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"Dong dong dong dong!"

The sky was filled with black moon and stars, and war drums were thundering everywhere.

Huang Yao sat by the campfire and let the soldiers wrap up his wounds.

Zhao Han firmly occupies Zhangshu Town. As the distribution center for medicinal materials in the south, what he is most in need of now is medicine. Moreover, the two drug dealers who presented the excellent golden sore medicine formula were recognized and supported by Zhao Han, including the one who punished Fei Chun's parents according to law.

"There's something wrong with the war drums played by the officers and soldiers tonight. They beat them five times in just one watch." Huang Yao frowned.

Missionary officer Tu Menggu said: "Either plan to attack at night, or plan to escape."

Huang Yao suddenly laughed and said: "Hey, Mr. Tu also knows how to fight, and he can actually see through the intentions of the officers and soldiers."

The Tu family also belongs to a common surname in Jiangxi, and their ancestor is Tu Qin, who supported Sima Rui as emperor. In the Nanchang and Fengcheng areas, there were a lot of people with the surname Tu. There were several wealthy people who defected to Zhao Han, and there were also many who recruited soldiers to help Zhu Xieyuan fight.

Tu Menggu said: "This afternoon, I shuttled between various positions to encourage the morale of our troops while also observing the movements of the enemy. After noon, it became easier and easier for the officers and soldiers to flee. By evening, many officers and soldiers had not yet approached the positions. , was so frightened that he fled down the mountain."

"We have a humble life. It doesn't matter if we die. The town will provide financial support, and orphans and widowed mothers will not be bullied." Huang Yao pointed down the mountain, "Those rural warriors who come from good families do not dare to die. Once they are If you die, your family's land and property may be occupied by your relatives. You are a good family son, are you willing to fight for it?"

"Hehe, I definitely don't want to." Tu Menggu said with a smile.

After the wound was bandaged, Huang Yao immediately stood up: "The officers and soldiers must flee tonight. It depends on whether Lao Li (Li Zheng) dares to take advantage!"

Before Li Zheng could wait, officers and soldiers suddenly attacked at night.

More than a thousand surviving Tengjia soldiers, as well as thousands of "elite" officers and soldiers, suddenly launched night raids on various positions.

The Datong Army finally interrupted the attack of the officers and soldiers at the cost of more than 40 casualties.

Tu Menggu asked doubtfully: "Are the officers and soldiers not trying to escape, but fighting to the death with us? If we delay for another two days, our army will run out of water."

Huang Yao shook his head and said: "The officers and soldiers can't fight anymore. Governor Zhu only has one or two thousand vine armor soldiers. But this is not a flat ground battle. Our army's second line of defense is even more dangerous. How can the officers and soldiers defeat it so easily? ? All he can do is delay. Our army has lost its first line of defense and its water source. It will delay until we have no water to drink. But how long can the morale of the officers and soldiers last? No matter how fierce the attack tonight, the officers and soldiers will definitely retreat!"

Huang Yao inspected various positions with injuries, prepared the soldiers to go down the mountain to pursue, and then took a nap against the rocks.

There was a drum sounding at the foot of the mountain telling the time on time, so he was not afraid of oversleeping.

Near the middle of the night, Huang Yao ordered the entire army to attack. No matter whether the officers and soldiers retreated or not, they would attack at night to recapture the first line of defense.

"kill!"

The Datong army moved out from all directions and reached the first line of defense. They found that the position was full of dummies made of thatch.

"Dudududu~~~~"

The sound of suonas came from the direction of the artificial river, and then one suona was passed to another, all of which were sentinels sent by Li Zheng and Fei Yinggon along the way.

The officers and soldiers retreated and were discovered by sentries.

The sound of the suona sounds from near to far, tearing through the silence of the night, and continues to spread to the mountains further away.

It was definitely too late to intercept immediately. Li Zheng, Fei Yinggon, Zhang Tieniu, Liu Zhu and others led their troops directly to the northeast in an attempt to block the retreat of the officers and soldiers upstream.

They...all failed!

Zhu Xieyuan did not follow the river all the way back to Nanchang, but crossed the river one mile south of Fengcheng.

That is the narrowest point of the river, with the river width only 30 meters.

Moreover, Zhu Xieyuan left a thousand officers and soldiers here, so that he could not only watch the Fengcheng County defenders from the south and north with the officers and soldiers in the Ganjiang River, but also make preparations to cross the river in advance.

The navy has been harassing Fengcheng County. Jiang Liang, who is responsible for defending the city, has not dared to act rashly these days, let alone cross the river to attack the thousand officers and soldiers.

The location of these thousand officers and soldiers is disgusting, located at the intersection of two small rivers. Whether Jiang Liang from Fengcheng County came to attack, or Li Zheng and Fei Yinggon from the mountains came to kill, they had to cross the river first. The officers and soldiers also prepared many small boats, so that they could escape by boat if the situation was not good.

Zhu Xieyuan had already thought of his retreat before he surrounded the mountain!

More than 20,000 officers and soldiers followed the river and arrived at the ferry south of Fengcheng at dawn.

Huang Yao led more than 3,000 exhausted soldiers and pursued them all the way from the southwest. The soldiers were really tired. Many soldiers felt like dozing off while walking. They had to work hard and pull each other's belts to march.

Li Zheng, Fei Yinggon and others blocked the retreat and ran too far. When they realized something was wrong, they quickly returned along the river.

"Have the main force of officers and soldiers returned?"

Liu Shunyi, the magistrate of Fengcheng County, climbed up the tower in a panic.

Jiang Liang pointed to the south and said: "The officers and soldiers want to cross the river. Liu Zhixian, I will leave Fengcheng to your defense. I will lead the troops to attack halfway across the river!"

Liu Shunyi said in horror: "No, our responsibility is to defend Fengcheng. There are officers, soldiers and navy in the north, and there are many built ladders. What if the general leads his troops to the south, and the officers, soldiers and navy take the opportunity to attack the city in the north?"

"I will only take a thousand regular soldiers out, leaving you with a thousand peasant soldiers and hundreds of warriors temporarily recruited," Jiang Liang said. "The officers, soldiers and navy will go ashore, and the full force will only be two or three thousand. We can still give the city to you." Breached?"

"But..." Liu Shunyi hesitated.

Jiang Liang didn't bother to tell him more, so he asked people to open the city gate and led a thousand regular soldiers out of the city.

"kill!"

Hundreds of officers and soldiers had successfully crossed the river. When Jiang Liang suddenly came to kill them, they were frightened and fled.

Zhu Xieyuan was not surprised but overjoyed, and said to his generals: "The rebels have left the city. No need to wait for the boat, just take off your armor and swim over, and seize Fengcheng County!"

More than 20,000 people crossed the river, all of them Jiangxi soldiers who could swim, and the river was only more than 30 meters wide. How could Jiang Liang's 1,000 regular soldiers be able to defend them?

After killing more than two thousand officers and soldiers, thousands more quickly swam over and surrounded Jiang Liang's Qian Fengcheng defenders in vain.

"Jie Yuan formation!"

Jiang Liang shouted anxiously.

Fortunately, in order to swim over, the officers and soldiers took off their armor one after another. Facing Jiang Liang, who formed a circular formation by the river, it was really hard to chew.

Moreover, when fighting in formation on the ground, the strange weapons used by officers and soldiers against Langzhen are not that easy to use.

Even those more than a thousand rattan-armored soldiers who swam across the river wearing rattan armor (rattan armor is waterproof) were helpless against the formation of wolves, shields, and spears.

"Hurry up and divide your troops to attack the city. The ladder is by the river!"

Zhu Xieyuan was very depressed. The rebels guarding the city dared to go out of the city to prevent him from crossing the river. The navy led by Jiangxi Commander-in-Chief Zhu Guoxun actually stood still after fighting for so long. It was really annoying in comparison.

Zhu Guoxun had already heard the cry of killing, and his order was: "The enemy's situation is unknown, wait until dawn."

"Boohoo!"

There were five hundred archers hidden in the circular formation, and they began to shoot at the officers and soldiers outside.

Suddenly, screams were heard everywhere. The officers and soldiers were all naked and had no defense against bows and arrows.

"kill!"

Li Zheng, Fei Yinggon, Zhang Tieniu, and Liu Zhu finally rushed back and rushed directly towards the officers and soldiers who had not yet crossed the river.

Zhu Xieyuan was shocked and angry. The anti-thief garrison in Fengcheng County took the initiative to attack, which delayed his crossing the river. Now the entire army is divided into three parts. Most of them have crossed the river, some are in the river and some are on the other side.

"Gather the troops, gather the troops!"

Zhu Xieyuan asked the messenger to blow the whistle.

After the Datong Army's reinforcements rushed in, the officers and soldiers who had not crossed the river jumped into the river and swam to the other side.

The river is thirty meters wide and flows slowly, which is nothing to Jiangxi soldiers. They can swim across it in the blink of an eye.

They could have 20,000 people surrounding Jiang Liang's 1,000 soldiers, or they could stand by the river and kill Li Zheng, Fei Yinggon and others who were trying to cross the river. You can also move towards the Gan River. With the officers and soldiers as the backing, you can return to Nanchang safely.

However, how can a group of frightened soldiers retreat in confusion in the dark and maintain their sanity?

It would be good if we could evacuate here.

"The rebels are coming, run away!"

"The thieves know magic!"

"Master, let's run away too. We can't fight anymore."

"..."

The officers and soldiers swimming across the river were in chaos.

It's clear that they have the numerical advantage, it's clear that they have crossed the river, it's clear that they have many options and can be invincible! But they just got into chaos. Groups of rural warriors did not gather after crossing the river, but fled directly along the river.

The sound of Zhu Xieyuan's military bugle as he gathered his troops seemed to turn into the starting gun for an escape, and countless officers and soldiers rushed to escape.

Zhu Xieyuan was completely stunned. Our entire army successfully crossed the river, blocking the enemy's main force on the other side, and also surrounded the enemy's Fengcheng garrison by the river. Our army has the advantage at the moment. If we fight harder, we can even seize the opportunity to seize the city. The enemy troops are still on the other side, and they are the ones to be afraid of. What do you mean by fleeing?

In a word, the officers and soldiers were frightened out of their wits, and their peaceful retreat turned into a rout.

And it was so messy.

Wang Ting was among the defeated troops, and he wanted to rebel. But the defeated army did not give him a chance, and the two thousand local warriors he recruited were also escaping in a swarm, completely unaware of what they were fleeing for.

Anyway, if someone runs away, we will run with him. If we run away early and fast, we will definitely survive.

"Superintendent, leave quickly, it will be too late by the time the rebels cross the river!"

Zhu Xieyuan was dragged away by his own soldiers. Those Guizhou Tengjia soldiers were very loyal and could even form formations to cover the retreat of their coach in the dark.

"Mom, if I had known better, I shouldn't have worn armor. I'm so exhausted from running all the way!"

Zhang Tieniu took off his armor and plunged into the river. His ax was a bit heavy, and Liu Zhu quickly swam ahead.

At this moment, Huang Yao also led his troops to pursue him.

But his soldiers were too exhausted. Seeing that the officers and soldiers had been routed, they all immediately lay down by the river to sleep, leaving the rest to the friendly forces to deal with slowly.

"kill!"

Jiang Liang's one thousand city guarding sergeants were besieged for a while, and only more than 930 people were left to fight. They took the lead in chasing down the defeated troops.

Li Zheng, Fei Yinggon, Zhang Tieniu, Liu Zhu and others also led their troops to swim across the river one after another, leaving only more than a hundred musketeers and hundreds of archers.

There are too many large and small rivers in Jiangxi. After chasing for several miles, there is another small river ahead.

I saw countless defeated soldiers jumping into the river, swimming to the other side of the river and continuing to flee. The pursuers also jumped into the river and continued the pursuit after landing ashore.

If each of them is given a bicycle, it will truly become a triathlon.

From dawn to morning, many defeated soldiers were so exhausted that they could only sit down to rest for a while, and then ran for their lives when they saw the pursuers coming.

Those who are physically weak cannot run, so they just lie down there and kill or chop him as they please.

Wang Tingzhan's physical strength was even weaker. He was lying on the bank of the river. When he saw the Datong soldiers chasing him, he quickly shouted: "I am Zhao Zongzhen's internal agent, don't kill me!"

Although the officers and soldiers in the Ganjiang River in the north did not dare to go ashore to fight, they also sent spies to check.

Upon learning that Zhu Xieyuan's entire army had fled, Zhu Guoxun immediately ordered a retreat and withdrew the navy to the outside of Nanchang City before stopping.

This Jiangxi general is a parallel importer!

He was fighting in Fujian, and within three years, he was promoted from commander-in-chief to deputy commander-in-chief, first by following Zheng Zhilong in fighting favorable conditions, and second by squandering money and claiming other people's military exploits.

The emperor and his ministers believed that Zhu Guoxun was good at water warfare and would definitely show his prowess in suppressing bandits in Jiangxi.

However, he did not dare to fight a tough battle...

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