Chapter 27 The horse bends and bows

After the main force of the Huang Chao Uprising Army occupied Fuzhou, they divided into four troops and quickly occupied many states and counties in Fujian. The righteous teachers were benevolent and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The children of the people joined the army one after another, and the strength of the rebels quickly developed to more than 300,000 people. In the southeast of Shenzhou, the banners of Daqi fluttered high, and corrupt officials and bullies fled one after another.

Gao Yu was in Raozhou and was shocked to hear that Huang Chao's army crossed Xianxialing, invaded Fujian, and took Tang Xing, Jianzhou, Changxi, Fuzhou, Jianyang and other prefectures and counties. He couldn't help but be shocked and gathered the crowd for discussion.

"Guys, in the past two or three months, hundreds of thousands of troops in the Tang Dynasty have been played around by Huang Chao thieves. Only now do we understand that Huang Chaoming repaired the plank road and secretly crossed Chencang, not to enter the Central Plains and Qilu, but to shoot seven hundred miles of mountain road in Xianxialing, and went to southern Fujian to recruit troops there. Now that Fujian is full of thieves, how should we deal with it? Gao Yu said.

Lv Yongzhi cleared his throat and said slowly, "Gao Dutong, don't worry! The yellow nest thief who escapes far away from southern Fujian is afraid of our performance. Yes, the thieves cut the Xianxialing Mountain Road, set up several passes, and sent troops to guard it. It is difficult for our army to pass through Xianxialing. It can take the route of Changshan-Yushan-Lead Mountain-Wuyi Mountain. The main force of Huangchao thieves rushed to southern Fujian, and the troops in the south of the Yangtze River were empty. Only Yue Lingfei and Xu Tangju were soldiers and horses, estimated to be more than 100,000, and their weapons and equipment were far inferior to our army. We first wiped out Yue Lingfei and Xu Tangju, the two-way thieves, stabilized the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, and then killed in southern Fujian to encircle and suppress the main force of the Huangchao thieves!"

"It's not easy to destroy the two-way thieves of Yue Lingfei and Xu Tangjun first, and then encircle and suppress the main force of Huangchao! These thieves are more powerful than the barbarians I have fought with before. Many of them rushed forward desperately when they fought! Many of us Tang soldiers have small families and live well. We really don't want to play with these thieves!" Gao Yu scratched his hair and said with a bitter face.

Mi Jiang interrupted, "Gao Dutong, I think General Lu's method can be tried. The emperor asked you to serve as the recruiter of the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and hand over the military and political power to you, hoping that you can calm down the yellow nest bandits as soon as possible. Nowadays, the military strength of the Tang Dynasty is relatively strong, and it is more than enough to deal with the Huangchao thieves. There are many dreams at night. On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly? Let's find a way to eliminate Xu Tangyu first! Dong Chang was defeated and hated Huang Chao deeply, so he let him enter the army from the East Road to encircle and suppress Xu Tangjun. Pei Yu marched from Jianghuai and killed the thieves from north to south; our army invaded Shezhou and fought from west to east. This time, let's go to the three-way encirclement, flatten Xu Tangju, the thief, and cut off the wings of the yellow nest!"

Gao Qian listened to Mi Jiang's words and pondered for a moment. His eyes showed a fierce light. He gritted his teeth and said, "Huang Chao, you are born to be my nemesis! The Gao family has received the emperor's kindness and must be rewarded. This time, I will mobilized the soldiers and horses of various local towns to fight with you. If I don't destroy the main force of the yellow nest thieves, I will not recruit!"

"Gao Dutong, order it! We will listen to you!" Lv Yongzhi echoed on the side.

Gao Qian deployed troops according to Mijiang's suggestion, roughly as follows:

The soldiers and horses on the first road were led by Gao Qian, who limited Zhang Wei, Liang Zhen, Zhang Shouyi and Pang to attack Shezhou within ten days, and then captured Muzhou and then went south to Quzhou. Lv Yongzhi, Mijiang, Xue Tao, Liang Ying, Dou Mei and Song Wentong followed themselves and ordered 100,000 soldiers to go straight to Quzhou. This journey of soldiers and horses must capture Shezhou, Muzhou and Quzhou within a month.

The second route was led by Dong Chang to attack Wuzhou.

The third route was led by Pei Yu, the envoy of Zhenhai, and Wang Ning as the deputy general went south to Wuzhou to assist Dong Chang to capture Wuzhou.

The final meeting place of the three-way army is Censhan.

In order to suppress Xu Tangju's troops in one fell swoop, Gao Yu also ordered Yang Fuguang, Jingxian, Cao Quanyu, Cao Yi and Yao Qing to lead troops to Hongzhou, Jizhou and Qianzhou to contain Huang Chao and Yue Ling's troops to rescue Xu Tangju's troops.

Gao Qian wrote a letter of marching on the above arrangements and sent a messenger to convey it. After doing this, Gao Li felt exhausted and fell asleep unconsciously on the handsome case.

Under the unified command of Gao Qian, the three-way Tang army surrounded Xu Tangju, a volunteer army in western Zhejiang, and came aggressively. For a while, in Shezhou, Muzhou, Quzhou, Wuzhou and other places, wolves and smoke rose everywhere, and Qi Tang fought again.

Xu Tangju was in Wuzhou. After receiving the news of the siege of the three Tang army, he was shocked and hurriedly called the generals to discuss ways to break the enemy.

"Gao Yu's attack this time, and the three Tang soldiers rushed to our army from the west, north and east. Gai Hong and Ye Xiang defended Shezhou and couldn't stand it. Can you tell me how to deal with it?" Xu Tangjun's heart surged, but his face was calm and said calmly.

Liu Ying said, "Dong Chang, this boy, owes a beating. Now that the main force of the Yellow King has gone south to Fujian, he will follow Gao Qian's orders and rise up to fight us. We have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and we are determined to fight with the three Tang soldiers to the end. I don't believe who is strong?

Fai Chuangu didn't say a word.

"Mr. Fei, the enemy is facing, how should we deal with these three Tang soldiers?" Xu Tangju has always admired Fei Chuangu and asked with a very respectful expression.

"Those who come are not good, and those who are good do not come! Gao Yu has led the army for many years and is good at using troops. We can't underestimate it! Now the main force of the Yellow King is far away in southern Fujian, and the distant water can't quench his thirst. It mainly depends on us to smash the encirclement and suppress these three Tang soldiers!" Fei Chuangu Chengzhu is in his chest and is not in a hurry.

"Mr. Fei must have a clever plan to break the three Tang soldiers!" Liu Ying flashed her eyes, stared at Fei Chuangu, and said crisply.

The generals looked at Fei Chuangu and listened to him talk about the strategy of defeating the enemy.

Fei Chuangu opened the feather fan, gently shook it a few times, and analyzed: "Master Xu Zhai, generals, this time Gao Yu used three Tang soldiers to surround our army in an attempt to eliminate the main force of Daqi's fifth village in western Zhejiang. Western Zhejiang has a small territory and little room for maneuverability. In order to completely break Gao Li's dream of annihilating our army, I think our army should be surprised and give the enemy a fatal blow to the anti-encirclement and suppression this time!"

"What's unexpected? A fatal blow? I hope Mr. Fei can talk about it in detail!" Xu Tangju looked puzzled.

Fei Chuangu smiled and his tone became more excited: "Dong Chang's new defeat, and the combat strength of the Eighth Metropolitan Army is not as good as before, so this time the encirclement and suppress of our army can only serve as a follower. I suggest that the main force of Daqi Fifth Village should make up its mind to fight, concentrate the main force, leave the base, and attack Hangzhou! Take Hangzhou at all costs! After capturing Hangzhou, he went south to Yuezhou and knocked down Dongchang's eastern Zhejiang Qian grain base! In this way, Dongchang's nest is occupied by Daqi, and the army's heart will inevitably fluctuate, and the Tang army will be defeated on this road!"

Liu Ying smiled and said, "Mr. Fei's move is really high! The main force of the fifth village defeated Hangzhou and Yuezhou, and Dong Chang will definitely rescue them. At this time, our army can ambush Dong Chang's soldiers and horses, and then go west to destroy the Tang soldiers such as Pei and Wang Ning. In this way, Gao Yu will do nothing to the Tang army all the way.

The generals praised this plan for its greatness, and their sadness suddenly faded away.

Xu Tangju beat the handsome case with his right fist and said firmly: "Gai Hong and Ye Xiang are currently struggling to defend Shezhou, and they can't help it. Chang Hong, Wang Mei, Zhu Zhiguan and Wang Zhixin were ordered to lead troops to take over Gai Hong and Ye Xiang to break through and abandon Shezhou. Gai Hong and Ye Xiang returned thousands of miles to guard the villages and gates. Zhu Zhiguan and Wang Zhixin led troops to defend Muzhou and Wuzhou. I, Mr. Fei, Liu Ying, Chang Hong and Wang Mei led 30,000 troops and set out from Zixi to attack Hangzhou! The above deployment must be completed within half a month!"

Panma bent the bow and came out. According to Xu Tangyu, the Fifth Village Rebel Army quickly deployed troops in Shezhou, Muzhou, Quzhou, Wuzhou and other places. The walls of each base areas were clear, and they were ready to fight together. The army and the people worked together to kill the evil wolves.

Chang Hong, Wang Mei, Zhu Zhiguan and Wang Zhixin led their troops to attack Zhang Yu's battalion on a dark and windy night, killing the Tang soldiers in a hurry. In the night, they did not know how many soldiers the rebels had. The besieged Tang soldiers retreated one after another. Gai Hong and Ye Xiang took the opportunity to lead the troops to withdraw from Shezhou calmly. The Rebels set up a cordon along the road to prevent Zhang Yu from sending troops to chase and kill.

At dawn, Zhang Yu, Liang Yu, Zhang Shouyi and Pang left the whole army and killed under the city of Shezhou again. They found that there was no movement in the city. The Tang army entered the city and found that Shezhou had already become an empty city, and many people also withdrew with the rebels, leaving only some old, weak, sick and disabled. Zhang Yu ruled the army strictly, was upright, and did not kill innocent people indiscriminately, so that the people of Shezhou escaped slaughter.

Zhang Wei, Liang Zhen, Zhang Shouyi, Pang Cong and other Tang generals looked at each other. Liang Zhen said, "Now that Shezhou has become an empty city, and there is an empty camp outside the city, and the thief must have retreated to Muzhou. What should we do now? Is it to attack Muzhou according to the deployment of Gaodu?

Pang Cong is a loyal general. Since he led troops to leave Xuzhou and followed the army to fight east and west, he has suffered a lot. The loyal soldiers will be killed and injured more than half of them. They have already complained, and their homesickness is becoming more and more urgent. At this time, Pang Cong had decided to break away from Gao Qian's encirclement and suppress the army and lead the loyal soldiers back to Xuzhou. He didn't want to go east to Muzhou.

Pang Cong straightened his neck and shouted, "We have been on many labor expeditions, and often the bamboo basket is empty. My subordinates don't want to enter east. I want to fight you!" I'll stay in the city of Shezhou!"

Liang Zhen shouted, "Pang Cong, how dare you disobey Gao Du's order and act without authorization?!" After saying that, he pressed the hilt with his right hand.

Pang Cong was furious and also held down the hilt of his sword and roared, "Liang Zhen, you don't want to fight against people. Now there are tens of thousands of people in the loyal army. If you want to be tough, don't blame my subordinates for being rude! I'm not easy to mess with! Zhongwu Army is not a vegetarian!"