Liu Ximing was very happy in his heart, Huguang was in turmoil, there were not many officials in the first place, and now if he makes such a move, it will be more convenient to control Huguang by himself in the future.

Immediately, he also pretended to be angry and waved his hand, "Yes, yes, you have to go, hurry up, don't let this pavilion see you again." ”

"Xie Ge Lao Grace", a group of timid officials looked at each other one and smiled and patted their buttocks before leaving.

"Pavilion Elder", He Tengjiao was a little anxious when he boarded, "Without the officials, who will defend the city by the traitors?" ”

"The defense has its own soldiers to worry about, what is the matter with the civil officials? Just wait for you to sit down in the yamen. ”

Liu Ximing had long been interested in taking back the power of civilian officials to intervene in the army, and now he took this opportunity to settle the matter immediately.

"But ......", He Tengjiao had a few words to defend, but when he saw Liu Ximing's impatient look, he immediately had to hang his head gloomily and return to the city with a few officials.

"Everyone, let's prepare for the future, and when the Liukou enters the city, we will meet in Huangquan."

"Woo woo", the remaining officials all wiped away tears.

"Inspector, how should Governor He and the others deal with it?"

As soon as He Tengjiao and the others got downstairs, Shao Derong leaned into Liu Ximing's ear and asked.

Liu Ximing thought for a while, "Although He Tengjiao is not a person from the same road as us, this person is also quite famous in the court, and he still has some integrity, so it will be useful to leave him, and send someone to protect him from chaos in the city." ”

"Whoa"

After Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses arrived, there would definitely be chaos in Wuchang City, so Liu Ximing arranged for 3,000 people to patrol the streets in the city early in order to maintain order.

It is also miserable to say, Wuchang City originally had more than 400,000 people, but after the last city was broken, those who were killed were killed, and those who fled escaped, and now there are only more than 60,000 people left in the city.

The distance of more than 20 miles is not far for Zhang Xianzhong's army down the river, and after more than an hour's effort, the sails on the river can already be clearly seen at the head of Wuchang City.

"King, the officers and soldiers have been cruising on the shore, and we can't get ashore, how can this be good?"

Zhang Xianzhong and others, who were originally full of confidence, were dumbfounded when they arrived at Wuchang City, and tens of thousands of cavalry of Cao Bianjiao and others followed all the way, completely not giving Liukou a chance to land, which made a group of generals of the Great Western Army a little numb.

Zhang Xianzhong's neck stiffened, "I remember that there is a water gate in Wenchang Gate in the southwest of Wuchang City, if you can't wait for the shore, then we will break the city directly from the water gate, hopefully, you go to the lead first." ”

Sun Kewang glanced at Wuchang City, which was still a little dilapidated, and immediately responded with a laugh.

Half an hour later, more than 100 ships from the fleet of the Great Western Army came straight to the water gate in the southwest of Wuchang City.

At the head of Wuchang City, Zheng Jingcai once again personally led people to inspect the artillery arranged at the head of the city.

A total of 110 artillery pieces were arranged densely on the west gate, and the muzzles of the black hole pointed directly at the river.

The fleet of the Great Western Army, which rowed from the river to the water gate, did not know that the nightmare was coming, and at this time, they still took off their shirts one by one and stood on the bow of the ship and roared bravely.

Seeing that the fleet of the Great Western Army had gradually sailed past the marking line on the riverbank, Zheng Jingcai shouted, "The whole army shoots!" ”

"Wow"

Hundreds of soldiers of the artillery brigade holding torches stepped forward with an arrow when they heard this, and directly put the torches on the tail lead of the gun.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"

On the head of Wuchang City, bursts of white smoke suddenly rose into the sky, enveloping the entire city.

The river under the city gate suddenly became lively, and there were constantly flowering bombs exploding in mid-air, forming a metal storm that splashed the wooden boats of the Great Western Army with sawdust in all directions.

There were even more solid shells that were used, hitting the bow of the ship directly from the bow to the stern, provoking even more panicked exclamations.

"Rush, rush!"

At the rear of the fleet, Sun Kewang's eyes were about to crack, who would have thought that there would be such a powerful firepower at the head of Wuchang City, and the Great Western Army was simply sending targets to the official army.

The river was originally only so wide, and nearly a hundred sailing ships were densely packed together, which was not a target for the artillery of the officers and soldiers.

The distance of four miles is like hell on earth, and it has become a zone where the soldiers of the Great Western Army cannot rush through.

"Ahh

From time to time, the officers and men of the Great Western Army who were hit by flowering bullets fell into the river, and dozens of wooden boats were tragically attacked by incendiary bombs.

It only took half an hour's effort, and the turbulent river left behind a number of dilapidated sailboats, telling the fate of the officers and men of the Great Western Army.

The more than 7,000 troops led by Sun Kewang were directly annihilated under the city of Wuchang.

In the main force of the Great Western Army, Zhang Xianzhong and others watched the fireworks display on the top of the city in a daze, and when Sun Kewang ran back soaked and covered in black smoke, all the generals of the Great Western Army, including Zhang Xianzhong, were chilled.

"Damn, when did the officers and soldiers become so strong."

On the boat, Zhang Xianzhong scolded angrily, and after a while, he said to himself in disbelief:

"This Liu Xi's life is not my old Zhang's nemesis, Sichuan has suffered from his way, Fengyang has suffered from his way, and he will be stopped by him when he fucks Huguang today."

"King, the firepower of the officers and soldiers is so fierce, what should we do?"

Zhang Xianzhong turned his eyes sideways, "I'm afraid of a ball, Lao Tzu wants to see if there are more artillery in the official army or more people in me." ”

"Look, the king, the officers and troops on the shore have withdrawn!"

A cry of surprise came from the fleet, Zhang Xianzhong and the others looked intently at the shore, only to see that the officers and cavalry who had been staring at the fleet were retreating towards the north bank in an orderly manner at this moment, vacating a large area of tidal flats by the river.

"Hahaha, Dog Guanjun, Lao Tzu sees that you are looking for death", Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed when he saw this, and he was about to order the army to land.

Li Dingguo hurriedly stopped: "The king can't, the official army suddenly retreated, presumably it was to attack halfway, we just suffered a big loss under the city, but we can't be attacked again, otherwise the army will be chaotic." ”

"Yes, please think twice."

Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi also echoed Li Dingguo's persuasion.

Zhang Xianzhong's eyes rolled, "Where did you come from so many bird strategies, so let's send people up little by little, if the official army wants to sneak attack, then we can only defeat a small number of people, if the official army does not come, we just stand firm." ”

"King, otherwise, let's wait, as long as our follow-up army catches up, it's not too late to land again."

Li Dingguo and others persuaded hard, and with Sun Kewang's tragic situation in front of him, Zhang Xianzhong finally reluctantly agreed to stop and wait for follow-up reinforcements.

That night, the entire fleet of the Great Western Army was directly anchored on the surface of the Yangtze River, blocking the entire river.

Just after the ugly hour of the night, a team of thousands of people came out of the woods on the south bank of the Yangtze River, but it was not the officers and soldiers in Wuchang City.

Taking advantage of the fact that the follow-up troops of the Great Western Army had not yet arrived, the cavalry troops of Cao Bianjiao and others directly covered the battlefield.

In the dark shadows, from time to time, a touch of metallic luster with blue light flashed.

“10,9,8…… 3, 2, 1, fire! ”

In the woods on the south bank, Zheng Jingcai tried to see the pocket watch in his hand by the moonlight, and when the hands had just reached two o'clock in the morning, a loud cry suddenly came out of his mouth.

"Huh~~"

A sharp whistle sounded on the shore in an instant, and the officers and artillery in the woods once again showed their fangs in front of the officers and men of the Great Western Army.

"Boom", "Boom"

In the dark night, orange-red flames erupted from the muzzles of nearly 100 artillery pieces, constantly spraying all kinds of shells at the Great Western Army fleet on the river.

"Boom"

A white phosphorus incendiary bomb suddenly exploded in the center of the river, and a bright light instantly illuminated the entire river surface.

This was accompanied by constant shouts of panic from the fleet of the Great Western Army.

"Enemy attack!"

Zhang Xianzhong and others did not expect that Liu Ximing would dare to lead troops out of the city when the troops were insufficient, which was too different from the official army in their impression.

It was such a small negligence that made Zhang Xianzhong, who was picked up by his own soldiers in the middle of the night and ran away, want to cry without tears.

On the river, the fleet of the Great Western Army was already in chaos at this time.

The ships docked at the front of the fleet desperately rowed towards the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, while the rear team turned around and tried to withdraw from the area covered by artillery fire.

On the riverbank, Zheng Jingcai and Cao Bianjiao laughed at Jiang Xin's chaos.

According to this situation, it is estimated that Zhang Xianzhong's 100,000 naval army will not be able to defeat without losing 20,000 or 30,000.

It was not until the fleet of the Great Western Army scattered that Zheng Jingcai quietly retreated to Wuchang City under the cover of Cao Bianjiao's cavalry.