boom! Bang...bang!
The sound of gunfire continued, and the officers and soldiers fell down row after row like wheat being cut down.
Soon, corpses were piled all over the ground, the ground was wet with blood, and the smell of blood filled the air.
The phalanx of the tiger-character flag was like a rock lapping against the waves, standing majestic and motionless. On the contrary, like a wave, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
More and more officers and soldiers were killed and injured. Finally, some officers and soldiers could not bear the horror before them and began to flee away from the battlefield.
One person fled, and more and more people fled, and finally the entire army began to rout and flee out of control.
"Don't retreat, don't retreat at all, charge me, charge forward." Yang Guozhu shouted angrily, and at the same time brandished his knife and hacked to death several officers and soldiers who retreated from the front.
It's a pity that no matter what he does, he can't prevent the defeat of the army.
"Sir, I can't stop you anymore. Let your subordinates protect you and leave." The soldier on the side said.
Yang Guozhu said with an angry face: "No, I am not defeated. I will charge with you."
More and more officers and soldiers fled back from the front. In the end, almost all the officers and soldiers fled back, making it difficult to move forward.
Several soldiers guarding Yang Guozhu bucked the trend and tried to rush forward. Not only were they unable to move forward, but they were drowned in the rout, including their men and horses.
"Sir, we can't go any further." A soldier said urgently.
All the officers and soldiers were fleeing. They were rushing forward in the opposite direction. Before they could reach the Tiger Flag, they would be overwhelmed by the officers and soldiers rolling over.
Yang Guozhu glanced bitterly in the direction of the tiger-shaped flag, and finally ordered helplessly: "Retreat."
The surrounding soldiers protected Yang Guozhu and began to flee back. The general flags that were still there began to disappear at some point.
Below the banner of the Tiger Flag.
Liu Heng took away the monocular telescope in front of him and said to the messenger beside him: "Order the two large battalions to pursue the defeated troops and not give Yang Guozhu a chance to reorganize his troops."
"Yes." The messenger next to him agreed, turned around and ran away.
The order was passed on, and soon the battle formations of several thousand-man troops dispersed and turned into squadron-sized teams, and the pursuit speed became faster.
The fleeing officers and soldiers were no longer able to fight anymore, so they could only run for their lives, and their armor had been thrown away somewhere.
The mountains and fields are full of defeated soldiers who are fleeing, and the mountains and fields are full of troops with tiger-shaped flags chasing the defeated soldiers.
Anywhere where officers and soldiers gather together, they will be prioritized with tiger-shaped flags.
Fifty miles northwest of where Yang Guozhu was defeated, another army was stationed.
"Sir, let's leave like this. If General Yang destroys the Tiger Flag, not only will we get no credit, but we may even be cited by General Yang." The speakers were Wang Qingyuan and Zhang Huai. The staff around me.
This time Zhang Huai came to Lingqiu with the soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu and brought him with him.
Zhang Huai sighed and said: "I hope he can destroy the Tiger Flag. But from my point of view, it's difficult. Xuanfu's troops and horses are powerful, but the Tiger Flag's troops are even more powerful. At that time, you also saw When it arrives, even the elite soldiers under Yang Guozhu will be unable to do anything to the soldiers of the Tiger Flag."
"Although General Yang has lost some soldiers and horses, he still has tens of thousands of troops in his hands." Wang Qingyuan said with a frown.
Zhang Huai patted the soil in his hand and said: "It is true that Yang Guozhu has tens of thousands of troops under his command, but there are at least seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses on the side of the Tiger Flag, and they are all elite. If you want to win this battle, Disaster."
As he spoke, he sighed and shook his head, not optimistic that Yang Guozhu could defeat the soldiers of the Tiger Flag.
"Report!"
An officer and soldier ran in from outside, bowed to Zhang Huai, and said, "Master Qi, a troop of soldiers and horses was spotted in the distance, coming towards us from the direction of Lingqiu."
Zhang Huai's expression changed and he asked hurriedly: "Can you clearly see whose soldiers and horses it is?"
The visitor said: "The other party did not display a flag and could not confirm their identity, but it looked like a broken army with less than a thousand people."
"Sir, could it be Mr. Yang's men?" Wang Qingyuan said in a low voice.
Zhang Huai rubbed his chin with his fingers and thought for a moment before saying: "Give me the order to send out the army and stop the troops coming over."
"Yes." Someone ran to the side to give the order.
Zhang Huai stood up, picked up his iron helmet, put it on his head, and said to Wang Qingyuan at the same time: "Mr. Wang, stay here for now, while I go to see which side's soldiers and horses are."
After saying that, he walked away.
Zhang Huai led thousands of Datong officers and soldiers to block the official road.
After a short time, some people came sparsely from the front, and more and more people came, and the number ended up being about a thousand.
"Sir, they are soldiers and horses of Xuanfu."
After getting closer, the soldiers beside Zhang Huai whispered.
Zhang Huai sighed and said: "It seems that Yang Guozhu has also been defeated. No one can control the Tiger Flag in the future unless the imperial court sends another army."
The soldiers and horses of Datong and Xuanfu were defeated. Except for the soldiers and horses of Yulin and Weisuo, the imperial court had no large army to mobilize in the northwest.
The defeated troops on the official road ahead quickly approached.
At this time, Zhang Huai noticed that there were more than a dozen cavalry among the defeated troops, and one of them was Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu.
Although Yang Guozhu was wearing armor at this time, he was missing an iron helmet on his head, his bun was a little messy, and the sword in his hand was also missing.
"General Yang." Zhang Huai rode up to meet Yang Guozhu and gave Yang Guozhu a fist.
Yang Zhuguo looked at Zhang Huai with an ugly expression, and said coldly: "General Zhang is really good at calculating. I would have lost my troops, but General Zhang is very safe here."
When he came to the latter part, he almost said it through gritted teeth.
Zhang Huai looked embarrassed and quickly explained: "Please don't blame General Yang. In fact, I didn't want to escape. However, the people below were frightened by the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag. Seeing the defeat of Xuanfu's soldiers and horses, , he fled on his own, and I was swept away by the people below, so I had to do it as a last resort, but General Yang can rest assured that those few unsatisfactory things have been severely scolded by me."
"Hmph!" Yang Guozhu snorted coldly.
He didn't believe it at all.
Zhang Huai stretched his neck, looked back, and said hesitantly to Yang Guozhu: "Is Mr. Yang defeated?"
"Hmph, if you hadn't abandoned the camp and fled, how could I have been defeated by a group of bandits? When I go back, I will definitely join you in playing a game." Yang Guozhu said angrily.
Hearing this, Zhang Huai frowned, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
He led his troops to Lingqiu with Yang Guozhu to quell the rebellion. He came here to share the credit. The Xuanfu troops were responsible for countering the rebellion. This was something both sides knew.
Now Yang Guozhu is blaming everything on him, obviously trying to shirk the blame for the defeat.
Thinking of this, Zhang Huai said with a calm face: "Since General Yang believes that the responsibility for the defeat lies with me, even though the report has been made, I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you."
After saying that, he turned his horse's head and left with his men without looking back.
