Song Dynasty

Chapter 123

The entire Peking camp of Kong Yanzhou just watched Wang Shen go calmly. At this time, not only did no one think of leading the army to pursue, they even dared not shoot an arrow used to strengthen their courage.Afraid of offending Wang Daosi, he turned around again and shot back that well-deserved arrow.

Liu Fu's head was still aching and swollen. He took off his helmet and looked at it, but saw a deep mark on it.It can be seen that Wang Shen used a crescent-shaped chisel arrow.Just imagine, if someone puts on the armor-piercing cone, I'm afraid I'm already dead.

"Precise arrows, great archery skills." Even though he was old on the battlefield and walked through life and death several times, Liu Fu felt that his legs were a little weak.

Not only him, but other archers are also knowledgeable, so it is natural to see how good Wang Shen's arrows are.

First of all, Lianzhu arrow has a unique technique.Before shooting, you need to hold an arrow upside down in your left hand, and then use your left hand to stabilize the bow arm.After the right hand releases the arrow, it has to take out the arrow held by the left hand and rewind it. It takes a long time of training to practice quickly.

Moreover, after holding the arrow in the left hand, it is very difficult to draw the bow itself.

Judging from Wang Shen's series of shots, the recurve bow in his hand is very hard, which shows that the surname Wang has huge arms.

More importantly, from the beginning to the end, Wang Shen's horse was galloping.It is conceivable how difficult it is to shoot an arrow on such a bumpy horseback and accurately hit the target he wants to hit.

The entire camp fell silent, everyone had a look of fear on their faces, and they were really out of breath.

Seeing the arrogant smoke and dust rolled up by the cavalry of the Sizhou Army, a thought flashed in everyone's mind: Yes, although Wang Daosi and his men are not many, they have defeated Jurchen and Khitan.If we fight these savages, isn't that going to die?General Kong brought us to Qi and Huang, that is sending us to the fire pit!

For a while, there was silence, and the shaved scalps of Kong Yanzhou's soldiers were covered with sweat the size of soybeans.

After a long time, a lieutenant general asked Liu Fu in a trembling voice, "General Liu, is what Wang Daosi said just now true?"

Liu Fu shook his bewildered head, feeling a small ball rolling over and over again: "What's true?"

General Pi hesitated, and said: "Wang Daosi said that he will soon marry the military leader's daughter and be his son-in-law. From now on, we will be a family. This battle...doesn't it mean we don't have to fight?"

"That's right, General Liu, tell me, if the military leader agrees to this marriage, will he stop making peace?" Others also gathered around and looked at Liu Fu expectantly.

Liu Fu was startled, and immediately understood that they were intimidated by Wang Shen, he was furious, and punched the lieutenant general in the chest.Cursed: "Put your mother's shit on, Wang Shen begged for marriage, but the military master didn't agree. Besides, he is an officer and soldier, and we have turned against him now. He is an enemy and not a friend. Qi and Huang can only have one master. We are at odds with those surnamed Wang."

"Straight mother thief, you are afraid of a ball, look at you now, you are timid before fighting, and you are not ashamed." He threw the helmet in his hand on the ground resentfully, and shouted: "Don't have illusions, this The first battle must be fought. The king thief insulted me just now, and I have to pay back this enmity ten times on the battlefield. We are the former army, and we must rush to the forefront when we start the fight. When the time comes, we must be the first. I am ugly Having said that, if there are those who are afraid of the enemy and do not go ahead, don't blame our ruthless military law."

"Yes, General." Everyone replied weakly.

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Qichun was not far from Huanggang, and he changed horses without changing people and galloped for a day. When it was dark, Wang Shen returned to the defense envoy Si Xingyuan in a hurry.

He opened his arms and let Qin Sizhao take off his armor. He laughed loudly and said to the officers of the cavalry army who came to greet him: "Today, a certain person went to Qichun in person, and he came here to show Kong Yanzhou some color. Knock the mountain to shake the tiger; secondly, it is also to detect the enemy's true strength. From my point of view, I really think highly of Kong Yanzhou, and I am sure of victory in this battle."

Yes, I really feel that the older I am, the less courageous I am.Back then, with a mere thousand people, they dared to take on Yelu Mawu and Wanyan Balisu.Now there are 5000 men and horses in hand, and there is still a decent cavalry in the south. They are fighting with Kong Yanzhou's team, and they are a little timid.

On the way, he thought about it carefully. In fact, the combat effectiveness of the army was much stronger than before. With high morale, well-trained, and complete arms, it is not difficult to fight a mere rogue.

The reason why I have many worries is that my family property has grown, and I want to keep it, and I have lost the courage to move forward.The second is that the army's food and fodder are insufficient, and they are worried that once the battle is fought, it will be protracted and they will not be able to afford it.

Looking at it now, Kong Yanzhou's troops were far inferior to Jurchen and Khitan in terms of combat effectiveness, and it was not worth mentioning.

Everyone laughed happily, and said in unison: "General, why is Kong Yanzhou so afraid? Take out a charter and formulate a strategy. Let's just follow it. Let's fight!"

"You guys, a general can't just know how to fight and kill. There is a saying, laymen talk about strategy, and experts talk about logistics. Before the food, fodder and supplies are ready, a certain will not easily send troops. Du Tong judged , how is it?"

Du Shu, the head of the civil servants, stepped forward and replied, "I told the defense envoy that our army has issued an IOU and has pre-borrowed summer rations, which is enough for the army for two months. Yan said that Meng's navy has seized the river. Collect commercial taxes from merchant ships. We plan to use the collected commercial taxes to buy food and supplies from Ezhou. However, there are not many merchant ships on the river now, and the tax you set is low, so you can’t collect much.”

"It's wartime now, traffic is cut off, so it's normal not to collect much business tax. When the war between Qi and Huang is settled down, there will be more. Don't worry, I'm sure, the business tax will surprise everyone in the future, say no It will become our main source of income." Wang Shen nodded: "Two months of food and fodder are enough, and it is time to march to Qizhou. Everyone, I am waiting to punish the people and punish crimes. I was suppressed by the bandit army a while ago. Everyone must be holding a sigh of relief. Now is the time to show Kong Yanzhou some color, pass my order, and all the troops will gather at Huanggang, and two days later, the troops will be dispatched to Qichun."

He looked indifferent: "Don't worry, it's just a simple battle. Kong Yanzhou's bow soldiers are good, it's a waste to leave him there, I want those soldiers."

"Yes, General!"

As soon as the order was issued, all the leaders of the troops received the order arrows one after another, and quickly ran out from the lobby, preparing to take control of the troops.

A decisive battle that will stir Qi, Huang and even Jianghan is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)