On October 8, the ninth year of Chongzhen, the temple beach of the Han River.

"Could it be that these are the reinforcements sent by the Governor?" Qin Yiming's side of a thousand general manager said.

"These people can't be trusted!" Qin Yiming, the chief soldier of Xiangyang, shook his head and said, "It is said that five thousand were sent, three thousand came to Xiangyang, and eight hundred came here to fight." Looking at their appearance, they have probably touched a hoe in their lives! ”

This time, Ma Shouying's two sprints immediately pulled the Ming army out of a big gap. In addition, it is now autumn and full food, Ma Shouying united with Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong and other battalions with a total of 200,000 horses to attack Xiangyang. And Ma Shouying was also elected as the leader of the alliance and the chief manager.

As soon as he took charge of the army, Ma Shouying immediately stepped up the deployment, combined the troops, divided the troops into three routes, and surrounded Xiangyang.

One route was led by Zhang Xianzhong from Junzhou in the northwest, one route was led by Lao Hui Hui Ma Shouying from Xinye north of Xiangyang, and one route was led by Scorpion Block from Tang County east of Xiangyang, and at the same time approached Xiangyang.

Seeing this critical situation, Wang Jiazhen, the governor of Huguang, sent 5,000 troops to reinforce Xiangyang and sniped at the Pailouge, and Qin Yiming, the commander-in-chief of Xiangyang, also led 2,000 cavalry to cooperate. Qin Yiming focused his fortification on the shallow Miaotan of the Han River, in an attempt to prevent Cao Cao, Luo Rucai, and Liu Guoneng from smuggling into the north bank to join Zhang Xianzhong's troops on the north bank.

However, Wang Jiazhen, the governor of Huguang, because there were no soldiers available, sent all local military households. Those military households had fled a lot, and many soldiers were only on the roster, plus the fleeing during the march, they only became 3,000 when they arrived in Xiangyang. And in order to save his own life, the civil and military forces in Xiangyang City left the strongest of them in the city, making the support of Qin Yiming the weakest 800 people.

"Or! Let's retreat to Xiangyang City! A general next to him suggested.

"When you enter the city, you will die. Our cavalry simply did not work. How can you prevent the attack of hundreds of thousands of thieves? If the city was full of our white-pole soldiers, we would be able to hold it, but those crooked melons and cracked dates, to be honest, I really don't feel at ease. It's better to fight by the river here. Qin Yiming refused.

"But the section of the river we have to guard against is too long. It is not known where the thieves crossed the river from. In case we misjudge, there is no us in Xiangyang City, and the fall will be ironclad. Even we can be caught between the front and back of the thieves. Another general said.

"Spicy Block Mommy! Lao Tzu had already warned that the thief had evil intentions, and the governor still had to raise a tiger for trouble. Even if you drive the thief away from Xiangyang, it's better than now! So now the thief army is staring at our Xiangyang City. Qin Yiming scolded indignantly, "You are all clever and send more spies up and down the Han River." As soon as we saw the thieves crossing the river, we immediately ran. Remember! Run in the direction of Runing Mansion, good or bad my cousin is there. ”

Qin Yiming is Qin Liangyu's nephew, so he is also related to Wu Shigong. Therefore, in case the battle situation was unfavorable, Qin Yiming decided to use the high-speed mobility of the cavalry to flee to Runing. Accept the protection of the Runing Army.

"When will the reinforcements of the second major general come?" One of the generals asked again.

"The man who sent him didn't even see his cousin, saying that he was seriously ill. However, the receptionist was quite polite, saying that before the 20th, 10,000 troops would be sent to support Xiangyang. Therefore, you need to be hard to strike iron, and you want others to help. No matter what, we have to hold on to these ten days! Qin Yiming replied.

In fact, Qin Yiming knew very well in his heart that it was not difficult to guess the idea of Ru Ningjun sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight. A few months ago. The Runing Army conducted a pacification military operation in the Huguang area between Xiangyang and Wuchang. The current Runing Army has no other directions to fight, so it will not be left without troops to send.

But these Qin Yiming can't confess to his subordinates, isn't this a slap in the face? Therefore, he can only hope that he will block the peasant army for nearly ten days now, and that the Runing army will keep its promise and send troops according to Jihua.

"Boss! That's how you got these boats? Luo Rucai asked.

"No way, godfather!" Yang Chengzu replied: "The nearby boats have been burned by the official dogs. These boats were hidden by nearby fishermen. ”

"And how long will it take so many of us to cross the river?" Luo Rucai was obviously irritable, "How many people can you spend this night?" ”

"It's 10,000 if it's full!" Yang Chengzu is telling the truth.

"10,000 farts?" Luo Rucai immediately scolded.

Luo Rucai and Liu Guoneng's large army had been hanging around on the opposite bank of Qin Yiming, just to attract the attention of Qin Yiming's troops. On the evening of 13 October, the two battalions of peasant troops moved with lightning speed to Luohan Beach in the depths of the Han River. Prepare to cross the river here.

However, Yang Chengzu, who was searching for ships here, did not find a few boats, so Luo Ru was furious.

"Chengzu has done a good job!" Liu Guoneng, who was on the side, persuaded him, "The official dog is indeed cunning, and it's no wonder that he is not guilty." Anyway, the eight kings on the other side have already approached, so let them attract the main force of the official dog, and we mean to send some people over. ”

"How's that going to work? It's not easy to get a big city, and we have fewer people to go, so what benefits can we share? Luo Rucai said what was in his heart.

"I think Cao Cao, you are reluctant to be the daughter of the Xiangwang family in the city!" Zhu Guoneng made a joke about Luo Rucai.

"Who's to say it isn't!" Luo Rucai suddenly burst out happy, "The eight kings are having fun in Fengyang, I don't know how many to leave for my brother, how about Lao Tzu this time I want to play a few princesses!" ”

As soon as he talked about meat jokes, Luo Rucai had a lot of topics with Liu Guoneng. The two laughed for a while, and Luo Rucai said his true thoughts: "Then the butcher Wu of Runing and Guide didn't move, I always feel a little uneasy." If we cross the river slowly, we are afraid that Butcher Wu will kill us! Xiangyang is too close to there. Therefore, I want the whole army to cross the river as soon as possible, and gather together, it is convenient to fight or escape! ”

Liu Guoneng nodded and said, "Cao Cao, your idea is also right." In this way, our army will draw another 3,000 old battalions to Chengzu, let him cross the river as soon as possible, and collect more boats dragged by official dogs to the other side, so as to speed up our crossing of the river. ”

Luo Rucai thought for a while and said, "Let's do it." First cross 5,000 people, and then pull over some horses and artillery, and then shoot Xiangyang first. After that, without the threat of Xiangyang official dogs, we will not be afraid of Butcher Wu. Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, so many of our battalions of rebels can't beat an official dog? (To be continued......)