Since Li Cheng's army was shaken, it was out of control. After half of the afternoon, it directly evolved into a complete failure and collapse.

And just like everyone before forgot everything and moved forward bravely, at this moment, once the victory or defeat was decided, the front army of the imperial camp on the opposite side was certainly surprised and couldn't bear it, and continued to pounce, but Li Cheng's soldiers and horses also had their thoughts in their minds.

There is nothing left, just trying to survive.

However, if you want to survive, you can just run backwards?

In fact, as soon as the collapse began, Li Cheng's defeated troops encountered a huge trouble, that is, the troops in the middle were too crowded and too crowded, and the equipment was too heavy... So soon, the middle area of ​​the battlefield was

A huge 'pimple' was formed. In that area, obstruction and trampling became the biggest source of casualties, causing casualties in an extreme period of time that were no less than those caused by the previous battle!

Then the collapse was completely hopeless.

Yue Fei was on the front line and had a clear view of the battle situation. He instinctively wanted to let his troops go around the middle and outflank them from both sides in order to surround and force the enemy to surrender as much as possible. But it was a pity that by this time, not only his own subordinates had also already

He was so angry that it was difficult to effectively convey military orders in such a crowded battlefield, not to mention that the cavalry was tied up in the middle. In desperation, Yue Fei could only set up his command flag, sit back and watch the battle develop freely, and prepare to wait for this one in the middle of the battle.

After the big knot is solved, look for troops that can be commanded and make subsequent decisions.

But soon, Yue Fei noticed another thing, that is, Li Cheng's handsome flag on the opposite side was obviously trapped in the knot, because he saw with his own eyes that handsome flag retreated several times and tried to gain a foothold.

After being submerged in the sea of ​​people for a while, it stood up again. Not only that, but thousands of cavalry, including some of the iconic long-sword cavalry, gathered under the flag and tried to resist.

Li Chengbu's escape slowed down again, and the attention of countless Song army cavalry was also attracted, and a fierce battle broke out again.

Of course, under the general situation, this kind of struggle is meaningless. Just a moment later, before the Song army's troops surged up, Li Cheng failed again in his attempt, and even the thousand-man cavalry began to collapse and surrender.

, only 800 long-sword cavalry were left to continue to resist stubbornly, and were surrounded by the cavalry under Zhang Xian's command.

"My master asked me, Xu Dadao, to tell Big Eye!"

Just when Zhang Xian was surrounding him and about to launch an attack, a general with a long-handled sword and blood all over his body jumped out from his horse. With one hand holding the sword and the other pointing at Yue Fei, who was far south of the battlefield, he called out to Commander Yue Fei: "If

If Big Eyes is willing to come over and face him in person, he is willing to surrender in person..."

The news did not reach Yue Fei. Zhang Xian, who had the absolute power to make decisive decisions on the battlefield, asked Guo Jin to step forward and confront him: "Xu Dadao, my general Zhang also said that there is no need for Jiedu to come here in person, the country has its own laws, such as

Li Cheng has been given a name like this, and the Song traitors in the autonomous prefectures and counties can only surrender unconditionally, without any conditions... However, my General Zhang is kind-hearted and hates you soldiers dying in vain, so I will give it to you.

It takes half a stick of incense to decide, if you surrender, surrender, if not, you will have no choice but to die!"

The general, Xu Da Dao and Xu Wen Zai, whose sword weighed fifty kilograms, did not say a word. Hearing the words, he directly joined Li Zishuai's long sword army formation, but there was no movement again.

And Zhang Xian was not the one who suffered the loss. During the waiting period, he quickly had people intercept one team after another of crossbowmen from behind... Today's war broke out too fast, and the battlefield was narrow. It was a hand-to-hand battle, plus a hand-to-hand melee.

The area is too wide, which makes crossbowmen and archers basically lose their tactical functions from the beginning, and some bows and arrows are basically only used by individual soldiers.

But this time it was different.

It is conceivable that if Li Cheng fails to surrender within the time limit, this last group of long-sword cavalry will be quickly cut off under a large area of ​​crossbow fire.

Seeing this situation, not only the last long-sword cavalry of Li Cheng's tribe was a little shaken, but also many of Zhang Xian's knights who were originally eager to try also felt a little boring. For example, Yang Zaixing, who heard about the reputation of Xu Dadao and Li Cheng, cursed directly.

We need to lead our headquarters around here and continue the pursuit from behind.

However, it can only be said that this long-sword cavalry is indeed the confidant of Li Cheng's tribe. Although they were shaken after seeing the large-scale gathering of bows and crossbows by the Song army, not many of them turned around and fled. Instead, they kept a certain silence.

, seems to be waiting until his lord makes the final decision.

"No wait!" Seeing that the number of crossbowmen around him was gradually saturated, Zhang Xian did not hesitate, and no matter how long it took to burn an incense stick, he directly signaled to Li Kui, who had followed him to join the command. "Kill them!"

Li Kui, who had some issues with Li Cheng but had some friendship with Xu Dadao, obviously hesitated for a moment, but immediately followed the battlefield military orders and waved the flag, asking all the crossbowmen to mass shoot all the enemy troops under the commander's banner.

As soon as the military order was given, nearly a thousand crossbowmen gathered together and fired arrows together. The more than a hundred knights with long swords who were surrounded tried to launch a final counterattack. However, just as everyone expected, after one round of shooting, they fired arrows before they could speed up.

The men and their horses fell in front of them, and they were killed and injured almost instantly. Only ten or twenty people survived, but they had almost no fighting power.

Only one general, who lost his horse, was still wearing heavy armor and a mask, wielding a fifty-kilogram sword in his hand, looking like a mad tiger, struggling to fight back. Who else could it be if it wasn't Mizhou Xu Da Dao?

Zhang Xian looked bored, so he asked someone to quickly wind up and kill this person quickly. Unexpectedly, a horse suddenly galloped over and attacked Xu Dadao from behind. However, it was Yang Zaixing who was already about to run away.

Turn around and come back.

Zhang Xian was speechless and could only stand there and watch, but he had already thought in his heart that if Yang Zaixing lost his position, there would be no military achievements to be made this time.

However, the expected fight between the dragon and the tiger did not happen. I don't know whether it was Yang Zaixing who was too strong or whether Xu Dadao was already injured. The former rushed towards him with the momentum of his horse, while the latter turned around and faced each other face to face. However, after just one move, Yang Zaixing raised his steel spear.

Precisely pierce the opponent's abdominal cavity through the gap in his armor, and then casually slap him on the pile of corpses.

After killing someone, Yang Zaixing did not go to cut off the head or make a report. He just rode away and continued to lead the crowd to pursue the others.

On the other hand, Li Kui, who was watching stunned, was a smart man. He still remembered that Xu Wen and Xu Dadao were his old friends, so he quickly led his team to save him and did the final treatment himself... However, at this time, Xu Dadao was beaten to the ground and bleeding.

Not only that, although it looked like he was hopeless, his chest was still rising and falling, as if he was still breathing.

Li Kui sighed and stepped forward to take off the opponent's mask and helmet.

"Brother Li!" Xu Wen's eyes were already distracted, but when he saw Li Kui appear, he actually said sober words. "On that day, everyone in Mizhou said that you were the most sophisticated and could understand the general trend. See you again today. Sure enough, the rest of us deserved it.

Go to hell, you are the only one with such a beautiful scenery, it can be seen that you are really sophisticated, we are all fake arrogance..."

When Li Kui saw the other party, he was obviously rejoicing. He had a lot of words to say, but at this time he was completely speechless. He could only hold the knife and sigh some nonsense: "I heard that after Lao Du and his family die, you will take care of Lao Du and his family."

We have all been taken to my home in Laizhou, so I can’t be embarrassed and will definitely take good care of you!”

Xu Wen nodded and wanted to speak for a moment, but after glancing at the soldier of Song who was cautiously approaching the commander's flag covered by the corpse, he chose to shake his head. In the end, he didn't say a word, but the breath in his chest went away.

After venting, there was no movement immediately.

After a while, Li Kui suddenly realized the strange behavior of Xu Wen in his last moments... It turned out that there was no one else under his banner, and there was no Li Cheng at all. Xu Wen was always talking about loyalty until his death, buying time for Li Cheng who had already escaped.

Although the long-sword cavalry was almost exhausted, it did not mean that the commander's banner was not mixed with other broken soldiers and survived. Soon, several broken soldiers quickly gave the exact answer - Li Guo was not here after all, this time

The commander-in-chief flag was erected privately after Xu Wen found out that he was unable to rescue him. As for Li Cheng, the puppet governor of the Qi Dynasty, he simply gave up and fled to the northwest after failing to set up the flag three times.

At this time, it is impossible to say that he has escaped from the battlefield.

After hearing the report, Zhang Xian immediately woke up. Without waiting for Yue Fei to give instructions, he directly passed the order to the nearest place. While personally leading the cavalry to pursue the pursuit to the northwest, he also asked Li Kui to lead some infantry to follow, with the intention of seizing the water.

, Zichuan City between Zishui River!

It was between two rivers and the only city within dozens of miles of the battlefield.

When the news came to Yue Fei, Yue Pengju, who had just arrived on a hill on the south side of the battlefield, just frowned slightly and didn't say much... At this time, the battlefield had been evacuated and a full-scale pursuit was underway, and Zhang Xian also made a move

The wisest or most rational pursuit and escape move, the only problem is that the Lu land in late summer and early autumn is still green, and there are mountain and forest areas behind the hills on both sides. Once Li Cheng gives up going to Zichuan City to collect surrender troops, he will directly

If you abscond, you can only rely on luck.

As for Xu Dadao's loyalty, it can only be said that he does not carry out big righteousness but only does small righteousness. Yue Fei doesn't bother to pay attention to it.

"General Tian." In fact, when Yue Fei heard the message, he hesitated for a moment, then dismounted directly and faced the general in front of him seriously, but it was Master Tian who was sitting on the hillock of the battlefield and was lost in thought. "Fighters are rare, please."

You issue an order to mobilize the Hu Cheng troops behind you and the scattered defenders in Yidu and other places, so that they can quickly approach the west without hesitation, cooperate with our army to press into Jinan Prefecture, and take Zhangqiu together."

Tian Shizhong, who was covered in dirt, raised his head in confusion, and looked at Yue Fei, who was half of his body black and red, but full of energy and calm, with a slightly complicated look, and then remained silent for a moment, but

After all, he turned around and summoned a personal guard, took a pen and paper on the battlefield, and then dipped a pool of blood beside an enemy corpse beside him to write a few military orders.

But when the bodyguard turned around and rode away, Tian Shizhong seemed to have regained his composure, and then faced each other on the ground: "Lieutenant Yue, I have two things to say, and I also have something to ask."

"General Tian, ​​please speak." Yue Fei remained calm.

"Liu Lieutenant fought well!" Tian Shizhong sighed slowly. "There is a cage of water blocking the front, so many soldiers can't catch them all. As long as we cross the river and push forward, it will be meat on the pallet.

Okay... So after this battle, not to mention that the officials want us to take down one or two state troops, the entire Puppet Qi will basically have to hold it in our hands... Your soldiers and horses are really powerful, and so is your Lieutenant Yue.

It’s amazing! It’s rare for me to convince others, but today I’ve convinced another person!”

"General Tian is the one who made the first contribution in this battle." Yue Fei said sincerely. "He is worthy of being a famous teacher in the world."

Tian Shizhong shook his head and said: "This is the second sentence of the two sentences I want to say..."

Only then did Yue Fei realize that the other party's "two sentences" actually meant "two" sentences.

"Captain Yue, my soldiers and horses are the lifeblood of our captain..." Tian Shizhong stared at Yue Fei and continued to sigh. "No matter how stingy he is, he has never been short of the pay of these soldiers and horses."

, weapons, and officers are all from Taiyuan and Huaishang, who have fought head-on with the Jin people, but such a troop is the elite of the headquarters that joined forces with Meng'an and Loushi in Yaoshan to stop them.

There are not as many deaths as today... Therefore, no matter how convinced I am by you, I will impeach you again after this battle."

Yue Fei nodded, not caring at all: "If it were me, I would also impeach him."

Tian Shizhong nodded and faced each other seriously on the ground again: "But I have one more question. The three thousand people in my unit are the essence of the entire imperial right army. It is not unexpected that they dare to fight to this point.

, but your 20,000 people today are not as carefree as our troops, but I look at the two armies fighting... At the beginning, the momentum of both sides was about the same; then there were two or three casualties, and the two armies also

Unwavering, as far as I know, this is already a strong army; but when the casualties on both sides were 45%, that is, half of them, Li Cheng's troops began to waver, but the imperial army did not move at all; and then

The commanders of the two armies moved forward together. The fierce battle between the two sides reached the limit, with nearly 10% casualties. Li Cheng's troops began to falter, and the flaws were exposed. However, the front army of the imperial camp was still not discouraged, and their formations were not scattered. They were still as one... This is

How is it done? Is it just enough military pay?"

Yue Fei thought carefully for a moment, but still answered immediately: "The military pay is sufficient, the equipment is guaranteed not to be adulterated, and the armor covers more than 70%. We can only sustain 40 to 50% of sudden casualties without wavering, but we need 10% of the casualties.

The top and bottom are still one, but they need to be properly trained. However, since General Tian has taken the initiative to inquire, I can't keep it secret... Even if there are more casualties in today's battle, it should be possible at 15%.

It’s safe, because I consider myself to be fair in enforcing the law and treat soldiers as soldiers. I rarely treat them as servants and drive them to do work. And like the ordinary troops of the Royal Camp Right Army, the soldiers also help the officers build houses.

If they are escorting business, they will be rewarded enough. In their hearts, they do not regard themselves as scholars, but as servants, so they will not be able to pass this hurdle no matter what."

Master Tian sighed deeply.

"Actually," Yue Fei thought for a while and continued to answer. "This time, I have returned from a long way, and I am really tired. Otherwise, our army has won consecutive battles and has rarely suffered defeats. It would be a little difficult for the Jinshi in the army to prepare for the battle.

With great righteousness, I might be able to dare to fight some more...but these things in people's hearts must be based on sufficient military pay and supplies, otherwise empty talk is useless."
To be continued...