(2-in-1)

The defeat has appeared, and the deputy marshal Bai Qi and Ma Qingshan are aware of this, and they know that they must make a decision as soon as possible and break through. If it is delayed any longer, the whole army will be defeated and its morale will be greatly lost, and it will face the danger of annihilation.

The two immediately suggested to Yang Jun to break through, but Yang Jun was already red-eyed at this time, he was unwilling to accept the result of defeat, and sharply rejected the proposal of the two. But he also saw the rout in the south direction, and in order to save the defeat, Yang Jun ordered He Chuanzong to lead the remaining 2,000 cavalry of the personal guard battalion to counterattack. Yang Jun believed that the previous rout was caused by the opposing cavalry's charging infantry formation, and not for other reasons. All it takes is to stabilize the situation and resist the onslaught of the opposing cavalry to stop the rout. In order to achieve this goal, he had to use the most elite battalion of personal guard cavalry.

He Chuanzong did not hesitate at all, he has been by Yang Jun's side since he was a child, Yang Jun is his father, the idol in his heart, and an unattainable mountain. For every order of Yang Jun, he didn't need to think about it, he just completed it to the letter. The 2,000 cavalry battalion of the guards rushed to the formation of a large number of infantry who had retreated retrograde, and rushed towards the Liao cavalry who were surging on the south road.

There is no doubt that in the entire Great Zhou army, Yang Jun's personal guard battalion is undoubtedly the most powerful soldier and horse. Although their numbers are not large, they are all elite. In the previous siege battle, the soldiers and horses of the 5,000 personal guard battalion played a huge role, they forced into the city gate, showing a very high combat ability and the spirit of not fearing death, so that Han Desui had to personally mobilize a large number of soldiers and horses to go down to the city to besiege and kill, thus giving the Great Zhou soldiers and horses who attacked the city wall a chance to break through the city wall in one fell swoop. However, the losses of the Guards Cavalry Battalion were also huge, with more than half of the 5,000 people lost, and now only more than 2,000 remained.

These two thousand people still showed their ferocity and sharpness, in the face of the overwhelming Liao cavalry rushing like a pipe surge, He Chuanzong led two thousand cavalry to withstand the torrent, like a mainstay, forcibly blocking the rushing enemy cavalry. The long knives in the hands of the cavalry rose and fell, covered in blood, and the Liao soldiers who killed them cried for their fathers and mothers, screaming for a long time. In a very short period of time, more than 2,000 cavalrymen including He Chuanzong killed more than 3,000 people. The corpses were piled up on the ground all over the street, trampled into a bloody patch by the horseshoe people's feet, and blood flowed everywhere, and the gutters on both sides of the street were red blood flowing like streams.

Yang Jun was overjoyed, and shouted at Bai Qi and Ma Qingshan, "Did you see it? This is the correct way to fight against the Liao. They are fierce, and we have to be more fierce than them. Look at He Chuanzong and them, this is the battle. If the two of you say anything about retreating to vent the morale of our army, the commander will act in accordance with the law. ”

Bai Qi and Ma Qingshan sighed and were speechless, and Marshal Yang was afraid that his brain was really hot. It was completely relied on the bravery of He Chuanzong and others to stop the decline at the intersection of Zhengnan Street, but Marshal Yang did not seem to see the situation at the other street entrances, where the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty had been defeated and retreated, and were being quickly compressed on the circular square outside the palace. Once all the soldiers and horses are forced to retreat to the square, it is convenient to slaughter the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty like slaughtering dogs and pigs. And after all the street exits were blocked by the other side, it became impossible to even break through. Although the cavalry battalion led by He Chuanzong was strong, they only had 2,000 people, and at best they could only resist one place.

He Chuanzong and others are invincible at the intersection of Zhengnan Avenue and are almost invincible. The 2,000 cavalry not only stopped the opponent's attack, but also launched a counter-charge, compressing the opponent's cavalry formation backwards. After killing more than 1,000 cavalrymen, they had already rushed nearly 200 steps on the long street, forcing the opponent's dense cavalry back by 200 steps.

At this moment, on the top of a small two-story building on the west side, an old man with white hair was frowning and watching the battle on the south street. When he saw He Chuanzong's momentum like a bamboo, the spears were picked up one after another, and the cavalry of the Liao army were killed by him one after another, a dissatisfied look appeared on his face.

"Don't you understand the truth that a man shoots a horse first, and a thief captures a king first? That guy is the backbone of the entire cavalry, and if he is killed, the morale of the other party will be greatly dissipated. Patriarch Jeru, didn't you say that there are many archers in your people? If you don't ask them to come out and do it at this time, what are you waiting for? The old man stroked his beard and said in a deep voice.

An obese middle-aged man in armor smiled and said, "Prime Minister Han, don't worry, do you still need to teach you about this?" They took two hundred steps, and they had already stepped into the ghost gate with one foot. I've already ordered the archers to get ready for the upper room. ”

The old man nodded slightly and said, "I see, so what are you waiting for?" They killed all the men of your tribe. ”

The patriarch nodded and said, "Let's do it." ”

The patriarch turned to take his bow and shot an arrow into the sky, and in the midst of a piercing whistle, countless human heads appeared on a dozen houses on both sides of the lower street, each with a bow and arrow in his hand, at the cavalry of the guards who were cutting melons and chopping vegetables in the street.

"It's not good, get out of here." He Chuanzong saw the human heads emerging from the roof, and he realized that he had led people to rush too deep, and he had already rushed hundreds of steps, deep into the depths of the street, which was a big taboo. He only needed to block the Liao army from occupying the street entrance, and let his infantry occupy the high places on both sides to block the street. It's already too aggressive.

Arrows rained down, and countless feathered arrows pierced the air and came overwhelmingly. The cavalry of the Great Zhou Guards reacted immediately, and while the front team of the horses turned into the rear team to withdraw, they raised their shields to cover it. In the sound of the war horse rolling and neighing, the people and horses fell to the ground with arrows, and there was chaos.

He Chuanzong danced the spear through the wind and rain, and a dozen arrows shot at him could not hurt him at all, and all of them were knocked away.

"Stand on the shield!" He Chuanzong roared.

The cavalry quickly removed the shield hanging from the horse's hips, and organized the shield wall to defend the arrows, although the arrows were dense, but the damage to the cavalry was really limited, and the cavalry quickly retreated, looking quite orderly.

"That man must die." The old man on the roof in the distance frowned and said, "I can't let him go back alive." ”

"Yes!" Patriarch Yelu bowed and nodded, then turned around and ordered.

All the archers soon aimed their bows and arrows at He Chuanzong at the rear of the group. He Chuanzong was at the front when he rushed to kill, but he was at the back of the line when he retreated at this moment. He didn't raise his shield to cover himself like the others, for he had a spear in his hand, dancing impermeable. He was so confident in his martial arts that his spear didn't let a single arrow fly into his side as he stormed into the gate.

He Chuanzong sensed the danger, it was a feeling of being raised by countless poisonous snakes, staring at you with hollow and terrifying eyes, that feeling made people's hairs stand on end, and they were extremely frightened.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, countless arrows shot down from the top of the house, and this time, all the arrows had only one target, and that was He Chuanzong at the back of the team. He was too conspicuous, and he was too fierce to kill people before. His tall figure was like a mountain, his slender body was extremely strong, and his whole body was full of strength. The spear in his hand had already killed at least thirty Liao soldiers not long ago. Even without orders from above, there were more arrows fired at him than others. Moreover, at this moment all the archers were given the order: "Shoot only this person, regardless of the others." ”

He Chuanzong made the most correct and wrong decision in his life. He didn't choose to resist the countless arrows that were being fired at him, because he knew he couldn't resist the accumulating of so many arrows. So he jumped off his horse for the first time and shrank under the belly of the horse.

The high-headed horse didn't even have a chance to scream, and was densely packed with arrows from all directions, and became a porcupine. He Chuanzong under the belly of the horse escaped this catastrophe, but when the war horse fell, he also had no mount.

The second round of arrow rain came as scheduled, and He Chuanzong rolled on the long street, and the dense arrows on his side shot on the blue brick avenue, bouncing and flying, shooting out countless white smoke and dust. He Chuanzong desperately rushed to the side of the street, because he knew that in that case, half of the arrows that would be shot at him. On both sides of the house, there is more shelter in front of the door to hide.

He put all his life's learning to good use, and his goal was behind the stone lion in front of a nearby mansion. Once he can hide behind the stone lion, and dozens of cavalry have already retreated to the rescue, then he can escape this fate.

The attention of everyone on the left side of the battlefield seemed to be on him, and everyone watched him roll in the streets to avoid the rain of arrows, and everyone was nervous. After seeing He Chuanzong's vigorous figure dodging the rain of arrows one after another, as if interspersed with the means of the rain of arrows, many people couldn't help but cheer. It's like a wonderful performance of individual martial arts.

However, this is not a show, but a brutal hunt. This was soon proven. When He Chuanzong jumped into the air a few feet away from the stone lion and flew down, everyone thought that he was about to successfully avoid the pursuit of the rain of arrows and be rescued, He Chuanzong's body in the air trembled as if it had been struck by lightning, and then fell on the hard blue brick ground. A Liao State archer calculated the amount in advance, and a powerful arrow was nailed to He Chuanzong's back like a poisonous snake.

"General He!" The guards shouted in panic, and some people had already turned their horses' heads and were ready to rush to the rescue.

"Retreat!" He Chuanzong, who fell to the ground, shouted loudly, and at the same time struggled to climb behind the stone lion. The rain of arrows came mercilessly, and He Chuanzong, who had already been injured by the powerful arrow piercing his armor, was already powerless to dodge, and in an instant, countless feathered arrows pierced his body, and his entire back was filled with dense arrows from head to toe. The strong arrow entered the body, the flesh and blood were dripping, He Chuanzong screamed, stubbornly trying to get up. Another rain of arrows struck, and He Chuanzong's whole body was full of flesh and blood, but not a single piece of flesh and blood was intact. The arrows that were shot continuously hit the same piece of flesh and blood would produce a bursting effect, and He Chuanzong's body was blasted into a pool of humanoid minced flesh in the bombardment of the bow and arrow.

Seeing this, all the guards and cavalry shouted in shock, and their souls were scattered. It was the most tragic death they had ever seen, and Commander He was so shot by the rain of arrows that it burst into a puddle of flesh, and this scene was already unacceptable to them. What's more, their commander He Chuanzong is the most brave man in the army and the backbone of everyone. Seeing him die tragically on the spot from the disaster of ten thousand arrows, everyone's hearts were even colder, and they all seemed to have lost their strength. The whole person seemed to tremble, and tears flowed on the spot.

After the arrows shot He Chuanzong, they began to turn to the cavalry team to shoot. Someone recovered, shouted loudly, and everyone woke up from their stupor, and then evacuated in a hurry. After leaving behind more than 100 corpses, the cavalry of the Guards Battalion rushed out of the range of bows and arrows and retreated to the street.

When Yang Jun got the report that He Chuanzong was shot by the other party's random arrows, he couldn't believe his ears.

"Bastard, how is that possible? What about Ho Chuanzong? Tell him to come to Ben Shuai. Yang Jun shouted with blood-red eyes. He Chuanzong is the most loyal person he has raised since he was a child, and he will fulfill any orders he gives to the letter. His martial arts and talents are also first-class, in Yang Jun's opinion, anyone can fail, but He Chuanzong will definitely not. Anything, as long as it is explained to He Chuanzong, he will complete it without discount, no matter how difficult it is. He didn't let him die, how dare he fight to the death?

"My lord, Commander He is really dead. Adult's Day mourning is smooth, and it must not be more painful. Bai Qi whispered to persuade.

"Bastard, don't talk nonsense. What about Ho Chuanzong? Where? I'm going to find him. Come, take me to him. How dare he hide from me. Yang Jun was a little incoherent, and he rode his horse to rush to the street.

"Your Excellency...... It was true, and thousands of my brothers and I witnessed the death of Commander He. My lord...... The festival mourns and changes, and my brothers are also heartbroken. Huang Xiaoquan, the general of the guard battalion who came to report, shouted with tears in his eyes.

Yang Jun was stunned for a moment, his face turned pale, he suddenly opened his mouth, a mouthful of hot blood gushed out, and the whole person shook twice on the horse, and fell off the horse. Fortunately, the left and right reacted quickly and hugged his body before he fell to the ground, but Yang Jun was already in a coma.

The army is facing a desperate situation, morale is extremely low, and the commander is unconscious, how can this big battle continue. Bai Qi and Ma Qingshan immediately made a decision and ordered a breakthrough. It was not until the evening of the same day that the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty desperately broke through the encirclement of the Liao army, and finally broke through from the three streets and alleys and escaped from the southern city of Xijin Prefecture.

The success of the breakthrough was also due to the proper command of Bai Qi and Ma Qingshan, who concentrated their superior forces and stormed the three streets. The soldiers and horses that the other side later reinforced were indeed not well equipped. When the soldiers and horses broke through in the Great Zhou Dynasty and formed a shield formation to break through, they really couldn't come up with any good way, so they could only blindly block with longbows and cavalry to kill, but the light cavalry actually didn't take much advantage in front of the shield array.

Bai Qi commanded the soldiers and horses to attack in front, and Ma Qingshan led 20,000 crossbow infantry to desperately block the Liao army behind the flank in the rear. The Liao army did not have a good way to stop them, and their own casualties were not less than those of the other side, so they could not take too much advantage, and before the sky turned dark, they also died down and retreated to the city.

The soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou did not dare to stay, marched overnight, and did not dare to rest for a moment, until the afternoon of the next day, in the hills and valleys fifty miles south of the Sanggan River ferry, the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who really could not walk, finally stopped to rest, and at the same time began to take stock of the remaining soldiers and horses and belongings.

It doesn't matter, but the result is frustrating. When the Great Zhou soldiers and horses crossed the river from Zhuozhou to fight in Xijin Mansion, there were more than 230,000 soldiers and horses, and now, there are less than 70,000 soldiers and horses left in the Great Zhou. In other words, in the battle of Jinfu, nearly 160,000 elite soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty were annihilated. Moreover, all the materials and baggage were lost, all the grain and grass were lost, and all the siege equipment such as siege vehicles, catapults, cloud cars, and oil trucks were also lost. If these things are damaged, they are in danger of leaking secrets. The Liao people don't know how much they want the manufacturing method of the Yunxiao siege car, and the manufacturing of the oil car and the Yunxiao car are all top secrets, and this time, the Liao people are afraid that they all know about it.

The number of men and horses lost was readjusted after the next day, because one after another, the remnants of the Great Zhou army returned to the army, and the number was six or seven thousand. But even if these people are counted, the elite soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou have lost a huge loss of 150,000. At this moment, there are still 20,000 Great Zhou soldiers and horses in Zhuozhou, and with these, the 300,000 Great Zhou elite Northern Expeditionary Soldiers and Horses have also lost sixty percent. Coupled with the loss of siege equipment, grain and grass, it can be said that it was a completely defeated northern expedition.

Two days later, the remnants of the defeated army will be defeated and returned to Zhuozhou. Yang Junyi couldn't afford to be sick and couldn't wake up every day. Deputy Marshal Bai Qi temporarily took over the military affairs, and he wrote the news of the army's defeat into a memo and submitted it to the imperial court, and at the same time asked the soldiers and horses to abandon Zhuozhou and withdraw to the territory of the Great Zhou. Because if this soldier and horse stay in Zhuozhou any longer, they may still encounter danger.

At the same time, the doubts that had been bothering Bai Qi, Ma Qingshan and others about where the 150,000 reinforcements of the Liao army came from also had clear news and answers.

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Lin Jue only learned the result of the battle of Xijin Mansion two days after he met with Gao Muqing and others. Such a result is simply unacceptable, Yang Jun led more than 200,000 troops to attack Xijin Mansion, and it would end in a fiasco, which is simply incredible.

Lin Jue also understood the meaning of the incredible expression on Wanyan Aguda's face when he received the news that fell from the sky in the early morning of the day he fled. It's really incomprehensible, the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty were actually defeated in the siege operations that they were best at? Yang Jun can't be regarded as a straw bag, he is also a famous general who has experienced a hundred battles, how could he be so completely defeated when he has an absolute advantage in troops. So what's really going on?

However, Lin Jue also understood why Wanyan Agu hastily let himself go and was in a hurry to start the army. At that time, Wanyan Mingyue was forced to die, and if he didn't make a decision, he would have to fight for a long time. Obviously, Wanyan Agu Da could not have any more delays, and the defeat of the Great Zhou soldiers and horses in Xijin Mansion meant that his Jurchen allies could no longer contain the Liao soldiers and horses for him. Within a few days, the soldiers and horses of Xijin Mansion will reinforce Dading Mansion, and he will face the troops of the Liao State. If he wants to win the battlefield, he must act immediately and compete with the opponent's reinforcements for time. Unless he decides to withdraw his troops, he must immediately march into Dadingfu. Obviously, Wanyan Aguda is not a person who is willing to admit defeat. But the future of his Jurchen soldiers and horses is not optimistic. Therefore, he refused to entangle, and lost his arrogance, and decided to keep his own life, and at the same time leave a way back for himself.

Regarding the specific course of the war, Lin Jue also learned all the details soon after stepping into the jurisdiction of Nanjing Dao.