Chapter 1246: Offensive and Defensive Reversal

Luo Datong looked at the battlefield and was a little dazed. After the enemy was attacked by the cavalry brigade flank, there was confusion, and its attack was broken down. However, after being besieged by the cavalry of the enemy brigade, the cavalry brigade was outnumbered and fled to the north of the battlefield and broke away from the battlefield. He was worried that the enemy would deceive him, and he did not dare to rashly attack to relieve the siege, and he was worried that the enemy army would take the opportunity to attack, so he could only order to hold on to the fortifications and not go out, and at the same time mobilize reserves to be ready to reinforce the second regiment outside the town at any time.

However, Luo Datong did not wait for the return of the cavalry brigade, nor did he wait for another round of attack by the enemy, and both sides seemed to be a little overwhelmed by the sudden changes on the battlefield. He was even more worried, wondering if the cavalry brigade had escaped the enemy's pursuit and highlighted the enemy's encirclement; Fearing the loss of the cavalry brigade's protection of the flank, he went north to bypass Liuzi Town and break through. Anyway, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, I wanted to do something, but I didn't dare to do anything, I just hoped that Du Shuai would lead the reinforcements as soon as possible.

"All of them, there seems to be a change in the enemy army, and there is a sudden commotion in the rear army!" Suddenly, news came from the lookout post set up on the tower.

"Keep a close eye on the enemy's movements and report them at any time!" Knowing that the enemy army had moved, Luo Datong felt relieved, and while he gave the order, he turned to the high platform outside the apse of the temple and looked at the battlefield, but he could not see the situation behind the battlefield.

"Dutong, the lookout post reports that the enemy forces in the rear are in chaos, and it seems to have been raided!"

"Is it that Du Shuai's reinforcements have arrived? Look closely. Luo Datong adjusted the magnification of the telescope to the maximum, but he still couldn't see clearly, but he heard the sound of gunfire, which was not like the firearm firing of the Yuan Army's firearms guard, and he was in good spirits.

"Dutong, it should be. The sound of enemy firearms firing was muffled, and reinforcements should have arrived. Yuhou Wang Xuan listened for a moment and confirmed.

"Dutong, the lookout post reported that there is the banner of the Second Army of the Forbidden Army in the rear, and the banner of the Second Brigade of the Imperial Front Guard Army in the northeast has appeared!"

"If you don't come, you won't come, but you can say that you're coming again!" Luo Dake laughed and scolded when he heard the newspaper, but his spirit was relaxed, he knew that since the banner of the Second Army had appeared, it meant that Fuli had been recovered by our army, and the Tutuha Department had no way to advance and no way back.

"Dutong, if the enemy's rear is attacked, he will make every effort to break through in the direction of our army, and he must prepare as soon as possible!" Wang Xuan saw that Luo Datong was a little out of shape, and hurriedly reminded.

"Order all units to prepare for a counterattack, the artillery does not have to save ammunition, and after the enemy launches an attack, the shells will be fired out in the shortest possible time, and then the whole army will attack!" With the arrival of reinforcements, Luo Datong also realized that the time for the decisive battle had come, and he didn't know when the reinforcements would arrive, so he had to make careful calculations, save ammunition, and defend the city for many days by the enemy army, and he was also holding his breath in his heart, and now it is finally time to have revenge and complain......

At this time, Tutuha also found that the reinforcements of the Song army had arrived, and he understood that the plan of breaking through the Song army's obstruction in Liuzi Town and returning to Yingtianfu by the old road of the Bianhe River was difficult to realize. It was decided to retreat to the northwest, bypassing the town of Liuzi, and instead taking the abandoned Yingtianfu Fufu Road, twenty miles away, in order to break away from the entanglement with the Song army.

In the past, the Yuan army relied on the advantage of cavalry to achieve rapid maneuver on the battlefield and get rid of the entanglement of the enemy. But this time they encountered the cavalry of the Song army, and the Han army Weibu army dragged their feet, Tutuha could only send troops to block the pursuit of the Song army, and at the same time ordered the cavalry to defeat the Song cavalry blocking the road as soon as possible and clear the obstacles on the way.

The cavalry brigade, which was already struggling to support, suddenly felt great pressure in the face of the enemy troops that were pouring in like a flood of the embankment. However, at this time, the cavalry brigade led by Fang Sheng did not know that the battle situation had changed, and he was still leading his troops in a bloody battle, dealing with the Kipchak guards, and he did not know that he had caused great difficulties for the enemy's retreat. But he soon found that the situation was not right, and the Yuan army changed the direction of the attack, bypassing the town as if to retreat to Yingtianfu by the old road.

Fang Sheng also reacted quickly, realizing that if he did not change his tactics, the cavalry brigade would not only be difficult to stop the enemy, but would be drowned in the enemy army that was desperate for his life. Therefore, he adjusted his deployment in time, launched a counter-attack first, received the cavalry who dismounted and dismounted, and retreated to the north to withdraw from the battlefield, counting the soldiers and horses At this time, the cavalry brigade had lost more than 800 cavalry, but the establishment was still intact.

Fang Sheng understood that their main task was not to annihilate the enemy army, but to hold back the enemy army and buy time for the arrival of reinforcements. Therefore, he turned to the strategy of avoiding frontal blockade, killing the enemy's edge, attacking and harassing the enemy in the form of mobile combat, and closely pursuing the enemy's flank and attacking. They galloped back and forth on the battlefield, striking and leaving, fighting the enemy in motion, and the two sides gradually entered the vicinity of Yongcheng.

After all, the cavalry brigade was weak, and was forced to the shore of Suishui under the siege and pursuit of the cavalry of the Yuan army, and fell into a desperate situation. At this time, suddenly there was a trumpet from the other side of the river, and he heard that this was a signal of communication between the Song army, and immediately ordered the trumpeters to respond to the contact, informing him of the number and battle situation of his own troops.

The other party also quickly replied that it was the second cavalry division of the forbidden army, and after learning of their situation, he quickly crossed the river to support without hesitation. Fang Sheng watched thousands of troops and horses swimming across from the opposite bank, only to feel that the things in front of him were a little unreal, and he even felt like he had escaped death, although he was very surprised that the Second Cavalry Division suddenly appeared here, but he couldn't think about it when the war was urgent.

However, Fang Sheng understood that the arrival of the Second Cavalry Division was enough to turn the tide of the battle. The predecessor of the Second Cavalry Division was one of the two cavalry brigades formed in Qiongzhou, and after entering the south of the Yangtze River, it was expanded into a cavalry division using captured war horses, which had six cavalry regiments, a baggage regiment, and a rapid-fire artillery regiment, plus a direct team, with a total strength of 12,000 people.

The Second Cavalry Division can be said to be the largest number of troops in the Song Army, and its purpose is not only to adapt to future operations in the Plains Group, but also to prepare for further expansion in the future. However, the luck of the 2nd Cavalry Division was not very good, since the Northern Expedition, except for a battle in Jiangdong, it has always been chasing the infantry, mainly undertaking the tasks of covering the flank of the army, reconnaissance and protecting the transportation line. But its luck was good, and it 'recovered' Xuzhou by mistake and picked up a great credit.

What Fang Sheng didn't know was that after recovering Xuzhou, the Second Cavalry Division was ordered to capture the two counties of Xiao County and Suixi around Xuzhou. Suixi and Yongcheng face each other across Suishui, and Qian Lin, the commander of the Second Cavalry Division, knew that the war was not over here, so he concentrated the main force along Suishui to prevent the enemy from invading the territory. At the same time, scouts were also sent to patrol the coast and monitor the movements of enemy troops.

Today, during a routine inspection, a team of scouts found that there was a battle on the other side, but the battle situation was unknown, so they promptly reported it to Qian Lin. He immediately put the whole army into combat readiness, and hid two regiments on the outer edge of the Suishui embankment, ready to strike hard at the place where the river was crossed. At noon, the outpost also reported that a part of the Song army was trapped by the enemy on the opposite bank, and it was the cavalry brigade of the imperial front guard army of its own side after contact.

Qian Lin was shocked when he heard this, he knew that the imperial guards had been accompanying the camp since they entered Huaibei to protect His Majesty's safety. I also know that His Majesty is stationed at Lingbi and commands the entire campaign, and the Guardian Cavalry Brigade is in danger here, and it is very likely that His Majesty is nearby. Where he dared to slacken, he immediately sent troops across the river to reinforce, and organized other departments to quickly cross the river to join the battle.

The 2nd Cavalry Division quickly entered the battle, and they launched a surprise attack after detouring from the upper reaches to the flank of the Yuan Kipchak Guards. The roundabout outflanking tactics that he used to use against the Song army were now used by the Song army, and the Kipchak guards were quickly repulsed by surprise, and the siege of the cavalry brigade of the protector army was suddenly resolved, and the two armies joined forces.

Qian Lin and Fang Sheng saw each other, and he didn't care about the past, he informed Qian Lin of the current battle situation in concise words. At the moment, the enemy army fighting with them has been blocked near Liuzi Town, and is now desperately breaking through, and the two sides have been fighting fiercely for three days, and their own forces are at a disadvantage. However, the reinforcements led by Ni Liang had not yet arrived, and they were under great pressure, and they were besieged by heavy enemy cavalry precisely because of the obstruction of the place where they chose the way to break through.

Qian Lin didn't dare to slack off when she learned about it, and she didn't hesitate to go into battle. Participating in the battle without the order of his superiors is actually a violation of military discipline, and the reason why he risked disobedience to join the battle is not only because he and the generals of the imperial army are on good terms, but also because His Majesty has set the iron law of 'attacking and protecting each other, and retreating and defending' at the place where the army was built.

Under His Majesty's orders, the iron law has already been deeply rooted in the bones of everyone in the army, and Qian Lin knows that the consequences of not saving him when he sees death may be more serious than acting without orders. Even if the lawsuit is fought in front of His Majesty, it is difficult to tell if he violates the iron law, and what awaits him is not only the spurning of the generals, but also the fear of his life.

The arrival of the Yuan army, the imperial protector, has put the Yuan army in a predicament. Tutuha also discovered the seriousness of the problem, and pursued the pursuers in close pursuit, and the blocking troops intercepted in front. He must quickly break through the resistance of the Song cavalry, otherwise he is in danger of being annihilated. And the newly arrived cavalry of the Song Army is even worse for them, they have just broken through the resistance of the Song Army in Liuzi Town, but the Song Army chasing soldiers behind have been killed, and the most fatal thing is that the cavalry that has joined the battlefield here is still fully organized, and it is a new force that has not joined the war group so far.

So outside Yongcheng, the Song and Yuan Dynasty once again launched a cavalry fight, and the largest cavalry battle broke out since the Northern Expedition. On the open plain, the neighing of war horses, the yellow dust is all over the sky, the gold and stone intersect, the drums are continuous, the war horses gallop back and forth, interspersed with pursuits, outflanked in a roundabout way, shouting and killing, the neighing of war horses, the sound of guns, and the sound of weapons colliding resounded through the clouds, pushing the battle to a climax, but at this time, everyone's offensive and defensive postures were exchanged-the Yuan army, which had just attacked the Song army, and in a blink of an eye, it became a ghost under the knife of the Song army's cavalry......

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