Yue's army occupied the line of Dading, Zhongjing and Xingzhong.
Zhao Huan's 180,000 imperial guards arrived in the Sixteen States one after another. Wang Zongchu's troops finally reached the Yanmen Pass area, and Wu Ge's troops also reached Juyong Pass.
Zhao Huan's plan was for Zong Ze's troops to link up with Wang Zongchu's and then march north. Wu Ge's troops would reach Zhongjing and join Yue Fei's forces, then attack the Jin capital, Shangjing. The entire Song army would advance across the frontier, seizing the Jin's most advantageous territory.
The so-called Song-Xia-Mongol alliance, to put it bluntly, is actually that everyone wants to get the biggest piece of the pie, and whoever seizes more territory gets it.
Hebule encountered Wanyan Quanshi's Western Army on the Linhuang line. The commander-in-chief of the Jin army's Western Army, General Nian Youer, was experienced in fighting the enemy and had participated in the destruction of Liao.
Wanyan Quanshi sent Shuhugeqin's 30,000 troops to provide support.
Dalandai's 4,000 cavalry encountered Shuhugeqin's army at Horal Mountain.
Shuhugeqin's troops were seven times larger than those of Dalandai, and the battle was unprecedentedly brutal.
The days when the Jin army was invincible with tens of thousands of troops were gone forever. Shuhugeqin's 30,000 cavalrymen were scattered by the Mongolian cavalry of only 4,000 people.
Shuhugeqin was horrified. It was not like they had never fought against the Mongols before. A few hundred Mongol cavalrymen could fight effortlessly. In the past, the Jin Dynasty always chased the Mongols to fight.
Unexpectedly, thousands of Mongols gathered together, their fighting power exploded. Dalandai and his 800 warriors shuttled back and forth in the hail of spears and arrows, while two thousand-man squads led by a centurion attacked from both flanks.
Four thousand people dared to surround and attack thirty thousand people. What was terrible was that the Jin soldiers showed signs of decline when facing the impact of the Mongolian cavalry.
The Mongolian scimitar was a natural advantage on horseback, and every archer had one. The Mongolian archery skills were so impressive that the Jin army was almost unbeatable.
Shu Hugeqin was horrified. He saw a Mongolian general on the left wing charging left and right, and wherever he passed, the Jin soldiers fell off their horses. He was truly invincible. The battle formation was instantly disrupted.
Shuhugeqin rushed over with his entourage to provide assistance and engaged in battle with the general.
This man was none other than Dalantai, and Shuhugeqin was terrified after several rounds of fighting with him. This Mongolian general's swordsmanship wasn't particularly sophisticated, but his attacks were ruthless and deadly, and he would never engage in a fight.
After a few more rounds of fighting, Shuhugeqin was defeated and his left arm was accidentally chopped off by Darantai.
Shu Hugeqin was heartbroken, knowing he was no match for his opponent, so he jumped off his horse and fled. Dalantai took the bow and arrow from his back, pulled an arrow from the quiver behind him, and drew the bow almost effortlessly, his movements extremely skillful.
With a sound of "whoosh!", an arrow hit Shu Hugeqin's back.
The Jin army was already losing, and the death of their leader precipitated further chaos. Dalantai ordered his men to blow the horn, and the entire army launched a charge!
The Jin soldiers fled in all directions, and the Mongolian cavalry rained arrows at them, trampling countless Jin soldiers to death.
After defeating this group of Jin soldiers, Dalantai ordered his soldiers to continue the pursuit. The Mongolian cavalry had longer legs than the Jin soldiers, and what was even more deadly was that the Mongolians were sleepless and could even eat while running.
A group of more than 7,000 defeated Jin soldiers came to a valley to bury their pots and cook. They had been running for two days and two nights and thought that the Mongolian cavalry would not catch up with them.
The defeated soldiers were no match for the invaders. The soldiers were exhausted and took off their equipment to rest on the spot. The commander wanted to prevent the soldiers from fighting over food and ordered them to pile their weapons in one place and distribute them after they had finished eating.
As soon as the pot was set up, the Mongolian cavalry caught up.
Like a wolf among sheep, or a tiger among pigsties, some of these Jin soldiers were hacked to death on the ground by the Mongols before they could even grab their weapons.
From beginning to end, few Jin soldiers resisted. They were so frightened by the sudden appearance of heavenly soldiers and generals that they had no fighting spirit and only knew how to run away, which made them sitting ducks for the Mongolian cavalry.
The Mongolian cavalry shot and killed a fleeing Jin soldier with an arrow, then rode over to retrieve the arrow from the soldier's back, put the arrow on the bow again and aimed at another Jin soldier, the arrowhead still dripping with blood.
"Whoosh!" An arrow shot out, and the bloody arrowhead hit the head of a Jin soldier in front, and the arrow passed through his head.
The cavalry of Darantai chased for more than 300 miles before returning.
The situation on the Linhuang line was even worse, with the main force of Hebula's Mongolian cavalry lined up in groups and rows in front of the formation.
The decapitation commanders, centurions, and thousand-man commanders each commanded their own men.
Jin general Nian Youer used the same tactics he used to attack the Liao army and organized a suicide squad to launch an attack. As a result, more than half of them were shot dead by Hebule's cavalry in the first round.
The battle on the Linhuang line was one-sided from the beginning. Hebula's cavalry beat the Jin people to a pulp, making them cry for their parents.
The Jin people, who had dominated the north for a long time, withdrew from the stage of history. Jin general Nian Youer was captured alive, and Hebula cut off his head and used Nian Youer's skull as a wine cup to celebrate the victory with his generals.
Wanyan Quanshi's 100,000-strong army on the Mongol-Jin border, the last main force of the Great Jin Kingdom, had less than 20,000 troops left, and the entire Linhuang line became the world of the Mongols.
However, the Western Xia army on the Guihua and Wanggudu fronts suffered a crushing defeat.
The Iron Harrier Army was completely wiped out by Wanyan Gao's cavalry, and the Western Xia general Niu Jianshan surrendered.
Wanyan Gao tied up more than 3,000 surrendered Xixia soldiers with iron chains and ordered them to dig a sinkhole west of Guihua City.
The Jin soldiers surrounded them with bows and arrows drawn, and the surrendered Xixia soldiers dug the ground beneath their feet with pickaxes and shovels.
The Jin people never explained what the sinkhole was used for, and neither did Niu Jianshan or his men. They only heard that there was gold underneath the sinkhole, so Wanyan Gao ordered the surrendered Xixia soldiers to dig.
Niu Jianshan and his men dug for a whole night, and dug out a deep pit with a diameter of 100 meters and more than one person high.
In the morning, Wanyan Gao sent someone to deliver porridge and pancakes, which was a rare treat. This meal was considered quite a privilege.
After the meal, the Jin soldiers ordered the Xixia surrendered generals to stand in a vertical row in the pit. Niu Jianshan and others were confused and thought that the Jin soldiers wanted to lecture them, recruit them into the team, or dismiss them.
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