The length of the lance was astonishing, and Pei Mantu Nian did not just pierce through it... He was not at that stage yet... Instead, he reined in his horse and cut sideways when he was a few dozen steps in front of the formation, and used his lance to stab the Song army that was moving and unable to form a lance formation, using his length advantage to kill and injure the outermost layer of the Song army.
With this thrust, the effect was like scraping fish scales, easily scraping off a layer of bloody flesh from the side of Li Qiong's formation.
After Pei Mantu scraped off a layer, he turned around and came back, but saw that the Song army in front of him was still moving. He did not hesitate to do the same thing again. He wanted to take advantage of the enemy's active shift and expose the weakness of the flank to defeat Li Qiong's entire formation.
But this time, just as Pei Mantuan suddenly turned his formation, the Song army in front suddenly stopped, which caught the Silver Medal Marching Meng'an off guard and seemed to have cut in too 'deeply'... That's not all. Just as Pei Mantuan and dozens of his front-line subordinates cut into the Song army's formation, in the smoke and dust on the side, an officer who was obviously a general of the Song army rode out at the head of dozens of horses. He did not go after Tutuan, nor did he do anything else. He just took advantage of the opportunity when Pei Mantuan's follow-up troops slowed down their horses and led his troops to cut off the retreat of the Jin army's Silver Medal Marching Meng'an horizontally.
Tu Nien was temporarily isolated in a small area, so he was naturally shocked, but the warhorse under his crotch accelerated... This was because he had rich battlefield experience and knew that he could not stay here for long. The only way to survive was to take the opportunity to break out quickly. But it was obvious that the general had great prestige in the army, and the Song army, which was originally scattered and unable to stand, was inspired by the general and pressed towards Tu Nien from three sides regardless of everything. The three sides joined forces, plus the long spears stabbed randomly, and Tu Nien swung his hammer and smashed randomly, and he was overwhelmed, but he didn't expect the warhorse under his crotch to suddenly neigh, because the Song army's long spear stabbed into the abdomen, and it knelt down and threw its master off.
Poor Tu Nian first lost his mount, rolled over, was already injured, and was then stabbed by several spears, and died directly in the Song army's formation.
The sun continued to set in the west. Because Lou Shi never sent out troops, Wu Jie also held down the follow-up troops tightly. Fortunately, the troops in the imperial camp dared to fight, and the front line on the plateau was suddenly stabilized.
In the camp at the foot of the mountain five or six miles away, seeing this situation from the rammed earth platform with a good view, Wu Jie's hands were shaking so much that he had to hold on to his sword to be able to endure... Because since the Song army had stabilized, the Jin army would have to continue to attack, and all he, Wu Da, needed to do was to wait and strike back.
"What is that?" The battle slowed down a bit, and Zhao Jiu couldn't help but look up curiously, because he just realized that since when, a big bird has been circling in front of his head. "Is it the Jurchen's Saker Falcon?"
"Yes!" Yang Yizhong looked at the big bird above his head, took a quick look and nodded. "I wonder which Jurchen general it belongs to..."
Zhao Jiu nodded and didn't take it seriously. Although the other generals glanced at him when they heard him, they also didn't express anything.
After all, this is not some kind of long-distance time travel. Raising a Saker Falcon can give you the special skill of eagle eyes. This kind of bird can only see where there are many people and reply with a rough location of the main battlefield, which is already amazing.
Now that the war situation has reached this point, does this kind of intelligence still have any meaning?
So, no one paid any attention.
However, just when everyone was about to turn their attention back to the front and began to discuss whether or not to let the Qinfeng Road troops press forward... Yang Yizhong's face suddenly changed, and then Zhao Jiu, Wu Jie and others also changed their faces, because in full view of everyone, the Saker Falcon, after circling in the battlefield area full of people for a few weeks, actually turned its head and flew to the west, that is, behind Yaoshan!
"Liu Xi! Quickly lead your Xihe Road troops out of the camp and line up on the right wing!" Wu Jie's face changed drastically and he gave the order immediately.
Liu Xi was no fool, so he bowed his head and obeyed the order, then hurried away to appoint his generals.
Almost as soon as this man walked out of the gate, a horseman came along the not-too-steep slope of the mountain and met him, galloped to the front of the central army camp, then hurriedly showed a gold medal and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
The assistant official guarding the gate did not dare to be negligent and came over with a gold medal and a brocade bag. Yang Yi Zhong stepped forward to take them. Without looking at the gold medal, he opened the brocade bag first. After just one glance, his face changed drastically and he hurried back.
"I said that Lou Shi would not force himself to fight with fewer troops." Wu Jie glanced at the brocade bag in Yang Yizhong's hand, his face gloomy, and said directly to Zhao Jiu and the other generals. "If my guess is correct, it should be Huo Nu who led his 10,000 cavalry from behind Yaoshan, preparing to attack the camp from the side, or simply go to the plateau to decide the outcome... The Saker Falcon just now can only mean that the Jin army has arrived behind Yaoshan behind us, and it is only seven or eight miles away from here. When Liu Xi goes out, he will hit them head-on... However, Qu Da is in the north. If Huo Nu goes south, he will definitely notice it. There is no reason not to follow him. It's just that he has too few cavalry. I'm afraid that he can only send 5,000 or 6,000 cavalry to support him. The infantry will not be available until the evening!"
Wang Yuan, Zhang Xian, Tian Shizhong and others all nodded in agreement. Even Scholar Kobayashi nodded slightly to show his agreement.
However, after Yang Yizhong whispered something in Zhao Jiu's ear, the Zhao Song official was silent for a moment, and then he tried to correct the information: "It's not the military situation behind the mountain, but Han Liangchen sent someone to report. If what he said is true, it's probably not just the living women who came, because a large group of Jin troops sneaked across from Longmen Ferry behind Liangshan the day before yesterday, with at least 10,000 and at most tens of thousands..."
Everyone except Wu Jie's expression changed drastically.
"But the good thing is that Han Liangchen set out this morning with about 7,000 reinforcements, who may arrive before dusk... He asked us to be on guard." Zhao Jiu took several deep breaths and spoke calmly.
The generals were somewhat relieved, and Yang Yizhong opened his mouth slightly, but then closed it immediately.
Just like that, two quarters of an hour later, Liu Xi led the entire Xihe Road army to complete the battle line. At this moment, several flags flashed at the southwest end of Yao Mountain, and then countless Jin cavalry rushed from there.
Seeing this scene from afar, Zhao Jiu and Wu Jie both looked at each other with solemn expressions.
Correspondingly, on the Jinsulu Mountain more than ten miles away, Lou Shi saw this scene from afar, and without saying a word, he stood up and mounted his horse. When he arrived in front of the army formation at the foot of the mountain, he just made a gesture, and the remaining 7,000 cavalrymen there all swarmed to follow and followed forward.
The 7,000-strong army marched calmly to the west, neither hurried nor slow.
At the same time, at the foot of Yao Mountain, Jin cavalry continued to emerge. Liu Xi had already seen clearly from the flags that the approaching generals were the Fourth Prince Wanyan Wushu and Han Chang; and on the Dongpo Plateau, the fierce fighting was still going on, but with such a big movement, the two armies of the Song army were slightly frustrated and showed signs of fatigue; as for the mud on the north side of the battlefield, although Liu Qi had the advantage, so far, only one-fifth of the thirty surrounded Jin army Mouke were killed or wounded, and they still insisted on not retreating.
"Bring out my dragon banner!" After a pause, Zhao Jiu suddenly asked Wu Jie. "If Wushu knew I was here, he would be anxious and lose his composure."
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