Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 132: Claiming to Attack the East, Actually Attacking the West

Xin Qiji was still standing on the watchtower.

He first looked towards the east where the armored soldiers and light cavalry were, and sighed in his heart that Liu Dalang really had some skills. He was able to stabilize the front line and gather the defeated troops in such a situation.

Then she looked around the camp. Although the Jurchen cavalry was harassed by the Jin army's rockets and even several carts storing hay had been set on fire, they were unable to cross the trench and destroy the wooden fences, and were unable to cause heavy casualties to the Xin army.

The Xin army can still be maintained.

Xin Qiji came to a conclusion and then looked across the Anzi River.

Over there, Ye Shichan was struggling to resist the attack of the defeated army. Thanks to his persistence, the Tianwang Army and the Rulin Army were finally fully mobilized and rushed towards the Jin Army on the west bank.

According to the direction of movement of the torches, Xin Qiji could roughly judge the situation of the battle. Originally, the Jin army was attacking from south to north, but as a long dragon of torches came from north to south, it paused for a moment and then formed a group, and then moved forward together, actually withstanding the offensive of the Jin army and maintaining the battle line in front of Ye Shichan.

Xin Qiji couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

It seems that this is the case tonight. Although the Tianping Army suffered heavy losses, it was not completely defeated. It can even continue to advance after cleaning up and streamlining the entire army tomorrow.

The grassroots of the Jin Dynasty was already in such chaos that Xin Qiji did not believe that mobilizing this group of troops that were obviously not the regular army of the Jin Dynasty would be costless.

No matter who the leader of the gold thieves is, if we fail to win today, we will definitely suffer a huge backlash!

However, just when Xin Qiji was relieved, he saw a long dragon of torches crossing the Anzi River along the pontoon bridge and rapidly entering the Xinzi Army camp.

Those who came were all carrying long spears, obviously the Rulin Army.

Xin Qiji was extremely surprised and hurried down from the watchtower. When he arrived in front of the floating bridge, he saw Li Tieqiang commanding the spearmen to line up in the camp with a heroic and confident look.

"Big Iron Spear, why are you here?"

When Xin Qiji saw Li Tieqiang, he showed no joy at all. He asked anxiously, "How is Geng Jiedu?"

Li Tieqiang was stunned: "Didn't they just send Zhao Dabangchui to inform you?"

Xin Qiji was stunned again.

He had no idea about it.

In fact, when Zhao Dabanchui arrived, he happened to meet Xin Jingwei who was organizing his army.

At that time, Xin Jingwei was already in a state of confusion. When he saw a familiar man in armor, he stuffed a spear into his hand and asked him to follow the five hundred armored soldiers out of the camp and form a battle line.

Although Zhao Dabangchui told Xin Jingwei that the Rulin Army was coming to help, Xin Jingwei was in a panic and could not remember much, so he took the news out of the camp.

All I can say is that this incident fully reveals the true nature of the Tianping Army's makeshift team.

Seeing this, Li Tieqiang immediately spat out the mint leaves he was chewing and explained with a grim expression, "Brother Geng asked me to come and support you. There's only one He Boqiu over there. Brother Geng and I met him once in Yishui when we were smuggling salt. He's not very capable, just a guard dog. Brother Geng's Tianwang Army has already joined forces with Ye Shichan, so how could they be defeated by a mere He Laosan?"

Even though the military situation was urgent, Xin Qiji felt that what Li Tieqiang said was a bit absurd.

There are five formations of Tianping Army on the west bank of Anzi River. He Boqiu has already defeated three of them. If Geng Jing had not gone to support them personally, Ye Shichan of the fourth formation would have been dead.

If He Boqiu was a guard dog, then what were the generals of the Tianping Army?

But then again, as the saying goes, even a spent crossbow cannot pierce thin silk. Since He Boqiu has fought so hard, he must have been exhausted. How could the Heavenly King's army not be able to stop him?

"Geng Jiedu sent me here because he wants to eat up He Boqiu on the west bank. He wants my Rulin Army and my fifth brother's Xin Army to work together with Yelu Xingge to eat up the Jurchen cavalry in front of us. In this way, today's great defeat can be turned into a great victory!
Besides, after all, it was you who started the battle, and Geng Jiedu was also worried that the Xin army could not hold out. "Li Tieqiang finished speaking with a resounding voice. Xin Qiji thought the plan sounded good, but his intuition told him that he seemed to have overlooked some details.

This detail was so important that Xin Qiji broke out in a cold sweat in the early autumn breeze.

Xin Qiji's abnormal behavior made Li Tieqiang ask in surprise: "Brother Xin Wu, are you...are you sick?"

Before Xin Qiji could answer, Liu Huai, who had returned from hearing the commotion in the camp, shouted, "Big Iron Spear, why are you here?"

Li Tieqiang was momentarily flustered when he saw two of the most strategic and intelligent men he had ever met lose their composure at the same time, but he managed to remain calm and said, "Geng Jiedu ordered me to support the Xinzi Army and defeat the Jurchen cavalry."

Xin Qiji was sweating profusely and gritted his teeth as he replied, "Liu Dalang, if you have something to say, just say it. What exactly is missing?"

Liu Huai, covered in blood, had no time to wipe it off as he hurried up the tower, leaving only one sentence: "Who told you that the Jin thieves' ambush has been fully deployed and that they have no more tricks up their sleeve?"

Xin Qiji's head was buzzing at the same time. After he came to his senses, he also went up to the watchtower.

All I can say is that this watchtower was built very solidly. Three strong men in helmets and armor stood on it at the same time, but it didn't move at all.

Although he couldn't have a bird's-eye view of the whole situation from his high vantage point, he could still roughly estimate the situation through the firelight and sound. At this time, the Rulin army had all crossed the pontoon bridge and were organizing their ranks in the Xinzi army camp.

At this moment, a melodious horn sounded from the opposite side of the Anzi River.

Liu Huai gritted his teeth and responded, while Xin Qiji and Li Tieqiang were pale and looked shaky.

A few hundred steps west of the Tianwang Army and Rulin Army camps is the intersection of two hills. This area is relatively flat, so Geng Jing naturally sent people to conduct a focused investigation.

But behind the hills there were hills, and behind the mountains there were mountains. The scouts of the Tianping Army were short of manpower and had no patience. After a quick search, they reported to Geng Jing that everything was fine.

This is fatal.

At this time, Pushandharma was standing on a small slope in the mountains, leading his horse, with his ears blocked and a look of annoyance on his face.

"Stop blowing the horn, it's like going to a funeral." After the horn sounded, Pushandarmo waved his hand and signaled his guards to light the fire.

The guards circled the torches around their heads several times, and people in the middle of the hill also raised torches to quickly pass the news to the top of the hill.

There were two Jin soldiers who had gathered a large pile of firewood and poured kerosene on it. After they received the order, the pile of firewood was ignited, and the flames instantly became extremely bright, like a torch.

Ten small boats loaded with hay had already sneaked up on the Anzi River, one mile north of the pontoon bridge. The Jin soldiers on the boats were all familiar with water. After seeing the torches that served as the agreed signal, they sailed downstream and lit the straw a hundred steps away from the pontoon bridge.

Although the Jin soldiers on the boats jumped into the Anzi River to escape, the fireboats were unstoppable as they drifted downstream. Not only did they quickly crash into the floating bridge, but two of the fireboats even crashed into the Tianping Army's grain ship.

The not-so-wide Anzi River instantly turned into a sea of fire.

Pushandharma finally laughed heartily.

"Everyone, this Tianping Army is so useless that they didn't even notice that our army was surrounded and had been attacked from the rear. I guess Geng Bang has nothing to complain about for dying at my hands!"

With that, Pushandamo, a giant bear, leaped onto his horse, raised his eight-foot-long steel spear, and held it aloft: "This is heaven's will for us to achieve this great feat. Today, our Yizhou army has defeated an army of one hundred thousand with only four thousand men. We will surely be famous throughout the world! My men, follow me to achieve glory!"

Three hundred armored cavalry responded with a roar, and followed Pushandharma to sweep from north to south, rushing towards the back of the Heavenly King Army led by Geng Jing.

(End of this chapter)