You know, after being in Jeju for the past few days and seeing the people of Jeju being so abused by the Jin army, Yue Pengju certainly didn't believe that Liangshan Marsh, which had a deep hatred for the Jin people, would sell them out.
However, several serious officers beside him could not help but complain, because looking at the defensive position and terrain arranged by Zhang Rong, it is dangerous, and of course it is enough to hold, but it is just a defense, and it is still far from the outstanding ambush site that Yue Fei had expected... What is even more puzzling is that since it is an ambush of such a scale, it must be annihilated, and although the water here is deep on both sides, the sand and gravel are hard, and both sides are connected to the shore. Given the caution of the Jin army leader, if Zhang Rong really leads a large group of navy to surround it on both sides, can't he just turn around and leave?
You have to know that the big round beach we came from is three or four miles in circumference, and the base of the gourd and the waist of the gourd under your feet are probably about three or four hundred steps wide!
With such a wide width and the hardness of the sand and gravel, not only can the cavalry come and go as they please, even charging into the formation can be done as long as they don't care about the lives of the horses!
In fact, didn't Yue Fei and his 400 cavalrymen just gallop in?
However, Yue Fei had no time to think about it. During this moment of conversation and observation, the Jin army sent out a small group of scouts to confirm the situation inside, and then without hesitation, led a large group of troops into the water.
The situation between the two sides was clear at a glance, without any concealment at all.
But even so, Wanyan Seri still remained cautious. He actually stopped his horse, looked around and observed the situation.
However, seeing that the large reed marshes on both sides were five or six miles away, and seeing with his own eyes that the scouts could gallop to the front of the Song army's position, and that the Song army was not without reinforcements and support, Wanyan Seri watched for a long time and, despite the impatience of the other officers, concluded that the Song army had run out of tricks and only wanted to rely on a large group of reinforcements to hold on until dark, forcing the Jin army to retreat... This was already a good calculation.
Therefore, Wan Hu, who had always been cautious, no longer hesitated, but instead ordered the entire army to advance in pursuit, in order to defeat the Song army and end the battle before dark.
A quarter of an hour later, under the spring afternoon sun, the war broke out!
Arrows flew everywhere, blood splashed everywhere! At the narrow pass of Huluyao, blood spread out almost instantly, and it continued endlessly!
It was at this time that the Jin army seemed to have received truly "fair" treatment and demonstrated its true combat strength... Although they had come from afar and were well-rested, and although they had no advantage in numbers and could not make use of the cavalry's advantage in local battlefield mobility, and although the Song army on the opposite side had a greater range advantage, the Jin army gradually turned the balance of the war back with the hard impact and damage of dismounted infantry combat, as well as the armor-piercing lethality of the Jurchen bows and arrows, and the balance became increasingly tilted.
"The Song army has run out of tricks!"
Wanyan Saili, who was standing on horseback at the center of Dayuantan on the belly of the gourd, looked at the Song army formation in the northwest for a long time and suddenly laughed.
Liu Lin, standing next to him, was the opposite. His expression was serious and full of worry. He almost immediately asked back, "Why did General Wanyan say that? The strength of this Song army is far beyond imagination. We four complete Meng'an took turns to attack them, but they didn't retreat for more than half an hour... Maybe they can really hold out until dark and force us to retreat."
"Brother Liu is right and wrong..." Wanyan Seri shook his head repeatedly.
"Please give me some advice, General Wanyan."
"Brother Liu, look." Wanyan Saili was obviously in a good mood at this time, so he pointed his whip at Liu Lin and explained a little. "You are right because the Song army I saw today is indeed the most rare Song army I have ever seen in my life. They are well-disciplined, well-organized, and they keep fighting. And you are wrong because the number of soldiers in this Song army who can really fight hard is actually less than 5,000. Including the hundreds of cavalrymen who lured the enemy before, there are only about 1,400 to 1,500 soldiers... The enemy can hold on now, all thanks to the 1,400 to 1,500 soldiers, and the rest of the troops are already shaking!"
Liu Lin suddenly realized: "It must be the headquarters commanded by the man named Yue!"
"That's right." Wanyan Saili couldn't help but sigh. "The commander of an army must be someone famous, and his surname is Yue, which is rare. Brother Liu, do you remember this person?"
Liu Lin raised his head and thought for a long time, and finally shook his head: "I really don't recognize him!"
Wanyan Seri was slightly disappointed.
Liu Lin observed the expression and immediately realized: "General Wanyan wants to surrender?"
"Talents are hard to come by!" Wanyan Saili sighed. "Moreover, among the Han people, your father in the south and General Han Chang in the north are both highly valued by our Great Jin Kingdom. If he brings his troops here, he will be treated well immediately. After two battles, he will be a well-known general!"
Liu Lin was slightly moved, so he volunteered: "Although I don't know him, since we are already at the end of our rope, why not take advantage of the next attack gap to shout for General Wanyan?"
"Be careful of his archery skills!" Wanyan Seri nodded with satisfaction and immediately agreed.
A moment later, as one group of Jin troops withdrew and another group of Jin troops were not yet launched, Liu Lin really rode forward and stopped just over a hundred steps away from the Huluyao Song army position. Then he shouted from afar to the Song army position that was soaked in blood, but he asked General Yue to come out and speak!
Yue Fei wanted to delay time, and he knew that his troops had reached their limit. There was no reason to refuse, so he immediately rode out of the battle line, came to the blood, stood far away, and waited for the other side to speak.
"General Yue!" Liu Lin did not dare to move forward, but just hid behind the troops and shouted at them. "My General Wanyan has already seen clearly the strength of your army... Only your own thousand people can fight, and now they are exhausted and can't stand two more hard blows! And you killed a Meng'an, which has already angered General Wanyan, so today, let alone holding out until dark, even if you muster up the remaining courage to hold out until dark, our Jin army has no intention of letting you go! When the time comes, you will have more infantry and we will all be cavalry. If you want to run, you can only abandon your own troops and lead a few hundred cavalry to run... What's going on? Is this what a general should do?"
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