Bang! Bang... Bang!

The sound of gunfire continued, and the officers and soldiers fell down row after row like wheat being cut down.

Corpses quickly filled the ground, blood soaked the ground, 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 turned around and fled away from the battlefield.

One person escaped, and more and more people followed him. Finally, the entire army began to collapse 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 did, he couldn't prevent the defeat of the army.

"My lord, I can't stop you anymore, so I asked my subordinates to protect you and leave first." 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, but not only failed to take a step 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 at the direction of the tiger-shaped flag with hatred, 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 two large battalions to pursue the fleeing officers and soldiers, and do not give Yang Guozhu a chance to gather 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. At the same time, the pursuit speed increased.

The fleeing officers and soldiers were no longer able to fight any longer, so they could only run for their lives, and their armor had been thrown away somewhere.

The mountains and fields are filled with fleeing officers and soldiers, and similarly, the mountains and fields are filled with tiger-shaped flag troops chasing the defeated soldiers.

Anywhere where there is a gathering of officers and soldiers, the tiger-shaped flag will be targeted first.

Fifty miles northwest of where Yang Guozhu was defeated, another army of soldiers and horses was stationed.

"Sir, let's leave like this. If General Yang destroys the Tiger Flag, we will not only lose the credit, but we may also be cited by General Yang." The speakers were Wang Qingyuan and Zhang Huai.

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This time Zhang Huai came to Lingqiu with the troops of Xuanfu and brought him with him.

Zhang Huai sighed and said: "I hope he can destroy the Tiger-Charactered Banner, but in my opinion, it's difficult. The soldiers and horses of Xuanfu are powerful, but the soldiers and horses of the Tiger-Charactered Banner are even more powerful. What happened at that time?"

I have also seen that even the elite soldiers under Yang Guozhu can't do anything to the soldiers of the Tiger Flag. It is useless for me to continue to stay. In the end, I will only lose the troops and lose the general."

"General Yang has lost some soldiers and horses, but he still has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, so he may not be defeated." 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 Tiger Flag, and they are all elites. This battle is difficult to fight.

win."

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 with fists in his hands, 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: "Have you seen clearly whose troops and horses it is?"

The visitor said: "The other party did not raise a flag, and our people could not confirm their identity, but they looked like a defeated army that had fled, with less than a thousand people."

"Sir, could it be General Yang's men?" Wang Qingyuan said in a low voice.

Zhang Huai rubbed his chin with his fingers and thought for a moment, then said: "Give me the order to send out the army and stop the troops."

"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 the time being, until I go over and take a look."

After saying that, he walked away.

Zhang Huai led thousands of Datong officers and soldiers to block the official road.

Not long after, some people came sparsely from the front, and more and more people came. There were about a thousand people in total.

"Sir, they are soldiers and horses of the 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 dispatch 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 face, 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. I was also coerced by the people below and had to retreat, but General Yang can rest assured that those few unsatisfactory things have been severely scolded by me. "

"Huh!" Yang Guozhu snorted coldly.

He didn't believe it at all.

Zhang Huai stretched his neck to look behind Yang Guozhu, and said hesitantly to Yang Guozhu: "General Yang was also 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 give you a copy of the book to the court." Yang Guozhu said angrily.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Huai frowned, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

He led troops to Lingqiu to quell the rebellion with Yang Guozhu, originally to share the credit. The Xuanfu soldiers and horses were all responsible for the quelling of the rebellion. This was something both sides knew.

Now Yang Guozhu puts all the blame on him, obviously shirking the responsibility 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, then just go ahead and report it. I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you."
Chapter completed!