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But at this time, it was night, and the other party couldn't see clearly how many people had been sent to the side of Black Iron City, and at the same time, when Lin Bida rushed towards the defensive position on the south bank, he also released two hundred cavalry by the way, and let each of them hold ten torches and stick them directly on the ground, from a distance, it seemed that tens of thousands of troops were coming, and in the dark night, it was really very difficult to see the distant target, so the officers of the Holy Alliance chose to lean towards the river from their own perspective, which was actually no problem.
As long as you arrive at the river, you will have a steady stream of reinforcements on your side, and you will have an advantage in numbers, no matter how the Black Iron City is prepared, in terms of the number of troops, it is at a natural disadvantage, which is inevitable, and if the war is not good, then at least you can take advantage of the proximity to the shore, immediately go to the boat, and successfully escape, so as to ensure that the large army will not suffer losses.
This is obviously a good idea of the Holy Alliance, but Limbida is not an ordinary person, on the one hand, he has two hundred cavalry quickly create the appearance of a large army in the rear, on the other hand, he has also seen that the army of the Holy Alliance is giving up the attack on the fortifications, at this time, according to a normal general, he should protect these pillboxes as much as possible, so that they are not destroyed.
But Lin Bida found a flaw in the hasty assembly of the Holy Alliance, he immediately stopped the cavalry that was charging around him, and let them charge with their own military flags, the cavalry is the most elite troops in Black Iron City, although they don't understand why Lin Bida suddenly asked them to change the direction of travel, but these soldiers have absolute high-quality ability, so under Lin Bida's big turn, almost no one is behind, and Lin Bida's target is those ships that are docked on the river bank.
These ships are mainly wooden boats, all of them stay on the shore at this time, as long as there is a fire, all these ships can be taken away, so that these Holy Alliance soldiers who have landed have no way out, it is obviously impossible to burn the ships before, the Yangtze River is so wide, and even if the ships are big, even if they are lit on this wide river, there is only one at most, but at this time, these ships are all close to the river, one after another, there are two or three hundred, which gives Lin Bida an excellent opportunity, The last hope of these soldiers at this time is these ships, and if they are burned down, the last hope in the hearts of these people will be lost, and it will be very easy to take this force down if they attack at this time.
As for the story of the shipwreck, Lin Bida is naturally not worried, Han Xin's ability to do it does not mean that everyone can do it, and it is precisely because in Chinese history that only Han Xin did it, he is known as China's god of war, and he can defeat Xiang Yu with his own strength, which can be called the most outstanding ancient general in China, because it is very difficult to do this.
After Han Xin, many people in Chinese history once wanted to follow Han Xin's layout and carry out such a strategy as breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, but in the end they often returned with a big defeat, because this not only involves a strategic layout, but also needs to be considered psychologically, which is a very complex statistic, and only a genius like Han Xin can operate, and is there such a genius in the territory of the Holy Alliance? Lin Bida didn't believe that in the entire of China for thousands of years, there was a catastrophe in intelligence, and there was never another time after that, how could the Holy Alliance have such a handsome talent.
And if there really is, then Guangyuan Kingdom and Black Iron City don't have to continue to fight, obedient surrender is the only option, where do you need to be like now? Therefore, Lin Bida is not worried at all that this move of his own will make the other party launch a fierce attack after losing hope, and in the absence of any psychological construction, the other party will only collapse in the face of such a situation, and will not insist.
Lin Bida led the cavalry and Skywalkers to make a big turn on the land, and the Holy Alliance soldiers who were originally facing the charge saw that the enemy turned their heads, and couldn't help but look at each other one by one, with a little bit of the meaning of the aftermath of the catastrophe on their faces, and the officers secretly felt a little bad in their hearts, at this time, not to attack, but to turn around, such a tactical approach is obviously not in line with the interests of Black Iron City, and since the other party has done so, it means that they may have greater interests, thinking of this, Looking at the direction in which these cavalrymen were going, the officer couldn't help shouting, "Quick, move forward, retreat to the river." ”
"Order the troops in the rear, immediately support, immediately support!" Several Skywalkers said loudly, apparently they also noticed Lin Pida's actions, and several of the teams composed of Skywalkers rushed up one after another, ready to stop Lin Pida from approaching the ship, but Lin Pida also had a large number of Skywalkers on his side, seeing the Skywalkers of the Holy Alliance charging on their side, the Skywalkers on Lin Pida's side also automatically left the large army to block these enemies of the Holy Alliance, and Lin Pida continued to lead the troops to rush forward, and at this time the Holy Alliance's troops were scattered around the various pillboxes, Only a very small part of the troops have been assembled on the shore, and there are some soldiers who have just approached and have not had time to get off the ship, only to see the cavalry of the Black Iron City suddenly rushed to a distance of less than 100 meters in front of them, and they were all a little panicked, and hurriedly raised their guns to shoot, while Lin Bida arranged for a few fire-attribute Skywalkers to hide behind the cavalry, using the cavalry's muskets to shoot to block the enemy's attack, and at the same time quickly approached the front, Lin Bida said to Yang Yi and the others: " Remember to shoot accurately, shoot at their sails, they are the easiest to ignite, we have limited time, we must destroy their ships as quickly as possible, and at the same time keep the troops in the rear from approaching. ”
Lin Bida couldn't help but regret a little in his heart, if he was given a little more time, he could still go to the market first, take out a little oil, and pour it directly into the water when the time came, and after igniting it, the fire would lie across the Yangtze River, and if the ships in the rear wanted to get closer, it would take a long time to pull the opponent's army into two different spaces, and he could use the powerful forces in the area to attack, but obviously, he couldn't do this at this time.
With the rapid charge of the cavalry, plus the cavalry on the periphery shot at the soldiers on both sides, successfully suppressed their firepower, and soon Lin Bida and the others were less than a hundred meters away from the ship, at this time, the three fire attribute controllers of the Black Iron City immediately began to ignite the ship, and at this time there was a strong wind blowing on the riverside, and the wooden boat itself was full of combustibles.
This wind did not come by chance, but it was already blowing, and the Holy Alliance chose this time to attack at that time, it was also because of this northwest wind, in order to make the speed of the ship faster to approach the opposite shore, so as not to give the enemy time to defend, the Holy Alliance chose a time with a northwest wind, so that the speed of the ship can be faster, and the shooting time of the Black Iron City can be reduced once or twice, which is naturally a good thing for their army.
But at this time, the northwest wind became a life-threatening curse, the wind hung white sails, the flames rolled up like a tornado, and the ships were covered with some flammable materials, which were soon ignited, Lin Bida and others kept setting fire around the ships, and soon the fire had spread to most of the surrounding ships, many people had just docked, and before they had time to get off the boat, the ships were already full of flames, and people could only jump off the boats in a hurry, and the muskets in their hands were covered with water at the same time, and the muskets in their hands also lost all their functions.
Lin Bida couldn't help laughing when he looked at the sea of fire ignited by the warship, and at this time, the faces of the soldiers of the Holy Alliance were full of surprise and disbelief, many of them even ignored the officers' assembly orders, stood in place, and were a little overwhelmed for a while, and Lin Bida obviously wouldn't give them a chance to think about something again.
Taking advantage of the last strength of the cavalry, Lin Pida once again led the army to make a charge against the surrounding enemy troops, and then began to pull to the rear of the battlefield, and the Skywalkers were all thrown into battle, and at this time, Lin Pida also ordered the soldiers in the surrounding bunkers to immediately launch a counterattack against the enemy.
At this time, although there are a lot of Holy Alliance people on the shore, even more than the people in Black Iron City, but they are already in chaos, watching the ships not far away being burned into a piece of charcoal, they are not in the mood to fight at this time, the front and rear are interrupted, and the command system is also cut in two, the Holy Alliance has not advanced to the development of radio, the two sides are isolated from each other, and there is no effective communication at all, so that Lin Pida's army has become more like a fish in water, Although the number of the opponent's army was much larger than his own side, the opponent's courage had been lost, and at this time, after Lin Bida led his cavalry to carry out the last wave of charge, it was enough to disperse the troops that had just been gathered by the Holy Alliance, and at this time, Lin Bida asked his subordinates to lead the cavalry to the back.
Running for three hours in a row, at this time to participate in the battle for nearly an hour, even if the knights are not tired, the war horses are already exhausted, if they continue to fight, the impact will drop significantly, the cavalry itself relies on mobility and impact power, at this time it is no longer lethal, at this time, it is naturally better to quickly withdraw to preserve combat effectiveness, as for Lin Pida and the remaining sixty or so Skywalkers joined the battle to strangle the leader of the enemy and the rest of the Skywalkers.
And Lin Bida began to take the baton of the position, and began to command the troops to encircle and suppress the troops on the shore, and at this time the enemy's command system was already chaotic, under the impact of the cavalry, several battalions of the other side were impacted together, and the soldiers and generals could not confirm each other, several waves of different soldiers were mixed together, and they could not cooperate with each other at all.
At this time, the enemy on the other side did not dare to continue firing artillery, and the distance between the Holy Alliance and the Black Iron City army at this time was really invisible, especially the distance of hundreds of meters, where could they tell the difference, as soon as they ran down, it was very likely that they did not hit the soldiers of the Black Iron City, but beat the soldiers of the Holy Alliance enough.
At this time, the enemy's artillery fire could not be accurately covered, and the originally suppressed Black Iron City cannon naturally began to exert its power, shooting at the ships staying in the middle of the river, so that the enemy suffered huge losses, and half-crossed, this move has a strong combat effect in any era, so that the opponent is completely defenseless, the command system is confused, and the reserve force can not keep up, the enemy immediately fell into chaos, as long as this collapse is formed, unless a new force joins, otherwise the destruction is just around the corner.
Zhang Ruoming and others led their own teams to carry out small-scale extermination of the enemy's troops, and the Skywalkers who saw the enemy began to be eliminated, and then finally some soldiers of the Holy Alliance couldn't hold on and began to surrender, and Lin Bida's policy was also to surrender without dying, and under the promotion of a few loud soldiers, thousands of people soon surrendered.
After all, they can't see any hope in this war, the troop carriers on the distant river can't get to the shore at this moment, the burning flames have never been extinguished, and they can't get on the boat at this time, they can't go back to their barracks, and the officers are not by their side, these soldiers look around, there are torches everywhere, they are Black Iron City people, continue to fight at this time, there is only a dead end, so they chose to surrender.
The army of Black Iron City immediately confiscated their muskets, and then made them crouch on the ground, and they could not even manage it, so they could only let them crouch on the spot, and then continued to fight, and the war lasted for more than an hour, before the flames in front of them gradually extinguished, and the follow-up troops finally found a landing site elsewhere, and at this time, 15,000 people from the defensive positions of Asakusa Castle had also arrived, and with their support, a hard battle broke out between the two sides again.
But at this time, the Holy Alliance obviously had no heart, originally thought that the south bank of the Yangtze River could be fought in a war, but did not expect that under Lin Bida's careful arrangement, not only did it not achieve victory, but also lost troops, at this time the rear troops kept up with it, but the reserve source of Asakusa City had arrived, and the team of 15,000 people, plus 10,000 people on the defense line itself, was an army of 25,000 people, and it was not so overstretched in the face of the enemy's attack.
But obviously, the Holy Alliance did not give up the attack on the Black Iron City, they must win this battle, otherwise they will only appear more passive in the subsequent war, and in terms of troops, although the first 30,000 people to land were almost wiped out by the Black Iron City, more than 10,000 people were killed directly, and five or six thousand people jumped directly into the Yangtze River, and finally two or three thousand were drowned, and some were picked up and taken away by troop carriers, and the remaining more than 9,000 people directly became prisoners, but in terms of absolute strength, the Holy Alliance still has an advantage, Therefore, the Holy Alliance's side did not want to give up, but chose to continue the attack, at this time, the sun on the horizon had slowly poked its head out, and the whole war had been carried out to the next day, Lin Bida and the others were already tired, but obviously this was not the time to rest.