But in private he still didn't want Wang Deng's troops to suffer heavy casualties. The Song army brigade, which could hold on to the Mongols for seven rounds, was already rare in the entire Song Dynasty. With such an army preserved, it would be a rare seed for building a strong army against the entire Mongolian Empire in the future. It would be a pity that this team was destroyed by the Mongols.

Before we could think for a while, the Mongolian army formation in the distance suddenly shouted in unison, and more than 100,000 soldiers shouted in unison, and their voices swept through the ears of the entire Xiangyang City military and civilians like the wind swept away the remaining clouds. Thousands of cavalry with black flags and black armor rushed out of the queue, shouting loudly as the Isaac Star Formation rushed towards the Zhenwu Army.

When the rain-like arrows fell into the Zhenwu Army formation, Wang Deng realized that this time was really dangerous. The soldiers almost lost their strength to raise their spears and wave them to drive away the arrow rain. The Mongolian cavalry kept shooting arrows into the Zhenwu Army's formation while moving quickly. Each arrow caused casualties to the soldiers. The soldiers on both wings began to retreat unconsciously. At this time, the officers should have shouted loudly, but Wang Deng keenly realized that they did not say anything.

This is a signal that from sergeants to low-level officers, everyone has lost confidence in the battle situation.

Wang Deng yelled: "Follow me in the battle army!" He shouted to Ge Huai: "Just as discussed, please retreat first! The pursuers and soldiers will take responsibility!"

The army of the army stood up from the scattered military formations and formed a small array in front of the entire Zhenwu Army.

Ge Huai rushed over and pushed Wang Deng away: "You go, you are the future of Zhenwu Army. With you, Wang Jingsong, Zhenwu Army will definitely become the backbone of the fight against the Mongols in the future, and the fate of the country will be left to you."

He sneered: "I, Ge Huai, fought a tough battle all my life and died in the battlefield of fighting with the Mongols. This is the most glorious ending."

Wang Deng shouted desperately to stop him, but was grabbed by several personal guards and pushed him into the city gate.

Ge Huai came to the army of the army and shouted loudly: "Behind him are the comrades. This is when the army of the army is working. Stabilize the front line and take a step back and kill immediately in front of the formation. Today everyone dies together!"

In front of him, amid the smoke and shouts of killing, the overwhelming army of armored cavalry rushed towards him like a black god of death, with horror and blood.

Wang Deng was surrounded by several personal soldiers and retreated. Zhang Shun behind him was also arranged to defeat Hu Man in the 48th chapter (2)

The shooting army slowly retreated. This was the most dangerous time in the entire battle, and it was also the time when the Mongols waited for the whole day. Although the sun had set west at this time, the remaining time was enough to deal with this tenacious Song army.

Wang Deng suddenly heard the sound of rumbling drums from the city wall behind him. The huge city gate was pushed open. In front of the army trotting out of the city was Yang Shun's general flag. There were only about 500 troops out of the city. As soon as they opened the city gate, they quickly lined up to the two wings to make a way for the retreat of friendly troops.

Wang Deng saw about a hundred soldiers in full armor coming forward and flashed past him. They were the one hundred Beiwei led by Jiao Jin. They held a big axe in their hands and rushed directly to the front of the army.

Obviously, Zheng Yunming, like Wang Deng, also realized the danger faced by Zhenwu Army. The reinforcements of these troops were still timely, but they were no longer helpful in saving the entire battle situation.

In a blink of an eye, the horse hooves of the Mongolian cavalry had already stepped onto the forefront of the Zhenwu Army, and accompanied by the invasive screams of black people and horses collided with the thin three-row squadron of the Shanzhen Army. The Mongols' impact was indeed much more fierce than the northern cavalry. If the Shanzhen Army had not had fewer battles in the battle ahead and their physical strength was still alive, the enemy's brave assault would be enough to smash their thin formation. However, many Mongolian cavalry broke through the blockade with great conflict inertia and excellent cavalry, and directly penetrated to the rear of the Shanzhen Army formation, and the target pointed directly at the Zhenwu Army formation that was slowly retreating.

But at the moment they rushed to the army of the army, the vanguard of the Zhenwu Army had quietly unfolded dozens of steps behind the army of the army of the army into a triple line, and stabbed forward with the enemy's blood. The shield players had thrown away their shields, holding the sword in their hands, ready to rush to the front of the spear when the enemy's offensive was stumbled in front of the spear, and use close combat to solve the enemy cavalry with inconvenient mobility.

Alternating cover of retreat was the basic tactic that the Song Dynasty had been insisting on since its founding. However, due to the lack of discipline and training, infantry habitually fled at the front after the formation was suddenly penetrated, turning an orderly retreat into a disorderly collapse was the norm of war in the entire country. But unlike previous years, Wang Deng, the actual commander of the Song army today, did not give up the mission of commanding the army like other generals in history. He stood in the vanguard formation, raised his sword and shouted: "Stabilize the array and wait for the command of the command!"

There was no need for him to say anything more. The formation of the army in the formation had actually been shattered. Facing the assault of the enemy's heavy armored cavalry, the thin formation of the three platoons of horizontal lines was difficult to maintain. Except for the soldiers who were immediately killed by the Mongolian sabers and iron guns, the other soldiers stubbornly stood there, but this heroic behavior was no longer valuable. Following the countless gaps that the vanguard cavalry broke through, a large group of Mongolian cavalry rushed forward and rushed the formation of the army in the formation.

All Wang Deng counted, and he didn't even expect the hero to defeat Hu Man in the 48th chapter (2)

The equally weak and exhausted formation of the front army was able to stop the seemingly unstoppable enemy cavalry assault.

But if their palace back could buy most Zhenwu troops some time to retreat, everything would be worth it.

Hu Duhu, who stood behind to watch the battle, urged his mount and led a few followers to a place suitable for observing the overall situation of the battlefield. The impact of the cavalry had already worked. The next scene was the massacre of the Song army leaving the city under the eyes of the military and civilians. He easily bumped the ribs of the mount with his feet, letting it run back and forth in small steps, and observe everything ahead clearly.

He suddenly saw a quiver behind him and stopped in front of him, shouting, "King Tasi has an order to be careful of the firearms of the Southern people's counterattack."

Hu Duhu laughed: "Tas is too cautious and extravagant. We don't see all the firearms of the Southern people. Apart from the ability to emit a fireworks and defeat a few of our soldiers, it's nothing. Please watch how my soldiers sweep..."
Chapter completed!