Although many generals of the Tang New Army have experienced many victories over the Ming army, they are already much more confident in the face of the Ming army, especially the dozens of officers from the early Guards, who do not take the Ming army seriously, thinking that as long as their own musketeers are dispatched, the Ming army will scatter in a hurry.

But self-confidence is self-confidence, even if they think that their own army is much stronger than the Ming army, but when the difference in strength reaches more than ten times, they still don't have the brains to think that they can still win the battle.

If you want to defeat this group of more than 2,000 Ming troops who came prepared, let alone relying on more than 200 people in the 1st Mixed Battalion under Fang Xitong, even if you add the two teams led by Hao Bonian now, a total of more than 400 people is estimated to be enough.

Because the Ming army was not more than just a man, they still carried a large number of bowl cannons and huge shields and shield carts specially designed to resist muskets.

Among the more than 400 people under Hao Bainian's command now, there is no corresponding artillery, and there are no grenadiers.

He wanted to wait for reinforcements to arrive before launching an attack, so that he could have a better chance of victory, anyway, the Ming army had already successfully crossed the river, and it was unlikely that the Ming army would be intercepted on the beachhead in a hurry, so it was better to let it go.

As for how many reinforcements His Majesty will send, Hao Bonian doesn't know, he doesn't expect the artillery of the artillery team, so many hundreds of pounds of big guys can't move quickly at all, and when these cannons come to the No. 2 ferry, it is estimated that they will all get tomorrow afternoon, when the cucumbers and vegetables are cold.

Cannons he doesn't count on, he counts on grenadiers!

Or more precisely, a grenade in the hands of a grenadier!

As long as there are so many hundreds of grenades, throw them out when the two sides are close to twenty or thirty meters, ensure that the Ming army suffers heavy casualties, and then charge after the salvo of the musket team, even if the number of the Ming army is several times that of their own, even if there are many bowl guns?

In this battle, he was confident, but before reinforcements arrived, he also knew that he had to exercise restraint!

After sending the herald back to the Lanjiang crossing, he continued to lead his troops towards the No. 2 crossing, and after half an hour, about half past five in the morning, he finally successfully joined Fang Xitong's first mixed battalion.

From this there were about 400 people, and the troops were barely complete, including scouts, swords and shields, archers, musketeers, heavy spearmen, and light spearmen.

However, most of the more than 400 people were musketeers and spearmen, and the remaining scouts were less than ten horsemen, and the sword and shield bearers and archers were only about twenty each.

After the successful convergence, Fang Xitong was also relieved, although Hao Bonian's arrival would make him live under others, but this was nothing, thinking that he was originally the platoon commander under Hao Bonian.

At the same time, the arrival of Hao Bonian does not need him to bear such a huge pressure.

On the opposite side is the main force of more than 2,000 Ming troops, and it is the main force of the well-prepared Ming army, which is not so easy to fight.

After Hao Bonian completely took over the 1st Mixed Battalion, he did not attack, but always kept a distance of about 2,000 meters from the Ming army opposite.

After the landing, those Ming troops did not advance to the Lanjiang ferry in the north as soon as possible, nor did they want to advance infar into the interior of Zhengtai County, but stationed near the ferry to rest.

What do these Ming troops want to do?

Is it just to contain themselves, so as to create opportunities for the Ming army on the other side of the Lanjiang ferry?

It shouldn't be, the main forces of the Ming army have come here, even if the Ming army at the Lanjiang ferry is more numerous, but how strong the combat effectiveness of the Qingzhuang and the guards can be, even if five or six thousand people cross the river to attack the Lanjiang ferry, it is estimated that they will not be able to break through the beachhead defense.

So what were these Ming troops doing for hours? Could it be that there is a conspiracy behind this?

Hao Bonian didn't know that the Ming army did not have any conspiracy, but an upright conspiracy, and they relied on a large number of troops to attack in many places to disperse the Tang army's forces.

In addition, there is a very important reason that the Ming army is also busy all night, in the first half of the night from a long way to carry boats and rafts and other means of crossing the river, it is very tiring, and in the second half of the night to cross the river, and must always maintain a high degree of vigilance to prevent the puppet Tang thief army from directly killing the past.

This night has passed, and these Ming soldiers can't hold on even if they are the main force!

Now that they have successfully crossed the river, the follow-up war is naturally a daytime thing, and they can't really play such a thing as a night attack, and they are not funny, so they naturally know that the risk of a night attack is too great.

Secretly crossing the river at night and sneaking into a battle at night are completely different concepts.

Therefore, after they crossed the river, they didn't care about the puppet Tang thief army a few miles away, and rested directly on the spot, otherwise, they would not have the energy to fight tomorrow.

The Ming army did not move, Hao Bonian was a little puzzled, and he could only continue to monitor these Ming troops from miles away, and at the same time, he also asked the troops who had been running all night to seize the time to rest for a few hours.

For a while, the No. 2 ferry was quiet but extremely weird, far less vigorous than the previous No. 3 ferry.

Not to mention the battle between the No. 3 ferry and the No. 3 ferry, let's talk about Li Xuan's side, by the time he learned the latest news that Hao Bonian and Li Chunjing had reported back, it was already about to dawn.

The sky was now slightly white, and it was estimated that it would be completely dawn in another quarter of an hour, and although it was still very dark, I could already vaguely see the situation on the other side of the river.

The Ming army on the other side of the river had already begun to assemble, and the river near the river beach was already full of all kinds of boats, rafts, and bamboo rafts for crossing the river, but if we estimate these boats, we will find that these boats can carry at most five or six thousand people to cross the river.

At the same time, news also came from the No. 3 ferry, saying that although the Ming army crossing the river had 1,000 people, its combat strength was average, and it should be an ordinary guard, and it was not found that there were Ming troops crossing the river in the future.

This is enough for Li Xuan to make a judgment, it is obvious that the original 10,000 people at the Lanjiang ferry have been divided into three, not to mention how they concealed how they completed this large-scale military transfer by the scouts of the Tang New Army on the other side of the river.

But it is already certain that the main force of the Ming army appeared at the No. 2 ferry!

After learning of this situation, Li Xuan naturally would not be indifferent, and after silently calculating in his heart, he quickly ordered: "Order, let the First Infantry Battalion and the First Grenadier divide into three platoons to immediately reinforce Hao Bonian, and the First Infantry Battalion will still be under Hao Bonian's command after arrival." Then give Hao Bonian an order, let him seek a decisive battle with the enemy crossing the river in the Pseudo-Ming Dynasty in the shortest possible time after dawn and defeat it, and immediately return to the Lanjiang ferry after defeating the enemy! ”

After speaking, he was silent for a while, and then showed a hint of perseverance and continued: "Order, let Li Chunjing immediately return to the Lanjiang ferry to help!" ”

At this time, Zeng Ziwen on the side showed doubts and said: "Your Majesty, although there are many enemy troops on the second ferry side, but the Lanjiang ferry side is more dangerous, if the first infantry battalion is also sent out, I'm afraid!" ”

Li Xuan took a deep breath at this time and said: "I personally sit at the Lanjiang ferry, as long as I hold this beachhead for an hour, Li Chunjing will be able to come back, as long as I hold for two more hours, Hao Bonian's side should also be able to end the battle!" ”

Hearing this, many generals in the rear were stunned at first, but soon fell silent one by one, and then couldn't help but turn their eyes to the south, which was the upper reaches of the Lanjiang River, the direction where the No. 2 ferry was located.

The reason why everyone was silent was because they all thought of the meaning that Li Xuan's words didn't say!

After the battle on Hao Bonian's side, either Hao Bonian returns from victory, and then his side wins a complete victory in this battle, and the army of 10,000 people of the puppet Ming thief army will be completely annihilated on both sides of the Lanjiang River.

But if Hao Bonian's side is defeated, or if he is unable to return to the Lanjiang ferry after a long time of invincibility, then things will be in trouble.

If Hao Bonian is defeated, then what else is there to say, the first mixed battalion, the first infantry battalion, half of the fourth infantry battalion, and half of the grenadier team commanded by Hao Bonian are all the elite main forces of the Datang New Army.

At that time, there is no need for the main force of the Ming army from the No. 2 ferry to attack northward, and the Ming army on the front side of the Lanjiang River will not be able to stop them for too long, and the possibility of the whole army being annihilated at that time is not 100%, but there are still nine out of nine.

When they are silent, some people also want to propose other solutions, but there is no better way to think about it.

There is no way, the Ming army is more than their own troops, they have tens of thousands, and their own side is only 3,800 people, the real combat strength is only about 3,500, and the main force with large-scale combat experience is only more than 1,000 people.

The difference in strength between the two sides is too great!

The Ming army had a large number of troops, so they could cross the river from three ferries at the same time, and the new army of the Tang Dynasty was exhausted.

And if according to the strength of the Ming army, if you also divide your own troops to resist, then the danger is still too great, in this case, it is better to transfer the elite main force to the No. 2 ferry, so that Hao Bonian has the capital to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army crossing the river, and even defeat the Ming army crossing the river.

As long as the main force of more than 2,000 Ming troops who crossed the river from the No. 2 ferry port was defeated, to put it mildly, the rest of the Ming army would not have to worry, and the battle at that time would only be a step-by-step victory.

But all this is based on the fact that Hao Bonian was able to lead the army to defeat the main force of more than 2,000 Ming troops who crossed the river from the No. 2 ferry!

Hao Bonian wins, the Tang Dynasty will be able to annihilate the enemy 10,000 people to occupy Xingquan Mansion, thus ushering in a new height of development!

Hao Bo was defeated, and the Tang Dynasty and everyone present will never recover!