The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 530 The Yue Family Army is Here Again
Even though they were far apart, Jin Wuzhu recognized Yue Yun at a glance.

This is no small matter!
"No way, absolutely impossible."

Jin Wuzhu said anxiously, "Yue Fei has been beheaded at Fengbo Pavilion, and Yue Yun and Zhang Xian were beheaded along with him. This is a clause that our Great Jin negotiated with the Southern Song... How... how did this guy come back to life?"

Yue Yun laughed heartily: "Talan, you made a huge mistake. You shouldn't have trusted a coward to do things well for you. Qin Hui, whom you sent to the Southern Song as an inside agent, is a big coward, do you know that? The characteristic of a coward is that as long as someone is stronger than you, the coward will not be loyal to you."

Lazy Tat: "..."

I understand! I understood everything in an instant!
Wanyan Wuzhu was furious: "Zhao Gou, you scoundrel, and Qin Hui, you villain, how dare you deceive me? Then wasn't the peace negotiations between my Great Jin and the Southern Song a deception? It doesn't count!"

Yue Yun: "That's right, peace talks don't count, so I've come to beat you up."

Jin Wuzhu: "..."

That's fucking outrageous.

"I'm so angry! I'm going to go out of the city and teach this brat a lesson!" Jin Wuzhu turned around and tried to run down the city wall.

Talan quickly stopped him: "Don't rush! Although our Jin cavalry is strong, we may not be able to defeat the Beiwei Army in a head-on battle. Moreover, the Beiwei Army is different now than before. Look at their warhorses and equipment, they are all new. After the merger of the Northern and Southern Song, these Southern Song soldiers are using Northern Song equipment. They should not be underestimated. If the Beiwei Army pulls out a short gun in the heat of battle, we will be in big trouble."

After thinking about it carefully, Jin Wuzhu gasped in shock.

Yes, the Beiwei Army was a tough nut to crack. Even if the Jin army fought with all its might, it might not be able to defeat them. In the Battle of Zhuxian Town, Yue Fei used 500 Beiwei soldiers to decisively defeat Jin Wuzhu's 100,000 troops.

If such a powerful enemy were to pull out a short gun during the fierce battle, how could we possibly fight them?
Actually, they were overthinking it. Using a musket on horseback isn't that easy. Just getting the warhorses desensitized takes a long time, and the Beiwei Army couldn't even come up with a short musket.

But Jin Wuzhu didn't know that he felt like he had been doused with cold water. He gradually calmed down and thought, "Fine, I won't leave the city. The enemy cavalry can't attack the city anyway. I'll just have to fight them with words."

Jin Wuzhu deployed 500 cursing men on the city wall, who then launched into a tirade of insults at those outside the city.

Yue Yun calmly took out two cotton balls and plugged them into his ears...

He led the Beiwei Army to Daming Prefecture at top speed. His real purpose was not to capture Daming Prefecture, but to "drag" Talan and Jin Wuzhu in Daming Prefecture, so that they would not be able to focus on major strategic issues.

As expected, Jin Wuzhu and Talan were tied up by the Beiwei Army. They knew that once the Beiwei Army arrived, Yue Fei's main force would soon follow, and a fierce battle would surely ensue at Daming Prefecture. How could they possibly have the strength to attend to other matters?
The Song Dynasty's "slow army" could then gradually and systematically take over the territory of the pseudo-Qi state.

Guan Sheng and Yu Fanwen were leading a slow-moving army into Xiangzhou at this time.

The prefect of Xiangzhou surrendered without firing a single arrow.

The laborers following Guan Sheng and Yu Fanwen immediately wanted to build Gray Fort on the spot, but Guan Sheng shouted, "Don't rush, don't rush to build Gray Fort here. We can attack another prefecture to the north, take Cizhou, and then build Gray Fort. That way we can save a lot of money on Gray Fort."

Ma Congyi emerged from the laborers' group: "General Guan, isn't this too risky? If we attack Cizhou directly without building the Gray Fortress in Xiangzhou first, and the Jin cavalry arrive, Xiangzhou might be utterly destroyed."

Guan Sheng: "Don't worry, the Jin army definitely won't be able to come. Yue Yun's troops should have already arrived at Daming Prefecture and are holding back the Jin army. We can take this opportunity to seize another prefecture and save some budget for our civil officials."

Ma Congyi: "Isn't this turning a slow army into a fast army?"

Guan Sheng laughed heartily: "Since Xiangzhou has surrendered and there's no fighting, why not make use of the extra time? There's no need to be slow if we can go fast! Brothers, let's run! Head to Cizhou as fast as we can!"

Ma Congyi thought about it carefully and realized that it made sense. Xiangzhou had surrendered, and they hadn't wasted time attacking the city. The time saved could be turned into financial savings.

"Charge, Cizhou!"

Meanwhile, Ma Sheng's troops captured Tanzhou. Qi Chongwen's troops captured Huaizhou.

The Sui army's courier troops attacked and captured Zezhou.

Gong Erniangzi, Zhang Yong, Zhang Dashu, and Zhang Wei led the main force into Kaide Prefecture.

At this time, many prefectures and counties of the puppet Qi state were unaware that Liu Yu had been deposed and that the Jin state was about to take over the puppet Qi state completely...

As soon as the Song army arrived, they immediately deployed 500 men to shout at the city: "The pseudo-Qi state is destroyed, the Jin state has deposed Liu Yu, and will bring the pseudo-Qi state under Jin rule. Everyone must shave their heads; keep your hair or lose your head."

This shout alerted the city's garrison and residents to the fact that such a thing had happened in Daming Prefecture.

They believed it without even sending anyone to verify it.

Several prefectures and counties on the north bank of the Yellow River surrendered one after another.

In an instant, all the prefectures and counties of the pseudo-Qi Kingdom were in a state of emergency.

Talan and Jin Wuzhu were stationed in Daming Prefecture, where they spent two days exchanging insults with Yue Yun. Suddenly, they received a large number of messenger reports that several prefectures and counties along the Yellow River were being attacked by the Song army at the same time, and that the Jin state was going to shave everyone's heads. As a result, the various prefectures and counties surrendered to the Song Dynasty.

Talan realized that Yue Fei's army had deliberately sent the Beiwei Army to Daming Prefecture to challenge them, but their main force had not actually come. Instead, they had dispersed to attack other prefectures and counties.

Jin Wuzhu: "Quickly leave the city and deal with the Beiwei Army."

The two quickly mustered their cavalry, preparing to leave the city to drive away the Beiwei Army, and then divide their forces to rescue various prefectures and counties. But as they were about to leave the city, they saw billowing dust in the south, and Yue Fei and Han Shizhong's main army had arrived...

The two large flags, Yue and Han, fluttered in the wind!

Back then, when Yue Fei wanted to recapture Kaifeng, he was summoned back to Zhuxian Town by twelve imperial edicts, and ultimately failed to fight against Jin Wuzhu, who was lurking in Kaifeng.

Now, Jin Wuzhu, who was stationed in Daming Prefecture, finally saw Yue Fei's Northern Expeditionary Army.

Moreover, this army is even more imposing than the last one.

Jin Wuzhu didn't suffer many defeats in his life, but they were all inflicted upon him by Yue Fei and Han Shizhong.

Seeing Yue Fei and Han Shizhong arrive together, I immediately felt terrible.

Talan: "Are all of them their old subordinates?"

Jin Wuzhu: "It seems so; we haven't seen any firearms units yet."

Ta Lan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. If it's just Yue Han's old troops, we can still fight this battle..."

Before he could finish speaking, a gunshot rang out. Niu Gao's stragglers had made their move, and a young Jin soldier on the city wall was shot and fell backward, with a large hole in his chest from which blood flowed incessantly. It was clear that he would not survive.

This gave the Song army the first advantage.

Outside the city, a large number of Song soldiers shouted in unison: "Daming Prefecture, why don't you open the city gates and surrender?"

(End of this chapter)