Fearing being killed for his overwhelming merits, the empress decided to marry him.

"Sir, the Jurchens have crossed the river."

Yue Fei and Lin Fei, who were warming themselves by the fire inside the tent, were interrupted by Han Ming's excited exclamation.

Upon hearing this, Lin Fei merely raised an eyebrow and continued studying the military treatise in his hand.

Yue Fei clapped his hands, stood up, and said, "Notify all battalions to prepare for battle. We must ensure that the Jin army is completely wiped out on this icy river."

"Yes!"

After Han Ming left, Yue Fei looked at Lin Fei and said, "Officer Lin, now..."

"Congratulations, Commander, for your outstanding achievements."

Lin Fei rarely smiled, and took the initiative to stand up and pat Yue Fei on the shoulder.

"Let's go and witness the fall of the Jurchens."

"Ah."

……

"Go! Charge there at top speed! Hurry!"

Wanyan Loushi rode his horse to the front of the army and loudly encouraged the soldiers.

"Warriors of the Jin Kingdom, we have crossed this Bian River countless times. This time, even the heavens are helping us, freezing the river so that even horses can cross it smoothly."

"As long as we have warhorses, we will be an invincible army of tigers and wolves!"

"Charge forward and crush the Song army in front of us!"

"Awoooooo~~"

Amidst the encouragement of Wanyan Loushi, 50,000 Jin cavalry, along with 80,000 infantrymen behind them, resolutely stepped onto the ice.

Instantly, ice flowers splashed everywhere, and iron hooves thundered.

Wanyan Loushi gripped the spear tightly, his eyes filled with unwavering determination.

This battle was a matter of life and death for the Great Jin Dynasty, and he risked almost everything.

From the Independent Brigade's side, several miles away, they could hear the howling of the Jurchens, like the howling of wolves.

Lin Fei put down his binoculars, took out a handful of soybeans from his pocket, and quietly waited for the crucial moment to arrive.

Yue Fei's expression was solemn, his eyes fixed intently on the ice surface.

Zhong Lue's troops, lying in ambush in the trenches not far away, gripped their cold weapons tightly, awaiting the arrival of the decisive battle.

The thunder of hooves grew heavier.

The cavalrymen on horseback moved carefully on the smooth ice, maintaining their speed as they lined up in a single file and slowly approached the Chu army's defensive line.

None of them noticed that as they stepped over the black charcoal, fine cracks began to appear on the thick ice.

But the sound of ice cracking was drowned out by the heavy clatter of hooves, and also concealed Death's disdainful smile.

Yue Fei glanced at Lin Fei.

Lin Fei calmly stuffed all the fried soybeans in his palm into his mouth and chewed them vigorously.

Click, click~

As more and more warhorses crossed the black charcoal, the cracks in the ice began to spread endlessly.

Finally, one of the cavalrymen realized something was wrong. Looking down, he saw that he and his horse were right in the very center of a crack in the ice.

"No, stop!"

Boom~

He immediately turned around and tried to stop the army.

But this shout seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back.

With a deafening roar echoing across the wilderness, the once-thick ice surface suddenly shattered into pieces.

puff-

The next moment, he and a dozen or so riders around him fell into the icy river, horse and all.

Click, click, click...

Once the ice layer breaks, it immediately triggers a more intense chain reaction, like dominoes falling.

With a series of ear-piercing cracking sounds, the entire Bian River began to collapse completely.

Wanyan Loushi, who was in the central army camp, immediately noticed the threat and realized that something big was about to happen.

"Oh no! The ice has broken! Retreat!"

boom--

The next moment, the entire Bian River shattered into pieces after a loud bang.

Before those proud Jin cavalrymen could even display their extraordinary martial prowess, they plunged directly into the icy river.

"No, help me—"

puff~

The moment a cavalryman fell into the river, the icy water instantly drew away his body heat.

He struggled to call for help, but before he could speak, another warhorse pounced and slammed him into the icy depths of the river.

"No, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

Another Jin soldier stubbornly clung to a layer of ice, enduring the pain of cramps and numbness throughout his body, and used all his strength to climb out of the river.

Click~

But before he could even feel grateful to be alive, the ice beneath him broke again.

"No~"

After a scream, he and dozens of his companions fell into the river.

"Get out of the way, get out of my way!"

Another Jin warrior, relying on his burly physique and agile movements, did not fall into the water immediately when the ice broke. Instead, he jumped back and forth between the scattered ice floes.

At the same time, he swiftly slashed down or pushed into the river any companions who blocked his escape route.

After killing five or six of his companions in a row, perhaps even the heavens couldn't bear to see this bastard swaggering around.

Just as he had killed eight of his companions, he leaped onto a piece of ice with a leap of faith.

Click~

"day!"

The ice broke, and after leaving behind his last words, he fell into the river and disappeared without a trace.

On the Independent Brigade's side, seeing the Jin army fall into a trap and struggle desperately, Yue Fei decisively gave the order...

"Order the artillery battalion to attack!"

At a command, the six howitzers roared into action.

The scorching shells landed among the Jin army, causing widespread chaos and casualties.

The ice surface could not withstand the impact of the shells and immediately began to crack further.

A group of Jin soldiers were still trying to piece together their shields to use as a ship.

Before they could finish their work, a grenade landed right in the middle of them.

Boom~

In an instant, wood chips and bits of meat flew everywhere, and countless ice flowers rose into the sky.

When the smoke cleared, countless golden figures could be seen struggling and pleading for help on the ice.

Wanyan Loushi spurred his horse to retreat, when suddenly a loud bang was heard and a grenade fell in the distance.

"Xu~"

In an instant, his warhorse was startled, reared up on its front hooves, and threw Wanyan Loushi heavily off the horse.

Just as Wanyan Loushi was about to get up, he heard a series of "crackling" sounds coming from beneath him.

At that moment, he gave a bitter smile and simply stared at the sky without moving.

"The shaman said that I, Wanyan Loushi, would be invincible in my life, but the day I am thrown from my own horse would be the day my death comes. It seems that it has all come true, hahahahaha—"

Amidst a desolate laugh, the ice behind him suddenly collapsed, plunging the 62-year-old veteran into the river.

Da da da da——

At the same moment, the heavy machine guns of the Independent Brigade relentlessly swept across the shore, killing all the Jurchen soldiers who managed to escape.

However, some Jurchens displayed an unprecedented instinct, braving gunfire to rush to the south bank.

"Brothers, follow me and kill them!"

"Kill--"

With a roar, Zhong Lue charged out of the trench and towards the remnants of the Jin army.

Behind him stood the elite Western Army that had once defended Bianjing.

New and old grudges, let's settle them all here on the banks of the Bian River today—

The battle lasted from dawn until dusk, finally ending with the last bullet fired.

As the sun set, the banks of the Bian River and its surface were covered with floating corpses, turning the river a blood-red color.

The river was filled with corpses; it was a horrific sight.

The consequence of this war was that for the next ten years, no one dared to fish in the Bian River.

Yue Fei gazed at the river and sighed deeply.

"Won?"

"not yet."

Lin Fei, who was beside him, said.

"Commander, seize this opportunity and head north immediately to take down the capital in one fell swoop!"

“That Bianjing…”

"Leave it to me."

Upon hearing this, Yue Fei cast a grateful glance at Lin Fei.

He knew that only if Lin Fei stayed in Bianjing could he deal with the Song court's entanglements.