The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 28 Scold Him
Mr. Wang's eyes were fixed on Yue Wenxuan.

First impression: This guy is a spoiled young scholar who is ignorant of the immensity of the world.

Strictly speaking, this impression is not wrong. Yue Wenxuan's parents had him in their middle age and spoiled him with great care. He has never suffered any hardship since he was a child. He has fair skin and skin that is even more delicate than that of Madam Gong Er next to him.

And he is a modern man after all, and his beard is clean-shaven.

In the eyes of Mr. Wang, this look was described as "not even all the hair has grown out yet."

Yue Wenxuan is obviously 23 years old this year, but in the eyes of Mr. Wang, he is at most 16 years old.

"Hahaha!" Mr. Wang laughed. "Second Madam Gong, where did you find a young scholar to marry into your Gong family? Your father and eldest brother were both killed, leaving the Gong family without male heirs. A woman can't control her subordinates, so are you so eager to continue the Gong family's lineage?"

When these words were spoken, the entire rebel army was furious.

Madam Gong Er was the angriest one, and her rage instantly flared up. This man surnamed Wang's words not only insulted the former leader of the rebel army, Gong Yi, but also blasphemed God.

Blasphemy!

The rebels were furious.

Yue Wenxuan, on the other hand, wasn't angry at all. He'd had at least eight hundred online arguments with keyboard warriors, if not a thousand. It would be immature to get angry over a single word. He leaned close to Madam Gong Er's ear and whispered, "You said that to him..."

Madam Gong Er had a strange expression on her face after hearing this, but she immediately smiled and shouted to the outside: "Mr. Wang, your salt fields have been taken over by us. Your source of income has been cut off. It won't be long before you become a pauper."

Mr. Wang was immediately furious: "I will kill you all right now and take back the salt fields."

Madam Gong Er spread her hands and said, "You can't take it back. The saltworks is already ours. You'll become a pauper!"

Mr. Wang was furious: "You are the poor one."

Madam Gong Er: "I used to be poor, but now I have a salt farm, so I am no longer poor. If you don't have a salt farm, you will become a pauper."

“Wow!” Mr. Wang was so angry that his whole body was shaking: “I…I…”

Seeing that he was shaking with anger, Madam Gong Er couldn't help laughing and thought: The words taught to me by the True Lord are very powerful. As long as I mention the salt fields in every sentence and sarcastically say that he will become poor without the salt fields, he will really shake with anger.

Yue Wenxuan also laughed in his heart: This is the core element of online quarrels, telling the truth.

The truth hurts the most!
Just like if you call a beautiful woman a fat bitch, she won't even pay attention to you because she has enough self-awareness and confidence in her appearance, and your malicious and twisted insults can't hurt her. But if you call a fat woman a "fat bitch", she will immediately lose her defense and fight you fiercely.

For example, if you call a rich person "poor," he'll think you're a clown. But if you call a poor person "poor," he'll lose his temper and argue with you, red in the face, desperate to prove he's not poor.

The rebel army controlled the salt fields, which strangled the lifeblood of the private salt dealers. Just repeating the words "salt fields" and "becoming poor" was enough to break Mr. Wang's defense.

Mr. Wang was so angry that he gasped for breath several times. Then he waved his hand and shouted, "Attack! Take the salt field back for me."

Yue Wenxuan: "Hey, that's right, we want them to attack."

Madam Gong Er also perked up: "Prepare for battle."

The rebel soldiers had already formed a defensive formation according to the positions Qi Jiguang had ordered in advance.

Twelve soldiers formed a mandarin duck formation, still at the forefront, guarding the main gate of Yan Village, while another eight formed a mandarin duck formation to protect the flanks and rear. Stone and wooden barriers were used to flanke the village gate to hinder the enemy's advance. The gaps between some houses on the side of the village were also simply blocked with wooden barriers and stones.

Simply put, make the terrain as complex as possible.

The Mandarin Duck Formation is most suitable for small-scale combat in complex terrain.

The private salt dealers under Mr. Wang were the first to attack, shooting arrows as they advanced.

They had bows, and quite a few of them, and shot dozens of arrows in one round. However, the long shield holders in the Mandarin Duck Formation were not there to show off. When the long shields, as big as door panels, were raised, most of the arrows were blocked. Occasionally, one or two arrows would fly over the long shields, but would be blocked by the rattan shield holders or the leather armor of the Jin soldiers.

At the same time, the rebel archers lying on the roof were also shooting arrows.

They were in a commanding position, using the fine bows of the Jin light cavalry. Although they were few in number and each round of arrow rain contained only a few, their killing effect was very good. One arrow shot into the salt smuggler's body, leaving a bloody hole...

The leather armors on the private salt dealers were all homemade and inferior, far inferior to those used by the Jin soldiers, and could not protect them well. Three or four of them fell down in a blink of an eye. They were not dead yet, but covered the places where they were shot with arrows and screamed loudly, their hands full of blood, and their screams were miserable. This scene really disrupted the morale of the other soldiers.

"Don't be afraid! Take back the salt field." Mr. Wang roared.

The salt smugglers were all desperate criminals, and they continued to move forward without retreating.

But the ordinary servants and guards, as well as the ruffians who followed behind, felt a little uneasy.

The two sides are getting closer...

The illegal salt dealers are attacking the village entrance!

A pile of haphazard wooden fences and stones was piled at the entrance of the village, narrowing the width of the battlefield, leaving only a flat road that could accommodate five or six people walking side by side. The private salt dealers had no choice but to narrow their formation and attack.

They are desperate criminals and have strong fighting power.

But unfortunately, they were facing 12 "immortal soldiers". These 12 plastic men were the factory settings of the "regular Qi family army", not the rebel army under Madam Gong Er who had only been trained for a month. Their combat effectiveness was recorded in history.

Why can private salt dealers compare with them?
The soldier with the wolf-whip was the first to attack. In such a narrow environment, the wolf-whip was very useful.

Two wolf-whips that looked like small trees swept left and right, blocking the entire road tightly.

The smugglers of salt simply couldn't get through. Even if they risked getting injured and forced their way through the wolf-whip, they would be blocked by the 1.6-meter-long and 1-meter-wide long board. Captain Yuanyang's flagpole and four spearmen, under the cover of the long board, stabbed the smugglers randomly, and no one could get through.

Private salt dealers not only have to be wary of the Mandarin Duck Formation in front of them, but also have to be wary of the roofs next to them.

From time to time, a rebel archer would pop up from the roof and shoot arrows at the people below. From a high vantage point, he would shoot diagonally. No matter how he shot, he would hit the target. Every arrow killed a kid.

The battle lasted for a long time, and several private salt dealers fell, but the village entrance was still firmly guarded. None of the 12 soldiers were even injured, and more than private salt dealers were blocked outside the village gate.

Qi Jiguang used the Mandarin Duck Formation to fight against Japanese pirates, wiping out 3,000 of them while losing only three of his own men. This demonstrates just how powerful the Mandarin Duck Formation was. Even if these salt smugglers were ferocious, how could they possibly challenge the legitimate Qi Family Army?

"Ahhh!" Mr. Wang roared angrily, pointing at the not-so-tall wooden fences on either side of Yan Village and shouting, "People behind, get around, get around."

The servants, guards, and ruffians quickly spun around in both directions...

(End of this chapter)