"By the way, have you found Baoyu's whereabouts?" Jia Shidao asked casually.
Liao Yingzhong broke out in a cold sweat. "We made an important breakthrough. We should be able to find Young Master's whereabouts soon."
Jia Shidao snorted. "It's fine if Baoyu is safe, but if anything happens to him, I'll make those who went after him regret ever being born."
Liao Yingzhong smiled bitterly. "It's not just his people who went after him. Those who went after Young Master might not have a good ending either."
Meanwhile, Song QingShu and Taitish were riding at top speed with their personal guards. Finally, they found the scattered and loyal troops. When they saw Song QingShu, they couldn't help but burst into laughter and said, "Marshal Du has come at the right time!"
Taj-kis imitated Tang Kuo's tone and replied, "General Fu destroyed the main force of the Northern Expedition of the Kingdom of Song in a day. Even the ancient Han Bai Wei Huo was no match for him."
"General Du, you flatter me." Fu San Zhongyi laughed. "Li Ruyi is just a chicken and a dog. I'm more proud of my other prey than the troops that defeated him."
Song Qingshu's heart skipped a beat. He immediately pricked up his ears to listen. Taj-kis knew what he was thinking and asked for him, "General, have you caught Guo Jing?"
"Not yet." Fu San Zhongyi pointed into the distance. "But we have found them. They are now stationed between those two mountains." Guo Jing only had a few hundred cavalrymen under his command. Fu San Zhongyi had more than ten times the number of cavalrymen under his command. Now that he had caught his prey, it wouldn't be long before he was caught.
"Oh?" Taj-kis wanted to stand on a high place and look, but Fu San Zhongyi stopped her.
"General, be careful. Guo Jing was once a student of Jebe. The legend of the Condor Shooting Hero is still spreading in the grassland. A few of our sentries were shot down by his arrows while they were standing on high ground." Fu San Zhongyi wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. He had defeated the Song army and was about to capture Guo Jing. He had done a great job. However, if something were to happen to Tang Kuo, all of his previous efforts would go to waste.
"I see." Taj-kis was also a little scared. Guo Jing's archery skills had been widely known in the martial world. "If there were no sentries watching, would we have let him go free?"
Fu San Zhongyi gazed at the space between the two mountains. "That's why I'm planning to send someone to attack."
Song Qingshu furrowed his brows and transmitted his voice to Taj-tish. Taj-tish then asked on his behalf, "Now that we can't see the actual situation clearly, wouldn't it be too dangerous to rush in recklessly?"
Fu San Zhongyi laughed and said, "Marshal is worrying too much. The Han people have a saying, 'even the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice'. No matter how powerful Guo Jing is, he only has a few hundred cavalrymen under him. No matter what he does, he cannot change the situation." After that, he waved his flag and ordered a deputy general to lead 2,000 cavalrymen to charge toward the enemy camp.
Hearing the rumbling in the air and feeling the tremors of the earth, Song Qingshu couldn't help but sigh. As expected of the Iron Cavalry that once roamed the Central Plains. Although they had deteriorated over the years, he could still vaguely see the shadow of the army that used to defeat the hundreds of thousands of Liao soldiers with just 10,000 to 20,000 cavalrymen.
Fu San Zhongyi had a look of approval on his face. Clearly, he was very satisfied with the charge of his subordinates. But soon, the smile on his face froze. He noticed that the Song army had suddenly fired thousands of arrows, causing the charging cavalrymen to fall into chaos.
"How is this possible!" Fu San Zhongyi suddenly took a few steps forward and looked in that direction in shock. "This … this is the archery of the Mongolian cavalry. How did these Song barbarians learn it?"
Song Qingshu also had the same doubts. If the Southern Song soldiers had this ability, they would not have been bullied by the Liao, Jin and Mongols. If they were faced with the Mongolian cavalry, they would not have been so careless and charged forward without any preparation.
"It must be Guo Jing who taught them this." Fu San Zhongyi quickly understood. Guo Jing was after all a former commander of the Mongolian army. It was normal for him to know about cavalry and archery. "Hmph, when it comes to cavalry and archery, we have been living on horseback since we were young. Why would we be afraid of you? Give the order, fire at each other! "
Actually, there was no need for him to give the order. General Yuanjin had already ordered his subordinates to take out their bows and arrows and start firing back. But what was shocking was that while the arrows were raining down, their counterattack was sparse. In fact, many of the arrows did not even reach the enemy camp.
"What the hell is going on!" Fu San Zhongyi was instantly enraged and couldn't help but curse. They had always been proud of their cavalry and looked down on the weak Song soldiers. But now, they were being taught a lesson by the enemy in their superior territory. No one would be in a good mood.
A general at the side whispered, "Our bowstrings are mainly made from the tendons of animals. The Song's bowstrings are made from silk. That's why our bows are afraid of water and the Song's bows are afraid of the cold. It just so happens that it has been raining for the past few days …"
Even though he didn't finish his sentence, everyone present understood. Their bowstrings had been soaked by the rain, causing their elasticity to be greatly reduced. Now that they were in Jianghuai and the cold wasn't that bad, the Song's bows and arrows were naturally not affected.
Fu San Zhongyi smiled bitterly. The continuous rain these past few days had made him proud that he had made use of the weather to flood the Song army in Suzhou. But now, it had become a disadvantage for them.
Seeing his charging cavalry being shot down, Fu San Zhongyi's face twitched. His heart was bleeding and he couldn't help but roar, "Even though it wasn't the Iron Buddhas who charged this time, they are also heavily armored. Even the Mongols might not be able to shoot them down. Why can't they take a single arrow from the Song army?"
During his time in the Jin Kingdom, Song QingShu learned that the most elite cavalry of the Jin Army was the Iron Buddhas, which were heavily armored from head to toe. They were used to crush enemies head-on. Then there were the cavalry horses on the flanks, which could make full use of their high mobility and great impact when charging in groups.
They were used to outflank the enemy before launching a surprise attack.
There were two types of horses. One type was lightly armed and used for flanking ambushes. The other type was heavily armed and used to charge and break through enemy lines. The one that had just charged was of this type. That was why they couldn't win against the Song army. Other than the weather affecting the performance of their bows, this type of cavalry was also good at charging and not good at riding and shooting. The general just mentioned the weather was probably to protect Fu San Zhongyi's face. After all, he was the one who gave the order.
"This range, this power. Could it be the Southern Song Dynasty's Divine Bow?" One of the generals said uncertainly. As soon as he said this, the temperature dropped. The Song Dynasty's Divine Bow had made the Jin suffer a lot over the years. There were many old generals who had followed King Liang and Wanyan Zongbi in the past. The memory of being shot down by the Song Dynasty's Divine Bow in Shaanxi was still fresh in their minds.
"The Divine Bow can be equipped on cavalry?" Fu San Zhongyi felt that what he had encountered today was beyond his knowledge.
"Maybe the Song modified it a little," someone guessed.
"Marshal and General, don't worry. The Song army is small. Even if they developed a Divine Bow that can be equipped on cavalry, it won't change the situation." Another general saw Fu San Zhongyi and Tang Kuo Bian's grim expressions and hurriedly explained.
At this moment, the sound of drums suddenly came from the opposite side. Guo Jing took the lead and led a group of cavalry to charge over while the Jin army was in chaos.
Fu San Zhongyi's expression changed greatly, and he hurriedly passed down one order after another, commanding the other troops to charge forward and save the troops that had been injured. He knew that even though there were more than two thousand cavalry that had tried to probe the Song army, if they did nothing in this situation, they would most likely be wiped out by the enemy.
However, by the time the other troops arrived, it was already a little too late. The troops that had tried to test the Jin army had suffered heavy losses. When Guo Jing saw the Jin army rushing over, he withdrew in time. The Jin cavalry tried to chase after him, but the Jin army retreated while shooting at them from behind, making them miserable.
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