Ningyuan, with the same name as the famous Ning Yuanwei in Liaodong, is just an ordinary county town on the edge of the Nanling Mountains, the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River are also known as Xiaoshui, a tributary of Xiaoshui, Lianshui, flows from the east of the city, and there are continuous mountains on all sides.

The Chu army marched quickly, it took only two days to rush to the city of Ningyuan, looking across the Lianshui River, the battle flag on the head of Ningyuan City was fluttering, the weapons were numerous, and the middle side of the flag was a big "party" word, and it was clear that it could be seen clearly without binoculars, there was a temporary company camp in front of the city, which was lined up and repaired very neatly, and it was about two thousand steps away from the river bank, just leaving a battlefield.

"The guard is the party guard, looking at his posture, he is going to give us a half-cross attack." Zhou Guodong turned the telescope left and right, looking at the surrounding terrain, the location chosen by the Qinwang army in this camp was very tricky, and with the cooperation of Ningyuan City, it happened to block the main road behind the city, if the Chu army forced to pass, it would be attacked from both sides, in other words, without pulling out this nail, the large army carrying the baggage and many non-combatants would not be able to pass.

Fortunately, the Lianshui River is shallow and wide, and the current is not urgent, and you can wade across the river on foot without taking a boat, which is a favorable factor for the Chu army, at least there are many more tactical options, such as dividing troops to cross the river in other river sections, and outflanking the camp of the Qinwang army from both flanks.

But only with the tactics of outflanking the two wings, they did not grasp the quick defeat of Dang Shousu, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong's purpose was to protect Emperor Longwu to break through and quickly get rid of the pursuers of King Qin's army, instead of fighting to the death with Dang Shousu here, the two of them discussed and set a battle plan to attack the east and the west.

The whole army was full of war meals, and the tenacious veterans also took the opportunity to take a nap, and an hour later, the war drums suddenly sounded, and the Chu army attacked.

Two hundred cavalry crossed the river first, the deepest part of the river had not yet reached the belly of the horse, and when they stepped on the opposite bank, the follow-up Chu infantry burst into cheers, took off their pantyhose together, and walked down the river beach. In the early spring, the weather was still cold, and it was rainy weather these days, and the soldiers of the Chu army stepped into the river barefoot, and they couldn't help but shiver, and wiped the water on their bodies, and after getting used to the water temperature, they walked towards the opposite bank.

"The Chu army has become stronger."

On the camp wall of the camp on the other side, the party guard looked at the Chu soldiers who were crossing the river with an expressionless face, and chased from Quanzhou all the way to Daozhou, and then rushed to Ningyuan, the Chu army walked hundreds of miles of mountain roads in one breath, and fought a battle with Guo Weijing's Qinwang army during the period, it stands to reason that it was already a tired army, but they only took an hour to complete the pre-battle preparations, and after the offensive formation was launched, the formation was even more strict and orderly, and they were ready to fight, which fully showed that this was an elite army that had been on the battlefield for a long time, and it was more mature than when they parted ways two years ago.

A flash of excitement flashed in Dang Shousu's eyes, the strength of the enemy stimulated his fighting spirit, although the Chu army became stronger than back then, but his troops were also strong, and today's battle almost took advantage of the time and place, and there was no reason for defeat.

In the sound of war drums, the two hundred cavalry of the Chu army who went ashore first set up a thin battle line along the river bank to protect the follow-up companions across the river.

"It's okay for the party to keep it, and I'm much bolder than before." Tan Xiao put down the binoculars and said with a smile: "Five or six hundred people have already come ashore, and he can still calm down, it seems that he is full of money, and he is ready to serve us a big meal."

"Yes, I'm afraid this battle will not be easy to fight! I originally thought that Dang Shousu would slowly grind time with us, but I didn't expect him to be so straightforward, and let us cross the river for a decisive battle as soon as he came up. Zhou Guodong lightly punched Tan Xiao's shoulder, and said solemnly: "Whether you can send the Son of Heaven to Nanjing depends on you, take care!"

"You must take care too! I'm leaving. Tan Xiao turned around and rode away, ordered a Chu army to rush downstream, and personally led a Chu army to go upstream, each army had five thousand soldiers, taking away more than half of the Chu army's strength, like two long dragons along the riverbank, cavalry, infantry and horse-pulling vehicles composed of convoys in turn, flags fluttering, swords and guns like a forest, soldiers wearing uniform black military uniforms and standard armor, from a distance, individual soldiers blurred their own characteristics, thousands of soldiers formed an organic whole, It's like an efficient war machine.

"Is this intended to be flanked on both sides and flanked on three sides? Hmph, soldiers are good soldiers, but Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong have not made much progress, and they will only use these two tricks after a few years, no wonder they were beaten to Guangxi. Dang Shousu smiled coldly, and ordered the generals Sun Zuye and Sun Chengye to lead the men and horses of the headquarters to attack the Chu army that had just landed on the riverbank.

A row of cowhide war drums sounded at the same time, the door of King Qin's military camp was wide open, and the soldiers and horses went out of the camp to line up, Sun Zuye and Sun Chengye were not the top generals under the party Shousu, and they rarely took the lead on weekdays, and they were holding back their strength to fight a beautiful battle in the three armies

Earn a big face in front of the soldiers.

Two thousand Qinwang army unfolded troops, the formation was completed, and then attacked, Dang Shousu and Liu Fangliang went to Shaanxi to go this way, other gains were not big, but the horses were replenished a lot, the cavalry in the army was more than the Chu army, Sun Zuye and Sun Chengye's personal soldiers were all cavalry of a water, more than 200 horsemen served as the arrows of the charge, and the infantry followed closely, lined up in a neat phalanx towards the Chu army.

The cavalry of the Chu army charged head-on, the two cavalry were roughly equal in number, and they were also experienced veterans, and after a round, a dozen or so soldiers each fell off their horses, then turned their horses' heads, and rushed towards the enemy again.

"Kill!"

After three or five rounds, the infantry on both sides followed, and the cavalry lost the space to maneuver and charge, and the casualties increased rapidly, so they invariably went around to the open ground on both sides, so as not to be entangled by the opposing infantry and cause meaningless sacrifices.

The focus of the battle then turned to the duel between the infantry.

Stalemate!

Although the infantry of the Chu army who landed on the bank of the river was small, they lined up in battle queue at the first time, fought in formation, and stood tall in the face of the Qinwang army, which was several times their size, and nailed to the bank. Sun Zuye and Sun Chengye first attacked with cavalry, then replaced with infantry to attack, and then shot a few rounds with archers, all three axes were used, and they still did not break through the defense line of the Chu army, their morale was frustrated, and they were no longer as aggressive as they were at the beginning.

"It's not okay to go on like this, second brother, you give me a battle, and I'll personally rush a wave!" Sun Zuye was in a hurry, if he couldn't take down these hundreds of Chu troops with two thousand troops, what face would their brothers have to face in the future? Chu Jun is indeed very powerful, but even if he works hard today, he has to gnaw this hard bone!

Leading his own personal army, Sun Zuye took the lead, and once again charged the Chu army, and it was definitely a loss to attack the infantry with cavalry, but he couldn't take care of these at this time, the formation of the Chu army was so tight, only by charging the formation with cavalry at any cost could he smash a hole and drive them down the river beach.

Sun Zuye's war horse is snow-white, when running with all his strength, it is as fast as the wind, hundreds of pro-soldiers urge the horse to raise the knife, closely following behind him, seeing that the Chu army on the opposite side is getting closer and closer, they roar in unison, like thunder, like a torrent, it looks unstoppable, at this time, with a row of crisp gunshots, the war horse under Sun Zuye's crotch jumped up like a beast stepping on the trap, the muscular war horse's chest bloomed with brilliant blood flowers, and its front legs stepped on the air a few times, and then suddenly lost its strength, pounced forward, and smashed the man and horse to the ground.

In front of the ranks of the Chu army, clouds of white smoke rose up, and the deadly bullets were fired at the charging enemy cavalry, and the three salvos of the three-stage type not only knocked down Sun Zuye who was in the brunt of it, but also the pro-soldiers behind him were also heavily wounded, with a cry of pain and screams, like dumplings fell off the horse one after another, and the front two rows of cavalry were not left, as if they were wiped out by an invisible giant hand.

"Is this the effect of a flintlock salvo? Sure enough, it's a sharp weapon! ”

The party guard who watched the battle on the camp wall shook slightly, with a solemn expression on his face, he had long heard that the flint gun was very powerful, and it could even confront the charge of thousands of troops head-on when it was fired.

Sun Zuye fell off the horse and did not know whether he was alive or dead, his subordinates immediately messed up, the remnants of the soldiers desperately snatched him back, the friendly troops in the rear were in a commotion, although Sun Chengye tried his best to restrain him, it was impossible to attack again for the time being, at the same time, the Chu army that crossed the river was obviously accelerated, and in just such a short time, hundreds of people landed on the river bank, and the total number of Chu troops crossing the river has exceeded 1,000 people.

"Dashuai, the brothers of the Sun family are no good, let's go up!" Several generals under the party Shousu asked for their lives together.

I have long known that the Chu army can fight, everyone is mentally prepared for this, knowing that today will definitely be a tough battle, after a short confrontation just now, they also have an intuitive understanding of the strength of the two sides, and simply judge the battlefield situation, they unanimously conclude that now is the best time to attack half-crossing.

Now is not the time to retain strength, at this time to attack with all your strength, you can inflict the maximum damage on the Chu army at the lowest cost, drive the enemy down the Lianshui River, and ensure that this battle is won.

If it was delayed any longer, more and more Chu troops crossed the river, gaining a firm foothold on this side of the river, and the plan to attack halfway was frustrated.

Dang Shousu is also very clear about this truth, but he has other plans.

"No, now is the time, no one is allowed to attack!" Wonderful! ( = )