The cavalry and the iron cavalry were two major weapons of the Jin Dynasty.

The Jurchens were a fishing and hunting people, and there were many other tribes within the Jin territory, including nomadic and agricultural peoples.

These people were skilled in riding and archery from a young age and could endure hardship in battle.

The "Guai Zi Ma" (拐子马) is a type of light cavalry that can achieve rapid charges in a short period of time.

Ten years ago, the cavalry was a nightmare for the Song army.

Nowadays, the cavalry of Fengcheng are all personally led by Wanyan Zongbi, numbering 80,000.

Although the Jin Dynasty has been plagued by internal turmoil and manipulated by the Song Dynasty in recent years, even a weakened camel is bigger than a horse, and the strength of the Jin army should not be underestimated.

Therefore, Yue Fei specially prepared a firearms battalion and light cavalry for the "Hooked Horses".

At this moment, Wanyan Heng's Iron Pagoda was already pressing forward.

Holding an iron hammer, Yue Yun led 30,000 Beiwei soldiers and set off in a grand procession.

The vanguard of the Beiwei Army numbered ten thousand infantrymen.

The Beiwei Army's formation was perfectly synchronized, and everyone moved in the same manner.

Their astonishingly synchronized steps resonated, making the earth seem to sink.

Under the moonlight, the endless array of armor and swords resembled the shimmering light of the sea.

The Song army was in full force and its morale was high.

The blood inside my body is boiling, scalding hot.

The thunderous war drums resounded throughout the camp, red tassels fluttered in the night wind, and long spears gleamed coldly.

The two sides are getting closer and closer.

The warhorses seemed to sense the burning fighting spirit and neighed.

The Song army suddenly stopped, and the first three ranks simultaneously lowered their heavy shields, forming three solid defensive lines.

It looked as if it were cast from steel.

In the moonlight ahead, a long, dark shadow appeared.

They heard the deafening sound of horses' hooves, growing ever closer, the sound so loud it hurt their eardrums.

The legendary Iron Pagoda has already charged forward.

Are the Song army afraid or not?

Afraid!

When faced with danger, fear is a human instinct.

Before, fear would have made us run away; now, even if we're afraid, we'll still go for it!

Because in their minds, dying heroically is more glorious than living a life of ignominy.

The greatest romance for a man is to die a heroic death on the battlefield.

A scout rushed to the commander's position, dismounted, and said in a trembling voice, "Commander Yue, the Jin invaders are here."

Yue Yun gazed ahead, his clear eyes seemingly reflecting a galaxy of stars. He declared with boundless pride, "Sound the war drums! Defend the front to the death!"

The war drums of the Song army thundered loudly.

Those were the war drums of the front-line defense. As soon as the drums sounded, the soldiers at the front took a deep breath, feeling their blood surging.

The Song army's war drums changed again, and the infantry in the middle began firing crossbow bolts.

A dense barrage of crossbow bolts rained down from the sky, heading towards the Ironclad Pagoda a hundred meters away.

The crossbow bolts were laid out and struck the thick, sturdy armor, making a "clanging" sound.

Crossbow bolts were of little effect against the Ironclad Cavalry.

In this era, especially on the grasslands, cavalry was an invincible force, particularly heavy cavalry, which could traverse thousands of miles, charging back and forth, and were difficult for the human body to withstand.

But Yue Fei dared to use infantry formations to block the Iron Pagoda!

The sound of horses' hooves pounding the ground drowned out everything else, and the captain's angry roar reached our ears, becoming barely audible: "Draw your swords!"

In an instant, the Ironclad Pagoda was already in front of them.

You can see the Ironclad Pagoda, completely encased in iron armor, wearing masks, and holding iron maces and large axes, as if they were cast from steel, giving people a powerful sense of oppression.

The first warhorse to charge stepped on a Song soldier's shield, and the enormous impact snapped the soldier's arm in an instant.

The cracking sound of bones breaking was drowned out by the deafening shouts of battle.

The moment their respective captains shouted "Draw your swords!", the sabers moved almost simultaneously.

Song Jun held a shield in his left hand and swiftly thrust his horse-slaying sword forward and downward in his right.

The Ironclad Cavalry were entirely covered in iron armor, except for the lower legs of their warhorses, which would have rendered them unable to move if covered.

Therefore, that is the only weakness of the Ironclad Cavalry.

Before a dozen or so Song soldiers could even thrust their swords, the immense impact had twisted and deformed their bodies, their armor pressing and deforming them.

The person spun twice in the air like a twisted rope before crashing into the shield of their comrade behind them.

Last night, they were eating meat together, talking about life and their ideals.

But today, they are separated by life and death in an instant.

Then, the Jin heavy cavalryman swung his iron mace at a Song soldier in front of him. With a clang, the mace struck the edge of the shield, slid slightly, and the horse's hooves were pierced. The horse fell to the side in pain.

As it fell, the momentum propelled it forward, instantly carving a two-meter-long gap through the Song army.

Three Song soldiers were knocked away.

Instantly, it became a bloody mess, a gruesome sight.

But this Iron Pagoda was made of three horses linked together. If one horse fell over, the other two would fall over as well and slide on the ground.

Several more horses were knocked down by the subsequent surge.

The Song army began to frantically stab the horses' legs with their long sabers.

All the warhorses that had been pierced in the leg let out a mournful cry, their bodies tilted to the side, and they crashed to the ground, dragging two other warhorses down with them.

The Jin cavalrymen above fell down, some crushed into a bloody pulp by their horses, leaving long trails of blood as they rubbed against the ground.

In the blink of an eye, the Iron Pagoda charged into the Song army's formation.

Clang...

The sound of clashing steel was incessant.

In that instant, it was as if waves crashed against the rocks, creating spray.

Ironclad soldiers and their horses kept falling over, their bodies deformed by the pressure, turning into metal shells that rolled on the ground, being crushed and rubbed by the horses.

The Song army also suffered heavy losses. Some soldiers were knocked away after just stabbing their horses in the legs, and some were even hit in the chest, with the force of the impact shattering their ribcage.

Some Song soldiers were trampled into mincemeat by the Iron Pagoda, leaving no complete corpses.

As the Iron Pagoda advanced twenty meters, it encountered very strong resistance from the Song army.

Both sides suffered heavy casualties.

The Song army's heavy cavalry on both flanks also spread out their battle lines. The sound of the war drums changed, and the Beiwei Army's heavy cavalry began to charge towards the Jin army's flanks.

It felt like two red-hot iron forks piercing through.

A bloody battle has begun.