Anti-bandits in Jiangling Shenlong Mountain

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Jiangling House on Jinghu North Road is located in the core hinterland of Dasong. It is bordered by Beijing Northwest Road in the north, Guangnan East Road in the south and Dali in the west, which is a battleground for military strategists. Here is rich in products and tough folk customs. Although they follow Wang Hua's orthodoxy, there are always some people with ulterior motives waiting for opportunities to make trouble and hurt one side.

Bandit uprising

At this time in Song Renzong, the emperor was lenient and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. In addition to some friction with Daxia, there was a temporary truce with Liao in the north. There is less fighting on the border, but there are also some internal problems.

Feng Ruoxuan, the magistrate of Jiangling Prefecture, received an urgent report from Tian Fengbi, the magistrate of Shanzhou County, saying that there were bandits in Shenlong Mountain under his jurisdiction. They regard mountains as kings and soil as strength. The ranking of the county government is not an opponent at all. What's more, these bandits seem to be inextricably linked with Daxia. They seem to be composed of soldiers who fled from the front line of Daxia.

Feng Ruoxuan attaches great importance to this matter. He quickly reported to Zhang, the commander of Jinghu Lake North Road Supervision, and asked him to arrange troops to destroy its vicinity. At the same time, write back to Tian Fengbi, pay close attention to the bandits' movements, protect the local people, clear the field when necessary, and prevent bandits from taking advantage of it.

Zhang was born in the military, participated in the summer war, and was assigned to Jinghu North Road to take charge of local military affairs after repeatedly making meritorious military service. But the nearby garrison was moved to the front line in summer, leaving him only a few hundred soldiers. If this army wants to crack down on bandits who are king of mountains and are familiar with the terrain, it is undoubtedly daydreaming. To be on the safe side, he recruited local militia and concentrated hundreds of soldiers, totaling more than a thousand, in Jiangling Prefecture, equipped with elite armed forces such as crossbows, rockets and spears, and headed for Shenlong Mountain.

Tian Fengbi received Zhang Changhe, Feng Ruoxuan and his party in Shanzhou county government, and troops were stationed outside the city. Tian Feng told Bridget that the robbers seemed to have heard the wind. They hid in Shenlong Mountain and dared not come out. They only arranged for a few cavalry to harass the people, rob the goods and leave. This guerrilla warfare made Tian Feng Brigitte feel at a loss and helpless.

After all, Zhang has rich combat experience. He knew that the bandits had limited strength and dared not confront the loyalist head-on. He had to rely on small-scale troops to harass them, leaving loyalists unprepared and dragging them to death. This tactic existed in the Qin Dynasty more than 1000 years ago, and it is somewhat ineffective to do it again now.

"OuYangRuiMing, I order you to take people to the hinterland of Shenlong Mountain immediately, search the route up the mountain, and collect bandits' information for three days. After three days, I will wait for you at the foot of Shenlong Mountain. This is the guide that Master Tian arranged for you. Set out immediately and don't make mistakes. " Zhang ordered a handsome and kind-hearted sergeant. Ouyang Ruiming, a military talent he dug up in Jinghu North Road, wants to be sent to the front to experience. Take this opportunity to suppress bandits and give it a try.

Ouyang Ruiming was ordered to leave the county government with several soldiers. Tian Feng Brigitte stared at the distant sergeant thoughtfully.

Feng Rexuan interrupted his meditation. "Tian's adult, the terrain of Shenlong Mountain is complex and bandits are familiar with it. In your opinion, where should we start? "

Tian Feng's look changed. "Feng's adult is joking. How can I speak with Zhang's adult here with you? "

"Tell me, make yourself at home." Zhang also said with a smile.

Tian Feng leaned slightly, hand way, "Shenlong Mountain is one of the mountains in Shaanxi Province. In ancient times, there was a dragon that landed in Shaanxi Province and finally formed the Dragon Mountain. The terrain here is complex, the trees are dense, and there are all kinds of wild animals and poisonous insects, which are extremely dangerous. Local hunters never dare to set foot here. Some mountaineers who collected herbs mistakenly entered here, and none of them came back. It has become a forbidden place, and the people are afraid of it. "

"Then how can these bandits take the mountain as king? Aren't they afraid of these beasts and poisonous insects? " Feng Rexuan is a little strange.

"They are all deserters on the battlefield, and they all climbed out of the dead. Naturally, they are not afraid of these things. I just didn't expect to be afraid of death on the battlefield. It is still useful to oppress the people and dare to gather on the mountain. I really don't know if the law is strict. This time, I must take them all down! " Chang-Zhang for Tian Feng replied that he naturally understood the dangers of these stragglers.

Feng Ruoxuan nodded. "It is imperative to wait for General Ouyang to come back and know the specific clues of Shenlong Mountain. Then we will make a marching route, and we must reduce casualties. These soldiers are not like regular troops. In addition to the elite of Zhang's men, we can catch a criminal, but it is far less than attacking the cottage. "

This is also something that Zhang has been worried about. Without an army, even a bandit should be careful. Today's plan can only be to outwit the bandits, find an unexpected route, and then suddenly attack them in order to kill them with one blow.

Three days later, Ouyang Ruiming came back with the sergeant. They were all dressed up and the guide was seriously injured. According to Ouyang Ruiming, they met bandits and cavalry in the process of exploring the road. Those cavalry come and go without a trace, their bodies are extremely fast, and they are all equipped with machetes and longbows, and their combat capability is quite strong. Fortunately, the mountainous terrain severely limited the speed of these horses and enabled them to survive, but the guide was also shot by a sharp arrow and was dying.

"Then how did you explore this route? Is there a surprise route? " Zhang is worried.

"My Lord, you will live up to your mission. There is a narrow path in the north of Shenlong Mountain, where only local shepherds know, but ordinary people don't know. After the guide was seriously injured, we put him in a farmer's house in Shenlong Mountain for treatment. This is what he told us. "

"Farmer, is the path narrow? Is this road reliable? " Zhang Zhongchang asked suspiciously, "Did you inquire?"

OuYangRuiMing face be reluctant, "adult pardon, because by cavalry raid, at the end of the will and others are at the farmer's house, didn't go out to spy on. But I believe that the farmer is a good man, and he will not lie to us, otherwise he will report our whereabouts directly to the bandits, and we will not come back. "

"Just, just, believe you once. You take these people to the barracks to rest later, and we will officially set off in three days. Zhang Dui was helpless and had to put the arrow on the string and send it out. The army that has finally assembled will run out of morale if he doesn't go out and shine.

make a surprise attack

On the way to March, Zhang has been thinking about the cavalry that Ouyang Ruiming said, which is obviously not the equipment of the Song Dynasty army. He had a huge question mark in his heart. "Did the Great Xia join the bandits alone and help them make a friend in need?" If so, then this army is not a sheep in the jaws of death? !

He also called Ouyang Ruiming to inquire about the details of the cavalry in detail. Ouyang Ruiming said that those people are very different from those in the Song Dynasty in terms of height, appearance and hair accessories. He struggled with those people and found that they were good at archery and horses, without any signs of desertion and lack of morale. On the contrary, their fighting spirit is high and their fighting capacity is extremely amazing!

Zhang was silent. If this is the case, then there should be a Xia team infiltrating the border to the Song Dynasty, and perhaps there will be more troops infiltrating. What do they want? Disturbing internal peace in the Song Dynasty, cooperating with the outside world, and becoming Depth Charge who opened the frontier defense door in the Song Dynasty in summer?

Then who spread the news that deserters are bandits? That Tian Feng Bridget swears that these bandits are deserters. What are their intentions? Does he know that those bandits are not deserters, but real regular Xia troops? If you know, why not report it, but cheat Shangguan with false news? Maybe you need to ask Tian Feng Bibi.

"Tian's adult, where did you know that bandits are made up of deserters, looted people or others?" Zhang let people get Tian Fengbi, who is in charge of logistics and hay, and asked nicely:

Tian Fengqing face slightly changed, look a little nervous, and soon returned to normal.

"Report back, my Lord. Naturally, the villagers told me that they lived nearby, and they heard that they came back from the summer battlefield and killed people without blinking an eye. Some climbers also saw them wearing the clothes of our soldiers, so Beizhi decided that they were deserters. "

"So you haven't seen them. Just hearsay. "

"I don't think the villagers dare to deceive Beizhi, so Beizhi quickly reported the news so as not to cause more losses." Tian Fengbi said tacitly.

"Thank you, Mr. Tian. You need to worry more about the terms. " Tian Feng Bridget repeatedly said that she was polite, relaxed and left quickly, and didn't want to stay for a moment.

"Do you know Lord Tianfengbi?" Zhang meaningfully asked Feng Ruoxuan around him.

"He is one of the best magistrate of a county in Jiangling Prefecture. Shaanxi Prefecture pays full tax to the court every year and has won the first place in Jiangling Prefecture many times. He is also very clean, and Shanzhou County is also a rich county, but his home is surrounded by walls, and every meal even has only food. The extra salary is used to help lonely people. "

"Such a good official, why didn't the court order a reward and transfer to Tokyo?" Zhang Chang is very curious.

"Strange to say, the local government has repeatedly reported him to the court as a typical example, and the court has repeatedly listed him in the table below, and even promoted him to the year, but he refused, saying that he has deep feelings with Shaanxi and is willing to stay in Shaanxi for a lifetime to benefit the people. The people also read their kindness and sent umbrellas to the people. " Feng Ruoxuan said meaningfully.

"This county magistrate is really interesting!"

The vanguard troops have driven to the sheep farm path that Ouyang Ruiming heard. I saw the rugged mountain road, surrounded by steep mountain walls. If you accidentally fall, it will break into pieces. At the same time, there are all kinds of grotesque trees on the cliff, firmly rooted in the mountain wall, and a gust of wind blows and rustles.

Zhang ordered Ouyang Ruiming to lead the elite troops first and take various protective measures to ensure that the follow-up troops climbed the mountain.

Ouyang Ruiming led dozens of strong soldiers into the sheep farm path. They used shields to block the messy grass branches and used knives to clean the footpaths. They marched quickly and reached the mountainside in the blink of an eye. Just as they were about to continue to open the way, Ouyang Ruiming suddenly heard a surprise. "no! Raise the shield! " He shouted and told everyone to protect themselves with shields and not to move.

Numerous spikes and arrows came from the top of the mountain, and the arrows were like migratory locusts. Ouyang Ruiming couldn't lift his head at all. These arrows were so powerful that they even penetrated the shield, causing some damage to Ouyang Ruiming's team. Of course, he knew it was an ambush. He commanded the troops to retreat and finally moved safely to the foot of the mountain.

What happened to Zhang on the mountain is natural to see in his eyes. He didn't understand how this narrow path was learned by bandits. Aren't the villagers Ouyang Ruiming met bandits and spies? If so, they ran away this time. We must withdraw our troops quickly now, otherwise, instead of suppressing bandits, we will be suppressed by thieves.

Sure enough, when Zhang arranged for withdrawing troops, the cavalry mentioned by Ouyang Ruiming appeared again. Zhang Chang saw the cavalry in summer this time. He has been on the front line in summer for many years, so he naturally won't be wrong about the enemy. He quickly ordered the team to retreat quickly, and urgently ordered Ouyang Ruiming to lead the crossbowman to shoot quickly to prevent the cavalry from causing greater losses to the big troops.

The cavalry didn't continue fighting, but when they saw that Zhang was prepared, they left in a hurry. So Zhang slowly retreated and camped at the foot of Shenlong Mountain. The first attack was such a big defeat, and morale was seriously damaged. Zhang was helpless at the moment, but he could only appease the soldiers and fight again.

Years of combat experience made him quickly understand that someone must have leaked the news of the attack, otherwise the bandits would not ambush in the narrow path. More importantly, he confirmed the identity of the cavalry this time. It is indeed a cavalry in summer. How did they come to Jinghu North Road? Is there a huge flaw in the boundary? If so, it must be reported to the court for emergency treatment.

The military situation was urgent, and he wrote the letter in neutrality, and ordered Ouyang Ruiming to hurry for six hundred miles and rushed to Tokyo to meet the Privy Council Minister Cui. The latter was his boss in the summer battlefield and later transferred to the Privy Council in Beijing. Cui Shaoqing, the spokesman of the Great Xia, will definitely report to the Emperor immediately.

Tear open the defense line

"Zhang's adult, I suggest that we quickly retreat to Shanzhou, and then make plans. If they are sure to be Xia cavalry, even if the number is small, they are elite. They are condescending, waiting to work, our morale drops, and the soldiers will be widowed. In the long run, they are likely to be dragged down. " Feng Ruoxuan is very worried about the present situation.

"I know everything you say. The problem is that there are no more troops for us to deploy. What we can do is to win these people over with this army. " Zhang said firmly.

Feng Ruoxuan walked away. He admired Zhang's courage, but he couldn't defeat the enemy by courage alone. He thinks his boss is a little overconfident.

However, the cavalry never stopped harassing Zhang's team in summer, and they came many times in just three days, which made the loyalist exhausted and complained bitterly. Zhang ordered the men to stick to the camp and guard against the enemy's sneak attack. At the same time, he sent someone to get ready to meet him. He is waiting for the good news from Ouyang Ruiming.

It is said that Ouyang Ruiming finally came to the capital Tokyo after running to death two fast horses. With the command of Jinghu North Road, he quickly came to the Privy Council and handed Zhang's memorial to Cui. The latter really takes it seriously. He asked Ouyang Ruiming to stay in the posthouse and then quickly entered the palace.

Injong was shocked when he saw this letter. He didn't expect those thieves in the summer to be so vicious that they penetrated into the interior of DaSong. He can't help but feel dissatisfied with Fan Zhongyan and others who are standing in the front line. However, he also knows that now is not the time to blame, and the urgent task is to find these people quickly and annihilate them as soon as possible.

"It's urgent, cui listen to purport, I immediately appointed you as an imperial minister, rate of three thousand imperial to quell chaos. Remember, we must capture the leader alive and find out how many people they have infiltrated! "

After hearing the news, Ouyang Ruiming, regardless of Cui's retention, insisted on going back to Jiangling House first and telling Zhang the good news. And Ouyang Ruiming came to the imperial army with a roller, lit two thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry, and headed for Jiangling House.

At this time, Zhang has been waiting for the officers and men to stick to it for many days. They also attacked, losing more than winning, and losing the lives of many soldiers. But those bandits didn't hurt their fur and attacked the loyalist supply line many times. If it weren't for Tian Feng's desperate protection, I'm afraid the army would have been starved.

A few days later, Ouyang Ruiming arrived at the foot of Shenlong Mountain. He brought good news to cheer everyone up. Zhang, in particular, knew that if the imperial guards came, it would be easy to destroy these robbers. Even if there are some cavalry in summer, it is only 50-50 compared with the imperial army. With brave soldiers, they can strangle these robbers.

Unfortunately, things didn't develop as Zhang imagined. Instead of waiting for reinforcements, they waited for a full-scale attack by bandits.

That night, the bandits with cavalry as the core actually took the lead and caught Zhang off guard. Fortunately, they are few in number, but they are advancing, which makes the loyal ministers in their sleep suffer a lot. The morale that had already gathered was scattered again, and Rao was the effective force of Zhang's troops and was killed a lot. If the attack was a timely retreat with little loss, then this time it was a fiasco with heavy losses, even Feng Ruoxuan was slightly injured.

The sudden attack did not make Zhang panic. He didn't understand why the bandits were desperate to attack the loyalist. Did they get any inside information that the imperial army was coming soon? ! This feeling of being played with applause made him feel exhausted. It seems that if the mole is not found, this team will be defeated again soon.

Sure enough, in the early hours of the morning, a horse hoof broke the peace, and the bandit cavalry attacked again! Zhang made full preparations this time, and prepared trenches and pits in front of the camp, which were covered with iron thistles. Later, the crossbowmen distributed on both sides of the camp were arranged to launch rockets, and the bandits cried. Zhang Yishan regained his face. After leaving dozens of bodies, the gangsters quickly fled.

As the water ebbs, stones will appear ― the whole thing becomes obvious.

At dawn, Cui finally arrived at Shenlong Mountain with the vanguard cavalry, accompanied by Tian Fengbi, who was in charge of grain and grass.

"Zhongchang, the mole you are looking for is him!" Cui pushed the bound Tian Fengbi to the middle, whose face was covered with blood and his face was totally embarassed.

"what! Master Cui, what the hell is going on? How could Lord Tian? ! "Cui's words shocked Zhang to the extreme.

"The thing is. Because of the military emergency, I ordered the cavalry to go first, but when passing through Shaanxi, Tian Fengbi led officials to stop the cavalry, saying that they wanted to work. The cavalry declined several times, but Tian Feng Brigitte refused to let the officers and men drink and eat meat, which delayed most of the time. By the time I got to Shaanxi, these guys were used to getting drunk. I was furious and led less than 500 cavalry to kill me. Finally, I saw Tian Fengbi with the trench and several cavalry in the summer. "

Subsequently, Cui ordered the cavalry to wipe out the Xia cavalry of these guards and bring Tian Fengbi back.

"Tian's adult, what do you have to say now!"

"The defeated generals, how brave. It's in your hands anyway. Kill if you want. "

"Mouth is quite hard, since you said to cut, then listen to your arrangement. Come on, go to the executioner, and Lord abel tamata will cut you to pieces. If he hasn't died after scraping the last knife, I'll ask you. "

Tian Feng was just putting on a show. I didn't expect Zhang to be serious, which made him collapse.

"I said, I said, I said it!" Feng Rexuan came out of the room and looked at Tian Fengbi in front of him. He was surprised and said disdainfully, "What a straw bag!"

According to Tian Feng Bibi, he was stationed in Shaanxi County, Jinghu Road for ten years, just to collect local intelligence and prepare for the infiltration of Dasong cavalry in Daxia. Li Yuanhao, the king of Xia, had an ulterior motive. He used Kim Jong Il to buy off the so-called honest officials in the Song Dynasty and arranged for killers to hijack their wives and children. If they dare to report to oversight, they will die.

For decades, many officials have been secretly bought by the heroes. Most of these officials are junior officials such as county magistrate or county cheng, which will not attract people's attention. But even so, a local governor is in charge of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people. At the same time of the border war between Daxia and Dasong, countless small troops came to Dasong in various ways. They harass the people in the name of bandits, disturb public order and affect people's hearts.

This time, Tian Fengbi used bandits as bait, just because there was no garrison on Jinghu Hubei Road, trying to attract the remaining loyalists to annihilate them in one fell swoop, and then disappeared without a trace, causing an uproar in which bandits killed loyalists in the Song Dynasty. After that, the imperial court will definitely arrange for the imperial guards to come, and the news that Xia Ma infiltrated into the territory of the Song Dynasty will also panic the whole Song court.

The summer horse was destroyed by the imperial army, so the Song Dynasty will definitely investigate the direction of the horse entering the Song Dynasty. A large number of officials will be investigated, the border customs will be in a state of chaos, and the whole dynasty will be in chaos. And Xia will also take the opportunity to attack, and Xia Ma will cooperate with each other in the territory, and there will be chaos in the world.

Cui heard his face leaning forward, but Zhang's face was not much better. The situation is worse than he thought. For today's plan, we can only stabilize Tian Feng Bi, quickly destroy bandits, arrange Cui to return to Beijing to report the truth, and let the emperor stabilize the morale of the border guards.

Soon, 3000 imperial troops arrived, and the fighting capacity of the imperial army was really extraordinary, and the bandits were quickly eliminated. Cui will also report the specific situation to Injong. Although the emperor is angry in every way, the overall situation is paramount, and there should be no chaos in the world for a while. First, people were sent to appease the frontline soldiers in summer, and then the capable ministers were arranged to conduct nationwide inspections. On the surface, it is vigorous, but in fact it is particularly secretive.

After half a year, the inspection activities came to an end. A large number of Beijing officials were appointed as county magistrates, and these county magistrates were transferred and dismissed. During this period, the local garrison stepped up efforts to wipe out bandits, and those ordinary people who did not kill people were educated, put in prison and tried and punished for killing people. Those well-trained and well-equipped gangsters were completely arrested and eradicated.

At this point, Daxia's deadly trap was defeated, and Dasong temporarily returned to a calm day. ...

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