Volume 3 Chapter 62: Rout
In late April, early in the morning the day after the military meeting, the Jin army set up camp at the mouth of the Beiluo River.
Wanyan Salihe, the youngest commander of the Western Route Army, had originally been ordered to explore the way downstream in preparation for the next military operation. However, he was unexpectedly summoned by Loushi early in the morning. Halfway through his journey, he learned that the Tuhesu attack that he had boasted about the day before had not gone well, and he was ambushed and set on fire at night. Although the loss was not great, he could not gain a foothold and had to withdraw his troops.
Defeat was defeat, victory and defeat were common in the military, but when the generals saw Tuhesu's appearance and posture with their own eyes, most of them were a little out of control... There was no other reason, Tuhesu was pierced by an arrow in the foot, and he couldn't even put on his shoes or stand up. He could only lie on the ground in the central army tent with his legs raised high, and his hair and beard were burnt off, looking really embarrassed.
Others were fine, some were cunning, some were limited by their status, and did not say anything. However, Wanyan Salihe was raised by Aguda when he was young, and was usually arrogant. As soon as he entered the tent, he could not help but laugh in public:
"Tuhesu, weren't you the best in foot combat the day before yesterday? How come you can't even walk the next day? It would be fine if you couldn't walk, but why did you shave your head off? Is this some new way to beat the heat?"
Sali laughed, and the other generals, many of whom were rude and had been holding back their laughter for a long time, also joined in the laughter.
As for Tu Hesu, who was lying on his back in the tent, he had a penetrating wound on his foot, and his hair was singed off by the fire set by the Song army last night. He was also tied to a horse and brought back by his subordinates. He had not slept all night. When he heard this, he wanted to hit the other party on the head with a hammer, but he had no strength to do so. He could only shyly cover up:
"Don't, don't laugh at me!"
"alright."
At this moment, Wanyan Loushi spoke at the right time, interrupting the little farce with a casual tone, and then stared at Tuhesu and asked seriously, "So, the attack was going well, and the Song army had begun to disintegrate, but when they were about to break through the camp, you rushed too far and were hit by an arrow?"
"That's right." Tu Hesu, who was lying on the ground, was extremely embarrassed. "It's not that my son and I are incompetent, it's just a coincidence..."
After hearing this, the other generals who had been mocking the general at first were relieved - after all, a general will die if he is not away from his horse, and a clay pot will break if it is not away from the wellhead. This kind of accident on the battlefield is simply a matter of luck and is not the fault of the war.
However, unlike these people, the previously calm commander Lou Shi frowned upon hearing this: "If that's the case, the Song army should still be as weak as before, and can only hold on by relying on the strong cities and mountain strongholds?"
"That's right." Tu Hesu quickly responded by tiptoeing on the ground.
"Then why did the Song army dare to leave the city and the mountain stronghold at night and launch a night attack on Huagou?" Lou Shi continued to ask.
Suddenly, He Su was speechless.
In fact, not only Tuhesu was speechless, but the other generals also frowned. After Lou Shi finished asking, he simply kept silent and sat upright in the tent, thinking for a moment.
After a while, it was the deputy commander Wanyan Balisu who interrupted and broke the silence in the tent: "Perhaps there are many locals in the Song army. A night attack doesn't mean anything. And I just checked Tuhesu's troops and asked clearly. In the two small defeats, only two or three hundred people were injured, and four or five hundred people were missing. When the troops who were scattered in the mountains last night come back, it is estimated that there will be only four or five hundred casualties, which can't be called a big defeat. But Tuhesu's injuries..."
Everyone looked at Tuhesu's feet, speechless.
In this weather, this kind of penetrating wound is hard to deal with if it is good or bad! The only thing that is certain is that this "invincible in infantry combat" general of the Western Army will not be able to fight in the short term.
"Rest in the camp and see how serious the injury is." Lou Shi had no choice but to give the order. "If you recover quickly, continue to march with the army. If there is something wrong, don't delay and go directly to Luojiao City or Fucheng to rest." At this point, Lou Shi looked around without changing his expression. "Your troops have forty-seven Moukes. I will give you seven Moukes to temporarily use with you. The remaining forty will be divided into two, twenty will be assigned to the central army, and the remaining twenty... who will go to take Fangzhou City?"
Hearing the assignment from Loushi, Tuhesu was embarrassed, but he had nothing to say. After all, the Jin Kingdom only had the hereditary Meng'an and Mouke, but no hereditary Wanhu. Wanhu was essentially a job assignment, mainly based on seniority, background, and the arrangement of the noble. Now that he couldn't go to the battlefield, it was normal for the military power to be temporarily taken away. Anyway, if his injury healed, Loushi would never hold on to it and not return it to him.
But then again, although Tuhesu was speechless, the other generals were eager to try... because the troops led on the expedition were directly related to military merit and income from looting, who wouldn't want these twenty Moukes?
It's just that Lou Shi has great prestige. After so many years of fighting, even in the Jin army, which has a tradition of military discussions, no one dares to make a noise in front of him.
Sure enough, although Lou Shi asked the question, he looked around and pointed directly at one person: "Sa Lihe, are you willing to go?"
Salihe was overjoyed: "If the commander-in-chief lets me go, I will go!"
"With Tuhesu's twenty moukes and your own troops, how many days will it take to conquer the enemy?" Lou Shi did not relax at all.
Salihe also became serious: "How many days will it take to become the commander-in-chief?"
"Of course the sooner the better." Director Lou breathed a sigh of relief. "Can we go down to the city in three days?"
"Yes!" Salihe responded immediately.
At this moment, he must not hesitate, even for the sake of twenty Moukes. What's more, Salihe was confident... He just didn't believe that he could be shot through the soles of his feet by a divine arm bow?
"Then go ahead." Lou Shi didn't say anything extra, staring at the other general and continued to give orders. "Ma Wu... lead our troops to explore the way south, set up camps along the Beiluo River along the way, and if possible, directly capture Baishui City a hundred miles downstream!"
Yelu Mawu, who had been silent the whole time, bowed his head and walked out of the tent, even faster than Salihe. Seeing this, Wanyan Salihe said nothing more and left to receive the troops.
In this way, a small setback in the battle did not shake the Jin army's will to fight. On the contrary, because the location of this city was really a thorn in the throat of the Jin army, a more powerful army was sent out by Wanyan Loushi almost immediately.
Wanyan Salihe was good at learning lessons. With a three-day deadline, he sent his troops westward along the Ju River, but relying on the large number of troops in his hands, he divided his more than 60 Mouke into three... The rear army set up camp in the Huagou area between the daying and Fangzhou city as a relay; the front army recuperated in the shade before going into battle, preparing to attack immediately; at the same time, another troop simply set up a new camp only three or four miles away from Fangzhou city, which was larger than the Huagou camp and was to serve as an attack base.
This move was very, very correct, because the loess plateau in northern Shaanxi is so rugged that you can see people on the opposite side from a distance of twenty miles, ten miles, or even three or five miles. But in fact, if there is a ditch or a plateau in the middle, you often have to run away as soon as you see a mountain. At this time, setting up camps, relay points, and attack bases in advance will undoubtedly help the war.
Like yesterday, the battle broke out in the late afternoon when the heat had subsided.
After fighting for only a short while, Wanyan Salihe realized that Tuhesu's defeat yesterday was not unfair, and he even admired Tuhesu a little... because when the real fight started, he realized how dangerous the terrain of the battlefield was!
It was a real pit! The narrow road was full of potholes. The Jin army could only fight on foot, and the key was that the movement was extremely slow. Unfortunately, these potholes were not enough to block long-range arrows. Therefore, as the Song army's crossbows fired repeatedly, shooting from both the city and the mountain, the Jin army had to bear unilateral casualties from the moment they engaged in the battle.
However, according to past experience, as long as the Jin army can withstand casualties and reach the effective combat area, the Song army will retreat. So although Salihe was frightened, he still led his troops forward and selected three heavily armored warriors from Mouke. They marched forward in a scattered manner with short weapons and bows... This choice was basically the same as Tuhesu's choice yesterday, and it also made sense.
Among them, heavy armor is a necessary protection; short weapons are designed to be as light as possible and increase the speed of advancement; bulk is the best formation to deal with long-range attacks, and it is also the only two formation options under this geographical condition (the other is dense), which also shows that Salihe is complacent about the combat effectiveness of his own soldiers. He obviously thinks that as long as someone attacks, the battle can be over; and there is no need to say much about the heavy bows. Whether the Jin army is fighting on horseback or on foot, that kind of heavy arrow is the first means of killing, and it is the best choice to enter the combat state as soon as possible under such circumstances.
The next quarter of an hour, the battle was uneventful... Just like yesterday, the Jin army was just passively taking the beating and advancing vigorously. The only thing worth mentioning was that after the Jin army began to climb Xiaoqiao Mountain, Salihe suddenly understood why Tuhesu wanted to go forward to supervise the battle.
There are two reasons:
Firstly, the number of rocks randomly scattered on the mountain was excessive. Most of these rocks were only as high as the knees, but they were hard and immovable. Moreover, all the trees on the mountain had been cut down long ago. Not only did the Jin army have no cover at all during the climb, but they were also confused by these rocks... In fact, this was probably the source of inspiration for the Song army to dig those small pits on the road.
Secondly, when they arrived at the front of the mountain, arrows rained down like rain and flew like the wind. Unlike the previous road, at this position and distance, the long-range killing efficiency of the Song army was too amazing. From a high vantage point, the Shenbi bow could completely penetrate the armor of the Jin army except for the lamellar armor. When they walked up the slope to the halfway point of the mountain, even the gourd helmets and lamellar armor could not withstand the Shenbi bow's concentrated shooting... Any commander would be terrified by such casualties visible to the naked eye.
Of course, the lesson from the previous incident was there, so even though he watched from afar his own soldiers on the mountain being pierced like targets by the divine arm bows and even the crossbows, Wanyan Salihe still stood motionless on the side of a hill four hundred steps away (to guard against the crossbows), acting like a great general.
It must be the demeanor of a great general. Salihe followed Aguda since he was a child, followed Nianhan when he grew up, and later followed Loushi. For him, the demeanor of a great general is simply a compulsory course at the beginner level.
Who doesn't know that Wanyan Salihe is a famous general, known as the Cold-Faced Man in the Western Army?
Thus, the first wave of Jin troops, consisting of three Mouke, were defeated under the cold gaze of this grim-faced man.
Salihe's expression remained unchanged. He turned to look at a Meng'an beside him and said, "Gu Chipi, yesterday Tuhesu's subordinates also had three Moukes attacking the mountain. They had the same equipment, the same formation, and the same route. The Song army also had the same response and the same fortifications. In the end, the Song army was indeed shaken?"
Meng'an, who was called Gu Chipi, was a well-known veteran general in the Western Army. Hearing this, he was very meticulous: "Let me tell you, my dear. I saw it with my own eyes yesterday when I accompanied Wan Hu. Before Wan Hu was injured, the Song army had indeed begun to waver. A line of archers with divine arms directly abandoned their weapons and fled into the camp. Although the men in front were also a little shaky, they only withdrew after Wan Hu was injured..."
Salihe nodded, still sitting still, but raised his hand for the second time, untied the sword from his waist and gave it to the other party: "This sword was given to me by my great grandfather, Gu Chipi, you use this sword to kill the three leading Mouke (centurions), and let each of them, Puliyan (centurions, deputy Mouke), take over the command of the army."
Gu Chipi followed the order and went, but met the fleeing soldiers. After a brief exchange, he returned without killing anyone, holding the knife given by Aguda, and reported in public: "Sir, the three Moukes and the three Puliyans were all shot dead on the mountain..."
Salihe was slightly startled, not knowing whether to be happy or worried... He was happy that this collapse was caused by all the officers being shot to death, which was partly due to luck, after all, it was not because his own troops were inferior to Tuhesu's troops; he was worried that the Song army's Shenbi bows and Chuangzi crossbows performed amazingly in this terrain, which was really frightening.
But no matter what, Salihe barely stood up and carefully took a look at the terrain that he had been observing for the entire afternoon. Then he came to the same depressing conclusion as before - apart from taking a detour, if he wanted to break into this city, he had to honestly take over the military camp on the hill.
And if he really had to take a detour, why would Lou Shi let him take three days to complete it?
The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the men and horses were gradually unable to bear it. The battle could not be delayed and they had to quickly move south to the Wei Plain. Time was extremely precious.
Therefore, in desperation, Salihe, who knew the situation well, gave orders , which was to reorganize the second wave of attack and send additional officers to participate in it in advance.
But it was not unexpected that this attack still ended in failure.
Moreover, the Jin soldiers who escaped back this time clearly told Gu Chipi, who came to enforce military law, that they had already approached the Song army formation within a few dozen steps, and had definitely succeeded in killing and wounding the Song army crossbowmen on the front line. Although the Song army crossbowmen were in a panic, no one retreated!
It is obvious that after the Song army won several battles yesterday and today, its morale and military discipline have indeed been strengthened, and we can no longer use conventional means to boost the Song army.
Therefore, although the summer evenings were extremely long and the weather was gradually getting cooler, after hearing the reply, Salihe remained silent for a moment and still chose to retreat.
Then he launched a night attack at three o'clock that night.
But still failed.
The Song army had been well prepared. There were torches and braziers everywhere on the city walls and on the mountain roads. Combined with the summer Milky Way starry sky, the open space in front of the mountain was illuminated as if it were daytime... Under such circumstances, the surprise attack was discovered early.
Moreover, although the efficiency of the Song army's long-range strikes at night was reduced by more than one level, the Jin army was not immortal. Compared with the daytime, their organizational ability was significantly reduced at night, so they still could not rush up the hillside.
Even after the Jin army retreated this time, they returned to the small camp three miles away and found that many people had suffered close combat injuries... Obviously, in order to ensure the safety of the camp chose to actively counterattack after the long-range suppression took effect, and in order to ensure the safety of the position, they chased into the dark night and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the lagging Jin army.
It was just that most of the Jin army had already withdrawn at that time, and due to the cover of night, the battle did not seem too intense.
At dawn the next day, Salihe, who had not slept all night, ordered the front-line troops, whose morale had dropped to a very low level, to withdraw, and asked the troops in Huagou Camp to replace them, and prepared to continue the attack according to the strategy.
However, when this cold-faced man came to the small hill that could serve as shelter again, he lost his composure and became furious, no longer showing the same demeanor he had yesterday... It turned out that after the Song army won another victory last night, they knew that this was the most likely place where the Jin army officers were before the battlefield, so they transported dozens of buckets of feces and urine from the cesspool behind the military camp on the mountain overnight, so that the entire side and rear of the hill were smelly.
After becoming furious, Salihe ordered the newly arrived troops to advance slowly with shields and launch an attack, while at the same time he had his soldiers chop down trees and dig the earth, build trenches and build fences on the road in front of the mountain, as if he was preparing to use civil engineering work all the way to the foot of the mountain... Of course, this was also to make it easier for him to leave the hill and command from the front.
That was not all. Salihe sent a messenger back to the Hekou camp to look for Lou Shi and ask for reinforcements from the Han army who were good at archery, so as to prepare for a shooting match.
In addition, the Jin army commander did not forget to send a small group of troops to try to cross the mountains in the north and launch a surprise attack from behind the mountain stronghold.
In short, after a series of defeats and humiliation, Salihe was so furious that he was determined to use all his tricks and launch an unprecedented offensive at all costs, trying to capture this mountain, this stronghold, and this city.
Of course, an unprecedented offensive also meant unprecedented casualties. The Song army won battle after battle and suffered heavy casualties. Their morale was no longer what it was at the beginning. Facing the Jin army's comprehensive actions, there was no sign of hesitation on the mountains or in the city, and they began to fight the Jin army at all costs.
The stronghold continued to concentrate on killing the Jin soldiers who came to attack the mountain. Although the shields effectively blocked some arrows, when they got to the foot of the mountain, they were still stretched to the limit facing the Shenbi bow, the most effective killing weapon of the Song army... The wooden shields were completely unable to block the Shenbi bow, and the few Jin soldiers holding metal shields did rush to a very close distance, but facing the decisive counterattack of the Song army, which was no longer in its previous state, the few of them were basically doomed to die.
After a charge, hundreds of shields were seized by the Song army.
The crossbows on the city wall, especially those fixed on the city wall, had long given up on killing the Jin army soldiers and instead concentrated on attacking the earthen ramparts and wooden boards erected by the Jin army across the river, trying to prevent the Jin army from building something like a tunnel along this road... The crossbow had a range of five or six hundred steps, which was farther than a cannon cart. Often, if it hit the target, it would directly shatter the hastily built fortifications of the Jin army and cause splash injuries to the Jin army soldiers and auxiliary troops near the fortifications.
The detour of the Jin army was even more illusory. How could Wu Jie not be prepared? They worked hard to cross the mountains and walked half a circle around the mountain stronghold, but found desperately that there were no gentle slopes on the other two sides, but there were sentry posts on both sides, and the trees around the camp had been cut down early... After hesitating for a long time, these Jin soldiers did not dare to show their heads.
At noon, as the Jin army suffered setbacks on three fronts, and perhaps because the furious Salihe gradually got used to the stench, the Jin army finally changed its strategy. Most of the Jin army withdrew to a safe distance and rested on the spot. Under the supervision of Gu Chipi, some Jin troops no longer forcibly set up fences, but simply chose to pile up earth along the river to defend against attacks from Fangzhou City on the other side of the river.
At the same time, Salihe's request for help finally arrived at the Hekou camp. The reinforcements were immediately approved and set off immediately.
The only thing worth mentioning is that after dealing with the military aid issue, Deputy Governor Wanyan Balisu took the initiative to see Lou Shi and raised a question.
"I did it on purpose."
Just when the Jin army was completely frustrated at the front, the Jin army commander Wanyan Loushi laughed calmly. "I know that Salihe rarely sees setbacks, is arrogant, and easily angered, just as I know that Tuhesu has a bad temper and likes to charge into battle personally... I want to use Tuhesu's irritability and Salihe's arrogance... Think about it, if I let you or Yelu Mawu go there at the beginning, I'm afraid you two will see the casualties and ask for safety."
Balisu suddenly realized, but couldn't help but sneer: "But what if we really can't capture Fangzhou City within a few days? Wouldn't the lives of so many soldiers be wasted?"
"If we really can't capture it right now, we can only divide our troops here to block the city, and then ignore the danger in the rear and go south directly." Lou Shi answered without hesitation. "However, we have to capture it if we can. In the overall situation, the lives of soldiers, even your life and mine, are not worth mentioning. If we throw them away, we throw them away. What's more, if we fail to accomplish something useful, it can't be considered as throwing them away."
Balisu's expression changed drastically, but he remained speechless in the end.
After noon, the sun was scorching and the weather became increasingly hot.
Because of the continuous fighting in the previous two days, the narrow area on the other side of the Ju River north of Fangzhou City was already filled with a fishy smell, and countless blood-sucking insects and flies were circling around.
Both sides of the battlefield were resting.
The difference is that since there was no order to withdraw, the Jin army still waited for orders after carrying the wounded to the small camp in the rear. Many soldiers were exhausted and simply hid in the gullies and valleys on the roadside to rest. However, this hiding effect was very poor. First, there were only a few shades, and second, many soldiers were wearing armor. The Jin army had very strict military discipline, and no one dared to take off the armor easily. Even the helmets were not known whether they should be taken off or not... If they took off the armor, they would feel uncomfortable in the sun, but if they didn't take it off, they would sweat all over their heads, so they had to take it off and put it on repeatedly.
In sharp contrast, the Song army was sitting comfortably inside the city and the camp, and they didn’t even need to drink much water… and a considerable number of them had removed their armor, were wearing cool clothes, and were taking naps in their tents or in the shade under the city.
Of course, there was still some movement on the battlefield. On the east side of the battlefield, under the urging of the furious Salihe and the surveillance of Mengangu Chipi, a small number of Han army auxiliary troops did not stop the process of piling up earth and building fortifications, and the Song army's crossbows would occasionally shoot cold arrows in this direction... But overall, both sides seemed exhausted and were waiting for the summer heat to dissipate in the evening.
As the sun moved further west, the battlefield became increasingly dull, and in the military camp on the mountain, the atmosphere was vaguely not right… In front of the military camp, many crossbowmen in armor, with bows and crossbows placed in front of them, were just chatting and laughing there. Some soldiers were cleaning up corpses and stripping off trophies on the mountain, and this area was still very noisy; then starting from the vicinity of Wu Jie's central army tent in the front of the military camp and moving back, there was a considerable area that was too quiet. There were obviously many soldiers in cool clothes resting in tents or wooden sheds, but almost no one talked to each other. They would only whisper a few words when they went to the fixed water points to drink water, and they would be like dumb again when they went back and sat down.
Wu Jie, who was sitting in the central army tent to escape the summer heat, also looked like a ghost and did not say a word from beginning to end.
However, unlike the other soldiers, Wu Jie had been doing something incredible since noon - he placed a Jin army gourd helmet on the open space in front of the central army tent and let it be exposed to the sun... This was peeled off a Jin soldier's corpse last night, and there was a hole on it... Then, every quarter of an hour, Wu Jinglüe would personally go out and touch the Jin army helmet with inexplicable red and white stains.
And this time, for who knows how many times, as Wu Jie reached out to touch the helmet and then instinctively retracted his hand, the general was greatly encouraged and then excitedly waved to the leader of the personal guards beside him.
Upon seeing this, the leader of the personal guards was a man who could speak. He immediately ordered people to take out two purple flags. He arranged one flag and held it personally, while the other flag was hung high up in the southwest corner of the camp facing the suspension bridge.
When they saw the flag being hung, there was a commotion in the military camp and the city. Although they still suppressed their words, the noise could no longer be concealed, especially on the gate tower of Fangzhou City, where a red flag was immediately hung in response.
The two flags were not far away. An Gu Chi Pi, a Jin army officer who had given up patrolling, had already taken shelter behind an earthen fort to rest. Seeing this scene, he stood up in a daze despite the scorching heat out of the instinct of an excellent officer. He looked twice, then turned back to look at the Jin army troops behind him, who were weak and scattered all the way to the small camp not far away. He suddenly realized what was happening, then he immediately got on his horse and headed towards Salihe.
On the opposite city wall, a crossbow that had been strung long ago was aimed and fired immediately, but it just flew over Gu Chipi's head - it was not because Gu Chipi had eyes on his back, but because of the weather, his horse suddenly started moving, but after only a few steps, it foamed at the mouth, knelt on the ground, and threw Gu Chipi off.
But after this commotion, Gu Chipi's warning has taken effect.
Amid the rolling heat wave, Salihe, who was hiding his nose behind a hill to escape the heat in the distance, watched this scene and was immediately surprised. Then he immediately climbed up in a panic and did not forget to point Taizu's sword at a certain place to remind Gu Chipi. He discovered the two flags and noticed the movements in the city and the military camp that were difficult to conceal, and he woke up instantly.
Wanyan Salihe immediately gave the order for the entire army to assemble.
However, after the military order was passed down, the troops were extremely slow to gather... Sali shouted at his men, but still could not get the troops to move faster... There was no other way. These Jurchen, Khitan and Bohai people really could not stand this kind of heat. For the Jin army, at this moment, the power of the sun was probably even more terrifying than the crossbow arrows before.
After all, crossbow arrows are only effective when they hit people at an effective distance. Although they are said to kill quickly, only hundreds of people can actually be killed. However, the sun at this time was shining indiscriminately on the entire Jin army position, and the two or three thousand Jin soldiers here were all in a trance.
The power of heaven is so great that no human power can defeat it.
In the hot summer, in the Qiaoshan military camp, a purple flag flew down from top to bottom, rushing forward; at the same time, the suspension bridge of Fangzhou City was suddenly lowered, and then a red flag came out first. The two flags met in front of the suspension bridge. It turned out that the military governor Wu Jie and Wang Xi, who had just been promoted to the commander-in-chief for one day, were personally holding shields and swords in front, and behind them countless Song army soldiers rushed out in two directions...
If it happened yesterday, this scene would have certainly made Salihe extremely surprised, but now, the cold-faced man who climbed up the hill and hurried down regardless of the danger was extremely terrified.
The two large flags of the Song army passed over a narrow and messy battlefield, forcing a small group of Han soldiers who were hiding in the dirt to flee in a panic, but surprisingly there was no shouting and killing. On the east side of the battlefield, although many Jin soldiers noticed the chaos and received military orders, they did not know what was going on due to their vision and the heat, and were still slow and confused.
But, just a moment later, as the Song army drove the scattered Jin army across the narrow battlefield, Wu Jie, who was holding a shield and a sword in front, spat out a piece of iron coin from his mouth with all his strength, then raised his sword and roared.
Then, the seventy or eighty elite Song soldiers following behind him almost all spat out the iron coins in their mouths and roared!
With a loud roar, the small group of Jin troops that had just barely gathered seventy or eighty people in front of the Song army formation paused immediately. But soon, as the leader, a Jin army silver medalist holding an old knife, rushed towards the Song army formation with all his might, this small group of troops gritted their teeth and fought bravely.
However, Wu Jie did not slow down and just smashed the seized shield in his hand towards the Jin army officer who was fighting back. He knocked Yinpai Meng'an, whose steps were already disorderly, to the ground and then killed him with a single blow.
When Wu Da picked up the opponent's sword, he continued to charge forward without stopping. Under the scorching sun, the Jin army that had hastily tried to block the intersection immediately collapsed.
At the same time, as more and more Song soldiers poured out of that road of death behind them, more and more iron coins were spit out, and the shouts of killing became louder and louder, and then they actually formed an echo between Qiaoshan and Fangzhou City, and kept reverberating.
Salihe, who had been standing there in a daze when Gu Chipi died in the battle, did not hesitate any more and jumped on his horse and fled.
It is unclear whether it happened simultaneously or in a certain order. The Jin army, which had been exhausted to the extreme by casualties and the heat, did not even wait for the Song army to reach them. They collapsed almost simultaneously, abandoned their weapons and fled... This behavior was no different from the performance of the Song army at the front line of the mountain stronghold two days ago.
At the end of the day, we are all just human.
