The smoke cleared, and the noisy battlefield suddenly became a lot quieter, only the mess in front of him proved the tragic fight just now, or the unilateral slaughter of the cavalry by artillery. It was almost noon at this time, and the wails of the wounded soldiers lying on the ground under the scorching sun were much lower, but the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke became more and more pungent. Just when the two sides were still reminiscing about the fierce battle just now, a light cavalry rushed from the Mongolian camp to the battlefield. In full view of everyone, the man rushed straight to the center of the battlefield, grabbed a man from the ground, put him on horseback, and hurried away. This man was one of Jerumai's own soldiers, and the man he rescued from the battlefield was Jeremaiju, who was seriously wounded.

After Yelumaizhu was rescued, dozens of Mongolian cavalry rushed to the battlefield, trying to save the wounded Mongol soldiers on the ground, but at this time, the Thunderbolt artillery rang out again. Although the distance was still far away, only a few people were defeated, but it also cut off the Mongolian army's rescue heart. The light cavalry had just come single-handedly, and the Thunderbolts did not know what they meant, and when they were gone, they had time to open fire. The reason why the cannon was not fired was also because of the concept of saving, to hit a running cavalryman, the hit rate was too low, and it was a waste of ammunition. If Cao Ergou learned that the rescued person was Yelumaizhu, he would definitely order a fire to be fired, and he would never let him go back.

The summer in western Sichuan is very hot, but Liu Heima at this time is cold. In half an hour, he had lost 1,500 elite cavalry. Of the remaining 500 cavalry, most of them were more than 300 Mongolian cavalry from Kudu, and only 100 cavalry of the Mongol Han army under his command remained, and the heavy cavalry he regarded as his heart and soul were all wiped out. Judging from the number of people alone, 1,500 people were not much compared to the 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Mongolian army in this battle, but both sides of the battle understood that the outcome of this battle was decided. The Mongol army, which had lost 1,500 cavalry, had lost most of its combat effectiveness as if it had broken its backbone. At this moment, Liu Heima is thinking about how to bring the rest of the people back, while Cao Ergou is thinking about how to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

A desolate horn sounded, and the infantry of the Mongolian army changed from the rear to the front, and began to slowly retreat in the direction of Chengdu, and it was the Mongolian cavalry that remained in place to confront the Thunderbolt army. The Mongol cavalry of the Kudu tribe was all one man and two horses, and they left their empty horses in the rear as they charged. After losing hundreds of cavalry in the artillery fire, Liu Heima used these empty horses to quickly reorganize the cavalry of hundreds of people. Among the Mongol and Han armies under his command, many were nomads such as Khitan, Jin, Western Xia, and Tubo, and many of the northern Han people could ride horses, and the reason why they became infantry was because the cavalry was expensive and lacked war horses. Although the combat power of these improvised cavalry is not comparable to the lost cavalry, it is not much worse than the combat power of the Thunderbolt cavalry. In view of the serious injury of Yelumaizhu, and also in order to appease Hudu, Liu Heima handed over the remnants of the Mongolian Han cavalry and the command of these newly formed cavalry to Kudu.

The Mongolian army suddenly had more than 1,000 cavalry, which made Cao Ergou suddenly confused. He did not find that there were Mongolian reinforcements coming, and he also saw from the telescope that the total number of Mongolian troops had not changed much, although he could vaguely guess that the newly emerged cavalry was infantry, but he did not know what its combat strength was, so he immediately sent a small group of cavalry to test it. As soon as the small groups of cavalry on both sides fought, Cao Ergou saw that although these new cavalry were unfamiliar with their tactics, their riding ability was not weak. Compared with the cavalry of the Thunderbolt Army, not only did they not have the advantage of individual combat ability, but they were also far inferior in numbers. Rushing forward rashly not only has little chance of winning, but it is easy to be bitten by the other party.

The cavalry brigade of the Perak Army suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle with the Mongolian cavalry, and the three cavalry battalions lost more than 100 cavalry and more than 200 cavalry, and the whole brigade lost a total of more than 600 cavalry, and only more than 800 cavalry were still in combat capability. Although the cavalry of the Thunderbolt Army was also one man and two horses, and there were many empty horses at this time, they lacked soldiers who were familiar with horsemanship, and could not replenish the cavalry as quickly as Liu Heima. What's worse is that the officers of the cavalry brigade suffered heavy losses in this battle, and one of the three battalion commanders was killed. Since the Thunderbolts have always had a tradition of leading the charge, the Cavalry Brigade is no exception. In the blocking battle, company commanders, platoon commanders, and other grass-roots officers not only rushed to the front, but also stayed behind to take charge of cover when retreating, resulting in a combat attrition of more than half and a very serious loss of squad leaders and backbone combatants.

Seeing that the opponent's cavalry was not weak, Cao Ergou had to order the cavalry to protect the sides, and the infantry slowly advanced forward. It's just that under the watchful eye of more than 1,000 mounted enemies, the Thunderbolt army did not dare to rush quickly, but one infantry brigade advanced, and the other infantry brigade defended on the spot and provided fire support, so as to advance in a cycle. Such a speed could not help the Mongolian cavalry at all, and even the enemy infantry lost a trace after chasing for more than ten miles. Although Cao Ergou regretted and even was anxious about losing the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, he was helpless.

At this time, the sun was hot, and after the morning march and fierce fighting, the Thunderbolt army was already sleepy and tired, especially the horses were already sweating profusely. In order to prevent heat stroke and to preserve his strength for the next battle, Cao Ergou had to order to go to the woods and bamboo forests on both sides of the road. In order to prevent the Mongol cavalry from suddenly returning to the horse pistol, he ordered the soldiers to take turns resting. He sent people back ten miles away to clean up the battlefield. The scattered baggage, especially the solid artillery shells, needed to be recovered, the wounded Mongols needed to be disposed of, and more importantly, the bodies needed to be buried in time to prevent the spread of the disease. The more than 2,000 dead and wounded horses on the battlefield are even more of Cao Ergou's concern, which is precious meat! On this hot day, we have to quickly divide and clean up with smoke.

Just when the Thunderbolt army was smoking horse meat, Liu Heima was leading the army to rush back desperately. In fact, just an hour ago, he didn't want to quit the army. When those infantry turned over and got on their horses, it seemed that those dead cavalry had been resurrected again, and at this moment, Liu Heima suddenly had the ambition to fight a decisive battle with the Thunderbolt army again. Of course, this time he will definitely not force the battle, but will use the advantage of mounted archery to maneuver with it, slowly weakening until the Thunderbolt army is dragged down. It's just that this idea was lost in an instant, not to mention whether the newly formed hundreds of cavalry had this ability, and even if they were, they were afraid that they would not be willing to face the artillery of the Thunderbolt Army. Looking around, all Liu Heima saw was the fear in the eyes of his subordinates, the fear of invincible power, he even saw it in the eyes of Kudu.

A messenger from Chengdu gave him a hasty order to retreat. The messenger was sent by his son Liu Yuanzhen, who told Liu Heima the shocking news that Genting City had fallen into the hands of the Thunderbolt Army yesterday. The messenger also told Liu Heima that the number of Thunderbolts occupying Genting City was not large, and that Liu Yuanzhen had sent troops to retake Genting City. Known as the Eight Pillars of Central Sichuan, Genting City is the gateway between central Sichuan and eastern Sichuan into the western Sichuan Plain, and is also the barrier of Chengdu City. Without Genting City, Chengdu and the West Sichuan Plain would be in no danger to defend. Genting City is as important to Chengdu as Guankou Village and Sandu Water Fortress are to Chongqing Mansion. If there were no fortresses such as Hengyuan Fort, Guan Kou Village, Xinjin City, and Sandu Shui as fulcrums, the Perak Army would not be able to hold Chongqing Mansion and Qiongzhou and its subordinate counties with artillery and naval forces alone.