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Chapter 721 Dark Battle

(Thanks to Lin Biao for being here, Mengmeng Mengmeng Mengmeng, Dafeng Baozi’s reward, especially thanks to Dafeng Baozi for giving 10,000 coins. Congratulations to Dafeng Baozi for becoming the elder of this book!)

On the Hu Douzhou, at the foot of Langshan.

Dong Chang, the general of Shijing Town, led the eighth capital in Hangzhou, and was full of smiles after victory, and still had a lot of pride in his heart. Hangzhou Badu was just a Tutuan Township soldier. Although Qian Liu had repelled a partial army from Huang Chao, which made Shijingdu famous. To be honest, Hangzhou Badu had never fought any decent battles.

But this time, the Eighth Dudu of Hangzhou was sent to Hu Douzhou by Zhou Bao. It was originally just a vanguard, and most of the Zhenhai Army arrived later, but after the war, there was no sign of Zhenhai Army. However, at this time, whether it was Dong Chang, Qian Liu or even other generals, there was no longer any anxiety and worry during the previous battle, but only excitement and happiness.

With only the Badu of Hangzhou, they actually defeated the famous Huai Army general Liang Zhang.

There are 20,000 troops in the Eight Capitals of Hangzhou, and Liang Zhang's Huai Army also have about 20,000 troops.

But who is Liang Zhang? The number one general of the Huai Army, a famous general in the world, followed Gao Pian to fight south and north, fought Dangxiang, and fought Nanzhao, and fought all the rest of Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao. However, such famous generals have been completely wiped out in their hands. Even if this is a sneak attack, even if Liang Zhang Gang fought with the Qin army for several days, there were many wounded soldiers at this time and there were very few elite soldiers. But no matter what, they annihilated Liang Zhang's 20,000 Huai Army at the cost of 5,000 people. Without relying on the Zhenhai Army of Zhou, they achieved such a great victory with the power of the Eight Capitals, which is indeed enough for them to be proud.

Qian Liu, the actual commander of the Eight Capital soldiers in this battle, was introducing the results of the battle to Dong Chang and his party: "...After the preliminary search and scanning the battlefield, statistics have found that in this battle, our army annihilated more than 17,300 Huai Army. More than 2,200 Huai Army were captured and more than 200 officers above the Huai Army camp were killed. However, Liang Zhang, Bi Shiduo and others have not been found yet, and they are probably already fled to the island."

When Dong Chang heard that Liang Zhang might have escaped, he felt a little regretful and turned to Qian Liu coldly and said, "The more than 2,000 prisoners were killed directly." More than 2,000 prisoners had no weight in his heart, but he was very concerned about the money on the island.

"There are a lot of goods, money and grain on the island. It is estimated that there are at least five million guan worth of money, grain and goods. However, most of these belong to merchants' goods in the island warehouse." Qian Li was also shocked when he saw the number reported. More than five million guan is not a decimal. Although this is only the value of goods, not the real money and five million guan, it is still moving.

Sure enough, Dong Chang immediately showed a greedy expression on his face when he heard this. Although all the other officials were rich people in the county, his breathing became rapid when he heard it for 5 million.

Qian Liu whispered to remind him, "Most of these goods are goods from northern merchants. Many of them are directly from the Qin King's personal goods." Although Qian Bo is heart-warming, Qian Liu, a former private salt dealer, knows very well. Some people cannot move their money.

When Dong Chang heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate.

However, the others were still reluctant to give up the money. This time, Badu sent troops to consume a lot of money and grain. These Zhou Dashui would not compensate them. They had learned from Dong Chang that Zhou Shuai had promised in advance to capture the property on Hudouzhou Island. They died more than 5,000 more than 5,000 people this time, and many injured soldiers were also required. These pensions were all for money. Now that such a large amount of money is in front of us, who would be willing to release it again?

The few people said one by one, and soon Dong Chang was moved again.

"We didn't take these goods from the King of Qin, but from the Huai Army. They are no longer considered to be the King of Qin. What's more, our dispatch of troops this time is to avenge the King of Qin. So many brothers were killed and injured and did not ask the King of Qin for their pensions. These goods were the King of Qin to his brothers."

Things were settled soon. Badu divided the five million chunks of wealth according to the number of troops sent by each of them. He also took some rare goods at the head of the officers and sent people to Runzhou to Zhou Bao.

Western Zhejiang, Runzhou.

After reading the military newspaper sent by Dong Jinggang, Zhou Bao's face became more and more rosy and his eyes were full of bright colors.

With a loud bang, several staff members looked at each other with a heavy palm, and the shocked eyes of several staff members.

"Master, what happened?"

"Good thing, great good thing." Zhou Bao was in a good mood at this time. "Dong Chang led the Eight Capitals of Hangzhou to defeat Liang Zhang's troops. With one thousand casualties, he fought for one night, and completely wiped out nearly 30,000 troops from Liang Zhang's troops. Except for Liang Zhang, Bi Shiduo and several generals escaped by chance. More than a thousand other officers of all sizes were killed. He was beaten well, and Gao Pian, the bastard, also asked him to compensate us for our strength."

The news from Dong Chang reported was mixed with a lot of water. Badu was only five thousand casualties, and he reported 10,000. However, they killed less than 20,000 enemies, but he reported 30,000. But in general, the news that Liang Zhang's entire army was wiped out was indeed true. This was reported by Zhou Bao's secretly involved in Badu.

The generals, school staff and other staff in the hall were still a little unbelievable, but after taking the letter and watching it carefully, they all believed it a little. What's more, Marshal Zhou believed it, so the matter would definitely be inseparable. This result really shocked them. Liang Zhang, a famous general of the Huai Army, was actually wiped out by the group of Tumen in Badu, Hangzhou?

It turned out that some staff members said that the Eight Capitals in Hangzhou were in a group, and this force should not be underestimated, especially the Eight Capitals are all top tyrants in the counties in Hangzhou, and they should not be underestimated. But this proposal was not taken seriously by everyone. After all, no matter how strong they are, they are just local tyrants.

But this battle made Zhou Bao and others truly face up to this group of local tyrants. A group of local tyrants were able to wipe out the troops of Liang Zhang, a famous general of the Huai Army, with the same force, which was qualified to attract their attention.

"Who is the commander of the eighth capital in this battle?" Zhou Bao turned his head and asked someone behind him. This person was specifically responsible for the reconnaissance and military information of the Zhenhai Army. He pondered for a moment and replied immediately: "This time, the eighth capital was mainly Dong Chang, but the person who commanded this battle was Dong Chang's deputy general, and Qian Liu, the military commander of the Yanei, Shijing Town."

"How much do you know about this Qian Liu?"

"When he was a rogue in Lin'an, Hangzhou, he liked to gamble and gossip, and later sold private salt with his desperate man. Five years ago, Wang Ying rebelled. Dong Chang recruited local soldiers and began to join Dong Chang's command. This man was only twenty-seven this year, but he was brave and resourceful, good at riding and riding horses and spears, and was quite capable of knowing soldiers. When Huang Chao invaded Chang'an, he had two thousand people ambushed Huang Chao's side troops with twenty people and defeated them. In recent years, he has trained troops in Shijing Town. Dong Chang's five thousand soldiers and horses were very good, and they all belonged to Qian Li. Dong Chang and Qian Li, Dong Chang was rich and powerful, and Qian Li was brave and resourceful. The two complemented each other, so that they were now the leader of the Eight Capitals of Hangzhou." The man obviously conducted a detailed investigation of Qian Li, not only did he have a very detailed understanding of Qian Li's situation, but also praised Qian Li very much in his words.

This was the first time Zhou Bao heard about Qian Liu’s details, and he couldn’t help but feel a bit loving for this young man.

"You find an opportunity to meet Qian Li, so that such people should have better opportunities." Zhou Bao said softly.

After talking about Qian Liuzhi, an aide held up a letter and asked, "How should we deal with what Dong Chang said?"

Dong Chang said something at the end of the letter, but Zhou Bao was still hesitant for a while.

Whether the matter is big or small, it is that after conquering Hu Douzhou, they accidentally discovered that the Qin army on the island was not completely annihilated by Liang Zhang, but there was a Qin army of about 500 people fighting stubbornly. Originally, it would not be difficult for Liang Zhang to destroy these 500 people. However, Liang Zhang fought for a day at that time, and although he basically annihilated the Qin army, he was extremely tired. The last few hundred Qin troops guarded Langshan and completely sacrificed their lives.

Liang Zhang was unwilling to take the people again but fought with them. He felt that there was no need to surround him and wait until dawn, he could easily destroy them. Who would have thought that this relaxation would have no chance to destroy them again. Instead, his own troops were destroyed first, and as a result, the five hundred people on the mountain finally fell into the hands of the Badu of Hangzhou.

At first, Dong Chang thought it was the Huai Army, but after finally confirming it was the Qin Army, he didn't know what to do.

In the end, Dong Chang had to temporarily invite more than 500 Qin troops into a temporary camp to settle the house. He sent people to treat the wound while giving food. He also sent people to surround the camp and then threw the hot potato to Zhou Bao.

Zhou Bao did not expect that Liang Zhang's men still had more than 500 fish that had missed the net. If they were just ordinary soldiers, Zhou Bao would not take it seriously. But this time Liang Zhang sent troops to Hu Douzhou, with 50,000 people fighting 10,000 people. Liang Zhang was a famous general of the Huai Army, but in the end he capsized the ship among the ten thousand Qin army soldiers, which is enough to prove that these people are not simple.

According to the information Zhou Bao, the Qin army was divided into three types of soldiers. The combat soldiers were regular soldiers, and the Unified Army belonged to the local garrison troops and generally did not leave the state. The rural soldiers were completely temporary auxiliary soldiers. They were trained in their spare time during wartime, and they took turns to send troops, either as auxiliary soldiers, or as garrisons in some rear wars. It is said that the original rural soldiers were equipped with equivalent equipment than ordinary vassal troops, and their combat power was even stronger. However, in the past two years, the Qin army expanded its troops, and the combat effectiveness of both the war soldiers and the Unified Army soldiers had greatly decreased.

But even such a rural soldier beat Liang Zhang so hard that it was different.

In particular, he had already received news that the Qin army stationed on Hu Douzhou had several very sharp firearms, which made the ship overturn in Liangzhang's gutter.

The Qin army had a lot of sharp firearms, and there were more or less some firearms in each town, but they were not very useful. Zhou Bao was very coveted by these firearms now. If he could get them, it would be a big help to Zhenhaijun. But he was also a little worried. The Qin army is not an ordinary army, and Li Jing is not easy to mess with.

At present, he and Li Jing are still in an alliance, but if they annoy Li Jing in the end because of this incident, it will not be a good thing for the current situation of Zhenhaijun.

"Are there many people who know that these five hundred people are still there?" Zhou Bao asked in a low voice.

The middle-aged man immediately understood that Zhou Bao asked if anyone except Dong Chang and his people knew about this. "It is estimated that only Liang Zhang knew about this, but another day of melee occurred on the island afterwards. Even the Huai Army probably couldn't say that these people were still there. We can claim to the outside world that these people have died in the melee, and then let Dong Chang escort these people back to Runzhou."

Zhou Bao thought about it carefully and felt that this was a solution. Although he might not be able to grasp the secret of the Qin army's sharp weapons, he was unwilling to accept it if he didn't give it up if he tried it.

"Just let Qian Liu take the person back in person, be careful of the secrets, don't make too big moves, the fewer people know, the better." Zhou Bao solemnly explained again. If Li Jing learned about this, it would be a lot of trouble.
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