Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 682 The First Battle
Zhu Wu said: "General Shi is right. Five thousand cavalry will be divided into two waves. One wave will rush forward to fight, and the other wave will provide support."

At that moment, Shi Wengong said, "Please ask General Shi Bao to lead [Little Wei Chi] Sun Xin, [Peach Blossom Man] Su Yi, [Flower Arm] Jin Zhuang, and three others to lead 3,000 cavalry to lead the charge, [Golden Spearman] Xu Ning to lead [Moyun Golden Wing] Ou Peng, [Fire Eyed Suanni] Deng Fei to lead 2,000 cavalry to follow up. Generals, please go down to the city and prepare. Once this guy gets within two miles of the camp, I will lower the city gates and all generals should try to move forward."

"If you win, don't pursue us too far. Five miles is the limit. We will guard the camp."

After hearing this, everyone agreed and started preparing separately.

At the foot of the city wall, Shi Bao was holding a meteor hammer and a wind-splitting knife in his hand, ready to rush forward to fight as soon as the city gate opened.

It has been a long time since he joined Zhao Zhen, and the king has never treated him and his people from the south of the Yangtze River specially. Today is the time to serve the king, so Shi Bao attaches great importance to being the first to go into battle.

On the top of the city wall, Shi Wengong looked at the Red Coat Army, which was divided into two groups three miles away from the main camp, and frowned, "This guy actually divided his troops?"

Zhu Wu said, "It's better to divide the troops. We will also divide the cavalry into two groups. The group heading south will be handed over to General Xu Ning. After the cavalry leaves the city, we will invite Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong to lead two thousand infantrymen each and then charge forward."

Then he pointed at the more than ten Red Coat Army riders running back and said, "I'm afraid this group of us are going back to report the news. First wipe out this group of scouts, and then slowly fight with the main force behind them."

At that moment, Shi Wengong issued another order, ordering the cavalry to split into two groups, each to resist a group of Red Jackets.

Soon, the Red Jacket Army heading towards Diaowuyu Village had entered the area within two miles, and Shi Wengong ordered the soldiers to lower the city gates.

Shi Bao, who had been prepared for a long time, rode out first.

Five thousand cavalrymen rushed out of the city, raising a cloud of dust. When the Red Coat Army saw this, they hurriedly formed a battle formation.

However, when Shi Bao saw the rough spear formation of the Red Coat Army along the way, he showed no fear. He stood ten steps away from the spear formation, swung the meteor hammer in his hand and threw it over.

The three hundred cavalrymen behind them who were good at using javelins also threw their javelins at the same time. The javelins, with the help of the horses' power, suddenly fell into the red coat army. Instantly, there were screams.

The already sparse spear array was suddenly sparse, with only a few spears still standing. The cavalry suddenly crashed into the infantry. The 2,000 Red Jacket soldiers were scattered by the cavalry before they could hold out for a moment, with spears stabbing, swords slashing, and horses trampling.

The rest was just chasing the enemy. How could a two-legged infantryman outrun a four-legged cavalryman?

On the other side, when the four or five hundred Red Coat Army cavalry saw Xu Ning leading two thousand cavalry rushing towards them, the leader of the battalion actually swung the axe in his hand and charged head-on.

The two armies collided with each other at once. Seen from the air, the Liang cavalry was like a big knife. With Xu Ning, Deng Fei and Ou Peng as the sharp blades, they split the Red Jacket Army in half at once.

Defeating the Red Coat Army's cavalry was not the end. Xu Ning roared and swung his sickle spear. The three soldiers split into three groups. Deng Fei went to the left and Ou Peng went to the right, chasing the scattered Red Coat Army's cavalry. Xu Ning rushed forward and crashed into the infantry formation.

When Yang Xiong led his troops to arrive, the only thing left to do was to clean up the battlefield.

On the city wall, Shi Wengong, Zhu Wu and others saw each other and looked at each other.

Shi Wengong said: "Seeing this fellow dividing his troops, I thought there was some strategy, but I didn't expect it to be like this."

Zhu Wu said: "Defeat 3,000 Red Coats in one battle. Once we have interrogated them, we can report the victory."

After the interrogation, everyone realized that the 3,000 Red Coats were just the front troops, out to gather information. Another group went south, and their leader Fang Guosan was still waiting for news in the city behind.

Is there a city behind?

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but think of this idea. Zhu Wu said: "If there is a city, we can't just defend it here. If we can capture that city, there will be many benefits."

Shi Wengong said, "General Li San, you should go to Liangshan Prefecture right now and report this news to the king. It has been three days now, and I am afraid the king is getting anxious waiting."

After that, he turned to Dai Zong and said, "Since we know there is a city, we can't let it go. Commander Dai, take a few prisoners and send out the scouts to find the city."

Zhu Wu said: "Since we are going to attack the city, we cannot let the other Red Coat Army go back to the city."

Shi Wengong said: "In that case, please ask General Shi Bao to select 3,000 cavalry to pursue and suppress them. Only Zhang Xianzhou and Li Fengshan will be left here in Diaowoyu, with 4,000 soldiers to guard the prisoners. Once we find the city, we will surround it."

Zhu Wu said: "It's a pity that the [Shenji Camp] was not mobilized, and the siege equipment was not brought enough."

Shi Wengong said: "If we can kill the Red Coat Army leader Fang Guosan in battle, it will not be difficult to capture the city. We will divide our troops into three groups and attack the three gates, with only three to five thousand men at each location, to lure this guy out to fight."

At that moment, Shi Wengong deployed troops. In the first route, Shi Wengong led three people, Shi Xiu, the "Desperate Three", Sun Xin, the "Little Weichi", and Lei Jiong, the "Tiger Shooting Warrior", with a total of 5,000 soldiers.

The second route, Xu Ning led three people, [Flower Arm] Jin Zhuang, [Moyun Golden Wings] Ou Peng, [Bear Shooting Warrior] Ji Ji, and led 4,000 soldiers.

The third route, Zhu Wu led three people, Yang Xiong [Bing Guansuo], Pang Wanchun [Xiao Yang Youji], and Deng Fei [Fire-eyed Suanni], with a total of 4,000 soldiers.

[General Nanli] Shi Bao and [Taohua Lang] Su Yi, after catching up with another team of Red Coat Army that was exploring the way, brought the captives to Diaowuyu stronghold and then came to the city to reinforce.

After the assignments were made, all the generals were ready to go.

At night, Dai Zong led his men to find out the location of the Red Coat Army's city.

Early the next morning, they cooked breakfast at four o'clock, set out on the march at five o'clock, and followed Dai Zong to the city of the Red Coat Army.

After two days of marching, they finally saw a city standing in the distance.

The army set up camp five miles away from the city, waiting for the battle the next day.

At night, Zhu Wu found Shi Wengong and said, "General Shi, the soldiers have been traveling hard, but you must be careful to prevent the Red Coats from raiding the camp at night."

Shi Wengong said, "What the military advisor said makes sense. The bandits say that Fang Guosan is brave and resourceful, but I'm afraid he won't be willing to let us besiege the city. Tonight, you can send Ji Ji and Lei Jiong to lead a thousand crossbowmen each, sneak out of the camp quietly at night, and wait for the fire here to start, and then shoot with crossbows."

The Red Coat Army is also a restless force in the [Floating Continent], led by Yang Anguo and Li Quan. Under them are marshals and generals of all sizes, each of whom regards the two as their leaders, but each has his own Red Coat Army world.

The Red Turban Army was roughly divided into the Yang faction and the Li faction. Among the generals, only a few were truly loyal and gave up their own world, while most of them only followed orders and not propaganda. In essence, they were a loose alliance.

After all, how many people would be willing to give up being a lord? This is true in the world of [Zhao Gou of the Southern Song Dynasty] and the world of [the Sichuan and Shaanxi Army].

Fang Guosan was originally a marshal under Yang Anguo, leading an army alone and once commanding five cities. After years of fighting, only one city remained, so it was renamed [Fangcheng].

He has always been a spy in the world of [Red Coat Army Yang Anguo], going ahead of [Red Coat Army Yang Anguo] to test the power of other worlds. If he thinks he can win, he will notify Yang Anguo after leaving.

Of course, if you walk by the river often, none of your shoes will be free of water.

(End of this chapter)