MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 1006 underestimate the enemy

  Chapter 1006 The danger of underestimating the enemy

  As Yan Qing said, at the same time that Yan Qing led 10,000 troops to Yunzhou, the 30,000 Qi army had also been reorganized and rushed towards Yunzhou along the Wuzhang River.

This time Liu Yu was determined to wipe out the Liangshan Rebel Army. Not only did he mobilize the main force from Sizhou, but he also brought out the elite 10,000 Yun Cong Army. Skilled in training and well paid, he has the strongest combat effectiveness among all Liu Yu's troops. Yun Congjun has always been by his side and will not be dispatched easily. Wan Yun joined the army.

   But even so, Liu Yu didn't trust his generals, but let his brother Liu Yilai personally command the 30,000 bandit suppression army.

An army of 30,000 soldiers marched towards Yunzhou with nearly two hundred supply ships. Liu Yu's army was basically infantry. It has been almost two years since he was named king of Qi, but the state of Jin's support for him was not enough. Not much, it can be said that there is basically no support. The resources of the Jin Kingdom were used to launch the Mobei Conquest War, and even the war horses were only given to Liu Yu with hundreds of horses, which were only enough for the generals to ride.

Liu Yu does not have a lot of financial resources from a rich place like Bashu. His territory is the devastated land of the Central Plains. Poor, there are 20,000 gold soldiers in Xuzhou to support, and the expenditure of a gold soldier is equivalent to four times that of an ordinary Qi army. The heavy burden makes it difficult for Liu Yu not only to expand the army, but also to maintain the current army After two years of hard work, the army barely remained at around 120,000.

The soldiers were undersupplied, and morale was generally low, but the equipment was pretty good, all of which were left behind by the Song army. In fact, his 120,000 troops were the Han army that had surrendered from the Song army. It's just Qi Jun.

Liu Yi is about forty years old this year. He was originally just a farmer. After his elder brother became prosperous, he also ascended to heaven with chickens and dogs. He was named the Duke of Lu and the commander of the upper army. He led the troops to fight, but this time he was going to wipe out the bandit army, so Liu Yu gave this opportunity to Liu Yi.

In Liu Yi's eyes, the bandit army who rebelled in Yunzhou this time was nothing more than a group of mobs. Although they were powerful, they were vulnerable. How strong.

It is no wonder that in the past two years, the anti-gold rebels in Hebei and the Central Plains have come and gone, but they were all easily swept away by Liu Yu and Gao Qingyi, suppressing dozens of rebel rebels. Ma Jie, Zhang Sandutuo of Chenzhou and others rebelled against the rebels.

  The newly-emerged Zhang Rong is just a slightly larger rebel army. For them, the more important thing is that the Shandong Peninsula has no troops to guard it. This is a big hidden danger, and they must be filled with troops as soon as possible.

  So Liu Yi was also named the prefect of Jinan at the same time, and he had to keep the Shandong Peninsula. If they lost the Shandong Peninsula, they would lose half of their financial resources, and they would not be able to support the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of troops.

This morning, 30,000 troops arrived in Juye County, Jezhou, less than 30 miles away from Liangshanbo. General Chen Zhiyuan stepped forward and said to Liu Yi: "Dutong, our fleet may be attacked by bandits when we enter Liangshanbo. Why don't we send food and grass to Liu Yi?" The supplies are moved ashore!"

   Liu Yi's face sank, "How do you get the food and supplies ashore? Do you think I don't understand anything?"

  Chen Zhiyuan cursed secretly in his heart, so he could only patiently say: "This is how the army attacked Liangshan in the past. They moved the grain and grass ashore about 30 miles away from Liangshanpo, and then used Juye County as the logistics, and the army marched towards Yunzhou."

   "What year did you read the old almanac? This is not the Liangshan army, but a gang of bandits that have been gathered for less than a month. Do you think tens of thousands of them can live in Liangshanpo?"

Liu Yi did a little homework. He specifically inquired about the follow-up treatment of the Liangshan Army. In the third year of Xuanhe, the imperial court burned all the buildings and military camps of the Liangshan Army to white ground, and no one was allowed to live within 20 miles of the Liangshan Park. Completely destroyed the foundation of Liangshan Army.

  So he dismissed Chen Zhiyuan's suggestion, but Liu Yi would not recklessly drive the fleet into Liangshanpo. He needed to know the situation of the enemy army before deciding on the next move.

   Liu Yi saw that it was getting late, so he ordered: "The army rests on the spot, and we will start again at dawn tomorrow!"

The soldiers of Yun Congjun unloaded simple tents from the boat one after another, and set up thousands of simple tents on the east bank of the river. This was Yun Congjun's privilege. As for the other 20,000 troops, they could only simply wrap their bodies in military blankets. Directly sleep with the sky as the quilt and the earth as the bed.

  The soldiers haven’t slept for the time being, they gathered together to drink water and eat dry food. Dozens of soldiers were eating dry hard cakes, watching the soldiers of Yun Congjun who were burying the pot for cooking, and their hearts were filled with speechless anger.

  Yun Congjun’s treatment is much better than theirs. The monthly military salary is eight guan, while they only have three guan.

  The diet is also completely different. The soldiers of the Yuncong army are supplied with one catty of fine grains every day, and they can also eat broth, fresh fish and vegetables. The amount of salt is enough, and they can drink thick sauce broth even when they are marching.

Ordinary soldiers only have half a catty of coarse grains per day, then pickles, occasionally a little bacon, and basically nothing else. They don’t even have pickles when marching. To be able to chew.

Of course, Yun Congjun would not march with ordinary soldiers at ordinary times. Everyone could not see it. This time it was a special situation. Ten thousand Yun Congjun and 20,000 ordinary soldiers were grouped together, which made the difference in treatment between the two armies very obvious. .

  Yun Congjun naturally wouldn't lower his treatment just because he was with ordinary soldiers, and ordinary soldiers wouldn't get their credit just because he was with Yun Congjun.

   The voices of scolding mothers kept coming and going, but there was nothing they could do. Soon, after eating the dry food, everyone fell asleep full of anger.

  At dawn, the spies rushed back from Yunzhou and reported to Liu Yi the situation of Zhang Rong's rebellion. Zhang Rong had left Yunzhou with 20,000 bandit troops and retreated towards Jinan Prefecture.

  Liu Yi immediately made a decision. He led 10,000 troops to garrison Yunzhou as a backup, and ordered his deputy general Chen Zhiyuan to lead 20,000 troops to attack Jinan Prefecture.

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Liu Yi's words are only half true. Although Liangshanbo no longer has a camp for the army to station, it has enough open space for the army to station temporarily. At present, 10,000 Song troops are stationed on the largest straw sandal island in Liangshanbo. Waiting for the time to attack.

   As the name suggests, Straw Shoes Island looks like a straw sandal, consisting of two parts, the north and the south.

  The entire island is about five miles long and two miles wide. It used to be the last garrison of the Liangshan Army, with a maximum of 20,000 troops stationed there. Lu Junyi and Hu Qinger's father, Hu Cheng, died on this island.

Although all the buildings on the island were burned to the ground, traces of the Liangshan Army's operations here can still be seen. The entire island has been well maintained and is very suitable for camping. Dozens of large ships are moored in the water of the island. In the bay, in addition to tents, there were a lot of thunder and kerosene on board. In addition, there were dozens of tents on the island, all of which were piled up like hills of grain. The granary was moved to the island.

Yan Qing stood on the southernmost boulder and looked at the water. He was immersed in the memories of the past. It was here that his adoptive father landed and died on the island. After a catastrophe, Song Jiang thought he jumped into the lake and escaped like Hu Qing'er.

Many years have passed in a blink of an eye, but the adoptive father knows that he has become the youngest general of the fourth rank in the imperial court. Visit the adoptive mother, and pay homage to the tomb of the adoptive father.

At this time, five or six young generals came over, and this expedition was dominated by young generals. They were all second- and third-level commanders, most of whom were in their twenties. Zhong Lie of the third generation is the grandson of Zhong Shi, Wu Baoguo, the son of Wu Jie, and Cao Li, the fourth generation of the Cao family.

Of course, there are more civilians, such as Tianshui Zhao Wu, who was the first general to enter the Xingqing Mansion. He performed extremely well in the street fighting in the Xingqing Mansion. He was courageous and resourceful. He was promoted to the second level by Li Yanqing command.

  At this time, Yan Qingruo felt something, and when he turned around and saw several young generals, he smiled slightly and said, "Can't wait?"

  Chong Lie was a little embarrassed and said: "Everyone has heard the news that the Qi army has divided into two groups, 20,000 people have already gone north, and 10,000 people remain in Liangshanpo. We are a little impatient."

  (end of this chapter)