After Meng An killed the Xie brothers, the whole army immediately rushed to Caozhou. At this time, Zong Bi was preparing to completely defeat the Zhihun army that had left the city. Although Master Zhihun suffered a defeat, he rested in the city for two days and went out of the city again to set up a formation.

At this time, the news of Du Chong's rebellion had already spread to Caozhou, and Master Zhihun was forced to go out of the city to fight to the death. If Du Chong didn't rebel, Ying Tianfu would at least have Wang Tianbao's militia division. Now all the militia divisions have rushed to Qixian Minquan, and there is no longer an army in the entire Yingtianfu. If Zong Bi breaks in, he can kill many villages into a blank field. Therefore, Master Zhihun had no choice but to lead all the soldiers out of the city to set up a formation. He didn't dare to hope to repel Zong Bi now, and only hoped that before his own side collapsed, Wang Gui's more than 10,000 elite soldiers would be able to cross the river and go south and stop Zong Bi in time.

Looking at the strict formation of the Protector Army, Zong Bi sneered, "This great monk doesn't know whether to live or die!" His elite troops have been killed and wounded, and now the more than 10,000 troops are just remnants of the defeated army, and if he does not defend the city, he may still hold Caozhou. Since he begged for death himself, I will slaughter Caozhou first, and then Yingtian. Charal, Meng Lie, the two of you each led 5,000 elite cavalry and rushed through the two wings of the Song army in one fell swoop. ”

Charal and Meng Lie are both Mongols, who joined the Jin army very early, and now they have both accumulated merit and risen to 10,000 households. In the battle the day before yesterday, the two fought quite depressed, because the cavalry led by them actually fought with the protector cavalry for half a day, but they could not tell the winner.

The two of them held back their strength and vowed to trample all the Protectors into meat with horses' hooves today. In the desolate horn, Charal and Menglie each led five thousand elite horsemen, and swept towards the two wings of the Protector like a whirlwind.

On the plains, the cavalry is king. Even the Protectors' crossbowmen and spearmen were extremely powerful, but they could not stop the assault of 10,000 cavalry. After paying nearly 1,000 casualties among the cavalry, Challal and Monlie managed to break through in front of the infantry.

But they were greeted by faces that looked at death as if they were at home. In the face of the earth-shattering murderous aura, none of the Protectors flinched. Master Zhihun said clearly, "If we lose again, Ying Tianfu will no longer exist." ”

Nowadays, most of the grassroots officers of the People's Protector Army are local scholars and talents, and in order to protect their homeland, the officers who go to war have long been determined to die.

"Brothers, kill all the golden dogs!"

A young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes stabbed the golden soldier ten-captain holding a mace with his first shot, and as soon as he shouted this sentence, he was hacked to death by the golden soldiers who rushed up. However, the other infantry did not flee, but stabbed at the Jin cavalry with spears in hand. Ten infantrymen stabbed three horses, but they were killed by the other golden soldiers.

Even though their bodies fell, the spears still stabbed diagonally into the ground, acting as the simplest way to keep them away.

Such battles are happening all the time. Master Zhihun took off the robe that he had never left and put on a piece of steel chain mail. Holding an iron pestle weighing dozens of pounds, he always stood firmly at the front of the team, waiting for Zong Bi's heavy armored cavalry. There were pro-soldiers on both wings who kept coming to ask for help, but they were all blocked back by Master Zhihun with a word. "Tell Yang Rong Yao Xing that there are no reinforcements. Even if the two of them die in battle, they will also stop the golden dog with two wings for me. ”

Yang Rong and Yao Xing were the infantry regiment commanders responsible for the guards on both flanks. Hearing the words brought back by the pro-soldiers, Yang Rong Yao Xing didn't speak anymore, just stared at the Jin soldiers who rushed up with his red eyes, and then shouted angrily, leading the pro-soldiers to kill with the Jin soldiers.

Infantry has a congenital disadvantage over cavalry. In addition, these infantry of Zhihun are all newly trained recruits. Under the constant onslaught of Chalal and Menglie, the formation of the two flanks began to falter.

Master Zhihun did not dare to divide his troops to rescue the two wings, because Zong Bi on the opposite side had already mobilized three thousand heavily armored cavalry, and he was clearly ready to attack at any time. This made Zhihun the only few thousand cavalry dare not disperse at all.

Master Zhihun felt that he saw the sneer on Zong Bi's face. Zong Bi clearly wanted to use the heavy cavalry to attract all the cavalry of Zhihun and then let the cavalry on both wings defeat the protector infantry.

"The Buddha opened his eyes, let my Caozhou army stop the golden dog."

Master Zhihun who was a monk and did not believe in Buddhism actually prayed for the blessing of the Buddha in his heart at this time.

Maybe the Buddha really appeared, Zhihun had just finished praying, and the rear team of the golden soldiers was suddenly in chaos. Meng An led an army of 3,000 cavalry and plunged into tens of thousands of golden soldiers desperately.

"Brothers, it's time to hit the golden dog!"

Old Meng An's face was calm and resolute, and in the long whistle, the big knife slashed left and right, and a passage had been carved out among the golden soldiers. Thousands of cavalry soldiers are all strong boys, and seeing that Master Meng is still so brave, of course he is not willing to be weak, and they have used their strength to fight against the Jin soldiers.

But overall, Meng An took advantage of it. Because Jin Bing's attack on Meng An was a little caught off guard.

"Hit the Golden Dog!"

Another Shen Xiong's voice sounded again in the rear of the Jin army, Xin Zan held a six-foot iron sword, led more than 10,000 infantry, and followed Meng An's cavalry into the Jin army. Originally, there were only 7,000 infantry, but after collecting and surrendering the miscellaneous soldiers of the Xie brothers, Xin Zan was all incorporated into the army. He mixed the miscellaneous soldiers with his own village warriors into a team, which can be regarded as coercing these miscellaneous soldiers to fight with the golden soldiers.

Even if the miscellaneous soldiers of the Xie brothers wanted to surrender to Uncle Jin Bing at this time, they had no chance. Because the angry Jin soldiers are rushing over from all directions, under the iron hooves, they will not tell which is the village brave and which is the former traitor soldier.

Therefore, these miscellaneous soldiers can only bite the bullet, pick up their knives and guns, and fight desperately with the golden soldiers who were afraid of them in the past.

Sinzan is not good at commanding cavalry, but he is extremely experienced in commanding infantry battles. His more than 10,000 infantry were combined into an extremely tight phalanx, and although the speed of movement was slow, after penetrating the golden soldiers, he successfully divided the tens of thousands of golden soldiers into several groups.

"Brothers, keep up with Master Meng, keep up with Master Meng."

The hat and helmet on Xin Zan's head was cut off by a golden soldier Qianhu Chief, but the Qianhu Chief's legs were also cut off by Xin Zan's sword. Xin Zan's hair was scattered, covered in blood, but it was even more poignant. cut down four Jin cavalry in a row, and finally made the Jin army fearful, and did not dare to charge at him again.

The confusion of the rear army soon spread to the front army. In fact, there is no need to pass it on, Zong Bi also knows what happened. Because at this moment, the banner of the Meng character is moving forward rapidly. Zong Bi said fiercely, "It's this old guy who doesn't know whether to live or die again!" ”

At this time, Zong Bi missed Han Chang coming. It's a pity that Han Chang was blinded in one eye by Kou Cheng, and now he is recuperating from his injuries in the Jin Army camp.

"Brothers, follow me!"

Just when Zong Bi wanted to personally lead the army to besiege Meng An, the decisive Master Zhihun decisively gave the order to attack. The four thousand protector cavalry jumped on their horses and raised their swords, and directly killed the heavily armored cavalry army that Zong Bi was ready to attack.

Zong Bi has a fiery personality, but this person is not brave and strategic, on the contrary, his intuition to fight is extremely keen. At this moment, the Jin soldiers were flanked by the front and back. But Zong Bi was not in a hurry, he first looked at Charal and Meng Lie, and found that Meng Lie had already routed the right flank infantry of the Protector Army, and Charal had also gained the upper hand. Therefore, Zong Bi immediately issued an order to let Meng Lie attack and kill from the rear of Zhihun .

Zong Bi said secretly, since you want to fight, let you see how powerful the Jurchen cavalry is fighting.

At this time, 50,000 Jurchen iron cavalry and nearly 30,000 protector troops were completely killed. Meng An's cavalry has been killed in the center of the Jin army, but half of his 3,000 cavalry has been killed, and the old Meng An himself is also wounded everywhere, people are bloody, and horses are blood.

The siege of Meng An was a Jurchen Wanhu named Zahu. Zahu's more than 10,000 cavalry troops had already wrapped Meng An tightly. But behind Zahu's cavalry was Sinzan's infantry phalanx.

Xin Zan tried his best to assault forward, desperately pinning down Zahu's rear, just not letting Zahu attack Meng An with all his might. But on the four sides of the infantry phalanx, there were several golden soldiers and thousands of people repeatedly rushing and killing.

These golden soldiers chiseled several times in a row, but they failed to chisel through the infantry phalanx, but lost more than 1,000 elite cavalry. The experienced Jin soldier Qianhu Commander immediately changed his style of play, and several thousand-man teams circled around, like peeling an onion, peeling off the solid infantry phalanx layer by layer.

At this time, the 15,000 infantry had already suffered more than 3,000 casualties. If it weren't for the fact that he was under siege and had nowhere to escape, maybe Xin Zan's township Yong who had been training would have collapsed.

"Die to Lao Tzu!"

Zong Bi roared angrily, and the mountain axe swept out horizontally, and actually cut the waist of the two protector cavalry into two pieces. But this tragic death not only did not frighten the protector cavalry, but two more protector cavalry rushed towards Zong Bi with their sabers raised.

Even though Zong Bi was empty-eyed, he was also shocked by the bravery of the Protector Army. He knew very well that it was not an ordinary cavalry that stopped in front of his horse at this time, but the back cavalry that Kou Cheng had trained.

This is the most elite cavalry in the Protectorate. Before the battle began, the more than 100 remaining Beiwei troops begged Master Zhihun to let them face Zongbi. Master Zhihun knew that these Protectors wanted to avenge Kou Cheng, so he agreed to their request to fight.

Now, under Zong Bi's invincible mountain axe, the Beiwei army has killed fourteen of them, but they also left a knife cut on Zong Bi's bald head and three knife marks on Zong Bi's left arm.

Zong Bi became more and more frightened the more he fought, and finally began to order the guards behind him to attack in unison, temporarily entangled these desperate backswains. Zong Bi urged the war horse and went straight to Master Zhihun .

Capture the thief and capture the king first, and Zong Bi fought this abacus.

"Good time!"

Master Zhihun knew that he was not Zong Bi's opponent, but he still danced the iron pestle without fear and fought to the death with Zong Bi.

The battle lasted from morning to evening, and the Protectors finally showed their defeat. The number of people was already much smaller than that of the Jin soldiers, and the combat strength was uneven, even though Meng An shouted hoarsely, even though Xin Zan was seriously injured, even though Meng An and Master Zhihun finally joined forces, they were still surrounded by the large army under the command of Zong Bi outside Caozhou City.

At this time, there were no generals in the Protector Army, Master Zhihun and Zong Bi fought hard for more than a dozen times, and Zong Bi cut off his left hand with an axe, and Xin Zan suffered countless injuries all over his body and was already unconscious. Only Lao Meng An was left standing in front of the formation with a long knife in his hand, but he didn't even have the strength to speak. Yang Rong died at the hands of Chalar. Yao Xing fell in the chaos of horses, and his body was trampled into flesh.

The surviving Protector soldiers were even more embarrassed, all panting violently, and their faces were covered in blood. But in the face of such a remnant army, Zong Bi didn't dare to despise it anymore. After a morning of fighting, the elite cavalry of the Jin Army suffered more than 4,000 casualties, including 3,000 killed and more than 1,000 wounded.

Zong Bi suddenly had the idea of persuading him to surrender. Because he admired these generals who were not afraid of death, he decided to try to persuade them to surrender.