He listened to the feathered arrows fired by the enemy, and the Mongolian archers in the rear were hindered by their comrades in front of them, unable to fire arrows at close range, and in the confusion, the Mongolian knights who had hurriedly mounted their horses and charged had gradually begun to retreat. Once the flags in front appeared to advance and retreat, the morale of the two armies was even more different.

This is not the first time that the speed of the Mongols' response has surprised Zheng Yunming. But this time, their reaction still amazed Zheng Yunming. Although the attack of the forward was not effective, it did not affect the subsequent combat deployment of the Mongol army, even if the cavalry only had a meager space for maneuver, they still tried to open their wings and fire arrows at the trapping army from both sides, in an attempt to break the formation of the trapping army. The Mongol army in the rear no longer rode horses, but gathered on the outskirts of the camp, firing arrows and advancing on foot, preparing to break the sudden Song surprise attack in an infantry-on-infantry posture.

"Don't stop! Keep charging! The enemy is back to the water, this is self-defeating! Zheng Yunming stood behind, waved the sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "Send a signal, let the soldiers and horses of Yingzhou come out to attack!" ”

The accompanying Beiwei soldiers pulled out a firework from their waists, lit it with a small torch and held it high, and a ball of fire rose into the sky, exploding a thunderclap in the air.

The retreating Mongol cavalry, in the confusion and trampling of each other, had retreated into the camp, and the advancing Mongol infantrymen broke their silence and began to roar loudly, slapping their shields with their scimitars and making a piercing crash. Walking in the first column, Ye Li suddenly held the iron bone in his hand, waved it above his head, and shouted and cursed loudly: "Drive all the Sinan Si guys back to the cave in the ground!" ”

The trapping army gathered its formation, began to shout and curse in a loud voice, held its weapons tightly, and strode towards the enemy.

Zheng Yunming was anxious in his heart, although the first step of the surprise attack was successful, but the number of the trapped army was too small after all, as a surprise attack force, the number could not be too much, similar to the imperial court in the night attack on the camp of the Jin State with 400,000 troops under Bianliang City, which became a laughing stock in vain, and there was nothing to learn from. In his mind, 1,000 people was the right number for a large-scale surprise attack, which was still based on the low combat effectiveness of the Song army. The Mongols on the opposite side, when attacking, often followed the generals with dozens of henchmen to form a death squad, highlighting surprise soldiers and succeeding in a battle. Since the beginning of the war, the Song army has suffered many such losses.

But all this is based on the fact that the enemy army is shocked by the surprise attack and cannot resist the chaos and disorder. Although the first wave of the enemy's cavalry counterattack has been repulsed, the Mongol army besieging Yingzhou has not shown any signs of confusion, but has methodically launched the second wave of counterattack with infantry as the main force. If the war falls into attrition, then for Zheng Yunming, who is on the inferior side in numbers, it will be like going deep into the tiger's den and being entangled by the tiger.

Zheng Yunming had already expected this step, and he placed his bet on the friendly forces in Yingzhou City. After all, there are 20,000 Song troops in Yingzhou City, which is known as the main force, and they are all brave and capable soldiers and horses of the Northern Army who used to be the backbone of Jinghu.

But seeing that the two armies were about to start contacting, Zheng Yunming frequently looked towards Yingzhou, and there was indeed no movement in the direction of the state city. Obviously, Li Boyuan suffered a loss in the first sortie, and was taught a lesson by the commander of Huguang, and this time he also learned the trick of being old and serious like the generals of the southerners.

What is not good to learn these bad things, Zheng Yunming scolded in a low voice, and raised his voice and shouted: "Ren Xiongwei! Take my letter! Tell the soldiers and horses of Yingzhou that if they don't come out at this time, the state city will be difficult to protect! ”

Ren Xiongwei agreed, took over Zheng Yunming's banner from the flag head, protected by three or five back soldiers, and ran towards Yingzhou City in a puff of smoke, he was a famous scud in the army, and he couldn't see the figure clearly for a while.

The Song and Mongolian armies were only thirty paces apart, and the Mongol army in the front row raised their bows and shot a row of feather arrows. But the blow to the Mongol army was even heavier, and the musketeers behind the spearmen in the first line suddenly rushed out, and fifty musketeers lit the iron firecrackers in their hands, and after the piercing gunfire and choking smoke, the Mongol soldiers also fell sporadically.

He also scolded suddenly: "The rabbit-like Sinan Si people will only come out of the hole in the ground and sneak attack!" I grabbed it all, cut it into small pieces and grilled it! ”

Zheng Yunming was furious and shouted: "The one who scolded us for being rabbits just now captured me alive!" Feed him three meals of grass a day and see who's the rabbit! ”

Although the scolding is funny, the white-knuckle battle is a bloody actual battle, and the two sabers collide, fight with their bare hands, and the melee begins.

Not long after the battle began, Zheng Yunming had not had time to summon the rear team to come forward for reinforcements, and the battle situation had already changed in favor of the Song army.

Among the soldiers looking at the head of Yingzhou City, some people have excellent eyesight, and from a distance, they can see a banner that is rapidly coming towards the city, and the name of Zheng Yunming, the deputy capital of Jing'e, is written.

Zheng Yunming was a famous general who single-handedly suppressed tens of thousands of rebellious soldiers in Xiangyang in the Xiangyang chaos, Li Boyuan's subordinates feared him like a god, and Li Boyuan's own and his family's lives were also saved thanks to the hard work of Zheng Yunming's subordinates. No matter from which point of view, they couldn't abandon Zheng Yunming and fight alone outside the city. And Yao Zhiyuan, the commander of Jinghu, also served under Zheng Qingzhi, and it is impossible to stand idly by in terms of friendship.

The drums in the city of Yingzhou were like thunder, and Li Boyuan personally led thousands of infantry to open the north gate of Yingzhou, provoked the battle flag and rushed out, rushing towards the Mongolian military camp.

Almost at the same time, in the woods behind the trapped army, countless red flags were raised, smoke and dust were flying, and life was boiling. Thousands of Song troops rushed out of the woods and sprinted towards the battlefield with all their might.

Zheng Yunming was surprised, and in order to avoid chaos in the army, he could not coordinate. He and Meng Heng went ashore at two different locations, and it was understandable that his army was small in number and marched at a faster pace. The original plan was to have his army as the vanguard to raid for a while, and if it could not disrupt the enemy army, it could also temporarily drain the enemy's physical strength. Then Meng Heng led the army to attack later, and he could reap all the benefits. The army that didn't want Meng Heng to be well-disciplined and well-trained, had already arrived when the forward battle was not decided.

The officer who rushed to the front of Meng Hui's army was particularly eye-catching, he was dressed in a red uniform, wearing a vermilion helmet, wearing a vermilion lacquer armor, and the red flag held high by the flag behind him, as if it was a little cinnabar in front of the white torrent. Rushing all the way forward, dozens of Mongol soldiers were already wounded by his magic arrows, and when he was about to rush to the flank of the Mongol army, he threw the horned bow to his companions behind, drew the double knife on his back, and rushed to a heavily armored Mongolian warrior in a few arrow steps, dodged the scimitar that the warrior slashed over, and stabbed the warrior's defenseless armpit with a knife. He wielded his twin swords, stirring like a born calf in the battle formation of the Mongol army.

There are very few exceptions to the generals who use dual swords or hammers on the battlefield. It requires a high level of confidence in one's own martial arts, and usually the weapons held in both hands are heavy and powerful, and the lethality is extremely high, such as heavy axes, breaking knives or iron spears, which are powerful and powerful when wielded. The weapon held with one hand is light and agile, and the speed is fast and can be used freely. Two-handed weapons mostly cover the weakness of the defense with the power of attack, and attack with all their strength so that the opponent has no time to parry, and therefore is unable to counterattack. If a one-handed weapon is used for defense, it will inevitably feel that the strength is insufficient, so a one-handed weapon is usually equipped with a shield on the other hand to specialize in defense, which is where the sword soldier or sword and shield soldier comes from. Both in the East and the West, two-handed weapons and swords are heavily equipped with troops, and only offensive weapons that are used with both hands at the same time are rarely seen on the battlefield. The attack of two-handed weapons cooperates with each other, it can be said that the power of the attack has been doubled, but when the door is opened when defending, it is difficult to be fully prepared, and most of the tricks of attacking with one hand and defending with one hand are just casual words, and the martial arts required must be very high, not only to be able to resist the enemy's full force with a one-handed weapon, but also to be able to break through the enemy's defense with another weapon, such a military general is rare in the army of the Great Song Dynasty.

It doesn't matter how brave this red-clothed young man is, the roars that shook the sky on three sides have already foreshadowed the disadvantage of the Mongols in the overall situation. Realizing that they had fallen into the trap of the Song people, the Mongol soldiers acted decisively, immediately discarding their comrades who were fighting hand-to-hand with the trapped army, and rode on their horses and walked towards the north. Although the ambush troops that had been arranged by the Mongols there killed and wounded many retreating enemy cavalry, they could not stop the high-speed escape brigade after all. But the Mongol troops behind the palace who had not yet had time to mount their horses, the war horses that had not had time to withdraw, the camps full of tents, the two or three hundred fishing boats moored in the Han River, and the three magnificent water row fortresses could not be taken away. They were soon drowned in the white flow of the Song army.

Standing on the bank of the Han River, Zheng Yunming was surrounded by enthusiastic soldiers and shouted, what soldier does not love the commander who has always brought victory? In the warm cheers, Li Boyuan and Yao Zhiyuan both came to thank Zheng Yunming for his kindness in relieving the siege. Zheng Yunming only briefly thanked him, and then instructed the two to quickly clean up the battlefield, release sentry to Siye, and seize the time to repair the city wall and treat the wounded soldiers. The negotiation was not over, but I saw Meng Heng's flag held high in the distance and coming this way.