84. The Battle of Xiaoshang River (2)
The sky gradually brightened, and the sun emerged from the clouds in the east, gradually dispelling the darkness and illuminating the earth. But on the north bank of the Xiaoshang River, the Song and Jin armies were still engaged in fierce battles.
Swords and swords clashed fiercely, spears and shields clashed violently, torn armor and torn helmets littered the floor, warriors let out a terrible roar before dying, and horses neighed their last days after they had been pierced. The blood stained the earth red, and it flowed all the way to the Xiaoshang River, dyeing the already small river water into a red color.
Wu Xi swung his knife and slashed, cutting down the two Jin soldiers off their horses, only to see that the Jin army finally retreated again. Wu Xi let out a long breath, and finally repelled another attack by the Jin army. At this time, his helmet was knocked off at some point, and the armor he was wearing had many cracks, and it was also bloodstained, and he couldn't tell whether it was the blood of the enemy or his own blood. But now Wu Xiyi didn't have the time to pay attention to this, and immediately after the Jin army retreated, he made some simple arrangements for the remaining Song soldiers, and at the same time seized the time to build some simple fortifications to prepare for the next round of attacks by the Jin army.
After nearly two fierce battles, Wu Xi led the Song army to repel the Jin army's attacks again and again, and held the last position. At this time, nearly half of the 8,000 Song troops were killed and wounded, and with the wounded soldiers, the Song army's combatable soldiers were now less than 3,000 people, and the defense line had also retreated to the river on the north bank of the Xiaoshang River. Moreover, now that the strength of the Song army could not hold the entire riverbank, Wu Xi could only divide the Song army into six units and hold the exit of the six bridges on the Xiaoshang River.
But except for the wounded soldiers who lost their fighting strength due to injuries and were transferred to Henan, the other Song soldiers still stubbornly held on to their last positions, and no one took a step back.
However, the situation of the Jin army is not much better, because the Song army is fighting on its back, the cavalry can not use the good from both flanks to carry out a wide range of roundabout tactics, can only do a frontal attack, so in the battle can not take much advantage, at the same time, after the opponent's defense line shrinks, the Jin army can not play a numerical advantage, can only take turns to attack the Song army's defense line. As a result, the battle has reached the present, and the losses of the Jin army and horses are no less than that of the Song army.
In fact, using cavalry to storm the enemy's prepared battlefield is itself a wrong tactic, but now Monk Wanyan Chen has no other choice. It was necessary to seize the Xiaoshang River before the Song army's brigade arrived. However, now it seems that the resistance of the Song army has almost reached the limit, and as long as the last attack is discovered, the Song army can be completely defeated.
Therefore, Monk Wanyan Chen immediately ordered the Jin army led by Pu Atong to launch another attack on the Song army's defensive line.
Pu Atong waved the thick-backed mountain chopping knife in his hand and shouted: "Dajin warriors, come with me." His legs clamped the horse's belly and led the charge towards the Song army. Then followed by a thousand Tiefutu and four thousand Shengli cavalry, they urged the war horses together, shouted and rushed up.
"Shoot the arrows."
With Wu Xi's order, the crossbowmen of the Song army immediately opened their bows and released arrows and shot at the Jin army.
But after a fierce battle in the middle of the night, the crossbowmen of the Song army also went into battle to tear them apart, and as a result, most of them were killed and wounded, and now there are only more than 300 left, and there are more than 200 other soldiers, who picked up the scattered bows and arrows, and also rose up. It adds up to less than six hundred. The rain of arrows shot is also sparse and listless.
And Tie Futu was not very afraid of bows and arrows, so a few rounds of arrow rain would almost negligially damage to the Jin army. In the blink of an eye, the Jin army rushed through the range of bows and arrows, and the crossbowmen also threw away their bows and crossbows, took up arms, and faced the Jin army with other soldiers.
However, at this time, the resistance of the Song army did reach a critical point, not only the strength was insufficient, but the physical strength and spirit were also very tired. Therefore, although the Song army is still tenacious, it is also more than enough and not enough. In a short time, the defenders of the two bridges were defeated by the Jin army.
Wu Xi waved the big sword, and there were dozens of warehouses in his body, but he was fighting to the death, but there were fewer and fewer Song soldiers around him. Wu Xi's heart was not only cold, it seemed that this time he was probably going to die here.
However, at this moment, Wu Xi suddenly heard a dense sound of horses' hooves behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that the dust and sand were rising far away on the south bank of the Xiaoshang River, and the dust almost obscured the rising sun. Yang Yan's army finally arrived at the Xiaoshang River.
"Reinforcements are coming, and we are saved." The remnants of Song Jun couldn't help but perk up at this time, and their bodies were immediately full of strength again. and continued to hold the last position.
Seeing this, Monk Wanyan Chen not only smiled bitterly, if the Song army came an hour late, even if it was only half an hour, he would be able to defeat the Song army and seize the north bank of the Xiaoshang River. But just when he was about to succeed, Yang Yan's men also arrived.
But now he can't just stop like that, Monk Wanyan Chen raised the big axe in his hand and decided that this time he would go into battle in person. Because at this time, although the army of the Song army reached the Xiaoshang River, but the men and horses were on the south bank of the Xiaoshang River, and entered the battlefield, the monk Wanyan Chen saw it, trying to take advantage of the Song army's army has not yet crossed the river, hoping to seize the position on the north bank of the Xiaoshang River and confront the Song army across the river.
At this time, the Song army's brigade was still more than two miles away from the Xiaoshang River, but Yang Yanji saw the battlefield on the north bank of the Xiaoshang River from a distance, and the Song army was already in danger, so he could not hesitate anymore, and immediately ordered that he and Zhao Yueru led the cavalry of the Ma Jun Si Xiao cavalry army to take the lead in killing the Xiaoshang River and reinforce the Song army on the other bank, and the rest of the men and horses arrived later.
At that moment, the Xiao cavalry army was immediately divided into three branches, led by Yang Yan, Zhao Yueru, and Wei Xiao, and rushed towards the Xiaoshang River.
The two-mile journey was a blink of an eye for a war horse galloping at full speed, and the three cavalry arrived at the Xiaoshang River almost at the same time. At this time, the Jin army completely occupied the two bridges with Yijing, and the Song army had retreated to the south of the bridge; The Song army of the other three bridges had lost their positions north of the bridge and was forced to retreat to the bridge by the Jin army; Only the bridge guarded by Wu Xi led the army was still exempt from the position north of the bridge.
Yang Yan pulled out the treasure knife "Fenglin Volcano" from behind his back and slammed his legs between the horse's belly, and the big food horse and sofa that sat down let out a roar, and kicked his four hooves away, like a gust of wind, galloping across the bridge and coming to the north bank of the Xiaoshang River. Then he rushed towards the Jin army.
When Yang Yan first debuted, he was known for his courage and good fighting, and when he was in the Northern Expedition of the main road, he served as the commander of the Ma Army Division and the Feng Army, and he must take the lead in every battle. But since the restoration of the Great Song Dynasty, Yang Yan has been the chief general of the Song army every time he has been in battle, although he occasionally tries his hand and goes into battle in person, but he almost never takes the lead in charging into battle. This time it can be regarded as a return to the old business, but Wu Yong is not inferior to that year, and the sword light also flashes like snowflakes, dancing out of a knife curtain like a practice, only killing the golden soldiers one after another.
At this time, the monk Wanyan Chen also led his troops to the battlefield, and saw that the Song army's position, which was the only one bridge, had not yet been captured, so he also jumped on his horse and swung his axe and killed it. happened to bump into Wu Xi dancing with a knife to fight the golden soldiers.
Monk Wanyan Chen wheeled the axe with both hands and cut off Wu Xi's head. Wu Xi couldn't dodge, so he had to parry with a horizontal knife.
With a sound of "dang", the swords and axes struck each other.
Although Wu Xi is also a brave general, he has fought for most of the night, and he has many injuries on his body, where the enemy can withstand the axe of Monk Yan Chen. Immediately he was so shocked that he vomited blood, and the man almost fell off his horse, and even the big knife flew away.
Monk Wanyan Chen was about to come back with another axe, which resulted in Wu Xi's life. At this moment, Yang Yan arrived with a flying horse, and the "Wind Forest Volcano" turned into a long rainbow, slashing towards Monk Wanyan Chen like lightning. The blade has not fallen, and the sword strength has already struck towards Monk Wanyan Chen as if it were substantial.
At this time, Monk Wanyan Chen naturally had no time to hurt Wu Xi's life again. Immediately swept with an axe, facing Yang Yan's blade.
I only heard a loud sound of "dang", which shook people's eardrums and made people's eardrums hurt, and the fierce energy spread outward in all directions with the sword and axe as the core.
Monk Wanyan Chen's horse retreated more than ten steps, four hooves bent, and almost fell to the ground, fortunately, Monk Wanyan Chen lifted the reins again and again, which stabilized his figure. Despite this, Monk Wanyan Chen also felt that the qi and blood in his chest were tumbling, and he was so uncomfortable that he almost wanted to vomit blood. His martial arts were originally inferior to Yang Yan, and in the blow just now, Yang Yan also used the momentum of the war horse, so it was obviously inferior to Yang Yan. Fortunately, Monk Wanyan Chen's horse was also a rare good horse, so he did not fall.
Looking at Yang Yan again, the war horse only took two or three steps back, and immediately stood firm, and then with a loud scream, he rushed towards Monk Wanyan Chen again. Monk Wanyan Chen also gritted his teeth, held back the churning qi and blood in his chest that had not subsided, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, waved the big axe, and also greeted him.
The two struck each other with knives and axes, the horses circled, and "dang, dang, dang, dang" hit more than ten times in a row, and they didn't know the winner for a while. At this time, the Song army led by Yang Yan had already rushed across the wooden bridge one after another, killed on the north bank, and started a fierce battle with the Jin army.
When Zhao Yueru rushed to the Xiaoshang River, the Song army was forced to retreat to the bridge by the Jin army, and it was obvious that Yi Jing could not kill from the bridge to the other side like Yang Yan. Zhao Yueru immediately clamped her legs, her toes were a little belly, and her horse Golan was also a big horse, and after getting the master's instructions, she suddenly increased her speed by a line in the case of running at high speed.
Just when the war horse rushed to the river, Zhao Yueru lifted the reins violently, and then the whole person immediately lay on the horse's back, Golan let out a high horse neigh, the forelimbs were raised, the hind hooves kicked the river bank violently, jumped up, stretched out the limbs as much as possible, the horse's neck stretched first, the sideburns fluttered freely, and in a beautiful and powerful posture, under the gaze of the Song army and Jin Jun on both sides, he jumped over the river more than three zhang wide and fell to the opposite bank.
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