The most elite troops of both sides, which were usually put aside for the final push, began to consume each other right away. However, thanks to the sudden counterattack launched by the central unit of the Tian Division, Li Cheng's idea of ​​using cavalry to contain the infantry was caught off guard and directly shattered. The tens of thousands of infantrymen of Li Cheng's army were completely unable to be controlled and commanded in the situation where both sides were actually engaged in a large-scale battle on the south side. Instead, they continued to move forward along the flat road following the inertia of the military formation, and a considerable number of troops were attracted by the battle on the south side, like iron slag attracted by a magnet.

At this time, all the cavalry of Yue Fei's central army, which was mainly the Beiwei Army with only 4,000 people, had gathered at the Beiwei Army led by Zhang Xian. They were still one mile away from the front line of Li Cheng's infantry, but they were advancing slowly at a speed that was completely inconsistent with the normal situation of cavalry.

Under the Zhang banner, Yang Zaixing, who was seeing this kind of battle scene for the first time, was wearing double-layer iron armor, riding a horse given to him by Yue Fei himself, holding a large iron spear in his hand. He walked forward dozens of steps, and after glancing at the situation on the battlefield on the south side in front of his left, he could not help but breathe heavily, and then his whole body began to tremble.

He was not afraid, but excited... Some people seemed to be born for the battlefield from the beginning.

Behind him, Zhang Xian and Guo Jin, who were well-dressed and experienced in combat, were also panting, then reined in their horses and slowly moved forward. In contrast to Yang Zaixing, the two of them were really cautious and nervous. They were cautious rather than hesitant, nervous rather than fearful... The reason for this was that they were experienced in the battlefield, and they knew very well what the result would be of a head-on collision on a flat ground surrounded by narrow and rugged terrain.

Sacrifice is inevitable, but the outcome will be decided in an instant when one side can no longer hold on, and what follows is an unprecedented encirclement, pursuit, and forced landing.

"Charge!" Yang Zaixing watched as the flank of Tian's army was gradually surrounded by Li Cheng's infantry and couldn't help but turn back to make a suggestion.

Zhang Xian said nothing and just went to see Guo Jin.

Guo Jin, who had a ladle tied around his waist, reined in his horse and looked to the north, but shook his head: "Vice-Governor Wang (Wang Gui) hasn't waved the flag yet."

Zhang Xian nodded and pretended to be calm: "The 3,000 soldiers in Tian's army are capable of fighting. They stopped Hezhameng'an and Lou Shi in Yaoshan before. This is nothing! We can just draw the enemy's center army over and break up their formation, making it easier for us to charge."

Yang Zaixing had no idea what Heza Meng'an and Lou Shi were. He was just extremely impatient and helpless, so he reined in his horse and rode forward in a circle again.

Just as he was about to come back to urge Zhang Xian with his blood boiling, he suddenly heard drums beating from the rear, and saw countless flags waving together... Caught off guard, Zhang Xian took the lead, and rushed out from the side with Guo Jin and a team of personal guards.

Yang Zaixing was furious. He turned around and called his troops, then turned around and led the charge.

Immediately, the entire Beiwei Army and all the hastily assembled cavalry, no more than 4,000 people, rushed towards the central army formation of the 40,000-strong army in front.

In less than half an hour, the Beiwei Army of the Imperial Camp's front army had thrust itself into the back of the enemy army on the side of the Beiwei Army of the Imperial Camp's right army. The thousands of infantrymen of Li Cheng's army that went to attack the three thousand long-axe heavy infantrymen were instantly blown away on the spot... The cavalry on the north saw this and immediately tried to turn around and catch the cavalry that emerged from the middle under the command of the general. Unexpectedly, on some rugged mountains, countless infantrymen shouted loudly, and soon came forward in a counter-charge under the leadership of a large flag with the word "king". The three divisions of the south, middle and north were staggered in an orderly manner, seizing the opportunity to block the cavalry on the south side, attract the scattered infantry in the middle, and connect with the cavalry on the north side, leaving the other side no room for maneuvering and adjusting on the battlefield.

All we can say is that on this day, the two armies met on a narrow road after marching for most of the day. After just a hasty adjustment of their formation, they collided head-on!

It was really a powerful collision!

The 60,000-strong army, one side with 40,000 and the other with more than 20,000, collided head-on on the land of Qi and Lu like two pottery jars filled with boiling blood.

For a moment, blood flowed all over the ground, debris scattered everywhere, steam billowed, and it was unclear who had won. Only the sound of shouting and killing was loud, with echoes turning over and over, rising from behind the hills.

PS: Thanks to Yokogami Beef Noodles classmate for the double cuteness!