The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

Witnessing the beheading of four of his colleagues, Gao Shan is now in a state of trepidation. Hearing this, he quickly expressed himself and said loudly, "Come on, build a sand table according to this picture."

The sand table was first made by Qin Shihuang. When he built the mausoleum, he piled up a large terrain model in his own mausoleum.The model is not only built with mountains, hills, cities, etc., but also simulates rivers and seas with mercury, and uses mechanical devices to circulate mercury. It can be said that this is the earliest prototype of a sand table, and it is also very advanced.

At the time of the famous Tianyun Emperor Liu Xiu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu conquered Tianshui and Wudu. This is the earliest sand table operation.

So many years have passed, it is not difficult to build a sand table in the Song army, and soon a geographical model of mountains and rivers between Suzhou and Hangzhou was piled up.

Yang Lin took a closer look. Although it was still a little simple, it was much clearer than the map on the parchment.

Gao Shan stretched out his head, and asked, "Where does the rebel Fang La occupy now?"

Yang Lin took a deep breath, stretched out his hand, and drew a circle on the sand table, covering almost the entire Liangzhe Road.

The Ming Cultists in the south of the Yangtze River are like a plague, and the speed of spreading is beyond imagination. If Yang Lin hadn't killed Zhu Xi in time and regained a little popularity, it would have been even more exaggerated.

What I have to face now is such a mess, and Yang Lin can't help but feel angry.

However, this is also an excellent opportunity to earn credit. If you miss it, you will never have it again. Huizong never had a more powerful rebellion than Fang La.

On the contrary, the generals of the Imperial Army such as Gao Bing didn't care very much, they were all the children of the powerful and powerful, and they could earn a living in the Imperial Army since they were born.Why work so hard to get a future out of it.

This is the biggest difference between the Forbidden Army and the Western Army. The Western Army was born on the frontier surrounded by powerful enemies. More than half of their parents died under the swords of foreign races, and they have an endless relationship with each other.

If they don't try their best, their fathers and mothers will be killed, and their children and wives will be taken into slavery. On Yan'an East Road, there is a widow village where all the old men in the village have died in battle.

Now that Yang Lin is holding [-] forbidden troops, he is a bit of a tough guy, but his belief in victory may still be far behind those brainwashed believers.

Prosperous and prosperous, flowers and birds are fragrant, and the unparalleled Kaifeng mansion is easy to wear down people's fighting spirit, making good fighters become affectionate and heroic.

Right now, the generals of the Forbidden Army beside Yang Lin couldn't help being speechless when they saw the large area of ​​land surrounded by him.

Liangzhe Road is said to be a prosperous and prosperous place, but now they have all fallen to the enemy. If they don't get it back soon, the court officials and relatives will give up.

Yang Lin glanced around and said with a sneer, "What's the matter? That's scary, and the scariest thing is still behind. You know how Hangzhou was lost, right? Jiangnan has been infiltrated by the Ming Cult, and there may be rebels and spies everywhere."

Gao Bing hurriedly made peace and said: "There is Shao Zai in command, why worry about Fang La's rebellion, and we will follow Shao Zai to the death."

After this fellow was beaten up, he saw four yamen being beheaded with his own eyes. Not counting that, when he arrived in Suzhou, he saw Yang Lin go on a killing spree, just like a murderous demon king.

The frightened Gao Shan had already made up his mind not to confront Yang Lin.Try to finish the meeting as soon as possible, take off this armor and be an idle young master, the most important thing is to save your life.

In Yang Lin's eyes, his behavior turned out to be sensible. Now Yang Lin feels good about him. At least he won't make trouble for himself. Surprisingly easy.

Hearing this, Yang Lin scolded with a smile: "Following Lao Tzu may not necessarily lead to an easy victory. We should fight this group of thieves first."

The two sides seem to have made an agreement, and they are advancing slowly with extreme caution. The fathers, elders and gentry in the Suzhou area have sent troops to urge a quick battle to avoid the flames of war.

Yang Lin divided his troops to guard Kunshan for a generation to prevent the Bosi of Huating City from being besieged by rebels, and then led most of the troops to Hangzhou to press closer.

On the outskirts of Hangzhou, under the persecution and urging of veterans in the sect, Fang Qifo accelerated his march and came to kill Suzhou.

No one wanted to fight this fierce battle in their own city. Yang Lin wanted to quell the rebellion quickly. Fang La was also aroused by the victory.

The moonlight was like mist and gauze, and Yang Lin led the army to the vicinity of Mudu Town by the Taihu Lake. There was a gentle undulating slope on the right side of the front, and the clusters of short tea trees painted mottled colors. Cool and floral.

The tea trees extend far away along the gentle slope, and there is a dense reed on the left side of the road.Now it is autumn, the reeds are very lush, the breeze blows, and the yellow-green reeds rustle.

"Speed ​​forward, speed up!" Hua Rong shouted back and forth on horseback, the military order was heard far away in the silent night, and the army suddenly accelerated the marching speed, wanting to quickly pass through this suitable area for ambush, and then set up camp to rest .

Suddenly, there was a "bang bang bang bang" sound of gongs in the tea bushes on the slope, and a burst of arrows shot down, followed by shouts, and many soldiers emerged from the tea bushes, screaming and rushing towards the Song army on the official road. .

Fortunately, although these people captured many bows and arrows of officers and soldiers, they were not trained and their lethality was limited.

Back when the country was founded, the infantry of the Song Dynasty was the number one in the world, and the infantry was the imperial army.Although it is not as good as before at this time, it still retains the combat skills of its predecessors, and is well-trained in Bianliang.

The outer wing on the right is the sword and shield soldiers. When the gong sounded, they had naturally stood up and raised their shields. There was a sound of "tuk tuk tuk" and there were only a few wounded. However, all the soldiers were a little nervous, and some even panicked and yelled. Call.

Yang Lin rode a horse in the middle army, his palms were sweating from nervousness, and he ordered: "The thieves lie in ambush, organize a counterattack on the spot, and set fire to the reeds, so that there will be no more ambush!"

The flames soared into the sky, illuminating the shore of Taihu Lake as bright as day, the flames shone on the battlefield, and the high temperature scorched the soldiers, countless rebels roared and charged towards them.

They didn't have any formations, didn't know how to use skills, and they rushed towards the formation of [-] imperial troops with all their ruthlessness.

Under the red light, a complicated look flashed across Yang Lin's face. Is this the battlefield of cold weapons?

So fucking bloody!

Chapter 139 Cultivate confidantes

Poor Wuding Riverside Bone is still a spring boudoir dream.

In the fierce battle by the Taihu Lake all night, both sides suffered heavy casualties, Fang Qifo finally took the lead in retreating.

The cold wind in the morning brought annoying mist, and Gao Shan directed the crowd to carry the corpse of his comrade.

Several people in Bianliang were looking forward to the return of these men who died in battle. Yang Lin held his sword and patrolled back and forth, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.

Compassion does not command soldiers, no one is born without feelings for so many corpses, Song Jiang next to him kept reporting the battle situation last night, Yang Lin waved his hand lightly to signal him to stop.

"It's not the way to fight so hard. We have to think of an idea to minimize the casualties. It's best to have some plan to defeat the enemy."

Song Jiang said disapprovingly: "Young Zai, we were the winners last night, and the momentum of the rebel army has already been frustrated. There is no one who will not die in a war. The best way to reduce the number of casualties is to fight the rebellion as soon as possible."

Yang Lin bowed his head and remained silent. What Song Jiang said was actually very reasonable. Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief and cheered up: "

"Last night, the fire was so intense that the surrounding counties didn't know about it. How many of them came to support?"

Speaking of this, Song Jiang gritted his teeth and said: "It is said that the soldiers on the Liangzhe Road are weak, and it really deserves its reputation. The only one who came to reinforce me last night was Zhang Shuye, the magistrate of Haizhou, and none of the other prefectures and counties showed up."

Surprisingly, Yang Lin didn't get angry, and said with a smile: "It's expected, Gongming, why are you angry? The appeasement system set up by the official should be effective at this time. Zhang Shuye is not bad, so I will call him out this time. You don't need to participate in the next armor removal meeting."

"Come here! Tell all the prefects, defense envoys, and regiment training envoys on Liangzhe Road to lead their troops to join us."

At noon, the local soldiers and horses who had already been ordered to go to Suzhou arrived soon after hearing Yang Lin's military order.

They did see it last night, but their instinctive fear kept them from going forward. After all, Fang La had already killed many officers and soldiers.

In the big tent, Yang Lin took these people into the tent one by one with a smile. Everyone saw that Shaozai was in a good mood, and thought he was happy after winning a battle, secretly happy that he could escape punishment now.

"Is everyone here?" Yang Lin asked kindly, as if he was holding a banquet.

Seeing Song Jiang nodded lightly, Yang Lin suddenly changed his face, slapped the table and said angrily, "Last night, the fire was so bright that if it weren't for a blind man, who wouldn't have seen it? It's a pity that I didn't see the soldiers and horses of the lords until dawn. Can anyone tell me why?"

These people had already thought of countermeasures on the road. Although they were taken aback by the moody Yang Lin, they immediately regained their composure. Changzhou Defense Commander Lu Hede got up and said, "Reporting to Yang Shaozai, I will march day and night, but the night will make trouble. Our Changzhou soldiers broke their legs running, and we couldn't catch up at all."

Others also got up and complained, either it was too late when they set off, or they encountered enemy attacks, anyway, each had their own reasons.

Yang Lin sneered, and slapped the imperial-given sword on the table, scaring everyone to shut up quickly.