Chapter 1 The Rout

With Li Cheng's army wavering, it became unstoppable, and after midday, it directly evolved into complete failure and collapse.

Just as everyone had forgotten everything and rushed forward before, at this moment, with victory and defeat decided in an instant, the Imperial Vanguard Army was overjoyed and continued to pounce fiercely, while Li Cheng's troops had blank minds, only seeking to survive.

But, how could surviving be accomplished by simply running backward?

In reality, as soon as the rout began, Li Cheng's routed troops encountered a huge problem, which was that there were too many soldiers crowded in the middle, and their equipment was too heavy... So soon, a huge 'knot' formed in the central area of the battlefield. In that area, congestion and trampling became the biggest sources of casualties, causing death and injury in a very short time that was not less than the casualties caused by the fighting just now!

This made the rout completely irreparable.

Yue Fei, at the front line, had a clear view of the battle situation. Instinctively, he wanted the troops to bypass the middle and encircle from both sides, in order to surround and force the enemy to surrender as much as possible. But unfortunately, by this time, not to mention that his subordinates were already bloodthirsty, just the crowded battlefield made it difficult to effectively convey military orders, especially with the cavalry tied down in the middle. Helplessly, Yue Fei could only stand firm with his command flag and watch the battle situation develop freely, preparing to find a unit that could be commanded after the 'big knot' in the center of the battle situation was untied, and make subsequent decisions.

However, Yue Fei soon noticed another thing, that was that Li Cheng's command flag was also obviously trapped in that knot, because he personally saw that flag, which retreated several times and tried to stand its ground several times, rise again after being submerged in the sea of people for a while. Not only that, but a thousand or so cavalry, including some iconic long-saber cavalry, gathered under that flag, trying to resist stubbornly.

The pace of Li Cheng's troops' escape slowed down again, and the attention of countless Song army cavalry facing them was attracted, and fierce fighting broke out again.

Of course, under the general trend, this struggle was meaningless. Only a moment later, before the Song army facing them could surge up, Li Cheng's another attempt ended in failure. Even that cavalry of a thousand men began to collapse and surrender, leaving only a hundred or so long-saber cavalry to continue their stubborn resistance, surrounded by Zhang Xian's cavalry regiment.

"My lord has asked Xu Da Dao to tell Big-and-Little-Eyes a word!"

Just as Zhang Xian formed the encirclement and was about to launch an attack, a general holding a long-handled broadsword and covered in blood leaped out on horseback, pointing with one hand to Yue Fei's command flag in the southern part of the battlefield. "If Big-and-Little-Eyes is willing to come in person, he is willing to surrender face to face..."

The message did not reach Yue Fei. Zhang Xian, who had absolute on-the-spot decision-making power on the battlefield, sent Guo Jin forward to meet him: "Xu Da Dao, our General Zhang also said that there is no need for the Commissioner to come in person. The country has its own laws. Song traitors like Li Cheng who have made a name for themselves and occupied prefectures and counties can only surrender unconditionally and are not allowed to have any conditions... But our General Zhang is kind-hearted and can't bear to see you soldiers die in vain, so he gives you half an incense stick's time to decide. If you surrender, then surrender. If you don't surrender, you can only die!"

That general, Xu Wen, whose broadsword weighed fifty pounds, didn't say a word. Upon hearing this, he returned directly to the long-saber formation under Li's command flag, and there was no movement.

Zhang Xian wasn't one to take a loss. While waiting, he quickly had one team after another of crossbowmen intercepted from the rear... Today's battle broke out too quickly, and the battlefield was narrow. It was a melee from the start, and the area of the melee was too thick. This caused the crossbowmen and archers to basically lose their tactical function from the beginning, and the few arrows were basically only used by individual soldiers.

But now it was different.

It was conceivable that if Li Cheng did not surrender after the deadline, this last long-saber cavalry would be quickly finished off by a large number of crossbow volleys.

Seeing this situation, not only did the last long-saber cavalry of Li Cheng's unit show some wavering, but many of the knights under Zhang Xian who had been eager to try also instantly felt a little bored. Yang Zaixing, who had heard of Xu Da Dao and Li Cheng's reputation, cursed and wanted to lead his unit around this place and continue to pursue the rear.

However, it can only be said that this long-saber cavalry was indeed the confidant of Li Cheng's unit. Although they wavered after seeing the Song army gathering bows and crossbows on a large scale, few of them turned around and fled. Instead, they maintained a certain silence, seemingly waiting for their lord to make the final decision.

"No more waiting!" Seeing that the number of archers and crossbowmen around him was gradually saturated, Zhang Xian no longer hesitated, regardless of how long half an incense stick's time was, and directly signaled to Li Kui, who had come over to join the command. "Kill them!"

Li Kui, who had some grudges with Li Cheng but some friendship with Xu Da Dao, hesitated obviously, but still immediately obeyed the military order on the battlefield and ordered the flag to be waved, which was to have all the archers and crossbowmen collectively and densely volley at all the enemy troops under this command flag.

As soon as the military order was issued, nearly a thousand archers and crossbowmen who had gathered fired their arrows together. The hundred or so long-saber knights who were surrounded tried to launch a final counterattack, but as everyone had expected, after one volley, before they could even speed up, they fell to the ground with their men and horses. Almost instantly, they suffered heavy casualties, and only a dozen or twenty people survived, but they also had almost no combat power.

Only one general, losing his warhorse, still wore heavy armor and a mask, wielding a fifty-pound broadsword in his hand like a mad tiger, struggling to counterattack. Who else could it be but Xu Wen, Xu Da Dao of Mizhou?

Zhang Xian was bored and only asked people to quickly draw their bows and end this person quickly, but unexpectedly, a rider suddenly flew over, pouncing directly on Xu Da Dao from the side and rear. It was none other than Yang Zaixing, who had originally been about to leave on horseback, but saw an opportunity and turned back.

Zhang Xian was speechless and could only stand there and watch, but he had already decided in his heart that if Yang Zaixing lost his share, there would be no credit for this battle.

However, the expected dragon-tiger fight did not happen. Whether it was because Yang Zaixing was too strong or because Xu Da Dao had already been injured, the former rushed over with the momentum of his horse, while the latter turned around to face him. But in just one exchange, Yang Zaixing raised his steel spear and precisely pierced the other's abdomen through the gap in his armor, then casually threw him onto the pile of corpses.

After finishing off this person, Yang Zaixing didn't bother to cut off his head, nor did he bother to report. He directly rode away, continuing to lead his troops to pursue other fleeing soldiers.

On the other hand, Li Kui, who had been stunned by the side, was a meticulous person. Still remembering that Xu Wen, Xu Da Dao, was his old friend, he quickly led a team to rush out and personally take care of the final disposal... However, Xu Da Dao at this time was thrown to the ground, his abdomen bleeding non-stop. Although it looked like there was no hope of saving him, he still had some chest undulations, and he still had some breath left.

Li Kui sighed and stepped forward to take off the other's mask and helmet.

"Brother Li!" Xu Wen's mouth and nose were filled with blood, and his eyes were already scattered. Seeing Li Kui appear, he actually spoke clearly. "Back in Mizhou, everyone said you were the most meticulous and understood the general trend. Seeing you again today, it really is that the rest of us deserved to die. Only you are so glorious. It can be seen that you are truly meticulous, and we are all pretending to be heroic..."

Li Kui saw that the other party was obviously having a final moment of clarity. He had ten thousand words to say, but at this time, he was completely speechless. He could only hold his knife and sigh some nonsense: "I heard that after Lao Du and the others died, you took Lao Du's family to your own home in Laizhou. I can't lose face. I will definitely take good care of them!"

Xu Wen nodded. He wanted to say something, but after glancing at the Song soldiers who were carefully approaching the command flag covered by corpses, he chose to shake his head. In the end, he didn't say a word. He just let out the breath in his chest and immediately lost his movement.

After a moment, Li Kui suddenly realized Xu Wen's strange behavior at the last moment... It turned out that there was no one else under the flag. There was no Li Cheng at all. Xu Wen was talking about loyalty to the very end, buying time for the escaped Li Cheng.

Although the long-saber cavalry was almost completely wiped out, it didn't mean that there were no other routed soldiers mixed under the command flag who survived. Soon, several routed soldiers quickly gave a definite answer—Li Cheng was indeed not here. This time, the command flag was privately erected by Xu Wen after he found out that he couldn't return to rescue it. As for the Grand Commander of the puppet Qi, Li Cheng himself, after failing to erect the flag three times, simply gave up and fled directly to the northwest.

At this time, he might have already escaped the battlefield.

Zhang Xian also immediately realized this after hearing the report. Without waiting for Yue Fei to give further instructions, he immediately issued orders nearby. On one hand, he personally led the cavalry to pursue in the northwest direction. On the other hand, he asked Li Kui to lead some infantry to follow, in order to seize Zichuan City between the Long River and the Zi River!

That was the only city within a radius of dozens of miles on the battlefield, located between the two rivers.

When the news reached Yue Fei, who had just arrived at a small hill on the south side of the battlefield, he only frowned slightly and didn't say much... At this time, the battlefield had been cleared and a full-scale pursuit was underway. Zhang Xian had also made the wisest or most rational pursuit action. The only problem was that in the late summer and early autumn, Lu Province was still lush green, and there were forest areas behind the hills on both sides. Once Li Cheng gave up gathering surrendered soldiers in Zichuan City and instead directly fled, it would only depend on luck.

As for Xu Da Dao's loyalty, it could only be said that he did not uphold the great righteousness and instead practiced petty righteousness. Yue Fei simply didn't bother to pay attention to it.

"General Tian." In fact, after hearing the news, Yue Fei hesitated slightly on his horse, then dismounted directly and solemnly faced a general in front of him. It was none other than Tian Shizhong, who was sitting in a daze on a small hill on the battlefield. "The opportunity is rare. Please give the order to transfer Hu Cheng's troops behind you, as well as the scattered garrison troops from Yidu and other places. Tell them not to hesitate and quickly approach westward to cooperate with our army in pressing into Jinan Prefecture and taking Zhangqiu together."

Tian Shizhong, who was covered in dirt and was really exhausted, raised his head in a daze and looked at Yue Fei, whose upper body was also black and red, but who was energetic and had a calm expression, with a slightly complicated gaze. Then he was silent for a while, but in the end, he turned around and summoned a personal guard. He took out paper and pen on the battlefield and dipped them in a pool of blood next to an enemy corpse that had not yet stiffened, and wrote several military orders.

After the personal guard turned around and rode away, Tian Shizhong seemed to have recovered, and then said on the ground: "Grand Commandant Yue, I have two things to say and some things to ask."

"General Tian, please speak." Yue Fei was still calm.

"Grand Commandant, you fought a good battle!" Tian Shizhong slowly sighed. "With the Long River blocking the front, even if we can't capture all these soldiers, as long as we cross the river and force our way over, they will all be meat on the chopping board... So after this battle, not to mention that the Emperor wants us to take one or two prefectures, the entire puppet Qi will basically be in our hands... Your troops are really powerful, and you, Grand Commandant Yue, are really powerful! I rarely admire others, but today I admire another person!"

"General Tian is the first contributor to this battle." Yue Fei said sincerely. "You are worthy of being a famous teacher in the world."

Tian Shizhong shook his head and said: "This is the second thing I want to say in my two sentences..."

Yue Fei then realized that the meaning of the other party's 'two sentences' was actually 'two' sentences.

"Grand Commandant Yue, this troop is the lifeblood of my family's Grand Commandant..." Tian Shizhong stared at Yue Fei and continued to sigh. "Even if he is stingy, he has never shorted the military pay and equipment of this troop, and the officers are all veterans from Taiyuan and Huaishang who have fought the Jin people head-on. But such a troop, even when they went to Yaoshan to block that Heza Meng'an and Lou Shi's main elite force, did not die as many as they did today... Therefore, even if I admire you again, I will heavily impeach you after this battle."

Yue Fei nodded, completely unconcerned: "If it were me, I would also impeach."

Tian Shizhong nodded and then said earnestly on the ground: "But I still have one question. My unit of three thousand men is the elite of the entire Right Army of the Imperial Guard. It is not unexpected that they dared to fight to this extent, but your 20,000 men today, although not as fearless as my unit, when I look at the two armies fighting... At the beginning, the momentum of the two sides was equal; then, when there were two or three points of casualties, the two armies did not waver. As far as I know, this is already considered a strong army; but when the casualties on both sides were four or five points, that is, half a point, Li Cheng's unit began to waver, but the Imperial Vanguard Army did not move at all; then, the commanders of the two armies went forward together, and the two sides fought to the limit, with casualties of nearly 10%. Li Cheng's unit began to waver and their flaws were exposed, but the Imperial Vanguard Army still did not lose heart, nor did their formation scatter, and they remained as one... How was this done? Is it just paying enough military pay?"

Yue Fei thought about it carefully for a moment, but still answered immediately: "Paying enough military pay, ensuring that the equipment is not fake, and covering more than 70% of the armor can only ensure that there is no wavering from sudden casualties of four or five points. But to have casualties of 10% and still remain as one, you need to train well on a regular basis. However, since General Tian has taken the initiative to ask, I can't hide anything... In today's battle, even if there were more casualties, about 15%, it should still be stable, because I believe that I am fair in enforcing the law and treat the soldiers as warriors, and rarely treat them as servants, driving them to do work. And like the ordinary troops of the Imperial Right Army, where the soldiers have to help the officers build houses and escort business, then even if the rewards are sufficient, they don't think of themselves as a 'soldier', but as a 'servant', a 'laborer', then no matter what, they can't get over this hurdle."

Tian Shizhong sighed deeply.

"Actually," Yue Fei thought for a moment and then continued to answer. "This time, it's just that we returned from a long journey and were indeed tired. Otherwise, coupled with our army's continuous victories and few defeats, if we slightly let the scholars in the army explain the great righteousness before the battle, we might be able to fight even more bravely... But these things in people's hearts require sufficient military pay and materials as a foundation, otherwise empty talk is useless."

Tian Shizhong was even more silent.

In this way, time gradually passed, and the battlefield began to be dragged and deformed... On one side, some troops stayed in place to gather surrendered soldiers, rescue wounded soldiers, and clean up the battlefield. On the other side, cavalry and many troops from the rear who had a low participation rate一路追击 all the way pursued to the banks of the Long River and under Zichuan City, successfully forcing a large area of puppet Qi troops to surrender.

However, facing the Zichuan City that surrendered without a fight, Zhang Xian still did not find his important target, Li Cheng.

Yue Fei could consider the overall situation and not care about Li Cheng's mere person. At Wang Gui's level, it seemed that he didn't need to care about this merit either. But Zhang Xian and all the officers and soldiers below him could not ignore such a large piece of military merit and glory.

Therefore, taking advantage of the good conditions that the sunset in late summer was still relatively late, Zhang Xian, after letting Li Kui, who had come later, control Zichuan City and properly gather the surrendered soldiers, once again gave the order, which was to spread out all the cavalry squadrons and be sure to find Li Cheng!

But to be honest, everyone felt that the hope was a bit slim.

First, the terrain was complex; second, the vegetation was dense; and third, it was about to get dark.

In fact, that was indeed the case. Under the cover of Xu Da Dao, Li Cheng had long ago slipped away, mixed in with a group of cavalry, and sped away to the northwest... He abandoned his horse in the middle and specifically chose to cross the hilly area north of the battlefield through the mountain forest area, and then stayed far away from Zichuan City and went directly to the downstream of the Long River. He was waiting for the overall situation to be settled and Zhang Xian to send out cavalry to search in all directions. He had already arrived at the bank of the Long River and was resting briefly, preparing to take off his armor and cross the river to Jinan immediately.

"Lord, drink some water!"

It can only be said that Li Cheng was indeed able to win people's hearts. Not only did the two broadswords and those long-saber cavalry die for him, but even when he was reduced to this level, there were still a dozen or so people who followed him. When he rested by the river, someone even took the initiative to use his helmet to hold water and offer it, without losing any respect.

Li Cheng's expression was恍惚 dazed, but after he came back to his senses, he still instinctively asked: "Have everyone drunk it?"

That person raised his hand and pointed. Only then did Li Cheng, who had been somewhat mentally恍惚 dazed, see that everyone was standing in the river at this time, bending over to drink water on the spot. Seeing this situation, this person, who was already extremely thirsty, felt a little relieved, and then quickly brought the helmet to drink.

Unexpectedly, when he got the helmet in his hand, just as he was about to drink, he saw the officer who brought the water turn around and go into the river to drink, and he couldn't help but shake his head and smile, so he threw the helmet on the ground, and then walked down to the shallows and drank with the others in the river.

His limbs were inserted into the water, and countless blood streaks scattered immediately. Li Cheng originally wanted to wait, but seeing the blood streaks constantly escaping from his hands and feet, he finally had no choice but to pretend not to see them and肆放肆放 recklessly灌灌灌 drank his fill in the shallows.

After one breath, this Grand Commander was about to raise his head and say some words of encouragement, but he couldn't help but be stunned again.

It turned out that after his thirst was gone, he raised his head and saw his face reflected on the water, and he could clearly see his pores. But at this time, the image of the so-called utterly miserable and utterly wretched, was precisely appropriate to describe it.

When he stared at his face, his legs were stuck in the river, and the surrounding water was constantly flowing. After the cool air dispelled the midday heat in the late summer and early autumn, it gradually had a somewhat刺骨 piercingly chilling meaning.

This Grand Commander, who had regained his senses, sighed at his own reflection... He was clear in his heart that he had lost all his troops in this battle, and the foundation of the three prefectures in Jingdong could never be regained. Not only that, but with that Big-and-Little-Eyes's use of troops, there would never be flaws left in the overall situation. I am afraid that he would immediately cross the river to the west and press towards Zhangqiu.

And once this was the case, he, Li Cheng, could imagine the future situation without those Big-and-Little-Eyes's people even designing it. Once Zhangqiu fell, Jinan would be surrounded on three sides, and the Song army would inevitably besiege without attacking, trying to lure the Jin people; but judging from the Jin people's performance today, they would not be able to continuously cross the Yellow River and the Ji River in this disadvantageous situation, and send their precious main force into this pocket to be swallowed by the Song army... They had long known that Jingdong was isolated in Henan and would sooner or later be in the bag of the restored Great Song.

In other words, Jinan was also a dead end. After this battle, the puppet Qi had no way to retreat.

But if Jinan was a dead end, what about other places? If you don't go to Jinan, directly cross the river and go north to join the Jin people, without troops, what would you rely on to get a military commander of ten thousand households and a hereditary Meng'an?

Would you have to be a prefect or something?

But what would be the meaning of that kind of result, other than苟活 to live in degradation?

After this battle, he actually had no way to retreat either.

Just as Grand Commander Li was in a恍惚 daze, there was a sudden burst of exclamations around him. He raised his head and quickly looked around, and then, following the pointing of the soldiers beside him, he immediately saw a scene that made him feel畏惧 fear and 惶恐 panic... It turned out that in the river in front of him, several corpses were floating down from the upstream. Looking at their clothes, they were all his own sons.

Without asking, everyone knew that this was the fate of the few resisters and those who hastily crossed the river after the Song army upstream chased them to the riverbank.

Reason told Li Cheng, who had been through many battles, that this was nothing.

However, just as he was about to open his mouth to comfort everyone, he saw another corpse floating down the river, so he quickly shut his mouth and prepared to speak after the corpse passed. However, the corpse rotated不停 non-stop with the current, but it was spinning right in front of Li Cheng... This Grand Commander could see clearly that this person was only eighteen or nineteen years old, and his beard was not even fully grown. His body was stiff, but his eyes were wide open, and no matter how he swayed, they were always staring死死 at himself.

Seeing this situation, for some reason, Grand Commander Li, who had traveled north and south and never thought that he would be frightened by corpses, suddenly felt a churning in his stomach, and then he vomited directly into the river.

This was a cowardly performance that he had never had before. After Li Cheng finished vomiting, he was警醒 alert in his heart, so he quickly braced himself and forced himself, who had already taken off his armor, not to hesitate, and to swim forward and cross the river directly.

However, as his feet stepped into the deep water area and his neck sank into the water, the blood in the clear river泛起 rose again, and Li Cheng felt a sense of恐惧 fear and dared not move forward.

In the寒冷 cold, 眩晕 dizziness, he felt a complex emotion of 疲惫 weariness, 恶心 nausea, and叠加 with恐惧 fear.

"Lord!"

The surrounding people clearly noticed his discomfort.

"Rest for a while first." Li Cheng reluctantly raised his hand to signal, while turning to go back to the eastern bank, and explaining to himself: "I just drank too猛 fast, my stomach is a little uncomfortable... The water is too cold."

The surrounding subordinates were naturally speechless.

After a while, Li Cheng, who was喘息匀称 breathing evenly, tried to wade into the water for the second time, but for some reason, this time, when he reached the chest-deep water, he once again felt that strong discomfort.

Then, he gave up for the second time.

At this time, Li Cheng had begun to completely 惶恐不安 panic... This reminded him of his previous experience on the battlefield, when he tried several times to protect the command flag, but could not stand his ground.

Now that he had suffered a complete defeat, could he not even cross a river?

The soldiers also saw the problem. They began to try to find boats, floating wood, and the like, but found nothing. In desperation, they found two wooden sticks, and someone took off their clothes and wrapped them around them, trying to make a simple stretcher and carry their Commander across the river.

In any case, it was best to cross the river before dark.

But Li Cheng refused his subordinates' kindness. He felt that being carried across the river was almost as ridiculous as that corpse, and besides, he knew vaguely in his heart that if this river could be carried across, what about the Ji River, which was as wide as the river? What about the Yellow River, which was as广 broad? He must walk across this river himself, otherwise he would never be able to纵横纵横 gallop across Hebei and横行横行 tyrannize across Henan again. So, he hesitated for a long time, until dusk, when he was forced by the situation to try for the third time. But this time, the water was colder, and he only reached the waist-deep water before retreating狼狈 in a panic, and he even fell in the water.

After coming ashore, Li Cheng, who had held a志气 ambition since the Jin people invaded the south and was determined to make a career for himself, began to completely collapse. He even refused the suggestion to not cross the river for the time being and go downstream.

There were明白明 people among the soldiers. They had realized that it was not a question of whether the water was cold or not, but that their Commander had lost his way after this defeat and had no more heart.

It was just that the form of the outburst was a little strange, and the time was a little late.

When they had just been defeated and retreated, many漢子 men with blood and spirit had taken their own lives on the battlefield.

The sky was gradually darkening, the sunlight was gradually fading, and more than half of the ten or so soldiers who followed had secretly left, and among the remaining few, there was an officer who had received great kindness from Li Cheng who simply committed suicide to show his心心 mind, which slightly pulled Li Cheng back from his沮丧 depression.

Then, these people began to try to cross the river again, taking advantage of the last ray of light... But it was still very difficult. When they reached the water that was chest-deep, Li Cheng once again felt a little unsustainable, and the remaining few confidants simply went to grasp his hands and feet, but they found that this Grand Commander was indeed a martial artist counted in the world, and he still could not be easily shaken by others when exerting force in the water.

At this point, these people finally became气馁 discouraged, and simply abandoned this Grand Commander, and then everyone crossed the river separately and dispersed, leaving only Li Cheng alone in the water, unable to advance or retreat.

The scene was僵持 deadlocked for a while, and what broke the stalemate was the sound of a Song army knight's hooves.

"Don't be frightened, man!" This Song general with a big勺 dipper tied to his waist appeared on the shore behind him, and his words were appropriate. "I am not a person who kills indiscriminately. Although you are壮实 strong, your face is full of青灰 bluish-gray, I am afraid you are sick, and it is impossible to become a threat now... Tell me, have you ever seen your general Li Cheng?"

Li Cheng's lips were青紫 purple, and he was 哆哆嗦嗦 shivering, wanting to say something but stopping.

The big勺 dipper probably understood something. Seeing this, he could only shake his head for a while: "I knew that Li Cheng ran faster than a rabbit. Where could I find him? Last time in Dongping Prefecture, he threw tens of thousands of friendly troops to block the way for him. This time, he threw Xu Da Dao and tens of thousands of soldiers to block the way for him... This kind of person runs as if he can fly. He should have crossed the river long ago."

Li Cheng still stood in the water without saying a word.

"Go!" The big勺 dipper murmured a few words, and then waved his hand on his horse. "That is, I am the one who is the most kind-hearted and can't bear to see poor people suffer. If Yang Zaixing were here, he would have ended it with an arrow... No matter where you are from, just stay in Jingdong and take care of your illness. Don't be a soldier again. Jingdong is about to安定 stabilize. Find a few acres of land, or go to work in the city, it's better than this... Since I found the river, I won't get lost again if I walk along the river, and I will go straight back."

Mumbling乱 saying this, it turned out that the迷路迷路 lost big勺 dipper was about to directly rein in his horse, preparing to go upstream along the river.

Seeing this, Li Cheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then quickly tried to cross the river again.

However, as Li Cheng stepped out one step in the water, he felt that his hands and feet were unbearably cold. He finally couldn't hold back and simply turned around and shouted loudly at the big勺 dipper:

"I am Li Cheng."

The big勺 dipper, that is, the lost Guo Jin, turned his head茫然 in a daze: "What did you say?"

"I am Li Cheng of Xiongzhou." Li Cheng, standing in the water with his lips purple, actually mustered the last bit of courage and said. "A defeated general, unable to advance or retreat, and unwilling to be a prisoner, since the general has come, it is fate, please grant me death!"

Guo Jin heard it clearly this time. He directly took the bow and arrow from behind his horse, but couldn't help but wonder while drawing his bow: "Since you are the famous Li Cheng and want to seek death, why can't you take your own life? Even if you don't have a weapon, why not wade into the river and drown yourself?"

Li Cheng苦笑 smiled wryly: "The water is too cold..."

After the three words were finished, an arrow flew over and hit this person's throat directly. Since the Jingkang turmoil, Grand Commander Li, who was recognized as the number one chaotic army, fell into the river.

Guo Jin dismounted, untied the马勺 dipper and placed it on the shore, then walked into the river and directly cut off the首级 head in the河河 river.

After coming up from the河河 river where the blood was mixed, he hesitated for a moment, but in the end he was reluctant to tie the首级 head to the side of his马勺 dipper, but he untied the wet hair on the首级 head, tied it under his horse's head, and then, taking advantage of the last ray of余光 light,挂挂 hung up the马勺 dipper and went逆流逆流 upstream.