In such a hurry, it was very troublesome for the unprepared large army to cross the Yongji Canal, which was an overhanging river, in a hurry.
This is the case inside the city, and it must be the same for the reinforcements as well.
But now, Ali's decisive charge without hesitation had a miraculous effect, so Gao Jingshan himself didn't know whether he should deploy the mobile forces in his hands to the north or west of the city.
"Let Pu Suyue leave the city and attack Yue Fei's banner in the north of the city... Remember, let him attack, not let him fight recklessly." Finally, after his eyes swept over the Song cavalry waiting silently in the west of the city again, Gao Jingshan suppressed his anxiety and turned back to issue military orders. "Try to hold the enemy back so that they can't do their best to support the northern defense line."
After he said this, the commander-in-chief of the Jin army regretted his decision, but ultimately did not change the military order.
Because he knew that if he continued to let Pu Suyue wait, he would probably suffer and regret it, and changing military orders on the battlefield would be worse than making a possible wrong decision.
Just like that, when the chaos on the northern defense line reached its peak, the Jin cavalry in Yuan City finally appeared amid a rumble, pouring out of the west gate and then gathering northward along the city.
There were two cavalry units of Song and Jin, one on the east side of the canal and the other on the west side. The Yongji Canal in the middle was a slightly raised artificial canal that could not hide the tall cavalry. It was only a few dozen steps wide. Both sides could see each other's armor from a distance, but neither side cared about the other and did not make any unnecessary moves.
The Jin cavalry hurriedly moved north along the city wall, and the Song cavalry did not risk being attacked from a distance from the city walls by harassing them across the river. They just watched the other side pass by.
This scene further confirmed Gao Jingshan's guess on the corner tower that the discipline of the Song cavalry was far beyond his imagination. If the cavalry in the city crossed the canal to the west side of the canal to provide support, the effect would be even worse.
"Marshal, the Jin army has left the city!"
A general beside him was overjoyed. "Here they are! Should we follow the example of Prince Han, lure them to our front, and then let the Beiwei Army risk blocking their retreat, so as to annihilate them completely under the city?"
"No need." Yue Fei did not even look back to see the situation behind him, but his expression remained unchanged as he quickly gave orders on horseback. "Hebei and Hedong are completely different, so we cannot fight recklessly. Send orders to the three commanders Yao Zheng, Pang Rong, and Li Shan to meet the enemy cavalry as soon as they pass the northwest corner tower of Yuancheng and block them in front of the city!"
After the military order was issued, the three divisions waited for the Jin army to move out of the northwest corner tower, and they started to move according to the order. At this moment, another series of continuous thunderous rumbles resounded through the battlefield again, and billowing smoke and dust once again filled the sky.
This time, the movement came from the northwest of the land, and it did not gradually subside like it did from the north before. Instead, it did not stop for a moment and rushed straight to the northwest gap of the land.
That's right, without Gao Jingshan's military order, the Jin army's Wanhu Shaohe, under the cover of Ali, crossed the Yongji Canal from the rear and seized the biggest flaw of the Song army.
"Let Zhang Zigai stand up."
Tian Shizhong, who was exhausted, was relieved. He loosened the dust in his hand, and the dust fell and sprinkled on his dusty armor. "Go to meet him! Tell him that success or failure depends on this! Determine the sequence of deputy generals in advance, don't learn from that idiot Hu Qing, who not only lost his life, but also ruined the battle line! All the others don't have to wait any longer, follow your own defense lines, and go north to meet the enemy!"
As soon as Tian Shizhong gave the order, nearly 10,000 elite soldiers of the Right Army of the Imperial Camp immediately stood up from between the civilians and the flags and rushed northward. The movement was so loud that it seemed like a rising tide.
On the top of the city wall, Gao Jingshan looked at this spectacular scene and suddenly felt something was wrong… The strength of the Song army's combat troops was beyond his imagination… Zhang Rong led the navy in the east, Tang Huai in the south, Zhang Xian in the west, and there were also necessary troops left behind on the other side of the river. Where did these more than ten thousand people come from?
And if the Song army's strength was like this at the beginning, then what would Ali's infantry assault mean? What would it mean to calculate the chances of victory on both sides of the east and west?
There is no chance of winning on the east side of Yongji Canal!
War is not like a dinner party, so people prepare three tables of food in advance, waiting for the two tables of guests.
"Raise the flag!" Yue Fei finally turned his head to glance at Yuancheng, but he gave the order again on horseback. "Tear down the floating bridge on the river, have General Zhang call back the steamer, and bombard Ali along the river! The Central Army is on standby and do not move! The Beiwei Army is on standby and do not move!"
There are four tables of dishes.
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