As the sky gradually became brighter, the morning breeze blew through the mountains outside Linzhou City. The cold wind was high and distant, and there was an air in the air that did not allow strangers to approach.

It's as if this spring has not been friendly to the world.

Lines of beacon smoke and clusters of defeated troops spread across the mountains and hills. In the fallow fields and beside the roads, the blood that once flowed has become solidified. There are corpses lying in various directions, covered by a hot air balloon.

In the corner of the field bank, the flames burned the cart into a cold frame.

A figure of the Han army appeared, and two men crawled over and began to search for valuables and rations on the corpse. When they arrived at the edge of the forest, one of them was disturbed by something and squatted down, listening to the wind in the distance with fear.

The sound inside.

"...Zhu Biao is dead! Zhu Biao is dead..." Some people gathered in the forest and shouted such words. After a while, someone shouted again: "Ning Yi is dead! Ning Yi is dead..."

Bigger noises and more human voices came soon after, and two groups of people met each other in the woods. The sound of fighting was getting closer and closer to the forest, and the faces of the two Han soldiers who were searching for the bodies turned pale.

They looked at each other, and then one of them ran away!

The other person then turned around and ran, and there was a figure running out of the woods. They were soldiers who had abandoned their helmets and armor, ten, twenty... they only picked up weapons in their hands and ran away lifelessly. There were figures chasing after them in the woods.

After fighting out, the figures of more than ten people stopped at the edge of the forest. In the wild field here, fifty or sixty people were still running desperately in different directions.

The figures at the edge of the forest were holding on to the tree trunks, panting tiredly. Soon they got up and headed north. The flag held by one of them was black.

Less than half of Linzhou City has been burned black by the flames. There are traces of large-scale army defeats on the west, north and east sides of Linzhou City. When the army coming from the west appeared from a distance in the field of vision,

, thousands of Jurchen soldiers who were massed and burned to death in Linzhou City because they were separated from the formation slowly came to their senses and tried to start to assemble and block.

Under the command of Wang Juyun, the Ming army entered the city at high speed, and fierce fighting spread in the city lanes. At this time, the Jurchen general Alibai, who was still in the city, worked hard to organize resistance. With the full arrival of the Ming army, he was also in the city.

On the northeast side, more than 2,000 Jurchen troops gathered and thousands of Han troops burned and killed inside and outside the city, and a fierce confrontation began.

Wang Juyun rode a horse and led most of the troops north along the city. He looked at the surrounding city walls, battlefields, and the scene after the fighting far and near, and frowned. In the end, the old man who had always been calm and intimidating was still

He opened his mouth: "On the seventh day of the lunar month...the ninth day of the lunar month...how did it end up like this..."

Shu Liesu's attack on the city was at noon on the seventh day of the lunar month, and now it was even just the morning of the ninth day of the lunar month. Looking at the battlefield, there were traces of the most brutal confrontation everywhere.

He immediately learned what happened from the wounded people he rescued. In the early morning, the Chinese army launched a counterattack against the Jurchens who were fiercely attacking the city. Nearly 20,000 troops fought desperately towards the Shu column speed in the center of the battlefield. Shu column

The Su side also launched a tenacious resistance. After the battle lasted for more than an hour, the main force of the Chinese army led by Zhu Biao and others and the Jurchen army headed by Shu Liesu were fighting while turning to the northeast of the battlefield. On the way, the armies were fighting against each other.

Entanglement and strangulation, now the entire battle situation has extended to who knows where.

Of course, it is also possible that the entire battle has completely ended in a place where Linzhou City cannot see it.

The wounded Chinese soldiers who fought on the battlefield until they were seriously injured and exhausted were still trying hard to get up and join the fighting. Wang Juyun looked at it coldly for a moment, and then had people carry the wounded away. The Ming Dynasty army then headed northeast

The chase passed. The Huaxia, Jurchen, and defeated Han soldiers were still fighting each other on the long journey to the ground...

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Ten miles north of Linzhou, in Yegu Ridge, large-scale fighting continues under the cold sky. Most of the snow in this barren ridge has melted, and there are large tracts of mud on the slopes. In total, there are more than 4,000 people.

The soldiers charged and killed on the slope. The soldiers holding shields rolled to the ground with the enemy during the collision, picked up their weapons, and slashed with all their strength.

Someone was roaring hoarsely: "Shulisu is dead! Shuliesu is dead..." They were using Jurchen words, but it didn't seem to be effective. Jurchen soldiers wearing leather armor and felt hats raised their bow strings with their fingers.

He screamed loudly in the red color, and his fingers were already bloody from the constant fighting.

Such fingers still fully stretched the bow string. When he let go, blood and flesh splashed in the air. A figure crawled forward and stabbed the steel knife into his stomach. The arrow flew across the sky and flew to the side above the slope.

Broken black flag.

The area near the black flag was also the place where the fighting was the most brutal. People were fighting and colliding in the mud. Zhu Biao grabbed the big knife he grabbed and slashed wildly. Every time he swung the knife, he knocked over an enemy. On his body,

It was already full of blood. Arrows flew towards him and pierced into his armor. Zhu Biao kicked the Jurchen man in front of him away and pulled out the bloody arrows. A Jurchen soldier jumped up on the left side of his body.

Come, clasp his arm, and chop off the sword in the other hand.

Zhu Biao swooped down and knocked the opponent down into the mud. The two sides punched each other a few times. He jumped up with a loud shout, and the arrow in his hand pierced the opponent's neck, and then pulled it out suddenly.

There was blood spurting out from the front for a long time.

The comrade-in-arms had already come over from the side. Zhu Biao reached out and picked up a large shield and shouted: "Kill with me——"

The battlefield is spreading. In the forest three miles away from here, Guan Sheng leads thousands of people forward. In front, the Jurchens are coming from different directions. Guan Sheng pulls the scout's clothes: "Where is the speed of the art?"

Where is it?"

The scout couldn't answer. He was covered in blood and had been hit by two arrows in the back. His feet were shaking, but he was still standing with difficulty. Guan Sheng let him go: "No matter what, go heal first... The rest of the people will follow me and kill them -"

The wounded and tired warriors didn't have many answers. Some raised their shields, while others picked up their hand crossbows and cocked them.

"Today, either they will die... or we will live! Haha." Guan Sheng said a joke consciously, waved his hand, and raised his sword forward.

Soon, they clashed out of the woods.

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Opening up the body, Xu Ning crawled out of the pile of corpses and struggled to remove the blood from his eyes.

There was severe pain in his left foot. He stood up with the handle of the short gun for support, knowing that the bones in his calf were broken.

His field of vision was still shaking, and corpses were spreading in his field of vision. However, not far ahead, a figure was coming towards this direction. When he saw Xu Ning, he was slightly stunned, but he still moved forward.

It was a Jurchen veteran covered in blood. When he saw Xu Ning, he leaned over and picked up a steel knife on the ground, and then walked towards a horse not far away.

The Jurchens slowly climbed onto their horses.

Xu Ning took a bumpy step forward. He leaned down, used his short spear to pass the hook and sickle gun not far away, and held the end of the gun handle.

The Jurchen prostrated on his horse and breathed for a moment. Then the horse began to run, and the light of the long sword rose and fell with the running, slowly rising in the air.

Xu Ning's eyes were indifferent, he took a breath, and pointed the hook and sickle in front of him. His figure did not move. The war horse galloped towards him.

The Jurchen slashed with his sword, and the war horse leaped. The tip of the hook and sickle gun suddenly jumped up from the ground as if it was alive. Xu Ning fell to one side, and the hook and sickle spear passed through the thigh of the war horse, and directly hooked the horse's horse.

There was a long neigh, the war horse, and the Jurchen fell to the ground with a crash, and Xu Ning's body was also spun and carried away.

The body of the war horse, which weighed hundreds of kilograms, rolled several times on the ground. The whole land was dyed red with blood. Half of the Jurchen's body was pressed under the war horse. Xu Ning dragged the hook and sickle and slowly lifted it from the ground.

Get up.

He moved forward step by step with difficulty. The Jurchen opened his eyes and saw the face that was almost red with blood. The tip of the hook-and-scythe gun was placed on his neck. The Jurchen struggled a few times and reached out to fumble with the steel.

knife, but in the end he didn't touch it, so he reached out and grabbed the tip of the hook and sickle gun.

Xu Ning pressed the tip of the gun down hard, and his whole body rested on the barrel of the gun.

Soon, he fixed his broken leg with a wooden stick, climbed on a war horse, and slowly chased towards the mountains and fields ahead.

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In the dense forest, the sound of someone's footsteps came from different directions.

In the dilapidated temple, a dozen wounded soldiers noticed the coming voice and each raised their weapons. The wounded veteran pushed the young soldier to let him leave. The young Chinese soldier shook his head.

The battlefield is a place where life and death are used to temper people. In close combat, all the spirit and strength are concentrated in the single blow. Ordinary people will be exhausted after facing such a battle and swinging a few swords. But veterans who have experienced countless life and death

They are able to continuously squeeze out the strength from their bodies in order to survive.

The young soldier had not experienced too many tests, and he was not afraid of death mentally. However, he had already exhausted himself from the fighting, which had dragged down his companions. He felt ashamed, and therefore was unwilling to leave at this time.

The Jurchen soldiers came from different directions. The young soldiers raised their crossbows and, together with the wounded soldiers around them, fired the first round of arrows. Several Jurchen elites outside fell down, and then began to evade. More and more

Many people came over quickly, and rockets flew toward the ruined temple.

The flames burned, and the veterans tried to stand up, but then fell into the rain of arrows and flames. The young soldiers picked up their knives and rushed out of the temple.

He was hit by two arrows, but he still shouted forward. A spear passed through his abdomen, and then the figure of a Jurchen general appeared in front of him.

Shu Liesu stepped forward and cut open the soldier's neck. His eyes were serious and ferocious. After a while, when a scout came over, Shu Liesu threw away the map in his hand: "Find Suo Tuohu.

Got it!? Where has he gone? I want him to join me—"

At this moment, Suo Tuohu was leading the largest force of Jurchens to fight against the troops of Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, Shi Guangen and others several miles away.

In the fierce fighting this morning, most of the Jin troops under Shi Guangen had already left the team one after another. However, he and dozens of people directly under him followed Hu Yanzhuo and others to continue fighting. Even though they were injured several times, they still did not withdraw from the battlefield.

"Hahaha, so happy..." After killing a small group of lone Jurchens nearby, Shi Guangen stopped during the fierce battle and looked around, "Tell me, where is Shu Liesu? Have they really been killed by us?

...Mom, forget it, I have been a soldier for so many years, and I have never been so happy. Brothers, we will die here together today——"

He took a group of siblings around him and rushed forward.

The battle has been going on for several hours, and it seems to be about to become endless. During this hour or so when both sides have been in chaos, rumors about "Zhu Biao is dead" and "Shu Liesu is dead" continue to spread. At first, they were just

Shouting slogans indiscriminately, until later on, even the person shouting the slogans doesn’t know whether things really happened.

At this time, it was already nine o'clock in the morning, and it was Li Jiakai who led the soldiers to actually encounter Shu Liesu. This was a general in the Chinese army who participated in the Battle of Xiaocang River and accumulated military merit.

During the last period of the war, he led his troops to continuously harass the Jurchens in the northwest and was responsible for part of the post-breakup work. Later, he led the remaining soldiers to transfer to the command of Zhu Biao in Liangshan.

During the battle, Li Jiakai's tactical style was extremely solid. He was able to kill the opponent and was good at protecting himself. When he left the city for the assault, he led more than a thousand Chinese troops, fighting all the way to break through. At this time, there were already a large number of casualties, plus

Some of the soldiers gathered along the way, but when faced with the speed of the artillery, which still contained more than 3,000 soldiers, only about 600 were left.

The two sides started a fierce battle, and Li Jiakai then led his soldiers to harass and turn around, trying to get rid of the opponent's encirclement. After passing through a forest, he took advantage of the favorable location and separated his more than 400 people, allowing them to escape from the enemy who were likely to arrive.

The main force of Guan Sheng nearby gathered together, and the assault technique was launched at a high speed.

Li Jiakai led more than a hundred people and started a tenacious resistance from the nearby hills and woods.

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To be continued...