After the German heavy cavalry lost speed in the Taiping army's formation, they immediately became lambs who were flanked and slaughtered, and the German heavy cavalry did not expect that the elite grenadiers of the Taiping army were broken down in the formation and slaughtered, and there was no sign of rout!

The elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army who were scattered around blocked the space for the German heavy cavalry to turn around, and cooperated with the elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army who were lined up in a neat line and could not step forward, and raised their flintlock pistols against this group of German heavy cavalry who had lost their speed, and knocked them down in rows as if they were shot!

It can be said that although the German heavy cavalry that counter-charged into the Taiping army's formation caused great losses to the Taiping army, none of them escaped themselves......

What made Leopold I even more frightened was that the elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army who had been scattered in formation did not have the slightest intention of retreating in the face of the German musket team that was supported by the reserve and lined up neatly, and the soldiers were either under the command of the surviving grassroots officers, or spontaneously gathered together, blocking the way of the German musket team that came up to support!

As a result, the German musketeers were immediately cut off from the German heavy cavalry who counter-charged, and because of this, most of the German heavy cavalry that broke the enemy formation were trapped under the guns of the Taiping army and turned into corpses.

On the battlefield, muskets rang out, and the elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army, who did not flinch at a step, ensured the results of the first round of the offensive, and the loose elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army desperately dragged the German musketeers who came up to support the footsteps, and won valuable time for the elite musketeers of the Taiping Army who were reinforced in the future.

After a large number of elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army poured in, the scene of the first round of attack happened again, and under the 'big package' of close-range salvos and grenades, the German musketeers and the pikes were once again destroyed without accident!

Leopold I watched the development of the battle situation, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, whether it was the German heavy cavalry that counter-charged or the infantry reserves that followed up, they did not achieve the expected effect, they did not even recapture their original positions!

As a result, after the elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army defeated the German infantry corps, they once again strode forward to attack, constantly compressing the tactical space of the German coalition forces.

For this reason, Leopold I had to send a large number of German cavalry to launch a counter-charge against the elite grenadiers of the pursuing Taiping Army, preventing the entire middle road from being broken through and triggering the collective collapse of all fronts.

At the same time, new teams of reserves were again sent up to fill the gap.

The absolute superiority of the German coalition forces of the Holy Roman Empire was vividly reflected at this moment, one wave was routed and the other wave was on top, and the repeated charges of the cavalry group also bought the reserves valuable time to fill the loopholes.

The Taiping Army, on the other hand, was striving to smooth out the enemy's numerical superiority and cavalry superiority with a tenacious will to fight, and every elite grenadier of the Taiping Army, as long as they did not receive the order to retreat, remained in place, even if they lost their direct officers, they spontaneously gathered to resist the enemy's advance, killing and injuring the living forces of the German coalition army.

Bayonets, buckshots, grenades took turns and opened the eyes of the soldiers of the German coalition.

Leopold I couldn't help but feel anxious as he watched as he repeatedly filled in the reserves, but the overall central front was still slowly compressed.

"How's the breakthrough on our two flanks going?" Leopold I asked the noble generals who were in charge of the intelligence of the two wings around him.

"The news has just been sent from the heralds, the offensive on both flanks is still in a state of anxiety, and the Taiping army is resisting very stubbornly, and there is no sign of a breakthrough."

When Leopold I heard this, his face could not help but be gloomy.

The original battle plan was to rely on the numerical advantage of the middle to attack the Taiping army, and the two flanks broke through the detour, even if the middle road could not break through the Taiping army's front, the main force of the Taiping army could be dragged into a war of attrition and prolong the engagement time as much as possible, which is the case on the current battlefield.

However, the forces that broke through on both flanks were slow to make progress, much to the surprise of Leopold I.

According to intelligence, the main force of the Taiping Army is almost all placed in the middle road, and the troops guarding the two wings together are only the strength of an infantry division, which is more than 10,000 people, and a flank corps is not even 7,000 people!

The attacking German coalition army was far more than the strength of the Taiping army on the flank, especially Leopold I deliberately allocated more attacking troops on the right flank, which could form a five-fold superiority over the left flank of the Taiping army, and the attack on the left flank of the German coalition army was more of a feint to attract the attention of the Taiping army.

Of course, with the strong strength of the German coalition army, even the strength of the feint attack was twice that of the Taiping army's flank.

With five times the strength and a large number of cavalry, it is impossible to break through the Taiping army line of less than 7,000 people, no wonder Leopold I was so shocked......

The soldiers of the German coalition army were all trained in imitation of the Taiping army's combat methods, and with perfect military exploits, the noble lords of the Habsburgs and the German states threw a large amount of money into it, and only then did they arm themselves with the strength that they thought could crush the Taiping army......

The planned breakthrough on both flanks could not be carried out, which led to Leopold I in an embarrassing situation, if the frontal battlefield in the middle did not fall into passivity, and held out until the sun went down at dusk, with the foundation of the German coalition forces of the Holy Roman Empire, it could be saved from contact with the Taipings.

However, the elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army, who were not afraid of death, faithfully implemented Hong Tiancheng's tactical idea of 'never retreating', and always suppressed the German army and squeezed their front.

Bands of cavalry filled the battlefield like a mill of flesh and, like their predecessors, after slaughtering the Taiping army for a period of time, fell into a heavy siege and the encirclement and suppression of the elite grenadiers of the Taiping army.

The most infuriating thing is those infantry reserves, which were routed in waves, and the neat military formations could still be chiseled through the formations, and the loose elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army blocked their footsteps, which made Leopold I and other generals angry.

King Frederick of Prussia looked at the battle situation that was gradually falling into disadvantage with a slightly pale face, and kept cursing his infantry musketeers: "Oh my God, I counted the bravery of the German knights, but I ignored the infantry who fought like!"

God, I naively thought that by training the musketeers in the same queue and equipping them with flintlock muskets, they would be as brave as the Taiping infantry......

The performance of this damned infantry on the battlefield is simply insulting to the word 'soldier'! ”