In this battle, under the fluttering imperial banner, Cao Gou led the charge, breaking two long swords and being hit by three arrows, all blocked by his armor.

He managed to hold on, but his Feathered Forest Guards suffered heavy losses, with a significant reduction in personnel.

At a critical moment, a bloodied Song general rushed over.

Fear not, Your Majesty, Yue Fei is here!

With these words, he charged into the Jin army formation with his spear.

Cao Gou, upon seeing Yue Fei's arrival, was greatly encouraged.

My Guan Yu has arrived! My Guan Yu has arrived!

Yue Fei indeed displayed extraordinary bravery, wielding the Yue family spear with unparalleled skill, and his troops were also elite, fearless in the face of death.

With their entry into the Jin army, Jin Wuzhuo immediately couldn't withstand the onslaught.

Seizing the opportunity, Cao Gou snatched a longbow from a nearby soldier and swiftly shot several arrows, one of which struck Jin Wuzhuo's helmet directly.

This arrow greatly shook Jin Wuzhuo's confidence.

Realizing he couldn't capture the Zhao-Song Emperor for the time being and knowing the opportunity had passed, he began planning his retreat.

At this moment, numerous shouts from the disorderly stones behind him could be heard, led by none other than Han Shizhong.

Jin Wuzhuo, you are surrounded, surrender quickly!

Fearing his retreat path would be cut off, Jin Wuzhuo hastily issued the command:

Full retreat!

As the bugle sounded, the remaining majority of the Jin army in the valley withdrew along with Jin Wuzhuo.

Seeing the Jin forces finally retreating, Han Shizhong collapsed to the ground, completely drained: Luckily, we scared them away; if they hadn't retreated, our army wouldn't have been able to hold on...

Cao Gou leaned on his sword, gazing at the surviving Song soldiers in the valley, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

Is the disparity truly this great?

Nearly fifty thousand ambushing over ten thousand, and even with the advantage of terrain, we still couldn't defeat the Jin army.

Gathering the remaining soldiers, Cao Gou discovered that the casualties among the Song army were more than twice as high as those of the Jin forces...

He forcefully threw down his sword, riddled with gaps, shocking the present generals to their core.

They knew someone was going to face a great calamity.