Xu Dadao was also a loyal man. He had long seen the difficulties faced by the central army due to Yue Fei's early arrival and the bloated formation of his own army. So after receiving the order, he did not hesitate at all and also rode to the rescue, but tried to use the organized cavalry to separate the cavalry and infantry units of the imperial camp on the main road.
This was a very correct decision. In fact, Yue Fei could not and dared not send such a cavalry into the central battlefield.
"I have two thousand soldiers and you, you must block our way no matter what!" Yue Fei turned to face Tang Huai and spoke concisely.
Tang Huai understood and led his troops away. Yue Fei, with half his body covered in blood, thought for a moment and then ordered the flag to be raised again... Not as he did before, but just like the first time, he directly raised the flag and strode forward to press forward.
By this time, the battle had been going on for about half an hour, and both sides' front lines had suffered heavy casualties and were somewhat shaky. If they continued to move forward at this time, the casualty rate would undoubtedly increase significantly. However, after hesitating for a moment, Yue Fei took the initiative to step forward.
What made Li Cheng on the opposite side feel a little panic was that even though Yue Fei had stepped forward again, the entire Song army formation still showed no signs of wavering... You must know that the casualties of both sides were naturally higher on Li Cheng's side, but the troop ratio of two to one was there, and in terms of casualty ratio, the two sides were almost the same.
However, under such circumstances, Li Cheng's army had already begun to slow down, become confused, and lose formation, but the army in front of the imperial camp still maintained its morale and aggressive attitude.
Just like that, before the middle of the afternoon, Yue Fei himself and his banner appeared in the melee area. At this time, thanks to the tactics of the central cavalry against the infantry and the commander's personal support, the central part of the melee battle line was almost level with the central part of the Tian Division.
This was actually very dangerous for the Song army, so Li Cheng hesitated for the second time.
If he retreated slightly at this time, he would most likely be able to pull the weak central army of the Song army into a three-sided encirclement. This was the best situation for the two cavalry forces to hold the formation, and it was also the ultimate tactical pursuit that was previously defeated by the Song army's oblique formation... However, if he retreated at this time, he would also be in danger of being crushed by Yue Fei and the entire situation collapsing.
On the contrary, he could also choose to lead his troops forward without losing a breath, and fight against Yue Fei directly on the front line.
But if that's the case, he would most likely face the most direct danger to his life... The world is so big, and he has never seen Han Shizhong, who is known as the best, but he knows the big and small eyes in front of him very well. Once the two sides meet, it will be a 50-50 gamble on their lives.
Or worse?
After all, General Li Cheng's double swords were not good at horse fighting, and now they were lost.
For a warrior, losing a sword is a terrible thing.
That's the case right now.
While hesitating, there was no sword to torture his soul, and since no one was questioning him, he just continued to hesitate... Little did he know that staying still after hesitation was the third option besides advancing or retreating, but it was also the worst option.
Because just as he was hesitating, Yue Fei made another move.
Specifically, Yue Fei, who had already reached the extreme position of the front line, moved his flag forward again to exert pressure - but what was interesting was that this time Yue Fei did not go directly west, but instead urged the only two thousand remaining infantrymen to go to the left front, that is, to provide the most direct support and pressure to the right front side of the central part of Tian Shi on the south side of the battlefield.
"broken!"
Li Cheng watched the big flag with the word "Yue" on it heading southwest, and almost instantly saw through the intentions of the man opposite him. He also instantly realized the stupidest arrangement in his pre-war deployment.
"Forward! Forward! I want to fight Big and Small Eyes to the death!"
After waking up, Li Cheng no longer dared to hesitate, but immediately raised his flag and moved forward.
However, as soon as the general's flag was raised, almost at the same time, the Song army suddenly roared and shouted, and almost launched a general attack to the west with all its strength. At the same time, what made Li Cheng completely helpless was that the huge flaw he had just thought of also broke out on the spot... At the forefront on the south side of the battlefield, Meng'an, who came to support Elubu, encountered the stubborn resistance of the long axe and heavy armored soldiers of the Tian division, suffered heavy casualties, and finally chose to retreat under the pincer attack initiated by Yue Fei himself.
Poor Li Cheng was worried before the war that his brothers in Hebei would not work hard enough, and he was also worried that the local tycoons in Jingdong would have ulterior motives. As a result, none of his old brothers betrayed him, but it was the most powerful reinforcements of the Jin army who betrayed him.
Of course, it is not right to say that he betrayed Li Cheng. It was unexpected, but reasonable... No matter how strong the Jin army was, why would they work for Li Cheng? Could it be that a marching general also had to have the strategic awareness of integrating Hebei and Jingdong?
Li Cheng shouldn't have let this unit take on tactical tasks from the beginning.
Back to the present, such an organized force with tactical tasks suddenly retreated, which created a huge gap on the south side of the exhibition. However, with Yue Fei's timely order for a general attack, this gap was instantly occupied by the central part of the Tian Division, which suffered heavy casualties.
For a moment, the entire army of the puppet state seemed to be shaken by the impact.
At this moment, the big flag that Li Cheng had just raised was not only unable to move forward, but was pushed in the opposite direction by the slightly shaken army in front, and was forced to move dozens of steps backward.
But he lost his footing again, fell back again, and then lost his footing for the third time, fell back for the third time.
Finally, the defeat was disastrous.
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