Meng An's death added a tragic footnote to the Battle of Caozhou.

Meng An had a high prestige in the Caozhou army. Because of his extremely high martial arts, but he is approachable, and has an excellent relationship with the cavalry under his command. When the remnants of the Caozhou army heard that Master Meng had died of exhaustion, they all cried bitterly.

Yue Feihu had tears in his eyes and shouted loudly, "Don't cry at all!" Master Meng often said before his death that when a man is alive, he can shed blood, but not tears. Now that Master Meng is shrouded in horse leather, what you have to do is to inherit Master Meng's last wish, kill all the golden dogs, and return my rivers and mountains. Instead of crying and crying, be a little girl! ”

Speaking of this, Yue Fei couldn't help but shed tears. Meng An was originally a green forest tycoon who crisscrossed the rivers and lakes, and since joining the People's Protector Army, it can be said that he has been conscientious and has not brought any of the rivers and lakes into the army. only brought the brave iron blood of the men of the rivers and lakes into the army. Such a hero could not see the final victory of the anti-gold struggle. It's really unfair.

Zhihun and Meng An were originally friends of life and death, but now that Meng An is standing and dying, Zhihun is naturally extremely sad. But the most painful thing is Xin Zan. It is not so much that Xin Zan came from Mu Yuefei's prestige, but that it was the impassioned enthusiasm of Lao Meng An that infected Xin Zan. Although the two have only known each other for a few days, they have been fighting side by side since the day they attacked and killed the Xie Zhen Xie Bao brothers. Meng An's bravery impressed the twenty-year-old Xin Zan. Who would have thought that Brother Meng, who was still shouting and fighting an hour ago, would pass away in the blink of an eye.

Seeing Meng An, who was still standing after death, the iron-clad Xin Zan couldn't help crying bitterly. "Brother Meng, you still owe me a drink!"

After everyone was sad, Zhihun introduced Xin Zan to Yue Fei. "Yue Shuai, this is Xin Zan, the county lieutenant of Shanzhou. If it weren't for Brother Xin's 7,000 young men, the Caozhou army would have been wiped out. ”

Knowing that the black-bearded old man in front of him turned out to be Xin Zan, Yue Fei couldn't help but take a few more looks. Yue Fei knew that although Xin Zan had descended the Jin Kingdom in history, it was a helpless move made for the sake of the family. The grandson of Xin Zan is the famous Xin Qiji. Xin Qiji led thousands of rebels to cross the river and surrender to the Song Dynasty. Helplessly, the Southern Song Dynasty court had no heart for the north for a long time, and Xin Qiji's skills were useless, and he ended up depressed.

"It turned out to be the lieutenant of Xinxian County." Yue Fei saw Xin Zan's righteous face, and he was very admired, and immediately hugged his fists and said, "In the battle of Caozhou, the lieutenant of Xin County has made great contributions. Yue had the courage to ask the county lieutenant Xin to join the people's army, and hoped that the county lieutenant would not dislike it. ”

Xin Zan did not refuse, and immediately hugged his fists and responded, "Xin has long had this intention. As long as he can fight with Jin Bing, he will act as a pawn in the people's army, and Xin is also willing. ”

Of course, Yue Fei would not treat Xin Zan as a pawn. Just looking at Xin Zan's ability to train young and strong into such combat power, it is clear that Xin Zan has a splendid chest and is also a talented person buried by history. After Meng An died, the position of deputy division commander will be replaced by Xin Zan.

Although this is not the time to reward meritorious deeds. However, Yue Fei still announced in public that Xin Zan was temporarily the deputy commander of the Second Division, commanding all the troops in Caozhou. You can't blame Yue Fei for being anxious, although the siege of Caozhou was solved, but on the side of Taikangqi County, Huang Zongzheng and Wang Tianbao led tens of thousands of militiamen to fight to the death with Du Chong's hundreds of thousands of bandits. And Zhang Xian's army of more than 40,000 people does not know whether they have crossed the Yellow River at this moment. Zong Han's army of 200,000 is not so easy to get rid of.

Therefore, Yue Fei will soon lead thousands of cavalry, and Wang Gui's second division, go to Taikangqi County to intercept and kill Du Chong's bandits. Master Zhihun is seriously injured, Caozhou cannot be left without an owner for a day, only Xin Zan, who has both the ability and courage to defend Caozhou.

Jiao Wentong and Han Chang chased the Jin soldiers for thirty miles, and then led the army back. On the road, he fought with Chalar's cavalry. Finally, they gathered Wang Gui's infantry and came to the outside of Caozhou together.

At this time, it was noon, and the battlefield had been cleaned up by the young men. The corpses of the Jin soldiers were all cut off from their heads, and a huge Jingguan was built outside Caozhou City to worship Meng An's spirit in the sky.

Master Zhihun was already a little groggy because of excessive blood loss, but when he saw Han Chang, he suddenly came to his senses again. "Good for you, Han Chang! Kill my Protector Army first, and then surrender to my Protector Army, how can this be true! Return General Kou Cheng's order! ”

Master Zhihun snatched a knife from the soldier's hand and prepared to correct Han Chang on the spot. Yue Fei stretched out his hand to stop and said in a deep voice, "Master Zhihu, Han Chang killed Jin Wanhu Menglie, which can be regarded as atonement for himself. Now we are both protectors, and we can only turn hostility into friendship. I hope that the master will give Han Chang a chance to mend his ways. ”

Han Chang took two steps forward, looked at Zhi Xun, and said slowly word by word, "Master Zhi Xun, Han killed General Kou Cheng outside Caozhou City, and I will kill ten Jin Jun Wanhu to atone for my crime of killing General Kou Cheng." I killed 3,000 Protector Army, and I will kill 30,000 Jurchen soldiers to atone for the sins of my Han Army. If ten years later, Han can't do this, he will ask Master Zhihun to cut off my head. How about it, Master Zhihun will give me ten years? ”

Zhihun was mainly angry for a while, Kou Cheng was his deputy, and the relationship between the two was very good, so he was always angry about Han Chang killing Kou Cheng. Of course, Zhihun understands that it is the bottleneck of numbers that restricts the development of the Protector Army today. Han Chang has a good reputation in the Han'er army, as long as he has Han Chang, it will be much easier to subdue the Han'er army in the future. If the Protector Army can really go north to Yanyun, Han Chang's role will be even more prominent.

So Zhihun took a deep breath, glared at Han Chang with both eyes, and said sharply, "Han Chang, I hope you will do what you say." Despite his advanced age, the poor monk is confident that he can still live for ten years. When the time comes, if you can't kill 100,000 households, the poor monks will take your head. ”

Han Chang said proudly, "A gentleman's word, a quick whip." Han is a good man, how can he be a man who has no faith in his words? ”

Although the battle was won, in fact, the Caozhou army was disabled. Originally, there were more than 20,000 defenders, although more than 10,000 of them surrendered to the Jin army, but with the addition of 7,000 young men of Xin Zan, now there are less than 8,000 people left. The number of casualties turned out to be two-thirds. But fortunately, more than 20,000 Han'er troops were surrendered, which could be filled to Zhihun Xinzan.

However, the Han'er army, which surrendered and rebelled, although they did not want to surrender, were still chased back more than 7,000, after all, they had no war horses, only two legs, but they could not keep up with the speed of the Jin soldiers.

For these Han'er troops who defected from the battle, Yue Fei only said two words lightly. "Slashed!"

Yue Fei's order surprised everyone a little. Yue Fei rarely killed a captive, unless the captive was really unforgivable. Are these rebellious Han soldiers really unforgivable?

Although their betrayal almost wiped out the Caozhou army, since they were captured again, it was okay to send them to the Xuzhou mines as coolies. After all, there are more than 7,000 people, and it is too cruel to say that they will be beheaded.

Although Master Zhihun was saddened by the death of his old friend Meng An. Still persuaded in a low voice, "Pengju must not be angry. Kill the prisoners and don't surrender. We, the Protectors, are righteous and must not become violent soldiers. ”

Yue Fei looked at Zhihun with a broken arm, and said in a serious voice, "Master Zhihun don't think I'm acting rashly. Since these Han'er soldiers have joined our People's Protector Army, they are naturally our People's Protector Army. The military regulations of the Protector Army, those who surrender to the enemy in battle, will be killed. They violated military regulations, not to mention the 7,000 Han army, even if there were 70,000 Han soldiers, they would all be beheaded. ”

Xin Zan was also a person who had been influenced by Confucianism, and originally wanted to persuade Yue Fei not to kill prisoners. But Yue Fei even moved out the military regulations, and Xin Zan immediately stopped talking. What's more, seeing the corpses of the Caozhou army with more than 10,000 dead and wounded, Xin Zan also didn't have a good impression of these Han army who rebelled in the twilight.

At the sound of an order, more than 7,000 Han'er soldiers who were crying and wailing were next to the Jurchen Jingguan, and were killed on the spot by row after row. The blood almost flowed into a river. The surviving defenders of Caozhou looked coldly at the scene of the execution, their eyes full of revenge. It's these bastards who rebelled, Master Zhihun broke his arm, Master Meng An died of exhaustion, and more than half of the brothers were killed or wounded, if they didn't kill them all, how could they be worthy of the brothers in the spirit of heaven!

But for the Han'er army, who had just surrendered, this scene almost frightened them. Even the Han brothers felt a chill in their hearts when they saw thousands of Han soldiers being slaughtered like pigs and sheep, and they felt sad that rabbits and foxes had died.

Han Liu secretly said to Han Chang, "Cousin, isn't Yue Shuai short of soldiers?" Even if these Han soldiers are pushed to the front line as platoon troops, it is better than killing them like this! Yue Shuai is still too young and a little presumptuous. ”

Han Chang glared at Hallyu and said in a low voice, "Silence! You think that Yue Shuai is arrogant, but you don't know that Yue Shuai's beheading makes the people of Caozhou even more attached. Seven thousand Han'er violated military regulations, so what's wrong with killing them? Hallyu, you must remember in the future that we are now a people's protector army, but we are not an inferior Han'er army. These Han army did not fight and lost the face of our northern Han army. But our Han family wants to fight for the northland Han'er to fight back. Remember? ”

Hallyu nodded.

Seeing that the battlefield outside the city had been sorted out, Yue Fei was about to lead a group of generals into Caozhou City, but he saw a war horse coming from the south. The knight on the horse, who was about forty years old, looked anxious, held a cylindrical object in his hand, and shouted as he ran, "Where is Yue Shuai?" Ying Tianfu was besieged by Qi Fang. Where is Yue Shuai? ”

Bei Wei Jun hurriedly led this knight to Yue Fei. After all, Ying Tianfu is the foundation, and since it is surrounded by Qi Fang, it can only be saved as quickly as possible.

The knight kept holding the cylindrical object in his hand, because the object was like a bronze tube, not like a weapon at all, so the back guard did not let him turn it in. Besides, the Beiwei army all decided in their hearts that Yue Shuai's martial arts were the best in the world, which assassin dared to assassinate Yue Shuai!

When the knight walked three feet away from Yue Fei, Yue Fei's eyes suddenly increased with murderous energy, and he shouted to the knight, "This is an assassin!" Take him down. ”

The Bearers were taken aback and immediately lunged on the Assassins. The assassin didn't understand where his horse's feet were exposed, but he reacted extremely quickly and aimed the bronze tube in his hand at Yue Fei. The rope of the bronze fire gun is kept very short, and it burns out with a tunnel stone. The assassin tried it several times, and found that within a few zhang distance, even the gods could not dodge the unified fire attack. So he was confident in his own guns.

To be honest, if he hadn't assassinated Yue Fei, maybe he would have really succeeded. Because he was holding the world's first bronze firebolt, no one knew it was a weapon. However, the reason why Yue Fei shouted that he was an assassin was precisely because he saw this bronze fire gun. Others don't know it's a killing weapon. Yue Fei knew it very well.

As soon as the fire bolt was raised, Yue Fei had already flashed to the side. However, although this assassin is not Hu Da himself, he is a dead soldier trained by Ghost Fan Lou since childhood, and he is a killer of the same level as the Rakshasa Woman. His bronze tube also shook sharply, still catching up with Yue Fei's figure. There was a loud bang, and a puff of iron sand shot out like lightning.