Chapter 488: Chapter 488

This is a nursery rhyme popular in the Capital City, singing about Beigong Chun and his Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

Although the emperor and high officials of the Great Jin did not give Beigong Chun the honor he deserved, the people did.

After he saved Luoyang for the first time, this song began to spread in the Capital City, and by the second time he saved Luoyang, it had become a nursery rhyme, with the children of the city all singing it enthusiastically.

Thus, when this song emerged, the chaotic fleeing populace slowly calmed down, taking a moment to look back. It was just a glance, but they saw two flags waving in the wind, flying past them towards the swirling yellow dust.

"Liang Province’s great horses, galloping across the world. Liang Province’s kites, enemies vanish; the kites fluttering, terrifying people!" It passed from one person to another as everyone started singing, running with the crowd, their hearts not so fearful anymore.

At this moment, Fu Tinghan came galloping with over fifty cavalry, someone in the group holding up a spear with a blue garment tied to it.

Fu An stepped forward from behind Fu Tinghan, running along the main road with the person carrying the spear, shouting loudly, "The Zhao Family Army of Yu State has come to aid, everyone follow the banner and orderly withdraw from the battlefield! The Zhao Family Army of Yu State has come to aid, everyone..."

After running back and forth twice, those who heard these words turned their heads, and Fu An led the person holding the spear southward. The people hesitated, glanced at the two teams fighting not far away, shuddered all over, but ultimately followed the banner running...

Fu An rejoiced, riding quickly back to say, "Young Master, it works!"

Fu Tinghan nodded and said to the rest, "Raise all of your banners, each banner guiding about two thousand people, run along the routes I have planned for you!"

Wu Yue was being held in her father’s arms, bouncing up and down. She lay on her father’s shoulder and happened to see a large number of people running in another direction, with many horses behind them.

She tugged on her father’s hair.

Wu Hou, holding his daughter in his arms and running with his head down, while pulling his wife, shouted in pain from his hair being tugged, "Yue Yue, don’t be afraid, once we get through this, it’ll be alright!"

His wife beside him was full of tears, struggling to keep pace. She had been running for a long time, her steps faltering, she stumbled on something, fell to the ground, and immediately cried out, pushing Wu Hou, "Don’t mind me, run quickly, run!"

"Dad, they are running..."

Wu Hou raised his head, his eyes red, looking back to see the sky full of dust, someone was blocking the Xiongnu soldiers charging at them.

And the crowd that was behind them was now running in another direction, seemingly led by cavalry at the front.

Wu Hou was stunned, and in that moment of daze, a group of several dozen riders caught up, one rider slowed down and shouted loudly, "The Zhao Family Army of Yu State has come to aid, everyone follow the banner and orderly withdraw from the battlefield!"

The rest of the riders galloped past them to the front, and soon similar shouts came, while someone in the crowd started singing the rhyme, "Liang Province’s great horses, galloping across the world. Liang Province’s kites, enemies vanish; the kites flutter, terrifying people!"

The wise people immediately understood, "It’s Zhao Hanzhang from Yu State and Beigong Chun from Xiliang, the two generals have come to save us!"

No one hesitated, turning their steps to run after the cavalry holding the ash-blue garment...

In the wilderness, initially, only the main road had an unbroken stream of people, but now, they scattered, forming groups of two or three thousand, departing from the main road, spreading like the roots of a great tree in all directions.

Zhao Hanzhang and Beigong Chun did not crowd together, as soon as they passed the main road, they split into two paths and charged into the Xiongnu Army.

Wang Zhang was fierce yet cautious, he was originally closer to this group of Jin people than Zhao Hanzhang and them, but only stopped upon seeing the suddenly appearing army opposite, to assess the situation.

Fortunately, this pause gave the Jin people a chance for survival and provided him a retreat.

Seeing the Zhao Family Army’s banners flying, he gritted his teeth, "It’s actually Zhao Hanzhang!"

Upon seeing the Xiliang Army’s banner, his heart chilled, retreat thoughts sprang up, "How could Beigong Chun be here, wasn’t he in Chang’an?"

Unfortunately, no one could answer this question, nor was there time, his deputy shouted loudly, "General, they are charging!"

Zhang Zhi gritted his teeth, finally ordering, "Engage!"

If they turned and ran, it would not only be hard to explain to Your Majesty, but they could also be overtaken by Beigong Chun, then they wouldn’t have the morale to fight.

However, Beigong Chun’s formidable reputation was too strong. Although Wang Zhang gave the order, the Xiongnu were still uneasy, their hearts panicked more when provoked by the shouts of Zhao Hanzhang and Beigong Chun.

Beigong Chun charged in from the southeast, Zhao Hanzhang from the southwest, both teams piercing like sharp swords, and as Wang Zhang engaged with Beigong Chun, he immediately regretted it, only blocking one wave, when Zhao Hanzhang and Beigong Chun charged through, he immediately said, "Retreat!"

Zhao Hanzhang immediately shouted loudly, "Follow me!"

She did not enter the lineup to charge again but led the team quickly past Wang Zhang’s formation, directly cutting off their retreat, forming a surrounding posture with Beigong Chun in front and behind.

Wang Zhang watched and almost spat blood, realizing there was no way to retreat.

His personal soldiers closely protected him, shouting, "General, we will secure your breakout!"

This wasn’t the first cooperation between Zhao Hanzhang and Beigong Chun, but it was the first time the Zhao Family Army and the Xiliang Army collaborated so closely, yet with the tacit understanding of the commanders, the soldiers below also coordinated well, leaving most of the Xiongnu soldiers behind, though some men broke through the siege.

Beigong Chun raised his hand, fist clenched, stopping the pursuing soldiers, saying solemnly, "Our purpose is to save people, do not chase cornered foes!"

Zhao Hanzhang also reined in her horse.

Beigong Chun turned to look at her, and asked, "General, Wang Zhang has escaped, should we pursue him?"

"No," Zhao Hanzhang turned her horse around, "Let’s go, to the front."

On the main road, many people were walking, they all scattered into the wilderness, leaving the road empty, and Zhao Hanzhang and her team galloped onwards.

Fu Tinghan and his men also encountered resistance, trailing behind were ordinary civilians, who ran along when Fu Tinghan called them.

But here, in the middle section, soldiers were mixed with civilians, and indeed more soldiers than ordinary people, they only listen to orders from their superiors, ignoring Fu Tinghan’s commands for movement.

Up ahead, Shi Le had already engaged the Jin army, creating some chaos, and just at this time, a unit of Xiongnu soldiers charged towards them.

Fu Tinghan glanced and said, "They intend to scatter you, quickly move southwards, all clustered together , when they unleash a barrage of arrows, no one will be able to escape." Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on NoveI-Fire.ɴet

Yet no one listened to Fu Tinghan, though some civilians squeezed out from the crowd, dragging their luggage and following him.

Fu Tinghan was helpless, unable to persuade them, and led those willing to follow him away, but after running for a short distance, the Xiongnu soldiers charged in, indeed attacking after a rest, firing arrows directly, causing immediate casualties among the tightly clustered Jin soldiers.

The sound of hooves arose, and Fu Tinghan looked towards the sound to see Zhao Hanzhang and Beigong Chun leading troops to charge. He was overjoyed and immediately gestured to them, pointing the direction.

Zhao Hanzhang galloped past him, only leaving one sentence, "Stay further away..."