miles.
However, this cold spring rain seemed to come suddenly, covering everything around Liangshanbo with layers of rain and fog, but it could not stop the Jin soldiers from launching an offensive against Yuncheng and the surrounding areas of Liangshanbo.
The main force of the Jin soldiers arrived at the Yuncheng front line one after another on January 17th and 18th. After setting up camp, they did not immediately launch an attack on Zhang Gongdi surrounding Yuncheng. Instead, he divided his troops to attack Shouzhang, Xucheng, Zhongdu, Juye and other counties around Liangshanbo. He quickly defeated Shouzhang, Xucheng, Zhongdu, surrounded Juye, and also captured the Wuzhang River. The large town of Hecai Town (belonging to Yuncheng) basically completed the siege of Yuncheng and Liangshanbo.
After that, starting from January 29th, Jin Bing launched the Yuncheng attack in a leisurely manner.
Really unhurried, but steady, approaching Zhang Gongdi step by step!
On the morning of the second day of February, the harsh golden sound once again echoed in the rain curtain around Yuncheng, tearing through the cold rain and fog, announcing the end of another round of attack.
It was just an end, not a defeat, because the attacking Jin soldiers did not pay many casualties and achieved their goal.
Six high towers have been built outside Zhanggong Embankment outside Yuncheng City, and they are still extending forward to the mound. In the offensive that had just ended, the Han'er Army and Ali Xitie Army of the Jin people escorted the people captured from the prefectures and counties around Liangshanbo, carrying straw bags filled with soil, and braved the arrows fired from Zhang Gong Embankment. Go and pile them in front of these mounds, so that these mounds can continue to extend towards Zhanggong Embankment!
Continuing forward to the bottom of the mound, there are corpses of fallen Song people everywhere! What killed them was mainly the arrowheads shot by the Song army...
Not long after this wave of offensive ended, the whimpering bugle sounded again.
Another wave of attacks by the golden thief is about to begin. It was still the same route. The Han'er Army and Ali Xitie Army forced the Han people who had been looted from the four countryside to attack the city with their soil! Most of these Han people were hungry, braved the cold spring, carried straw bags weighing dozens of kilograms, and braved arrowheads that might be shot at any time to pile soil for the enemy. The gold thieves' Han'er Army and Ali Xitie Army were even more ferocious to the extreme. When they saw the earth-bearing people slowing down a little, even if they were hit with whips, even strong men could not survive three to five days!
What's even more abominable is that they would mix among the people and throw arrows at the Song army on Zhanggong Embankment while the people were mounding soil, causing the enemy to fire back.
This spring rain started on January 30th and had been raining for several consecutive days. Therefore, the arms and strings of the horn bows used by both sides were full of water, and they could not use their strength. The arrowheads they shot were soft and floppy. With little strength, it is difficult to hurt the armored Han'er soldiers and the warriors of Ali's Xitie army. But for the Han people who only have soaked clothes to protect themselves, it is very fatal!
As a result, the six mounds leading to Zhanggong Embankment turned into six death passages. On both sides of the mounds, the corpses of common people were piled up one after another! Some people are not completely dead, they are just rolling around in the mud and wailing, which is very miserable. However, no matter how miserable they screamed, the Han'er Army and Ali Xitie Army of the Jin people did not go to rescue them. They just used their claws and teeth to drive the still living people to continue to pile up dirt!
Anyway, the area around Liangshanbo is densely populated, and there are many Han people who can be caught!
On the Zhanggong Embankment, Zhao Kai, who was wearing a bamboo hat and a raincoat outside his armor behind a wooden fence made of a grid made of wood as thick as his arm, was so angry that his teeth were broken when he witnessed his people being tortured and killed by gold thieves. I'm about to bite it off, but there's nothing I can do...
There are at least 100,000 gold thieves out there!
There were only 20,000 Song troops in Zhanggong Embankment...and Zhanggong Embankment was a dike. Although it was very strong, it had very few entrances and exits, only two.
One is to the east of Zhanggong Embankment, next to Liangshan Moor, and is a wharf.
The other place is to the west of Zhanggong Embankment, which is a slope with piles of earth and rocks... There are now 5,000 Jin soldiers, Guaizi horse cavalry and Tiefutu cavalry standing on this slope with a smile. Below the ramp, waiting for Song Jun to fight out and die.
The ramp is not wide, so the number of soldiers who can rush out from there at one time is limited. If they encounter 5,000 Jin soldiers, kidnapper horse cavalry and iron pagoda cavalry who are waiting for them, it will definitely be a dead end... ..
As for fighting his way out from somewhere else... How do you get down from a dike that's more than a foot high? You can't jump down, right?
These are not the worst. The worst thing is that once these six mounds of soil are piled up into a ramp, the golden thieves' hard-line soldiers can go straight to Zhang Gongdi along the ramp!
In addition, the gold thieves will not only be able to attack the city with their backs of earth, but they will not be able to do things like carts and long ladders. Can the Han'er army who are supporting the tiger still be able to do it?
So once those few mounds of soil are piled up, the more than 20,000 people under Zhao Kai will be in misery!
Han Shizhong didn't know when he had approached Zhao Kai, and he only heard him whisper: "Your Majesty, the last batch of old, weak, women, children and emergency supplies in the city are being loaded on the ship. Prefect He (He Li) also asked people to come from Liangshan Mountain I got some news. The land on the mountain is quite large. There are cottages, docks, warehouses, and an abandoned temple that can be converted into a palace. There is also a lot of food stored in the mountain these days. It can last for half a year without any problem... It’s better to abandon Yuncheng and go to Liangshan to take shelter temporarily!”
Abandon the city and go to Liangshan?
Zhao Kai frowned even more when he heard this. As an official, would it be appropriate for him to go to Liangshan?
Moreover...his contact with Kaifeng Mansion was completely interrupted after Juye, the capital county of Jeju, was surrounded by gold thieves.
Therefore, his peace edict has not been sent to Kaifeng Mansion for several days, and he has not known the situation of Kaifeng Mansion for several days.
The news interruption is not a big deal, but will Li Gang and Yu Wencuizhong, two military laymen, force Zhang Shuye, Zhong Shidao and He Guan to lead troops to Liangshan to die?
Even if he won't do this for a while, if Zhao Kai goes to Liangshan and has no way to contact Kaifeng Mansion, God knows what will happen over time.
But if Zhao Kai did not go to Liangshan, could his 20,000 troops rely on Zhang Gongdi to defeat more than 100,000 gold thieves?
Zhao Kai's brows knitted together tightly as he fell into deep thought... This golden thief is harder to beat than he thought!
what should I do?
...
Just when Zhao Kai found himself in trouble, on the pier east of Yuncheng, a female virtuous woman was discussing a big deal with a group of Liangshan officials wearing purple military uniforms in an octagonal pavilion!
"Brothers, have you thought about it? This is a rare thing to live in. If this big deal is completed, then our Liangshan brothers will be extremely rich!"
The one who was talking was Sister Ximen who always flirted with Zhao Kai. After Zhao Kai held a celebration banquet, she returned to her house and directed a group of maids and servants to serve Zhao Kai and Guo Tiannu. Comfortable...while also observing and teasing Zhao Kai, who is loved by everyone.
Although they didn't get Zhao Daguan's family, which was devastated by the war, they still discovered Zhao Kai's true identity.
In fact, all the high-ranking officials in Liangshan also saw how extraordinary Zhao Kai was... At his age, he was still the "no" generation of the Taizong sect, and he could still command an army, and he could also make a large group of people look up to him. The civil servants at Yu Ding are obedient. There is probably only one such person in the world today!
"Sister," the loyal Song Jiang asked Sister Ximen with a smile, "is he really the king of heaven?"
Sister Ximen, who was sitting on a bench with her legs crossed, smiled sweetly, "We are inseparable... This is a God-given opportunity! If the golden thief makes such a fuss, our old business in Liangshan must be We can't do it anymore. Those surnamed Han and those surnamed He have already sent troops to the mountain and occupied our old nest. From now on, the area around Liangshan will be a place where large armies come in and out! Our wealth lies in that man's hands. It’s on me!”
"Hey," a black guy who was even darker than Song Jiang said with a smile, "Sister, have you fallen in love with this pretty boy?"
Song Jiang glared at the man, "What are you talking about, you black guy? My eldest sister always sees people accurately, that man must be the King of Heaven!"
"So what? We are just a group of water thieves, how can we still be like a dragon and a phoenix?"
Sister Ximen chuckled, picked up a strand of her hair with her fingers, and waved it gently, "Maybe she can really climb up? I think Liu E was an orphan in Shu, so she couldn't climb up to Emperor Zhenzong. There are brothers in the slave family. As a helper, why not be as good as Liu E?"
The black man frowned and said, "Sister, how can we help him? Will we protect him from Liangshan?"
Sister Ximen smiled and said: "Guard him back to Kaifeng... No, let's go to Kaifeng Mansion together. There is a world of flowers and paradise on earth. I don't know how much better it is than this Liangshan Park!"
"But everything is expensive in Kaifeng!" Hei Si shook his head, "Houses are especially expensive... How can we afford them?"
It seems that this black guy doesn't want to be a house slave in Kaifeng Mansion...
When Song Jiang heard this, he smiled and said: "If this deal is completed, what does the house in Kaifeng Mansion mean? We brothers always have a horizontal class each, and the title is indispensable!" He looked at Sister Ximen, "Sister, this Can you talk it over?"
Sister Ximen smiled and said: "As long as the brothers are cruel, the little sister will have to negotiate the deal even if she puts herself at risk!"
Song Jiang smiled and said: "How can you, eldest sister, talk about a lady of the country?"
"Mrs. Guo will not agree!" Sister Ximen gritted her silver teeth, "He must at least give me a concubine! And she must pamper me well... Hahaha, I am embarrassed to say this, my face is red. !”
