Tiger Guards

Chapter 198: Defeat the Enemy in One Battle

"All in one go!"

"The whole army attacks!"

"rush!"

Zhao Ji didn't care about the wounded nearby, jumped onto the flag car and shouted to the flag officer.

The flag officer immediately held the flag diagonally forward, straightened it, and then moved forward again. The flag car next to him followed suit and waved the flag, and the drum car behind the flag car beat the drum even louder.

Zhao Ji got off the flag carriage, and a Hu Ben came on horseback, leading Yue Lihei, and reined in the horse to stop beside him.

Several mounted slaves approached, and one of them dismounted to help Zhao Ji mount his horse.

But Zhao Ji pushed him away, put his left foot in the clog-like stirrup, pushed the ground with his right foot, and grabbed the saddle with both hands.

Yue Lihei walked forward in pain, and Zhao Ji pushed off the ground and stood up, straddling his right leg onto the horse.

Another Tiger Guard came up with a long spear and unfurled the large square flag wrapped around the spear. The flag was crimson purple in color and he held it straight up to the sky behind Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji took out a light bow from the harness and immediately kicked his horse into gear.

The surrounding knights gathered here, and all the movable chariots followed.

On the right wing, Pei Xiu stood with a spear in hand and watched. He saw Wei Xing's generals rushing towards the battlefield in the distance to the north, raising a lot of dust.

"Lieutenant, Marquis Zhao has raised the crimson-purple battle flag!"

A Xiongnu noble pointed to the center of the battlefield and reminded loudly that the Xiongnu people like to fight as long as it means victory!

Pei Xiu turned around and saw the crimson-purple battle flag. He immediately raised his spear and said, "All troops, charge!"

"Drum car cheer!"

"Come on!"

He shouted at the top of his lungs, and the Xiongnu followers around him rushed out of the battle formation, forming seven or eight arrows in the process.

Pei Xiu also had a dozen mounted slaves, who were surrounding Pei Xiu at the moment, fearing that Pei Xiu would encounter a battle.

The defeated rebel cavalry, along with the retreating county soldiers and infantry, broke through the reed camouflage walls. The Shang army did not dare to kill the defeated soldiers who were charging into the battle, and were immediately disrupted by the defeated infantry and cavalry.

On the left wing, Ximen Jian also pressed forward with his entire army, with ten centurions cutting across and entangling Shang's troops.

The transport ship docked, and the Tiger Infantrymen on board who were good at shooting were still firing overhead shots and harassing the enemy on the deck.

Others climbed down the ropes, fell into the mud, trudged ashore, and moved toward the team flags.

The team leader, Hu Ben, did not have time to count the number of people in detail. After gathering fifty or sixty people, he led the team forward to engage in battle.

The crimson and purple battle flags led the flag carts and drum carts into the village.

Zhao Ji only shot at people's faces, using the opponent's armor as a marker, and gave priority to shooting any figures who were shouting military orders and giving commands.

Next are the various heavily armored warriors, who are the core figures of each small formation.

If they were shot, the fighting spirit of the others would collapse, and they would often be swept up in the fleeing soldiers and retreat uncontrollably.

Zhao Ji was not good at using both arms, so in order to avoid his weakness, he led the cavalry, flags, drums and chariots northward along the village.

Some of the faster-running cavalry had already run to two or three miles north of the village, attempting to rest on the spot.

However, the terrain in the north was relatively higher, and Wei Xing successfully launched a flanking attack, raising a cloud of dust.

The defeated cavalry had no idea of Wei Xing's strength, so they turned around and retreated to the riverbank.

When Wei Xing came, he saw various purple-robed knights rushing in and out of the village in groups; the tiger infantry in red uniforms also broke through the inner wall, and everywhere were Shang women, children, the elderly and the weak kneeling on the ground and huddled in the corners. Many of Shang's soldiers also threw down their weapons and hid in the corners as much as possible.

Zhao Ji climbed up the inner wall, changed to a strong bow and heavy arrows, and sniped the elders of the Shang clan who were still resisting stubbornly in the village.

After shooting and killing five or six people in succession, the Shang family's strongest armed group collapsed and abandoned their weapons.

On the top of Jinyang City, Xu Huang quietly watched the changes on the battlefield and saw that more and more enemy cavalry were forced to the east bank of the Fen River.

The military officers around him were all impatient, but Xu Huang had a stern face and showed no emotion.

Finally, some of the defeated cavalry's families were not on the west bank, so they decisively left the group and fled north along the east bank of the Fen River.

Zhao Ji also stepped forward to surround the remaining nearly 1,000 cavalrymen. The enemy was crowded on the muddy muddy land, trampled by people and horses, and the Fen River was muddy.

The blood of the injured men and horses also dripped into the water, flowing and spreading downstream along with the Fen River that was muddied by trampling.

Under the crimson and purple battle flag, Zhao Ji jumped off his horse and shot an arrow with a fully drawn bow from a distance of about 150 steps.

At the front of the fleeing soldiers, a knight holding a flag was shot by an arrow and fell to the ground.

With just this one arrow, the nearby knights and infantrymen holding flags all dropped their banners. Zhao Ji then put away his bow and looked around: "Persuade them to surrender. Only the leader will be executed, and the rest will be spared!"

"Here!"

A dozen knights rode forward and shouted, and among them were several Hun volunteers who also tried to persuade them to surrender.

Among the defeated cavalry, the Huns had the lowest resistance to surrender. They immediately broke away from the battle formation upon hearing the sound, discarded their bows and arrows, swords and knives, dismounted halfway, and walked forward with their horses.

After the Huns took the lead, the various tribes that fled here could not withstand the pressure and surrendered.

As people at the bottom of society, they have no need to fight to the death, nor do they have such awareness and consciousness.

The county soldiers and knights also began to come out and surrender. In the end, there were less than a hundred people left. They tried to flee to the north, but they were cut off by Wei Xing.

The arrows were fired randomly, and it was already difficult to trek across the muddy mudflats. After more than thirty or forty people were shot and killed, the rest had no choice but to surrender.

However, there were still some resisting cavalrymen on the battlefield who tried to escape and were chased by the purple-robed volunteers.

Seeing the knights nearby were tired, Zhao Ji still selected a dozen knights and said, "Take my order and order Han Shu to bypass Longshan and station in Jinyang. Xu Gongming will immediately lead his troops to pursue the fleeing cavalry in the north and withdraw before dark."

Zhang Zan fell behind, and a Hu Ben soldier tore off a defeated soldier's flag, dipped his finger in blood, and wrote military orders on it.

Zhao Ji took out the seal and stepped forward to stamp it.

Anyway, the messengers sent there were all Tiger Soldiers. The battle situation on the east coast has been decided, so it will not be difficult for Han Shu to mobilize them.

Just give Xu Huang another military order later. It is closer to Jinyang from here.

After sending out the envoys, the knights were immediately organized to detain the prisoners, who cleaned up the battlefield and treated the wounded regardless of friend or foe.

Taiyuan was well-stocked with supplies, and even the seriously wounded enemy soldiers were admitted for treatment.

Zhao Ji was willing to use the enemy's seriously injured soldiers to train the military doctors, and he was willing to pay for the cost of medicine and food.

Even the seriously wounded enemy soldiers were accepted for treatment, and the prisoners' resistance quickly subsided.

When he drove some of the captives back to the village, he saw hundreds of people gathered at the north gate of the village.

Two tiger infantrymen in scarlet robes had been stripped of their armor and tied to pillars.

As Zhao Ji approached, Pei Xiu came forward and said, "While the armies were engaged in a fierce battle, these two men deliberately avoided the fight, dragged women into the house, and even killed one woman."

Zhao Ji jumped off his horse and walked over to ask the leader of the team, "Is it true or not?"

"is true."

The leading Tiger Guard had blood on his face and his legs and feet were covered in mud. Zhao Ji immediately drew his sword and stepped forward, slitting the throats of the two Tiger Guards without even looking.

Blood gushed out and the two heads hung limply.

Wiping his sword, he looked at the knights and said, "Chop off their heads and display them everywhere! This is the fate of anyone who deserts the battlefront, rapes, and plunders. Even if they are my own brothers, I will kill them with my own hands!"

In the crowd, Zhao Jian, Zhao Yuan and a dozen villagers stood together. When they heard Zhao Ji's words, they all remained silent.

Zhao Jian did not gain anything in this battle, but Zhao Yuan was strong and brave enough to fight, and he had the protection of his fellow villagers, so he gained a lot. At this moment, he had two heads hanging on his waist.

Zhao Ji watched the knights cut off their heads and carried them on spears, spreading them around and displaying them. Then he asked his attendants, "Have you caught the bandit leader?"

"Nothing."

Banner officer Gao Yanglong came up with an arrow stuck in his chest: "Most of the bandit chiefs we faced were shot and killed by the Minister of the Interior."

"Well, keep screening. Find them before nightfall. Whoever exposes them will be rewarded!"

Zhao Ji coughed twice and spat out a mouthful of dry saliva. Pei Xiu handed him the half-empty water bag. Zhao Ji looked at the leaders around him and said, "Have the military doctor disembark and immediately treat the wounded, both enemy and friendly. Organize the women to cook a meal and slaughter the injured horses immediately."

Every time you look at someone, you issue a short command for them to carry out.

As for the enemies in Jinzeli on the west bank, there is no need to fight them anymore.

After finishing all this, Zhao Ji raised the water bag and drank two-thirds of the water. He didn't want to drink the rest, so he threw it to Gao Yanglong in front of him.

The army now has a relatively stable command team, but the logistics and camp management teams are not very mature.

Once it is completely built, everyone will do their job after the battle, and there will be no need for him to assign tasks in detail.

But for now, he has to arrange these things personally.

The people below also know what to do, but without relevant arrangements, it is difficult to do it.

The team needs to get used to each other, and things will be much better after defeating Taiyuan.

(End of this chapter)