At noon, next to the East Fork of the North Road of the Yellow River.

A majestic war horse covered with a layer of leather armor and a leather mask struggled to carry its master out of the gap in the north. There, there were already people and horses close to each other, and the armor was so dense that the flags could not be unfolded at all, and the weapons

The flash of the blade is almost continuous under the reflection of the noon sun.

The heavy-armored long-axe soldiers of the Song Army and the heavy-armored cavalry of the Jin Army swarmed on the front line, killing each other regardless of casualties. And extending a little outward, the heavy arrows and powerful crossbows of both sides, although the accidental injury rate was alarming, but

Still dare not stop for a moment.

This gap, which is only more than two miles wide, has truly become a flesh and blood mill. It depends on who can't hold on first.

It can only be said that it is indeed a blessing that this war horse and its owner can escape from the battle group, especially as a heavily armored knight on the Jin Army's side whose goal is to break through this gap.

However, not long after the war horse escaped from the battle group, it quickly slowed down by the Yellow River. It kept whistling and then retracted its hind legs according to instinct. It turned out that there was an unknown time and place on the right hind leg of the majestic war horse.

Someone made a hole in the ground, and the outer skin was torn while running, and it was hanging on the leg, so that bright red blood kept blooming along the exposed wound, and followed the broken skin to the ground.

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Even when it left the core of the battlefield where the temperature was relatively high and arrived at the riverside, a thin layer of white mist was still surrounding the wound in the cold air of winter.

The Jurchen knight on horseback turned back to look at each other and obviously noticed this, but the adrenaline brought by the previous fight at the core of the battle group was still working. Without even a moment's hesitation, he directly waved the broken spear shaft in his hand.

He slapped the horse's butt hard, and at the same time the spurs under his feet exerted force. The horse felt the pain, spun on the spot, continued to gallop, and followed the owner's instructions and went straight to a group of civilians dozens of steps away. The knight immediately followed

Throw down the gun barrel, take a fist-thick cavalry hammer from your waist, and then raise it high.

These civilian husbands are digging a new trench under the orders and haste of several sergeants... There is no way, the battle on the front line is fierce, casualties continue, and as more and more wounded and corpses are carried to the back, the civilian husbands are obviously worried about the front line

Afraid and exhausted from the night, many people refused to work anymore, so that the Song Army had to use something similar to a war supervisory team to force these civilians to come to the back of the gap and continue to build a second line of defense in order to further hinder the Jin Dynasty.

The meaning of military cavalry.

As for the front line, the war supervisory team has already used it.

But no matter what, at this moment these civilians suddenly saw a Jurchen heavy armored cavalry crossing the battle line, riding a majestic war horse like a tower of iron, and then brandishing a hammer, they immediately fled in fright.

However, a few sergeants could only pick up their weapons in a hurry and tried to stop them.

An arrow was shot first and nailed the leather armor on the horse's neck.

This arrow actually did not cause any substantial damage to the war horse, but the arrow penetrated the leather armor and the neck, but it had an inexplicable effect... The momentum of the war horse was not only reduced, but also kept twisting.

The long neck was spinning on the spot to avoid the stinging pain on the neck. In the air, two Song soldiers holding long spears had already taken the opportunity to rush forward, trying to use their long spears to kill this man who had obviously lost his long soldier.

Jurchen knight stabbed.

When the Jurchen knight saw this, he cursed and reined in the horse again. At the same time, he was ready to abandon the horse if necessary. However, unexpectedly, a thick arrow suddenly shot from behind, grazing the Jurchen knight who was still spinning.

His armor shot a Song Army spearman in the face.

The knight looked back and saw that it was a heavy-armored comrade of the Jin Army who had lost his war horse. He was overjoyed for a moment, but he had no time to say thank you or anything. He just said hello and called on the heavy-armored man to go with him, ignoring the neighing of the war horse.

He directly pulled out the arrow from the horse's neck, forcibly restrained the horse, and prepared to charge again.

Seeing this, another Song Army spearman was immediately frustrated and simply turned around and ran away, dragging his spear. The knight was even more delighted, but his battlefield experience told him that the spearman had not let go of his spear. He could not have been cheating and should have left it behind him.

Pao Ze, who had a hard bow in his hand, was superior, so he no longer paid attention to the spearmen, but turned directly to the Song Army archers who had shot arrows before.

The war horse galloped past the archer's side. The Jurchen knight just struck the archer, who was obviously in a panic and was about to flee, and knocked him to the ground from behind.

However, when the knight succeeded with one blow, he reined in his horse and turned around, he was shocked to find that the comrade who had previously assisted him with the arrow had disappeared without a trace, and he did not know when or how he died.

Even the body was hard to find.

Of course, this Jurchen knight was not pitying people, but he was rushing here alone. The role of his comrades was undoubted. The opponent had saved his life just now, which is proof. At this time, he suddenly lost his only comrade, and he couldn't help but panic.

But now that he was panicking and the cold wind blew by the river, the energy he had brought out on the main battlefield suddenly disappeared.

The knight began to have some doubts.

In fact, he was right to worry. The surrounding Song troops came to their senses and saw that there was only one knight. The knight had lost his long soldier, and the horse was half-stretched and his legs were bloody. Sure enough, someone immediately shouted hello on the battlefield, and then the knight

Seeing seven or eight Song troops gathered together, armed with bows, crossbows, spears and shields, they came towards them.

At this moment, the knight neither dared to respond to the enemy, nor dared to return to the gap that was like a flesh and blood mill. However, he hesitated for a moment, turned his horse's head, and prepared to gallop towards the civilian husband who had dispersed before.

But when he saw that he was about to catch up with one of the more obvious civilians, the war horse suddenly staggered, turned over his hooves, and knelt down in a small trench that had been dug... This group of civilians

The reason why they were able to stay together even when they were escaping was because someone told them to lead them to hide behind this newly dug trench.

Not to mention, after the war horse staggered, because the horse's speed was not fast, it did not throw the knight out at all. It only made the latter's chest feel tight and his eyes darkened. In addition, his feet were caught in the stirrups, and he lost control for a moment.

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The knight knew that he was at a critical moment, and even though he had no strength to open his eyes, he struggled to clamp the horse's belly, and at the same time pulled the reins, trying to pull the horse up.

As expected, this majestic war horse did not disappoint its owner. With its strong vitality and obedience from years of domestication, it used all its strength to raise its front hooves and prepare to rescue its owner.

But at this moment, an ax that was obviously not a standard piece of equipment, but rather looked like a logging ax suddenly appeared and struck almost flatly at the erect front hoof of the war horse. The tomahawk got stuck under the knee of the war horse, and blood flowed from it.

As noted, the war horse was completely unable to support itself, so it whined again and knelt down again.

"Grab his hammer!"

The Golden Army Knight was in great pain, but he could still hear someone shouting and gasping for breath beside him. After hearing this, he quickly waved the cavalry hammer in his hand to try to hinder the opponent.

However, he did not swing it, and after a vigorous swing, the war hammer fell away.

The civilian husband who chopped off the horse's hoof before was Zhou Bin. Now he was in a state of embarrassment, his eyes were red, and he struggled to pick up the hammer almost instinctively. At the same time, he shouted to his fellow civilian husband:

"Pull him down! Hold him down! I'll finish him off!"

The civilians were not fools. When they saw the surrounding reinforcements, they would arrive immediately. This golden armored cavalry was even more unable to move. They hurriedly swarmed up. Seven or eight people grabbed the arms of others and grabbed the pockets of others. Sure enough, they successfully pulled the opponent from the army.

Immediately drag him down and hold his limbs firmly.

Poor this Jurchen Pu Liyan, he was basically a veteran who had experienced many battles. At this moment, his horse had stalled and he was trapped in a tight siege. Even if he struggled hard, how could he resist?

For a moment, he was finally pinned down in the ditch by these peasants, in the red mud stained with horse blood.

"Xiao Yi, come and lift his mask, don't let him bite you!" Zhou Bin picked up the cavalry hammer, came to the side of the opponent's head, clasped his hands, and shouted an order to a slightly younger civilian husband beside him.

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Xiao B trembled and hurriedly, hurriedly rode on the cavalry, and then went to take off the mask. He first tried to pull it down, but when it failed, he quickly pushed it up. Sure enough, he pushed the mask away, revealing a face of about forty years old, with a rough appearance, but

There cannot be any fundamental difference in appearance from the people around him.

The face was staring at the person riding on him, with a clearly panicked and pleading expression, but Xiao Yi was just at a loss.

On the other hand, Zhou Bin, who was squatting beside the knight, saw this expression and hesitated for a moment, but it was just a pause. The next moment, Captain Zhou, who had experienced too many things, did not hesitate and tried his best to hammer the fist-thick cavalry hammer in his hand.

He raised it high and then smashed it down hard towards the area under the opponent's eyes!

After one blow, it was a bloody mess!

After two hammer blows, the surrounding civilians noticed that the cavalry had lost all its strength and its entire body was loose!

After three strikes, the face of this Jurchen knight who came from Guantao was not only red, but black, white, red, and yellow, all mixed together.

But after Zhou Bin killed this man, he didn't stop at all. He just got up and picked up the cavalry hammer in his hand and quickly made another assignment: "Old Zhang, you go and lead them to continue to build the trench. Dabao, Erbao, your brothers, hurry up."

Quickly take off his armor and hand it over to the imperial camp officer. Xiao Yi, you come with me to report your merits to our village!"

The seven or eight Song troops who were preparing to surround and kill this Jin Army knight had actually arrived dozens of steps away. However, they saw that the commander of the village was luring the enemy first and killing the enemy behind. Moreover, after three hammer blows, not even a moment later.

Stop, you are so calmly assigned, you are already shocked, how can you have the slightest intention of grabbing the credit?

In the end, he was led by the village commander in a daze, and went to the nearest flag to find an officer to report his merits.

The nearest flag is two hundred steps away. The general under his banner is a commander. He is called Zhang Kui. He is a member of the Chixin Corps. He accumulated merits after Yao Mountain and was transferred from the Imperial Banzhi to serve in the Imperial Right Army.

, quickly rose to the position of commander, but it was just that he had not fought for a long time and had no achievements in leading troops in an organized system, so he was unable to cross the biggest step.

Without further ado, Zhang Kui had actually noticed the commotion caused by this gap to the west. He watched the scene with a cold eye, and then listened to the slightly nervous Jinshi accompanying the army and the commander of the camp recording their merits, waiting for everything to be settled.

, he just got on his horse and headed east from here.

To the east, there are thousands of Song troops arrayed neatly. Although they are not clustered with long axes and heavy steps, they are also lined with spears and crossbows, and there is no shortage of swords, shields, bows and arrows.

Zhang Kui went straight to the banner of Zhang Zi, who was the largest in the platoon, held hands with each other, and made suggestions.

"Open a small opening along the river in the west, and your troops will set up a net in the rear to wait?" Tian Shizhong, who had just returned from the front line, frowned slightly when he heard this. "It's the area close to the river in the west that can't hold up.

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"No, it's just that the general couldn't bear it when he saw that the front line was anxious and the casualties were heavy, while I was waiting in formation at the rear and couldn't come forward to help." Zhang Kui handed over his hand.

"You're also worried that you won't be able to get any credit, and you won't be able to get the commander's attention even after the Northern Expedition is over, right?" Tian Shizhong responded coldly. "Zhang Kui, do you think that this is still a period of peace, and that this is still the place where Jingdong is stationed?

Do you think that without the leader of the Red Heart Corps, Liu Tongzhi will cut off the ten secret boxes of the imperial camp's right army?"

"The general doesn't dare!" Zhang Kui quickly bowed his head. "The general has no such selfish motives, he just considers the war."

"Thinking about it!" Tian Shizhong was finally furious. "Aren't you just selfish because you saw that we still have enough troops for this battle? Open your eyes and show me. The battle ahead is so fierce. If we retreat,

Who will be responsible for causing a total collapse of the situation? And there is no need to attack the city after this war? Such a large Yuancheng is more than ten miles wide, and the shortest part of the city wall is three feet high. The towers are seventy or eighty, worth eight

A famous city... I wonder how much effort it will take? Come back with me! Guard your headquarters and wait for the order to attack!"

Zhang Kui walked away in embarrassment.

After Zhang Kui left, Tian Shizhong had a dark face and just turned his attention to the front line again, but he couldn't help but take off his leather gloves and hold them tightly in his hands.
To be continued...