Bugles sounded outside the camp, and war drums began to beat.
The Song army began to assemble.
The young men donned their armor, grabbed their weapons, and charged out of their tents.
The officers outside were gathering their soldiers, shouting loudly, and the young men quickly found their ranks and lined up neatly.
Not far away, a war drummer was pounding his drum with all his might.
Everything seemed to be in good order.
The military police inspector accompanying the army also emerged from his tent and was gathering the military police troops.
They wore black uniforms, carried long sabers, and had almost ruthless expressions on their faces.
Before long, the Song army's formation was set up outside.
The front part right in the middle is Footman A.
Each foot soldier was clad in heavy armor, looking like an iron man.
They were arranged in neat square formations.
Under the new military and political system, the Song army was very disciplined, and their formations were so precise that they looked as if they had been measured with a ruler.
Long spears stood like a forest.
Before long, there was a sudden tremor in the Song army's camp.
"What?! The entire 30,000 Ironclad Army has been wiped out!"
"How is this possible!"
"Those are the most elite armored cavalry in the Yan-Yun war zone!"
"The Jin army is so powerful."
"..."
News of the defeat at the front came from who-knows-where and spread like a plague among the Song army.
"What's all this noise about!" Commander He Yi shouted sternly.
A commander ran over from the front ranks and whispered to He Yi, "Reporting to Commander He, there are rumors that Commander Yao's 30,000 Ironclad Army has been completely wiped out at the front!"
He Yi was slightly taken aback; he was one of Yao Gu's confidants.
Earlier, in Yao Gu's military tent, someone had returned seriously injured, and he and the others were sent away by Yao Gu.
I had only guessed that the situation at the front was not optimistic, but I never expected that the entire army would be wiped out!
That's absolutely impossible!
The Ironclad Army was an elite cavalry force of Yan and Yun. No matter how powerful the Jin army was, it was impossible for them to be completely annihilated!
He Yi's face darkened, but he still couldn't believe it.
The judgment of ordinary soldiers is easily swayed, but a military commander like him has a strong sense of self-judgment.
He would never believe it until he saw it with his own eyes.
He said in a deep voice, "Anyone who dares to spread rumors and sow discord among the troops will be executed!"
"yes!"
The commander seemed to be intimidated by He Yi's firm tone and turned back.
Several soldiers were dragged out, and the officer shouted: "Spreading rumors and confusing the morale of the army, they will be executed immediately!"
With a swift movement, the knife fell, and the head that had been attached to the neck fell to the ground with a soft thud.
Blood splattered all over the ground, and the headless corpse lay slumped to one side.
The others tensed up, just as the officer roared, "Anyone who dares to gossip again will suffer the same fate!"
The panic was quickly contained, but the morale of the Song army seemed to have suffered a setback.
Yao Gu, clad in armor, emerged from his military tent, mounted his horse, and, surrounded by his personal guards, began inspecting the entire army.
Before long, a scout came galloping up, dismounted before Yao Gu, and knelt on one knee: "General Yao, the Jin bandits are already three miles away!"
Yao Gu immediately ordered the entire army to be on high alert, and the war drums became even more intense.
Sure enough, a short while later, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves could be heard.
A black outline rapidly approached, its momentum menacing.
In the middle are heavy cavalrymen fully encased in iron armor, with three horses linked together, and the riders and horses also linked together.
Like a fierce torrent of steel roaring, this was the Iron Pagoda improved by Wanyan Zongbi.
The earth seemed to shatter beneath the feet of the Ironclad Pagoda.
Charging heavy infantry head-on with cavalry is a major taboo, but the Jin army dared to do so at this moment.
Because the impact of this kind of ironclad cavalry is far more terrifying than that of ordinary cavalry.
When the Song army saw the Iron Pagoda clearly and completely, their hearts sank.
There were already rumors among the Song army that Yao Xiong's Ironclad Army had been completely wiped out, but the officers forcibly suppressed the rumors.
Seeing this situation now, I immediately realized that it was not a rumor.
For the soldiers in the Yan-Yun war zone, the Ironclad Cavalry was a very new type of unit.
When Yue Fei destroyed the Xia dynasty, he faced iron hawks that the Yan-Yun war zone had never encountered before.
Moreover, it was already the ninth year of the Jingkang era. Many of the soldiers who had fought alongside the emperor on the northern expedition had already retired, and the current Song army was a new generation.
They didn't fight the Jin army much. Although they trained rigorously in peacetime, the battlefield was a different story.
Upon seeing the Ironclad Cavalry's fierce momentum, they immediately wavered.
If it weren't for the supervisory team behind them, and if it weren't for the countless rigorous training sessions they had undergone, they would have turned tail and fled long ago.
The young men felt a surge of adrenaline rush to their heads, hearing the officers' shouts in their ears, but these quickly faded away along with the other sounds.
The world seemed to fall into a deathly silence, and everyone's breathing became heavy.
He gripped the shield tightly with his left hand and the spear tightly with his right.
The officers were shouting loudly. As the Jin army charged towards them, the Song soldiers instinctively braced themselves with their shields and then thrust their spears forward.
But soon, the Song army's infantry defenses were breached.
The sturdy armor of the Iron Pagoda was mounted on the long spears of the Song army infantrymen, and the enormous force of the impact caused the spears to slip from their hands and be thrown backward.
The immense force of the warhorses and soldiers slammed into the Song army, knocking down the front ranks of Song soldiers, and then the Iron Pagoda soldiers surged forward, trampling on the Song infantry.
The other Song soldiers in front used shields to block them and desperately thrust forward with their spears, but most of them struck the iron armor of the warhorses and were knocked to the ground.
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