The general attack on this Omani Guards was launched half a month after the defense system of Shuangyang Town was broken.

Due to the continuous bombardment of the stone throwing machine, most of the city walls of Shuangyang Town were destroyed, and almost completely lost their defensive value. Although the Omanis did not give up the defense of this line, the troops left behind were much smaller, and the main force withdrew into the interior of Shuangyang Town, apparently preparing to rely on the streets and alleys to fight a brutal street battle.

Of course, the Songjiang Army will not attack the enemy with its own shortcomings.

With the preparation of leveling the entire town of Shuangyang, the army began to move forward, entering the town along a large gap in the wall, but did not rush to go deeper. The Omani soldiers who were responsible for guarding the front line of the wall, after symbolic resistance, wisely left behind a dozen corpses and retreated to the town.

Here, every street was used and transformed by them to resist a possible attack by the Matsue army.

It's a pity that the soldiers who entered the town stopped before stepping into these dead places and moved the catapult behind them forward. Reusing the stones that had been thrown near the wall, with the rockets of the archers, and a batch of gunpowder that the Ministry of Works had tried to improve, it was pushed street by street - the gunpowder had no explosive power, but it burned very well, and easily set the houses on fire.

In order to prevent a sneak attack at night, after the collection of troops every day, the Songjiang army would withdraw from the town and retreat into the camp outside the town. After so many days of continuous consolidation, the defense of the camp is no worse than that of Shuangyang Town, and it looks like a hedgehog with nowhere to go, making people have no idea of attacking.

Although the results of such a move were slow, there were almost no casualties, and the results were seen every day.

In order to show their determination, even when the Omanis tried to threaten them with nearly 10,000 people in the town as hostages, the Songjiang army did not show any mercy. No one wants to do anything to their people. But if you compromise at this time, you will only pay more sacrifices and unimaginable costs later. For this, dozens of civilians died. Die well - even though it seems cruel!

"The Matsue Army is crazy!"

Finally understanding the enemy's intentions, the guards who were stubbornly defending the town of Shuangyang fell into unprecedented despair.

Frankly. Shuangyang Town is a large town with tens of thousands of residents, and the Songjiang Army also left a sense of proportion when it set fire, and it will take a long time to push it over like this. However, the blow to the psychology and morale of the Guards was unimaginable. Seeing the streets set ablaze and burned to rubble, leaving less and less room for them to maneuver, the Guards, whose strings in their heads had collapsed, finally made the decision to die.

They want to fight the Songjiang Army in the field!

Sticking to Shuangyang Town is nothing more than a slow death; With the caution shown by the Matsue Army. Taking the initiative to attack the camp is even more self-defeating. The only decent and selectable ending is to take the initiative to rush out of Shuangyang Town, induce the Songjiang army to pursue, and then fight them to the death outside.

After a night's rest and a meal of the best wine and meat that could be made in a hurry, the Guards, who still had less than 3,500 men left, abandoned the town of Shuangyang in the afternoon and rushed out from the north side.

"The Omanis can't help it and want to flee!"

The first reaction of the Songjiang army was this, and the army was immediately mobilized to prepare for the pursuit.

However, to their surprise, this Guard, who was out of the way. He had already exhausted his spirit in the constant torment, and with the idea of madness and seeking relief, he took the initiative to stop in the open space that rushed out of Shuangyang Town two or three miles. Start forming a team on the spot and forming a battle formation.

It's a terrain that's quite favorable for them.

The back is against a forest, which can prevent the abdomen and back from being attacked; The nearby ground was also rugged, which could effectively suppress the power of cavalry charges. If the Songjiang people still refuse to fight, it will soon be dark, and they can take advantage of the night to move again!

Several generals of the Songjiang Army understood this intention to seek war.

The 3rd Brigade of the Dengzhou Garrison Division and the Ninghai Garrison Brigade, totaling 8,000 infantry, quickly converged and pressed from the front of the Omanis. 4,000 cavalry moved behind his 8,000 infantry troops. Apparently preparing for an opportunity to attack the wings. But whether it was to attack the left or right flank of the Guards was never indicated. Let the Guards have to be distracted and be prepared on both flanks at the same time.

It has to be said that the Omani Guards are indeed a strong army.

Even if the situation is so bad. Still showing good training on a daily basis. Thousands of soldiers and soldiers are like a forest, and they seem to have an unshakable momentum. Perhaps he does not have the pride and glory that the city guards have accumulated over hundreds of years, but there is another kind of wildness of the Southern Barbarians - and madness in a desperate situation!

Even if the entire army is wiped out, they will bite the enemy fiercely, leaving the other party with an immortal impression and fear of the Guard.

Infected by this aura, or suppressed, the 8,000 infantry army in front, even if there were many people and a group of cavalry behind them, there were still signs of fear and not daring to step forward.

Indeed, this battle was too difficult for them a little. The Dengzhou garrison force is a little better, the Ninghai garrison brigade is an out-and-out recruit, even if it is uniformly equipped with the standard armament of the empire, and has dealt with the remnants of the Haikou several times, but the first frontal battle against a top-level opponent like the Guards, it is a bit of a feeling that the enemy has just come out of the novice village and encountered the enemy's sixty-level tuba.

Just fight like this, I'm afraid that I will lose a lot!

Yan Dongxing, who was here in person, sighed and sent a request to Dian Yong, who had rushed back from the front line a week ago.

To deal with these guards, the 8,000-foot army was originally an auxiliary force, and the main force was still their cavalry. At this moment, Yan Dongxing decided to use the cavalry first, attack the Guards, shake the enemy's defensive line, and then let the 8,000 infantry army attack from the front, and jointly crush this army.

"The head of the Yan division personally went out, so I am naturally relieved."

Dian Yong thought for a while, made a gesture of waiting for the other party's triumph, and allowed Yan Dongxing's invitation to fight.

A moment later, four thousand cavalry roared, came out from behind the infantry camp, and under the hateful and somewhat terrified gaze of the guards soldiers, they reached two hundred paces on the left flank and began to regroup. In a short period of time, the originally slightly chaotic cavalry array became neat and consistent again, and the first wave of charges began under Yan Dongxing's order.

"Shieldmen, hold steady!"

The brigade commander Le Van Hun personally commanded the defense line on the left flank, and under his loud shouts, a group of shield-wielding soldiers came to the front line in an orderly manner. Kneeling on one knee and shouldering the shield, ready for the onslaught. Soldiers with spears also hid behind the shieldmen, and the spears peeked out of the gaps in the iron shields, like hideous fangs.

Behind this, a group of archers was ready to launch a volley at the attacking cavalry.

Before coming, the Guards had assumed that they would hardly encounter a large group of cavalry after the landing, so they were hardly prepared to deal with the cavalry. Most of these iron shields and spears were made after the capture of Shuangyang Town, which drove the town's blacksmiths to smelt weapons. The quality is certainly far inferior to that of the Guards, but at least it can be used at critical moments!

A distance of one hundred and fifty steps!

The cavalry of the Songjiang army began to speed up, and under the gallop of a large number of war horses, the ground trembled slightly, as if even the ground under their feet was frightened by the charge of the Songjiang cavalry.

A hundred paces away!

At the same time as the charge, the cavalry of the Songjiang Army also drew their bows and prepared to shoot on horseback.

This act of brushing made the faces of the soldiers of the Guards bitter.

Mounted archery is a skill that no cavalry can master. Most of the second-line cavalry units can only be used by a few elites, and most of them still rely on charging and slashing. Only the elite cavalry clusters of the main battle unit can play this difficult tactic.

There is no doubt that a cavalry brigade that has mastered the ability of mounted archery will be far more effective than those cavalry units that are not good at mounted archery.

Eighty paces away!

The archers of the Guards decisively began the first round of cavalry shooting. Hundreds of arrows roared, enveloping the cavalry at the front. Whether it is strength or precision, it is the best that Songjiang Jun has ever seen. At once, a dozen horsemen fell from their horses, and no less than twenty or thirty riders were wounded.

However, the brief chaos did not affect the charge of the Songjiang army!

Yan Dongxing's usual hard training showed results at this time. Not only that, but after rushing to a distance of less than seventy paces, the cavalry of the Matsue Army began to counterattack before the second volley of the Guards.

Far outnumbered the Guards' archers, the arrows flew out of the air and fell into the Guards' ranks with a roar and death. Although the armor of the Guards was extremely fine, and it was fish scale armor decorated with iron armor leaves, it still paid a greater casualties under the counterattack of the Matsue cavalry.

It's just that, just like the Matsue Army, the iron-willed Guards did not fall into chaos either.

The wounded soldiers endured the pain and did not groan, and the vacant seats of the dead soldiers were automatically filled by their comrades in turn. The Guards are like a sophisticated machine, even in the face of the terrifying charge of thousands of cavalry, they still maintain the bearing of Mount Tai and do not change their color.

Each of them is another round of arrow rain staggered!

The cavalry vanguard of the Songjiang Army was already less than forty steps away from the array of the Guards!

At this moment, Yan Dongxing was repeatedly weighing in his heart whether to force the array of the guards. If he was leading heavy cavalry, or if the formation of the Guards was slightly confused, he would dare to lead his troops to rush directly into it. But unfortunately, he was only commanding light cavalry, and he faced the ace guards of the Omanis.

If the defenders are not in chaos, the light cavalry actually has no good way, unless they fight to defeat both at any cost! (To be continued.) )