On the south bank of the Pu River, the Han army lined up against the water.

Xu Huangfei rode his horse, holding a crescent axe to open the mountain and shout out: "Xu Gongming, the general of Pingnan of the Great Han Dynasty, who dares to fight with me?" ”

Chen Yucheng was about to raise his gun to meet the enemy, and Pang Wei, the general next to him, had already raised his knife and went out of battle: "Use a cattle slaughtering knife to kill chickens?" Please General Yigong for a certain plundering formation, and wait for me to cut off Xu Huang's head and come back to offer it! ”

"Who is coming, but the traitor vanguard general Chen Yucheng?" The big axe in Xu Huang's hand pointed at Pang Wei and asked sharply.

Pang Wei snorted coldly: "A certain was originally the number one general under Shi Xie, Pang Wei, but now he has been demoted to a great sage and a good teacher, and has been appointed as a deputy vanguard officer, and you, an unknown general, dare to challenge my family's general Yigong?" It's overwhelming! ”

Xu Huang scolded: "The traitor who seeks glory also dares to speak out? The four family slaves surnamed Lu Bu have never been so boastful and show off their strength like this! Let's see how heavy is Xu Gongming's big axe in Hedong? ”

Before the words fell, the horse moved forward, and with one move, the big axe split down.

Pang Wei didn't dodge either, swinging his knife to block. I heard a loud noise, the swords and axes broke apart, Pang Wei's mouth almost cracked, and his two arms were numb. Only then did he know that Xu Huang was brave, and he didn't dare to underestimate it at the moment, so he used all his skills to fight with Xu Huang, and was determined to make the first contribution to the Northern Expedition.

There are six or seven battles, and Pang Wei's sword skills are gradually chaotic, and the left and right are weak. Xu Huang sold a flaw, Pang Wei was in the middle of the plan, and he was caught off guard by the opening axe and slashed in the shoulder, divided into two sections.

"The general is mighty!"

Seeing Xu Huang slashing the enemy generals, the morale of the Han army was shocked, and they raised their weapons in their hands and cheered. The Taiping Army, which had average military discipline, was a little frightened, and had come all the way from Jiaozhou, and now it has finally met a strong enemy.

"The Han general Hugh is going to be rampant, can you know the name of Chen Yucheng, the first fierce general of the Taiping Army? Let someone come and meet you! ”

With an angry reprimand, Chen Yucheng raised his gun and took Xu Huang directly.

Seeing that Chen Yucheng was only seventeen or eighteen years old, he turned out to be the "righteous general" of the Taiping Army's sixth position, which made Xu Huang quite surprised, and snorted coldly: "I was born as the number one general of the Taiping Army, but I turned out to be just a stinky boy, if you abandoned the gun and dismounted and surrendered, you would have been able to read that you were young and ignorant, and spare your life!" ”

"I'm sorry, the unashamed Han general, I will be killed by the gun!"

Chen Yucheng was furious, the gold-plated tiger tooth gun in his hand flashed with golden light in the sun, and with the momentum of thunder, he rushed to Xu Huang to stab three times in three ways.

As soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one. Chen Yucheng's three stabs were fast and urgent, full of strength, and there were more than a dozen changes hidden, which should not be underestimated. Xu Huang put away his contempt, swung his big axe, and fought with Chen Yucheng.

On the battlefield, the two war horses come and go, the dust of trampling is flying, and a golden gun is flying up and down, like a dragon in the sea; A big axe, like a tiger roaring on the mountain, fought for fifty or sixty rounds, and the victory was inseparable.

Xu Huang knew that it would be difficult to take Chen Yucheng, so he had to act according to Lu Xiangsheng's strategy, and forced Chen Yucheng back with a few axes, and then turned his horse away. While returning to the battle, he shouted: "The thief will be brave and difficult to fight, it is not suitable to fight, and the whole army will retreat!" ”

After receiving Xu Huang's order, the Han army turned around and retreated along the pontoon bridge towards the north of the Pu River. For a time it was a mess, and many of the baggage and armor were abandoned on the ground.

Chen Yucheng laughed on the horse and said, "Haha...... This Xu Huang is really a brave and courageless person, who only dares to fight with his own strength. If you want to line up with your back, why haven't you fought before, and then led your troops to retreat? If Han Xin knew under the Nine Springs that you were using the backwater array like this, I was afraid that I would also be awakened alive! ”

With a move of the spear in his hand, he shouted: "The Han army is all gutless rats, my sons and daughters will give me the courage to move forward, kill him without leaving a piece of armor, go straight to the city of Luling, and take the city!" ”

Under the encouragement of Chen Yucheng, the 50,000 soldiers of the Taiping Army all fought bravely, each vying for the lead, and all of them brandished weapons and chased and killed them all over the mountains.

Fortunately, ten pontoon bridges were erected over the Pu River, and the 10,000 Han soldiers retreated very quickly, only losing a small number of men and horses. However, there were ten pontoon bridges erected on the river, but they were also pursued by the Taiping army, and 50,000 horses marched forward, and it took less than an hour to cross the Pu River, leaving only the auxiliary soldiers waiting on the south bank.

Chen Yucheng rode in front, chased after him all the way, and led the 50,000 Taiping army to chase eight or nine miles, until he reached the bank of the Lu River, and still refused to give up.

At this moment, the Lu River has dried up, and there is only silt and quicksand on the riverbed, Xu Huang ordered the soldiers to continue to discard the armor and flags, make a posture of fleeing in a hurry, and step on the sand at the bottom of the river to flee to the north bank of the Lu River.

Chen Yucheng waved his troops to chase, biting the tail of the Han army and going down the riverbed, 50,000 Taiping troops jumped off the river bank one after another, stepping on the silt and chasing forward, this scene is like the bottom of the river, fish and shrimp are all over the ground, densely packed into clusters.

Xu Huang led the troops to climb up to the north bank, stopped his horse, and shouted: "Soldiers, don't retreat, do your best to block the pace of the rebels, Luhe is the burial place of Chen Yucheng!" ”

After receiving Xu Huang's order, the Han army that had just landed turned around, bent their bows and arrows, and fired thousands of arrows at the Taiping army that followed. Xu Huang ordered the soldiers to light the wolf smoke and report to Lu Xiangsheng upstream.

Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to block the flow of the Lu River with sandbags the evening before yesterday, so that the river would dry up to the bottom, just to wait for Xu Huang to lure the enemy deeper, and wait until the unsuspecting Taiping army jumped off the dry riverbed before releasing the water and rushing. Seeing the wolf smoke ignited, Lu Xiangsheng decisively ordered: "Remove the sandbags and flood the thief army!" ”

As the soldiers were busy, the sandbags that cut off the flow of the Lu River were quickly removed by the Han army, and the water of the Lu River, which had been accumulated for a day and two nights, suddenly seemed like a raging beast, and the turbid river was flooded with waves, and swept down with the momentum of thousands of horses. Lu Xiangsheng led his army to drive a small boat down the river and came to kill the flooded Taiping army.

Chen Yucheng led his troops to chase after him, but after the Han army crossed the Lu River, he no longer fled, and suddenly sniped in a formation on the bank, and the arrows were thrown together, and the forward troops of his side launched a bloody white-knuckle battle, and secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good. Hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat, but it was too late, and the flood upstream swept in with lightning speed, instantly carrying tens of thousands of Taiping troops in the riverbed downstream.

The surging flood fell from the sky, and even Chen Yucheng was dizzy by the flood. Xu Huang kept an eye on him, and when he saw Chen Yucheng and his horse being rushed downstream, he immediately beckoned a ship to come over, boarded the bow of the boat and chased Chen Yucheng reluctantly, and chased along the river for seven or eight miles, cast a net to catch Chen Yucheng, and got on the boat alive.

Chen Yucheng's rear saw that the forward and main force were swept away by the flood sweeping upstream, and they were immediately frightened, and they turned around and left. Back on the bank of the Pu River, the ten pontoon bridges had already been demolished by Lin Chong, and at this moment, he immediately crossed his guns and led 10,000 soldiers to block the retreat of the Taiping army.

The Lord was captured, more than half of the army was annihilated, and the remaining less than 10,000 men had to kneel and surrender, disarm and beg for mercy. Lin Chong collected the soldiers, and led the army to cross the Pu River, breaking through the 20,000 auxiliary troops on the south bank of the Pu River, and capturing all the old and weak women and children, as well as grain, grass and baggage. Chen Yucheng's 70,000 horses were wiped out, and not a single person escaped, and the news reached the rear of the Taiping army, and the army's heart was shaken and morale was low. R1152