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If the Tang Empire won, it would say to its opponents: "You damn well behave yourself in the future, or be careful that I wipe out your entire clan. Pay tribute obediently every year!"

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Chapter 468 The Battle Between Yue Fei and Wanyan Wushu

Wang Gui's central army consisted of 30,000 heavy cavalry from the Song Dynasty.

Clearly, the infantry was designed to counter Wanyan Wuzhu's Iron Pagoda.

Heavy cavalry were used for annihilation warfare.

In fact, after defeating the Tangut Iron Falcons, the Song army developed a set of tactics specifically for dealing with heavily armored cavalry.

Yue Fei's task was still very heavy. Zhong Shidao gave him three months. Within three months, he had to take Fengzhou and break through the Jin Kingdom's western front.

A month has now passed, and Yue Fei only has two months left.

After deploying his troops, two days later, Yue Fei's central army packed up their camp and continued their advance.

Zhang Cai led 50,000 Beiwei troops to detour from the left, while Yang Zaixing led 50,000 vanguard troops to detour from the right.

Their mission was to contain Wanyan Wuzhu's left and right flanks, ensuring that the central army would not be attacked by the enemy when attacking the city or confronting Wanyan Wuzhu head-on.

The grasslands in April have shed their chill, and the winds blowing in carry a touch of warmth.

With Yue Fei's army only a hundred miles away from Fengcheng, spies from both sides became more active, sending military intelligence to their respective commanders at all times.

Wanyan Wushu sat in his commander's mansion in Fengcheng. After reviewing Yue Fei's latest deployment, he found that, as he had predicted, Yue Fei had divided his troops to contain his left and right wings in order to ensure the smooth advance of the central army.

This was the situation Wanyan Wushu wanted. Yue Fei needed to contain his left and right flanks, so he had to send out cavalry.

Wanyan Wushu was very confident in his cavalry. It was a consensus within the Jin state that the Song people were not good at cavalry warfare, and were at least much weaker than the Jin.

Now Yue Fei has divided his forces into cavalry, intending to use the infantry in the central army to attack the city. How naive!

"Yue Fei, the most capable general in the Song Dynasty, I want to see just how capable you are, daring to use infantry to fight against my Iron Pagoda!"

Wanyan Wushu laughed: "This battle will be a blood sacrifice with your head!"