After a tragic siege battle, the Zhao army lost nearly 3,000 troops, at this time, Zhang Ju gathered the remaining 7,000 men and horses, and rushed towards the main force of the encircled Northern Expeditionary Army like moths to fire, trying to tear a hole and escape.

And the two armies of the Northern Expeditionary Army have already converged, how can they let Zhang Ju succeed lightly.

"Kill ......"

Soon, the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army and Zhang Ju's 7,000 men and horses were fighting together, swords and guns intersected, men and horses collided, and the sound of tragic fighting made the earth tremble.

After all, Zhang Ju's troops were in a weak position, and after a long siege battle, the soldiers were injured more, and they were at a disadvantage as soon as they engaged.

"Zhang Ju, don't get off the horse and surrender yet." After not seeing each other for many years, Han Qian still recognized his former opponent at a glance.

"Han Qian, it's you." Zhang Ju was surprised, although he had already learned that Han Qian had raised troops to reinforce Huainan County, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

"Zhang Ju, you have no way out, quickly dismount and surrender." Han Qian shouted again.

Zhang Ju's forehead burst out with blue tendons, and he said angrily: "Han Qian, don't you think about it." After speaking, he raised his gun and stabbed at Han Qian.

Han Qian didn't dare to slack off, and swung his knife to fight with him, and within dozens of rounds, the two of them actually won or lost, but the surrounding Jin army killed and injured most of Zhang Ju's subordinates, and the shape became more and more unfavorable to Zhang Ju.

"Kill ......"

The fierce battle between the two armies was in full swing, and Hua'an with nearly 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city also joined the battle group, and the shape was even more unfavorable to Zhang Ju.

"Kill, die." Hua An brandished the broadsword to his heart's content, fighting back and forth among the enemy troops, cutting down more than a dozen enemy soldiers with one face, and the brothers behind him also went on a killing spree.

At this time, the officers and men of the entire Northern Expeditionary Army were red-eyed, and they didn't care about the formation, so they just fought forward.

The battlefield became chaotic for a while, and the enemy and us were twisted together, and from a distance, it was impossible to distinguish where the enemy army was and where the Northern Expeditionary Army was.

Fighting hard can kill the enemy quickly, but the formation is messed up, and the originally rigorous encirclement formation is full of loopholes at this time.

Zhang Ju had been on the battlefield for a long time, so he naturally saw this, and saw that the formation of the Northern Expeditionary Army was out of order, so he forced Han Qian back with a false stab, and then turned the horse's head and fled all the way, with more than a dozen guards and soldiers following closely.

For the Jin soldiers he met along the way, Zhang Ju raised his gun and stabbed, and after a fight, he actually opened a bloody road.

Han Qian, as the chief general of the Northern Expeditionary Army, at the critical moment when the two armies were fighting, he had to leave behind to command the overall situation, so he naturally couldn't ride forward to catch up with Zhang Ju alone.

And Hua An and his subordinates were enjoying the killing, and they didn't see Zhang Ju who fled at all, but there were still some Jin soldiers chasing after him.

Zhang Ju stood out of the encirclement, and when he looked back, there were only more than a dozen personal soldiers around him who followed him, and the rest of the soldiers were still trapped in the encirclement, and he couldn't help but feel guilty again.

But a team of nearly 100 people of the Northern Expeditionary Army was about to be killed, Zhang Ju didn't have time to be too sad, and galloped wildly with more than a dozen personal soldiers.

The pursuers were getting closer and closer, and they were about to catch up, but at this moment, Zhang Ju's guards gave up fleeing and returned to fight with the pursuers of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

After a battle without suspense, all the guards were killed, but the enemy's main general, Zhang Ju, had already run away and could no longer catch up.

"Die." Hua An shouted loudly, brandished a broadsword and killed the last enemy soldier, and so far, the 10,000 troops under Zhang Ju's command were all wiped out.

The Northern Expeditionary Army also paid for the lives of more than 3,000 soldiers, the cavalry alone lost 1,000 people, and the pro-military battalion left more than 600 people, of which the left brigade in Hua'an was less than 200 people.

The only thing that did not lose was the war horses, and at this time, Tong Guò captured the enemy's war horses, and the total number of war horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army had reached 6,000, which was 2,000 more than the 4,000 at the time of departure.

At this time, there were only 2,000 cavalry left in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and counting the more than 600 soldiers in the pro-military battalion and the mounts of the officers of each battalion, there were still more than 3,000 war horses.

It may not be difficult to get 3,000 infantry to ride a war horse directly, but to become a real cavalryman, it is necessary to go through strict training, and it always takes a process for people to flexibly control war horses.

At this time, the big war was imminent, so naturally there was no such time, so Han Qian had to temporarily convert the 3,000 infantry into horse infantry, that is, riding on war horses and marching, dismounting and fighting on foot during the battle, so as to save the body consumption of the soldiers when marching, so that the infantry had more body to fight.

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Zhao General Zhang Ju, who fled in the wilderness, ran for more than ten miles in one breath, and when he saw that there were no pursuers behind, he stopped to catch his breath and raise his horsepower by the way.

Zhang Ju was shocked, thinking that the Jin army brigade was chasing the soldiers, and was about to ride the horse to escape, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the three horsemen were also shocked, and one of them was quite familiar, so he couldn't help but have a sense of intimacy.

Zhang Ju looked squarely at the ride, couldn't help but feel happy, and said in a trembling voice: "Liang'er, you are not dead." ”

That's right, the person who came was Zhang Ju's son Zhang Liang, he was captured by Hua'an under the city of Yinling, and was originally imprisoned in the prison of Yinling City, with thirty soldiers in charge of guarding, but when Zhang Ju attacked the city, the city gate was in danger, and only two soldiers were left in charge of guarding the Yinling garrison, and the rest of the soldiers were transferred to the city gate.

Earlier, with the refugees mixed into the city of Yinling seven or eight Zhao army scouts, learned of this situation, they resolutely killed the prison to rescue Zhang Liang, and then snatched the horse, from the east gate guarded by only five or six people rushed out of the city, out of the city, the Jin army two archers continued to fire arrows on the city wall, seven or eight soldiers lost most of them, only two soldiers and Zhang Liang escaped from the city.

Seeing the bloodied general in front of him calling himself Liang'er, Zhang Liang's heart trembled, and he hurriedly stepped forward, dismounted and cried: "Dad, the child thinks that he will never see you again in this life." ”

Zhang Ju also dismounted and helped Zhang Liang up, comforting: "Get up, it's good to be alive, it's good to be alive." ”

"Dad, why are you covered in blood?" Zhang Liang saw that his father was so wolf, and he actually guessed a rough idea.

Zhang Ju naturally did not hide his son's meaning, told everything that happened, and asked Zhang Liang how he was captured by the Jin army.

Zhang Liang also told his father truthfully what happened to him, without hiding it at all.

"What, Tao Wu dares to do this." When Zhang Ju learned that his son was captured by the Jin army because he was deceived by Taowu, he was furious, paused, and nodded: "No wonder that day, he dodged his words, it turned out that there was a ghost in his heart." ”

Seeing that his father was furious, Zhang Liang frowned and asked, "Dad wants to attack Yinling, but the peach leopard father and son can stop it." ”

"It's just an objection, and there's not much obstruction." Zhang Ju said softly.

When Zhang Liang heard this, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said in a gloomy voice: "Peach Leopard has long known that Han Qian's 20,000 main army has arrived in Dongcheng, but he let his father lead the troops alone, and it seems that he has the intention of killing people with a knife." ”

"Why does my son think so, Peach Leopard and Dad are both generals under the king, and they have not been suspicious for many years, and Peach Leopard has no reason to make such a trick." Zhang Ju shook his head, but his face was quite suspicious.

Zhang Liang had a grudge against Taowu in his heart, so he naturally deliberately slandered Taobao's father and son, seeing that his father didn't believe it, he hurriedly analyzed: "Although there is no suspicion between Dad and Peach Leopard, but in recent years, Dad's prestige has become more and more popular, and he is more and more favored by the king. ”

"Probably not! I'm thinking too much. Zhang Ju still shook his head, but seemed to be a little more convinced.

"Dad, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, it is better to believe it than to believe it, it is better for us to be wary of peach leopards."

"Peach Leopard is the chief general of the whole army, and my father is just a deputy general, so how to beware of others."

Zhang Liang saw that his father seemed suspicious of the peach leopard, and said softly: "Avoid the peach leopard for the time being, and take the small road back to Huaibei." ”

"Why do you want to go back, and my father has to go back to the camp to resume his life?" Zhang Ju was even more surprised.

"You can't go back to the camp, the 10,000 army under my father's command has been wiped out, at this time go back to the peach leopard to return to his life, the peach leopard only needs a charge of ineffective combat and loss of soldiers, and he can behead his father in front of the battle."

When Zhang Ju heard this, he was shocked, the loss of 10,000 troops was completely caused by his own impulse, and it was indeed enough to be beheaded, but even if he avoided the peach leopard and returned to Yecheng, Shi Hu would not spare him.

"The 10,000-strong army was completely wiped out, and the king was afraid that he would not be able to explain." Zhang Ju sighed.

When Zhang Liang heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said softly: "As long as Dad pushes the blame on Peach Leopard, Peach Leopard knows that the main force of the Jin army is not far from Yinling, but he ordered Dad to lead the army to go deep alone, causing 10,000 troops to be besieged by the Jin army, which is all Peach Leopard's fault and has nothing to do with Daddy." ”

"Okay, my son is right, let's return to Huaibei immediately." Zhang Ju immediately made a decision and prepared to return to the north of the Huai River before making plans.

The father and son were about to get on their horses, but suddenly thought that there were two soldiers not far away, and these two soldiers were scouts sent by the peach leopard to the Yin Tomb, so it was naturally impossible to follow them back to the north of the Huai River, and leaving them would expose their whereabouts.

Zhang Ju thought for a moment, his eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he glanced at his son, Zhang Liang understood, and reached out to touch the dagger on his waist.

"You two come here." Zhang Liang shouted.

Seeing Zhang Liang beckoning him, the two soldiers hurriedly dismounted and galloped over.

When they walked in, Zhang Ju and Zhang Liang suddenly pulled out daggers at the same time and stabbed them into the hearts of the two soldiers.

"We saved you, why!" When a soldier was dying, he stared at Zhang Liang with puzzled and unwilling eyes.

They risked their lives to rescue Zhang Liang, originally to make meritorious service, but they didn't expect that the merit was not accomplished, but they died in the hands of the rescuer, and the unwillingness and pain in their hearts are really indescribable.

Looking at the soldier spitting blood in front of him, Zhang Liang felt a trace of pity in his heart, frowned, and said, "Brother, I'm sorry, I have no choice but to do it." ”

After speaking, he used a lot of force, and inserted the dagger deeper, and the soldier in front of him trembled violently, vomited blood, and passed out.

Drawing their daggers, father and son glanced at each other, mounted their horses and galloped north along the path.