Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Zhao Wuji was his great loyal minister in the Song Dynasty, but in our eyes, he is the most feared opponent on Guangnan Road. It would be great if he could be brought under my control.

Li Dong cautiously added from the side: "Since Su Yuanjing's death, he, Zhao Wuji, organized his own soldiers and dispersed the original army. Although it was a navy army, it was engaged in land warfare. But these people are all Zhao Wuji's personal soldiers, and they are very tenacious in combat. They have no chance of surrendering like other forbidden troops, so we must annihilate them all."

"Then let the Nguyen clan's three heroes lead a force to look for opportunities to annihilate the enemy, and assign them a musketeer team of 100 people."

Everyone was discussing military deployment here. Liu Yanqing, Liu Guangshi and his son who had surrendered before could no longer hold back. After all, they were followers. Su Xia did not assign tasks to them, which made them a little confused, so they took the initiative to ask for a fight.

"Your Majesty, do you think our Western Army is not capable of fighting? Why do we all have missions, but our army has no missions?"

Seeing these two men going to the battlefield to kill the enemy and making meritorious deeds, Su Xia smiled and said: "Once we start a war with the Song Dynasty, the ambition of the Jin Kingdom will definitely hinder the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the Western Army is resting now for the future war." .”

The everyone's military meeting started very late.

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in the seventh year of Zhenghe, that is, in July 1117 AD, Su Xia's national defense army was divided into two armies, water and land, and formally launched an attack on Fujian South Road and Guangnan Road. The total force was 7, each under the direct command of Su Xia. The Army of the National Defense Army, with more than [-] Lin Chong cavalry troops, Ling Zhen fire support combat troops, and security forces, totaling more than [-] troops, swept across from north to south.

According to the previous strategic plan and the prepared combat position, the National Protector Army and the National Protector Army Navy launched a fierce battle in Fuzhou on land and sea. After a brief exchange of fire, the Northern Song Dynasty Forbidden Army captured thousands of people, opened the city gates, and headed south directly. .

The other group led by Li Dong has already attacked the Guangzhou area. At this moment, under the leadership of the Chinese internal agents installed in the Song Dynasty, Li Dong led the army, Zeng Keda, Ruan Shixiong, Wu Song, Shi Jin and other generals. The land army, totaling 2 people, was divided with Li Dong. After conquering Guangzhou, Li Dong took command of Zeng Keda in Guangzhou to attack from the south to the north to open the road to Su Xia, while the Ruan clan's three heroes and Wu Song inserted into the west road of Guangnan. , looking for Zhao Wuji’s main force to fight.

Guangxi has a vast and mountainous territory. The main force that attacked Guangxi was led by Ruan Sanxiong and Wu Song. The number of elite soldiers was only more than [-]. Because of the long distance, although they had the most well-equipped musketeers, they only carried a few powerful guns. It was not until Su Xia captured Fuzhou that he realized that Xiao Li Guang Huarong should be sent there to help! At least it can support the problem of insufficient firepower to a certain extent.

Unfamiliar with the area and insufficient firepower, Su Xia, who had captured Fuzhou, suddenly felt something was wrong and quickly called in the communications troops.

"Call General Hua Rong quickly."

Hua Rong, who had just captured Fuzhou, was enjoying the peaceful victory. When he saw Su Xia calling him, he hurriedly went to look for him. Seeing Su Xia's expression in a hurry, he stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter, sir? Are you so anxious? What's the matter?"

"Hua Rong, the battle on the Guangnan Road must not be careless. Although the three heroes of the Ruan family and Wu Song led eight thousand soldiers and musketeers, the west road of Guangnan is mountainous and densely forested. Once the army is in a desperate situation, it will not be able to occupy the right time. The terrain is bound to be blocked, so our army must attack along the road. You lead your fast column to avoid the main force of the Song army that may be encountered, and reinforce to Guangnan Road."

"Understood, sir, I'll go get ready right now."

Hua Rong said he was about to leave, and Su Xia shouted: "Take the remaining musketeers with you."

"But, this Fuzhou..."

"We have Weiyuan artillery as preparation here, but muskets are very important for the battle on Guangnan Road."

The musketry team Su Xia refers to refers to the newly developed and improved Sui muskets in China. They use iron sharp warheads and are rifled. The barrels are made of copper due to the uneven supply of iron ore raw materials. It can effectively penetrate any iron armor of the Song Army.

It is the most powerful weapon for destroying the Song Army's armor and shields, and can even be used in rainy weather.

However, due to limited raw materials, only 240 such guns were produced and equipped for two squadrons a year after development.

One of the equipment was given to Wu Song and the others, and this time, Su Xia also assigned the remaining squadron to Hua Rong's fast column.

On Guangnan West Road, the attacking three heroes of the Ruan family had successively conquered several Song Army strongholds according to the signs made by internal agents. However, they never found the stronghold where Zhao Wuji was located, and two or three consecutive internal agents were defeated.

The weather on the mountain road during the pursuit was very hot. Ruan Xiaoer looked at the hot weather and the exhausted men and horses of the pursuing soldiers. He said to Wu Song, who was shirtless on the side: "Brother Wu Song, we have fought several times along the way and launched several raids. But this Zhao Wuji seems to have eyes, and he runs away every time before we take action."

Wu Song frowned: "It's unknown every time the other forbidden troops are attacked, so the probability of problems between us is low. It's most likely that their guard posts are better arranged."

"How well arranged is it? I don't believe that evil." Ruan Xiaowu came to the side with several trusted officers around him.

Several people were discussing when suddenly a hail of arrows came.

"Whoosh whoosh!" In an instant, more than a dozen sergeants were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

"Shield array, defend!" Wu Song, with quick eyesight and quick hands, gave the order.

"Arrow array counterattack."

Based on the possible location of the enemy's arrows, the Protectorate Army immediately launched a counterattack in the direction where the enemy's arrows might be.

The captain of the musketeers holds the most advanced flintlock guns of the Suxia National Guard Army. The reloading time is slightly slower than the firing speed of the crossbow, but with the rifling, the shooting distance is more than 150 feet, and the accuracy is Much better, and longer than the eighty-foot range of a crossbow. He raised the spear in his hand and fired a bullet into the dense forest!

"Snapped!"

The crisp sound of gunshots was different from the sounds made by the arrow formations on both sides.

But in the dense jungle, it was difficult to see who the opponent was from dozens of meters away. After a brief exchange of fire, the opponent had already evacuated. After the National Protectorate suffered dozens of casualties, Wu Song rushed into the opponent's position. It was discovered that the other party had already disappeared without a trace.