Chapter 351: The decisive battle begins

In the middle of the night, the Dengzhou camp was heavily guarded, and in contrast, even if the camp of the Liukou was strengthened, it was difficult to cover all aspects of camping in the mountains. The range of the Kanglev rocket is even more unguardable. This night, I don't know how many gongs and drums sounded in the mountains, but more than a hundred rockets made the entire camp around the mountain give warnings everywhere, and it was tossed until before dawn, which could be regarded as quiet. In this way, the thieves didn't sleep well, not to mention, and Liu Dagong, the governor of the city who was laying on the ground, was also tossed enough.

Chuzhou is surrounded by mountains, and the sound of gongs on the mountain is everywhere at night, and of course he is not lightly frightened. I stayed up until dawn and realized that something was wrong. Looking at the firelight on the surrounding mountains, Liu Dagong saw Li Juesi, who hadn't slept well, appear with dark circles under his eyes, and stepped forward and said excitedly: "Lord Li, it seems that reinforcements are coming, and they tossed all night last night." ”

What? Li Juesi almost didn't stand firm, and if he hadn't been helped by himself, he would have fallen. "Where's the reinforcements?" Hurriedly grabbed Liu Dagong's hand and asked, Liu Dagong shook his head and said, "There are mountains on all sides, and I can't see it anymore." However, in the second half of the night, there was a lot of commotion in the camp of the Liukou on the mountain, as if there was water everywhere. ”

"That's right, this is a strategy to disturb the enemy, it should be a small force, we can be saved if we hold on for one more day." Li Juesi hurriedly shouted loudly, and the soldiers and people in the city immediately boosted their morale when they heard the news.

The two insisted on finding a place to sit down and discuss at the head of the city, and Li Juesi said: "It should be Lu Jiandou from Zhongdu and Jingying from Jiangnan, I'm afraid I didn't move so quickly." I don't have the ability to attack at night. ”

Liu Dagong shook his head and said: "I hope to come to the Dengzhou camp, last year's Liukou siege of Gongluzhou, that is, the Dengzhou camp ran thousands of miles to break the siege." Di Bao said that the Dengzhou camp is in Xuzhou, and I am afraid that I can't count on such a long distance. ”

Anyway, both of them were relieved to have the news of reinforcements. The spirit is also better, and he keeps watching on Chengtou Mountain, hoping to see the banner of reinforcements.

Neat footsteps sounded in the morning. It's like countless drums beating at the same time. Kwa kua, kua, kua. All of a sudden, it came from the direction of the whitening of the sky. Gao Yingxiang and others, who got up early, successively received a report from Tanmalai: "The Dengzhou camp has come out and taken the official road to the east." ”

Cheng. Wuli Bridge. This is the only place where a head-to-head battle can be fought. Clear water on both banks. It was an open field, enough for the two armies to open up and fight to the death. Of course, Gao Yingxiang refused to let Chuzhou go. The heroes from all walks of life added up to 400,000, and the old battalion soldiers who could fight were all transferred, with a total of no less than 50,000.

"As long as we defeat the reinforcements, we can go south, cross the Yangtze River, and go to Nanjing, a world of flowers, to ask for money, mountains and silver seas, and food. If you want a woman, there are beautiful women on the Qinhuai River. "Gao Yingxiang was mobilizing before the war, and in order to defeat the Dengzhou battalion, he set up a formation by the clear water early. The elite soldiers of all walks of life were transferred up, and a formation of 100,000 troops besieging the Dengzhou camp was set up.

Fifteen miles, the vanguard of the Dengzhou battalion stopped advancing, and the commander Lin Ya blew a sharp whistle. The infantry of each team lined up to defend and waited for the main force to follow. Later, Chen Xie, who followed up, led two B-shaped battalions and a cavalry battalion to arrive, and looked at this battlefield, 20,000 people could be opened, but the rogues on the opposite side were more crowded. It is no wonder that the decisive battle in this place in history was defeated by more than 10,000 Tianxiong troops with crossbow arrows. It can be seen that the ability of the thief to withstand damage is very low.

"Do the thieves think they are Han Xin? Fight to the death! Herald! Armor, array! With a sneer, Chen Xie, who put down the binoculars, gave an order, and hoarse passwords rang out. Chang Shiren smiled on the side: "The clear water is almost dry, and the water is fighting with the damn water." On the side of Zhulong Bridge, there are a lot of thieves' cavalry, and the banner is a general. ”

Chen Xie raised the binoculars, looked at it and said: "Wang Ben led a B-shaped battalion to attack and advance in the direction of Zhulong Bridge, and the A-shaped battalion drew a battalion to be responsible for the flank, Gao Yingxiang has more cavalry, so I will fight his cavalry first." Let He Xian and Zu Kuan prepare for the pursuit. ”

Chang Shiren was surprised, didn't ask much, and immediately executed, Master Chen would not be wrong, this concept has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"It's coming, it's coming!" The fierce general Liu Zhongmin shouted, and Li Zicheng, who was not tall, looked ahead expressionlessly. The Dengzhou battalion was really different from other Ming troops, and in a short period of time, the formation was completed. He was not given a chance to impact at all, and his purpose was to impact the flanks. Unexpectedly, at this time, the Dengzhou battalion actually dared to divide its troops, part of it was killed by Li Zicheng's troops, and part of it was killed by Gao Yingxiang, the main force of Zhang Xianzhong.

"Arrogance, meet up, line up five miles away." After discovering the division of the Dengzhou battalion, Gao Yingxiang's heart was full of anger, but fortunately, he had not lost his cool, the battle of Chuzhou in history changed opponents, and Gao Yingxiang was also more careful. Especially when he saw the Guan Ning army and the Dengzhou cavalry falling on both sides, he became more and more careful.

Boasting and boasting, the neat pace continued to move forward, and the phalanx was as undisturbed as a mountain. The neat black armor is like a spear facing the sky. Approaching the five miles of the Wuli Bridge, the Chinese military flag danced. "Stand!" The sound of the command was everywhere, and then the sappers of the various units rushed forward with the fastest speed, driving the carriage forward, setting up one cast iron tripod after another in front of the formation, and the wooden hammer was smashing down, and at the same time someone was pulling the barbed wire. Two tripods, in the middle of which is an iron pole with clasp openings, less than ten meters apart, with barbed wire hanging on both sides. Less than half a message, barbed wire at unequal intervals, appeared paragraph after paragraph.

The sappers were busy, and the artillery was also in front of the formation, the braziers were lit, the cannons were loaded, and the black muzzles were facing forward. At this time, even if Gao Yingxiang doesn't want to fight, it is estimated that he will not be able to. If you really want to go back, it may be a catastrophic rout. With so many people, it was too difficult to retreat. Gao Yingxiang didn't dare to take this risk.

"Kill!" Seeing that the Dengzhou battalion could do so many things quickly while his own troops were approaching, Gao Yingxiang was a little out of breath and gave the order to take the initiative to attack.

Thirty sections of barbed wire may not seem like much, and it is not enough to block the battlefield in front of it, but it is enough to protect the rifle phalanx at a distance and calmly shoot two or three rounds. The opponents, who had rushed out of the unobstructed area, were waiting for them in various phalanxes of crossmen and pikemen, as well as two thousand musket infantry.

"Kill officers and soldiers, eat enough!" An earth-shattering shout rang out, the result of tens of thousands of people shouting together, surrounded by mountains, and the shouts echoed in the mountains, shocking people's hearts.

Although the soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion were also shocked, no one wavered even a little. Investing 10,000 people in a single battle, Gao Yingxiang waited for it to be considered a bloody investment. This side has just begun to charge, in the direction of Zhulong Bridge, Li Zicheng also began to press forward, Wang Ben and Lin Ya cooperated with each other, and they were also in formation to meet the enemy.

"Let's see how the old camp is fighting first?" Li Zicheng was not in a hurry, he had more than 5,000 cavalry in his hand, plus Gao Yingxiang allocated him 10,000 cavalry, everyone had invested in blood today, and the key to determining victory or defeat was the timing of the cavalry attack.

More than 10,000 lightly dressed men, holding a variety of weapons in their hands, shouted in unison, and the formation was quite shapely, slowly pressing forward. Chen Xie, who was holding a telescope in his hand, saw the formation in front of the Liukou clearly, and ordered unhurriedly: "Let the artillery adjust the angle of fire and hit the archers behind first." ”

The herald beside him urged the war horse to gallop forward and shouted: "The master has an order, the artillery will fight the archers first." ”

After the prepared artillery urgently tested the firing angle, there was a boom, and several scattered artillery positions opened fire one after another, and several shells flew over the infantry in front, and the shells smashed into the formation of the archers.

There was no room for dodge in the whistling shells, there were still too many people, and they were a little too crowded. There are not many archers in Gao Yingxiang's hands, that is, about 2,000 people, which is a little wealth that has been put together for many years. Originally, he planned to rush forward with the blow, and then shoot with bows and arrows to shake the formation of officers and soldiers, but he did not expect the shells to arrive first.

Burst......! A head was directly hit, and instantly turned into a rotten watermelon, and the flying blood and brain pulp were like sprayed petals, splashing around. After one hit, the rest of the guns opened fire. There were not a lot of six-pounder rifled guns, and each battalion was equipped with two. The rest were six-pounder smoothbore guns and three-pounder guns, of which three-pounder guns were the most numerous, with 12 guns per artillery team.

The continuous shelling suppressed the shouts of the people's army, and the screams echoed among the mountains, and everyone who heard them was moved.

A single shell is a 50-meter-long bloody road, and although only a few rifled guns are firing at a long distance, the deterrent effect is far greater than the lethal effect. The archers, who were hit intensively, the formation had already begun to waver.

The banner of the word "Chuang" in the headquarters suddenly shook, and the thieves who had already stepped into the front and rear of eight hundred paces suddenly shouted in unison: "Kill!" Kill the officers and soldiers! After shouting, he began to run forward with all his strength, and in an instant, the formation was scattered, and there was no formation at all. Even so, piles of people are huddled together, and people follow the people and run forward, ignoring the upward and downward gaze.

The six-pounder smoothbore cannon rang out, and the crowd was like the land, and the cannonballs were like iron plows, stirring up waves of blood.

In the Central Military Department, Chen Xie on horseback was expressionless, these people all embarked on this road for a way to live, and it was the vested interests of the Ming Dynasty who were really responsible for their tragic fate. As a member of the vested interests, Chen Xie has to defeat these people for breakfast before he can change anything.

More than 10,000 people were scattered in formation, like an out-of-control flood, rushing to any target in front. As the shells landed, the dead and wounded fell to the ground along the way. The torrent is still surging unstoppably, and how many souls will there be in the crowd?

"Rush up, Dengzhou camp is nothing more than that." It was Liu Guoneng who said this, and immediately made a fool of Zhang Xianzhong's eyes, this guy rode away, and said before going to his own team: "I'll go back and stare at it, it's absolutely wrong." (To be continued......)