"Unexpectedly, it was Liu Erhu who personally led the troops......"

The fleet of the Chu army gradually approached, and the largest ship in front of it was impressively waving a two-zhang high banner with a huge "Liu" character written on it, waving in the wind.

It stands to reason that a general like Liu Tichun will not be in danger easily, in case of an accident, it will not only be a heavy blow to the morale of the whole army, but also cause the command system of the Chu army to fail instantly, but Liu Tichun came to attack in person, as if he was completely sure that he could successfully land and win this battle.

"How many soldiers did he bring?"

Closer, the fleet of the Chu army seems to be larger, Liu Wenxiu took a closer look, each ship was on the verge of overloading, the draft was very deep, the bow and stern were densely packed with soldiers, if the cabin was also full of Chu soldiers, the strength would definitely be more than two thousand, and it was likely that there would be three thousand people up and down, Liu Wenxiu finally began to reflect on the initial judgment at this time, could it be that the Chu army actually had more than 20,000 soldiers?

More than 20,000, so how much?

Twenty-five thousand? Thirty thousand? Or even more?

Liu Wenxiu forcibly pressed this ridiculous thought, and didn't dare to think about it anymore.

If the Chu army launched a counterattack on Changsha, it would be reasonable to say that there were 30,000 soldiers in the 50,000 army, but the Western Expeditionary Army bypassed the 90,000 mountains at the junction of Guangxi, Hunan and Guizhou, and all the way were inaccessible barren mountains and mountains.

"Maybe this is just Liu Tichun's trick, he used auxiliaries as soldiers to meet the urgent needs of the moment."

Liu Wenxiu thought of another, more reasonable explanation.

When the two armies are fighting, they will also let the auxiliaries participate in the battle under some specific conditions, such as using a large number of auxiliaries on the city wall when defending the city, no matter how many casualties there are, the effect is similar to that of the soldiers, and the auxiliaries will be used to clear the peripheral obstacles, fill in the trenches, and minimize the losses of the soldiers.

Then there's nothing to be afraid of.

In the field, the combat effectiveness of the auxiliaries can not be compared with the soldiers at all, even if they take up arms, but because of the lack of training and armor, and the lack of basic will to fight, hundreds of auxiliaries are killed by a few soldiers It is normal for them to be killed.

"Liu Erhu, Liu Erhu (Liu Tichun's nickname Erhu), you and I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, I don't know how much of your ability is left, or it's not the flying tiger general back then!"

Seeing that the fleet of the Chu army had docked, the soldiers at the bow and stern jumped off the river beach, and a group of soldiers appeared in the cabin like an ant colony, Liu Wenxiu strode to the side of the war drum and said to the drummer: "Bring the drumsticks." ”

Knock knock knock!

Liu Wenxiu personally beat the drums to cheer for the soldiers of the Western Army, and under his leadership, more than a dozen drummers on the left and right sides pulled their arms together like windmills, and the passionate drumming spread all over the mountains and rivers.

Everyone says that fighters are hard to find, but fighters will not fall from the sky, but fight one battle at a time, as long as they can withstand the critical moment, there will naturally be fighters, they can withstand every critical moment, and every time a fighter plane appears, it will be a matter of course, Liu Wenxiu knows that his troops have reached the limit, and the Chu army should be in the same state, as long as it can withstand Liu Tichun's attack, the battle situation may still take a turn.

On the other hand, Liu Wenxiu is also ready to retreat, but before retreating, it is best to eliminate Liu Tichun, bite the Chu army hard, bite them away, bite them away, bite them so hard that they dare not chase anymore, and ensure that the main force of the Western Army retreats safely.

"Kill!"

With the fierce war drums, on the battlefield on the other side, Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen, who had been fighting and retreating, suddenly launched a counterattack and struggled to push the battle line back.

"Kill!"

Seeing that their commander personally beat the drums, the soldiers of the Western Army on the river beach immediately launched an attack, and it is common knowledge that everyone knows that they attack halfway, but the Western Army does not seek to kill or injure the enemy, but only seeks to hold the river beach, so it is the right choice to attack at the first time.

The river beach is flat and wide, the western army can calmly form a formation, and play the strongest combat effectiveness, in contrast, the Chu soldiers who have just disembarked are much more chaotic, many people are still standing in the thigh-deep river, a group of east and a group of people in the west are not in a queue, Liu Wenxiu found for the first time that these Chu soldiers got off the boat and moved very flexibly, and there was obviously no armor on their bodies, at most they were only wearing light armor or leather armor, and it seemed that they were only wearing thin military uniforms, which proved more and more that the other party was just a group of auxiliary soldiers.

On the contrary, the soldiers of the Western Army lined up in a neat phalanx, swords and guns were like a forest, impermeable, like a moving city pressed towards the river, seeing that they had stepped into the river, getting closer and closer to the enemy, Liu Wenxiu's eyes showed a smile of relief, these more than 1,000 soldiers are the elite of his subordinates, even if Liu Tichun really brought 3,000 soldiers, it is enough to fight with one.

"Liu Erhu, let the auxiliaries get off the boat first, most likely to attack the east and west."

Liu Wenxiu is like a Go player who looks at the next three moves, he is already thinking about the enemy's next move, Liu Tichun has a ship, and he can land in another place at any time if he can't beat it, and his attack is likely to be just a tentative attack, and he will not be heartbroken if he loses hundreds of auxiliaries.

Sure enough, Liu Tichun's fleet suddenly sounded a sharp whistle, and the ships adjusted their direction one after another, aiming their bows downstream, and it seemed that they would lift anchor and leave at any time.

Immediately afterward, on the side of the ship, in the cabin, a cloud of fire flashed almost at the same time, and with the sound of gunfire like beans, a large cloud of smoke rose in front of all the ships.

"Firecracker!"

Liu Wenxiu's eyes widened suddenly, and he missed a move, and the army brought by Liu Tichun turned out to be the sharpest musketeer in the Chu army!

The Western Expeditionary Army marched thousands of miles into Guizhou, because the ammunition could not be replenished, so it only brought 3,000 musketeers, equipped with the latest flintlock muskets, they did not show up in a series of battles after entering Guizhou, and were hidden by Tan Xiao, Zhou Guodong and Liu Tichun as treasures, so that in the information received by Liu Wenxiu, there was no mention that the Chu army had such a musketeer, Liu Wenxiu also considered the problem of logistics supply, and thought that the Western Expeditionary Army used cold weapons, but in today's decisive battle, Liu Tichun led 3,000 musketeers into battle, and as soon as he made a move, he went straight to Liu Wenxiu's Chinese army.

In addition to the musketeers on the ship, the soldiers of the Chu army who had already disembarked also opened fire.

They walked to the shallow shore of the river, formed a line at the limit of their shots, and when the musketeers on the boat had finished the first round, they fired a second round of bullets.

The array of the western army on the opposite side is close, and under the shooting of the platoon guns is a group of live targets, the iron armor on their bodies can resist bows and arrows, and can also resist slashing and stabbing guns, but under the firing of flintlock pistols, the broken iron armor will expand the wound, and the broken armor will cause secondary damage, because the ship is too narrow, only half of the Chu soldiers participated in the battle, after two consecutive rounds of guns, a total of 1,500 bullets were fired, but the hit rate was as high as 40 percent, many Western soldiers were shot several times, and they were killed on the spot, In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred people fell.

"Bang bang bang!"

The second round of guns on the ship came again.

"Bang bang bang!"

The soldiers of the Chu army who disembarked fired the second round of guns, and at this time, more soldiers had already disembarked and joined the shooting team, and the fire was more fierce than just now.

These more than 1,000 soldiers of the Western Army are the elite of Liu Wenxiu's subordinates, although they suffered heavy casualties, they are still charging in the rain of bullets, but they have already stepped into the Nanming River, and the river water is only below the ankles at first, and soon it is deeper than the calves, and then the knees...... In the flowing river water, one foot deep and one foot shallow, from time to time will fall into the soft river beach, the soldiers of the Western Army can not rush up at all, just walked out ten steps, and were knocked down by the Chu army's platoon of guns.

With a bang, the remaining soldiers of the Western Army turned around and ran, even if they were all veterans who were not afraid of death, they did not want to die in vain in this hopeless battle, and only held on to two rounds of guns, and the troops collapsed.

"Bang bang bang!"

The third round of platoon guns was fired from the ship.

"Bang bang bang!"

The soldiers of the Chu army who disembarked fired the third round of guns.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

……

The rushing platoon guns are still firing unhurriedly, but this damn river beach really can't run! The Chu army's platoon guns were like a huge sieve, and each shot made the soldiers of the Western army more sparse, and in the end, only more than 500 people barely escaped ashore, and the army was already overwhelmed.

"It's over!"

The moment the gunshot rang out, Liu Wenxiu had already guessed the final result, but seeing such heavy casualties, his heart still sank. The elite troops of more than 1,000 people were defeated in a blink of an eye, but the Chu army was unharmed, and was calmly disembarking and landing.

This time I finally saw that Liu Tichun did have 3,000 soldiers, not armored soldiers, but 3,000 musketeers!

In addition to a small number of personal guards around Liu Wenxiu, there are some non-combatants, and they are still holding two drumsticks in their hands at the moment, so they can't rely on drumsticks to kill Liu Tichun.

"Lord Wang, retreat!"

The left and right guards stepped forward together, and they were about to run away when they picked up Liu Wenxiu, but Liu Wenxiu suddenly shook them off, pointed to the mountain road behind and shouted: "What are you afraid of?" Our reinforcements have arrived, enough to fight Liu Tichun! ”