The centurion stuck his head on the tip of his spear and rode his chariot around, delivering the joyful and sad news to everyone he could meet. The coalition forces were greatly encouraged, and the tide attacked the enemy, and the battle suddenly turned into a terrible massacre, and finally the lieutenant general Yanzhou was also killed in the chaos.

By noon, the coalition forces had taken full control of the Wu battalion and won a decisive victory. Song and Yuan Gong ordered the troops to be collected, and the army stopped the pursuit and withdrew to rest, while some searched the enemy camp for booty.

When Wu's division was attacked, the rebels led by Walden were stationed in the southwest direction from Wu's division. He was supposed to attack the office defense from another location. He saw the smoke billowing in the direction of Wu's battalion, heard the faint sound of war drums, and immediately ordered the chariots and chariots to gather and advance in the northeast direction, and ordered the infantry to keep up with the speed of the vehicles as much as possible.

After traveling about ten miles, Walden met the first batch of Wu soldiers who had escaped by chance. He learned from the defeated soldiers that the Wu army had been defeated, so he gave up the idea of supporting. The rebels slowly moved forward while collecting the remnants of the defeated army of the Wu State.

Walden gathered the defeated army, and when he learned that his father-in-law had been killed in battle, he hugged his brother-in-law and wept bitterly. The sun had risen to the zenith, but Wu Jun was still hungry. Walden shared their food with the Wu army, and the sergeants sat down on the ground with their heads bowed after lunch.

Walden had a meeting with the sons of Kuyu, and several of them believed that their own forces were still superior, and the victory of the Song Office was entirely due to the fact that they were taken by surprise; The enemy has won an unexpected victory, and they will surely be careless, and if they come to "treat others in their own way", they can completely annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.

The plan was unanimously approved, and the officers elected Walden as the new commander-in-chief, and then ran out to incite the hatred of the soldiers; Tell them that it is the honor of a soldier to die on the battlefield, and it is a coward's act to steal a life; There were no big losses in the army, but the commander was killed, and this was a great shame, and the soldiers had to wash it off with the blood of the enemy and themselves.

The soldiers were agitated to fight. Walden immediately assigned combat tasks and gave operational orders.

That night, the main force of the army died down, and under the guidance of Walden, it bypassed a high ground along the path to the south side of the Wu camp. Zihua led a small team to act as bait.

The coalition forces were cleaning up the battlefield, and Song Yuangong saw Zi waving a white flag from a distance and walking towards him with a small group of men and horses.

Zihua came to Song Yuangong, prostrate on the ground, shed tears, and stretched out his hands, begging Song Yuangong to return the bodies of his father and others to him, and asking for some food for the soldiers to eat.

Song Yuangong arrogantly rejected Zihua, saying, "The others can be returned to you, but the head of the bitter bird cannot." It's a valuable spoil, what do you exchange it for? Neither can the grain, because it originally belonged to the Song State, and you are only defeated soldiers, not prisoners. ”

Zihua asked Song Yuangong what he wanted to exchange, and Song Yuangong said, "Then use Huadeng's head." ”

Zi Hui said: "Wu Shi has been defeated, and Hua's strength is too great, I'm afraid I can't do anything." ”

Song Yuangong said: "I don't make deals with incompetent people, change to capable people, or wait for you to come back later." ”

Zi Hui put forward other conditions, in fact, he was trying to delay as much time as possible, so that Walden had enough time to deploy. Song Yuangong was not impatient with him bothering himself, but enjoyed the feeling of being begged for, he took the trouble to listen to the other party's request, and he took the trouble to refuse any request he made.

However, the cook Pu sensed his intentions, and he reminded Song Yuangong that he had not heard from the scouts for an hour. Song Yuangong was taken aback and immediately drove Zihua away.

Zihua walked out a short distance with his entourage, suddenly turned around, and scolded Song Jun. The Song people were furious, grabbed their weapons, boarded their chariots, and ran towards them. Zi waved a posture of fighting to the death, but when the Song army approached, he suddenly turned around and fled. Zihua's actions provoked even more anger, and more people joined the chase. Just as this small commotion was causing confusion, the left side of the coalition army suddenly waved flags and drums shook the sky, and a large army seemed to emerge from the flat ground - Walden led the rebels and Wu Shi to storm it.

The situation was the opposite of the dawn, and the Song and Qi soldiers were still packing up their booty in the Wu camp, thinking that the enemy had lost their combat effectiveness (Zi Hui's arrival strengthened their understanding). It is not hard to imagine the shock and confusion caused by the sudden upset of this realization: the soldiers, who were doing their work as porters and porters, were so panicked that they went to find weapons and assemble with a load on their shoulders!

The rebels were as overwhelming as the tide of the Wu division, and they did what the coalition had just done to the Wu people. The coalition forces withdrew to the defensive line, but the enemy followed closely and held on to the enemy, resulting in another battle in the barracks. Outnumbered and overwhelmed, the coalition forces abandoned their barracks and were forced to flee into the last line of defense outside the capital.

That night, the Coalition forces huddled in the cold night wind with their weapons in hand (for the baggage of their tents had become trophies of the enemy), and the rebels and allies were stationed a few miles across from them.

Song Yuangong completely lost confidence in the battle situation, and he returned to the palace to take a few national treasures and returned; When the cook Pu returned from patrolling the camp, Song Yuangong asked him to escape with him.

The cook Pu slowly withdrew his hand and said: "The minister is a villain, he can die for the country, but he can't flee with the monarch; But if you have to go, you have to say goodbye to the soldiers. ”

The two climbed the Yangmen (Shangqiu East Gate) tower and saw that the campsite outside the city was as bright as day. The soldiers saw them appear by the light of the fire and immediately stood up and lined up in array.

The cook Pu shouted: "Warriors of the Song Kingdom, wave the banner in your hands!" The sergeants suddenly waved a sea of battle flags.

Song Yuangong was infected by people's emotions, he walked down the city tower, walked out of the city gate, boarded the chariot to inspect the army, and said loudly: "Is it the sin of a lone person to die when the country is dead? Shame on you, too! Today I am not a monarch, I am just a defender like you, I have decided to defend the country with my life, are you willing to fight with me? ”

The soldiers waved their battle flags even more violently, and they shouted: "Fight for the country, fight for the monarch!" ”

Seeing that the morale of the soldiers was completely boosted, Wu Zhiming continued: "It is better to fight the crowd with outnumberedness than to die with one heart; It is better to die together, than to withdraw the garrison; Close to hand, the brave wins, there are many enemies, please use the sword! ”

The chef Pu nodded again and again and said: "Our troops are limited, try not to open the front as much as possible, only do hand-to-hand combat, and do not chase and kill the fleeing enemy." ”