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Chapter 1239 Battle of Huanshui (Part 1)

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    Huang Mingyuan's troops went all the way south, but unexpectedly encountered an ambush by bandits in Qinghe County.

    It turns out that in the Qinghe and Jibei areas, there were bandit commanders Lu Mingxing, Shuai Rentai, Huo Xiaohan and others, each with nearly ten thousand troops. They looted and defeated the government and army repeatedly along the way.

    Although Lu Mingxing and others did not take the initiative to raise the banner and claim the throne, their strength is not weaker than that of the rebels who have already claimed the title of king in various places.

    Lu Mingxing is only thirty years old this year. Since the sixth year of Daye, he led the local township party and turned into bandits. He has often carried out robberies in Qinghe County, Jibei County and other places.  Lu Mingxing knew that he was not strong enough. In order to avoid attracting the imperial army to encircle and suppress him, he did not care about the false reputation. He only regarded him as a rebel without establishing a title.

    Because of this, the officers and soldiers suppressing bandits in various places only regarded Lu Mingxing as an ordinary bandit and did not pay special attention to him.  Under such circumstances, Lu Mingxing grew more and more powerful and became an important rebel force in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

    Lu Mingxing united with local thieves Shuai Rentai and Huo Xiaohan to form an alliance.

    Although these thieves are not strong, they are all local gangsters.  Lu Mingxing united these people, and they were able to communicate freely in Qinghe, Jibei and other places.  Moreover, Lu Mingxing was good at strategy and often defeated the officers and soldiers, so he was convinced by everyone and used him as his strength.

    This time, when Yang Xuangan rebelled, Lu Mingxing heard the news and led his troops to the west, preparing to get a piece of the pie.  Lu Mingxing expected that Liyangcang's defense might not be tight at this time. If he could break through this place, he would be able to greatly increase his strength with the help of the food in the warehouse.

    It¡¯s just that the guard of Liyangcang, Yuan Wu, was not a small person. Seeing the bandit army attacking, he simply abandoned Liyang City and guarded Liyangcang exclusively.  Although he only had 3,000 troops, he relied on the tight defense of the city wall to defeat Lu Mingxing repeatedly.

    Lu Mingxing besieged the city for a long time, but could not break the city.

    At this time, Zhang Jinsheng, the leader of the rebel army in Qinghe, sent someone to meet Lu Mingxing. He bluntly said that he had found a big business that could not be eaten by one person, so he asked Lu Mingxing for help.

    It turns out that Zhang Jin said he found a cavalry team coming from the north, fearing that it was going to reinforce Luoyang.

    This team is well-equipped and has many horses. At first glance, it looks like a regular army of the Sui Army.  If you can eat it in one bite, your horse and armor alone will greatly increase your strength.

    ¡°Those who can be tough gangsters these days are all bold and bold, and some of them are easy to get along with.

    But such an army is indeed not something that ordinary people can defeat.  Although Zhang Jinsheng claimed to have 100,000 troops, he did not dare to say that he could defeat the opponent, so he prepared to contact Sun Xuanya, Lu Mingxing and others to attack together to win with more people.

    Lu Mingxing was originally unwilling to provoke this kind of regular army. With his strength, he couldn't defeat them and would easily suffer heavy casualties.  However, this time Zhang Jin said that he contacted Sun Xuanya and others again, and Zhang Jin said that after the war, 20% of the seizures were given to Lu Mingxing's command, which really made Lu Mingxing salivate.

    Lu Mingxing thought about it again and again, but finally couldn't resist the temptation, so he led his army there.

    The three of them combined have more than 200,000 troops, but it is impossible to fight head-on.  Most of the opponents are cavalry, galloping back and forth, which they cannot stop at all.  And although there were more than 200,000 of them, the men and women were just a ragtag group, and they were defeated in one attack.

    Finally, Lu Mingxing came up with a plan. They could ambush at the ferry of Huanshui River (now the old Wei County southwest of Wei County, Hebei Province). When the Sui army crossed the river, they could attack them halfway across the river.

    Zhang Jincheng and others actually did not dare to challenge the Sui army, so they agreed to Lu Mingxing's plan.

    After the three people discussed it, Zhang Jin said that more than 100,000 people under his command were in ambush to the north of the Huanshui Ferry; 50,000 people under Lu Mingxing were in ambush to the west of the Huanshui Ferry; and Sun Xuanya's army was in ambush south of the Yongji Canal.  Attack the Sui army's front army.

    Because Sun Xuanya¡¯s department had a heavy responsibility and contributed the most, the three of them agreed that Sun Xuanya would have half of the final capture.

    At this time, the three of them did not know that they were ambushing the famous Huang Mingyuan.

    Huang Mingyuan went south all the way. Although he was fast, he never relaxed his guard against the rebels along the way.  Historically, during Yang Guang's second eastward expedition to Goguryeo, Song Zixian, a rebel from Hebei Province, attempted to attack Yang Guang's vehicle, which shows the arrogance of the rebels.

    Huang Mingyuan scattered the scouts in all directions to prevent thieves from raiding.  In history, Xue Shixiong rescued Luoyang and was defeated by Dou Jiande at Qilijing, which was a bloody lesson.

    Soon, scouts reported that many traitorous scouts were found in front and behind Huang Mingyuan's headquarters.

    Huang Mingyuan takes this news very seriously. Under normal circumstances, these bandits would rather attack a city than engage in a field battle with the regular army of the imperial court. The main reason is that there is no oil and water, and the gains outweigh the losses, so these bandits will go around the main force of the Sui army.  It is not normal for so many scouts to appear at the same time.?? things.

    Huang Mingyuan immediately asked someone to bring a map. They had walked along the north bank of Yongji Canal and were not far from Liyangcang at this time.  Liyangcang is in the south of Yongji Canal. If you want to go to Liyangcang, you have to cross Yongji Canal.

    Huang Mingyuan ordered the scouts to cross the Yongji Canal to investigate the situation on the other side.

    As expected, as Huang Mingyuan expected, there were quite a few scouts on the other side.  Although no army has been found yet, Huang Mingyuan suspected that bandits were targeting them.

    All the generals thought it was impossible. They were a pure cavalry team, with 30,000 elite cavalry, even a hundred thousand troops could not stop them.  Everyone couldn't help laughing and said, it's good if they don't fight the thieves, and there are still thieves who dare to commit crimes against the wind.

    But Huang Mingyuan still believes in his intuition.

    The entire land of Hebei is lined with plains, which are natural cavalry battlefields. This is also the basis for the generals' confidence.

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    At night, the army camped on the north side of Yongji Canal.

    There is absolutely no problem with the Sui army's encampment. Although it is a forced march, Huang Mingyuan still has strict requirements. There are countless trenches, fences, open posts and hidden sentries. The bandits will never be able to successfully attack the camp.

    The army spent the night peacefully, and seeing nothing unusual, Huang Mingyuan felt relieved. Maybe he was really too tired, so he was too nervous.

    Early on the next morning, the army headed south, preparing to cross the Yongji Canal.

    Huang Mingyuan saw the river swaying and knew that this section of the canal should be a section of the existing river bed, so he casually asked: "Changzhi (Qiluo), which river is this?"

    Qi Luo hurriedly replied: "Go back to Chu Gong, this is Huanshui, and not far across the river is Huanshui County."

    After hearing this, Huang Mingyuan pointed to the front and said: "This is the place where Wei Wenhou moved the capital. He once built the Lixian Tower here. Liang General Liu Wei also set up an ambush here to defeat Li Cunxu. Li Cunxu only escaped with his life."

    Qi Luo was stunned after hearing this. He knew about Wei Wenhou, but he had never heard anything about Liu Wei and Li Cunxu.

    Seeing Qi Luo stunned, Huang Mingyuan realized that the Battle of Huanshui between Liu Wei and Li Cunxu happened three hundred years later, and of course Qi Luo didn't know.

    Suddenly, Huang Mingyuan's expression paused. I'm afraid his previous nervousness should not be here.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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