The Rhapsody of Mounted Blade Players

Because he still needed to guard against the Jinren and Song Huizong Zhao Ji, Ye Tianlong could not take away all the main troops this time, so Ye Tianlong prepared to recruit and train more militia troops to make up the numbers.

He doesn't expect these temporarily recruited militiamen to help him charge into battle. He just hopes that after he captures Fang La's cities, those militiamen can help him defend the cities and allow him to mobilize all the regular soldiers. In combat.

The territory occupied by Fang La was not small, and Ye Tianlong felt that at least half a million militiamen were needed, so he began to recruit troops aggressively in Tokyo and surrounding areas.

At the same time, Song Jiang was also sent back to the Shandong area to wipe out all the small groups of bandits and rebels that had recently emerged there.

It has to be said that Song Jiang led a large group of Liangshan heroes to deal with these small groups of bandits with great confidence. Even because of his huge reputation in the green forest, many bandits surrendered directly when they heard that Song Jiang was coming.

So just one month later, Song Jiang successfully pacified the Shandong area. At the same time, the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command not only did not decrease, but suddenly increased to more than 50,000.

These extra soldiers and horses were composed of Song Jiang's recruitment of bandits and rebels who voluntarily surrendered. This was done after trying to select the young and strong among them and eliminating the old and weak. Otherwise, Song Jiang would have been able to swell the soldiers and horses to ten in one fell swoop. More than ten thousand.

Seeing that Song Jiang was so effective, Ye Tianlong couldn't help but feel very pleased. After the Shandong area was pacified and the 500,000 militiamen were trained, the next step was naturally to conquer Fang La.

This time Ye Tianlong mobilized 200,000 regular soldiers, plus the 500,000 militiamen and 20,000 elites mobilized from Song Jiang, for a total of 720,000 troops to attack Fangla.

In order to show his face as much as possible in front of the emperor Ye Tianlong, Song Jiang still brought the army here in person this time, preparing to fight with the army. The remaining 30,000 troops in Liangshan were handed over to Zhi Duoxing Wu Yong, who was asked to stay in Shandong to frighten Xiao Xiao , to maintain the stability of this area.

Since the main force of the Jin Army retreated decisively under the leadership of Wanyan Aguda in the last battle with the Jin Army, the Liangshan Group led by Song Jiang did not make any achievements. So this time Song Jiang specifically requested to be the vanguard of the army.

Ye Tianlong simply agreed to Song Jiang's request. After all, the combat effectiveness of Fang La's soldiers was far inferior to that of the Jin army soldiers. There was no problem in letting Song Jiang lead those Liangshan heroes as the vanguard.

In the original plot of "Water Margin", Fang La was originally wiped out by Song Jiang and his brothers, although the casualties were a bit higher.

This time, Song Jiang received a large amount of sophisticated equipment supported by Ye Tianlong, making his soldiers armed to the teeth and much more powerful than before.

Not long after Song Jiang led the army to set off, he encountered an enemy army on the edge of the Yangtze River.

At that time, Song Jiang was recruiting fishing boats by the river to cross the river, but he found that a Fang La army had already crossed the Yangtze River and began to attack cities and territories here.

The two sides met unexpectedly, and they happened to bump into each other on the riverside.

This Fangla army only numbered more than 5,000 people, but facing the Liangshan army of more than 20,000 people, they took the initiative to launch an attack.

This is mainly because Fang La's army has won many battles before, and those imperial officers and soldiers were completely defeated when faced with the rebel army's front.

This gave all the soldiers of Fang La's army the illusion that the imperial officers and soldiers were vulnerable.

In fact, the so-called official troops that Fang La's army dealt with some time ago were actually Xiang troops of the Song Dynasty.

The main source of these Xiang armies in the Song Dynasty were the refugees who began to wander around due to bankruptcy. The senior officials of the Song Dynasty wanted to prevent these refugees from wandering around and worsening public security in various places. At the same time, they also wanted to prevent these refugees from being killed by ambitions. The people gathered together to rebel, and they created a special organization called the Xiang Army. They gathered the refugees and formed a Xiang Army.

And after becoming Xiangjun, it does not mean that the good days of these refugees are coming. They are called Xiangjun at best, but they are actually free coolies who are not paid by the court and government to build river embankments, escort supplies, and even mine. Dirty work such as drying salt will be left to them.

However, after doing so much work, the treatment of the Xiang soldiers was very poor, and they could not even do basic things like filling their stomachs. Every year, many Xiang soldiers died of exhaustion, starvation, or simply ran away.

Just how strong the combat effectiveness of the so-called Xiang Army is. As long as it is an army with some morale, no matter how poor the equipment is, it can defeat these Xiang Army soldiers.

The previous consecutive battles and victories had obviously boosted the morale of these Fang La Army soldiers. At this time, the general gave an order, and they all, with significantly fewer troops, launched a charge against the enemy without hesitation.

Song Jiang looked at the enemy troops who were roaring and rushing towards them as if they were beaten to death. He couldn't help but feel secretly frightened, thinking that the morale of the enemy troops was very high!

However, after careful observation with a telescope, he found that although the enemy's morale was high, their equipment was very crude. The enemy army in front of him had less than a hundred soldiers equipped with iron armor. The other soldiers Most of them were only equipped with simple leather and cloth armor, and most of their equipment were spears. There were only a few hundred archers, and they all used low-level bows and arrows such as hunting bows. As for the crossbowmen, there were none.

Seeing the enemy troops with such crude equipment, Song Jiang suddenly stopped panicking and his legs stopped shaking. He waved his big hand, and more than 3,000 crossbowmen from the Liangshan Army stepped forward one after another to face the enemy troops. Start firing crossbow bolts and arrows.

As several rounds of arrows rained down, the Fang La Army soldiers suffered heavy losses, and more than a thousand people were killed in one fell swoop.

Faced with such huge casualties, the soldiers of Fang La Army who had been beaten to death suddenly calmed down and did not dare to continue charging forward. Instead, they began to retreat towards the rear.

However, at this time, the enemy general led dozens of cavalry under his command to stop the defeated troops and quickly reorganized their formation.

Then the enemy general wearing iron armor rode up to the front of the formation with a long spear and shouted to Liang Shanjun: "Are you just relying on the power of bows and crossbows? Come out if you have the guts. Challenge me one-on-one!"

Song Jiang was not surprised at all when he saw this scene. After all, not long ago, the Liangshan Group under his command was also a grass-roots team like the other party. The minions under him had low combat effectiveness and could not do anything most of the time. In order to stimulate the morale of these minions, fighting generals has become a very effective method. In addition, when the battle formation is charging, those fierce generals also play a great role. These fierce generals often lead the way to open the breakthrough. Therefore, Liangshan Group and Fang La Group attach great importance to those heroes with strong martial arts skills.

At this time, seeing the enemy general actively requesting a duel, Song Jiang felt that this guy should be a master, so he winked at Qin Ming, who was not far away. After all, Qin Ming, the Thunderbolt Fire, was his current leader. They are the most powerful generals under his command. To be on the safe side, it would be better for the party to fight this first battle.

After Qin Ming saw Song Jiang's eyes, he understood that the other party was going to take the lead. He happened to want to make more military achievements, so he immediately nodded in understanding, and then rushed out of the gate with his mace. Formation, arrived in front of the enemy general.

"I am Qin Ming, the Thunderbolt Fire. If my subordinates do not kill the nameless people, the thieves will quickly report their names!" After Qin Mingle stopped his horse, he opened his mouth and shouted loudly at the enemy general not far away.

Facing Qin Ming's loud voice, General Fang Lajun on the opposite side frowned and replied: "I am Gao Keli, the Tai Sui God among the twelve gods in the south of the Yangtze River! Qin Ming, you have a reputation far away in the south of the Yangtze River." I heard, why do you want to be the hawk and dog of this court, working for those foolish kings and traitorous ministers?"

"Shut up! Today's wise and wise sages are not the same as those ignorant kings and traitorous ministers of the Song Dynasty. You don't know the fate of the world, and you still want to resist the heavenly soldiers and rebel. This is asking for death! I advise you to surrender as soon as possible. !" When Qin Ming heard the other party saying that the emperor he was currently serving was a foolish emperor, he immediately retorted loudly in anger.

After all, Qin Ming is not blind, but he saw with his own eyes that Ye Tianlong personally conquered and defeated the Jin army. How could such an emperor be a coward?

When Gao Keli saw Qin Ming's excitement, he smiled disdainfully, then raised his spear, pointed it at Qin Ming and said, "You said I don't know how to count the sky, but I want you to see it today. Who doesn’t know the weather, look at the gun!”

When Qin Ming saw that the other party had just finished speaking, he galloped towards him. When he was about two meters in front of him, he drew his gun and stabbed him fiercely. So Qin Ming saw this and hurriedly waved the mace in his hand, hitting the opponent's spear fiercely.

After a loud clang, not only was the spear thrust by Gao Keli shaken away, but the men and horses were also shaken back several steps by the huge force coming from the weapon.

Seeing that the opponent was so vulnerable, Qin Ming immediately became determined and quickly swung the mace in his hand.

Then Gao Keli barely managed to hold on for three moves, and then was hit by Qin Ming with a stick, causing the weapon to fly out of his hand, and the tiger's mouth was completely shattered, leaving blood everywhere.

Before Gao Keli, who had lost his weapon, could escape, Qin Ming had already struck with a stick, cracking the opponent's Tianling Cap and helmet. He fell off the horse and died of bleeding from his seven orifices.

When Song Jiang saw from behind that Qin Ming actually killed the enemy general in just three or two moves, Song Jiang was overjoyed and couldn't help but exclaim loudly: "What a Qin Ming!"

The soldiers of Fang La Army couldn't help but feel their morale plummet when they saw that their general was beaten to death by the enemy general so quickly.

Song Jiang discovered this very keenly, so he immediately waved the flag and ordered a general attack.

The soldiers of the Fang La Army who lost their leader were like a pile of loose sand. As soon as the Liangshan Army rushed here, they were completely defeated.

Since Fang La's army was almost all infantry, but Liangshan's army had more than 3,000 horses provided by Ye Tianlong and formed a cavalry unit. Therefore, with these cavalry, almost all the Fang La's soldiers who fled were captured. .

After interrogating these prisoners, Song Jiang learned that the army led by Tai Sui God Gao Keli was sent across the river by Fang La's army to explore the way. At this time, there were more than 200,000 troops on the other side of the river. After the assembly is completed, Gao Keli will launch a large-scale invasion across the river after he has investigated the situation on the other side of the river.