"Oh!" Seeing that the gap in the breakout was opened, but was disrupted by a sudden outbreak of the Song cavalry, Lahuda couldn't help but sigh.

"Prepare to leave the city!" Tuo Huan, who was watching the battle on the city, said in a deep voice.

"Your Highness, are you waiting for a moment..." Lahuduo said in surprise.

The battle situation at this time was not optimistic about our side. After successfully breaking through the right wing of the Song army's first line of defense, the heavy cavalry immediately mobilized its troops to encircle and block. Although it caused considerable casualties to its side, it had collapsed and retreated backwards. At this time, the cavalry of the Song army suddenly came out and launched an assault on its heavy cavalry, disrupting the attack formation, forcing them to change the formation at the moment and reorganize the formation, but it gained a chance for the retreating Song army to breathe.

However, just after the heavy cavalry of our side launched another attack, the Song cavalry turned around and attacked them again, knocking a gap from the lieutenant general, causing the two armies to fall into a melee again. Although the forward who successfully broke through the second line of defense was not entangled, his troops were obviously insufficient, and he was stubbornly blocked by the Song army on the third line of defense. His formation was already scattered, and the impact speed was greatly reduced and he was exhausted.

Lahuduo knew that the heavy cavalry had lost its speed. Even if it could pass the blockade line, if the subsequent troops were unable to keep up, they would not be able to conduct continuous assaults, so that the opponent could calmly dispatch troops to block the gap. Although the heavy cavalry was wearing heavy armor, their combat effectiveness would soon decline because of the heavy cavalry being too heavy. If they lost their mobility again, they would be a living target after falling into the enemy's formation and were knocked down by the enemy.

"Don't wait any longer. Ling Zha suddenly led the other heavy cavalry to turn to the left wing of the Song army to attack resolutely. We then left the city and broke through the northeast. No one of us could leave!" Seeing that he was still hesitating, Tuohuan stretched out his hands to grab Lahuduo's collar, pulled him over and said furiously.

It has to be said that Tuohuan's vision is more poisonous than Zhilahuduo. When he saw the Southern Dynasty imperial flag appear, he knew that the Song army was insufficient. When he found that his side had to break out to the east with all his might and the defenders in the East City failed, the thief had to lead the last mobile force to reinforce. In this way, it also proved that he had been deceived. The thief had already secretly transferred the army to Jiangdong and was preparing to encircle and annihilate the Yuxi Timur's troops crossing the river.

But Tuohuan thought he was able to do something and was still sending gold, silver and wealth. He also selected hundreds of beauties from the city to his camp, hoping to attract the thief to the city of Yangzhou so that he could wipe out him. But in fact, the thief was the first to play chess, not only to play like a fool, but also to lure Yuxi Timur into the pit. How could he calm down?

However, Tuo Huan was not exhausted by annoyance, knowing that he was still in danger. In his opinion, although the situation was not good for him, the Song army was rebuilding the fourth line of defense while defending the third line of defense. What was even more dangerous was that the Song army adjusted the artillery position after the initial chaos and began to test the fire. The shells were constantly falling outside the city gate, which was obviously preparing to concentrate artillery fire to block their only way out of the city.

On the other hand, the Song cavalry was entangled with its vanguard heavy cavalry, and it was impossible to decide the winner in a short time. As long as the remaining heavy cavalry were pressed onto the left wing, the Song army, which had no mobile force adjustable, had no time to take care of it. And when he left the city and broke through with all his might, he could break through the encirclement without the last line of defense of the Song army. And Tuo Huan also knew that this opportunity was fleeting and he could not hesitate at all.

'boom……'

"The city is broken!"

"The Southern Army has entered the city!"

"Go away!" Suddenly, a loud noise came from the north city. Tuo Huan, who was about to go down the city, felt the city wall shaking, his feet slipped, and almost rolled down the city, his ears were buzzing. He looked north, but saw dust and smoke rolling and fires soaring into the sky. Before the sound was over, he heard someone shouting that the city was broken, and the crowd like ants rushed into the city. Tuo Huan realized that he had to leave if he didn't leave. Not to mention that the Song army arrived in an instant, the fleeing soldiers, the panicked people would block the city gates and could not even leave!

"Father, mother and brothers are still in the mansion!" Seeing Tuo Huan hurry down the city, she flew on her horse and urged the army to leave the city. Lao Zhang, the eldest son of Shangmeng in the valley, grabbed his reins and asked, but she didn't know that Tuo Huan had already made up her mind to abandon his family.

"If the enemy enters the city, if they don't leave, they will be trapped in the city. There is still a glimmer of hope when we rush out at this moment. We can only let them all settle for their destiny!" Tuo Huan looked towards the royal palace and said in a deep voice.

"Father, let's just abandon our mother and brothers and ignore us?" Lao Zhang was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and he didn't expect that his father was so ruthless, and he said incredibly surprised.

"As the eldest son of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, you should know the importance. If Yangzhou is lost, the two Huaihe Rivers have no wars, and the Southern Army can reach the capital. We cannot mislead national affairs for family affairs. We should share the worries of the Khan at this time of crisis and summon the two Huai soldiers to stop the enemy from invading the north!" Tuohuan grabbed the reins of the horse and scolded him with a stern voice.

"..." Lao Zhang was in a dilemma after hearing this. Not only did his mother, brothers and sisters, but his wife and young children in the mansion, how could he give up as much as he wanted? He also knew what fate would be for the women and relatives who remained in the palace once the city was broken, and he was stunned on the spot.

"Brother protects his father and break through first. I will lead my troops back to the mansion to pick up my mother's mother out of the city, and I will protect them and meet you all!" At this time, the five-son barbarian of Tuohuan came over and said.

"Okay, if things fail, you will break through immediately. Don't fight!" Tuohuan glanced at the barbarian, with pity in his eyes. He knew that it would be a life-and-death death to return to the mansion to pick up his family. He couldn't say anything, so he was trapped in the city and pondered for a while and said slowly.

"Please give everything to brother!" Tuobuhua exchanged his war horse to the barbarian.

"Be careful, take peace as the key to everything. Don't try to get out of it immediately. Don't fight in love!" Lao Zhang patted his brother's shoulder and smiled and reminded him.

"Father, take care of your two brothers!" After the barbarian turned over and said goodbye to his father and brother, he led his troops to the royal palace without looking back.

"Oh, don't fight after leaving the city, and don't look back. Go south to join the Tulidu team immediately. If it has retreated long ago, don't stop and join Huai'an. If it is not within three days, cross the river immediately and go to Dadu to report the details to the Khan!" After watching his youngest son leave, Tuohuan looked back and said solemnly to his two sons.

"Father, the situation is not so serious, right? Yuxi Timur has already crossed south and threatened the capital of the Southern Dynasty. Wouldn't the pseudo-emperor of the Southern Dynasty be worried?" The barbarian was surprised when he heard this.

"This defeat is because this guy is so happy to be successful. He is afraid he is already in a siege and it is hard to say whether he can return to Jiangbei alive. Now, both Huaihe Rivers and Shandong, Henan has been recruited by him, and he has no power to stop the Song army from advancing north!" Tuo Huan sighed and said angrily.

"Your Highness, the Song army has started shelling the city gates, go quickly!" At this time, Lahuduo had already sorted out the team, and saw that the shelling was dense, he stepped forward and urged.

"Let's go, may the immortal god bless us father and son to successfully break through the siege!" After Tuohuan prayed to the sky, he got on the horse with the support of Lahudo.

At this time, Zha had already led the remaining heavy cavalry to change the direction of the attack according to the order, attracting the attention of the Song army. The eldest son Lao Zhang led the troops out of the city first as the vanguard, breaking out at the junction of the Song army in the Southern Dynasty North City and the East City. His choice point was very accurate. At this time, the North City was broken, and the Song army was striving for the breakthrough point and had no time to reinforce the defenders of the Dongcheng City. Tuohua was in the middle of the Qixue guard led by Lahuduo, protecting the team carrying property, and following him out of the city. The second son Tuobuhua led the thousand-person team of his headquarters to break the rear, blocking the people who were trying to follow the people out of the city to protect the central army out of the city.

After Tuohuan left the city, the situation of the battle changed again. Although the heavy cavalry, who first left the city, broke through the three lines of defense of the Song army from the middle road, there were heavy casualties at this moment, and it was difficult to break through the fourth line of defense. It was already in a defeat and it was difficult to advance forward. Zha suddenly fell into artillery fire all the way. The Song army re-deployed the small cannons of each unit, moving the camp's Benlei gun and Baizi gun forward, and placing them on the front line.

Although these small cannons are small in power and have a short range, they cannot withstand many. Each battalion-owned team is equipped with fifteen pieces; the Baizi gun is equipped with the squad, and the organized artillery squad is equipped with two pieces, and one battalion has twenty pieces. In addition, the small cannons are also light in weight and easy to deploy. They also fire shotguns, and have fierce close combat firepower. After being used in the front line, they are launched step by step, forming continuous firepower, causing great damage to the enemy heavy cavalry. In addition, the mortars assigned to each department are also uniformly dispatched, using their convenient deployment, high firing boundaries and fast firing speed to implement mobile deployment, and the enemy's offensive will be transferred wherever they are fierce.

Although it was just a simple change, it successfully consolidated the defense line. Lahuduo led a team of heavy cavalry to rush left and right and it was difficult to break through, but it suffered heavy losses. Seeing that there was no inch of attack, the city was broken again, and there was no way out, and morale was exhausted. Lahuduo was unable to restrain these integrated troops. If he failed to attack again, he fled in all directions and found a way out.

The group led by Tuo Huan was composed of Qie Xue, who was his confidant, but his combat effectiveness was really not satisfactory at this time. How to ensure the loyalty of his subordinates and kill Cao Cao and Sima Yi in his group in the cradle is a question that Chinese emperors always have to worry about. Many emperors chose the "proton" method, allowing their subordinates to send their children to live in the capital or join the army. The emperor's imperial guards are often hostage clubs.

This practice of openly absorbing subordinates as imperial guards is very popular among the northern ethnic minorities, and they do not hide anything. The most obvious of them is Li Yuanhao. The Xixia established it openly called its imperial guards the Proton Army, which is very consistent with Li Yuanhao's nature of being open and unyielding and bad people. He is a decisive monarch who kills his uncle, his mother, his cousin, his wife, and his wife and his wife. Therefore, his requirement for establishing the Proton Army is that the chiefs of all major tribes of the Dangxiang must hand over to their children in their families. If they dare not hand over, they will rebel, and they will definitely be killed.

Genghis Khan, the "genius of a generation", was the master of this practice. The Qiexue Army he established was also a place where the children of Mongolian nobles gathered. It stipulated that as long as there were ten households and more than ten households of Nayan, they must send their own children to serve in the 8,000 households of the scattered class. Unlike Li Yuanhao, Genghis Khan also gave these "protons" special treatment. He stipulated that as long as he was his guard, it was equivalent to the Mongolian Qianhu, and he could hold a command position that could only be held by the Mongolian Qianhu during the war. When the guard and Qianhun Nanyan had a dispute, they also focused on the opinions of the guards.

For ancient heroes like Li Yuanhao and Genghis Khan, only ministers who paid their children were important officials. If anyone did not pay their own flesh and blood as deposit, it would be a traitor. It would be absolutely right to kill them first. When the Mongolian and Yuan regime killed all directions, the Khans had more and more troops, and the Khans took more and more hostages, but not all hostages were treated the same.

First of all, the children of Nayan in Mongolia are the most noble among hostages. These hostages are natural members of the Qiexue Army. Genghis Khan's military law allows noble children to bring their entourages. The thousand families of the Qiexue Army can bring their own ten entourages, the hundred families can bring five, and the ten families and ordinary noble children can bring three. In addition, the children of noble families at all levels can also bring one brother to the guard. These noble hostage waiters are very fast in the officialdom. Qiexue was born in the Yuan Dynasty and was synonymous with "big-heel feet" and "good-heel feet". They are promoted quickly and have a rich income. They did not have to go to the battlefield for most of the time in the Yuan Dynasty, so Mongolian nobles were willing to send their children as hostages.

But not all hostages can enter the Qinxue army, and the Mongolian Yuan also has a special proton army waiting for them. In Zhongshan, Hebei, Yidu and other places, the Mongolian army also carried out large-scale population and property generals, and they also recruited the children of small and medium-sized landlords into the proton army. In addition, the offspring of middle and low-level generals of the Han army were also recruited to serve in the Proton army, artificially splitting the connection between the children of the Han army and their children. These proton army, which mostly have the obligation of the Huwei Khan, naturally do not have the privilege of promotion, and are retail investors with low status in the Mongolian Yuan army. Therefore, they are all sent to their children as hostages, and the treatment of real shareholders and the children of leeks is different.

During the Genghis Khan period, the Cyxue Army was the ace of the Mongolian army, and later became the place where the Mongolians raised great men. By the Kublai Khan era, the Mongolian Qinxue Army was no longer the main force of combat, and even the work of guarding the Khans was divided by the guards' personal army. The Mongol hostages who entered the Cyxue Army were to accompany the Khans to eat, drink, play, and use various means to serve the Khans, which was equivalent to the noble waiters that the Khans were looking for. And Han people with capital, channels, or professional skills could also stay in it as the Khans.

If you let these old men who are proficient in everything but are not proficient in war charge, the result can be imagined...
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