Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

Yes, when Yan Chunyu launched the attack, Zhu Hai was already in a tough battle!

Yaman ordered the French cavalry to tie down Zhu Hai's troops on the double bridges, but ordered the British cavalry to detour over the Sulong Bridge. A round trip of more than 20 miles took only more than half an hour for the cavalry!

When Zhu Hai was concentrating on dealing with the French army, the British cavalry came around!

Zhu Hai stood at the back and saw a gust of dust rising in the west. He knew something was wrong. It turned out that Liu Ye had taken him across Sulong Bridge once before, and it wasn't that far from here! The dust in the west was definitely the British and French forces splitting up!

Zhu Hai shouted, "Order the two companies at the bridgehead to retreat eastward! Quick, don't let the British and French forces surround us!"

The cavalry mounted their horses and began to retreat towards the northeast!

Otherwise, once the British cavalry rushed over, these three or four hundred people would definitely not be able to stop them!

Seeing the horse bandits retreating one after another, Yaman was suddenly shocked. Great, that’s great, it really worked!

Yaman shouted, "Order the entire army to cross the double bridges immediately and launch an all-out attack on the horse bandits on the opposite side. We must destroy them here!"

Yaman felt very aggrieved. In just over half an hour, more than a hundred French soldiers died on the Shuangqiao Bridge. This was a huge loss!

Teams of French cavalry rushed across the double bridges and began to launch a frenzied attack on the "horse bandits" not far away together with the British cavalry. Thousands of cavalrymen besieged Chen Hai!

Zhu Hai remained calm, knowing that he could not panic at this moment. His four cavalry companies fought and retreated towards Baliqiao.

However, Yaman did not intend to give Zhu Hai such an opportunity. After all, he only had more than a thousand men under his command. If he let the other 400 cavalrymen escape, where would he save his reputation? He was a major general in the French Army!

"Order the British cavalry regiment to encircle them in the northeast direction. This time we must destroy them all!"

Yaman shouted.

The French army pursued from behind, while the British cavalry encircled them in the northeast direction.

Zhu Hai's brows furrowed tightly. He hadn't expected these foreigners to be so difficult to deal with. Their commander was no fool at all! Now he could only take things one step at a time. He hoped that scourge Yan Chunyu could arrive soon. No, he had better not come. If all of them gathered here, the battle would be too brutal. His brothers would definitely suffer serious injuries!

Zhu Hai felt both pain and regret in his heart. He was still a little careless.

The French cavalry behind them were getting closer and closer, and the gunfire was getting more and more frequent. Many of the brothers were already injured! The British cavalry in the northeast were also getting closer and closer. If they were to complete the encirclement, all of Chen Hai's 300-plus men would be killed here.

At this moment, Yan Chunyu led a battalion of his own troops and rushed over. Without saying a word, he joined the battle. In order to allow Zhu Hai's cavalry to escape smoothly, Yan Chunyu directly ordered the entire army to launch a counterattack against the enemy!

Three hundred cavalrymen rushed towards the encircling British cavalry!

The British cavalry's advance was immediately blocked by Yan Chunyu's army. However, no matter how strong Yan Chunyu was, it was impossible for him to gain an advantage with only 300 cavalrymen charging towards the 500 British cavalrymen!

The huge impact of the British cavalry swept Yan Chunyu's cavalry and moved them closer to Zhu Hai's cavalry. Once Yan Chunyu's cavalry and Zhu Hai's cavalry were squeezed together, it would become an encirclement and annihilation battle. Even if the 700 soldiers were not completely wiped out, they would end up with heavy casualties!

Zhu Hai was extremely anxious. This Yan Chunyu was too impulsive. Why would he launch a counterattack against the British cavalry at this moment? Didn't he even consider how many men he had?

However, at this time, it was too late to say anything else. Zhu Hai could only watch Yan Chunyu's cavalry approaching him little by little!

Suddenly, Zhu Hai had a flash of inspiration. Why was he retreating in one direction? Yan Chunyu could launch a charge, so why couldn't he? However, his target wasn't Yaman's French army, but the same one! The British cavalry!

The two cavalry units together had about six or seven hundred people, and they still had a lot of advantages when directly charging at the British cavalry of four or five hundred!

Zhu Hai shouted, "Order, all troops turn around and launch a counterattack towards the British troops in the northwest. Charge! This is a matter of life and death. If you want to survive, give it your all and don't lose face for the general! Charge!"

At Zhu Hai's command, four companies of cavalry turned around instantly and rushed towards the northwest!

The British cavalry could hold off Yan Chunyu's three companies, but if Zhu Hai's four companies were added, it would be no match for them. Six or seven hundred cavalrymen were fighting a desperate battle, at the moment of life and death. All the Qing army's combat power erupted, and they rushed towards the British troops with howls!

Yaman, who was far away, had never thought that Zhu Hai would actually use this trick. He gave up retreating to the northeast and instead launched a charge to the northwest! The entire British cavalry was immediately thrown into a completely passive position!

Yaman shouted anxiously, "Order all cavalry to turn around and rush to the British army immediately!"

However, Yaman was still a little slow. By the time the French cavalry began to charge, the Qing cavalry had already rushed into the British ranks. The four or five hundred British soldiers were unable to stop the crazy Qing army and were dispersed in an instant!

Zhu Hai led all the cavalry and broke out towards the northwest like a gust of wind!

"Chase, chase!"

Yaman was furious and roared angrily.

More than a thousand British and French forces launched a pursuit into the distance, but it was too late. The Qing army, which had completely escaped the encirclement, had already fled. In the Tongzhou area, no one was more familiar with the terrain than Zhu Hai. The British and French forces could only eat dust!

After chasing for a while, the British and French forces had to stop.

In this battle, Yaman's plan completely failed. His side suffered four to five hundred casualties, and only left behind less than a hundred horse bandits. It was really not a good deal!

However, this was equally unacceptable to the Qing army. When the Qing army retreated to a safe area, everyone held the reins of their horses and stopped.

Coming in front of Yan Chunyu, Zhu Hai slapped her hard!

Snapped!

Ah!

When Yan Chunyu covered his cheeks, the Five Finger Mountain appeared on his face.

"Zhu Hai, are you fucking crazy?"

Zhu Hai roared, "Am I crazy? You're the one who's crazy! Did you take my orders for granted? Look at what our brothers have paid. Are you worthy of the military commander?"