Although the Mongol cavalry lost more than 100 cavalry in the process of charging to the ultra-light small artillery position, there were still more than 500 cavalry at this moment, while the Thunderbolt cavalry fighting against it only had more than 300 cavalry. The Mongol cavalry's numbers, combined with their superior horse control, gave them an advantage in hand-to-hand combat with the Thunderbolt cavalry. Although the cavalry of the Thunderbolt Army was heroic, after all, their skills were inferior, and they were gradually unable to support themselves in the battle.

In less than half an hour, the Thunderbolt cavalry suffered dozens more casualties. With the passage of time, the physical strength of the soldiers also decreased sharply, the number of casualties also increased, and the situation on the battlefield became more and more serious. If this trend continues, once the encirclement of the Mongol cavalry is formed, the defensive formation will surely collapse completely.

At this critical moment, the cavalry of the Thunderbolt Army, which had completed the task of burning the siege equipment, rushed over to reinforce it. At the forefront of the charge was still the Duzhang cavalry. In the process of assaulting the siege equipment, the Duzhang cavalry only lost more than 40 cavalry, and there are still more than 200 cavalry. Compared to their record, this loss is really small. The more than 300 Thunderbolt cavalry who followed their assault also lost only a few dozen horses. The cavalry of Duzhang relied on the armor of men and horses to directly face the Mongol cavalry, and the cavalry of the Thunderbolt army attacked its flanks. The arrival of this army of more than 500 cavalry reinforcements immediately reversed the tide of the war.

The Mongol cavalry, like the Thunderbolt cavalry, was lightly armoured, and could not withstand the onslaught of the Duzhang cavalry in hand-to-hand combat. In addition, the flanks were suddenly flanked, and more than 100 horsemen were lost in less than half an hour. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining 300 horsemen turned their horses and fled to the rear, and if they did not escape, they would be completely annihilated by the encirclement.

Seeing the enemy fleeing, the Perak cavalry did not pursue, but sent people to treat the wounded of the Perak army on the battlefield while forming the formation. As for the wounded soldiers of the Mongol cavalry, they were handed over to the Duzhang cavalry for disposal. Duzhang barbarians were first used as spears by the Mongolian army, and in the battle of Xuzhou, they were played around like monkeys, and they hated the Mongols to the core, and immediately pierced the Mongolian cavalry lying on the ground one by one with spears to vent their hatred.

At the time of the cavalry battle between the two sides, the infantry of the Mongolian army was also rushing to the battlefield. The first to arrive was the Mongol Han army led by Liu Yuanli. The infantry could not move as fast as the cavalry, and by the time they reached the place where the cavalry was fighting, the Mongol cavalry had already begun to flee. Seeing this, Liu Yuanli ordered his subordinates to switch to a defensive formation to prevent the Thunderbolt cavalry from taking advantage of the situation to attack.

At the same time, Liu Yuanzhen led his own army to kill the new annexed army that had fled in the rear, in addition to venting the anger of the destruction of the siege equipment, but also to drive this group of defeated soldiers who were frightened by the barbarian soldiers back to the battlefield. Under the coercion of Liu Yuanzhen, the new annex army, which was inadequately guarding the siege equipment, had to go to the camp tremblingly, trying to recapture the first and second earthen walls that had been reoccupied by the Thunderbolt army. At this time, under the blow of muskets behind the earthen wall, they scattered and fled.

The Thunderbolt cavalry has regrouped. When the Duzhang cavalry was about to charge Liu Yuanli's Mongol Han army, there was a loud brass horn from the direction of the camp. The military order was like a mountain, and the cavalry in charge saw that Hou Xing issued an order, so he had to turn his horse's head. At this moment, one of the cavalrymen dismounted and rushed to a dead horse, cut off one of the horse's legs and carried it back to his mount, while the rest of the cavalrymen also went to cut the flesh. Hou Xing saw all this in the telescope, but he just sighed, but he was not angry.

After arriving at the city of Fushun, because of the lack of food and grass supplies, the soldiers of the Perak Army were half-starved and half-full. Although the cavalry was a priority ration, it was also generally underfed. The cavalry of the capital commander cut the flesh happily, but the cavalry of the thunderbolt soldiers all rode on their horses and stood still, closely watching the movements of the Mongolian army to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the opportunity to attack.

The reason why Hou Xing wanted to withdraw his troops was not only to achieve the goal of destroying the enemy's siege equipment, but also because the cavalry brigade suffered heavy losses. The 1,100 cavalry that attacked lost more than 400 cavalry, and the casualty rate was close to 40%, which meant that the cavalry brigade of the 3rd Division was already seriously injured. Needless to say, the preciousness of war horses requires at least half a year of training in addition to a lot of expenses to train a qualified cavalryman.

Of the more than 400 horsemen lost, only 50 horsemen were lost, and there are still 200 horsemen; The more than 300 Thunderbolt cavalry who burned the siege equipment lost more than 60 cavalry, and there were 300 cavalry left; The heaviest losses were the Perak cavalry that blocked the lost Lita, and only about 200 of the 500 cavalry remained, more than half of the losses were lost.

The losses of the Mongol army were even heavier, which distorted the face of the Niu Ling commanded on the upper floor of Fushun City. In his opinion, the hundreds of dead and wounded soldiers of the new annex army were more than innocent. These men were so crushed that the Thunderbolts burned all the siege equipment, effectively declaring the collapse of the plan to attack the fortifications. The reason why the Mongolian army is invincible in the world is that in addition to the unparalleled Mongolian cavalry, it is also because the Mongolian Han army under its command is good and has a large number of siege weapons.

As a high-tech product in the era of cold weapons, it is not easy to make siege equipment, in addition to exquisite materials, it also requires a large number of skilled craftsmen to spend a lot of time to manufacture. In the battle of Shenjian City, the reason why the Mongolian army was able to have hundreds of siege weapons was because of Yu Xing, the captain of the transport brigade. The siege equipment used by Liu Yuanzhen this time was all of the Fushun Mongolian army, and now it is all destroyed, and there is no longer a trebuchet, a bed crossbow, or a rushing car.

A thousand elite cavalry only fled back with more than 300 horsemen, which made Niu Ling even more heartbroken than the death of his henchmen. Mongolia is located in the bitter cold desert north, the population is not prosperous, the entire Mongol Empire is only more than 100,000 native cavalry, most of which are under the command of Ali Buge, Kublai Khan's own cavalry is only more than 20,000 people. Judging from the Sichuan battlefield, there are only a few thousand cavalry of this tribe.

In just two quarters of an hour, more than 600 elite cavalry were lost, how could this keep Niu Lin from hurting his heart and lungs. To add insult to injury, the 1,000 cavalry he sent to delay the advance of the Banzhou army also lost more than 200 cavalry due to the rash advance and fell into an ambush. At present, the naval army of the Thunderbolt army is getting closer and closer, and once those gunboats break through the water barrier and force the city down, this Fushun City will not be able to hold it anyway.

Niu Lin originally planned to eat the Thunderbolt army in front of him, and then turn his head to deal with Zan Wanshou and the Banzhou army. If you can't hold the city, you can also use the Mongol cavalry to harass the logistics supply lines of the Thunderbolt army. As for attacking the inland hinterland of the Perak army, he and other Mongol generals had tried many times, but the Perak army was heavily defended, and there were high-walled forts everywhere, and there were cavalry chasing behind, so there was no opportunity at all, but lost a lot of cavalry.

It's late September, and the water levels in many rivers have begun to slowly drop. Hold out for a while, and when the river is no longer full after early winter, the Thunderbolts' cumbersome gunboats and transport ships will be limited, and both firepower and logistical capabilities will be greatly affected. On the other hand, the Mongol army could use the shallows to freely cross the Neijiang River, Fushui and its tributaries. Under this situation, the Mongolian army can turn defense into offense, and even recapture the entire Tongchuan Fu Road.

It was just another sudden news that made Niu Lin dispel the above thoughts, and even had the urge to flee immediately. This news was personally brought by another of his confidant generals, Hu Du.