Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 54: Willing to be the Wind Wrapping the Battle Flag (Part )
Seeing that the Song army did not disperse to pursue the defeated army, but only rushed towards him under the guidance of the Flying Tiger flag, Gao Anren felt a chill in his heart, but he still fulfilled his responsibilities as a general.

He raised the Wuque flag high, blew a whistle, and led the armored cavalry to make a big arc, ready to confront Liu Huai head-on.

Gao Anren didn't realize that because he was trying to go around and get behind Liu Huai, he was less than 200 steps away from the reed marsh on the east side.

"The time has come!"

Zhang Baiyu, who had been watching the battle outside from the reed marsh, suddenly stood up and shouted loudly.

Liang San, who had been unable to contain himself any longer, quickly raised the triangular red flag and waved it vigorously.

"Mount!"

"Hurry up and mount!"

With repeated shouts, the Song army in the mud jumped on their horses one after another.

Zhang Baiyu put on a red copper ghost mask and raised his longbow high: "Ready your spear and bone flower, we will just fire one round of arrows, and then follow me and charge forward!"

After saying that, Zhang Baiyu took the lead and rushed out of the reed tent.

All we can say is that what he did was just as he said: Zhang Baiyu was really not afraid of death.

As for Gao Anren, while he was turning, he heard the sound of horns and horse hooves coming from behind him. He turned his head and saw another group of Song army cavalry rushing out from the reed marsh. His mood could only be described as grief and anger.

It would be fine if you had only one hundred cavalrymen to attack my two hundred cavalrymen, but you actually dared to hide your strength and divide your forces to ambush me. You really think I'm a piece of cake!

But even if you have thousands of thoughts and tens of thousands of ideas, as the warhorse gallops at high speed, what you think in your mind will only flash by.

Zhang Baiyu's troops first shot a round of arrows, and then all of them took up bows and spears, chasing the Jin army and hitting them hard, gouging out more than ten armored cavalrymen.

Although this could not determine the outcome, it effectively disrupted the Jin army's formation.

After all, they were attacked from both front and back. What Gao Anren thought was one thing, but the ordinary Jin soldiers were already extremely panicked.

Just when the Jin army's formation was about to become chaotic, Liu Huai led his troops to attack again from the front.

"Separate! Stop them!"

Seeing Liu Huai breaking into the battle line again, Zhang Baiyu became ruthless. He threw down his spear, drew out two maces from both sides of the saddle, and started a close combat with the Jin army.

The triangular red flag waved left and right several times, and Zhang Baiyu's armored cavalry followed suit, throwing down their spears, pulling out sleeve sticks or bone sticks, dispersing and fighting with the Jin army.

Gao Anren was already thinking of running away, but he suddenly realized that there were shouts and screams coming from all directions, and he, the Mouke, seemed to be surrounded.

They were actually surrounded by the same number of Song troops.

Moreover, the Jin army was used to fighting with favorable winds, and their only melee weapons were spears and hand swords. On a normal day, they could not even bully the unarmored soldiers. Even if they encountered one or two armored soldiers, they could easily defeat them by galloping on horseback.

The spear thrust out at full speed is a first-class armor-piercing weapon.

But this was a close combat that slowed them down. Facing the Song army's bone hammers, the Jin army could only draw out their hand knives to deal with them. No matter how sharp the hand knives were, they could only leave a white mark on the armor, and the Song army's bone hammers would hit them and cause them to break bones and fall off their horses.

When Liu Huai led more than ten people to break into the formation again, Gao Anren could no longer suppress his fear. He found a gap and escaped on horseback, leaving behind even his own flag.

Since the armor worn by Gao Anren was no different from that of the Jin army's cavalry, and he did not lead the troops like Wu Ye, the Song army that rushed into the Jin army's formation and killed people wantonly did not recognize him as the Jin army's leader, and just rushed towards the flag with the word "Gao" on it.

In war, the merits of killing a general and capturing a flag are equal, because the flag is an important means for a general to command the army. A general who loses the flag is actually no different from being dead, as he can no longer command the army anyway.

Having already charged into the battle array, Liu Huai dropped his obstructing 10-foot iron spike spear and drew his heavy machete. He first used the flat of his blade to knock the armored cavalryman blocking his way off his horse, then swung the blade and slashed at the Jin army standard-bearer. To be precise, the blade was aimed at the flagpole, but whether it was Liu Huai's quickness or the Jin army's bravery, the flag-bearer actually drew his sword to counterattack.

The result is predictable. The flagpole and the arm of the Jin soldier holding the flag were chopped into two pieces.

"Capture the flag!"

Liu Huai ignored the wailing of the fallen Jin soldiers and shouted loudly while holding up the captured "Gao" flag.

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

Although the Jin cavalry was at a disadvantage, the outcome was still undecided. However, when the Song army saw this herdsman, they all cheered as if they had already won a great victory.

However, these cheers became the last straw that broke the camel's back. The Jin army, which was still fighting back, looked back and could neither see the general's flag nor hear Gao Anren's command, and fell into chaos in an instant.

After Liu Huai broke through the formation and joined Zhang Baiyu, this Jin army's armored cavalry could no longer hold on and collapsed.

"Zhang Silang, do you want to obey orders now?" Liu Huai asked loudly on the horse.

Zhang Baiyu was panting, but he immediately raised his hands and said, "Commander, please speak."

War is the greatest prestige, especially for a general who has won a victory. Even though Zhang Baiyu was still full of dissatisfaction two minutes ago, he really didn't dare to hesitate any longer.

"You have a lot of archers and cavalry in your unit, so go in teams of five to chase down the defeated army. Don't spread yourself out too much, and don't chase them beyond five miles!" Liu Huai gave the order proudly.

"Yes!" Zhang Baiyu nodded in agreement.

Liu Huai turned back and gave the order: "The rest of you, follow me to kill the Jin thieves' infantry and end this battle!"

The Song cavalry was then divided into two parts again.

A part of them, led by Zhang Baiyu, spread out in all directions, chasing and killing the Jin cavalry like a big net. Even though there were still nearly a hundred Jin cavalry at this time, they were as panic-stricken as dogs that had lost their homes, and could not stop the effective counterattack at all. They were surrounded and attacked by less than fifty Song cavalry, who killed the Jin soldiers in the encirclement one by one like peeling an apple.

The other part was led by Liu Huai, who charged back and forth from east to west along the back of the Jin army's infantry formation, shouting and trying to intimidate them with minimal casualties.

The effect is amazing.

Although the number of Jin army infantrymen slightly exceeded that of Song army, who was Wei Sheng? When he personally led the army to attack, how could a few rows of horizontal formations stop him?

He chopped down three of the Jin army's front-line flags, and the entire horizontal formation formed an inverted V shape. The central army was almost broken through, and it was only by the continuous killing of the supervising team in the rear that the front line was barely maintained.

However, when the Song cavalry led by Liu Huai defeated the Jin army's armored cavalry as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, the first Jin army to collapse was the supervisory team in the rear.

The supervising team was originally supervised by the armored cavalry together with the infantry in front of them. The courage and authority of the supervising team also came from the armored cavalry of the Jin army led by Gao Anren. At this time, the armored cavalry was defeated, and the supervisor naturally could not hold on.

The escape of the supervising team also marked the beginning of the avalanche of the Jin army.

Looking down from the sky, Liu Huai was just riding his horse behind the Jin army, without firing a single spear or arrow, and the gathered Jin army scattered like a collapsed dam.

Large numbers of Jin troops who were trapped between the Song infantry and cavalry began to abandon their troops and kneel down in surrender, while the few small groups of defeated soldiers still under the command of their generals were defeated one by one by the cavalry led by Liu Huai.

In a corner of the chaotic battlefield, Shi Qilang breathed a long sigh of relief. He was about to end his undercover career, but when he saw a man lying on the ground, he couldn't help but feel something in his heart.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Shi Qilang rode his horse to the man's side, leaned over and extended his hand: "General Wu Ye, get on your horse!"

(End of this chapter)