Chapter 193: Bloody Battle at Poyang Lake

Poyang Lake, Huangjiadu. The remnant sun is like blood, and the water and sky are the same color.

When King Ning's army arrived at Poyang Lake, he did not immediately launch an attack, but ran for a long time, and King Ning ordered to camp in place. By 22 July, the build-up of forces on both sides had been completed. On the 22nd, late at night, Wang Shouren's camp was brightly lit, because the previous night attack had achieved good results, and his subordinates proposed a night attack, but Wang Shouren vetoed it.

On the 23rd, Wang Shouren only sent spies and did not take the lead in attacking, and King Ning was also watching. The wind blows the surface of the water, rippling countless ripples, as if to herald the coming turmoil.

Late at night, Wang Shouren ordered Wu Wending to serve as the vanguard, leading thousands of elite soldiers to attack Ning Wang's army under the cover of the night. ”

Wu Wending had long expected that he would be surrounded, so he was not panicked at the moment, and shouted loudly: "There is an ambush, soldiers, follow me out of the encirclement!"

"Hugh will let the enemy go, and the soldiers will kill me. The enemy general shouted loudly, raised his sword and chased after him, and the main army behind him followed.

Wang Shouren sat in the Chinese army, watching the soldiers and horses led by Wu Wending retreat, and finally nodded slightly, Feng Mu stood beside him, and understood that this was a plan set up by Mr. Wang Yangming to lure the enemy.

Ruizhou sentenced Hu Yaoyuan to lead five hundred elites, ambushed in the bushes, watched Wu Wending flee in embarrassment, ignored it, the rebels shouted to chase and kill, Hu Yaoyuan did not dare to act rashly, because he was waiting for the signal of Lord Wang.

The rebels finally passed, Wang Shouren waved his hand suddenly, and some soldiers in the army array blew three horns at the same time, Hu Yaoyuan pulled out the long knife at his waist and ordered the ambush soldiers to attack.

Under the cover of the dark night, 500 ambush soldiers quietly touched the rear of the rebels, these people are all heroes on the rivers and lakes, chopping melons and vegetables, and suddenly wailing again and again, the rebels do not know where to go, and they are suddenly in chaos.

Wu Wending laughed out loud and said, "My lord is clever in this plan, the soldiers will kill me with a horse pistol!"

The rebels were attacked from the front and back, and only scored troops to deal with them, and in the dark night, they screamed and broke through the air.

Wang Shouren listened to it in his ears, unmoved, under the illumination of the torch, his face was resolute, he waved his hand again, and suddenly more than a dozen Kong Ming lanterns flew up.

Seeing the signal of the attack, Dai Deru, the prefect of Linjiang, and Xu Lian, the prefect of Yuanzhou, who had already been ambushed on the flank of the rebels, each led thousands of soldiers to kill, and the rebels fell into a desperate situation surrounded on all sides, and the army was in great confusion, some threw down their weapons and fled, and some jumped into the water.

The rebels were defeated, Wang Shouren breathed a long sigh of relief, and said slowly: "It's time to end this war, order the main force, and launch a general attack on Ning Wang's army." ”

The morale of the counterinsurgency army was like a rainbow, the rebels were defeated like a mountain, and they were about to be defeated, Liu Yangzheng and Li Shishi knelt down in front of King Ning, asking him to evacuate, preserve their strength, and fight back when the time comes.

"This king will not flee, when the army is raised, there is no way to retreat! Now that it has reached such a point, it is already a death in battle, and he will never retreat!" King Ning said, pulling out the sword at his waist, cutting the table with a sword, and said angrily: "Those who dare to retreat again will be killed!"

"Now that His Highness has made up his mind, we will definitely follow to the death, and now that the morale is low, we need to revive our morale and compete with the enemy. Li Shishi said frankly.

King Ning looked at Li Shishi and asked out loud, "What is the opinion of the military advisor?"

"Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. ”

After listening to Li Shishi's suggestion, King Ning summoned the defeated soldiers and shouted in front of the battle: "Although our army lost the first battle, the main force still exists, you all go all out to kill the enemy, and those who lead the charge will be rewarded with a thousand gold!

When the rebels heard the news, they all cheered and applauded. The originally low morale was stimulated again, and everyone seemed to be crazy, and their blood was boiling.

"Pass on the order of the king, let the defending troops of Jiujiang and Nankang withdraw their defenses, and rush to reinforcements, this time they are all dispatched, vowing to capture and kill Wang Shouren in one fell swoop!"

The enemy army poured out, the momentum was huge, magnificent, Wang Shouren stood on the arrow tower, looking at the black and oppressive rebels, without the slightest panic, Feng Mu accompanied him, facing the formation that he had never seen before, it was an eye-opener.

Wang Shouren ordered Wu Wending to lead the forward to meet the enemy, after several charges, Wu Wending was cut and rescued, and the soldiers in front were cut down, and the front army collapsed almost on the whole line, with countless casualties, and the Chinese army began to be chaotic.

Wang Shouren saw the defeat of the former army on the arrow tower, and hurriedly gathered his subordinates and asked: "Where is Wu Wending, order him to fight to the death and not retreat!"

Wu Wending, who received the order, regardless of the injury on his left hand, pulled out his sword, pointed at the sword on the ground, and scolded loudly: "This place is the boundary, and if you cross the line, you will not be forgiven!"

However, in the face of the insane attack of the rebels, the soldiers were terrified, and some still escaped across the border, Wu Wending personally killed several deserters, and the soldiers were all terrified. Looking at the back are the soldiers arranged by Lord Wang, holding swords and waiting for them, where do they dare to escape, they have to fight to the death.

The imperial army gradually regained its disadvantage, and at this moment, there was a sudden loud noise in the lake, like a dragon coming out of the water!

Countless stones and iron bullets fell from the sky, and the front army was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

Wang Shouren looked at the enemy's attack from afar, frowning slightly, but King Ning on the other side was furious, he wanted to end the battle as soon as possible, so he ordered the sailor fleet anchored in Poyang Lake to fire cannons on the shore and deal a fatal blow to the opponent.

The tide of battle took a turn for the worse, and Wu Wending stood still with his sword in his hand, standing still. A fire bomb landed beside him, Wu Wending was affected, his beard and hair were burned, he rolled on the spot, extinguished the fire, and continued to command the battle.

Encouraged by this, the morale of the counterinsurgency army was greatly boosted, and the rebels were even more arrogant, and the two armies were in a stalemate on the shore of Poyang Lake, fighting with all their might. It was nearly dusk, the two sides were exhausted, and the victory or defeat was only a thin line.

King Ning's face was full of anxiety, he completely lost the bearing that a king should have, he had gambled all his life in this battle, and he was not allowed to lose if he was victorious.

Just as he was engrossed in and ready to launch a bigger charge, the warship on the opposite shore suddenly roared, and rocket artillery stones fell from the sky, sinking King Ning's side ship in one fell swoop, and the flagship was also damaged, and he was on the verge of silence.

Li Shishi saw Wang Shouren's surprise attack, and scolded: "What a cunning Wang Shouren!" After speaking, he vomited blood and passed out.

Liu Yangzheng muttered in his mouth: "Those Jianghu sects have received so many benefits from me, and they are really shameless to watch from the wall and do nothing, is it really shameless for us to wait?"

After reading it, the military advisor fell to the ground in a daze, like a lost dog.

King Ning was unwilling to be defeated, and wanted to continue to command the battle, but under the cover of his subordinates, he withdrew from the battlefield, and in this duel on Poyang Lake, Wang Shouren beheaded more than 2,000 rebels, and jumped into the river to escape and drowned more than 10,000 people, which can be described as a complete victory.