Water Margin: I, Wang Lun, will have many children and many blessings in Liangshan.

Originally, the officers and soldiers were struggling forward with powerful crossbows and arrows as dense as raindrops.

There were only thirty steps left from the nearest place to the camp.

The farther one is only about fifty steps away.

At such a small distance, it seems that you can reach the flag of Liangshan Army with your hand.

But it's just such a small distance, but it's a world away.

Under the attack of hundreds of tiger squatting guns, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

Coupled with the constant arrows and the cavalry on both sides, the ranks of the officers and soldiers completely collapsed!

At this point in the war, the outcome has been decided!

Wang Huan, Han Cunbao, Xu Jing, Li Congji and others all rode back!

Of course they are unwilling, unwilling, and even extremely angry.

But I also know that things cannot be settled.

Originally, he was holding on to his strength, in order to defeat the Liangshan Army and gain a last chance to survive and make contributions.

Enduring the rain of arrows and rushing to the front of the camp, as long as you climb over the fence, with the advantage of more than 40,000 troops and a strong spirit, you can defeat the main infantry force of the Liangshan Army head-on!

With a complete infantry formation and an army of hundreds of thousands, they are not afraid of more than 10,000 cavalry, no matter how elite they are.

But now, it's all over!

Artillery appeared on the battlefield at least a hundred years earlier.

The officers and soldiers and their small number of cavalry had never heard such a loud noise, never seen such terrible fire and rain of bullets!

Layers of officers and soldiers were hit by shotguns from a distance of thirty steps, and their flesh and blood were splashed everywhere. At least over a thousand people were killed or injured in an instant!

Not only were there heavy casualties, but the mental shock was also severe!

This is a weapon that has never been seen before, and it is so powerful that it is shocking!

Not only were people frightened, but horses were also frightened.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, war horses were trained with artillery and musketry and were not too afraid of such noises.

And now during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, no matter how primitive, crude and powerful this artillery is, it is still an epoch-making product and an unprecedented miraculous thing!

A large number of troops were defeated.

Jiedushi fled first, and the military attachés were mixed in and fled together.

The team was no longer in formation, and shortly after the escape, the cavalry came with a crash and began to plow through the midst of these defeated soldiers.

Thousands of heavy cavalry leaders, armed with long cavalry, plowed bloody passages. Blood and flesh flew everywhere where they were dug, corpses were all over the ground, and blood flowed into rivers. It was too horrible to see.

There were cries, screams and begging for mercy everywhere.

A large number of officers and soldiers began to throw their weapons and surrender.

This has never happened before. After all, the Shijiedu soldiers and horses have a strong fighting will and are relatively resilient.

Now they are finally desperate.

The cavalry, artillery, lack of food, and straw came up one after another, crushing the camel, which was not particularly strong to begin with.

The troops were defeated in waves.

The cavalry came in waves.

The gate of the Liangshan camp was opened wide, and the infantry queue joined in the pursuit and cleaning of the battlefield.

The battle started at dawn in the morning.

The fighting ended in the afternoon.

Only about 40,000 people fled back to the officers and soldiers camp, and the camp was tightly defended.

They no longer have the strength to attack and fight. All the military commanders under their command are in disarray and cannot form a team. It is difficult to defend the camp, let alone attack.

Weapons were thrown away in large numbers.

Including many crossbows and bows were abandoned.

Very few of the horses were recovered, and the remaining less than two thousand cavalry were surrounded and annihilated.

There were more than 70,000 prisoners.

Tens of thousands of people died on the battlefield or were seriously injured and could not be treated.

In the afternoon, the sun was blazing, steam began to steam above the battlefield, and the pool of blood was dried by the heat wave, giving off an unpleasant fishy smell.

At this time, more than ten thousand people were organized back and began to dig large pits near the river embankment on the periphery of the battlefield.

Nearly 10,000 corpses need to be buried deeply as soon as possible, otherwise the epidemic will spread.

At the same time, the Military Command Department and the Munitions Department began to organize manpower to inspect the captured items.

This time there were nearly two thousand horses again, but unfortunately there were not many good horses.

Nearly five thousand horses were captured before and after, and the most that could be retained was about a thousand.

The rest can only be used as draft horses.

Liangshan has channels from the Kingdom of Jin that have been purchasing war horses. Although they are not many, they are more stable than before.

Moreover, the quality of the war horses of the Jin Kingdom is much better than that of the horses in the Song Dynasty, and the two sides are not on the same level.

Even so, several thousand horses are worth at least ten or two hundred thousand dollars, and horses cannot be measured by money, and sometimes they cannot be bought with money.

The people of the Jin Kingdom were in urgent need of salt and food. They did not have a stable rear farming base and food was always insufficient.

This trouble can only be solved after conquering the rich land of Liao Kingdom.

So does table salt.

Although there are salt ponds in Liaodong, the Jurchens have never mastered the method of boiling salt. Until the late Ming Dynasty, when the horse trade in Fushun Pass and Kuandian took place, salt was always one of the bulk commodities purchased and traded by the Jurchens.

In addition to horses, there are also thousands of armors. Unfortunately, many are damaged, and there are few iron armors, mostly leather and paper armors.

Wang Lun ordered the paper armor to be burned directly. The leather armor was repaired and cleaned and handed over to the Security Department for use, while the leather armor was reserved for military use.

The same goes for weapons. The fine iron ones are good ones, the ordinary ones, the inferior ones can be reforged into fine iron ingots.

There are also many shields and other ordnance, and the same approach is used.

Generally speaking, except for the war horses, the harvest is average.

Unlike Shuiying, more than 400 grain ships were handed over. In addition to the ships, there were more than 100,000 stones of grain. This harvest was really not small.

Grain ships can transport supplies on inland rivers, and can also dismantle a lot of wood and parts, which are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Adding in food, horses, ordnance, etc., it was really a bountiful harvest.

Not only that, among the tens of thousands of captured officers and soldiers, many were guilty of major crimes and committed many minor mistakes.

After all, many officers and soldiers were green forest bandits before, and there was no such thing as military discipline.

After screening, nearly a thousand people were to be executed, and more than 30,000 people were imprisoned and sentenced to three to five years of hard labor.

This time it's worth another million dollars.

Liangshan abides by the rules, and the innocent officers and soldiers are temporarily detained and released directly after the war is over.

Those who do not have money will be given money to go back to their hometowns.

If he continues to join the army and is captured again, he will be sentenced to three years of hard labor even if he did not rob or harm the people.

These matters were dealt with until evening.

A small mountain of garbage was collected, poured with tung oil, and burned by Wang Lun.

At the same time, large pits were dug, and nearly a thousand corpses were placed in a dozen pits, totaling nearly 10,000 bodies.

It really gives people a weird and creepy feeling.

Fortunately, civilians are afraid, but soldiers have long been immune to such scenes.

On the battlefield, swords and guns clashed, life and death, guts were broken, hands and arms were broken, heads fell off... People who have experienced these scenes are completely indifferent to what is happening in front of them.

These things are done right in the middle of the battlefield.

The officers and soldiers camp a few miles away restored some order, but the officers could not suppress the large number of officers and soldiers watching the scene in the middle of the battlefield.

Many officers and soldiers lay beside the fence of the camp, watching their former companions being buried in the deep pit.

Such scenes have a strong sense of stimulation for them.

Until nightfall, the fire in the middle of the battlefield was still burning.

There was a deathly silence everywhere in the officers and soldiers camp.

Everyone knows that hiding in the camp is only temporary safety. Even if they lose most of their men, they will only have enough food for ten days at most.

After more than ten days, there will be no food. They will either leave the camp and die in battle, or they will starve to death.

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"Shi Mou and his brothers congratulate the head of the family'~!"

"I, Wu Er, congratulations to the master!"

"Ruda congratulates you!"(To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Shi Wengong and Li Ying led the teams separately. In the big tent, the generals above the leader gathered together again.

This time it was not a grand celebration banquet, the war was not over. , but everyone in the big tent was holding a wine bowl. Wu Er and Lu Da, a good-hearted and bold couple, ran outside to get some wine, and they wanted to offer Wang Lun a drink no matter what.

"you guys……"

Wang Lun shook his head helplessly, but his eyes were full of joy. He finally took the wine and drank it down in one gulp.

Not only did they win a big victory today, they also won the victory at the minimum cost. No more than 300 soldiers of the Liangshan Army were killed in the battle, and only a thousand were seriously injured. Thousands of people were lightly injured, mostly arrow wounds. For the Liangshan Army doctors, It's not worth mentioning, but most of the seriously injured ones can be saved.

For a large-scale battle involving more than 200,000 people, the casualty rate was indeed quite low.

Nearly 10,000 enemy soldiers died in the battle, and more than 1,000 seriously injured people will die one after another.

There were no statistics on minor injuries. Almost everyone among the nearly 70,000 prisoners was injured, many of them injured by lead or arrows.

They had to wait until the Liangshan military doctors had taken care of their own injuries before helping these officers and soldiers with their minor injuries.

It's just a serious injury, Wang Lun is not so kind.

Save your enemies at great cost.

It's not just this.

In the evening, a Qingqi came over.

News came from Yuncheng County that Wang Lun's second son, Wang Yue, was born.

This is a happy event for Wang Lun, and it is even more happy for the entire Liangshan Army.[]

The eldest son and the second son were born one after another, and Wang Lun, the lord, already had two sons.

Wang Lun is not worried about having no heirs, and everyone is not worried about not having a new master in the future.

This is not a funny thing, it is a characteristic of the times.

Even if Wang Lun fights for the people and is about to establish a new dynasty, if there is no successor, the dynasty will be unstable.

In addition to the great victory, another one was added.

It is indeed a great joy.

Wu Er and Lu Da took the opportunity to run out and get some jars of wine and enter the military camp. Even Pei Xuan, who had always been selfless and unkind in military law, only smiled and said that he would not be an exception.

Of course, if these two guys dare to bring a truck of wine into the camp, Pei Xuan will not give them any face.

"Coach Lin has a new battle report," Zhu Guiman said with a smile after drinking a bowl:"Four counties in Shanzhou and five counties in Yizhou have been captured. Coach Lin has blocked the state border and has not continued southward."

While Zhu Gui's words attracted people's attention, Luda took the opportunity to drink another bowl. He drank so hard that he was so drunk that he couldn't help shouting:"That brother of the Sa family is a slow-tempered man. If the Sa family and Wu... Brother, if we go, we have already captured Xuzhou, Huaiyang Army, and Haizhou!

Wang Lun smiled and scolded:"It's because of your temper that I won't ask you to lead the army alone. Only when you figure out the overall situation can you have a chance." This time Su Ding and Coach Lin did a good job. They were quick in the south and slow in the north. They didn't rush too fast and didn't slow down too slowly. They did it just right."

Before the war, Wang Lun gave him face-to-face instructions.

Lin Chong wanted to defeat Yang Wen's tribe as quickly as possible with the water camp led by the Ruan brothers in the south.

Then quickly occupy Shanzhou and Yizhou.

After Lin Chong succeeded, there was no need to rush south.

The main force was almost here. The results are in.

The cavalry will transfer the main force, at least 10,000 cavalry.

With an unstoppable momentum, they will capture the three states of Weizhou, Zizhou, and Yanzhou.

Plus Yizhou and Shanzhou.

The land of ten states will be obtained.

Then they will go south to cooperate. Lin Chong captured Xuzhou, Huaiyang Army, and Haizhou.

The land of twelve states and one army was equivalent to all of Shandong in later generations, less than half of Henan, and less than half of Jiangsu.

Not only was it a large territory, it was also an important military state with mature development and a large population!

General Liangshan He suddenly became the leader of the four major bandits.

It is estimated that Huizong will not be able to sleep.

Wang Qing, Tian Hu, and Fang La can't threaten him.

But Wang Lun of Liangshan can defeat Shijiedu and occupy more than a dozen military states and nearly a hundred counties. This is different.

It is estimated that the main force of the Forbidden Army will attack next time.

Wang Lun's deployment is also to capture the entire Shandong before the Forbidden Army attacks in a large scale.

Qizhou is the gateway to the north, and Xuzhou is to the south. It is the key to the lock.

Yun and Jizhou are facing west and directly facing the capital.

This layout is very good.

A small number of troops can be stationed in the south, and the court does not have heavy troops in the south.

There is also Fangla in the south that will attract firepower.

In the north, it can be sent from Qizhou That is, Jinan Prefecture went north.

After taking Beijing, that is, Daming Prefecture, Hebei Road was obtained.

Wang Lun himself estimated that after the imperial court suffered such a big loss, as long as Wang Lun had no intention of attacking the East and West Roads of Beijing and Jifu, he would not go north to conquer them either. In most cases, the imperial court will accumulate strength for a period of time in the important towns in the north. (Wang Qian's) may even send the elite Western Army south to destroy Fang La, the second largest threat.

PressIn other words, we should attack Liangshan first.

But Liangshan is obviously more difficult to fight!

Fang La is in the south of the Yangtze River and there is no danger to defend it.

The strength is not as strong as Liangshan.

In addition, Fang La cut off Hua Shi Gang's path, which was very important to Huizong.

Secondly, another important reason is that Fang La was in the south of the Yangtze River, which affected the trade tax revenue of more than 2 million guan a year in the Northern Song Dynasty. If Fang La was not eliminated, it would be difficult for this income to return to its original level.

Coupled with the various incomes derived from trade, the Song Dynasty court could not afford this price.

That's why Wang Lun decided to take advantage of this opportunity to capture the various states.

Previously, Yanzhou, Weizhou, and Zizhou were left untouched. They were clearly surrounded by the seven states, but they were left untouched because they were afraid of irritating the imperial court too much.

Now...of course it doesn't matter

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Listening to Wang Lun's laughter and scolding, Lu Da didn't care. He ordered Wu Er to pour wine for him and said with a smile:"The Sa family has followed the master, and nothing good has happened. I just follow the master, and sooner or later I will be granted the title of Duke!""

"Okay, I’m also waiting for the title of Duke!"

"I'm not that big-hearted, I'll just seal it for a while"

"Hahaha, I just want to have a peaceful world. You can grant me the title of Duke and I will go from house to house. I want to eat the best and drink the best wine. If I don't comply, it depends on my fist!"

Lu Da's words made everyone roar with applause!

Wu Er's words made everyone laugh and curse.

Wang Lun also smiled.

It was impossible for this group to say such things before.

Some people in the group still want to recruit An, Tu A prosperous ending.

More people just want peace of mind and happiness!

If you can do justice for heaven, you can do it for a day, and a year is a year. If you die one day, your head will fall off, and there will be a scar as big as the bowl!

Now... Gu...

But he is already thinking about being granted the title of Duke.……