The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 126 Battle at Oolong Ridge ([-])

Zhao Gou personally led Song Jiang, military adviser Wu Yong, Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, Dai Zong, Li Kui, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Lin Chong, Chai Jin, Zhu Dian, Yue Fei, Tang Huai and others to attack Muzhou and Wulongling; , Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, and Ruan Xiaoqi led the water army and marched into Muzhou with the army.Lu Junyi was in charge of the generals who were on the right side, and took Shezhou and Yuling Pass, namely Sun Li, Hu Yanzhuo, Shi Jin, Yang Xiong, Yang Zhi, Yanqing, Shi Xiu, Yang Yizhong, Liu Qi, Wu Lin, Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, etc. people.

At the moment, Lu Junyi led a total of 12 generals, accompanied by 3 soldiers, bid farewell to Zhao Gou, and led the soldiers from Hangzhou to take the mountain road, pass through Lin'an County, and head directly to the destination.Zhao Gou rectified the ships, army and horses, assigned the generals and schools to the right and left, and chose a day to sacrifice the flag to leave the army. He marched by land and water, and the boats and horses met each other. He took the road along the river and set out for Fuyang County.

Zhao Gou personally led the army to attack Fuyang County. At this time, the people guarding this place were Baoguang Guoshi Deng Yuanjue and Marshal Shi Bao, Wang Ji, Chao Zhong, and Wen Kerang. They led the defeated army and horses to guard the pass of Fuyang County. .They were the army that Fang La had asked to go first when he fled the city. Hearing that Zhao Gou led the army to attack, he immediately sent someone to Muzhou for help.

Right Prime Minister Zu Shiyuan immediately sent two pro-army commanders, leading [-] troops and horses, to come to rescue.The commander Baiqin and the deputy commander Jingde, both of whom had the courage to be undue, came to Fuyang County, joined forces with Baoguang Guoshi and others, and occupied the top of the mountain.Zhao Gou and other brigades have reached Qiliwan, and the water army leads the horse army forward.When Deng Yuanjue saw it, he got on his horse, picked up the wind knife, and left the mountain in Fuyang County to meet the Song army.

"Who is here to die!" Deng Yuanjue roared, looking directly at Zhao Gou with cold eyes.

Seeing that this person was a monk, Zhao Gou asked, "General Lu, do you know this person?"

Lu Zhishen replied: "Reporting to Marshal, the Sa family doesn't know the details of this man, but he does have some skills. I fought against him before, and I still couldn't win or lose after more than [-] rounds of fighting. He is very powerful. Marshal, it's better to go to the last general." Meet with him for a while, and ask the marshal for permission!"

Before Zhao Gou could speak, Guan Sheng couldn't sit still and shouted, "Don't worry, brother, let's see how many rounds Guan Sheng and this fighter have."

When Zhao Gou was watching in the shadow of the gate flag, Guan Sheng rode a horse, and with a Qinglong Yanyue knife, he went straight to Deng Yuanjue, and the stone treasure made the wind-chopping knife to meet him.When the two fight to the fiftieth level, Guan Shengli is timid. When Chai Jin sees him, he rides his horse with a gun and comes to flank him.

When the battle was at its peak, Fang La's army rushed to withdraw with a gong.It turned out that the warships in the big river were coming to the beach with a favorable wind, and they were about to go ashore. They were afraid that they would attack from two places, so they rang the gong to withdraw the army.Guan Sheng and Chai Jin entangled Deng Yuanjue, but if they were willing to let go, there was another round of fighting.Then, the enemy army killed Shi Baolai again; the Song army also killed a general again, it was Zhu Ting, who rode a horse and a spear, and went to attack again.

Deng Yuanjue withdrew safely, but Shi Bao was left alone to face the three of them alone, and he couldn't hold on for a long time, so he had to retreat.Seeing a good opportunity, Zhao Gou immediately issued an attack order, and everyone rushed into Fuyang County.Shi Bao's army and horses could not be stationed on the road until they reached the boundary of Tonglu County.

Zhao Gou marched into the army overnight, passed through Baifengling and went down to the stronghold.That night, Xie Zhen, Lu Zhishen, Chai Jin and others were sent to attack the East Road; Li Kui, Guan Sheng, Yue Fei, Tang Huai and others went straight to the West Road, each with a thousand infantry, to attack Tonglu County.Zhao Gou ordered the three brothers Li Jun and Ruan to attack from the waterway, attacking from both sides.

When Xie Zhen and others led the army to Tonglu County, it was already the third watch.

Master Baoguang was discussing military affairs with Shi Bao, when he heard a cannon fire, everyone got on their horses and hurriedly looked, only to see fires in three directions, the generals followed Shi Bao, only caring for their lives, and dared to meet the enemy there.The three-way army horses rampage to kill the future.Wen Kerang got up too late, so he looked towards the path and bumped into Yue Fei and Tang Huai. Together they dragged Wen Kerang backwards and captured him alive.Li Kui and others only cared about killing people and setting fire in the county. When Zhao Gou heard the good news, he immediately set up his camp and stationed his army in Tonglu County.

The next day, Zhao Gou mobilized his troops and advanced by land and water until he reached the foot of Wulong Ridge, and across the Ridge was Muzhou.At this time, Deng Yuanjue, the national teacher of Baoguang, led all the generals to the mountains to guard the pass and station troops and horses.The Oolong pass is right next to the Yangtze River, with steep mountains and swift waters. There is a defense at the top and a row of warships at the bottom.

Song Jiang's army and horses stationed near the mountain and set up a stockade.Zhao Gou sent Li Kui, Chai Jin and Tang Huai to lead [-] players to go out to explore the way.At the foot of Wulong Ridge, the wood and the cannon stones on the top will come down, unable to move forward, and have nothing to do, so report back to Zhao Gou.Zhao Gou then sent Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu and Yue Fei along the waterway, halfway to the beach.

At the moment Ruan Xiaoer brought two lieutenants, led a thousand sailors, divided them into a hundred boats, waved flags, beat drums, sang folk songs, and approached the edge of Wulong Ridge.It turns out that under the Oolong Ridge, on the other side of the mountain, is Fang La's water village.There are also [-] warships stationed in that village, and there are [-] sailors on board.

The four headed navy chiefs, named Zhejiang Silong, are Chenggui, the chief of the Jade Claw Dragon, Zhai Yuan, the deputy chief of the Jinlin Dragon, Qiao Zheng, the left deputy chief of the Chongbo Dragon, and Xie Fu, the right deputy chief of the Xizhu Dragon.The four of them were originally boatmen on the Qiantang River. After Fang La's uprising, they defected to the past and were granted the title of third-rank minister.

On that day, Ruan Xiaoer and the others took a boat, launched into the water from the rapids, and swayed up the beach; the four chiefs in the water village had already known that they were coming, and immediately prepared fifty fire platoons.It turns out that the fire row is only made of big pine and fir trees, and the row is piled with straw handles. There are hidden sulfur, flame and nitrate in the straw handles.

At this time, Ruan Xiaoer and the other three didn't know the danger was coming, so they only cared about rocking the boat and wanted to go ashore.The four navy chiefs saw it from above, each with a dry red flag, drove four fast boats, and waved down along the water.When Ruan Xiaoer saw it, he ordered the sailors to shoot arrows, and the four fast boats withdrew immediately.

Ruan Xiaoer ordered to take advantage of the momentum and go to the beach, the four fast boats docked by the beach, the four stewards jumped ashore, and many sailors also left.Ruan Xiaoer saw that there were many boats in the water village on the beach, and he was afraid of fraud, so he dared not go up. He was hesitating when he saw a flag raised on Wulong Ridge, golden drums were beating, and fire rows were all lit, looking down at the beach. The wind rushed down, and the big boats behind them shouted together, all with long guns and scratches, all rowing down with the fire.

Seeing that something was wrong, Ruan Xiaoer immediately ordered Yue Fei and Ruan Xiaowu to retreat, not allowing them to move forward.Yue Fei and Ruan Xiaowu also saw the enemy army surrounding themselves and others, and another fire platoon attacked, and they were frightened. Yue Fei wanted to go to rescue Ruan Xiaoer, but he pushed them out directly, and made them abandon the ship. and flee.

Ruan Xiaowu sees that his brother has made up his mind, so he endures the grief in his heart and abandons the boat with Yue Fei and flees. Ruan Xiaoer leads the soldiers to resist alone, and sees the rafts of fire burning in the future.Ruan Xiaoer knew he couldn't escape, so he could only dive into the water to avoid the fire.However, when the enemy sailors saw him jumping into the water, they came by boat and wanted to capture him alive.

Ruan Xiaoer was a little panicked, and also afraid that he would be humiliated if he was captured by the enemy, so he didn't stop doing anything, directly pulled out a waist knife, and killed himself.Immediately, the blood stained the river red and became turbid again. Ruan Xiaowu and Yue Fei witnessed the process of Ruan Xiaowu's suicide. Ruan Xiaoqi, Li Jun and others passed on the news, telling them to lead the army to retreat and not to go forward.

Besides, Baoguang National Division and Marshal Shi Bao on Wulong Ridge saw that the head of the navy had won the flag, so he sent an order to take advantage of the situation and lead the army to kill down the ridge.Due to the rapid flow of the river, the unknown depth and the long distance, they had no choice but to give up the chase and retreat to defend Wulong Ridge. The Song army had to retreat and station in Tonglu.

Ruan Xiaowu, Yue Fei and others all came back and told what had happened before. When Zhao Gou heard that Ruan Xiaoer had committed suicide, his face was a little hurt, and he shouted angrily: "If you don't kill the four of them, I will not give up!" !"

(End of this chapter)