Takeludu has long since become a Shura field.

Jinan fell, Du Chong lowered gold, such news had to make Zhang Xian, who was confronted by Zong Han, withdraw his troops. Although before withdrawing the army, Zhang Xian listened to the construction of staff officer Xue Bi and carried out a large-scale feint, but he still failed to hide from Zong Han's eyes.

"Those who quit and advance will retreat!" In the face of the all-out attack of the Protector Army, Zong Han quoted the famous words in "The Art of War" and persuaded Wanyan Xiyin and others to choose the Jurchen elite, not retreat an inch, and completely strangled with the attacking Niu Gao Third Division.

Niu Gao's third division is only more than 10,000 people, how can it be worth 70,000 Jurchen elites. In just one day, the 3rd Division was beaten and retreated into the camp of the rebels. The Jurchen elite continued their onslaught under the command of Zong Han, breaking through the second camp and the third on the third day. On the night of the fourth day, Niu Gao led the remaining 5,000 people to retreat overnight and retreat to the camp in Erlong Mountain.

Zong Han sent a Jurchen team of 10,000 people to pursue Niu Gao, and he led an army of more than 100,000 to chase Zhang Xian. Among Zhang Xian's 40,000 troops, there were 25,000 infantry, and the speed of movement was naturally not as fast as that of the Jurchen Iron Cavalry. Even though he was traveling day and night, he was still bitten by the Jurchen army. fought and retreated all the way, and finally when they arrived at Zhuludu, they were completely surrounded by the Jurchen army.

At this point, there is naturally only one choice left, and that is to fight!

Zong Han has been fighting more and more in the past few days. Zhang Xian is twenty-three years old, but he is no less calm in using his soldiers, as if he is a veteran of a hundred battles. You must know that the most difficult thing in leading a battle is not an offensive, not a stalemate, but how to retreat while maintaining combat strength. Withdrawing troops is a technical task, not only to maintain the speed of retreat, but also to maintain the fighting spirit of the sergeants, but also to send troops behind the palace to resist the enemy's attack. If one aspect is not taken care of, the retreat will turn into a rout of the whole army. Zong Han has never seen an army that can maintain its combat strength under the pursuit of the Jurchen elite. This time, he did. The commander of the other party is nothing but a young man.

Being young means limitless possibilities. Just like when Yan Agu started the army, all the generals under his account were young and strong, and of course, the Liao army that was fighting in the twilight fled in despair. Now feng shui is turning, and it has become a people's protector army. Most of the generals who commanded the Jin soldiers were around forty years old.

It is precisely for this reason that Zong Han made up his mind to wipe out Zhang Xian's entire army on the north bank of the Yellow River, first cut off one of Yue Fei's arms, and then the whole army crossed the river, did not attack Luoyang, and went straight to Ying Tianfu, and the fourth prince Zong Bi attacked from east to west, and leveled Ying Tianfu in one fell swoop. Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi was captured and killed by Wanyan Lou because he despised Wanyan Agu's beating. With the experience of the previous experience, Zong Han will naturally not repeat the mistakes of the past.

Zong Han ordered 60,000 troops to attack in turn, and selected brave men from the Han'er army to serve as the front line, attacking Zhang Xian's infantry formation in waves. Crowd tactics, this is the standard crowd tactics. Zong Han never imagined that he would use this unskilled crowd tactic.

Although the crowd tactics are low-level, they are a brilliant trick against elite soldiers. As long as there is a competent commander and enough warlords, a hundred thousand rabble can take out 10,000 battle-hardened elite divisions.

In the face of the crazy Jin soldiers, Zhang Xian set up a glaive array on the north bank of the Yellow River, and 25,000 infantry lined up in an arc-shaped formation, resisting the attack of the Jin soldiers day and night with extremely strong tenacity.

Yes, only infantry. Not a single cavalryman. Fifteen thousand cavalry, under the cover of the infantry, crossed the Zhuludu along the pontoon bridge and reached the south bank of the Yellow River. Leading the cavalry were Dong Xian and Hua Ruyu.

When all the cavalry crossed the Yellow River, Dong Xian looked back and saw that the Glaive Formation of the Protector Army was constantly deforming under the attack of the Jin soldiers, changing from a beautiful crescent moon shape to a twisted and strange shape.

Dong Xian choked his wrist with his hand and said hatefully, "This is going to Bianliang, if you don't chop up that Du Chong, Lao Tzu will not be surnamed Dong!" ”

Hua Ruyu is as heavy as water, and she doesn't say a word. Although Hua Ruyu is a fierce general-type woman, she also has the mind of a little woman. Ji Qian followed Yue Fei away from the camp of the righteous army for more than 20 days, how could she not let Hua Ruyu worry about her stomach. But she couldn't show her mind in front of people. Because she is the only female general in the Protector Army, she may also be the most famous female general in the Central Plains. She had to be strong in order to be convinced.

Of course, Hua Ruyu can also see that the shape of the north bank of the Yellow River is extremely dangerous. The glaive formation was originally created by Liu Jinu, and this formation was a wonderful formation for infantry to deal with cavalry charges. However, if you want this formation to exert its maximum power, you must have an elite cavalry in the recess in order to attack at the right time. But around Zhang Xian, there were only 500 cavalry left. All the cavalry were taken by Dong Xian to the south bank of the Yellow River. Because this is Zhang Xian's order.

The first month of the third year of Jingkang not only did not have the slightest festive color, but was full of blood. Yingtian is in danger, Caozhou is in danger, and the entire Jingxi and West Roads are full of the sound of the horses' hooves of the golden soldiers. Ying Tianfu is the foundation of the people's protection army, and it must not be lost. When Zhang Xian ordered Dong Xianhua to cross the river like jade, he just gave an order in a cold voice. "Dong Xian, Hua Ruyu, you two led 15,000 cavalry to cross the river, and you must quickly defeat the Du Chong rebels. If you can't do this, you two know the military law of the Protectorate. By the way, sue Brother Sù Yue, Zhang Xian will definitely not fail him. ”

Even if it is a coarse flower like jade, of course, he can hear the death will in Zhang Xian's tone. But there was nothing they could do. Today's Protector Army, under the attack of the Jin soldiers, the rebels and the imperial court soldiers and horses, has long been forced to the top of the cliff. If you can't quickly defeat a side of the army, it will be the end of the Protector Army. It was precisely for this reason that Dong Xian just expressed a period of hatred, and immediately shouted loudly, "Brothers, follow the Yellow River and go straight to Lanfeng County. ”

The reason why Zhang Xian ordered Dong Xian to cross the river was precisely because the military situation was urgent, and the speed of the cavalry was much faster than that of the infantry. Wait until the cavalry has crossed the river, and then order the infantry to cross the river. This is Zhang Xian and Xue Bi's plan. But now it's too late. Because of the wave of attacks of the Jurchen iron cavalry, all the infantry had already joined the battle. Not to mention retreating in batches, even holding the big array has become a luxury.

Scholar Xue Bi was extremely bold, and when he saw the Jurchen 10,000 people shouting and charging, Xue Bi was not only not afraid, but laughed, "Deputy Marshal Zhang, where do you say Yue Shuai is now?" A few days ago, he was still in the Daimyo's Mansion, has he crossed the Yellow River now? ”

Zhang Xian stared at the cavalry on the south bank and walked away, before turning his head and saying with great certainty, "Yue Shuai must have crossed the Yellow River." Staff Officer Xue, you don't know Yue Shuai's marching speed, it can really be described as galloping. You see, in twenty days, Yue Shuai not only saved Huazhou, but also raided Cizhou, Weizhou, and then took the Daimyo's Mansion. These things are simply unthinkable for other generals. In Yue Shuai's place, there are often things that violate the art of war. ”

"I really want to see our people's protector army sweep the world under the banner of Yue Shuai." Xue Bi sighed and said a little unwillingly, "Vice Marshal Zhang, in your opinion, how long can our big array last?" ”

Zhang Xian did not answer Xue Bi's question, but asked Xue Bi instead. "Staff Officer Xue, why don't you cross the river and go south? There are countless warriors in the Protector Army, but a master like Staff Officer Xue is extremely scarce. ”

Xue Bi looked at the Jurchen Iron Cavalry in front of him, and said extremely resolutely, "Because I am the chief of staff of the First Division. If the first division does not retreat, I, the chief of staff, will not dare to retreat first. ”

Zhang Xian glanced at Xue Bi a little unexpectedly, and secretly said in his heart, it turned out that this scholar was the same as himself, and he had already made up his mind to kill himself.

Seeing the more than 10,000 cavalry of the Protector Army crossing the Yellow River under their noses, Zong Han and the others all jumped like thunder. At this time, Zong Han had already thrown Sun Tzu's Art of War out of the clouds. Don't chase after any poor man, return to the teacher and stop it. Lao Tzu had to kill Zhang Xian's more than 20,000 infantry this time.

During the daytime attack, Zong Han personally hacked to death two Jin soldiers and thousands of commanders, seven Han army thousand households, plus one Han army thousand households. The heads of the wide-eyed people hung on the high flagpole, so that the generals in charge of the attack no longer dared to have the slightest idea of preserving their strength.

"Rush forward! Kill all these Song pigs! ”

"Rush forward! If we win this battle, the commander will let us loot the south bank of the Yellow River at will, and never seal the sword. ”

"Drive these Song pigs down the Yellow River! The Central Plains is our Daikin's. ”

One centurion after another kept shouting, agitating his men with slogans, mobilizing the last strength in their bodies. The Jurchen Iron Cavalry, Han'er chose the front, and under such encouragement, they rushed to kill the Protector Army in waves.

The fierce battle quickly turned into a bloody battle. The bloody battle quickly turned into a battle to the death.

The two wings in charge of the glaive formation were Xu Xuan and Hua Chaoxi. As a scholar-turned-regiment leader, Xu Xuan has always regarded collectivism as a magic weapon. His 5,000 pikemen lined up in a dense array of guns, and the crossbowmen stood in five rows, taking turns firing their bolts. Whenever the golden soldiers rushed to the front in the rain of arrows, the crossbowmen would retreat in an orderly manner along the gap left by the pikemen, allowing the spear array to resist the Jurchen cavalry. Whenever the Jurchen Iron Cavalry retreated because it could not break through the spear formation, the crossbow archers would rush to the front and send off the Jurchen Iron Cavalry with deadly crossbow arrows.

Hua Chaoxi's tactics were diametrically opposed to Xu Xuan's. As Hua Ruyu's brother, Hua Chaoxi's fighting style can be described in one word: fierce. Hua Chaoxi must be the first in every battle, and as the deputy division commander, he is always like a selective army. As long as the battle is not over, you can see Hua Chaoxi's figure at the forefront of the battle. This time, of course, is no exception. Although the flower towards the west was changed from cavalry to infantry. But he still held his spear and stood at the front of the spear array. Above the spear, blood glistened. And in front of him, there were at least a dozen corpses of Jurchen Iron Horsemen.

But no matter how brave Hua Chaoxi was, compared with Guo Jin and Li Hengyi in the middle of the military formation, he was even gentler than a woman.

Guo Jin and Li Heng led the 700 heavy infantry. The banner of the Protector Army is also behind Guo Jin and Li Heng's military formation. The Jurchen cavalry, of course, was eager to capture the flag, and they sent their most elite cavalry to throw their spears with crossbows and crossbows on both wings, and swooped down on the long sword formations of the heavy infantry.

Defeat the long sword formation, and you can cut down the banner of the Protector Army. If the banner of the Protector Army is cut down, the Protector Army can only be driven into the Yellow River and turned into fish and turtles.