Chapter 390: North and South Rise
At noon, beside the west fork of the Yellow River North Road.
A strong warhorse wearing a layer of leather armor and a leather mask tried hard to carry its master out from the gap in the north. There, people and horses were already close to each other, and the armor was so dense that the flags could not be unfolded at all, and the flashes of the weapons' blades were almost connected under the reflection of the midday sun.
The Song army's heavily armored long axemen and the Jin army's heavily armored cavalry swarmed in the front line, hacking and killing each other regardless of casualties. And extending a little bit outward, the heavy arrows and powerful crossbows of both sides, although the accidental injury rate was alarming, still did not dare to stop for a moment.
This gap, which is only two miles wide, has become a meat grinder. It just depends on who can't hold on first.
It can only be said that it was lucky for this warhorse and his master to be able to escape from the battle group, especially as they were heavy armored cavalrymen from the Jin army, whose goal was to break through this gap.
However, soon after the warhorse escaped from the battle group, it quickly slowed down along the Yellow River, whistling constantly, and then instinctively retracted its hind legs. It turned out that someone had cut a wound on the right hind leg of the majestic warhorse, and the skin was torn while running, and was hanging on the leg, so that bright red blood kept oozing out along the exposed wound and dripping onto the ground along the torn skin.
Even when it left the core of the battlefield where the temperature was relatively high and arrived at the riverside, a thin layer of white mist rose around the wound in the winter chill.
The Jurchen knight on the horse looked back and obviously noticed this, but the adrenaline brought by the previous battle in the core of the battle group was still working. He almost didn't hesitate for a moment, and directly swung the broken spear in his hand and hit the horse's butt hard, while exerting force with the spurs under his feet. The horse felt pain, turned on the spot, and continued to gallop. According to the master's signal, it went straight to a group of civilians dozens of steps away. The knight immediately threw down the spear, took a fist-thick cavalry hammer from his waist, and then raised it high.
These laborers were digging a new trench hastily under the orders of several soldiers... There was no other way. The fighting on the front was fierce, and casualties continued. As more and more wounded and bodies were carried to the back, the laborers were obviously afraid of the front. Coupled with a night of fatigue, many people refused to work anymore, so that the Song army had to use something like a supervision team to force these laborers to come to the rear of the gap and continue to build a second line of defense in order to further hinder the Jin cavalry.
As for the front line, the supervision team has been used long ago.
But no matter what, at this moment these civilians suddenly saw Jurchen heavily armored cavalry crossing the front line, riding on majestic war horses like iron towers, and then waving hammers at them, and they were immediately frightened and fled.
The few soldiers could only hastily pick up their weapons and try to stop them.
An arrow was shot first and pierced the leather armor on the warhorse's neck.
This arrow actually did not cause any substantial damage to the warhorse, but the arrowhead pierced the leather armor and the neck, which had an inexplicable miraculous effect... Not only did the warhorse's momentum slow down, but it also kept twisting its long neck and spinning on the spot to avoid the pain on its neck. During this gap, two Song soldiers holding spears had already taken the opportunity to rush forward, trying to stab the Jurchen knight who had obviously lost his weapon with their spears from the left and right.
Upon seeing this, the Jurchen knight cursed and reined in his horse again, while also being prepared to abandon his horse if necessary. However, unexpectedly, a thick arrow suddenly shot from behind, brushing against the armor of the still spinning Jurchen knight and hitting a Song army spearman in the face.
The knight looked back and saw that it was a fellow Jin soldier in heavy armor who had lost his horse. He was overjoyed, but had no time to thank him or anything. He just called out and called on the soldier in heavy armor to follow him. Ignoring the horse's neighing, he pulled out the arrow from the horse's neck with all his strength, forcibly reined in the horse, and prepared to charge again.
Seeing this, another Song army spearman was immediately frustrated and simply turned and fled with his spear. The knight was even more delighted, but his battlefield experience told him that the spearman had not let go of his spear, which might be a trick, and he should hand it over to his comrade who had a bow in his hand. So he ignored the spearman and turned directly to the Song army archer who had shot the arrow before.
The warhorse galloped past the archer's side, and the Jurchen knight hit the archer, who was obviously in a panic and about to escape, from behind with just one hammer.
However, when the knight succeeded in his attack, he reined in his horse and turned around, only to be shocked to find that his comrade who had helped him by shooting an arrow had disappeared without a trace. He had no idea when and how he died, and even his body was hard to find.
Of course, this Jurchen knight was not sympathizing with the world, but he rushed here alone, and the role of his comrades was beyond doubt. The other party had just saved his life, which was a clear proof. He was panicked when he suddenly lost his only comrade. And since he was panicked, coupled with the cold wind blowing by the river, the energy he had brought to the main battlefield was suddenly removed.
The knight began to have some doubts.
In fact, his worries were not wrong. When the surrounding Song soldiers came to their senses, they saw that there was only one knight. The knight had lost his weapon and his horse's leg was half broken and bloody. Sure enough, someone immediately started shouting and greeting on the battlefield. Then the knight saw seven or eight Song soldiers gathering together, with bows, crossbows, spears and shields, and coming towards him.
At this moment, the knight dared not to fight back, nor did he dare to go back to the gap that was like a meat grinder. Instead, he hesitated for a moment, turned his horse's head, and prepared to gallop towards the group of scattered civilians again.
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