Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Attacking against the current is indeed unreasonable in terms of military tactics, and relying on the river requires a huge amount of physical strength even though the flow rate is not fast enough.

For this reason, Su Xia decided to personally lead the naval attack.

Among them, 4000 strong men were selected to work as boatmen who were responsible for pulling the boats. They took advantage of the darkness to attack to a place thirty miles away from the current. Then these 4000 people quietly returned under the darkness. The navy and the soldiers responsible for the attack would not Because it takes a lot of energy to go upstream, and then directly attack the Xiang army gathered on Hebei East Road along the river, you will definitely win in one fell swoop!

Hebei Daming Prefecture, now Daming County, Hebei Province.

Five thousand elite troops were assembled on Hebei East Road and were scheduled to prepare to attack in three days.

Daming Mansion gathered on Hebei East Road not only had [-] imperial troops, but also the fodder needed by the army.

In Daming Mansion, Liang Zhongshu's subordinates stayed in Daming Prefecture and were called Li Cheng, King Li Tian.

At this moment, Li Cheng was commanding the troops and horses stationed at the forage field, and was bragging with his soldiers.

"The imperial court is really incompetent. Is it just that part of Pengju who escaped and came back?"

"Sir, this time Mr. Liang Zhongshu recommends you to lead our Hebei East Road Army to attack the Su Xia Army. This is also an opportunity to make contributions!"

Li Cheng took another sip of wine at the wine table, pulled open a chicken leg, put it in his mouth and started chewing: "What achievements have you made? Can you challenge Su Xia and the others with just these few green onions? I think it’s not that Su Xia’s rebels are so powerful, it’s that the people sent by the court are so useless!”

"Sir, you can't say this. If you say this, I'm afraid..."

Li Chenghu glared: "What are you afraid of? I'm telling the truth!"

"Come, my lord, have a drink, my lord, have a drink."

The subordinate immediately raised his glass again and started drinking with Li Chenghu.

Everyone was drinking Wu Mi San Dao and had no idea that the danger was already over their heads.

Under Zhu Gui's deal, the leaders of the Forbidden Army who were responsible for the security of the Yellow River were all corrupted!

The leader of the navy who was responsible for the monitoring and defense of the river bank originally wanted to refuse Su Xia's financial temptation, but Su Xia directly wrote him a letter to persuade him to surrender - the Northern Song Dynasty is now in a state of decay, so I led the army to attack. You are just a small leader of the navy. I have over [-] sailors, can your number [-] defeat me?

You are very intelligent and aware of current affairs. I am in need of talents. If you want to fight, our army's bows, arrows and artillery will not recognize you. If you surrender, I will keep your family safe. Don't think I'm scaring you. If I can't defeat a mere team of yours, why should I send any troops? You should think carefully about whether to surrender or not. It will last for three hours!

Although Su Xia's letter of persuasion to surrender was brief, it was very effective. When he was on duty, the naval commander did not dare to block it. He opened the port without reporting the letter and allowed Su Xia's large number of naval forces to pass through.

Su Xia really kept the secret strictly and ordered her men to take back all her family members.

"Go to the shore!"

Following Su Xia's order, the warship had already arrived at the shore. Under the leadership of the surrendered commander, two thousand elite soldiers disembarked from the ship.

At this moment, the sky is still dark.

From a distance, it looks like many dense ants.

Su Xia was followed by Lu Zhishen and Wu Song.

More than 2000 elite soldiers, all wearing Song Army clothes and armor!

"Tell the soldiers not to rob things or to fight. Our purpose is to launch a surprise attack. One hour is enough time from here to the forage field. We have to set fire to the forage field and snatch their crossbows. A total of two hours. Time, Li Dong, your navy has set up its cannons and is ready to stop the pursuers at any time!"

"Follow the general!"

This time the navy attacked, Su Xia also dispatched a gunboat called Chaoyong, equipped with a large number of Weiyuan guns as fire support.

More than 2000 soldiers stormed in under the personal leadership of Su Xia. The forage yard and the assembled army camp were still on land not far from Daming Mansion.

In the distance, there were more than a dozen Xiang troops from Daming Prefecture standing guard. They looked exhausted.

Su Xia led these soldiers past with their heads held high, really like a forbidden army.

"Stop, where are you from?"

At this moment, it was less than two miles away from these camps. Su Xia looked at the Xiang troops standing guard and said: "We are the Tianwu Army of the imperial court, and we have been ordered to receive military rations!"

"I didn't hear such an order!"

The guarding sergeant stared in confusion. Seeing that Su Xia and the others were wearing Song Army uniforms, they didn't think much about it.

After a pause, he said again: "Hey, that's not right. How did you come here? Did you come by water?"

Su Xia did not answer his question.

However, in a moment, a dozen young sergeants jumped out of nowhere and killed these Xiang Army soldiers standing guard in an instant!

Taking advantage of the foggy weather, the distance became closer and closer, 1000 meters, 500 meters, 100 meters.

The trumpet is blowing!

Su Xia brandished her knife and roared: "Kill!"

More than 2000 elite soldiers came down from a long distance and began to attack the camp crazily. The soldiers who had been arranged in advance carried the incendiary gunpowder bags made by Sun Sihe for them, ignited the grain and grass camp, and loaded all the accumulated arrow clusters into their vehicles. Good luck.

Inside the camp, there was chaos.

The King of Heaven Li Cheng woke up from his dream. He drank until midnight yesterday and drank a little too much. As soon as he drew his sword and walked out of the tent, he met Lu Zhishen face to face and saw Lu Zhishen.

"You monk, you are so brave, you dare to come here to kill people and set fire to people."

Lu Zhishen said nothing and raised his Zen staff to hit Li Cheng. Li Cheng could not dodge. Although he was awake, he drank too much wine and became weak every time he stepped forward. With one careless move, Lu Zhishen knocked him to the ground. The Zen rod ended his life.

On the other side, the snowflake iron sword in Wu Song's hand was naturally not a vegetarian, and he didn't care about anything. Since the death of his eldest brother Wu Dalang, Wu Song had a lot of hatred towards them in his heart. At this moment, dealing with this gang The soldiers who wake up from their sleep are like chopping melons and vegetables, no one dares to challenge them!

Su Xia's attack had two purposes. The first was to seize the arrow clusters and the 20 arrows prepared by the court.

The second is to burn the food and grass.

The third is to give Song Jun a warning.

However, what Su Xia didn't expect was that the more than 5000 Song troops did not pursue any pursuit. Su Xia originally thought that the enemy would pursue them in two hours, but she never thought that her more than 2000 elite soldiers would directly attack the more than 5000 Song troops. The army was defeated!

After he and his men calmly snatched all the arrow clusters and burned down the forage yard, Liang Zhongshu in the city realized and hurriedly ordered the army to attack.

But at this time, everything is too late!

The only thing that greeted the pursuers was the cannon on the "Super Brave"!