Li Yuanhao on the west bank of the river did not dare to retreat. If he retreated, he would lose his morale and would have to withstand doubts within Dangxiang. However, the Song Dynasty could not wait forever. If the weather suddenly changed, the battle would be impossible, so Zhao Zhen could only take the initiative to cross the river and fight the Dangxiang people.

For this decisive battle, both sides had their own advantages and disadvantages. Dangxiang was unable to retreat to Xingzhou City, so he lost the city wall as a supporter, but he could exert the power of their cavalry. Although there were firearms on the Song Dynasty, he still had to suffer some losses when fighting with the cavalry in the field, but the Song Dynasty had a numerical advantage.

On October 27, with Zhao Zhen's order, 50,000 Song troops began to set up camps, and Zhou Mei's vanguard troops also began to lay soil on the ice, because the Dangxiang people were right opposite and it was likely to launch a blockade when they crossed the river. At this time, the Song army was at a disadvantage on the ice, so they had to pave a way.

Seeing the actions of the Song army, the Dangxiang army on the other side also stopped sending scouts to harass him. Then various cavalry gathered in front of the camp, and Li Yuanhao also sat in his car to take charge of the central army himself, ready to launch an attack on the Song army at any time.

But what Li Yuanhao did not expect was that the Song army's actions of crossing the river were unexpectedly slow, especially the Pioneer Army was responsible for paving the road on the ice. After waiting for most of the day, the road was only half paved, which made the people on Dangxiang a little anxious, especially because the weather was so cold, and the people riding on the horse were even more frozen, but the Song army was slow to pass the river, which made everyone feel a little anxious.

At the same time, the Song army was still paving the road slowly. Behind the army on the shore, buckets of hot soup and vegetables were also sent to the team, allowing the soldiers to eat in batches. In addition, the soldiers were wearing thick cotton coats outside. With the harvest of cotton, Li Zhang also gave priority to making a batch of cotton coats and cotton shoes for the army, which was just in handy now.

As time goes by, the Dangxiang people on the other side are becoming more and more anxious. Li Yuanhao in the central army has an instinctive feeling that something is wrong. Now it is only about an hour before darkness. Even if the Song army paves the road, can they still want to cross the river at night?

But at this moment, suddenly, a burst of rapid horse hooves came from behind, and then a scout rushed over and reported loudly: "Report to Your Majesty, the Song cavalry was found in three miles behind!"

Although Li Yuanhao did not publicly proclaim himself emperor, he had depended on the Liao Kingdom over the years, and the Liao Kingdom also named him the King of Daxia. Internally, Li Yuanhao always regarded himself as the emperor, so the Dangxiang people also always called Li Yuanhao His Majesty the Emperor.

"Not good!" Li Yuanhao also shouted when he heard this, and immediately realized that he had been trapped. The Song army was obviously pretending to be preparing to cross the river, but in fact he secretly sent cavalry to cross the river from other places and sneak attack behind him.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanhao immediately ordered a cavalry to turn around to meet the enemy. However, at this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from behind, as if the Song cavalry behind him were sending signals. As a result, he soon discovered that the Song army opposite also accelerated the paving movement. In the blink of an eye, loess was covered with ice on the Yellow River.

"Kill and kill!" At this time, the Song army on the opposite side shouted three times, and then the entire Song army slowly approached the river beach. However, before the Song army stepped onto the ice, the Song cavalry behind them had already come to kill. After all, the distance of three miles was almost instantaneous for the cavalry. Li Yuanhao sent the Dangxiang cavalry to welcome the enemy had just attacked and did not even raise the speed of the horse.

The chief general of the Song army's cavalry was named Guo Zun, the one Di Qing wanted to become an apprentice. He claimed that he had no opponents in all the armies. He was very proficient in both infantry and horse warfare. In fact, Guo Zun also had the most elite cavalry in the border army. Unfortunately, in the original history, Guo Zun and Liu Ping died in Sanchuankou, and all the cavalry under his command were also killed in battle. However, before his death, Guo Zun killed three in and three out of the Dangxiang Army, and no less than a hundred people died under his command, and finally killed them due to exhaustion.

Guo Zun was assigned by Zhao Zhen three days ago and led his 5,000 cavalrymen to quietly leave the camp at night, and cross the river around the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Then, he quietly sneaked behind the Dangxiang camp after being out day and night. According to Zhao Zhen's previous instructions, he launched a surprise attack on the Dangxiang people on time, and was discovered by Dangxiang's scouts three miles away.

Although Li Yuanhao reacted very quickly and sent a cavalry to meet the enemy at this time, Guo Zun smiled calmly. At this time, he turned his horse's head and did not kill the Dangxiang cavalry that was facing the enemy, but directly rushed to the Dangxiang camp next to him.

In order to meet the enemy, Li Yuanhao had almost dispatched the entire army. Although there were defenders in the camp, the number was not large. So when Guo Zun's cavalry arrived, these defenders had almost no way to stop them. In the blink of an eye, the camp gate was knocked open, and then the cavalry rushed in.

"Boom~Boom~Boom..." Just as Guo Zun's cavalry entered the camp, bursts of explosions immediately came. It turned out that the purpose of Guo Zun's cavalry was to burn the Dangxiang camp, so they only brought a small amount of supplies when they came out, but each cavalry had two bags on its horse, all of which were grenades.

As Guo Zun's cavalry threw grenades everywhere, the entire Dangxiang camp was in chaos. Wherever the Song cavalry went, a fire broke out, and the explosions were endless. At this time, the Dangxiang cavalry sent to intercept them finally arrived. Guo Zun's cavalry, whose rear was broken, had to turn around and kill, and the cavalry of both sides fought in the camp like a sea of ​​fire.

With the burning of the Dangxiang camp, the Dangxiang people under Li Yuanhao finally became panicked. After all, there were not only tents in the camp, but also food and other supplies. If they did not have these, even if they won, they would probably freeze to death on the bank of the Yellow River. So many people wanted to turn back to rescue them at this time.

However, at this time, Zhao Zhen's main army had already begun to cross the river and was about to come. However, Li Yuanhao was indeed a genius in using troops. At this time, he forced the main force not to act without any action. It can be said that he gave up the rescue camp and focused on dealing with the main army of the Song Dynasty.

In fact, this is also the best choice, because if Dangxiang's main force turned around to rescue, the main force of the Song Dynasty who crossed the river would definitely take advantage of the situation to attack fiercely. At that time, Dangxiang would be difficult to deal with, and he would definitely be defeated. Moreover, the camp has been burned, and Guo Zun's cavalry was also entangled by the Dangxiang cavalry sent by the previous ones, and it would not pose a threat to Dangxiang's main force. If Li Yuanhao could command the army to defeat the main force of the Song army, he would still have a chance to turn defeat into victory.
Chapter completed!