Chapter 720 Countermeasures
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Zhou Bao's actions made Li Jing no longer dare to underestimate the heroes of this era.
There was Gao Pian in front and Zhou Bao behind. The actions of these people were beyond Li Jing's expectations, but if they thought about it carefully, their actions were inevitable.
Gao Pian, Zhou Bao and other commanders of the town can sit at their current position, but they are not ordinary people. Anyone who despises them will have to pay a price. Li Jing had despised Gao Pian before, but in the end, Hu Douzhou's defeat and Huai Si are at present.
And Gao Pian finally got the bitter fruit because he didn't take Zhou Bao seriously.
Liang Zhang attacked Hu Douzhou for 50,000 troops. He fought hard for several days and finally spent 30,000 people to destroy the Qin army and take Hu Douzhou. But before he could have been happy, Zhou Bao finally took action. As a result, the Hu Douzhou, who Liang Zhang bought at countless prices, made a wedding dress for Zhou Bao. In the end, he ended up being wiped out. If he had not escaped quickly, he snatched a small boat and fled, he was afraid that the number one general under Gao Pian would also fail.
Li Jing didn't expect Gao Pian to take action, but Gao Pian saw the opportunity and took action. Gao Pian did not expect Zhou Bao to take action, but Zhou Bao also saw the opportunity and took action. These princes in the town were smarter than the other, and no one was a frank person.
In the Linhuai Xingying Hall, Li Jing swept away his previous depression and felt very happy. Gao Pian, Gao Pian, you are today too.
"Fifth Concubine, I will give you another task. I will send someone to Runzhou to meet the Prince of Runan, bring more gifts, and thank Marshal Zhou for his help." Although Zhou Bao sent troops to deal with Gao Pian, it was not for Li Jing's revenge, but for his own interests. However, the so-called "far from a distance and attack near and near" is the enemy. The enemy is a friend. Li Jing is now willing to cooperate with Zhou Bao to deal with Gao Pian together.
With Zhou Bao restrained Gao Pian, Li Jing's pressure in Huaisi also decreased.
Huainan, Yangzhou.
On the Yacheng Festival Hall, Gao Pian was wearing a gold-weaving Taoist robe and a purple-gold crown. He was looking at Liang Zhang, Qin Yan, Bi Shiduo, and Li Han's four generals coldly.
In the battle between Hu Douzhou, Liang Zhang was in danger of his late reign. First, he fought 50,000 people and 10,000 people. As a result, he died 30,000. He finally took Hu Douzhou, but he didn't pass a day, so he was attacked by Zhou Bao. After a day, he was wiped out by the entire army.
All 50,000 soldiers were lost, but the four generals of Liang and Zhang escaped separately.
When we returned to Yangzhou, the four of us were also covered in dust.
"I have found out that it is not Zhou Bao's Zhenhai Army who attacked you, but Tutuan Township soldiers from Badu, Hangzhou." Gao Pian's voice was cold, but he could not believe it in Liang Zhang and others' ears.
When the Qin army was bitten hard, it can be said that the Qin army's rural soldiers were not ordinary vassal troops. They were well-equipped and sharp firearms, etc. In addition, they were fighting across the sea, so losses were inevitable. However, if the subsequent defeat was Zhou Bao's Zhenhai Army, it can also be said that Zhou Bao was a powerful general of the imperial guards, with fierce soldiers and horses under his command, and he was a sneak attack. He chose the time when they were exhausted and relaxed after the battle with the Qin army.
But now, when General Gao said that it was not Zhenhai Army who attacked them, but a Tutuan Township Army in Hangzhou, with a number of only 20,000 people, and their troops were of the same force at that time. As a result, they first defeated Li Jing's village soldiers, and then Zhou Bao's village soldiers. Liang Zhang was also known as the number one general under General Gao Dacheng, which was simply a joke.
"Is this impossible?" Not only Liang Zhang couldn't believe it, but even Qin Yan, Bi Shiduo and Li Hanzhi were also hard to believe it. They had fought for many years, and even if they were not in line with Li Jing and Zhou Bao's war soldiers, when could they not even defeat a group of rural soldiers?
"There is nothing impossible. The one who defeated you is Hangzhou Badu, 20,000 Hangzhou Township soldiers, and Zhou Bao's town and navy. Moreover, Hangzhou Badu destroyed all of you, but there were less than 5,000 casualties. The casualties were one to four!" Gao Pian was already a little angry and laughed.
This time the troops were divided into two groups. The most powerful subordinate Liang Zhang sent out to the south, and they were also matched with Li Hanzhi, Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo, the three surrendered generals. As a result, the entire army was wiped out. On the contrary, Gao Jie, who was in the north, took Haozhou with only a thousand casualties.
"Please give me another 20,000 troops, no, give me another 10,000 troops, I will definitely take Hu Douzhou back." Liang Zhang was ashamed and his face turned red. He thought that he and Zhang Lin were known as the Huainan Bijie. Once Zhang Lin died, he was the first among the generals of the Huai Army. But now, Gao Jie's little bastard can easily take Haozhou, but instead he attacked a Xiaozhou for 50,000 troops, and his entire army was wiped out.
If he doesn't lead his troops back, what kind of face does he have to rank first in the Huai Army general?
"Forget it, it's good that you can come back. Go back to the mansion first to take a good rest. I will be temporarily responsible for training new recruits during this period." Gao Pian waved his hand and rejected Liang Zhang's request. And after a few words, he sent Liang Zhang and the other four to train the new army and acted as coaches, and even didn't bring them soldiers.
Liang Zhang and the other four had their faces flushed and they were extremely unwilling to accept it, but in the end they had to retreat with shame and anger.
After the four of them retreated, Gao Pian, who had been extremely calm, suddenly pulled out the sword hanging beside him and split the table in half with one sword.
Although Liang Zhang's defeat disappointed him, Zhou Bao's sudden move made him extremely angry. Since he was called a famous general, he has gradually looked down on Zhou Bao, the eldest brother of the imperial guards in the past. Who would have thought that Zhou Bao actually attacked him this time, which is equivalent to slapping him hard.
Gao Pian didn't care much about the loss of the soldiers, and the defeat of the military was common. But it depends on who was defeated and Zhou Bao's, which made him extremely angry. In particular, Zhou Bao still attacked him.
After a slash and slashing horizontally, Gao Pian was in a mess, and the Yamen guarding outside were all calm and did not dare to let out a breath.
After a long time, Gao Pian asked someone to call Lu Yongzhi, Zhang Shouyi, and Zhuge Yin, three immortal cultivation geniuses whom they trust very much. Zhang Shouyi, like Zhuge Yin and Lu Yongzhi, were just sorcerers of the world and aroused villains, but at this time he was very trusted by Gao Pian and was confidant.
After the three arrived, Gao Pian discussed with him for a long time before leaving.
Finally, Gao Pian sent someone to call Bi Shiduo.
"Does General Bi have any contacts?" Gao Pian asked.
Bi Shiduo was shocked and his scalp was a little numb. He thought that Gao Pian was going to attack him and be the scapegoat for Hu Douzhou's defeat. In his opinion, Hu Douzhou's defeat, someone must be responsible for such a big thing. But although Liang Zhang was the main general, he was the general Gao Pian and would definitely not cause trouble for him. Then only the three deputy generals were scapegoats. When he thought about his relationship with Lu Yongzhi had never been good, he heard that Lu Yongzhi had just left, and it was hard to say that it was Lu Yongzhi who was trying to harm him.
Gao Pian saw Bi Shiduo's face pale face and said, "You don't have to be too careful. It's not a question of your crime. You answered me truthfully. Do you have any contact with Liu Hanhongke?"
Bi Shiduo secretly observed Gao Pian's expression, and saw that he did not look like he was trying to trouble him, and he felt a little relieved.
Like Bi Shiduo, Liu Hanhong was one of the top ten generals under Wang Xianzhi's troops in his early years. However, before Liu Hanhong joined Wang Xianzhi's gang, he was actually a minor official in the government and was considered an official. Later, the Cao Army fought with Li Jing in Songzhou, and Liu Hanhong was defeated and captured. This guy surrendered to the Tang army. However, Li Jing looked down on these people from the thief and handed him over to the court. In the end, the court pardoned him and asked him to lead him to surrender to his old subordinates and became an official army.
Later, he did a good job, his position continued to improve, and his troops became more and more under his command.
When Wang Duo replaced Gao Pian to attack the thief commander, he called Liu Hanhong over. As a result, in the battle of Jiangling, after the Li army was defeated, Wang Duo abandoned the city and left Liu Hanhong to stay in Jiangling. As a result, Liu Hanhong saw that the thief army was in great power, so he simply robbed Jiangling and then set fire to Jiangling to become a thief again.
After robbing Jiangling, Liu Hanhong had money and food, but his power did not decline but increased. As a result, the court recruited him again and arranged it to eastern Zhejiang. Last year, Liu Hanhong rebelled again in eastern Zhejiang. The court not only did not punish him, but instead made Liu Hanhong the governor of the East Army of Zhejiang East Town. Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao were sought by the two who were unsuccessful in the past, but Liu Hanhong succeeded in doing so.
After Liu Hanhong became the governor of Zhendong Army, he secretly wrote letters with him several times, hoping to recruit this thief companion from that year. Bi Shiduo hesitated. He thought the secret of the matter, but he did not expect that Gao Pian had already known it and was frightened.
Hesitating, Bi Shiduo finally explained: "Liu Hanhong sent letters to his post several times, and there were words to recruit his posts, but his posts were loyal to the Sei-Chief and refused them all."
Gao Pian smiled slightly, "You don't have to be nervous, you know all these. I will give you a task now, and you will set out to Yuezhou, east of Zhejiang."
Bi Shiduo was stunned for a moment and didn't understand.
"The old man Zhou Bao dared to attack me behind his back, and I would use his own way to do it. This time you went to eastern Zhejiang to discuss with Liu Hanhong and let him join forces with us to deal with Zhou Bao. You tell Liu Hanhong that as long as he is willing to send troops to control the navy, then after the two families are done, we will divide the western Zhejiang equally. In addition, to show my sincerity, we are willing to give him one million stagnant of money first."
Hearing this, Bi Shiduo finally understood.
No wonder Gao Dashui refused Liang Zhang's request to hire a soldier just now. It turned out that he had this idea. Zhou Bao raided the Huai Army, and Gao Pian did not intend to take revenge directly, but wanted to join forces with Liu Hanhong behind Zhou Bao to give the other person his own way.
Although Liu Hanhong took the position of Zhendong Army's commander, he was just a thief with a million stakes, which was indeed a very attractive bargaining chip. In particular, Gao Pian also proposed to divide western Zhejiang equally. I was afraid that Liu Hanhong would be unable to refuse after hearing this condition.
Bi Shiduo secretly praised Gao Pian's methods. He played well with this trick. He joined forces with Liu Hanhong. Zhou Bao's backyard caught fire, so he was afraid that he would not dare to take any action against Huainan again. In this way, Gao Pian could fight with Li Jing for Huaini with confidence.
Chapter completed!