That was not all. As part of the deer antlers were removed, the Jin army immediately changed their tactics. On the one hand, they continued to expand the front line, and on the other hand, they began to dismantle and chop the deer antlers on the spot, wrap them with their own flags and even military uniforms, and then light them up, forming a kind of temporary weird torches and throwing them back and forth under the fence.

This trick worked wonders. Soon, part of the fence was ignited, forcing the commander of the Song army on the front line to panic and rush to get water to put out the fire.

On the corner tower of Yuancheng, Gao Jingshan, who saw this scene and the direction of the smoke and dust behind from afar, was excited... He had to admit the determination and appropriateness of the two veteran generals Ali and Shaohe.

Yue Fei also felt a little serious when he saw the fireworks in the north from afar.

"Du Tong!"

A Jin soldier hurriedly climbed up the corner tower and conveyed the message, "General Pu Suyue is ready. Please go out from the west gate, go around to the north, and attack the Song army from behind to help Generals Ali and Shaohe!"

Gao Jingshan turned around and hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand with all his strength: "No hurry!"

"marshal!"

A Song army councilor wearing leather armor also stepped forward carefully. "The Jin army's offensive is quite urgent. Should we send reinforcements? Sending from here is appropriate enough. Sending from the east of Yongji Canal is also fast enough."

Yue Fei did not hesitate, and without even looking at the other party, he raised his hand and said: "Don't move!"

The senator reluctantly withdrew.

Although the commanders of both sides were not shaken by Ali's offensive for the time being, the direction of the war was beyond everyone's expectations. In other words, the strength of Ali, a Jurchen veteran who rose from a lowly soldier to a commander of a thousand households, and his troops was beyond everyone's expectations.

Almost as soon as he arrived at the front line, he gave the order to dismount and fight for the defense line, and then he used his own flags and military uniforms to burn the fences, which worked wonders. But that's not all... Obviously, with the arrival of his Han army in the rear, the Jin army's bows and crossbows were quickly formed, and real arrows began to fly on the battlefield.

Moreover, the land east of the Yongji Canal was only a few miles wide. Due to the obstruction of deer horns, the two sides were fighting along several narrow fronts that were temporarily opened.

At this time, under this combat mode, the Jin army was certainly unable to deploy a large number of troops, but the numerical advantage of the Song army was not very obvious. Instead, due to fatigue, they fell at a disadvantage to the fresh forces of the Jurchens.

A quarter of an hour later, the Jin army successfully crossed the trench, pushed over a fence whose pillars and ropes had been burned, and crossed the defense line.

"Come with me!"

In front of the defense line, Hu Qing, the commander of the right army of the imperial camp who was in charge of this section of the defense, was in a panic for a moment. He shouted loudly in the Jingdong accent, calling for his own personal guards. Then he hastily put on his helmet and went forward to try to block the gap himself.

However, when he led his troops to meet them, it was only a face-to-face encounter. A Jurchen heavy-armored soldier who rushed out first saw an opportunity and shot an arrow directly at Hu Qing, hitting him in the face where he was not wearing any armor. Hu Qing, a commanding officer, died on the spot in front of the fence.

After Hu Qing's death, the guards behind him panicked and hastily snatched the body of their leader, then retreated in a daze, allowing the Jin army to take advantage of the situation and rush into the gap. They chased and killed them indiscriminately while chopping the fence with weapons in an attempt to expand the gap.

On the tower, Gao Jingshan's breathing became heavy as he saw this scene from afar.

"Let Zhao Buyu lead a thousand men over there to plug the leak!"

A moment later, the news of Hu Qing's death reached the banner. At this time, the Jin army had obviously expanded the advantage of the breakthrough point, and even had two other small breakthroughs. Yue Fei had to face this problem. "But if Tian Dutong has his own arrangements, he should not seize the front line without authorization, but only maintain the rear..."

Zhao Buyou was a student of the Imperial Academy who came from a royal family and was well-known for his martial arts. As early as the Jing Kang period, he met Yue Fei by chance in Xiangzhou and had always been obedient to him. He had been Yue Fei's subordinate since Yue Fei was a general under the Tokyo Liaison Office, and now he was the commander-in-chief.

After Zhao Buyu left, the surrounding councilors and officers gathered around him, and they all felt that the situation was somewhat dangerous and that Yue Fei's handling of the matter had underestimated the enemy.

"It's not that I underestimate the enemy." The life and death of more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians was at stake. At this point, even Yue Fei had to explain to his staff and close officers. "On the contrary, the troops of Shaohe have not appeared, and the reinforcements in the city have not come out! Moreover, the Yongji Canal divides the land into two. Although the battle on the east side seems critical, it is just that the Jin army relies on its fresh troops and has a strong momentum. Once they are restrained, they will inevitably be frustrated. On the contrary, the gap of only a few hundred steps to the west of the Yongji Canal is the real fatal place in this battle. We need to leave enough backup for emergency."

The generals tried their best to suppress their anxiety and continued to wait and see.

However, having said that, just as Zhao Buyu was leading his troops to support the front, the situation on the front line became increasingly worse - the Jin army, taking advantage of the momentum of breaking through the fence, continued to make great strides on the front line. A heavy armored force coming from the rear to support them broke through the gap and without hesitation took advantage of the chaos to rush in front of a team that was obviously civilians carrying water and putting out fires, and they killed them at will, causing even greater chaos.

Seeing this situation from afar, Yue Fei continued to sit upright on his horse without moving, while Gao Jingshan on the corner tower completely hesitated when Pu Suyue asked for a fight for the fourth time.

As the main general of Daming Prefecture, Gao Jingshan had a complete understanding of the war situation and was well aware of Yue Fei's intention of keeping his troops inactive. He was even in a high position, looking far into the north, and could see some things more clearly than Yue Fei.

After all, he was also waiting for the Jin army to bypass the west of Yongji Canal and rush into the gap which was only a few hundred steps away.

But now the big problem is that the Song army built a city overnight and built countless bridges on the Yongji Canal. Although the Song army could not say that it was easy to travel between the east and west sides, it definitely had a mobility advantage. As for the Jin army, whether it was the previous obstruction of the sentries in the city, the lack of the Shaohe at this time, or his hesitation about the direction of Pu Suyue's attack, it actually clearly showed a huge tactical loophole for the Jin army... Under the magical operation of the Song army, the Yongji Canal, which they originally relied on, became the biggest tactical obstacle for the Jin army.

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