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When Yang An'er was in Shandong, she was always known for her great appeal.And this kind of appeal is based on the cruelty of the Jurchens in Shandong time and time again, pushing the people of Shandong to the hardships of life.Hundreds of thousands of Han children in Shandong were already in a desperate situation. Last year and the year before last, they were hit by floods, droughts and locusts.

At this time, tens of thousands of people are like firewood, and the Mongolian army swept Dongping, Jinan and other places, and wiped out the golden army capable of putting out the fire.When Yang An'er gave an order, it was like sparks falling into a pyre, and immediately ignited a raging fire, which could not be stopped.

But this kind of huge appeal in the boundaries of Shandong does not exist in Huaishangsi, Ying, Cai, and Shou prefectures on Henan Road.

Since the battlefields of the Jin and Song Dynasties were mostly in Henan for decades, various places have experienced military revolutions, and the land is sparsely populated, especially the area along the Huaihe River on Henan Road, which is quite desolate, and the imperial court regards it as a "narrow township".In addition, because the imperial court adopted the strategy of strengthening the north and ignoring the south, the two taxes levied in various parts of Henan to transport millet, etc., were originally lower than those in Hebei and Shandong.

In this way, the common people barely survived, and the hatred with the Jurchens was not as intense as that of the Shandong people.However, after Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu arrived in Kaifeng, he was quite capable of selecting talents and appointing talents, and organized and trained elite soldiers. Compared with the Red Coat Army, he gained an advantage in home battles.

After Yang An'er led the elite troops into Huaishang, due to the lack of support from the local people, he became deaf and blind for a while. ,
Although Yang An'er established the country and proclaimed himself king, he was actually just the leader of the leaders of the Red Coat Army.If he wants to maintain his status as the leader of his own family, he must not easily fail on the battlefield.One defeat, the shake of his reputation, even five or ten victories can hardly make up for it.

So Yang An'er had already seen that the situation was unfavorable, but still moved to Huaishang with great tenacity, trying to find an opportunity to turn things around.

But a few days ago, Yang An'er arrived at Linhuan Longshan Temple with Qingqi from his headquarters, and was suddenly ambushed by the superior force of the Jin army.The Jin army took advantage of the momentum to attack fiercely, and the soldiers were separated and moved forward bravely.

Yang An'er used his prestige to gather the whole army, but he couldn't show up, and the Red Coat Army's troops were leaderless.Even Yang An'er's most elite headquarters, that is, the thousands of soldiers transformed from the Tiewa Ganzhan Army, have no fighting spirit, let alone other soldiers.

Within a few days, the ministries changed from fighting and retreating to a partial retreat, and 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 the various families were about to fight.Sadly, when such rumors spread, some people actually took them seriously.There were indeed several teams that retreated while annexing each other and started fighting.

On the fourth and fifth day of the retreat, tens of thousands of people were already in a mess. They could not form a team or line up. Whether it was a brave general or a farmer who had just joined the army, they all spread their feet and ran for their lives.

Only a very small number of people can persist in fighting in this environment.

Yang Miaozhen led a small number of cavalry and a few maidservants, riding back and forth, constantly launching reverse charges against the Jin army.

Her pear-blossom spear stabbed an enemy general when it encountered one. I don't know how many people were pierced through their throats and chests by this plain white spear.

An enemy general who came to stop her was a well-known warrior who had fought the national war with the people of the Song Dynasty in the Zhenjia Army preserved during the Taihe years. She stabbed to death.

However, the number of the golden army was extremely large, and they came 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 command to kill one group of the Jin army, and the second group swarmed up again. After the two sides fought fiercely for three days, and after nearly twenty times of hand-to-hand contact, the white tassel of the long spear she held in her hand became black and red.

Almost all of her original subordinates were dead, and the forty or so cavalry who followed her were all stragglers who gathered one after another in the past three days.

Yesterday morning, she did join Yang You in one place.

Yang You has more than 200 subordinates, most of whom are infantry.Many of them were subordinates of the veteran Li Siwen. Because Li Siwen was the first to die in Longshan Temple, they followed Yang You.

But Yang You's temperament is too irritable and lacks enough tenacity.That day, despite Yang Miaozhen's persuasion, he led his subordinates to rest in a village, but the enemy army who was chasing him caught up and set fire to the village.

Yang Miaozhen got the news and came back to rescue, approached and fought several times, finally attracted the enemy's attention, and sent out a group of soldiers to intercept.Yang You took the opportunity to take the remaining 30 to [-] people and headed north with their heads covered in burnt foam.Yang Miao really didn't dare to delay, so she immediately withdrew her troops. If so, more than ten of her subordinates died in battle.

During the battle, Yang Miaozhen got a cold arrow in the side.Even though it was protected by leather armor, the arrow clusters pierced deeply.She struggled to pull out the arrow and continued to fight. After a simple bandage that night, the wound was pulled away in the fierce battle the next day.

Today's fierce battle is here, and the blood has 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 late and no one noticed.

At this moment, she and her companions were leading the horses on foot to let the horses rest.

Someone was walking, raised his hand and pointed to the side, and shouted loudly: "Si Niangzi, look!"

Because she was too tired, her vision was a bit blurred. In the evening mist, she couldn't see the direction at all. After staring intently for a while, she realized that there were two general flags, and three or four hundred cavalrymen following the general flags. It is slowly approaching from behind the ditch.

A soldier beside him shouted: "It's Wanyan Congtan, who is also famous for Xie Lie!"

These two men were generals under Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu's command.Wanyan Congtan is second only to Wanyan Heda's Deputy Commander of Henan Road; and Xie Lie is Wanyan Shouxu's newly promoted general on Henan Road. make.

The soldiers and horses led by these two generals chased them so close.It can be seen that they have planned for a long time, maybe some knights have been working tirelessly, just to wipe out the commander-in-chief of the Red Coat Army and his trusted generals, and make such feats as if they were earth-shattering.

What's more troublesome is that these pursuers also noticed Yang Miaozhen's troops.

Someone pointed and shouted a few words in this direction, and then nearly a hundred riders rushed into the shallow water of the river beach, rushing over with splashes of water.

The distance between the two parties is not far, nor close.

Yang Miaozhen got on the horse immediately, but her strength was exhausted, her hands and feet were trembling secretly.She pulled the saddle bridge hard twice, feeling that her fingers were about to cramp, but she couldn't let herself get on the horse's back.

She didn't mount her horse, and none of her men moved.All the cavalry showed anxious expressions, waiting for her order on how to meet the enemy.In the past few years, Yang Miaozhen was only a figure in the legends of the soldiers of the Red Coat Army, but at this moment, she has truly become an object that everyone relies on.

She took a deep breath, exerted all her strength again, and finally got on the horse.

"If you go east, it's easy to expose the position of the Marshal and others. We lure the enemy to Liuzi Town to the south, and the sky will be dark immediately. They won't be able to catch up with us. After we get rid of them, we will continue Join the team."

Yang Miaozhen has no experience in leading troops, and she doesn't know how to deal with such a chaotic situation.

But she remembered the calm and calm attitude of someone in the midst of thousands of troops, so she followed suit and gave the order in the same calm tone.This calm tone really reassured the companions.

(End of this chapter)