The clock was turned back ten days ago, on April 22nd. The Taihang 19th Village rebels who gathered in Luancheng finally got an opportunity. On this day, Luancheng guard A Lan was ordered to mobilize more than a thousand servants and several

Hundreds of mules and horses went south to support Zongwang's army to reduce the transportation pressure of the Jin army.

In order to ensure safety along the way, Ah Lan mobilized the most elite one thousand elite troops from his headquarters and five hundred new auxiliary troops, and escorted thousands of laborers, mules and horses out of the south gate.

As a result, almost half of Luancheng's troops were eliminated, and not a single one of the four hundred most powerful Jurchen gold soldiers was left. The rebels in Taihang Nineteenth Village had been waiting anxiously for a long time, how could they let go of such a good opportunity?

.So, the people of the Nineteenth Village gathered together and decided to cooperate inside and outside.

It is jointly commanded by four leaders of the Taihang Rebel Army including Fu Xuan from Baima Village, Meng De from Cheyuanling Village, Liu Ze from Fushan Village, and Jiao Wentong from Heiya Village. Commanders Fu Xuan and Meng De sneaked into Luan City half a month ago

Eight hundred elite Taihang rebels set fire to the city, causing chaos and waiting for an opportunity to open the city gate. Liu Ze and Jiao Wentong led three thousand Taihang rebels to attack from outside the city.

The leader of Baima Village, Fu Xuan, had military experience in his early years and was quite familiar with military affairs. It was he who proposed this attack plan and it was unanimously approved by the Nineteenth Village.

Fu Xuan not only sent a large number of local rebels from Zhending Prefecture to sneak into Luan City in batches, but also took advantage of the resentment of the new vassal troops who had surrendered gold towards the Jin army, and dragged some of the new vassal troops guarding the city into the water. As internal agents, they promised to cause chaos in the city.

Open the city gate when you get up. In addition, in order to prevent Ah Lan from committing fraud, Fu Xuan also sent hundreds of sentinels to follow the movements of Ah Lan's army along the way. If there is any abnormal movement, he will report immediately.

It should be said that Fu Xuan's plan is quite good. If everything goes well, it is very likely to succeed. Unfortunately, he missed one thing - the speed of the Jin Army's cavalry!

When Fu Xuan joined the army in his early years, he fought with the Xixia army, but never fought against the Jin soldiers. He did not know that the quality and combat power of the Jin soldiers were far superior to those of the Xixia people.

Ah Lan was indeed cheating, and he had no choice but to take dangerous risks. If he was immobile in Luan City, the Taihang Rebel Army would not dare to move. It was impossible for him to send troops into the vast Taihang Mountains to suppress the Rebel Army, and the Taihang Rebel Army would also fight

Without entering the city, this creates a deadlock.

If this were to happen in normal times, a stalemate would be a stalemate. As long as we wait for the follow-up army to gather, are we still afraid of the mere Taihang bandits coming to seek wildfire?

But now Zong Wang is coming.

Due to Di Lie's repeated attacks, the Jin army suffered the heaviest losses since the invasion of the Song Dynasty. In fact, the loss of soldiers was not much, but the generals suffered heavy losses. A total of four Meng'an Bojin and six Mou Kebo were killed.

The losses below the Jin and Puchan were even greater. In contrast, after destroying the Song Dynasty, the Jin army only lost two Muke and more than ten Puchan.

This greatly stimulated Zong Wang. Therefore, he could no longer tolerate any instability during the march. If there were any, whoever had trouble would be responsible; whose territory belonged to him, who would be blamed.

It is for this reason that Ah Lan had no choice but to take the risk of being captured by the Taihang rebels, pull the elite soldiers out of the city, and then kill them back. Of course, he was not all acting, he did receive orders to assist the troops returning from the north.

The army, the servants, and the mules and horses are indeed going south. However, Alan has handed over the work of receiving it to his deputy. The deputy will lead two hundred Khitan soldiers and supervise the five hundred new soldiers.

The attached army escorted the servants all the way south to confuse the sentinels of the Taihang Rebel Army. Meanwhile, Ah Lan led eight hundred soldiers to ride back to Luan City.

When A Lan's cavalry had just passed Zhaozhou and reached between Zhaozhou and Gaoyi, they suddenly left the team and turned back. The rebel sentries did not notice it at first, but soon after they finally realized that something was wrong, so they immediately rode off Return. But the question is, how can the horses of the rebel army compare with the horses of the Jin army? How can one horse for one person compare with two horses or even three horses for one person?

When Ah Lan's eight hundred elite cavalry rushed back to the south gate of Luan City, Liu Ze and Jiao Wentong's three thousand Taihang rebels had just set up their formation outside the west gate. Ah Lan's eight hundred elite cavalry did not enter the city, but circled directly outside the city. Arriving at the west gate, they broke into the flanks of three thousand Taihang rebels...

As can be imagined, the combat effectiveness of these Taihang rebels was only equivalent to that of the Xiang army of the Song Dynasty, and their armor and equipment were even inferior to that of the Xiang army. In just half an hour, nearly half of the three thousand Taihang rebels were lost. , collapsed completely, and spread ducks all over the mountains and fields. And the rebels in the city were almost made dumplings.

Almost all of the 800 rebels in the city were wiped out. Fu Xuan was injured and fled, while Meng De hid in a cellar and relied on the cover of an old brother who had opened a grocery store in the north of the city for many years to save his life.

As for the head of the Tianping Village, Liu Da, unfortunately, among the 800 rebels who acted as internal agents, more than 20 members of the Tianping Village died together with him.

Among the 19 Taihang villages that attacked Luan City this time, Tianping Village is only a middle-to-lower village. The whole village has a population of nearly a thousand, mostly women, children, old and weak family members, with no more than 300 young and strong, among whom there are simple weapons and some There are only over a hundred people with certain combat skills. Guan Zhongyong was asked to bring more than sixty people before, but only a dozen were killed. Coupled with the villagers who died in the city, Tianping Village was already weak. This time it was served in one pot.

As soon as Gao Liang reached Baodu Village, he was stopped by the villagers who rushed from Tianping Village. They all headed to Fenglong Mountain, a hundred miles away from Luan City. In a small village at the foot of the mountain, there was a villager from Tianping Village. Stronghold and discuss countermeasures together there.

It stands to reason that the leader of the village is dead, and the second leader Guan Zhongyong should take over the position. But there is a problem here. Guan Zhongyong has been in Tianping Village for less than a year, and has little qualifications and lack of prestige. He relies on the respect of the leader of the village. He only had three to forty remaining soldiers of the Song Army under his command before he got the position of second leader. But now that the leader of the village is dead, others may not obey him, and when he heard that Guan Zhongyong's men had also died almost as many, after the mission failed, the balance was The remaining villagers in the village were even more dissatisfied.

Gao Liang's status in Tianping Village is a bit special. He was the disciple of Liu Tieshuan, the leader of Dazhai, when he was running around. He can also be regarded as an old man in Tianping Village. As a young man with an active mind, he does not have the same seniority as other villagers. Thinking. Gao Liang had the same idea as the dead master. Guan Zhongyong was a capable man. It would be more beneficial to the future of Tianping Village to let him take over the position of leader of Dazhai.

Gao Liang was careful here. He didn't tell the huge power Di Lie possessed, for fear of arousing resentment and resistance from the people in Tianping Village: Our village leader's body is still cold, but you, the second master, have attracted a lot of money. What do you mean? At best, this is to recruit people to join the army and enrich the stronghold; at worst, this is not to use external forces to force the palace...

So Gao Liang only mentioned it vaguely, saying that they were rescued by a group of good guys, and then recruited these good guys to join the gang, without mentioning the specific number of people.

It is conceivable that due to the absence of the second boss Guan Zhongyong, such discussions will of course have no results. So Gao Liang hurriedly took several brothers south to intercept Di Lie, Guan Zhongyong and their party.

After hearing the whole incident, Guan Zhongyong's face was as dark as water, and he remained silent for a long time. He jerked his horse's buttocks and galloped away.

At this time, Ashu rode his horse and quietly approached Di Lie, whispering: "Master, this is a good opportunity..."

Di Lie raised his palms to signal silence, pondered for a while, then raised a finger and shook it: "Act according to the opportunity."

The iron hoofs were like thunder, rolling up a ball of yellow dragon and heading straight to the northwest.
Chapter completed!