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

Chapter 327: The Tiger Comes Down the Mountain to Attack Birds
November 7th, 9:00 am.

A few miles east of Dongcai Shi.

The cavalry, numbering about fifty in total, were fighting each other.

It is not accurate to say that there was a fight. To be precise, about thirty Jin soldiers were chasing and killing a dozen Song soldiers.

If Liu Huai felt a little regretful, then Shi Jun, the commander stationed in Dongcai Shi at this time, was regretting it to the core.

Shi Jun clamped his legs around the horse's belly, lowered his head and dodged the long sword swung by Puliyan, a Jin soldier. Then he suddenly pulled the reins and slashed at the Jin soldiers with both swords.

Pu Liyan had already swung half of his sword when he encountered such a life-for-life fighting style. He immediately changed his tactics and held the sword handle horizontally in front of him to block the attack.

Shi Jun didn't want to fight any longer, so after forcing the Jin army to retreat, he spurred his horse and fled, cursing the ancestors of Yu Yunwen, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, in his heart.

The Jin army is right before our eyes. Why would a scholar like you want to observe the Jin army camp up close? Is it really necessary to fight so hard?
It's fine if you're tired of living and want to die, but why do you have to drag me down with you?

Shi Jun was originally stationed in Liang County, Luzhou, with more than 4,000 soldiers under his command. He was a fierce general of the Huaixi army. When the Jin Kingdom invaded the south, he wanted to move north and station in Zhongli, using the Huai River to resist the Jin army.

However, Wang Quan, the commander-in-chief of the Huaixi army, had been staying in Jiankang Prefecture and had not gone to the front line to unify the command of the army, so Shi Jun could only exchange official documents with him.

Wang Quan directly rejected Shi Jun's suggestion with a military order, and asked him to strictly guard Liang County as a western barrier for Hefei.

Shi Jun did not give up and wrote another document, emphasizing the importance of the Huai River.

Wang Quan also replied in a written reply, saying that he was free to consider all matters and that a mere commander like you would know nothing.

Even if the military envoy was as fast as possible, it would still take some time for the official documents between the two sides to travel from Luzhou to Jiankang Prefecture.

While Shi Jun was arguing with Wang Quan, the Jin army had already broken through the Huai River and Shouchun was captured. Soon, Zhongli, whom Shi Jun had been thinking about, was gone.

Just when Shi Jun was still in a panic, Wang Quan finally arrived in Luzhou.

Shi Jun had just felt relieved and thought that a decisive battle would take place in Hefei, when the military envoy reported back that Wang Quan had escaped again, shocking the fierce general so much that his jaw almost dropped.

Shi Jun wanted to ask Wang Quan, "What are you doing here? Is it just to demoralize the Song army? Are you a spy sent by the Jin?"
There was no time to think about these things. Wanyan Liang's army attacked like fire and rushed directly towards Luzhou.

Shi Jun had no choice but to contact Wang Qi who had withdrawn from Haozhou and Wang Zhen who was stationed nearby. The three commanders had a total of 11,000 people to resist the enemy in Liang County.

But by this time, the morale of the Song army in Huaixi was on the verge of collapse.

Faced with the 40,000 Jin troops, no matter how brave the three Song army commanders were, it was of no avail and they were directly defeated in Liang County.

Shi Jun still wanted to take the defeated soldiers back to Hefei, but after hearing that Luzhou magistrate Gong Tao had also abandoned the city and fled, he finally gave up the idea and directly took hundreds of defeated soldiers and went south of the Yangtze River along the Caishiji floating bridge.

With this experience, it is not surprising that Shi Jun is full of despair about the future of the Song Dynasty.

Under such overwhelming pressure, what kind of impact can a small commander make?

At this time, Shi Jun spurred his horse and fled, while looking at Yu Yunwen, who was wearing tattered leather armor and also fleeing in a panic five steps away from the side. Although he cursed in his heart, he still felt a little sigh.

This Zhongshu Sheren is indeed a good man.

The vanguard of the Jin army had already crossed the pontoon bridge and occupied the East and West Cai Shi Ferry. Although there were only a thousand of them, they were not something that could be shaken by this group of defeated soldiers.

This secretary from the central government originally came to reward the troops, but when the 5,000 defeated soldiers were leaderless, he resolutely stood up, took over the military power, and personally led a dozen cavalry to approach the Jin army camp to observe the enemy situation. He was truly a good man.

Although he was accidentally caught by the patrolling cavalry of the Jin army, it was not his fault and it could only be said that he was just unlucky.

"Yu Sheren! Yu Sheren! Run up the slope! Run up the slope!" Although he was still being chased by Pu Liyan, Shi Jun decided to help Yu Yunwen and pointed to the top of the gentle slope on the side.

The Jin patrol, heavily armored, had been pacing for the entire morning, but their manpower and horsepower were no match for the dozen or so Song troops who had just set out. The Jin army, using their horsepower, could naturally catch up and engage them for a while, but on the uphill climb, the Song army had enough horsepower to throw off the thirty-plus Jin cavalry.

Although Yu Yunwen had seen this kind of scene before, as a scholar, he was also panicked when he saw the soldiers he had been encouraging in the morning being slaughtered. After hearing Shi Jun's words, he didn't have time to think about it, and turned his horse and followed Shi Jun to rush towards the gentle slope.

The remaining few Song army knights also followed Commander Shi and turned.

The price of turning is naturally stalling.

Puliyan grinned and used his long sword to beat a lagging Song soldier, causing him to spit blood and fall off his horse. He pointed his left hand forward and commanded more than 30 Jin soldiers to follow closely behind.

When Yu Yunwen heard the screams of the Song army behind him, he did not dare to look back for a moment, but just lay on his horse and ran away.

Just when a dozen Song soldiers had no way to go up or down, a knight in heavy armor and holding a spear appeared on the gentle slope, and then a large flag jumped out. The winged flying tiger on the flag fluttered in the wind, as if it was about to pounce.

Yu Yunwen thought that the Jin army was blocking him ahead, and a feeling of despair rose in his heart.

But then he discovered that the enemy's helmet was not the gourd helmet of the Jin army, but a genuine phoenix-wing helmet of the Han army. He was immediately overjoyed and did not care which group of Song army they were. He shouted out loudly: "I am Yu Yunwen, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat of the Great Song Dynasty. General, come and meet the enemy at once!"

Standing on the top of the gentle slope was naturally Liu Huai. He had also heard the sounds of fighting here, so he brought dozens of armored cavalry to support. Just as he was about to reach a high ground to observe the situation, he saw the scene of the Song army being chased by the Jin army.

But what surprised Liu Huai even more was the identity of the scholar wearing torn leather armor.

Zhongshu Sheren Yu Yunwen?
Although I had known that the other party was in Caishiji for a long time, I never thought that we would meet under such circumstances.

Moreover, why is this guy being hunted by the Jin army?

Of course, Liu Huai would not underestimate Yu Yunwen just because of his current embarrassment.

Because Yu Yunwen's ability was never in fighting, but in national strategy.

Tyson can kill eight Einsteins by himself, but can we say that Tyson is stronger than Einstein?

But Liu Huai felt it was a little strange, there was no such record in the history books?!
A chaotic stream of thoughts raced through his mind as Liu Huai raised his spear. "Zhang Silang, lead the light cavalry to bypass the Jin thieves! The rest of the armored cavalry, follow me!"

"Yes!" Zhang Baiyu responded loudly, then drew his bow and arrow and shouted: "Jingnan!"

"Jing Nan!"

The Flying Tigers knights shouted at the same time, as if just shouting two words gave them endless strength and courage.

Faced with this slogan shouted spontaneously from the bottom, Liu Huai could only laugh. Then, the man put down his spear and said, "Charge!"

Afterwards, Liu Huai, as the supreme commander of the Jingnan Army, took the lead and charged forward from a high position.

More than thirty Flying Tiger Army armored cavalry followed closely behind, and under the guidance of the Flying Tiger flag, they pounced out like a tiger descending the mountain.

Shi Jun was stunned when he saw this group of armored cavalrymen who were as powerful as tigers and dragons and pressing towards him like a mountain. However, his many years of military training made him reflexively lead the cavalry to hide to the side, making way for Liu Huai to charge.

Shi Jun also reached out and took hold of Yu Yunwen's horse reins, pulling him aside and becoming a spectator.

The more than 30 Jin soldiers did not react at all. They just followed the inertia of the charge and hastily formed a cavalry formation with the armored cavalry in the center and the light cavalry on both wings.

Under the watchful eyes of more than a dozen Song army members, the Flying Tiger Army charged directly towards the Jin army head-on.

The advantage of being on high ground was too great. The Jin army had to stop for a while before it was difficult to drive the horses to run again, while the Flying Tiger Army's speed advantage was enough to be brought into play to the extreme.

Pu Liyan, who had already killed countless Song soldiers, screamed and trembled with his bloody sword, and drove his horse forward, wanting to stop Liu Huai first to stop the Flying Tiger Army's charge.

However, Liu Huai thrust out his spear, ignoring the long sword that was swinging at him, and stabbed it directly into the breastplate of Puli Yan.

"Get up!" Liu Huai shouted, and used the horse's power to lift Puli Yan up into the air. Then the two of them threw their guns together, and they hit the Jin soldiers behind him heavily.

The Flying Tiger Army's armored cavalry followed suit and rushed into the battle formation.

The speed disadvantage was greatly magnified at this time, and the formation of more than 30 Jin soldiers was almost instantly broken through head-on.

Even though nearly ten knights fell off their horses, the Jin army did not turn around and flee. Instead, they became more ferocious and drew their weapons to engage in close combat with the Flying Tigers.

According to the Jin army's previous experience, the Song army was extremely afraid of close combat. As long as close combat began, even if the Song army was well-equipped and well-trained, their morale would quickly collapse.

Then the Jin army discovered that this group of Song soldiers seemed different.

In the meat-mincing battle, he couldn't even defeat the opponent.

Liu Huai drew out his usual heavy machete and used it as a heavy weapon. The surrounding Jin soldiers were knocked off their horses one after another. The Flying Tiger Army's armored cavalry cooperated with each other, with three people in a team. Every Jin soldier would be attacked from all sides.

When Zhang Baiyu led the light cavalry to surround the Jin army from behind, they suffered heavy casualties in a hurry. The stunned Jin army finally lost their courage, and the few remaining cavalry fled in all directions.

"Zhang Silang, catch him alive!" Liu Huai said loudly.

"Yes, sir!" Zhang Baiyu had already bent his bow and drawn an arrow, pointing it at the back of a Jin soldier. Upon hearing his words, he turned the arrow slightly. He was reluctant to give up the warhorse that was about to be in his hands, so he simply put the bow and arrow back, pulled out a lasso from the saddlebag, and like a cowboy, he circled it twice in the air and directly lassoed the Jin soldier, dragging him off the horse.

Some of the other Flying Tigers used lassoes, and some used fishing nets, and they quickly captured all five escaped Jin soldiers.

At this time, Liu Huai also came to Yu Yunwen, holding a long machete, and bowed in a loud voice, saying: "Yu Sheren, I am Liu Huai, the commander-in-chief of the Shandong Jingnan Army. Following the order of Wei Gong Huisheng, the leader of the Shandong Loyal Army, I am leading the Jingnan Army and 5,000 Tianping Army south to help the Song Dynasty resist the Jin Dynasty!"

After hearing such a long string of words, most people would have been stunned. But Yu Yunwen rode forward, shook Liu Huai's bloody hands, and said sincerely: "With such a powerful army like General Liu, Cai Shi can be safe, Huaixi can be safe, and Jiangnan can be safe!"

Shi Jun, who was memorizing military numbers and people's names, took a moment to glance at Yu Yunwen in his busy schedule.

I never expected that such a straightforward-looking person would take the initiative to say such corny compliments.

The man in the turban is very cunning, and you can't judge a person by his appearance.

(End of this chapter)