Do you have the strength to force me to join the Liangshan bandits?

Chapter 697 Jin Wuzhu: Song Jiang as the Vanguard! [3 Updates]

The Gao family has a long and thriving presence in Dali Kingdom.

Even Baidu search for "Dali Kingdom" shows a "List of Prime Ministers Gao Family" under the "List of Emperors".

Starting with Gao Taiming, the Gao family produced fourteen prime ministers, controlling the government of the Dali Kingdom for more than 150 years!
Going back from Gao Taiming, his father Gao Shengtai usurped the throne and became the emperor of the Great China, and his grandfather Gao Zhisheng was the prime minister of the Dali Kingdom and the Marquis of Shanshan...

Even Emperor Duan Heyu couldn't completely eradicate the Gao family.

But Cai Fu succeeded because the order was given to Li Shufu.

Foreign ruler Li Shufu led his Miao soldiers and killed without restraint, slaughtering the Gao family until heads rolled and blood flowed like a river!
The entire city of Yangjumei was shrouded in a bloody atmosphere, but the people soon realized that there was no real danger.

Because the Qi army did not kill civilians, and although the Miao soldiers were barbaric, they obeyed the Qi king's orders without question, so the people were very safe.

Moreover, although the King of Qi uprooted the Gao family, he did not do anything to the Duan family.

This is of course because the Duan family was quick to submit, and also because the Duan family's method of resistance has always been to become monks...

Duan Heyu's motto: Dare to mess with me? You've kicked a hornet's nest!

What good will it do you to provoke me? The consequence of provoking me is that you only provoke me once, because I have no power to fight back!
How about that? You punched a cotton ball, wasn't it warm?

Therefore, Duan Heyu cooperated and became the Duke of Anle, and was later taken back to Qingzhou by Cai Fu to enjoy a life of leisure.

After that, Cai Fu sat on the throne of the Dali Kingdom and ordered his many valiant generals to massacre the resistance forces.

After their victories against the Liao and Jin dynasties, Cai Fu's valiant generals were practically unstoppable in the Dali Kingdom.

Li Shufu's Miao soldiers were also ruthless and vicious, showing no mercy to their own family; anyone who dared to disobey them would be killed...

Soon, no one dared to disagree.

At first, there were only surrendered soldiers from the Dali Kingdom and Miao soldiers from Li Shufu, but later Han Shizhong also brought his troops.

It turned the tiny Dali Kingdom upside down...

However, although the Dali Kingdom had only 300 million people, its territory was much larger than one might imagine.

Its territory includes the entire Yunnan Province, most of Guizhou Province, southwestern Sichuan Province, northern Bagan, Luang Prabang in Laos, and part of Annam.

Its territory covers an area of ​​72 square kilometers.

It should be noted that the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty was only 264 million square kilometers.

The situation worsened during the Southern Song Dynasty, when the area was reduced to only 176 million square kilometers.

In terms of territory, the Dali Kingdom was equivalent to a quarter of the Song Dynasty.

However, in terms of population, the Song Dynasty had a population of 1.26 million.

The Dali Kingdom was not even worth mentioning compared to the Song Dynasty, let alone the Qi Kingdom.

With 5,000 soldiers from Nanning, 30,000 soldiers from Huaixi, 30,000 surrendered soldiers from Dali, and 50,000 Miao soldiers under his command, Cai Fu was more than capable of ruling the Dali Kingdom.

Actually, Cai Fulai didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

The main reason is that Gao Taiming went all in on Nanning Prefecture; otherwise, it would have been really difficult to fight city by city.

In order to fully assimilate the Dali Kingdom, Cai Fu had no choice but to temporarily take up residence in Yangjumei City and mobilize troops from Qingzhou.

At this time, "Divine Steed" Ma Ling came in handy. He rode his flaming wheels from Tanzhou to Dali Kingdom to find Cai Fu.

He then followed Cai Fu's orders and returned to Qingzhou to transfer the soldiers and officers who were willing to develop in the southwest.

There were not many soldiers willing to come to the southwest to develop, about 20,000 in total. They were all men without parents, wives and children who wanted to come to the Dali Kingdom to find a second spring.

Generals such as Chen Da, Yang Chun, Lei Jiong, Ji Ji, Fei Zhen, Xue Can, Mei Yu, and Qin Ying also wanted to come to Dali Kingdom to broaden their horizons.

The army passed directly through the Song Dynasty, and no one dared to stop them.

While Cai Fu was digesting the Dali Kingdom and turning it into the southwestern corner of the Qi Kingdom, a major event occurred in the northern frontier.

……

Jin Kingdom, border region.

"We have received news that the King of Qi has fallen for the strategist's plan to lure him away from the mountain and has gone to the Dali Kingdom!" Jin Wuzhu wore a gold-inlaid elephant-trunk helmet, a bright red brocade embroidered robe, and a gold-inlaid dragon scale armor.

He rode a four-hoofed, snow-red dragon-horse, and held a golden sparrow axe with a dragon-tail and phoenix-head design.

Standing majestically before a vast army, his voice booming like a bell:
"We should seize this opportunity to launch a military campaign and sweep away the Liao Kingdom with overwhelming force!"

"Roar--"

Two hundred thousand Jin soldiers, plus eighteen thousand troops from the six kingdoms and three rivers, boasted a force of five hundred thousand, and shouted in unison!

Song Jiang was among them.

He brought several hundred veterans from Qizhou, and Jin Wuzhu allowed him to select several thousand Jin soldiers to make up a force of five thousand.

He was the young marshal of these five thousand men.

Behind him, to his left, were Wu Yong, Lei Heng, and Yue Zhen; to his right, were Chai Jin, Zhang Heng, and Yang Fan.

Li Kui, without a horse and barefoot, stood in front of Song Jiang's horse.

"Marshal Song Jiang will lead the vanguard!"

Jin Wuzhu immediately appointed his generals, and Song Jiang, overjoyed upon receiving the appointment, looked around:

"Brothers, our chance to finally hold our heads high has arrived!"

"Let's start by attacking the Liao Kingdom, and strive to have everyone achieve outstanding military exploits!"

Lei Heng, Zhang Heng, Yang Fan, and Li Kui were all eager to try their skills.

Although Qin Ming left, Song Jiang cleverly added Li Kui, who had mastered the "Mighty Vajra Leg," into the group.

So it's still the "New Eight Heroes of Liangshan".

Chai Jin was promoted to third, Lei Heng to fourth, Zhang Heng to fifth, and Li Kui cut in line to become sixth.

During his time in the Jin Kingdom, Li Kui earned a new nickname because he frequently practiced legwork with Jin soldiers:

Mighty Vajra Legs!
His new nickname became so popular that many people forgot his original name was "Black Whirlwind".

After a passionate speech, Jin Wuzhu pointed his riding whip towards Yanjing:
"Destination: Yanjing! Let's go!"

Song Jiang led 5,000 men as the vanguard.

The capital of the Liao Dynasty, Yanjing, is located near Guang'anmen, the capital of the 21st century.

It's a long way from Huanglongfu to Yanjing, but it's much closer from the border to Yanjing.

After entering Liao territory, the cavalry, led by Yang Fan and Yue Zhen, and the infantry, led by Lei Heng and Li Kui, advanced with unstoppable momentum and were invincible!
After all, in the original story, when Liangshan fought against the Liao Kingdom, all the leaders returned unharmed.

In terms of combat strength, the Liao Kingdom was actually inferior to the Southern Kingdom in this world.

Moreover, Song Jiang was leading Jin soldiers, and they fought all the way to Yanjing before stopping.

The strategist Wu Yong once again offered Song Jiang three strategies: superior, middle, and inferior. Song Jiang decisively chose the middle strategy.

He selected a thousand elite soldiers from his men and had them disguise themselves as villagers, herdsmen, traveling merchants, ruffians, and down-and-outs...

After infiltrating the city, they first lay low in places such as hotels, inns, teahouses, casinos, and brothels.

When the night was deep and quiet, and they heard that it was the fourth watch of the night, they suddenly launched an attack, seized the city gate, and lowered the drawbridge!

Song Jiang led four thousand men to wait outside the city. At the fourth watch of the night, they arrived at the city gate and stormed into the city!
After the Jin soldiers entered the city, they set fires in various parts of the city to create chaos and bolster their momentum...

The garrison in Yanjing was caught off guard by the surprise attack, and their camp inevitably broke up.

"Wa hahaha--"

Song Jiang stood atop the city gate tower, hands on his hips, laughing heartily:

If we capture Yanjing, I will be the one to deserve the greatest credit!
He will be ennobled and appointed prime minister in no time!
You, surnamed Cai, just you wait!

【Don’t worry, there’s more to come】

(End of this chapter)