The rear army of the Mongol Yuan was attacked, and the central army quickly got the news and immediately distributed some people to return to rescue, and the army also stopped moving forward. They knew that the rear army was escorting 20,000 stones of food and grass, which was the supplies for them and Fu Li garrison for half a month. If there was any loss, Fu Li would not be able to obtain supplements and would be unable to continue fighting for a period of time.

Tu Tuha's first reaction was not that the Southern Army wanted to encircle and annihilate, but that the Southern Army detected the news that it was going south to Fuli. In order to avoid being chased on the way to withdraw, he returned to his own way and ambushed his rear army here and destroyed his baggage. Thinking of this section, he had to admire the trick of removing firewood from the Southern Emperor's cauldron. He believed that after the food and grass in the Southern Army was burned, in order to maintain the use of tens of thousands of troops, he would definitely plunder the grain of prefectures and counties in Huaibei, and then destroy his own food and grass, so that they could not get supplements on the spot.

As a result, the supply of food and grass on one's side was not enough, and it was difficult to carry out long-distance and long-term pursuit, and the Southern Dynasties could return to Huainan safely. And he also knew that the two armies serving as rear guards had some combat effectiveness, but they were also negligent in training. The Aolu army was reserve soldiers of each guard, most of whom were underage boys and had no experience in going into battle. However, the ambushed Southern Army could sneak a hundred miles and circle around behind them, without any clues being found by the side. It must be something that a team of elite troops in a hundred battles could do.

Therefore, after Tutu and Hawen's subsequent army was attacked, he did not dare to neglect it, and immediately ordered the right guard of the Han army to return to defense quickly, expel the enemy, and protect the food and grass; at the same time, he ordered the central guard of the Han army to detour north to the enemy's left wing and intercept the retreating enemy; ordered the Qinshiguard of the front army to send elite cavalry to pursue the enemy from the right wing, and encircle and annihilate the southern army with the central guard of the Han army; and he led the firearm guard to take charge of the central army, blocking the main road, forcing the enemy to break out from the north and disrupt the formation.

Although Tutuha reacted quickly and immediately responded after learning about the attack of the army, it was not easy for the marching brigade to convert into a combat formation after receiving the order. They had to reorganize the team, assemble, and then choose a way to attack. At this time, tens of thousands of troops were concentrated in the river channel. The two or three hundred feet wide river channel was not narrow, but it was difficult to deal with for a while, and chaos inevitably arose.

‘Boom, boom, boom…’ Suddenly, a series of huge explosions came, and Tutuha felt the land under his feet tremble, and some soldiers even fell to the ground with unstable footholds. Before he could find out the reason, he heard the sound of water coming from far to near, with a whistling sound.

"The dam is broken, run quickly..." Tu Tuha was surprised to find that some water poured down in front of him. Some soldiers shouted and ran towards the embankments on both sides, but more people were washed down by the water and flowed down. Without waiting for him to figure out how the river that had already dried up was not in the rainy season, how could there be a heavy water hit when the water had already risen to the knee.

The sudden flood fluttered all the units that were adjusting their formation. The people rushed to both sides of the river bank in panic to avoid them. While they were running, they were washed down by the water and died under the trampling of the horse. Tuha wanted to maintain order, but who would care about it when they escaped? He was also carried by the chaotic army and the water rose to the top of the people. He could only watch countless people struggling in the water, rising and falling, and heading eastward.

Fortunately, this flood came quickly and went quickly. After half an hour, the flood gradually spread and slowed downstream. After ten miles, it gradually penetrated into the already dry river channel like a stream, leaving only the bodies of people and puddles all over the ground. At this time, some whistle and cavalry also found out the situation. Because it is in a yellow flood area, due to the impact of the water flow and the silt of mud and sand, after the flood, the retained flood formed many large and small ponds and even lakes.

These lakes are usually stagnant. When water comes in the rainy season, some collapses to form seasonal rivers, some ponds will merge with each other to form larger ponds, and some farmers will use these ponds to build canals and irrigate fields. And on their marching road, there is a dry ditch called Yujiagou, and there is a small lake upstream. The Song army buried gunpowder. When they reached this point, they exploded a gap several meters wide, and the lake water tilted downwards and rushed down into the old road of the Bian River. If it weren't for the rainy season that there was no incoming water, and the Hubo was not large and the water storage was small, they would have sent their army to Fuli City.

Tu Tuha looked at the incomparable army being furious and helpless by a sudden flood, and the troops were naturally disrupted. He could only send a force to respond to the army, order other units to deploy defenses on the spot, inspect losses, and organize equipment to prevent the Song army from launching an attack in the chaos. But what made him a little relieved was that the enemy did not attack them, but focused his energy on the army. He listened to the tight sound of artillery, and understood that the army was over.

At a moment, the departments reported losses. The front army, which was walking in the front, was farthest from the breaking point, and the water flow slowed down, and there was no such great impact force, so the losses were the smallest. The casualties were caused by congestion and trampling. The biggest loss was the central army, which should be the safest. Under the impact of the huge water flow, many people were washed away and drowned. Especially the central army was mostly Han infantry, and they ran slowly and could not react at all. What made Tu Tuha even more annoyed was that most of the gunpowder carried by the firearm guards had been soaked in water and were unable to use it. Without gunpowder, their firearms were not as easy as sticks.

The inspection resulted in more than 3,000 casualties and hundreds of war horses, but they did not even see the enemy's shadow. Later, the attacked rear army also returned with the help of the attack, looking at them with dirt, their faces were full of fear, and their helmets were crooked and their armors were slanted, and their faces turned dark. After the inspection, the rear army and the Auru army lost more than half of their troops under the attack of the Song army's cavalry and artillery, and almost all their baggage was lost.

After Tutu, the commander of the army, Ba Duer, asked in detail about the past. He reported that the Song cavalry rushed out from all over the place without warning. They had no time to react, and the line was stormed. The enemy cavalry then chased and died, and in a blink of an eye, they were defeated. A large group of Song troops rushed into the town, and some of them were intercepted without time to withdraw, for fear of a lot of good fortune.

Afterwards, the enemy cavalry retreated and the enemy troops entering the town bombarded the river with artillery. Because this section of the river was steep, difficult to climb, and had nowhere to hide, so many people were crowded in the river and were violently bombarded by enemy artillery, causing great casualties. Most of the escorted baggage and materials were destroyed by artillery fire, and only a very small part was snatched out under the reception.

Tu Tuha listened to Ba Du'er's story, and when he saw him talking about the scene when he was bombarded, deep fear flashed from time to time on his face, and thought that the fierce artillery fire of the enemy caused him great fear. He knew that Ba Du'er was not a timid person, but also rushed out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood. It was not an extremely terrifying scene that would not scare him like this.

Tu Tuha understood that this matter could not be blamed on Ba Du'er, so he could only comfort him and let him go down to heal his wounds first. Then he was furious and executed all the hundreds of households and dozens of people under the charge of guarding and patroling today on the grounds that the sentry was not good, causing serious casualties and losses, to shock others and boost morale. He also ordered the troops to surround and kill the enemy troops who dared to ambush them. What surprised him was that the Song army did not leave with one blow after success, but built fortifications in Liuzi Town and prepared to persevere.

The abnormal actions of the Southern Army confused Tu Tuha. In theory, the emphasis on ambushing deep into the enemy's back is to fight quickly and retreat quickly. Regardless of success or failure, you must leave with one blow, and do not fight with the enemy in a relationship, so as not to fall into the siege of the enemy. However, the Song army in front of him did the opposite. After successfully destroying his own supplies and food and grass, and causing major casualties, not only did not retreat, but he was stubborn, so he could not help but think about it more.

Unable to understand the purpose of the Song army's operation, Tu Tuha ordered the entire army to camp on the spot and temporarily suspend Xiang Fu's departure. While sending a post to investigate the number of Song troops and the deployment of the Ming Dynasty, he sent a messenger to Fu Li to confirm the movements of the Song army besieged in front of the city. The two places were only a hundred miles apart, and the messenger sent returned to Liuzi Town that night, and the news he brought back made him shudder.

The message brought back by the messenger said that the Song army in front of Fu Li not only showed no sign of withdrawing troops in recent days, but also showed very active performance. The enemy troops stationed in Jing'an Town have been sending troops to harass their camps. Fu Li's chief general Yu Wa failed to judge. The enemy seemed to be intending to find fighter opportunities through constant temptations and seize the city by taking the city to the decisive battle. So while strengthening his defense, he hoped that reinforcements would speed up the marching and reinforce Fu Li.

What made Tu Tuha even more puzzled was that the Tiemai Chi tribe who had sent aid from Xuzhou to the present has not arrived yet. Yuwashi also sent a mail cavalry to explore the way he came, but the Song army sent a large group of patrols in this direction, making it impossible for them to get details. He knew that the Xuzhou side and he received almost the same order, and agreed to meet with the troops in Fuli to defeat the Song army in front of him. Moreover, the journey from Xuzhou to Fuli was far and near to his own side, but he had not arrived for a long time, which made him suspicious.

From the news from Fu Li, and the loss of contact with the reinforcements in Xuzhou, and when he was in a deep state, Tu Tuha began to doubt whether the previous judgment of the Song army's desire to withdraw was correct, and he was worried that the news he had obtained was wrong. However, He Weixian and Yuwa swear that they rushed to Zero Wall and burned the Song army's baggage and food. Tie Maichi of Xuzhou also repeatedly claimed that the enemy troops had withdrawn in front of him and retreated. These all indicate that the Song army was preparing to withdraw after losing food and food.
Chapter completed!