Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

At Solha's command, a thousand elite cavalrymen rushed out from the cornfield. The cavalrymen in the front row raised their swords and cut off all the obstacles in front of them, while the cavalrymen in the back carried rifles and began to shoot fiercely.

The British army was marching forward urgently when suddenly, from the side and rear, a burst of horse hooves and the deafening cry of killing startled everyone. Saxton quickly led his horse to a halt! From the cornfield, a cavalry rushed directly towards his troops, and gunfire rang out!

Saxton was shocked. He didn't expect that there were so many cavalrymen lying in ambush here!

Saxton roared, "Order, everyone fight!"

However, the cavalry was only a few feet away from their own army, a distance of a hundred meters. The British army had no time to deploy defenses and could only desperately fire to stop them! Without hollow arrays, rifle volleys, or rockets, it was impossible to stop the cavalry's sudden charge. What's more, some of the cavalry also began to fire intensively with rifles in hand!

The British army was caught off guard and had just started to counterattack when the cavalry rushed in front of them and directly charged into the artillery battalion at the back of the British army!

The elite Mongolian cavalry had long hated the British devils to the core. Thousands of their brothers had died at their hands. If they didn't take revenge now, when would they?

Sabers were swung fiercely at the British artillerymen. The artillerymen were only used to operate the cannons and were basically not equipped with rifles. Only some leaders were equipped with pistols. In addition, there was a company of guards responsible for protecting the artillerymen. However, facing a thousand cavalrymen, the guard company was completely useless and was torn to pieces by the cavalrymen's attacks. They were no match at all!

In an instant, the entire British army's rear was in chaos, with blood and flesh flying everywhere, screams everywhere, and countless wounded!

Saxton was furious, howling madly, "Orders, form up immediately, rifle fire, attack, attack, destroy the cavalry on the spot!"

However, the British army moved quickly, and the cavalry moved even faster. Before the British army had time to set up a hollow formation, a cavalry had already rushed to the front, and a melee broke out between the two sides!

The British army was strong, with more than 3,000 men, and the cavalry relied on speed and impact. The two sides were evenly matched. Saxton had dozens of cannons, but they were useless in such a close battle. All the British soldiers could only hold their rifles to face the cavalry's sabers. People were constantly being hacked or killed. It was a horrible sight!

The British army could only kill the cavalry by shooting them from behind, but the cavalry were moving very quickly. How could it be so easy to kill them?

Saxton gritted his teeth and decided that this must not continue. It would be too heavy a blow to the British army. Damn the Chinese, they actually used this trick to deal with the warriors of the British Empire. It was really despicable!

Saxton roared, "Orders, Sixth Company, Seventh Company, charge forward and block the cavalry's attack. The rest of the infantry immediately advance and create distance between them and the cavalry!"

Only by keeping a distance and having a buffer space can the British army maintain its advantage and turn defeat into victory in the melee!

Saxton's command cannot be said to be incompetent. Two companies of British troops are enough to resist the cavalry for a short period of time. As long as they have two or three minutes and keep a distance of a hundred steps, the cavalry will definitely not be able to gain any advantage!

However, no matter how powerful Saxton is, he has to admit defeat in front of Liu Ye!

The reason why Liu Ye asked the cavalry on the south side to stay put was to wait for changes on the battlefield!

Seeing that the British army began to block the attack and the main force opened up a large area of ​​space, Liu Ye shouted: "Order, all cavalry, charge immediately!"

Liu Ye's men were all elite soldiers from Baoding Town who had returned from the Northeast, plus two hundred men from the Firearms Battalion! Although they were small in number, their combat effectiveness was truly formidable, their discipline was strict, and they far surpassed the Mongol cavalry!

Without Liu Ye's command, the cavalrymen rushed towards the main force of the British army that had just escaped, and began to shoot continuously with the rifles in their hands, piercing the back of the British army!

Saxton saw the main force withdraw from the battlefield, and just as he breathed a sigh of relief and was about to launch a counterattack, there was another burst of gunfire behind him, and a group of British soldiers were knocked to the ground by rifles!

Saxton was horrified! Why the hell is there another Qing cavalry? This is killing me!

Yes, if the British army could barely maintain its composure and fight against the Mongolian cavalry in the previous battle, now it was hit by the Qing cavalry again and was completely thrown into disarray. Under the intensive shooting of the cavalry, the unprepared British army was beaten badly and attacked from both sides!

Saxton was ready to die. If he had known this would happen, he would never have adopted the strategy of dividing his forces. Even if he had to tie up the British cavalry, he would have tied them up with him! The British cavalry were now twenty miles away, out of reach. It was too late to send a letter. 3,000 British soldiers facing 2,000 cavalry equipped with rifles and sabers, they would definitely not be able to escape in the event of a sudden attack!

Saxton roared, "Fight back, fight back now!"

There was no need for him to give orders. The British army immediately retaliated!

However, the cavalry was only about a hundred meters away from the British army. With a charge, they were already in front of the British army. With intensive rifle fire, the British army could not stop the cavalry's advance at all!

A thousand cavalrymen charged into the ranks of the British army again. However, this time, the attack methods of the cavalrymen and the Mongolian cavalry were completely different. The Mongolian cavalrymen charged directly into the battle formation, while the cavalrymen of Baoding Town used the whirlwind tactics of modern cavalry. Teams of cavalrymen were like a hurricane, dividing the main force of the British army into several pieces, and like turning meat, they kept firing guns, harvesting the lives of the British army layer by layer!

The British army was really stunned this time. Facing the high-speed marching cavalry, they were unable to shoot accurately. If this continued, the British army would definitely be wiped out in one fell swoop!

From the beginning of the war to now, in just less than half an hour, the British army has suffered more than a thousand casualties!

Saxton's eyes were bloodshot and his heart was filled with despair. He couldn't fight any longer. If he continued, more than 3,000 people would be left here!

"Order all infantry to retreat immediately, retreat to the cornfield on the north side, and head straight to the northwest!"

Saxton, as a general, remained calm and gave the order again: Run! Escape quickly to the northwest. If you escape in this direction, you might encounter your own cavalry and have a chance of survival!

The British army no longer cared about the artillery and other equipment on the road. At this time, being able to escape with their lives was God's grace. They could not care about anything else. They turned around and rushed into the cornfield, running away in panic!