nanming man

Chapter 481 Let the leader go first

On the river beach on the north bank, more than 4 left soldiers who took the lead in crossing the river, just prepared to form a team, marched towards Hanchuan, when the news of the withdrawal of troops suddenly came from the south bank, which made the left army forward a little confused.

The Zuo Army claims to be 50, but there are only about 10 elite soldiers, and the total number of barely usable troops is probably less than [-].

News came from the South Bank that Gao Jingzhong defeated the Qing soldiers in southern Henan, captured the national traitor Kong Youde, and offered to capture Nanjing.

This was completely contrary to the news that the Zuo Army had received before, and Zuo Zhen immediately realized that most of Zhang Yingxiang had been captured, and Gao Jingzhong had probably already arrived in Huguang, and he was waiting for him.

Xu Yuxian, the forward general of the left army, suddenly got such news, and his back broke out in a cold sweat.

Xu Yuxian was speechless for a moment, and then suddenly realized after a while, "Donkey day, I said how come there is no news about the person sent to Hanchuan to make contact! It turns out that we have all been tricked."

"General Soldier, what should we do now?" Lieutenant General Chang Deng was sweating on his brow, with a look of astonishment on his face.

"Now [-] troops are densely scattered on the river beach, and all kinds of supplies and military rations are piled up like a mountain. The soldiers are all about to go to Jingxiang to make a fortune, but they suddenly say that Gao Jingzhong will be in chaos immediately when he arrives in Huguang." Xu Yuxian was cold. The one who was startled was sweating, his face was gloomy, and he gave up his heart for a while, "Don't leak the news, let the brothers retreat! Chang Deng, after you stay behind with your troops, I suspect that Wei Wujun has already set his sights on us."

Chang Deng's complexion changed, obviously he didn't want to take on such an errand, just as he was about to make a statement, Xu Yuxian stared, "Don't talk too much, this is a military order, so it's decided!"

The vanguard of the [-] left army had just crossed the river, and was suddenly asked to retreat, and the army immediately became a little confused.

The old soldier of the Zuo Army who crossed the river first had a very sensitive sense of the battlefield. He had fought with Commander Zuo for many years and had learned nothing but the ability to escape.

They said in the morning that they would collect Jing Xiang, but now they are about to retreat suddenly. The veterans of the left army knew without much thought that a major change had taken place.

Under normal circumstances, if Marshal Zuo wanted to evacuate, no matter what the reason was, the last word he said was "Run!"
On the river beach, the soldiers of the left army were densely packed, and they were a little overwhelmed by the order.

Most of the soldiers shrunk their necks and held weapons in their arms, standing by the windy river, waiting for the ferry to pick them up.

Several teams of experienced veterans suddenly rushed to the side of the ship, and drove the new soldiers who were about to board the ship aside, one by one scrambling to get on the ship.

This made many soldiers of the Left Army suddenly realize something, and an atmosphere of panic began to spread along the river.

At this moment, there was a roar of hooves, and suddenly a sharp and loud horn sounded hurriedly.

The left soldiers scattered on the river beach raised their heads and looked around, wondering who was blowing the horn.

Suddenly there was the sound of "boom, boom, boom" in the distance, followed by several screams in the air, more than a dozen black bullets pierced the sky, flew over the head of the left army, and shot towards the river beach, splashing a cloud of water in an instant. Groups of mud flowers.

The shell hit the river beach, creating a deep pit, and the mud and sand splashed into the sky. The surrounding soldiers were hit by the gravel and fell down. The cry soared into the sky.

"Don't panic! Quickly line up to meet the enemy!" Left General Chang Deng yelled hastily, his eyes raised, his face showing horror.

Thousands of left troops hurriedly lined up, and at this moment, thousands of horse troops in the distance had already appeared in the sight of the left army.

Xu Heihu sat on the black horse with his legs clamped around the horse's belly, holding the iconic long-handled hatchet in one hand, and the rein in the other, shaking the horse to gallop like a gust of black wind.

He didn't shout loudly, but just stared at the left army on the river beach with his eyes. He rode in front of the wind, and the three thousand horse army followed closely. The horses were galloping, and gradually launched an attack formation.

The left army on the river beach was suddenly bombarded and the horse army raided, causing chaos in an instant.

Part of the left army lay on the ground to avoid the shelling, and some rushed to the riverside, waiting to board the ship.The soldiers on the left were crowded, and many people were directly squeezed into the icy river, and some boats capsized directly in the river because they were full of people.

Of course, there was also a part of the left army, armed with long spears and blunderbusses. After hearing the general's call, they flocked to the outskirts of the river beach, stabbing obliquely with long spears, and built a line of defense.

Ma Jun's speed was very fast, and he was less than [-] steps away from the river beach in the blink of an eye. Xu Heihu reined in his horse and slowed down his horse's speed.

The cavalry armed with three-eyed guns lined up in six rows, with one hundred cavalry in each row advancing side by side, with a distance of about [-] steps between rows. The waves, one wave after another, layer upon layer, the scene is grand.

Facing the impact of the horse army, the soldiers of the left army who hurriedly lined up couldn't help talking dryly. The spearmen in front stabbed the tip of their spears with trembling hands and feet, and the gunners behind them went off frequently with "bang bang bang".

In the front of the left army, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the horse army hadn't even approached fifty paces, and most of the musketeers had already fired their musket balls.

"Don't panic, get closer and shoot again!" Chang Deng roared anxiously.

With a sound of "bang", a gunner next to him suddenly rolled over with his head in his arms, blood flowed out from between his fingers, and howled incessantly, it turned out that the gunner exploded.

At this time, the first platoon selected the tiger horse army, and under the firecrackers and bows and arrows of the left army, they were knocked down. The remaining horse army, with the smoking three-eyed bludgeon, rushed to the front of the left army's front [-] steps. Inside.

"Bang bang bang" a series of blunderbusses sounded, and the galloping cavalry drew their horses in front of the long spear formation one after another. Clouds of blood mist.

There was a burst of neighing from the horses, and the first row of horsemen shot out the bullets in front of the spear array, and then quickly turned their horses around.At the moment when the horse army was about to hit the spear array, they separated to the left and right, with fifty riders on each side, and spread out to the two wings in a roundabout way.

Most of the spearmen in the first row of the left army were killed in an instant, and at this moment, the horsemen in the second row had already rushed forward and did the same.

They rushed within thirty steps, shot out the firecrackers, and before hitting the left army gun formation, they drew their horses and spread out to both sides, retreated to a distance, dismounted and reloaded.

In an instant, before the left army could react, it was bombarded by six waves of cavalry.They aimed at one place, and under six consecutive bombardments, a gap appeared in the left army's front.

After the six waves of firecrackers charged, Xu Heihu raised his ax and accelerated his speed. He led thousands of cavalry with spears, and at the moment when the last wave of firecrackers spread to the wings, he was killed by the smoke. out.

There was a burst of people howling and horses neighing, and the messy gun formation of the left army, which was bombarded by firecrackers, was instantly pierced by heavy cavalry equipped with men and horses.

Thousands of horse troops poured into the formation of the left army like a torrent, massacring the left army holding firecrackers, bows and arrows, and the left army suddenly fell into chaos.

A gust of cold wind blew through, and Chang Deng, the left general, shivered. Before he was ready, the front line had already been pierced by the Ma Jun, "This~this~how can we fight this!"

Along the river, as the cavalry rampaged on the river beach, harvesting heads, the terrified soldiers of the left army rushed to snatch the ships, trying to escape to the south bank.

Suddenly a group of armored soldiers who looked like wolves and tigers slashed with knives and stabbed with spears, making a way out.

"Don't grab it, let the chief soldier go first!" The leading soldier snatched a boat, and when he saw the surrounding soldiers eager to try, he immediately roared loudly.

At this time, I saw Xu Yuxian, the commander-in-chief, surrounded by people, trotting towards the ship hastily.

He was about to board the boat, when suddenly there was a whistling sound, and an iron bullet fell into the water, just piercing the side of the boat, and the broken wood flew~
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