"Reporting to Great General!"
The Liangshan bandits had already withdrawn from Fair Eastern Prefecture and retreated to Liangshan Lake!”
Yang Zaixing rode his horse into the city as the scouts reported. What he saw made him frown slightly.
Dongping City, which had been ravaged by Liangshan bandits, was in a mess.
Not only the government, but all the shops and houses, rich and poor, were robbed.
The corpses of some soldiers and civilians were hung on the city walls. The wounds on their bodies had already turned black, and they died in a tragic manner.
Yang Zaixing clenched the reins in his hand and shouted angrily,""Soldiers! The Liangshan bandits plundered prefectures and counties, killing soldiers and civilians. The harm they did to the Great Song was no weaker than the Jin people!
Now that the imperial court's army has arrived, the bandits have fled at the sight of the wind, but can we just let them go like this?”
As soon as Yang Zaixing finished speaking, the soldiers who had witnessed everything said indignantly,"No!
I'm willing to follow the Great General to wipe out Liangshan!"
The sound of the mountain's roar spread for hundreds of miles!
Yang Zaixing waved the Overlord Spear in his hand, and the army passed through Fair Eastern City and headed straight for Liangshan!
In less than half a day, they had marched 150 li and arrived at Liangshan Lake. They would wait for the navy warships from Huai 'an Prefecture to arrive before attacking Liangshan Lake.
"Great General, Mount Liang is eight hundred miles long. The reeds are dense and the river is crisscrossed. It is connected to the canal and the waterway is very complicated.
Among the rebel army, there were the Ruan brothers, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun who were proficient in water, making them very difficult to deal with.
Back then, Gao Qiu and Tong Guan had led their armies to attack, but they did not even manage to see the shore of Mount Liang before they lost their armies in the water, nearly wiping out the entire Upper Four Armies.
We need to learn our lesson and be more careful!”
In the commander's tent, General Chen Tingli of the Dragon Martial Army pointed at the draft map of the lake and reported to Yang Zaixing.
Yang Zaixing looked at the map of Shui Po and nodded. His eyes flashed with wisdom."As for how to attack Liangshan, I already have a plan in mind.
Tonight, the 300 navy warships from Huai An Prefecture would follow the canal to Liangshan Lake.
The spies of the Liangshan bandits were all around Liangshan Lake. They would definitely get this news.”
As Yang Zaixing spoke, he looked at the deputy general of the West Capital Army, Zhang Ping, and said,""Zhang Ping, our Jingxi Army has never dealt with the Liangshan bandits before.
I will allocate a hundred warships to you. You will lead the soldiers of the West Capital Army and fill the cabins with firewood, kerosene, and charcoal. Cover the surface with some grain and pretend to be the prefectural army escorting the grain ships.
If the Liangshan bandits come to hijack the ship, pretend to flee and throw the ship to the Liangshan bandits!
Remember, you can only lose, not win!"
Zhang Ping, Chen Tingli, Yue Fei, and the other generals immediately understood Yang Zaixing's intention. However, they all looked confused.""Great General, although the fire attack strategy is good, the problem is how to set the fire.
If they set the fire too early, those Liangshan bandits would definitely escape and not fall into their trap.
If we wait for the Liangshan bandits to rob the ships, we won't be able to set the ships on fire!”
Yang Zaixing had expected these generals to worry. He waved his hand and said,""There's no need to worry about this. I have my own way!”
After Yang Zaixing said that, Zhang Ping could only suppress his doubts and leave.
On the Liangshan Mountain in the middle of the Liangshan Lake, the Hall of Righteousness was brightly lit. A Liangshan scout rushed up to the Hall of Righteousness and reported loudly,""Chief!
From the south of the lake, a fleet of grain ships had arrived. They were carrying the banner of the Huainan Prefecture's Xiang Army. There were about a hundred ships and four to five thousand people. At this moment, they were resting in Shijie Village!”
When Song Jiang and many of the Liangshan leaders heard this, they immediately jumped up from their chairs in excitement.
A hundred grain ships!
To them, it was not a small number!
After all, the Great Song was in trouble both internally and externally, and natural disasters were occurring one after another. Food was extremely precious!
"Ruan brothers, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, you guys lead your men and snatch the grain ships for me!”
Song Jiang said excitedly.
With these 100 ships of food, Song Jiang could continue to recruit troops and fulfill his ambition!
"Leader, don't be anxious. The imperial court has sent the Great General Yang Zaixing to attack us. That Yang Zaixing is a fierce man who killed Wanyan Zonghan and forced back a hundred thousand Jin soldiers!
At this time, a hundred grain ships appeared in the water, which was very suspicious!”
The second leader of Liang Mountain, Lu Junyi, who was known as the Jade Kylin, frowned and said.
"Military Advisor Wu, what do you think?"
Song Jiang glanced at his think tank, Wu Yong, who was known as the Wisdom Star. Obviously, he did not want to let go of this opportunity.
Although Wu Yong compared himself to Zhuge Liang, he was only a pedantic scholar who knew a little conspiracy theory. The plans he had offered to Liangshan before had failed many times.
He felt Song Jiang's eagerness, so he followed Song Jiang's heart and said,""It's easy to exaggerate the rumors in the streets.
We have so many heroes in Liangshan, but we can't even shake the 100,000 Jin soldiers, let alone Yang Zaixing alone.
It was just a rumor!
Moreover, Yang Zaixing was only brave and did not necessarily have any resourcefulness.
In my opinion, these hundred ships of rations were sent by Yang Zaixing to prepare for his army.
If we don't do it, it will be too late for regrets when the food enters Yang Zaixing's camp and is eaten by the government troops!”
Wu Yong's words were exactly what Song Jiang wanted. Therefore, Song Jiang waved his hand and ignored Lu Junyi's dissuasion. He directly let the Ruan brothers and the Zhang brothers lead the troops to snatch the grain!
In Shijie Village on the south side of Liangshan Lake, Zhang Ping led five thousand soldiers of the West Capital Imperial Army, pretending to be undisciplined soldiers. They went ashore and bought wine and fish from the villagers. They drank and made merry, looking like ruffians.
Especially the soldiers from the west of Beijing. They had been like this for several years. At this moment, they were completely acting in their true colors. Immediately, the eyes and ears of the Liangshan people in Shijie Village were even more relieved. They hurriedly went to send a signal to the Liangshan people.
A fishing lantern was raised high at the pier of Shijie Village. Not far away, among the reeds on the water surface, the Ruan brothers and the Zhang brothers, the leaders of the Liangshan Navy, looked at each other and were overjoyed."Brothers, attack!"
In the next moment, thousands of Liangshan pirates on small boats roared and charged out of the reeds.
Shouts and whistles resounded outside Shijie Village, echoing in the dark night as if there were endless troops.
Immediately, the faces of the 'prefectural troops' who were escorting the grain showed a deep panic."The Liangshan bandits are here. Brothers, run!”
Especially Zhang Ping, who was disguised as the commander of the prefectural army, put in the most effort in his performance. One of his boots had even slipped off his foot, and he looked as if he was scared out of his wits.
When the leaders of the Liangshan pirates on the surface of the water saw this scene, they also did not discover any ambushing troops. Only then did they completely relax. They jumped onto the grain boat one after another and cut open a few sacks on the surface.
"Haha, it's indeed food!
Quickly go back and report the good news to the Great Leader!"
The pirate leaders were overjoyed.
In the darkness of the night, looking at the Liangshan pirates escorting the grain boats and leaving the shore, Chen Tingli, Zhang Ping, Yue Fei, and the others showed a hint of anxiety on their faces."Great General, we're so far from the shore, we can't catch up. Even if we use the ballistae as a rocket, we can't shoot it there.
Could it be that ships can spontaneously combust?"
Yang Zaixing smiled, took a fire arrow, put it on an iron bow, and pulled the bow like a full moon.""The distance that the ballista can't shoot doesn't mean that I can't shoot!”
The bowstring in Yang Zaixing's hand began to vibrate violently.
A rocket flew away quickly, turning into a spark and disappearing from everyone's sight.
However, in the next moment, a violent explosion suddenly sounded in the lake several miles away. A huge fire soared into the sky and suddenly ignited!
When he looked at Chen Tingli, Yue Fei, Zhang Ping, and the other soldiers, they were completely dumbfounded!
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