Lu Jiude, the eunuch guarding the town of Nanjing, did not have any anger or anger at the suggestion of the staff, and the Huaiyang Army was indeed a soldier stationed in the territory of Nanzhili.

Moreover, according to the scope of his authority, as the eunuch of Nanjing, he has the right to transfer and command the troops stationed in the territory of Nanzhili, although according to the procedure, he still needs to discuss and decide with the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu and the Nanjing garrison, but since he is already leading the army, he can actually make a decision by one person.

Now that the movement of the intrusive army in Henan is unknown, Zhang Xianzhong's troops in the territory of Nanzhili are ready to mobilize all the forces that can be used to resist, which is also natural.

However, the eunuch Lu Jiude was unwilling to mobilize the Huaiyang army to support, and in the eyes of his staff, he was nothing more than dissatisfied with the Huaiyang army's rampant domineering in the two Huai, and he didn't send a penny of silver.

But when is this, how can you manage so much?

"Father-in-law, the reversal of Zhang Zhili, but we don't consume energy, Zhang Reverse and the rebellion of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution, if things don't go well, directly withdraw from this Nanzhili, and then go to other places to get away, if the officers and soldiers are not smooth, the entire hinterland of Jiangnan is afraid that it will suffer from the poison of thieves? And now Li Chuang and Cao Cao are undecided in Henan, if they go north, it will be fine, but recently there are rumors in the countryside that they are about to go south......"

At the place where the eunuch Lu Jiude was stationed in Shouzhou, several staff members were earnestly admonishing, and before this staff member finished speaking, the other person was in the past:

"The only way to go down first is to defeat this rebellious soldier and horse, and then make every effort to prepare to deal with Li Chuang, who is about to go south."

"Lu Zhenshou, the soldiers of my Southern Province, if the Huaiyang Army has a chance of winning against Zhang Wei, if it is waiting for Li to break into the Southern Province, then everything will be closed!!"

Having said this, the civil and military officials in the handsome tent all took up, opened their mouths and said loudly:

"It's urgent. Please make a decision early! ”

Lu Jiude's subordinates have also been depressed recently, thinking that Lu Jiude, the eunuch guarding Nanjing, is also a decisive figure. If it is impossible to lead a large army to fight in the east and west as a eunuch, why is it so critical that he hesitates to make a decision, is it because the other party did not send silver, shouldn't it be more necessary to mobilize?

On weekdays, Lu Jiude, the eunuch guarding Nanjing Town, acted domineering and upright, and he had been in the army for a long time. ^^^^ also has some Qiu Ba habits. On weekdays, the people below persuaded each other so much, if they didn't agree, I'm afraid they would have slapped the table and scolded, but today's performance is very puzzling.

Lu Jiude lay on the bookcase, staring at the desktop with his eyes, as if there was some beautiful scenery above, ignoring the earnest advice below, and only raised his head halfway. Spoken:

"You bunnies are connected in tandem......

But then he didn't say anything, and hesitated for a long time before he spoke:

"The situation is urgent now, don't you think our family knows? But this Shandong soldiers and horses, you really think they are so easy to use, and you also transfer Shandong soldiers and horses, you look at the flower horse Liu and Huang Tiewhip, what is good to get along. ”

Huama Liu is talking about Liu Liangzuo, Liu Liangzuo likes to ride variegated mounts, and Huang Tiewhip is talking about Huang Degong, and he uses an iron whip when he fights. One of these two people was recruited to break into the camp and demote the general. One person was a military general from Liaodong back then, with a different background. But this arrogance is the same.

After complaining, Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing, said again:

"If you are arrogant, our family is not afraid, but you look at how the Shandong soldiers and horses are stuffed to the side of Lianghuai step by step, it looks too inauthentic, and several adults in our family and Nanjing City are not willing to let them mix too much in Southern Province...... If they are allowed to enter Fengyang Mansion to suppress thieves this time, I am afraid that it will be easy to invite God and difficult to send God! ”

When this sentence was said, the entire handsome tent was dumbfounded, what the Shandong soldiers and horses did in Nanzhili, from beginning to end, everyone looked unpleasant, but at that time, there was no other way, so they had to treat it as a medicine and swallow it.

Since the Cao Canal Road set up a card to collect money, Shandong soldiers and horses are even more in the south of Zhili reputation, some people attack Shandong soldiers and horses arrogant, in addition to those clichés, some discerning people can see that Shandong soldiers and horses do this, maybe there are other intentions.

Although Lu Jiude is not a clear-eyed person, he has been in a high position for a long time, and he is also a figure who has fought and grabbed power, and instinctively feels that the Huaiyang Army stationed in the land of Lianghuai is not appeased at all, but it has some intention of Nanjing, but it is closely colluded with the local wealthy clans, which is a headache. \

As the town guard of Nanjing, thinking about the other side of the river, there is such a "friendly army", Lu Jiude can't sleep well......

Hearing Lu Jiude's difficulties, the civil officials and military generals who were admonishing in unison looked at each other, but they had nothing to say, and several staff members even lamented in their hearts, thinking that there were so many disasters and difficulties in the future, not only the homeless people were rampant, but there was a threat of great enemies outside the border.

Even his own officers and soldiers and generals are actually on guard in every way, and the room was quiet for a while, and finally someone hesitated to stand up, and said slowly:

"When the displaced people started from the rebellion, they wandered to the provinces, and they did not hear of the gentry and eunuchs who treated them well, and wherever they passed, the poor people survived to save their lives, and most of the gentry and eunuchs were ruined."

Everyone in the tent nodded, and Lu Jiude also straightened up and listened carefully, the staff spoke slowly, but the words were clear:

"Let the Huaiyang army enter Fengyang Mansion, even if Bahu can go, compared to the Huama Liu marching army, the state and county along the way will not be bad after all...... The student says another word that is rebellious, even if it is something unspeakable...... Shandong soldiers and horses are always from the background of officers and soldiers, looking at his performance in Lianghuai, he is considerate of the gentry and wealthy families, and he always has some rules and regulations, if the homeless people are really powerful....... I am afraid that everything will be suspended..."

After the staff member finished speaking, the room was unusually quiet, this staff member said too truthfully, his face was a little pale, there were too many taboos in this statement, and there were too many rebellious words, and it took some courage to say it.

The silence in the room lasted for a short time, but Lu Jiude, the eunuch guarding the town, gritted his teeth, slammed the table, and said sharply:

"What you say is a word of advice against the ear, the lesser of two evils. Our family understands, so we will transfer the Huaiyang army into Fengyang Mansion below. Let's get rid of these thieves first!! ”

Fengyang Mansion and Luzhou and Anqing Mansions, now the so-called news of King Chuang's southward movement is a mess, and some strange news has been told, but this news is not good news for Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king of the land who has not been stored for a long time, he put the team towards Luzhou Mansion again, and separated the distance from the fifth battalion of Gezuo.

Last year, he took the remnants of the defeated army to defect to Li Zicheng, originally wanting to follow the example in Gucheng that year. \ Let the other party fund some armor and horses. And then it made a comeback.

Who would have thought that Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, would want to use the force to make the deployment, Zhang Xianzhong also said such a thing that year, but it was just to ask, but the king of Chuang has a lot of people who will not be my camp, and he will not be a person in the future, Zhang Xianzhong is also unwilling to fall into the role of others, how can he agree.

In the end, it was Cao Cao Luo Ru who used the means to secretly let Zhang Xianzhong go, and it took more than a year for the next year. Zhang Xianzhong has won and lost, while Li Zichengdi's forces have snowballed, and the disparity between each other's strength and weakness has healed. At present, everyone is not in the era of living with hardship, but thinking about making a big fortune for themselves, and there is no need to talk about helping each other.

Guarding against being hacked, annexing the team is the norm now, and the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong is also depressed in his heart, thinking that Lao Tzu's side has only slightly opened up the situation, and you are going to come to pick peaches, which is really too unruly.

This left 5th battalion is a team that has always yearned for King Chuang. Although now listen to Zhang Xianzhong's command. But if King Chuang comes, he may not be able to listen to whom.

In desperation, Zhang Xianzhong distanced the team from the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution. While urging the backbone forces under his command to attack, if they can open up a situation in this Fengyang Mansion before the camp arrives, it will be much more calm.

Originally, the two sides were so stubborn, and the officers and soldiers made some old mistakes, and they were a little slacking off there, but as a result, Zhang Xianzhong urged the troops and horses to attack, and the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution was naturally not idle, and they also followed.

As a result, Liu Liangzuo's soldiers and horses couldn't support it first, and they were beaten back to Xia Cai, and they didn't even dare to camp outside the city, so they simply entered Xia Cai Town and didn't dare to go out.

Huang Degong could have been able to fight, but as soon as Liu Liangzuo ran, the left flank immediately exposed a big loophole, and he had no choice but to retreat slowly, but fortunately, Lu Jiude's 20,000 Nanjing forbidden army could still hold the position, and the soldiers and horses everywhere finally did not collapse under the pursuit of the other party.

However, after suffering such a setback, with the morale and combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers, they must rest and recuperate before they can fight again, otherwise they will collapse.

After holding each other for nearly a month, the exile army had the initiative for the first time in Nanzhili, and it was also acquired with the increase of officers and soldiers.

In fact, this is not how the combat effectiveness of the Eight Great Kings and the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left has increased, but the military strength of the million-strong army in Henan, under the possible threat of going south, the displaced army is full of courage, and the officers and men are holding back.

This battle was born four days after the transfer document of the eunuch Lu Jiude went out, and the officers and soldiers retreated nearly thirty miles, and the original vanguard of the official army was stationed in Zhengyang Town between Huoqiu and Shouzhou, oppressing the displaced army at any time, after that, Zhengyang Town was occupied by the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, and Shouzhou suddenly became the front line.

Lu Jiude had no choice but to arrange for his cronies to go to Fengyang Zhongdu and Nanjing to ask for reinforcements, the so-called "Zhongjing" and "Nanjing" and some of the remaining soldiers and horses, seeing this, could only use these old soldiers and horses.

But the cronies who asked for help were sent out, and within three hours of going out, they ran back in a gloomy manner, and said to the people of the city in a panic:

"There is a large army coming from the east, looking at the color of the banner, it doesn't look like the soldiers and horses of Nanzhili!"

Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing, and the generals who got the news were all panicked, but then they came back to their senses, and this must be the soldiers and horses of the Huaiyang army.

Although this was a friendly army, Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing Town, and his soldiers and horses under each team still gathered their troops and returned to the city to defend them.

The sentinels of the officers and soldiers of Nanzhili kept passing the news back, saying that the Huaiyang army had already advanced rapidly along the river, and it was calculated that at this time, there would be one day to reach Zhengyang Town.

Seeing that the Huaiyang army did not want to cooperate with friendly troops, the lone army went deep to fight with Zhang Xianzhong and the fifth battalion of Gezuo on the opposite side. I don't think it's unusual, the strong soldiers of officers and soldiers. It is not uncommon to have a dozen thieves in one.

Those who are unfamiliar with it are all sighing in their hearts, thinking that if this support army is not good, they will have to explain it here, and it seems that it is in vain for everyone to spend so much money on whether to let this soldier and horse come.

Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing, was quite calm in front of people, and when he chatted with the magistrate of Shouzhou, he also praised a few words. ^^^^ said that it was Shandong Vice General Chen Liu, who knew the general situation. Loyal and brave.

But in private, Lu Jiude complained and scolded his staff, saying that this Shandong soldier and horse is really not the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, so what scruples do you have, calculate the time of the transfer of troops, almost as soon as the document arrives, the army will set off immediately, if there is no advance preparation, how can it be so quickly pulled out.

Moreover, this Huaiyang army was stationed in Jiangbei. Pinsuri was active in those two provinces, and it seems that he had already calculated when so many ships would gather.

If you want to say that you want to pull out the camp immediately. With the training and mobilization of the Huaiyang army, it can be done, although this ability looks so incredible in the eyes of other Ming officers and soldiers, in the Jiaozhou battalion, if it can't do this, this can only be a new recruit in training.

But so many ships are too exposed, and the Nanzhili waterways are staggered, and the water network is dense. There are many ships. Can be a large army of action, personnel and baggage. With so many ships needed, how could it be so easy to get together in a hurry, not to mention how to calculate the time, as soon as the troop transfer documents arrived, they would set off immediately.

There are different intentions, which is not reassuring, but in such a situation, there is the threat of millions of thieves in Henan who are about to enter Nanzhili, and there is a sudden offensive of Zhang Xianzhong and the fifth battalion of Ge Zuo, and the only army with strength around, that is, the Huaiyang army, the Huaiyang army, which is not at ease, has become the only choice at the moment, not to use it, but to use it.

But Lu Jiude and the staff and generals below also lamented, and everyone took a long time to make determination and tongue to transfer Huaiyang soldiers and horses, and if they didn't do it, they would have to explain to the 200,000 thieves and horses.

The vanguard troops of the Wandering People's Army stationed in Zhengyang Town, Liu Xiyao, the fifth battalion of the left of the left, He Yilong and Liu Xiyao, the king of the left gold, were the most powerful.

Zhengyang Town is on the edge of the intersection of Dongfeishui and Yingshui, and this place is also one of the key points of transportation, holding here can keep the entire army in an offensive posture, while the other party needs to retreat to Shouzhou to have a foothold. However, the troops of the Fifth Camp of the Revolutionary Left really did not expect that there would be such unscrupulous officers and soldiers in Nanzhili, who would stop at the boat and dock more than 500 steps away from Zhengyang Town with such a swagger, and did not care at all about the army of displaced people over there.

Liu Xiyao, the king of Zuojin, was not surprised or hesitated, and when he saw the ship, he should have let the soldiers and horses stationed in the town line up, ready to take the other party by surprise.

The officers and soldiers who suddenly arrived were swimming against the current, and Liu Xiyao directly got more than a dozen small boats to put firewood and grass, lit them, and then released them downstream.

This method is also commonplace, but during this time, it really burned several warships of officers and soldiers, and when they saw this warship coming, the soldiers were panicked and hurriedly jumped into the river.

However, the Jiaozhou battalion has been prepared for a long time, this section of the river is not wide, the fireboat arrived, the bow of the officers and soldiers, there were more than a dozen officers and soldiers holding iron-clad long bamboo poles on the bow of the boat, the fireboat was originally poured oil, and it was dry firewood and grass, and after being resisted, it soon burned the boat and sank to the bottom.

This burning of the ship was originally a prelude, and the battalion of King Zuojin did not expect this to cause any damage to the officers and soldiers, and when the fire boat was released, the soldiers armed with swords and guns also ran out.

Many of the soldiers of the Huaiyang Army have already gone ashore, and the first platoon is still in front of the firecrackers according to the combat drills, and the firecrackers in front at this time are all soldiers who are ready to fight hand-to-hand after shooting.

They were all half-squatting on the ground, and the muskets were all mounted on the short shields in front, and some of the musketeers of the Jiaozhou battalion participated in hand-to-hand battles.

Holding knives and axes and shields in their hands, the sword and shield soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are generally round shields, and the shields of Shandong soldiers and horses are rectangular in order to set up the fire gun, and there is a gap at the top, similar to the middle of the wooden fork, which is just to hold the fire gun.

The second row is upright with a firecracker

Different from the poor camp and Cao Cao's army, the equipment of the fifth battalion of Gezuo in this area is quite good, the place is rich, not only the officials and soldiers are rich, but even the equipment and supplies of this homeless army are much stronger than the same army, and the homeless soldiers who rushed to the front are holding bows and arrows and bird guns.

There were also homeless people pushing artillery and walking outside, but they had to be in a hurry to hit the officers and soldiers by surprise, so that the soldiers with firearms and bows and arrows ran ahead.

When the Huaiyang Army of the Jiaozhou battalion arrived at the disembarkation position more than 100 steps, the musketeers got the gunpowder from the officers, and the ammunition was stored in large wooden barrels, which were wrapped in quicklime cloth to ensure the power of gunpowder so as not to get wet.

The area at the junction of Fengyang Mansion and Luzhou Mansion is a staggered water network, and the air is humid, whether it is a bowstring or gunpowder, it is easy to be affected by the moisture in the air.

These archers of the 5th Battalion of the Left Wing also understand this truth, so they want to run to a distance of about 60 steps as much as possible to draw the bow and shoot arrows.

However, the effective firing range of the Jiaozhou battalion is more than 100 steps, and this distance is death for the soldiers of the 5th Battalion of the Gezuo.

"Fire!!" The firearms commander in the first row shouted hoarsely, these were all well-practiced tactical moves, and they had already been reloaded and ready to shoot.

The first and second platoons fired with firearms at short intervals, and the 5th Battalion of the Left Movement, which had been preparing to dismount the officers and men, was suddenly taken by surprise.

The people who rushed to the front were suddenly turned on their backs, the waterways were vertical and horizontal, and there was not much space to start a battle, according to the establishment of the Jiaozhou battalion, even a battalion could not completely spread the front.

The first and second rows of musketeers did not retreat after firing, but loaded their ammunition on the spot, while the spearmen in the back followed this array, flattening their spears, but the front row stood with firecrackers, and the spears behind them were diagonally upward.

The Jiaozhou battalion on the shore moved slowly forward, and the 5th battalion of the Gezuo began to shout at the artillery in the rear row after the bows and arrows and fire guns were hit head-on.

A sharp whistling sounded in the air, followed by people turning over on their backs, screaming again and again, and the artillery of the Huaiyang Army was also pushed ashore.

The front withstood the first wave of attacks, and a large number of people in the back began to go ashore, with tools in their hands, and followed the front soldier array step by step.

Zuo Jinwang's team suffered a small setback, slightly towards the back of the team, under the loud shouting of the officer leader, began to prepare for the second wave of counterattack, but saw the officers and soldiers on the opposite side but stopped, vaguely heard the opposite side of the people and horses churning, as if they were busy with something to continue, if you want to know what is going on, please log on to 6com, more chapters, support work, support genuine reading! )