Invincible Iron Army 57, Wang An in this book flag

  The troops of Yu Yang raised their shields to block the arrow attack, and the Huns' arrows were as dense as raindrops, hitting the Yu Yang army almost without resistance.

  Many soldiers of the Great Jin army were shot by arrows, but the soldiers of the Great Jin army also counterattacked and shot arrows at the Xiongnu soldiers, however, they rarely managed to injure the enemy.

  The Xiongnu army also paid the price of several hundred casualties. This kind of battle, if placed in the past, would have been a victory for the Jin dynasty, but since Wang An's time, such victories had become insignificant.

  If in the past, the Jin soldiers would have dispersed early on, because in their subconscious mind, the Xiongnu army was invincible. However, they are now constantly counterattacking. Because Wang An changed this impression, Wang An told these soldiers through actual actions that the Xiongnu were not to be feared and could also be defeated.

  The Xiongnu's Right Wise King was also feeling very anxious, as he had not seen Wang An's banner. With his understanding of Wang An, the latter must be secretly preparing a plot at this time.

  Wang An left a deep impression on the Xiongnu, who thought that this man was always plotting and scheming, and whoever he targeted would absolutely not have a good outcome.

  The Xiongnu army shifted its target to Tang Zilong's army, which performed poorly in the battle, with disorganized formations and poor grasp of advance and retreat. The Xiongnu army then attacked Tang Zilong's troops.

  The Xiongnu cavalry's dense arrow rain shot towards the army of Henan, and soon hundreds of people fell to the ground with arrows, the breath they exhaled was more than what they inhaled, their life force gradually coming to a stop.

  The Xiongnu army saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of the situation and immediately ordered its troops to strengthen their attack on this army.

  Tang Zi Long's soldiers were all new recruits, none of whom had been to the battlefield. Even General Tang Zi Long himself was pale-faced and thought to himself: "The Xiongnu army is so difficult to deal with, how did Yu Yang manage to hold out for so many days?"

  The soldiers of the Henan army began to flee backwards, and the entire army formation collapsed. Tang Zilong rebuked: "How can you retreat, do you still have any military spirit?"

  The soldiers of the Youyang army next to him immediately looked at Tang Zilong with different eyes, thinking that although this army's combat effectiveness is not good, but the commander of this army is still very impressive, and he hates the weak soldiers to the bone. Just looking at his style is a very tough guy.

  Tang Zilong continued to scold: "How can you escape and leave the commander behind? If you want to run, everyone should run together. You should protect the commander and run together. Do you understand? Don't do this again next time." The soldiers beside him immediately had a greatly lowered impression of him, thinking that this person was truly shameless.

  Tang Zilong immediately retreated, the Henan army ran away, and the Hedong Jiedushi's army also lost its will to fight and started running. The mood spread like dominoes, and the Fanyang army also ran away. The result was predictable: the entire Jin army began to disintegrate.

  The soldiers of the Great Jin fled backwards, immediately losing their combat effectiveness. The Xiongnu soldiers pursued and attacked from behind, with more and more soldiers of the Great Jin falling to the ground.

  Wang An's army had only a little over 1,000 men and was advancing slowly when they suddenly encountered the fleeing Jin troops who were like an avalanche. They immediately notified Wang An's army: "The Xiongnu army has arrived, run quickly!" Jiang Zai and other soldiers also became somewhat anxious upon learning of this situation, but since they had often defeated the Xiongnu army before, Wang An's army was confident that they could defeat the enemy.

  Jiang Cai was an outstanding general, unlike the blindly optimistic soldiers. He thought to himself: "We've been fighting against the Xiongnu army for a long time. In the past, we were able to defeat the enemy because Wang An was always making strategic decisions, so we could keep winning. But now it's different, we're facing a fierce battle in the wilderness." Jiang Cai quietly asked Wang An: "Wang brother, what should we do? Should we run too?" Wang An said: "Run? Can we outrun the enemy? We only have two legs, while they have four legs." Jiang Cai anxiously said: "Then what should we do?" Wang An said: "What's there to fear? My name is like 100,000 brave soldiers. Someone bring me a large piece of cloth!" Jiang Cai said: "Wang brother, your reputation is renowned, your name is like 100,000 brave soldiers, but does the Xiongnu know that?" Wang An said: "They don't know, you can tell them." Wang An hastily shook his head and said: "I'm not going, the Xiongnu army doesn't look easy to talk to. If I go, it's strange if I won't be beaten into a pulp."

  The fabric was brought over, and Wang An wielded his brush with flair, writing four large characters on it: "Wang An was here". The remaining soldiers cheered in unison: "Great method! Look at this calligraphy, it's really good!" Wang An said gloomily: "This time I wrote in cursive script." The soldiers said: "The cursive script is also great. It looks just like a talisman to ward off evil spirits. It will definitely be able to scare away the Xiongnu." Wang An felt a wave of frustration, thinking to himself: "It turns out they think I'm drawing a talisman, hoping to scare away the Xiongnu like one would scare away monsters and ghosts."

  The Xiongnu army rushed to the front of Wang An, and indeed stopped. Jiang Cai suddenly thought in his heart: "Our soldiers don't know what Wang An wrote, will the Xiongnu know?" The Xiongnu soldiers did not recognize Chinese characters, but the Right Wise King of the Xiongnu recognized Wang An's flag. He carefully looked at Wang An's words and immediately turned around and ran away. The ordinary Xiongnu soldiers did not recognize Chinese characters, but they recognized Wang An's flag, which had made them lose sleep countless times. They also followed suit and ran away, and the Xiongnu army fled in disarray.

  The Jin army, although running away, was also observing the Xiongnu soldiers behind them. When they saw the Xiongnu start to flee, they immediately turned around and began to pursue the Xiongnu army. Each of them was as brave as Zhao Zilong in his heyday. After the Xiongnu army had run very far away, these brave Jin soldiers gradually withdrew their troops with a look of unfinished business. They cursed loudly: "If you hadn't run fast, you would have been eliminated by our army!" "Coward, all you know is to run!" "Despicable, we look down on you." Tang Zilong's army scolded the most fiercely and showed a regretful and disappointed expression for not catching up with the enemy. Each soldier pounded their chest and stomped their feet, unaware that they were the first to run away and ran the fastest earlier.

  Wang An summoned Du Lin, Tang Zilong, Tian Xiao and others, saying to them: "You saw it, the Xiongnu fled as soon as they saw my flag." Du Lin and the others immediately denied this, saying: "The Xiongnu were clearly defeated by us, we all have merit. Look how fast they run when they see us!" Wang An said: "But earlier, when you were being chased by the Xiongnu, didn't you run faster than them? Your two legs ran in front, but the four legs behind couldn't catch up." Even someone with a thick face like Tang Zilong and Du Lin felt their faces grow hot. They said to Wang An: "We weren't retreating, we were advancing in a different direction! Do you know what that means? It means first turning back, then advancing again."

  Wang An hastily waved his hand and said, "Let's not discuss what a pincer movement is for now. This time I have a good idea. When the Xiongnu return later, I'll engage in battle with them and then pretend to retreat. At that time, your troops will emerge and attack their rear. How about it?" Du Lin said, "It can be done, but the Xiongnu have already gone far away and won't come back." Wang An shook his head, thinking to himself, "The Xiongnu have always been eager to engage in a field battle with our troops. This time they've got the opportunity, how can we let it slip?" Wang An said, "Just follow my orders."

  The two Bone Marrows caught up with the Righteous King, grabbed his reins and said: "Righteous King, please slow down." The Righteous King let out a sigh of relief and said: "Has Wang An's army arrived?" Bone Marrow replied: "Righteous King, Wang An's army is all infantry, how can they catch up with our cavalry?" The Righteous King let out another sigh of relief and said: "That's good." Bone Marrow continued: "Righteous King, Wang An is a man, not a god. In the past, he won many battles against us because he grasped our weaknesses and used them to his advantage. But this time it's different, because we are fighting on open plains, where our army has the upper hand in numbers. If we counterattack, just for one hour, we can annihilate Wang An's army and kill him." The other Bone Marrow added: "Wang An always wins battles, he must be arrogant and underestimate us, otherwise he wouldn't have done something as foolish as sending his troops to fight us on open plains."

  Yu Xian Wang was still hesitant in his heart, at this time a bone Hou spoke to Yu Xian Wang: "Yu Xian Wang, you won't be intimidated by Wang An, will you? The great Jin has a famous saying, victory and defeat are common things for military families. If the army is defeated, we can gather them together and continue fighting. If the soldiers are injured, they can continue to fight after recovering from their injuries. How do you know that we will always lose and the great Jin will always win?" Yu Xian Wang shouted loudly: "Who's afraid? I'm not afraid at all! Gather the army, let's go and fight them!"

  The Xiongnu Right Virtuous King's army charged towards Wang An, thinking that this time they would surely kill Wang An.

  Wang An's army was waiting there for the Xiongnu army, and the soldiers had already loaded their crossbows, ready to fight against the Xiongnu army.

  The Xiongnu army charged at Wang An's army, and the distance between the two armies quickly narrowed. At this time, Wang An's army shot out several rows of arrows, which were shot by Wang An's old soldiers. Instantly, hundreds of Xiongnu were shot down from their horses. The Xiongnu soldiers, regardless of casualties, charged at Wang An's army again. Wang An's army did not have time to rearm with crossbow bolts, and the Xiongnu had already rushed very close. At this time, Wang An's army also retreated in a rout.

  Yu Xian Wang rubbed his eyes and thought to himself, "What did I just see? Wang An's army is actually retreating. Is this really Wang An? The one who single-handedly defeated the Xiongnu, the one who single-handedly saved Yucheng, the one who has defeated the Xiongnu countless times. The one who made the Chanyu flee in disarray, the one who made himself flee at night, the one who made Zuo Xian Wang flee naked. How can he be retreating?"

  Gudou Hou said to Yu Xian Wang, "Don't hesitate, Right Xian King. I told you before that Wang An is also someone who can be defeated. Wang An is not invincible. What's most terrifying is if we lose our will to fight."

  Yu Xian Wang said, "Pursue them! Today, no matter where Wang An runs to, pursue him relentlessly. No matter what, we must annihilate them!" Yu Xian Wang's army rapidly pursued Wang An's army, and the distance between the two sides continued to shrink.

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