The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 194: Defend the city or fight recklessly?

"boom!"

When the loud noise was heard, Guwei was still at the village entrance. For a small village like this, a few teams of soldiers could go in and set fire to it, and he, as the leading general, did not need to enter the village in person.

When he heard a loud noise and turned around, he saw a horrifying scene.

I saw flames coming out of three dilapidated houses in the village one after another. The huge noise was accompanied by flames and thick smoke about one or two feet high. The dilapidated houses collapsed in the explosion, and broken wood chips, stones and tiles flew all over the sky. The whole village was desolate, and the wind, snow and tears turned to dust.

A Jin soldier was blown up, far away from the ground, almost reaching a distance of 30,000 feet. Longing was like gravity sticking to his body, pulling tears to drip continuously...

It was obvious without even looking that the three teams of Jin soldiers in these three dilapidated houses were doomed.

And not only they suffered, but even the Jin soldiers in the open space outside the house were caught in the explosion. Some were blown several feet away, some were blown up and down, and some were hit by dozens of broken porcelain pieces and were beaten like a sieve.

Even the war horses standing outside the village were frightened. They stood up with a neigh, throwing the Jin soldiers off their horses and causing them to fall dizzy.

The warhorse under Gu Wei was also frightened. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and controlled the horse quickly, so he did not fall off and make a fool of himself. However, many of his men fell, and the entire cavalry team looked embarrassed, as chaotic as an army that had just returned from a defeat.

Gu Wei was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time. After several tens of seconds, he finally said, "What happened? What is that thing? Why is it like this?"

He couldn't even utter the word "explosion" because the concept of "explosion" was simply not in his head.

"General, three teams of people died."

"There's a leg here..."

"There's a seriously injured person here, but he's still breathing."

The Jin soldiers rushed into the ruins after the explosion and searched around, finding more than twenty corpses and a dozen wounded soldiers.

Including the twenty Jin soldiers killed by the cricket monster, the Jin army had suffered fifty casualties before they even touched a hair of the rebel army.

This is not a very pleasant experience!
Gu Wei was very angry...

At this moment, a wounded scout suddenly ran in from the periphery and groaned miserably, "General, our scout team is completely wiped out... The enemy has very powerful scouts... Our cavalry and archery skills are not as good as theirs."

Gu Wei was startled: "Your riding and archery skills are not as good as Han'er's?"

"No...it doesn't look like Han'er, it looks like Meng'er."

Gu Wei: “Hmm?”

He didn't know that a few months ago, the Baliyuanshan had encountered the same situation here, and the scout circle was severely suppressed. The Jin cavalry was not much stronger than the Khitan cavalry, and they were naturally defeated by the Mongolian soldiers.

With the scout squads blocked, the method of using ranger squads to harass the countryside was no longer very effective.

But he didn't intend to increase the number of scout teams like Bali Yuanshan did. That was meaningless! His army only had 2,000 cavalry. If he created many scout teams, he would have to take away half of his troops.

In a rage, Guwei decided to split the army in two. One half, 500 men, would lead the way, while the other half, 500 men, would follow behind the first group and march directly toward Jiaoshui County. This way, the men in the front would be equivalent to a scout group. Even if they were ambushed, only would be ambushed. If the front army was ambushed, they only had to hold out for a moment, and the men in the back could immediately rush in to reinforce them. This way, there would be no problem at all.

The Jin cavalry had a natural ferocity and toughness. They believed that even if the 500 people in front were ambushed and defeated, they would not collapse. As long as they waited for the main force to arrive, they could join forces to fight back and they would not be at a disadvantage at all.

And at the same time...

Lu Bu, who was hiding in the distance and watching, had already seen the Jin army's arrangement of dividing its forces.

Yue Wenxuan is the only one in the world who would use Lu Bu as a scout. Ordinary people would not be so extravagant.

He gave Lü Bu an order to stay where he was and not to move, and not to run into the enemy army to kill himself. Then he realized everything and came to the life-size model of Jiaoshui County. He said to Madam Gong Er, "The Jin army's vanguard of 500 will arrive first, followed by 1,500 soldiers, a few miles behind. They are heading straight for Jiaoshui County. There is no intention of splitting up the troops."

Madam Gong Er immediately perked up when she heard the news. She was a little tempted to give orders, but she was still unsure. She whispered to Yue Wenxuan, "Master, do you think we should leave the city and fight them, or is it better to just defend the city?"

Yue Wenxuan smiled and said, "I told you to take charge. I'm very busy."

Yue Wenxuan is not trying to shirk responsibility, he is really busy.

The Jin soldiers' tactic has always been to attack at multiple points and fight everywhere. Although they are now gathering together to attack Jiaoshui City, it is only because they have not taken the rebels seriously for the time being and are still thinking of defeating the rebels in one battle. Once they find that the rebels are strong, the Jin army will immediately use the tactic of attacking at multiple points. By then, the suburbs of Jiaoshui County will probably be full of Jin army's ranger teams running around.

In order to prevent this, Yue Wenxuan has withdrawn a large amount of command power invested in his "Internal Affairs Department" and tried to free up as much as possible for the "Military Department" units. At this time, not only Lu Bu is hanging around outside, but also many Ming Dynasty night guards, Mongolian light cavalry, and even Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Hou Yi and others have been arranged by him near various important passes, ready to intercept the Jin army's cavalry squadrons at any time.

These plastic people are dull-witted and unable to shoulder heavy responsibilities, so Yue Wenxuan has no choice but to constantly switch perspectives, trying to take into account what each plastic person is doing and what situation they are facing, and correct their silly misjudgments at any time.

He was really too busy to come and help Madam Gong Er with any advice.

Seeing that Zhenjun didn't care, Madam Gong Er had no choice but to go ahead with it. After all, even if she gave the wrong command, General Qi Tian beside her would help her correct it, right?

She boldly ordered, "We must fight in the city defense battle, and we must also fight in the wild. We have the advantage in defending the city, and it would be a waste not to use it. However, simply defending the city will only embolden the Jin army and allow them to make further advances, so we must also fight in the wild."

"Zhang Yong, lead our elite troops out of the city and head northwest, away from Jiaoshui County. Wait five to ten miles northwest of the city. Once the Jin army's first wave of siege is blocked, attack from the north and attack the Jin army's left wing."

Zhang Yong accepted the order.

Madam Gong Er continued, "Wu Jialiang, take your men and go around to the southwest of the city."

Wu Jialiang smiled and said, "We're also waiting for the Jin army's siege to be blocked, and then we're going to attack the Jin army's right wing, right? This is the same as the last time we outflanked Baliyuan Mountain."

Madam Gong Er: "Yes, it's the same! There's no reason not to reuse good tactics. But unlike last time, this time the Jin army had no intention of attacking the city; they were just taking a look around. Furthermore, the morale of the real Jin thieves is different from that of the fake Jin thieves."

Wu Jialiang bowed and accepted the order.

Madam Gong Er finally said, "Wu Zhan, you lead your men and stay to defend the city."

(End of this chapter)