The Richest Man in the Heavens Starts from Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 94 The real battlefield

Zhang Shuye led his army to the city of Julu, Xu Guanzhong and the others had already made preparations.

Everything was within his expectations. Du Yu felt that time was running out, but Xu Guanzhong believed that in the eyes of ministers like Zhang Shuye, it was the imperial army that was running out of time.

As an ordinary citizen, he understood very well what the abolition of the Ding tax and miscellaneous taxes meant to the common people. This can be seen from the conscription of the Great Wei territories in Hedong and Hebei.

The powerful local landlords were not active, but the people's enthusiasm for Wei was rare, and it was hard for him to imagine that the people would be so supportive of a new government.

On the one hand, Xu Guanzhong lamented the power of good governance, and on the other hand, he also understood that as long as the people in the court were not stupid, they would not dare to waste time.

Even if the Great Wei finally fails and is wiped out as time goes by, small taxes and miscellaneous taxes will surely become history in the hearts of the frontier people in the North.

If Shi Jin is gone, Zhang Jin and Li Jin will stand up to oppose the tyranny of the Song court.

As expected, Zhang Shuye couldn't sit still, and soon brought Xingzhou's elite and Liangshan army to attack.

After seeing the other party set up camp, Xu Guanzhong sent someone to send a letter of war, agreeing to fight under the city in five days.

Because it had been agreed a long time ago to fight in the wild, Xu Guanzhong had no intention of defending the city.

Du Yu had analyzed the situation a long time ago. In fact, the most unfavorable situation for Wei was not facing the imperial army, but how long the Liao Kingdom could survive behind him.

The people of the Kingdom of Jin are like wolves and tigers. After the Liao Kingdom is wiped out, they will never be willing to nest in the north. They will try their best to invade the south, and the Great Wei is standing between them and the Great Song.

Du Yu is not afraid of facing the first army alone. What he is afraid of is that the Song Dynasty will implement the decision to jointly destroy the Liao Dynasty with the Jin people, and give him a two-sided attack.

Well, don't think about it, the Song court is that stupid.That's why Du Yu wanted to make a quick decision, at least to hurt the Song army, so that they would not dare to attack so that they could escape and seize Youyun Sixteen Prefectures.

After Xu Guanzhong wrote the letter of war, he dispatched troops and generals to arrange combat matters.

Du Yu originally wanted to join the battle, but was dissuaded by everyone. Everyone agreed that as the king of Wei, he only needed to watch the battle in the city, and he didn't have to risk his life.

After this guy pretended to decline several times, he had to "reluctantly" agree and no longer fight as a front-line general.However, his statement did arouse the morale of the Wei army.

Because it is a head-to-head duel, there is no need for too complicated tactical adjustments.

Xu Guanzhong still decided to sit in the central army by himself, Bian Xiang led an army as the right wing, Sun An led an army as the left wing, and Luan Tingyu led an army as the rear army to support at any time.

Han Bolong, Chen Da, Yang Chun, and Lin Chong led the Xinjing Sai army to deal with the official army's horse army.

Zhang Shuye's arrangements were more particular. He knew that the army's military equipment was lax and poorly trained, so he did not dare to use the Xingzhou army as the main force.

After some weighing, he arranged Song Jiang's army as the central army, a soldier led by Lu Junyi as the right wing, and the Xingzhou army was led by Fan Chen, the commander of the infantry, to fight on the left wing.

Zhan Shouan, Xu Ning, Suo Chao and others led the horse army to deal with the cavalry of the Great Wei.

Five days passed in a flash, the sky was clear and clear, and there was an occasional breeze blowing from the top of the city.

Du Yu took a telescope and stood on the tower to observe the situation on the battlefield.There were two people standing beside him, one was the bodyguard Jiao Ting, and the other was the thin and dry Shi Qian.

"Brother Shi, your information is getting more and more accurate now. The army cavalry is indeed guarding the left flank. It seems that the Xingzhou army is indeed weaker." Du Yu said.

"Your Majesty, so much money is not wasted for so many years. In the past few years, our people have been scattered in various state capitals in the Northland, and we have already found out the situation in the city." Shi Qian said.

"So Bian Xiang's right wing will be the first to break the game against the Shangxing state army," Du Yu said.

"If there is no accident, it should be like this. Of course, it also depends on how long the Bolong brothers can defeat the imperial court's horse army. One-third of the Liangshanbo horse army should be a little harder to fight than the Zhending mansion's horse army." Shi Qian Said.

"Brother Shi will give you a big credit if you win this time," Du Yu said.

"My lord, after this battle is over, I plan to borrow someone." Shi Qian said.

Du Yu turned to look at him in a daze, and asked, "Borrower?"

"My lord, didn't you say that we should infiltrate the land of Yanyun as soon as possible, so I plan to borrow brother Bolong to accompany me. After all, he is from Luanzhou and is more familiar with Liao than us." Shi Qian said.

"Well, yes. But you have to discuss it with Bolong, he may not be willing to let go of the new static plug in his hand." Du Yu said.

"I'm not asking him to be a spy, I just hope he can go back and find some folks to do things for us." Shi Qian said.

"You put a lot of effort into this matter. I think we, Great Wei, will have to deal with Yanyun soon." Du Yu said.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, we have enough talents now, but if we infiltrate south, there will be a shortage of manpower." Shi Qian said.

Du Yu nodded and said, "Let's take care of Yanyun first. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin first went from south to north, first to easy and then to difficult. I don't plan to learn from him. I want to go from north to south, first from difficulty to easy."

Shi Qian smiled and said: "Your Majesty is so talented, how could Song Taizu be able to match him?"

Du Yu almost spit out old blood after hearing this, and said, "Brother Shi, when did you learn to flatter horses, and be careful when you say such things, I will feed you 'yanghuoyou'."

Shi Qian stroked his little black beard and smiled awkwardly.

At this time, the armies of both sides spread out their positions and slowly advanced to engage in battle.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

The sound of war drums and the sound of killing shook the world, and the ancient city of Julu ushered in another large-scale battle.

It has to be said that Xu Guanzhong's thinking is correct, this kind of large-scale battle on the Great Plains is based on the strength of both sides.

There is no room for any tactics and tricks, and there is only fighting between weapons, blood flying, and blood splattering.

As soon as the battle started, both Song Jiang and Wu Yong were dumbfounded.

They usually engage in various conspiracies and tricks, or arrange battles, or take advantage of the terrain, or use the labyrinth of ports with eight hundred miles of water.

There is no strategy like this, the competition is only the weapons and equipment of the soldiers, and the combat quality, just like the battle of Xiangji Temple in the Tang Dynasty in history, they have seen it there.

Brothers who hadn't lost a cup of tea in many battles in the past died before the battle. Jin Maohu Yanshun and Zhongjianhu Ding Desun Chong were in the front, and they were stabbed to death by the soldiers of the Wei army before they could make meritorious deeds.

I don't blame them, this kind of large-scale infantry stabbing each other, the comparison is who can cooperate well and have a basis for advancing and retreating, and there is no room for their martial arts to be used at all.

Want to make meritorious deeds and rush to the front, but when you feel that the situation is not good, you have nowhere to run, and there is no room for people to turn around behind you.

The death of the two seems to have opened the way for the brothers in Liangshanbo to return to heaven.

In less than half an hour, the white-faced gentleman Zheng Tianshou, the iron flute fairy Ma Lin, the short-legged tiger Wang Ying, the eight-armed Nezha Xiang Chong, the flying sage Li Dang, the flower Xianghu Gong Wang... General Shi Yong and others were on the scene. They all died in battle.

Song Jiang has gone from being stunned to seeing tears in his eyes, it is all his close team members, he spent many years fighting in Liangshanbo without loss, and after a short time at Julu City, more than a dozen brothers returned to the west.

Only then did Hei Saburo understand that personal bravery on the real battlefield is of no use. The reason they attacked the state and destroyed the mansion before was because the imperial army was too strong.

He couldn't help but look at Wu Yong, and found that Zhi Duoxing's usual demeanor of having everything under control was gone, and Wu Yong's body was trembling.

A thought popped up in Heisanlang's mind, 'Is this the end of my official career?'.

Just when he was at a loss, Hua Rong came to his side and said: "Brother, you can't fight like this. Our brothers are too casualties and if we don't retreat, I'm afraid we'll all be caught in it."

"Brother Huarong, do you think we can still withdraw?" Song Jiang looked frustrated, and pointed back to Zhang Shuye, who was behind the army.

"Brother, what time is it and you still care about that. It's too late if you don't leave, the left-wing Xingzhou army has been defeated." Hua Rong said anxiously.

"What! The army is defeated now?" Song Jiang couldn't believe it.

How long has it been, not even half an hour.Is the Song army in Xingzhou a pig? There are more than 6 people, [-] more than his Chinese army. Even the big Wei army can't catch a pig.

"It was indeed defeated. The left wing was not the first to collapse. The horse army in Xingzhou was defeated by the Wei horse army in one charge, and the brothers Xu Ning fell into the enemy's hands. If it weren't for Suo Chao's fast run, it would be over." Huarong shouted.

"Brother Huarong, how do you know?" Song Jiang asked.

"It's not that Brother Dai Zong risked his life to deliver the letter, brother, hurry up. It will be too late when the right wing of the Wei army surrounds us after a while," Hua Rong said.

"Dashuai Zhang..." Song Jiang was still concerned about his position as a vanguard envoy.

Hua Rong was anxious, and directly grabbed the reins of Song Jiang's mount in his hand, and forcibly pulled towards Lu Junyi's side and rear to escape.

(End of this chapter)