Almost at the same time, ten miles away, in Matou Village, south of a river, thousands of Song troops were garrisoned.

Not far from the garrison was the only bridge over the nearby river.

This bridge, which connects the north and south banks, is guarded by this garrison of thousands of people.

As a cavalry rushed into Matou Village from the west, there was a commotion in the garrison.

Because the enemy army is coming, it is still a brigade of cavalry!

As infantry, they can't outrun the cavalry, and if they don't evacuate before the enemy arrives, they risk losing Matou Village.

But the military orders they received were not easy to act, whether to retreat or not, when to retreat, they had to listen to the command of the friendly army, and obey the orders of the friendly army, and this friendly army was still the Son of Heaven Praetorian Guard, and no one provoked it.

The Praetorian Guards let them see the enemy in their field of vision before they could evacuate, and this distance would not exceed two miles.

However, although people could be seen approaching from two miles away, it was impossible to see who was coming, and both sides could not even see who the other side was and withdrew, and if the enemy was a little more alert, they would immediately sense that there was a deception, and it was difficult to say whether they would be able to complete the task at that time.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, it is necessary to at least get close to the enemy within one mile, so that the other party can clearly see that it is indeed the Song army stationed at the bridgehead, and they must also be able to see that the person who is coming is indeed the enemy army.

But the lives of thousands of soldiers could not be spared, and once the enemy cavalry approached, they had no possibility of escaping at all.

So without detecting the fraud, the garrison tripled the number of horse-repellent piles to intercept passing carriages and horses to prevent anyone from rushing through the pass, and placed them near the bridgehead.

If necessary, they can be piled up at the bridgehead for a short time, and the enemy can rush over, so that they can be stopped for a moment and a half, and buy some time for a smooth retreat.

This was basically the little that the garrison could do to prepare for a smooth retreat, and they could not do anything else, after all, the only reason they were still stationed here at this time was that they were bait to attract the enemy to cross the river with confidence.

Since it is bait, the fish is not hooked, so naturally it cannot run in advance.

"The enemy is coming!"

I don't know who among the soldiers of the garrison suddenly said a word, and everyone's eyes suddenly looked at the western wilderness, and at the same time, their feet began to change directions, towards the bridgehead, and prepared for evacuation as soon as possible.

"It's coming!"

After a while, more people came to speak, and at the same time, a vague figure appeared in their eyes.

The enemy is indeed coming.

The distance between them was about two miles, and when they galloped fast, they would get close in the blink of an eye.

As the figure of the enemy cavalry became clearer and clearer in their eyes, the officers and men of the garrison couldn't help but feel nervous and scared, afraid that they would become unlucky ghosts who lost their lives.

As the enemy army got closer and closer, the defender finally saw the other party's clothes clearly, and the other party should also see their figures, and immediately took the lead in shouting: "The Jin army is coming!" The Jin Army is coming! ”

As soon as the guard shouted, there were soldiers who shouted Jin Xianghe, and the others cooperated, running and shouting: "The Jin army is coming!" The Golden Army is coming! ”

"The Jin Army is here! Run! ”

One shouted to run first, and immediately everyone followed, seizing the bridge.

The soldiers of the Song army stationed in Matou Village were in an uproar, and the chaos and noisy shouts visible to the naked eye at the bridgehead immediately fell into the eyes and ears of the attacking Jin army.

The officers and men of the garrison quickly evacuated as if they were desperate, and the hundreds of men in front of them did not care, but fled with bows and crossbows, and after running across the river, they did not run to the large camp more than thirty miles to the north, but turned to the east.

In the last hundred years, when the enemy was approaching, the Song army quickly threw the horse-rejecting piles to the bridgehead and stacked them together, and then threw a lot of ropes that were wound together or knotted into loops on them, and pried the piled horse-rejecting piles before leaving, so that the ropes climbed on them.

When the enemy approached the bridge head more than 50 zhang away, the defenders fled and all ran to the other side of the river.

The cavalry was extremely fast, fifty zhang away in a moment, and the Jin soldiers who rushed to the front rushed to the bridgehead, opened their bows and arrows, and even shot and wounded a Song soldier who was dozens of zhang away on the other side of the river and fell behind.

There was not a single Song soldier left in the Song army camp in Matou Village.

The cavalry who quickly approached the bridgehead of Matou Village were blocked by the horse-repelling piles that were stacked together in a mess, and had to stop to clean up the debris.

The galloping 5,000 Jin Army cavalry was stopped in Matou Village in this way, and the rhythm of running and attacking was interrupted at once, not to mention the Jin Army soldiers, even the war horses under them felt uncomfortable.

The wooden horse-rejecting piles are not heavy, but the ropes wrapped around them are not clear, and dozens of horse-rejecting piles are like being connected together, and moving one will move a group.

But fortunately, the soldiers of the Jin Army carried knives with them.

At the sound of an order, dozens of Jin soldiers got down and carried knives to clean the ropes on the horse-resisting piles at the bridgehead.

This trick and cleverness of the Song army could not save their lives, nor could it stop the Jin army for long, and the commander of the Jin army did not intend to let go of the Song army who had fled.

Just when the Jin army was blocked from the bridge, and it was difficult to quickly seize the bridge and cross the river, outside Wutong Village, twenty miles north of Matou Village, a heavy cavalry with men and horses in iron armor had already set up a position, waiting for the prey to throw itself into the net.

This cavalry is the Jingwu Forbidden Army, and all 8,000 people are ambushed in Wutong Village, which is fifteen miles away from the transportation camp, and the leader is Chen Chong, the commander of the Jingwu Forbidden Army.

Chen Chong, who was holding a telescope in his hand and waiting for news, soon saw a figure appear in the south, which was a scout of the Jingwu Forbidden Army.

After a short time, the scout Pegasus approached, turned over and fell off his horse and reported: "Lord Commander, the enemy army is about 5,000 people, and it is already five miles away from Matou Village, and it should have crossed the river at this time, and with the speed of the enemy's march, it will be possible to arrive in two quarters of an hour!" ”

"Good. Explore and report again! Chen Chong's face remained unchanged, looking at the south, as if he was eagerly waiting for the forbidden army to appear.

The scout was ordered to leave.

A moment later, another rider approached, turned over and dismounted, and reported: "Lord Commander, Lord Commander has led his army to the predetermined position. The commander ordered the villain to tell the enemy that when the enemy crosses the river, he will be able to cut off all the enemy's retreats! ”

"Okay." Chen Chong responded briefly and didn't ask more.

Commander Zhang personally led 2,000 people to cut off the enemy's retreat, there should be no problem, Chen Chong believes in the elite warriors, and even more believes in the comrades-in-arms who have grown up together for more than ten years.

"All army ready! After two quarters of an hour, the enemy army is coming, and when the time comes, you must destroy all the enemy troops, and not let a single person go! Chen Chong quickly gave an order to the herald beside him.

The four heralds received the order, urged the horses to leave, and quickly went to convey Chen Chong's military orders.

Chen Chong rode on a tall horse, not the slightest worry about the upcoming battle, and even a little anticipation and excitement.

In the era of the Northern Expedition, the Jingwu Forbidden Army was a mysterious and powerful army, and I don't know how many hard bones were gnawed down, and how many other armies were defeated that could not be touched.

After being transferred to the forbidden army in front of the palace and becoming one of the few forbidden troops guarding Bianjing, they have more resources and better training conditions, and after training for so many years, what is the combat effectiveness, is it an embroidered pillow that other people ridicule, it should be tested through this battle, and it will be corrected for the Jingwu Forbidden Army and their own name.

Wutong Village is adjacent to the Chaobai River in the east, and the river can be navigated, which is deeper and wider than the river fought by the Song and Jin armies before the transportation camp.

Taking advantage of this favorable terrain, Chen Chong divided the 8,000 Jingwu Forbidden Army into two, with 4,000 men lying between Wutong Village and Tongyun Daying, and the other 4,000 men deployed vertically from north to south along the canal where the Song and Jin armies were fighting endlessly, three miles away from the canal to the west, to ensure that the enemy could not find the Jingwu Forbidden Army ambushing here.

In this way, as long as the enemy army crosses the river north in Matou Village, it will plunge into the net of 8,000 Jingwu Forbidden Army and Chaobai River on three sides, and 8,000 heavy cavalry will face 5,000 Jin Army, but there is no reason for the enemy army to escape.

I believe that after this battle, the name of the Jingwu Forbidden Army will be famous all over the world, widely praised, and terrified by enemy troops from all walks of life!

Chen Chong was full of confidence in the upcoming battle, and couldn't help but think about what would happen after the victory in this battle.

But after all, he was in command of an army, and his self-control was still very strong, so he quickly retracted his mind and began to pay attention to the soldiers who were preparing for war.

Not long after, the heralds returned, and the military orders were communicated to the ministries.

Subsequently, another scout came to report that the enemy army had crossed the river from Matou Village, most of the enemy troops were rushing to the north, and a small number of enemy troops were going east to chase the garrison of Matou Village, and it was expected that in about a quarter of an hour, the front of the enemy army would rush to Wutong Village!

Hearing the scout's report, Chen Chong actually breathed a sigh of relief, because the enemy army had finally successfully crossed the river from Matou Village to the north, and his only fear for this battle disappeared.

"The enemy army will appear in a quarter of an hour! The whole army is ready to fight! ”

Chen Chong gave the order, and ordered the soldiers to go to the various departments to give the order.

The terrain on the plain is low and flat, and the formation of the elite forbidden army is very scattered, and the command flag has no chance to play in this battle, as long as the soldiers of each department move forward with their swords according to the pre-battle deployment, they can reap the victory, because in the face of absolute strength, there is no need for more formations.

After the 5,000 Jin cavalry crossed the river, they urged their horses to gallop to the transportation camp thirty miles to the north.

The commander of the Jin army ordered: "This battle is mainly to harass the Song army by the river, and there is no need to entangle with them." If they fall into the encirclement of the Song army, each department will break through to the south on their own! ”

The Jin army is only harassing here, they are all cavalry, and as far as they know, there are almost no cavalry in the transportation camp, if they want to run, no one can catch up and stop them, and this battle has not yet started, and they are already invincible.

It is precisely for this reason that the Jin army dared to boldly drive all 5,000 troops to the other side of the river, and did not leave a single soldier or cavalry at the bridgehead to guard the retreat.

The 1,000 Song army garrisons in Matou Village who fled east were destined to not escape the pursuit of the elite cavalry of the 400 Jin Army, as long as they chased and killed all the Song troops, the bridge in Matou Village was in their hands, and no one could compete with them.

However, about a quarter of an hour after the Jin army crossed the river, a heavy cavalry in armor appeared in the south of Matou Village, and soon entered Matou Village.

They were the 2,000 soldiers of the Jingwu Forbidden Army who had been ambushed ten miles to the south.

At this point, the 10,000 elite forbidden army borrowed the Chaobai River in the east to form a tight encirclement of the 5,000 Jin army cavalry who came to attack.

And what kind of tragic end awaits the Jin army.