Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 68: Pei Gong Hangs Overlord Blade on His Waist

In the south of the city, Liu Huai frowned: "Why the hell did it get chaotic so quickly?"

Although Liu Dalang always looks confident and in control, he is actually a little nervous.

After all, Liu Huai also knew that he was not a great general. Not to mention commanding an army, he didn't even have experience in organizing an outing.

The reason why he was able to achieve so much was that he stood on the shoulders of giants.

In preparation for filming the epic film, Liu Huai and his cast underwent a rigorous historical study program. He remembers asking a history professor how to win battles in ancient times.

The professor said that Yue Fei had actually summed it up: to form a formation before fighting is the common method of warfare, and the secret of its application lies in one's heart; the key to military strategy lies in the unexpected and the unpredictable, in order to achieve victory.

To put it more simply, it is: use the right method to unite and the unusual method to win.

There are naturally many reasons why the Northern Expedition Army has been victorious one after another.

For example, Wei Sheng and Zhang Rong had been preparing for more than ten years. Once they raised their eyebrows and drew their swords, they were naturally not something that could be stopped by a few thousand inferior Jin troops.
For example, Jin lord Wanyan Liang gathered a large army in Bianliang, leaving the area empty;

For example, the Northern Expedition Army advanced resolutely, catching Gao Wenfu and his son off guard.

But all these can be summed up in one sentence: "take the enemy by surprise and attack when they are unprepared."

As for military construction and local construction, Liu Huai just picked up the ideas of the Iron Army of later generations.

Even though the times are different, if we can only copy 30% of the techniques, and cannot deal with the bald man, how can we not deal with the rulers of the Jin Dynasty who have been based in the Central Plains for 30 years but are still in a mess?
But then again, this Commander Liu, who was considered quite methodical in commanding the army and governing the government by others, was actually a novice on the battlefield with very little knowledge of ancient military affairs.

Even though Liu Huai knew that Zhang Rong had arrived, he hastily used a strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west to lure the tiger away from the mountain, but he never had much communication with Zhang Rong. He only agreed to break into the city today.

It all depends on the tacit understanding between each other.

How could Zhang Rong still be so sure of seizing opportunities after being vacant for twenty years?

However, if Zhang Rong was really so ruthless and resolute in his use of troops, then another question arises: How did the Song Dynasty, with so many heroes, fall to the point of losing half of its territory?

"My father must have broken into the city!"

Liu Huai's slightly divergent thoughts were pulled back by Zhang Baiyu's excited voice.

"General, let's go too!"

Zhang Baiyu snatched the ladder from his subordinates and carried it on his shoulders, eager to ask for orders.

It can only be said that war is indeed the fastest way to establish prestige. The day before yesterday, Zhang Baiyu was still singing a different tune, but today, without hearing the military order, he didn't even dare to move.

"Wait a little longer." Liu Huai took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "Do you still remember Shi Qilang? He looks like a hero. Since he could have left that day but didn't, and even followed the Jin thieves into the city, he must have something to say. Let's wait a moment."

Before he finished speaking, the city became even more noisy.

In full view of everyone in and outside the city, Gao Wenfu and his son quickly walked down the city wall and fled.

Although they left the big banner with the word "Gao" on the top of the city wall, so many eyes are not blind, how could they not see where the main general of the Jin army is?

The young and strong men who were conscripted on the city wall immediately became chaotic. A few Jin soldiers seemed to have received orders to maintain order. They immediately blocked the stairs on the city wall and started killing people.

From a distance, it looked as if the Jin army was having an internal conflict.

Before Liu Huai and others could react, they heard shouts and screams from behind the gate. After a while, the gate opened a crack.

"Li Xiu, I'll give you fifty riders. Cut down the flag on the top of the city wall!"

"Zhang Baiyu, lead your troops and join the Dongping army that is attacking the city!"

"The rest of you, follow me!" After the order was given, Liu Huai threw the ladder aside, took the prepared horse and tied its reins to the side of the saddle, then drew out his long machete and rushed out first.

The others hurriedly followed.

The city gate was still half open at this time. Liu Huai drove his horse to the front of the gate. He pulled up the reins, and the big black horse under his crotch neighed and stood up, kicking the gate heavily with its two front hooves.

The heavy elm city gate burst open.

In the doorway, a one-eyed man was holding a sword and shield, desperately dodging the attacks of two Jin soldiers.

Shi Qilang had already ambushed and killed two female Jurchen soldiers, and in the chaos of the scattered Qian army, he moved the door bolt and support wood, but was entangled by two other female Jurchen soldiers. He could only hold up the large shield and struggle to support himself.

At this moment, Shi Qilang had already seen the approaching men from the corner of his eye, and he quickly shouted, "General, help me!"

This person thinks highly of himself, and even when he is under siege, he only says to help him, not to save him.

Liu Huai didn't care. He squeezed his legs against the horse's belly and the warhorse suddenly leaped out. Taking advantage of this brief moment of charge, he thrust out his long sword, and the tip of the sword pierced into the arm of the Jurchen soldier through the gap in the armor.

"Ah!!! You..." The Jurchen soldier cried out in pain.

"Hey!" Liu Huai exclaimed, his arm muscles bulged, and he directly lifted the other person up with the help of horsepower.

Li Xiu, the second person to rush into the city gate, was stunned.

A majestic knight puts another heavily armored warrior, as thin as an iron can, on the tip of his sword. If you don't see it up close with your own eyes, you can't understand the shocking visual effect.

I seemed to have heard before that Liu Dalang had the courage of a tyrant. I thought it was amazing that he could be compared to the Little Tyrant Sun Ce, but I didn't expect that he was the real King of Chu.

When I think about his way of governing the country, it is quite similar to Pei Gong entering Guanzhong.

Is it okay for the King of Chu to make three rules?!
Just as Li Xiu was lost in thought, a feathered arrow shot from behind his head, glancing past his ear and knocking another Jurchen soldier to the ground. Li Xiu turned around and saw Zhang Baiyu's handsome face with a ferocious expression: "Li Xiu, didn't you hear the military order? What are you standing there for?! Are you blocking the door?"

Li Xiu blushed, and to hide her embarrassment, she shouted, "My fellow men of the East China Sea, follow me!"

The men from Donghai, who were Zhang Xiaoyi's subordinates before, almost simultaneously glanced at Zhang Baiyu.

If they really didn't have time, these armored cavalrymen would have said some strange words to each other.

Ignoring the armored cavalry galloping beside him, Liu Huai threw the reins of his horse into Shi Qilang's hands and said, "Mount your horses, lead the way, to the treasury!"

It’s not that Liu Huai was planning to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, but the entire Northern Expedition Army was still a bandit-like group that ate wherever they went, and there was no logistics at all.

After all, it was easy for Lan Shiji, the governor of Chuzhou, to support Wei Sheng with some military supplies, but it was another matter to establish a stable logistical channel to transport the food that was about to be supplied to the Song army to the Northern Expedition Army.

Not to mention others, Liu Qi, the commander-in-chief of all the imperial armies in Zhenjiang Prefecture and stationed in Yangzhou, would have been in trouble if he didn't fight to the death with Lan Shiji.

This led to the Northern Expedition Army being in a state of living off its resources. Although Gao Anren's food and fodder had been seized before, the silver and money that could be used for rewards had not yet been found.

If Liu Huai had been less particular and just let his army plunder, the problem could indeed have been solved.

In fact, in this era, except for the outliers like Yue Family Army, other armies basically solved the problem in this way.

No distinction between friend and foe, just grab the fucking thing.

If you grab a handful, you will have morale, military spirit, wealth and food.

The day before yesterday, Gao Anren took this as his guiding ideology and did something big in Dayi Town.

But isn’t this a punishment for the crime?
Isn't this establishing a base deep behind enemy lines?
It would be nice to squeeze the land from the people, but without the support of the masses, even if the 3,000 or so Northern Expedition Army were all made of iron, they would be torn apart by the endless stream of Jin troops.

Since military supplies cannot be taken from the people, they must naturally be taken from the enemy!
(End of this chapter)