At this time, there were more and more Western Xia cavalry who jumped over the trench, and other Song soldiers also raised their swords, and for a while, the sword light flashed like a match, and the other Western Xia troops who jumped over the trench also waved their weapons and hit the Song army. The roar of the man, the neighing of the horse, the sound of the wind as the weapon was swung, and the sound of blood splattering after the stab slashed into Rou's body, all rolled together.

Under the light of the Song army's swords, the horses of the Western Xia army fell to the ground, and the knights fell from their horses screaming, but the cavalry of the Western Xia still followed one after another, constantly jumping over the trench and attacking the Song army's sword array. Under such a fierce impact of the Western Xia army, there were also heavy armored cavalry such as the "Iron Harrier", and sometimes a "Iron Harrier" could rush through the resistance of four or five heavy armor and sword soldiers in a row, so there were also many Song troops who were knocked down by the war horses of the Western Xia Army and then trampled. But there will also be other Song troops to make up for it immediately and continue to block the impact of the Western Xia army.

However, although the war horses can easily jump over the trench, the space left by the Song army for the Western Xia army is limited, basically only one or two war horses are allowed to rush out of the trench at a time, if there are more, they will inevitably bump into their companions in front. Therefore, the impact of the Western Xia army was not continuous, and the Song army could calmly meet the battle, and in addition to the heavy armored cavalry, the other ordinary cavalry were basically vulnerable in front of the heavy armor and sword formation. At the same time, behind the Song army, there were archers to help, so at the beginning, the Song army caused great damage to the Western Xia army.

If before, the Song army mainly relied on fortifications and various sharp military equipment to block the Western Xia army, then now, the Song army is completely relying on the overall formation and individual bravery to fight the cavalry in the front. And it doesn't fall behind in the slightest. From this point of view, this Song army is indeed a strong army.

The Zha Ba'er Fire Man sighed with his long beard: "There is an old saying in the Central Plains, called 'There are no weak soldiers under a strong general', it seems that it really makes sense!" ”

When the other Mongolian generals Mubili, Borshu, and Zhe Jie heard this, they all nodded frequently.

Temujin also praised himself, and said: "This is the true strength of the Song army, Ah Hai, you have been in the Jin country, so in your opinion, how is the strength of the Jin army compared to the current Song army?" ”

Yelu Ahai hesitated for a moment, although he had always been hostile to the Song Dynasty, but after all, he was also a knowledgeable person, and in front of Temujin, he didn't dare to degrade the Song army too much, so in the end he still said truthfully: "With the strength and quality of this Song army, if it is the commander of the Song Dynasty in the Jin Kingdom, he may be able to fight with one of them, and if he changes to others, I am afraid they are not opponents." ”

Temujin nodded, of course he understood what Yelu Ahai meant, in fact, after careful training, the strength of the army is almost the same, but the general of the unified army is very important, an excellent commander can increase the combat effectiveness of the army several times, and a mediocre commander can turn a well-trained army into a mediocre division. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "After hearing that Yan Changzhi was demoted by the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, it seems that Jin Yuan's qi is really exhausted." ”

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At this time, on the east bank of the Yellow River, the battle entered a white heat.

Although the sword array laid by the Song army caused the most casualties to the Western Xia army, the Western Xia army had 30,000 cavalry troops, and there were also the best cavalry armoured cavalry who were good at frontal impact. Therefore, under the repeated impact of the Western Xia army wave after wave, no matter how strong the formation is, it will be loosened, not to mention the defensive line composed of blood Rou. Moreover, at this time, there were cavalry to contain the Song army, and the infantry of Western Xia also used the wooden fence left by the Song army to build more than a dozen bridges on the trench and kill the trench to help the battle. If it was just an infantry army, it would not pose much danger to the Song army's sword formation, but the infantry army assisted the cavalry army, but it brought great pressure to the Song army's knife battle.

After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the Western Xia army lost more than 5,000 cavalry and more than 3,000 infantry troops, and the Song army's heavy armor and sword formation were almost about to collapse, and the entire defense line almost retreated to the edge of the mountain, and the hemp knife soldiers also lost nearly half. The other Song troops also rushed forward, and the two sides started a scuffle.

At this point in the battle, it took more than three hours to fight, and the Western Xia army finally reached the last step after paying a great price of casualties, if you work harder, you can break through the defense line of the Song army, so at this time, the Western Xia generals who were watching the battle in the back were very excited.

But Gao Shandu is the commander after all, and he has experienced a lot of things, and he has more eyes, and he can't help but be a little puzzled in addition to the excitement, this battle has been fought until now, looking back, the overall progress of the Western Xia army is still very smooth, is it difficult for the Song army to really be so easy to deal with? You must know that this time the main general of the Song army is Yang Yan, can it be said that he only has such a little ability? Thinking of this, Gao Shan couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart, and always felt that something was wrong.

At this time, someone suggested to Gao Shandu that Suo Xing put all the remaining forces on the battlefield, broke through the defense line of the Song army in one fell swoop, and rescued the Western Xia army in Lingwu City.

Gao Shan listened, but he couldn't help but feel a move in his heart, and finally realized that something was wrong there. This time, the Song army attacked Lingwu, with a total of more than 100,000 horses. Now, even if it is to attack the city in the inner ring to contain the defenders of Lingwu and prevent the Western Xia army from forming an internal and external attack, it is enough to use only 30,000 horses at most. However, from the beginning of the war to the present, the 80,000 army of Western Xia has almost used nearly 70,000 horses, while the Song army has only used 30,000 or 40,000 horses to defend Hengjian, so the rest of the Song army has gone there. At the same time, the soldiers were all infantry and crossbowmen, and the cavalry of the Song army was never found, no, not only the cavalry, but also the elephant army of the Song army. The Western Xia even sent out the "Iron Harrier", and the Song army had no reason not to use the elephant army.

Thinking of this, Gao Shandu's heart couldn't help but feel a chill, so it seems that the Song army intends to use a small number of troops to consume the Western Xia army, and wait until the Western Xia army is exhausted, and then use the cavalry army and the elephant army to launch a counterattack.

The more Gao Shandu thought about it, the more reasonable he felt, and he was hesitating whether it was time to collect the troops, and then ran from behind the formation to count the horses, all of them were beating horses like flying, and hurriedly rushed to Gao Shandu, and he jumped off the war horse, and he was out of breath and said: "Report to the Lord of the United Army, the Song Army is attacking the Xiangqing Army, please return to the army to rescue quickly." ”

When Gao Shan heard this, he didn't realize that his eyes were dark, and his body shook twice, and he almost fell off his horse. Yang Yan's use of troops was really elusive, and they all thought that he was attacking Lingwu with all his might, and even Xiang Qingjun was calculated in it. There was only one thought in my heart: the Yellow River defense line was over.

It turned out that Yang Yan had calculated that the Song army was attacking Lingwu with all its might, and the Western Xia army must gather a large army to rescue. After Huaizhou, Yongzhou, and Jingzhou were contained, in order to gather enough men and horses to rescue Lingwu, the Western Xia army could only mobilize all the men and horses that could be mobilized from the remaining places. Therefore, once the Western Xia army comes to the rescue of Lingwu, the Xiangqing army and other places will inevitably be empty. At this time, Yang Changpeng was stationed in Mingsha, and Yang Yan gave Yang Changpeng a secret order before sending troops, and once the Western Xia army of the Xiangqing army sent troops to rescue Lingwu, he immediately sent troops to take the Xiangqing army.

In Lingwu, in the face of Western Xia reinforcements, Yang Yan only used a small number of troops to defend, on the one hand, to consume the Western Xia army, and on the other hand, to delay time, so that Yang Changpeng had enough time to capture the Xiangqing army.

Sure enough, after the Western Xia army set off, Yang Changpeng immediately sent troops to capture the Xiangqing army. At this time, the defenders of the Xiangqing army were not many, and they were defenseless, so as soon as Yang Changpeng's men arrived, they immediately captured the Xiangqing army.

At this time, everything was understood, but it was too late, although Takayama did not know that it was just when the soldiers reported to him. The Xiangqing army was captured by the Song army, but even if the Western Xia army went back to rescue the Xiangqing army at this time, Lingwu would definitely be lost. Then the Yellow River defense line carefully arranged by the Western Xia army will collapse at this moment.

At this moment, the right side of the Western Xia army also sounded a heavy and dense sound of horses' hooves, which was also mixed with countless huge figures, and the cavalry and elephant army of the Song army were finally dispatched. This meant that the Song army began to counterattack the Western Xia army with the scriptures.

Although Temujin and others did not know the news of the Song army's attack on Xiangqing's army. However, at this time, on the battlefield on the east bank of the Yellow River, the overall situation was determined, and the defeat of the Western Xia army was inevitable.

Temujin said to the generals: "After the defeat of the Western Xia army, the bank of the Yellow River will definitely not be able to hold on, and their men and horses in several other strongholds will immediately withdraw to the west bank of the Yellow River. And we are worried that we can't find an opportunity to attack the Western Xia army outside the city, so we can take advantage of the time when the Western Xia army crosses the river to hit the Western Xia army hard. We've had enough rest, and when we get back, you'll all be ready to fight. ”

When the generals heard this, they all agreed in unison.

After Temujin and his generals returned to the Mongol camp, Lai Wenzheng waited at the Mongol camp.

Since Yang Yan returned from Mongolia, Lai Wenzheng has been in charge of liaison with Mongolia, and after Temujin led the Mongol army into Western Xia, Lai Wenzheng also personally came to meet Temujin twice to convey Yang Yan's message. So we got to know each other very well.

As soon as Temujin heard that Lai Wenzheng was coming, he immediately summoned him. Lai Wenzheng entered the tent to give Temujin a salute and sent a letter from Yang Yan to Temujin.

It turned out that Yang Yan told Temujin in the letter that the Song army was about to break through the Yellow River defense line of the Western Xia, and the Western Xia army would inevitably cross the river in the near future, and asked the Mongolian army to pay close attention to the movement of the Western Xia army crossing the river, and take advantage of the Western Xia army's half-crossing to attack, etc., and the Song army would soon cross the Yellow River and attack Xingqing Mansion with the Mongol army.

After hearing this, Temujin couldn't help laughing and said, "Mr. Lai, I want to go with your Yang Shuai." ”