"The group of thieves on Mangdang Mountain is led by Liu Manzi, who calls himself Liu Xuanfeng, and has dozens of horses and a team of two to three thousand people. Most of them are refugees from the north who want to escape to Huangyang Road, but Yin Poshan The rebels blocked the river, and they couldn't get through. The young and strong were taken in by Liu Manzi. They had done evil in Qu County, but it was as if the rebels had scraped three feet of land in Qu County, and these thieves had no money. , transferred to Wan County a few months ago."
Sun Kaidao said respectfully: "This group of people is more vicious than the rebels. Yin Poshan restrained his soldiers and horses a little bit. He only took food and money and rarely killed people, but Liu Laizi's people can be said to do all kinds of evil. He claims to be a He is the true son of destiny, and all the people who disobeyed were killed by him. Men either followed him as thieves, or they were killed, raped and plundered, and often robbed a village without leaving a living."
"General, please eliminate harm for the people of Wan County."
He bowed deeply.
Although Fang Jie only had contact with this Sun Kaidao, he also had some understanding of this person's character from the conversation. This person can be regarded as a good official, but his scheming is too deep.
"One has to give something in order to get something."
Fang Jie looked at him and said lightly: "To be honest, Mr. Sun, you don't give me a good impression."
Sun Kaidao's expression changed, his head hung down and he said nothing. After a while, he took out something from his bosom and held it in both hands and handed it to Fang Xie.
"Your Majesty understands what to do."
"What?"
Fang Jie didn't reach out to pick it up.
"This is the strategy for Pingxi that I have spent two years thinking up, and what I know about the distribution of the rebel army's troops in Chu County, Luo County and other places, and where the food and grass supplies are. There are also the officials who are looking around. The relationship between the main general and the counselor of the army. It was originally used by the lower officials to save their lives, but now that it is time to save their lives, the lower officials will dedicate it to the general."
"This thing, are you planning to donate it when the imperial army comes over?"
Fang asked.
Sun Kaidao hummed, with some bitterness in his mouth.
"In this way, you don't just have this thing in your hand."
Fang Jie still didn't pick up the brochure: "You know the way to be an official. Hedong Road has been occupied by the rebels for more than two years. If you want to save your life, you have to submit to the rebels, but you are afraid that one day the imperial army will attack you. Come back, once the investigation is done, you will still end up dead. So you prepared this and planned to use this thing in exchange for a life. But because you know too much about the affairs of the imperial court, you prepared more than just this booklet, right? .”
Fang Jie gave Sun Kaidao a cold look: "As I said, I don't like people playing tricks on me. I'm a soldier, so it's better to go straight. You have no other way to go now, you should understand this yourself. The booklet in your hand is meaningless to the people in the left vanguard. And the imperial army is going straight to Li Yuanshan's Xiangcheng from east to west, so maybe what you have in your hand won't be needed at all."
Sun Kaidao's expression kept changing, and finally he let out a long sigh: "When the lower official learned that Li Yuanshan was plotting against Fan Gu, he began to prepare for the retreat. The lower official originally wanted to take his family and abandon the official position. But if people in the court find out, this is still a capital offense. If you want to live, you have to buy your life, and the officials know this well. So, more than two years ago, the officials began to stockpile food and money. , if the rebels come to fight, I will dedicate things to the rebels if they are too tight. If the court troops come to fight, I will dedicate to the court... "
"How many?"
Fang asked.
"The lower official's position is low, and I can't save much. However, the wife of the lower official has been in business for many years, and has accumulated a lot of wealth. They are hidden in the lower official's yard and buried..."
"I'll take half."
Fang Jie said calmly, "Do you have any complaints?"
"Your officer... dare not."
Fang Jie nodded: "This is the truth, it's because you dare not complain."
Sun Kaidao lowered his head, the bitterness in his mouth became more and more intense.
"Now we can talk about Liu Laizi and his gang."
Fang Jie turned around slowly and ordered: "Qilin, go back and bring the horses here."
Qilin responded and rode away.
"Liu Mangzi has been a disaster for the local area for more than a year. He was a butcher who killed pigs. He was a bully in Qu County because he was quite brave. When the rebels attacked Qu County, he led a group of people to escape into Taking refuge in the mountains, these people were almost trapped to death in the mountains. After going down the mountain, Liu Mangzi took them home and borrowed food from a rich man on the way. The rich man was bloodbathed, and since then, he has started to make trouble everywhere."
"Qu County was already poor and exhausted. He led his people to rob all the villages and fortresses that could be robbed, and arrived in Wan County a few months ago. Because the subordinate officials organized hundreds of people to defend the city bravely, he did not dare to attack easily. It rained heavily a while ago, and the city wall was cracked, and Liu Manizi came to force me to pay the food for several days after he found out, saying that if he didn’t pay the food, he would massacre the city.”
Fang Jie nodded: "It seems that this person has some small fortune, do you know where his cottage is?"
"On the first line of the cliff."
Sun Kaidao sighed: "Mount Mangdang is the most dangerous place. It is an isolated mountain top. There is only one small path to the mountain. One man is the gate and the other is not open. When the rebels from Yin Poshan came, they also felt that Liu Laizi had There was no shortage of money and food in looting for more than a year, and they planned to go up the mountain to wipe out Liu Mangzi. But they sent a team of 10,000 people, and after three days of attack, they couldn't fight. The place was too narrow, and the troops couldn't spread out. Losing hundreds of people failed to do anything to Liu Mangzi, and the rebels withdrew immediately because they felt that the gain was not worth the loss. Since then, Liu Mangzi has become even more arrogant and domineering."
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Chen Qianshan, who arrived later, heard Sun Kaidao tell the situation of Liu Mangzi in Mangdang Mountain again, and couldn't help snorting coldly: "Rebels are also considered soldiers? Ten thousand people piled up looks like a lot, but It's just a bunch of rabble."
Fang Jie waved his hand: "Go and see the terrain first, what we want is money and food."
Chen Qianshan understood Fang Jie's meaning. Now Shanziying and Huangyang Daominyong, who was renamed Yangziying, now have a total of more than 5,000 people. If Liu Laizi's cottage is really too steep, there is no need to waste troops here.
Fang Xie led the team to stop at the foot of a cliff in Mangdang Mountain, and the soldiers lined up. Fang Jie picked up the clairvoyant and looked up the mountain, and found that this is indeed a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The mountain road is barely enough for three people to squeeze up side by side, with a cliff on one side and a steep terrain on the other. This line of cliffs is not high, but there are just two boulders at the top of the mountain path. The rebels guard behind the boulders, and feather arrows cannot hit them, but they only need to hide behind the boulders and keep poking out with spears. Can't get past people at all.
It doesn't need to be much, a dozen people are arranged behind the boulders on both sides, and then there are twenty or thirty archers. Even if there are a team of ten thousand people, it is extremely difficult to go up. The team stretched long and thin on the mountain road, and they couldn't spread out at all. In such a narrow place, people were the target of bandits.
"General."
Sun Kaidao looked at Fang Jie's face and said tentatively, "I think this place is too dangerous. If you attack rashly, you will lose a lot of troops. It's better to send someone up first. Liu Laizi dared to fight against the rebels relying on the terrain. If you can see it, you dare to fight against the imperial court."
"The imperial court has never negotiated with bandits and thieves."
Fang Jie said in a flat tone.
He asked Sun Kaidao: "When the rebels attacked Liu Manzi, you also led the way? Do you remember how the rebels attacked that day?"
"Remember!"
Sun Kaidao pointed to the mountain road and said: "The general of the rebel army, with a regiment of 300 people, continuously attacked the mountain, but the mountain road was too narrow, and the people who went up rushed to the big rock, and were killed by the rebel archers. He and the spearman blocked it. In three days, he attacked more than 20 times, and lost hundreds of men. In the end, he did not break through those two boulders. I have been here before, and I know that the back of the boulder is actually a corner of the mountain road. It takes a dozen or twenty people to block it tightly."
Zhuo Buyi heard this, and whispered in Fang Jie's ear: "In such a precipitous place, even if there are only two or three thousand bandits with no fighting power on the mountain, it's not easy to go up. The loss of manpower is not worth the loss."
Fang Jie smiled and said: "Do you know why this person brought us to Yixianya? He is testing our combat power. This person knows far more than what he said. If he wants to save his life, he must choose a capable person." If you can't take Yi Yiya, he won't tell everything he knows."
"I still think it's not worth it."
Zhuo Buyi said.
Fang Jie smiled and said, "You don't even have this confidence?"
Pointing to the mountain, he asked loudly, "Who is willing to lead troops up to destroy the thieves?"
Lu Fenghou said loudly: "The humble official is willing to bring Yang Ziying up!"
Chen Qianshan clasped his fists: "The subordinates are willing to lead the Shanzi battalion to attack."
Lu Fenghou glared at Chen Qianshan: "The subordinates only bring five hundred people!"
Chen Qianshan said: "The subordinates only bring three hundred people!"
Lu Fenghou said: "The subordinates only bring two hundred people! I would like to issue a military order!"
"The subordinates only bring a hundred people, and they are willing to issue a military order!"
Sun Kaidao was shocked. He didn't understand where the self-confidence of these two lunatics came from. You must know that the rebels had spent more than 10,000 troops and failed to attack in three days. But before he had time to calm down, Sun Kaidao's frightened heart jumped out of his throat with a word from Aunt Chun next to Fang Jie.
Chungu curled her lips and said, "Ten of us can go up."
Fang Jie gave her a blank look: "It's none of your business."
Aunt Chun smiled sarcastically: "It's no fun watching the two of them fight back and forth..."
Fang Jie said to Chen Qianshan and Lu Fenghou: "I will give you two personal soldiers, each with fifty people, whoever cuts off Liu Laizi's head first will win. I will give you a lottery …Fifty Bailian knives are better than the guys in your hands. But if you can’t attack, I will let the two of you feed the horses.”
"General, don't worry!"
Lu Fenghou chuckled, and looked at Chen Qianshan as if choosing: "I'm going to decide on Bailiandao!"
Chen Qianshan snorted coldly: "We'll see."
Fang Jie turned around and ordered: "Long spears on the mountain can't be played, give each of them a long knife, a short knife, a hard bow, and a continuous crossbow. If my things are wasted, each will remember twenty army sticks. "
"Here!"
Chen Qianshan and Lu Fenghou responded, and led Fang Jie's personal troops to rush out to the mountain.
Sun Kaidao was dumbfounded, wondering why he met such a group of arrogant and arrogant guys. Originally, he saw that Fang Jie had a good appearance and a deep scheming, so he really planned to seek refuge. But now it seems that these people are simply a bunch of lunatics. Fang Jie actually asked two generals to lead a hundred people to fight against a cliff where 10,000 rebels could not take down!
crazy!
Absolutely crazy!
He turned around, not wanting to look at the scene on the mountain road. He knew that the officers and soldiers were elite, but what 10,000 people couldn't do was definitely not something that 100 people could do. But he didn't realize how long it was before he suddenly heard someone shouting to attack. He turned his head immediately, where could he see the shadows of those one hundred and two people
Fang Jie smiled and walked slowly up the mountain: "Go up and have a look."
Sun Kaidao was full of disbelief, and followed Fang Jie and the others up the mountain road. When he got to the top, he immediately turned pale with fright.
There were dead bodies everywhere on the ground.
A soldier ran back and saluted Xie: "The leader of the bandits, Liu Laizi, has been killed by General Chen."
"Where are they?"
Fang asked.
"General Lu was not convinced, and led people to kill him, saying that he would do a new comparison to see who killed more people. General Chen made a bet with him, and led people to kill him."
Sun Kaidao opened his mouth wide in surprise, and his mouth became even more bitter.