Chapter 154: A Night of Howling

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Zhang Xianzhong's army of more than 100,000 people is mostly Hunanese, and there are a lot of people who know water, and after some selection, more than 40,000 people were selected.

He divided the more than 40,000 people into ten units, and the generals of each faction led them, and after nightfall, they were divided into ten different sections to swim across the river, after all, the Liuyang River could not be compared with the Yangtze River, some of the river sections were not more than ten zhang wide, although the water flow was quite rapid, as long as the people who knew a little about the nature of the water, it was not difficult to cross the river with the help of some wood and other things;

The actions of tens of thousands of people can't be hidden, not to mention that the Liuyang River is a line of defense for Qin Muzuihou, and naturally he constantly sends people to patrol at night. Zhang Xianzhong didn't expect to be able to hide it from Qin Mu, he just had a lot of people, Qin Mu could block one place, and it was impossible to block it everywhere.

This night, the Liuyang River is destined to become a river of blood, Qin Mu also continued to divide his troops, blocked on the north bank respectively, in the darkness countless Western troops swam across the river, just like the carp crossing the river, the river surface was boiling, the Qin army continued to release arrows on the north bank, a rain of arrows covered the river, and there were fireboats loaded with sulfur, explosives and other things, floating down the river, the river was clear, bursts of explosions brought up strands of water, the Great Western Army in the water only had the power to fight back, there were countless casualties, and the river was stained red with blood, The corpses almost blocked the river.

However, Zhang Xianzhong's crowd tactics were successful after all, and after paying 20,000 or 30,000 heavy casualties, a group of horses led by Zhang Dingguo successfully crossed the Liuyang River from 20 miles downstream;

After crossing the river, Li Dingguo ordered more torches, and four or five thousand people looked like tens of thousands, and launched an attack on the Qin army from the flank.

In the night, the Qin army couldn't tell how many enemy troops had crossed the river, and the army's heart couldn't help but start to waver. Once the chaos broke out, the consequences were unimaginable, so without waiting for Zhang Dingguo to attack, he ordered a retreat to the north.

Zhang Dingguo bluffed and pursued for a while, but he couldn't care about chasing anymore, while sending troops to guard the north, and leading people to cut down trees to build a pontoon bridge.

After the pontoon bridge was built, Zhang Xianzhong was afraid of long nights and dreams, and immediately ordered the army left on the south bank to cross the river overnight.

However, the nightmare did not leave the Great Western Army, which took more than an hour. Half of the men and horses crossed the river safely, and the surroundings were already quiet, just when everyone thought that the Qin army had given up the blockade, there was suddenly another Qin army in the upper reaches of the darkness, and at the same time, the golden drums in the surrounding mountains and fields sounded in unison, shocking the earth, and I don't know how many ambushes, the Great Western Army was so frightened that they looked around, and the grass and trees were all soldiers.

Even Zhang Dingguo was a little stunned. Qin Mu has 20,000 horses, he sent people to chase Qin Mu and retreat to the north, and he also sent people to keep an eye on it, how can there be ambushes? How is this possible?

The men and horses that came out of the darkness were unusually strong. A fierce general in front of him wielded a giant mace, smashing a head every time he swung it, killing the Great Western Army in its way, and no one dared to go against it. The soldiers behind him were rushing to kill as they kept throwing bombs, big and small. The production was crude, but when it exploded, it was also bursting with fire, and broken iron was flying, sweeping down a large part of the Great Western Army.

This Qin army suddenly came out of the darkness, killed the panicked Great Western Army to cry and cry for father, and cut through the waves all the way to the pontoon bridge, destroying the pontoon bridge again, and cutting off more than 100,000 Great Western troops from both sides of the strait.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong came back to his senses, because the surrounding mountains and fields only heard the roar of war drums, but did not see the ambush soldiers, Zhang Xianzhong could finally be sure that there were no ambushes around, but the war drums were beating indiscriminately to disturb his military spirit, and he now crossed the river There are fifty or sixty thousand people, and he was actually killed by a Qin army of five or six hundred people to the pontoon bridge and destroy the pontoon bridge, which is simply a great shame;

Zhang Xianzhong was preparing to send men and horses to besiege and kill the five or six hundred Qin troops who came in. However, the accident happened again, although the surrounding mountains and fields did not ambush the soldiers, but at this time dozens of fires broke out, judging from the astonishing speed of the fire, it is clear that the firewood has already been piled up on the mountain to start the fire, and even the firewood is also poured with fire oil and other things, dozens of fires once ignited, immediately the fire soared to the sky, spread rapidly, igniting the grass and trees on the mountain

This scene is too familiar to the Great Western Army, they just encountered it on the south bank yesterday, go, they must go immediately, otherwise they will not be burned to death, but they will also be killed by the billowing smoke.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't care about encircling and suppressing Liu Meng's 500 men, and to be honest, Liu Meng's 500 people don't look at the small number of people, but they are extremely powerful, although the number of the Great Western Army is large, but the command is difficult in the night, and it is chaotic, it is really not easy to kill these 500 elite Qin troops;

Moreover, the mountain fire was together, and the smoke came with the wind, which made people almost suffocate, and tens of thousands of Western troops rushed to flee for their lives to the north, where were people willing to stay and encircle and suppress Liu Meng.

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but be a little desperate, this night is vast, once the tens of thousands of troops are in chaos, it is like a plate of scattered sand, don't look at you as the king of Daxi, you don't know if you are trampled to death by yourself, what is the command of the army at this time.

An unbelievable scene appeared, tens of thousands of Great Western troops were chased and killed by hundreds of Qin troops all the way, and no one dared to turn back and fight hard.

It's a pity that Liu Meng and they are not so much chasing and killing, but chasing after the Great Western Army to flee for their lives, they are also people, although they have been prepared to cover their mouths and noses with a wet cloth, but they are also smoked so that their eyes are red and swollen, and they cough constantly.

Qin Mu retreated to Jinluo Mountain in one breath before, and Luoshan was stuck on the key pass from Liuyang to Changsha, and he also gambled this time, if Liu Meng and they didn't do it, let the Daxi Army go north as an organization, then he would defend Luoshan and prevent Zhang Xianzhong from going west to Changsha.

Now receiving the news of Zhang Xianzhong's tens of thousands of horses and horses, he still has to wait for tens of thousands of troops to pass the Luoshan Mountain, before waving the army to follow and kill, 20,000 recruits will be killed in the night, and it will be chaotic, so chaotic that even the army commander can't find his own soldiers;

Qin Mu did not let them participate in the attack on the ferry before, firstly, in order to paralyze Zhang Dingguo, so that Zhang Dingguo thought that his men and horses would withdraw to Jinluo Mountain, and create an opportunity for Liu Meng and them to raid; What's more, these 20,000 new eggs have only been pulled up for ten days and eight days, and the command is difficult during the day, and if they join the melee at night, it is difficult for the immortals to predict what will happen, and it is very likely that they will not succeed enough to fail.

Now the facts confirm Qin Mu's worries, as soon as 20,000 horses are killed and descend to Luoshan, it will be chaotic immediately, not to mention that the soldiers can't find the generals, the generals can't find the soldiers, some can't even tell the direction, and there are not a few who rush south in the opposite direction.

Fortunately, Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses were more chaotic, the two sides were chaotic and chaotic, chasing and killing endlessly in the night, this night of pursuit, chasing out of twenty miles, until dawn Qin Mu slowly gathered men and horses, cleaned the battlefield, until noon he gathered 14,000 people, and there were 6,000 people who ran into it without knowing it;

This result is really laughable, Zhang Xianzhong's tens of thousands of horses collapsed, and the Qin army chased and killed from behind, and actually lost 6,000 people, which can be described as "magical".

Fortunately, Zhang Xianzhong was even more miserable, only 20,000 people could be collected after dawn, most of them even lost their weapons and armor, and they were like lost dogs, 20,000 people did not dare to stop at all, and continued to flee north.

As for the tens of thousands of Western troops that were intercepted on the south bank of the Liuyang River, they collapsed without fighting, about 10,000 people fled for their lives at night, and the remaining 30,000 people surrendered to Qin Mu in a structured way under the leadership of a rebel general named Liu Yongzhi;

This is also something that can't be helped, they are running out of food and grass, if so many people flee for their lives, probably more than half of them will starve to death, it is better to simply surrender to Qin Mu. Coupled with the capture on the north bank, Qin Mu captured nearly 60,000 Western troops in this battle, which can be described as an unprecedented victory.

But Qin Mu was not happy, because except for a large number of weapons and armor, the rest of the seizures were pitiful, and that's it, and he had to immediately take care of 60,000 people to eat and drink;

Don't think that the other party doesn't need to be fed if he is a captive, people can do anything when they are hungry, this is 60,000 people, how many people are there in Qin Mu's hands? If the 60,000 captives make a fuss, it is not clear who will die or who will live.

"Damn, this time it's a big loss, a bunch of broken copper and iron have been captured, but you have to take care of the rations of 60,000 people, Zhang Xianzhong is a defeat in this battle, this is obviously throwing off the burden" In the Yali of Liuyang City County, Qin Mu scolded while ordering the withdrawal of troops back to Changsha.

The red lady was playing with the hard-won telescope, and when she heard his words, she couldn't help but roll her eyes and said: "If you don't want these 60,000 captives, give it to me." ”

"Here you go, can you feed them? Oh, you're going to take them to rob the house, aren't you? I forgot that you were in the first place. ”

"What if I'm just doing this? I'm a thief, I'm a thief, why do you look down on me and call me here? The red lady was furious.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I didn't say it's bad to do this, in fact, I want to do it too, it's just that I'm more hypocritical, and I can't pull it down for a while, don't believe it, if you have the opportunity to see my family Qiao'er in the future, you will understand that I didn't talk nonsense, my family Qiao'er is twelve or thirteen years old, in fact, I don't know how old she is, anyway, a little girl's family shouted the slogan of beating the house and robbing the house that is called a smooth slip, what jishu content is low, resistance must be cautious, one person falls into the grass, and the whole family is glorious. There is also a slogan specially used to rob Mrs. Zhai: If you hang yourself, you will be given a rope, and you will not take the bottle if you drink medicine. Listen, I'm not talking nonsense, so let's say, don't be angry, don't be angry, don't be angry, it's not good."

In Qin Mu's ridicule, the red lady originally listened to it with relish and felt that his slogan was very fresh, but when she heard the back, she couldn't help but whip it.

Qin Mu finally knew that it was not good, and now all the fetal gas had become bad luck

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PS: Brothers, ask for monthly ticket support! and Zhang Xianzhong's obscene poetry singing and meeting will come to an end for the time being, and then there will be a complicated mess, to pick peaches, pull relationships, and have ghosts in their hearts, one by one, Lu Daqi, He Tengjiao, Han Zanzhou, Zuo Liangyu, etc., and even Chongzhen, who is far away in Beijing, has a problem of Yang Tinglin who I dare not write for so long to solve, alas, such a situation is not easy to write, and a bad one will draw a tiger into an anti-dog, ask the brothers for fire support, encouragement. (To be continued......)