"Alas, am I too old to be beaten by a group of imps!" Han Dang sighed.

"If it weren't for our carelessness, how could we let these yellow-haired boys be defeated? It's hateful! Zhu Huan also said angrily on the side.

Zhu Ran shook his head: "Hugh Mu can't say this, both sides on the battle array rely on the main general to observe the situation, this son can know the changes in our army in the subtlety, it is already very rare, and bold as this, even sent troops to attack our army, it is really beyond my expectations, if there is no accident, this son, will inevitably become a rare famous general in the world, given time, I am afraid that Guan Zhang under Liu Bei's command will not be able to catch up." ”

Zhu Huan is an extremely proud character, very proficient in military strategy, but often the most headache for the main general, this guy often moves the military horses privately and acts according to the plan he expected. Hearing Zhu Ran's words at this moment, he didn't think so, if it weren't for his generals leaving their respective barracks, how could there be today's defeat?

But Zhu Ran's status is higher than his own, and he is also the person selected by Lu Meng to temporarily lead his military horses, and Zhu Huan has always been the most convinced by Lu Meng, the governor of the capital, so he couldn't help but speak.

Since the governor of the capital at this moment is critically ill, Zhu Huan only recognizes Zhu Ran.

After a long time, the group of military horses finally passed, everyone out of the dense forest, all the way to the water village, in fact, everyone is very clear in their hearts, since the Jingnan army has separated the people and horses who attacked the water village, it shows that most of the water village is broken, but everyone has a fluke mentality, because most of these military horses are private subordinates under their own command, and their achievements depend on these private soldiers.

However, it was said that Ling Tongzheng led his infantry and some of the routs that had been gathered, and rushed out of the encirclement of the Jingnan Army's naval division with the surviving ships, and went all the way downstream. In fact, the Jingnan Army Naval Division was extremely weak, and even Ling Tong's men and horses were incomparable, but Ling Tong's men and horses rushed out.

The order of the second general Wang Ming and Wang He was to destroy the living force of the Jiangdong Army, not to entangle some partial divisions. At this moment, there are still nearly 20,000 horses in the Jiangdong Army Water Village, counting those who have been defeated by Guan Xing and Zhao Tong plus those who were shot by Wang He and Wang Ming, there are no more than 10,000 left. But it has become a frightened bird. It had already been captured by Zhao Commander with 4,000 men and horses, and most of the Jiangdong army were captured or killed in their sleep without even getting armor and weapons.

Wang He and Wang Ming, two generals, also led the sailors, sorted out the unburned warships from the Jiangdong army, and were working with Zhao Tong to transport these prisoners to the south bank.

However, it was said that Zhu Ran, Zhu Huan, Han Dang, and Song Qian arrived in front of the water village, but found that the general trend had gone, and the village was full of red armor Jingnan troops. There are not many Jiangdong troops left, and most of them have been stripped of their armor, confiscated their weapons, and squatted in the water, surrounded by nearly thousands of Jingnan troops armed with crossbows, machine knives and guns.

Zhu Ran asked himself, proficient in military strategy. But they didn't know how to raid thousands with 300 men, let alone how to turn the tide of the war.

It was a depressed and three generals all the way down the river bank. Trying to gather some of the routs. so that its losses are minimized.

The sky gradually brightened, and everyone rode downstream all the way, but they didn't see half of the rout, Zhu Ran's face became more and more ugly, and after a while, he saw dozens of warships in the river going downstream. Look at the banner, it is the people of the Ling Unification Department who broke through from the water village.

The generals felt a little bright, and immediately mobilized all the sergeants, shouted loudly, and greeted the warships in the river.

Ling Tong listened to the report of the sergeant under his command. Looking at the shore, he vaguely saw hundreds of cavalry chasing his warship, looking at the outfit, but it was the Jiangdong sergeant.

Ling Tong immediately ordered to land on the shore, and when he got closer, he realized that these horses were not outsiders, but the generals of the Jiangdong Army who had returned to the camp from the city of southern Hunan.

Ling Tong immediately ordered all the generals to pick up the warships.

As soon as Zhu Huan got on the warship, he immediately asked, "Gonggong!" What are the losses of our army? ”

Only then did the generals realize Ling Tong's embarrassment, his body was full of black ash, and it seemed that his left arm had been hit by an arrow, and the blood was mottled, and all the generals were ashamed for a while, which showed the tragedy of last night's battle.

Ling Tong said in a cold tone: "Our army fought separately last night, and even some soldiers were still asleep, so they were attacked by surprise. The main reason why most of the military horses can't react is that there is no unified dispatch of generals! At the same time, the Jingnan army was cunning, but it was shouted that the governor of Dadu had died of illness, and the Jiangdong army had been defeated. Our army struggled to support, and later found that the enemy army was strong, and our army was attacked by the chaotic army, in order to preserve the strength, I led my subordinates, gathered some routs, captured a lot of warships, and rushed out, fortunately the Jingnan army and the navy division were weak, so these men and horses were saved. ”

Ling Tong paused, but still said in a deep voice: "My subordinates plus the defeated soldiers, but there are only more than 8,000. Most of the remaining horses were captured or killed by the Jingnan army. ”

"Alas, it's all my fault, it's not me who ignores the overall situation, how can it lead to this defeat!" Zhu Ran repented.

Ling Tong looked at the performance of Zhu Ran and the others coldly, and did not say a word.

Seeing that the atmosphere was indifferent, in fact, everyone was heartbroken, and they didn't speak, Ling Tongyi stared at the rising sun slowly rising at the end of the riverbank, and the glow of the early morning seemed to be as heroic and sad as blood.

However, it was said that Wang Chong followed all the way, and with the assistance of the scout camp under Ye Zhi, he finally caught up with Jiang Qin's men and horses in the north of the city. In fact, most of Jiang Qin's subordinates were foot soldiers, and when he went out of the north gate, Jiang Qin rolled up the five hundred soldiers guarding the north gate to follow, and at this moment Wang Chong's cavalry caught up.

Jiang Qin's eyes were full of despair, looking at the frame on his side, Jiang Qin shouted: "Ten people, escort the Metropolitan Governor to the north, all the way to the camp in Lukou, don't stop!" ”

"Whoa!" Immediately, a dozen or so knights were divided to protect Lu Meng's frame and go all the way north.

Wang Chong's men and horses came very quickly, and nearly a thousand soldiers rode like dark clouds when death came, obscuring the afterglow of the morning sun against the enemy.

Jiang Qin's face was resolute, he knew that the Metropolitan Governor was dead, and the corpse could not fall into Huo Yi's hands, because once the Metropolitan Governor's body was in his hands, it would mean that it would be difficult for Jiangdong to turn over. It means that the Jiangdong people will inevitably have a haze in their hearts in the future war against Jingnan.

Jiang Qin held the long knife in his hand horizontally, staring at Wang Chong from far and near, and more than 500 soldiers behind him saw that the main general was decisive, but they were bold. Jiang Qin said in a loud voice: "Jiangdongshi, go out of the mouth of the river, go rampant, don't look east!" ”

"Mighty!" Hundreds of Jiangdong soldiers shouted, and they actually followed Jiang Qin to charge at the tiger cavalry in Jingnan, you know, except for Jiang Qin and dozens of cavalry, all of them were foot soldiers, but the momentum at this moment was like thousands of troops and horses, which made people look sideways.

Wang Chong looked at Jiang Qin from far and near, his heart was very calm, but he said lightly: "It's a bit imposing, but so what? Wang Chong turned to look at the Jingnan Iron Cavalry behind him, and he suddenly had a feeling, with the more than 1,000 cavalry under his command, there were thousands of troops and horses in front of him, and he was also confident that he would defeat them, not to mention these 500 desperate defeated soldiers?

The men and horses of both sides collided in one place in the afterglow of the morning sun, and the impact of the cavalry was undoubtedly very terrifying.

However, Jiang Qinqi is a person, worthy of being the tiger general of the Jiangdong Army, a long knife is extremely powerful, just one face, four or five knights of the Jingnan Army died under his knife.

Wang Chong is not a master to mess with, but he snorted coldly and fought with a gun.

The two of them fought in one place, and it was really like a sword and sword shadow that made the armies look sideways, but the few knights of the Jiangdong Army were all swept down by the well-equipped Jingnan Iron Cavalry in the process of taking a look.

The performance of the 500 foot soldiers was also limited, and in less than half an hour, there was no one left in the Jiangdong Army except for Jiang Qin.

Wang Chong and Jiang Qin passed by with swords and guns, Wang Chong controlled the speed of the horse, but Jiang Qin said coldly: "Surrender at this time, you can still save your life!" ”

Jiang Qin didn't say much, just shouted and stepped forward.

Wang Chong wanted to give him a decent death, and was about to fight with a gun. But the Jingnan cavalry around him shot crossbow arrows, and dozens of crossbow arrows immediately shot at him. Jiang Qin glanced at Wang Chong unwillingly, as if mocking his cowardice.

Wang Chong shrugged helplessly, this is the rule of the Jingnan Army, no senseless losses are allowed, this is an iron order implanted in the hearts of all the sergeants, there is no personal fight here, only rapid methods, and quickly resolve the battle.

Wang Chong glanced at the frame that had already run away, and looked at the cavalry behind him who was sleepy and tired because of the pursuit all night, but he pouted and ordered to return to the army, and his own sergeant stepped forward to put away Jiang Qin's body.

At this moment, the left side of Xiangnan City is near, only the last force is left to resist, Huang Gai has his back to Xiangnan Dongcheng, and he has rejected Wang Ping's army of more than 10,000 people, fighting for a day and a night, and countless corpses are lying in the area where the two sides are fighting.

Huang Gai's men and horses fought extremely fiercely, and 4,000 men and horses forcibly blocked Wang Ping's more than 10,000 men and horses outside the east gate. From midnight to dawn, there were only less than 2,000 sergeants left on Huang Gai's side, Pan Zhang was already covered with injuries at the moment, he knew that he had committed a big mistake this time, and he could only atone for his sins a little through this battle.

Wang Ping and Huo Liang looked at the yellow cover that was full of wounds, even the white beard was stained with blood, and they were close in their hearts, Huo Yi had already sent a battle report, and the progress of all the armies was very smooth, but here it was not taken for a long time, Wang Ping was extremely anxious in his heart, this battle was honestly the time for himself to prove himself, but he encountered the most difficult bone to gnaw.

Looking at the veteran, Wang Ping felt both admiration and resentment in his heart, but he didn't know what kind of mentality he had.

Wang Ping looked at the veteran generals in the formation, the veterans at this moment were already at the end of the road, Dongcheng had been captured by Huo Yi and Guan Xing's men and horses, and at the head of the city, countless crossbow machines were facing more than 1,000 Jiangdong soldiers who were injured in the middle of the battle array.

Pan Zhang's side was lying the body of his deputy general Ma Zhong, and it was at the previous moment that Ma Zhong was shot in the throat by an arrow from a young general at the head of the city and lay on Pan Zhang's side. (To be continued......)