The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 287 Yahebojin Likes to Charge
The local gentry who gathered in front of the prefectural government office had all rushed over after hearing that the Jin army had arrived.

When the scout returned to the city, he shouted at the city gate, "The Jin soldiers are here!"

He only shouted it to the guards on the city gate, but once he shouted it, the whole city knew about it.

As a result, a large number of local gentry gathered around, and every one of them had the word "fear" written all over their face.

The timid could only tremble, while the bold shouted in front of the prefectural government office: "General Gong, General Gong, I know intelligence about the Jin army..."

His shout actually had an effect, and Lady Gong Er came out of the yamen: "Tell me about the Jin soldiers."

The bolder one said, "I heard that the Jin soldiers came from the southwest, so they must be Yahebojin of the Huaiyang Army. He led a thousand Jurchen cavalry and was stationed in Xiapi City of the Huaiyang Army."

Madam Gong Er: "Oh?"

The bolder one continued, "Yahebojin is impulsive and easily angered, a typical brainless person, but his martial arts skills are extremely good. In battle, he likes to charge at the forefront, always leading from the front, and he also likes to challenge enemy generals to duels on the battlefield. It is said that the Song general guarding Huaiyang Army was killed by Yahebojin charging into the enemy lines."

Gong Erniangzi smiled: "Hmm? Yahebojin likes to be at the forefront? This information is very useful. Guards, give him five strings of cash."

The man was a local gentry, and his family was wealthy. Five strings of cash were nothing to him, but gaining General Gong's approval was what made him happiest.

"How does General Gong plan to repel the enemy?" another local gentry asked.

This is also the issue that all Yizhou residents care about most.

His question represented not only himself, but all the local gentry, ordinary people, and everyone who was listening intently.

Gong Erniangzi shouted loudly, "Where is Zhang Wazi?"

"Here!" Zhang Wazi appeared and bowed.

Gong Erniangzi: "Go and get rid of Yahebojin."

"As ordered!"

Zhang Wazi's face was beaming with joy as he took off running towards the south gate, followed by a group of scattered soldiers, all grinning.

It turns out that Zhang Wazi had made a great contribution in the previous battle by sniping one Meng'an and two Mouke, and had been promoted after the battle.

After the Northern Song Dynasty acquired machine tools, the efficiency of rifling significantly improved.

The number of rifled guns also increased, and naturally, skirmish battalions were expanded.

The skirmisher battalion is now divided into Battalion 1 and Battalion 2. Battalion 1, led by the old battalion commander, stays behind in their hometown. Battalion 2, led by Zhang Wazi, goes south with Gong Erniangzi on the expedition.

Zhang Wazi left looking very relaxed, but the local gentry were anything but.

They saw that Zhang Wazi was a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, without the physique of a Shandong man. He didn't look like a skilled warrior at all. Why would General Gong send such a boy to kill Yahebojin?
There seems to be something wrong with how this task was assigned!

The group was in a panic, but they had just surrendered and didn't know Gong Er Niangzi's temperament. No one dared to stand up and offer any opinions, fearing that Gong Er Niangzi was the kind of unpredictable general who would kill people at the slightest provocation.

So the local gentry could only keep it to themselves, which was very difficult.

Someone shouted, "Let's go to the city wall to watch the battle!"

The other gentry then realized what was happening and, with their servants, guards, and local militia, all ran towards the city wall.

Some people even thought of helping to defend the city, but when they got to the city wall, they found that a large number of Northern Song soldiers were already stationed on the wall, and many bald auxiliary soldiers were helping to move the city's supplies. They did not allow the gentry's servants and local militia to go up the city wall to assist in the defense.

Not to mention them, even the Yan'an soldiers led by Sui Yi could only serve as auxiliary troops and couldn't climb the city walls. A local gentryman said anxiously, "Let me go up and watch the battle!"

"I want to watch the game too!"

"Let's go up and take a look."

The most prominent and influential families in Yizhou City were somewhat panicked.

Just then, Gong Erniangzi climbed onto the city wall and saw the eager looks on the faces of the local gentry. After thinking for a moment, she waved her hand and ordered, "Let each family send one person to the city wall to watch the battle with me."

The messenger went over and gave the order, and the gentry breathed a sigh of relief. The head of each household came up to the city wall and stood respectfully behind Gong Er Niangzi. Interestingly, Sui Yi, the leader of the Yan'an soldiers, was also called up to the city wall.

Gong Erniangzi said to him, "Sui Yi, I heard from Zhang Yong that you really want to join the war and make merits immediately."

Sui Yi bowed: "Yes, this humble general wishes to fight! But..." His tone hesitated again: "After witnessing the artillery battalion's capabilities last time, this humble general... cough..."

Awkward! I'm a little embarrassed to say what follows.

Gong Erniangzi: "I know what you want to say. Don't worry about it. Just watch the battle and learn how our army fights. Actually, I know that the Yan'an soldiers are all brave and fierce young men. I have high hopes for you. But you need to learn new combat methods now. Once you have learned them, you will definitely be entrusted with important responsibilities."

Sui Yi was overjoyed: "Thank you, General!"

As the two of them chatted, the local gentry all listened intently, secretly thinking: It seems the Northern Song army has special tactics to deal with the Jin invaders, which is why they don't even need the Yan'an soldiers, but instead use a young boy.

But what exactly is this new method?
Is it reliable or not?
The Jin cavalry were incredibly powerful! Yahebojin was a fierce general among fierce generals!
Could the new methods of the Northern Song Dynasty be effective in dealing with such a fierce general?

perturbed!

I'm so nervous!

The local gentry all craned their necks, straining to see beyond the city walls.

Soon after, the Jin cavalry arrived.

The dust kicked up by a thousand cavalrymen was quite considerable, a rolling expanse of yellow sand. Upon reaching the city, Yahebojin immediately recognized that Yizhou had been captured by the Northern Song Dynasty. He couldn't help but curse inwardly: What a useless garrison commander! How could such a large city, with walls twenty feet high, be gone so quickly? I didn't even have time to send reinforcements.

Oh well, if this piece of trash lost the city, I'll just take it back.

Yahebojin was extremely proud. He led his cavalry straight down to the city walls, and as he ran, he made his men shout in unison: "You worthless traitors of the pseudo-Song Dynasty, do you dare to come out of the city and fight?"

Zhang Yong also ordered his men to shout in unison, "Let's fight! Are you afraid of us?"

The Northern Song army opened the city gates, preparing to go out and meet the enemy.

When they opened the city gates, the local gentry were startled again. With such high walls, why didn't you defend them and instead went out to fight? Don't play around like that! The Jin army is invincible in battle.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Yongjun left the city, Yahebojin was overjoyed and laughed loudly: "Charge!"

He took the lead, charging ahead of his men on horseback, looking incredibly dashing and handsome, truly unparalleled.

"boom!"

A gunshot rang out from Zhang Yong's ranks, and Yahebojin fell to the ground, tumbling from his horse.

(End of this chapter)