A group of Liangshan leaders were sitting in the Zhongyi Hall, and a large map was hung on a screen.
Zhu Gui is reporting on the intelligence collected.
He pointed to the place that represented Zengtou City and said: "Brother, please look, this is Zengtou City.
It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side.
The terrain is complex and dangerous, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack."
“According to the spies’ reports, this was originally a market set up by Jurchen merchants from the Liao Kingdom in the southwest of Lingzhou, specializing in selling Liao’s famous products, such as ginseng, mink skins, famous horses, gold beads, beeswax, linen, etc.
Because his goods were of high quality and reasonably priced, he could sell them all in the first market, so he was called Zengtou Market by the merchants.
As the trade expanded, many people living there gathered, and together with the villagers he recruited, there were now more than 3,000 households, many of whom were from the Jurchen tribe of the Liao Kingdom.
Qiu has already petitioned the officials to upgrade Zengtou City to Zengtou County and appoint Zeng Nong as the county magistrate, so many people now call Zeng Nong Chief Zeng."
"Zeng Nong had five sons, known as the Five Tigers of the Zeng family.
The eldest son was called Zeng Tu, the second was called Zeng Mi, the third was called Zeng Suo, the fourth was called Zeng Kui, and the fifth was called Zeng Sheng. " "Zeng Nong claimed to protect his goods, so he recruited more than 5,000 dealers and hired two teachers to guide these dealers.
One teacher was named Shi Wengong.
He was very capable and nicknamed Kuai Qiang.
He was very good with a long gun.
He is extremely brave.
This Shi Wengong is also the senior brother of you and Brother Lin Chong.
The other assistant teacher is Su Ding, who is good at using the golden-backed machete and is nicknamed Sai Hansheng.
His strength should not be underestimated. " After hearing Zhu Gui's detailed introduction to Zengtou City, Shi Jin looked at the map.
The terrain of Zengtou City was surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side.
This terrain was easy to defend but difficult to attack, so Shi Jin gave up his plan of long-distance attack.
Now Liangshan is no longer the time when there were only two or three thousand troops.
Previously, more than 1,000 Dongping Prefecture officers and soldiers were recruited, and nearly 6,000 officers and soldiers of Jeju Qingzhou were captured.
After excluding some old, weak, sick and disabled, Liangshan recruited nearly 4,000 soldiers and horses, plus 800 young men who had recently come to the mountain to seek refuge.
There are now nearly 13,000 soldiers and horses in Liangshan.
Among them, there are 350 people in the cavalry battalion, 500 people in the archer battalion, 1,200 people in the navy battalion, 3,500 people in the swordsman battalion, and 6,000 people in the spearman battalion.
After conquering Qingzhou, Xucheng, and Dongping Prefecture, Liangshan also plundered a lot of saltpeter and sulfuric acid, and now the output of gunpowder has also increased.
Shi Jin finally got his wish and established a 300-person firearms camp.
When this army of tens of thousands moves, it is so vast that it is difficult to hide.
Moreover, given the terrain of Soto City, it was difficult to catch the opponent off guard.
If you run a long distance, you will be discovered by your opponent.
The enemy is waiting for work, and may cause greater losses to our army.
What's more, our army's power has greatly increased now.
The Zeng family only supports five thousand bankers.
Now our army's power is stronger than that of our opponents.
All we need to do is crush them with upright troops.
Shi Jin sent Pilihuo Qin Ming as the vanguard general, Yan Shun and Wang Ying as deputy generals, and led 2,000 soldiers and horses as the vanguard to set off first.
They opened roads through mountains and built bridges when encountering water to clear the way for the army.
At the same time, they also checked along the roads to see if there were any ambush.
After Qin Ming left for half a day, Shi Jin led 6,000 Chinese troops and 10 leaders including Zhu Wu, Wu Yong, Lu Zhishen, Luan Yanyu, Wu Song, Pang Wanchun, Li Kui, Ou Peng, Deng Fei, and Ma Lin and set off.
Then Huang Xin, Song Wan, and Du Qian led the rear army of 2,000 people.
The rear army is mainly to guard against the enemy's sudden attack from behind.
At the same time, when the Chinese army encounters an ambush, they can also respond from behind.
The three armies responded back and forth half a day apart.
Lin Chong led the remaining leaders and soldiers to stay in Liangshan.
Although he did not use long-distance attacks, Shi Jin was also wary of Shi Wengong's team of cavalry who knew how to ride and shoot.
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On the plains, if he was harassed by this cavalry, it would definitely give Shi Jin a headache.
In order to confuse the enemy.
Shi Jin sent Zhu Gui to spread the news that Liangshan was going to attack Jinan Prefecture and seize money and food for the village.
When the officers and soldiers of Jinan Prefecture heard the news, they were frightened and sent out messengers, asking for reinforcements everywhere.
At the same time, they closed the city gates early.
As the news of Liangshan's defeat of Qingzhou and Jezhou's troops spread, no officers and soldiers from any state or county dared to send troops to attack Liangshan's army.
As soon as they heard that Liangshan was about to cross the border, they all closed the city gates tightly early, for fear that if they were not careful, the bandits would break into the city.
These officers and soldiers were as fearful as tigers and did not even dare to leave the city, let alone go to rescue Jinan Prefecture.
Just when the prefect of Jinan was frightened three times a day, nervous and panicked, thinking about asking these bandits to attack Jinan City, should he run away directly, or try to resist first and then run away.
As for holding on to the city, he had never even thought about it.
When Liangshan only had 5,000 soldiers and horses, it could annihilate 10,000 officers and soldiers.
Now there are 10,000 officers and soldiers.
How many officers and soldiers does Jinan Prefecture have?
Less than five thousand What's more, he knows very well the urinary nature of the officers and soldiers under his command.
It's okay to bully the people, but if he wants them to fight against the bandits who are like wolves and tigers, they will only be able to escape faster than him.
Considering that this living bandit doesn't kill the people or occupy the city anyway, all he wants is money and food.
It's just a little money and food.
When the time comes to report the fire or something, and then send people to Beijing for some activities, you can hide it.
Life is important Just when the prefect of Jinan was thinking about running away, he suddenly heard that the gang of Liangshan bandits who were about to kill Jinan suddenly changed their route and headed towards Lingzhou.
The prefect of Jinan jumped up when he heard this.
Although he didn't know why these bandits suddenly changed their minds, he didn't care.
As long as the bandits didn't come to attack Jinan Mansion, everything would be fine.
As for the bandits attacking Lingzhou, that is a matter for the magistrate of Lingzhou, not the Jinan Mansion.
This must be the blessing of the ancestors and Buddha.
I will definitely burn three more sticks of incense to calm my shock.
Everyone in the Zeng family believed at first that the bandits from Liangshan were really going to attack Jinan Mansion, which had a lot of money and food.
They never thought that they would attack them.
There was still half a day before Elder Zeng knew that the Liangshan Army's forward was about to reach Zengtou City.
Zeng Nong was so frightened that he quickly sent someone to call the two teachers and his five sons.
In the hall of Zeng Mansion, Su Ding heard the news that the Liangshan bandits were coming, and immediately said: "They are staying in the water, so we can't catch them.
Now they don't know whether to live or die, and they dare to come.
We just took this opportunity to catch them."
They all caught it.”
Zeng Kui also shouted: "Yes, we won't cause trouble to those bandits, even if they are lucky.
How dare they come to provoke our father, give me two to three thousand soldiers and horses, and I will go and capture all those bandits."
Yes, please reward me for being relieved of my duties.”
Zeng Nong thought deeply and said: "We went to annihilate Liangshan before, hoping to obtain the salt-making technology and wine-making technology.
Now the most important salt-making technology has been obtained.
This Liangshan sent more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, There are a lot of people and we are now.
We are busy making and selling salt, but fighting them to the death will not be worth the loss.
Besides, we didn't kill a few of them last time.
Although we injured a leader, we heard that he could not be rescued, so we sent people to contact them to see.
Is there any intention of peace talks?”
Shi Wen Gong shook his head hastily and said: "No, those bandits defeated the officers and soldiers.
When we are in high spirits, we go to negotiate with them at this time.
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We are afraid that they will think that we are weak and can be bullied, let alone whether they will agree to the peace talks.
Even if they are willing to negotiate, I'm afraid the lion will ask for a price.
Besides, the other party is just a bunch of thieves.
So what if there are 10,000 people, they are not just grass bandits.
If they had not caught us off guard last time, we would have caught Shi Jin, the leader of the bandits, even if they still had the Thunder.
We can’t kill many people at all.
We are prepared this time, we will never suffer any loss again, and we can definitely catch that guy.”
Zeng Tu also shouted: "Master is right, the bandits are coming, we must have peace talks.
The other bandits heard this, they don't think I am weak and can be bullied, they all came to fight against the autumn wind, can we still live a stable life?
Fight, definitely Defeating them all can not only buy favors for the court, but also deter other bandits."
Zeng Mi, Zeng Suo, and Zeng Sheng all clamored to be beaten.
Zeng Nong saw that two teachers and five sons were all fighting.
Although he was a little worried, he thought that he had so many bankers, and even if he couldn't win, he could still hold on.
If the battle is defeated, people can still be sent for rescue.
I don't believe that the gang of thieves dare to besiege Zengtou City for a long time.
Thinking of this, Zeng Nong strengthened his determination to fight.
When Zeng Nong decided to fight, Qin Ming led 2,000 forwards to the vicinity of Zengtou City.
As soon as he arrived, Qin Ming asked his men to set up camp.
When Zeng Kui heard the news, he said to Elder Zeng: "The vanguard of the bandits has just arrived.
They must be very tired from the long journey.
I will lead five hundred troops to attack.
I will take advantage of the enemy's stronghold before the fence is built and attack the enemy with ease.
I will definitely defeat the enemy." .To enhance the prestige of our army and undermine the morale of the other party.”
When Su Ding heard this, he hurriedly said: "Silang's words are reasonable.
Commander Zeng can't miss this opportunity."
Zeng Nong heard about it and immediately sent Zeng Kui to fight.
Not long after Qin Ming asked his men to set up camp, they saw dust flying in front and a group of men and horses rushing towards them.
When Qin Ming saw it, he immediately shouted: "Wang Ying and his people will continue to set up the stronghold.
The others will form the formation with me and prepare to fight."
After hearing the order, Wang Ying commanded his men to continue setting up the stronghold.
Yan Shun followed Qin Ming and commanded the soldiers and horses to line up, holding swords and guns on guard.
Zeng Kui wore a copper helmet and chain armor, held a point steel spear, and rode a charging horse.
He led 500 bankers to 300 steps in front of Qin Ming.
Seeing that the other party was prepared, he shouted loudly: "You are all anti-national grass bandits.
I originally wanted to arrest you and get you a reward.
Now you are going to die, but you are saving me trouble.
If you don't want to die, just Don't get off your horse and get tied up, or I'll take your head."
"Jianzi is looking for death" Qin Ming was nicknamed Thunderbolt and had a fiery personality.
When he heard that the other party underestimated him, he became furious and rushed forward with a mace.
Zeng Kui was young and energetic, so there was no way he would be afraid.
He rode up and faced him with his gun drawn.
The two weapons, the steel gun and the mace, collided without any tricks.
Just hearing a "bang", Zeng Kui and his horse were shaken back a few steps.
Zeng Kui thought he was very capable.
But he didn't expect this confrontation.
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Zeng Kui suddenly took a breath and sighed secretly: "What a great strength."
Zeng Kui knew that he was facing a tough situation today, so he mustered up his energy, urged his horse to gallop, and pierced Qin Ming with his spear.
If a person relies on the speed of a horse, the horse is faster and the gun is faster.
With a flash of cold light, the gun was almost in front of Qin Ming's eyes.
Qin Ming didn't care about the gun head in front of him and just hit it with a stick.
Seeing the sharp iron thorns coming down on his head, Zeng Kui could only quickly change his defense.
This time, Zeng Kui was alert and knew that the opponent was strong, so he didn't want to use the Bengzi Jue to deflect the mace.
Otherwise, Qin Ming would have smashed Zeng Kui's men and horses into a pulp if he missed the target.
Zeng Kui raised his gun to resist.
Although he escaped the danger of being smashed to death, the opportunity was completely lost.
Qin Ming struck one blow after another, but Zeng Kui could only barely resist, without any backhand power.
Shi Wengong watched from the wooden wall of the village that Zeng Kui could no longer hold on anymore.
He hurriedly asked people to lower the suspension bridge, opened the gate of the village, and personally led 500 people to come out and rob Qin Ming.
"The enemy generals should not be so arrogant until Shi Wengong comes to take your head."
Hearing the shout, Qin Ming knew that Shi Wengong was very capable.
Even his elder brothers Shi Jin and Lin Chong praised him.
However, Qin Ming was not afraid.
He immediately left Zeng Kui to fight Shi Wengong.
When Zeng Kui saw Shi Wengong coming, he breathed a sigh of relief and was rubbing his hands hard.
After resisting for more than ten or twenty rounds, his hands were numb.
Qin Ming and Shi Wengong competed, and both sides showed their unique skills.
A giant bear descended from the mountain, capable of breaking trees and sinking with powerful moves.
One looks like a dragon coming out of the sea, the storm is raging, and its movements are like thunderbolts.
After seven or eight rounds, Qin Ming couldn't keep up with Shi Wengong's gun speed.
As soon as Shi Wengong unfolded the zhanger red cherry gun in his hand, the gun body was no longer visible, only the tip of the gun was visible, like stars in the sky.
After actually facing Shi Wengong, Qin Ming finally understood why Shi Jin and Lin Chong praised this guy so much.
I also understand why this guy is called Kuai Gun.
Fast, too fast This guy is scarier than imagined.
Shi Jin and Wang Yin's halberds and spears were very fast, but there were still traces to follow.
Qin Ming was confident of dealing with them.
It's just that this guy's gun is incredibly fast, and his eyes can't keep up.
The mace is a heavy weapon, and its speed is not as flexible and fast as a gun.
Zeng Kui is not as capable as Qin Ming.
When his gun kills Qin Ming, his mace will definitely kill him first, forcing Zeng Kui to withdraw his gun and fight back.
But when Qin Ming's mace kills Shi Wengong, Shi Wengong's spear kills Qin Ming first, and Qin Ming can only hold back the stick to resist.
After barely resisting for another five or six rounds, Shi Wengong's spear flashed, and Qin Ming suddenly felt as if nine spearheads appeared in front of him, like a nine-headed dragon opening its bloody mouth and biting him all at once.
For a moment, Qin Ming was stunned and didn't know whether the shot was real.
He could only follow his own consciousness and swing the mace in a circle, trying to use the head of the club to block a wide range of attacks.
But before the head of his stick could turn into a semi-circle, Shi Wengong's spear head seemed like a spiritual snake coming out of its hole, piercing out like lightning, and then retracting like lightning.
Qin Ming's shoulder was suddenly punctured, and blood splattered.
With his arm seriously injured, Qin Ming no longer had the strength to grab the mace, and it hit the ground directly, kicking up dust.
Kill you while you are sick Shi Wengong opened his eyes angrily and stabbed Qin Ming straight into the chest.
Qin Ming's heart tightened when he saw it.
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