Zhang Gui looked at the fierce battlefield in the north and felt extremely complicated. Last night, Zheng Wen volunteered to lead his 5,000 infantrymen to take on the important task of luring the enemy and gain opportunities and time for the army to break through. He knew that this was a battle of death and there was almost no possibility of survival, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still agreed and ordered that all the wine and meat of the entire army be given to the officers and soldiers participating in the war, and the artillery army was allocated to their command.

After the front army set out, Zhang Gui ordered the entire army to gather, leaving only a small number of troops in each battalion to ensure that the campfires are not extinguished and the flags are not overturned. The large group of people only carry their own weapons, horses and the food and drinking water they eat and drink in one day. All the rest abandoned the horse's hooves and wrapped them in rags. The soldiers all took them and quietly left the camp and hid in the night, preparing to break out into the city.

"Sir Shu, the enemy is all attracted by General Zheng's attack. It's time for us to attack!" Ye Shibo also looked at the battlefield in the distance. There were fires soaring into the sky, and the sound of killing sounds were heard. The battle had already reached white heat. He stepped forward and asked for orders.

"As soon as we leave, Zheng Wen will find it difficult to withdraw!" Zhang Gui sighed.

"Supervisor Shu, General Zheng sacrificed his life and we cannot let him down!" Jia Mao also advised.

"Yes!" Zhang Gui wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, straightened his body and ordered, "Yesuge, you must not hesitate or delay after launching the attack first, be sure to open the path for the army!"

"Abide by the order, and I will fulfill my mission!" Yesuge gave a favor to the order and drove his horse forward.

"Jia Mao, after the front army opens the road, I personally lead the cavalry to detour to the east gate and break through the defense line. You should lead the rear army to pass quickly and don't fight!" Zhang Gui ordered again.

"The last one will obey the order!" Jia Mao accepted the order, but he also knew that he was under great pressure. Once the Song army surrounding them found signs of breaking through, they would definitely start chasing. It is still unknown whether he could escape.

"After order the artillery army to shoot out all the shells, destroy the remaining gunpowder, and immediately abandon the cannon and take the knife and gun to charge. Fire the cannon!" Zhang Gui waved his hand and ordered.

‘Boom, boom, boom…’ With the order, more than 50 artillery artillery soldiers fired together, and then loaded and fired again regardless of whether they hit or not.

"Attack!" Yesuge's vanguard had quietly approached within two hundred steps in front of the formation last night. After two rounds of artillery attacks, he ordered an attack. He knew that when the Song army's artillery reacted, they would have no chance. Only by rushing into the enemy camp as soon as possible to fight with it.

The vanguard battalion was full of veterans of war. They took advantage of the gap in artillery attacks and rushed towards the enemy's defense line. The Song army also reacted quickly and immediately organized to stop with fortifications. For a moment, the sound of guns and cannons could not be distinguished. They only felt that countless firecrackers exploded in their ears, and bullets were flying all over the sky.

The shot hit the ground, and the alive continued to rush forward without looking. The order they received before the war was that as long as they did not die after the war, they would not stop, and even if their companions were killed or injured, they would not stop until they broke through the enemy's defense line. After they rushed to the front of the Song army, more than half of the casualties were killed or injured, the survivors still jumped into the trench without hesitation and rushed in over the earth.

The Forward Battalion broke through the frontier positions of the Song army with trenches and earthen brigades as the main body at the cost of the entire army being wiped out, but also opened a breakthrough, and the large groups of people following behind flocked in. They defeated the Song army who was trying to counterattack with dozens of guns. The soldiers behind them grabbed the swords and guns without hesitation and rushed forward. The two armies were immediately in a melee...

"Sir Shu, it's almost dawn!" The war was developing rapidly. The Song army's defense line was broken through the gap under the sudden raid. As the large group of people was put into operation, the gap was wider and bigger as the flood broke, the Song army gradually reacted and began to intercept it in an organized manner, and the attack speed slowed down. The sound of guns and cannons in the north gradually became sparse, Jia Mao reminded.

"Charge!" Zhang Gui looked at the north, then looked at Jia Mao, and waved his hand to order the cavalry that had been on standby for a long time to launch an attack.

More than 10,000 cavalry rushed into the battlefield like a whirlwind, and they also knew that this battle was a battle that determined their destiny. They rushed out and lived, and stayed behind were dead. Their joining broke the balanced war again and expanded the gap. The rear army followed closely behind and broke the Song army's defense line by tearing a gap about three miles wide.

Zhang Gui rushed out of the siege with the brigade and the sky was dawning. After entering the old canal road, he commanded the army to detour eastward to enter Daming City. However, he found that he had nothing to think about. The flags on the city were not raised, and the outside of the city was very calm, and no troops were sent to respond.

"Shishou, our vanguard fought to the city and called out to the city for help. But Wulu brought this bastard but was worried that the Song army would follow him and refused to open the city!" At this time, Yesuge, who was covered in blood, came to the near front and was furious.

"Sir Shu, the Song army has already broken through the camp and is following. If you don't leave, you will be in a siege again!" Jia Mao led the rear army to retreat while fighting, and also entered the old path. There were also Song army supporters outside the East Gate. However, after a morning of hard fighting, the army not only suffered heavy casualties, but also exhausted, making it difficult to fight again.

"Yesugai, Jia Mao gathered all his troops and turned to the northeast to enter Puzhou. The general led the army to cut off the rear!" Zhang Gui sighed secretly, knowing that what they said was right, the Song army had already reacted at this time and surrounded them again. If they were slow, they would be surrounded and annihilated again. Once they left, Zheng Wen had no chance of breaking through, but the situation in front of him could no longer hesitate, so he could only order to break through to Puzhou.

"Shishu..." Yesuga and his two wanted to say something, but were interrupted by him.

"Break through the encirclement immediately, don't look back, we will meet in Puzhou!" Zhang Gui said solemnly again. Yesuge and the others stopped talking, looked at the city close at hand with hatred, turned around and gathered troops to retreat northeastward.

Zhang Gui looked at the bodies covered with Yuan army on the way, and felt increasingly heavy. He ordered the breakout cavalry to leave the old canal road and gather on the shore. After counting the cavalry to which the three armies belonged, after several fierce battles, only 70,000 cavalry remained, but the organization was still intact.

After traveling north for only ten miles, a probe came to report. On the right wing, a large group of cavalry of the Song army arrived. Zhang Gui hurriedly led a team to intercept. The two armies met and each lined up their own formations. However, the Song army did not wait for them to launch an attack as usual, and then used artillery fire to consume them before launching a counterattack, but instead launched an attack on the initiative.

The Song cavalry, with a team of hundreds of people, lined up in dozens of columns and approached them quickly. After entering a hundred steps, the first gun was fired at them, and then quickly turned around. The next column also performed the same maneuver. The shooting queue did not take advantage of the momentum to attack, and then broke through the formation and then turned around, but turned back and forth to join the next shooting. This cycle continued to kill oneself.

The continuous shooting of the Song army caused great casualties to the Yuan army. Zhang Gui immediately commanded the cavalry to move forward and try to disrupt their attack and destroy their shooting rhythm. At this time, the Yuan army cavalry was also equipped with a mesh gun. They also knew that their firearms had a short shooting range and a low hit rate, so they tried their best to get close to the Song army, but they were often shot down by the Song army before they were close.

Even though the Yuan army had cavalry rushed into thirty steps to open fire at the Song army, they had only one chance. They had no second chance regardless of hitting or not. Because after the launch, the Song army was approaching and there was no time to reload. They could only shoot and abandon the musket and rush towards the Song army, but were shot dead by the Song army's firearms, and they could not use their advantages in melee combat...

"Let the Second Regiment detour to their left wing and cut off the connection between the enemy cavalry and the infantry!" Qian Lin, the commander of the Second Cavalry Division, saw that the Yuan cavalry was beaten so hard that he dared not retreat, but could not advance, and the formation was scattered.

"The governor wants to entangle the enemy cavalry and encircle it here?" Sima Kong Wenqian said with a smile.

"Yes, since the war started, we can only act as scouts and reserve teams. We have not fought a decent battle. We must catch them this time and kill them happily!" Qian Lin said.

"I'm afraid it's hard to get what you want. In just a few rounds, the Yuan army can no longer withstand it!" Kong Wenqian pointed at the enemy who was forced to retreat continuously and said.

"Hmph, Meng Yuan claimed to be unparalleled in cavalry and shooting, and was invincible in the world. Now he can't fight in one battle!" Qian Lin snorted.

"The general was wrong. It was not because the Mongol cavalry was not good, but because His Majesty was good at governing the army and designed the tactics appropriately!" Kong Wenqian said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, it's all the achievements of Your Majesty. His Majesty has devoted himself to defeating the Mongol Cavalry, and has consumed countless thoughts!" Qian Lin nodded immediately and said yes.

In fact, this is true. The tactics used by the Song army at present are actually very different from those in the past, and the changes in tactics are also caused by the use of firearms. At this time, the Song army's "half-turn" tactics against the enemy also reflect a very typical new type of training and combat methods.

The cavalry took the squadron as the basic unit and lined up more than ten rows to approach the enemy according to the terrain and form. After entering the shooting distance, the first row stopped and fired, and then turned to the tail of the squadron to load. Each column performed the same maneuver. In theory, this half-turn could allow the troops to fire continuously, fundamentally changing the form of the cavalry's impact.

The birth of this tactic was also based on the poor quality of the Song army's cavalry and the quality of war horses. In order to effectively train the cavalry after the firearm is mounted, His Majesty designed the training method designed by the infantry's "three-stage shooting" and then evolved into an effective cavalry offensive and defensive tactic.

Compared with the Song cavalry that the little emperor worked hard to manage, Qian Lin looked at the Mengyuan cavalry who was also equipped with muskets and felt that it was Dongshi Xipin. They only saw the penetration and shooting range of muskets that were stronger than crossbows, but did not expect the insurmountable defects that muskets could not overcome and the changes in combat methods brought by firearms. Instead, they still wanted to transplant the cold weapon combat set, which turned out to be inconsistent.
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