In mid-November, the 500 Fu Han army led by Dong Ce finally arrived at Xiantao Town after a rapid march, and at this time, the 5,000 Fu Han army led by Ning Yu was still two days away from them.

For this time to seize Xiantao Town, Dong Ce didn't have too much fear, and the left and right were nothing more than green camps. I've played a lot in front, it's just another fight. These wars made Dong Ce grow up quickly and gradually grew into a real soldier.

Xiantao Town itself also occupies a relatively large area, but after entering the five hundred Fu Han army, it seems a little crowded, and the old and young in the town all look at the Fu Han soldiers with a frightened face, they are all some old and weak women and children who have not had time to run.

Nowadays, Huguang Province is also a mess, many people after hearing about Chu Rebellion, for fear of affecting themselves, so they fled to other places with their families early, especially in several prefectures where the two sides are fighting fiercely, there are many fugitives, but there are still many old and weak women and children who are not strong enough, so they stay in place.

Dong Ce was originally a homeless person, and he had also experienced desertion, and he couldn't help but feel touched when he saw this scene, so he ordered the soldiers not to disturb the townspeople in Xiantao Town, let alone loot, otherwise they would be killed. The soldiers of the Fu Han Army have always been very strict in terms of military discipline, so there is no need to worry too much.

"Tell the regiment commander, I caught a tongue and found out that the outpost of the Qing army is less than thirty miles away from me." A Fu Han sergeant said.

In this era of war, the outpost is the eye released by the army, generally the distance is not very far, when the outpost is less than 30 miles, it is said that the army is about 40 miles away from this place, indicating that Wang Wenhuan's Qing army is only about a day away from this place, and the war is about to break out.

"Ordered to go down and build a position in Xiantao Town, and now although our army did not bring artillery, it brought some secret weapons." Dong Ce looked at the several carriages behind him, on which were placed boxes one after another, which were extremely tightly preserved.

These seemingly mysterious weapons are actually a batch of grenades that Ning Yu asked Lei Camel to make before the war, the process is very rough, it is filled with gunpowder, and there are some broken porcelain pieces and stones, which need to ignite the lead to explode, but for Dong Ce at this time, it is a magic weapon when defending.

The whole battalion also seized this opportunity to build a position, although the role of this temporary position was not very large, but it could save the lives of many people in wartime, so they were quite careful.

After noon the next day, five miles outside Xiantao Town, there were faint traces of a large group of Qing soldiers, with the banners of Jingzhou General and Huguang Water and Land Admiral, which were the soldiers and horses of Hengrui and Wang Wenhuan.

These Qing army shadows are sufficient, but they can make people feel the momentum, not how powerful the Qing army is, but the scene of more than 10,000 people marching together is quite shocking.

The two Qing army generals were standing on the high platform built with a carriage, it was Hengrui, the general of Jingzhou, and Wang Wenhuan, the commander of Huguang, water and land, each holding a clairvoyant mirror, looking at Xiantao Town in front, except for seeing the Fu Han army in Xiantao Town that was on guard.

"It's really tiring Jingyun this way, but this time I didn't rush in vain." Hengrui pointed to Xiantao Town in front of him with a smug face, "This is only a few hundred people, and you dare to stop me?" This time, none of the traitors will survive. ”

Jingyun is Wang Wenhuan's word, he has a humble look on his face at this time, although he is also a well-known number one person in Huguang, and he really doesn't take anyone in his eyes since the governor down, but after all, Hengrui is the general of Jingzhou, but he is much bigger than him.

"What the adults said is that there are only a few hundred rebels this time, but they are cheaper, so just leave it to my green camp this time." Wang Wenhuan was eager to show his loyalty in front of Hengrui, so he was unwilling to let go of any opportunity.

"Let the second battalion of the left and right sides of the standard launch an attack, and the first person to enter the town will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver!" Hengrui was not polite, and directly took Wang Wenhuan's words and began to give orders.

Hengrui was originally born in the capital of Shangsanqi, originally won the attention of the Eight Masters Party, but as the Eight Masters Party was cleaned up in the court, he suddenly lost his momentum, and then turned to the Fourteenth Masters, so that the Jingzhou general sat down peacefully.

For Hengrui, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he is not willing to be only a Jingzhou general, if he can be under his leadership, before the Manpi to quell the bandits, it is bound to be valued by the emperor, thinking of this time, but eager to press everyone else together. However, because of the two lakes in this place, limited by the terrain, the more than 1,000 people were already stuffed, so they had to give up.

More than 1,500 soldiers of the green battalion began to rush towards Xiantao Town, the left battalion was on the left, the right battalion was on the right, forming a rough formation, marching towards Xiantao Town, although the queue was relatively scattered, but it could also show a bit of momentum.

Dong Ce held the clairvoyant mirror and muttered softly: "Damn it, now it's good to give Lao Tzu two six-pound cannons." "It's really this dense impact scene, it's really suitable for flowering and cannons. It's just that he doesn't have a guy in his hands now, so he has to let the other party approach Xiantao Town without any scruples.

"Get ready to take on the enemy!" Dong Ce shouted loudly, it was really a scene of more than 1,500 people in the distance, which really brought more pressure to people. "Prepare the grenades!"

After a while, a full 200 grenades were distributed, and a special company was used to throw them, which can also be said to be a grenade company, and this time Dong Ce brought a total of 800 grenades, so they can be saved and used.

"Boom-boom!" With the roar of artillery, some solid bullets began to fly towards Xiantao Town, but the accuracy of the Qing army's sub-mother cannon and mountain splitting cannon was quite low, and after a while, only two bullets fell into Xiantao Town, smashing two large holes on the roof of the townspeople.

However, this is also an old drama of the Qing army, and the people who fired the cannon did not think about who they could hit, as long as they could start - and the soldiers of the Green Battalion did not have any expectations, and began to prepare for the attack.

"Two hundred steps!"

"One hundred steps!"

"Put!"

Although the soldiers of the Fu Han Army did not have artillery, they were still able to maintain a calm attitude and shoot in three rows.

With a burst of gunfire, the advancing green battalion soldiers fell, but this time the Qing army was stunned, although they were fierce by nature, but they were not much stronger than the green battalion soldiers in front, especially when they saw the soldiers beside them, they were shot from nowhere, and the scene that pierced their foreheads instantly caused huge chaos in the entire formation.

However, the soldiers of the Fu Han Army would not stop there, and the soldiers in the second row took a step forward and pulled the trigger, and there was another black rain of bullets, rushing towards the Qing army.