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

Chapter 7: Shoot the man first, shoot the horse

"Achang, where are those Shandong people?"

After escaping from the camp for about a mile, Liu Huai stopped his horse, shook off the blood on his sword, and turned to ask Wei Chang.

Wei Chang was still crouching on the horse's neck, grasping the horse's mane. Hearing this, he said, "A few armored gold thieves just chased us from behind. Li San must have been entangled."

After taking a few breaths, Wei Chang tremblingly raised his upper body in the stirrups and looked back at the flames shooting up into the sky at the Jin army camp: "Brother, why do you still care about those bastards?! You don't owe them anything!"

Liu Huai also looked back.

The soldiers ran into the wilderness. Naturally, they would not flee in one direction as before, but in all directions. For a moment, wherever Liu Huai looked, he saw deserters.

There were also a few Jin cavalrymen chasing the Qian army from the side, but when they saw that the fire in the camp seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, they retreated in a hurry.

Liu Huai held the reins and hesitated for a moment. "Achang, wait for me under this tree. If I don't come back within two quarters of an hour, you should hurry back to Chuzhou and find Aye."

"Brother!" Wei Chang was anxious. "We have no grudges against those birds in the past, and no grudges in the present. Their carelessness almost cost you your life. Why should we save them?! I say..."

"Because they are fighting against the Jin!" Liu Huai interrupted Wei Chang's advice: "Do you understand, Achang? Just because they dare to pick up knives and fight the Jin thieves to the death, I have to save them."

"not worth it!"

"It's worth it." Liu Huai tore off a strip of cloth from the hem of his clothes and tied his right hand to the handle of the knife. "These soldiers who only know how to escape are worth saving, but those who pick up the knife are not worth saving? That doesn't make sense."

After saying that, Liu Huai turned his horse around and rushed towards the Jin army camp without caring about Wei Chang's reaction.

"Brother! Brother!" Wei Chang grabbed the horse's mane and shook it twice, then anxiously grabbed the reins and strained his legs in vain: "Gee! Gee! Go! Go!"

The warhorse just stood there, neighing a few times, and then took two steps back, not understanding Wei Chang's instructions at all.

Wei Chang had no choice but to dismount again. He stomped his feet hard on the spot as he watched his brother walking away. Then he led the horse to the tree that Liu Huai had just pointed out. He squatted down with the horse, looked around vigilantly, and prayed in his heart that his brother would return safely.

Liu Huai did not go straight back to the gate of the military camp, but made a detour from the right, using the chaotic crowd as cover, and quietly sneaked back to the battlefield.

Soon, he saw the small battle group in the distance.

Logically speaking, armored cavalry could easily defeat light cavalry, not to mention that the number of Zhang Yu's personal guards was twice that of Li San.

However, it was the middle of the night, and although the firelight was sometimes bright and sometimes dim, it was still blurry. In order to avoid accidentally injuring friendly forces, the Jin army cavalry did not dare to draw their bows and arrows and could only fight in close combat. This gave Li San and others a chance to escape.

"Run that way!"

Li San had long lost track of Liu Huai, and could only lead the villagers to fight and retreat.

It's not that he didn't want to fight the Jin thieves, but after a few hard fights with Zhang Yu, Li San felt his arms go numb and his spear almost fell out of his hand.

This is not because Li San's martial arts and strength are much worse than Zhang Yu's, but because he has hardly eaten in the past few days. In addition, his hands were tied behind his back and hung for half a day, and the muscles and joints in his arms were strained. At this time, being able to fight and run is considered a natural talent and a strong physique.

If we insist on fighting and can't even exchange our lives for each other, won't we die here in vain?

"Brother Li San!" The Shandong villager who was the last one to fall behind was covered in blood. He had been injured in the recent raid on Pushan Saba. His left arm was broken at the elbow and was still bleeding. He first yelled at Li San and wanted to say something, but he didn't say it in the end. He just reined in his horse and stood in front of the pursuers.

The Jin army's armored cavalry raised their swords and spears and instantly cut the man to pieces under his horse.

"Liu Chuibing!" Li San turned around and saw this scene, and his eyes were bloodshot.

However, the one who was even angrier than Li San was Zhang Yu.

During this delay, another group of chaotic soldiers ran over and blocked Zhang Yu's way.

Seeing that the culprit of tonight's chaos was about to escape, how could he bear it?
Zhang Yu immediately ignored the narrow vision at night, grabbed his spear and bow, drove his horse and kicked over the soldiers blocking his way, quickly moved forward a few steps, and after breaking away from the protection of his personal guards, he drew a feather arrow from the quiver, put it on the bow, and aimed at Li San's back.

"Song dog!" Zhang Yu said viciously, his eyes looking as if he wanted to eat him alive.

"Golden thieves!" Just as Zhang Yu had pulled the iron-framed bow halfway, a loud shout accompanied by the sound of horse hooves rang out.

Zhang Yu turned back in a hurry, but it was too late.

The machete hit his back fiercely. Although he was protected by armor and was not cut in two, Zhang Yu felt pain through his bones. He fell on his horse and could not stand up for a while.

Zhang Yu's personal guards were shocked and immediately gave up chasing Li San, and rode their horses to surround him.

It wasn't that Liu Huai didn't want to chop Zhang Yu with one more blow, but this machete was originally captured and seemed to have some hidden damage. After it chopped Zhang Yu's back, there was a clang and the long blade broke at the handle.

Liu Huai's back was instantly covered in cold sweat. Even though he had nothing in his hands, the fastest armored cavalry of the Jin army had already rushed to within three steps of him.

Between life and death, Liu Huai made a quick decision, jumped onto Zhang Yu's warhorse, sat behind Zhang Yu, and reached out to grab the opponent's long sword.

Although Zhang Yu's back was so painful that it was numb and he couldn't even feel his legs, he still maintained his bravery. Blood foamed from his mouth and he continued to shout and curse. He turned around and fought with Liu Huai on horseback.

As the two men were fighting, the warhorse neighed as if frightened and began to run forward.

Seeing this, the two armored Jin cavalrymen who had surrounded them retracted their spears, which had been extended out, for fear of accidentally injuring their own Meng'an.

In the brief moment of hesitation of the Jin cavalry, the outcome of the battle was already decided.

Although Zhang Yu was wearing armor, he was only wearing a breastplate and not even a helmet. He was also seriously injured and had no ability to resist Liu Huai's iron fist. Soon he was hit hard on the head several times and his sword was taken away.

Liu Huai placed the knife on Zhang Yu's neck, turned his head and said to the other armored cavalry, "Come on!"

The Jin army's armored cavalry immediately became numb.

"Let go of my Meng'an!" The ignorant Jin soldiers shouted immediately.

Liu Huai originally just wanted to catch a meat shield, but he didn't expect to catch a big fish by accident. He was slightly stunned at the moment, and then he laughed grimly.

"Get out of the way! I will return your Meng'an to you." Liu Huai raised his eyebrows at the Jinqi.

"Don't even think about it!" The Jin army is not stupid, why would they let Liu Huai go?
Who will be responsible if Liu Huai breaks his promise?

"I'm fucking saying, get the fuck out of the way!" Liu Huai remained tough, holding Zhang Yu's arms tightly with his left hand, and pressed the blade against Zhang Yu's throat to show his determination.

After saying this, Liu Huai turned around and said to the Jin army cavalry who had circled behind him and was secretly holding a bow and arrow: "Come on, draw your bow! I want to see which is faster, your arrow or Ye Ye's sword!"

The golden cavalry general gripped the iron bow so tightly that it made a creaking sound. His face turned ashen but he could not utter a word.

(End of this chapter)