The three ghosts of Xunjiang are the three heroes in the water they recruited.

The skills of these three people on land are average, they are all in the body refining realm, and among the ordinary generals, they are also powerful generals, but in the martial arts, that ability is commonplace.

But when the three of them get to the water, it is equivalent to arriving home, and their kung fu has multiplied several times. Summoning the Dafa, dividing the water and treading the waves, omnipotent, cutting sharks, fighting crocodiles, and being in the water is their world.

Of course, Zuo Mengeng had to bring the three of them with him.

At this time, Ma Shiying brought a group of people over the house to visit Zuo Liangyu's condition, and the two sides met and exchanged a few words.

Now the internal contradictions between the two of them have basically been eliminated, or it can be said that Chongzhen has been covered up.

Losing one after another on the battlefield, they are now unanimously facing the enemy, they understand the cold truth, and they are now huddled together to keep warm.

Now that the mouth of the lake has been lost again, Chongzhen's men and horses have already opened to their doorstep, which has also caused the shock of the Ma Shiying Group.

Zuo Mengeng accompanied, Ma Shiying on behalf of Zhu Yousong to visit Zuo Liangyu's condition, Ma Shiying sent the general Liu Zeqing to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses, these 20,000 horses were brought by Ma Shiying from Nanjing, together with Liu Zeqing, temporarily under the unified command of Zuo Mengeng, Chen Bing Hukouhe.

In terms of Jianghu martial arts masters, Wu Shen's eldest disciple Hong Sen died, and Wu Shen of Bao'en Temple shed a few more sad tears. He went out on crutches in person, with the two old Taoists of the Erxian Temple, the father and son of the Xia family in Paradise Village, and the Ziyang Zhenren, plus the three ghosts of Xunjiang, a total of nine martial arts masters.

His generals Wang Jincai and Zhang Guangcui transferred another 30,000 troops, together with Liu Zeqing's 20,000 horses and horses, to form an army of 50,000 and drove to the Hukou River.

Together with the defenders of the Kokou River, there were nearly 170,000 horses on land and water, which was the actual number, and it was claimed to be 200,000 to the outside world.

This time they made up their minds that they must defend the Kokou River. If the Ming army crosses the river again, Jiujiang will be left with a lonely city.

Jiujiang City is only 50 miles away from Hushui River, so Zuo Mengeng's 50,000 army arrived on the west bank of Hushui River within two hours after leaving Jiujiang.

From Lushan Mountain to the Yangtze River to the Hushui River, all of them are barracks, stretching for dozens of miles, and the tents are next to each other, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

As soon as Zuo Mengeng, Ziyang Zhenren, and Wu Shen, who was on crutches, arrived at the Hukouhe military camp, they immediately began to inspect the defense lines of each battalion, focusing on the naval division battalion and the Jiang'an fortress fort.

Wu Lin Gao pointed at Ziyang Zhenren, but to block Chongzhen's thousands of horses and thousands of troops, he had to count on 100,000 sailors and 10,000 artillery.

They were holding single-barreled binoculars, and at this time, the other side of the lake and the river had also become a mountain of soldiers, and through the small lens, Zuo Mengeng had a full view of the situation of the Ming army on the other side......

After inspecting the city defense, Zuo Mengeng took the generals back to the tent to study the battle plan.

Ziyang Zhenren spoke at this time, "Young marshal, generals, fellow martial artists, forgive the poor Dao, don't bother, the poor Dao is here for Chongzhen, if you can trust the poor Dao, let's give him a fair fight."

"Okay, just follow the immortal elders."

Zuo Mengeng and the two saints of Maoshan knew that Ziyang Zhenren's mana was boundless, and they unanimously agreed......

Chongzhen's 300,000 troops left Hukou City and drove to the Hukou River in less than half a day.

Chongzhen knew that compared to Hukou City, this battle was a difficult bone to gnaw.

Because this river is more dangerous than the Yangtze River moat.

At this time, the injuries of Huang Degong, Ma Jinzhong, Ma Weixing, Lu Ding and others had already healed, and they also followed Chongzhen on the expedition.

According to Erma and Lu Ding's introduction, Chongzhen knew that the average water depth of the Hukou River was more than 10 meters.

With such a wide river, twenty or thirty miles are all water, and you can't see the edge at a glance, which makes people dizzy to watch.

But fortunately, the flood season has passed, the water flow of the river is relatively gentle, the water is not turbid, and the waves are clear, which is similar to the water of the Yangtze River.

It's late autumn and early winter, and although it's southern, it's already early October, and the weather is starting to get colder.

If the weather changes abruptly, windy and snowy weather

It can happen at any time. However, if the time drags on, there may be snow and ice blocking the river.

Then this battle will be even more difficult to fight.

If you cross this river, you will be at the foot of Lushan Mountain, and hundreds of thousands of troops will rush to Jiujiang, and Jiujiang City will basically be in your hands.

Chongzhen's 300,000 troops were stationed on the east bank of the Hukou River. More than 10,000 sailors camped along the river under the command of Liu Zhaoji.

There are less than 16,000 sailors available in front of Chongzhen's eyes now. Originally, he trained 20,000 sailors in Yangzhou and Nanjing.

However, after the major battles of Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Anqing and Hukou, the naval division also lost nearly 10,000 horses, and it was easy to get supplies for the combat attrition of other soldiers and horses, but the temporary training of the naval division was somewhat too late, and it mainly relied on the collection of the enemy's naval prisoners.

But knowing that there are more than 100,000 sailors in Jiujiang City, Ma Shixiu, the commander of the sailors, is very powerful, and there are also three ghosts of Xunjiang, so this river-crossing operation is more difficult than the original river-crossing operation.

Through these generals, knowing the situation of the thief army, Chongzhen knew it in his heart.

With the joint efforts of these Qinwang officials and the Prince of Daming, the supply of grain and grass can now keep up, but the Hongyi cannon has not yet arrived.

To cross such a big river, martial arts masters of various sects and factions can't fly over, because they don't have wings. The river channel several zhang wide can't stop them, but the river is dozens of miles wide, and even the Shaolin abbot and the head of Wudang can only look at the river and sigh when they don't take a boat.

But to cross the river by boat, you must have the cover of cannon fire, otherwise it will be the target of the thieves, and it will not work to count on the bow and arrow.

It was difficult to march with such a heavy burden as the red-coated cannon, and the distance from Nanjing to Jiujiang, a thousand miles, was much slower than that of Chongzhen's other soldiers and horses.

It will take at least half a month for the red-coated cannon to arrive.

Now Chongzhen is also checking the terrain by the river.

Because of the good weather, his eyesight does not need to use a telescope to see the situation on the other side, although he can't see very clearly, but he can also see a rough idea.

The strict walls of the thief army on the opposite side, the cannon muzzle of the black hole, could not escape the eyes of Chongzhen and Shaolin abbot Wudang and others.

At this time, a boat on the opposite shore drove over, and the boat in the distance seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, Li Yan and Liu Zhaoji ordered their soldiers to get ready, and countless archers drew bows and shot arrows.

Seeing that there was only one boat, Chongzhen asked these archers to put down again and let the boat go.

At this time, Chongzhen took Li Yan, Liu Zhaoji and Wang Chengen and other escorted Jinyi guards to board a medium-sized warship, waiting for the ship on the other side to approach, and the 500 soldiers on the ship were all ready.

A stone's throw away, the boat stopped.

A loud voice on the ship began to shout, "Don't get me wrong, on the orders of our young marshal, we are here to write a book......

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen