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

Chapter 250 Suddenly Seeing the Blade Ringing in the Wind
Unlike spearmen, the school swordsmen couldn't form dense formations, relying on their comrades to form a dense forest of spears to intimidate the enemy. As a slashing weapon, the mazar swords in the hands of school swordsmen were long and heavy, requiring ample space to swing. This meant that when charging into battle, school swordsmen were likely to face a one-on-many situation.

The Ma Zha knife is indeed unstoppable when it is spinning at high speed, but once the strength slows down, it may be quickly surrounded and killed.

This business is not for the brave.

In fact, Wei Sheng's personal guards were treated almost the same as the armored cavalry in all aspects. Whether it was the land they were allocated, or the rewards and rations they received, they were all at the top level in the entire army. Moreover, they did not have to raise a delicate main battle horse. It could be said that they lived a more comfortable life than the armored cavalry.

All the kindness and preferential treatment are for the purpose of enabling the knifemen to move forward at this moment and crush everything that dares to stand in their way.

Without testing each other or waiting for long-range support, the school swordsmen threw a round of short spears and then followed Liu Huai directly and fought forward.

Both sides were heavily armored infantrymen, and both should have been killers on the battlefield. However, both sides had heavy weapons that could penetrate armor. The two sides fought in a mess, and the battlefield quickly became boring.

Whether it is a heavy machete, a mace, or a crescent-shaped sword, after hitting the enemy with all strength, the opponent's armor may still be intact, but the body will inevitably have broken bones and tendons. If it hits the head, even if the helmet is intact, the soldier's neck will certainly not be able to withstand such a heavy blow and will be broken instantly.

However, wielding such a heavy weapon was too strenuous. Moreover, Wu Xingjun had just fought a fierce battle to break through the spear array. The arms of the spearhead warriors were already somewhat weak. In the battle with the swordsmen, they were almost instantly at a disadvantage.

But Wu Xingjun was somewhat ferocious after all. Facing the swinging blade, even if they were unable to stop it, they would still use a tactic of mutual destruction to give the swordsman a severe blow. The casualties on both sides increased rapidly. In less than half a quarter of an hour, this small battlefield became a veritable meat grinder.

Liu Huai made a feint with his machete, then dodged sideways to avoid the mace that Wu Xingjun was swinging at full force. He raised his long sword and just as he was swinging it down halfway, it was blocked by a halberd that was extended at an angle. He was helpless for a moment and could only kick the mace-wielding Jin soldier in front of him to the ground.

The Jin soldier with a halberd and a sword who tried hard to rescue his comrade did not end up well either. A school swordsman stepped forward, swung the machete hard, and cut off the comrade's arms at the elbows along the gap between the shoulder pad and the arm armor.

Amidst screams, a pair of forearms holding the halberd fell to the ground.

Liu Huai felt his hand loosen, and without caring about anything else, he swung the machete forward again and chopped at the Jin soldier with the mace who was kicked over.

"die!"

The blade slid along the raised arm of the Jin army and cut into the opponent's left armpit.

Even after suffering such a heavy blow, this Jin soldier remained brave. He shouted slogans that people could not understand, threw down his mace, and held the mace knife with his intact right hand.

Liu Huai was unable to take it back for the moment, so he threw away his sword and bent down to pick up the halberd. Regardless of the fact that a pair of broken arms were still holding it tightly, he stabbed the tip of the halberd into the neck of the Jin soldier along the gap in the neck.

Liu Huai was breathing heavily. After pulling off the two arms from the halberd, he just roughly figured out the direction and continued to rush forward.

At his side, Jin soldiers were constantly screaming as they were knocked to the ground, and the swordsmen were constantly groaning before their death. But drowning out everything was the deafening shouting of killing.

"Wanyan Hongji!" Liu Huai brandished his halberd and knocked down the Jin soldiers who blocked his way. He finally arrived under the Meng'an banner and singled out a particularly tall Jin soldier among the surrounding soldiers. He shouted, "How dare you try to touch Grandpa Liu's tiger whiskers today? You truly don't know how to die!"

The tall Jin soldier didn't say anything, but led a dozen people around him to attack the swordsman.

As soon as they started fighting, Liu Huai discovered that this group of Jin soldiers were not only elite but also cunning. They even had a fresh force lying in ambush here. If he had not advanced step by step and kept pace with the swordsmen, but instead relied on his bravery and advanced deep into the enemy's territory alone with only three or two people, he might have been killed on the spot.

If Liu Huai was just surprised, then the speed of the fight with Liu Huai was terrifying.

He was originally maintaining the advance of the gun formation from the back, but he didn't expect that the Loyal Army had ambushed a group of swordsmen. Then he suddenly realized that his own army had been trapped in the formation for too long, and when facing such a fresh force, he might really die.

As a last resort, Basu came to the rescue without his flag, but with only a dozen personal guards. Arriving under the Meng'an banner, he inquired with the flag bearer and learned that a chaotic battle had just broken out, and Wanyan Hongji had disappeared long ago.

Basu was extremely anxious, but helpless. Just as he was about to grit his teeth and continue looking for his leader in the chaotic army, he saw the Flying Tiger flag coming towards him. As a result, Basu had no choice but to command his personal guards to protect the Meng'an flag.

This guy also had some ideas in mind. He wanted to replicate the method of the swordsmen of the Loyalty Military Academy and use fresh troops to fight against tired soldiers. However, he did not expect that the swordsmen of the Loyalty Military Academy could be so elite, especially the soldier who had just cursed him with foul language. He was simply unstoppable.

Just when Basu was surprised, he suddenly discovered that, led by the Flying Tiger flag, the Loyal Army launched a full-scale attack. Not only were the swordsmen charging forward on the front, the gun formation was also reorganizing, and even the crossbowmen had abandoned their crossbows and joined the battle with machetes in hand.

The third Meng'an who rushed forward was immediately surrounded on three sides and attacked from all sides.

Before Basu could figure out the situation, a huge cheer suddenly broke out on the southwest side of the battlefield. Basu looked in the direction of the sound in his busy schedule and was horrified to death.

I saw a head and a huge knife being lifted high up. The cheers were chaotic at first, but became uniform in the end. It was exactly: The loyal and righteous army’s Lei Ben killed the rebel general Wanyan Hongji here!
He pulled out as fast as if he was falling into an ice cave. The movement of the long sword in his hand was just slightly out of shape, and he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his waist.

"You should have told me earlier that you are not Wanyan Hongji!" Liu Huai laughed in anger, and used the spear head of his halberd to knock off Basu's helmet. In the other's desperate eyes, he stabbed the spear head into his neck.

After Liu Huai killed this man, he looked up at the Meng'an flag again, only to see several school swordsmen coming forward together, killing the flag bearer and seizing the flag.

Liu Huai stuck his halberd into the ground, rubbed his wrist, and said to his guards, "After all this trouble, I didn't get any credit for killing the general and capturing the flag."

By this time, even the strongest men were exhausted, all leaning on their weapons and panting. However, some people still said humorously, "Commander, you are joking. If others can achieve merit, isn't it your own ability?"

Liu Huai shook his head: "Stop talking nonsense! Send two people, one to find Luo Shenyan, and the other to find Wei Chang. Have them clean up their subordinates and push forward on all fronts!"

"Here!"

At this time, the Jin army was already in a state of agitation, because they might not see Wanyan Hongji being killed by Lei Ben, but they could see the Meng'an flag being chopped to the ground. After waiting for a while, the Meng'an flag still could not be re-erected, and even the dumbest Jin army knew that things were not good.

At this point, it all depends on the conscious actions of each marching unit.

Some of these marching officers were decisive, some were prudent, but with the central command gone, all their strengths turned into weaknesses. The decisive became reckless, the prudent became timid, and the Third Meng'an only launched a full-scale offensive for a while before completely collapsing.

At this moment, the counterattack of the loyal army's vanguard finally arrived.

The Jin army's spear formation, which had just been engaged in a fierce battle with the Loyal Army, was now unable to maintain its momentum. After another phalanx collapsed, without the central command of Marching Meng'an, there was no one to gather the troops and replenish the front.

After a while, this defeated army finally caused the Third Security Army to be shaken and could no longer gain a foothold.

At this moment, a deafening drum sound came from behind the third Meng'an. Some marching officers who were still in a panic looked in the direction of the sound, but saw only the "Wuxing" flag representing the marching Wanhu and the commander-in-chief of the army coming quickly.

Although Wanyan Hongji was dead, Meng Tian, the guardian of the country, personally led his army to break the formation.

The morale of the Third Meng'an, which had been on the verge of collapse, quickly stabilized. In some places, there was even a continuous cheer. Even the scattered Jin troops turned around and fought with the Loyal Army again.

Sitting on a mat like a sculpture, Wei Sheng, who was watching the scene from afar, finally had a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)