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Chapter 170 The Dead Man
As the explosion sounded,
"Charge!" Zhang Zhongxiong immediately led his five thousand heavy armored infantry and rushed towards Chongming Gate.

Through the half-exploded door, Zhang Zhongxiong could see two groups of people fighting each other in the doorway.

A group of people in gray clothes were desperately guarding the open city gate, preventing Jin Bing from closing it.And Jin Bing was desperately rushing into the gate, trying to kill the men in gray and block the gate.

Both sides knew the importance of this city gate, and they were all fighting desperately. The men in gray were better equipped and had fewer casualties. There was a thick layer of corpses accumulated in the doorway, and there was no foothold.

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Shoot arrows into the doorway!" The Jinmen mobilized hundreds of archers from the city wall, all holding divine arm crossbows, and began to shoot a dense rain of arrows into the doorway.

The men in gray immediately couldn't hold on any longer, and their casualties increased dramatically.

"Charge!! Fight into the city!" At the last critical moment, Zhang Zhongxiong finally rushed in with the heavy infantry, crossed the doorway, and rushed towards the Jin soldiers' archers.

The remaining men in gray were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and hid aside.

After all five thousand infantrymen rushed into the inner city of Kaifeng, Pei Ren just followed and walked in. He saw the remaining men in gray at the base of the wall inside the city gate.

"Command!" The leading man in gray greeted Pei Ren.

"How many brothers are left?" Pei Ren looked at the few people in front of him and felt a bad feeling in his heart.

"There are only a few of us left." The leader of the man in gray looked gloomy and replied in a low voice: "The golden man's crossbow arrows are too dense, and it is completely impossible to guard against them."

After hearing this, Pei Ren didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only promise again: "I will definitely fulfill what I promised you before. The parents of the dead brother will be supported by our military government, and the children will be raised by the military government. If I can't do it, You can come to me with a knife to settle accounts."

"We all believe what the commander says." After hearing this, the men in gray finally looked better.

These men in gray were all dead soldiers recruited by Chen Xun in Kaifeng. In addition to the settlement fee before the work, Pei Ren also paid them rewards and pensions after the work was completed, which can be said to be very generous.

Only with such favorable conditions could they risk life and death and break through the Chongming Gate guarded by 200 people with only 2000 people.

"You guys should rest. A military doctor will be here soon to treat your injuries." There was a steady stream of Zhang family troops entering the city next to them. Pei Ren explained again and hurriedly led his men towards the city.

Zhang Shuye's army entered the inner city of Kaifeng before Chen's army. Pei Ren had to ensure that some high-value warehouses and talents were not occupied by the Zhang's army.

While the Zhang Jiajun was still clearing out the Jin soldiers in the city, Pei Ren had to act quickly.

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North of Kaifeng City.

The Jin soldiers who came out of the city to support them saw a large number of broken troops rushing towards them less than ten miles outside the gate of the outer city. They could not see the edge at a glance.

There are tens of thousands of people and there is no limit!

More than [-] broken Jin soldiers quickly filled the entire field of view of the Jin soldiers leaving the city.

"Quick! Quick! Form a formation! Form a formation!" The Jin generals were shocked. In a war, the lethality of one's own defeated troops was no weaker than that of the enemy.

Because against the enemy, you can resolutely swing your sword at them, but against your own defeated troops, the pressure on your heart will be very great when you swing the sword.

Especially in this situation, the second-class people of the Jin Kingdom were defeated in the face of the first-class Jurchens.

The tangled faces of the golden generals were a little distorted.

"Shout loudly to me: bypass the military formation!!"

A group of golden soldiers also realized the danger and quickly shouted: "Bypass the military formation!", "Bypass the military formation!".

When forming the formation, a passage was specially created between the phalanxes for ten people to pass side by side.

The countermeasures were all appropriate. Even if Sun Bin was still alive, he would have to praise: "It's OK!" But the reality is always unsatisfactory, and the Jurchens' defeated troops would not listen to the words of these Han and Liao people.

"Get out of the way!" someone yelled.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Others waved their weapons and shouted while running, with ferocious faces.

It is estimated that if someone blocks the road, these Jurchens will definitely not show mercy.

In the midst of the rout, among a group of troops that were still barely organized, a 30-year-old Jin general saw this scene. He no longer cared about hiding his traces, and gave an order: "All officers and men obey the order and bypass the front army formation." , Do not attack the military formation!"

"All officers and men obey the order and bypass the front military formations. Do not...!"...

The order in Jurchen language was passed on by the personal guards around him, and the effect was very good.Not only did it restore some sanity to the crazy defeated soldiers, it also attracted the attention of Chen Xun who was following behind.

"There is actually a high-ranking official here!!"

In the past, on the battlefield, all golden generals who were noble and well-armored would become the main targets of the cavalry. When chasing down the defeated troops, these golden generals who wanted to prevent resistance would also become the primary targets of hunting.

Up to now, no one in the rout has dared to issue orders for some time.

Unexpectedly, when we were almost done, a fish slipped through the net.

"Ma Junying, follow me and kill this golden general!" Chen Xun roared, whipping Xiao Hei's buttocks, and the horse's speed immediately increased.

The defeated troops standing between General Jin and Chen Xun were either hacked to death by Chen Xun or knocked away by Xiao Hei. They were like bulldozers, approaching General Jin along the way.

The two sides were getting closer and closer. Jin Jiang looked back and wished that his parents had not given him two more legs.

"Hurry up and stop him!" After the order was given, the guards around him immediately separated in half and turned to face Chen Xun.

When Chen Xun saw this situation, he immediately realized that this was a big fish, otherwise there would not be so many loyal guards.

The Mo Dao in his right hand continued to slash the rout soldiers blocking the way, stretched his left hand back, drew out a short spear and projected it forward.

Whoosh!Poof!Kill two birds with one shot!The two die-hard guards were shot through with short spears.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Two short spears were shot out again. This time the guards learned their lesson and spread out, only two of them were shot to death.

After three shots, Chen Xun and the guards were already close to twenty steps.Holding back the handle of Mo Dao with his left hand, holding the knife in both hands, clamping the horse's belly with his legs, Xiao Hei's speed increased again.

"Kill!" The continuous charge has raised Chen Xun's fighting spirit to its peak. Now, he will choose to move forward bravely when facing any enemy.

The condescending Mo Dao blade directly cut the blocking Jinbing guard with swords, armor, and people in two, just like the Japanese samurai in later generations chopping rolled up straw mats, clean and neat.

"Kill!" He slashed open the head of a guard in front of Xiao Hei with another knife, and Xiao Hei bumped into him. With a "bang", the guard was knocked backwards and took down the three guards behind him.

"Kill!" The horse army following behind also caught up and killed Chen Xun from both sides, and the obstacles were swept away.

"Don't let him run away!" While Chen Xun was fighting, he kept staring at the fleeing Jin General in front of him. Even though he had taken off his helmet and upper armor, he could not escape Chen Xun's pursuit.

After taking a few steps forward to attack the horse, Chen Xun used the tip of his knife to pick up the helmet thrown down by the golden general. He sniffed hard, suppressed the stench emanating from the helmet, suppressed the vomiting feeling in his stomach, and remembered the golden general's name. odor.

The "super strong sense of smell" characteristic came into play. From this moment on, the golden general could not escape Chen Xun's tracking no matter how much he changed his clothes.

"Follow me closely, let's go catch a big fish!" Chen Xun ordered the cavalry around him. He charged forward, and more than 300 cavalry immediately followed behind him.

(To explain, the Song people in the book would use the word "horse soldier" when talking and addressing each other, and the author would use the word "cavalry" when describing the background and Chen Xun's own thoughts, because at that time, cavalry were called Ma Jun is more common.)
(End of this chapter)