The Qin army, which was pursuing the British mercenaries from the frontal battlefield, and the Qin army, which was outflanking from the flank, soon converged, and the two teams merged into one and pursued together in the direction of the British fleeing.

As they approached the edge of the primeval jungle, they were met with a strong resistance from the British.

The British set up a defensive line here, taking advantage of the condescending terrain to construct simple positions. Interception and fire were carried out on the pursuing party of the Qin army.

The fire of the British was intensive, and the level of their shooting was also very high, coupled with condescension,

The Qin army, which was attacking upwards, was quickly suppressed.

And on the positions of the British, this time the figure of artillery appeared.

Although it is a field gun with a short range and a straight trajectory. , but also put a lot of pressure on the pursuing troops of the Qin army.

The Qin army could not be attacked for a long time, and the casualties were increasing rapidly.

But because Di Qing had an order first, the Qin Army Firearms Battalion must stick to the British, grab their tails, and not let them escape.

Therefore, although the Qin army was under great pressure, it still fought hard and did not retreat, constantly counterattacking the British.

Although the soldiers of the Qin army were not afraid of death and were brave and good at fighting, it was only because the British occupied favorable terrain and had rich combat experience.

Moreover, the leader of the British mercenaries, David Copperfield, gave the order to death to this rearguard force, so the Qin army could not shake the British defense line for a while.

In fact, the British rearguard troops responsible for the defense of the palace were also depressed at this time.

They had thought that the deployment of a rear guard force of 2,000 men would be enough to suppress the Qin army and force the Qin army's pursuing force to retreat.

But now it seems that although they have temporarily suppressed the Qin army from the battlefield situation, the Qin army on the opposite side has no sign of retreating at all.

Instead, they looked for every opportunity to launch a counterattack against them, much to the dismay of the British soldiers.

Under such a stubborn counterattack by the Qin army, they can't retreat even if they want to.

Qin Jun's current appearance is like a fierce tiger that bites its prey and does not let go, no matter how hard this prey tosses and resists fiercely, it must be called to die and then quickly.

One of the two sides fought to the death and did not retreat, and the other wanted to retreat, but could not retreat at all, and the battle situation was stalemate for a while.

Although the British had field artillery to support them this time, the casualties of the Qin army were rising rapidly.

The casualties of the British were much smaller than those of the Qin army.

But judging by the morale and will to fight on both sides, the British were like the side with heavier casualties.

The news from the front line quickly spread to the rear, and at this time, the main force of the Qin army's firearms troops was also catching up in a steady stream.

As more troops arrived on the battlefield, the suppressive posture that the British had previously maintained against the Qin army was rapidly decreasing.

And with the Qin artillery units in place, the artillery of the British was soon completely suppressed.

And because the artillery of the British was a field gun with a straight trajectory, the target had to be in sight when firing.

The Qin army was equipped with curved mortars, and the end result was that the British field artillery could not see the Qin artillery positions at all, while the Qin mortars could easily hit the British artillery positions.

Soon, several artillery firing points of the British were all silent.

With the British artillery completely destroyed, the British defensive line had begun to become precarious.

Moreover, the Qin army also began to form a crushing advantage over this British British rearguard force in terms of troops.

The situation on the battlefield was eventually completely reversed, and British casualties began to increase rapidly.

During the battle, the mortars equipped by the Qin army played the greatest role.

Although the British had a geographical advantage, the curved trajectory of the mortar made the British hiding behind improvised bunkers suffer.

They couldn't think of how there could be such a kind of artillery that could be fired at a curve in the world, and round after round of shells smashed on the positions of the British, causing the British to cry and cry for their mothers, and their morale faded sharply.

Crushed by the Qin army's mortars and superior forces, this British defense force held out for less than half an hour before completely collapsed.

The British soldiers fled towards the mountains and forests.

Before the advent of automatic weapons and machine guns, artillery was the nemesis of almost all infantry, and mortars that accompanied soldiers on a curved trajectory were a disaster for all infantry.

The British rearguard, which had completely collapsed, finally knew why its forward force had been able to behave so badly.

They were still laughing at the leader David Copperfield for suddenly becoming cowardly and incompetent, and the soldiers of the forward troops were so cowardly and incompetent.

But now they finally understand why those people are behaving the way they do.

The Qin army quickly occupied the former British defensive line, and by this time all the British rearguard troops had fled into the jungle, except for the dead and wounded and unable to move.

Watching the enemy flee into the jungle, the Qin army front commander gave the order to temporarily stop the pursuit.

Therefore, there is a rule that no one can enter, which is also an effective battlefield law obtained in thousands of years of war.

At this time, the supreme commander of the firearms unit of the Qin army, that is, the captain of the firearms battalion, finally arrived.

After listening to the reports of several commanders on the front line, the captain of the firearms battalion, after a little thought, ordered to send an advance force of two thousand men into the jungle to search for the whereabouts of the British.

The search range is within five miles of the edge of the jungle.

If no trace of the British is found within five miles, they must be withdrawn quickly, and do not go deeper.

The two thousand-strong troops of the Qin army quickly carried out the pursuit order, they went deep into the jungle, and followed the traces left by the British, all the way forward for four or five miles, and still did not find the British.

Although the two commanders had the intention to continue the pursuit, the military order was like a mountain, and they could only order the troops to return.

Although this sudden appearance of the British army was defeated in the first battle with the Qin army and fled.

But the level of combat they showed was obviously not low, but rather orderly.

Moreover, the situation in the jungle is complicated, and if you continue to go deeper, it is very likely that you will be ambushed by the British.

After the search force returned, the captain of the Qin Army's firearms battalion also knew at this time that there was no way to continue the tracking, so he could only order to start cleaning up the battlefield.

Although the main force of the British fled, the British also left hundreds of corpses, hundreds of wounded, and a larger number of muskets, and even field guns blown up by Qin mortars.

These prisoners, as well as their weapons, can be an effective source of intelligence to understand the enemy's information, and can make up for the current Qin army's intelligence shortcomings in the military aspects of the British.