As shrapnel after shrapnel fell into the crowd of the German coalition forces in the fifth line of defense, Frederick had asked the attendant to lead his horse, ready to run away at any time......

Exactly the same in the early stage, it can be predicted that the fifth line of defense will also be the same as the first four lines of defense, a thousand miles of collapse, this time, there will be no reserve troops to gather the rout, those officers and soldiers who have lost their fighting spirit will be pursued by the light cavalry units of the Taiping army, there is no way to enter the earth.

At this time, Frederick also thought about it, and the king of Prussia, who was very deep in the city, had already begun to think about his retreat after the loss of East Prussia.

Should they renew their allegiance to the current King of Austria, Leopold I, or simply surrender to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and gain as much power as possible?

However, at this moment, there was a sudden chaos on the back road of the attacking Taiping army, and Frederick's long-awaited cavalry troops finally had a surprise attack on the battlefield!

Continuously breaking through the defense line of the four moral will coalition forces led to a great distance between the Taiping army and the front and back, and the Taiping army located on the front line was naturally the strongest in number and strength, so the small number of Taiping troops behind became fat in the eyes of the raiding German cavalry troops.

Half an hour later, the ecstasy in Frederick's eyes was replaced by despair again, for some reason, the German cavalry in the distance only attacked the weak parts of the rear of the Taiping army, and did not have the slightest intention of attacking the main force of the Taiping army on the front line!

And the Taiping Army, which has never been willing to fight in the war, will naturally not stop attacking because of a surprise attack on the rear road, and the German coalition forces in the fifth line of defense are always in a state of being attacked!

The German infantry of the fifth line of defense, which had recovered a little morale because of the return of the German cavalry, soon collapsed under the offensive of the Taiping army without the slightest slowdown.

After the collapse of the fifth line of defense, the 1,000 French chasseurs who had been following the Taiping army on the front line all went out to pursue and kill the German allied army, and the elite grenadiers of the Taiping army stopped and regrouped, intending to turn the spearhead and return to the rear of their colleagues who were slaughtered by the German cavalry.

And Frederick, when the fifth line of defense collapsed, fled the battlefield with a group of German noble generals, so he didn't see the big melee after that!

It has to be said that Frederick's tactical plan was very successful, and if it weren't for the absolute superiority of the Taiping army in morale and artillery, Frederick would have won the war almost 100%.

But then again, if it were an ordinary army, who would take 20,000 men and 60,000 people to fight head-to-head?

Or in the case of an extreme lack of cavalry!

The 10 12-pounder mountain howitzers also began to shift direction, but the German cavalry that rushed in had already been mixed with the elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army in the rear, which was completely different from the previous positional warfare with clear distinction between the enemy and us......

As a result, 10 mountain howitzers were ordered not to injure friendly troops by mistake, and moved to the nearest commanding height, escorted by two infantry regiments of elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army.

The main force of the Taiping Army on the front line rushed to the rear of the battle, and with the main force of the Taiping Army on the front line coming back, the German cavalry troops, which had the advantage, instantly fell into the disadvantage, and were in danger of being encircled and annihilated at any time!

But!

This raiding German cavalry came in the opposite direction, and another German cavalry came over, and when it was inserted, it was just when the main force of the front-line Taiping Army turned its back to them, and as a result, a 'crit' charge from behind smashed on the butt of the elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army, and immediately disrupted the formation of the main force of the front-line Taiping Army who turned the spearhead!

As a result, all the elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army, except for the two regiments of elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army, who were guarding 10 12-pounder mountain howitzers, were caught in the melee.

Fortunately, the elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army occupy a slight advantage in numbers, and they still firmly occupy the upper hand on the battlefield!

The second German cavalry that intervened to disrupt the Taiping formation, thinking that the enemy's infantry would be defeated in such a chaotic situation, but they did not think that they would fall into an endless chaotic battle, and dozens or hundreds of people died in this meat grinder every minute and every second!

If this continues, it won't take long for the German cavalry to lose the high cost of casualties and collapse with all its might.

Of course, the casualties of the elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army were also large, but the Taiping Army was a diehard and constant morale, and there was no collapse, so the Taiping Army was firmly in the winning position in the melee.

The most fearful thing about the die-hard army is a chaotic battle with extremely high casualties.

When the third German cavalry arrived on the battlefield, they saw such a chaotic situation, and the Taiping army's fearless battle scene did not recklessly intervene in the chaotic battle.

The third group of German cavalry, seeing that the artillery unit carefully protected by the two infantry regiments of the Taiping Army was the only unit that did not participate in the battle, thought that it was the command center of the Taiping Army, and rushed towards the high ground where the artillery unit was located.

The commander of the third German cavalry did not understand the battlefield system of the Taiping Army at all, as long as it was not for Hong Tiancheng's personal expedition, the Taiping Army did not have a command center, and different division commanders coordinated operations, and these die-hard Taiping division commanders could not make trouble on the battlefield because of their personal emotions, so there was no need for unified command, as long as they coordinated with each other and the tactics were enough.

Once the division commander is killed, a temporary division commander will be selected from below to continue to command the battle, and even if there is no officer to command, the elite grenadiers of the Taiping Army, who are extremely high-quality, will spontaneously gather to fight.

Theoretically, anyone in the Taiping Army can be sacrificed, and it will not affect the overall situation, unless everyone dies in battle, it is impossible for the Taiping Army to be defeated because the headquarters is destroyed!

After falling into the chaos of the war, the division commanders of the Taiping Army had already fallen into a melee, and the reason why the Taiping Army was able to gain the upper hand mainly relied on the military quality of the officers and soldiers to fight independently.

Therefore, the speculation of the third German cavalry is completely wrong, and it is fundamentally impossible to defeat the Taiping army by relying on the method of 'capturing the banner of the commander'.

However, the third German cavalry was hit by mistake, and 10 12-pounder mountain howitzers were much more important than the lives of the dignified Taiping army commanders in the Taiping Army system!

Therefore, when the third group of German cavalry charged towards the artillery heights, the Taiping officers and soldiers who saw this situation in the chaotic battle were not calm for a moment, and many Taiping officers and soldiers gave up the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the German cavalry in front of them and went to the high ground to reinforce the past!

In this way, the speculation of the third German cavalry was further confirmed.

However, before the third German cavalry rushed over, one after another grenade shells suddenly fell into the charging cavalry group, setting off a round of tragedy!