Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Wu Song was even more deeply saddened, and shed tears. As the leader of the army, no matter how powerful Zhao Wuji was, he still lost a lot of troops and horses. He blamed himself for the fire retardant, and Shi Jin beside him was also injured. Cai was obviously injured in this battle.

Wu Song's tone was sad, and he said leisurely: "My lord, this is all due to the general's inability to do things well. This expedition to Guangnan West Road has cost many brothers. The general feels that he has no face to face you and all the generals. I would like to be dealt with by military law."

"Brother Wu Song, you are overly worried. This expedition is definitely related to us underestimating the enemy. A strong general like Zhao Wuji cannot be ignored. Not only can I not punish you, but I also want you to continue to lead the troops in battles with great fanfare to attract Zhao Wuji. We must Zhao Wuji and Song Jun must pay the price."

The generals didn't understand when they heard this.

Su Xiacai said: "Now they are gaining momentum. They have contacted the entire Guangnan West Road and the Song Army is eyeing us. The spy report just came. Zhao Wuji commanded the Song Army to advance slowly, preparing to form an army to invade Guangzhou. I did not come this time. Let Ling Zhen's artillery team come with a large number of people to help out, and only bring the musketeers. Where is the musketeer squadron leader Jin Ming?"

A young officer immediately stood up from the team and said: "Sir, Jin Ming is here."

Among the senior officers present at the meeting, as a fledgling junior officer, his arrival was somewhat different, but his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and he did not show any timidity among the many senior officers.

What's more, in addition to a short sword, he also wore a short musket on his waist. It was obvious that this was a special piece of equipment only available to the newly equipped musketeers.

However, this short musket is about one foot long, has a bullet capacity of one round, is made of pure copper, and comes with a leather sheath. It looks very valuable. There are only a few hand-made in the entire army. Su Xia has one, and this The one with Jin Ming also has one, which shows that Su Xia attaches great importance to the musketeers.

Su Xia looked around at the generals and ordered slowly: "Jin Ming, you will immediately increase your military rank by one level. Collect all the muskets from the original musket squadron where Wu Song belongs to you, and equip them with the 60 muskets that were just issued from the arsenal yesterday to form a musket. The brigade, with a total of 260 muskets, will step up integration training."

"Yes!"

Jin Ming answered this loudly.

Su Xia inspected the generals: "I want them to suffer a dumb loss this time. How can they suffer a dumb loss? You must know that Zhao Wuji's troops are only a few thousand, and the number of his soldiers is not as good as ours in Guangzhou. It's just because We want to occupy the entire Guangnan and Guangxi routes, so our forces are scattered and cannot be gathered with all our strength to annihilate them. However, our greatest advantage lies in the Musket Army as the backbone force. Since Zhao Wuji has contacted other Song armies to attack us, I will attack him somewhere. The ground lures Zhao Wuji's main force into combat and brings new weapons into play.

So Wu Song, I ask you to go out again and defeat the battle, but you can only lose but not win until you leave Jin Ming's team here. "

Su Xia pointed at the map. It was the intersection of Guangnan West Road and Guangzhou. It was surrounded by mountains and rivers, but it was an indisputable place for military strategists because there was no way out.

Li Dong said with some worry: "Sir, are you sure about this? Although the new weapons have powerful firepower, the number of people is only 300, the number of muskets is less than [-], and there is no artillery support. There is a river at the back of the place. We are afraid of death. It cannot stop the enemy’s military and naval offensive.”

"I don't need them to hold on for a long time, three hours is enough. In addition, I will give the command of Jin Ming to command the 500-strong enemy and the sudden muskets. There will be [-] people in total. We will arrange the positions in advance. Jin Ming, the center's blossoming depends entirely on you!"

"My subordinates understand."

"General Hua Rong."

Hua Rong on the side answered immediately.

Su Xia nodded and ordered: "General Hua Rong, the purpose of the musketeers is to attract the opponent, and your cavalry attacks very quickly. In previous battles, the Song army has suffered heavy setbacks many times. This time, I want you to maneuver and fight immediately to cooperate with this musketry." Let's go out as a team. One of you is in the center and the other is on the periphery. I think even if Zhao Wuji has great abilities, he will lose more than half of his troops this time. We must not let him succeed again!"

"Follow Jun's order!"

……

In the Dazhong Jinluan Hall, Song Huizong couldn't sit still. After several battles, the Song army retreated one after another, allowing Su Xia to occupy the entire southern region and almost control the entire coastal ports. Currently, except for Guangnan West Road, North Korea and China There is almost no place under his control.

Now that I heard that Zhao Wuji had sent a report that thousands of the National Defense Army had been wiped out, I couldn't help but cheer with the ministers, overjoyed:

"Zhao Wuji has done a good job. I will reward him well. In addition, the military supplies he needs will be forwarded to him! The Privy Council can also allocate troops and horses to prepare for the next battle! Zhao Wuji will also be given the title of Commander-in-Chief of Soldiers and Horses of Guangnan West Road."

Seeing that Song Huizong was so happy, Li Bangyan, the prodigal prime minister on the side, was a little unhappy. He was afraid that his favor would be affected.

He rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say. I don't know whether I should say it or not."

"Why can't you and I, the emperor and our ministers, say something? Let's say it quickly. There are rumors in the capital that Zhao Wuji is colluding with Su Xia, as if he wants to support himself and establish a three-legged alliance?"

In fact, this matter is not troublesome. It is something Su Xia told Xiong Hui and Zongze before the army set off (see chapter [-] for details)

Su Xia told Xiong Hui: "As soon as I leave, you, Zongze, Sun Li, Zhao Wenhui and other major military and political officials will deploy their manpower. Your secret service headquarters will immediately send people to Bianjing to create rumors, saying that Zhao Wuji is using and We fight to demand troops and power from the imperial court!"

Although the Song Dynasty was all mediocre, there were still a few loyal people who stood up to defend Zhao Wuji: "Zhao Wuji and Su Yuanjing are both pillars of the country. After Su Taiwei died in battle, Zhao Wuji repeatedly fought against Su Xia's army. , Da Kesu thieves are on Guangnan West Road. They are currently arranging their troops and preparing to take back Guangzhou!"

Song Huizong heard that these two groups of people seemed to have a point. He nodded while listening:

"Zhao Wuji is my Great Song Zhongliang. I believe this. Li Aiqing, you are worrying too much. As for the post of General Manager of Soldiers and Horses of Guangnan West Road, it is not an exaggeration to give it to him after he conquers Guangzhou."

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As for Zhao Wuji, he commanded only 4000 personal troops, and with less than 2 other forbidden troops, he attacked Guangzhou.

However, when he heard that the National Protectorate Army was fighting against him again, Wu Song was the leader.

Zhao Wuji couldn't help but murmur in his heart, was Wu Song defeated by him? Why did you send him here? Could it be a strategy of the enemy?

Thinking of this, Yao immediately ordered, "The entire army will postpone the attack and send out scouts to explore along the road. The soldiers will sneak into Guangzhou City to find out."

Zhao Wuji gave the order here, but he didn't understand one thing. He currently does not have the identity of the commander-in-chief of the Guangnan West Road, so he organized a coalition army. In essence, the other forbidden armies did not have a subordinate relationship with him. .

Therefore, when he gave the order to stop the attack, other forbidden troops refused to obey and took the initiative to fight Wu Song's troops.