The Bee Infantry Regiment was the first to arrive, and seeing the performance of the Crazy Evans Regiment, they also rushed forward and stopped the defense line of the Evans Regiment that was about to collapse.

Half an hour later, nearly half of the soldiers in the company of the Bee Infantry Regiment were shot to the ground, and the second lieutenant and other officers all led by example, rushing to the front to inspire the soldiers, and the losses were also the worst. In desperation, the Bee Infantry Regiment asked the soldiers to forcibly knock the madman Evans unconscious, carried him off from the position, and led the Bee Infantry Regiment and the Evans Regiment, which had only more than 300 men left, to retreat to the south bank of the Yang tributary to build a new defensive line. At this moment, more than 6,000 people from the Jackson Infantry Brigade also arrived.

After a few minutes of regrouping, the Northern Union soldiers continued their pursuit.

Although Hunter was killed, the Taylor Brigade and the remaining Hunter Brigade had torn through the Confederate Army's Bul Creek defensive line, and the Sherman Brigade, with more than 4,000 men, had also rushed across the stone bridge. Many soldiers were sacrificed, but the Union army achieved its strategic purpose. McDowell personally led the Burnside Brigade and the Myers Brigade across Bull Creek from Blackburn Shoal in preparation for an attack north of Manassas. At the same time, the Huntsman Brigade was attacking northwest of Manassas, and farther east of Manassas, where a Union force of 12,000 men was attacking the Confederate barracks stationed along the Manassas Railway.

McDowell placed two artillery batteries in front of the two infantry brigades, and it took an hour for the 13 cannon field guns to advance forward, which was undoubtedly the wrong way to set up the formation, but because McDowell personally ordered and his promise that a small number of cavalry would be sent to support the artillery company in time, the artillery company did not object.

Once the two artillery batteries had reached their designated positions, the Jackson Infantry Brigade opened fire. McDowell hurriedly sent cavalry and the Miles Brigade to stop in front of the artillery company to escort them, and Jackson's soldiers gave them a second round of heavy fire, as a result of which the Miles Brigade almost collapsed.

At this time, the Stuart Cavalry Regiment of the Confederate States appeared in time in the woods next to it, saw the Miles Brigade of the Federation trembling under the fire of its own Jackson Infantry Brigade, and immediately ordered to charge. These Virginia cavalry in blue clothes are exactly the same as the small number of federal cavalry sent by McDowell, the soldiers of the Miles Brigade thought they were reinforcements, and they didn't care at all, and the side was wide open and unguarded, and when the Virginia cavalry in blue rushed to the front, the carbine fired a round of bullets and then drew their sabers and began to slash, the soldiers of the Miles Brigade began to react that this was the enemy army in the south, and they were terrified, a large number of Miles Brigade soldiers immediately broke and fled, and even the Taylor Brigade behind them began to flee.

On the contrary, the remnants of the Hunter Brigade soldiers, who had no one to command, did not say a word, and aimed their guns at the charging cavalry, but they still turned their guns too late, and the cavalry rushed into the camp of the Union infantry, and the people turned on their backs.

With the retreat of the infantry, the two artillery batteries sent by McDowell suffered heavy losses, almost all the artillery horses were killed on the spot, and only one gun of the two artillery batteries was withdrawn.

The Bee Regiment, the Evans Regiment, and the Jackson Infantry Brigade desperately pursued, especially the Jackson Infantry Brigade and the Stewart Cavalry Regiment, and these Virginians swept through the remnants of the enemy, ferociously reloading and firing at the fleeing enemy. Upon hearing the news, Bolegard immediately mobilized the rest of the regiment to join the attack, taking advantage of the enemy's retreat to counterattack.

McDowell led the Burnside Brigade and Sherman Brigade to come to the aid and halted the defeat of the fleeing Union soldiers. In particular, the 4,000 soldiers of the Sherman Brigade fought back, causing the Bee Regiment to lose a lot of troops, and even the commander of the Bee Regiment was killed by a rifle shot by Sherman's guard company.

The Evans Regiment and the Jackson Infantry Brigade and the Stewart Cavalry Regiment could only stop the pursuit. Once again, the two sides were in a state of scarcity, with Confederate McDowell having the numerical superiority in numbers and Confederate forces in advantageous positions, and the two sides looked somewhat evenly matched.

It's been more than half an afternoon. But Evans was a little unbreathed, and despite his own injuries, he launched several attacks, all of which were driven back, as was the Stuart cavalry regiment, which sent only a few companies or half a regiment to attack at a time, and was soon killed by several times the defenders, and suffered heavy losses. In this way, the original stalemate was broken again.

McDowell, who had the advantage, learned his lesson and directly ordered the whole line to press, and attacked at the same time, under the dense bullet fire, even the crazy Evans regiment could not raise its head and could not return fire, and slowly, the Confederate soldiers began to collapse. The Stuart Cavalry Regiment was the first to retreat. The Bee Infantry Regiment and the Evans Infantry Regiment also began to retreat. As soon as the formation moved, it was unstoppable, and the hearts of the soldiers were scattered, and their morale was exhausted and they could not be changed.

Just when the Confederate army was about to be defeated, only the Jackson Infantry Brigade stood on the battlefield like a stone wall, and these thousands of soldiers from Virginia, shoulder to shoulder, chewing lemons in their mouths, followed their commander Brigadier General Thomas Jackson, held their ground, shooting at the attacking Union soldiers one after another, blocking the charge of the Union soldiers.

McDowell was unwilling to order another 5 attacks in a row. The Jackson Infantry Brigade was indifferent in the face of nearly a third of its men killed and wounded, and showed no signs of collapse. In the face of their stern, eccentric, religiously devout commander, none of these Virginian soldiers ran away from their hatred and admiration, and they all gritted their teeth and fired hot, shooting the barrels of their rifles. The remaining 3,000 or so soldiers of the Jackson Infantry Brigade seemed to have built a solid stone wall on the battlefield, and under the influence of this, the Evans Regiment and the Stewart Cavalry Regiment, which had begun to collapse, began to gather back and bravely fight back around this "stone wall".

Faced with this stone wall, McDowell also fell into a crumble. Although it looks precarious every time, it looks like it can be conquered at once, but every time it is blocked by the other party.

Nearly 20,000 Northern Union soldiers were stopped by the Jackson Infantry Brigade, which was less than a quarter of its strength. Seeing this, McDowell began to feel bad.

By this time, the fighting east of Manassas had stabilized. Johnston's last infantry brigade of reinforcements also arrived by train to the east of Manassas, and Johnston himself led a force of 5,000 men to Manassas.

Because General Johnston had the rank of Major General, the highest-ranking person in the Confederate Forces, even Brigadier General Borlegard, who had presided over the Battle of Manassas at the beginning, had to obey General Johnston's command.

Borregard, who was originally in a mess, has also adjusted the strength of the Portmark Legion under his jurisdiction at this moment, and the Jones Brigade, the Coke Brigade, and the Longsley Brigade have all come to the front line of the battlefield.

Johnston's last infantry brigade was commanded by Edmund Smith and commanded by Colonel Annezer. Smith led the infantry brigade to respond first, rushing out first, but a stray bullet hit him in the chest and he died. Colonel Annezer took command and led the Smith Infantry Brigade to continue the charge, crushing the Union Burnside Brigade with ferocious momentum until it reached a tributary of Boer Creek, where the soldiers of the Burnside Brigade were crushed by the fierce fresh fire and fled desperately, spreading this total demoralization to the other Union soldiers. For a time, several infantry brigades of the Northern Union soldiers lost their fighting spirit, after all, they were all recruits, and as soon as they heard that the front line was defeated, they turned around and fled.

The Smith Infantry Brigade, led by Colonel Annezer, charged continuously, and the soldiers of the Stewart Cavalry Regiment saw that they could do so, and followed as if they were in a no-man's land.

Brigadier General Boregard was overjoyed, and he personally integrated the Confederate soldiers on the entire front and charged the remnants of McDowell's disintegrating front.

And at this time, McDowell, seeing this scene, lamented to his henchman Colonel Myers: "It's over, we're done!" ”

He knew that with the rout of the Burnside Brigade, the federal side was starting to lose momentum! As the commander of the Union army, he, like everyone else, was exhausted after a hard day's fighting, and he had mistakenly thrown his troops into the offensive bit by bit, not taking advantage of his numerical superiority, and crucially, failing to break through the stone wall and allow the rebel reinforcements to arrive.

Now in this situation, he still did not understand that the defeat of the Burnside Brigade must have been the arrival of the rebel army, which was supposed to be on the battlefield east of Manassas, led by Johnston.

Colonel Miles was silent, what else could he say? Everything in front of you already speaks for itself!

He could only say hoarsely: "General, give the order to retreat!" Save some strength and wait for a chance to fight back! ”

McDowell smiled bitterly and nodded, his mouth full of bitterness!

In fact, without his orders, the Union soldiers, including those of the Miles Infantry Brigade closest to him, had already taken their own initiative and fled to the rear.

McDowell originally wanted to let his Miles Infantry Brigade stay where he was to act as a rear guard to cover the retreat of the whole army, but these soldiers were completely out of control, and some were only afraid, and the retreat quickly turned into a full-scale rout.

Among the soldiers fleeing north, there was a large crowd of civilians without military uniforms, and the flower baskets they had brought were discarded and trampled to the ground. Cameron, the federal secretary of war, was also in the midst of the fleeing crowd, and at this moment, he regretted it in his heart, and hated McDowell and his teacher, the Secretary of the Treasury, Samon Chase: Damn, how could he be so stupid, and he wanted to see how the Union army successfully captured Manassas, and how the soldiers went around capturing the rebellious Southern soldiers and officers, as McDowell said.

Unexpectedly, these are all lies of this bullshit McDowell, this good-for-nothing guy will not command the battle at all, and will make a good war mess. What was once a great victory turned into such an inexplicable defeat now. Hate that damn Chase still recommended him to President Lincoln.

What's even worse is that I believed his nonsense, and I still wanted to make some political achievements from him, but I made myself so embarrassed. Cameron and the carriage of the two members of Congress were damaged in the crowd just now, and they had no choice but to flee for their lives in this wild mountain terrain like these rude soldiers. What really frightened Cameron was that another important figure of his friend, who was also a member of Congress, was missing in the midst of the chaos. You know, a few hours ago, the two were chatting and laughing in the high-end carriage. This contrast made him a little devastated!

In the evening, McDowell and others led the troops to flee to the southeast of Fairfax Town, and only then did they reorganize the fleeing troops. After some counting, McDowell counted the losses of the Union army: about 3,680 people were killed or missing or captured, more than 2,460 were wounded, and more than 30 artillery pieces, more than 50 wagons, as well as thousands of mules and horses and transportation supplies, and even an important congressman, all fell in Manassas. McDowell was frustrated when he knew that he would be responsible for the defeat of the war, and that he would no longer be able to command the Northern Virginia Legion, even if his teacher defended him.

In the town of Manassas, however, it was the complete opposite, and the whole town was in a carnival of victory. In fact, to be precise, the losses of the Confederate States were also quite large, especially the Evans Regiment and the Jackson Infantry Brigade. According to preliminary statistics, at least 1,800 soldiers were killed, more than 2,580 were wounded, and two or three hundred were missing, for a total of nearly 5,000 casualties, which is only more than 1,000 people captured by the Northern Federation.

However, despite the huge losses, the capture was also very rich, and the entire battlefield, although it had not been carefully cleaned, at first glance, was already full of harvest.

More crucially, this victory was not like the original Fort of Samut, it was a real head-on battle, a victory over the tens of thousands of troops of the Northern Federation, so this victory in Manassas brought indescribable morale and high confidence to the entire Confederate Southern States.

PS: I recommend a new historical book "Daming Iron Guard", the old author, the book is good-looking, and the character is assured.