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Chapter 848: The Marshal Dies Suddenly, the General is Killed and the Flag is Seized (Chapter 5K4)

"It's broken, it's broken!"

"Su Yao is here, Su Yao is here!"

"Run, run!"

Seeing their comrades falling one by one and facing the bloody massacre, the Jizhou army soldiers finally couldn't help but let out screams of terror, and their originally neat formation collapsed in an instant.

Faced with this overwhelming charge, they completely lost the courage to resist and only wanted to escape from this terrible battlefield as quickly as possible.

"Don't run! Don't run!"

"Hold on, hold on!"

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Cheng Huan shouted at the top of his lungs in an attempt to stabilize the morale of the troops.

However, in this chaotic battlefield, his voice could not be heard at all and was soon drowned out by the noisy shouting and crying.

A deep fear shrouded his heart, while in contrast, Zhang He, Qu Yi and others were suddenly shocked.

"Ha ha!"

"Reinforcements are coming, the general is coming!"

"Brothers, follow me!"

Zhang He laughed loudly, waved his spear, and led the counterattack.

Not far away on the other side of the battlefield, Qu Yi was not to be outdone. He led his elite cavalry from Liangzhou to launch a fierce attack in the direction where Su Yao was rushing towards.

On the way to the charge, he did not forget to remind the soldiers loudly, asking them to watch their arms and make sure that the "red armbands" they had distributed earlier were worn intact to prevent them from being accidentally injured by Su Yao's friendly forces.

"Don't worry, Captain. We've got them ready!"

"Kill, it's time for revenge!"

The morale of the Liangzhou knights was high. They responded to the call of their commander, waving their weapons and launching a fierce counterattack.

Under the double-sided attack, Cheng Huan's originally stable front line suddenly collapsed, the soldiers fled in all directions, and the battlefield was littered with scattered soldiers and fallen bodies.

"It's over, it's over..."

Geng Wu muttered to himself, his face pale.

He stood on the hill, watching his army collapse under Su Yao's cavalry, his heart filled with despair and hatred.

Geng Wu never expected that Su Yao's reinforcements would come so quickly, leaving him no chance to pacify Zhang He and Qu Yi.

Just a little bit, just a little bit!
"My army of two hundred thousand!"

"Is it going to vanish into thin air like this?!"

"How unkind Heaven has been to me!"

——"Don't give up! We haven't lost yet!"

Just when Geng Wu was filled with despair, Ju Su grabbed him and shook him, saying:

"Look, Chief Secretary. Cheng Huan's troops are still fighting. Those who are running away are the new recruits!"

Geng Wu looked in the direction Ju Su pointed, and saw that behind the fleeing crowd, right next to Cheng Huan, at the core of the defense line, there were still thousands of armored warriors tightly gathered together, forming an indestructible human wall.

With spears in their hands and shields connected, they miraculously managed to hold their ground in the face of the sudden attack from the cavalry.

"kill!"

"Everyone, advance and never retreat. Anyone who trespasses the defense line will be killed without mercy!"

Cheng Huan gritted his teeth and shouted loudly.

Under his command, thousands of Iron Guards were armed with spears and halberds like a forest. Facing the attack of the friendly army, they acted decisively, shooting the panicked fleeing soldiers one by one, and knocking them to the ground.

"Anyone who retreats will die! Kill without mercy!"

Finally, under their iron-blooded suppression, the defeated soldiers were filled with despair. They changed direction one after another and fled around the formation, soon leaving a space in front of the defense line.

And there, Su Yao stood with his sword drawn and slowly stopped:

"There's something."

"Is this the main force of the Jizhou Army?"

Yes, the workhorse.

The Jizhou Army's 200,000-strong army is certainly not made up of useless people.

Behind those recruits who are easily defeated at the first blow, every general has some elite soldiers under his command.

For example, among Qu Yi's 800 Xiliang cavalrymen and Zhang He's 8,000 infantrymen, there are more than 2,000 core veterans, who are elite troops who have followed him in battles for many years.

On the battlefield, these people are not only the sharpest ones but also the backbone. They fight the toughest battles and gnaw on the toughest bones. They have always been the key to turning the tide.

Just now, the reason why Zhang He was able to hold on for so long was that these veterans played the role of a stabilizing force.

The three thousand iron guards around Cheng Huan at this moment are also such experienced men, and they are the core of the Jizhou army.

Initially, he took so long to come here just to gather the elite veterans from each battalion, just in case.

He would not easily deploy this force. Just now, he had been relying on those ordinary soldiers to consume the energy of the siege on Zhang He and others. Only in the most dangerous moment would he dispatch a wave of soldiers to rescue them.

And now, this elite force has become the last hope for Geng Wu and others.

Facing Su Yao's sudden attack, they will form the last line of defense and defend their own honor.

"Su thief! Stop being so arrogant!"

Cheng Huan shouted in a deep voice:

"If you have the ability, come and charge my formation."

"Let's see if you can still walk over our corpses like you did last time when you broke into the camp!"

"This ignorant bastard!"

Dian Wei spat angrily:
"General, please give the order!"

"Our army's morale is high. I am willing to be the vanguard, capture and kill this thief, and clear the way for our army!"

"General Dian, don't be careless!"

Zhao Yun quickly persuaded:

"The enemy army is well-organized, well-armored, and prepared to fight to the death. If we charge rashly at this moment, we may end up making mistakes."

"With us here, what could go wrong?"

Dian Wei glared and said:
"Does General Zhao think that we can't break through?"

"Don't worry, General Dian."

Zhao Yun took a deep breath:
"The Art of War says: Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles."

"Not to mention that our army has traveled a long distance to get here, and the soldiers are already a little tired."

"Just say that the two armies are defending each other, and we won't have the upper hand."

"If we use light cavalry to charge into the Iron Guards formation, we will certainly win, but we will also suffer heavy losses. The gains will not outweigh the losses."

Light cavalry, that’s right.

As the incident happened suddenly, in order to rescue Zhang He and others as quickly as possible, Su Yao ordered a light advance, and thus arrived at this critical moment.

As for the bulky armored cavalry, they naturally could not catch up with them on foot.

That was why Su Yao stopped in front of this group of soldiers.

"Ha ha!"

"Opportunity, there is hope!"

Seeing Su Yao stop from afar, Geng Wu came back to his senses. In the chaos just now, he had forgotten that he still had this trump card in his hand.

However, this cannot be entirely blamed on him. After all, Geng Wu was a scholar by birth, and most of the time he only looked at the number of people and the generals, and did not delve into the composition of the soldiers below.

As long as you can win the battle, that's all that matters.

If you can’t win, then you are a waste and a coward!

Simple, direct and clear at a glance.

Now, seeing that Su Yao, who had been unstoppable before, finally stopped, Geng Wu immediately became more alert:

"Hurry up!"

"Send all our reserves forward!"

"Surround them and teach that Su brat a lesson!"

"Whoever kills Su the thief will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and be made a marquis of ten thousand households!"

Geng Wu screamed at the top of his lungs, with a bit of desperate madness.

Not only did Ju Su's eyes widen, but many of his personal soldiers, who had been in a state of panic just now, also rekindled their crazy fighting spirit in their eyes after hearing the promise of a generous reward.

As the central army force protecting Geng Wu, they are all Geng Wu's confidants and the general reserve of the entire army. Although their combat effectiveness may not be as good as the field army of Zhang He, Qu Yi and others, they are more loyal and reliable.

Even when Cheng Huan fought Zhang He before, Geng Wu held this force in his hands and did not release it easily.

Now, seeing that Su Yao's cavalry was blocked and stopped, even he instinctively sensed the opportunity and immediately deployed the reserve troops for the final battle.

Under his command, tens of thousands of central army phalanxes moved quickly. While driving away the fleeing soldiers, they also outflanked the Han cavalry from the diagonal rear like a mountain pressing down on their heads.

"Come on!"

"Cut off their retreat!"

"The Chief Secretary is right! As long as their cavalry can't run, our infantry will be the winner!"

Under the central army commander's flag, Geng Wu shouted loudly and personally led the army to close in and encircle the enemy.

"General, the enemy is strong. We should break out for the time being and then fight again in a roundabout way." Zhao Yun approached Su Yao and said anxiously.

Zhao Yun knew very well that light cavalry could not fight for a long time. The best option was to take advantage of mobility, launch continuous offensives and attack the enemy's weaknesses.

However, facing the surging enemy, Su Yao was not afraid but laughed:

"Zilong has a point."

"But why should we fight against such trash?"

"Everyone, follow me and charge forward, and let them know how powerful we are!" Su Yao pointed with his lance and then galloped away on his horse.

However, this time, he did not rush towards the three thousand armored soldiers lined up in front of him, but went straight to the tens of thousands of central troops that were outflanking them.

At that moment, Su Yao keenly sensed the weakness of Geng Wu's central army.

Although they are numerous and their morale is commendable, their fighting effectiveness is obviously inferior.

What's more crucial is that it is difficult for these people to maintain a strict formation while running because they have to drive away the fleeing soldiers.

This may not be very obvious in the eyes of ordinary people, but in Su Yao's eyes, it is full of holes and flaws.

So, Su Yao took the lead, like a red lightning, and rushed straight to the flank of Geng Wu's central army.

"what?!"

"Oops!"

"Stop him, stop him quickly!"

The Jizhou army soldiers at the front cried out in surprise, stopped and raised their guns to meet the enemy.

However, how could they stop Su Yao?

The ridiculously long horse lance arrived first after being launched from behind, and with a flash of cold light it had already slashed across the chests of the three leading Jizhou soldiers.

The three men opened their eyes wide, expressions of disbelief on their faces, blood gushing out of their mouths, and their bodies flew backwards like kites with broken strings, instantly creating a gap in the Jizhou army's formation.

Su Yao took advantage of the situation to urge his horse on. The mighty horse under him neighed loudly, raised its front hooves high, then leaped into the air and slammed heavily into the enemy formation.

The Jizhou soldiers, who had already been knocked unconscious by the three men, were suddenly trampled by the war horses. They wailed and could not stand steadily.

At the same time, Su Yao waved the lance in his hand again, like a dragon emerging from the sea, sweeping across thousands of troops, instantly bringing about a bloody storm.

The tip of the spear drew a circle, and wherever it went, Geng Wu's central army soldiers were unable to resist at all. They were knocked to the ground one after another, and blood splattered everywhere.

Seeing their commander so brave, the Han army's morale was greatly boosted. They shouted in unison and followed him, rushing into the enemy camp like a surging tide.

Dian Wei was so excited that he roared wildly, waving the big sword in his hand tightly, and ran wildly after Su Yao, knocking away several enemies around him, and the road he passed was littered with corpses.

"Hold on! Don't panic! Close the gap quickly!"

Geng Wu was shocked and angry when he saw Su Yao being so brave in the battle, and he waved his weapon and shouted wildly.

However, his orders had little effect on the chaotic battlefield.

This is of course not just because the battlefield is noisy and sound cannot be transmitted.

Blocking gaps is the basic skill of infantry combat, and every soldier on the front line knows how to do it.

But as the saying goes, knowing is easier said than done. Facing Su Yao's thundering attack, the fear in the soldiers' hearts had already flooded like a flood.

The people nearby watched their companions being slaughtered like ants under Su Yao's lance. Their legs became weak and they couldn't even hold their weapons steadily. How could they execute the order to block the gap?
There was a grassroots officer who shouted loudly, trying to whip the soldiers to move forward bravely, but before he could even shout a few words, Su Yao had already arrived in front of him.

The horse lance drew a sharp arc in the air with a whistling sound, passed directly through the body, pierced it, then lifted it high and threw it into the sky.

This scene was like a bolt from the blue, destroying the remaining will of resistance of the nearby enemy forces in one fell swoop.

The soldiers who had been hesitating and struggling no longer cared about military orders and honor. They ran around like crazy, pushing and trampling on each other. The scene was in extreme chaos.

People in the distance were confused as to what was going on, while those nearby were running desperately. Under the leadership of Su Yao, the Han cavalrymen broke through the enemy lines and were invincible. They actually pierced through the tens of thousands of central troops in one breath and broke through the formation.

"Ha ha!"

"Cool!"

Su Yao turned around and laughed heartily at the Jizhou army behind him who were scattered like lost dogs.

He raised the lance high, the blood on the lance tip dripping slowly down the shaft, and shouted:

"Come again, come again!"

"Follow me and charge forward. We will leave no one behind!"

"kill!"

When the Han army heard the commander's orders, their morale grew higher and their shouts shook the earth slightly.

woo-

Woohoo——

With the sound of a melodious horn, the Han cavalry turned around, shouted slogans in unison, and rushed into the enemy camp again, like a tiger descending from the mountain, with unstoppable force.

Once, twice, three times.

Under the leadership of Su Yao, the Han knights charged back and forth, trampling the enemy madly.

During the first charge, thanks to Geng Wu's efforts, the central army soldiers were still able to maintain a good formation, but hundreds of them were killed and wounded by Su Yao and others in the panic.

During the second charge, the enemy was terrified. Su Yao even found the enemy general Geng Wu in the chaos, rushed straight to him, killed the general and seized the flag.

When Geng Wu saw Su Yao rushing towards him like a ferocious monster, he shouted in shock and called all the personal soldiers around him to try to protect himself.

Hundreds of royal soldiers stood shoulder to shoulder, holding up spears and shields, forming a tortoise shell formation to try to stop Su Yao.

In their opinion, a tight defense could keep out that madman.

Didn’t Cheng Huan’s iron guards stop them before?

However, they do not know that this is a different time.

Facing three thousand iron guards, Su Yao was concerned about the casualties of his soldiers and did not want to fight in vain.

As their hundreds of armored soldiers and personal guards were clearly there to protect their commander, Su Yao was very interested in giving it a try.

"Die, miscellaneous fish!"

Su Yao was a match for a thousand men. As his horse galloped, his long spear flew out of his hand and stabbed towards the soldier in the front of the tortoise shell formation.

The long spear carried a tremendous force and instantly penetrated through several layers of shields and spears, passing through the gaps between them and stringing together three soldiers in one breath.

The soldiers in the front row didn't even have time to scream before they were sent flying backwards by the huge impact force, and hit heavily on the bodyguards behind them. The long spears pierced through their bodies and killed five or six more people.

These people were strung together like candied haws and fell in the crowd, with blood flowing everywhere.

Under their impact, more people fell to the ground and lay there, causing a big hole to be torn in their tortoise shell formation.

Su Yao would not miss such an opportunity.

He clamped his legs around the horse's belly, drew the sword from his waist, drove the horse straight into the gap, and attacked left and right, slashing wildly.

The enemy soldiers had no time to react, and nearly ten more of them were beheaded, with their heads flying straight into the sky.

"Madman! Madman!"

"Stop him, stop him!"

"Get him off the horse!"

Seeing Su Yao getting closer and closer, Geng Wu's hands and feet turned cold and he screamed like crazy.

However, those personal soldiers who were shrouded in fear, even after hearing the commander's orders, were powerless to do what they wanted.

Their legs seemed to be nailed to the ground, unable to move at all. They could only watch Su Yao rush in and kill indiscriminately in the crowd.

They had never seen such a killing of gods.

He charged alone into their formation of hundreds of people, and was able to kill so crazily.

Now, these people can be regarded as brave men just because they can stand here honestly and try their best to maintain the formation.

Asking them to go out and fight again is really asking too much.

Obviously, Geng Wu also realized that if he stood here, he would just wait for death.

In deep fear, Geng Wu, who was unwilling to be killed, roared, turned around and ran away, which ruined the whole plan.

Originally, facing this tight formation, Su Yao had to chop with all his might. If he wanted to get to him, he would have to kill at least hundreds of people.

I have to say that it was a really physical job, and it was not that easy to kill him.

There is a high probability that after charging for a while, Su Yao will turn around and lead the knights to pick on the weak ones first.

As a result, his running was like pushing down a domino effect. When Geng Wu ran, the already shaky central army formation collapsed completely in an instant.

When the soldiers saw their commander fleeing, they no longer had the energy to resist. They threw away their weapons and weapons and ran away in all directions.

The Jizhou army's central army was like a pile of loose sand, and it went without saying that it was trampled on by the Han army's cavalry. So could Geng Wu, who was fleeing, escape with his life?
That's obviously impossible.

"Don't leave the trash!"

Su Yao rode his horse wildly in pursuit, galloping across the chaotic battlefield, chasing Geng Wu all over the ground.

Geng Wu rushed left and right in the chaotic army, looking terrified and in a miserable state.

He looked back from time to time and saw Su Yao chasing him closely and getting closer. He became more and more panicked, his legs went weak and he almost fell off the horse.

"Quick, stop him for me, stop him for me!"

"I'm the commander-in-chief, listen to me and stop the guy behind you. There will be a big reward!"

While fleeing, Geng Wu shouted loudly, hoping to encourage the surrounding soldiers to stop Su Yao.

However, the soldiers who were fleeing in all directions were already busy taking care of themselves, so how could anyone obey his orders?
Marshal?

You've already run away, so what's so cool about that?

Even if the king of heaven comes now, don’t think of asking me to go up and die!

The fleeing soldiers not only did not obey Geng Wu's orders, but they also tacitly dodged and made way for him to avoid being affected by the unlucky man.

In desperation, Geng Wu urged the horse on and whipped it madly, trying to increase the speed as much as possible.

However, it is counterproductive.

Geng Wu, who was not good at horse riding, not only failed to speed up the warhorse, but also angered the horse. The warhorse raised its front hooves high in pain, let out a long neigh, and then turned uncontrollably on the spot.

Geng Wu was caught off guard and fell off his horse in an instant, knocked unconscious.

He just struggled to get up when he saw a cold light coming towards him.

The next moment, the world was spinning around him again, and his head was flying into the sky.

Just like that, Su Yao didn't give him any time to talk nonsense.

The commander of an army of 200,000, the chief officer of Jizhou Army, Geng Wu died.

(End of this chapter)