Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

Li Kui saw that someone still dared to kill Zhao Yuan.

Shout loudly,

He charged forward wielding his battle axe.

Li Kui charged forward,

This led to the formation.

Hua Rong was afraid that Li Kui might be in trouble.

They had no choice but to send their troops to meet them.

Chapter 1788 Charge!

Although Li Kui was the first to charge,

But two legs can never outrun four.

Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie, who were moving later, all managed to get ahead of him.

Sun An welcomed Zhang Jinren.

Fang Jie greeted Gao Keli, who had just calmed his warhorse.

Shi Bao, however, charged towards a general he did not recognize.

The battle has just begun.

Shouts of battle erupted from both sides of the camp.

Startled, the attacking troops turned and fled.

Sun An and Zhang Jinren fought for only a few rounds.

With his left hand, he used his sword to deflect Zhang Jinren's steel spear.

The right hand swung the sword fiercely.

A fine head then shot into the sky.

Gao Keli witnessed Zhang Jinren's tragic death.

He turned his horse and tried to escape.

But Fang Jie caught up with him from behind.

He was knocked off his horse with a single thrust of his halberd.

Shi Bao's Wind-Splitting Blade, capable of cleaving through gold and jade, was invincible.

Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie specifically targeted and killed enemy generals.

Li Kui, however, did not care about meat or vegetables.

He would kill anyone he hit.

Although they were all killing low-ranking soldiers.

But they were covered in blood from the killing.

Like a demon.

wherever you go,

The troops from Jiangnan retreated in droves.

His power and influence were even greater than those of Sun An and the other two.

Under the cover of three columns of troops in the camp, they launched a surprise attack.

The night raiding troops did not hold out for long.

They were all driven out of the camp.

Shi Bao was the first to arrive at the camp gate.

Just as he reined in his horse,

Just then, Li Kui rushed past from the side.

They charged out of the camp, shouting in a panic.

"King Liang has ordered that no one should pursue or kill anyone outside the camp."

Li Kui heard Shi Bao shout,

Only then did he reluctantly retreat.

Although the Liang army did not pursue them.

But the defeated soldiers still dared not linger.

They escaped from the main camp.

They fled in disarray, abandoning their armor and weapons.

Before I could even catch my breath,

Then a cannon shot rang out from the flank.

A troop of soldiers suddenly charged out from the side.

The troops lying in ambush outside the camp were Shi Wengong's men.

They defeated the routed soldiers, who had lost their armor and weapons, in a single encounter.

They were killed and scattered, fleeing in all directions.

Shi Wengong did not pursue the matter relentlessly.

After scattering the defeated soldiers, they withdrew and returned to camp.

...

The general commanding troops in Tonglu County, Muzhou, was none other than Lü Shinang.

After assassinating Fang Baihua, he seized power.

They also gained access to more than a dozen prefectures during the severe drought.

It was even more powerful than Fang La was at the time.

However, Lü Shinang did not declare himself king.

Instead, he was called General Pingnan.

Lü Shinang did not become complacent.

He knew that his troops were not as strong as Fang La's original rebel army.

Fang La's main rebel army consisted of Manichaeans trained in secret.

The leaders of the sect, such as Wang Yin, Shi Bao, Deng Yuanjue, Fang Qifo, and Fang Jie, were all brave enough to fight ten thousand men.

Fang La initially divided his troops into two routes.

The plan is to use the Northern Route Army to unify the Jiangnan East Route.

Then they faced off against Tong Guan's troops.

Therefore, the elite troops of the sect were all placed in the Northern Route Army.

The twelve Jiangnan gods assigned to him were all second-rate figures in the sect.

He later swept through more than a dozen prefectures and cities.

Although it also recruited some heroes

However, there were no fierce generals comparable to Shi Bao and Deng Yuanjue.

His military strength was inferior to Fang La's.

Fang La was inferior to the Western Army.

The Western Army is inferior to that of the Great Liang.

Therefore, when Lü Shinang heard that Daliang had sent troops south,

They quickly mobilized 300,000 troops to Muzhou to prepare for resistance against the Great Liang.

The new recruits under Lü Shinang were even inferior to those of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Some generals in the Southern Song Dynasty knew how to train troops.

However, most of Lü Shinang's subordinates were Manichaeans.

He was skilled at fire worship and praying to the gods.

They were amateurs when it came to training troops.

However, Lü Shinang was also more fortunate than the Southern Song Dynasty.

The Jiangnan Bureau, established by Li Li, was mainly active on both sides of the Yangtze River.

The prefectures of the Southern Song Dynasty were located near the Yangtze River.

Therefore, it was heavily infiltrated by the Jiangnan Bureau.

Under the instigation of spies,

The new recruits from Jiangnan collapsed without a fight.

Lü Shinang's territory was further south.

The Jiangnan Bureau's influence hasn't infiltrated yet.

Therefore, the situation of Lü Shinang's troops.

He's better than Zong Ze.

When 300,000 troops assembled in Muzhou

Not many people fled.

However, after the Great Liang swept away the Southern Song Dynasty with the force of an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves,

The number of deserters under Lü Shinang's command began to increase steadily.

Lü Shinang could only close his camp tightly.

We eagerly await the arrival of the Liang army.

A decisive battle.

When the scout came to report...

When the Liang army had already set up camp twenty miles outside the city,

Lü Shinang then summoned his generals to discuss the matter.

Finally, they sent 50,000 troops in a night raid.

Twenty thousand veterans and thirty thousand new recruits.

If successful,

Enough to utterly defeat the Liang army,

Even if he fails, he still has over 200,000 troops.

It won't affect the overall situation.

After the night raiding troops left the city,

Lü Shinang was also unable to sleep.

I've been waiting all night for good news.

He would even occasionally pray to a deity he didn't really believe in.

Even if the entire army sent out is wiped out, it will not affect the overall situation.

However, if the night raid fails...

He simply lacked the confidence to defeat the King of Liang in a direct confrontation.