Chapter 193 A Warning

"Heat up the hot air balloon!"

Seeing the Song army dispatching urgently and methodically, Gao Jingshan, who had seen through Yue Fei's intentions and understood Wang Bolong particularly well, felt his scalp explode. After recovering slightly, he immediately issued a new order.

"What?"

Gao Qingyi also saw the problem. Cold sweat also dripped down, but he couldn't understand Gao Jingshan's order for a moment.

"Raise the remaining hot air balloon, then burn it as a warning!" Gao Jingshan urged. "This is the fastest and most obvious way for us right now."

"Is it useful?" Gao Qingyi asked on the spot.

"We have to try whether it's useful or not." Gao Jingshan was exasperated. "If we can't remind Wang Bolong, maybe we can remind Ali and Shaoge, remind Prince Wei and Bali Speed. Burn it quickly!" At this point, Gao Jingshan's tone softened slightly, adding, "Wang Bolong's death is no pity, but if today's general attack fails because of him, we will truly become turtles in a jar!"

Gao Qingyi left in a daze.

However, a hot air balloon, just like the Meng'an that Gao Qingyi had taught a lesson to while defending the city, takes time to find, regulate, and then raise. What's more, it has to be temporarily changed to a type that can be quickly ignited. How can it be done in a hurry?

Just as Gao Qingyi finished conveying the military order to toss the hot air balloon and returned to the top of the city, within the core camp of the Song army north of the city, seeing that the ambush was roughly arranged, Tian Shizhong did not hesitate to lead two commanders and eight command officers, about four thousand infantrymen, crossed the eastern line where there had been no battles, directly seized the river embankment on the opposite bank, and launched a challenge to the Jin army.

It is said that from the moment the Song army flag crossed the other side of the river embankment, the Jin army sentries spying on the situation on the opposite river embankment could hardly believe their eyes. When the Song army really crossed the river and began to line up on this river embankment, the Jin army, who had just received the news from the sentries, simply turned this astonishment into a burst of laughter.

There was no other way. What kind of general leads what kind of people.

Wang Bolong, although a standard Han Chinese, judging from his birthplace, was probably from the territory of later generations of Heilongjiang (Shuangcheng, Harbin, Heilongjiang). At present, he is considered to be from the area around Huining Prefecture and Huanglong Prefecture. Therefore, from a cultural point of view, he is probably closer to the Jurchens than those Koreans and Bohai people in southern Liaoning.

What's more, Wang Bolong has a very senior background. He belonged to the group of bandits at the end of the Liao Dynasty. He was considered a revolutionary comrade who resisted the brutal rule of the Great Liao, like the Jurchens and the Bohai people of the same period… In addition, Wang Bolong, as a rare Han military leader in the very early days of the Jurchen regime, was not only rude in temperament, but also did not engage in group activities like the Bohai people. However, he was brave in battle and decisive in combat. Therefore, although he was a Han Chinese, he was a standard Aguda direct descendant and was extremely useful.

This can be seen at a glance from his later official positions and experiences.

After Aguda passed away and Wugumai succeeded to the throne, he was immediately awarded the Jiedushi, and then showed great skills as a close general of the Second Prince Wulibu. He made the first contribution in quelling Zhang Jue, and served as the main general on the left route during the battle of Baihe. When he went south to destroy the Song Dynasty, he served as the vanguard of the East Route Army. During the Jingkang Rebellion, he was also one of the main ten thousand households who besieged the city.

After the Second Prince Wulibu passed away, he followed the Fourth Prince Wushu and the supervising army Talan to conquer Jingdong, and after surrendering Jinan, he fought in Qingzhou, and in one fell swoop defeated tens of thousands of Song troops and Shandong rebels, forcing Liu Hongdao and Zhao Mingcheng to flee. He was awarded first merit after the event.

Immediately afterwards, Wushu went south to the Huai River, and he was appointed to follow Talan to attack Daming Prefecture, scaring away Du Chong and taking the entire Hebei.

Further on, he and his ten thousand households have been stationed in the Hejian area, serving as the southern barrier of Yanjing and the main rear force in the Hebei area.

Such a person is undoubtedly one of the core generals of the Jin army, and his ten thousand households are undoubtedly one of the basic troops of the Jin state… This has nothing to do with whether he is a Han Chinese, or how many Han Chinese and Jurchens are in his subordinates.

More importantly, from the Huai River onwards, Wang Bolong coincidentally avoided several fierce battles between Song and Jin, which allowed him to maintain an almost undefeated war record and never really compete with the so-called Imperial Camp troops.

If we have to be serious, during this Northern Expedition, Wang Bolong's troops also clearly had the upper hand in the battle with the Right Army of the Song Army's Imperial Camp. The so-called victory in Xiazhen then forced the Song army to abandon three states and leave.

With such experience, why should he and his subordinates be careful and cautious?

"What are you laughing at?"

Seeing the Song army crossing the river embankment and hastily lining up, while sending envoys to deliver challenging words, Wang Bolong, who took the lead in laughing, stroked his beard and looked around on his horse, his tone becoming stern. "What are you all laughing at? Don't you know that their attack is justified, and don't you know that their sending envoys to challenge is a good strategy?"

A group of Meng'an Mouke around him, including Han Chinese, Jurchens, Xi people, and Khitan people, were all fully armored like Wang Bolong. At this time, they all straightened up upon hearing this, as if they were not the ones who had been laughing just now.

Wang Bolong, who was almost fifty years old, was slightly satisfied when he saw this. He then pointed to the Song army formation on his horse, and then asked with a sneer: "Do you know why they took the initiative to attack?"

No one around answered.

Wang Bolong also pointed and explained to himself: "The flag is Tian, ​​this is Tian Shizhong. Tian Shizhong is the Deputy Commander of Zhang's Army and the son-in-law of Marshal Zhang Jun. It is said that Zhang Jun is sick and did not come, so he was sent to lead the army. But precisely because of this, Yue Fei of the Yue Family Army became the marshal, making Zhang's Army the smaller one this time, and that guy named Tian is going to be bullied by Yue Fei..."

Wang Bolong spoke with certainty, and the generals all nodded, quite agreeing.

"If I'm not mistaken," Wang Bolong continued with a smile. "It must be that the Song army's trenches and fortifications on the west side are better prepared, and the Fourth Prince has not exerted his strength yet, so they have been blocked for a while, making these people think that our Great Jin Kingdom's soldiers are nothing more than that. So the subordinates of Yue Fei have been taunting Tian Shizhong for the previous defeat of Zhang's Army to us... If Tian Shizhong wants to save face and continue to be this commander, he has to come out and fight us, otherwise he will have no face to hang out in the army... And Yue Fei, as long as he still cares about the overall situation, can only let him come out."

Hearing this, everyone looked enlightened, and one after another said that the Wanhu made sense.

"As for the strategy," Wang Bolong retracted his finger and continued to stroke his beard and smile. "I know something about Tian Shizhong's troops. Although they are far inferior to us, they are not useless. If I'm not mistaken, Tian's direct attack on the river embankment and sending people to challenge is intended to surprise us, and then either arouse suspicion, or simply make us laugh. Anyway, they want to confuse us so that he can take the opportunity to set up a formation, with his back against the embankment, and set up big spears and powerful crossbows... In this way, he can at least hold on for a while. After a while, he can carefully reorganize and retreat, and he can boast in the army."

The other generals suddenly realized, and then a general asked on the spot: "But if this is the case, how should we respond?"

"Simple." Wang Bolong changed his face again and sternly ordered. "That is, we must not let Tian succeed. He wants to delay time, and we will take advantage of his unstable footing and directly crush him! Xiao Chang!"

"Your subordinate is here." The Xi Meng'an who took the initiative to ask immediately pulled his horse forward and spoke.

"You take fifteen Mouke and go up, and charge along the embankment from the south!"

"Yes."

"Zhao Ba!"

"Your subordinate is here." A Han general immediately rode forward.

"You also take fifteen Mouke and break through from the north."

"Yes."

"What about Lao He?"

"Here..."

"You don't rush forward. You go and lead the Han Chinese army behind you out. When Tian can't hold on, you will hold them back for me in the rear. At that time, follow me and press in together to see if we can take the opportunity to enter his camp..."

"Understood."

"The rest of you, when Lao Zhao and Lao Xiao are clamped down, follow me and wade over!" Wang Bolong suddenly raised his hand and waved it down fiercely. "Start immediately, don't wait blindly... In this battle, I am still the vanguard of the entire army, and I am at the forefront with you!"

The generals responded with a bang.

Immediately, Wang Bolong's troops, who were originally wandering outside the river east of the Song army's camp, immediately separated their cavalry and infantry. Then the cavalry was divided into three, with the two wings stretching out first, and went to clamp Tian Shizhong together from the left and right. Finally, Wang Bolong himself led the remaining iron cavalry directly to swarm up.

It is said that as soon as Tian Shizhong came out, he had just crossed the river and sent a person to challenge him. Wang Bolong saw someone coming, said a few words with a smile, and then directly issued an order, without waiting at all.

Then he did it directly. He threw down the infantry and moved the cavalry first. What kind of speed is this?

Not to mention Gao Jingshan, who was still waiting for the hot air balloon on the city, was stunned for a moment. Even Yue Fei on the earthen mountain was stunned for a moment... He was still worried that the plan to lure the enemy might fail?

However, these people are far apart, and the difference in cognition is normal. One person reacted extremely quickly, and that was Tian Shizhong, who was closest.

You must know that Tian Shizhong, in order to lure the enemy, brought out two relatively weak command departments. He was already a little cautious. What made him even more horrified was that as soon as he crossed the river and came to this embankment, he immediately noticed one thing, that is, the iron cavalry of Wang Bolong's troops were all fully armored!

This means two things.

First of all, Wang Bolong was indeed unable to hold back, and had wanted to fight for a long time, so he had not disarmed all morning.

Secondly, since they are fully armored, Wang Bolong's troops, especially the main cavalry, can definitely attack at any time.

As a result, at the moment when he crossed the embankment and noticed this, Tian Shizhong keenly realized that what he had to worry about next was not whether the plan to lure the enemy would succeed, but whether these two Imperial Camp Right Army command departments used to lure the enemy could be preserved.

In fact, Wang Bolong really guessed it right. The envoy was not to anger Wang Bolong, but to delay time.

At this time, since he had this idea, Tian Shizhong naturally did not hesitate when the Jin army moved. He ordered the front team to become the rear team, with two vanguard commanders leading four to five hundred people each as the rear guard, covering the remaining troops to quickly cross the river and retreat to the camp.

However, even though Tian Shizhong reacted extremely quickly, how could the three thousand fully armored Jin iron cavalry on both wings be slow? At this time, seeing the Song army retreating, these Jin troops who had long been impatient for military exploits did not hesitate to attack from both wings along the embankment without waiting for the formation to be reorganized or the troops to be fully in place.

The Jin cavalry did not have time to adjust their assault clusters, and the Song army troops turned hastily. The two sides were in a chaotic posture and directly fell into a melee.

However, what these two wings of cavalry collided with were the two rear guard command departments that Tian Shizhong had arranged in advance. Therefore, Tian Shizhong, as the main general, did not waver at all, but urged the central troops to quickly return to the camp.

But it was at this moment that Wang Bolong's flag also moved. The dignified Wanhu, seeing the Song army about to retreat, did not care about the disorganization of the formation and rushed forward with his troops in a hurry.

You can't say that Wang Bolong's rush was really successful.

The main force of the Song army had already turned to the river embankment and was walking on the ice, and the two command departments left as rear guards had less than a thousand people in total. The two wings were clamped, the rear was empty, and then Wang Bolong rushed in front of them, and they suffered huge casualties almost instantly, and then collapsed immediately.

A thousand rear guard troops completely lost their helmets and armor and retreated in panic.

The plan to lure the enemy and pretend to be defeated, at least half of it became a real defeat.

At this time, a rear guard commander keenly discovered another danger - the hooves of the cavalry of Wang Bolong's troops were wrapped in tattered sackcloth.

This certainly could not enable the Jin cavalry to charge on the ice of the Yellow River, but it was enough for these cavalry to not dismount and directly continue to pursue the defeated soldiers.

This person, as a commander, could not possibly know the big plan of the Song army, but he immediately became terrified.

"Wang Bolong!"

After a moment of daze, and a moment of hesitation, this Song army commander, who had already escaped to the highest point of the embankment, turned around again, removed his mask, and shouted loudly at the bottom of the river embankment with the iron mace in his hand. "Do you still remember Zhang Kui of Anzhou?!"

Wang Bolong, who was wearing a mask, looked around upon hearing the sound. Seeing an old friend from Liaodong, he immediately peeled off his mask and laughed.

But after only laughing for a moment, the Jin general suddenly stopped laughing, and then looked back at each other: "That person is my old friend from Liaodong! He wants to delay us by himself... Shoot him to death!"

The many iron cavalry behind him heard the words and did not hesitate to flock to the bottom of the river embankment, pulled the heavy bows in their hands, and densely shot at the Song general holding the mace on the river embankment. In just a moment, Zhang Kui was shot through his armor by many heavy arrows and fell down without saying a word.

Wang Bolong saw this scene and spoke even more urgently: "This bastard of mine was also a jerk back then, but I didn't expect that he would have some courage today... And his wanting to delay like this shows that the Song people have really collapsed, don't hesitate, follow me and pursue!"

After saying that, he personally beat his horse and walked westward from the bottom of the river embankment. Although the speed was not fast, it was better than not hesitating and not stopping for a moment.

Behind him and around him, the thousands of Liaodong iron cavalry who were still sweeping and pursuing the Song army along the river embankment, seeing this, no one dared to fight in chaos, and no one dared to compete for spoils. They all gathered together, surrounded Wang Bolong's flag and Wang Bolong himself, pressed the Song army's rout, and surged forward slowly.

Walking up the embankment, most of his cavalry had already gathered, and when they slowly went down the river, almost no one was scattered to pursue. When Wang Bolong's flag followed the Song army's rout and stepped over the ice path, thousands of cavalry had already been reorganized and gathered on the frozen river, roaring like one.

Looking from a distance, it was really heroic and extraordinary.

The whole process took only a quarter of an hour.

On the earthen mountain, Yue Fei, who turned the direction of the chair, was not surprised at all when he saw this scene. He just turned around and said to Huang Zong: "Wang Bolong came too fast. This is a good thing, but we can't let a good thing turn into a bad thing... Let Zhang Xian send troops quickly. Don't wait for Wang Gang's troops either. Immediately send flag signals to let both sides attack immediately!"

Huang Zong understood and left.

At almost the same time, on the city gate tower north of Yuancheng, Gao Jingshan and Gao Qingyi fell into a strange atmosphere of silence.

The two stared at Wang Bolong's wolf-like momentum, but they were all silent. It was not until Wang Bolong's flag reappeared at the highest point of the river embankment that Gao Qingyi came back to his senses and asked:

"Commander, do we still need to burn the hot air balloon?"

"Burn it, why not burn it?!" Gao Jingshan turned around and answered, his tone so calm that it was terrible. "Burning that thing can at least tell the people of the world that we have done our best, right?"

Gao Qingyi was already terrified and uneasy when he saw Wang Bolong's flag reappear at the highest point of the river embankment, so he had the intention to escape before asking the question. At this time, he received the order, but he did not care that he had already issued the order, and turned around and went down the city again in a hurry.

"Call Pu Suyue up." Gao Jingshan turned his head and took a deep look at the other party, adding an order. "I want to see the situation and let him attack... You also come back quickly after burning the balloon!"

Gao Qingyi nodded non-stop without looking back, and hurried down.

Just as Gao Qingyi walked down the city wall, Wang Bolong also walked up to the highest point on this side of the river embankment, and finally saw the dense and huge camp of the Song army.

Of course, it was impossible for him to see the direction of the previous deployment of the Song army like Gao Jingshan on Yuancheng, and to guess that there were obvious ambushes. But this did not prevent him from realizing that the integrity of the Song army's camp was far beyond his imagination.

So, he hesitated obviously.

But only for a moment, the veteran Jin general laughed for the third time, and then looked back at the generals:

"The Song army's camp is well-organized and difficult to trample, but the Song army in front is already a defeated army, and the main commander of the Song army is on the earthen mountain four or five miles ahead, and the ball is also hung there... We should be the first army to step over the outer defense line, but this is not worth mentioning. If we can chase the defeated soldiers to that earthen mountain, then the great credit will be ours!"

The generals had already realized Wang Bolong's intention, but at this time, some officers had become afraid of the Song army's camp, and took the initiative to persuade: "Wanhu, do you want to wait for General He? He can come over in at most one or two quarters of an hour. With 5,000 Han Chinese infantry as reinforcements in this kind of camp, the chances of winning will be more than half?"

Wang Bolong rarely thought for a while.

But at this moment, suddenly, the soldiers around him were in an uproar, causing all the generals on the ground to look around, but they saw a hot air balloon of the same size as the Song army suddenly rising in the sky above Yuancheng to the north.

After staring at it for a while, the Han Chinese Wanhu sneered on the spot:

"Gao Jingshan is thinking about me going south to rescue him and not going to trample the camp... He is always doing this kind of fancy stuff. When things come to a head, doesn't he have to ask me for help?"

The generals were all silent.

"Lao Xiao is thinking too much. We can't let the defeated army gain a firm foothold." After laughing, Wang Bolong immediately shook his head sternly, and made a decision again. "If the defeated army recovers in the camp and defends the camp, it will be really difficult for us to wade through... Opportunity knocks but once, press up immediately!"

The words at the end obviously had a stern attitude, and what prompted him to make this decision so quickly was actually Gao Jingshan's warning.

The generals also did not hesitate, and each led their troops, chasing the Song army's rout down the river embankment, and heading towards the earthen mountain in the west, forcing Tian Shizhong's flag to continue to lead the rout westward, vaguely heading straight for the earthen mountain in the center.

At noon, Wang Bolong's troops officially stepped into the huge Song army camp on a large scale.

At almost the same time, at the northeasternmost side and the center of the western battle line of the Song army's camp, the gates opened together, and the two Song army troops who received the flag signal almost simultaneously left the camp... On the northeast side were the four thousand Beiwei cavalry led by Zhang Xian, the commander of the Imperial Camp's Vanguard Army, but at this time, they were just leading the war horses wrapped in sackcloth, and carefully and cautiously walked out in a row, making sure that they were low to the ground and using the camp and fortifications for cover, fearing that they would attract the attention of Wang Bolong's troops. On the west side, although there were only a thousand heavy infantrymen wearing straw sandals, they were openly raising flags, shouting and killing in unison, and rushed out, led by the former commander Wang Gang, who was atoning for his crimes. As soon as they joined the battle, they were directly involved in a fierce hand-to-hand combat on the already chaotic western river channel.

At the same time, the Jin army's main commanders on the western front, Bali Speed and Wushu, did not think so much, because the battle had reached this point, and it seemed grand and fierce, but it had not reached the point of really determining the outcome... The Jin army had not even assembled its flanking troops, and the Song army had not yet become exhausted, and the reserve troops in the rear camp had not yet fought desperately.

In this case, what do you want the two Jin army commanders to think?

In fact, at this critical moment, all the Jin army officers were attracted by the hot air balloon on Yuancheng.

Below Bali Speed and Wushu, all the staff and officers were discussing what the hot air balloon meant, but after talking about it, it was nothing more than asking for help and warning.

In confusion, the Jin army high-level officials reacted directly, and ordered the sentries to scout around to find out the situation... But they could not raise a hot air balloon anyway, because according to the original plan, the signal for today's general attack was to be done with a hot air balloon.

While they were thinking wildly, the hot air balloon above Yuancheng suddenly emitted thick smoke again, and then obviously lost control and flew up like a real Kongming lantern that had lost control in the cold winter season.

This time, the Jin army high-level officials were even more speechless, and even the soldiers fighting on the western river channel were a little stagnant.

Immediately, the news that a thousand elite heavy infantrymen of the Song army had killed into the river along the Yongji Canal and began to sweep the south was immediately transmitted.

This time, no one hesitated anymore.

"Marshal, Fourth Prince, Commander Gao should be reminding us of this matter." Wanhu Tuge Speed sighed on his horse, looking at the big ball emitting black smoke. "The Song army also noticed that the southern section of the western line is a weak point, so they sent troops in time to sweep the river and reduce the pressure..."

"That's right." At this time, Wushu felt that Tuge Speed was talking nonsense, but he could only nod and shake his head again with emotion. "Although it is a large Kongming lantern, the Song army's hot air balloon obviously has fire prevention methods. We have to burn two of our hot air balloons for every three we raise... Look at Commander Gao, it is just a warning, so he burned it directly... So we can only use it as a signal for the general attack."

"The most urgent task at this time is to send an elite force to block the Song army's heavy infantry to prevent them from gaining momentum and giving the Song army a chance to breathe." Bali Speed did not have the heart to discuss the hot air balloon. "Tuge Speed, your troops are good at infantry warfare. Send out twenty Mouke and quickly go to intercept them."

Tuge Speed immediately accepted the order, pointed out several Meng'an, determined the order, assembled a troop, and sent it out immediately.

This matter can be regarded as coming to an end, and on the western front, all the Jin army's high-level attention was focused on when the hot air balloon would burn out, when it would fall, or where it would fall.

Of course, the battlefield was so large that Wushu, Bali Speed, and others did not know the meaning of the hot air balloon, but some people combined it with intelligence and keenly realized something.

Due north of Yuancheng, further north of the Song army camp, Ali and Shaoge, who were gathering in a safe area, simultaneously noticed the burning hot air balloon, and they were also the first Jin army troops to notice a little bit of the changes in Wang Bolong's troops.

Gao Jingshan may be warning Wang Bolong not to attack without authorization! This possibility was immediately recognized as the two generals met in a hurry. Therefore, the two temporarily changed their battle plan, and Ali's troops on the east side immediately gathered their cavalry, crossed the Yellow River, and went to meet Wang Bolong on the east side.

Objectively speaking, Gao Jingshan's warning had succeeded.

However, in order to prevent being ambushed on the river, Ali's troops, who originally had no plans to cross the river, needed to temporarily add anti-skid measures to the war horses.

And everyone, from the Song army to the Jin army, from Yue Fei to Tian Shizhong, from Gao Jingshan to Ali and Shaoge, were all helpless because Wang Bolong was too fast!

Everyone was proceeding step by step, but Wang Bolong was decisive from beginning to end!

Tian Shizhong came out to lure the enemy, and as soon as he came out, Wang Bolong immediately launched an attack. Gao Jingshan tried to warn, but the hot air balloon did not rise, and Wang Bolong directly crossed the eastern Yellow River. As soon as the hot air balloon rose, before it was lit, when Ali and Shaoge had not realized the danger, Wang Bolong's troops had already broken into the Song army camp.

Therefore, when the hot air balloon was emitting thick smoke, Ali and Shaoge realized the danger and temporarily decided to change their battle plan to make the necessary preparations for rescue, Wang Bolong and his Wanhu were still one step ahead, and even their entanglement in a stalemate and danger was so decisive.

There was no way.

On the city head, Gao Jingshan coldly watched this scene after scene. He saw Wang Bolong, in order to be greedy for merit, sprinkled his iron cavalry into the thick and complex camp of the Song army. He saw that these elite troops, who could have been rampant in the field, were naturally separated due to the camp, terrain, and the pursuit of the Song army's rout. He saw these cavalry had to dismount and fight on foot in order to fight effectively and avoid dense bows and arrows.

Now, he saw the Song army cavalry that had impressed him so much.

This cavalry was careful, trying to sneak across the river. As soon as it stepped on the eastern river, it attracted the attention and warning of Wang Bolong's remaining troops.

Wang Bolong, who had been warned, turned his horse's head in surprise and looked out on the river embankment. With just one glance, the veteran Wanhu, who was experienced in war, suddenly woke up, and then his face changed drastically:

"Wave the flag!"

The surrounding officers were caught off guard for a moment.

"Wave the flag!" Wang Bolong turned his head back, his face more serious than ever. "Wave the flag immediately and let the front army retreat! This is a trap!"

The close guards were in a daze and hurriedly waved several flags and blew the horns.

In the Song army's camp, although it was a bit difficult, the Jin army heavy cavalry who were still advancing turned their heads in surprise. The sound and flag obviously meant to retreat, but why retreat?

They were at the bottom and had no vision at all. They had no idea what had happened.

Many people panicked immediately.

"Launch immediately!" On the earthen mountain, Yue Fei gave another military order without hesitation from his high position.

In an instant, seven or eight red flags were waving together on the earthen mountain that served as the Song army's command post. The Imperial Camp Right Army's Beiwei Army, which had been hiding in the side camp for a long time, that is, the long axe heavy infantry that had been unable to hold back for a long time, immediately attacked the Jin army who had poured into the camp from the flank under the leadership of Zhang Zigai.

At the same time, several reserve teams under the earthen mountain also swarmed forward. Tian Shizhong, who was extremely aggrieved on the front line, turned around directly, set up his flag, and ordered a counterattack.

Even some bold civilians began to use their familiarity with the terrain to emerge from some small villages, trying to capture those precious war horses.

The movements of both sides were seamless, as if Wang Bolong's decisive retreat had summoned the Song army's ambush.

At this time, some Jin army knights who had noticed the movements around them woke up a little and turned their heads, but the dense trenches, camps, and passages were coldly unchanged. How they had prevented them from effectively advancing before was now how they had become an obstacle to their retreat.

In panic, even the elite troops who had fought hundreds of battles fell into a state of confusion.

On the river embankment, Wang Bolong could see more clearly than these soldiers... Not only was the elite heavy infantry advancing extremely fast, but it also deliberately shifted to the eastern outer river embankment, obviously wanting to encircle his subordinates in the camp and devour them all.

At the same time, the retreat speed of his subordinates was also too slow.

If this continued, it seemed to be only a matter of time before the troops he had poured into the Song army's camp would be completely surrounded and annihilated. As the main general, he had to make a decision quickly. Should he lead his own guards and the infantry behind him to meet them, or should he cut off his arm and retreat immediately?

Wang Bolong stood on the river embankment, and the war horse under his crotch turned him around repeatedly, which also caused his eyes to move back and forth between the ambushed subordinates in front, the large Yuancheng on the south side, the Song army cavalry on the northern river, and the Jin army infantry formation on the eastern river embankment.

Finally, the decisive Wang Bolong became decisive again. He pulled down his mask, turned his horse's head, and led his last cavalry and guards to find his infantry formation.

No less than forty Mouke were thrown by him into the Song army's camp!

These forty Mouke in the huge camp were simply like insignificant ink stains, and were being quickly cleaned up by a huge rag.

Wang Bolong's retreat disappointed everyone.

The Jin army was at a low point and personally witnessed their general abandoning them and leaving, so they were naturally frustrated and angry. The generals such as Yue Fei were also disappointed to see Wang Bolong escape so quickly... This was a Wanhu, and a veteran general equivalent to a founding Wanhu, known as the most brave in the East Route Army.

It was a pity.

Even Tian Shizhong was a little unhappy. He had sacrificed hundreds of lives, and may even eventually pay the price of thousands of casualties, in order to catch this big fish. At this time, not to mention that Wang Bolong had run away, even if the Jin army's infantry had not followed, he would have found it difficult to accept.

"Da Mashao, how many people have come over?"

On the opposite bank of the Yellow River to the east, Deputy General Yang Zaixing, wearing heavy armor, twisted his head on his horse.

"A little over three hundred..." The commander Guo Jin next to him said seriously. "Three capitals, but one is from that little official."

"That's two hundred, two capitals, one for each of us." Yang Zaixing shook the iron spear in his hand while speaking. "Lao Guo, that guy named Wang is a Wanhu, how can we let him run like this? If I don't rush over, I definitely won't be able to sleep tonight... I haven't fought a battle since I crossed the river!"

Guo Jin thought for a while, then looked back at the "little official," who was hanging around the written words as usual and was actually the head of the Beiwei Army's capital, Yue Yun, who was reorganizing the troops under the river embankment in the distance, and then nodded: "I think it's okay... Let's rush over quickly while the little official hasn't reacted!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Zaixing pulled the horse around and whistled on the horse, then pulled down the mask. Without flags or words, he took the lead and rushed towards the Jin army's infantry formation, which still had as many as five thousand people.

Or rather, he was rushing towards the Wang character flag that had just entered the infantry formation.

Guo Jin followed closely behind. The two Beiwei Army capitals were used to following people, so they immediately caught up without hesitation. Only the capital that was reorganizing under the river embankment was obviously a little surprised, but after looking at the head of the capital, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, they chose to stay in place with a slight commotion.

That little capital head, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, Yue Yun, was also obviously a little confused... He had just entered the battlefield for the first time, how would he know what to do?

If he did not go, would it be considered cowardice in the face of battle?

But if he did go, would it be considered an unauthorized attack?

Which one would get a military stick?

However, soon, as a general with hundreds of riders who could no longer hide appeared on the river embankment, this doubt was immediately dispelled.

"Yue Yun!" Zhang Xian glared at him on the river embankment. "The enemy troops are about to escape, what are you doing in a daze? Give all the cavalry here to you and quickly take them to Da Mashao! Remember, if there is a mistake, you will definitely get twenty military sticks!"

Yue Yun received the order and no longer hesitated. He immediately turned over and mounted his horse, leading the two or three hundred riders who had just crossed the river, plus his own capital, to chase after Guo and Yang.

Zhang Xian stayed in place and urged the people behind him to hurry up... After crossing the river, they did not get a battle, but the Beiwei Army of the Imperial Camp Right Army repeatedly made the final decision. From Tian Shizhong's point of view, he was being manipulated, but from the point of view of the two armies below Zhang Xian and Zhang Zigai, Zhang Zigai's troops were increasingly praised in the camp, while the Beiwei cavalry of the Imperial Camp Vanguard Army became the target of ridicule for many people.

Some people even said that Marshal Yue's real Beiwei Army was Zhang Jiedu's troops, how could Zhang Xian bear this?

In this way, Zhang Xian reorganized the troops here, and sent out one capital after another. On the other side, the small group of cavalry accelerated, how fast was it? In just a few miles, Wang Bolong had just led the infantry to the east, only a few hundred steps away from the dam, and the two sides directly fought!

Of course, Wang Bolong saw this small group of cavalry, and then panicked...