Sun Chuanting was preparing to go to Jiangxi, and Huang Degong, who was also in Wuchang, also ushered in the first battle.

Huang Degong only had 30,000 people, and it was impossible to divide his troops to resist Zhang Xianzhong's attack, so he could only choose the lesser of two evils, let go of Liu Wenxiu in the south, lead the elite of Luzhou Town, wave his troops to the west, and the army went straight to Jingzhou!

It's just that before he arrived in Jingzhou, the news of the loss of Jingmen had already come.

Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang relied on the strong troops, divided the troops and marched quickly, Zhang Xianzhong personally led the troops to attack Yunyang Mansion, and then sent troops to Xiangyang; Sun Kewang led the 50,000 troops of his headquarters directly into the hinterland of Jingzhou Mansion, and in just five days, he took Jingmen Mansion and continued to advance to the east!

Huang Degong got the news and had to temporarily station his army in Chengtianfu, waiting for Sun Kewang's arrival.

Chengtian Prefecture Governor Yamen, Huang Degong nailed his eyes to the map, just one Sun Kewang, with 50,000 troops under his command, and his entire army is only 30,000 troops, this expedition, only carrying 20,000 troops, if you want to defeat Sun Kewang, where is it so easy?

Now Sun Kewang is less than sixty miles away from Chengtian Mansion, and it will take two days at most, and he will be in the city! How to fight?

"Lord Commander-in-Chief, how are we going to fight this battle? Sun Kewang can fight well, but it is not so easy to deal with......"

Adjutant General Ning Haotian asked.

Huang Degong sneered: "If it's not easy to fight, we have to fight, and in the first battle, we must win it!" If the first battle fails, the morale of the thieves will be high, and the troops will be stronger, we will not be able to resist at all, and we will retreat all the way, and it will not take long to reach Wuchang Mansion, once Wuchang Mansion falls, then the entire Huguang Province will change hands! ”

"But, as you said, now that Sun Kewang alone is leading 50,000 troops, how can we fight?"

Ning Haotian was a little helpless, Zhang Xianzhong's troops were too strong, not to mention the north and south, the troops in the north alone reached 90,000, and the troops led by Sun Kewang reached 50,000, how to fight?

Huang Degong glanced at Ning Haotian and shouted in a deep voice: "Ning Haotian, you are the deputy chief soldier of Luzhou Town, and you are cowardly before you fight, how do you say that Lao Tzu will fight this battle?" Can you still use the knife? If the turn doesn't move, get out of here as soon as possible, Lao Tzu will be replaced! ”

Ning Haotian's face turned red, and he hurriedly replied: "What the adult taught me is that the last general is guilty, but how do you say how to fight, no matter how you deploy, how about I, Ning Haotian, play the striker?" ”

Huang Degong said in a deep voice: "It's simple, half-crossing and attacking, if they want to attack Chengtianfu, they have to cross the Han River first, the Han River is almost ten miles away from Chengtianfu, and only the Anlu Wharf of Chengtianfu is suitable for crossing the river, so we will start on the Han River and fight with Sun Kewang!" Set up an ambush and wait for him to cross the halfway point, then suddenly launch an attack and catch him off guard! ”

"It's just that Sun Kewang is notoriously difficult, we deployed an ambush on the side of the Han River, I'm afraid that Sun Kewang won't be fooled, his scouts must have been sent around the Han River......"

Ning Haotian hesitated.

Huang Degong smiled and replied: "Don't you understand?" Don't they have scouts? Just let their scouts watch! The order went down, the army immediately sent troops, marched to the northeast, let out the wind, we want to go north to help Xiangyang Mansion, our army moves, Sun Kewang will naturally rest assured that he will boldly enter the army, only need us to kill back in time at night, set up an ambush on the spot, at the Anlu Wharf, win or lose the battle! ”

Huang Degong knew that as long as he stayed in Chengtian Mansion, Sun Kewang would never dare to cross the river boldly and with confidence, only if he feinted in the northwest direction and made the appearance of rushing to Xiangyang Mansion, Sun Kewang would be suspicious, I have to say that Sun Kewang is too similar to Zhang Xianzhong, cunning and suspicious.

Huang Degong gave an order, and the 20,000-strong army all started and ran towards the northwest.

Huang Degong shifted the direction of the battle, and the news soon reached Sun Kewang's ears, Sun Kewang was overjoyed, as long as there was no Huang Degong as an obstacle, he could completely borrow the 50,000 troops in his hand to fight all the way to the city of Wuchang Mansion and surround Wuchang Mansion!

"The order was ordered, ordering Zhang Kexi to lead 10,000 people as the front, go straight to the Anlu Ferry, collect boats, prepare to cross the Han River, and the troops will go straight to Chengtianfu! Let's take the old nest of Emperor Jiajing! ”

The reason why Chengtianfu is called Chengtianfu is because before Jiajing ascended the throne, he was the prince in Chengtianfu, and after he ascended the throne, Anluzhou was changed to Chengtianfu, and its status was long, second only to Shuntianfu and Yingtianfu and Fengyangfu.

The partial general Zhang Kexi led an army of 10,000 to the Han River ferry in less than two days, and began to search the local ships fiercely, eager to gather all the ships, Chengtianfu is located in the south of the Yangtze River, adjacent to the Han River, there are naturally a lot of ships, and soon collected two or three hundred large and small ships, at least nearly 20,000 people can spend at one time!

The next day, Sun Kewang led the main force to the Han River and stationed the army.

"Lord, when will we start crossing the river?"

Zhang Kexi asked.

Sun Kewang said in a deep voice: "Bin Gui is fast, naturally the sooner the better, now that Huang Degong's army is leaving, it is the best time for us to cross the river to besiege Chengtianfu, the order, tomorrow morning, we will launch a river crossing, as long as we get through the fierce generals, Chengtianfu will be in our bag!" ”

"Just ......"

Zhang Kexi hesitated for a moment and replied, "My lord, none of our scouts have come back today, will there be any problems?" ”

Sun Kewang groaned: "No! Now the emperor is besieging Xiangyang Mansion, if Xiangyang is taken, it is equivalent to opening the last gateway to the Central Plains, Huang Degong galloped to Xiangyang that is expected, we must hurry up, take Chengtian Mansion with lightning speed, and gain a firm foothold on the east bank of the Han River! ”

What Sun Kewang didn't know was that when he arrived at the Han River, Huang Dequan led the main army back to the Anlu Ferry again, and brought all the artillery in Luzhou Town, although Luzhou Town was not equipped with flintlock muskets, but as the main military town in the south of the Yangtze River, Huang Degong's army was equipped with a lot of artillery, fifteen red-coated cannons, ten general cannons, all deployed at the Anlu Ferry on the Han River, ready for battle, once the Great Western Army crossed the river, it would launch a thunderous offensive, Hit the Great Western Army by surprise!

As for the scouts of the Great Western Army, they have already been cleared by the elite of Luzhou Town, and there is not a single one left!

(End of chapter)