With the war at hand, all calculations are meaningless. It's about staking lives, equipment, warhorses, and courage to fight for a chance. But no matter what, the generals are always a crucial part of it, at the very least, they decide how to take that chance.

Thanks to Yue Fei's strategy of dividing the troops, the original front-line commander PuCha Hubalu and his ten Meng'an under Changshe City were lured to Changge by Ma Gao and others. Therefore, the real commander of the Jin army on the front line at this time temporarily became the young Wanhu Da You.

Da You was the younger brother of Da Tabuye, who had died before, and the heir of the Da clan, a large Bohai family in the Jin army... Of course, it's okay to say that the Da clan is the Bohai royal family, because the word "Da" itself evolved from the meaning of "leader". The Bohai Da clan had already established the Bohai Kingdom, known as the "Prosperous Country East of the Sea," in the Tang Dynasty, but it was later destroyed by Yelu Abaoji.

It was precisely because of this, coupled with the Bohai clan uprisings attempting to establish a Great Bohai Kingdom during the rise of the Jurchens, that when it came to the Wanyan Aguda era, the Da clan, which had great prestige and strength in the Jurchens' initial territory, immediately received sincere solicitation and alliance from the Wanyan clan. The two sides universally formed kinship, and the Da clan effectively enjoyed a transcendent status in the Jin Dynasty, second only to the imperial family.

How to put it?

This Jin noble, Da You, who had just become a Wanhu not long ago, was not without military experience, did not lack understanding of Jin military law, and had also fought desperately in previous wars... However, faced with the military order conveyed by Wanyan Talan and the fresh reinforcements of those two Meng'an, this Da Wanhu hesitated.

He suddenly didn't feel like risking his life anymore.

There were many reasons, and they were all simple... For example, his brother died at the hands of the Song people, and if there were no accidents, he should have died at the hands of the owner of the Yue character banner in front of him, and he was a little apprehensive. For another example, when the army gathered here before, the fourth prince Wanyan Wushu abandoned him when selecting elites, and he inevitably felt some resentment. Still another example, these days, Wanyan Talan and Wanyan Nianhan have been planning to set up vassal states on the Henan front, which is well known. What makes this Bohai royal family unacceptable is that a few newly surrendered Han people can easily establish a country and claim the title of emperor, governing hundreds of thousands of people and more than a dozen prefectures, while their Da clan, the dignified Bohai royal family and Wanyan clan in-laws, cannot even divide a single prefecture... So the resentment is even heavier!

In a word, from some point on, this Bohai general didn't want to risk his life much, at least he didn't want to risk his own life!

However, Jin military discipline was strict. Since the Right Deputy Marshal personally ordered him, Da You, to lead his cavalry to break through, then he had to lead his troops to break through in person, otherwise he would still lose his life!

"Follow me, break through with me!" In a moment, after some random thoughts flashed through his mind, Da You suddenly raised his leather gauntlet and cheered up loudly. "Today I am invincible!"

The two newly supported Meng'an (thousand-man teams, chiliarchs) and Da You's own core Meng'an were also greatly encouraged upon hearing this, and each became active!

Immediately, three complete Jin army Meng'an, all fresh troops, and also the largest mobile force that Da You could organize on the battlefield in a short period of time, began to arrange a close formation - heavy cavalry forward, clamping their spears, cavalry without horse armor automatically retreated, bows and arrows in hand, and followed behind Wanhu Da You, slowly turning away to the side and rear, but to create distance and space for a charge.

Dense Jin cavalry began to move on a large scale. Horse armor, armor, spear tips, and arrowheads began to shine with a chilling light in the afternoon sun of spring... Even before the charge had begun, the Jin army itself had begun to unconsciously have an adrenaline rush, and the entire army began to cheer up, while the Song army on the battlefield could not help but feel fear and began to worry about the battle situation... This was an instinctive reaction from both sides due to their respective war experiences.

Everyone knew how terrifying the Jin armored cavalry's hard charge was! At Chuhe Store, Taiyuan, and Tongguan, the Jin army relied on repeated cavalry hard charges to carve out a prestigious Great Jin Kingdom!

"Grand Commandant!"

On the head of Changshe City, Cheng Min, who had been observing the battle situation in the southeast direction of the city, could not help but look at Han Shizhong. "Open the city gate, I'll lead the Beiwei Army for a charge, and I'll definitely be able to hold back one or two Meng'an!"

Han Shizhong, fully armored and sitting on the edge of the collapsed city wall, was playing with a dagger in his hand. Upon hearing this, he did not look at the battlefield at all, nor did he look at Cheng Min, but slowly shook his head: "It's not time yet, wait a little longer!"

Cheng Min immediately shut up, but Wang Shan, the commander of the Tokyo Garrison, hesitated slightly: "Grand Commandant, this is probably the last chance. Once Yue Fei's vanguard of 10,000 men who crossed the river first is defeated head-on, the troops behind and the one with the Wang character banner will probably not be able to follow, and the defeat will be set... Why are we still waiting?"

Wang Shan was, after all, a guest general, and the two sides had worked hard together in the city for two or three months, so there was some face. Therefore, Han Shizhong directly told the truth:

"Because the Jin army is too impatient... How long has the war been going on, and they want to break through with a hard charge?"

Wang Shan, Cheng Min, and Jie Yuan, who had just returned from patrolling other parts of the city wall, were each stunned upon hearing this.

Han Shizhong, who was sitting there, also took the opportunity to turn his head to look at the large Jin cavalry force in the southeast direction of the city, which had already begun to create distance and then slowly started under the banner of Da You, and sneered:

"A hard charge is certainly powerful, but is it such an easy thing? Once you charge down, the enemy's army will certainly be lost, but the Jin army itself will also have to lose a large piece of flesh... And the Jin army is so hasty and disregards casualties, which can only mean that the real killer of our army is still behind, and they have to deal with these 10,000 men who crossed the river as soon as possible!"

"That's right." Jie Yuan was the first to echo in response. "As for the opportunity, the Qingyi River stretches for twenty miles, and the Jin army has laid countless pontoon bridges on it. As long as the reinforcements have a backup plan, then the opportunity will definitely still be there. And our troops in the city have been trapped for months and have no extra strength. We must wait until the necessary moment to attack in order to be effective... Moreover, I always feel that staying put at this time can make Talan have scruples!"

Looking at the large Jin army team running under the city, Wang Shan's face was solemn, but he nodded repeatedly... To be honest, he was also puzzled by the lack of Tokyo Garrison troops. Others were fine, but Zhang Yong and Sang Zhong were loyal. Since there was a large force of reinforcements coming, they would never not come.

As they spoke, the Jin army's hooves thundered and they rushed straight to the riverbank. Even though Yue Fei's troops were disciplined, they could not help but be horrified. They could only try to tighten their formation under the shouts of the officers. Zhang Xian, leading the Tabai Army, desperately led his mere hundreds of cavalry to create distance from Yue Fei's large banner... This was not to escape, but to seek space for a charge, and to rush back to protect his brother and superior as soon as the Jin army broke through the formation.

In fact, just now, as soon as the Jin army gathered and Yue Fei understood their intentions, he realized the seriousness of the matter... At this time, Wang Yan's troops were rushing over, and they had no strength to gather for battle and form effective support from other places such as the north bank of the Qingyi River. In Yue Fei's opinion, the best way to deal with Han Shizhong's troops in the city was to stay put and ensure that Wanyan Talan was distracted and divided his forces to respond. At the same time, the reinforcements led by Zhao Guan Jia in person had not yet arrived, and his own troops remaining on the east bank of the river could not fully support because of the blockage of the pontoon bridge passage... The Jin army's charge did seize the best opportunity, and if he was really defeated, then it would really be over!

But on the battlefield, such worries are meaningless, because just a moment later, Da You's banner suddenly accelerated, and then the Jin cavalry of the three Meng'an, almost like tigers descending the mountain, supported by military discipline, morale, fighting instinct, and the surge of blood, charged to the riverbank with their Wanhu, and then, with a mind of pottery collision and complete shattering, fiercely collided with the Song army's infantry formation.

The Song army had tried their best. During the charge, the crossbowmen desperately exchanged fire with the Jurchen archers on the opposite side. Arrows rained down, and the wailing sounds were completely covered by the shouting and the sound of arrows flying through the air. The spearmen stood firmly like erecting a fence, watching the dazzling Jin armored cavalry smash directly towards them.

But this kind of charge could not be resisted by courage alone.

In an instant, after the front-line troops of both sides dissolved each other in a posture of mutual destruction, countless Jin cavalry, relying on inertia, almost forced themselves and their horses into the Song army's formation... Then, in a state of near-silence, they completely tore apart the Song army's formation in front of them!

From a distance, it was as spectacular as a torrent of iron breaking through a dam.

With this charge, the entire battlefield seemed to fall into a brief moment of silence. Without a doubt, everyone came to the conclusion in an instant that the Jin army had won this charge after all, and the Song army in front had collapsed after all... The Jin army suffered countless casualties, and the Song army's entire battle formation was completely shattered. As the Song army's battle formation completely shattered, the sound instantly returned to the battlefield. The next moment, everyone was watching the three Jin army Meng'an, led by Da You, recklessly ravage and kill the Song army, whose formation had instantly exploded!

A situation of crowding and trampling began to appear on the pontoon bridge behind this formation, and countless scattered Song soldiers who were still wearing armor simply fled into the river in early spring, and then easily broke the thin ice and fell into it.

This battle was so clear and so shocking that Wang Yan on the opposite bank could no longer bear it, and immediately ordered his slightly rested Bazi Army to cross the river from upstream!

Han Shizhong and Wanyan Talan, who were high above and could see the clearest, had completely different reactions after a slight daze - Han Shizhong stood up and laughed out loud; Wanyan Talan's face turned green, and at the same time, the knuckles of the hand that gripped the whip tightened slightly and turned white.

"I'm going to kill this Bohai cur!" After a full two breaths, Talan finally threw the whip to the ground, obviously furious. "I'm going to skin him alive!"

The people around looked at each other, no one dared to speak... How could they kill their only front-line commander in this situation, and how could they kill him?

What's more, Da You did not violate military discipline at all... This Wanhu did personally lead his troops into the Song army's formation! However, he did not charge into the largest and strongest formation with the Yue character banner, which had three or four thousand people, but instead charged into the formation of Xu Qing, a commander under Yue Fei, which was next to it and had only a little over a thousand people.

That's right, Jin Wanhu Da You, at the most anxious moment of the entire battlefield, used what was possibly the best opportunity for the Jin army, and painstakingly organized the strongest attack, but led Talan's reinforcements and his own Meng'an to fiercely charge into the army of Xu Qing, a commander under Yue Fei.

The results were fruitful. Xu Qing himself died in battle at the first moment, hundreds of Song soldiers were killed on the spot, and it caused the collapse of hundreds of Song soldiers and nearly a quarter of the battlefield situation.

With such results, it was no wonder that Han Shizhong, who was sitting high and could see far, laughed out loud because of the collapse of his allied forces, and it was no wonder that Wang Yan ordered the entire army to cross the river at all costs, taking advantage of the time when the Jin cavalry was difficult to gather to quickly expand the battlefield. It was even more no wonder that Yue Fei and his generals, Zhang Xian, Fu Xuan, Tang Huai, Li Zhang, Li Bao, and others, fell into a strange state of silence - they felt sad and angry for the sudden death of Xu Qing and other comrades, but they also keenly realized that this most critical moment had been endured!

After Han Shizhong finished laughing, he saw Wang Yan's troops beginning to cross the river on a large scale from upstream, but he still did not attack, but continued to sit down and wait for the opportunity. At this moment, on the main road east of Changshe City, the direction that had gradually subsided due to the successive arrival of Wang Yan's troops was once again filled with smoke and dust.

Han Liangchen sat on the city wall and watched leisurely for a while. After roughly estimating the number of these last reinforcements, he could not help but exchange glances with his brother, Jie Yuan - obviously, guessing was guessing, but when reinforcements of no less than 60,000 arrived, they still found it a little unbelievable, because they found it hard to imagine how the government army organized such a scale of rescue operation with such decisiveness?

It is said that since Da You's perfect charge, Talan on the commander's platform under the city had completely fallen into rage and chaos.

Wang Yan's crossing of the river made this emotion even more out of control - because Yue Fei's banner was still flying downstream, and the part of Yue Fei's troops on the east bank of the river was still fully supporting them along the pontoon bridge, and Da You's troops still could not completely solve this force! This situation, coupled with the new battlefield opened up by Wang Yan's troops, meant that Talan had to face a dilemma that he had always wanted to avoid. How many troops should he divide to stop Wang Yan, and how many troops should he leave to defend against Han Shizhong behind him?

Frankly speaking, in addition to his emotional collapse, Talan still keenly realized one thing, that is, he was really going to be in a difficult battle today!

As for whether Pu Cha Hubalu could return in time to support them, it was not a question of whether he could solve the current large force of Song troops, but a question of whether he could preserve his own army!

It would be good enough to force the opponent back at that time!

However, to Talan's surprise, after dividing out three more Meng'an to work with Da You's troops on the riverbank in an attempt to stop the Song army, Han Shizhong in the city still remained silent.

And it was precisely because of this silence that the battlefield remained confined to the Qingyi River - the Song army on the east bank began to use the existing pontoon bridges on the river to spread out the battle line on a large scale and expand the scope of the battlefield, in order to show its numerical advantage. The Jin cavalry began to come and go constantly, using their resilience and the mobility of the cavalry to barely support it... Of course, in this situation, it was tantamount to a daydream for the Jin army to organize the kind of large-scale charge that they had before.

The two sides seemed to be entering some kind of grueling war of attrition, which made Talan relax a little, because according to past experience, the final result of this kind of battle of endurance and resilience was often that the Jin army could win.

But just a quarter of an hour later, watching the reinforcements that were surging from the east bank again, Talan was completely thrown into heartbeat and panic.

Because for some reason, with the arrival of these last 20,000 or more reinforcements that had been expected for a long time, the Song army on the entire battlefield, numbering as many as sixty or seventy thousand, began to gradually enter a state of inexplicable excitement... The two most obvious phenomena were that the Song army's speed of crossing the river to support and their desire to participate in the battle greatly increased; and at the same time, the Song soldiers who had been defeated by the Jin cavalry often gave up fleeing and tried to reorganize and gather again under the shouts of some officers.

"It must be the Song army's commander Hu Yin who has arrived in person!" A Han Chinese defector explained slightly. "In the past, most of the Song country's marshals had no courage. I didn't expect Hu Mingzhong to have this courage... But Marshal, don't worry. The Song army's commander has no ability to command, and he is new here. This morale will be exhausted after one drum."

Talan believed this statement because it was indeed very likely.

But a quarter of an hour later, not knowing how many drums it was, the Song army's inexplicable morale had not yet been exhausted. Not only that, as a yellow flag with three tails came from far to near to the riverbank, and then almost without stopping boarded the pontoon bridge, directly leading an elite force into Yue Fei's strongest formation, the entire battlefield completely fell into a manic state.

Countless Song soldiers almost disregarded their formations and crossed the river in droves from various pontoon bridges, and the speed of the scattered soldiers on the east bank of the river gathering was even more astonishing. The Jin cavalry, which was constantly coming and going, could no longer hold down the Song army's offensive across the river, and in a short period of time, they lost their suppression posture along the river.

But what was even more terrifying was that after the flag with tails stood firm on the west bank of the river, Changshe City, which had been quiet for too long, suddenly fell into boiling, and in Talan's almost terrified posture, all the city gates were opened - the one person who had become the Jin army's Right Deputy Marshal's most feared person in the past two or three months suddenly came out inexplicably after being silent for more than half an hour.

"Tear down the pontoon bridges!" Just as Talan was falling into some kind of panic, Zhao Jiu had also arrived in Yue Fei's formation. After getting off his horse, this Zhao Song Guan Jia, who was obviously flushed and nervous, took a few deep breaths before barely reducing his heart rate. But after recovering his heart rate, he turned his head to Li Qiong, who had followed him, at the first moment and issued a strange decree. "Tear down the pontoon bridge behind us, and then pass the decree to everyone that after crossing the river, they will tear down the pontoon bridges! Tell them that today I have locked myself, them, and these 10,000 or more Jin soldiers together... Only one family can leave alive!"

Li Qiong was stunned for a moment, and immediately turned around in Yue Fei's silence... Because the two Xiangzhou natives realized at the first moment that Zhao Guan Jia's crossing the river and tearing down the bridges this time was not purely a matter of commendable courage, but a brilliant and somewhat cunning operation, because in this way, Pu Cha Hubalu's 10,000 fresh troops would be isolated to the east of the river.

In this way, even Zhao Guan Jia himself was much safer.

ps: Thanks to book friends who changed the Human Empire and book friend Tom Ding... This is the sixty-first and sixty-second cute of this book... First, thank you for your support, I am very grateful.

Then, to be honest, although my teeth still hurt very much today, and I can only make an appointment to have them pulled tomorrow, I am unexpectedly happy because I have reconnected with many old classmates.