There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 291 The First Battle in Wan City
The fire in Fangcheng County was full of thick smoke, and the black smoke rising into the sky could be seen dozens of miles away.

The entire Fangcheng County was burned down by the fire, and Feng Yu also rushed to Nanyang after carrying out Li Chu's order.

Nanyang, the fire in Fangcheng County can be seen in Nanyang with some symptoms, and soon the news was passed to Nanyang General Liu Min.The spies came to report that the thick smoke over there should be caused by the burning in Fangcheng County.

"Burn it? It's fine if it burns."

Liu Min was thinking about something, and he didn't take it seriously when Fangcheng County was burned. Now he is having a headache about that county town. The weather is getting warmer, and the situation in Fangcheng County will definitely cause a major epidemic. As the leader of the party, he Not stupid, now the cavalry of the Qilin Army came out of Fangcheng Mountain and drove away the people in the county.

The cavalry of the Qilin Army appeared here, Liu Min is not surprising, since the last attack on Ye County failed, when the 20 army was empty, he has been waiting for the Qilin Army's revenge, but before the Qilin Army's revenge came, it was reported first. There came the news that the imperial court sent 20 troops to conquer the Qilin army. Now that [-] troops are fighting with the Qilin army near Chen Yingchang's mansion, but the two armies suddenly stopped moving for some reason in the past few days.

The 20 army conquered the Qilin army, and Liu Min was also worried. Once the Qilin army was destroyed, the next move of the court would definitely be to go west and fight Wang Qing. His Nanyang, as the gateway to the east of the king of Chu, was a must. This is over. The Qilin army will naturally attack him in Nanyang, otherwise the imperial court sent 20 troops to eat rice?

All prosperity, all losses, Liu Min even had an idea in his heart whether to help the Qilin Army, because the Qilin Army is blocking the front of Nanyang. The Qilin Army acts as a buffer.

"It seems that the Qilin Army should have been defeated, but, where did the Qilin Army come with so many cavalry? Are you sure you can see clearly, there are really more than 3000 cavalry?"

Liu Min asked uncertainly, now that the Qilin Army is fighting with the imperial court, but appearing here at this moment can only mean one thing, that is, the Qilin Army was defeated, and it was still a big defeat. Fleeing here, otherwise there is no reason to come to Nanyang at this time.

Moreover, the news about the horse inspection also said that after driving away the soldiers from Fangcheng County, this group of cavalry went south directly, and did not come to Nanyang City. He hadn't returned yet, otherwise he would have known exactly how the Qilin Army was defeated.

Zheng Jie said: "General, should we intercept them?"

Liu Min shook her head with a wry smile, intercept?

What interception?
What is the situation in Nanyang today, you and I, as the generals, still don't know?The Qilin Army only has less than 3000 infantry and can defeat [-] people here. Although there are only more than [-] now, if it is an infantry, it is okay, and there is still hope for forcibly attacking them, but cavalry, what the hell are you going to stop.

There is a serious shortage of war horses in Nanyang itself. The only few war horses were taken away by Wang Qing. The only ones left in Nanyang are only ten cavalry. At times, you might be wiped out with a backlash from others.

What makes Liu Min even more uneasy is that the Qilin army was defeated, and it is inevitable for the imperial army to move westward. Nanyang is about to become the first place to charge. It is too late to defend at such an important juncture. There is still time and energy to intercept the fleeing Qilin army ?Now the enemy of Nanyang is the imperial army, not the Qilin army.

Liu Min shook his head and said, "Let them go. After leaving Nanyang, the Qilin Army is nothing to do with us. Let Xiangyang have a headache. Now our focus is on Rufen Town. It won't be long before the imperial court takes over." After finishing those places, they will come to conquer us."

"The imperial court?" Zheng Jie was puzzled.

Liu Min sighed: "Otherwise, why do you think the Qilin Army is coming here? They are trying to avoid the imperial army."

Zheng Jie was dumbfounded.

Liu Min shook his head in his heart. The news of such an important event came too late. If he had received the news earlier, he would have sent someone to intercept the Qilin Army at that time. side.

After all, this time is not as good as in the past. The Qilin Army in the past was quite prosperous. Now it was defeated by the imperial army and fled like a bereaved dog. If you are smart, you will definitely choose to surrender here to settle down.

"General, what should we do now?" Zheng Jie asked hurriedly.

What else can I do?
Liu Min smiled wryly, the situation has changed too fast, Nanyang today is no longer the Nanyang that defeated the enemy all the way back then.

When Liu Min was thinking about the solution, a small soldier outside reported that he had found a large number of Qilin troops coming to Nanyang.

A large number of Qilin army?
Liu Min stood up in an instant, startled by the large number of words from the soldier, and quickly asked, "How many Qilin troops have come?"

Xiao Bing said: "There are many, many, it looks like there should be thirty or forty thousand."

Thirty or forty thousand?
Liu Min's eyes were stunned, how could it be possible!Seeing the appearance of the messenger soldier, he probably couldn't tell clearly, and immediately said to the left and right: "Come with me to the tower to have a look."

When Liu Min brought Zheng Jie to the north gate tower, when he looked outside, his eyes were stunned again.

There is a Baihe River next to Wancheng. The Baihe River flows from north to south to the Han River flowing into Xiangyang. To the south of the city wall of Wancheng is the Baihe River, and eight miles outside the east gate is also the Baihe River, which is cut off from the north to the south by the Baihe River. Baihe, and then go south to Wancheng from the north.

Now, outside the east, north, and west gates of Wancheng are the Qilin Army.

Although the armor and clothes they were wearing were not the familiar red unicorn suits, nor the blue unicorn suits, Liu Min was very impressed with the unicorn flag of the Qilin Army. The flag of the Qilin Army, isn't it just a unicorn? Army?

Outside the east, north, and west gates, each gate has at least 2 Qilin soldiers gathered outside the city, among which the north gate has the most soldiers, and there are more than [-] soldiers at the north gate alone.

With two spears, Dong Ping rode out alone, and came a hundred steps away from the gate of Wancheng. The spear in his hand pointed at the tower of Wancheng, and shouted loudly:
"Where is the bandit Wang Qing, why don't you give up the city and surrender."

"Who are you?"

Liu Min became suspicious. He was very clear about the number of troops in the Qilin Army. The maximum number was less than [-]. But now that there are so many soldiers suddenly appearing, this is definitely not the Qilin Army.

"Hmph, I'm Dong Ping, commander of the Qilin Water Margin Army. How long will it be before you go out of the city and accept the surrender?"

Liu Min snorted softly, and ordered the archers on the top of the city: "Shoot him, shoot this guy off the horse for me."

Immediately, arrows rained down from the top of the city, Dong Ping blocked a few with his double guns and pushed back a little.

Liu Min said: "Hmph, who are you waiting for? Isn't it a hero who hides his face and shows his face?"

"You guys, I've already told you that I'm the commander of the Qilin Water Margin Army. Believe it or not, now that my army is here, Wang Qing, why don't you hurry out of the city and accept surrender."

(End of this chapter)