Tiance Army's daily training has five kilometers of cross-country, plus good food, the physical fitness is really not comparable to the rogues.

So they quickly caught up with the stream after another, scattering and disrupting them.

There was the ignorant leader of the rogue who also organized several small groups of resistance, because the rogue plastic surgery was too large, and they could not see the situation ahead. As a result, the resistance failed and they fled.

The Tiance army marched all the way to the south, but all the rogues who stood in the way were mercilessly crushed, and the rogues whose wings were within range would be cared for by countless bullets.

The gangsters fled for their lives, still suffering from casualties. The Tiance army passed by Shucheng, followed by the fleeing rogues rushed into the city, and the dense gunfire sounded in the city, and the rogues were so angry that they didn't have time to pack up the looted belongings, so they hurriedly took the road and fled.

Shucheng was also unlucky, he had just sent away Zuo Liangyu, who had just snatched money and women, and came a more ruthless rogue, and the rogues had not been harmed for a few days, and the officers and soldiers had killed them again. It's really a raging war, and there is almost no peace of mind.

The Tiance army packed up the gold, silver, grain, cattle and sheep left behind by the rogues and took them away, and passed through the city.

According to Wang Yue's order, Wang Hongwu left two security legions to capture the fleeing rogue, and then continued to the south with the main force.

In this crackdown on bandits, the population is also a trophy, so arresting displaced people is also one of the main tasks of this crackdown on bandits.

In the early morning of 2 July, the naval fleet of the Tiance Army, which was heading up the river, arrived at Changfengsha Harbor in the east of Anqing City.

The engineer battalion that came with the army began to set up temporary docks to facilitate the docking of supply ships.

Changfengsha Port is located about three kilometers east of Anqing City, where the Yangtze River bends at an almost right angle, and the water flow slows, so it is very suitable as a port.

Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been a place for ships to dock, so towns have gradually sprung up on the shore, and there is also a patrol department here in the Ming Dynasty. Because of the passage of the Liukou, this Changfeng Town has been dilapidated and decadent.

The arrival of the naval fleet startled away the large and small ships docked nearby.

Wang Yue sent a platoon and three armored vehicles to escort Wu Zhi to the city to contact the governor Shi Kefa.

Since ancient times, Anqing has the title of "the throat of the Yangtze River, the first state of Wu and Chu to seal Xinjiang", and it was a battleground for soldiers in ancient times. It is the first gateway to the west of Nanjing, and if Anqing is lost, Nanjing will lose its barrier, and Jiangnan will not be protected.

The battle of Anqing, where Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang decided the ownership of the world, took place here. The most tragic battle of Anqing in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also took place here, and the defeat of the Battle of Anqing was a turning point in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's transition from offensive to defensive.

In modern times, due to the development of military science and technology, the importance of Anqing has gradually decreased, and even lost the status of the provincial capital.

Wu Zhi went to Anqing and came back soon.

"Lord Wang, Lord Shi Kefa led his troops to rescue Taihu Lake yesterday."

Wang Yue frowned and asked, "How many troops did Master Shi bring with him?" Hasn't he always stuck to Anqing, why did he suddenly go out of the city to meet the enemy? ”

Wu Zhi sighed and said: "It is Premier Wang Jiazhen who has repeatedly urged that we must repel the Liukou as soon as possible and relieve the siege of Taihu Lake." Master Shi went with 5,000 officers and soldiers and 2,000 villagers. ”

Wang Yue immediately called Feng Yuanshan and ordered: "Immediately discharge the reconnaissance, investigate in the direction of Taihu Lake, and report the situation immediately." ”

"Yes!" Feng Yuanshan Road.

When I first arrived, I didn't know enough about the situation in Anqing, so I had to investigate in advance.

The Ming army around Anqing included Mou Wenshou, the chief soldier of Fengsi, Liu Liangzuo, the chief soldier of Linhuai, Ma Yi, the chief soldier of Gansu, Huang Degong, the deputy chief of the Yongwei Battalion of Nanzhili, the deputy general of Yunnan Long Zaitian, the deputy general of Xuzhou Ma Huoguang and the Nanjing Beijing camp. The rogues are also divided into more than a dozen large and small strands.

At this time, in Fengjiadian, Taihu Lake, Zhang Xianzhong led the Chaotian Star Hui Dengxiang, Liu Guoneng, and Zhang Tianlin, the Heavenly Star, and other rogues had been fighting with the officers and soldiers here for several days, and the two sides had won and lost each other, and they were at a stalemate for a while.

A few days ago, Huang Degong's subordinate general Zhang Yilong defeated the Liukou at Zanjiagang and captured his leader, Shao Tiandong and others. Sun Yingyuan, the deputy general of the Gansu General Army, was defeated again in Wusha Mountain, and more than 5,000 ranks. After the eunuch Liu Bin led the Nanjing Jingying soldiers to fight with the Liukou for a whole day, he chased and killed more than 70 li in one breath (this eunuch also did something serious, a fierce man), and beheaded 542 people.

But if you kill a thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred.

Mou Wenshou, the chief military officer of Fengsi, was besieged by Liukou in Susong, and more than 3,000 Ming troops including Zhang Quanbin, Wang Dingyuan, and Yu Wenkui, the commander-in-chief, were killed.

Guerrilla Wang You, the strength can carry the tripod, there are many thieves, after being surrounded, he was captured by the rogues, and the thieves ate his flesh and died.

Ma Yi, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong, and the Jingying and Liukou fought fiercely in the past few days, and they also suffered many losses, with more than 20 officers below the guerrilla level killed and more than 4,000 Ming troops killed in the battle.

After a few days of scuffle, the main forces of the two sides finally met in Fengjiadian, Taihu Lake, the Ming army is a military under the command of each town, with more than 50,000 troops, well-equipped, and many firearms.

The Liukou are 380,000 people led by Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong's old camp has 20,000 soldiers, and the other Liukou have 10,000 to 3,000 soldiers.

"Daddy, it's not okay to be deadlocked like this. Our advantage is mobile warfare, and it is not advisable to confront the officers and men here for a long time, otherwise the officers and men will continue to receive reinforcements, which will be unfavorable to us. The righteous son Li Dingguo said.

has been fighting here for a few days, of course Zhang Xianzhong knows that don't look at his many people, in fact, many people are also a disadvantage. The large number of hungry soldiers not only affects the speed of the march, but also cannot defeat the battle, otherwise it will be a thousand miles away.

That's why he and the officers and soldiers spent it here, because once they retreated, it would affect the morale of the army. If the officers and soldiers are stubbornly entangled, they will collapse if they are not careful.

"What then? Now we can't easily go! Zhang Xianzhong shook his head and said.

Li Dingguo said: "The child has a plan, or he can solve the situation!" ”

"Oh?" Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed and asked, "What's the plan?" ”

Li Dingguo said confidently: "Where the officers and troops are stronger than our army is nothing more than the fact that they have been trained for a long time, the formation is more solemn, and the armament is sufficient. Its greatest reliance is on the artillery of the gun, and if it were not for the artillery, our army would have defeated it long ago. ”

Liukou were more amateurs than officers and soldiers, and they had no time to train soldiers, because there was no artillery to fight on the move.

Li Dingguo continued: "The child has been observing the flaws of the officers and soldiers in the past few days, and found that the firearms and gunpowder of the officers and soldiers are very scattered, and the guards are not tight. If we send an army to set it on fire, we will not only be able to destroy the firearms of the officers and soldiers, but will also be able to cause great chaos. ”

Zhang Xianzhong nodded again and again when he heard this, and laughed: "This plan is very good!" ”