Hundreds of cavalry clashed with each other, and horses' hooves splashed into mud dots. The sounds of shouting and fighting were mixed, and blood was constantly splashing. A fight was going on in front of you.

The two sides fought, one was the Yang Keshi cavalry and the other was the Jurchen armored cavalry.

Originally, in Yang Keshi's calculation, the Jurchen Tartars' troops were empty, and the only possibility was that Yifang was relying on the city to make a plan to defend the dead. At that time, whether it was to attack Yifang for a strong force or to capture the Jurchen defense line that blocked Xiao Yan's army, or even leave, the initiative would be completely in his own hands.

But unexpectedly, the Yifang Jurchen Tartar defenders were so active and fierce. As soon as Yang Keshi's army rushed out of the mountain pass, they were divided into teams of dozens or hundreds of cavalry, and forced them up fiercely under the banner. From the very beginning, they bit Yang Keshi's vanguard, making it difficult for them to move forward!

As the commander of the vanguard, when he was advancing eastward, he was bitten by a ranger from time to time, and then quickly retreated. When the surrounding ranger arrived and gathered more than a hundred cavalry, with the sound of a horn, the front finger of the Jurchen Tatars' black flag was wearing armor and spear, and attacking the harassed Yutu!

As soon as the two sides collided, flesh and blood flew everywhere.

And this commander has the advantage of military strength, but he is actually at a disadvantage!

If you look at the reasons carefully, it is actually not complicated at all.

Although Yang Keshi's cavalry was known as the elite, the Western Army's horses fought against the athletes. As Bai Jian defeated the Jie Army and Xihe's selection of the front line returned to Xiao Yan, a considerable amount of them had already gone. After rebuilding again, even with the support of Xiao Zong, the combat power was still no longer as good as before.

The most important thing is that even if Yang Keshi's troops can still be more courageous to fight, but the horse really can't do it!

Yang Keshi's troops followed the army of Fuyan to advance eastward. More than 3,000 soldiers were given one-to-one horses, and they could only use mules and donkeys to prepare horses. They fought back and forth in the Weishui River Valley, and finally rushed out of the mountain pass and went straight to Yifang. Even though they carefully protected the mounts, they had to feed the horses enough if they had no food. Sometimes they even dismounted and walked to reduce the burden on the mounts. However, the horses still lost weight and were exhausted.

If the horsepower is insufficient, you will not be able to break through and get rid of it when you are bitten by the Jurchen Ranger. When the soldiers and horses of both sides are fighting against each other, their own horses cannot be raised. How can you not suffer any losses?

The weapons of both sides flew over, and the sound of metal tearing of armor and horses roaring, and the sound of horses falling off the horses and horses neighing. The two sides silenced their heads and stabbed each other. The front array of Song horse formations was scattered, and the commander desperately urged the team to follow up and join the battle group. The Jurchen horses turned around and took the horses and left the battlefield with a horn.

After a fight, the Song army's armored cavalry fell off forty or fifty horses, and the injured were just rolling in the mud. The empty horses blew the reins around. The Jurchen Tatars were only seven or eight horses left behind. One of the injured even got up and broke the spear with his hands and roared loudly in Jurchen language. The red-eyed Song army's armored cavalry jumped off the horse. The seven or eight spears stabbed from different angles, almost tidied the Jurchen Tatars into sieves.

But looking around the battlefield of this small horse battle, the ground was filled with casualties and casualties, and the people were breathing heavily. What could they do if they vented for a while?

The commander held the weapon in his hand tightly and glanced around in a daze.

Yifang is no longer like the Weishui River Valley, with mountains coming from all sides. It is a big place around, but hills are just undulating. There are only mountains rising and falling in the distance, and the troops of the King of Yan are attacking among the mountains to the east.

The more than a hundred cavalry Jurchens had withdrawn more than three hundred steps away. When they returned to the established horse stake, everyone changed their mounts and drank water and ate dry food on the horse to recover their strength. The pairs of wolf-like eyes were still just hovering in the Song army.

There were constant horns and sounds in the distance, and it was the Jurchen Rangers wandering around that were echoing. Even though these Jurchen Tartars with sufficient horsepower and strong ability to fight were not large, the open warning screen could be called thin. However, it was not something that the tired cavalry of Yang Keshi's troops could easily break through!

When they were about to arrive at Yifang, they even entered the mountains of Lanshui River Valley and met with the troops of the King of Yan to attack the Jurchen defenders. There were still dozens of miles of distance, but these dozens of miles of distance seemed like a natural barrier at this moment!

The commander suddenly shouted: "Come here! Go and report to General Yang and ask him to come up quickly! The Jurchen Tartars are so hard that they can't beat them with us!"

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On a hill more than a thousand steps away from the battlefield, several Jurchen knights were immediately on it and did not show any signs. The person they held was Wanyan Olu.

From this perspective, the hundreds of cavalry vanguards of the Song army were as big as an ant. They were tidying up their formations and gathering more densely. Obviously, they could no longer advance and could only use the array to deal with the harassment of the Jurchen Rangers. For fear that the formation would be loose, the Jurchen Armored Cavalry, who had been watching and wandering, pounced on them and took a bite.

The Jurchen army that had just formed the formation hung them, waiting for the flaws exposed by the Song army if they dared to advance again.

Standing on the high hills and looking back, the sound of trumpets is heard everywhere. Every place where the sound of trumpets is heard means dozens of Jurchen warriors are wandering around, blocking the vast front. Once they encounter an enemy, they can gather together in an instant, and then bit the Song army and fight hard!

Under the hills behind Wanyan Olu, nearly 200 Jurchen soldiers gathered, and everyone was equipped with three horses as the last mobile force. It seems that Wanyan Olu didn’t even need to lead these more than 100 cavalry to fight in person to block the Song army’s attack to the east!

The Wanyan Olu troops relied on their sufficient horsepower to exert their undecisive advantages of the cavalry, and thus blocked the way to the eastward entry of Yang Keshi troops!

A Mouke standing beside Wanyan Olu was the one who suggested guarding Yifang on the same day, and he was full of admiration at this time.

"If you really wait for Yifang, you are scared by these southern dogs. If you spread it, you will really be unable to raise your head in front of Lou Shi Wulie and the others. You may not say that Xiyin and the birds and the other ones will laugh at us! I know that you are wrong, so let me go out and destroy the southern dog in front of you, and bring the southern dog's banner to you!"

Wanyan Olu smiled faintly: "It's just a commanding flag of the Southern Army. What's the point of being rare? Wait, one day, I will lead you to take down the banner of the Southern King Yan!"

Speaking of the word "Yan King", Olu couldn't help but look east.

I have never drawn a soldier from the east. With a strong force, no matter how capable the Southern King Yan is, he is finally powerless to do anything about this war? These tens of thousands of Southern troops are destined to be destroyed! Can you still rush over here in person? You must be just one person, and one shot is also a transparent blood hole!

The Mouke's intention to ask for battle was blocked by Olu. He walked a few steps and became anxious again: "When will Lou Shi and the others turn around? We have been trapped here for a long time. We have swept these southern dogs clean up earlier. Let Zong Han let us cross the river and walk for a while!"

Wanyan Olu waved his hand calmly: "How can Lou Shi delay? Even in the north, Zonghan will definitely send people to turn around. Maybe Pucha Wulie rushed to the front..."

Thinking of the north, Olu suddenly trembled all over.

Feiquan Castle!

The defense of Feiyuan Fort is naturally under his jurisdiction. This is the important place to communicate with Lanzhou and the Kelan Army. Previously, in order to fill the eastern defense line, Olu had already transferred all the military horses that could be drawn. At this moment, the one who stayed at Feiyuan Fort was just a dissatisfied Pu Liyan with hundreds of miscellaneous Hu Fujun, who were useless.

If the Southern Army rushed towards Yifang just a fake shot, the brigade would fight for it. This would be a huge loophole!

For a moment, Olu couldn't even speak.

At this moment, in the sight of the west, the Song army flags appeared one after another. Under each flag, hundreds of cavalry were slowly pressing eastward.

There are more and more Song troops, and in just a moment, they have reached at least a thousand cavalry!

The Song army commander of the vanguard formed a formation, with flags shaking and drums whistling loudly. The Song army brigade that was heading east responded with flags and drums. The Song army vanguard suddenly cheered, and his morale, who had suffered a heavy loss just now, became high again!

The Jurchen Rangers who were surveillance around him suddenly became nervous. All those who were resting while stepping over and turned over the horses. The sound of the horns became rapid. The Jurchen Rangers around were summoned and began to gather here!

But Olu's expression relaxed a little. He turned to the side with a fighting look on his face, wishing he could rush straight to the brigade of the Southern Army.

"Zhehui, lead the troops north to help Feiyuan Castle! Then nail it there, just wait for the return army to arrive, and then come back and wait for the order!"

Mouke, named Zhehun, never expected that Olu would give him such a military order. He stared at Olu in a daze, unable to say a word.

And the expression of Olu suddenly became sank. Zhehun was shocked. Although he was one of the personal guards around Olu, if he did not follow the military order, the military law would only be more ruthless when Wulu implemented it!

He immediately bowed and said, "Zhun received the order!"

After lifting up, I couldn't help but say: "Wulu, the Southern Army is powerful..."

Wanyan Olu smiled and glanced at the Song army lineup disdainfully: "Just with such a Southern Army, I am enough to pester Lou Shi and others back! Although the Southern Dynasty is great, it is really the opponent of our Jurchen Warriors, only the Southern King Yan Army!"

To the west of Yifang, above this relatively gentle hilly area east of the Weishui Valley, the scorching sun shines after the rain, gradually evaporating a piece of mud. In the sunshine, the Jurchen cavalry gradually gathered together, and the large group of Song troops that clashed from the Weishui Valley were also moving forward steadily, and countless armors reflected dazzling light. This battle against the Fuyan army seemed to be about to decide the final victory and defeat under the city of Yifang!

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And in the mountains to the east, the offensive and defensive wars are still in full swing.

The large group of Song army soldiers gathered in front of the last layer of defense of the Jurchen defenders and laid out layers.

The cavalry lived on the Lanshui River Valley Avenue, and they either confronted the Jurchen cavalry, shot each other, or hedged each other. They were trying their best to restrain each other.

The infantry lined up along the mountain. The crossbows and the three-end and five-end cannons that had been assembled through hardships, under the cover of the infantry, kept firing iron guns and shooting stones at the Jurchens' defense line.

The military camps, trench walls, villages, towers, and arrow towers on the Jurchen defense line were shaken by the flying iron spears, or splashing dust and smoke for falling stones. They were slowly destroying and collapsing. The Jurchen defenders gritted their teeth and endured all these blows, trying their best to repair the fortifications in the gap between throwing stones and shooting arrows. More Jurchen soldiers were just raising their strength, waiting for the Song army to attack and rush forward, and then they would fight to the real face.

Under the cover of the firepower of the crossbow and the catapult, the Song army's shooting soldiers had already walked forward slowly. Thousands of crossbows had been turned on, and thousands of arrowheads flashed in the sunlight with the light like fish scales.

The generals controlled the speed of the queue. After entering the range, there was a dense sound of bowstrings trembling. Countless arrows blocked the sunlight at this moment and rushed towards the defense line of the Jurchen defenders!

According to the Song army two days ago, after the shooting soldiers shot more than ten arrows in this round, the brigade of stomp soldiers would step forward, pick up the deer fort, fill the trenches, push down the cover walls, and then attack and attack directly with thin hamlets.

But today, after this round of shooting, the second team was still shooting. The launch of the crossbow and the catapult never stopped for a moment. The Song army brigade of infantry soldiers was still waiting behind. The Jurchen general, who was somewhat surprised, took the risk and could only see large groups of Song army soldiers sitting neatly, without any intention of moving.

The generals of the Southern Army who had personally led the army in the past few days, waving their wolf teeth and giant sticks, were unable to see them.

How come the Song army's offensive slowed down?

The powerful general who was missed by the Jurchen general was naturally Qin Ming.

Originally, Yue Fei gave the order, and the front wing of the Divine Guards finally changed and rested. Qin Ming was also ordered to lie down honestly, loving to eat, sleeping, and everything was left to him, as long as he didn't approach him.

But now Qin Ming still hurriedly after setting out to attack the village on the hillside of the Jurchen military camp, he leaned forward and looked forward. The personal guards around him kept urging him.

"General Qin, we are responsible for the big relationship when you come forward without permission! But Yue Shuai wants you to die and not go out of the camp! It's enough to take a look, go down quickly. There is a snow-like flower cake and mutton, and we'll find an antique soup for you to eat! The villain is not boasting, he can make the mutton slices three points thinner than fish sashimi!"

Qin Ming was too lazy to raise his eyelids, but he just stared at the war ahead with his eyes blazing fire. He just muttered in his heart.

"It's just a fierce attack in front, but we're going to fight hard. Now we are attacking step by step, which is just right. But this is my achievement! I'm sent to the back and lie down. Don't you want me, a Xihe Army, to be successful in the end? I'm not afraid of making trouble!"

In the end, I could only comfort myself. The Jurchen Tartars continued to increase their troops and blocked this defense line. Whether they were strong or slow, they were not allowed to make a move every day. Although they were unhappy, they could just take a breath. There would be still opportunities to make contributions in the future. Even though he said so, Qin Ming was still a little hesitant.

What is the plan for this rapid attack and slow attack? There is a rumor in the army that it is to respond to the Fuyan army, so what is the case with the Fuyan army now? I heard that both Zhe Keqiu and Liu Guangshi abandoned the army and fled, which eventually led to defeat, and the King of Yan is trying his best to rescue. If this is true, Zhe Keqiu and Liu Guangshi cut off their heads and made it clear that they are not wronged!

It seems that the Jurchen Tatars must be defended strictly, and the army must not go west to meet Shangjun Yan's defeated army. Could this effort be a waste? Once the Fuyan army was defeated, the western front of the Hedong battle situation was completely collapsed. What other means could the King of Yan take to save the situation?

When Qin Ming was in the Xihe Army, he never took his commander seriously. But since he joined the King of Yan, he heard all the miraculous victory along the way. He felt the wholehearted respect of Xiao Yan by the soldiers around him. Unconsciously, he was intoxicated by the chaotic and unpredictable situation at this moment, and unconsciously placed all his hopes on Xiao Yan!

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At a high point of the mountain, Xiao Yan and Yue Fei stood side by side, looking down from a high place. The Jurchen military defense line and the cavalry in the Lanshui Valley were in a confrontation and melee. Even the low city walls of Yifang to the west could be vaguely seen.

But I couldn't see the scene of the Fuyan army rushing over to Yifang City, and even attacking the Jurchen Tartar defense line!

Yue Fei whispered: "The news came from the whistle cavalry that the Jurchen cavalry in Yifang City almost all out last night, leaving only a few people and the Mihu Fu Army to defend. These Jurchen horses went west to meet... The Fuyan army should have conflicts, but they don't know where Wei Dagong was. However, Olu reacted very decisively and had never drawn one or one soldiers from the east. They just used their meager strength to restrain the eastward advancement of the Fuyan army... It seems that they can't meet with the Fuyan army at the Yifang City."

Xiao Yan just squinted his eyes and looked at the distance carefully, muttering in his heart why he wouldn't invent glass or grind a lens. At this time, even if there is twice as many telescopes, it wouldn't be so difficult for him to see.

Hearing Yue Fei's words, Xiao Yan just smiled: "Ji Yanjun rushed out, they can't get me, I'll just go there. It's no difference."

Yue Fei just frowned and said nothing. Xiao Yan spoke easily, but who doesn’t know how much risk Xiao Yan would take? Looking at the entire Song Dynasty, during the national war, is there another person able to do this to Xiao Yan?

Xiao Yan whispered softly again: "I don't know if the Fuyan army has decisively headed north and grab the access first. This is the most critical point... Damn it's really inconvenient for those who don't have a telegram. I have to go there myself no matter what... Time is really short, Lou Shi and Zonghan, I don't know where to chase them now!"

Xiao Yan turned to Yue Fei, his eyes as lightning: "How about the several mountain paths controlled by the whistle driver?"

Yue Fei said in a deep voice: "It's all in control!"

Xiao Yan smiled faintly: "As soon as I was in the night, I would get up. Pengju, I will leave this place to you to stay in charge. Please contact Liangchen and Taiyuan. We will not be able to meet again soon."

Yue Fei was silent for a moment. This precocious and tough young general had a little shaken and weak voice for the first time: "Master, do you really want to go?"

Xiao Yan sneered: "How can I not go? Zhe Keqiu and the generals of the Western Army are very comfortable now. I have been coaxing them to pat them, and now I will make a big fuss for them! ............ I haven't been on the battlefield for several years in Bianliang, so I really think I'm a vegetarian?"

If Yue Fei hadn't been in a state of excitement at this moment, he would have to say a few words in his heart.
To be continued...