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

Chapter 301 Nothing But What You Want

Pei Manhui walked quickly and soon arrived at the back wall of the compound.

Outside the back wall is a steep slope that is three meters high. Including the city wall, it is five meters high. Although the slope is gentler below, the ground is covered with thorns and wooden stakes. No matter who attacks, it is difficult to deploy a large number of troops, so there is no Jin army defending this place.

"Quick! Quick!"

Pei Manhui commanded his personal guards to lean the ladder that had been prepared long ago against the wall, then he ran up and climbed over the back wall.

With the help of the dim firelight, Pei Manhui carefully observed the retreat route prepared in advance. When he saw two long ladders under his feet, he breathed a sigh of relief and called on the five guards to climb over the wall and climb down the long ladders outside the wall.

"Hurry up!" Pei Man replied and urged after they all stepped on the ground, and the other guards also hurried to follow.

At this time, the entire village was in chaos. When fighting at night, the organization was too easy to be dispersed. Some stragglers hid, but more of them were still fighting in a melee. Shouts, sounds of weapons clashing, and screams continued to come from all directions.

At first, Pei Manhui was able to remain calm, but later, as his fear of death grew stronger, he could not help but quicken his pace and ran quickly.

It’s hopeless. The Ninth Meng’an is hopeless, the Wuxing Army is hopeless, the entire Shandong Province is hopeless. This was Pei Manhui’s only thought after the Wuxing Army’s disastrous defeat.

The Jin Dynasty was able to occupy Shandong, but it never had any stable rule and was only able to suppress it by relying on its military power.

And it has to be suppressed by small-scale military operations, with at most a regular army plus local garrison troops.

Because of the large-scale deployment of the army, the Jin Dynasty itself could not bear it.

Pei Manhui believed that if tens of thousands of troops came to Shandong to fight, the Central Plains and Hebei would also be exploited and rebel.

The previous Shandong rebels were useless, needless to say, they could be extinguished by a few thousand regular troops. Now the Shandong rebels have been tempered in blood and fire, and can actually defeat a large army head-on. What hope does the Jin Kingdom have in Shandong?
Go back to Liaodong and become a rich man!

Thinking of this, Pei Manhui was convinced of his correct idea and continued to run forward faster.

The road turned and passed a small forest. The boat that had been prepared in advance was already visible in the distance. There were even figures walking back and forth on it. The sails had been lowered, and it seemed that some preparations for sailing had been made.

Pei Manhui was overjoyed when he saw this. He turned back breathlessly and called out to his guards, "Try harder!"

Before he finished speaking, more than ten loyal soldiers with torches came diagonally from the small path. Since the roads in the village were too crooked and there were houses and trees everywhere that blocked the view, the two sides only realized each other's existence after they bumped into each other.

"Kill the golden dog!" The first to react were the soldiers of the Loyal Army. As soon as they saw Pei Manhui's bald head shining in the firelight, they immediately distinguished between friend and foe and rushed over almost immediately.

Five Jin soldiers quickly drew their swords and rushed forward, and instantly chopped down the two leading loyal army soldiers to the ground.

Pei Manhui also drew his sword. He quickly realized that the loyal army on the opposite side was not a regular army. Not to mention heavy armor, they didn't even have a set of iron crotch.

However, just when Pei Man was thinking about getting rid of this group of Han soldiers first, the Han who had just been knocked down directly hugged the long sword of the Jin army soldier. The two people behind him rushed up directly, knocked the soldier who had been running for a long time and was already exhausted to the ground, and fought hard.

The rest of the Han army followed suit, gave up on confronting the armored soldiers head-on, and rushed forward with a desperate attitude.

"General, hurry up!" the guards shouted loudly, and then pushed Pei Manhui aside.

According to common sense, Pei Manhui should have assisted his personal guards and slaughtered all ten or so Han soldiers. But in reality, he was frightened. The fear of death overwhelmed everything, and his aversion to risk reached its peak. He turned and ran without a second thought.

"what!!!"

"Take his helmet off!"

"Hold his head! Hold his hands! Kill him!"

"puff……"

After the repeated sounds of knives cutting into flesh, the screams and sounds of fighting gradually subsided.

The footsteps and shouts of killing continued unabated, following Pei Manhui. The guard's words "General" had already exposed his identity, prompting three or four Han soldiers to pursue him.

"You golden dog! Why are you running away? Isn't he a very good fighter? Isn't he very majestic? Do you dare to turn around and fight me, Hu Liuyi? You coward!"

Shouts and scolding continued to come from behind. Although Pei Manhui was only wearing an iron crotch jacket, which was relatively light, he was not exhausted like the soldiers after running all the way, but he was also panting. He wanted to turn around and scold them, but he didn't dare. He just wanted to call for help on the boat.

"Somebody come!"

Just as he shouted, Pei Manhui heard a gust of wind behind his head, as if a heavy weapon was flying towards him.

At the critical moment, it was his battlefield experience that saved his life. Pei Manhui suddenly lunged forward, and although he fell to the ground, the flying melon hammer just grazed his scalp and did not hurt him at all.

"Protect the general!" The three or four Jin soldiers on the boat also saw clearly that the person who fell was their general. They quickly jumped off the boat with weapons in hand and blocked the Han army that was chasing them.

Pei Manhui let out a sinister grin, climbed up from the ground, and without paying any attention to the battle situation behind him, he stepped on the pedals and rushed onto the boat.

Hu Liuyi's eyes were bloodshot, and he used his shield to block the oncoming knife. Then, regardless of the Jin army's knife chopping on the crotch of his iron jacket behind him, he also rushed onto the boat along the pedals.

At this time, Pei Manhui was the only one on the deck. When he saw that the person chasing him was just a light-armored infantryman, he finally regained his courage and swung his sword at Hu Liuyi.

Hu Liuyi used his shield to protect his head and face, but was almost knocked to the ground by the huge force transmitted from the shield after being hit by just one knife.

After all, he was just a boatman. Although he had experienced fierce fighting, how could he compare with the general's methods?

After Hu Liuyi was kicked on the shield again, he finally saw the gap between the two.

Pei Manhui also regained his confidence and said with a fierce smile: "You thief, there is a way to heaven but you don't take it, and there is no door under the ground for you to break in. Since you are seeking death so much, I will grant your wish today!"

After saying that, Pei Manhui kicked the knife out of Hu Liuyi's hand, then held the knife with both hands and chopped it down heavily, intending to kill the man in front of him who overestimated his own abilities on the spot.

However, Hu Liuyi roared and threw the shield out. Taking advantage of Pei Manhui's dodging to the side and his unstable steps, he rushed forward, hugged Pei Manhui's waist and abdomen, and pushed him back hard.

"You thief!!!" Pei Manhui couldn't keep his balance and his hands were held up again. For a moment, he could only use the knife ring as a hammer and hit Hu Liuyi's back like raindrops.

Blood foamed from Hu Liuyi's mouth as he yelled, "We'll die together!"

"what!!!"

Amidst their shouts, Pei Manhui and Hu Liuyi rushed out of the boat and fell into the Yishui River.

Both of them were wearing iron armor and were entangled with each other, only creating a wave in the water. After rolling in the water for a while, a breeze blew and the wave soon disappeared.

At this moment, the formation of the Ninth Meng'an of Zhushuizhuang was also torn apart by the Loyal Army. The Meng'an flag was shot into a ball of fire by rockets. The Jin army fled in all directions, discarding their weapons and armor, and became the target of the Loyal Army's hunting.

The tenth Meng'an of Nanzhu Village was also quickly defeated by Zhang Xiaoyi, and the marching Meng'an Wugusuntan was killed on the spot.

At this point, the defense line that the Wuxing Army had high hopes for was directly pierced through overnight. The Ninth and Tenth Meng'an teams of 1,000 men were completely wiped out, and even the two marching Meng'an were confirmed dead.

There was only an isolated city left in the area controlled by the Wuxing Army.

This result naturally made the entire Loyal Army very excited, except for Li Xiu, who led the armored cavalry to ambush under the cover of night, who was somewhat confused and angry.

The so-called pincer attack means that the three places support each other. When one place is attacked, the other two places should send troops to support it.

Now, although the braziers have been lit on the top of the Yishui County city wall, the city gates have not been opened. No one has taken the opportunity to escape, and no troops have been sent to support. It is as if they are just watching the two Meng'ans outside the city die.

Li Xiu stroked the mane of his warhorse and thought to himself, could it be that Wu Xingjun had such confidence in those two Meng'an?
(End of this chapter)