Volume 3 Chapter 74: Eagle Soaring
The sun was slightly setting in the west. At the Song army's central camp, all the generals and military officials who were still there were already extremely excited.
There is no need to mention the frontal battlefield on Dongpoyuan. Although everyone made gestures at the beginning and felt that they could fight the Jin army with their military advantage, no one was sure until the central army of the imperial camp came forward and advanced step by step... In comparison, the shitty luck of Liu Qi's troops in the quagmire on the left wing made people feel lucky!
It was really a fluke. Dozens of Mouke, plus a dozen Mouke who had successfully attacked the camp in the early stage but were expelled, and some other scattered troops, it can be fully inferred that this was a Jin medal marching Wanhu who led the main force of the Jin army and his core subordinates, who may have officially undertaken a flank mission and accounted for about one-fifth of the Jin army's strength.
If such a powerful Jurchen cavalry could safely cross the swamp, the impact on the battle situation would be enormous, whether it was an infantry attack on the flank of the main camp or providing support to the plateau... But at the moment, they were trapped in the swamp, and were surrounded in the mud by Liu Qi's troops who attacked at the right time.
This kind of luck, could it be true that as many people took advantage of the situation to say, the so-called 'Deputy Commander Zhao' is the true dragon emperor, and he has great luck to support him.
Of course, if that were the case, then what about the two saints in the Jingkang Incident? What about the group of Jurchen generals who captured the Khitan emperor and then the Zhao Song emperor?
Are they good at professional dragon catching?
But no matter what, the battle situation is very favorable and the morale is naturally high.
"Deputy Marshal, Marshal!" The more he looked at them, the more jealous he became. Qinfeng Road General Zhao Zhe finally couldn't help but ask for a fight. "Let me lead my troops to help General Liu... If we can defeat these thousands of Jin troops, we can win this battle!"
Besides, before and after the battle, no matter whether Zhao Jiu was really desperate or trying to remain calm, he always had a calm attitude. Naturally, his expression did not change much when he heard the words. However, since he really knew nothing about military affairs, he looked at Wu Jie very naturally.
Just as Wu Jie was about to speak, Liu Xi, the governor of Xihe Road and commander-in-chief of the three western routes, shook his head and said, "No need to do that... The war has just begun. Although it is great to have an advantage on the flank, it is not worth investing more troops. Let me do it myself. As for where Zhao Jinglüe is going, I think the place above the plateau will determine the outcome. You may as well wait for a while and make great use of it."
After this was said, Zhao Zhe and the generals and officers of the central army were speechless, but they went to see Wu Jie together... The meaning was very clear. Liu Da relied on the fact that he was the commander-in-chief of the three western routes, and like you Wu brothers, you were the generals of two routes. This time, he had been an enemy of you, the captain, for many days because of the position of commander. According to the rules of the Western Army, they are irreconcilable.
And now, he actually wants to let his younger brother take all the credit for this battle right in front of you. And you, Wu Da, have been a scoundrel in the Western Army for twenty years, and you have a yellow face and a black heart. Why don't you suppress Liu's arrogance in front of the emperor and let the other brothers share some of the profits?
If you can share the spoils of war, no matter if he is the commander-in-chief of the three western routes, or a descendant of a general, wouldn't the people in Qinfeng Road really respect you as a great commander?
However, Wu Jie nodded his head with a stern face after hearing this: "General Liu is right! In such a big battle, the outcome depends on the main force in the face. As for the muddy flanks, even if we send reinforcements, how long will it take to kill so many heavily armored knights? Instead, it will be a waste of troops... If I, Wu Da, send out half of the reinforcements to the flanks today, it is all my incompetence!"
Zhao Zhe and other generals were stunned, but speechless.
On the other hand, Zhao Jiu thought about it for a moment and could not help but nodded immediately... That's exactly the truth, just like this time when the Jin army went south, everyone knew that the gains and losses in Guanzhong were the foundation, and no matter how slight the gains and losses in other places were, they were just restraints and exchanges; and the gains and losses in Guanzhong were the most critical to the victory or defeat at the moment, and the rest of the places just had to not collapse; then continuing according to this logic, specifically at the moment, the flanks and so on, as long as they did not fail completely, the real winner could only be the place where the army gathered on the plateau.
If we win there, we can claim victory in this battle!
Thinking of this, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, because the current war was going too smoothly, and Wanyan Loushi was not an opponent that could make people relax... The real decisive battle was definitely not coming yet.
Just as Zhao Jiu was lost in thought, suddenly, on the central military platform, Yang Yizhong reached out and grabbed Emperor Zhao's cloak, causing the official to look back in surprise, puzzled for a moment.
However, he soon realized what was happening, because on the central army platform, all the generals were almost staring at the left wing battlefield on the northeast side of the camp, and Zhao Jiu just followed the generals' gaze and was also stunned... It turned out that less than half an incense stick of time had passed since Wu Jie, "Wu Da Yuanshuai", had just made a solemn statement that he would never send half a reinforcement to Liu Qi on the flank. From the platform, it was clear that at the edge of the quagmire, there were already no less than four or five hundred archers riding horses to help from the south. When they arrived at the quagmire, they dismounted one after another, but then scattered into the swamp, looking for a suitable hard place, then stepped on the crossbows and joined the ranks of destroying the Jin army!
Without the need for clairvoyance, Zhao Jiu could instantly see that these were the Divine Arm Archers! A full four or five hundred of them!
In the mire, the Jin army lost its mobility. The Shenbi bow, which could penetrate armor and had an excellent range, was the best helper to annihilate the enemy and gain military merit... Of course, the problem was not here. The problem was that the Shenbi bow was the best helper to deal with the Jin army no matter where it was placed!
Wu Jie and Liu Xi, the two most powerful figures in the army, had just emphasized the importance of the frontal battlefield. So why would anyone suddenly use such a large number of precious Shenbi bows on the flank that was already stuck in the mud and had the upper hand?
"Whose soldiers are these?" After looking for a while, 'Deputy Commander' Zhao Jiu finally spoke coldly.
"Let the deputy commander know." Everyone came back to their senses, and Zhao Zhe was the first to bow his head in anger. "With so many crossbowmen, they must be from the central army or the squadron. They are definitely not the Qinfeng Road troops under my command!"
It can't be the Central Army and the Banzhi. The Central Army and the Banzhi are recuperating in the military tent behind the general's platform. Zhao Zhe was speaking in a sarcastic way.
In fact, as soon as Zhao Zhe finished speaking, Zhao Jiu, Wu Jie, as well as generals Wang Yuan, Yang Yi Zhong, Zhang Xian, Tian Shizhong and others, almost all looked at Liu Xi together... How could they not understand that Liu Xi's previous words were just because he was afraid that his brothers' military achievements would be robbed, but it would not prevent him from sending reinforcements to help his brothers achieve great success!
Of course, Liu Xi was extremely embarrassed in this situation. He had never thought that Wu Jie would take the overall situation into consideration and had no intention of taking advantage of his brother. So when he saw his brothers fighting so brilliantly from afar, he judged them by his own standards and immediately asked his confidant to leave secretly, leading more than half of the archers in his own unit to help.
As a result, not only did it offend everyone in vain, but the most important thing was that it caused the displeasure of the government!
"Deputy Commander!" Liu Xi blushed and could only try to argue. "My foolish brother has been the Protector of Longyou in Xihe Road before. This must be the decision made by his former subordinates..."
Zhao Jiu looked at the man in a daze, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a thunderous noise in front of him, so he hurried to see. Everyone could see clearly that on the Dongpo Plateau, there were two clouds of smoke and dust on both sides, like two yellow dragons with bared fangs and claws, flying in rapidly from the gentle slope of the flanks, but they were sticking to the Song-Jin battle line, and went straight to the left and right flanks of the Song army!
It was obvious that the Jin army was sending reinforcements from the rear.
For a moment, although the specific battle situation on both wings could not be seen clearly due to the flying yellow dust, the sound of the horse hooves brought by the two yellow dragons, combined with the sudden shouting and killing of the Jin army in front of them, was really shocking. Moreover, soon everyone could see with their naked eyes that the battle line between Song and Jin was really like a line, from the two wings to the middle, it was flattened by the two intersecting and staggered yellow dragons!
Needless to say, the Jin cavalry launched a surprise attack and penetrated accurately. The Song army was careless for a moment and was defeated by the Jin army again, directly losing the advantage on the plateau.
However, in the eyes of senior officers such as Wu Jie, this brilliant infiltration by the Jin army was more than just a matter of regaining the advantage.
Firstly, this demonstrated the strength of the Jin army's large-scale cavalry tactical capabilities. Secondly, it also demonstrated the indomitable strength of the character of their commander Lou Shi. The combination of these two factors shocked the Song army generals, including Zhao Jiu and Wu Jie, who were almost all defeated by Lou Shi.
Even Liu Xi, who felt as if he had been pardoned, quickly requested to fight: "Deputy Marshal, Marshal, I am willing to lead the Xihe Road to support!"
"No!" Wu Jie was too lazy to argue with him and immediately scolded him. "Lou Shi's main force has not arrived yet, and the troops from Xihe Road should stay on the right wing to prevent Lou Shi from attacking from the outside! Even if Lou Shi comes from the front on the plateau, you have the most cavalry, so you should stay at the end to outflank them!"
Hearing that he could still be of great use and that 'Deputy Commander Zhao' had no intention of saying anything, Liu Xi finally relaxed for a moment.
"Don't you need support?" Zhao Jiufu watched for a moment, and seeing that the Song army's front line was retreating slowly but it was difficult to stop, he asked Wu Jie again with a serious look.
"Your Majesty, it has not come to that yet." Wu Jie came back to his senses and gave the emperor a brief explanation and a few instructions. "If the imperial camp's central army camps really can't hold on and are about to retreat to the plateau, then we will immediately send the Qinfeng Road troops to help. If the Qinfeng Road camp can't hold on either, then naturally I will lead the central army to help... The left and right wings must not move lightly."
Zhao Jiu nodded: "I understand what you mean. If you can't do it, I will come to your aid personally!"
Wu Jie wanted to say something but finally remained silent... If he was really defeated, Emperor Zhao would be dead if he stayed in the camp. He should have led the imperial guards to the camp with the dragon flag. That way, there might be a glimmer of hope.
But back to the present, these are not what we should think about at this moment, because the front battlefield on the plateau is the most critical place. And the situation on the plateau is already very bad.
The Jin army had an additional 4,000 cavalry, and the effect was almost qualitative. Right now the Jin army had 10,000 Han infantry and 10,000 cavalry on the plateau, while the Song army had 35,000 troops in the imperial camp...but the problem was that the 35,000 troops in the imperial camp were mostly infantry, and were divided into ten parts. The battle lines could not be arranged at all, and they basically fought on their own. Although the Jin cavalry also fought in chaos, they were familiar with hunting methods, and the coordination between the Moukes was proper. What's more, the 40 newly reinforced Moukes were divided into two, and under the leadership of Pei Mantu and Wanyan Xiebu, they never dispersed, which gave the Jin army the opportunity to concentrate large forces of cavalry and use parallel interweaving to repel the various parts of the Song army one by one.
To be fair, considering the armor rates of the various units in the imperial camp and the Jin army, this large-scale battle between armored warriors did not result in many actual casualties due to the battle line. But the question is, in this era, how many people can face that kind of casualties?
The Jin army was famous for its heavy arrows, with thicker arrowheads than anywhere else in the country. Thousands of cavalrymen galloped across the plateau, and were pelted with arrows from afar. Even those wearing heavy armor could not avoid being injured. Being shot in the armpits or hips would almost mean being crippled. Moreover, the quality of the Jin army was indeed far superior to that of the Song army. Many brave soldiers would rush into the extremely close range and shoot arrows despite the bows and arrows of the Song army... Once hit by such arrows, it would be a dead end.
Therefore, after the various units of the Song army were forced to climb the plateau slope by the reinforcements of the Jin army, they retreated again and again and were almost unable to gain a foothold.
In sharp contrast, some Jin cavalrymen were still able to fight because of the terrain, bows and arrows and the loss of their horses. There was no retreat or reorganization. Instead, they basically formed a formation and charged in groups of three or five with spears, engaging the Song army's large formation and providing cover for the heavy arrows of the cavalry behind them.
"Jin Sai!"
Li Qiong reined in his horse and stood in the center of his own formation. He saw the Jin cavalry once again forcing his own group to retreat, and then galloped to attack Xin Yongzong's group on the side. Xin Yongzong's group was even more unbearable. They showed signs of wavering before they even started fighting. His eyes were bloodshot, but he suddenly gritted his teeth and called his deputy general. "You take charge of the situation here for me!"
"When will the general leave?" Deputy General Jin Sai came galloping from the front. He had been hit by an arrow on his helmet before. Although there was no vital injury, his hair crown was shot to pieces. After the arrow was broken, his hair fell directly from the helmet. In addition, the yellow soil here was flying in his face, making him look extremely embarrassed.
"How long can you hold on?" In the noisy environment around them, the Jin army saw that Xin Yongzong's troops seemed unstable, and they all shouted in an attempt to scare them. Li Qiong had no choice but to ask loudly.
"I can only guarantee a quarter of an hour!" Jin Sai also tried his best to speak.
"That's enough!" Li Qiong shouted. Before he finished speaking, he spurred his horse to the side and rear where there was a flag. It was the flag of Wang Yan of the Eight Character Army.
The thirty of his personal guards also quickly reined in their horses and followed.
But even on the flanks and rear, there was fierce fighting between the Jin cavalry. By the time Li Qiong arrived at Wang Yan's camp and peeled off his visor, he had lost more than ten of the thirty cavalrymen who were accompanying him. Li Qiong himself was also pierced by an arrow in the shoulder, but the double layer of heavy armor plus the silk lining blocked the arrow and did not cause any effective injury.
"Li Qiong!"
As the only military governor on the plateau and the one who was in charge of the rear, Wang Yan naturally had the duty of supervising the army. Therefore, when he saw Li Qiong abandon the battle, he was naturally angry instead of happy. "Why are you here?"
"General Wang!"
Li Qiong ran up to him and spoke earnestly. "The battle is already very urgent. If we allow the Jin cavalry to repeatedly penetrate along the battle line and combine forces to squeeze us a few more times, we will have to retreat to the plateau! The deputy commander... the emperor is behind the battle formation. If we lose this plateau, the Jin cavalry will line up on the plateau and attack us in one fell swoop. I am a commander, so I will die, but the general is the only one holding the seal on the plateau. Even if I die, it will be recorded in the history books, and I will be laughed at by the world for losing this plateau in this battle!"
"Then what do you say we should do?" Wang Yan was furious. "Don't I know that the emperor is behind us? But you six divisions are in front, and you have been retreating one after another. I am at the back and there is nothing I can do!"
"To stop the Jin cavalry from interpenetrating, two things are necessary. First, there must be elite troops who take the initiative to charge forward and stop the two large cavalry from continuing to interpenetrate left and right. Second, there must be a general who can stabilize the situation from behind like a mainstay and prevent the troops from retreating!" Li Qiong responded with all his strength. "Wang Taiwei is a minister of state and the only governor on the plateau. Please take care of yourself at this time!"
After saying this, without waiting for Wang Yan to speak, Li Qiong sped away again and turned to somewhere ahead.
On this side, Wang Yan was shocked and angry, but when he turned around and saw the camp behind him in the distance, he could only clench his fists on his horse and shout out an order: "Let Meng De and Jiao Wentong move closer to me and parallel to my flag. Let Liu Ze retreat to the bottom of the plateau to provide support. Tell him to let him be the supervisor of the battle. Count me, Wang Yan, in. Today, no matter whether it is Song or Jin, whoever goes down to the plateau will die! Pass this order to the previous few divisions!"
Many of the guards around dispersed upon hearing the news, but Wang Yan simply held the flag himself and slowly urged the army forward.
Just when Wang Yan was about to burn his boats, Li Qiong had already arrived at Wang De's camp on the other side. He saw from afar Wang De's majestic figure, as well as his two sons, Wang Qi and Wang Shun, who had similar figures. The three of them, father and son, were personally leading more than a hundred long-axe soldiers to stand at the front of the camp. Seeing this, Li Qiong was overjoyed and quickly caught up.
"General!" Li Qiong was much more straightforward when facing Wang De. "I know you are a good man. The country is in danger now. Great things need a good man like the general to do it... I want to join forces with the general to cut off the rampage of the Jin cavalry. I wonder if the general dares?!"
Wang De turned around and listened to Li Qiong's shout, but did not answer, but just laughed. Before the laughter stopped, he suddenly urged his horse forward, and jumped out like a dragon, and knocked a Jin army Mouke who had secretly stopped to draw an arrow while he was laughing to the ground with an axe. His two sons immediately rushed forward to protect the two wings, and then his personal guards followed with axes. His troops did not dare to be negligent at all, and regardless of being attacked from three sides, they also followed under the command of their deputy general.
Li Qiong knew there was no need to say anything more when he saw the situation, so he quickly rushed back to his camp.
Unexpectedly, before he reached the front of the battle, he saw with his own eyes that Xin Yongzong's army had retreated, and the Jin cavalry were driving a small number of defeated soldiers towards the side of his own army. At this time, Jin Sai was already at a loss, but he was relieved only when he saw his commander returning , and he went straight to the front of the battle to stop the defeated soldiers.
When Li Qiong returned to the battle formation, he saw Jin Sai stopping the fleeing soldiers, and immediately issued an order to rush forward from the side and front to join Wang De's troops. However, when he looked up again, he saw Jin Sai being shot in the helmet by a close-range arrow from the Jin army, and this time, Jin Sai was not as lucky as the last time, but fell off his horse and was motionless.
Li Qiong reined in his horse and turned around in the formation. Without any extra words or expression, he just pulled down the iron cover and continued to urge the army to advance to the side and front.
After a moment, the troops of Balisu and General Yuan Yinshu drove Pei Mantu and Xin Yongzong's troops back. After passing through the yellow dust, they found that the troops of Li Qiong, who had just been forced past them, were moving their formation in a strange way. They were overjoyed and personally led hundreds of cavalrymen to rush forward. After firing several arrows, they took the initiative to change to lances.
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 horse under him 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. But it was obvious that the general had great prestige in the army, and the Song army, which was originally scattered and unable to gain a foothold, 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 that the horse under his crotch suddenly neighed, because the Song army's long spear stabbed into his abdomen, and he knelt down and threw his 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."
