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On the third night of the Lunar New Year, heavy fog fell from the sky, and Jiao Lian of Yongzhou seized this rare opportunity, waved his army across the river, and launched an attack on Liu Tichun's troops on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River at the fifth watch.

Although Liu Tichun was prepared, the fog was too big, and in this ghost weather, even if he lit a torch, he couldn't see the scenery a few steps away, and he couldn't reconnoiter the enemy's situation at all, and it was extremely difficult to command the army, so he could only barely use gongs and drums to mobilize the army.

In this regard, Jiao Lian had already prepared, he ordered people to bring gongs and drums, disperse them around the Qin army camp and beat them violently, making it difficult for the Qin army to distinguish each other, so as to disrupt the Qin army's command system.

At the same time, Jiao Lian also prepared a large number of firecrackers, a large number of firecrackers, crackling firecrackers around the Qin army camp as if a pot was boiling, not only aggravated the fog, but also made many Qin soldiers mistakenly think that it was gunshots;

In this case, the soldiers could not find the generals, and the generals could not command the soldiers, and the scene was very chaotic.

The Guangxi soldiers arrived close to the Qin army camp, threw a large number of rockets, and at the same time sneaked close to the wall, blew up the wall with explosives, and then swarmed in from all directions.

The Qin army bombarded with earth-shattering thunder, causing a large number of casualties to Jiao Lian, but the fog covered up this tragic scene, and it could not deter the follow-up enemy army, and the enemy still swarmed and finally rushed into the Qin army camp.

Choking gunpowder smoke and vast fog, it is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe a few steps away, and the two sides quickly turned into a big scuffle, and even the situation of one's own people cutting themselves by mistake is very common. After the Guangxi soldiers rushed into the camp, they set fire to the camp even more.

"Formation! Formation! Commander Li Changqing shouted while swinging his knife and slashing, and one of his soldiers heard the order, and quickly gathered around him, forming a small circle formation, covering the outside with shields, and the spears pierced the enemy who rushed from the opposite side through the gaps.

This is the difference between well-trained and untrained, and the Qin army is chaotic but not broken. With the army as a unit, more and more small circles were formed, and the enemy troops who rushed in were greatly damaged.

But as more and more tents of the Qin army were set on fire, even the grain and grass stacked in the camp were also ignited. This naturally led a large number of Qin troops to begin to rout and flee.

However, due to the heavy fog and the smoke of gunpowder, the enemy is attacking from all sides, and under the melee between the two sides, you can't even tell the direction, you just want to escape, and you don't know where to flee.

There are a lot of similar scenarios. There were many Qin troops who wanted to flee for their lives, but they chose the wrong direction, and when they fled, they found that there were more and more enemies, so they could only desperately swing their knives and slash, in fact, they were equivalent to launching a counter-charge against Jiao Lian's men and horses.

Li Changqing's army was like this, the more they rushed to find the enemy, the more soldiers Li Dashi roared while assassinating: "Wu Chang, did you get the wrong direction?" Why are there more and more enemies? ”

"Kill!" Wu Yuan beside him suddenly raised his shield to block the broadsword from the enemy on the opposite side, and then the knife in his right hand slashed out, knocking the enemy to the ground. The screams continued, "Go over there, there's less people." ”

Wu Changqing Li Changqing carried an arrow in his left arm, and he fought fiercely. He needs to keep yelling so that his brothers can hear him at all times and not be scattered. "Leave it alone. Damn, killing one is enough, killing two is profitable, brothers listen to me, don't get separated, rush! ”

Since you can't escape if you want to, then fight.

At this time, Jiao Lian's men and horses also lost their unified command, and the two sides fought together, you have me, I have people, everyone has become blind,

In the midst of the chaos, there were countless Qin troops like Li Changqing who retreated or rushed to kill in a unit, although everyone was panicked, but the more in this situation, the more they needed brothers;

The Qin army often did this kind of training, especially emphasizing the unity and cooperation of one army and one other, and when charging in peacetime, other armies rushed forward in a swarm, not talking about any formation at all, but the Qin army always emphasized that even when it was a charge, it was necessary to keep each army not chaotic.

As is the case today, it is even more so, the large army is in disarray, but most of the soldiers of each army can gather around the captain. No matter how small a group is, as long as it has command and support, it will be able to display its due combat effectiveness.

This is what Jiao Lian never expected, in his attack, only 4,000 men and horses crossed the river, and the number of Qin troops was three times that of him, and under the melee between the two sides, the casualties were about the same;

After a large amount of attrition, Jiao Lian's men and horses became fewer and fewer, and when they wanted to retreat, they turned out to be like the Qin army that began to want to escape, and after fighting in the vast fog for a long time, they had already lost their way.

I only heard the sound of fighting all around, a white expanse, I couldn't tell the enemy from me, I couldn't tell the aspect, I didn't know which way to retreat, I could only desperately cut the bloody road.

It's messy, it's all messed up, even the personal soldiers around Liu Tichun, the commander of the Qin army, were also rushed to only twenty or thirty people, the fog is like a fog, the killing sound around is like a ghost crying wolf, the figures are longing, the grass and trees are all soldiers, often only hearing the sword strike, people screaming, but not seeing the person, Liu Tichun's personal soldiers around him are still decreasing, most of them are not killed in battle, but can no longer keep up in the fog and are separated.

Liu Tichun is known as the "Flying Tiger" in the Dashun Army, a wild goose sword dances like thunder and lightning, and there is almost no one in the oncoming enemy;

"Kill!" He kept roaring, and now he finally realized that the reason why Liangguang has been difficult to conquer since ancient times is not how brave and good the army here is, but the terrain and weather on this side, which makes you unable to guard against it.

Such a fog is the biggest nemesis of the Great Army, you are the commander of the army, and the only people you can really command at this time are a few people around you.

On the opposite side, a spear stabbed from the fog, with a sharp sound of the wind, the Yanling knife in Liu Tichun's hand slashed out and stabbed the enemy's spear to the side, the iron armor on his body was sonorous, and he rushed up, and the knife light slashed out like lightning, splitting the head of the enemy guerrilla with the gun and flying horizontally, and the blood sprayed him like a bloody man.

"Protect Master Wang." While Liu Tichun was fighting, he yelled at the soldiers behind him.

This battle in the fog made people blind, and Wang Fuzhi, a scholar from Hanlin who accompanied the army, was also implicated, several personal soldiers protected him to the death, and Wang Fuzhi's official hat also ran off, his hair was scattered, and his feet staggered, if it weren't for the soldiers desperately protecting him, he would have died many times.

Liu Tichun danced wildly with a big knife, desperately rushing to the periphery, at this time, he was powerless as the commander-in-chief. Under the chaos between the two sides, they couldn't even see clearly, and they had no way to command the army, so they could only kill them first.

While! Fierce, he once again used a big knife cut by the enemy on the opposite side, "Kill!" The mouth was like thunder, and the lightning slashed the enemy to the ground, and a puddle of blood spurted in, almost blinding him.

He reached out to wipe the blood from his face and rushed forward again, just then. Suddenly, a stray arrow flew through the mist, and with a pop, it pierced through his face.

"Ahh Liu Tichun let out a long breath, and his burly body fell on his back and hit the ground with a bang.

"Dashuai!"

"Dashuai!"

The soldiers screamed and pounced, only to see blood constantly coming out of Liu Tichun's face, the whole face was already blurred by blood, and only the arrow shaft was left outside, which was shocking.

Wang Fuzhi was also shocked. Liu Tichun, as the commander of the army, can't see it, this is a fatal thing, and it can't be handled well. More than 10,000 troops will be wiped out.

"Handsome! You can't die! ”

"Handsome!"

"Shut up!" Wang Fuzhi pounced on Liu Tichun's snort, reacted quickly, shouted to stop the crying soldiers around him, and then shouted: "Dashuai is fine!" Dashuai is fine! Fast. Protect the handsome and get out! ”

While shouting, he asked his relatives to rush out with Liu Tichun on their backs, and the stray arrow that hit Liu Tichun was obviously not intentional by the enemy. Because no one can see who clearly is a few steps away, there is no way to choose a target.

I don't know who shot this arrow, Liu Tichun was destined to have this catastrophe, he was shot in the face, and the soldiers were extremely sad and angry, carrying his corpse and forgetting to die.

Fortunately, because of the fog, the enemy and us have been indistinguishable from each other, and there are scuffles everywhere, plus Wang Fuzhi's quick reaction, no one knows that Liu Tichun was hit by an arrow;

The Qin army still used the habit of training in peacetime, and tried to gather together as a unit to fight fiercely, and the sky was dark.

This scuffle lasted for an hour, until the sun came out and the fog gradually dissipated, and the two sides were out of the fight.

Jiao Lian's side originally came to make a sneak attack, but as a result, the 4,000 men and horses who crossed the river suffered 2,100 casualties, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

The Qin army also suffered thousands of casualties, but most of the camp tents were burned, and most of the grain and grass were also burned, and the rest was not enough to last for two days.

What's even worse is that the coach Liu Tichun has been killed by an arrow, and Wang Fuzhi asked his own soldiers to carry Liu Tichun's body into a forest, and he did not dare to announce it.

He knew that at this time, the most important thing was for the commander to come forward to appease the army, if Liu Tichun did not show up for a long time, the soldiers would definitely be suspicious. Once the news is known to the sergeants, it is difficult to predict the consequences.

At this moment, Wang Fuzhi's secrecy about Liu Tichun's death is the most correct. As soon as the battle stopped, he immediately asked his soldiers to look for Xie Zhongheng, the capital of the army, and the generals above the guerrilla level in the army, and called everyone to the woods to discuss countermeasures together.

These high-ranking generals entered the woods and were shocked to learn that the commander Liu Tichun was dead.

In this fierce battle, although the Qin army did not have as many casualties as Jiao Lian, the camp tent was destroyed, and the grain and grass were burned, which was already a big defeat, plus the commander was killed, how can this be good?

Wang Fuzhi said to all the generals: "Now is a very moment, as generals, you must not mess up, everyone must be responsible for pacifying the soldiers, although the enemy army does not know that Liu Dashuai died in battle, but our army's grain and grass were burned, morale was greatly damaged, Jiao Lian will definitely take the opportunity to attack in a big way, if you can't quickly pacify the soldiers, the consequences are unimaginable." ”

The guerrilla general Li Tianzhao asked: "This paper can't contain the fire, and if Liu Dashuai doesn't show up at this time, the soldiers will definitely be uneasy." ”

Wang Fuzhi said: "It's up to you, I mean let people put on Li Dashuai's armor, so that the soldiers can see from afar, you have to cooperate with the worship, so that the soldiers believe that Liu Dashuai is still there." ”

Du Shi Xie Zhongheng said: "What Master Wang said is reasonable, let's do it." Du Ping, you immediately take someone to Quanzhou, tell Vice Marshal Qin, and ask Vice Marshal Qin to come back quickly to take over the command of the army. ”

"Whoa!"

Du Ping, with twenty cavalry, immediately galloped away

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(To be continued......)