On the north bank of the river, more than 40,000 left troops who took the lead in crossing the river had just prepared to form a team and marched towards Hanchuan, when the news of the retreat suddenly came from the south bank, which made the left army forward a little confused.

The left army claims to be 500,000, but there are only about 30,000 elite soldiers, barely enough to use the men and horses, and the total is probably less than 100,000, and the rest is just a personal field for the left marshal.

News came from the south bank that Gao Jingzhong had defeated the Qing soldiers in southern Henan, captured the national thief Kong Youde, and captured Nanjing.

This was completely contrary to the news that the Zuo Army had received before, and the people of Zuo Town immediately realized that Zhang Yingxiang was most likely captured, and Gao Jingzhong was very likely to have arrived in Huguang and waited for him.

The forward general of the left army is called Xu Yuxian, and when he suddenly got such news, he was shocked into a cold sweat behind his back.

Xu Yuxian was speechless for a while, and only after half a ring did he suddenly realize, "Donkey Day, Lao Tzu said how to send the people to Hanchuan to contact, why there is no news!" It turns out that we have all fallen for the scheme. ”

"Chief soldier, what now?" The adjutant general Chang Deng sweated on his forehead and looked stunned.

"Now the 40,000 army is densely scattered on the river beach, and all kinds of baggage materials and military rations are piled up. The soldiers were all preparing to make a fortune in Jingxiang, and suddenly said that Gao Jingzhong had arrived in Huguang, and he would definitely be in chaos immediately. Xu Yuxian was shocked into sweat on a cold day, his face was gloomy, and he half said that his heart was crossed, "Don't leak the news, let the brothers withdraw!" After Chang Deng, you and the people stayed, I suspect that Wei Wujun has already set his sights on us. ”

Chang Deng's face changed, obviously he didn't want to take on such an errand, and was about to state it, but Xu Yuxian's eyes widened, "Don't say more, this is a military order, so it's decided!" ”

The advance of the 40,000 left army, which had just crossed the river, was suddenly asked to retreat, and the army was immediately somewhat confused.

The veteran of the Left Army, who crossed the river first, can be said to be very sensitive to the sense of smell on the battlefield, and has been fighting with the Zuo Marshal for many years, but he has not learned anything else, and he has learned a lot of the ability to escape.

In the morning, they also said that they would collect Jingxiang, but now they suddenly want to retreat, and the veterans of the left army don't need to think much about it, they know that a major change has occurred.

Under normal circumstances, Zuo Dashuai wants to evacuate, no matter what the reason is, the last word is "run"!

On the river beach, the dense left sergeant soldiers were a little overwhelmed by the order.

Most of the soldiers stood by the cold wind with their necks hunched and weapons in their arms, waiting for the ferry to pick them up.

Several teams of experienced veterans suddenly rushed to the side of the ship, drove the new pawns who were about to board the ship to the side, and rushed to board the ship one by one.

This made many left soldiers suddenly realize something, and the atmosphere of panic began to spread along the riverside.

At this moment, there was a roar of hooves, and suddenly a sharp and loud horn sounded rapidly.

The left troops scattered on the river beach raised their heads and looked around, all of them were amazed at who was blowing the horn.

Suddenly, there was a "boom, boom" cannon sound in the distance, followed by several screams in the air, and more than a dozen black projectiles pierced the sky, flew over the head of the left army, and shot towards the river beach, instantly splashing clumps of mud flowers.

The cannonballs smashed on the river beach, smashing a deep pit, and the earth and sand and gravel were splashed into the sky, and the surrounding soldiers were hit by the rubble and fell to pieces, and the left army, which was beaten to the head and bleeding, rolled and wailed, and the terrible screams rose to the sky.

"Don't panic! Prepare for the enemy! Zuo General Chang Deng's eyes bulged, his face was horrified, and he hurriedly shouted.

Thousands of left troops hurriedly lined up, and at this moment, thousands of horse troops in the distance had already appeared in the field of vision of the left army.

Xu Heihu put the black horse under his crotch, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, held the iconic long-handled plate axe in one hand, and held the horse's reins in the other, shaking and urging the horse to gallop, like a gust of black wind blowing.

He didn't shout loudly, but just stared at the left army on the river beach with a pair of eyes, and the three thousand horse army galloped forward, followed closely behind, and the war horses were galloping, gradually unfolding the attack formation.

The left army on the river beach was suddenly shelled, and when the Ma army attacked suddenly, a great chaos was formed in an instant.

Part of the left army lay on the ground, hiding from the shelling, and part of it rushed to the river, waiting to get on the boat. The left-hand soldiers were crowded, and many people were squeezed directly into the icy river, and some small boats capsized directly in the river because they were full of people.

Of course, there were also some left troops, armed with spears and birds, and after hearing the shouts of the generals, they flocked to the periphery of the river beach, spears stabbed obliquely, and built a defensive line.

The speed of the horse army was fast, less than five hundred steps away from the river beach in the blink of an eye, Xu Heihu slowed down the horse, raised the long axe, and the horse army holding the three-eyed gun behind him raised the speed of the horse and rushed out.

The horse army holding the three-eyed gun was lined up in six rows, each row of 100 horse soldiers marched in unison, and the distance between the platoons was about 30 steps.

The left sergeants who were in a hurry to line up, in the face of the impact of the horse army, couldn't help but dry their mouths, the spearmen in front of them stabbed the head of the spear obliquely with trembling hands and feet, and the fire gunners in the back frequently "bang-bang" frequently went off the fire.

In the left army's front, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the Ma army had not yet approached fifty paces, and most of the gunners had already shot out the guns.

"Don't panic, get close and shoot again!" Chang Dengjian roared loudly.

With a "bang" sound, a gunner next to him suddenly rolled with his head in his hands, blood flowed out from between his fingers, and he howled miserably, and it was actually a fire gun that exploded.

At this time, the first row of tiger horse troops, under the fire of the left army's guns and bows and arrows, planted a number of horses, and the remaining horse army, already with the smoke of the three-eyed guns, rushed to within thirty paces of the left army's line.

"Bang bang bang" A series of gunshots, the galloping cavalry pulled out the reins in front of the spear array, the fire guns spewed out flames, and the projectiles shot out quickly, instantly hitting the left army holding guns in front of them with blood splashes, rising up clouds of blood mist.

There was a neighing of horses, and the first row of horses in front of the gun array, knocked out the guns, and then quickly turned the horses' heads. At the moment when the horse army was about to collide with the gun array, it split to the left and right, with fifty horsemen on each side, and spread out to the two wings in a roundabout way.

Most of the pikemen in the first platoon of the left army were killed in an instant, and at this moment, the second platoon of horse troops had already rushed to the front and did the same.

They rushed to within thirty paces, struck out their muskets, and before they collided with the guns of the left army, they pulled out their horses and spread out on both sides, retreated into the distance, dismounted and reloaded.

In an instant, before the left army could react, it was bombarded by six waves of cavalry. They were in one place, and under six successive bombardments, a gap had already appeared in the left front.

After the impact of the six waves of firearm cavalry, Xu Heihu raised his axe, accelerated his speed, and led thousands of horsemen with spears to kill out of the smoke of gunpowder at the moment when the last wave of firearm cavalry spread out to both wings.

There was a burst of people howling and neighing, and the messy array of guns of the left army was instantly chiseled through by the heavy cavalry of men and horses.

Thousands of horsemen poured into the left army like a torrent, slaughtering the left army with fire guns and bows and arrows, and the left army was in chaos.

A cold wind blew, and the left general Chang Deng shivered, before he was ready, the front had already been chiseled through by the Ma army, "This~This~ How can this be fought!" ”

On the riverside, who led the cavalry on the river beach, rampage, the frightened left sergeant soldiers, scrambling to grab the boats.

Suddenly, a group of armored soldiers like wolves and tigers slashed with their knives and stabbed with spears, killing a way.

"Don't rob it, let the general soldier go first!" The leader grabbed a ship, and when he saw that the soldiers around him were eager to try, he immediately roared loudly.

At this time, I saw Xu Yuxian, the chief military officer, surrounded by people, and trotted towards the boat in a hurry.

He was about to get on the boat, when suddenly there was a roar, and an iron bullet fell into the water, just breaking through the side of the ship, and the broken wood splashed~

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