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

Chapter 196: Working Together to Raise Swords and Guns
If there was one thing that Liu Huai and Tu Shanzhang had in common, besides wanting to eat each other, it was their aversion to the fifty-mile official road.

This official road is not narrow or unsmooth, but because it is sandwiched between the Mengshan and Yishui hills, it is easy to hide troops but difficult to station them.

It is easy to hide soldiers because there are too many mountain roads between the hills. Even if there are many scouts, it is difficult to cover all areas after they are deployed.

Scouts are also human beings. If they want to see the mountain path, they have to stand on the top of the dirt hill. But there are too many dirt hills and stone hills here. How can they reach the end if they climb one ridge after another?

In a famous battle that took place nearby and was commanded by the first general of New China, there was a thrilling case in which a group of several thousand enemy troops hid in a ravine and were almost not discovered.

As for why it was difficult to station troops, it was also because the land in the hilly and mountainous areas was barren and it was difficult to feed so many people. The people had to bring their own laborers and transport their own food. In addition, the Jin Kingdom exploited them too much, so many of these mountain people fled directly into the mountains and could not even find a guide.

This also made it difficult for either side to advance cautiously along this road, with a military station every five miles. They could only rush forward in one go.

But when the existence of elite enemy troops is confirmed, who would dare to take risks under their noses?
Fifty miles is a very ambiguous distance. Neither side can guarantee that after the entire army has marched fifty miles at a rapid speed, it can still maintain high morale and complete combat effectiveness.

For the defenders, they don't even need to notice it in advance. As long as they can hold on and send a small group of elite troops to go around the hills to encircle the attackers, the attackers will be in big trouble!
In fact, Liu Huai is even more passive than Tu Danzhang.

The reason for this is that Tu Danzhang is located upstream of the Yishui River and has too many ways to harass the loyal and righteous army downstream.

It is not impossible to launch a fireboat every now and then, or even to build a dike to block the Yishui River and flood the seven armies.

The more serious reason is that, theoretically speaking, the Wuxing Army did not dare to waste time with the Zhongyi Army, but the Zhongyi Army also did not dare to waste time with the Wuxing Army.

If Wanyan Liang is really pushed into a corner and sweeps through the situation in Shandong, then your Loyalty Army will be a serious threat. I will send two more armies to sweep through you first and then join up in Lianghuai. Then every last one of the Loyalty Army will have to go up the mountain and fight guerrilla warfare.

Therefore, the Loyal Army must expand its territory as much as possible and create sufficient strategic depth.

Under the dual pressure of tactics and strategy, Liu Huai had to engage in intrigue with Tu Danzhang to lure them out of Yishui County and eliminate the vanguard of the Wuxing Army, thereby gaining a strategic advantage.

Tu Danzhang had almost the same idea. He also wanted to destroy the vanguard of the Loyal Army and capture and kill Liu Huai in order to gain control of the overall strategic situation.

Both directions went to belong to yes.

It was precisely because of this mentality that when Tu Danzhang heard the rapid and loud sound of horse hooves and saw the Flying Tiger flag piercing through the smoke and dust, he understood everything almost in an instant.

"Zhu Tianshou!!!"

The instant switch between hunter and prey made Tu Danzhang extremely angry. However, he couldn't even issue orders in the cavalry formation that had already been activated. He could only shout out the name of the person who did the bad thing in hatred.

This guy must have been careless and let the Loyal Army notice it!

No, it is even possible that Zhu San is a spy for the Loyal Army!

There was no time to think too much.

Due to the sudden charge of the Loyal Army's armored cavalry, the distance of the Jin Army's charge was reduced by nearly half. If they were to accelerate at their current speed, the Jin Army's armored cavalry would not even be able to accelerate to a high speed at the time of collision!
At this critical moment, the sounds of drums, horns, and military orders were of no use; only flags were useful.

There is only Tu Danzhang, the marching general Meng'an himself.

Tu Danzhang quickly made up his mind, shook the reins vigorously, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, picked up his weapon, and rushed forward in the lead.

As their commander suddenly accelerated, the personal guards surrounding him first tried their best to catch up, followed by the Meng'an flag.

The two Mouke armored cavalrymen behind them also accelerated at the same time, shouting slogans that were close to screams, and rushed forward.

These Jin troops were all elite veterans, and naturally knew that they had come to attack the Loyalty Army, but now they were being attacked by the Loyalty Army instead. However, this dangerous situation only aroused their ferocity, and they were as ferocious as usual. When facing 500 cavalry with only 200 cavalry, they were still fearless.

"What a thief!"

Liu Huai saw this scene and laughed instead of getting angry. He had originally thought that the biggest difficulty would be to lure the Jin army into an encirclement. When the Loyalty Army's armored cavalry charged out, the Jin army would be instantly frustrated, and then it would be a matter of chasing them to the north. It was inevitable that he would feel a little bored.

But when Liu Dalang saw that the Jin army was full of fighting spirit, he immediately became interested.

But the problem was that the armored cavalry of the Loyal Army had already charged at a very fast speed, and Liu Huai's orders could not be issued at this time. He instantly made the same choice as Tu Danzhang, holding up his spear, riding ahead, and charging forward.

In just a moment, the spears held by Liu Huai and Tu Shanzhang were only half a step apart.

At this moment, the two could even see each other's murderous eyes hidden under the helmet and collar, and even see the stains and blood on each other's armor and robes.

If the scene at this moment were frozen, a picture of all kinds of life would be imprinted on this battlefield.

At the southernmost side of the battlefield, Pang Rugui personally carried a large flag, roared loudly, and commanded the three hundred spearmen who were ambushed on the mountain road to form a horizontal formation on the official road.

Wanyan Mougui, who was sandwiched between the chariot formation and the spear formation, reined in his horse, held his spear and bow, with a hesitant look on his face. He seemed to want to harass the spear formation, but was attracted by the rumbling sound of horse hooves coming from the chariot formation, and was completely at a loss for a moment.

The armored cavalry under his command showed panic. This Mouke had originally planned to hunt down the fleeing loyal soldiers, but he did not expect that they would be inexplicably trapped in a dilemma with mountains on one side and water on the other, and enemies on the other two sides.

Look further north.

In the chariot formation, Ding Daxing was already standing on a Ruyi chariot. He lowered the yellow flag that signaled the troops and raised the military flag that gathered his troops. He waved it vigorously and waved his hands, as if calling on his troops to rush out of the chariot formation with the Flying Tiger flag and charge northward.

The Jin army on both wings of the cavalry regiment, whether it was Nahegeng and Baguliangsun who were cruising and harassing and had just hastily formed a battle line, or Jiaguyuan who had just pulled a cart to open a path for the loyal army to charge, all put down all their tasks at the same time and rushed forward following the Meng'an flag.

A little further north was the small hill where Zhu Tianshou and several of his attendants were. Zhu Sanlang was now so frightened that his mouth was wide open, his hands raised in front of his chest, as if he didn't know where to put them.

It was not only because the armored cavalry of the Loyal Army hidden in the chariot formation suddenly rushed out, but also because five hundred light soldiers armed with long spears suddenly appeared behind them.

Zhu Tianshou, the local tyrant of Yishui County who had always been calm and wise, suddenly became at a loss when faced with absolute violence.

And Wang Xiongyi, who was at the northernmost end, still had a sinister smile on his face, which still had the red marks of the whip.

On his side, small square formations consisting of fifty people in a team had been connected horizontally and were slowly advancing southward.

Wang Xiongyi is not here to watch the fun, but to fight and make achievements. How can he just sit back and watch the cavalry decide the outcome before taking any action?

His eyes were also fixed on the two flags in the distance that were about to meet.

At this moment, under the two large flags embroidered with the Flying Tiger and the Saker Falcon, Liu Huai and Tu Shanzhang had already seen each other's determination in each other's eyes.

Time rolls by like a huge wheel.

"Take your life!"

"Kill the thief!"

Liu Huai and Tu Shanzhang shouted at the same time.

　The appearance of the demon from outside the domain is a warning to me.

　　This means that the Great Sage doesn’t want me to rely on external forces.

　　But why is this scholar in white so perverted?
　　There is actually a second stage...

　　And this guy is so cunning that he actually fought with me in the water.

　　Does he know that I have Guangzhi transformation?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)