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Chapter 376 The Jin Army Arrives
"This army is arrogant, brave and good at fighting. They are arrogant and brave. If you can get their service, it will not be difficult to compete for the Central Plains."

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also praised the Jin cavalry in the Battle of Fuping.

Although they were opponents, we have to admit that the Jin army was indeed very powerful.

Li Qian smiled bitterly.

He had no way to recruit Jin army generals such as Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Zongfu and the two elite troops of Guaizima and Tiefutu in the epic battle copy.

Jin Wushu, a general from the Jin army camp, has been recruited by Emperor Yuan.

The combat effectiveness of the Jin army is already fierce. In the difficult mode, the combat effectiveness of the Jin army is increased by 25%, and the combat effectiveness will only be stronger. The Crooked Horse and Iron Pagoda are equivalent to becoming more advanced types of troops. It is no surprise that the two military advisors Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui praised them highly.

When the 80,000 Jin troops arrived at the Fuping battlefield, they did not rush to attack. Instead, they set up camp across the swamp, preparing for a long-term confrontation.

Seeing that the Jin army did not attack immediately, the generals of the Song army could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, the generals of the Song army also began to worry.

If the Jin army chose to confront the Song army instead of actively attacking the Song army which had the advantage of swampy terrain, then the Song army would be under too much pressure in terms of food and fodder.

There were 180,000 Song troops on the Fuping battlefield, and the number of civilians transporting grain was countless. The amount of grain consumed every day was an astronomical figure.

One of the purposes of Zhang Jun, the main general of the Song army, to advance to the plain was to attract the Jin army to attack actively. Then the Song army relied on its huge military force to defend and counterattack and completely defeat the Jin army.

As a result, the Jin army seemed to see through the Song army's intentions and did not rashly use cavalry to attack the Song army.

The Song army confronted the Jin army for three days. Even though Zhang Jun sent people to issue a declaration of war and sent women's scarves to the Jin army camp, Wanyan Zongfu remained unmoved.

Zhang Jun also used provocation, offering a reward to anyone who could capture Wanyan Loushi alive, with the title of Jiedushi, and a reward of 10,000 silver and silk each.

This time, the Jin army general Wanyan Loushi responded quickly - he ordered that anyone who captured Zhang Jun alive would be rewarded with a piece of cloth and a donkey.

On the fourth day, the Song army finally lost their patience. Liu Xi, the governor of Xihe Road, took the initiative to lead more than a thousand soldiers as the vanguard and took advantage of the early morning mist to launch a surprise attack on the Jin army camp.

The army led by Zhang Jun and other Song generals will follow. Once Liu Xi succeeds, the main force of the Song army will cross the swamp and launch a full-scale attack.

Li Qian tried to dissuade him, but was unable to control the situation.

Li Qian's repeated attempts to dissuade the army failed, and he also realized that the Song army was eager to win and would be difficult to persuade, so it would be better to go with the flow.

As expected, although Liu Xi launched a surprise attack with the help of fog, the opponent was Wanyan Loushi, one of the most famous generals of the Jin Dynasty. He had already seen through Liu Xi's plan and set an ambush in the camp. Liu Xi was defeated. The other Song army generals tried their best to rescue him, and Liu Xi escaped back to the Song army camp with 300 elite soldiers.

Liu Xi had more than a thousand elite soldiers, but he was defeated and only 300 were left. The loss was heavy, and the morale of the Song army also dropped.

Li Qian was helpless.

Unfortunately, he was not the commander-in-chief of the Song army and could only watch the situation of the Song army deteriorate.

This is also the disadvantage of choosing the Song army camp.

The defeat of the Song army in the Battle of Fuping was not only due to the combat effectiveness of the soldiers themselves, but also due to another very important reason, which was the wrong decision-making by the generals.

Before the Battle of Fuping officially began, the Song army lost an elite force, which also caused the morale of the entire army to decline.

"Wanyan Loushi will not miss this opportunity. The Jin army will soon begin its attack."

Li Qian always believed that Wanyan Loushi, a famous Jin general, would be able to seize the opportunity on the battlefield and launch a massive attack. As for the Jin army's posture of a long-term confrontation with the Song army, it might just be a trick to confuse the Song army.

In the battles between the Song Army and the Jin Army, the Song Army was often on the defensive, while the Jin Army was the active attacking party.

Whether it is Wanyan Zongfu, Wanyan Loushi, Jin Wushu or other Jin generals, they will adopt offensive tactics rather than defending.

"Follow the Lord's deployment and prepare for battle."

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Li Qian had already formulated tactics in advance.

Since they could not change the deployment of the 180,000 Song troops, they could only make adjustments according to the deployment of the Song and Jin armies and go with the flow.

Precisely because it is an epic battle copy, the Song army is more like a friendly force, and players cannot control them. This makes it more realistic, and there is even the possibility that the friendly forces are in trouble but the players remain motionless.

As expected, after defeating Liu Xi's surprise attack force, five thousand elite cavalry rushed out of the Jin army camp!
"What are they going to do?"

"No matter how brave the Jin cavalry is, how can the horses cross this muddy land?"

The Song army had just had their meal when the Jin army suddenly attacked, so they quickly dressed up and fought back.

When they saw five thousand Jin cavalry rushing out of the Jin army camp, they were not worried.

The muddy soil of the reed pond could effectively block the cavalry's charge, and not many of the 5,000 cavalrymen could successfully cross the reed pond.

Once the war horses were stuck in the mud, the Song army would use their Shenbi bows and other crossbows to shoot at the Jin cavalry, who would be lambs to be slaughtered.

"The Jin army is indeed brave, but it is not easy to break through the mud with cavalry."

Song army commander Zhang Jun and military advisor Liu Ziyu personally supervised the battle. They were overjoyed to see that the Jin army was mindlessly charging into the mud and even wanted to use their proud cavalry to destroy the camp of 180,000 Song troops in one fell swoop.

If the 5,000 elite cavalry of the Jin army were stuck in the mud and unable to move, they would become targets for the Shenbi bow.

What the Song army feared was the cavalry that advanced straight ahead, and once the cavalry lost its mobility, even an iron pagoda would be no different from a clumsy iron can.

Li Qian, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others, including Wu Jie and Liu Qi, all had solemn expressions.

Jin generals such as Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Loushi were all masters in using cavalry. Would they be so stupid as to let the cavalry charge mindlessly?

These cavalrymen were getting closer and closer, and the Song army could see that the horses were carrying a lot of firewood and sandbags. When the Jin cavalrymen approached the swamp, they threw down the firewood and sandbags and forcibly paved a passage in front of them!

The cavalry in the front row threw down firewood and sandbags, then quickly retreated to the back. The cavalry in the second row immediately took their place, continuing to throw down firewood and sandbags, and continued to advance rapidly.

"Oh no! They are going to force their way through!"

"They found a way!"

The main general, military advisor and other generals of the Song army suddenly realized what was going on.

The reason why the Jin army took a defensive stance during these three days was not because they were afraid of the large number of Song troops, but because they were preparing supplies to break the Song army's geographical advantage!
Once the Song army loses its geographical advantage, even if the Song army has 180,000 soldiers, the 80,000 Jin army will dare to attack!
"Quick, use the God Arm Bow to stop them!"

At this time, Zhang Jun, the main general of the Song army, was completely panicked.

He thought that the swampy terrain he relied on would soon be eliminated by the Jin army. If the Jin army's Iron Pagoda launched a charge, the Song army would probably find it difficult to resist, and the consequences would be disastrous.

(End of this chapter)