"Whew!" Looking at the battle report just sent, Zhang Shihua took a deep breath, trying to calm his mood, but the more this happened, the more gloomy his face became.

The fake marshal Zhang Mingtong was seriously injured, although he did not lose his life because of his life, but his right eye was blinded by the Wu army, and he was obviously unable to lead the troops to fight.

The more than 100,000 soldiers and horses led by him have not yet reached Wuhu City, and a general was lost in the hands of the Wu army. It is obviously impossible not to be angry about this.

Obviously, he has already reaffirmed his orders, but his generals still made the mistake of being arrogant and careless.

As long as you are cautious about the location of the ambush of the Wu army this time, and let the scouts under your command carefully explore the mountains, forests and hills on both sides, it will be absolutely impossible for the Wu army to have the possibility of an ambush.

However, because of the arrogance of the soldiers and the blind acceleration of the marching speed of the army, thousands of elite cavalry soldiers of Dachu were killed in vain, and thousands of war horses easily became the pockets of the Wu army. In this regard, how could Zhang Shihua not be angry!

People really have the psychology of luck themselves, Zhang Mingtong is a cautious person, if it were an ordinary moment, he would definitely not make such a mistake.

But it was because of the Chu army's successive victories that Chu generals like Zhang Mingtong began to ignore the Wu army.

In this way, this defeat can be regarded as both pros and cons. At least Zhang Shihua can take advantage of this to suppress this atmosphere in the army.

Thinking like this in his heart, Zhang Shihua tapped on the table with his hand, summoned a herald in, and couldn't help but instruct the herald who was kneeling on the ground respectfully: "Passing on my military order, the fake marshal Zhang Mingtong is arrogant and careless, so that he will lose the country and humiliate the division." In terms of crime, it should have been punished severely.

But this time, he remembered that he fought bravely and fought to the death despite heavy losses, so his merits and demerits were offset. Grant his request, remove him from the post of false marshal, and take him back to the rear for recuperation. His post as a false marshal was replaced by Li Wu, the commander of the Ironclad Army.

In addition, the officers and men of the three armies were ordered not to be as careless as this battle in the future when they fought with the Wu army. If there are still generals who are careless and arrogant and humiliate the country, they will be severely punished! ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey!"

The herald received the order when he heard this, and then took over the military order that had just been copied and stamped by Zhang Shihua from the hand of the secretary of the palace.

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Since the fiasco of the Longxiang army spread throughout the Chu army, for the Chu army with high morale, the appearance of this incident is tantamount to a slap in the face. So after receiving the military order in a stern tone, Bai Xi, who was already cautious, couldn't help but become more cautious.

On the seventh day of the seventh month, the Begging Festival. He led 30,000 Chu army sailors to Wuhu, and as an attacking party, he not only did not lead his troops to engage the Wu army's sailors.

On the contrary, people laid a lot of water fences, and they completely put on a defensive posture for the Wu Junshui division stationed in the big dragon's nest.

And his actions inadvertently disrupted Wu Jun's plans.

Because after defeating the land soldiers and horses of the Chu army in the Fushan area, Xu Da's next plan was to take advantage of the victory to pursue, concentrate all his efforts to fight a time difference, and severely damage the vanguard of the Chu army's naval division.

But it didn't come to pass, the vanguard didn't fight him at all.

Although the Chu army's method of avoiding war did greatly boost the morale of the Wu army, but the day after tomorrow, Zhang Shihua set up a camp in the middle of the lake in Fanchang, forty miles away from the Great Dragon Nest, which was abandoned by the Wu army, and then when the army pressed the border, the Wu army's original morale increased and suddenly fell to the bottom.

Coupled with the more than 30,000 vanguard soldiers led by Bai Xi, as far as the eye can see, the Chu army has 140,000 soldiers and horses. The huge battle formation of thousands of large and small warships gave the defenders of Wuhu a feeling that even the weather was overshadowed in front of them.

"Fight, fight, fight!"

More than 100,000 Chu troops raised their troops and roared with the sound of loud war drums, and the breathtaking momentum that it instantly stimulated made Xu Da's face change drastically.

Since defecting to Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Dan has fought in the south and the north, and he has indeed experienced a hundred battles. But over the years, he has only been confined to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and he has never seen such a breathtaking scene.

He led 40,000 soldiers and horses of the water division this time, which can be regarded as gathering most of the elite of the Wu army.

But the more this is the case, the more he has a lack of certainty in his heart.

There are only more than 100,000 elite soldiers in the Wu army, and more than 20,000 elite soldiers in Jiangyin, Changxing and other places, but in order to guard against Zhang Shicheng, not a single soldier can be mobilized. As for the soldiers and horses in Shaoxing, Ningyue, Jiande and other places in the south, they were dragged to death in Huizhou by the Chu army's partial division, and there is no need to count on it in a short time.

Therefore, the soldiers and horses gathered on Taiping Road were the last reliance of the Wu army.

It can be said that the prosperity of western Zhejiang this time depends on this battle. If this battle is won, the current crisis can be easily resolved, and even the Wu army can recover the lost ground and retake Chizhou; If he loses, then no matter what the consequences are, then he Xu Da can only apologize for his crimes.

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Because the army had just arrived, the hundreds of thousands of Chu army sailors did not rush to attack after showing off their might, but returned to the two Huxin Island garrisons in Fanchang.

"Taiping Road is the last line of defense in front of Jinling. In this battle, if our army wins, the army will be able to go down the river and take Jinling directly. Therefore, in order to garrison the important place of Taiping this time, the Wu army must have gathered all the most elite soldiers under his command here.

As for Xu Da, the coach of the Wu army, he was the coach of Taiping Road personally appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang not long ago. Previously, he led 10,000 troops to ambush our army's land division in the Fushan area, which is said to have been done by this person. From this, it can also be seen that his skills and strategies are strategic.

Therefore, if our army wants to win this time, the best way is to use its own strengths and attack the enemy's shortcomings. Our army gathered heavy troops and on the river, and the soldiers, boats, and artillery were all superior to the Wu army. Especially artillery, giving full play to the advantages of our army to attack the enemy with huge ships and heavy artillery, the Wu army will have no choice but to wait for death! ”

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhao Ziyu, who is the right man of Da Chu, pointed to the huge sand table placed on the table, and couldn't help but confidently express his plan in front of everyone.

"Gentlemen, Ziyu's plan, what do you think?"

Zhang Shihua nodded when he heard this, but as a decision-maker, he was used to not expressing his position in public.

However, since Zhang Shihua had already asked a question at this time, the generals in the account looked at each other, and Bai Xi, as the marshal of the Chu army, couldn't help but stand out of the queue.

"Zhao Cheng's method, the minister thought it was feasible. The so-called water war, in the minister's view, is nothing more than a big ship defeating a small ship, and a big cannon defeating a small cannon. Our large ships have a large number of artillery, so we should give full play to this advantage and concentrate more artillery on the big ships in order to defeat the enemy. ”

"Yes." Hearing Bai Xi say the same, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but nod again.

But just when he wanted to agree, he inadvertently saw Ming Yuzhen, another marshal under the tent, and frowned when he heard this.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Shihua's eyes rolled, he couldn't help but look at Ming Yuzhen, and said to him: "Yuzhen previously took Chizhou for me and defeated Kang Maocai, the general of the Wu army, and he is also good at water warfare. So I don't know what do you think about this, Yuzhen? ”

"This ......" was suddenly named by Zhang Shihua, and Ming Yuzhen couldn't help but be stunned.

But then he thought that it must have been Fang Cai's own frowning move, which was seen by Zhang Shihua. Therefore, as long as he stood out of the queue, sorted out his thoughts slightly, and said to Zhang Shihua: "Zhao Cheng and the marshal's method is indeed excellent. But in the minister's mind, this method also has a little flaw.

Just like Zhao Cheng said before, this Taiping Road is the last barrier for the Wu army. So in order to defend this place, the Wu army must have the courage of strong men to break their wrists. Therefore, the minister couldn't help but have a worry, if the Wu army sent many outlaws, carried oil and gunpowder in small boats, and burned my big ship, what should we do? ”

"This, hahaha, okay, Yuzhen is really a thoughtful person."

I have to say that this is indeed something that Zhang Shihua did not expect.

In water warfare, it is true that a big ship is better than a small boat. But if the small boat shows the spirit of the dead, and fills the boat with oil and gunpowder to die with your big ship, then the big ship with limited mobility will not be a target on the river.

Therefore, after sincerely praising the statement of Yuzhen, Zhang Shihua, the supreme decision-maker, couldn't help but order to the generals: "Ziyu and Axi's method of promoting their growth is very reasonable. In the next battle, as Ziyu and Ah Xi said, all the guns in the generals will be placed on large ships such as multi-oared boats and sea falcon warships.

However, each large ship must be assisted by three squid boats to prevent the Wu army from being cornered and destroying our big ship with small boats. ”

"My king is wise, and my ministers obey orders!"

"Well, if this battle is won, the princes and leopards will not be far away, so I hope you will encourage you."

"I will die for my king, a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!!

Hearing that Zhang Shihua finally said such words in person, everyone present couldn't help but become hot in their hearts, kneeling on the ground and chanting one by one, but their faces were full of eagerness.

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On a huge warship, Xu Da looked at the Chu army that was crushing them like a mountain peak, and his fists couldn't help but clench tighter and tighter behind his back.

I thought that I had already faced all this in my heart, but when I saw it with my own eyes, I couldn't help but flash a touch of tension and ups and downs in my heart.

The momentum of the Chu army is so great that the Wu army, which also has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, is like the difference between children and adults compared to the Chu army at this time.

This couldn't help but make Xu Da take a deep breath and give the order to beat the drum and cheer loudly.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ……”

The sound of war drums was beaten louder and louder by a sturdy Wu military drummer, and hearing such a loud and familiar sound of war drums, and then looking at the tens of thousands of Wu military sailors who had already driven away from the water bay dragon nest on the river surface, Xu Da's heart couldn't help but feel a touch of pride.

"Gentlemen, the Chu thieves invaded my territory for no reason and killed my brothers. In today's battle, our army will also take revenge, and in the future, if you commit a thief, you will kill a piece of armor and leave no piece of armor! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ……”

Hearing Xu Da's roar, the sound of shouting and killing gradually sounded among the Wu army.

Slowly waited until later, tens of thousands of Wu troops around him couldn't help but raise their swords and shout. Although such a move at this time is a bit imitating Chu Jun's feeling of yesterday, I have to say that this feeling of unity of mind has indeed greatly increased Wu Jun's courage.

"Oh, stubborn ones!"

Seeing this from a distance, Zhang Shihua looked very disdainful.

"In the past ten months, our army has won successive battles, Chizhou has defeated Kang Maocai, and Huizhou has defeated Fu Youde. The so-called generals and warriors of the Wu army, in front of our army, are like chickens and dogs, and they are simply vulnerable. Xu Da Xiaoer, although he is slightly famous, but he has never even been out of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, sitting in a well and watching the sky, how can he distinguish the real hero!

Ladies and gentlemen, you are willing to go to battle first, sweep away this army for this king, and capture that Xu Da child. ”

"The last will go!"

Deeply feeling the fierceness of his own king's ambition and being inspired by it, Bai Xi, who was already a vanguard marshal, couldn't help but be the first to stand up.

"Hahaha, okay. That being the case, the general led the three armies of Wu'an, Wuyong, and Zhongzhen to fight first, and the king sat here and personally plundered the battle for the general. ”

"Please rest assured, the king will also win for my Dachu this time!"

After holding his fists and making such a promise, Bai Xidang left here in a small boat and went to the front to command and dispatch his troops and horses.

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"Beat the drums, go first, give orders to the three armies, follow me to destroy this Wu thief!"

After a while, Bai Xi came to the warship specially prepared for him, and then raised his troops and ordered, more than 45,000 Chu soldiers, and he couldn't help but take one warship after another, and killed the Wu army not far away.

However, when Wu Jun saw this, the army did not sail to meet him.

After all, in terms of military strength, the current Wu army is only a fraction of the Chu army, and if it is hard to fight with the Chu army, it is simply looking for death.

Therefore, even if Xu Da led the army out of the Shuiwan Great Dragon's Nest to line up, the place where he lined up was also backed by a water village that had been built a long time ago, and the waterway behind him could also allow them to return to the Great Dragon's Nest immediately. Therefore, after killing the Chu army, Xu Dadang even let people put up a full-strength defensive battle, ready to defend instead of attacking.

"Hmph, it's really a defensive attack, but I want a thief, but I don't know that this time I have already fallen into our army's calculations."

Seeing Wu Jun putting on such a battle, Bai Xi's face couldn't help but show a smile.

Now that the giant cannon is in hand, what Bai Xi is not afraid of is what the Wu army will put up to defend instead of attacking.

When the tens of thousands of Chu troops sailed to a range of two miles away from the Wu army under the sound of loud war drums, the huge ships and big ships that were assisted in the battle by the fish boats turned their direction, and then aimed the side of the ships at the Wu army nearly two miles away.

(To be continued.............................. ）