When Yang An'er was in Shandong, he was always known for his huge appeal. This appeal was based on the Jurchens' brutal expropriation of land in Shandong again and again, forcing Shandong people to the point of death. Hundreds of thousands of Shandong people lived in poverty. Han'er was already in a desperate situation. Last year, and the year before last, we were hit by floods, droughts and locusts. The government sent more troops to recruit people, and the subordinate officials acted wantonly.
At this time, hundreds of thousands of people were like firewood, and the Mongolian army swept through Dongping, Jinan and other places, and wiped out the Jin army capable of putting out the fire. Yang An'er gave an order, and it was like sparks falling into the firewood pile, and he immediately A raging fire can't be controlled.
But this huge appeal on the border of Shandong no longer exists in the Si, Ying, Cai, and Shou states of Huaishang on the Henan Road.
Because the battlefields of the Jin and Song Dynasties were mostly in Henan for decades, various places experienced repeated military revolutions, and the land was sparsely populated, especially the Huaishang area on Henan Road, which was quite desolate. The imperial court regarded it as a "narrow township." According to the Southern strategy, the two taxes and millet taxes collected in various places in Henan were originally lower than those in Hebei and Shandong.
As a result, the people could barely survive, and their hatred against the Jurchens was not as violent as that of the people in Shandong. After Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu arrived in Kaifeng, he was quite capable of selecting and appointing talents, and training elite soldiers. Compared with The Red Coat Army instead gained the advantage of playing at home.
After Yang An'er led his elite troops to break into Huaishang, he became deaf and blind for a time due to lack of support from the local people. Not only was he unable to attack the weak points of Yan Heda's troops, but he himself was at a loss as to how to advance or retreat.
Although Yang An'er founded the country and became king, he was actually just the leader of the leaders of the Red Coat Army. If he wanted to maintain his identity as leader, he must not easily fail on the battlefield. One failure would shake his reputation, so he would win five times. Even ten victories cannot make up for it.
So Yang An'er had already seen that the situation was unfavorable, but he still moved to Huaishang with tenacity, trying to find an opportunity to turn things around.
But a few days ago, Yang An'er arrived at Linhuan Longshan Temple with his light cavalry, and was suddenly ambushed by the superior force of the Jin army. The soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and Yang An'er's life was unknown. The Jin army took advantage of the momentum to attack fiercely, and the soldiers divided into groups and moved forward bravely.
Yang An'er gathered the whole army with his prestige, but he could not come forward, and all the red coat army units were leaderless. Even Yang An'er's most elite headquarters, the thousands of soldiers transformed from the Tiewagan warrior army, had no fighting spirit, let alone Other soldiers are gone.
Within a few days, each department went from fighting and retreating to a partial retreat, from a partial retreat to a full-scale collapse, and finally the superior and subordinate command lost control.
At this time, there were many rumors circulating in the army, saying that the leaders of various families were about to fight. The sad thing was that when such rumors spread, some people took them seriously. In fact, several teams retreated while still fighting. They annexed each other and started fighting.
On the fourth and fifth days of the retreat, tens of thousands of people were already in a chaotic mess, unable to form a team or line. Whether they were brave generals or farmers who had just joined the army, they all ran for their lives.
Only a very small number of troops can persist in fighting in this environment.
Yang Miaozhen, with a small number of cavalry and a few maids, rode back and forth, constantly launching counterattacks against the Jin army.
Her pear-shaped spear stabbed an enemy general when it encountered one, and countless people were stabbed through the throats and chests by this plain white spear.
There was an enemy general who came to stop her. He was a famous warrior from the Suppression Armor Army retained during the Taihe period. He had launched a national war with the Song Dynasty. However, he rushed to the vicinity with a roar like thunder. Before he could raise his sword or gun, he was killed.
She was stabbed to death.
However, the Jin army was extremely numerous and came from all over the mountains and plains, constantly dividing and surrounding the Red Coat Army from all directions.
Yang Miaozhen led more than a hundred cavalry under her men and drove back one group of the Jin army, and the second group swarmed up. After the two parties fought fiercely for three days, and the swords met nearly twenty times, she was holding a long white spear with a tassel.
Black and red.
Almost all of her original subordinates were dead, and the more than forty cavalrymen following her were all stragglers who had been gathered together over the past three days.
Yesterday morning, she and Yang You met together.
Yang You had more than 200 men, most of whom were infantry. Many of them were the men of the veteran Li Siwen. Because Li Siwen was the first to die in Longshan Temple, they followed Yang You.
However, Yang You's temper was too impatient and he lacked sufficient tenacity. That day, he ignored Yang Miaozhen's persuasion and led his men to rest in a village. As a result, he was overtaken by the pursuing enemy troops and set fire to the village.
After hearing the news, Yang Miaozhen returned to the rescue. He came close to fight several times and finally attracted the enemy's attention. He sent out a group of troops to intercept. Yang You took the opportunity to lead the remaining twenty or thirty men, who were covered with blisters.
They headed north. Yang Miaozhen did not dare to delay, so he immediately withdrew his troops. Even so, more than ten of his subordinates died in the battle.
During the battle, Yang Miaozhen was hit by a cold arrow in the side. Although she was blocked by leather armor, the arrow cluster penetrated deeply. She struggled to pull out the arrow and continued to fight. After a simple bandage that night, the wound appeared again the next day.
was broken free in a fierce battle.
At this point in today's fierce battle, blood had stained the saddle red. The severe pain and bouts of dizziness made her face pale, and she could only bite a strand of black hair in her mouth, trying her best to hold back the pain.
Fortunately, it was getting late and no one noticed this.
At this moment, she and her companions were leading their horses on foot to let the horses rest.
Someone was walking, pointing to the side and shouting: "Four ladies, look!"
Because she was too tired, her vision was a little blurry. In the evening haze, she couldn't see the direction clearly. After staring for a long time, she realized that there were two general flags and three or four hundred cavalry following the general flags.
It was slowly approaching from behind the ditch.
A soldier beside him shouted loudly: "It's Wanyan Congtan and Xielie Mingding!"
These two people were both generals under the command of King Sui Wanyan Shouxu. Wanyan Congtan was the deputy commander of the Henan Road army after Wanyan Heda; and Xielie Mingding was a new general promoted by Wanyan Shouxu at Henan Road.
, this man is said to be brave enough to defeat hundreds of people, and he is officially worshiped as the Defense Envoy of Bozhou.
The soldiers and horses led by these two generals actually pursued them so close. It can be seen that they have been planning for a long time. Maybe some knights stayed awake just to wipe out the commander-in-chief of the red coat army and his trusted generals.
Make achievements that are as big as the sky.
What's even more troublesome is that these pursuers also noticed Yang Miaozhen's troops.
Someone pointed in this direction and yelled a few words, and then nearly a hundred riders rushed into the shallow water of the river bank, rushing over with splashes of water.
The distance between the two parties is a few miles, neither far nor close.
Yang Miaozhen immediately got on the horse, but her strength had been exhausted, and her hands and feet were secretly shaking. She pulled the saddle bridge twice hard, and felt that the force was so strong that her fingers almost cramped, but she could not get on the horse's back.
She did not mount her horse, and her subordinates did not move. The cavalry all showed anxious looks, waiting for her order on how to meet the enemy. In the past few years, Yang Miaozhen was just a legendary figure among the red-coated soldiers, but at this moment, she really
Became someone everyone relied on.
She took a deep breath, exerted all her strength again, and finally got on the horse.
"If we go east, it will be easy to expose the position of the marshal and others. We will lure the enemy south toward Liuzi Town. It will soon get dark. They will not be able to catch up with us. After we get rid of them, we will
Join the group."
Yang Miaozhen had no experience in leading troops, and did not know how to deal with such a chaotic situation.
But she remembered someone's calm and calm demeanor in the midst of thousands of troops, so she followed suit and gave orders in the same calm tone. This calm tone really reassured her companions.
