Zhang Xianzhong has always had no one in his eyes, Mo Qian didn't give him face like this, he was angry, and he definitely wanted to vent it.

Soon, Zhang Xianzhong's side began to prepare for an attack.

Mo Qian blasted He Tieguang away, and naturally knew in his heart that Zhang Xianzhong would definitely attack him, so he immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert.

"Come on, pull up my ten red-clothed cannons, and there is thunder, get ready, give Zhang Xianzhong a whisper that our Jiangxi men are powerful!"

In this battle, Mo Qian had already prepared for a vicious battle, and if he wanted to rob Wuchang City with Zhang Xianzhong, he had to beat this guy first, and he was afraid of coming, otherwise if Zhang Xianzhong kept staring at him, he would not be able to let go of his hands and feet to attack Wuchang.

Mo Qian thought so, and Zhang Xianzhong actually thought so too.

After all, eating alone is the innate selfishness of everyone.

Zhang Xianzhong entered Huguang this time with 10,000 horse troops, 20,000 infantry, and 30,000 people who escorted military supplies for him, known as 100,000 soldiers and horses.

In fact, there are only 10,000 or 20,000 people who really have combat capability.

On the other hand, on Mo Qian's side, although he only brought 20,000 soldiers and horses, it did not affect his later period at all, and his logistics and grain transportation were all transported by ship.

After the imperial navy of Jiujiang was exterminated, the Yangtze River channel was completely controlled by him, and all the grain and grass transported from Nanchang Mansion were loaded at the Nanchang wharf, out of Poyang Lake and into the Yangtze River of the Ganjiang River, and then went up the river to follow the army.

Wherever the army goes, logistics will follow.

Mo Qian's logistics pressure is much smaller than that of Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong has no logistics at all, he can grab wherever he wants.

Once he can't take the city for more than ten days in a row, his army will have to go hungry, so this is why Zhang Xianzhong has been wandering.

Mo Qian's troops, Chen Bing, were outside the southeast city of Huanggang, with their backs to Bashui and the Yangtze River, so it can be said that they were really fighting against the water.

This kind of terrain is actually very unfavorable for combat, but Mo Qian's soldiers and horses are all mobile by boat, and he didn't expect to meet Zhang Xianzhong's team as soon as he landed.

Zhang Xianzhong was outside the east gate of Huanggang, with a plain behind him, unobstructed, very suitable for cavalry charge.

But Zhang Xianzhong didn't plan to use cavalry to rush Mo Qian's infantry camp, because the opponent's back was against the water, and the cavalry relied on charging back and forth to harvest the enemy.

The two sides can really meet each other in short arms, and they have to be the infantry in their hands.

The reason why Zhang Xianzhong's troops were able to fight mainly relied on their mobility ability, that is, the so-called one soldier with two cavalry, or even three cavalry.

Most of his subordinates are horse soldiers, who come and go like the wind, and they often fight when they can fight with the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, and run away if they can't.

However, after entering the territory of Huguang, although the plains are there, the water network in the south is dense and there are many paddy fields.

Even if it is as strong as the horse army, at this time, it can only obediently watch from behind, because the horse speed in the field can't run at all, so you can only watch dryly.

On the other hand, on the side of the rebels, they are all men who work in the paddy fields all the year round, carrying knives and walking in the paddy fields as if they were walking on the ground, so they are not too familiar with this kind of terrain.

In addition, Mo Qian quickly formulated a battle plan, first bombarding him with artillery, and then striking with thunder when the enemy approached, I believe that within a few rounds, the peasant army will be frightened.

Sure enough, as soon as the war began, Zhang Xianzhong first sent a rabble of his subordinates to test Mo Qian's strength.

This is a group of people who came from the road, and Mo Qian only glanced at the diorama, and knew that these people definitely didn't have much combat ability.

He ordered Lu Zhao and Peng Jinhong: "In the first wave of the offensive, don't waste shells and thunder, and directly engage them in close combat!" ”

The two commanders immediately ordered 2,000 soldiers and horses each to meet them, and as soon as the two troops clashed, sure enough, Zhang Xianzhong's rabble could not resist, and fled in a hurry after leaving five or six hundred corpses.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't expect that this colleague from Jiangxi was quite capable, and he was so capable of fighting.

He didn't dare to underestimate this gang of people who were competing with him for jobs at the moment, and he urgently ordered his righteous descendants to lead 5,000 infantry to attack.

Sun Kewang immediately ordered the five thousand veterans of the headquarters, and after setting up the formation, he killed them.

After Mo Qian saw the enemy's formation, he knew that Zhang Xianzhong was serious.

He said to the two subordinates: "The real evil battle is coming, whether you can defeat Zhang Xianzhong or not, it depends on this battle, Lu Zhao, send the brothers of the old battalion to me, and beat him hard!" ”

"Yes!"

The old first battalion is the trump card descendant unit in Mo Qian's hands, and the army is full of veterans who have fought all the way, with rich combat experience and very skilled cooperation.

Lu Zhao ordered Cao Yan, the newly appointed staff general of the first battalion, to lead 3,000 men and horses in his headquarters, and ordered Li Fu, a staff general, to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to attack.

Two brigades of 6,000 men and horses were dispatched to deal with the enemy's 5,000 men, and such a deployment of troops was also considered by Mo Qian.

He only has 20,000 men, and he must maintain sufficient reserve troops to prevent Zhang Xianzhong's army from pressing over, and also to prevent the defenders in Huanggang City from suddenly killing out.

At this time, in Huanggang City, the prefect Shi Zhanglie really didn't expect that after the two thieves arrived in the city, they actually fought first.

He almost jumped for joy.

"If you fight well, let you dog-eat-dog first, and when you lose both of you, I will kill you again!"

There are 3,000 defenders in Huanggang City, Shi Zhanglie is not able to attack at all, he was still worried about how to defend the city, but after seeing the two anti-thieves fighting outside the city, Shi Zhanglie was happy.

No matter who wins or loses these two rebels, at least there will be heavy casualties, and no matter which side will be able to attack the city.

Huanggang City is unlikely to be lost.

During the fierce battle outside the city, the defeated soldiers under the east city gate asked to open the city gate and let them enter the city, but Shi Jilie did not dare to open the city gate, so he could only shout to them and let them withdraw to Wuchang Mansion.

When the defeated soldiers under the city heard this, they immediately scolded their mothers.

Wuchang Mansion is a hundred miles away, and they have to cross the river, how can this group of routed soldiers escape to Wuchang without even a boat.

In addition, there was also a person who claimed to be the former governor of Gansu in the rout of the city, and asked Shi Zhanglie to put a basket to take him up.

When Shi Zhanglie heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent someone to put down the basket and pick up the person who claimed to be the governor of Gansu.

When I picked it up, it was really Mei Zhihuan, the former governor of Gansu.

"The younger generation has seen Mr. Mei!"

"No need to be polite, Master Shi, the heroes who became the defeated soldiers are all heroes who fought with me in Macheng, can you let them into the city?"

When Shi Zhanglie heard this, he immediately frowned, and said: "Mei Lao, the outside of the city is full of anti-thieves, this city gate can't be opened, if the door is opened, if the anti-thieves cover up, won't Huanggang fall?" ”

When Mei Zhihuan heard this, his expression couldn't help but dim a little.

He said: "They are all my fathers and fellow villagers, and if I take them to defend the city, they will already suffer heavy casualties, if they can't save their lives here, how can I see them again in the future!" ”

After speaking, Mei Zhihuan couldn't help but shed a few tears.

Shi Zhanglie saw that the old governors were crying, and suddenly felt a little unhappy in his heart.

He thought for a while and said, "It's better to ask them to go outside the north gate first, and if the anti-thief army doesn't follow, they will find an opportunity to take them into the city, so that they can also help defend the city!" ”

"Okay, I'll tell them to go to the north gate!"

Mei Zhihuan hurriedly called out to the defeated soldiers under the city to go to the northern city, and more than a thousand defeated soldiers heard the shouting and went north.

Zhang Xianzhong's eyes were all on the fierce battle with Mo Qian at this time, and he didn't pay any attention to the situation of the thousands of defeated soldiers.

At this time, outside Huanggang City, Cao Yan and Li Fu, two generals, led their soldiers and horses to fight Sun Kewang in the open space outside the city.

5,000 on one side and 6,000 on the other.

When the two sides were fighting, Zhang Xianzhong and Mo Qian, who were watching the battle from a distance, were in two moods.

Zhang Xianzhong had cold sweat on his forehead, he couldn't have imagined that a group of colleagues from Jiangxi would fight so ruthlessly, defeating his 5,000-foot army.

The two sides rushed to kill for half an hour, and Sun Kewang saw that the people around him were fighting less and less, but the rebels were fighting more and more bravely.

In the end, Sun Kewang couldn't resist it, and directly reached out to Zhang Xianzhong to call for support.

Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to send his subordinate horse army of 5,000 to attack, wanting to use cavalry to break down the camp on the side of the rebels, wait for the right opportunity, or wait for the rebels to move their positions, and then use the advantage of cavalry to kill.

But Mo Qian was not stupid, as soon as he saw Zhang Xianzhong dispatch cavalry, he immediately ordered Cao Yan and Li Fu to retreat, and pushed out the spearmen and ten cannons.

After the ten guns were loaded with explosives, they fired in unison, and the deafening sound frightened the horses and screamed.

The red-coated cannons are all extremely heavy solid bullets, and when a cannonball hits it, the cannonball can roll dozens of feet away, and it will die when it is touched, and it will be injured when it is rubbed, even the war horse is no exception.

The power brought by the salvo of ten cannons soon caused heavy losses to Zhang Xianzhong's group of cavalry without heavy armor.

But the horses have already exerted their strength, and they can't turn back, so the horse army can only move forward.

Mo Qian saw that the other party was still not giving up, and continued to order: "Boom Thunder Preparation!" ”

Thunder is the simplest earth bomb that Mo Qian has studied, although this thing is dirty, but the lethality is really not ordinary.

If this thing explodes above the enemy's head, it has almost no chance of surviving within ten meters in diameter.

This time he went north, and Mo Qian prepared more than 400 of these things, just in case.

Now is the time to use it, take out the small bomb truck that has been made in advance, and dozens of bomb trucks are launched together, and the earth bomb draws a graceful arc in mid-air, and explodes eight feet above the ground.

Zhang Xianzhong's horse army was shot by hundreds of people for a while, and the ground was full of wails, whether it was a war horse or a soldier, it was extremely painful.

Zhang Xianzhong was also stupid when he saw this scene, he had never seen such a powerful firearm, and it could have such great power.

He had always charged and killed invincible cavalry, but he was defeated.

The five thousand cavalry were still menacing when they came out, but when they went back, they were almost not frightened.

Lewen