Chapter 1246 Offensive and Defensive Reversal

Luo Datong was a little confused when he saw the battlefield. After the enemy was attacked by the side and rear by the cavalry brigade, chaos occurred, and its attack was disintegrated. However, after being besieged by the enemy's cavalry, the cavalry brigade was defeated and fled to the north of the battlefield and left the battlefield. He was worried that the enemy would make a fool of himself, and did not dare to attack rashly to rescue the siege. He was worried that the enemy would take the opportunity to launch an attack, so he could only order to hold the fortifications and not leave, and at the same time mobilized the reserve team to prepare to reinforce the Second Regiment outside the town at any time.

However, Luo Datong did not wait for the cavalry brigade to turn around, nor for another round of attack from the enemy. Both sides seemed to be at a loss about the sudden changes on the battlefield. But he felt even more worried. He didn't know whether the cavalry brigade had escaped from the enemy's pursuit and highlighted the enemy's encirclement; he was also worried that he would lose the protection of the flanks of the cavalry brigade and bypass Liuzi Town to the north to break through. Anyway, the more he thought about it, he became more and more angry. He wanted to do something, but he didn't dare to act without action. He just hoped that Du Shuai would lead the reinforcements as soon as possible.

"The chief, the enemy seems to have changed, and the rear army suddenly showed up in a commotion!" News suddenly came from the lookout post set on the tower.

"Correspond to monitor the enemy's movements and report them at any time!" Luo Datong felt relieved when he learned that the enemy had moved. While giving orders, he turned to the platform outside the back hall of the temple and looked at the battlefield, but could not see the situation behind the battlefield.

"The chief executive, the lookout report that the enemy troops behind him are in chaos, and it seems to be under raid!"

"Are the reinforcements of the whole army arrived? Observe carefully." Luo Datong adjusted the multiplier of the telescope to the maximum, but still couldn't see clearly, but heard the sound of gunfires coming. After listening carefully, he was excited.

"The chief minister, it should be. The sound of enemy firearms launching dull, and reinforcements should have arrived." Yu Hou Wang Xuan confirmed after hearing this for a moment.

"The chief executive, the lookout report, found that there was the banner of the Second Imperial Army behind, and the banner of the Second Imperial Guardian Brigade appeared in the northeast direction!"

"No one comes, but they are all here again!" Luo Dake heard the newspaper laughing and scolded, but his spirit was relaxed. He knew that since the banner of the second army appeared, it means that Fu Li had been recovered by our army, and the Tutu Ha tribe had no way forward and no way backward.

"President, if the enemy's rear is attacked, he will make every effort to break through the encirclement in the direction of our army. Be prepared as soon as possible!" Wang Xuan hurriedly reminded Luo Datong.

"I ordered all departments to prepare for counterattacks. The artillery no longer had to save ammunition. After the enemy launched an attack, they shot the shells in the shortest time, and then the whole army attacked!" With the arrival of reinforcements, Luo Datong also realized that the time for the decisive battle had arrived. He didn't know when the reinforcements would arrive before, so he had to make careful calculations and save ammunition. He was suppressed and beaten by the enemy for many days. He was also holding his breath in his heart. Now it was finally time to take revenge and complain...

Tutuha also discovered that the Song army reinforcements arrived at this time. He understood that the plan to break through the blockade of the Song army in Liuzi Town and go back to Yingtian Prefecture on the former Bian River road was difficult to achieve. He decided to retreat northwest, bypass Liuzi Town, and then walk the abandoned Yingtian Prefecture twenty miles away, which was only Fuli, to escape from the entanglement with the Song army.

In the past, the Yuan army could quickly maneuver on the battlefield with the advantage of cavalry and get rid of the entanglement of the enemy. However, this time they encountered the cavalry of the Song army, and the Han guards and infantry of the Han army, so Tu Tuha could only send troops to cut off the rear and block the pursuit of the Song army, while ordering the cavalry to defeat the Song army's cavalry as soon as possible and clear the obstacles on the way.

The cavalry brigade, which was already struggling to support, felt extremely stressed when facing the enemy troops that were coming like a flood. However, at this time, the cavalry brigade led by Fang Sheng did not know that the situation had changed. He was still leading his troops to fight bloody battles and dealing with the Qin Guards, but he did not know that he had caused great difficulties for the enemy to retreat. But he soon discovered that the situation was wrong. The Yuan army's large brigade changed the direction of the attack and bypassed the town, as if he wanted to retreat to Yingtian Prefecture on the old road.

Fang Sheng also reacted quickly, realizing that if the tactics were not changed, the cavalry brigade would not only be difficult to stop the enemy, but would instead be submerged in the enemy army that was eager to run. Therefore, he adjusted his deployment in time and launched a counterattack to respond to the cavalry fighting on and off the horses, and retreated north to retreat from the battlefield. At this time, the cavalry brigade had lost more than 800 cavalry, but the organization was still intact.

Fang Sheng understood that their main task was not to annihilate the enemy's army, but to drag the enemy's army to buy time for the arrival of reinforcements. Therefore, he turned to the strategy of avoiding frontal blockade, killing the enemy's edge and harassing the enemy with mobile combat, chasing them closely and attacking the enemy side and behind. They galloped back and forth on the battlefield, walked with one blow, and fought with the enemy during the movement, and both sides gradually entered the vicinity of Yongcheng.

The cavalry brigade was weak after all. He was forced to the Sui River shore under the encirclement of the Yuan army cavalry and fell into a desperate situation. Fang Sheng ordered to dismount and form a round formation to prepare for a final battle with the enemy. At this time, suddenly the sound of a formation horn came from the other side of the upstream. He heard this as a signal of contact between the Song army, and immediately ordered the horn soldiers to respond and inform his troops of the number and battle situation.

The other party also quickly replied that it was the Second Imperial Cavalry Division. After learning about their situation, he quickly crossed the river to support without hesitation. Fang Sheng watched thousands of troops swam from the opposite shore, and felt that the things in front of him were a little unreal, and he felt like he was escaping from death. Although he was very surprised that the Second Cavalry Division suddenly appeared here, the war was urgent but he didn't care about it.

However, Fang Sheng understood that the arrival of the Second Cavalry Division was enough to reverse the situation. The predecessor of the Second Cavalry Division was one of the two cavalry brigades formed in Qiongzhou. After entering Jiangnan, he used the seized war horses to expand into a cavalry division. Its subordinates six cavalry regiments, one baggage regiment, and a rapid-fire artillery regiment. With the direct team, the total strength reached 12,000.

The Second Cavalry Division can be said to be the unit with the largest number of troops in the Song army. In addition to adapting to the future Plain Group operations, it is also preparing for the future expansion. However, the Second Cavalry Division was not very lucky. Since the Northern Expedition, in addition to fighting in Jiangdong, it has also been chasing infantry, mainly responsible for covering the flanks of the army, reconnaissance and protecting transportation lines. However, it is very lucky. By chance, it "recovered" Xuzhou and picked up a huge contribution.

What Fang Sheng didn't know was that after recapturing Xuzhou, the Second Cavalry Division was ordered to capture the two counties of Xiaoxian and Bianxi around Xuzhou. Bianxi and Yongcheng were across the Sui River. Qian Lin, the commander of the Second Cavalry Division, knew that the war was not over yet, so he concentrated the main force along the Sui River to prevent the enemy from invading the territory. At the same time, he also sent a cavalry to patrol along the coast and monitor the enemy's movements.

Today, a team of detective cavalry was on a routine patrol and found that there was a war on the other side, but the situation was unclear, so they reported it to Qian Lin in time. He immediately ordered the entire army to enter a state of combat readiness, and hid the two regiments outside the Sui River dam and waited for a heavy blow to the place where they crossed the river at any time. At noon, the outpost reported that a unit of the Song army was trapped on the other side by the enemy, and was contacted by his own imperial guards.

Qian Lin was shocked when he heard this. He knew that the imperial guards had been with him after entering Huaibei to protect His Majesty's safety. He also knew that His Majesty was stationed in Zero and commanded the entire battle. The guard cavalry brigade was in danger here, and it was very likely that His Majesty was nearby. He dared not be negligent, so he immediately sent troops to cross the river to reinforce, and organized other troops to quickly cross the river to participate in the war.

The Second Cavalry Division quickly entered the battle, and they deviated from the upstream to the side of the Yuan army's Qin Guards. The detour encirclement tactics they used to use against the Song army were now used by the Song army. Unpredictable, the imperial guards were quickly repelled, and the siege of the guard cavalry brigade was immediately resolved, and the two armies joined forces.

Qian Lin met Fang Sheng, not caring about reminiscing about the past. He informed Qian Lin of the current situation with concise words. The enemy troops fighting against them were blocked near Liuzi Town and were fighting to the death. The two sides had been fighting fiercely for three days, and their troops were at a disadvantage. However, the reinforcements led by Ni Liang had not arrived yet. They were under great pressure. He was besieged by the enemy cavalry because he blocked the breakthrough place.

Qian Lin did not dare to neglect her temper when she learned about it and entered the battle without hesitation. Joining the battle without orders from superiors is actually a violation of military discipline. The reason why he took the risk of violating his orders was not only because he and the generals of the Imperial Guardians were willing to be together, but also because His Majesty had already set the iron rule of "attacking each other when attacking, and retreating each other when retreating".

With His Majesty's orders, the iron rule has already penetrated into the bones of everyone in the army. Qian Lin knew that the consequences of her not saving her will probably be more serious than being executed without orders. Even if the lawsuit is hit in front of His Majesty, it is difficult to distinguish whether she violates the iron rule. What is waiting for him is not only the despise of the generals, but even his life is probably difficult to protect.

The arrival of the Yuan army in front of the imperial guards has already put the Yuan army in a dilemma. Tutuha also discovered the seriousness of the problem. There were pursuers behind them and blocking troops in front of them intercepted them. He had to break through the blocking of the Song cavalry quickly, otherwise he would be in danger of being wiped out. The newly arrived Song cavalry was a little worse for them. They had just broken through the blocking of the Song army in Liuzi Town, but the pursuers behind the Song army had already arrived. The most terrible thing is that the cavalry that joined the battlefield here still had a complete system, and they were the new force that had not joined the battle group so far.

So the Song and Yuan dynasties launched another cavalry battle outside Yongcheng, and the largest battle between cavalry since the Northern Expedition broke out. On the open plains, war horses neighed, yellow dust filled the sky, gold and stone intersected, drums continued, war horses galloped, interspersed, pursuit, roundabout, shouts and killing, war horses neighed, guns and cannons, and weapons collisions resounded throughout the sky, pushing the battle to a climax, but now everyone exchanged attack and defense postures - the Yuan army that had just attacked the Song army, turned into a sword ghost of the Song cavalry in a blink of an eye...
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