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

Chapter 257: The Hu soldiers are missing their precious swords
"It's up to me to save the situation!"

When Zhang Baiyu realized this and repeated it silently in his mind, he did not feel any panic or heavy burden, but his blood boiled instantly.

This guy did not take his favorite bow and arrow, but instead held a huge spear and personally acted as the spearhead of the charging blade.

The long spear was a weapon commonly used by warriors in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties. However, the long spear was relatively heavy and not light enough. Although warriors invented the technique of dancing with it, it was ultimately not something that ordinary soldiers could use.

As the conscription system came into being, this expensive weapon was forgotten and later replaced by more convenient spears.

The long spear in Zhang Baiyu's hand was found in the Yizhou government treasury. No one knew where it was going to be sent, but it didn't matter. Now it was his.

"Kill the thief!"

Zhang Baiyu roared, then took the lead and crashed into the Wuxing Army's armored cavalry formation, which had slowed down.

The Jin army immediately fell into chaos.

This doesn't mean that the 500 armored cavalrymen of the Loyalty Army could wipe out nearly a thousand cavalrymen of the Wuxing Army. Rather, it means that at this time, the Wuxing Army had just defeated the enemy at the front and was in the process of changing its formation, reorganizing its ranks, and changing the direction of its attack.

Should we roughly count the fallen soldiers? Should we recall the fleeing troops? Should we clarify the next major attack direction?
This will inevitably take half a quarter to a quarter of a second to complete.

If everything goes well, as long as they defeat the enemy in front of them, no one will stop them from doing these things before launching the next round of attack.

But who would have thought that the Loyal Army actually had an elite armored cavalry hiding here, and after seeing the right opportunity, they started charging so quickly and ruthlessly that the Wuxing Army's waist was almost cut in half in an instant!
With a swing of the long spear, Zhang Baiyu knocked a Jin soldier who looked like an officer off his horse along with the flag beside him. After dancing the long spear in a circle, he swung it forward again.

A melee had already begun between the Zhongyi Army and the Wuxing Army's armored cavalry. The density of cavalry on both sides was astonishing. After charging halfway, Zhang Baiyu could not move forward. Instead, he and more than a hundred personal guards hacked and killed indiscriminately in the Wuxing Army's formation, disrupting the formation.

As the white fish flag rushed left and right in the formation, the actions of the Wuxing Army's armored cavalry formation almost came to a standstill. A quarter of an hour later, someone who was capable of taking charge finally rushed over from the flank and joined the battle.

Ba'atul shouted at a marching soldier, "Why don't you go and fight? Are you still standing here watching?"

The marching officer suddenly shuddered and turned to see the commander-in-chief's personal guard leader. Although he didn't dare to refute, he was still furious. "General, it's not that we don't want to move forward. Although there are only a hundred of these bandits still running around, including the other loyal bandits, there are at least five or six hundred of them. Not counting the others, our rear formation only has so many people in total. We've already been in a mess. I only have a dozen or so cavalry around me now. The rest of my subordinates have disappeared long ago! We need to gather our troops, otherwise it would be a waste to send these dozen cavalry forward."

Atuer looked at the marching Mouke, but suddenly realized that he was not familiar with the centurion of the First Meng'an.

This guy has been a serious military officer for several years. Because of Tu Danzhang's death, the four marching marshals of Diyi Meng'an have been executed according to the military law of beheading the whole team!

All the marching officers nowadays were promoted from Puliyan (fifty-man captain) on the front line!
They had only been in office for less than ten days. How could they have any experience or prestige?
Maybe they haven't even figured out the scope of their own authority!

It is not surprising to be flustered and at a loss when faced with sudden and difficult situations.

"Don't worry about the past! I have the final say here!" Ba Tuer yelled, pointing at the marching Mouke in front of him and said, "All of you follow me!"

As he said this, Atuer gathered dozens of armored cavalry along the way, and acted as the vanguard to face Zhang Baiyu head-on.

Atu'er had no choice but to break the spearhead of the general-like spear to restrain the group of armored cavalry. Once they were restrained, the surrounding soldiers and horses would rush forward and cut down the white fish flag!
"Beat Atu'er!" The chief of the personal guards of the commander-in-chief of the Wuxing Army shouted his own name and swung his long sword.

"Fuck your mother!" Zhang Baiyu wasn't referring to his own name, as he thrust his spear forward. The two men's weapons clashed, their horses passing each other, neither able to do anything. They could only glare fiercely at each other before each charging directly into the enemy's rear.

After all, the venue was small, and the armored cavalry on both sides only sped up slightly, then slowed down again and started fighting directly against each other.

"Commander Wang, Commander Shi, we need to save the situation!"

On the north side of the battlefield, on a higher hill among the hills, Lu You pointed at the armored cavalry regiment engaged in the melee and spoke loudly.

Wang Shilong panted heavily, leaning on his long axe and said, "I am willing to fight, but my men are really tired and need to rest for a while."

Shi Qilang wanted to say something, but he was speechless.

The three people's postures were different, but it was natural.

Lu You still knew nothing about military affairs. He had no idea how difficult it was to march several miles through the mountains while carrying a long axe and a spear and wearing infantry armor.

However, Wang Shilong completed the entire journey and was able to judge the condition of his soldiers based on his own physical loss.

In fact, Wang Shilong and Shi Qilang's troops had already exceeded their mission by defeating the Fourth Meng'an in the mountains. Now that they were marching out of the mountains in formation, the deterrent effect would be even greater.

Their original intention was to add icing on the cake to accelerate the collapse of the Jin army, rather than fight a tough battle at a critical moment.

As for Shi Qilang, his thoughts were simple.

Because the soldiers with swords and shields were all light soldiers wearing iron crotch armor, their physical strength was still good, but he could not break away from the large formation of soldiers and act alone in this kind of terrain. That would be simply seeking death!

Shi Qilang really wanted to perform another miraculous feat, but the fatigue of the long-axe soldiers was obvious, so he hesitated for a moment.

Seeing that Lu You wanted to persuade him again, Wang Shilong raised his hand to stop him. He took a few deep breaths and said, "Lu Dapan, all we can do is hold our ground here. As long as our army's flag does not fall behind the Jin bandits, their morale will continue to decline, and their energy will continue to be diverted. This is the best support we can provide to the front line!"

Wang Shilong forced a smile as he spoke. "Lu Dapan, you have to have some faith in Duke Wei and the Commander-in-Chief, and also in the heroes of Shandong. They're not useless people who rely solely on friendly forces for survival. Perhaps we feel that the overall situation depends on us, and they also feel that they need to turn the tide, and they are fighting hard."

Shi Qilang stomped his feet heavily, feeling powerless.

Seeing that Lu You was still uneasy, Wang Shilong said again: "If Judge Lu still feels that it is not appropriate, then let the men rest for two quarters of an hour. If the battlefield is still unclear after two quarters of an hour, then..."

Wang Shilong gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's go together and take out the gold thief!"

Lu You finally nodded.

After making up his mind, Wang Shilong had just ordered his soldiers to leave some on guard and the rest to rest, when a huge cheer came like a tsunami.

(End of this chapter)