However, the Zhang Qi and Niu Gao troops, who were in a dominant position, were not moved at all. They all abandoned their positions, poured down from top to bottom, and charged towards the flank of the Jin cavalry in a large infantry formation.
However, the first battle came from the north. Before the Song infantry on the flank arrived, the Jin cavalry had all accelerated, and then the waves hit the shore, blowing up thousands of piles of snow.
Heza Meng'an, who was in the lead, with ten Moukes and about seven or eight hundred Iron Buddhas, had no choice of conventional cavalry tactics. They could only rush into the "wall" of the Song army with a determination to die, following a sudden burst of shouts and screams.
They easily broke through the first row of axes, and the long-axe and heavily-armored warriors in front of them were almost wiped out and trampled under the horses' hooves. A commander was also killed in the battle. A considerable number of them continued to break through the second row of spears. At this time, the casualties of the Jin army's Iron Pagoda were very obvious. The long spears that were inserted obliquely into the wet mud had a strong hindering effect on the war horses. A small number of them broke through the third row of axes, and even fewer crossed the fourth row and even the fifth row, but only a handful of people crossed the sixth row... At this time, the Song army had already set up ten rows of spears in this place.
Since the charge failed, the Iron Pagoda naturally tried to pull its troops out, but the Song army on both sides had already divided into two columns and, led by two commanders, they came from both sides. With the retaliatory shouts of the Song army, the long spears easily restrained the Iron Pagoda, which had lost its speed. With the long axes raised high, they chopped people on horseback and chopped legs on foot... The Iron Pagoda, which seemed invincible at all times, used the initial sprint to cause huge casualties, but once they lost their mobility, they immediately became the target of slaughter by long axes, long spears and heavy infantry.
The combination of long axes and heavy infantry with long spears is the natural enemy of the heavily armored cavalry.
Seeing this scene from afar, Balisu, who was still advancing at high speed, trembled slightly in his heart, but he had no intention of slowing down. Instead, he exhausted all his strength, shouted and killed, and led most of the main force behind him to rush towards the Song army that was slaughtering the Iron Pagoda, and once again caused huge casualties.
However, due to the stagnation of the Iron Pagoda in front of them, they did not break through the iron wall of the Song army at all. Moreover, with the waving of flags on the battle line, more long axes and spears, led by Yang Yi Zhong and Zhang Zigai, folded over from the wider wings again, trying to wrap up more Jin cavalry including Balisu.
The war horses of the Balisu tribe were ordinary armored cavalry rather than armored cavalry. The long spears could more easily control the horses, and the axes could more easily chop off the horses' legs.
Once they are double-teamed, it will be a complete massacre.
Of course, the Jin army could not sit idly by and watch this happen. The Jin cavalry units in the rear tried hard to move forward and try to rescue them. The Iron Pagoda who was responsible for blocking the highland pincer attack troops also turned his horse's head and seemed to be loyal to Balisu. However, this directly led to even more terrible things... Zhang Qi and Niu Gao, who had lost their control, urged their troops to rush down regardless of everything, and almost followed Hezhameng'an to hold up the flank of the Jin cavalry formation. At the same time, all the cavalry of the Imperial Camp, both heavy and light, swarmed in from the rear, and cooperated with Li Qiong's troops on the other side. The troops on all sides actually locked the entire Jin cavalry formation tightly.
At the same time, more heavy infantry with long axes and heavy infantry with long spears folded over from both sides again.
Balisu and his elite cavalry were completely trapped in the dense steel forest of the Song army.
At this time, no one on the eastern battlefield cared about Elubu and Yelu Mawu anymore. Even Yelu Mawu and Elubu were trying to get in touch with Balisu, but Li Qiong was not very happy about it.
There were no miracles or accidents. The Song army was the first to get the moon because it was close to the water. Countless Song troops rushed up from all directions under the command of Wang Yan, Yang Yi Zhong, Zhang Zigai, Li Qiong, Liu Qi, Zhang Xian, Li Shifu, and even Yelu Yudu, layer upon layer, clamping down on the Balisu army like wrapping a rice dumpling.
This kind of encirclement, of course, cannot be a complete encirclement, but it is enough to make the Balisu troops lose the possibility of large-scale maneuvers as an organized unit.
Sure enough, after about two quarters of an hour, the Balisubu lost a lot of space and speed to move, just like a prey that lost its life after falling into a spider web.
In fact, this is indeed the case... The charge just now has proved that the cavalry, having lost their mobility, are prey to the Song army's armored walls and axe forests. The only two options waiting for them are being slaughtered or completely collapsing and escaping.
"The person under that flag is the Grand Marshal of the Jin Kingdom?!"
A team of Song cavalry came from behind, but they did not block the retreat honestly. Instead, they galloped past the slope and inserted into the Jin cavalry formation from the rear of Niu Gao's flank. The leading general was tall and strong, holding a huge iron spear, pointing at the five-color sun-holding flag that was still moving in the rain. His tone was full of excitement, but it was unknown who he was asking.
"What do you care about the marshal or not?" Niu Gao, who was sweating profusely, was not far away. He was almost furious when he heard this. "What's the use of being a marshal in this state? What's useful is the flag. If you cut down the flag, this cavalry will be defeated, and it will be the first achievement of the 200,000-man army today!"
The cavalry general who looked like a rammed earth was Yang Zaixing. Upon hearing this, he became more excited. He immediately waved the big iron spear in his hand and led his troops forward bravely… His iron spear was long and heavy. Wherever it swept, it had the advantages of a long-handled weapon and it was like a blunt weapon smashing across. Although the Jin cavalry were all heavily armored, no one could withstand it. What's more, the iron cavalry could sometimes defeat the Jin cavalry, and even the sharp parts on it could cut the flesh of the horses from time to time… Only a hundred people followed behind him, and they really cut a bloody path through the dense Jin cavalry like cutting through the waves, and went straight to the five-colored sun-holding flag a thousand steps away.
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