Chapter 44: Crossing the River IV

In last night's battle, in the end, Zhou Fuchen also lost control.

After all, it is not easy to contact each other and command in the dark. Moreover, the ships under Zhou Fuchen's department were not high, and they were blocked by tall official ships, and they couldn't see each other, so it was strange that one or two were not scattered.

Once scattered, no one can find anyone.

In the end, Zhou Fu could only command the dozen or so people on his ship.

Others naturally fought on their own, some people ran away when they saw that the opportunity was not good, but there were also people who felt bad when they couldn't run, and among these who couldn't run, naturally some unlucky people were caught by the officials and soldiers. The only thing to be thankful for is that Zhou Fuchen is not among these captives.

As soon as they fell into the hands of the officials and soldiers, not all of these rebel soldiers were loyal and dead, and under the means of the officials and soldiers, they surrendered honestly one by one, and they did not dare to hide anything.

"Who led the team last night, and how many people came in total?" Lu Zhenfei said.

"It's General Zhou, General Zhou, who selected eight hundred soldiers." A rebel sergeant said.

"Zhou Fuchen, eight hundred." Lu Zhenfei was furious, looking at Wang Xincui, Wang Xincui's face suddenly turned pale, and he said secretly: "It's over." "Kneeling on the ground, I didn't dare to say anything, and I didn't know what to say.

"Someone." Lu Zhenfei said: "Pull them out and behead them." ”

"Your Excellency spares your life."

"Dog officer, didn't you say surrender and don't kill?"

"I shouldn't have believed you if I knew I wouldn't have been."

Some people even wanted to break out, but they were suddenly controlled by Lu Zhenfei's personal soldiers.

After a while, all the heads of these soldiers fell to the ground.

"Wang Xincui, what are you doing in a daze?" Lu Zhenfei said: "Don't think of a way to let the rest of the fleet go out and immediately cut off the thief's pontoon bridge for me, if you can't do it, don't blame me for two crimes and punishment." ”

For Lu Zhenfei, he actually wanted to kill Wang Xincui, but he knew that at this time, he was afraid that the person who had just been replaced was not as good as Wang Xincui. Only give him a chance. War matters.

Of course, if Wang Xincui can't even seize this opportunity, then don't blame him for being ruthless.

Wang Xincui only felt that the peak was turning around, and he was overjoyed, and said: "Please rest assured, I will definitely cut off the thief's pontoon bridge within today." ”

"Don't get out of here yet." Lu Zhenfei said.

Wang Xincui crawled out.

After going out, his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

In this situation, can we really clean up the mess in one day?

Wang Xincui himself doesn't know.

In the Huaishui not far from where Lu Zhenfei was, there were more than a dozen people swimming in the water, and it was none other than Zhou Fuchen and his party.

Zhou Fuchen knew that if he was still on the boat, he would definitely be discovered, so he jumped into the water.

It's not safe to just jump into the water, and in the dawn of the day, ships come and go here, and if anyone sees it, they won't die.

"Brothers, let's split up and swim north, out of the dock, we can go ashore and go to find a large group of people, but this section of the water can only be destined for each other." Zhou Fuchen looked at everyone and said, "Take care." ”

Then he plunged into the water, and the whole person swam like a fish. It took a few meters before he jerked his head out and plunged into the water again.

Zhou Fuchen is a native of Nanyang, and there are not very many people in Nanyang, he can swim himself, and after Runing accepted the fleet, he practiced swimming diligently, which was revealed at this moment.

It's just that I don't know how many of the dozen or so of them can return to the army.

The south bank of the pontoon bridge

The sun escaped its restraints and leaped into the sky, shining brightly for a while.

"What?" Liu Liangzuo almost jumped to his feet and said: "You say, the sailor can't be dispatched? Why didn't you say it sooner. ”

At this moment, Liu Liangzuo had just received news from Fengyang that the sailors of Linhuai County had been attacked and could not be dispatched today.

For Liu, this is uncompromisingly bad news.

If Liu Liangzuo had known about this news, he would have started a fight last night.

He knew that Zhang Xuan's subordinates were stabbing their hands, so he tried to deal with Zhang Xuan's subordinates at the lowest cost to reduce his own losses. It's just that he never expected such a change to occur, which made him miss the best opportunity and gave Zhang Xuan a breather.

"Drum marching." Liu Liangzuo made a decision immediately and waited for nothing.

On top of the rumbling drums, Liu Liangzuo's subordinates slowly pressed up. The flags are unfurled, the armor is lined up, and it really looks a little good.

However, these things were not looked at by Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan is worried about Zhou Fuchen at the moment, there is already a ship to report at this moment, the news Zhang Xuan got is accompanied by joy and sorrow, and the good news is that the setback of the official army and sailors is not small, for a while, I am afraid that I will not be able to move, which is really good news for Zhang Xuan.

After all, he only needs one or two days, and only crosses the Huai River in one or two days.

It's just that Zhou Fuchen is the old man he brought out, and there are not many old people who came out of Nanyang at the beginning, and now Zhou Fuchen has to fold here?

"My lord, General Zhou's Ji people have their own natural appearance." Zhang Su said.

"I know." Zhang Xuan said: "It's useless to worry at the moment. He focused his attention on the front of him, at this moment, there were only three battalions of the Runing Army, one thousand cavalry of Qin Meng, one battalion of the Xuzhou Army, and one battalion of the Nanyang Battalion, and the strength was slightly lacking compared with Liu Liangzuo.

However, Zhang Xuan didn't care much.

Liu Liangzuo's department is still the same old-fashioned, is it a flower horse Liu?

And this time, Zhang Xuan crossed the river in a hurry, so he didn't carry much artillery, and Liu Liangzuo set off urgently from Fengyang City, and he didn't carry artillery. Zhang Xuan has always been afraid of the firepower of the officers and soldiers, at this moment, the firepower of both sides is half a catty, almost nothing, pure hand-to-hand combat, how can Zhang Xuan be afraid of Liu Liangzuo?

And above the terrain, Zhang Xuan still has the advantage.

Because Zhang Xuan's department is on the river embankment, his back is against the river embankment.

The embankment of the Huai River, so it is not as good as the embankment of the Yellow River, it is a hanging river on the ground, but the embankment is also higher than the flat land, Zhang Xuan's department is not condescending, but it is also one or two meters higher than Liu Liangzuo's department.

In such a war, Zhang Xuan would not dare to fight.

"Now that the host has welcomed the guests, the brothers have also put on a posture, let Hua Ma Liu, take a look at the demeanor of my Ru Ning Army." Zhang Xuan said.

"Yes." Everyone agreed, and fought according to Zhang Xuan's order.

These four battalions are the old battalion leaders of Zhang Xuan's department, even after the destruction and reconstruction of the Xiping battalion, there is considerable combat power, so Zhang Xuan grasped the Linying battalion in his hands, as a reserve, with the Nanyang battalion as the middle army, the Xiping battalion and the Baoding battalion as the two wings, and separated more than 1,000 cavalry from Qin Meng, each with 500 cavalry to protect the flanks.

Zhang Xuan didn't expect the cavalry to be brilliant in this battle, as long as he could buy time for the two wings to react when the enemy flanked him.

This is Zhang Xuan's effective formation.

It's not fancy, it's just a dignified array.

"Knock knock." Dozens of drums were lined up in front of Zhang Xuan, and more than 100 soldiers beat the drums relatively together, the drums first had a fixed rhythm, and the soldiers stepped on the drums step by step, and walked down the slope.

The warriors on both sides approached slowly.

When the two sides were only a hundred steps apart, Zhang Xuan gave an order suddenly, the big flag behind Zhang Xuan shook violently, and the drummers who were beating the drums retreated suddenly, and another group of people rushed forward to replace the previous group of drummers, but at this time, the drums had no rhythm.

Or that all the beats are getting faster and faster, faster and faster, and almost all the beats are superimposed.

This is the order to charge.

"Kill." All the rebel soldiers shouted at the same time, and for a while the sound of shouting and killing suppressed the drum, and the drums were almost inaudible, but they stirred everyone's blood anytime and anywhere, and seemed to become the background sound.

In the face of the offensive of the Runing army, Liu Liangzuo did not choose to attack, but ordered to defend.

Countless shields appeared in front of the formation, and for a while, countless arrows shot out from behind Liu Liangzuo, as well as the sound of crackling firearms, all of which became a murmur mixed with the sound of shouting and killing, it seemed that Liu Liangzuo felt that it was a good choice to first frustrate the morale of Zhang Xuan's subordinates, and then fight a wave of counterattacks.

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