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

Chapter 942 The Flying General Enters from the Highest Heaven

"I underestimated Wanyan Guying. I thought these second-generation kids had lost the bravery of their fathers and grandfathers, but now it seems they have still inherited a bit of their fighting spirit."

Hearing Liu Huai's sigh, Yao Buping shook his head and chuckled: "Young Master, this is just the Jin traitors being desperate. What other choice do they have?"

Although the battlefield was filled with billowing smoke and deafening battle cries, and was extremely chaotic, the commotion of thousands of cavalry moving together was still earth-shattering and could be heard from two or three miles away.

Liu Huai also chuckled: "That's right. The Jin bandits really have no choice. If they can't break out, they'll be blocked and killed by my army at Jingxing Pass."

only……"

Liu Huai sighed again: "However, there are so many things in the world that should be done, but because those in charge are unable or unwilling to do them, they watch opportunities slip away, people's hearts are lost, and in the end, they are even powerless to resist."

Compared to these people, Wanyan Guying was truly an exceptional individual.

Hearing Liu Huai's sigh, while directing the vanguard to form ranks, Lei Ben still forced himself to advise, "Brother, why don't you leave the banner here and let me face the enemy? You should go and take cover for a while, okay?"

Before Liu Huai could speak, Xiao Zhongda, the third general of the Flying Tiger Army, rode up from behind and said, "King Han, we have lost control of the Flying Tiger Army. We apologize and hope that you will return to the Flying Tiger Army to take charge of the overall situation."

Liu Huai did not get angry upon hearing this. He first waved his hand at Xiao Zhongda and said, "Go back and tell Guan Chongyan to focus on the battle and not to have any ulterior motives."

Xiao Zhongda hesitated to speak, but after being glared at by Liu Huai, he immediately fled in a sorry state.

Liu Huai turned to Lei Ben and said, "Uncle Lei, Wanyan Guying is coming for me. In order to avoid any mishaps, I absolutely cannot go to the back."

Lei Ben hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

The vanguard soldiers, clad in heavy armor and wielding spears and axes, slowly formed small square formations.

The heavily armored soldiers had almost abandoned all ranged attack methods and all mobility, simply standing in the road and waiting for the enemy to run into them.

If Wanyan Guying had changed his mind, the Xuanfeng Army would have been unable to catch up, and the Han army would have missed its last chance to crush the Jin army's vital forces in one fell swoop.

The war will likely see repeated setbacks.

"Enough talk, let's engage immediately. Since the Jin traitors dared to use their last gamble against me, they should at least show some signs of fighting to the death." Liu Huai rode his horse to a high ground, had Yao Buping plant the Chinese character flag beside him, and then said loudly, "Uncle Lei, I'll be right here, watching you defeat the enemy."

Lei Ben was breathing heavily, but he could only nod heavily amidst the increasingly loud hoofbeats on the horizon, and then led his personal guards back to their command post.

At this point, there was actually very little that Liu Huai, the military and political leader, could do.

But his mere presence on the battlefield was enough to invigorate the Han army.

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

The elite soldiers shouted, but their shouts were quickly drowned out by the rapid drumbeats and the sound of horses' hooves.

Wanyan Guying stood at the front of the formation, looking around in disbelief, and asked, "Am I seeing things? That's Liu Bei's banner?"

Wanyan Zongxu, the deputy general of Wanyan Guying and now the Right Supervisor of the Marshal and Vice Minister of War, nodded emphatically: "That's right, that's exactly the shape of the Flying Tiger's banner!"

Wanyan Zongxu scanned the formation of the Vanguard Army: "Four thousand heavily armored soldiers, they are indeed formidable. But in order to maintain width, they have formed a formation with only four rows. I don't know whether to say they are highly skilled and daring, or to say they are arrogant."

Wanyan Guying shook his head and chuckled: "It's not arrogance, nor is it because of superior skills and daring. Rather, if it weren't for this, how could I have been provoked into launching a direct attack?!"

Wanyan Zongxu's heart sank: "Should we charge straight at the armored soldiers' formation?"

Wanyan Guying pointed to the Chinese character flag a hundred paces away: "This opportunity didn't fall from the sky, but was given to me by that traitor Liu."

The Jin dynasty is now teetering on the brink of collapse. At this very moment, I am separated from Fei Hu Zi by only four layers of armored soldiers. Whether the Jin dynasty falls or not is also only four layers of armored soldiers away. How can I give up such an opportunity?

Wanyan Zongxu gripped the reins tightly with some tension, causing his warhorse to circle around incessantly: "Should Fei Hu Zi have only left behind one large flag, and already hidden behind?"

As soon as he said it, Wanyan Zongxu shook his head and chuckled, "It can't be like that. If Fei Hu Zi were that kind of person, the Great Jin wouldn't have ended up like this."

Wanyan Guying nodded emphatically: "That's right, and therefore, this is the only chance!"

Wanyan Zongxu also made up his mind: "If I'm to stay behind, what do you expect me to do?"

Wanyan Guying pointed to the very center of the Vanguard Army's formation: "Three strategists will shoot arrows in front of the formation to disrupt the enemy's ranks. Then, six more strategists will be dispatched to circle around from both flanks."

"Then, I'll give you seven mucks. Smash them into the very center!"

"I want you to die in the very center of the Han army's formation!"

The military order was as chilling as the northern wind, yet Wanyan Zongxu remained unfazed and asked directly, "What are you going to do if you're left behind?"

Wanyan Guying said frankly, "After you disrupt the Han army's formation, I will lead the remaining troops, stepping over your and the Han army's corpses, to kill Fei Hu Zi under that banner!"

Wanyan Zongxu's expression remained unchanged, but he turned to look in the direction of Wanyan Shoudao in the northwest: "Xileni is going to die."

Wanyan Guying also turned around and sighed, "Indeed, I am going to die."

After looking back at his own troops, who were almost fully arrayed, Wanyan Zongxu asked with a smile, "If Xilini dies in the north, the chances of victory for those left behind will increase from 30% to 35%. If I die at the front, what will the chances of victory be for those left behind?" Wanyan Guying replied frankly, "Probably 40%, but two-tenths of that will be ceded by Liu Bei."

Wanyan Zongxu shouted, "That's enough!"

After galloping away for three steps, Wanyan Zongxu turned back just like Wanyan Shoudao, but his face was contorted with rage: "Wanyan Guying! If I die and you still can't kill that traitor Liu, I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"

Wanyan Guying retorted loudly, "When the time comes for me to go to the Yellow Springs, I will hold your horse and stirrups and personally apologize to you!"

Wanyan Zongxu remained silent, took his own general's flag, and led seven armored cavalrymen of the Mouke tribe to slowly form ranks and advance.

At the same time, nearly a thousand Jin cavalrymen took the lead, some shooting arrows in front of the vanguard to disrupt their formation, and others trying to flank them.

There was no other way; the Jin army's light cavalry, along with the Mongols, were now tied down by the Liao cavalry, leaving the Jin armored cavalry to personally take on the crucial task of disrupting the enemy's infantry formation.

However, less than a quarter of an hour later, seeing that the Vanguard Army's formation remained as solid as a rock, the Jin cavalry circling around the flanks brought some bad news.

Behind a hill about two miles behind the vanguard, a large cavalry force appeared to be gathering.

Wanyan Zongxu looked up at the rising sun and knew that now was the best time.

The fighter jets aren't just arriving, they're almost gone.

If the world-renowned Flying Tiger Army were to flank the Jin army and encircle them, the Jin Dynasty would be in dire straits, and their last chance would be completely lost!

"Signal the one left behind so he can prepare to enter the battle!"

With that, Wanyan Zongxu lowered his head and raised his spear high: "Today, I am invincible!"

"Kill the thief!"

"Kill the thief!"

Once the army's morale was boosted, the seven hundred Golden Army cavalrymen formed a wedge formation, like an iron cone, and fiercely stabbed towards the Vanguard Army.

rumbling...

The tremors of the earth traveled along the gun barrels resting on the ground to the hands of the Han soldiers, causing even their breathing to tremble.

"Bend over!"

"Hold your spears tight!"

"It held!"

"The enemy has stopped, now the long-axe soldiers charge!"

A jumble of military orders rang out in the Vanguard Army, but these voices were quickly drowned out by shouts.

Both the Jin and Han armies cried out in despair the moment they made contact with each other.

The Jin army knights and their warhorses weighed nearly a thousand pounds together, and the potential energy accumulated from their rapid gallop was equally distributed to each of them at the moment of contact.

Wanyan Zongxu, who was at the forefront, only managed to deflect two spears that were thrusting at him. His warhorse was then pierced in the chest by the remaining three spears. One of the spears pierced through the horse's back, passed through the heavy armor from below, and pierced into his abdomen.

The warhorse's forelegs buckled, and Wanyan Zongxu collapsed to the ground with a neigh. However, the momentum it contained did not dissipate. The spear broke in the warhorse's chest, and Wanyan Zongxu and his warhorse, almost flying, crashed into the elite vanguard army's formation, carving out a broad road.

Even at this point, although Wanyan Zongxu was covered in wounds and his abdomen was pierced by a spear, he was still breathing.

But the Jin cavalry that stormed in then smashed him and the Han soldiers into a bloody pulp.

For a moment, the sounds of metal clashing, flesh bursting, and bones shattering even drowned out the screams and shouts.

It was only for a moment.

Soon, the sounds of warhorses trampling over flesh and axes slicing through skin became the norm on the battlefield.

The Vanguard Army truly lived up to its reputation as the elite of the land. Even after suffering such heavy casualties on the front, they fought to the death and refused to retreat. Even those armored soldiers who were knocked away struggled to their feet, spitting blood as they counterattacked against the Jin cavalry.

The Jin army consisted of veteran soldiers whom Wanyan Guying had raised for many years. The fact that they were able to be organized when the camp was on the verge of collapse fully demonstrates their loyalty and fighting strength.

Despite losing command, both sides continued to fight each other, and the Vanguard Army's lines began to crumble under the Jin army's onslaught.

Lei Ben was directing the last reserve force to fill the gap when he saw a huge Wanyan banner rapidly approaching.

"Kill!"

Wanyan Guying abandoned all tactics and strategies, and led the last thousand or so mobile troops of the Jin army to break through the gap that Wanyan Zongxu had just opened.

The entire vanguard was shaken.

Looking down at the scene from his vantage point, Liu Huai said to Yao Buping, "Let's set off fireworks. Let all the loyal ministers of the Wanyan clan die here at Huolu in this battle."

(End of this chapter)