Chapter 72 Liangshan Breaks the Game
When Fang Mu learned about the news of the imperial court's dispatch of troops and generals, he could only sigh that he was worthy of being a veteran, which was different from other people in the imperial court.
As soon as Zong Ze took office, he directly mobilized the powerful generals and masters from all sides of the court to concentrate on eliminating the three forces, and did not give the three forces time to grow.
Judging from Zong Ze's distribution, he should value Wang Qing and Tian Hu the most, and he sees Liangshan the most clearly. However, Liangshan's strength is indeed the weakest among the three forces.
I don’t know if there is any master hidden under Tian Hu and Wang Qing, but Fang Mu, the masters from the court, know them.
There are records of them in Water Margin.
Just say that Zong Ze, who attacked Tian Hu, had several masters under his command.
Needless to say, the big sword Guan Sheng is the second most powerful general in the Water Margin.
The Hebei Jiedushi Wang Huan is not a simple person either. He fought with Lin Chong for seventy or eighty rounds and did not decide the winner. The quasi-first-class Suo Chao fought with him for five rounds and turned around and ran away. His martial arts value can be seen as Lin Chong's level, and more importantly, Wang Huan is a veteran like Huang Zhong who is still strong.
In addition, Wang Wende and Dong Ping, the governor of Hongnong, in the north of Beijing, could fight for 30 rounds without a chance of winning or losing. They were caught alive by Zhang Qing's sneak attack. They should also be first-class. Ma Xuanzan of the Chou County and Hao Siwen of Jing Mu, guessed that they should be between second-rate and first-rate.
Zong Ze has three first-class generals and two quasi-first-class experts under his command. With Zong Ze himself taking action, it is normal for Tian Hu to be a thief with no background.
There are many masters on Zhong Shidao. Han Cunbao and Zhang Kai are both first-class generals. Han Cunbao and Double Whip Hu Yanzhuo fight for 100 rounds without a winner. They can be regarded as masters of the same level as Hu Yanzhuo. In addition to the well-trained Zhong Family Army and Wang Jin, the coach hidden in Zhong Family Army, these are three first-class generals. With the commander of Zhong Shidao, Wang Qing can hardly get a bargain even if there are many powerful generals under him.
There are also many masters in the imperial court who have attacked Liangshan.
Hu Yanzhuo, Xiang Yuanzhen, and Dong Ping are all first-class generals.
The rest should have second-rate standards.
In the end, Wang Bing, the veteran general who guarded Kaifeng Prefecture, was the most difficult person except Zong Ze and Zhong Shidao. He was not only a character in Water Margin, but also had a prototype in official history. In history, he was a famous general.
In history, Jin soldiers invaded in large numbers, Tong Guan fled timidly, and there were only 20,000 soldiers and people in the city. Wang Bing was unwilling to give up his people and defended Taiyuan City for more than 250 days. In the end, he broke through the city due to ammunition and food. He died in street battles and dozens of guns were thrown into the river. The one who attacked Taiyuan City was Wanyan Zonghan, a famous general of the Jin Kingdom.
In addition, Wang Bing, the battle against Fang La in the official history, was one of the main forces.
Such a famous general who is good at guarding Kaifeng Prefecture is absolutely solid.
If you count carefully, there are ten first-class generals that Fang Mu knew about.
If the court concentrated its troops against one of the rebels, it would be absolutely unstoppable, but it would be absolutely not so easy to deal with three rebels at the same time.
Zong Ze might have other plans
At the same time, another rebel force appeared in the Jiangnan region called Green Forest Alliance.
The Green Forest Alliance grows very fast, and wanders around and erratic. It attacks the county towns from time to time to plunder food. As long as the Green Forest Alliance is not stopped, it will not hurt people.
In just one month, thousands of people gathered together to call each other, and the momentum was huge.
What's strange is that my father has never really wiped out the Green Forest Alliance. He occasionally sent troops to "clear up" and always returned empty-handed.
During this period, Fang Mu also returned to the Seven Sages City.
But Fang Mu found that some people were missing in Fangfu.
For example, uncle Fang Qifo, and the old housekeeper Wang Yin who has been following his grandfather.
Although my grandfather and father did not name it, Fang Mu still understood.
"We will be in danger after the court wiped out the three families." Fang Jie said worriedly.
Judging from the news we have learned, the three armies sent by the imperial court have reached a stalemate.
"The first among these three forces is Liangshan, perhaps the one who was pacified," said Fang Jie.
"Uncle is too worried, Liangshan is not that simple." Fang Mu said.
Liangshan is not so easy to deal with.
In terms of experts alone, Liangshan is not inferior to the imperial court, and Liangshan has an advantage in the number of second-rate experts.
Moreover, there are two guys Wu Yong and Zhu Wu who can use formations. Liangshan is really not as weak as others imagined, not to mention that Liangshan has a geographical advantage.
If you want to deal with Liangshan, you must be prepared for a protracted war, rely on the lakeside to build a dock and then build a ship.
But the court seemed to want to fight a blitzkrieg. In Fang Mu's opinion, the most likely problem was the army that attacked Liangshan.
Because Hu Yanzhuo was a little brainy in this army, and the other two Xiang Yuanzhen and Dong Ping were both brainless and reckless men.
Dong Ping has a nickname called Dong Yichi.
It is also worth mentioning that Xiang Yuanzhen belongs to the "Ten Jiedushis". Fang Mu remembers that the original work said that "the Ten Jiedushis were all born in the green forest in the past. Later, he was recruited and even became the official position of Xu Da, he was all elite and brave."
Without some ability, you will not be able to survive when you are recruited.
However, it seems that decades have passed since Xiang Yuan Town was Zhao'an, and no one has mentioned his origin again.
There is a precedent for Xinsong to accept the recruitment of Green Forest masters. No wonder Song Jiang and Wu Yong are so keen to be recruited.
"Master, there are new results in Liangshan."
Du Wei hurriedly walked over with an unopened secret letter and handed it to Fang La.
Fang La took the secret letter and opened it.
After reading it, he looked at Fang Mu in surprise, "There are indeed a few brushes in Liangshan."
The letter mentioned that Liangshan used a strategy to lure the enemy into depth to capture Dong Ping alive. Dong Ping actually surrendered to Song Jiang secretly. Using Dong Ping's identity, he used a series of strategies to make the court army fall into a trap and defeated him. Hu Yanzhuo was caught off his horse, Han Tao was captured alive, Divine Fire general Wei Dingguo was shot and killed by Hua Rong, Holy Water general Shan Yangui died in the chaos, and Xiang Yuanzhen led the remnants to escape.
Countless casualties were killed and injured at the foot of Liangshan, and the elite imperial court fled and defeated the Liangshan army.
"Hu Yanzhuo's child is brave but not wise. Such a simple plan cannot be seen." Fang Jie laughed, "It seems that Hu Yanzhuo is also a fool."
Fang Mu felt extremely complicated when he saw his uncle's performance, and even this performance was almost as good as Hu Yanzhuo.
"Don't be careless." Fang La knocked on Fang Jie, "The people in the court cannot be fools. Hu Yanzhuo is definitely a bit of real ability to make a name for himself. This only means that there are masters in Liangshan."
Fang La was no longer nervous when she threw the letter on the table.
"Liangshan is better first. Now it depends on whether Zong Ze and Zhong Shidao can break the deadlock ahead of schedule. If the court can still have another chance, if the court cannot be damaged, it will completely lose its chance." Fang La said and looked at Fang Mu, "Xiao Mu, how do you view the situation in the world?"
Fang Mu suddenly asked himself a little surprised. After sorting out his thoughts, he replied: "We should pay attention to Liangshan, the next move they will take after the big victory."
"Why pay attention to Liangshan?" Fang La asked.
"Because Liangshan is not too far from us, Liangshan wants to further develop either to go south or east. We are just south, and Kaifeng Prefecture is in the north. Liangshan will not open the Fengfu Prefecture now, and it will be no good for them to open the Fengfu Prefecture." Fang Mu did not say another sentence. Song Heizi's dream is to be recruited. How can he recruit him if he fights Kaifeng Prefecture?
"That's right. If Liangshan in Kaifeng Prefecture is captured, it will become the target of public criticism. Moreover, Tian Hu is in the north of Kaifeng Prefecture. The west is the place of four battles. If Liangshan is facing west, it will border various forces, which is not a wise move." Fang La praised, "It is worthy of being the son of our Fang family."
Fang Mu was stunned. I didn't think so much at all. However, Fang Mu didn't explain, and sat in place without expression.
Chapter completed!