Chapter 142 Heavy Cavalry Duel, Who Will Win?

Outside Zhuozhou City, inside the new army camp of the besieged imperial court.

In the Chinese army tent, the mighty General Wu Sanjia frowned, leaning slumped on his chair and looking at the empty tent ceiling, raising his hand to press his temples to relieve the headache.

At this time, seven days had passed since Wu Sanjia wrote a letter to Prime Minister Qin Ruhui to ask for military pay for his soldiers.

But it seems like everything has disappeared, with not even the slightest news.

"Report——"

"General General, Deputy General Zhao Kui wants to see you!"

At this time, there was a notification from the soldiers outside the big tent. It was deputy general Zhao Kui asking to see him.

"Let General Zhao come in!"

With that said, Wu Sanjia cheered up, put away the decadent and helpless expression on his face, and returned to his usual energetic appearance.

"General——"

Before Zhao Kui arrived, the voice came first.

"All the pensions distributed to the fallen soldiers in Mozhou City have been distributed, totaling 987,000 taels of silver. The remaining 13,000 taels of silver are all in the hands of the logistics and transportation officials."

As soon as he finished speaking, deputy general Zhao Kui came to Wu Sanjia's side and continued: "General, there are already low-level soldiers in the army talking about it;"

"Why are the widows of the fallen soldiers already receiving pensions from the imperial court? Why have their military rewards for the Battle of Mozhou and the arrears of wages from the imperial court been delayed in being paid?"

Eh--

After saying that, Zhao Kui sighed and said: "The general has issued an order that private discussion of military rewards and pay is strictly prohibited in the army!"

"However, it is better to defend the people's mouth than to defend the river. Strict orders and suppression alone are useless in this matter!"

Um!

Wu Sanjia, who was sitting in the center of the Chinese army's tent, just nodded and said after listening to Zhao Kui's report: "General Zhao, you handled this matter in a timely manner, very good!"

Zhao Kui's face looked a little ugly, but he couldn't help but finally asked: "General, what do Prime Minister Qin and the imperial court mean?"

"If they never regard us as human beings, why should we sacrifice our lives for them?"

"These 100,000 new tiger troops were personally recruited and trained by the general and the general. As long as the general gives an order, the general and his brothers will follow the general to the death!"

Although Zhao Kui's words did not explicitly indicate that he wanted to break away from the Daxin imperial court, his meaning was already very clear.

"General Zhao, please be patient!"

Wu Sanjia waved his hand, signaling Zhao Kui not to get excited.

Then he said: "The imperial court also has its own difficulties. The late emperor opened canals, went to Southeast Asia, and built mausoleums, and he has exhausted 70% of the national power;"

"Even if you are raising money, it still takes time!"

Zhao Kui said: "General, I know that it takes time to raise funds, but right now, what we, the new Huben Army, lack most is time!"

"Soldiers who have been owed wages and military rewards by the court for a long time, can you give us some time?"

"Can the Dragon City rebels in Zhuozhou City give us some time?"

With that said, Zhao Kui finally couldn't help himself and presented the intelligence he had just received from the scouts ahead to Wu Sanjia.

He lowered his voice and said: "General, this is the intelligence detected by the former army scouts under the general's command. Chang Yuchun, the leader of the Longcheng rebels, has ordered that a large army be mobilized from Youyun Prefecture to gather in Zhuozhou;"

"At this time, the number of Longcheng rebels in the entire Zhuozhou City has reached 350,000!"

"At this juncture, if there is a problem with the morale of our new Huben army, it will not be a question of whether we can win Zhuozhou and launch the Northern Expedition."

"But, will our new tiger army be eaten by the Dragon City rebels in the city?"

"What?"

After hearing this news, the mighty general Wu Sanjia, who was sitting in the big tent, could no longer sit still.

He suddenly stood up, snatched the military information detected by the scouts from Zhao Kui's hand, and quickly read through it at a glance.

After a long time, he asked with a serious face: "General Zhao, is this news reliable?"

Um!

Zhao Kui nodded solemnly and said: "There are scouts from our army lurking in Zhuozhou City!"

"In the past few days, there has been an abnormal mobilization of troops and horses in Zhuozhou City. Large armies under the banner of the Longcheng rebels have been entering the city from the south gate of Zhuozhou City."

"etc!"

Wu Sanjia waved his hand, a flash of light flashed in his deep eyes, and said sternly: "General, I always feel that something is wrong!"

"If it is true as reported by the former army scouts, there are currently 350,000 Longcheng rebels gathered in Zhuozhou City. Why doesn't the rebel leader Chang Yuchun take the initiative to go out of the city to fight with this general?"

"This general doesn't believe it. Chang Yuchunhui doesn't know that outside Zhuozhou City, there are only 100,000 new tiger troops besieging the city!"

Um?

Hearing this, Zhao Kui couldn't help but frown.

Yes, the strength of the 350,000 Dragon City rebels is more than three times that of the Huben New Army in the outer city.

Chang Yuchun, the leader of the rebel army, no matter how bad he was at leading troops in battle, how could he not even understand the principle of "attacking an enemy twice as much" as stated in the military manual?

As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be a monster.

The next moment, Wu Sanjia and Zhao Kui suddenly realized what they were thinking and said in unison:

"Dragon City Iron Pagoda!"

"Dragon City Iron Pagoda!"

The two of them suddenly realized that in the hands of the Dragon City rebels, there was also a super-heavy cavalry with both men and horses wearing heavy armor - Iron Buddha.

The number of soldiers and horses is exactly the same as that of the Tiefutu heavy cavalry in the new army of the imperial court. They are three thousand soldiers and horses!

The weapons and equipment of this heavy cavalry were all captured by the previous king Chen Polu when he defeated the Jin army's iron pagoda outside Zhuxian Town.

However, half of the heavy armor of the men and horses was secretly intercepted by Chen Polu.

It was not until Chen Huaian, the prince of Jin, rebelled in Longcheng and defeated the Yunhui army that the three thousand missing iron pagoda heavy equipment reappeared.

Moreover, it was with these three thousand heavy cavalry that Chen Huaian defeated the 300,000 Yunhui army.

He even went all the way north to destroy the Turkic country.

As for the combat effectiveness of the iron pagoda heavy cavalry, Wu Sanjia, who was the commander of the new Hu Ben army and commanded three thousand imperial iron pagodas, naturally knew it.

In the battle of Mozhou, Wu Sanjia was able to defeat Chang Yuchun, and this iron pagoda used as a surprise force played an indispensable role.

Including why Chang Yuchun, the chief general of the rebel army who now has 350,000 heavy troops, still stays in the city and dares not confront the 100,000 new Hu Ben troops besieging the city.

Perhaps, he is also afraid of the battlefield dominance and deterrence of the 3,000 Iron Buddha heavy cavalry in Wu Sanjia's hands.

However, once the rebel leader Chen Huaian leads 3,000 Dragon City Iron Buddhas to rush to Zhuozhou City, the battlefield advantage of Wu Sanjia and the new Hu Ben troops will be wiped out in an instant.

At that time, 350,000 Dragon City rebels will face 100,000 new Hu Ben troops.

Who will win is a clear thing!

When Wu Sanjia thought of this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.