Late night when staying in Wengcheng.
Just when Song Che was sleeping, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Nangong Yue's urgent voice came from outside the door:
"Boss, General Jiang asked you to go to Beiying quickly, saying that there is important military information!"
Song Che hurriedly sat up. At this juncture, anything could change unexpectedly. He didn't dare to delay at all, wrapped up his clothes and left the room.
Come to the military camp.
All the ministries gathered together, and at the foot of the hall was a barbarian who was tied up and beaten until his face was covered in blood.
"What happened?" Song Che asked.
Jiang Yuntian kicked the Hu man over and angrily said, "This guy was disguised as a herdsman and wandered outside our military camp. Fortunately, the outpost soldiers caught him with their sharp eyes. He is probably a spy of the Hu people."
Song Che couldn't help but frown. The spies had appeared, which meant that the enemy was not far away.
"This guy is a tough guy. He won't open his mouth no matter how hard he beats him."
Jiang Yuntian said and was about to kick him again. Song Che pulled him back and sighed: "Even if you beat him to death, he won't say anything, so why waste your energy."
He stretched out his hand and said, "Knife."
Nangong Yue handed over a short knife.
Song Che walked up to the spy with a short knife, waved it in front of him, and asked softly: "Are you afraid?"
The spy said firmly: "If you want to kill or behead me, please do as you please!"
"Okay, you have backbone, and you can speak Mandarin, so I won't kill you." Song Che cut the rope around the spy with a knife.
The spy was visibly surprised.
All the generals drew their swords and gathered around.
"Hey, he has been beaten like this by you, can he still jump up and resist?" Song Che waved his hand, and the generals put away their swords and retreated, but they also held the handles of their swords and stared at the spies without blinking.
"You were caught at the outpost, so you must not have gotten any information, right? So, how about we make a deal? I'll tell you our information, and you tell me your information," Song Che paused and then said :
"Of course, information needs to be exchanged at equal value. As a scout, you will definitely not have access to any high-level secrets."
The spy was even more surprised.
"If you don't speak, it will be taken as your acquiescence. So to show sincerity, I will go first," Song Che said: "Our army has taken Wengcheng, the guard Hazai has been beheaded, and all 60,000 soldiers and horses have been killed." Subdue the law; our army has 500,000 troops, and we have two camps in the east and west, and we will continue to advance westwards in the day after tomorrow at the latest."
After speaking, he looked at the spy: "This information is not secret. Sooner or later, the battle between the two armies will become clear in the future. There is no need to hide it."
The spy hesitated for a moment and then said: "Our 600,000-strong army of the Hu State has entered Chitong City and will come to attack you tomorrow. If you know who I am—"
"Shut up!"
Song Che scolded, "You are a spy, not a general or an envoy. You have no right to speak harshly! It's like buying and selling a product. You can introduce its quality, but you can't force customers to buy it. Do you understand?"
The spy's cheeks flushed.
Song Che pointed at Jiang Yuntian next to him: "This is the commander-in-chief of our army. His name is Jiang Yuntian. Who is your barbarian general?"
The spy said loudly: "He is the most heroic, fearless, and invincible general Chacai in our Hu country!"
Guess?
Okay, great, it’s him.
Song Che didn't ask any more questions, and asked someone to fetch Hazai's head, put it in a wooden box and brocade cloth, and handed it to the spies: "You take this thing back to Chitong City and give it to Chachai, and say it's Song Che’s gift to him.”
Afterwards, the spies were blindfolded and expelled from the camp.
Song Che moved to the desk, pointed out the location of "Chitong" on the map, and said: "This city is about eighty miles away from us. It can be reached by a large army in a day's march. If it is a light cavalry, it only takes half a mile." At this time, regardless of whether what the spy said is true or not, the Hu army must be very close to us. Let the outposts keep a close eye tonight to beware of enemy night attacks."
"Do you think they really have an army of 600,000?" Jiang Yuntian asked.
Song Che shook his head and smiled: "I also told him that we have 500,000, but in fact we only have 300,000. If we don't count the logistical supplies, there are only 120,000 to 30,000 who can actually go to the battlefield. Hu's military strength will definitely be greater than We should have more troops. After all, this is their land, but we will never have more than 200,000 available troops."
"The enemy general Chacha is the stupid big guy who raised the cauldron with one arm at the Jinling Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the past?" Jiang Yuntian asked.
"Yes, it's this bastard who bullied me a lot when we were in Dadu, Hu State. He even injured Yue'er. I'm just waiting for my brother to take out this bad breath on my behalf!"
"I am the only one who can kill a general in battle!"
"To kill these Hu slaves, why does the commander need to take action? We are already hungry and thirsty with our spears and swords!"
"Okay! Whoever can kill the enemy general tomorrow will be credited with the first achievement!"
…
In the second half of the night, it is Yinshi.
Our scouts also detected the military situation and found out that the Hu army had entered Chitong. Song Che immediately ordered the entire army to set up stoves to make food and set off for Chitong at three o'clock.
The enemy troops only entered Chitong in the early morning, which means they have been marching in a hurry all the way. At this moment, they are tired. However, Liang Jun has just won the battle after a night's rest, and his morale is high - the enemy is tired and we are strong, which is a fighting opportunity!
At dawn, the scouts from the front came to report. As expected, the enemy had led his troops out of the city and was actively approaching Liang Jun.
This is an encounter!
When the sky was getting brighter, the enemy's figures gradually emerged, and the heavy armored cavalry swept over like a black wave.
"Brother Jiang, this encounter is a tough one. You must be careful. Just repel them. Don't pursue them." Song Che warned before the battle.
Jiang Yuntian said confidently and continued to advance with the horse and infantry, while Song Che stayed behind the formation and divided the two hundred artillery pieces into two wings, waiting for the enemy to approach the shooting range.
"preparation!"
"Refill the ammo!"
Song Che held a telescope in one hand and a musket in the other. When the opponent's cavalry was less than five miles away from the artillery array:
"Snapped!"
"fire!"
The artillerymen received the order and fired in unison.
"Rumble..."
The deafening sound of artillery completely kicked off the encounter.
No matter how elite the heavy cavalry is, it can still block swords, but it is completely vulnerable to artillery shells. This was fully demonstrated during the battle with Dijon. A single artillery hit was torn into pieces and the men were knocked over.
After several rounds of shelling, the enemy suffered hundreds of casualties, but the Hu people were more brave than the Dijon people. Even though they suffered heavy casualties, they still continued to fight!
When the enemy was less than half a mile away from the front of the formation, the artillery bombardment stopped, and Liang Jun's front row fired cross-fire with strong bows, hard crossbows, and muskets. In a matter of seconds, they shot down hundreds of enemy cavalry!
"Horse infantry! Charge with me!"
When Jiang Yuntian encountered the enemy, he drew his sword, reined in his horse, and led the Daliang cavalry to charge.
"Kill!"
The sound of killing shook the sky and colored the world!
