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All that filled his ears was miserable howling.

What filled the field of vision were black shadows scurrying around and dead bodies lying on the road, in the grass, and on the slopes under the light of the fire.

Some torches fell on the ground, but were still burning, and some were thrown into the grass, igniting a bunch of withered and yellow weeds.

Accompanied by the rumbling sound of drums, groups of Hengshan Party Regiment trainees stood up from their hiding places, bent their bows and nocked arrows, and continued shooting downwards while moving toward the bottom.

Twenty steps away from the road, these people put their bows on their backs, and then pulled out the scimitars from their waists. They jumped out of the slope with shouts. The soldiers of Song Dynasty who were still lingering on the mountain road suddenly jumped out.

They were squeezed to the bottom of the mountain road. Many people lost their footing and turned into rolling gourds. They rolled all the way to the river valley. After twisting a few times, they made no sound anymore. They were obviously dead.

The Song Army's cavalry, which suddenly broke out at the front, now had less than a hundred cavalry left.

It’s not that he is much different than his counterpart.

The combat effectiveness of the two sides is actually about the same. The cavalry on the opposite side are ordinary Western cavalry, not iron kites, so naturally they cannot have an overwhelming advantage.

The problem is that Jie Dong and his cavalry have been gone for almost midnight.

Moreover, we walked for such a long time in the biting cold wind.

Whether it's people or horses, they've all reached a certain point.

The enemy, stuck at this point, launched an attack on them.

Moreover, the opponent's number is still twice as many as theirs.

This is very fatal.

In fact, this Song army had more than a thousand cavalry with quite good combat effectiveness, but they were divided into several sections. There were cavalry in the front, middle and rear armies, which lowered their combat effectiveness by a notch.

Li Yi on the opposite side is completely different. The Western Army is derived from the Hebei Frontier Army. There are more Party members, Tubo people, and Uighurs in the team. When they fight, as long as they can bring the cavalry together, they will fight.

Will try my best to do so.

Li Dan was born in Shaanxi, served as an official in Shaanxi all his life, and led troops to fight in Shaanxi, but he had no such personal experience.

And this kind of arrangement is fatal to Xie Dong at this moment.

The helmet fell off, a piece of scalp was cut off, and blood flowed down, blinding his eyes. He stretched out his hand to wipe the blood on his face. When he saw the enemy on the opposite side brandishing his saber and shouting to charge again, he

Understand that your last moments are coming.

Unless you turn the horse around and run away like a stray dog.

Jie Dong has his own arrogance.

Holding the war horse with his legs, Jie Dong roared and rushed towards the opponent. The rest of his disheveled hair was blown up by the wind and lifted straight back.

If you can kill one more enemy cavalry at this moment, maybe one more Song army will escape back to Dingbian City.

In the current battle situation, the Song army is bound to lose.

When everyone thought that the Western Army was still huddled in Shentang Fort waiting for Xiao Ding's return, they had already taken action.

This can only mean one thing: the Western Army is indeed going to rebel.

The war horses staggered, the collision of weapons and the roars of the warriors were mixed together. Countless people fell off their horses. The horses that had lost their masters neighed and ran into the distance. There were also war horses that fell to the ground with their masters, and none of them got up.

Li Yi reined in his horse with his sword, and blood immediately dripped from his body.

"Forward!" he shouted.

The remaining approximately seven to eight hundred Western cavalrymen galloped forward, leaving behind them numerous corpses lying on the ground.

Cavalry duels are always so fast and cruel.

When the ambush started, Qiu Zheng had not yet crossed the bridge.

From his position, he could only hear the deafening sounds of fighting but could not see the actual situation.

But one thing is beyond doubt, that is, the army was ambushed.

And it's in such a terrible place.

The most basic qualities of an excellent general are undoubtedly reflected in Qiu Zheng at this moment.

He immediately ordered all soldiers in the rear army to stop crossing the bridge and vacate the bridge so that the troops in front could retreat.

The bridge itself acts like an intestinal obstruction, slowing down troops whether they are advancing or retreating.

Sending reinforcements forward is the worst option.

Because the topography of the front determines that reinforcements can only be a refueling tactic, piling them up bit by bit, so that the enemy can be eliminated bit by bit?

The opponent has already occupied the most advantageous place.

A thousand soldiers quickly used some of the equipment they carried to set up a simple military formation on the other side of the Jiufeng River.

"Light a fire, beat the drums, and tell the retreating army to come to me!" Qiu Zheng ordered loudly.

In the dark night, the defeated army will panic, but giving them a guide can make them feel at ease.

There are also rescue teams here!

This is a reassurance.

The Song soldiers who were the first to escape down the river valley soon discovered that they were facing new difficulties.

When crossing the bridge, because the river is wide enough, the place with water is in the middle of the river, but in this place, the water flow is close to the foot of the mountain.

There was still ice on the river, but the thickness of the ice was not enough to support so many people crossing the river at the same time. With a crackling sound, the ice surface cracked, and many people fell into the water with a poop.

In some places, the water is not deep, and it doesn't matter if you fall in except for the cold. But in other places, there are deep pools, and the top will be gone in an instant after you fall into them.

The key is that these people are still wearing armor.

Those who called for help, those who wanted to save others, followed closely by those who escaped, and the river valley was still in chaos.

As more and more people fled into the river valley, the ice blocks condensed on the surface of the river valley were broken one by one, and the silt below rolled up under the trampling of countless people. The silt was not deep, just enough to trap a person's calf.

But this is enough to make it difficult to move forward.

And at the very front of this notch, behind the big rocks, figures appeared like ghosts, with the divine arm bows already stretched out in their hands aimed at the panicked soldiers.

Following the order to shoot, the arrow rain ruthlessly poured out towards the soldiers of Song Dynasty inside.

Thousands of Song soldiers were surrounded in this sunken valley.

Nearly a hundred personal guards have gathered around Li Dan.

Although he was in a state of embarrassment at the moment, with his body covered in mud and water and his face still stained with blood, he had already calmed down.

Failure is unquestionable.

All the previous reactions from Shentangbao now seemed to be just a huge trap to lure them here.

And they stepped in happily.

Li Dan felt inexplicably humiliated after losing to a little-known general who was a soldier next to Xiao Ding. As a member of a family of generals in Shaanxi, this defeat was really unacceptable to him.

"Light the torch and raise my flag!" He stood up from behind the big stone.

"General, this will make us a target!" The soldier was shocked.

"We will become a target, but it will also make all the soldiers work hard to get closer to me. If we don't gather our troops and twist into a rope, we will all die here today!" Li Dan shouted: "Light the fire, raise the flag, and shout.

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Several torches were lit, and Li Dan's flag, which had been stored away, was raised on the tip of a spear, and hundreds of guards shouted loudly.

"Li Dan is here, come closer to me!"

"Li Dan is here, come closer to me!"

As expected by the soldiers, when they revealed their identities, they were immediately greeted by a dense rain of arrows. In the light of the fire, they could clearly see that the enemy's military formation had changed, and more people were moving toward them.

Press down slowly here.

Of course, Li Dan's move also made the Song army, who had fled down the river valley, work hard to get closer to him.

The general was so courageous that when he saw Li Dan's banner, he gave these people something to rely on in despair.

"Follow me and fight out!" Seeing the soldiers gathered around him and the defeated soldiers who were still trying to get closer to him, Li Dan shouted and took a step forward with a shield in one hand and a knife in the other.

When the sky got brighter, Li Dan, who was covered in blood, saw Qiu Zheng on the other side of the river.

The anxious Qiu Zheng also saw Li Dan's banner at this time.

Overjoyed, Qiu Zheng led more than a thousand soldiers under his command and pressed down the river valley for the first time, approaching Li Dan.

"Let them go!" On the mountain road, Li Yi wiped the bloody saber clean on a dead body on the ground, put the saber back into its sheath with a clang, and sneered: "The trapped beasts are still fighting, it's not worth fighting them here.

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The sound of horns sounded, and the Western Army slowed down. They watched Qiu Zheng take Li Dan ashore, and then retreated all the way towards Dingbian City.

"Cavalry pursues, infantry clears the battlefield!"

Li Yi looked at the remnants of the Song Army who were at most in their early 2,000s who had escaped, with a satisfied smile on his face, but he allowed you to live for a few more days, just a few days. Li Dan, I'm going to take care of your dog head.

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To be continued...