The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 97: How Can One Mountain Hold Two Tigers?
"Gong is sick." Li Jing cursed. "Instead of going to retake Jimo County, she came to Laiyang to fight me? Is she sick?"

A subordinate came over and said, "Maybe she's just like us, afraid of the new county lieutenant. She doesn't want to stay in Jimo anymore and wants to settle down in Laiyang."

Li Jing: "How can there be two tigers in one mountain?"

The subordinates laughed, "Unless it's a man and a woman! That Madam Gong Er is sixteen years old and very pretty. How about you marry her, big brother? Then our two armies will be united into one, with over a thousand men. It will be no problem to capture cities and territories in the future. When the time comes, we can slaughter Ma and take down Laiyang County, and you can become the county magistrate yourself."

Li Jing thought about it carefully and said, "Huh? That makes sense."

As the two men chatted awkwardly, the rebel scouts arrived at the foot of Beacon Tower and shouted upwards, "Li Jing! Li Jing! We know the people up there are yours! Brother Gong Yi invited you to join us, and now Madam Gong Er is giving you a chance. Give up your banditry, join the rebels, and fight the Jin bandits together. This will save us from a fight."

Li Jing couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "You should also tell Madam Gong Er that if you marry me, our two families will become one. In the future, I will take you to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks, and I guarantee that you will enjoy a happy life!"

The scout was furious: "Li Jing, you bastard, don't be so shameless! If it weren't for Brother Gong Yi's kindness and righteousness, I would have sent troops to destroy you long ago."

Li Jing: "Damn it! Gong Yi almost took me to hell. I was right not to surrender to Gong Yi, otherwise the grass on my grave would be three feet high by now."

Scout: "Times are different now. We have the help of immortals, the training of heavenly generals, and celestial weapons in hand. We can resist the Jin bandits. Li Jing, you must come down the mountain and join us. If you miss this opportunity, you will die."

Li Jing: "Fuck, that's all bullshit. If you want to fight, just fight. Why are you talking so much nonsense? When I win, I'll take Madam Gong Er back to be my wife. Let's see if you guys still keep your mouth shut."

The scout got angry and stopped trying to persuade him, so he rode back.

After a while, the main force of the rebel army reached the foot of the mountain.

Li Jing was afraid of the county lieutenant, but not the rebel army. He did not take Madam Gong Er seriously at all. He directly called all the bandits in the mountain stronghold and asked them to come down the mountain together. As soon as they reached the opposite side of the rebel army, 500 people shouted in unison: "Laiyang bandits, all of you come down the mountain."

This momentum is quite extraordinary!

Pretty scary.

On this side, Wu Jialiang, who was in the army, was holding a bird gun and mixed in with the Mandarin Duck Squad of Zhangjia Village. When he heard the words "Everyone go down the mountain" from the opposite side, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, thinking it was a bit funny. When they were robbing, they would also shout such a slogan.

When two armies are fighting, momentum is very important. Wu Jialiang thought: What should we shout?

However, he was disappointed. The Jimo rebels did not shout a single word.

The new soldiers at the back seemed to want to shout, but when they saw that the veterans in front of them hadn't spoken, they didn't dare to either. The entire formation fell into silence...

This silent and weird atmosphere scared Wu Jialiang and Li Jing opposite him.

Thieves who often rob houses know that people who make strange noises and roar with their mouths are not scary, but those who keep silent and fight you to the death are the scariest.

Such silent and ruthless people are rare, but I didn’t expect that there are hundreds of them lined up on the opposite side. How scary is that?

Li Jing was also confused: "Are you kidding me? When did the mob of Gong Yi become like this?"

He turned around to look at the bandits behind him, and saw one of them turned around, with his back to Madam Gong Er, and pulled down his pants, exposing his shriveled buttocks. He slapped his buttocks with one hand and shouted, "I'm not afraid of you, come over here."

Others brandished machetes and said, "Come on, I'll chop you to death." "Whoever is afraid is a dog."

"One on one, is there anyone on the other side who dares to challenge me? Are you scared? You're a bunch of cowards."

The bandits were shouting happily, each acting like a gang leader, and they looked like a real mob.

Madam Gong Er shook her head and sighed, "The people on the other side thought it was two gangs of thieves fighting for territory. They were doing evil and wicked things, not at all serious."

Yue Wenxuan, possessed by the Qi Jiguang figurine, said, "Let's start the war! It's time to give these bandits a loving beating."

Madam Gong Er cheered up and gave orders to her personal guards, "Have the Zhangjia Village team lead the way, with the eight veterans of the Yuanyang Formation following behind to provide support. Then have the ten new recruits of the Yuanyang Formation follow to learn from them, and the two teams of heavenly soldiers and the other Yuanyang teams stand by."

In reality, ancient generals commanding battles couldn't engage in the same micromanagement as in games like StarCraft, Red Alert, or Age of Empires. The only real thing a general could do was, generally speaking, "mobilize troops," deploying the right troops to the right location on the battlefield at the right time.

At this time, the battlefield was not very wide, with complex mountains and forests on both sides, and only a small flat land could be used for fighting. Therefore, Madam Gong Er did not let the entire Mandarin Duck Team rush forward, but only sent half of the troops to attack, which was enough to ensure the width of the battle formation.

The Zhangjiacun team moved forward, with eight veterans deployed in a mandarin duck formation on both sides.

The ten new recruits behind followed timidly and cautiously.

These new recruits from the Mandarin Duck Team went to the battlefield for the first time, and it felt just like a few months ago when the Zhangjia Village team followed the Plastic Man Mandarin Duck Team into the battlefield for the first time. Their hearts were in their throats, and they were about to forget everything before they even saw the enemy's formation changes.

Wu Jialiang followed the Zhangjiacun team and walked at the front of the battle formation.

He is an old thief!

This small scene was no problem for him, and he was not nervous at all. Moreover, he had strong learning and adaptability. Although he had never practiced the Mandarin Duck Formation, he was able to act with the Zhangjia Village team and it did not affect the formation changes of the Zhangjia Village team at all.

He had already loaded the musket in his hand with ammunition in advance and was looking for the right time to shoot.

A bandit army came towards us.

The leader of this team was obviously the leader of the bandit army. He was dressed better than ordinary bandits and held a proper sword, unlike the low-level thieves who could only hold a wooden stick or a dung scoop. He even wore a leather armor, and no one knew where he had robbed it.

In order to show his "heroic spirit," the leader walked in front of the team! He pointed his sword at the Zhangjiacun team and shouted, "Kill all these bastards and let them know how powerful we are."

The bandits behind him started to howl and yell, "Kill them all, kill them all."

Wu Jialiang was secretly happy: Very good, I will give my first shot to you.

The two sides are getting closer...

Wu Jialiang estimated that the distance was enough, took out a tinderbox and lit the fuse.

Taking advantage of the burning fuse, he quickly took a few steps forward, cut from the back of the squad, and got behind the long-banner man. He extended the musket from the side of the long-banner, and aimed the black barrel at the arrogant bandit leader.

(End of this chapter)