The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 165 Submit a Letter of Submission
Wang Hong whispered, "I heard some news from Jiaoshui County. Although the one stationed in Jiaoshui County is a famous bandit, the person behind him is a prince. The seventeenth prince, and Wang Zhaoye..." He babble on and on, and told Li Cui the news from the Beggar Gang.

After he finished speaking, he lowered his voice and said, "The palace thieves also rose up in response to the prince's call. If we surrender to them, it will not be considered surrendering to the thieves, but surrendering to the prince's army."

Li Cui's eyes lit up. "So that's how it is. There's a prince here. If I surrender to him, it won't be considered surrendering to the enemy. I can be said to be supporting the king and protecting the country."

He's already moved...

But after the excitement, you still have to consider the reality.

"Brother Wang, it's very dangerous for us to just run over and surrender. We might be thought of as feigning surrender and beheaded." Li Cui said, "When we surrender, we must do some meritorious service. Submit a letter of surrender so that His Majesty won't suspect we are feigning surrender."

Wang Hong whispered, "I've already thought about this... Hey, come closer..."

He bit Li Cui's ear and chirped for a long time.

Li Cui listened carefully and nodded from time to time...
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An uprising has begun in Baliyuanshan!
His scout circle was first beaten by the Ming Dynasty's Ye Bushou and Mongolian light cavalry, and then disrupted by Lu Bu, and basically collapsed completely.

In the end, he had no choice but to take large-scale collective scouting action, forming a group of 50 scouts or even a group of 100 scouts to explore the way in a large team.

In this way, the scouts can finally be dispersed forward, but because a large number of scouts are gathered together, the directions of reconnaissance must be reduced, and the reconnaissance range is naturally reduced a lot.

This time he could no longer block the rebel army's reconnaissance capabilities. The rebel scouts could approach the army in Baliyuanshan from all directions, and even dared to stand at a distance of two arrows, pointing at his camp, as if saying "I am watching you, watching you, without blinking."

Madam Gong Er was stationed in the county town and kept receiving news about the marching route to Baliyuan Mountain.

"Report! The enemy has over 2,000 Khitans, 1,500 Tieli people, and about 1,300 Han soldiers from Hebei. There are also 10,000 civilians accompanying the army, along with a considerable amount of food and supplies."

"Report! The enemy army has not divided its forces to attack Laizhou City and Jimo County. The entire army is heading towards Jiaoshui County."

"Report! The enemy is ten miles from the city. The soldiers are on guard, the soldiers and the laborers are cutting trees and timber, and are carefully setting up camp."

"Report! The enemy camp is very strong. It seems they don't underestimate us this time. We must advance steadily and cautiously."

"Report! The enemy has sent out a large number of carpenters, who are working hard to build siege weapons."

"Report! The enemy is very organized this time. They even have sufficient night patrols. It's very difficult to launch a night attack."

I will not collect it tomorrow night, and I will continue to send news back...

Listening to the news that kept coming back, Madam Gong Er began to have a sense of reality that "I am a general". She had never felt this kind of feeling of having news coming in from all directions before.

She knew that she was still very young and did not dare to give orders casually. When she heard the news, she couldn't help but look at Qi Jiguang beside her.

Qi Jiguang would make some minor adjustments based on the scouting intelligence: "Since the enemy has no intention of splitting up, we can transfer the troops stationed in Laizhou City and Jimo County to support Jiaoshui City. Let the troops in Laizhou City surround it from the north, and the troops in Jimo County surround it from the south, and attack the enemy from three sides."

Madam Gong Er quickly nodded in agreement and dispatched messengers to Wu Zhan, stationed in Laizhou, and Wu Jialiang, stationed in Jimo, to lead their troops to the city. Qi Jiguang said, "As the saying goes, defending a great city requires field battles! Simply holding fast won't last long. The defenders should also actively attack and put pressure on the enemy. We can send small teams out of the city to feint and attack the enemy, frightening the auxiliary troops and civilians assigned to cut trees and craft weapons, disrupting their work. If their main troops come to defend, these teams will retreat. If their main troops are negligent, these teams will take advantage of the opportunity to set fire and harass them."

Madam Gong Er quickly made arrangements and asked Zhang Yong to lead a team out of the city to harass the enemy.
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Jimo County!

Yue Wenxuan deployed three cities on the defense line of the Jiaodong Peninsula, namely Laizhou City, Jiaoshui County, and Jimo County.

Among these three cities, Jiaoshui County was the first to be hit and was the bridgehead of the war.

But in terms of logistics, Jimo County ranks first.

Nearly half of Jimo County's area is planted with new crops, using modern seeds and planting techniques. The official workshops in Jimo County have also long since dispatched Ming Dynasty craftsmen to spread Ming Dynasty technology.

As the head of the internal affairs of the rebel army, Qian Zhuoqun was in charge here, allocating military equipment and supplies, and was very busy.

The county magistrate here, Cui Weihua, is also a capable official, and his cooperation with Qian Zhuoqun is seamless.

The two men were standing in front of the official workshop at this time, personally supervising a group of blacksmiths as they moved the forged bird guns into a coffin.

At this moment, a figure flashed by the gate. Yue Wenxuan, possessing Wang Zhaoye's body, walked in and waved at them. "Hey, are you two busy? How did you put the bird gun in the coffin?"

Cui Weihua treated Zhao Ye with great respect and immediately bowed deeply: "Your Majesty! You are here."

The prince had a strange personality. He was often silent and motionless, often in a daze for days. However, when he was active, he was very active and often ran around the city. Cui Weihua was no longer surprised and quickly explained, "Your Highness, you may not know that Master Yue and Gong Yishi have issued an order that our army's firearms cannot be used before the arrival of the real gold thieves. We must not let the real gold thieves take precautions. I have just built this batch of bird guns and plan to send them to Jiaoshui County. Considering that there will be many people on the way and it is easy for news to leak out, I have come up with the idea of ​​using coffins to transport them."

Yue Wenxuan understood at once: coffins were extremely unlucky for ancient people. When they saw someone carrying a coffin, they would definitely stay away and would not come over to peek.

Putting the bird gun in a coffin and transporting it to Jiaoshui County was indeed a great idea.

"The gunpowder is packed in another batch of coffins and transported separately." Cui Weihua chuckled, "If we're robbed along the way, the enemy won't be able to use the muskets without the gunpowder. If they rob the gunpowder without the muskets, they'll just blow themselves up."

Yue Wenxuan nodded: "County Magistrate Cui is a man of great talent."

Cui Weihua was overjoyed. It was okay to be praised by the prince.

As the two were discussing this, Wu Jialiang suddenly ran in from outside, his face beaming with joy. "Someone from Jiaoshui County just now reported that the pseudo-Jin bandits are stationed west of Jiaoshui County and haven't sent any troops to attack Jimo. Therefore, the Jimo defenders can march immediately and attack the Jin bandits from the south. County Master, Second Brother Qian, I plan to lead the army in the attack."

Qian Zhuoqun didn't react much after hearing this, but Cui Weihua was shocked. "Wu County Magistrate, if you leave, Jimo will become an empty city. What if the enemy attacks with high-speed cavalry?"

Wu Jialiang: "The Jin bandits have few cavalrymen, and all their cavalrymen are serving as scouts. They are now being overwhelmed by our scouts. I will also leave fifty archers here, and the county magistrate will organize the craftsmen and civilians. If a small group of enemies comes here, we can definitely stop them. If a large group of enemies comes, our main force will come to rescue them."

(End of this chapter)