Chapter 616: The Unpredictable Battlefield Situation

In such a situation, even the pig will understand what is happening, let alone Zeng San.

They were ambushed.

Obviously, this ambush was set up by the British.

Zeng San was unexpectedly put on the spot by the British, he was anxious and angry.

Fortunately, the Taiping Army's heavy cavalry is the best soldiers in the world, and they have long been trained to be fearless and not chaotic in the face of danger, especially in the case of emergencies, their excellent qualities have been fully revealed.

Under the sound of enemy artillery fire, the heavy cavalry retreated in an orderly manner, and they had to retreat as far as possible beyond the range of enemy artillery fire, otherwise they would become a living target for enemy artillery fire.

The retreat of the Taiping heavy cavalry was very fast, retreating for several miles in the blink of an eye, and the formation was not messy, and Zeng San personally led the men to break off, and he was worried that the British would take advantage of the situation to launch an attack behind.

After Zeng San led his men to avoid the range of the British artillery, he prepared to order his men to rest on the spot, and then reconnoiter the location of the enemy's artillery fire, intending to find a way to get rid of this annoying cannon first.

However, before Zeng San and the others could sit at their seats, artillery fire rang out around them again.

Seeing this, Zeng San urgently ordered everyone to continue to retreat.

After several times like this, Zeng Sanzhi retreated back for dozens of miles, until he retreated to the place where he and Zeng Guohua divided their troops, and then stopped. At this time, Zeng San and his heavy cavalry were already unbearable, and Zeng San was even more unable to vent his anger.

Just as Zeng San was anxiously preparing to let people rediscover the details of the enemy, he saw that in the other direction, Zeng Guohua was also rushing towards him with a wolf.

There is no need to guess, Zeng Guohua's experience may be the same as Zeng San.

They were all attacked.

After the two met, they were quite shocked and told each other what happened to them, and then joined forces and let the army rest again. And sent scouts to find out the situation.

Zeng San and Zeng Guohua planned to sit and wait for the situation to become clear, and then make a decision.

Soon after the scouts went out, they returned, and reported that the enemy's artillery had withdrawn, and that they had gone to see the enemy's artillery positions for themselves. Judging from the chaotic ruts, these are all left by the enemy's artillery in the process of transit, that is, the enemy's artillery comes and goes quickly, and the purpose is obviously very clear.

Zeng San and Zeng Guohua were also shocked at first when they heard this report, but after thinking about it a little, they understood a little. The enemy's purpose was not really to exterminate them, but obviously there was another purpose, because Yi Qiqi had already understood that the enemy was using the means of attack, obviously just trying to disturb their morale, and then delay their footsteps, and did not want to really fight them.

And it turned out that this trick of the enemy had already worked.

Zeng San and Zeng Guohua figured out the joints in this. I was a little angry and helpless in my heart. There is even a little admiration for the opponent who came up with this strategy to play them down.

There are obviously not many people who can lead these two important generals of the Taiping Army by the nose, and the only people who are hostile to them and have such scheming and strength are Montgomery I and Wallace.

They fell for the bluff of these two.

And if it is these two people, the purpose of the two is already self-evident. These two people were creating conditions and buying time for them to attack the eastern and western armies of the Taiping Army.

In the end, they did.

Even if Zeng San and Zeng Guohua led their troops to rush now, I am afraid it will be too late, and Montgomery I and Wallace may have already arrived at the battlefield.

When they thought of this, they were annoyed. I hated Montgomery I and Wallace even more.

In addition to being angry, the two had to take remedial measures.

They decided to lead their troops to intercept and kill the British and Indian troops on their way to make up for the mistakes of this pursuit.

And this attack on the Taiping army led by Zeng San and Zeng Guohua was exactly what Montgomery I and Wallace had in mind.

In fact, they found a problem in the place where 10,000 British horsemen were annihilated, but they had no clue, so they temporarily forbeared, and later, Zeng San and Zeng Guohua led their troops to pursue them, and they knew it for the first time, but they did not come out, but while walking, while thinking of a way, until later divided the troops into two places, Montgomery I and Wallace decided to use bluff to scare back the Taiping army led by Zeng San and Zeng Guohua.

As a result, they succeeded.

And the success of this move also provided them with valuable time to successfully attack and harass the Taiping army on the east and west, but by this time, they had already realized that Harry and his 10,000 iron cavalry should have gone wrong, otherwise, it should not be only the Taiping army's heavy cavalry that followed their ass.

However, Montgomery I didn't have much thought about these things at this time, and their main purpose now was to help the main force of the Indian army get out of trouble, so they had to get rid of the Taiping heavy cavalry led by Zeng San as quickly as possible, and then attack the eastern and western Taiping armies surrounding the Indian army.

And after they got rid of Zeng San and the others, they went all out towards the battlefield of China and India.

By the time they arrived on the battlefield, the Sino-Indian war had come to an end.

Montgomery I and Wallace observed the shape on the battlefield and found the right time to strike from the right place.

It's always been Montgomery's motto, which is to do the right thing at the right time, in the right place, in the right way.

It's just that whether he is right this time remains to be verified by the progress of subsequent events.

And after the British army suddenly entered from the gap between the eastern and western armies, the Chinese and Indian armies on the battlefield caused a small fluctuation, the Indian army was overjoyed, and the Taiping army was a little surprised, they didn't know why the British army entered at this time.

However, the British army's attack did not enter the core area of the war between China and India, they only attacked and harassed from the periphery, from the back of the Taiping army, they were just to involve the Taiping army, and psychologically affect them, so as to buy enough time for the Indian army's retreat, not to win the war.

At the beginning, this combat routine of the British army did have a certain effect, and their surprise really caused some shock to the Taiping army, and the Indian army also comprehended the remaining strength and began to attack the Taiping army's defense line.

Before the Taiping Army's intentions against the British and Indian troops were still clear, the Indian army really broke through a gap in the Taiping Army's defense line, and accidentally let more than 100,000 elite Indian troops rush out.

However, the Taiping army's defense line was just a nap, and when they came to their senses, they became impregnable again.

Moreover, when the Taiping army strengthened the defensive line, they also began to make necessary adjustments, they were ready to divide the army into three parts, the first part, continue to besiege and kill the remaining Indian troops, the second part, pursue the more than 100,000 fleeing Indian troops, and the third part, deal a fatal blow to the British troops harassing behind the Taiping army.

The British army saw that the Taiping army seemed to have the intention of encircling them, they did not dare to fight, and hurriedly retreated, anyway, their goal had been achieved, and the elite Indian army led by Ali Khan and Singh had withdrawn, so they would find a way to join them and then safely withdraw to Dazhai.

And the Taiping army, of course, would not let them have such a good time, and attacked right behind them.

The Taiping army has a total of one million people in the east and west, except for leaving more than 300,000 troops to exterminate the more than 200,000 Indian troops who are leaderless (the Indian army in this battle, the total number of troops is 510,000, nearly 200,000 have been killed, about 100,000 have just fled, and the remaining besieged are about 200,000), send 300,000 troops to pursue the British army, and the other 300,000 people will be responsible for pursuing the more than 100,000 Indian troops who have fled.

As a result, the situation on the battlefield has changed again, and the encirclement and annihilation have become encirclement and pursuit. (To be continued......)