Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 199: A Fight to the Death

The battle between Liu Huai and Tu Danzhang was actually a bit ugly.

The speed of both men's horses almost stopped, and they remained seated only to maintain altitude and ensure mobility.

No matter how human-like a warhorse is, it is not a human being and cannot be proficient in all kinds of maneuvers, so the battle between Liu Huai and Tu Danzhang turned into a turn-based one.

You hit me and I block it, I hit you and I block it.

This wasn't their fault, as both Liu Huai and Tu Danzhang were confident in their own strength. Based on past experience, if they swung a heavy weapon in a circle, even if you were heavily armored and tried to block, you would still be knocked to the ground in one round.

But at this time, the two met their match.

Liu Huai was also surprised. The strength of the guy opposite him was something he had never seen before. After fighting for such a long time, he could still swing the axe with great vigor.

But Tu Danzhang was not surprised, but horrified.

He knew that Liu Huai had a nickname that was feared in parts of Shandong Province, but weren't nicknames usually exaggerated these days?

What's Feihuzi? There's even a guy called Popotian around Yishui County! He's never been seen poking the sky.

But once they started fighting, Tu Dan Zhang suddenly realized that Fei Hu Zi was so powerful.

As the bravest warrior of the Wuxing Army, he was suppressed so badly that he could only hold on and didn't even dare to leave the battle, for fear that Feihuzi would catch up with him and kill him from behind.

If the two continue to fight like this, Tu Danzhang will definitely be defeated, but there is a high possibility that he will escape in panic.

But neither Liu Huai nor Tu Danzhang had expected that it would be the armored cavalry of the Loyal Army who would be the first to leave the battlefield and risk their lives to assist their own general in the melee.

Tu Danzhang had just used all his strength to block the chopping knife when he felt a force coming from his waist, which almost made him fall off his horse. In horror, he ignored the numbness and slight trembling of his arms, crossed the long axe, and smashed it hard to the side with the axe handle.

The axe handle hit Chen Wen right in the face. His head tilted back at a dangerous angle. It was unknown how many teeth were knocked out, and his mouth was full of blood mixed with broken teeth.

However, even with such injuries, Chen Liulang still held Tu Danzhang's belt tightly with both hands.

Tu Danzhang was both shocked and angry. Just as he was about to kick the other party in the heart, he saw a long knife coming towards him.

"Die!" Liu Huai roared with a ferocious look on his face.

Tu Danzhang wanted to raise the axe to resist, but because he had just hit Chen Wenben, he used the wrong strength. The axe had just been raised above his head, and before he could use his magic power, a huge force came from his arms, and he couldn't hold the axe at all, and it fell to the ground.

Although the speed of the long sword in Liu Huai's hand slowed down slightly, it still hit Tu Danzhang's helmet with unstoppable force.

Tu Shanzhang felt as if a water and land Taoist temple had opened in his head, with chimes, cymbals and gongs ringing at the same time. His nose felt sour and his mouth tasted sweet. He could no longer control his body and was pulled off his horse by Chen Wenben, who had fallen into a semi-comatose state.

Before Liu Huai had time to deal with this person, he heard a crazy cheer behind him. When he turned around, he saw Zhang Baiyu holding a steel spear in his right hand and the Meng'an flag he had just snatched in his left hand, waving it in all directions and sweeping around.

The fighting was so intense that they even ignored their own leader's flag.

The fall of Meng'an's flag and the fall of Tu Danzhang's horse did not cause the Jin army, which was considered the elite in the world, to collapse. On the contrary, most of the Wuxing Army's armored cavalry fighting on the battlefield were shocked and angry, and rushed towards the center of the battle group, where the Meng'an flag was previously located.

Even more anxious than the ordinary Jin soldiers were the marching Moukes.

According to the Jin army's military law of beheading the whole team, if the marching generals An Tu and Shan Zhang died in battle and they were able to return alive, they would also be subject to military law and be executed by the execution squad's ghost-head knife!

No matter what the other armies of the Jin Kingdom did, the "Break the Team and Execute" policy would definitely be implemented in the Wuxing Army! Even if Meng Tianzhenguo was willing to wipe out the First Meng'an officer and deplete his combat effectiveness, he would still be subject to military law!
The marching Moukes began to take the lead and fight desperately. Puliyan (fifty-man captain), who was their direct subordinate, also stood up and led the others, from squad leaders to ordinary armored cavalry, all of them rushed towards the center of the battlefield.

This is the advantage of the team-beating attack. Theoretically speaking, after the commander-in-chief of the Jin army starts to fight desperately, under layers of suppression, everyone will also start to fight desperately!
But the team-killing method also has its shortcomings.

Just like during the Jing Kang period, Yue Fei captured a marching Meng'an alive from the midst of thousands of troops, which directly caused a thousand-man Jin army to lose the courage to attack.

Now, just because Tu Danzhang fell, almost all the Jin troops gave up their respective tactical goals and turned around to rescue their own marching troops.

No one tried to stop Pang Rugui who was chasing from the south, and no one tried to delay Wang Xiongyi who was pressing in from the north, allowing these eight hundred spearmen to further encircle them.

The Jin army simply escalated the intensity of the armored cavalry melee.

"Kill the thief!"

"Look left and right!"

"Follow the flag!"

"push!"

“Push forward!”

Long spears like a forest, advancing from all sides.

Some Jin soldiers realized something was wrong and wanted to turn around and break out, but because their commander was caught in the melee between armored cavalry, they were unable to escape for a while.

The scattered movements of a few or dozens of cavalrymen did not even have the space to turn around in front of the spear array composed of dozens of long spears. Their horses were stabbed to the ground, and the armored cavalrymen were easily pinned to the ground, their helmets were removed, and their throats were cut.

Wang Xiongyi personally led dozens of swordsmen and shieldmen, shuttling through the gaps in the spear formations. From time to time, he suddenly rushed forward to stop the Jin army's armored cavalry who had lost control and pulled them off their horses.

Like peeling an apple with a fruit knife, the light soldiers with spears easily separated the outer Jin troops from the main formation bit by bit and quickly strangled them on the spot.

In the center of the battle group. "Captain Shidun! Where is Shi Lalie?"

In the chaotic battle situation, Wanyan Mougui, who retreated from the south, rushed into the battlefield with a dozen armored cavalry. After seeing the stone pier leader, he hurriedly asked about the whereabouts of another marching Mouke.

"Dead!" The stone pier leader's left arm drooped, as if he had been seriously injured and had no strength left. However, he still gritted his teeth and replied, "I saw it with my own eyes half an hour ago. This guy got hit hard on the head. Half of his helmet was dented, and his head was smashed into his neck."

"Nahegen and Baguliangsun are nowhere to be found! But their banners were cut down. I saw it clearly!" Wanyan Mougui conveyed the information he knew to the other side: "This battle can't be fought. Take it down quickly."

The stone pier leader also became anxious: "That Jiaguyuan guy..."

"I'm here!"

Jia Guyuan was in an equally awkward situation. The personal guards behind him fought desperately to block the sudden attack of the Loyal Army's armored cavalry, but they still couldn't stop the Flying Tiger flag from approaching quickly. On the other side, the flag embroidered with the white fish symbol was quickly intertwined, as if to surround and block them.

"Where's General Tushan? Has he been rescued?"

The personal guards around Shi Dunzhang also fell one after another. He had made up his mind that no matter whether his own Meng'an was rescued or not, he would run away first.

"No! I've already seen the general, but I didn't expect Fei Huzi to be there too. He's gathered dozens of cavalry and is charging at us. I can't resist them at all." Jia Guyuan shouted back, "Let's go! This is a trap! This battle is a trap, and the general has fallen into it. Now Fei Huzi is using the general as bait. If we don't leave, we'll all be trapped too!"

These words were not only spoken to Shidunzhang, but also to Wanyan Mougui.

And sure enough, after hearing this, Wanyan Mougui also reined in his horse and turned around.

"My Mouke has just joined the battle and still has some strength. I will be the vanguard and break out." Wanyan Mougui shouted loudly: "Return to Yishui County!"

Without waiting for the other two to reply, Wanyan Mougui charged out with his trusted armored cavalrymen, followed closely by Shidunchang and Jiaguyuan.

The fighting Jin army saw that Meng'an Mouke's flags were either cut down or simply retreated to the periphery, and their morale was immediately discouraged, and they made their own choices.

Some Jin troops fought with the Loyal Army, creating conditions for their comrades to escape.

Some Jin soldiers launched a desperate attack on the loyal army with the mentality of killing one to break even and killing two to make a profit.

But more of the Wuxing Army's armored cavalry were completely panicked and completely defeated.

After these scattered armored cavalry broke away from the battle group, they faced the spear formation in front of them and the pursuers behind them.

Wanyan Mougui's eyes were bloodshot. At this point, whether for his own sake or to open a way of survival for his men behind him, he had no choice but to do it.

"Come on!"

Wanyan Mougui roared, then took the lead and rushed towards the gun formation.

"Kill!" The armored cavalry following behind him also knew the key point, and shouted loudly, driving their tired war horses, with Wanyan Mougui as the spearhead, following closely behind, and charging forward.

"Halt! Stop!"

"Hold on the gun!"

"Front row, squat!"

"Second row, third row, release your spears!"

The four spear formations of fifty men in front of them stopped and gathered together, pointing their spears directly at the armored cavalry of the Jin army who were pushing their horses to the extreme speed.

As if they knew the outcome, both sides shouted at the top of their lungs.

Wanyan Mougui only pushed away three spears, and the warhorse under his crotch was pierced through the neck, but his speed was too fast, so even though the warhorse was dead, it still had great potential energy.

Several spearheads broke in the horse's chest, and Wanyan Mougui was thrown out with his horse. After knocking down three or four people in the gun array, he had no time to react and was trampled to death by the friendly troops behind him.

Jia Guyuan took over the charge, but was recognized as an officer by a light soldier with a spear who rushed out at an angle and stabbed him off his horse with a spear.

The injured captain Shidun saw that the gun array had not been broken through and the Flying Tiger flag behind him had caught up. After hesitating for a moment, he threw away his weapon and knelt down to surrender.

The flag bearer behind him holding the Wuque flag representing the marching army was stunned when he saw this, but he ignored the others who followed suit and abandoned their troops and surrendered. Instead, he turned around with the flag and launched a desperate charge against the armored cavalry of the Loyal Army.

The flag bearer was quickly beheaded on the spot, and the flag became a trophy of the Loyalist Army.

The stone pier leader looked back at the scene, feeling ashamed and guilty, but ultimately it was difficult for him to commit suicide. He just lay on the ground and covered his face with the blood-stained yellow earth.

At this point, the last organized armored cavalry unit of the First Meng'an of the Wuxing Army was annihilated.

"Long live!"

Cheers replaced the shouts and screams on the battlefield.

After suffering more than 200 casualties, the Zhongyi Army cut off the outstretched claws of the Wuxing Army and took the initiative on the battlefield.

　Lingxuzi passed it in one go.

　　The main credit goes to Guangzhi.

　　His flame sword technique makes me feel that this guy has
　　
　
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