As the sun set and night fell, the Tang and Japanese armies on the north bank of the river had no intention of stopping. Song Wenbai and Song Mingbu let people light the torches early, and the credit they received couldn't just fly.

The Japanese soldiers ate fish for a long time, but they were not blindfolded, and they did not light as many torches as the Tang army. But the gleaming light of the knife reveals their location...

Hei Nagamasa rode a horse, and he couldn't see the situation in front of him clearly, so he simply dismounted, and some shogunate attendants lined up in a tent, sitting on the horse, waiting for the scouts to come and report the news.

At this moment, a scout came to Ping Changzheng with heavy steps, knelt on one knee, and reported: "Your Excellency Tokugawa Soyoshi has been beheaded by the Tang generals!"

The remnants of Mikawa's cavalry were wiped out, and Tokugawa Muneyoshi couldn't get what he wanted. However, Ping Nagamasa didn't care anymore, and he asked the scout, "What's the situation ahead now?"

As soon as Ping Changzheng's words fell, before the scout could answer, there was already a loud footstep in front of him, and he knew from the sound that a large number of foot soldiers of the Tang army were pressing up. According to what was previously investigated, the Tang army in the north was Song Wenbai and Song Mingbu's men.

Ping Changzheng was thinking intently, but suddenly found that the air was filled with a strong smell of smoke, and he choked and coughed twice, and the soldiers around him also coughed.

Ping Changzheng hurriedly got up and asked urgently, "What's the matter?"

Kato Yan rushed over from not far away and reported: "Your Excellency Changzheng, the Tang Army should have lit something, and the smoke is very choking."

At this time, the Japanese army formation was completely immersed in smoke, and there was no sound except for coughing. Ping Changzheng listened to the footsteps and drums in the distance. He reacted immediately, shouting, "Ready to fight!"

When Kato heard Taira Nagamasa's shout, he didn't answer, and hurriedly ran to a low slope, rubbed his thick fingers vigorously on his round forehead, straightened up and looked around, trying to figure out the situation on the battlefield.

On the north shore of the water, the field at this time is like a huge pot of boiling porridge. The dust kicked up by the cavalry of the Tang Army drifted across the earth like a muddy flood. There were also scattered Japanese soldiers running around, adding to the chaos of the battlefield.

While inspecting the chaos in his sight, Kato Yan pondered hard, trying to connect the scene in front of him with the initial deployment!

The men and horses of the Japanese army and the political department of the Ping Chang were first assembled and deployed on the north bank of the water, and then advanced in the direction of the pontoon bridge to the south, trying to cross the river through several pontoon bridges that had been painstakingly erected.

However, the Tang army in the south shamelessly destroyed the pontoon bridge with catapults and bed ballistas, and after crossing the river, Maeda Licheng's men and horses crossed the river, facing the attack of the Tang army's elite.

The Japanese army was divided in two by the water, and the situation was already very clear by now. His own part faced the attack of two Tang armies, and it was originally barely supported. Originally, I thought that Maeda Tatsusei's men on the south bank of the water would be able to defeat the enemy in front of them, and then re-erect the pontoon bridge to meet the Japanese army on the north bank.

But the battlefield is so mysterious, the Japanese army on the south bank of the water did not even hold out for three hours, and the whole army collapsed.

At this time, in order to resist the attack of the Tang army, all the units lined up in formation and stepped forward to form a three-line array. The cavalry of Sanhe and Jiafei were pinched together and hedged against the cavalry of the Tang Army in the north and south, but unfortunately their strength was completely inferior, and even Tokugawa Zongji was killed in battle.

At this time, the scene was already very complicated, as night fell, people's vision gradually became shorter, and the situation on the battlefield became more and more chaotic. A large number of foot soldiers in the front of the Japanese army were scattered, and the two fronts were unstable.

The turbulence of the Japanese army's formation did not affect Song Wenbai's arrangement. By the light of the fire, and after carefully identifying the news reported by the scouts, he made sure that the front of the Ninth Division was stable and that there was no danger of tearing the flanks apart, so he immediately took a sharp breath and exhaled a long breath.

A stench of yellow and black things, mixed with a fishy smell, poured into Song Wenbai's mouth, and he suddenly felt a burst of retching, almost not vomiting out the contents of his stomach! This smell is not unfamiliar, the more people die on the battlefield, the smell will get stronger and stronger, because those who have eaten enough will become incontinent after death.

Song Wenbai frowned and thought for a long time, then shouted, "Someone, go and give the order quickly!" Let Song Mingbu send out all the cavalry, give me a constant attack on the flank of the Japanese army, and give me the line to charge the Japanese army when I see the opportunity!"

"Order!"

The herald beside Song Wenbai held the order flag, and when he got the order, he galloped away.

Song Wenbai then ordered, "Why is the infantry formation of our second division advancing so slowly? Hurry up and urge and tell the brigade commanders and regimental generals that I don't care what method they use, and quickly break the Japanese army's military formation!"

"Order!"

Several heralds rushed out with their flags.

In the barren fields, groups of Japanese infantry were fleeing in the southwest and southeast directions, and the two flanks of the Japanese army were scattered.

After Kato Yan saw it, he hurriedly came to Ping Changzheng to report.

Hei Nagamasa ordered, "Come, go to all directions and give orders, and tell the samurai and ashigaru who have been scattered in front of them to quickly find their generals! If there is no general, then ask the general of Ashigaru and Ashigaru to stand up and gather his subordinates! Let the rout gather at the rear of our large array and stand by!"

"The last will be ordered!" A few people around him responded, and he left the temporary shogunate of Heira Nagamasa.

Kato Yan continued, "Your Excellency Nagamasa, this place is already dangerous, and the two fronts ahead are shattered. I'm afraid this third front won't be guaranteed."

The third front was the last line of defense in front of the temporary shogunate of Heichomasa. At this time, there were already several military formations and the Tang army that had exchanged hands.

Ping Changzheng nodded and said, "This flag will be left here, and we will take the other few poles."

After speaking, he took the war horse brought by the shogunate attendants, turned over and got on the horse, on the horseback, he saw the battle situation in the near distance, and saw that the Tang army infantry was advancing in formation, driving the Japanese army to flee south.

The cavalry of the Tang army withdrew to a place that Ping Changzheng could not see, if the cavalry of the Tang army did not withdraw, but came to chase the defeated soldiers, the pursuit speed would be faster, and the men and horses in the front of the Japanese army would be even more miserable!

At this moment, the infantry phalanx of the Tang Army in the west all stopped. Ping Changzheng looked at it for a while, and saw dust rolling up in the depths of his vision, and a cavalry rushed from the dark depths. In the distance, there was a loud shout, arrows flew in the air, and horses neighed and people screamed.

Although Song Wenbai's Seventh Division was established earlier than Song Mingbu's Ninth Division, there were not many cavalry in his department, and there were only two regiments. The 7th Division was the most heavily armored infantry in the infantry formation, with the spears and shields of the armor soldiers in front, and the formation was very strong, and the Japanese army could not defeat it after several charges. There were also Tang cavalry wandering around the vicinity, waiting for an opportunity to attack. This kind of simple and direct tactic is the most difficult for Ping Changzheng to crack.