Tuhuan's judgment of the situation was really good, and the retreat of the Song army made room for it to buy time to rearrange the defensive line. However, because the defensive line moved back, the arc of the defensive line became larger and the battle line was extended, which made the already overstretched troops even more scarce. The constant impact of the Mengyuan heavy cavalry on the front and right flank of the defense line made the troop distribution more important than the right flank, and the left flank was inevitably weak.

The left flank of the defenders of the eastern city was connected to the defense line of the northern city, but as the city was breached, the forces were used to fight for and control the city, so that there was a gap in the junction of the two armies. With the destruction of the north city, the east gate was controlled by the Xue army of the palace, so the flow of people fleeing all flocked to the west and south gates, in order to prevent the enemy from breaking through from these two places, so that the Song army deployed outside the two gates did not dare to rashly reinforce the east gate. The only mobile force led by Zhao Yu was also fighting with the enemy cavalry, unable to get out of support.

"Where's my father?" Regardless of whether it is a clever plan or a mistake, anyway, although the thousand-person team led by Lao Zhang, who is in the big head, cannot be said to be ineffective, it did not take much Zhou Zhang to successfully highlight the encirclement. Lao Zhang led his troops to run for several miles in a fit of rage, only to get rid of the pursuit of the Song army, reined in his horse and looked back to see that there were still four or five hundred horsemen following behind him, but he didn't see his father's men and horses in the future, and frowned and asked.

"Great Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Zhennan may have been surrounded and did not follow!" Breaking through with him was the Wangfu Huo'er Chi (who wore a bow and arrow) Heliba, who was the leader of the first cowardly Xue Qian in the palace, and was responsible for breaking through the siege. Hearing the eldest prince ask, he hurriedly stepped forward and replied breathlessly.

"How is it possible, the breakthrough has been opened, and my father will not fall into it, is it turning elsewhere?" Lao Zhang doesn't believe in authenticity.

"The eldest prince, the little one has been broken, and he also saw His Highness following behind, but when he broke through, he didn't see His Highness's Chinese army." Heliba told the truth.

"Send someone to answer it, we'll wait here!" Lao Zhang knew that the goods brought out of the mansion were all in the Chinese army, and the pack team was slow, and it may have fallen behind, so he thought about it and ordered.

"Eldest Prince, the Song army suddenly transferred a team of chariots to block the gap, and His Royal Highness the King of Zhennan failed to stand out!" After waiting for a while, the soldiers who had been scattered kept gathering and asking them about the situation of His Highness, but there were also different accounts. Some say that the king of Zhennan has broken through and rushed southeast under the interception of the Song army; Some say that when the king of Zhennan was about to break through, he found that the pack team was left behind, and turned around to meet it; Some say that the king of Zhennan was injured by artillery fire and fell from his horse when he broke through, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead...... Anyway, there was no good news, and at this time, Heliba sent scouts to return one after another to report.

"Is it real?" Lao Zhang fell into the valley for a moment when he heard this, but he still asked in a deep voice with a glimmer of hope.

"The eldest prince, although the little one has not been able to break through the Song army's defense line to investigate, but he has seen that the royal flag of the king of Zhennan is still flashing in it, and the encirclement of the Song army has been gradually tightened, I am afraid that it will be ......" The detective replied.

"Come with me!" Although the scout didn't say it explicitly, Lao Zhang already knew that things were not good, so he drew his knife in his hand and turned his horse's head and rushed to the big and small soldiers gathered around him.

"The eldest prince, before leaving, His Royal Highness has already instructed that no matter who stands out from the surrounding, don't take care of others, and hurry to Dadu to call the police. Besides, with our people, even if we kill back, it will be difficult to break through the siege to save Your Highness! Heliba knew what he was going to do at a glance, and he grabbed the reins of Lao Zhang's horse and said.

"My father and brother are trapped in it, how can I live alone, let go!" Lao Zhang said angrily when he heard this, swung his knife to cut off the reins of the horse, and struck the horse's buttocks with the back of the knife. Seeing this, the others could only follow, and of course, some people took advantage of the chaos to break away from the group and fled into the distance......

Zhao Hao led the only mobile force to entangle with the enemy under the city, and they were inferior to the enemy cavalry in terms of equipment and numbers, and the battle was also extremely difficult. But they have no way out, and running away at this time actually has little impact on the entire strategy, just a little regret. However, if the enemy army in the city breaks through, it will give the enemy a chance to breathe, which will affect the next battle for Huaidong.

After another desperate battle, Zhao Yu not only bought time for redeployment and adjustment of the defensive line, but also finally repelled the enemy heavy cavalry that broke through to the center. When he led his troops to withdraw from the battlefield and regroup, but before he could breathe, a Mengyuan light cavalry actually took advantage of the weak link in the joint of his own defense line to break through. Fortunately, the personal guard regiment arrived with chariots to reinforce them, and after a fierce battle, they blocked the gap, blocked the Yuan army that broke through later, and then began to arrange the chariot formation.

"Dehuan should still be surrounded, and he has not escaped from the trap!" Tan Fei accompanied the little emperor with a few guards to climb a high slope to watch the battle, and he pointed to the Yuan army road that was surrounded under the city.

"The trapped beast is still fighting!" Zhao Hao wanted to look through the telescope into the encirclement, but saw that in a clearing outside the moat, the banner of the king of Zhennan was waving in the wind, and the remnants of the enemy who failed to highlight the encirclement gathered here. The sound of guns and cannons in the city and the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, and the east city was also in full swing, but the city was broken, the morale of the Yuan army was lost, and they fled to the city, and the military flag of the Song army had flashed on the city. He couldn't help but feel a sigh of relief, and the back road back to the city was also cut off, becoming a trapped beast in a cage.

"Your Majesty, drink saliva!" The guard took off the kettle and handed it over.

"Hmm!" Zhao Yu pulled the rifle and pistol out of the saddle bag and threw them to the guards beside him to reload them, he knew that although the situation was slightly stable now, the remnants of the enemy surrounded by the circle still had at least three thousand to fight, and it was not the time to relax. Then he took the kettle, but his hand shook, and the water spilled out, and he couldn't help frowning, realizing that he was a little out of strength.

Zhao Yu consciously practiced a good skill by himself under the famous teacher, but when he arrived on the battlefield, he realized that there was still a big gap between practice and actual combat. On weekdays, he often practiced with the palace guards, but he also used wooden knives, headless guns, and armor. Although the fight was fierce, they also knew that even if they were hit, they would not be injured, let alone die. And no one dared to really hit him hard, often with a touch, at most it just hurt, which inevitably made him feel that the battle was nothing more than that.

But when it comes to the battlefield, it's all real swords and guns, and it's either you die or I die, and you don't need to be sure of proportion. Whether or not you hit a vital point, you may be incapacitated, the limb you are hit may not be usable, and even the treatment will leave you with a high chance of leaving you disabled. Victory and defeat are often instantaneous, and you can make up for fencing competitions and kendo competitions, and the wins and losses in each game are very fast. Especially in the Olympic fencing competition, which represents the highest level in the world, ordinary people can't even see what is happening, and they see the athletes on one side take off their masks and start cheering for victory.

So in reality, the defense will not be like in the anime, and it will be blocked by the opponent, and both sides will be helpless against the opponent for a long time. Because in reality, it is quite difficult to block the opponent's attacks, especially the continuous and rapid attacks. For example, if you take a knife as an example, how long does it take to swing a knife from the beginning of the swing to the time it hits the target, even if you haven't practiced it, it won't take more than a second, right? In less than a second, the defender first needs to anticipate the trajectory of the knife, and then need to meet it to block.

It's not too difficult to block the first down, as the first attack is often from a safe distance, and you need to get closer to the attack first, after all, no one will let the opponent reach and hit you before the fight starts. And the second attack, because the two sides are already closer, the attack distance is shorter, and you have less time to react.

Even when the two sides are relatively close, your perspective may already have a dead end. Again, there is less time to predict the opponent's knife angle. It's easier to block the first one, but it's hard to block the second, it's luck to block the second, and it's even more difficult to block the third and fourth hits. As for what is the most suitable starting style for offense and defense, it is purely to find death, you must know that if you want to block again after blocking, you will have to make more moves, but the opponent will not leave you with a chance to cool at all. That's why the old saying goes, "the first strike is the strongest".

A battle also made Zhao Yu understand a truth, why there are many warrior monks with strong martial arts in Shaolin in Quanzhou, and it is a problem to fight several on weekdays, but they were instigated to slaughter a thousand cavalry. Because the technical characteristics required for heads-up duels and melee battles vary greatly. For example, fencing, a competitive competition developed from duels, has a narrow movable track, and it is almost impossible to move left and right to dodge. Because in a duel there aren't actually many opportunities to dodge left and right. And against multiple enemies, not letting the left and right dodge is tantamount to death.

Similarly, the techniques required for military combat and weapon fighting are obviously completely different, and readers who have carefully read the martial arts routines will find that often a move will be reused, but the following moves are different. This is actually a move to play out, in the face of the opponent's different reactions, what moves should be received in the follow-up, what moves should the opponent dodge, what tricks should be received by the opponent to block, and what tricks should be received by the opponent to attack. This is also the so-called how many changes there are in a move in martial arts, and it has been calculated before you start it, because you can't react to it when you see the move.

However, no one can predict 100% correctly in the melee of the army, because there is a limit to people's reaction speed, and when you see the opponent's attack trajectory clearly before reacting, it is actually too late, and you will not think about any moves, more subconsciously shot, and immediately counterattack while defending against the opponent's attack, pursuing not to give the opponent a chance to attack again. Therefore, experienced people in battle have a higher prediction accuracy and can greatly improve the winning rate, but they will never be able to win steadily.

Therefore, Zhao Yu thinks that the phrase "luck is also part of strength" often said in works of art is not a funny line, because a certain amount of luck is indeed required in battle. There will always be a situation where the skills are obviously worse but because of good luck, the opponent can be counter-killed because of a mistake in prediction, but the probability is very low! In the battle just now, the cavalry team led by Zhao Yu was far inferior to the Yuan army in terms of strength, but they were able to successfully stop its attack, but they still had combat power and luck.

First of all, the Yuan army was limited to the obstruction of the city gate, and could not rush out, so it could only be thrown into battle one by one, and the forces of the two sides formed a balance of power, and they were killed and wounded by artillery fire, otherwise only the three thousand heavy cavalry of the Yuan army could pack them up. Moreover, the Song army's defense line was almost forced to the bottom of the city, and the distance of less than 200 steps made it impossible for Meng Yuan's heavy cavalry to raise the horse speed to the maximum, and the impact force was greatly reduced, even this broke the two defense lines of the Song army.

In addition, both sides have invested thousands of troops in such a narrow battlefield, and there is little room for maneuver. And Meng Yuan was the first to dispatch heavy horses, focusing on the use of high protection to improve the impact power, so as to sacrifice flexibility and mobility. However, the Song army did not have the establishment of heavy cavalry at all, all of them were lightly armored horses, and the men and horses were flexible, so that they could maintain good mobility on the battlefield and leave with one blow, avoiding being surrounded and beaten by heavy cavalry.

Therefore, it is not said that the heavy cavalry can hang the light cavalry, which is a variety of factors to consider. This also explains why there are so many schools of martial arts, rather than one particularly powerful school that overrides others, because different schools represent a combat system in different environments and situations.

But it doesn't mean that Zhao Yu won easily, and the price they paid was not small. The Yuan army was all dressed in heavy armor and armed with heavy weapons, while the Song cavalry was barely a light cavalry, and the narrow cavalry swords, which were mainly stabbed, were not long weapons. Therefore, the Yuan army could inflict fatal damage on them without using very much force, and the armor on their bodies provided good protection, and it would take more skill to kill them.

The cavalry that had been regrouped at the moment could clearly see that most of the guard battalions were still in combat effectiveness, but the provisional cavalry regiments that could be integrated by the various units of the First Army had already lost as much as half. Therefore, it still makes sense that 'the fist is afraid of the young and the strong, and the stick is afraid of the old man', the guard battalion is a collection of the elite of the whole army, and the horses, foot combat, and even water warfare are proficient, and the survivability in the battle is stronger, just as the well-informed and experienced old man can make a more accurate prediction, and the strong man who lacks combat experience is stronger even if he is stronger, but there is no advantage, but full of disadvantages.

And what Zhao Hao lacks is combat experience, he has no kung fu, but it is difficult to exert his full strength in the melee, if it were not for the musket in his hand, a big killing weapon, and the desperate support of the guards, I am afraid that the battle would have ended long ago. But his role should not be ignored either, his presence can not only adjust the direction of the attack in time, but also attract Meng Yuan's attention and let them divert the target of the attack, after all, killing him is almost the same as destroying the country......