"No!"

In the middle of the Great Western Army, watching the forward battalion fall like wheat being cut, Zhang Xianzhong's bearded face was hideous.

Although the cavalry of the officers and soldiers in the right flank and rear army were also dangerous, they did not give Zhang Xianzhong and others such a strong sense of fear as the war machine on the frontal battlefield.

After all, the cavalry of Cao Bianjiao and others had to rely on manpower to wield swords and guns to kill, but the muskets on the frontal battlefield made the Great Western Army a little breathless.

Seeing that the advance of the Great Western Army finally charged within twenty steps, thousands of black iron bumps suddenly flew out of the official array, and the rumbling explosion seemed to remind Zhang Xianzhong and others that the team in front of them was definitely not an official army.

"How can the official army have such a strong combat power, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it!"

Zhang Xianzhong's eyes suddenly turned red, and he was aggrieved like a three-hundred-pound child.

At the head of Wuchang City, Liu Ximing let down the telescope in his hand with a long breath.

Seeing his own troops fighting so skillfully, he didn't have too many worries about the war in his heart.

Of course, this war was not only based on the overwhelming superiority of the Liu family's firearms, but also inseparable from the tactics discussed by Liu Ximing and a group of generals.

The infantry of the Liu family was in battle under the city of Wuchang, the right flank was blocked by the river, and the rear team was covered by the city wall, so the army of more than 20,000 people only needed to pay attention to the enemy troops in two directions.

On the other hand, the Great Western Army led by Zhang Xianzhong, although there are many people, but the number of troops that can be invested on a battlefield is not much more than that of the Liu family.

Such a tactical vision is not something that Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves can have.

With the breakthrough of the fierce offensive of the fleet on the upper reaches of the Han River, the whole war was almost over.

By the time the Yangtze River was controlled by the Liu fleet, the Great Western Army led by Zhang Xianzhong had already fallen into a situation of being surrounded on all sides.

That's right, the more than 200,000 Great Western Army was surrounded by more than 70,000 officers and troops.

In the middle of the Great Western Army, seeing that artillery shells began to fall on the river in his army, and then observing that the other three battlefields were all at a disadvantage, Zhang Xianzhong had to make a painful decision.

"The whole army retreats, let's go, and we don't have to worry about running out of firewood!"

The generals of the Chinese army all wept silently.

Who would have thought that a vigorous army of 300,000 would come and retreat, and it would be impossible to retreat in disgrace, and I don't know if I can withdraw if I look like this.

This gap in heart is too big for the generals to accept.

Among the frustrated civil and military generals, only Zhong Yuhe is particularly special.

"King, generals, don't panic, from Zhong's point of view, the officers and troops will definitely not chase and fight, and we have a very good chance of escaping."

Zhang Xianzhong, who was already cold in his heart, raised his head suddenly, and his eyes were full of hope.

"What do you mean, sir?"

Zhong Yuhe confidently pointed in the direction of the rear army and the flanks.

"There are few officers and soldiers, and after nearly a day of fierce fighting, even the cavalry will no longer have combat strength, and our army is just retreating from the rear army."

"Besides, does the king think this official army is a little strange? As far as we know, the people who participated in the war today are our old acquaintances, Cao Yanluo, Judge Shao, and Zheng Shatou, the three general soldiers, these three people have fought with us many times in the past, and they have never seen them so fierce, and it is impossible for the combat strength of the official army to suddenly become stronger. ”

As soon as Zhong Yuhe said this, Zhang Xianzhong's eyes lit up and he kept nodding his head.

"Although I don't know what means the newly appointed Liu Bodhisattva used to send Cao Bianjiao and others, I can be sure that once our army puts on a desperate posture, Cao Bianjiao and others will definitely release water again in order to preserve their strength, this is our vitality."

These words were orderly and reasonable, not only Zhang Xianzhong, but also Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang and others were all ecstatic.

"Mr. Zhong said well, then let's concentrate an army and make every effort to break through from the rear army."

Morale together, Li Dingguo and the others laughed and hugged their fists and said: "We will obey orders!" ”

What made the officers and men of the Great Western Army ecstatic was that when the whole army of the Great Western Army concentrated its forces and retreated, Cao Bianjiao and the others really hurled and fled south all of a sudden, not as desperate as they were in the previous battle.

With the remaining 100,000 troops, Zhang Xianzhong and his entourage finally withdrew from the battlefield without danger.

At this time, the sky had already entered midnight, and the strong wind from the riverside blew the military flag of the Great Western Army whirring, Zhang Xianzhong rode a horse and looked back under the crowd, looking at the head of Wuchang City in the dark.

"Damn Liu Ximing, Lao Tzu can't beat Wuchang City, can't he clean up your family?"

Zhang Xianzhong popped out such a cruel sentence in his mouth, and he looked at Li Dingguo, who was leading the horse on the side, "Dingguo, is Liu Ximing's bastard's hometown in Sichuan?" ”

"That's right", Li Dingguo has a good memory, and then gritted his teeth and said: "It was the militia he led to stop us in Pengzhou back then." ”

"Okay, then let's go back to Changsha, and after the whole army is armed, we will go to Sichuan, and if we don't take revenge, I swear not to be a man!"

No one noticed that Zhong Yuhe's eyes looking at Zhang Xianzhong in the dark were full of dangerous looks.

~~~

On the head of Wuchang City, there were already a mountain of cheers at this time.

With the retreat of Zhang Xianzhong's army, the Battle of Wuchang officially ended.

The tens of thousands of people in Wuchang City seemed to be dreamy, and this battle ended like this?

No siege can be fought for a month, how can it be over in one day?

This Liu Bodhisattva is also too powerful, he didn't force the strong man to defend the city, and there was no riot in the city, what kind of immortal operation is this?

"God, my Ming Dynasty is really a living immortal."

"I told you a long time ago, Liu Ge Lao is the stars in the sky, and he came to save our world."

……

For a time, rumors were everywhere in Wuchang City.

Outside the Wangshan Gate, the ecstatic He Tengjiao and others rushed to the city gate regardless of the manners, and as soon as they saw Liu Ximing walking down the city tower, the Huguang parents turned over and knelt on the ground to worship.

"The old man of the pavilion is mighty, the lower officials are happy and convinced, and the old pavilion is sent in the future, and the lower officials are all obedient!"

"Hahaha, He Zhongcheng is polite, but he is just serving the world", Liu Ximing helped He Tengjiao up with a happy face, and then wiped the corners of his eyes with a bitter face.

"Today's big victory, the whole city should celebrate, but it's a pity that I have tens of thousands of soldiers, although I defeated Zhang Thief, but it is estimated that there is no strength left to fight again, and I don't know if it is a curse or a blessing."

He Tengjiao was dumbfounded all of a sudden, Liu Ximing's words are reasonable, hundreds of thousands of people fighting, even if the official army wins a big victory, it will inevitably lose troops and generals, so it seems that the world will still be chaotic.

"Hey, bitter!"

Li Biao and the others behind Liu Ximing snickered in their hearts when they heard this, this Zhongcheng was afraid that he didn't know that except for the cavalry troops, the casualties of the army under Liu Ximing were not heavy at all!

However, he thinks it is best, and when the time comes, with their testimony to support it, then it will be none of Liu Xi's life for Li Zicheng and the others to continue to do big things.

Sure enough, when He Tengjiao, Kong Deyao and others were appeased, Liu Ximing summoned Cao Bianjiao, Shao Derong and others to ask, this battle killed and injured more than 100,000 people in the Great Western Army, and the damage to the army under Liu Ximing was only more than 7,000 people.

~~~

On the first day of November, Wuchang City.

The front of the Drum Tower in the center of the city was densely packed with people, and on the tower of the Drum Tower, a man dressed in the costume of a yamen scribe held an iron ring and said something loudly.

"Hey, excuse me."

In the crowd, several young men in their twenties kept drilling through the crowd, trying to squeeze to the front of the crowd.

The people who were squeezed turned their heads and glared angrily, but when they saw the jade shirts on these people, their eyes froze, and they hurriedly nodded and smiled and let go.

"Brother Hanhou, Brother Mingjin, this way, this way."

In the front row of the crowd, a long-faced young man dressed as a scholar kept waving at these people, and the group finally met under the deliberate concession of others.

Among the few people who squeezed in from the crowd, the first person had a small black mole on his left cheekbone, and he was the leader of the several people at first glance.

"How is it, what did the government say, is there any news about our meal?"

The gentleman with a mole on his left cheek asked impatiently as soon as he walked to the front row.

The long-faced young man looked bitter, "Don't mention it, I heard it clearly just now, saying that the government is in financial difficulties, and Xiucai's food will be stopped in the future!" ”

"Ahh

At this time, not only the man with a mole on his left cheek was surprised, but several other scholars who followed him were also panicked, and the group hurriedly listened carefully to the man on the drum tower reading the proclamation.