At the same time that the 1st Brigade of the Imperial Front Protector successfully broke through the dry ditch, after a burst of heavy artillery bombardment, the 3rd Regiment as a reserve crossed the defensive line of the other two regiments and wedged into the enemy position, intending to divide the enemy army again. And the first thing they encountered was the enemy cavalry that came from the hedge, although the cavalry had a natural advantage over the infantry, but it also had to be timed, not all of them were crushed without suspense.

When the Song army launched a full-line assault, the Mengyuan cavalry was already on alert and lined up south of Gangou to prepare for a counterattack. However, the battle situation developed too quickly, and the rout of the troops crossing the bridge broke through the barrier of the front army like a raging flood, and also disrupted the formation of the cavalry, and then was bombarded by the Song army's artillery fire, which made their plan to take advantage of the Song army's unstable foothold in the dry ditch to be unable to carry out.

When the Mengyuan cavalry regrouped into a formation and launched a counter-assault again, the Song army had already gained a foothold in the south of the ditch, and the follow-up troops continued to cross the ditch and continue to assault forward, at this time they had actually lost a good opportunity to counterattack. And due to the uninterrupted assault of the Song army, the depth of the Mengyuan defense was compressed again. The cavalry charge relies on impact power, but to exert the greatest combat power, it is necessary to have enough distance to start, accelerate, and sprint in order to convert kinetic energy into potential energy.

Secondly, the cavalry is suitable for fighting in open terrain, which is convenient for turning and exerting force, and implements detour, intersperse, and division tactics. However, the ditch set was originally out of an open area between the valleys, and the terrain was relatively narrow, which was not convenient for cavalry movement. The south of the ditch is the center of the ditch, where the post stations, shops and residences are located, which limits the scope of action of the cavalry. In addition, the main force of the Hararu Guards has gathered four thousand troops in the south of the ditch, and the strength has exceeded 10,000, and with the addition of tens of thousands of war horses, this big place has long been stuffed to the brim.

It should be said that Meng Yuan used cavalry to break through when he found that the Song army had blocked the valley mouth, and there was still a possibility of success at that time, but at that time, Tie Maichi was killed by rocket artillery, and the command system fell into chaos under the leaderless dragons. After Temulu was promoted to the throne, he was worried that his prestige was insufficient, and he also planned to preserve his strength, so he left the main forces of his cronies in Gounan and did not use them, only wanting to use miscellaneous troops to consume the strength of the Song army, and then break through in one fell swoop, resulting in the loss of a good opportunity.

It should be said that the Song army has faced the invasion of nomads since the founding of the country, whether it is the Khitan, Western Xia, Jurchen, or the current Mongolia, they are all good at cavalry, so the tactics of the Song army have always been based on how to restrain the cavalry. In addition to vigorously developing firearms, he also studied the tactics of dealing with cavalry in a targeted manner, and constantly summed up experience and trained them in actual combat, and has formed a complete set of cavalry control tactics.

Seeing the enemy cavalry rushing up, the artillery accompanying the infantry battle fired a barrage at the fastest speed, disrupting the enemy cavalry charging formation. The infantry troops did not wait for the smoke to dissipate, and they met them in the form of combat groups, and two of them opened fire on the enemy cavalry in front of them, and they could hit people and horses. At a distance of more than a dozen paces, it can be said that there were no bullets, the horses were shot and fell, the cavalry fell off their horses and did not wait to get up, and the bayonets of others had already penetrated into their vital points.

As the saying goes, ten slashes are better than one stab, and the three-edged bayonet can easily pierce the human body along the crack of the nail, injuring the viscera and killing people on the spot. Even if you can't die at that time, rapid blood loss and the air that enters the human body along the blood trough will form a pneumothorax and make people lose their combat effectiveness immediately, as for the person who was stabbed in the chest and abdomen in the movie, it is still Superman who can still continue to fight, and it is almost impossible in reality.

After the first blow was successful, the various battle teams did not stop, quickly looking for the next target, and used the open space to weave through the enemy group. The enemy cavalry, which was attacked head-on and lost its impact, was quickly contained in the momentum of the attack, and fell into a melee with the Song army. Once the cavalry lost its speed and its ability to move was restricted, it became a target for the infantry, and it was repulsed under the guns and stabs of the Song soldiers, crowding and trampling each other in front and rear, causing even greater confusion, and retreating to the town......

"Send a signal and let the 2nd and 3rd brigades attack!" Seeing the enemy retreating southward, Ni Liang immediately seized the fighter plane and ordered.

The "boom, boom, boom...... the sound of the artillery that had just been sparsely dropped suddenly intensified again, and the attack of the two brigades also began with an artillery bombardment, and the dense artillery fire smashed into the enemy group like hail. At this time, the town was full of Mengyuan soldiers and horses, not to mention cannonballs, even throwing two bricks at random could knock down a few people, which also made the lethality of artillery play to the extreme, and every explosion brought up a clump of flesh and blood, harvesting several lives.

After the shelling, two brigades rushed down the hill. The Yuan army, which was attacked on three sides, was like the mud and sand in a mixer, running from one side to the other, and retreating from that side to the other. And the cavalry they were proud of seemed to be stuck in the quagmire of human flesh at this time, let alone running, it was difficult to even walk. The horses that were disturbed by the sound of gunfire became even more chaotic, and they collided like headless flies on the battlefield, and some of the Yuan soldiers did not die under the guns of the Song army, but died under the hooves of their own horses.

"Du Shuai, this battle is as tragic as the battle of Huling that year, tens of thousands of horses are fighting back and forth in the valley, it is really bloody, and corpses are all over the field!" Xiao Ting looked at the battlefield and sighed.

"These boys have killed the red eye, if we continue to fight like this, how can we have the strength to fight again!" Ni Liang didn't have so many feelings, seeing the three brigades rushing around the enemy town, but at this time, the enemy army, who had realized that they could not break through, also began to fight desperately. The cavalry all abandoned their horses and fought on foot, or drove their horses to counterattack the attacking Song army, so that their own casualties inevitably began to increase. And the sacrifice of their companions also aroused their blood, and the muskets with bayonets on them launched a wave of attacks on the enemy group, trying to kill a bloody way, but there were too many enemy troops, and they could not kill them for a while.

"What Du Shuai said is true, but now once the siege is withdrawn, the enemy troops who are in a hurry will be like opening the floodgates, and it will be difficult to block them again. And the enemy is already mixed together, and the artillerymen dare not concentrate fire again for fear of accidental injury! Xiao Ting also discovered this problem, but the enemy army was huddled, and his own side could not divide it after many surprise attacks, and the two parts of the enemy army were covered by artillery, and the slightest mistake would cause accidental injury, so that he had no good idea for a while.

"Get out of the way, order the 3rd Brigade to drive the enemy to the west, order the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade to let go of the vanguard, break through from the enemy's two flanks to divide and annihilate the enemy army, and be sure to end the battle before dark!" Ni Liang put down the binoculars and ordered.

"Du Shuai, although there is a lake in the west, but at this time the lake is not much, it is inevitable that some places can wade to the other side, and it will be difficult to encircle and suppress when you enter the mountains and forests, and it will expose the intentions of our army!" Xiao Ting was shocked when he heard this.

"Now that more than half of the enemy forces have been wiped out, it is not in the case of the overall situation to escape a few times. And now three days have passed, and the vanguard of the army under the command of the commander should have arrived at the city of Xuzhou, even if they learned that Haraluwei was surrounded, they did not dare to risk losing Xuzhou to come to help; As for Fuli's enemy army, it was also dragged by the second army, and the road back to Yingtian was cut off, so how could he divide troops to help without authorization; As for Tutuha, who has been entangled by Luo Datong, he will not take a step forward if the situation is unclear. So they are everyone in danger, and after learning the news of the annihilation of Hararuwei, they also did not move! Ni Liang analyzed.

"Du Shuai's analysis is reasonable, and the lower official will immediately pass on his orders!" Xiao Ting nodded after hearing this.

"Tell the divisions to fight quickly and end the battle before dark!" Ni Liang added......

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The people in Xuzhou City are also panicked these days, Tie Maichi led the army to help Fu left and there was no news, and the remaining Longzhen guards commanded Tang Gu to take over as the general of Xuzhou. And he has been terrified since Hararuwei left, but he is not timid, but he really has no confidence. His own Longzhen Guard was composed of 600 people drawn from various guards and incorporated into the Han army, a total of 4,000 people.

It is precisely because the foundation of Long Zhenwei is the composition of various ethnic groups, and the customs, habits, diet, etc. are different, so it is almost impossible to integrate them naturally, so in the past, they were also divided into various places and were not stationed together. Now I want this group of people with different minds to unite against the enemy, I don't know if others believe it or not, Tang Gu doesn't believe it anyway, then the combat power is scum.

As for the two departments of Gui Chiwei and Xibao Chiwei who stayed at the same time, Tang Gu can only be said to be more scum. 'Guichi' and 'Xi Baochi' are actually the households that captured the falcon for the Great Khan, and they were under the command of the cowardly Xue army. But by the time of Kublai Khan, the Mongol cowardly Xue army was no longer the main force of the war, and even the work of guarding the Great Khan was divided a lot by the guards and pro-army, and its task was to accompany the Great Khan to eat, drink, and play well, and to serve the Great Khan by various means, which was equivalent to the noble waiter that the Great Khan was looking for, and it was many, many years ago when the war began.

Of course, the Great Khan also needs someone to hunt and train falcons for himself, and it is impossible to incorporate Guichi and Xi Baochi into the guards, in fact, those who are incorporated into the two parts are bankrupt households, and they are incorporated into the army by the grace of the Great Khan to enjoy a bowl of rice. And there are also those who are separated from the residence, the good and the missing Brand, and the lay monks and the scoundrels who are absent from servitude, among which there are no 'good people', if they are allowed to do some things such as stealing chickens and dogs, and committing adultery, they are all good hands, but if they fight, don't count on it.

So can Tang Gu, who is holding a stinky card, not worry? After Tie Maichi left, he ordered the whole army to retreat into the city, and sent sentries to continue to track down the withdrawn Song army, fearing that they would return. But I was afraid of what would come, yesterday the sentry cavalry came to report, the Song army suddenly stopped retreating, and then drove to Xuzhou day and night, he was frightened and hurriedly sent people to chase Tie Maichi, so that he could quickly return to the army, but there was no news back for a day, which made him extremely anxious......