In the early morning, after repeatedly confirming their safety, Zhang Xianzhong and others finally set foot on the land on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was wearing a fur coat, only a silk underwear inside, and his whole body was soaked, and he had no arrogance to command the army on the river.

"Sneeze"

Now that the weather has turned into autumn and winter, just last night, it directly made Zhang Xianzhong a little cold.

Wiping the two clear snots that flowed from under his nose, Zhang Xianzhong fell to his knees with a puff and slammed the mud.

"Bastard, bastard, Liu Ximing, I swear to eat your meat raw!"

"King", Wang Zhaolin, who was also trembling, hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhang Xianzhong up, "A temporary defeat is nothing, and when my army arrives, we must let the chickens and dogs in Wuchang City not stay." ”

"Yes, the chicken and dog don't stay, his grandma's!"

It was not until the third day that the 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Great Western Army, which marched along the south bank of the Yangtze River, arrived outside Wuchang City belatedly, and Zhang Xianzhong and others dared to cross the river to join them.

However, as soon as he counted the soldiers and horses, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but leave tears of heartache.

The original 300,000 soldiers and horses were only about 250,000 at this time, and just a bombardment on the river caused the 50,000 horses of the Great Western Army to lose their whereabouts.

Of course, not all of them were killed by the officers and soldiers, and many soldiers and horses who fled down the Yangtze River also abandoned the army and fled.

After killing a few rear team generals to vent their anger, the Great Western Army didn't even repair it, and came directly to Wuchang City.

As early as last year, when the Liukou coalition forces joined hands to break through Wuchang City, the moat outside Wuchang City had been razed to the ground, and with the explosives package in his hand, Zhang Xianzhong was confident that he would directly blow Wuchang down.

However, surprisingly, when the Liukou army arrived outside the city, they were surprised to find that the official army had actually left the city.

Tens of thousands of officers and troops formed a dense phalanx, directly blocking the entire southern city.

Liu Ximing also knew that the explosives bag was ferocious, and if he still stayed in the city, he was afraid that he would become a rogue on his plate.

Therefore, he simply repeated his old tricks, once again stationed the infantry outside to attract Zhang Xianzhong's firepower, and at the same time scattered the cavalry of Cao Bianjiao and others outside the city, ready to give Zhang Xianzhong a fatal blow at any time.

The Great Western Army didn't know what happened to Li Zicheng in Fangcheng, and as soon as they saw the officers and soldiers taking the initiative to go out of the city, they were all excited and took the initiative to ask for help.

On 23 October, the 200,000 troops of the Great Western Army surrounded the entire southern part of Wuchang City, and another 50,000 naval troops deployed along the river to directly block the entire river.

The battle under the city of Wuchang is about to break out.

However, what the generals of the Great Western Army did not expect was that the battle of Wuchang was not started by the city of Wuchang, but there was movement on the river.

On the Yangtze River, Di Sanpin, the naval governor of the Great Western Army, sat on the boat and looked at the scene of Wuchang City with a relaxed face.

The Great Western Naval Army, which had eaten the head of Wuchang City, had become smart this time, and hundreds of warships surrounded the river from afar, but it was several miles away from the head of Wuchang City.

Beside Di Sanpin, a general of the Great Western Army with yellow teeth and bulging eyes looked at his own governor with some concern.

"Governor, the king asked us to guard the river, and we can't let the officials and soldiers run away, but isn't our appearance a little too much?"

"Passed?" , Di Sanpin rolled his eyes suddenly, "The king only said that the Wuchang waterway should be blocked, who cares how we do it, you show Lao Tzu the current situation, can Wuchang City escape even if he wants to?" ”

But before Di Sanpin's subordinates could speak, an exclamation came from the watchtower of the building boat.

"Dudu, there seems to be a ship coming from the direction of Hanshui in the west, it seems that there are quite a few of them?"

"Huh?"

Di Sanpin got up suddenly, covered his eyes and looked west with a strange expression, "Where did the merchants come from, so many of us are besieging Wuchang, and these people don't know?" ”

Then he smiled again, "If that's right, it's okay anyway, the little ones, I'm going to catch the tooth sacrifice." ”

"Hahaha, Haole!"

The laughter on the boat had just stopped, and the voices on the watchtower suddenly became frightened.

"It's not a merchant ship, it looks like a warship!"

"Grass damn it", Di Sanpin was shocked in his heart.

When he looked closely, he found that the dozens of large ships that were coming down the upper reaches of the Han River were so fast that they had moved a distance of one or two miles in almost an instant.

Such a speed of a ship is absolutely impossible for a merchant ship!

However, before Di Sanpin could decide what to do, the officers and men of the Great Western Army suddenly found that these fleets along the Han River suddenly slowed down and turned four or five miles away.

It was no wonder that these ships came sideways and the officers and men of the Onishi Army found that these ships were not ordinary sailing ships, but chariot ships with wheels.

"What do they mean they docked the ship sideways? Want to escape? ”

Di Sanpin frowned and looked at the group of small leaders beside him.

However, the rumble from the river quickly answered his doubts.

"Boom"

"Enemy ships have artillery!"

The sentinel's voice on the watchtower grew sharper, accompanied by a screaming sound that broke through the air.

"Click"

A large hole was punched out of a large Western Army warship docked on the periphery.

"Officers and soldiers, these people are officers and soldiers!"

"Mother, why do they all have artillery!"

The Onishi Army, which had been quietly stationed on the river, suddenly became flustered.

After only two shellings, these people were already like frightened birds, and many ships began to lift anchor and began to turn their bows to avoid the depths of the fleet.

On the fleet from the upper reaches of the Han River, Wei Jingguo, dressed in military uniform, showed a smile on his face.

"Keep shooting, don't stop!" The fierce artillery fire was like a continuous concerto, directly turning the entire river into a stage.

Xiangyang has been controlled by Liu Ximing at this moment, and with Nanyang to help resist the attack from Henan, Zhao Xiangyang can already free up his hands to support Wuchang at this time.

The Liu family originally developed an inland river fleet in the Han River and Yangtze River valleys, and after receiving the order sent by Liu Ximing, Wei Jingguo quickly gathered the militia group in Xiangyang and went all the way down under the escort of the fleet.

Although these Liujia inland river fleets could not be equipped with artillery batteries on both sides like battleships because of wheels.

But the Liu family has howitzers, and this is the best moment for this kind of curved ballistic artillery to exert its power.

The artillery fire from the river made the Great Western Army on the shore startled, and before Zhang Xianzhong and the others could react, they suddenly heard a rush of shouts and killing from behind the army.

"Kill the thief!"

Cao Bianjiao was dressed in silver, instigating the horse under his crotch, like a sharp sword, leading 15,000 cavalry straight into the rear of the Great Western Army.

This is not over, just as Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly commanded Li Dingguo to go to reinforcements, there was also a sudden shout of killing on the right flank of the Great Western Army.

The cavalry led by Shao Derong also appeared.

"Array, load, march in unison!"

As soon as he heard that the battlefields on all sides were launched at the same time, Liu Ximing's army, which was originally immobile under Wuchang City, also continued to sound the password.

The soldiers of the Ming army wearing the robes of the big red mandarin ducks, under the leadership of their respective officers, began to slowly march towards the Daxi army formation.

Almost at the same time, the artillery on the head of Wuchang City also sounded again, passing over the heads of their own soldiers under the city, directly setting off a bloody storm in the Daxi Army formation.

Zhang Xianzhong and others were suddenly hit by Liu Ximing's serial blows, and they were stunned almost instantly.

However, they are all veteran thieves who have been in battle for a long time, and the generals such as Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu in the rogue have gone to command from all sides and began to fight against each other.

In front of the Great Western Army, the forward army that was first shelled was already a little chaotic, but fortunately, under Liu Wenxiu's order, the originally standing and immobile army rushed forward, and a large number of soldiers joined the attacking team under the coercion, which instantly stabilized the team.

The rhythm of the officers and troops under the head of Wuchang City was very steady, and as soon as they saw that the Great Western Army began to charge, the whole army immediately stopped, and tens of thousands of muskets were aimed at the direction of the Great Western Army.

"Bang", "Bang"

The three styles of the dragon used by the soldiers under the command of the Liu family emitted the strongest note of firearms in this era.

The breech gun, loaded with fixed bullets, allows the rate of fire of the Long Xiang III to reach 10 rounds per minute.

Combined with the array of the Liu family's three-stage shooting, the entire battle line seemed to have no gaps, constantly spraying fire towards the Great Western Army.

Bright red blood flowers kept floating, and each salvo of officers and soldiers took thousands of lives.

The short distance of 100 steps from the front to the front of the official army was like a curse, and it directly fixed the officers and men of the Great Western Army on the battlefield.