As Zhang Hu's military order came, Guo Xianfu, the left commander who was dormant in the night, stood up, and with an order, led 25,000 strong men to gallop in the dark night, heading straight to the place where the firelight illuminated the sky.

The lurking distance is far, and they dare not approach, and it is too dangerous to get close to avoid being discovered.

On the way, someone tripped and fell, got up and continued to run.

On the way, he encountered a small attack and killed him directly.

Jiang'an was fighting and fighting, and as soon as the news of the sudden emergence of men and horses in the rear came, Xu Laiping was almost shocked into a cold sweat, but fortunately, he was somewhat mentally prepared in advance, and temporarily and cleanly dispatched 50,000 horses to intercept, and stomped his feet and scolded, blaming why the 100,000 withdrawn reinforcements had not yet arrived.

Little did he know that his retreating reinforcements were being met with a terrible blockade.

Guo Xianfu is also worthy of being Zhang Hu's right-hand man, and he is indeed a veteran of the battlefield, and his ability to adapt to the battle is not weak, and when he saw that he was alarmed on the way, he immediately ordered 5,000 men and horses to continue to attack, attracting the attention of the enemy and the enemy's main force of interception, and he led 20,000 people to bypass.

Soon, the 5,000 raiders collided with the 50,000 intercepting Song troops, and it was another bloody battle.

Wait a while, when Xu Laiping discovers that there is another enemy attack from another direction, it is too late, and it is difficult to send a large number of men and horses to intercept it.

"Kill!" Guo Xianfu, who rushed to the shore defense zone, waved his knife and roared, leading 20,000 horses to plunge into the enemy army like a sharp blade.

Not entangled with the enemy, he rushed forward desperately, and the monk took the lead to open the way.

A large number of monks of the Song army fought with the Yan monks on the river, and were dragged by the Yan monks, even if they learned in time that the rear was attacked by a sneak attack, there was no way to withdraw, and if they withdrew, the shore defense would be broken by the Yan monks, and the result was the same.

Without the obstruction of a large number of monks, Guo Xianfu led his men and horses like tigers into a flock of sheep, and after entering the front line, he immediately destroyed the archers and long-range throwing facilities of the coastal defense. The riverbank was suddenly in chaos, and there was chaos and fighting.

Without the threat of sharp weapons to prevent the Jiangshang Force-crossing Army from approaching, the Yanjun Army on the Jiang immediately rushed forward desperately, and a large number of wooden rafts blocked on the shore were like pontoon bridges, and the soldiers jumped forward on the wooden rafts on the river.

There were constantly monks who knocked over the wooden rafts and tried to stop them, but they couldn't stop the dense crowd of people rushing like ants, plus there were monks from Yan Guo to stop them.

From time to time, someone on the wooden raft overturned into the water, or stepped on the empty foot and fell into the water, and climbed on the wooden raft with a wet drench and continued to rush forward.

Zhang Hu, who learned of the battle situation, even bared his teeth, swung his sword and roared: "All-out attack!"

The wooden platoon in the upper reaches was immediately released, and his Changzhou men and horses launched a full-scale offensive, and the people who attacked in front were all imperial court men and horses, which were used to send them to death and consume the enemy army.

This arrangement can also be said to be his selfishness, and no one wants to see his brother go to death first.

In addition, it is also the meaning of Meng Shanming, which strength should be retained Meng Shanming naturally knows in his heart, after breaking through the river defense, the next war still needs to be supported by powerful men and horses, which side of the court and the princes are more suitable for fighting, he will keep which, not because Zhang Hu is his old department.

Seeing that the enemy troops were pouring ashore like a tide, and learning that the enemy troops intercepted by the rear before were only a few thousand people, Xu Laiping also roared wildly, urgently recruiting the 50,000 horses to come back and plug the loopholes in the river defense.

However, the general trend has gone, and he is powerless to return to the sky, the river defense is no longer defended, and the enemy troops have landed in large numbers, which has become a melee, and the enemy troops are still landing in a steady stream.

With the arrival of Zhang Hu's main force, the situation was even more one-sided.

"Lord Xu, I can't hold it, let's go!" Several monks dragged the struggling Xu Laiping up the back steps, wanting to take him away.

In the midst of the sound of killing, looking at the battlefield with fire everywhere in front of him, and looking at the battlefield where the situation was overwhelming, Xu Laiping struggled and screamed: "Let go of me! I won't go, I won't go, the Hukou defense line is here, I'm here, if the Hukou defense line is lost, then I die, I must stay here!"

"Lord Xu, don't talk nonsense, stay in Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, quickly order a retreat, it's too late." A monk advised.

Xu Laiping shook his head with tears in his eyes, "Oh my God, I, Xu Laiping, am the eternal sinner of the Great Song Dynasty, I Xu Laiping will become the eternal sinner of the Great Song Dynasty, the Metropolitan Governor trusts me in every possible way, and orders me to sit here, but the Hukou defense line has been lost by me, what face do I have to go to see the Metropolitan Governor!"

Luo Zhao went deep into Yandi to attack, the rear defense line naturally had to be handed over to a competent and reliable person, the layout of the defense line can be described as very cautious, and the guards along the line were all capable generals personally selected by Luo Zhao, Xu Laiping was one of them, so there was a heavy trust.

However, he attempted to kill himself, and was grabbed by the monk on the side, took off the sword in his hand, and was reprimanded, "How can a great husband do it when he dies, and now he should clean up the mess and try to remedy it is really worthy of the trust of the metropolitan governor, how can he exchange death for freedom!"

Xu Laiping, who was persuaded to change his mind, immediately ordered a retreat, intending to retain as much strength as he could.

Before leaving, he ordered, "Give an order to the granary guard, immediately set fire to the grain, and not a single one is allowed to be left for the swallow thief!"

Because of his order, enough for two million men and horses to eat a month's worth of war food turned into ashes.

And the Yan army that killed the shore pursued and killed for a distance, and was finally stopped by Zhang Hu's order, now is not the time to chase and kill the deserters.

When the Yan army was fully in control of the Hukou defense line, several ragged people came with a disadvantaged person in their arms.

It was Sun Gaotian, who led more than 4,000 men and horses to block the enemy's 100,000 troops, his hair bun was cut off by something, his hair was scattered, his hair was long and short, and his body was a mixture of mud and blood.

Someone slashed in the abdomen and covered it with one hand.

Seeing Zhang Hu standing by the firelight, Sun Gaotian pushed away the left and right supports, staggered to Zhang Hu, pouted and knelt down, and cried on the spot, "The last general is incompetent, and his brothers have been wiped out, and he has failed to block the enemy's reinforcements! The last general deserves to die, and he begs to die quickly!"

Guo Xianfu, the left commander covered in blood on the side, also shed tears on his clothes, and many generals on the side were wiping their tears or silently crying.

Zhang Hu's cheeks were tight, his five fingers clenched the hilt of the sword at his waist, his eyes were red, and he was speechless with excitement.

Several monks who were also inhuman-looking stepped forward, all of them were wounded, and one of them choked bitterly: "General, don't blame General Sun, really don't blame General Sun, 4,000 men and horses faced the enemy's 100,000 strong attack and intercepted for nearly half an hour, the fight was too miserable! Try your best, General Sun did your best, we really tried our best! No one escaped, almost all of them died in battle, General Sun refused to steal his life, if it weren't for us and others desperately pulling General Sun out, General Sun would have died!"

Not only those thousands, but also a large number of monks who accompanied them were almost all killed in battle.

"Ho..." Zhang Hu opened his mouth, slowly exhaled a breath, controlled his emotions, took a step forward, and helped Sun Gaotian with both hands, "It's not you, it's good, you have done a good job, the brothers have done a good job, you have lived up to the trust of Meng Shuai, the Hukou defense line has been successfully captured, you have no faults, you have great achievements!"

This is not a lie, if the 100,000 horses arrived half an hour early, no one can say whether the battle situation will change.

He was afraid of this change, afraid that when Guo Xianfu led the ambush men and horses to attack from the rear, he would be rushed by the 100,000 reinforcements to attack the defenders in front and back, and once the ambush soldiers could not disturb the Jiangfang people in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The key is that he can't order Guo Xianfu's men and horses to attack when the war is together, and he must wait until a large number of enemy monks are lured out before he can give the order to move, otherwise in the face of a large number of monks, it will be difficult for Guo Xianfu's men and horses to play a role, so he has been letting Guo Xianfu lurk until then, also in order to paralyze the enemy.

Waiting for the test of time is also how long Sun Gaotian can block 100,000 reinforcements.

From the moment he gave Sun Gaotian this order, he knew what kind of tragic situation Sun Gaotian would face, thousands of people were facing the enemy's 100,000 army, and the consequences were not difficult to imagine.

When he gave this order, he couldn't bear it, but he couldn't help it, it was a matter of victory or defeat of the entire battle, if he lost, not to mention Da Yan, so many brothers would die in vain.

Sun Gaotian, who was lifted up, wept and shook his head, "I don't want merit, but I want revenge, if the general believes me, give me another group of men and horses, I will annihilate that batch of reinforcements and avenge the dead brothers!"

Zhang Hu refused, "If you recuperate from your injuries, someone will naturally do revenge." He turned around and said coldly to the monk beside him: "Fellow mages, Commander Sun will be handed over to you, if there is any accident with his injury, don't blame Lao Tzu for turning his face!"

At this time, none of the monks were annoyed by his words, and one of them bowed his head and said: "The general can rest assured, he will do his best to save General Sun, and there will be no mistake." He waved his hand and motioned to the people below to help Sun Gaotian away for treatment.

"Guo Xianfu!" Zhang Hu turned around and shouted.

"In!" Guo Xianfu, who was covered in blood, came out and gave his hand.

Zhang Hu gritted his teeth and said: "You order 100,000 horses to go, and when you meet those reinforcements, kill them for Lao Tzu, don't accept the pawns, and don't leave them alive!

"Yes!" Guo Xianfu took the order on the spot.

However, it was still empty, the reinforcements were originally coming from this side, Xu Laiping knew that the momentum was irreversible, and temporarily notified the reinforcements to evacuate.

In fact, the 100,000 reinforcements also suffered heavy casualties, and nearly 30,000 horses were lost during the strong attack.

Sun Gaotian himself didn't know how many enemies he had killed, but he only tried his best to block them with the help of the obstacles set up, and they used 4,000 men and horses to fight out nearly 30,000 enemy troops.

The granary was also not successfully taken, and when Guo Xianfu led the men and horses to arrive, the granary defenders also withdrew, leaving the Yan army with a piece of charred ash in the drizzle.

Xu Laiping was also distressed about burning this batch of grain, but he couldn't help it, he couldn't run away with so much grain, once he was caught up by the enemy, not only the grain might fall into the hands of the enemy, but even the soldiers who escorted the grain could not escape......