Chapter 206: The Army Takes the Head (6k)

Yang Chang looked carefully and saw that the leader was Ruan Xiaoqi, who seemed to be escorting several people.

What are they doing?

"Princess, wait until you are about two feet away and put me down."

"it is good."

Although the fairy has descended to the mortal world, Zhao Fujin is a princess after all. How can he just bring her up to meet her?

A group of shirtless men really polluted the eyes of the beauty.

Yang Chang got off the Wind Fire Wheel and immediately used the [Centipede Step] to move forward. When he got close, he shouted loudly: "Little Seven Brother!"

"Saburo?"

Ruan Xiaoqi was surprised at first, then delighted, and waved to greet him, "You're back so soon? But you came at the right time, we caught a lot of spies."

"what?"

Yang Chang was very surprised when he heard this, wondering where did so many spies come from? Could the silver scouts break through the defense line?

When he saw the people being escorted, they were like dead water ghosts, trembling and dripping as they walked. He instantly understood what was going on. It turned out that the spies took the water route.

By asking Ruan Xiaoqi, Yang Chang learned that from last night to this morning, a number of boats had been sailing up the Fen River.

They could move stealthily and observe at the same time. The Nguyen brothers were worried that they had no boats to use, so they organized sailors to rob boats and capture people. Da Ma has not been able to get any useful information from them so far.

Hearing this, Yang Chang smiled contemptuously and said, "What is there to interrogate? It must be that Yin Shu was sent to spy on the truth. If he doesn't speak, he will be taken to the street corner in the city and beheaded. This will give the suffering people some comfort."

"Okay, since Sanlang said that, I know what to do, but it's a bit of a pity."

"what?"

Ruan Xiaoqi suddenly changed the subject and successfully aroused Yang Chang's interest.

"Several boats escaped and drifted south along the Fen River. The brothers were unable to stop them all."

"What did you say? When did it happen?"

"Yesterday. Evening?"

"hiss"

Yang Chang took a deep breath and turned around to leave. "They must be going back to Linfen to report the news. Maybe they have found out the strength of our army. I must hurry back immediately."

"Didn't you say you had breakfast?"

"That's too late."

Seeing Yang Chang was about to leave in a hurry, Ruan Xiaoqi did not dare to stop him and reminded him: "Sanlang, be careful. If you really can't defeat the enemy, you might as well retreat to Hongdong and discuss it again."

"I don't need to, you guys guard Hongdong well, by the way," Yang Changgang turned around and looked back, and said seriously, "If there are ships passing through upstream, don't stop them, just let them pass."

"Huh? Why?"

"We have occupied the North and South Gates, so we have to let Yin Shuke know and make them anxious."

"I can't afford it."

As soon as Ruan Xiaoqi finished speaking, Yang Chang hurried towards Zhao Fujin, and then flew away quickly on his Wind Fire Wheel.

It was already the afternoon of the third day of February when the two men arrived at the Linfen camp, but fortunately they did not see any fighting.

On the way to the central military tent, Yang Chang met Liu Tang who was on patrol.

"Brother is back, how is the situation in the north?"

"Not bad. We won a victory last night. We don't have to worry about being attacked from all sides anymore."

"Hehe, we also beat back the Jin soldiers this morning. It's really a double blessing."

"Have you fought?"

Yang Chang was stunned. He thought Yin Shu hadn't sent out his troops yet, but he didn't expect that they had already fought. So he asked excitedly, "Tell me in detail, who led the troops to fight in the morning, and how did you fight them off? Don't leave out any details."

"Ah? I was guarding the camp this morning. The Third Madam encountered him while on patrol. Master Lu also went to help."

"Where is my wife?"

"She is resting in the big tent, changing horses and patrolling abroad to serve the country."

Before Liu Tang finished speaking, Yang Chang hurriedly clasped his fists and said goodbye, then strode towards the big tent.

When Commander Yang arrived at the big tent and asked in detail, he learned that it was in the morning that a Jin general, led by Basuli, led 5,000 people to the big camp for reconnaissance.

Qiu Qiongying decisively led the cavalry to attack, and fought for more than ten rounds without a clear winner. Hou Basuli saw that Lu Zhishen was leading his troops to support him, so he led his troops to retreat in advance.

"Sir, did I do anything wrong? Why are you frowning?"

"You did nothing wrong. You should have taken the initiative in that situation. If you were to hold back and give in, it would have been worse. But Yin Shuke may not be able to be stabilized. He knows our strengths and weaknesses."

"How could that be? Didn't we win the fight this morning?"

Qiu Qiongying was puzzled and muttered, "Before Basuli turned around and fled, I hit him in the face with a flying stone. Even if he didn't die, he would be seriously injured."

"It has nothing to do with my wife." Yang Chang shook his head and replied bitterly: "Yin Shu can send people to inquire by water. This is because I did not consider it carefully."

"Yang Lang."

Zhao Fujin was standing at the door when he suddenly rushed in to remind him, "Yun Zhao (Ma Baoguo) sent someone to report urgently that troops are gathering outside Linfen City."

"Hurry up and tell Lu Zhishen and Liu Tang to come here and prepare for the battle!"

Yang Chang took out the chain mail golden armor and put it on while instructing Zhao Fujin: "Silver magic can act quickly. Princess will wait in the camp later."

"I have magic, and I can help you."

"Forget it. You've already helped a lot. The battlefield is full of swords and sabers. That's not the place for you to be."

"All right."

Although Zhao Fujin wanted to help, he thought of Yang Chang's bravery and agreed after a simple suggestion. However, he didn't know that the man was unsure at the moment.

Yang Chang only has more than 10,000 soldiers, while Yin Shu has 25,000 elite soldiers. It is definitely not an easy task for him to win in a hasty battle in the wild.

Launching a defensive counterattack with the back to the camp is the safest way at present, but that will completely expose the strength and the situation will become passive.

After a brief thought, Yang Chang decided to take a gamble.

He wanted to bet on his bravery and bet that he would be able to kill the general on the battlefield and thus crush the morale of the Jin army.

Even if we cannot completely wipe out the enemies leaving the city, we can still keep the Qinzhou soldiers mysterious and gain the upper hand in subsequent negotiations.

Yin Shuke was constantly intimidated by Yang Chang, and Tian Bao, Chen Xuan and others poured cold water on him, which made this veteran Jin general hesitate. This time he was able to take the initiative to attack, not only because he had gained some intelligence by water, but also because of his deputy general Basuli's reckless battle.

Basuli had his nose broken, and he tested the strength of the enemy outside the city. Although it felt that they were stronger than ordinary Song troops, they were not enough to compete with the Jurchen warriors.

Compared with the two surrendered generals Tian Bao and Chen Xuan, Yin Shuke obviously trusted his own people more, so he left Basuli in the city to recuperate, and personally selected 20,000 soldiers to go out of the city for further testing.

After completing the assembly outside the city, Yin Shuke led his troops forward, keeping their formation intact while advancing.

Yang Chang's military force was not as strong as Yin Shuke's. Apart from letting Ma Baoguo lead 2,000 men to guard the camp, the remaining 10,000 men also formed a battle formation and moved forward.

Yin Shuke was worried that the situation was wrong and that his own troops were inferior to the enemy, so he deployed a fish-scale formation to appear to have more men. Yang Chang responded with the main attacking sharp arrow formation. He divided the cavalry into three parts, front, left, and right, surrounding an infantry corps in the middle.

Thirty thousand troops deployed their troops three miles north of Linfen City.

The flags on the battlefield covered the sky, blocking out the warm sunshine of early spring, as if returning to the execution ground in autumn.

Yang Chang rode his horse forward and challenged them, pointing his finger at Jin Jiang Yin Shuke and shouting, "Golden Dog, the three days are not up yet, why are you so anxious to die?"

"Hehe, you can start a war whenever you want? I won't."

Yin Shuke held his spear across his chest and asked in a teasing tone, "Yang Guancha claimed to have an army of 100,000, but today it seems that there are only about 10,000 soldiers. What's going on? Are they sleeping and watching the battle in the camp? How about we fight 20,000 against 20,000 today?"

"Hahaha"

Yang Chang laughed wildly towards the sky, and that laughter made Yin Shuke's heart beat fast. Then he heard the other party shouting arrogantly.

"How can humans and dogs be equal? ​​If I use equal forces to fight, it would be considered an unfair victory. Today, I will let you see carefully what it means that there is always someone better than you."

"good, very good, excellent!"

Yin Shuke frowned and gritted his teeth, uttering three "good"s through his teeth, and then said lightly: "Since you are seeking your own death, how dare this governor not help you? I think we can stop talking, let's get started."

"Huh?" Yang Chang was stunned and asked hurriedly: "You don't dare to fight with me for a few rounds first?"

"I have more soldiers than you now. If you still want to fight with your generals, do you think I am mentally ill? Both sides, start to advance!"

As soon as Yin Shuke finished speaking, the left and right wings of the Jin army advanced simultaneously, while he himself remained where he was.

Yang Chang was stunned when he saw this, thinking, why is it different from what I thought? Yin Shu is a general of the Jin army, he is really good at hiding!
“This fellow.”

"Sir, what should we do?"

Qiu Qiongying knew Yang Chang's plan, and when she saw the situation change, she suddenly became uneasy.

"Um"

When Yang Chang saw the Jin army moving, he suddenly remembered that the Second Master had killed Yan Liang and shocked the whole of China. That was a heroic feat of turning the tide in a sea of ​​thousands of troops. He instantly had the idea of ​​replicating this achievement.

"It's okay. Yin Shu is so cowardly. We will charge directly into the formation. If we can successfully kill this beast, the 20,000 Jin troops will become a headless snake."

"Huh? Okay."

"Don't worry, my lady. The Jin soldiers can't stop me, but you must not follow me. Be careful to preserve your strength."

"I know, sir, you should also be careful."

Qiu Qiongying believed in Yang Chang's strength, but there were 20,000 Jin soldiers in front of her. If she broke in alone, it would be like a dark cloud covering the sky. Not to mention finding the silver technique to kill the general, she might not even be able to see the direction clearly. But she could only trust Yang Chang at this moment.

She didn't dare say a discouraging word, for fear of affecting the tens of thousands of soldiers behind her.

After all, they all believed in Yang Chang's strength, especially the new group of people trained by Lin Chong, who they witnessed with their own eyes in Hongdong a few days ago.

At this moment, Yang Chang's unexpected behavior once again refreshed their cognition.

"Kill me!"

Yang Chang led two hundred elite confidants and shot out like an arrow. At that time, the Jin army was advancing in a fish-scale formation and was stunned when they saw this scene.

Is this a great general or a reckless man?
Two hundred versus twenty thousand, crazy?

Yin Shuke was stunned at first, then he remembered that Yang Chang was invincible, so he pointed to the front and shouted: "Quick, come and stop him, close the left and right!"

The fish scale formation is an arrangement of countless small square arrays.

Yang Chang "recklessly" went straight to Yin Shuke, and the small formation in the front row rushed to the center like a mudslide. Seeing that the Jin army's formation was in chaos, Qiu Qiongying immediately ordered the cavalry to rush forward to share the pressure for the men in Gaixin.

Lu Zhishen and Liu Tang led the infantry, maintaining their formation and galloping after the cavalry.

The battle between the two sides began.

When an ordinary person is surrounded by heavy troops, his vision will indeed be blocked by people and flags, and it is difficult to see the direction at that time. However, Yang Chang is not an ordinary person. He dares to follow the example of the second master and charge into the battle because he has many cards in his hand.

With [Power of a Tiger] combined with [Frenzy], he was like a tunnel boring machine drilling a mountain in the crowd, and no one could stop him from moving forward.

As for the vision problem that Qiu Qiongying was worried about, [Eagle Eyes and Owl Visions] could make up for it. Yang Chang killed the Jin soldiers so that they could not get close to him. He could slowly search for the location of Yin Shu through the gaps in the crowd.

"Chang Yang is here, anyone who stands in my way will die!"

Yang Chang shouted and charged forward, leading his two hundred personal soldiers as if they were in an empty space. The battlefield was filled with flying arms and splattered blood. He had truly fought his way through a bloody battle.

Passion and morale can be inspired by the commander, and fear and panic can also be infected by comrades.

The Jin soldiers who besieged Yang Chang were like weeds being blown away by the wind, with blood and flesh flying everywhere. As so many of them died, some of them began to be afraid to move forward, and they invisibly made way for them.

Soldiers against soldiers, against generals.

Ordinary soldiers simply cannot defeat a peerless warrior like Yang Chang.

Rushing all the way like this, Yang Chang finally made it to the center of the enemy and appeared in front of Yin Shuke.

Seeing that the soldiers could not stop him, Yin Shuke rode his horse and charged with his spear in hand, one step ahead of Yang Chang. Although his performance had been poor in the past few days, he was definitely not the same as Tian Bao and Chen Xuan.

"Yang Chang, you deserve to die!"

"Having fought this far, don't you know who will live and who will die?"

"Take my hit!"

Silver Technique can be used to ride a horse and attack.

The long spear attacked with great force, like a rainbow piercing the sun, and the tip of the spear went straight to Yang Chang's heart.

As soon as Yang Changgang chopped down the Jin soldier blocking his way, he saw Yin Shuke approaching him, but he had the agility provided by [Flying General], so how could he be easily defeated by his opponent?

He hooked his feet on the stirrups, tilted his whole body at 45 degrees, and when Yin Shuke's spear arrived, he freed his left hand to grab the spear handle.

This move can be described as a sign of great skill and courage.

Yin Shuke was startled at that time. Seeing Yang Chang so agile on horseback and his stab missed, he immediately forcibly retracted the inertial force, changed the spear into a stick and hit Yang Chang's waist and ribs.

Yang Chang secretly admired this guy's quick reaction and strong weapon control.

At this moment, the Jin soldier on the right saw that his body was leaning, and approached with greed in the hope of taking the first credit, which was just used by Yang Chang to respond to the attack.

It was as if Yang Chang had eyes on his back. He turned around and accurately stabbed the chest of the Jin soldier who was attacking him. He then hooked it with his phoenix wing and threw it towards Yin Shuke's face.

This set of movements is as smooth as flowing water, even smoother than a certain chocolate.

Just when Yin Shuke was about to succeed, a strong man suddenly dropped from the sky. He instinctively withdrew his move to avoid the "high-altitude throwing object", and his offensive came to an abrupt halt.

Yang Chang took advantage of the situation to quickly adjust his position and resumed riding posture at the same time as Yin Shuke. However, from the moment Yin Shuke dodged, he completely lost the opportunity to attack.

Yin Shuke had just dodged and turned around when he heard a strong sound of wind in his ears, along with a bloody smell in the air.

The phoenix-wing gilded halberd fell down swiftly, and Yin Shuke hurriedly raised his spear to block it.

There was a muffled sound.

Yin Shuke felt as if his body was locked up, and some of his strength seemed unable to be mobilized. It was because Gaida had triggered the [Qi-Suppressing Prison Force], which was suppressing him to the point where he felt suffocated.

"I deserve to die? What do you say now?"

"Why, why, you don't speak?"

"Don't you want to say it?"

Yang Chang used his sword to attack continuously, but his arms were numb from blocking the silver technique. How could he have the energy to argue? He thought, what kind of monster is this? Its attack speed is unbelievable.

Dang Dang Dang.
The gilded phoenix wings pounded like a heavy hammer hitting a nail. Yang Chang used this move purely to vent his anger, and Yin Shu had no power to resist at all.

Just as he was hesitating whether to turn his horse around, the horse under him suddenly let out a whine.

Choo Choo Choo.
boom!
All the strength was unloaded on the horse, and it finally couldn't hold on any longer, and it collapsed like a house.

Can't beat it, really can't beat it.

Yang Chang was riding a majestic horse, so if he ran away directly, he would easily get killed.

So Yin Shu could take advantage of the moment his horse fell and leap into the crowd and roll over, trying to escape from the clutches of the tiger, but how could Yang Chang give him the chance?

"go with!"

Yang Chang threw out the Phoenix Wing Gilded Halberd, and with the hit bonus of [Meteor Shatter], he easily knocked Yin Shuke to the ground, and the falling flash appeared immediately afterwards.

Yin Shuke was like a spiritual totem. From the moment he fell to the ground, the people around him lost faith and emotions, and couldn't help but stay away from Yang Chang.

This was an important corpse, and Yang Chang could not miss it today. He drew out the Panlong Tunri Sword and shouted to the surrounding Jin soldiers: "Your commander is dead, when will you escape?"

"The governor is dead?"

"It's a beast!"

"We're fucked."

The nearby Jin troops fled in panic, and the followers took advantage of the situation to surround Yin Shuke's body, forcing Yang Chang to dismount and pick up weapons and spoils.

The trophies in the eyes of the soldiers are heads, but Yang Chang is more concerned about the quality of the drops from Yin Shuke.

[Gain gun and stick experience (high amount), use it to improve gun and stick skill proficiency, please choose to use or discard. ]

[Gain riding experience (high amount), use it to improve your sword, sword and stick skill proficiency, please choose to use or discard. ]

[Gain hunter experience (high amount), use it to improve your sword, sword and stick skill proficiency, please choose to use or discard. ]

[Obtain a bow. Use it to learn the special skill of Wind Chasing Arrow. Please choose to use it or discard it. ]

【Gain 1500 murderous point.】

Although the drop was not amazing, it was definitely not comparable to that of an ordinary pawn, especially the 1500 points of murderous aura. Yang Chang had not gained such a high amount of murderous aura since he left Taiyuan last time.

Yang Chang had been complaining madly before, but he finally figured out the reason at this moment. The general's silver magic only dropped 1500 points, and the one who dropped 1000 points was definitely not an ordinary soldier.

However, there are 1 Jin soldiers today. If we can kill the generals and annihilate them all, even if each of them only loses point of murderous aura, the accumulation of small amounts will be extremely significant.

Thinking of this, Yang Chang was overwhelmed with emotion.

However, with tens of thousands of people fighting at the same time, the news of the death of commander Yin Shuke did not spread as fast as expected.

The Jin troops were in a scattered fish-scale formation, and each unit was still fighting on its own. Their fighting will did not collapse immediately. It was not until the news similar to cancer cells came that they fled to Linfen in panic.

Although Yang Chang won this battle, due to the disparity in troop strength and combat effectiveness, he ended up with a tragic victory.

After the battle, the head count was conducted and it was found that more than 5,000 Jin soldiers were killed and the number of wounded soldiers was unknown. More than 3,000 Qinzhou soldiers were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded.

After listening to the report, Yang Chang frowned and said nothing. He only brought about 12,000 people, but now the casualties exceeded 40%. It can be said that this was both expected and unexpected.

What was expected was that the Jin soldiers were indeed strong, but what was unexpected was that they overestimated their personal bravery.

Although he could kill the enemy chief quickly, his deterrent coverage on the battlefield was limited, and his effect on reducing casualties was also limited.

War is not a matter for one person.

Seeing that he was frowning for a long time, Qiu Qiongying stepped forward and comforted him softly: "Sir, don't be sad. How can we defeat the Jin army that is twice as large as ours without casualties? When we take Linfen and recover Pingyang, are we still worried about not having reinforcements?"

"I don't worry about the future."

Yang Chang frowned and replied: "But the soldiers in the camp who can fight are less than 7,000 now, and although the Jin army has lost its commander, it still has 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers. If we hold on and don't go out, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take Linfen. It would be great if we had artillery shells."

"That's right."

"But it doesn't matter. If it's hard to break through from the outside, then we can just break it from the inside."

Seeing that Qiu Qiongying was in a depressed mood, Yang Chang comforted her and immediately came up with a good idea.

Starting from the afternoon after the battle, Liu Tang, Ma Baoguo and other generals would take the heads of the deceased in silver and take turns to challenge the enemy at the foot of Linfen city every day in order to shock and lower the morale of the defenders.

Yin Shuke died in battle outside the city. Deputy General Basuli's wound had just been bandaged when he heard the news and his face was covered in blood again. In the end, he naturally took the position of commander-in-chief.

Basuli originally wanted to avenge Yin Shuke, but was dissuaded by Tian Bao, Chen Xuan and several Jurchen generals. They all advised him to hold on to the city, recuperate and wait for help, so they hung a sign of no fighting on the city wall, and the war entered a stalemate.

During this period, Yang Chang sent the wounded back to Hongdong for recuperation, and also transferred 3,000 men from Zhu Tong and the three Ruans to the front line.

On the eighth day of February, Shi Qian arrived with a thousand militiamen and suggested to Yang Chang to mobilize the people to capture the city.

Yang Chang thought of the people of Hongdong, thousands of whom died to help him capture the city, so he hesitated and did not agree.

After dinner at night, Yang Chang went for a walk alone along the bank of the Fen River.

At this time, the spring thunder has not yet arrived, and the insects have not awakened. Only the faint sound of water opposes the surrounding silence.

The sound of running water seems to have magic that can wash away your irritable mood.

Yang Chang was very peaceful staying by the river. He came here every night after the war and others basically did not disturb him.

And that night, there was an uninvited guest.

"Princess? Why are you here? The dew is very heavy at night. Go back and rest quickly, or you will catch a cold."

"I'm not used to being in the camp without Yang Lang by my side."

"Uh"

Yang Chang was stunned when he heard this, then he put his arm around her shoulders and said, "I forgot, let's go."

A few days ago, it was the princess's period, and Qiu Qiongying had been accompanying her at night. But today, Zhao Fujin's period was over, and it was her turn at night.

Yang Chang reacted quickly but misunderstood. Zhao Fujin's finding the river was not a matter of man and woman.

The two returned side by side, and Zhao Fujin talked about military intelligence for the first time.

"Yang Lang has worked hard to defeat the bandits. In fact, Shi Qian's suggestion is very good. Ruan Xiaoqi also deliberately let the ship that reported the news go. I am afraid that the people in Linfen City have already been panicking. Now it is like dry wood lacking a fire. But why are you unwilling to adopt it?"

“I’m afraid of hurting innocent people.”

"That's ridiculous!"

Zhao Fujin suddenly stopped and advised sternly: "The longer the Jin soldiers occupy the city, the more suffering the people will suffer. Not only will we waste food and grass here, but we may also miss the opportunity to fight. If Fenzhou can send people here to report the news, why not go to Taiyuan to report the news? Don't forget your relatives and friends in Qinzhou. A little sacrifice is worth it."

"That's what the princess said."

In the darkness, Yang Chang saw Zhao Fujin's firm expression and thought that she was worthy of being the emperor's daughter. She looked at things from a different perspective than ordinary people, and had an extra bit of the imperial coldness.

When will I be able to change my petty-bourgeois mentality?
Yang Chang was persuaded by Zhao Fujin and asked Shi Qian to "mobilize the masses" that night. Unexpectedly, the villain was already prepared.

It turned out that before arriving at the Linfen camp, Shi Qian had asked the local militia to write a large number of inflammatory letters. As long as they could be successfully thrown into Linfen city, the people would spontaneously help the "royal army".

Besides Yang Chang, there are also Lu Zhishen and Qiu Qiongying who are good at long-range projectiles.

In the end, Lu Zhishen cooperated with Shi Qian and threw stones into Linfen in the middle of the night, successfully throwing in more than a thousand letters.

Those letters were like a prairie fire that ignited countless "dry wood" in Linfen City, plunging Basuli and his Jin army into the vast ocean of people's war.

(End of this chapter)