The spring breeze was blowing, and for some reason, the air in the already green mountains and fields seemed dull, and Huyan Tong quickly found new reinforcements... This was not a difficult task, because there was definitely no shortage of Song troops on the northwest side of the Taiping River, just as there was definitely no shortage of Jin troops on the other side... In fact, when Niu Gao's troops heard the news and led their troops to the riverside and joined forces with the Khitan cavalry under Yelu Nuge, the Jin army also took the opportunity to reinforce their troops, and thousands of cavalry and infantry came and gathered under the banner of Tuhesu.

The situation was still that the Jin army had an absolute advantage, or it could be said that Hu Yantong's troops were still in an embarrassing and desperate situation.

In response to this, Niu Gao sternly rejected the request to lead his troops to cross the river for a large-scale rescue, and instead suggested to Huyan Tong that both sides transport military equipment, supplies and wounded soldiers via the stone bridge. At the same time, he would also send his own soldiers to provide small-scale support rotations to ensure that Huyan Tong's troops could gain a foothold on the other side of the river... In this way, if they could hold out until dark and then cross the river to evacuate, the losses would be reduced to a barely acceptable level.

Hu Yantong certainly knew that this was the most appropriate and wisest solution at the moment, but he still found it difficult to accept. However, this difficulty in accepting was not just anger, but also contained more shame.

After all, facing Niu Gao, a veteran commander who had been present at the Heyin Oath of Brotherhood, he could no longer shirk his responsibility by saying that the Khitans did not help him.

In shame and anger, this fierce general had the mentality of launching a desperate charge and dying on the high ground several times when he was supervising the battle at the front line.

However, just after Niu Gao arrived at the dispatched school and explained the plan, things began to change... Specifically, as time went on and information became clearer, more and more reinforcements came from both sides.

There was no way. The troops on both sides were too many and too close to each other. It was too easy to mobilize and gather them in the relatively cramped area of ​​Huolu-Jingxing.

Finally, with the appearance of Li Yanxian's mainstay banner and at least five commanding cavalry and infantry units in the northwest of Taiping River, quantitative change led to qualitative change.

Obviously, this seems to be another large-scale confrontation.

But this time, it was the Jin army that took the initiative. They had no reason to withdraw their troops. They could not give up the fat piece of meat of Huyan Tong's tribe. Seeing that Li Yanxian personally led tens of thousands of elite troops to come to the rescue, not only did Tuhesu remain motionless, but soon Wanyan Bendu and Shaohe, two thousand households, led more troops to arrive to support.

Three Wanhu and thirty thousand people are a force that far exceeds the tactical requirements.

Moreover, Wanyan Bendu, nicknamed the Golden Prince, was the commander-in-chief and had the power to command the other two Wanhu at any time. This meant that both sides had a front-line commander who had the power to declare war at any time.

Everyone noticed the change in the nature of the situation. The Jin army generals on the high ground and the Song army generals on the narrow plain on the other side of the river all became serious. No one in the Jin army, which still held an absolute advantage, could remain comfortable. Huyan Tong, who was in the focus of the two armies and still personally commanding at the front line, felt his scalp tingling.

However, no one cared about Hu Yantong's psychological pressure.

As the sun continued to set, the support of the two armies never stopped. When almost all the troops of Li Yanxian's imperial camp arrived and formally formed up on the side of the Taiping River, the main force of Li Shifu's Dangxiang light cavalry, the main force of Khitan light cavalry led by Yelu Yudu, and the main force of Western Mongolian light cavalry led by Huerzahusi and his son, because of the advantages of light cavalry, also arrived one after another before the infantry.

According to their traditional tactics, these light cavalrymen took the initiative to gather on both sides and behind the infantry formation of Li Yanxian's troops. Moreover, due to lack of discipline, many of them simply tried to approach from the shallows and harass the Song army across the river. This time, the Jin cavalry, which had been let loose, certainly had no intention of indulging the Song army. Small-scale battles between the cavalry of both sides broke out at several shallows.

Of course, the Jin army did not show weakness. As mentioned before, this place is only twenty miles away from their Shiyi camp. For the Jin cavalry, which has the tactical advantage of mobility, they can basically travel back and forth at a glance.

When the sun was setting in the southwest, the Jin army had gathered five Wanhu on the high ground - Olubu and Ali also arrived at the high ground.

The two sides still maintain a fragile and dangerous balance.

The Song army did not dare to cross the river easily as they were not at an advantage in terms of manpower. The Jin army, which had the initiative this time, also began to be timid. Wanyan Bendu wanted to order his troops to forcibly eliminate Huyan Tong's troops several times, but he never said it out loud.

It is understandable that he wanted to order an attack, because this confrontation was different from the last one, and this time the Jin army really had the upper hand.

Although the Taiping River, which is so deep that one can swim across on horseback and so shallow that one can wade across, is just a small river that is not even drawn on the map and cannot be compared with the Mianman River, it unexpectedly provided the Jin army with a powerful tactical boost at this time.

But the Golden Prince also had reason to be afraid, because once a large-scale advance was launched, even without the orders from him and Li Yanxian on the opposite side, the troops of both sides might get out of control and a war would break out directly.

At that time, tactical support is tactical support, but the scale of the war will be completely uncontrollable... The light cavalry of the Song army will swarm across the river, and then the heavy infantry will follow under the cover of the cavalry. The Jin army will also be unable to control the battlefield position. They will also cross the shallows and try to defeat the light cavalry of the Song army from both wings, and then surround the main force of the Song army. But the Song army cannot sit and wait for death. They will have more reinforcements, and the Jin army will also deploy more troops.

A decisive battle in the wilderness that everyone knows about in advance but catches everyone off guard will break out in an instant.

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