Chapter 285 The Funeral of the Mariner

Whether in history or Song Qing Dynasty, the Zhao and Song court seemed destined to be a trouble-prone court. Despite the many disasters at the time of Kaifeng, even if they retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, they have never stopped.

No matter how difficult the situation is, the court does not seem to have worked together, and the internal strife has not stopped.

Zhao Chen, the son of Zhao Huan, finally couldn't stand his father's cowardice, and was unwilling to be humiliated by the powerful ministers. He decided to show these powerful ministers, but before his hand stretched out, Peng You led more than 100,000 rebels to appear in Lin'an City.

In those years, Fangla's rebels also served under Lin'an City, but the imperial army still had a fighting power at that time, but in recent years, under the strong pressure of Liangshan, there was a mentality of fooling around and waiting to die from top to bottom. What else is the fighting power to speak?

Although there was Liangshan's army outside to help fight, when they heard that the rebels had arrived at the foot of the city, the city was still in chaos.

But at this moment, something that no one expected suddenly happened.

Outside Lin'an City is the West Lake. The West Lake has a waterway connected to the external rivers, which belongs to a beautiful scenery of Lin'an. It is usually a favorite place for literati and tourists.

The lake is wide, which may be considered that the troops cannot be deployed here, so the wall is also much lower in other directions. At the same time, there are four gates on this side alone.

Li Go obviously also thought of the disadvantages of the city wall, so he sent Tong Meng to lead 5,000 sailors to station in the West Lake, so that he could take care of each other with the defenders in the city and form a horny trend.

But no one thought that the problem was in this place guarded by Liang Shanshui.

The power of Liangshan artillery is known to everyone on earth. Peng You knew that Liangshan soldiers came to reinforce Lin'an. Of course, Liangshan artillery will not ignore it, so how to prevent artillery has become the first problem for the rebels to solve.

Among the rebels, there was a general named Kong Yanzhou. He was originally a sailor general in the imperial court. Later, he was kicked out of the army for offending his superiors. From then on, he became a bandit until he joined Peng You's rebels.

This is a very calculating person. According to Liang Shanshi, he will definitely look blankly and not pay attention to these Rebels when there is no opponent.

So he asked to take action from Liang Shanshui Division first. Even if he can't destroy Liang Shanshui Division, he has to get a few cannons back. Once there are these cannons, it will be much easier to attack Lin'an City.

Peng You was deeply convinced of Kong Yanzhou's suggestion and allocated 10,000 horses to him to be fully responsible for dealing with Liang Shanshui in the West Lake.

As Kong Yanzhou thought, Liang Shanshi has not met an opponent so far, and has developed a proud and arrogant problem. At the same time, Tong Meng has been thinking about how to replace the Lin'an garrison with Liang Shan people. He didn't expect that the rebels would hit his mind on him.

This night, after Tong Meng sent Li Jun to tell him that the vigilance of the Chinese army was sent away, he turned his head and forgot Li Yu's instructions, ordered people to prepare wine and vegetables, sit alone on the deck, facing the brightly lit Lin'an City in the distance, and drank wine by himself.

Li Jun's army was stationed on the Qiantang River and guarded Lin'an with Tong Meng. After Peng You arrived at Lin'an City, he did not wave his troops to besiege the city because of Liang Shanshui Division.

This also gave Tong Meng the illusion that the rebels did not dare to face Liangshan. I guess Li Qian didn't have such an idea in his heart.

The ships of inland sailors cannot be compared with the warships of the navy, but the ships of 5,000 sailors still have a large water village. As the sky darkened, in addition to the necessary sentries, many sailors lay down to rest.

Tong Wei was no exception. After a few glasses of wine, the wine surged and he went back to the cabin to sleep.

Yes! Liangshan's army has been invincible since its debut. Who dares to attack Liang Shanshui's idea? What's the difference between looking for death?

The third update was ten minutes, and everything was silent. It was the time when people were most trapped, and some sentries began to take a nap.

At this moment, under the bright moonlight, countless small black spots suddenly appeared on the sparkling lake, slowly approaching the Liang Shanshui Division Camp.

A sentry standing on the guard building urinated and stood up in a daze. He was about to untie his trousers. His eyes inadvertently swept across the lake. First, he was stunned, and then realized that someone was attacking.

But before he shouted, a sharp arrow ran through his throat, and it was loaded from the guard building before he could hum and fell on the deck below with a plop.

"Who is it?"

Liang Shanshui Division has the proud capital of Liang Shanshui Division. This sound still aroused the vigilance of other sentries, and also found enemies diving from the water.

"Enemy attack," with the shouting, the harsh siren also sounded over the camp.

But at this time, I woke up again, but it was a little late. The rebels prepared in advance, threw the oil tanks wrapped in oilcloth into the ship without artillery, and then began to ignite.

Many Liangshan warships also had fire oil and explosives, which was ignited amazingly. In a blink of an eye, a blazing fire was ignited, and many ships also heard explosions one after another.

What followed was the shocking shouting of killing. In the shadows, I don't know how many rebels there are.

From almost from the beginning, Liang Shanshuishi fell into chaos. Soldiers can't find generals, generals can't find soldiers, and many of them died directly in their sleep.

Tong Meng was woken up in his sleep and didn't understand what was going on. He only heard shouts everywhere outside. In a hurry, he wore trousers and ran out of the cabin with a knife, but when he saw the scene in front of him, his eyes seemed to be about to fire.

"What's going on? Who can tell me what the fuck is going on?"

A personal soldier ran to the front and cried, "The rebels stole the camp, and somehow they leaned over. General, let's go!" The rebels are about to kill, and it will be too late if they don't leave."

"Go?"

Tong Meng couldn't help laughing. Has Erlang ever lost since he led his troops out of Liangshan? However, this defeat happened to me. What face do I have to meet Erlang and the brothers?

Tong Meng is a handsome ship with four cannons on it, which has long been regarded as a key target by the rebels. Some rebels were chasing and killing the panicked Liangshan soldiers, and more rebels quickly leaned towards the ship.

Liang Shan's military discipline is there. The main general will not leave, his men will escape their lives, and they will not escape death when they go back. Many soldiers who have followed Tong Meng for many years also chose to stay when they saw that Tong Meng would not leave. Many have even begun to fight with the rebels who jumped up.

The child shook his head, grabbed a personal soldier, and said, "Two dogs, go and report to my brother and the general quickly."

"Brother Mengzi, where are you?"

Tong Meng smiled ferociously and said, "When did you see Liangshan with a good man who escaped?" I would like to see that he is the traitor who ate the courage of the bear heart and leopard. He dares to rob my Liangshan camp."

The second dog wanted to say something more, but he was kicked off the boat by Tong Meng. From afar, he seemed to hear Tong Meng say, "Let my brother avenge me"

The second dog didn't know whether his face was lake water or tears. Seeing that Tong Meng had waved a knife and stood with the rebels, he endured grief. After wiping his face, he lowered his head and drilled into the water and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

The sneak attack launched by the rebel general Kong Yanzhou did not end until dawn. Although he successfully took the Liang Shanshui Division camp, it also paid a very tragic price.

The bravery of Liang Shan's soldiers shocked Kong Yanzhou. He planned to catch Tong Meng alive, so that Liang Zi would not be too deep with Liang Shan, but he didn't expect Tong Meng to be so determined. Seeing that his own soldiers died one by one in front of him, he did not give him a chance to catch him alive at all and killed himself directly. All Liang Shanshui troops were the same as Tong Meng. None of them were captured alive and all died in the battle.

The battle was won, and the artillery was successfully captured, but Kong Yanzhou was not happy at all, and he always felt like he was blocked by something.

The Lin'an garrison was not unaware of the war that took place outside Lin'an City, but there was no movement. Maybe they didn't want to save it at all, or maybe they were willing but not strong enough. In short, there was no response at all.

At dawn, Peng You and Li Jun received the news almost at the same time.

When Tong Wei heard that his brother was trapped, he immediately led troops to rescue him, but he was stopped by Li Qian.

They are sailors. If they want to drive a boat to the West Lake, they need to bypass the long waterway. At that time, I'm afraid it will be too late. At the same time, the waterway is narrow, and it is easy for the enemy to ambush the Liangshan Division on both sides. In this way, not 5,000 sailors will be lost.

After holding Tong Wei, Li Qian immediately sent people to inquire about the news. He hoped that Tong Meng could escape. However, contrary to the resentment, the news of the death of Tong Meng and 5,000 Liang Shanshui soldiers soon came.

Tong Wei fainted at that time. Why didn't Li Jun's heart drip blood? Two days ago, he sat together drinking and bragging, but in a blink of an eye, the yin and yang were separated forever. Is this called human kindness and embarrassment?

Fortunately, Li Gun had not lost his mind. After knowing that the rebels had captured the artillery, he immediately ordered all the sailors to retreat to the north shore. At the same time, he went to Luoyang and pleaded guilty to Song Qing.

The bloody lesson finally sounded the alarm for him, letting him know that Liangshan's army was not invincible.

Soon, Peng You ordered someone to return the bodies of Tong Meng and Liang Shan's soldiers. Peng You was not afraid of Liang Shan, but felt that it was not the time to start a full-scale war with Liang Shan. This move was not without warning and repairing.

When the remains of a Liangshan soldier were placed on the shore, all the sailors were silent. Many of them lying on the ground are their relatives and friends. They were still together a few days ago. Who would have wanted to meet again?

The silent grief and indignation seemed to be overwhelmed. Many rebels who sent Liangshan soldiers back were almost unable to stand still under this pressure.

Li Gu was not difficult for them. He waved his own men to take over the remains of his brothers. As a body was lifted from the ship, it was finally Tong Meng's body.

It is said that men don't shed tears easily. When Tong Wei saw his brother's body, he couldn't help crying. The heartbreaking crying made all the hearers cry.

This is still the first Liangshan hero to die on the battlefield.

Li Gu knew that he could not escape the responsibility. When he reported to Song Qing, he had taken the initiative to resign. As an ordinary soldier, he wanted to rush to the front line and avenge his brother.

There is no tedious memorial ceremony.

Li Gu and a group of sailor generals held a bowl of wine in their hands and looked at the river waterway: "Brother, the spirit is not far away. Let's see how my brother will avenge you."

After saying that, he sprinkled the wine into the river, and the wine quickly melted into the river and rolled away.