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"You should do the same as him and atone for your crimes by performing good deeds!"

"We'll make a decision after we wipe out Liangshan."

"Thank you, General,"

Zhang Qinggang stood up.

Then Huyan Zhuo asked,

"General Zhang, what do you think of the fighting strength of the Liangshan soldiers?"

"General Huyan, this humble general has not made contact with the main force of Liangshan,"

The Featherless Arrow said somewhat embarrassedly,

"However, judging from the situation in Jingyang Town,"

"Liangshan, with only a little over two thousand soldiers, defeated the elite troops of Jingyang Town."

"Their combat strength is probably comparable to that of the imperial guards."

"No wonder the Liangshan bandits were able to ravage Shandong so much."

Huyan Zhuo pondered for a moment,

"Although Yun Tianbiao is a despicable person, he is quite skilled at managing troops."

"The elite troops in Jingyang Town are almost on par with the Imperial Guards in Tokyo,"

"But in just one battle, they were all wiped out by the Liangshan forces..."

"General, in my humble opinion, Liangshan's victory this time was due not only to the truly elite strength of its soldiers,"

The Featherless Arrow analyzed,

"It relies more on strategy."

"Then Liangshan first relied on hidden pitfalls and ambushing archers to launch a surprise attack on the cavalry of Jingyang Town,"

"Then they used the town as bait to lure the infantry of Jingyang Town into an ambush."

"In my humble opinion, the reason why Liangshan devised such a scheme,"

"Nine times out of ten, it's because their troops are insufficient."

Upon hearing this, Huyan Zhuo

He couldn't help but frown and say,

"You think Liangshan's forces are insufficient..."

Chapter 752 Who is utterly defeated?

“But I remember,”

Huyan Zhuo asked in confusion,

"Didn't you say before that there were as many as twenty or thirty thousand people on Liangshan Mountain in that marshland?"

"This is just our speculation,"

Zhang Qing shook his head and said,

"The Liangshan Marsh was heavily guarded,"

"It's simply impossible to join Liangshan through the water marshes."

"However, I think..."

"The Liangshan Mountain only began to prosper gradually after Zhao Dalang from Dongjing came to the mountain,"

"But all in all, it's only been a little over half a year,"

"No matter how capable Zhao Dalang is, he can't conjure up elite soldiers!"

"Therefore, I guessed that Liangshan must be short of troops."

"Otherwise, General, this campaign to besiege Liangshan will be in vain,"

"Even with the reinforcements coming from various prefectures and counties in Shandong,"

"That's only a little over 20,000 people."

"If Liangshan is just like any other bandit stronghold,"

"Thirty thousand men in that stronghold are all capable fighters,"

"Why risk setting up an ambush when dealing with Jingyang Town this time?"

"Why not just surround them with a large army?"

"...That's true,"

Huyan Zhuo nodded in agreement.

"As Chief Steward Yun mentioned before, Liangshan used a thousand infantrymen as bait to lure their two thousand five hundred infantrymen into a trap,"

"Although they were later surrounded by cavalry,"

"But your thousand-plus infantrymen also suffered heavy losses,"

"If Liangshan really had sufficient troops, it's unlikely that so many people would have been sacrificed in vain."

It turns out that when Yun Tianbiao mentioned being ambushed earlier,

In order to save face

They fought the more than 1,000 infantrymen from Liangshan to a standstill against their own 2,500 infantrymen from Jingyang Town.

It was changed to Liangshan having over a thousand infantrymen.

The soldiers of Jingyang Town were routed.

If it weren't for the Liangshan cavalry coming to surround them later...

The soldiers of Jingyang Town had already captured Liangshan Town!

"General Huyan, there's likely a lot of exaggeration in what Yun Tianbiao said,"

Zhang Qing couldn't help but say,

"Liangshan once captured Yizhou Prefecture and Dongping Prefecture,"

"If their soldiers are truly so incompetent,"

"How could we possibly capture two prefectures in succession?"

"So you mean..."

Hu Yanzhuo inquired.

"In my humble opinion, the elite soldiers of Liangshan are roughly equivalent to the imperial guards of the court,"

The Featherless Arrow said,

"After all, Liangshan had plenty of money and food by taking advantage of its plundering and the commercial towns around the marshland."

"In addition, the stronghold also has Lin Chong, the former instructor of the Imperial Guards of Tokyo, as its leader,"

"Training an elite force shouldn't be too difficult."

"Yes, what you said makes a lot of sense,"

Huyan Zhuo smiled.

He then stood up.

"No matter what, we absolutely have to fight Liangshan!"

"This general has made his decision; tomorrow we will attack Liangshan town on the west bank of the marsh."

"Then we'll use that small town as our main camp,"

"Find boats and figure out a way to storm the waters!"

"General Zhang, would you be willing to be the vanguard?"

Huyan Zhuo said this,

His gaze was fixed intently on the featherless arrow.

Yun Tianbiao served as the vanguard of the government troops.

They have been completely wiped out.

Now under Huyan Zhuo's command

Only Tianmu General Peng Qi and Baisheng General Han Tao,

And this document is usable...

Chapter 753 Father and Son's Scheme

Of these three,

Peng Qi, the general of Tianmu, and Han Tao, the general of Baisheng, were Huyan Zhuo's trusted confidants.

Another general from the Imperial Guards of Tokyo.

Clearly unsuitable for the role of vanguard.

The rest,

That only means Zhang Qing, the Featherless Arrow!

"General Huyan, this humble general is willing!"

Zhang Qing did not hesitate.

He agreed immediately.

.....

quickly,

The government troops were to launch a large-scale attack on Liangshan Town.

They also received news that Zhang Qing would be appointed as the vanguard.

The message was immediately sent to the army.

The generals who came from various prefectures and counties in Shandong.

I don't care about that,

They're just here to coast along anyway.

Upon hearing this news, the Yun family father and son...

However, their expressions were all different.

Yun Tianbiao immediately became so angry that he smashed the ceramic cup he was drinking from on the ground.

"I knew it! That Zhang Qing guy definitely had bad intentions!"

Yun Tianbiao roared angrily, his eyes red.

"Now, all the credit and the position of vanguard belong to him!"

Yunlong, on the other hand, seemed indifferent.

"Father, why do you say that?"

"After today's battle with Liangshan, Father should understand how formidable Liangshan is."

"Zhang Qing has taken over the vanguard position; perhaps tomorrow,"

"His troops in Dongchang Prefecture might also be wiped out like ours."

"Fool, didn't you hear that the Ming Dynasty army will also be moving along with them!"

Yun Tianbiao cursed angrily.

"Today, although the Liangshan bandits defeated us, they also exposed a problem with them,"