Chapter 148: Phoenix Wing Gilded Halberd, Opening (6k)

The prefect, chief clerk and other pseudo-officials of Fushan fled in panic when Lin Chong broke into the city. They were similar to the wealthy families in Yicheng. When they encountered natural disasters or man-made disasters, they would run away without hesitation.

Yang Chang picked up the body and entered the county town. The order in the city had become relatively stable.

According to Zhu Wu's suggestion, Lin Chong quickly sent people to block the four city gates to prevent the troops coming to Zezhou from returning. At the same time, he took inventory of the supplies in the county treasury to prepare for the next stage of battle.

Two hours later, Wu Song and Zhu Wu returned to the county government office to report. Wu Song's eyes were filled with excitement when he saw Yang Chang.

"Sanlang, we have made a fortune this time. Wang Yuan went to Zezhou with light luggage. Each person only brought seven or eight days of rations. The subsequent food and grass are all stored in Fushan, which is enough for the brothers to eat for three months."

"Oh? What a coincidence?"

"I finally realized that the Fushan defenders were vulnerable. It turned out that they were the reserve service soldiers responsible for delivering supplies to the army that came to aid Zezhou. Liang Jinru had his eyes on Coach Lin's warhorse and wanted to take advantage of his large numbers to grab some of the food, but he didn't expect to hit a wall."

"Haha, it's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early."

As Yang Chang sighed with his chin pinched, Zhu Wu stepped forward and clasped his fists to remind him: "Liang Jinru's previous escape from the city may have attracted Tian Biao's army. Wang Yuan's reinforcements have run out of food and may also withdraw to Pingyang in advance. Although Fushan has sufficient food and grass now, the city walls are low and not conducive to defending the city. We must make a decision as soon as possible whether to leave or stay."

"Fight and then run?" Yang Chang frowned and asked back: "No matter how low the wall of Fushan is, it is still better than being in the wild, right? Why should we give up our advantage?"

Zhu Wu explained: "The city is an advantage but also a shackle. After all, we only have a few thousand brothers. If Tian Biao and Wang Yuan besiege the city with several times the number of troops and finally enter a stalemate, our situation will be extremely unfavorable. At that time, not only will we have to resist the enemies outside the city, but the tens of thousands of people in the city will also be a heavy burden."

"What do you have in mind?"

Yang Chang turned his head to look at Zhu Wu, who showed three fingers on his right hand and stroked his beard with his left hand, saying, "I have three strategies: the best, the middle and the worst. The best strategy is to drive away the surrendered soldiers from Fushan, transport the captured grain to Yicheng, and then use Tian Biao's method to deal with Jiangzhou, frequently harass the border cities of Pingyang, wait for Brother Gongming to capture Zezhou, and then cooperate with him to divide the troops and attack Pingyang;

The middle strategy is to pretend to be the Fushan grain transport team, follow Wang Yuan's reinforcements to Zezhou, eliminate them by surprise, and reunite with the Liangshan troops in advance; the worst strategy is to use Fushan as a stronghold to attract attacks from Pingyang, relieve pressure on Brother Gongming, and wait for them to attack Pingyang later. "

"The best strategy is too cowardly, and the worst strategy is too conservative"

"Then the middle strategy?"

Yang Chang frowned and talked to himself, but Wu Song beside him hurriedly interrupted him.

"We are chasing from Fushan to Zezhou. I heard that the mountain road is rugged and difficult to march. We also need to carry food and supplies. I think it is unnecessary to ask for trouble. It will also cut off the connection with the navy."

“So Saburo has to choose.”

"I feel that none of the three strategies are good enough. Why not stay the same in the face of ever-changing circumstances?"

"Ok?"

Seeing that Wu Song and Zhu Wu didn't understand, Yang Chang smiled and gave his own opinion.

"We have already made our move. Shouldn't we wait for Tian Biao to make his move? Why not hold our troops in place for now and just send scouts to various places to gather information? When the enemy makes new moves, it won't be too late to think of a countermeasure."

"This is a good idea." Zhu Wu nodded in affirmation, and then expressed his concerns: "But the officials of Fushan have all fled, and our army is stationed here, and we have to take over the responsibility of governing it."

"This is simple."

Yang Chang smiled and looked at Wu Song and introduced: "Second brother and Zhu Jieji have both served as county heads. They will be responsible for the security and defense of Fushan. Instructor Lin and Master Lu will control the army and prevent it from disturbing the people. Fushan will not be in chaos even if it wants to."

"The people's livelihood and government affairs."

"How many complicated government affairs can there be in such a small county of a hundred square kilometers? Military Advisor Zhu can handle them all."

"Ok."

Although Yang Chang did not listen to Zhu Wu's advice, he was not as arbitrary and reckless as Chao Gai.

The upper and middle strategies would make the soldiers exhausted, which did not conform to Yang Chang's idea of ​​taking the initiative in the war, so he wanted to stay in Fushan and act according to circumstances. He did not quite believe that Tian Biao and Wang Yuan would attack at the same time, so he thought it would be best to wait for the enemy to tire themselves out and defeat them one by one.

By the morning of June 11, each of Yang Chang's generals was doing his job, and the order in Fushan County was even better than before.

In fact, for the lower-class people, there was not much difference between serving Zhao Song and serving Tian Hu. They were all about farming, eating, paying taxes, and performing labor service.

The thousands of soldiers who entered Fushan not only strictly observed discipline and did not harm the people, but also did not force any civilians to work for the army. There was always a clear distinction between civilians and soldiers, and they were even more tolerant than when Liang Jinru was in power, so they quickly won the hearts of the local people.

That afternoon, Yang Chang and Hu Sanniang were patrolling in the city when they suddenly heard the sound of hurried horse hooves behind them. Turning around, they found Zhu Tong riding a horse towards them, his long beard messy with the wind.

"Sir, is there any urgent military information?"

"Fushan is not close to Linfen, the capital, and even farther from Zezhou, which Song Jiang is attacking. It shouldn't be this fast."

While Yang Chang was still muttering to himself, Zhu Tong had already fallen off his horse beside the two of them.

What he wanted to report was not the military situation in Pingyang, but that Xuan Zan had brought back more than a dozen ships of grain from Zhengping. Currently, Cao Zheng and Zhou Tong were sending people to escort them. He wanted to ask how to deal with this batch of grain.

"How should we deal with it? We have already taken Fushan, and the military rations we have seized are enough to last for several months. Let Xuan Zan distribute them to the people of Yicheng directly so that they can have a few full meals."

"That's good. With us guarding Fushan, Yicheng will no longer be attacked and we can live in peace from now on."

When Zhu Tong stroked his beautiful beard and agreed, Yang Chang frowned and shook his head slightly, "It's too early to say that now. Only after we wipe out the Pingyang bandit army can Jiangzhou be completely safe."

"So, Xuan Zan and the others will continue to stay in Yicheng?"

"Hold our troops still for now. If Fushan is really undefendable, we can retreat more calmly."

"Yes, I'll pass the message right away."

Zhu Tong jumped on his horse and galloped away. The couple turned around and were about to move forward when a dark shadow suddenly jumped out from the alley next to them.

Someone assassinated?

Hu Sanniang moved her delicate body, drew her sword and held it across Yang Chang's body, and shouted angrily, "What do you want to do?"

"Don't be nervous, lady."

Yang Chang looked carefully and saw a boy in his teens in front of him. He was wearing a sleeveless linen jacket. He immediately grabbed the back of the knife and pulled it back, thinking that this could not hurt me.

Looking at the boy with evasive eyes, Yang Chang asked meaningfully: "Don't be afraid, do you want to cross the street?"

"no."

After the young man denied it in a low voice, he subconsciously turned his head and looked into the alley. Yang Chang also glanced there and found that there was nothing in the alley.

Why is this person so weird?

Yang Chang pulled Hu Sanniang and was about to leave with a frown, but he heard the young man calling him.

"General, are you going to leave Fushan?"

"Ok?"

Yang Chang and Hu Sanniang looked at each other, wondering what this young man wanted to do. Their expressions suddenly became solemn.

"What do you want to say?"

"I was just enjoying the cool air at the alley entrance. I heard your conversation with General Hu Zi. I feel that you are both good people. I hope you can stay in Fushan. My father said that the army this time is different. They treat the people better than the army of the imperial court and King Tian."

"hehe."

"Can you not leave? My father and I are willing to help defend the city."

"We are helping the imperial court to quell the rebellion. We will definitely leave sooner or later, but we will wipe out the Tian brothers."

When they returned to the county government office at night, Hu Sanniang brought a basin of clean water and asked Yang Chang to wash the dust off his face.

When Hu Sanniang was helping Yang Chang wash his face, she suddenly remembered what the street boy said in the afternoon, and murmured: "Sir, from the inspection of the city today, the soldiers entering the city can restrain themselves, and we are also quite recognized by the people of Fushan, but if we withdraw too soon, will they be greatly disappointed?"

"It's good to be loved, but we are responsible for the safety of 8,000 brothers, so we must make the most appropriate choice. Of course, if we can stay, it's better not to leave. I also want to use Fushan's position to wait for Tian Biao to fight twice."

"It looks like we have to wait a while. We have already inspected the city today. What are we going to do tomorrow?"

"I have just agreed with Zhu Wu that we will go to the west to survey the terrain tomorrow morning. Liang Jinru does not know our strength and may mistakenly think that the city was captured by 500 people. If this makes Tian Biao misjudge and only sends a small number of troops to capture Fushan, we will make a fortune."

"Oh"

Ever since Hu Sanniang followed Yang Chang into battle, she has been serving as a personal bodyguard protecting him all day long and has never had the opportunity to lead troops in battle. Now that she knows tomorrow's "schedule", it will be convenient for her to prepare for the trip in advance.

Of course, as the commander of an army, Yang Chang had no chance to fight in the battle.

June 12, morning.

Yang Chang, Hu Sanniang, Zhu Wu and more than twenty riders rode their horses to the northwest of the county town to survey the terrain.

The core area of ​​Pingyang Prefecture under the jurisdiction of Tian Biao is the Linfen Basin. The closer to the Fen River, the flatter the terrain is. The area around Fushan County is mountainous, which is more conducive to ambushes.

After Yang Chang's on-site inspection today, he felt more and more that his idea was correct. It would be more reasonable to lure the defenders to Fushan County to annihilate them rather than fight a tough battle in the river valley plain.

The group traveled more than ten miles west and set up two ambush points.

As the sun was about to rise to the zenith, it was the hottest time of the day, and Yang Chang was suddenly dazzled by a flash of light below.

That is
From Fushan to Linfen, the overall terrain is high in the east and low in the west.

Yang Chang was in a high position and could see the flash of light on the slope two miles away, which was the sun's light reflected from the armor.

Zhu Wu also found something wrong. He looked closely and saw hundreds of infantry and cavalry marching against the scorching sun.

"This is a cavalry squad. They are probably coming from the Linfen direction. However, there are only about 500 to 600 of them. They should be responsible for reconnaissance. We are outnumbered, so we should retreat quickly."

"few people?"

Yang Chang turned his head and looked around, finally his eyes fell on Hu Sanniang, and he said seriously: "There are only five or six hundred people, which is indeed a small number. I have never used my Phoenix Wing Gilded Halberd. Can I practice with them today?"

"Sir, you want it."

Hu Sanniang swallowed hard. She had heard what Yang Chang was going to do, and quickly reminded him, "Although the master can fight a thousand men alone, Doctor An is not with you this time. It will be difficult for you to recover from your injury."

"Hehe, I have a new weapon to help me. Are you so easily injured? Madam, protect Military Advisor Zhu. I will be back soon."

"no."

"drive!"

Hu Sanniang was unable to stop him. Yang Chang had already rushed down the hillside like a white rainbow, riding alone towards the enemy army like an arrow.

Zhu Wu thought he was just talking, but he was serious. He thought to himself, aren't you kidding? How can a general be so reckless?

"Sister-in-law, why didn't you stop Brother Yang?"

"Sir, he has been holding back for a long time. I can't stop him even if I want to. But with his martial arts skills, he should be able to escape unscathed."

"But he is the commander of an army. We can't just stand there and watch."

"Then let's go together and help?"

Hu Sanniang drew her two swords and prepared to fight with Yang Chang, but considering Zhu Wu's martial arts was slightly inferior, she reminded him: "Military Advisor Zhu, don't go forward. Tian Biao's army may be behind, and your horse may be able to escape easily. I will stay to support him, and you go back quickly to get reinforcements."

“That’s good too.”

Zhu Wu was in a hurry to come out today and left his double swords on Fushan Mountain. Now he wanted to help but couldn't go empty-handed, so he led two riders eastward.

After walking for half a mile, he felt uneasy, so he sent the two horsemen who were traveling with him to report the news, and rode back alone to look for Hu Sanniang.

As soon as Zhu Wu returned to Hu Sanniang, he saw Yang Chang had already walked down the hillside and seemed to be confronting Tian Biao's cavalry squad.

"What is Yang Xianfeng doing?"

"I don't know, maybe he wants to challenge the general."

In fact, Hu Sanniang was half right. Yang Chang was not challenging her but provoking her, and his golden armor was more dazzling than the bronze helmet.

When he rode his horse to the foot of the mountain, he confused Tian Biao's cavalry team, who thought he was Tian Hu's general from another place.

The first words that Yang Chang said made the cavalry feel unreal. "Yang Chang is here. You are surrounded. Why don't you dismount and surrender?"

"Are you Chief Yang? Surrounded?"

Everyone in front of the enemy looked at each other in bewilderment. They already knew that the imperial court had sent 8,000 troops to station in Jiangzhou, and they also knew that the commander of this army was named Yang Chang, but they did not expect to meet him in this way.

"Isn't it okay?"

"You are dressed like a decent person, are you an idiot? Hahaha."

Seeing that Yang Chang was still "going crazy", the enemy no longer regarded him as a normal person and almost laughed so hard that they fell off their horses.

"I'll give you a chance to fight me one on one. Is there anyone willing to open my new weapon?"

"He came here alone to die, and he wants to trick us into a duel? Do you think we are all fools? But this idiot's horse is pretty good."

"Kill him and offer him to the three kings!"

"You don't want to be respectable? Then I won't be polite."

After Yang Chang finished speaking, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he rode his horse straight forward like Don Quixote hitting a windmill, and rushed towards Tian Biao's cavalry without hesitation.

On the hillside, Hu Sanniang had a solemn expression on her face. She believed that Yang Chang was a capable person and had personally applied medicine to his knife wounds, but she felt heartbroken when she saw this scene.

Zhu Wuxue closed his eyes and kept wiping the sweat from his forehead with his hand. He hoped that Yang Chang would withdraw as soon as possible after "evaluating" his opponent.

Suddenly, Zhu Wu's half-closed eyes opened as wide as bells.

Yang Chang was like a tiger descending from the mountain, doing whatever he wanted among the weak flock of sheep. The five hundred cavalrymen were like clay sculptures or pottery figurines, being smashed to pieces by one man.

The sun is high in the sky, and the heat is like waves.

Zhu Wu was sweating profusely and swallowing his saliva as he watched, thinking that it was actually true that one man could defeat a thousand men, and that there was such a powerful man in Liangshan.

It's shocking enough to see it from a distance, and even more terrifying when you get close.

Yang Chang's body was originally 'weak', and it was difficult for him to fully activate the [Power of a Tiger]. Now that his body has been blessed with the [Iron Wall], he can finally 'fire at full power'.

The Jade Lion of Zhaoye carried him as he charged into battle, swirling the 60-jin gilded phoenix-wing spear like a windmill.

The halberd has two blades, sweeping in a half-moon shape.

Whether you have armor or not, you are all like autumn leaves being swept away.

In an instant, everyone who was within the range of the gilded phoenix-wing halberd fell off their horses. Some of them wailed or died, and almost no one escaped.

He urged the horse forward and struck again with his backhand.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and another group of people fell to the ground.

At this time, those "arrogant" cavalrymen finally reacted.

Is this Yang Chang a human? Or is he a god descended from heaven?

He shouted in panic, cried for his parents, and fled like a beast.

In just a moment, the situation on the battlefield became one-sided.

Yang Chang waved the phoenix-wing gilded halberd like a pig-driving stick to drive away piglets. He chased and took away an enemy with the halberd, and shouted while riding his horse: "Anyone who stands in my way will die, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

The night-lighting jade lion moves as fast as the wind, and anyone who is touched by the phoenix-wing gilded spear will fall.

While Hu Sanniang and Zhu Wu were still on their way, the battle at the foot of the hill had already ended.

Except for the fifty or sixty people running in the front, Yang Changgang had just killed 125 of them. The remaining 300-odd riders all dismounted and knelt on the ground. He defeated his opponents with his own strength, which was even more exaggerated than when he was chasing Tong Guan before.

Yang Chang asked Hu Sanniang and Zhu Wu to receive the captives, while he openly searched the corpses one by one.

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More than a hundred bodies were picked up quickly. When Yang Chang returned to the two of them, he spread his hands and said with disappointment, "There is no injured person. All those who fell to the ground are dead."

"Brother Yang is truly a match for ten thousand men. I have just asked a few captives. They are a small team exploring the way ahead, and there are more than ten thousand cavalry and infantry soldiers behind them. We must rush back to Fushan as soon as possible and deploy troops to defeat this team. With the suppression power you just showed, our chances of winning are quite high."

"also."

Yang Chang was about to ask someone to pick up weapons and armor when Hu Sanniang suddenly looked him up and down with concern.

"Sir, you are not hurt, are you?"

"I'm fine. We shouldn't stay here for long. Clean up the battlefield quickly."

"Um"

After Hu Sanniang finished speaking, she looked around and found that she had less than twenty riders.

Yang Chang saw his worry at this time, so he ordered the surrendered cavalry to clean up the battlefield and take away their companions' weapons and armor.

After a while, Zhu Wu led the light cavalry in front, followed by more than 300 frightened surrendered soldiers in the middle, and at the end were Yang Chang and Hu Sanniang.

Hundreds of riders rushed towards Fushan with dust rising from their bodies. When they were about five miles northwest of the county town, they met Lin Chong's troops who came to support them. They almost mistook them for the enemy attacking.

Song Jiang was still worried that Yang Chang would lose soldiers, but he didn't know that the more he fought, the more soldiers he gained.

As soon as Yang Changgang returned to Fushan, he summoned his generals to deploy battle.

At Zhu Wu's suggestion, Yang Chang ordered Wu Song and Lu Zhishen to lead 1,500 infantry each and ambush about five miles west of the city. Lin Chong and he each led 400 cavalry to wait outside the city. When Tian Biao's army entered the ambush circle, the three armies would launch an attack together.

This time, Zhu Wu did not stop Yang Chang from fighting.

It would be a shame not to use the powerful fighting power that is seen with one’s own eyes to suppress the opponent.

When Wu Song and Lu Zhishen arrived at the ambush point, the sun was setting and approaching dusk.

Everyone speculated that Tian Biao would attack at night, so everyone continued to lie in wait, but these thousands of people waited until the next morning, and there was no sign of the enemy army.

Yang Changsui sent out scouts to investigate, but after running for fifty miles, there was no sign of anyone.

Was I too brave yesterday and scared Tian Biao?

Upon discovering that the situation had changed, Yang Chang decisively withdrew the ambush troops in the wild and at the same time sent more scouts to conduct reconnaissance in a farther direction.

As a result, on the afternoon of June 13, the movement of Tian Biao's army was discovered eighty miles northwest of Fushan, but the number of people seemed to be more than 10,000.

It turned out that the cavalry who escaped back yesterday described Yang Chang as a god or devil, so the subsequent army of 10,000 people did not dare to advance.

When the information was passed back to Linfen, how could Tian Biao believe that he could defeat 500 people alone?

The spies in Jiangzhou have just sent back information that a new army of 8,000 men has arrived at the imperial court. It turns out that they are soldiers from Liangshanpo, and their commander is Yang Chang, the Lord of Brightness and Heaven.

Tian Biao was originally a mediocre person, how could he have heard of Guangming Tianzun? Generally speaking, the more famous a person is, the weaker his ability is.

Combined with the description of Liang Jinru, the magistrate of Fushan, Tian Biao suspected that the 500 cavalrymen were defeated by Lin Chong and made up such a story for fear of being punished by military law. So he selected another 5,000 infantry and cavalry, intending to meet the so-called Yang Chang in person.

There were only 8,000 Liangshan soldiers in total, of which 2,000 navy were still in Zhengping County. Tian Biao believed that by sending out 15,000 troops, he should be able to easily recapture Fushan.

The 10,000 enemy troops became 15,000, which added pressure to Yang Chang.

To ensure that everything went smoothly, Cao Zheng and Zhou Tong led hundreds of people from Yicheng and were ordered to be transferred to Fushan County. Xuan Zan was ordered to rush to Zhengping County and lead the navy north with Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu to contain Tian Biao by feinting an attack on Xiangling.

On the afternoon of June 15, Tian Biao led a large army to Fushan.

Yang Chang and Zhu Wu stood on the top of the city wall, with a few old and weak people standing sparsely on the wall. Lin Chong stood alone on the bridge under the city, with the gate behind him wide open, and people could be vaguely seen walking in and out of the street.

what does this mean?
Tian Biao simply couldn't understand, thinking, why are you so anxious to die? So he turned his head and looked at Liang Jinru.

"Have you seen Lin Chong?"

"Look, it's on the bridge. It's quite impressive."

Seeing Liang Jinru's timid expression, Tian Biao frowned and sneered, "No matter how powerful he is, he is only one person. Where is the Bright Heavenly Lord Yang Chang? Go up and ask him."

"Ah? Your humble servant."

"My words don't work?"

"I dare not."

Liang Jinru bowed and spurred his horse forward, stopping far away from Lin Chong.

"Isn't this the magistrate of Fushan? Do you want to fight Lin Chong?"

"No, I am a civil servant. I wonder if the Bright Heavenly Lord Yang Chang is here?"

"Oh?"

Lin Chong pointed his snake spear toward the sky, and immediately saw the man in golden armor on the city wall. He smiled and said, "I am Yang Chang, and you are Liang Jinru. What do you want from me?"

"At noon on June 11, you engaged our army?"

"Sing 'Courage' and I'll tell you."

"what?"

When Liang Jinru was confused, Yang Chang on the city wall uttered some obscure words again.

"Forget it, I'm your fan, let me throw a few big rockets to cheer you up when we meet, ignite!"

"what?"

Liang Jinru scratched his head and thought to himself, I am also a scholar, why don’t I understand a word?

At this time, he saw a female general holding a torch and appearing next to Yang Chang at the foot of the city.

What are they going to do?
With a whoosh sound, a black shadow streaked across the sky.

When Liang Jinru was surprised, he heard a loud bang behind him, followed by the roar of horses.

Zhu Wu looked at Yang Chang in disbelief. He saw this guy bending down and picking up a cannonball. The thing was as big as a Qilin melon and was thrown over a hundred feet away.

What did I see?
He uses himself as a gun mount?
The force is so exaggerated that it seems to be thrown farther than a catapult.

No wonder he brought cannonballs. This thing can be thrown into a crowd and has a miraculous effect in breaking the formation.

Ignite and throw.
Ignite and throw.
Before Tian Biao had time to beat the drum and march, the troops behind him were stunned by artillery shells.

The huge army formation consisted of tens of thousands of people. Even if Yang Chang threw the bombs randomly, he would still be able to hit people. The explosions soon caused panic and chaos, and the enemy's morale dropped at a geometric rate.

At the same time, the soldiers hiding in the city rushed out from the three gates in the south, north and west, and rushed forward with the support of Yang Chang's artillery.

"It's a pity that we only brought five shells." Yang Chang clapped his hands and said to Hu Sanniang, "Let's go down and fight."

"Ah."

Zhu Wu glanced outside the city, then looked back at the two men's backs. He felt that everything was unreal. He thought that having more Yang Chang characters might change the traditional way of fighting.

Snap.

Zhu Wu slapped himself, then rubbed his face and said to himself, "I wasn't dreaming either."

(End of this chapter)