Wang Shangli sent troops to intercept the logistics of the sinking Shuren, but it was not a momentary hot-headedness, or he was forced by Zhang Xianzhong's military order.

Wang Shangli has also been sending scouts to investigate the military situation in front of him during this time, and he already has an understanding of the logistics rhythm of the Shen family's army.

The so-called experts look at logistics in fighting wars, and the more the Shen family army relies on the sharpness of firearms, the more it relies on smooth logistics. Cracking down on logistics is the best way to hit Shen Shuren, this truth is also very clear to a veteran like Wang Shangli.

Moreover, now he is leading an army alone, most of which are new annexes recruited in the Huguang area. There are only a very small number of veteran battalions in Shaanxi and Henan as the backbone of the troops, and basically all of them have been promoted to officers at all levels.

With such a force, the loyalty to Zhang Xianzhong is still relatively low.

The soldiers only followed out of fear of the liquidation of the official army, and because they did not want to farm and pay taxes anymore, and tasted the sweetness of robbery. As for whether the leader is Zhang Xianzhong or not, it is actually not that important.

It's like a woman saying, "I just want to be the county magistrate's wife, I don't care who the county magistrate is."

Wang Shangli has been leading the troops for a period of time and has figured this out, so when Zhang Xianzhong sent him to divide the troops, he agreed so readily, just because he felt that opportunities and risks coexisted.

If Zhang Xianzhong could repel Shen Shuren a little after the war, or even lose both, Zhang Xianzhong was destined to flee westward and find a way to enter Sichuan through the Qianzhong Road in Xiangxi.

In this way, Zhang Xianzhong is no longer able to restrain him. If Shen Shuren also suffered too heavy losses and was temporarily weak, then Wang Shangli could win a precious window period, retreat to the east towards the Hunan and Jiangxi borders, and go to Luoxiao Mountain to stand on his own.

Historically, when Zhang Xianzhong later established the puppet Western regime, he set up the governor of the five armies in the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Wang Shangli originally worshiped the governor of the Chinese army, and Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan, Ma Weixing, and Zhang Hualong were juxtaposed. The status of the five governors in the army is second only to the four righteous sons of Zhang Xianzhong, who was crowned king.

But now it seems that everything has been disturbed beyond recognition by the butterfly effect. The follow-up road can only depend on how Wang Shangli goes.

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After about half a day's march, there was nothing to repeat, Wang Shangli set off from Hengdong County, walked for an afternoon and evening, and successfully arrived near Hengshanwei.

As the troops entered Hengshan and calculated the distance, they could reach the valley on the bank of the Xiangjiang River, where there were new wharves and freight yards and simple camps set up by the Shenshu people for waterway transshipment. Wang Shangli's department went all the way, and was not intercepted by officials and soldiers along the way.

The success so far has made him even more emotional.

If he can rob the Shen family's arms, then he won't have to look at Zhang Xianzhong's face in the future.

Anyone who reported that "there were many casualties in a fierce battle with the official army, but he successfully destroyed the logistics and ammunition inventory of the official army", and then retired to stand on his own, he would be very confident, and he would be worthy of the cultivation of the Eight Kings over the years.

"The officers and soldiers are not on guard, and the whole army will rush to kill with me!" As he climbed over the last hilly hill and saw the low Xiangjiang River valley on both sides in the distance, the official and military wharves were brightly lit, and Wang Shangli decisively issued an order for a general attack.

"General, will there be a fraud? How can the officers and soldiers be so lax? The Hengshanwei wharf and storage yard are in the most precipitous position in the Hengshan Valley, and if the officers and troops set up an ambush on the high slopes on both sides, we will rush into the valley, and I am afraid that we will be intercepted from all sides." Wang Shangli also has a few strategists around him, although the level is not very high, but he will also say a few words of advice that are pertinent and basic.

Wang Shangli didn't care: "Shen Shuren is willing to spend such a large amount of money and use the entire army's ammunition inventory as bait? He fought fiercely with the king under the city of Hengzhou, and only stopped the offensive when the gunpowder was almost used up, and he was already careless of the end and was not allowed to shake the morale of the army!"

The whole army did not raise any further objections, and rushed straight forward. This is not considered to be a mentally handicapped aura, but a general born as a thief, and his IQ can only look one or two steps back, not too far.

Around this Hengshanwei, the terrain in front of the entrance is not narrow. It was only in front of the camp, wharf, and warehouse that the Hengshan Mountains on both sides of the bank suddenly narrowed, forming a canyon.

If the official army really wants to set up an ambush to take effect, it will have to wait for Wang Shangli's troops to completely rush into the canyon, and even if Wang Shangli is ambushed, he can first burn the materials in front of him, and then break through to the death.

Once the official army is completely destroyed, it will not be like the Wuchao defenders in the Battle of Guandu, and the army's morale will collapse?

Sometimes, it's the difference between life and death.

Take Wuchao and robbing grain as an example, Cao Cao burned Yuan Shao's military rations, although he can clamore and shout that Yuan Shao fell for his plan.

But if Yuan Shao can set up some ambushes in Wuchao and strengthen the defense a little, even if the grain is burned, he can surround Cao Cao, who came to rob the grain, and prevent him from breaking through, or even kill Cao Cao, then Yuan Shao can instantly transform into the side that makes the other party scheming.

The identities of fishing nets and baits can be changed at any time and at any time according to the actual operation performance.

"Kill! Burned the grain and ammunition of the Sinking Dog Officer! The total destruction of the official army is just around the corner!"

Wang Shangli's army resolutely launched an all-out charge, because the vision at night was not very good, and the two armies were already close to within two miles before they began to run noisily.

And the defenders' firearms team obviously couldn't fully prepare and fire in advance too long.

Many of them fired blindly into the darkness, the time was early, wasting ammunition, and some of them were when the enemy had already appeared in the field of vision, and only seventy or eighty steps were left before the first shot was fired, wasting the previous firing distance in vain.

On both sides of the Xiangjiang River, you can see a group of small boats moored that seem to be loaded with a lot of supplies, it seems that because it is late and the anti-epidemic boats in the mountainous area are in danger at night, they stay here and wait for tomorrow to go to Hengzhou City after dawn.

There were also some hard-working dock workers on the shore, carrying bags of supplies and barrels of gunpowder from the warehouse yard to these small boats. As a result, when the army of thieves came to cover up, these dock workers turned around one after another, looking so frightened, and indeed ineffective.

Wang Shangli's troops were killed at the gate of Hengshanwei's dock camp, but they were also shot with muskets, paying the price of at least more than 1,000 lives, and more wounded.

But neither side was aware of their casualties in the dark, and the soldiers couldn't see the whole picture, so the blow to morale from these casualties was not so obvious.

The shouting and shouting gave the Rogue soldiers a great encouragement, believing that they were the ones who "succeeded in the sneak attack" and that the other side was the one who was the one who was plotting.

This psychological stability made them extremely determined, and they felt that they were on the side of the victors, and they only felt that it was an accident when their comrades were killed by firecrackers.

The three armies can win the commandery, but the horseman cannot win the ambition. Believing that you are on the side of the victor is to provoke such fierce ferocity.

However, as the cover-up deepened, there was also a small chaos in Wang Shangli's department. After all, attacking in the dark, the terrain is still a bit complicated, and the road ahead is getting narrower and narrower.

Under the congestion, it is inevitable that some soldiers will be squeezed onto the slopes of Hengshan Mountain in the east or the Xiangjiang River beach in the west.

Those soldiers who were squeezed down the Xiangjiang River beach also couldn't help but want to seize the small boats left on the dock by the officers and soldiers. The small boat seems to be loaded with more than half of the supplies, and if it can be captured, it can be driven away directly, and it will definitely be profitable.

In order to grab supplies and seize them first, the thieves and soldiers rushed more and more chaotically. The officers and soldiers on the opposite side, although the number of soldiers was small, could easily cut the cable of the mooring boat and directly let the boat go downstream.

Because the Xiangjiang River flows from south to north, from Hengzhou to Xiangtan and Changsha, the speed of the boats going north is very fast, and there is no need for people to row, and the army will definitely not be able to catch up.

The sailors on the ship could also hide behind sacks and barrel bunkers, and return fire with firearms, and at close range, Wang Shangli's troops suffered heavy losses, and they could not fight back.

These escort sailors are the men and horses of Shen Lian and Li Yu, the soldiers who are trained are responsible for supporting the boat, and the elite bird gunners under Li Yu are responsible for shooting, and the effect is very amazing.

It's just that because the number of ships is not large, the total number of birds on the ship is at most a few hundred, and it is far from possible to cause decisive damage to the main force of Wang Shangli's army of one or two thousand.

can only weaken the opponent's morale while scraping, and at the same time let the opponent's heart fire to lure the enemy deeper.

Wang Shangli's department really became more and more irrational, and he rushed deeper and deeper, and soon entered the wharf warehouse of the official army.

At first, the officers in the front row were still attentive, and when they saw the rows of wooden barrels piled up in front of them, they directly slashed and cracked the wooden barrels with heavy weapons, and saw that what leaked out of them was indeed gunpowder.

He also asked the pikemen to smash a few sacks, and immediately there was a yellow and clear grain flow out of them. Even after cracking open some crates, you can still see higher-level food supplies, and then Wang Shangli's department is completely crazy, and he has no scruples.

The officers and soldiers are really in the middle of a plan! Otherwise, it would be impossible to take so many valuable materials and put them here to be burned and looted!

If it is a trick, it is not allowed to use firewood and grass to pass off as food, let alone put the precious powder keg here!

Wang Shangli's department began to grab supplies while rushing to kill, and the situation became more and more chaotic, and he couldn't even care about the small fleet on the Xiangjiang River still firing guns on the shore. The defenders on land were also able to put away their firearms and retreat one by one, until they reached the defensive line of the walled wall on the north side of the camp.

The chaotic rush and looting lasted for about half a burnt of incense, and finally some of the soldiers who rushed to kill the front realized that something was wrong.

The retreating officers and troops actually stopped running, retreated to the north wall, and reorganized a firm defense.

And it seems to have been replenished by the strength of the new army, with musketeers and pikemen in place, and musketeers with bayonets, relying on wooden fences and rammed earth walls of trenches, ready for battle.

After feeling that something was wrong, the thieves in the front row, out of weakness and active brains, stabbed a few sacks with spears, and found that they were no longer food, but really turned into firewood and grass.

Other powder kegs, buckshot boxes, and other contents have also been replaced. The most active soldiers were the first to realize fear.

At this moment, the officers and soldiers in the front row began to shout in unison, and the firearms were fired in turn.

However, the location of the plugging chosen by the officers and soldiers is the narrowest place in the Xiangjiang River Valley, with the slopes of Hengshan Mountain in the east and the Xiangjiang River in the west.

In such a congested terrain, the musket team blocked the mouth, and the thief side was brave again, and the rush and kill several times failed to work, leaving only layers of corpses in front of the battle. A very small number of those who rushed in front of him were also stabbed into hedgehogs by bayonets and spears.

"Wang Shangli, surrender early to avoid death! Wuchang General Zuo Zixiong led tens of thousands of soldiers here! You've fallen for my family's trick!"

"My family Futai Zhiguan Heavenly People, you and other fools dare to expect our army to fight without protecting the grain road! Look for death! There is not enough ammunition under the city of Hengzhou, and it is all loaded!"

In the official array, a mighty general stood on a high place and shouted loudly, and the scolding hand next to him also shouted, which made the morale of Wang Shangli's department more and more low.

One message after another drilled into the ears of the thieves like poisonous snakes, and they couldn't even listen to it. And once you realize that you are on the side of the scheme, that courage is gone, and everything is over.

At the same time, on the high slope of Hengshan Mountain on the east side, countless officers and soldiers with bows, crossbows and muskets ambushed soldiers, began to show their heads and wave their flags and shout, fire at the bottom of the slope, and throw torches and fireballs to set fire. The firewood and grass in the camp, disguised as grain sacks and gunpowder barrels, were also ignited, and for a time Wang Shangli's department was in the center of the flower, and the army was full of fire.

And Zhu Wenzhen, the general in charge of the cavalry troops at the rear of the battlefield, also detoured back to his position at some point, quietly crossed from the west bank of the Xiangjiang River upstream to the east bank, and just when Wang Shangli's troops were preparing to retreat, he killed from behind and blocked the south entrance of the Xiangjiang River valley.

Wang Shangli's whole army was in chaos, the rear army was still robbing and setting fires, but the front army had already wanted to retreat and flee, trampling on each other and trampling on the dead.

After being blocked by Zhu Wenzhen on the gentle road on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River, some of the thieves saw that Zhu Wenzhen had few people and chose to encircle the frontal hard conflict, but they were scattered and scattered.

Zhu Wenzhen's department had a large number of double-barreled rear-loading trolls and revolvers, and under the cavalry charge, the morale of the breakers was quickly completely broken, and the remaining thieves who tried to break through either jumped directly into the Xiangjiang River and tried to swim and escape, or climbed the steep slope of Hengshan Mountain in the east.

Some thieves who discarded their armor and weapons did not have the right weapons to climb a short distance before they fell down from the steep part of the hill because of their inconvenience, and they fell directly into flesh. The other soldiers saw this lesson and hurriedly threw away their armor and climbed the mountain lightly.

The situation on the banks of the Xiangjiang River was also chaotic, at first many thieves forgot to unload their armor and jumped directly into the river, but the iron armor sank directly to the bottom in less than three seconds.

The latter saw the death of his brainless companion, so he threw away his helmet before jumping into the river, and before he had time to take off his armor, he used his saber to cut himself directly, and cut and ripped off the straps of the armor directly, so he jumped into the river.

Seeing that Wang Shangli's troops had been defeated, Zuo Zixiong also rushed out of the defense line and chased and killed with the main force of infantry. The soldiers under Wang Shangli's command have generally been fighting for less than two years, and under such multiple blows, they have completely collapsed.

Countless soldiers surrendered directly on their knees, but even if they surrendered, they could still be swept forward by the red-eyed officers and soldiers

The bloody chase lasted all night, and when the sky was slightly bright, Zuo Zixiong and Zhu Wenzhen successfully joined the division, and the two looked at each other and smiled, both convinced that Wang Shangli's main force had been killed.

On the bank of the Xiangjiang River, the berths that were originally used to mooring boats and the pier trestle intercepted layers of drowned corpses, which were washed by the river to the side of the trestle and hung up and piled up.

The trestle was originally made up of a few wooden stakes into the river and a volley. At this moment, they have all become breakwaters and T-shaped dams similar to those of the Qiantang River, and the bottom is all piled up with corpses to form a thick dam body.

On the steep slope of Hengshan Mountain on the other side, there are also countless people who have escaped from the mountains in the dark, falling to their deaths in the deep valley under the forest, shaped like meat cakes.

Except for a very small number of rogue soldiers who had excellent water properties and could really swim across the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, as well as those who climbed the mountain and crossed the slopes of Hengshan Mountain, all the others should have been annihilated, and thousands of soldiers could not escape, so they could only surrender on their knees.

Zuo Zixiong and Zhu Wenzhen's only concern was where Wang Shangli went, and finally looked for a long time, and dug up a corpse with very bright armor in the corpse breakwater by the trestle, and his head and face had been trampled on, so that the thief officer prisoner could identify the armor stomach before confirming that it was Wang Shangli.

"It's a bit troublesome, being washed down into the river, trampled to death by the rebels, whose result is this?"

"It's still up to Lord Futai to decide and assign him, whoever he says, we will obey."

Zuo Zixiong and Zhu Wenzhen discussed it, and finally felt that it was best to hand it over to Shen Futai to distribute the credit.

The news of the victory here was quickly sent to the city of Hengzhou. Shen Shuren is also very happy to get the reward: Zhang Xianzhong's "momentum of cornering", "dividing troops to threaten the Shen family's army food road", this is completely non-existent.

Not only did it greatly weaken the strength of Zhang Xianzhong's side, but it could also use it to further frantically attack the morale of Zhang Xianzhong's army.

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