I became a saint by picking up corpses in Water Margin

Chapter 371 Wu Song Takes Off
The commander-in-chief Salihe held his ground and slowly advanced towards the north gate of Shexian County.

Slowly, the outline of the opponent became clearer.

I saw the cavalry lined up neatly outside the city, with four generals in front, from right to left: Hu Sanniang, Yang Chang, Wu Song, and Ruan Xiaoqi.

"Why is there a female general?"

In the eyes of Jiagu Xie Nu, women are like cattle and sheep and should not appear on the battlefield, so he made contemptuous remarks.

Salihe had learned about this in advance, so he immediately took over and reminded them, "Most men in Song are incompetent, and many women have gone to the battlefield. I heard that before Song Jiang became a general, he gathered 108 heroes at Liangshan, and three of them were women."

"This woman seems to have a good figure, what a pity."

Xie Nu of Jiagu stared at Hu Sanniang and shook his head. Then he looked at Yang Chang and Wu Song again and muttered, "Who is Yang Chang among the two in the middle? The man holding the two swords seems more powerful. Could he be the mortal enemy of the Jin Kingdom?"

"No, it is rumored that Yang Chang is very young, and he has two women, both of whom are capable of fighting in battle, so the one on the right is the one."

"is it?"

After hearing Salihe's analysis, Jiagu Xienu turned to look at Hu Sanniang again and said wickedly, "The women of the Song Dynasty are very attractive, but it's a pity that there are too many people patronizing the laundry bureau. I have only found Concubine Wei once in such a long time. If I can capture the female general and bring her back to the tent, I will definitely enjoy myself to my heart's content."

"There should be a chance. If this woman is the wife of Yang Chang, she is also a princess."

"Tsk, tsk."

Jiagu Xienu licked his lips and said, "Then I am even more looking forward to it now. It would be better to send her out to fight later."

"Don't worry, General. Wait until I confirm who Yang Chang is. If I make a mistake, it will be troublesome."

"There are only 2,000 of them. It's too late to escape now. If they don't fall for it later, we can just charge in and capture Yang Chang as well. We'll definitely win."

"Well, just follow my orders."

The Jin army discussed as they marched, and the Jin army was no less advanced.

Yang Chang looked at Xie Nu's expression and knew that this bearded general was holding back his anger. He decided to take special care of him and looked to his left, saying, "As the saying goes, 'the first push is strong, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted'. Once the battle starts, don't overtake me. Xiao Qi will be on the left, Er Ge will be on the right, and my wife will be in the middle. Let's break through the enemy formation in one push, and that way we can secure victory."

"it is good."

"Ah."

"Brother, what if it's a routine battle before the battle? I really want to complete a battle of beheading a general."

Wu Song and Hu Sanniang both responded, but Ruan Xiaoqi was the only one who volunteered to fight, and he sounded pitiful.

indeed.

Several battles were fought during the rescue of Luzhou. Ruan Xiaoqi had a great time riding a horse and killing the enemies, but there is no record of him becoming a general.

Yang Chang was stunned when he heard this, and then he pointed at Jiagu Xienu and said, "They may not fight against their generals just because they have more soldiers, but if they really want to, I will try my best to meet your request, except for the bearded man on the right."

"What happened to that man?"

Although it was Ruan Xiaoqi who spoke, Wu Song and Hu Sanniang turned their heads curiously, wanting to know why.

Feeling everyone's expectations, Yang Chang looked around and responded, "I feel that the man should be good at martial arts. Xiao Qi may not be able to get what he wants. I will deal with him personally and make sure to kill him and gain the upper hand."

"Uh ok"

"Sanlang has killed countless Jin generals. He may not dare to come out and fight you. Why don't you let your brother give it a try?"

Ruan Xiaogang was just discouraged, and Wu Song immediately asked for a fight.

This time, Yang Chang did not refuse directly, but agreed after a brief pause, saying: "Second brother, what you said makes sense. You will lead the charge later, but if you want to attack directly without fighting, don't rush out before me. This horse is not as good as the Jade Lion of Zhaoye."

"Don't worry, Sanlang. I can save it." Wu Song nodded seriously.

After some instruction, Ruan Xiaoqi was able to fight with Dong Ping in the battle formation and cooperate with Hu Sanniang to capture the general, but Yang Chang did not let him go into battle, which shows that the person who came was not simple.

But Wu Song was very competitive. He had experienced so many battles on horseback and was able to fight Qin Ming on equal terms. He wondered how strong the enemy could be. It was time to push himself to be ruthless.

Just as he regained his composure, the Jin army had already stopped.

For an instant, the two armies stared at each other in deathly silence.

Salihe was the first to challenge, pointing his knife at Yang Changfang and shouting, "I heard that King Jin Yang Chang is here, can you come to the front of the battle?"

"What? Are you in a hurry to die?"

Yang Chang choked people as soon as he spoke, and responded coldly: "I have killed too many famous people in the Jin Kingdom, including your emperor Wuqimai. Do you also want to die under my sword?"

"Ok?"

Salihe was not willing to believe it. He glanced at Jiagu Xienu, then turned back and sneered, "I thought Yang Chang was so brave and invincible, but it turns out he is just a boastful villain. Your Majesty is far away in Shangjing City right now, what are you talking about in your sleep? Are you really Yang Chang?"

"Don't believe me? Why don't you take a step forward? Let's have a fight?"

"Whether you are or not, you are at least the commander of an army. I am also the commander of an army. How can the commander go first? Why don't we each send a general to fight in front of the battle?"

"Oh?"

Yang Chang smiled playfully, thinking, "You really want to fight a general? I'd be disrespectful if you don't agree." So he said, "Sure, who are you going to send to fight?"

"Anyone will do, just him."

Salihe seemed to have chosen randomly, but he pointed accurately at Jiagu Xienu, which made Yang Chang feel embarrassed.

This acting skill? It's comparable to that of a young actor.

At that moment, Yang Chang felt like a teacher, watching the students' little movements below from the podium, as if to say, I see it clearly, so can you stop pretending?
Xie Nu of Jiagu responded and urged his horse forward two steps with his mace in hand.

He was not sure whether Yang Chang would go up on his own. Although he did not agree that Yang Chang was as strong as the legend said, Salihe reminded him again and again, so he had to be cautious at this moment.

"Jiagu Xienu of the Great Jin Kingdom, who dares to come out and fight?"

"Sanlang, am I on top?"

"Go ahead and be careful."

Wu Song asked again and Yang Changze nodded at him.

This guy has fought for so many years, and his understanding of war is not as compassionate as Liangshan. For the sake of victory, who cares whether he has martial virtue or not? Especially when fighting against the Jin people.

If Wu Song fails to capture it, Yang Chang will help without hesitation.

Hu Sanniang encourages the soldiers, which is similar to the buff in the game. It will disappear after a period of time and needs to be replenished to trigger the buff, so Yang Chang will not delay too long. In addition, he can also get the reinforcement buff by killing the general.

Even if he learned to shoot arrows from the dark like Xu Ning, as long as he had a positive thought about victory in the war, Yang Chang didn't care about his own reputation at all.

Wu Song went into battle this time with the determination to win, especially since he was using a mace. Wasn't that the same as fighting Qin Ming again?
I have experience. No matter what you say, you will die. No one can stop you. That's what I said.

He started later but arrived in the middle first, pointed his knife at Xie Nu in Jiagu and challenged him, "Wu Song is here, you golden thief, come and die!"

"Wu Song? Never heard of him."

Xie Nu of Jiagu galloped on his horse, raised his mace and rushed towards Wu Song, hitting him head-on, "You recognize my mace first!"

"Well done!"

There was a sound.

Wu Song's sword was too short to attack, so he used his experience to block with his sword, causing a few sparks to fly.

An expert will know if there is one as soon as he takes action.

Sanlang was right. This guy was indeed quite capable, and his strength was not inferior to Qin Ming. Xie Nu from Jiagu came later but was the first to arrive. Although he failed to hit Wu Song with one blow, he took the initiative to defend when the fight started. I thought, is there any need to talk about the ending?
I'm sure to win.

Xie Nu of Jiagu was tall and broad, and he swung his mace like a carrying pole. As soon as they met, he launched a fierce attack on Wu Song, which frightened everyone in front of Yang Chang's formation.

Ruan Xiaoqi swallowed his saliva and finally understood why Commander Yang didn't let him go. It turned out that this bearded man was really hard to fight.

Hu Sanniang looked anxious, and could not help but tilt her head to remind Yang Chang in a low voice, "My lord, the second brother is at a disadvantage when he goes up, do you want to replace him?"

"Second brother did it on purpose. He likes to observe before fighting. He is testing his moves now."

“That also requires preparation.”

"rest assured."

Yang Chang took out a flying knife, which was one of his unique skills and could help Wu Song defeat the enemy at any time.

However, the two had just started fighting, and intervening at this time would mean not trusting Wu Song, so Yang Chang was waiting for an opportunity, waiting until the two were fighting to a stalemate or Wu Song was at a disadvantage before taking action.

Wu Song was also waiting for an opportunity. When Jiagu Xie Nu had used three axes and still could not defeat his opponent and began to doubt his opponent, his body would involuntarily slow down, and then he could counterattack and win with one strike.

Every inch stronger is an inch stronger.

Different weapons have different performances in horse combat. Wu Song's double swords are short weapons with excellent defense but insufficient offense, so they are naturally not as aggressive as maces.

So it's not that Wu Song is unwilling to attack, but his double swords are at a disadvantage when he is confronting. However, if he can survive the enemy's early offensive in close combat, he can launch a counterattack.

In order to ensure that he could kill the enemy, Wu Song endured ten rounds of fighting with Jiagu and Xie Nu.

Xie Nu of Jiagu intended to take Wu Song by surprise. He wanted to help Salihe kill the general in front of the battle, and then lead the army to defeat the enemy, but he did not expect Wu Song to be so defensive.

As soon as his thoughts relaxed, his opponent Wu Song suddenly jumped up from his horse like an ambushed tiger.

Jiagu Xie Nu never expected that his commander Salihe was stunned, and even Yang Chang and others were stunned, all shocked by Wu Song's magical operation.

That was a cavalry battle, not a land infantry battle.

Wu Song 'took off' openly and not only landed accurately behind Jiagu Xie Nu, but also cut off his head with a backhand stroke, shocking the soldiers on both sides.

In the conventional duel, Wu Song and Qin Ming fought to a draw but to no clear winner, so he thought of a surprise move.

"Who else?"

Wu Song kicked the corpse off the horse and took the horse's place, then waved the head of Jiagu Xie Nu in the air to show off.

"Jiagu Xienu!"

Sali let out a mournful cry, then pointed at Wu Song and yelled, "All troops, attack and kill them all!"

"Follow me!"

Yang Chang gave the order almost at the same time.

The two thousand cavalrymen behind him followed him like a surging wave. Wu Song in front did not move at first until Yang Chang passed him. Then he led the charge from the right wing according to the pre-battle deployment.

Wu Song kills the general in front of the battle, Hu Sanniang [Cihang] encourages before the battle, Yang Chang [Pojun] is covered with an aura during the battle, and almost all the benefits he can get are stacked up.

He even specially used a mace today in order to trigger his talent of [Spear and Stick Transformation], causing the enemies in the front row to suffer group debuffs.

So even though it's two thousand versus ten thousand.

But one side was full of buffs, and the other side was full of debuffs. The full-buff side was led by Yang Chang. The result was like a sickle cutting leeks, and the Jin army fell down one after another.

Sun Li on the city wall was completely stunned. He had won two battles with Yang Chang before, and he felt that the soldiers were motivated by him and their morale was high.

At this moment, he was looking down from a high place and seeing the two thousand cavalrymen crushing the enemy with ease. Three words popped up in his mind: military situation.

It's like a tyrant coming to the world.

The key is that Yang Chang rose from humble beginnings, was closer to the people than Xiang Yu, and was more cautious and cautious. How could such a person not succeed? Following him was the right decision.

Half of the 10,000 Jin troops led by Salihe were Jurchen cavalry, all of whom were brave warriors of their tribe, but they were unable to stop the charge of 2,000 cavalry.

In an instant, the battlefield was swept away like a whirlwind, with people neighing and horses whinnying.

The front army was defeated and the rear army retreated, and the decline was like a dam breaking and a torrent of water rushing in.

Yang Chang and his men fought for a distance of twenty miles. On their way back they could see corpses, as well as scattered armor and weapons, and ownerless war horses waiting to be confiscated.

Although Salihe was cautious in using his troops, he was misled by his past knowledge and dared to provoke with 10,000 men, but unfortunately he hit a wall.

Until the moment he ran away in panic, he remembered the reminder of former Marshal Erlido: Never underestimate Yang Chang, and don't overestimate yourself. Yin Shuke, Lou Shi and others have already been taught a lesson, so don't provoke them unless you are absolutely sure.

Of course, when Erlido said this, the Jin Kingdom had not yet cursed Yang Chang. During the past few months when Salihe went south, he always thought that the strongest opponent was sleeping.

He fled with the remaining troops at the cost of 70% of his troops. When he met a messenger halfway, he learned that Wushi had received an order from Nianhan and had begun to retreat.

Since the visitor only delivered the message but did not tell the reason for the withdrawal, the defeated Salihe was so anxious that he whipped the horse's buttocks to vent his anger.

What are you doing?
A hundred thousand troops coming and going, it's fun, right?

Did thousands of my warriors die in vain?

I will rush back to see Wushi and see what excuse you have for your reply. If you dare to falsely convey the order from General Nianhan, I will report you to His Majesty and remove you from your position as marshal.

Unfortunately, when Salihe arrived at Fengyue Pass, he only saw the mess after the evacuation. Wu Shi was so anxious that he didn't even wait for him.

Seeing Song Jiang and Wu Yong coming to greet him, Salihe was filled with rage, thinking that it was easy for them to talk, but they made me suffer such a great loss.

Yang Chang is easy to beat? Are you treating me like a fool?

If I hadn't only had a few soldiers left, I would have definitely killed you old silver coins.

Salihe left with dissatisfaction, Wu Yong immediately urged Song Jiang to remind him: "Captain, it seems that Yang Chang just won a great victory. While he is resting and has not yet attacked, Fengyue Pass is still in our hands. Send an envoy to Shexian to ask for peace."

"Who is the right person to send as an envoy? I'm afraid Yang Chang will take advantage of me."

Song Jiang is now very conflicted. Apart from him and Wu Yong, there are only Pei Xuan and the Xie brothers left in Fengyue Pass.

He certainly couldn't fall into a trap. Wu Yong was his close confidant and think tank, so he couldn't send him out to take risks. Pei Xuan and the Xie brothers were not suitable. The only person who could talk to Yang Chang was his brother Song Qing, but he was now in the Yingtian court.

Wu Yong knew Song Jiang's thoughts and immediately waved his feather fan to give advice, "It doesn't matter who we send as an envoy, as long as we can make the message clear. The key is to see what conditions Yang Chang opens. Has the commander forgotten the personal soldier who delivered the letter to Yang Xiong? He is a perfect match."

"Send a soldier as an envoy, will Yang Chang really negotiate?"

"Will do."

After Yang Changsheng's victory, he picked up corpses along the way and it was already dark when he returned to Shexian County.

Taking advantage of the banquet that Sun Li had arranged in advance, the brothers gathered together to drink and celebrate.

Although Ruan Xiaoqi was able to kill the general as he wished, he felt very happy today. He raised his glass and shouted at the banquet: "It's so satisfying to kill. It seems that the Jin army is really no match. Shall we attack Fengyue Pass tomorrow?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? It is rumored that the Jin army has 100,000 soldiers. We must not be greedy for merit and advance rashly." Wu Song suffered a loss at the hands of Song Jiang, so he would be more cautious than anyone else.

Ruan Xiaoqi didn't get angry after hearing this. He looked at Yang Chang with a smile and asked, "Brother, what do you think?"

Before Yang Chang could answer, his personal soldier Cheng Wang suddenly rushed into the hall, clasped his fists and said happily: "Good news, my king. The tens of thousands of Jin troops south of Fengyue Pass have all withdrawn!"

"It seems that the news of Wuqimai's death has finally reached the Jin army's front line."

(End of this chapter)