Xianxia version of Water Margin

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If he could start his life over again, Zhao Ji would never build Genyue Longlived Mountain, which has no use except changing the number of his children and cultivating his sentiments. Even if he built it, he would never go to the southeast to build a large-scale Huashi Gang and destroy the people of the southeast. They were so offended that not only did they riot, but they also hated the Zhao and Song Dynasties to the core, causing the Zhao and Song Dynasties to lose the basis of their rule in the southeast, and could only devote the whole country to violent suppression.

And it wasn't just the brothers and sisters Fang La and Fang Baihua from the southeast who made Zhao Ji uncomfortable.

Tian Hu in the northwest and Wang Qing in the southwest were also attacking the city. If it weren't for the Western armies led by Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, Yao Gu, Zhe Keqiu and others of the Western Army, these two This guy will definitely cause no less trouble than brother and sister Fang La and Fang Baihua.

What made Zhao Ji most uncomfortable was actually Jiang Hongfei.

Speaking of which, Jiang Hongfei is really not as high-profile as Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing. So far, Jiang Hongfei has not even given himself a title. His current official title is still the leader of the Dazhai of Shuibo Liangshan. He is the same as Shenggong Fan La and Jin. Compared with Wang Tianhu and Chu Wang Wang Qing, they are simply not worth mentioning.

But the problem is that Jiang Hongfei is too close to Zhao Ji.

Also, Zhao Ji has often received calls for help from Hebei recently. Officials there generally responded to a question, that is, every time the Liangshan Army conquered an area, the first thing they did was to clear out the local dignitaries, wealthy families, and gentry. It was to eliminate the rule of the Zhao and Song dynasties in the area, and then implement policies such as debt relief, land allocation, grain distribution, and many other policies that benefit the people. This made all the areas conquered by Jiang Hongfei willingly become Jiang Hongfei's territory.

You can say that Zhao Ji is fatuous, but you cannot say that Zhao Ji is incompetent or stupid.

You know, people as powerful as Cai Jing and Tong Guan were all kept submissive by Zhao Ji, and were even forced by Zhao Ji to follow the path of treacherous ministers who were trying to please Zhao Ji.

Such Zhao Ji, can you say that he is incapable and stupid?

Zhao Ji smelled a hint of danger from Jiang Hongfei's behavior. He even felt that although Fang La and Jiang Hongfei were in the south and the other in the north, there might be some connection between the two that he didn't know about.

Of course, as of now, Zhao Ji does not know that Fang Baihua is Jiang Hongfei's concubine, and that Jiang Hongfei and Fang La are married.

But this did not prevent Zhao Ji from noticing something from Jiang Hongfei's unique method.

In short, although Jiang Hongfei had tried his best not to let Zhao Ji notice him, Zhao Ji still listed Jiang Hongfei as the number one target of attack like Fang La.

But then again, Zhao Ji also knew that there was no rush to suppress Jiang Hongfei.

The reason is very simple. Jiang Hongfei's water park is in Liangshan, and there are thousands of branches going back and forth to Hong Kong, and it is eight hundred miles in all directions. It is connected to the island in the east, Xianyang in the west, Dayejin Township in the south, and Yanjun County in Qingqi Province in the north. There are seventy-two sections of harbor branches, housing hundreds of warships and cockpits; thirty-six wild goose towers have been built, and tens of millions of military supplies, horses and grass can be stored there. There are also hundreds of generals and hundreds of thousands of water cavalry troops.

It is obvious that such a water-filled Liangshan cannot be conquered in a short time.

Moreover, Gao Qiu had already made an agreement with Zhao Ji that even if he arrived at the front line of Liangshan in Shuibo, he would build ships first and slowly gather troops. He could not start a war with the Liangshan army until the Tenth Festival and all the troops from all sides were present.

Zhao Ji chose to believe in Gao Qiu, whom he single-handedly promoted. He felt that Gao Qiu would not betray his trust.

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Let us say that Gao Qiu stayed in the capital for more than twenty days.

Zhao Ji issued an edict and urged the army to rise.

Gao Qiucai first sent the imperial camp troops and horses out of the city, and also selected more than thirty singers and dancers from the teaching workshop to accompany the army for entertainment.

On the solstice, I offered sacrifices to the flag, resigned and set off on my journey.

But it's a good month.

It was the early autumn weather, and all the officials, big and small, were in Changting to say goodbye.

Gao Qiu was wearing military uniform and riding a golden-saddled war horse. In front of him were five jade-bridled and carved-saddled horses.

On the left and right are: Kinmen feather guests Wang Yuncheng, Xu Zhichang, Wang Wenqing, counselor Wen Huanzhang and young general Liu Qi.

Behind him were Qiu Yue, the chief instructor of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army, Zhou Ang, the deputy instructor of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army, Cheng Ziming, the golden-haired iron lion in charge of the Dongcheng Military and Horse Department, Hu Chun, the governor of the capital of Gyeonggi who often walked in Gaoqiu Mansion, and the mountain warrior. Gao Chonghan, Dang Shiying, Dang Shixiong and other first-class Qi practitioners.

There were also many palace commanders, commanders, army commanders, soldiers and horse defense, regiment training and other officials who followed behind.

Gao Qiu led the army out of the city, dismounted in front of the pavilion, and said goodbye to the officials.

After drinking the farewell wine, climbing on the saddle and mounting the horse, Gao Qiu's troops set off to look forward to Jeju.

On the road, Gao Qiu indulged the soldiers and went to the village to plunder and plunder. The people were harmed in more than one way, and I won't go into details.

But it was said that all the ten troops and horses led by Shi Jiedu had arrived at Xingren Mansion during this period.

Also arriving at Xingren Mansion were Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo, the water and fire generals, and the two magic soldiers they led.

Ji Anbang and Tie Fangliang each led more than 10,000 troops and arrived at Xingren Mansion later.

The new governor of Jeju, Zhang Shuye, and the prefect of Xingren Prefecture, Zhang Ge, received various troops and horses and placed them properly.

In addition, Xu Huai, the magistrate of Yuncheng, heard that Gao Qiu was arriving in the next few days, and came to Xingren Mansion early to prepare to pay homage to Gao Qiu.

It is worth mentioning that on the way, Gao Qiu transferred another person.

This person is Gao Feng, Gao Qiu's cousin.

This man became the prefect of Yizhou Prefecture because he was a brother to Gao Qiu. He had almost no other abilities, except for his extremely high attainments in magic. In terms of magic alone, he was even above Gao Lian.

When the Liangshan Army attacked Yizhou, Jiang Hongfei knew that Gao Feng was powerful, so he sent Gongsun Sheng, Fan Rui, Wu Jiao, and Shi Gugong to deal with Gao Feng.

As a result, Gao Feng saw that the situation was not good and ran away like a black cloud.

Because of Gao Qiu's protection, Gao Feng lost the Yizhou Prefecture without fighting in the first battle. He was only demoted and not punished.

This time Gao Qiu was going to conquer Shuibo Liangshan, so he also called Gao Feng over. Firstly, he wanted Gao Feng to escort him, and secondly, he wanted Gao Feng to establish some military exploits so that he could resume his original position.

Gao Feng knew that the opportunity was rare, so he arrived at Xingren Mansion early in the clouds.

Within a few days, Zhang Shuye and Zhang Zhi were informed of the way ahead, and Gao Qiu finally arrived belatedly with his army.

At the tenth festival, Shan Tinggui, Wei Dingguo, Ji Anbang, Tie Fangliang, Liu Menglong, Zhang Shuye, Zhang Qiang, Gao Feng and others all went out of the city to greet Gao Qiu.

After seeing Gao Qiu, everyone met with the Taiwei and escorted him into the city together. They turned the state government office into the commander's mansion and rested.

The next day, Gao Qiu issued an order, and all troops and horses were stationed outside the city. Waiting for the arrival of Yun Tianbiao, Chen Xizhen and Zhang Ji, waiting for the arrival of Liu Menglong's water army, and marching together.

Troops and horses from all walks of life came to the stronghold. Trees and plants were cut down in the nearby mountains, and people took away doors and windows and built huts, which was very harmful to the people.

Gao Qiu was in the commander's mansion in the city, determined to recruit troops. Those who don't have silver taels will serve as the first sentry in the battle; those who have silver taels will stay in the middle army, which is a waste of merit. Such fraud is not limited to one end. There is poetry to prove it:

If you have no money and are tired, you will take the lead, and you will use your luck to strengthen the rear army. It's ridiculous that the law has been abolished, and there are many corrupt officials.

Gao Qiu was only in Xingren Mansion for a day or two before he was punished. Zhang Ji returned in defeat. Even his wife Jia was captured by Jiang Hongfei. Dongping Mansion and Dongchang Mansion were also lost. His 80,000-strong army Only a few thousand defeated soldiers were left and fled to Puzhou. Moreover, Zhang Ji, who was already in poor health, became ill because of this great change.

Gao Qiu was furious: "Zhang Ji is stupid and ruined my important affairs. He will not be spared lightly!"

Xu Huai was even more frustrated than Gao Qiu, because after the mediation of Xu Qingniang and Wang Gongren, Mrs. Jia had already expressed her full support for him to annihilate Shuibo Liangshan.

Now Mrs. Jia was not only defeated by the Liangshan Army, but she herself was captured alive by Jiang Hongfei.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is equivalent to breaking Xu Huai's arm.

Gao Qiu heavily participated in Zhang Ji's book and asked Zhao Ji to punish Zhang Ji's crime. All the men in his family were assassinated and all the women in his family were sent to the Jiaofang Division. The other defeated generals were also punished to set an example.

During this period, Liu Menglong also led his 15,000 naval troops and 500 boats across the Wuzhang River to Xingren Mansion.

Gao Qiu advocated waiting for the arrival of Yun Tianbiao and Chen Xizhen before studying the details of the battle with Shuibo Liangshan.

But Zhang Shuye objected.

Zhang Shuye believes that for things like war, Taoist priests should not wait until all the alchemy materials are ready before starting the alchemy, but should seize every opportunity.

Gao Qiu was very angry that Zhang Shuye contradicted him.

But Gao Qiu brought Zhang Shuye just to make up for his shortcomings in command, so he suppressed his anger angrily and called the Shijie Du Envoy and others to come to the hall to discuss good strategies.

Wang Huan and others reported back: "The Taiwei first taught the horse infantry to explore the road and lure the thieves out to fight. Then he sent water warships to rob the thieves' nest so that they could not look at each other and captured the group of thieves."

Gao Qiu glanced at Zhang Shuye.

Zhang Shuye nodded and indicated that Gao Qiu could give it a try.

According to what Gao Qiu said, Wang Huan and Xu Jing were assigned to be the vanguard; Wang Wende and Mei Zhan were to unite and retreat; Kaifang and Yang Wen were to be the left army; Han Cunbao and Li Congji were to be the right army; Xiang Yuanzhen was to , Jing Zhong was the envoy to save the people before and after. Dang Shixiong led 3,000 elite troops to board the ship to assist Liu Menglong's naval vessels and supervise the battle.

After Liu Menglong left with everyone, he returned alone and said: "Captain, I have an idea..."

Faced with Gao Qiu's recruitment, Liu Menglong had thought about it on the way here and would respond positively.

The reason why Liu Menglong responded so actively to Gao Qiu's call was not because he was worried about the current situation of the Zhao and Song dynasties, nor because he wanted to serve the country with loyalty, but because he had done enough with the navy and was working with great ambition. Wanting to switch to the army, he was determined to win the Liangshan Army and put the most wonderful mark on his resume, so that Gao Qiu could see his ability, appreciate him as a general, and remove him from the navy. The slim track was pulled to the Army's more promising track.

As we all know, it is an indisputable fact that the naval forces of the Zhao and Song Dynasties were not reused.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the Zhao and Song dynasties, navy officers of the same level had a lower status than cavalry officers of the same level, and were far inferior to infantry officers of the same level.

Moreover, Liu Menglong, who has been promoted to the commander, has reached the end of his career in the navy, and there is no way forward.

Therefore, Liu Menglong urgently needs to use this battle with the Liangshan Army to complete his own magnificent turn.

It can be said that Liu Menglong has been actively preparing since the battle of suppressing bandits in Xichuan, and paid special attention to strengthening the land combat capabilities of his soldiers, hoping that the top leaders of the Zhao and Song Dynasty would notice his talents in commanding troops other than the navy.

The opportunity to break through the career bottleneck is now.

Generally speaking, if a person without strength is too ambitious, his life will definitely turn into a tragedy, because he will continue to struggle with failure, and pain will be a negative emotion that will ultimately accompany him throughout his life.

But Liu Menglong is obviously a general with both strength and ambition.

Liu Menglong was also extremely well prepared for this battle.

Liangshanbo is surrounded by thousands of waterways and is surrounded by water for 800 miles. There are seventy-two sections of harbor forks, housing thousands of warships and sterns. That vast, boundless lake with murderous intentions hidden everywhere could be described as a paradise for Liang Shanshui's troops, and at the same time, it was also a hell for the guest troops whose terrain was unknown.

As an outstanding veteran in the navy of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Liu Menglong did not want to make the stupid mistake of "taking advantage of his own shortcomings to attack others' strengths". He wanted to lead Liang Shan's navy to fight in the big rivers where his navy was very good at fighting. .

Beiqing River is Liu Menglong's ideal battlefield. As long as Liang Shanshui's army enters Beiqing River, there will be no geographical advantage.

The key is that the Beiqing River is the main artery between Liangshan and its territory in Shandong. As long as he cuts off this main artery, he does not believe that Liangshan's navy will come to fight him.

In that case, the key to victory lies in the temporary arrangements of the commanders on both sides and the quality of the naval forces under their command.

It has to be said that although this is a great test for Liu Menglong, he has absolute confidence in his tribe.

"Although I can't choose my opponent, at least I can choose a battlefield that suits me!"

However, Liu Menglong also knew that if he wanted to fight like this, he first needed Gao Qiu's consent.

It's not easy.

You know, the reason why Gao Qiu sent him to the battlefield of Liangshanbo was not to let him show off himself, but to assist the Song army in capturing the Liangshan Dazhai in the middle of the eight hundred miles of water.

He couldn't guarantee whether Gao Qiu would "stir up a problem" and bet on his ability to destroy Liang Shanshui's army.

Therefore, Liu Menglong told Gao Qiu about his idea of ​​forcing Liang Shanshui's army to fight in Beiqing River.

Gao Qiu thought to himself: "It's okay for Zhang Shuye to tell me what to do. You, a little commander, dare to have so many ideas. You just have to obey orders."

So Gao Qiu asked coldly: "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

On the surface, Liu Menglong hurriedly apologized: "I don't dare!", but in his heart he was cursing: "I don't have enough tricks! The entire Song Dynasty was ruined by you!"

Unexpectedly, there is no way to return to doubts after mountains and rivers, and there is another village with dark flowers and bright flowers.

Wen Huanzhang and Liu Qi came out of the queue almost at the same time and said to Gao Qiu: "Captain, this is a great plan!"

After saying that, Wen Huanzhang and Liu Qi looked at each other and smiled. They felt like they were close friends...

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