The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 146 I am worse than trash
The prisoners talked about this and the topic returned to the battlefield.

Someone gently patted the pile of stone bullets beside him, which looked like a small mountain, and whispered, "In my opinion, defending the city in this battle is not a problem. With these dozens of catapults and giant ballistae, this is not something an ordinary army can possess. In the event of a battle, with dozens of catapults unleashed together, no Khitan, Han, Bohai, or Tieli people would dare to charge. Only those crazy Jurchens would dare to charge forward with such things. All others would be routed."

"This number of siege weapons is too huge," a prisoner whispered. "I think this is abnormal. Where did an ordinary young master get so many siege weapons? How many craftsmen would it take to forge them day and night?"

Another prisoner also said, "Yes, fifty catapults, fifty giant crossbows. This amount of equipment usually requires a main force of tens of thousands of troops. How a small county town and a group of bandits can come up with such a large fortune is beyond my comprehension."

The prisoners were all confused.

At this moment, a prisoner who had been out of town chopping trees returned with a log on his shoulder. He handed the log to an overseer and sat down to rest. As soon as he sat down, a mysterious and strange smile appeared on his face: "Brother, when I was chopping trees just now, I heard two enemy soldiers chatting. I heard something very strange."

The other prisoners were surprised: "Tell me about it."

"I heard that Master Yue is actually a deity! He's the Prime Minister of Heaven. The general beside him in golden armor is not a mortal either, he's the Grand Commander of the Heavenly Arms."

As soon as these words were spoken, the other prisoners all showed expressions of "What nonsense are you talking about!"

The person who was speaking didn't actually believe it himself. He shrugged and said, "Why are you staring at me? I just thought I heard something strange, and I'm telling you something strange too. I don't believe it."

"But then again, the more I look at Master Yue, the less he looks like a mortal."

"There's an aura that's different from ordinary people!"

"The enemy army has an unusually large amount of wealth. Could it be that some gods are secretly helping them?"

Although no one believed it, the rumor still spread among the crowd and fermented...
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While Jiaoshui County was actively preparing for war...

The scout battle has begun!

When two armies engage in battle, the first thing that begins is always a scouting battle.

The armies of both sides would send out scouts several miles away, and these scouts would meet the other side's scouts halfway.

Then, depending on the enemy's combat strength, decide whether to drive away the enemy scouts.

As long as you can push the enemy scouts back, you can compress the enemy scouts' reconnaissance range and expand your own reconnaissance range at the same time.

The side whose scouting circle expands larger will be more proactive.

at this time……

The rebel scouting circle is being squeezed.

The rebel army had few scouts and was not very strong. Most of their war horses came from the group of Jin cavalry that Guan Erye had killed last year. Later, when the rebel army expanded, they added some good horses raised by Shandong people, and the total number was about fifty.

These scouts' riding skills weren't very good, just "knowing how to ride a horse." Their combat skills on horseback weren't very high either; "Mount and Blade" wasn't something that could be mastered in just a year.

The last time they encountered the Hebei Han scouts led by Wang Hong, they were able to launch a successful surprise attack.

But this time they were facing Khitan scouts and could not gain any advantage at all.

Although the Khitans' horse riding and archery skills were not as good as those of the Jin Dynasty and Mongolia, they were much better than those of Wang Hong and the rebel army.

A rebel scout team, with the advantage in numbers, originally intended to drive away a Khitan scout team.

However, they did not expect that the Khitan team was not at all weak. Although they were outnumbered, they dared to counterattack the rebel scout team.

As soon as the two sides met, three rebel scouts were shot and injured. Fortunately, their leather armor was strong and they saved their lives, but they were scared to death. They quickly gave up the idea of ​​driving away the enemy and turned around and ran away.

This situation occurred in more than one place. Several scout teams suffered defeat and retreated in a mess.

The rebel army's reconnaissance range was constantly shrinking. Madam Gong Er had initially planned to ambush the enemy in the distant mountains, just as she had done with Wang Hong the previous time. However, she found no such opportunity and lost control of the situation outside the city. In the end, she was completely in the dark, with no idea where the enemy army was.

"Master, I'm so sorry, our scouts are not up to par." Madam Gong Er blushed a little: "The scouts can no longer find the enemy's main force."

Yue Wenxuan smiled: "Don't worry, I know. It won't be long before they appear in sight."

It turned out that Baliyuanshan and Wang Hong had already walked into the field of view of the sand table.

Yue Wenxuan can now look down at the entire enemy army from outside the sand table...

Baliyuanshan did not try any tricks like surprise attack, detour, or feint to the east and attack in the west just because the scouts had taken advantage of him. He went straight to the county town.

He felt that there was no need for him to do these tricks!

They are just a bunch of stupid thieves.

Just like when you play Age of Empires, you have five teams of musketeers, but the opponent only has two teams of javelin throwers. You can just attack them head-on with your mighty army, so is there any need to show off your micromanagement?
The Jiaoshui County is just ahead...

Baliyuanshan didn't even bother to set up camp and simply ordered his soldiers to keep moving forward.

Wang Hong hesitated for a moment, "General Bali, should we set up camp first?"

Bali Yuanshan said, "It will take several hours to set up camp. By the time we're done, it will be late. We can't attack the city today. Why not take the city in one swoop and rest in the city tonight to save the trouble of setting up camp?"

Wang Hong: “…”

Fine, if you want to be reckless, that’s up to you. But if I see the situation isn’t right, I’ll run away.

The Khitan army continued to advance, and soon the city came into view.

Both sides "saw" their opponents at the same time.

There was an immediate loud cry of surprise from Jiaoshui County.

"The gold thief is coming!"

"Lots of gold thieves."

"This time it's at least four or five thousand."

"There are too many. Can we win?"

"Should we escape from the east gate?"

This was not caused by the rebel soldiers, but by ordinary people making a fuss.

This is inevitable!

Ordinary people, unlike the rebels, had not received military training, and without Qi Jiguang's strict military regulations to constrain their words and actions, they were bound to get startled and make a commotion at the slightest thing. The county town was crowded, and even if only one-fifth of the people started a commotion, the noise could be heard for miles.

Bali Yuanshan laughed. "Just listen! We haven't even started attacking the city yet. We've just appeared, and the enemy troops are already so frightened! They're all panicking and roaring loudly. If we just charge, they'll be so scared that they'll piss their pants and surrender."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Wang Hong: "How on earth did you lose to such a loser?"

Wang Hong: "I'm worse than trash! Is this okay?"

(End of this chapter)