I am Emperor Shizu of Song

Chapter 123 Yue Fei seizes Qingzhou with a hundred cavalry; Guan Sheng pursues and captures Huang Xin.

Several hours later, Guan Sheng led the main force of the Jinan Prefecture cavalry to the city of Linzi.

Because of the time constraints, he did not receive any news from Yue Fei, who was acting as a scout, all day today.

However, Guan Sheng remained calm, because he knew that no news was the best news, meaning that Yue Fei's search and march had not encountered any noteworthy obstacles.

When cavalrymen are marching and fighting, they prefer to avoid trouble and don't report anything unless it's worth reporting.

"I never expected Song Jiang to be so cowardly, leaving no troops to defend such a large city as Linzi. If I had known, I could have sent troops to recapture Qingzhou earlier, instead of dragging it out until now. Sigh, is Lord Zhao being too cautious? Oh well, it's better to be safe. How can I doubt Lord Zhao's brilliant strategies?"

Furthermore, if it weren't for the combined efforts of Prefect Zhao and Commander Huyan of the Pinghai Navy, who cut off Song Jiang's retreat route north to surrender to Liao, Song Jiang wouldn't have been forced to break out so quickly due to panic. We cavalrymen were merely taking advantage of the enemy's already demoralized and intimidated state.

Guan Sheng saw no Liangshan army banners on the city wall from afar and assumed that Linzi had been abandoned by Song Jiang in advance. This made him think so, and his contempt for Song Jiang deepened.

However, as Guan Sheng's cavalry drew closer, he saw the city gate suddenly open, and then a general rode up to greet him, saluting Guan Sheng from afar. It was none other than Yue Fei, the vanguard scout he had sent out.

Upon seeing this, Guan Sheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother Yue, you have such good luck. The huge city of Linzi was actually abandoned by Song Jiang. If we had known that we could take back the capital of a prefecture without bloodshed, we would have advanced quickly with the whole army. Why would we have needed to be so careful and send out so many scouts to explore the way?"

Yue Fei was taken aback for a moment, then beamed with pride and boasted, "General Guan has misunderstood! Song Jiang did not abandon Linzi City. He left one or two thousand cavalrymen in Linzi to cover our retreat, hoping to delay our army and buy more time for his main infantry and naval forces to retreat!"

According to Song Jiang's original plan, he intended for Qin Ming, Huang Xin, and several cavalry leaders to hold the city for at least three more days, allowing his infantry to advance another two hundred li eastward before the cavalry abandoned the city and pursued them.

Guan Sheng was stunned. Although he roughly understood Song Jiang's plan, it didn't seem to match the current situation at all.

"Since Song Jiang left cavalry to guard Linzi, then this city..."

Yue Fei couldn't contain his pride and said with an uncontrollable smile, "Naturally, it was taken by my younger brother—thankfully, the general's main force didn't arrive. Qin Ming saw that I had few men and took advantage of my lack of fame."

I actually lectured him with a long string of principles, scolding him for being disloyal and unfilial, which provoked him to lead his troops out of the city to fight me! As a result, I wounded and captured him in one move! Many of his former Qingzhou cavalrymen, seeing this, wavered and returned to the court.

Seeing the situation was dire, Huang Xin, fearing the strength of my rear guard, was intimidated by my bluffing and psychological warfare shouts and dared not defend any longer. He led over a thousand cavalrymen and fled through the north gate, abandoning the city! After this battle, I originally only had fifty cavalrymen, but now the more I fought, the more I had!
Along the way, we intercepted and killed enemy scouts, forcing thirty riders to surrender. After capturing Qin Ming, we forced nearly two hundred veteran Qingzhou soldiers among his troops to surrender! Now we have a total of two hundred and seventy or eighty riders! I have enforced military discipline, instructing the soldiers to keep the people at peace and not to loot or harass them; violators will be severely punished according to military law!

Guan Sheng was stunned by this description.

He only brought 500 cavalrymen to participate in this battle. He never intended to fight Song Jiang's main force. He was only there to scout, infiltrate, and intimidate Song Jiang to force him to retreat.

Unexpectedly, Linzi City was captured so easily. The key is that Yue Fei, with only a few dozen men, fought two battles, and the number of prisoners who surrendered and returned to the government army almost accounted for half of Guan Sheng's total attack force!

Judging from the size of his troops alone, Yue Fei today is no longer someone that a mere captain can control; he is at least a commander of troops with the authority of a lieutenant general.

If it were a weak, empty-shell brigade that was heavily involved in embezzling salaries, this number of troops would be enough to support a battalion commander!

You're telling me this is the result achieved by an officer on his very first day of combat after joining the army?!
This child is terrifyingly powerful.

Guan Sheng couldn't help but gasp.

Actually, thinking about it calmly, it's not that exaggerated. It was entirely because Yue Fei was an unknown soldier that the other side underestimated him and took the initiative to fight. Yue Fei's newly learned martial arts skills just happened to be the perfect counter to Qin Ming's style. All these coincidences and good fortune combined to create such a great opportunity.

Such a victory is impossible to replicate in the future, because after this battle, Yue Fei's reputation will surely skyrocket. Who would dare to underestimate him or challenge him to a duel? Even if someone were to challenge him, they would be extremely cautious and would not dare to underestimate him, so they would not be able to take advantage of such an opportunity.

This can be considered the will of Heaven, allowing Yue Fei to reap a great reward during his novice protection period in the first battle.

"With a hundred riders recaptured a prefecture and captured the enemy general in one move, such achievements suggest that after the Song Jiang rebellion is quelled, Brother Yue will surely be promoted by the Prefect, at least to the rank of battalion commander!"

"At nineteen, he's already a battalion commander. Brother Yue, your future is truly limitless; you'll definitely surpass me."

Guan Sheng also sighed from the bottom of his heart, marveling at how incredibly lucky Yue Fei was.

However, he didn't feel any jealousy. They were all straightforward people, and Guan Sheng respected his brothers who had real skills.

Despite his pride, Yue Fei was still somewhat aware of the situation. He quickly and honestly stated that everything had gone smoothly this time because of good luck. If it weren't for so many coincidences coming together, how could things have gone so smoothly?

We must never become arrogant or complacent because of a single victory.

"General Guan, what should we do next? Linzi City was taken back so easily, we're a bit lost." Yue Fei then asked for advice on the follow-up battle plan. He was still too young, and even though he had read some military treatises, he still lacked a strategic deployment mindset and had to learn everything on the spot.

Guan Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's rest in the city for the night and then make a plan. I will immediately send a messenger to contact Lord Zhao and inform him of the results of the battle in Linzi, so that Lord Zhao knows that Song Jiang has indeed led his entire army to retreat eastward and break through the encirclement."

Subsequently, we should coordinate our cavalry and navy to pursue Song Jiang by both land and sea. Song Jiang will certainly not dare to venture deep into the inland areas of Laizhou, and will only dare to retreat along the coastline, so that he can coordinate with his navy.

Song Jiang had plundered so much money and supplies in Qingzhou for so long, that most of these supplies couldn't be transported by land during the retreat; the army's provisions would have to go by sea. He couldn't get rid of this burden.

Following Guan Sheng's line of thought, Yue Fei realized that this was indeed the case. Song Jiang's marching route was relatively easy to predict, especially with Qin Ming's rapid defeat, which reduced Song Jiang's options even further.

But Yue Fei soon realized that his side could perhaps be even more aggressive.

He couldn't help but suggest, "What the general says is very true. We should indeed send someone to inform Lord Zhao immediately. However, I believe that our forces still have a chance to expand our gains. It would be a real pity to waste this opportunity."

Guan Sheng raised an eyebrow: "Oh? What opportunity?"

Yue Fei immediately took out a map, pointed at it and said, "Huang Xin just abandoned the city not long ago, and he is only half a day ahead of us. He must be resting tonight, so it is impossible for him to rush to meet Song Jiang overnight."

Furthermore, I asked the prisoners, and Song Jiang's order to him was to delay for three days to buy time for the main infantry force to advance eastward. Therefore, Huang Xin certainly won't be moving too fast. As long as we speed up our march tomorrow, we will definitely be able to catch up with Huang Xin.

To simultaneously maintain horsepower and catch up with Huang Xin, the horses could be redistributed, ensuring each soldier had two horses, while leaving unhorsed soldiers to guard Linzi and ensure the safety of the people. Once Huang Xin was caught and defeated, causing the complete collapse of Song Jiang's cavalry, Song Jiang would become extremely nervous and would have no choice but to abandon the idea of ​​a combined land and water retreat and instead withdraw the entire army eastward by sea.

With a large cavalry force, an army is unlikely to choose to retreat entirely by sea. Firstly, having a support force on land would be more secure. Secondly, warhorses are delicate and prone to illness and injury from the rough seas. Finally, cavalry are certainly fast enough to keep up with ships, preventing them from falling behind.

But if the cavalry is eliminated, leaving Song Jiang's army with only infantry, then he will have nothing left to cherish.

Firstly, the defensive capabilities of pure infantry, lacking cavalry, are very poor. If they prioritize marching speed and use a long, serpentine formation, changing formations for defense in the event of a surprise attack will be very slow. Secondly, if they use a formation more suited to real-time defense, their movement speed will be slow.

If the government troops have well-organized cavalry while Song Jiang does not, Song Jiang's army will be bogged down and eventually be dragged down. He might as well just have his entire army escape by boat.

In this way, Song Jiang's entire army could be forced to the sea.

After listening, Guan Sheng pondered for a moment. He still didn't know how much stronger Zhao Fujun's navy was than the Liangshan navy, because Zhao Zicheng's navy was built in Dengzhou and Laizhou, while Guan Sheng only knew about the army in Jinan Prefecture.

Based on Guan Sheng's impression of Zhao Zicheng, he estimated that the naval forces of Dengzhou and Laizhou would certainly be strong and highly professional. Just looking at how the Dengzhou and Laizhou naval forces crossed the sea and sailed straight towards Lijin County at the mouth of the Ji River a few days ago, without even needing to adjust their course, it was clear that their nautical expertise was exceptional.

Guan Sheng also knew that the navy was a more technically demanding branch of the military than the army. Although Song Jiang had a nearly tenfold advantage in total manpower, most of his troops were a ragtag bunch. The more specialized the battlefield, the more disadvantageous it would be for Song Jiang.

Therefore, it would be more advantageous to eliminate Song Jiang's army's hope of breaking through by both land and water, and to force Song Jiang's army to the sea, forcing the government troops to fight a sea pursuit battle.

"In that case, I'll take the gamble. You took back Linzi with a mere hundred cavalrymen, which shows that although Huang Xin's cavalry is numerous, their morale is definitely not high. Many of his cavalrymen are former Qingzhou government troops. As long as we can defeat the enemy generals and break their courage, most of the soldiers who were forced to surrender will waver in the face of battle. In this way, the enemy's large army is not a threat."

Guan Sheng finally made up his mind and immediately implemented the plan suggested by Yue Fei.

The cavalry force of about 700 riders rested overnight in Linzi City. At four o'clock the next morning, the soldiers ate a hearty meal and left the city with plenty of dry rations to continue their pursuit to the northeast.

Of course, because each person needed two horses, only 370 or 380 cavalrymen pursued them, and half of them were left in Linzi to restore order.

The messenger sent to contact Zhao Zicheng set off the night before to ensure that the message was delivered to Zhao Zicheng as soon as possible.

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Guan Sheng and Yue Fei, together with more than 300 cavalrymen, each riding two horses, pursued Huang Xin's blocking cavalry for about a day in the northeast-east direction. Sure enough, they caught up with Huang Xin's blocking cavalry in Shouguang County, near the border of Qingzhou and Laizhou.

Shouguang County is located within Qingzhou and is the easternmost county in Qingzhou. Further east is Changle County of Laizhou.

Huang Xin's earlier retreat was only due to the suddenness of the situation and the fact that Qin Ming was defeated by Yue Fei in one move. He feared that Yue Fei would take advantage of the chaos to force the Qingzhou cavalry to surrender and return to the court, and that he would not be able to control the situation for a while.

On the other hand, Huang Xin was also unsure how many men were following Yue Fei or whether Guan Sheng's main force had arrived. He feared that if he didn't leave then, it would be too late to escape once Guan Sheng arrived. Moreover, Huang Xin didn't even know if Qin Ming was alive or dead; the battlefield was so chaotic that it was impossible to see clearly.

Now, a full day and a half has passed since Qin Ming was captured. Huang Xin's cavalry rested for a night, and Huang Xin rewarded his soldiers with wine and meat to boost morale and tried his best to encourage them.

At this moment, Huang Xin believed that he had regained control of the army's morale and stabilized the troops' spirits. The shock to morale caused by Qin Ming's unknown fate had also subsided somewhat.

Guan Sheng relentlessly pursued Huang Xin, who couldn't help but feel annoyed, thinking that the other party was going too far and that he was indeed capable of fighting back.

"Guan Sheng has gone too far! Today I will avenge Chief Steward Qin!" So Huang Xin stopped running and set up his formation west of Shouguang County to meet Guan Sheng, who was about to catch up.

Seeing the enemy turn and form ranks, Guan Sheng and Yue Fei dared not act rashly. They immediately separated several dozen riders to remain behind the lines, serving as a reserve force and also helping to guard the warhorses used for changing mounts. Guan Sheng had come with two horses, but on the battlefield, he couldn't manage so many horses and needed to assign men to watch over them. Therefore, of his total of 350-360 riders, he actually only deployed 300 riders for the main battle, leaving 50-60 men to guard the horses.

As the two armies drew closer, Huang Xin roared angrily, taking the opportunity to demoralize Guan Sheng: "Guan Sheng, you scoundrel! You are indeed brave but lack strategy. You don't even know the military strategy that says, 'He who travels a hundred miles a day for profit can become a general.'"

"You've been chasing me so relentlessly, how much strength do you have left to fight me? Today I will avenge Steward Qin!"

Guan Sheng, on the other side, was completely unafraid. Although Qin Ming was not dead, Guan Sheng was extremely arrogant and too lazy to explain. So he only slightly refuted Huang Xin's point about being "brave but reckless":
"What a joke? You're the one who's brave but reckless. You didn't even realize that Guan was chasing you on two horses by himself. How could such a fool not lose? In a moment, I'll send you to reunite with Qin Ming!"

Huang Xin was furious, but Yue Fei, who was next to Guan Sheng, added insult to injury: "Huang Xin! You were once a government officer, but you were persuaded by Qin Ming to join the bandits. Now that Qin Ming has been captured by me and has repented and returned to the government, why are you still so stubborn?"

You were once known as the guardian of three mountains, and you were said to be able to conquer Erlong Mountain, Taohua Mountain, and Qingfeng Mountain. However, due to the combined attack of various bandits and Qin Ming's betrayal, you were unable to resist and had to be persuaded to surrender. Now, the old bandits of the three mountains are no match for you. Yesterday, Zhou Tong, the former second-in-command of Taohua Mountain, was killed by my arrow. His head is here.

"If you wish to return to the imperial court, I will help you kill all the remaining bandit leaders of the Three Mountains. Then you can simply say you were coerced. Lord Zhao is benevolent and will surely give you a way out!"

Yue Fei's words were indeed harsh, because after Huang Xin surrendered to Song Jiang, many former bandit leaders from the Three Mountains of Qingzhou were placed in his cavalry force as mid-level officers to help Huang Xin control the original Qingzhou government troops.

After Song Jiang captured Qingzhou, the reason he was able to get so many cavalrymen who originally belonged to the government army to surrender was entirely due to the help of these mid-level officers in controlling the army.

Zhou Tong, who was shot dead by Yue Fei's arrow yesterday, is a prime example. He commanded a scout team of over a hundred cavalrymen. Besides Zhou Tong, there was Li Zhong on Peach Blossom Mountain, and Yan Shun, Wang Ying, and others on the other two mountains.

Originally, when Huang Xin was a government general, these people were his enemies. Later, Huang Xin was forced to join Song Jiang, and these people became his subordinates. In fact, this was partly a form of surveillance.

After all, it's impossible for the Liangshan bandits to truly be like those in myths and legends, where everyone who joins is absolutely trusting and their loyalty remains at maximum, just like in a video game.

Song Jiang was also a flesh-and-blood mortal. He also had to consider reliability and seniority. It was inevitable that he would use older heroes to supervise the newly joined heroes.

Yue Fei's words were clearly a ruse, a last-minute attempt to sow discord among the enemy forces, causing Huang Xin, Li Zhong, Yan Shun, and Wang Ying to distrust each other. Even if Huang Xin hadn't considered rejoining the government army, Yue Fei's words had at least planted a seed in the enemy's mind.

More importantly, Qin Ming was indeed captured alive after being stabbed in the shoulder by Yue Fei, but no one in the enemy army could prove this, and no one knew the truth.

At this time, Qin Ming was still injured and unconscious, and it was impossible for him to surrender to the court. Yue Fei asserted that Qin Ming had surrendered, and the other side could not refute this, which instead caused a huge wavering in the morale of their army.

Even Huang Xin himself felt a bit flustered and confused, unsure of how much of what the other party said should be believed. But his instincts as a military general told him that he could not delay any longer. If he let Yue Fei continue, the morale of his troops would become even more chaotic, and they would be even less able to fight.

He didn't know if he could win at this moment, but he knew that the longer it dragged on, the smaller the chance of winning would be. So, he had no choice but to go for it regardless.

"Brothers, don't listen to his attempts to sow discord! Brother Qin must have been killed by this bastard! Follow me and charge into battle to avenge Brother Qin!"

Huang Xin spurred his horse and urged his nearly 1,500 cavalrymen to charge haphazardly toward Guan Sheng and Yue Fei.

On paper, Huang Xin's cavalry still outnumbered Guan Sheng's by five times. A significant portion of these were original cavalry from the Qingzhou government forces, while a considerable amount of the Liangshan army's accumulated resources over the past two or three years also contributed.

However, due to the hasty order, the 1,500 men did not advance all at once. The various formations became somewhat disjointed. The central army charged forward, but the flanks were somewhat sluggish. Moreover, the officers on the flanks did not know whether to charge directly or to outflank and encircle the enemy for a distance to try to attack from the side.

This disconnect meant that Guan Sheng and Yue Fei didn't actually have that many enemies to face at the same time.

Huang Xin's cavalry were driven to agitation by Yue Fei's verbal attacks, and to some extent, they resorted to piecemeal tactics, giving Yue Fei some time to defeat them one by one.

More importantly, under Yue Fei's blow to morale, Huang Xin's army was in turmoil, making it even more necessary for generals to lead the charge to stabilize morale. Otherwise, if veteran Qingzhou soldiers were sent to the front lines, and those veterans believed the enemy's propaganda that "Qin Ming has surrendered and returned to the court," and defected on the battlefield, the Liangshan cavalry would be completely finished.

Guan Sheng and Yue Fei were no pushovers either, and they could certainly see an opportunity in Huang Xin's hasty and chaotic counter-charge. Therefore, Guan Sheng decisively ordered Yue Fei and himself to each lead a cavalry force, forming a pincer movement to attack Huang Xin.

Guan Sheng himself attacked head-on, heading straight for Huang Xin's central army, while Yue Fei slightly maneuvered to the left flank, preparing to cut off Huang Xin's outstretched flank and then launch a pincer attack on Huang Xin from both sides.

The two cavalry units clashed quickly. Guan Sheng and Yue Fei's cavalry were generally better equipped and had higher morale, gaining a clear local advantage in the first wave of the charge.

The Liangshan cavalry had just lost their commander Qin Ming yesterday, and were already somewhat demoralized. Naturally, they could not muster all their courage in this clash of forces like mad tigers.

Yue Fei took the lead and killed five or six enemy cavalrymen as if he were in an empty field.

His soldiers also fought bravely, protecting Yue Fei on both flanks and rear, following Yue Fei like a sharp blade as he plunged into the enemy ranks.

Not long after the bloody battle, Yue Fei ran into an enemy general.

The enemy general's armor wasn't particularly splendid, making him look somewhat unlike a regular soldier. Yue Fei hadn't intended to deliberately engage him, but the enemy charged at Yue Fei like a madman, shouting repeatedly:

"You treacherous scoundrel who shot you in the back! What kind of skill is it to shoot someone in the back! I'll avenge my second brother, Zhou Tong!"

It turns out that this general was Li Zhong, the former leader of Peach Blossom Mountain, and an accomplice of Zhou Tong. Yesterday, when Zhou Tong was leading his scout team on a reconnaissance mission, he was shot and killed by Yue Fei with an arrow. Just now, Yue Fei was shouting this victory in front of the battle to demoralize the enemy.

The Liangshan army only confirmed Zhou Tong's death at that moment; they had initially thought he had simply been scattered and unable to be contacted the day before. Li Zhong, in a fit of rage, bravely came to seek revenge.

"Alas... since it's for the sake of avenging my brothers, there's no other way." Yue Fei sighed softly, knowing that this grudge could not be resolved, and fully respecting his opponent, he fought with renewed vigor. In fact, even at this moment, he still did not know his opponent's name.

As the two horses passed each other, Yue Fei moved with lightning speed, thrusting his spear into Li Zhong's throat, killing him instantly.

When Li Zhong rushed up to seek revenge, two other cavalry sentries, Yan Shun and Wang Ying from the neighboring Qingfeng Mountain, saw that the situation was not good and estimated that Li Zhong might not be a match for Yue Fei, so they had already come to join the attack.

"Brother Li Zhong, don't be impulsive! This guy surnamed Yue killed Brother Qin yesterday..."

But before they could finish their shouts, they saw that Li Zhong had already been killed. Fortunately, they had already rushed close. Seeing that Yue Fei had killed a general and hadn't had time to withdraw his spear, the two of them gritted their teeth and rushed up to attack him from both sides, two against one.

The two attacked together, and since they were fighting with all their might and taking their opponent seriously, Yue Fei was indeed a little flustered.

After all, Qin Ming's quick defeat yesterday was largely due to luck, and the fact that the enemy was careless and unprepared when he was relatively unknown.

If Qin Ming had been fully focused and taken Yue Fei seriously as a formidable opponent, it would have taken Yue Fei at least several dozen moves to defeat him. If Qin Ming had been familiar with the characteristics of the hook-and-sickle spear technique and developed a targeted defense, the fight might have lasted even longer.

At this moment, Yan Shun and Wang Ying were fighting Yue Fei with all their might, concentrating their minds and displaying the strongest martial arts skills they had ever possessed. Occasionally, there were also miscellaneous soldiers from both armies fighting each other nearby.

When Yue Fei first saw Yan Shun wielding a long-handled broadsword, he was evenly matched with him in their attacks. Meanwhile, Wang Ying wielded twin swords, his moves were swift and fierce but lacked range. Yue Fei decided to take advantage of the length of his weapons to quickly defeat Wang Ying before turning his attention to Yan Shun.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ying, relying on the agility of his twin swords, wielded them like a whirlwind, focusing solely on defense and parrying Yue Fei's spear thrusts. Yue Fei's weapons, being long and slow, were unable to penetrate his defenses for a time. With Yan Shun attacking from the side, Yue Fei was forced to divert his attention, and after more than a dozen exchanges, he still hadn't managed to defeat him.

After calming down, Yue Fei suddenly realized that although the short man's twin swords were fast, they were unlikely to hurt him. Therefore, it would be better to attack the one with the long-handled broadsword first.

It wasn't that Yue Fei lacked martial arts skills, but rather that he lacked experience in real combat and chose the wrong target from the start.

After adjusting his tactics, Yue Fei, who was originally aiming his spear at Wang Ying's face, suddenly turned and thrust his spear back at Yan Shun's face from the side and behind.

Yan Shun originally planned to relieve Wang Ying's siege by attacking Wei and killing Yue Fei. Who would have thought that Yue Fei would suddenly change tactics and come straight for him, attacking without defending and directly confronting him.

Because of the inertia formed by the previous dozen or so moves, Yan Shun was caught off guard and tried his best to block and dodge, but he was still inevitably injured by Yue Fei's stab.

After turning the tide, Yue Fei immediately launched a fierce attack on Yan Shun. Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Ying turned around and chased after Yue Fei in an attempt to help his brother. However, his twin swords could not reach far, and Yue Fei only occasionally used the back of his spear to sweep away his weapons. He did not need to spend too much time on him and could concentrate at least 80% of his energy on attacking Yan Shun.

Yan Shun was already injured and could no longer resist. After only two or three moves, he was shot repeatedly, fell off his horse, and died.

With Yan Shun dead, Wang Ying was utterly terrified. In addition, his weapon was not suitable for cavalry charge combat, and after only a few exchanges, he was also stabbed off his horse by Yue Fei.

The Liangshan army was already demoralized, consisting mostly of hastily assembled bandits, and relied entirely on their generals for courage to fight. When Yue Fei killed three minor leaders, the left flank of the Liangshan army immediately collapsed.

Yue Fei led his troops in a brief charge, and they broke through the enemy lines, causing many of the divided enemy troops to surrender.

Undeterred, Yue Fei led his cavalry on a charge towards the flank of the enemy's central army, shouting in the heat of battle, "General Guan, I'm here to help you!"

In the central direction of both armies, Guan Sheng was leading two hundred cavalry in a desperate battle against Huang Xin's main force. Because Huang Xin's cavalry outnumbered his men, Guan Sheng initially had no chance to engage in duels, only fighting in the chaotic melee. Only now had he managed to reach Huang Xin, and the two had just exchanged a few blows.

Guan Shengnian was once a general of the imperial court, but he was coerced by Qin Ming. He also had some respect for talent and wanted to capture him alive so that he could quickly force the remaining troops to surrender. That's why he didn't kill him right away and was dragged out for more than ten moves by Huang Xin.

But as Yue Fei killed the three generals on the flanks and, with the momentum of victory, joined forces with the central army, shouting and fighting fiercely all the way, the Liangshan cavalry in the central army around Huang Xin finally began to scatter in fear.

Seeing that things were going badly, Huang Xin became increasingly panicked.

Guan Sheng seized the opportunity and, after thirty rounds, swung his Green Dragon Crescent Blade, changing his slash to a strike. He used the side of the blade to forcefully break through Huang Xin's defense and then struck him in the chest.

Huang Xin coughed up a mouthful of blood, his head spinning from Guan Sheng's blow. He felt a tightness in his chest, couldn't catch his breath, and was swept off his horse by the remaining force of the blade.

"Tie him up! Huang Xin has been captured! Those who surrender will not be killed!" Guan Sheng shouted, and the surrounding Liangshan cavalry were completely terrified, losing all will to fight, and many surrendered.

(End of this chapter)