Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 961 Jin Wushu: Do they want to escape by water or fight to the death? [2 more]

With Yan Qing in his left hand and Shi Qian in his right hand, Dai Zong transferred their manpower to the Song Dynasty military camp outside Zhuozhou City.

Liu Gao then sent Yan Qing, Shi Qian and Shi Xiu to Youzhou to deliver the letter.

Shi Qian and Shi Xiu both lived in Youzhou as children and could speak the local dialect.

Although Yan Qing had never lived in Youzhou, he was best at imitating various local dialects.

The three of them had never met Jin Wushu, and they were all smart, so Liu Gao sent them to pretend to be Qin Hui and deliver the letters from Song Gaozong and Zhong Shidao to Jin Wushu.

According to the map, more than 70 kilometers north of Zhuozhou, where Empress Tianshou was located, is Youzhou, where Jin Wushu was located.

More than 100 kilometers east of Zhuozhou is Jizhou where Yue Fei was located.

Two hundred kilometers south of Zhuozhou is Cangzhou where Zong Ze is located.

More than 100 kilometers southeast of Youzhou where Jin Wushu was located is Jizhou where Yue Fei was located.

Two hundred kilometers south of Youzhou is Cangzhou where Zong Ze is located...

In short, these four states are all very close to each other.

The farthest is no more than 200 kilometers, and the closest is only 70 kilometers.

It is convenient for marching, fighting, and sending messages.

It took Yan Qing and his men only two days to reach Youzhou, and they met Jin Wushu with the token they found on Qin Hui.

Yan Qing first presented the letter from Song Gaozong to Jin Wushu, which was searched from Song Jiang.

Jin Wushu glanced at it and laughed:
"The little Southern Barbarian Emperor is quite knowledgeable and sensible. When my family moves south, perhaps I can adopt him as my godson!"

Yan Qing, Shi Qian and Shi Xiu were not at all disturbed by Jin Wushu's malicious humiliation, and some even felt like laughing.

In their hearts, Liu Gao is the "emperor" and Song Gaozong is just a nobody!
They always bullshit and humiliate Emperor Gaozong of Song!
It's so humiliating!
Jin Wushu took in their expressions and nodded secretly. It seemed that they were sent by Qin Hui.

If General Song was an impostor, how could he endure such humiliation?
Yan Qing presented Zhong Shidao's letter again. Jin Wushu took it more seriously this time and read it carefully:
“There are 60,000 troops stationed in Zhuozhou. Zong Shidao is right. Even if we capture the city by force, we will suffer heavy losses!

"Why not surround them and attack the reinforcements!"

After two seconds of silence, Jin Wushu read it again:
"Okay! Our army will be responsible for ambushing the Han reinforcements!

"You Song army are responsible for besieging Zhuozhou and containing the three states of Bazhou, Xiongzhou, and Mozhou!"

Jin Wushu wrote a reply letter to Zhong Shidao on the spot and asked Yan Qing to take it back.

After Yan Qing and the others left, Hami Chi advised:

"Your Highness, if the Han Kingdom sends aid to Zhuozhou from Jizhou and Cangzhou..."

Jin Wushu said confidently: "Jizhou has only 50,000 troops and Cangzhou has only 30,000 troops.

“Our army has dispatched 300,000 troops this time. Even if we divide them into two groups, we still have an absolute advantage in terms of manpower.

"What's more, it was an ambush!"

Hami Chi agreed: "Your Highness is right!

“I think that dividing the troops into four groups actually gives us an absolute advantage in terms of military strength!

"In addition to ambushing the reinforcements from Jizhou and Cangzhou, there are two more routes to attack Jizhou and Cangzhou respectively!
"This not only cuts off the retreat routes of the reinforcements from Jizhou and Cangzhou, but Your Highness also gains Jizhou and Cangzhou!
"Yue Fei, who guards Jizhou, is the sworn brother of the King of Han!

"The King of Han is nicknamed 'Little Xuande' and is the most loyal!
“If our army captures Yue Fei alive, even if the King of Han doesn’t save Empress Tianshou, he will come to save Yue Fei!
"All our army has to do is wait for the King of Han to fall into our trap!
"Once the King of Han dies, the Kingdom of Han will be at our fingertips!"

Jin Wushu calculated with his fingers and found that the troops were indeed sufficient:

"Okay! Let's listen to the military advisor and divide the troops into four groups!"

……

"Rumble...Rumble..."

Yue Fei led 40,000 cavalry from Jizhou to Zhuozhou. The reason why he had so many horses was, of course, thanks to the compensation from the Jin Kingdom.

Seeing that there were mountains on one side and water on the other side of the road ahead, Yu Hualong spurred his horse to catch up with Yue Fei:
"Master, be careful there is an ambush ahead!"

Yue Fei calmly ordered the entire army to change its formation, like a long snake, and continue marching.

As a result, Yue Fei's team was stretched out very long, causing Jin Wushu on the top of the mountain to frown:
"This little southern barbarian has some brains!"

Hami Chi pointed at the hillside and said, "Originally, our cavalry could have inflicted heavy damage on them by rushing down the hillside!

"But if they change their formation like this, we won't be able to inflict heavy damage on them, and their rear guard will be able to escape...

"But it doesn't matter, as long as we capture Yue Fei alive we will have achieved our goal.

“And His Highness has already sent his son-in-law, Dragon and Tiger King, to seize Jizhou.

"Even if they escape back, they will die!"

Jin Wushu nodded, looked down at Yue Fei who had already reached the foot of the hillside, and waved his hand.

A young man nearby quickly picked up the horn hanging on his chest and blew it into his mouth:
"Woo——"

The desolate and low sound of the horn echoed in the mountains, and immediately the Jin soldiers hiding on the hillside rushed down!

"Rumble...Rumble..."

Tens of thousands of Jin soldiers rushed down the hillside like a raging flood that broke through the dam!

This was the terrain carefully selected by Hami Chi. The slope was neither steep nor gentle, just right for the cavalry to accelerate.

At the same time, the Jin soldiers hiding in the woods on the side of the mountain also rushed out, howling and charging towards the Han army!

Jin Wushu set up an ambush here and deployed a full 100,000 troops just to capture Yue Fei in one fell swoop!
"Beep——"

Yue Fei also picked up the bamboo whistle hanging on his chest, put it in his mouth and blew it.

This is the characteristic of the Han State, which makes it different from others.

As soon as they heard the sharp sound of the bamboo whistle, the Han army immediately retreated to the river.

Jin Wushu sneered: "Military Advisor, do you think the little Nanman wants to escape by jumping into the water or fight to the death?"

"Get in the water and run away!"

Hami Chi said disapprovingly:
"Even if they want to fight to the death, our army will drive them into the water!
"I don't believe that every Han soldier can swim!"

Jin Wushu also laughed, looking down from his high position at the Han army as they fled to the water's edge and stopped to deploy their battle formation.

After countless Jin soldiers rushed down the hillside, they continued to rush towards the water's edge with the momentum of sweeping across the world!
Things developed just as they expected, but what they didn't expect was that a ship actually arrived!
"ferry!"

Hami Chi pointed at the large ships going upstream in surprise:

“The flag on the ship… says Han!
"It's the Han navy coming!"

"Humph!"

Jin Wushu looked unhappy:
"The Han navy was going upstream, so how could they move so fast?"

Hami Chi didn't know what was going on, and he saw that the ships were very different:
There are water wheels at the bow and stern, and bamboo fences are used to protect the boats. Many sailors are pedaling the water wheels, so the boats can go upstream very quickly!
What’s terrifying is that Hami Chi saw cannons mounted on the ship!

Hami Chi was confused: "There can be cannons on the ship?"

Before he finished speaking, the cannons opened fire!

"Boom boom boom..."

There were bursts of earth-shaking noises, and flames spewed out of the muzzles of the cannons!
The shells passed over the Han army, which was "fighting with its back to the river", and hit the Jin soldiers who were rushing forward like a tide...

(End of this chapter)