Chapter 1125: Zhao Song wants to move the capital, and the alliance against Liangshan

It has been less than a year since Zhang Shuye led an army of 100,000 and was killed by an explosion at Liangshan.

Lessons from the past are not far away.

Yao Pingzhong is not stupid. He was just being polite. He really didn't want to be the commander.

Unfortunately, Zhong Shidao was so cunning that he actually went with the flow and handed the decisive battle over to Yao Pingzhong to command.

This is a bit of a dilemma!

Yao Pingzhong, who had never led a large army in a decisive battle, gritted his teeth and began to deploy his troops.

the other side.

Liangshan had already arranged their battle formation early on according to the original plan.

"Go to the cannon!"

Following Su Mingzhe's order, eighty cannons were lined up in a row, revealing pitch-black holes.

Ever since the battle in Qingzhou last year, Su Mingzhe knew that if there was another decisive battle with the imperial court, the imperial court would definitely be prepared for landmines and the like.

Therefore, in this decisive battle, Su Mingzhe pulled out all the general cannons he had hidden in the bottom of the box.

In September last year, Liangshan only had thirty large general cannons.

In the past six months or so, Liangshan had been working overtime to produce the weapons, and finally had gathered eighty of them before the decisive battle.

now.

More than 300,000 troops from both sides were distributed on the border between Jeju and Puzhou.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of naval forces confronting each other at Liangshan Lake.

War is about to break out.

"Aim 1,200 steps straight ahead and light the fire!"

Su Mingzhe saw that the imperial army had also formed its battle formation, so he raised his hand and gave the order to start the battle!

The gunners of the eighty cannons quickly adjusted the angles, then held up torches and lit the fuses.

Yao Pingzhong, who was about to order an attack, suddenly felt something and looked forward.

Beng Beng Beng——

The sound of mountains collapsing and the earth cracking resounded on the battlefield of the decisive battle.

In full view of the crowd, eighty shells fell into the Western Army's formation and exploded instantly.

Due to the density, each shell this time took away more than a dozen veterans of the Western Army.

Nearly a thousand Western troops were killed.

"Attack! Attack!"

Yao Pingzhong was so frightened when he saw that Liangshan's "stone cannon" had such great power that it could hit a distance of a thousand steps that he quickly commanded the army to attack.

The sound of gunfire continued to echo in the sky.

One thousand two hundred steps!

A thousand steps!

Eight hundred steps!
Six hundred steps!
Four hundred steps!
For the first time, Yao Pingzhong felt disgusted as to why the two sides had to keep such a long distance between them during the battle.

The distance was more than a thousand steps, which allowed the Liangshan cannon to be fired more than thirty times.

Nearly three thousand artillery shells, all of which were "shrapnel shells", caused at least 20,000 casualties in the Western Army.

"Damn you, General!"

"Why does Liangshan have such a powerful cannon, but the imperial court doesn't?"

Seeing that he was only two hundred steps away from Liangshan, Yao Pingzhong secretly rejoiced:
"Fortunately, even if there are only 40,000 soldiers left in the Western Army, they can still suppress the Liangshan bandits and tear them into pieces!"

the other side.

Su Mingzhe, who was in charge of commanding the army, also noticed that the two sides were getting closer and closer. He waved his hand and gave another order:

"Musketeers, march out! Three rounds of free fire!"

bang bang bang-

Three thousand 'Hanyang-made' rifles exerted a destructive power beyond imagination under the dense charge of ancient soldiers.

In just two hundred steps and three rounds of free shooting, at least thirty thousand bullets were fired.

These 30,000 bullets caused at least more than 10,000 casualties to the Western Army.

Before the 60,000 Western Army troops even reached Liangshan, the casualty rate had exceeded 50%.

The so-called military formation has been completely destroyed.

Seeing the Western Army still fearlessly attacking the Liangshan position, Su Mingzhe couldn't help but admire:

"The Western Army is worthy of being the first army of the imperial court!"

"Even though he's 50% dead, he's still fearless!"

"There is no stronger army in the world than this one!"

When generals such as Lin Chong, Qin Ming, and Huang Xin heard Su Mingzhe's praise of the Western Army, they stroked their beards to show their approval.

Only Luan Tingyu and Sun Li, the two brothers next to them, looked at each other and secretly complained at the same time:

"My village chief is so interesting. He boasted that the imperial court's Western Army was the best in the world, and he easily beat the best in the world into this state. Doesn't this mean that he is more powerful than the best in the world?"

"kill!"

Seeing that the Western Army was approaching the Liangshan position, Su Mingzhe immediately raised the spear in his hand, took the lead, and rushed towards the enemy general.

More than a dozen generals, including Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Huang Xin, Luan Tingyu and Sun Li, hurriedly followed.

One side was well-rested while the other side was tired, and morale was greatly boosted.

The spirit of one side was on the verge of collapse.

As soon as the two sides collided, the Western Army collapsed instantly.

Once the Western Army collapsed, the Imperial Guards and the Wings lost interest and surrendered or fled. Three hours later.

The Liangshan army chased all the way to the outskirts of Puzhou City.

Seeing that Zhong Shidao was defending the city tightly, he also set up a defense line outside the city.

Seeing that the enemy's defense line was impeccable, Su Mingzhe could only order his army to stop fighting and stop expanding the results of the war.

After returning to Yuncheng.

Wu Yong and others cleaned up the battlefield and counted the data.

In this decisive battle, more than 40,000 Western troops were wiped out, and 3,000 Western troops, 30,000 garrison troops, and 20,000 imperial guards were captured.

The garrison soldiers and the imperial guards trampled on each other, causing countless casualties.

"Too few prisoners!"

Su Mingzhe saw that the other side had an army of 200,000, but he only captured more than 50,000 people and 100,000 escaped.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, Hua Rong, Shi Xiu and Zhu Gui, who were responsible for dealing with the garrison troops and the imperial guards, hurriedly stood up to apologize.

It was Wu Yong who stepped forward and helped the five people explain:
"My lord, the Western Army collapsed too quickly. When the soldiers and imperial guards saw that the Western Army had collapsed, they didn't even make contact with our army and just ran away. Brother Tixia and his men have done their best to capture more than 50,000 people!"

"That's it!"

Su Mingzhe waved his hand and signaled the five people to stand up.

Now, the main force of the Western Army of the imperial court has been completely destroyed, leaving only about 100,000 soldiers and imperial guards. Next, they will certainly hide in the city walls and dare not come out.

Su Mingzhe immediately arranged for the leaders to quickly arrange for the prisoners and try to persuade them to surrender as much as possible.

This decisive battle also exposed the problem that Liangshan’s foundation was too weak.

Under the leadership of Lu Zhishen and others, tens of thousands of troops were unable to even pursue the deserters.

Isn't this holding yourself back?

From now on, we will conduct a long-distance training every month.

Three days later.

When the news of the decisive battle reached Bianliang City, the court was in chaos.

Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian and others were secretly surprised at Liangshan's amazing strength, and were also glad that they had supported Liangshan's request for amnesty last year.

Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others, on the other hand, had gloomy and ugly expressions on their faces.

It is only four hundred miles from Liangshan to Bianliang.

If Liangshan took the opportunity to eliminate the 100,000 remaining troops in Zong Shidao's hands, they would probably be able to reach the city of Bianliang in less than five or six days.

It is possible that the Zhao Song Dynasty would be destroyed.

When Cai Jing thought about the possibility of the fall of the Zhao Song Dynasty, his mind started to work quickly:
"Your Majesty, Liangshan is now strong, and I propose... to move the capital to Luoyang, the Western Capital!"

Gao Qiu quickly stood up:
"I second the proposal!"

He is the enemy who destroyed the family of Liangshan general Lin Chong.

On the day when Bianliang City fell, perhaps others would be fine.

But he, Gao Qiu, will definitely die!
Naturally, the two men's followers also knew about this conflict of interest and stood up to support the motion.

……

Mid April.

The backyard of Yuncheng County Government Office.

As soon as he finished reorganizing the 50,000 prisoners, Su Mingzhe called all his women down from Liangshan.

Yuncheng, protected by an army of 150,000, was truly impregnable at this time.

The women no longer have to stay in Liangshan.

Liangshan’s government affairs system was also moved here.

Qiao Lie, Gongsun Sheng, Song Jiang and others are now working in Yuncheng.

This day.

Su Mingzhe stayed in the backyard of the county government office to rest, and Meng Yulou let the man rest his head on her slender thighs.

The four maids, Xiangcao, Qiuyun, Chunmei and Huilian, knelt beside the man and massaged his legs and shoulders.

Women such as Zhuo's Second Sister, Zhuo's Third Sister, Cheng Wan'er, Wu Yueniang, and Sun Xue'e served the men with wine and fruit.

The four beauties, Jin Cui Lian, Pan Jin Lian, Bai Yu Lian and Murong Yan Ran, were playing the piano and harp and strumming other musical instruments.

Yue'er, Li Jiao'er, Li Guijie, Li Ping'er and several other girls stood in the courtyard and danced gracefully.

Seeing the man so leisurely and comfortable, women like Fang Jinzhi, Qiongying, Hu Sanniang, who liked to wield guns and sticks, all evacuated.

Su Mingzhe's absurd life lasted only two days.

This day.

He was studying the writing of "Kun" in the study room with a few beauties.

Huilian, who was assigned to guard the door, suddenly knocked on the door and heard a leader outside asking to see her.

Su Mingzhe packed up and came to the front hall, where he saw Qiao Lie, Gongsun Sheng, Wu Yong, Song Jiang and other leaders of the government system. He couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Brothers, come here together. Could it be that the court has made new moves?"

"Not bad!"

Qiao Lie stood up, looking serious, and reported:

"My lord, the Ministry of Investigation just received news that the Song Dynasty government has decided to move the capital to Luoyang and is preparing to send envoys to summon Wang Qing, Fang La, and Tian Hu! I heard that the conditions offered by the court are particularly generous, and it seems that they want to make Wang Qing, Fang La, and Tian Hu the real kings!"

Su Mingzhe was delighted when he heard this:

"The imperial court is going to spend a lot of money to unite with the Liangshan army to fight against us!"

(End of this chapter)