Chapter 1659: The Decisive Battle of Mount Kesford (6)

Three thousand cavalry raided the artillery position, even if it was two or three thousand people from two artillery regiments, under the surprise attack of the cavalry, it would be difficult to escape the doom, after all, artillery is artillery, this is not the main infantry, the melee ability is almost zero, and the artillery equipped with any muskets, if there is no cavalry or no ice protection, once it is close to someone, it will be dangerous.

This time, Molde did not absorb the lessons of the last time, originally a cavalry regiment broke forward, a cavalry regiment was placed behind, just to protect the artillery position, but in order to sneak attack the flank of the Ming army on Kesford Mountain, Molde pressed all his two cavalry regiments in one go.

By the time the Western infantry came over, the artillery on the artillery position had already been killed and fled, and they could not withstand the cavalry's assault at all! As for the infantry rushing up, it is not so easy to repel the elite cavalry of the Ming army, at least, without more than 5,000 infantry, it is absolutely impossible to stop the cavalry that has attacked.

Molde was not stupid, he pressed thousands of Dutch infantry in one go, ready to repel the Ming cavalry first, at this time, Zhao Xin on the hill had already received the news, the artillery battalion and the rocket battalion were dispatched again, and began to launch a crazy artillery bombardment towards the forward position of the Western coalition army, and one shell after another poured on the position, and the Western coalition army was in chaos!

Without the protection of the artillery position, the Western coalition army could only be beaten passively under the fire of the Ming army, and one shell after another exploded on the position, and the three major infantry battalions on the mountain all attacked and killed the Western coalition army!

Molde did not calculate the Ming army, but was really calculated by the Ming army, the arrival of six thousand elite cavalry, really caught the Western coalition army by surprise, not only sneak attack on the flank position of the Ming army, but also with it, their own artillery positions were abolished, without the protection of artillery positions, the entire Western positions were exposed to the threat of Ming artillery, and the formation was in chaos!

Fortunately, Molde was not a vegetarian either, so he hurriedly mobilized his troops and deployed two lines of defense on the position to stop the attack of the Ming infantry, and the two sides fought a bloody battle again at the foot of Kesford Mountain!

The two sides fought fiercely from the second half of the night until dawn, the infantry of the Western coalition army was able to withstand it, and there were offensive and defensive, after all, there were many troops, in the face of more than 10,000 Tianxiong infantry attack, the Western coalition army, stubbornly held the position, not only that, but even the cavalry of the Tianxiong Army on the artillery position was forced back by the Western coalition army.

However, the artillery position was kept, the two cavalry regiments on the flank could not withstand it, and after more than four hours of bloody fighting, the second town elite cavalry finally defeated the Western cavalry in front of them, and the royal cavalry regiments of England and France began to retreat to the rear, and the artillery position was once again in trouble!

Molde's anger was like thunder, and it was difficult to resist the attack of six thousand elite cavalry, not to mention that the artillery battalion and rocket battalion of the Ming army had never stopped attacking, and had been attacking the hinterland of the Western coalition army, and it was too difficult to effectively stop the attack and defense!

"Order, two cavalry regiments once again stop the attack, block the Ming cavalry, give the order to artillery, and immediately retreat to the rear with artillery!"

Molde shouted fiercely.

The strength of the two artillery regiments had to put away their artillery and retreat to the rear, and then nearly 30,000 infantry also began to slowly retreat, ready to change places and fight again! As long as you retreat safely and start a war with the Ming army again, relying on the strong strength of the Western coalition army, there are still those who are not afraid of the Ming army.

However, Molde thought things too simply, now the Ming army can come up with 6,000 elite cavalry, but how do you know that there is no stronger force behind?

Now it has been nearly a day and a night since the Tianxiong Army's elite cavalry, the Tianxiong Army has always been known for its fierceness, and the march is fast, Tan Guilin knows that the battle ahead is tight, where will there be delay? The elite infantry of the 20,000 Tianxiong Army marched in the starry night, did not stop for a moment, and rushed directly from the rear!

Molde's army had just retreated less than two or three miles away, and Tan Guilin's main force arrived, rushing towards the Western coalition army from behind, and the gunfire shook the sky!

There is another Ming army!

Molde was horrified, just the infantry and cavalry of the Ming army in front of him, he could barely fight, and even possibly defeat the opponent, but now there is another support army, with tens of thousands of troops, and the situation on the battlefield has been reversed!

"Order, the army does not stop, retreat with all its might, and withdraw to Dalawan!"

Molde gave the order to retreat directly, and if he continued to fight, he was afraid that he would hang again this time, and he was very unlucky, and he encountered the extremely powerful Tianxiong Army again!

Fortunately, if today's Xiongjun is traveling day and night, desperately hurrying, and is very tired, and the Western coalition army is only half a catty and eight taels, which is the end of the strong crossbow, and it is impossible to surround and annihilate the Western coalition army at this time!

However, this does not prevent the pursuit of the Tianxiong Army, especially the six thousand elite cavalry, which only bit the Western Alliance Army and kept pursuing, and behind, the infantry of the Tianxiong Army also refused to stop, even if they could not surround the Western Alliance, they must destroy the confidence of the Western Alliance Army to the greatest extent, so that they no longer dare to fight against the Tianxiong Army!

From Mount Kesford, the Tianxiong army pursued straight to the vicinity of Dalawan Bay, and pursued all the way, and the Western coalition army suffered heavy casualties and corpses all over the field! fled all the way, and even a lot of artillery was abandoned, if it weren't for the Western coalition army and a cavalry broken back, I was afraid that it would be even more miserable!

Even so, when they returned to Dalawan Bay, the Western coalition forces were on the verge of collapse!

Fortunately, in Dalawan Bay, the Western Coalition Army still has a force, that is, the Western Coalition Army that was defeated in Medan, almost 10,000 people, although the combat power was seriously damaged, but at this critical time, it had to go to war, killed from Dala Bay, and assisted Molde to repel the pursuit of the Tianxiong Army in one fell swoop, so that the Tianxiong Army Elite Cavalry completely lost the opportunity to encircle and annihilate!

After only one day, Tan Guilin led the main force of the Tianxiong Army to Dara Bay, with more than 30,000 troops, blocking the Western Alliance Army in Dara Bay.

Molde returned to the battleship, and at this time, he found that it was not only the army that was unlucky, but now the Western Fleet was also miserable, and the naval forces suffered equally heavy casualties, with more than 5,000 wounded alone, and the entire Western Coalition Army was full of fear and loss!

Sorry, I missed one yesterday, so I'll make up for the previous one.

(End of chapter)