The battlefield on the south bank of the Huaihe River was in a stalemate, and the situation was developing in a direction unfavorable to the Mongols.

One hundred thousand Song troops were like a hedgehog. They were so eager to eat their broad ends that they broke all their teeth.

Two lines of Mongolian cavalry lost between two and three thousand men and failed to overwhelm the Song army's formation.

Just when Kuoduan was feeling anxious about the situation of the battle, behind the Song army's formation, several pillars of smoke suddenly rose in the sky to the west.

It was the beacon fire set up by the Song Army along the river. Kuoduan was instantly ecstatic. He clamped his legs together and ran forward. Then he left the saddle with his buttocks, stood in the stirrups and looked westward.

"Hahaha~" Kuo Duan was ecstatic, looking up to the sky and roaring, "It was Zhang Rou who crossed the river! Haha! This victory is achieved!"

Behind him, Li Fen and other Mongolian generals were also so excited that they punched the air and let out bursts of excited screams, as if they were crazy.

Compared with the reaction of the Mongolian army, the Song army was in a commotion.

The beacon smoke behind them indicates that enemy troops have crossed the river and are heading towards the rear of the Song army's formation.

At this time, the main formation of the Song Army began to stir. Zhao Fan suddenly looked back and looked at the beacon smoke in the west, and his heart immediately fell to the bottom.

Now that the battlefield is stalemate, the sudden appearance of the Mongolian army behind the Song army will undoubtedly turn the battle directly to the Mongolian army.

After receiving Kuo Duan's order, Zhang Rou gathered ships and prepared rafts, and made a show of trying to forcefully cross the Huaihe River in Lianshui, attracting the Song navy to focus on defending the river near Lianshui.

With one hundred warships of the Song Army deployed on the river, they could control several miles of river, focusing on defending Lianshui, leaving other places empty.

After Zhang Rou attracted the Song Navy to Lianshui, he asked his son to lead 5,000 cavalry to cross the river at the ferry that had been prepared in the upper reaches. In one fell swoop, he avoided the defense of the Song Navy and rushed to the south bank of the Huaihe River.

Zhao Fan looked at the beacon smoke behind him and saw a large Mongolian cavalry appearing on the western horizon from a distance. The supreme commander of the Huaihuai Song Army actually showed a look of panic on his face.

At this time, the Song Army's formation was under the impact of the Mongolian cavalry, and there was no extra force to defend against the cavalry appearing behind them. Once the enemy cavalry rushed into the formation from behind, the Song Army's formation may collapse.

"God will not help the Han!" Zhao Fan sighed in his heart, but his face regained his determination and he shouted urgently, "Quick! The archer holds the ax to defend against the enemy cavalry behind him!"

The two broad lines of cavalry attacked the flanks of the army. The Song army did not have enough heavy infantry to defend against the impact of the enemy cavalry behind them.

When the lieutenant general heard the trumpets and drums of the central army, the generals in the rear quickly ordered their subordinates to change their formations. The crossbowmen in the rear could only throw away their crossbows and pick up the swords and short axes they were equipped with.

Almost at the moment when the Song Army hurriedly changed formations, the Mongolian cavalry who appeared behind them also blew their horns and launched an attack on the Song Army!

Zhang Hongji led 5,000 cavalrymen. After crossing the Huaihe River, he urged his horses to advance rapidly. Within a quarter of an hour, he was behind the Song army's formation.

At this time, he saw soldiers running around in the Song army's formation and spearmen moving to the rear. How could he give the Song army a chance to adjust their defenses?

"Kill!" Zhang Hongji roared loudly and raised his front finger while running.

Thousands of hooves trampled the ground, and the cavalry behind him immediately rushed to the front, urging the horses so fast that the wind blew in their ears, and rushed towards the Song formation like an avalanche.

There was a loud "bang" sound, and the Mongolian cavalry faced the rain of arrows fired hastily by the Song army and crashed directly into the Song army's rear formation.

The Chuzhou soldiers in the central army's formation had just raised their spears, and the Mongolian cavalry had already crashed into them. The bodies of the Song soldiers immediately flew up like kites with broken strings, knocking down a group of Song troops.

In the formation of the Song Army, the crossbowman turned around and fired two arrows. He stepped on the crossbow stirrup and cocked the crossbow. He looked up and saw that the enemy cavalry was already in front of him. Then he felt a sharp pain in his chest and was stabbed by the cavalry's spear.

, the body flew upside down.

The Mongolian cavalry quickly rushed into the rear formation of the Song army. The cavalry was like plowing the ground, knocking away the Song soldiers in front of them.

"Hahaha!" Kuo Duan was so excited that he looked up to the sky and laughed when he saw the reinforcements crashing into the Song formation.

After fighting hard for most of the day, with the arrival of Mongolian reinforcements, the balance of the battle finally tilted completely towards the Mongolian side.

"Hahaha! After this battle, the elite of the Southern Song Dynasty in Huainan will be lost. I will capture Chuzhou, seize Yangzhou, and drink from the Yangtze River!" Kuo Duan laughed wildly, pulled out his sword, "Blow the horn and give me the full frontline."

Fight back!”

On the battlefield, the Mongolian army's shrill horns resounded across the field. When the Mongolian army's cavalry on the left and right saw the reinforcements rushing into the Song formation, they rushed towards the Song formation again without hesitation.

The infantry of Li Army, which was being held and beaten by the Song Army and on the verge of collapse, regained its morale and stabilized its position.

At this time, the Mongolian cavalry that entered from behind hit the Song army all the way, disrupting the general movement. Before the Song army had time to regroup, the Mongolian cavalry also hit the left and right wings.

The Mongolian cavalry ran rampant in the military formation and broke through the formation, leaving behind the corpses of Song soldiers on the ground and a chaotic formation.

"Ms. Sir! We are defeated! Retreat quickly!" The generals in the Song Army's center looked panicked.

"Withdraw! How to withdraw?" Zhao Fan drew his sword out of its sheath and roared angrily, "Reorganize your formation!"

The Song army was all infantry. Once they lost the protection of their formation and the Mongolian cavalry took advantage of the situation, the 100,000-strong army would only be massacred.

As the highest military commander of the Song Dynasty in Huainan, Zhao Fan clearly knew the consequences of the annihilation of a hundred thousand elite troops.

Zhao Fan couldn't help raising his sword and roaring, "Reorganize your formation, those who retreat will die!"

The Chinese army quickly waved the order flag, and the disturbed Song soldiers were returning to their positions. A desperate scene happened again.

The Mongolian cavalry that crashed into the flank took advantage of the wavering formation of the army and the unstable morale of the army, and finally broke through the outer spear formation, rushed into the Huaixi army's formation, and drove the crossbowmen in the formation to pieces.

Huaixi Zhizhi envoy Quan Zicai saw that the military formation could no longer be maintained, and knew that once the Mongolian cavalry penetrated the military formation and attacked again, the Song army would collapse.

Facing the critical situation, Quanzi suddenly drew his sword and roared loudly: "Huaixi Erlang, if our troops are in chaos, the main formation will be defeated. Today, Japan will fight to the death with you and guard the flanks of the Chinese army!"

After saying this, Quan Zi clamped his horse's belly and faced the Mongolian troops rushing into the formation. The soldiers behind him also picked up their weapons and rushed forward.

On the other side, the Yangzhou Army of Huaidong's envoy Zhao Kui was also defeated by the Mongolian soldiers.

"Mr. Sir! The formation has been broken, this time is over!" The panicked generals were already in disarray.

Zhao Kui's Yangzhou soldiers were on the south side of the formation. His face was ashen and he was making a fierce decision in his heart.

Now that the defeat has been decided, he can only stay and be destroyed together with the friendly forces. If the Chuzhou soldiers and Huaixi soldiers can still support him and evacuate quickly, he may be able to save an elite army for the Song Dynasty in Jiangbei.

When the Song army was in dire straits, Kuo Duan looked at the battlefield with pride, waiting for the Song army to be defeated, so that he could use his troops to cover it up and eliminate 100,000 Song troops.

At this time, when Kuoduan was thinking about destroying the main force of the Song army and taking advantage of the situation to seize the entire Huainan, Li Fen next to him exclaimed, "Hey! Reinforcements are coming from the east too!"
Chapter completed!