The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

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While two thousand cavalrymen were harassing Qiao County, Jin Wuzhu was not idle either.

He personally led 3,000 elite cavalry, 500 ironclad infantry, and 20,000 puppet Qi troops under Li Cheng, with tens of thousands of laborers following behind, to march on Taikang County with a dignified army.

Li Heng is not going to pursue him anymore!

That day, Xiang Yu chased him so hard he almost lost his mind. He thought that if he could just endure it, things would be fine, but if he backed down, he would get angrier the more he thought about it!
He is still young and doesn't become a "peace advocate" like Tartar after losing a couple of battles; his goal is still the stars and the sea.

If you get beaten up, you have to beat them up back! Never admit defeat or surrender.

He not only wanted to beat up that brute from that day to get revenge, but also wanted to wipe out the Northern Song Dynasty and then attack the Southern Song Dynasty. He wanted to settle old scores with Han Shizhong about Huangtiandang and let the whole world know that he, Jin Wuzhu, was not a small character who could be bullied at will.

"Report! Taikang County ahead!" a Jin scout reported. "The Northern Song army has already left the city and is ready to engage our army in open battle."

Jin Wuzhu laughed loudly: "Although the Northern Song Dynasty is annoying, it has one good point: it is willing to go out of the city to fight in the field. It is much more comfortable than the cowardly Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty has never once formed a proper battle formation in the field when fighting against our army."

Li Cheng leaned over from the side: "How does the general plan to arrange this battle?"

Jin Wuzhu: "The same as before! Li Cheng, your troops are positioned at the front, while my cavalry will flank the enemy. When the time is right, I will deploy 500 iron pagodas to attack the weakest point of the enemy's formation and crush them in one fell swoop."

This is actually the same method that Guwei used when dealing with the rebel army on the Jiaodong Peninsula.

Logically speaking, continuing to fight in this manner would only lead to certain death.

But Jin Wuzhu didn't believe in this superstition. He hadn't commanded that battle before, and he felt that if he had been in command, the outcome would have been different. Moreover, this time he had sent two thousand elite cavalrymen to harass the enemy's rear in advance. By this time, the enemy's morale was already in disarray, and he was confident that he could defeat the Northern Song army in one fell swoop by launching a frontal assault.

It should be like this!

Soon, the Northern Song army came into view.

Jin Wuzhu stood on a high place and looked ahead.

It was observed that the Northern Song army was not large, consisting entirely of infantry. In the center was likely Gong Erniangzi's main force, numbering around three to four thousand men, flanked by Sui Yi and Qi Chongwen.

In addition, several thousand auxiliary troops followed behind the main force, which should be Wang Hong's troops who surrendered back then.

Beside the auxiliary troops, there were several thousand more people. The composition of these several thousand people was complicated. Among them were several thousand subordinates brought by Niu Gao, as well as people brought by Peng Qi. When he fled, he only had a few hundred people left with him, but after stabilizing the situation, he sent people out to gather his old troops and regrouped a thousand people.

His thousand men were nothing but ragtag soldiers, mixed in with Niu Gao's men; they were the worst of the worst.

Jin Wuzhu laughed: "The enemy's army is of mixed quality, with only a few thousand truly capable soldiers. What is there to fear?"

Li Cheng was also thinking to himself: Our army is also a mixed bag, with only a few thousand soldiers who are truly capable of fighting. What is there to be proud of?

Jin Wuzhu said, "Form ranks, but don't rush to attack. Just stand there facing them. They will soon receive news that our cavalry has thrown their Qiao County into chaos, and their formation will be thrown into disarray. Then we can take the opportunity to attack!"

That was a very wise statement, and Li Cheng also felt that Jin Wuzhu made a good point.

He quickly led his ragtag troops to form ranks.

Soon, the massive military formation was set up. In the very center, Li Cheng's 20,000 soldiers formed an extremely thick and dense formation, with layers upon layers of heads, so dense that they were impossible to see clearly. In front, countless large wooden planks were erected to block the muskets, and behind the formation, a row of counterweight catapults, which had been stolen from the Northern Song Dynasty, were set up.

Five hundred iron-clad cavalrymen stood together with Jin Wuzhu at the rear of Li Cheng's army formation to provide cover.

The three thousand elite cavalry were dispersed to both flanks, ready to "fly from both wings" at any time.

After setting up the formation, they didn't rush to attack. Jin Wuzhu deployed five hundred taunters and roared at the opposing side, "Come on then!"

But Gong Er Niangzi was also in no hurry to attack, and she also spread out five hundred cursing hands: "Come here!"

Jin Wuzhu: "You want to compete with me in terms of willpower? Don't blame me for not warning you, my two thousand light cavalry are currently burning, killing and looting in Qiao County. If you stay here and stand still for even an incense stick's time, two or three villages will be burned down."

Gong Erniangzi: "Don't blame me for not reminding you. Our army has four armies advancing simultaneously. What you encountered here is only one of them. The other three armies are taking advantage of the situation to gradually encroach on the territory of the puppet Qi state. Li Heng may have also gotten a chance to catch his breath and is planning to counterattack Kaifeng. Aren't you afraid of being attacked from behind?"

Jin Wuzhu: "I..."

Believe it or not, Jin Wuzhu felt a little embarrassed after hearing what Gong Erniangzi said.

Strategically, the Northern Song Dynasty launched a four-pronged attack, which was truly disgusting!

The puppet state of Qi itself had almost no fighting capacity, and it had to rely on the Jin state to fight tough battles. However, the Jin state would come to its aid from afar, and the number of reinforcements could not be large enough to be divided into four routes to block them. If the Jin army could spare so many troops to fight everywhere, why would it support the puppet state of Qi? It would just conquer the whole country directly.

Hearing that the other three routes of the Northern Song army were taking advantage of the situation to gradually erode the puppet Qi regime, Wanyan Wuzhu couldn't help but feel a little panicked.

He cursed inwardly: "These useless people from the pseudo-Qi regime, I'll get rid of Liu Yu one day."

But that's a matter for later; we need to deal with the immediate issues first.

Jin Wuzhu continued to have his five hundred taunters shout in unison: "You Northern Song Dynasty are nothing but bandits from Jiaodong, what are you pretending for here?"

Gong Erniangzi retorted, "You defeated dog from Huangtiandang, your army of 100,000 was beaten by Han Shizhong's 8,000 men, what are you pretending for?"

With a loud "boom," Jin Wuzhu burst into flames.

Damn it, I'm losing the argument.

Jin Wuzhu: "Let's see how long you can be so smug. Qiao County is about to turn into a sea of ​​fire."

Gong Er Niangzi: "Oh dear, I'm so scared!"

As the two were talking, a fast horse suddenly charged into the Northern Song army formation. Soon, Gong Er Niangzi's men lifted a flagpole with a Jin-style helmet on it.

The five hundred trolls burst into laughter: "Jin Wuzhu, this is the Meng'an of the cavalry you sent to Qiao County. His head is right here."

Jin Wuzhu was taken aback, but the distance was too great for him to see the face of the head clearly, so he wasn't entirely convinced. He angrily retorted, "Where did you find a fake head to fool me? Do I look like the kind of person who would fall for such a trick?"

"We'll find out soon enough whether it's a fake head or not."

Gong Erniangzi was not in a hurry at all.

Time marched on amidst the stalemate between the two.

After a long stalemate, a large group of Jin cavalry came from the side of the battlefield and arrived in front of Jin Wuzhu, crying loudly: "General, the enemy actually has eight hundred Mongol light cavalry to help us, and they have defeated us badly."

Jin Wuzhu: "!!!"

(End of this chapter)