Chapter Twenty-Five: Eight Hundred Horses Came Down

Cao Cheng and Ma Hong Liu You abandoned their troops and fled, immediately putting the desperate warriors in a desperate situation. On the battlefield, morale comes first. What keeps an army morale alive is mostly where the battle flag lies. If the battle flag moves forward, the soldiers will naturally move forward. If the battle flag falls backwards, even the best fighting army will crumble.

Formed a queue, coupled with low morale, in the face of the thousands of iron horsemen pouring out of the camp of Sha Guzhi, the five thousand strong men lost more than a thousand in the blink of an eye. The surviving warriors had no intention of resisting, and fled towards the camp one after another, leaving their backs to the sabers of the golden soldiers.

Sha Guzhi waved his sword while riding his horse, and shouted loudly, "Sons, take it easy." Follow the butts of these Song pigs and kill them into the Song army camp in one go. Let's also give these Song pigs an inverted bead curtain. ”

Sha Guzhi wanted to take the opportunity to drive the rout into the camp of the Song army in one go, and if he could take advantage of the chaos to set a fire, it would be even better. Fortunately, thanks to the whimsical nature of the sand and ancient quality, otherwise the five thousand strong men would not be able to escape in front of the Song camp, and they would all be cut down to the ground.

Thousands of Jin soldiers drove the defeated Song army of more than 3,000 and galloped all the way to the barracks. Their distance was kept extremely well, most of the cavalry and infantry were dozens of paces apart, but from time to time a dozen iron horsemen would leap out and cut down some of the Song troops running at the rear.

The armor on the heavy infantry weighed fifty or sixty pounds, and they were really not good at running. But under the saber of the golden soldiers, they could only grit their teeth and run forward. ran out of only two miles, and some strong men actually vomited blood and fainted from exhaustion.

Thousands of Jurchen iron horsemen trampled past their bodies, and even the intact corpses could not be found, leaving only a trail of blood.

The Song camp and the Jin camp are not more than a few miles apart, but this short distance has become a moat. Just when the exhausted warriors were about to despair, the Song army camp suddenly opened its door, a large banner with the character of Yue hunted in the wind, and eight hundred horsemen poured out of the nest, bypassing the warriors, and directly had a head-to-head duel with the Jurchen iron horsemen.

Cao Chengli was very meritorious, and when he led 5,000 strong men out of the camp, he did not notify Yue Fei to respond. But as soon as he left the camp, Yue Fei was informed of the news by the Guardian Army patrolling the night.

Yue Fei had already gotten up at that time and was practicing martial arts with Ji Qian Wang Gang in the tent. Hearing that Cao Cheng led the army out of the camp, he immediately scolded angrily in his heart, Cao Cheng's fight was too wishful thinking. Attacking the camp is a risky thing, and if you win, you will win a big victory, and if you fail, you will be wiped out. Because the raiders certainly don't carry too many soldiers.

In the camp of the Jin army, excluding the Jurchen iron cavalry, there were 30,000 Han'er troops alone. These Han'er troops are not young and strong cannon fodder pulled by golden dogs everywhere, but elite soldiers who have fought with Zong Han for several years.

Cao Cheng dared to sneak attack Jinying with 5,000 men and horses, which was really bold. It seems that this guy wants to do a miracle too much. In order to overpower himself in front of Zong Shuai, but the result of his attack this time was definitely defeated. Because according to Xue Bi, Han Wanhu Zhang Liusun was a veteran and was extremely cautious in fighting.

Ji Qian sneered, "Brother Yue, Cao Cheng's thief is not dead, and he obviously wants to steal the credit. Big brother, let's not send troops, wait for Sha Guzhi to kill Cao Cheng. Lao Tzu is really unpleasant to look at this guy. ”

Yue Fei glared at Ji Qian and sneered, "Confused! Do you think Cao Cheng will rush to the front? I am afraid that all the five thousand strong men will die, but he is unharmed. ”

Ji Qian clapped her hands and said, "Isn't that right?" Let him lose 5,000 elite soldiers, so as to deal a blow to his ambitions. ”

Yue Fei was really angry this time, he punched Ji Qian on the shoulder, and beat Ji Qian to grin. "Ji Qian, if you dare to say such things in the future, I will cut you! Cao Cheng's elite soldiers are also my righteous soldiers in the Central Plains, how can I watch them die under the iron hooves of the golden dog? Without further ado, send someone to inform Zhao Hong and Dong Xian and ask them to urgently dispatch cavalry. Wang Gang, quickly go and order the 800 Beiwei army, let's go out of the camp first. If my expectations are correct, Cao Cheng's gang will soon be defeated and retreat. ”

Ji Qian and Wang Gang were still carrying the Wei army, but Yang Zaixing rode in from outside the camp, galloped straight to Yue Fei, turned over and dismounted, and said in an anxious voice, "General Yue, please send troops quickly and go to save my five thousand brothers." ”

"Has General Cao been defeated?" Yue Fei really didn't expect Cao Cheng to be so vulnerable. Although he guessed that Cao Cheng would definitely be defeated and retreated, five thousand hoplites in battle armor, even in the face of 100,000 iron cavalry, it was impossible to be defeated in a blink of an eye.

Yang Zaixing wiped the sweat on his face and said extremely angrily, "General Cao attacked too impatiently, messed up the queue, and tried to break the camp in one fell swoop while the Jin soldiers were unprepared, but who knew that the Jin soldiers ambushed hundreds of iron horsemen behind the camp wall, and suddenly killed when our army broke the wall, and our army was defeated, and at this time it was rushing towards the camp." The golden dog was in hot pursuit, and I thought that the golden soldiers wanted to take advantage of the chaos to attack our army's camp. ”

Ji Qian shouted, "What about the conceited and brave General Cao? Injured or not? ”

Yang Zaixing looked at Ji Qian a little embarrassed and didn't speak. Because Yang Zaixing doesn't know what to say, he can't say that Cao Cheng is unharmed, and now he is about to flee into the camp, right?

Although Yang Zaixing couldn't get used to Cao Cheng's greed for life and fear of death, he was unwilling to speak ill of Cao Cheng. Yang Zaixing always believes that no matter how bad Cao Cheng is, he is also his Yang Zaixing's life-saving benefactor.

But coincidentally, when the Eight Hundred Beiwei Army had just come out of the camp, they happened to bump into the extremely embarrassed Cao Cheng and the others. This allowed Ji Qian to seize the opportunity. Ji Qian stepped forward, stopped in front of Cao Chengma, and shouted in a long voice, "Alas, isn't this General Cao?" Why is it so messy? ”

Cao Cheng's face turned red, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes, but he didn't speak. However, Ma Hong saw the Beiwei army out of the camp and knew that his life was worry-free, so he immediately smiled and said, "We are going here to lure the enemy, and now the Jin soldiers have really hit the plan, and we are about to go to the camp to mobilize a large army and destroy the Jin soldiers in one fell swoop." ”

Ji Qian pointed at the strong men who were retreating towards the camp, and said loudly, "Oh, it turns out that your plan to lure the enemy is to send the brothers to death." Phew! ”

Yue Fei saw that Ji Qian was getting more and more energetic, and couldn't help scolding, "Ji Qian, we came out with knives and guns, but we didn't let you play tricks there." The golden dog is close at hand, and it is still urging the horse forward, when will it be? ”

Ji Qian was scolded by Yue Fei, and finally remembered that today's task was not to fight with Cao Cheng and the others, but to have another decisive battle with Sha Guzhi. Ji Qian no longer quarreled with Cao Cheng, but Cao Cheng had a dispute with Yang Zaixing again.

Because seeing Yang Zaixing's armor and armor, it seemed that he was going to attack with the Beiwei army again, Cao Cheng was even more angry in his heart, and pointed at Yang Zaixing and shouted, "Yang Maozi, what are you doing here?" Didn't I command you to rest well in the camp? Why do you have to go out of the camp to fight again? ”

Cao Cheng didn't know that although Yang Zaixing hadn't slept all night, he didn't go back to the camp to rest at all, but carried an iron gun and led more than a dozen guards to observe the attack on the camp of 5,000 strong men. Yang Zaixing really wanted to be the striker of 5,000 strong men, but Cao Cheng didn't want him to be in the limelight again. So Yang Zaixing could only stay away from the battlefield and watch the Jin soldiers kill in a big way.

Even though Yang Zaixing is brave and natural, he will not commit suicide. Seeing that Cao Cheng fled back first, Yang Zaixing no longer hesitated, and returned to the camp to ask Yue Fei to rescue the soldiers. Yang Zaixing really couldn't bear to let his five thousand brothers be trampled on the ground by the golden dog.

But where did Cao Cheng understand Yang Zaixing's thoughts. He thought that Yang Zaixing was going to abandon himself and defect to Yue Fei, so he put up the boss on the spot and scolded loudly.

Yang Zaixing didn't argue, just hugged his fist at Cao Cheng, and said in a deep voice, "General Cao, thousands of brothers are in danger, how dare Zaixing sit in the barracks." This goes, and after the war, I will make amends to the general. ”

As soon as the words fell, Yang Zaixing urged the crotch of the oolong horse, rushed towards Jin Bing, and did not look back at Cao Cheng again.

Cao Cheng's face turned black into a piece of iron, he didn't expect Yang Zaixing to not listen to his orders. At this time, Liu You fanned the flames and said, "Brother Cao, did you hear that?" Yang Maozi called you a general just now, but he was not the big brother who shouted. Looks like this kid is really going to be ungrateful. ”

Yang Zaixing didn't hear Liu You's words. At this time, his eyes were full of blood. The 800 Beiwei army was divided into three groups, with 200 elite horsemen on each wing, bypassing the strong men and attacking the Jin army. And Yue Fei led four hundred elite horsemen alone, and went against the current in the scattered queue of strong men. Yang Zaixing held the iron spear and kept rushing in front of Yue Pegasus.

Yang Zaixing admired Yue Fei very much, because although Yue Fei's elite team had a large number of riders, he chose the most dangerous path. You must know that the war horse is vertical and horizontal, and it all depends on speed. And among the strong men who escaped, they went against the current, obviously testing the riding skills of the back army.

You must know that the strong men at this time have already become a routed army, and they only care about running forward desperately, where will they make way for the back army. And even if the Beiwei army disregards the lives of the strong men and fights hard, the speed of the war horse will not be the highest. In this way, once the group of strong men is highlighted and collides head-on with the Jin soldiers, they will not have any advantage at all.

So Yang Zaixing has been running ahead of Yue Fei. He wants to use his big gun to give the back army a chance to earn a little acceleration.

Seeing that the thousands of strong men with armor in armor did not have the slightest fighting spirit now, Yue Fei was also uncomfortable. But he doesn't slow down by dodging strong men. In that case, he really became Song Xianggong.

The reason why Yue Fei chose to rush forward against the strong man was because he saw that the Jin army had suddenly changed his tactics. As soon as the banner of the Weiwei army appeared, the Jurchen Iron Cavalry no longer slowed down the speed of the horse, but killed it with all its might. Hundreds of iron horsemen had now been carved into the center of the routed warriors. If Yue Fei also bypassed the strong men, not only would he not be able to save these strong men, but he might really be broken into the camp by the golden dog.

At this time, although the war drums of the Song army camp were beating one after another, Yue Fei knew in his heart that except for the soldiers guarding the camp, most of the soldiers must still be a mess. Because of this, Yue Fei hardened his heart, and the divine horse covered with dark clouds and snow rushed into the strong men, and stepped over the two strong men in a blink of an eye. The rest of the backstraps also fought on horseback, causing dozens of casualties among the brave men.

The ruthlessness of the back army also sobered up these demoralized warriors, and they no longer ran around with their heads down, but spontaneously huddled together. Gave way to the attack route of the back army.

Yang Zaixing let out a sigh of relief. Because just now he also stepped on a few strong men who were in a panic, and these were all his brothers. But he had no choice. If the Jin soldiers' offensive could not be contained, it would not be 5,000 strong men who died today.

Yue Fei also let out a sigh of relief. If the strong men were not sober, Yue Fei was really worried that he would not be able to harden his heart and continue to rush forward.

Now facing the open passage of the horse army, Yue Fei pointed his big gun forward and shouted angrily, "The golden dog killed my brother, and we will let the golden dog fight bloodily." Follow me and kill the golden dog. ”

"Kill the Golden Dog!"

The 800 back-to-back troops responded in unison, and the sound was like thunder, and they went straight up to nine days.