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Chapter 351 The decisive battle begins

Late at night, the Dengzhou Camp station was heavily guarded. In contrast, even if the bandits' camp strengthened their defense, camping in the mountains made it difficult to cover everything. The range of the Kanglev rocket was even more difficult to defend. This night, there were countless gongs and drums in the mountains, but there were only more than 100 rockets, which made the entire mountain camp be warned everywhere, and it was not until dawn that it became quiet. Not only did the bandits not sleep well, but the magistrate Liu Dagong, who was hitting the floor on the top of the city, was also very troubled.

Chuzhou was surrounded by mountains, and the sound of gongs on the mountains was everywhere at night. Of course, he was very scared. He waited until dawn and found something was wrong. Looking at the fire on the surrounding mountains, Liu Dagong saw that Li Jues had not had much sleep, and appeared with dark circles in his eyes. He went forward and shouted excitedly: "Mr. Li, it seems that reinforcements have arrived. He tossed all night last night."

What? Li Jues almost stood firm. If he hadn't been helping him, he would have fallen. "Where are reinforcements?" He quickly grabbed Liu Dagong's hand and asked. Liu Dagong shook his head and said, "There are mountains on all sides, and I can't see them. But in the second half of the night, there was a constant riot in the bandit camp on the mountain, as if water was running everywhere."

"That's right, this is a strategy to disturb the enemy. The one who came should be a small army. We will be saved if we hold on for another day." Li Jues quickly shouted loudly. When the soldiers and Min Zhuang in the city heard the news, their morale was immediately boosted.

The two insisted on finding a place to sit down and discuss on the top of the city. Li Jues said: "The one who should be here is Lu Jiandou from Zhongdu and Jingying from Jiangnan. I'm afraid it won't be so fast. I don't have the ability to harass at night."

Liu Dagong shook his head and said, "I hope that the Dengzhou Camp will come. Last year, the bandits surrounded Luzhou, and that was the Dengzhou Camp to rush thousands of miles to rescue the siege. The di newspaper said that Dengzhou Camp is in Xuzhou, and it is afraid that it will be impossible to rely on such a long distance."

No matter what, with the news of reinforcements, both of them were very relieved. They became more energetic and kept watching from Chengtou Mountain, hoping to see the banner of reinforcements.

The sound of neat footsteps sounded in the morning color, just like countless drums ringing at the same time, boasting, and then coming from the direction of the whiteness in the horizon. Gao Yingxiang and others who got up early received reports from the Malay Detective News: "The Dengzhou Camp has come out, and the official road on the east side is walking."

Wuli Bridge in the east of the city. This is the only place suitable for a head-on battle. Qingliushui and the two sides of the straits are a wide area, enough for the two armies to set up their formation and fight to the death here. Of course, Gao Yingxiang refused to let Chuzhou go. The heroes from all walks of life together totaled 400,000, and all the old camp soldiers who could fight were transferred out, with a total of no less than 50,000.

"As long as we defeat reinforcements, we can go south, cross the Yangtze River, and go to Nanjing, a world of flowery money, and ask for money and silver. We need food. The wealthy families cannot finish their food. They are stuck in the barn and refuse to take it out to give hungry people a bite. If you want women, there are some beautiful women on the Qinhuai River." Gao Yingxiang mobilized before the war, and in order to defeat the Dengzhou Camp, he set up a formation by Qingliu Water early. The elite soldiers of all the heroes were transferred up and set up a formation of a 100,000 army to besiege Dengzhou Camp.

At the 15-liter puppet, the vanguard of Dengzhou camp stopped advancing, and commander Lin Ya blew a sharp whistle. The infantry teams lined up to defend and waited for the main force to follow up. Then Chen Xie, who followed, led two Yi Battalions and the cavalry battalion to arrive. Looking at the battlefield, 20,000 people could be displaced, but the bandits on the opposite side seemed to be more crowded. No wonder in the decisive battle in this place in history, the Tianxiong army of more than 10,000 people were defeated by more than a thousand crossbows. It can be seen that the bandits have very low ability to withstand the killing.

"Does the thief think he is Han Xin? He fights with his back! He sends orders! Armor and arrays!" Chen Xie, who sneered, gave an order, and shouted at the top of his lungs. Chang Shiren smiled from the side: "Qingliushui is almost dry, and he fights with his mother's water. He has to worry about the fact that there are many thieves on Zhulongqiao, and it is obvious that the thief is a general."

Chen Xie raised his telescope, looked at it and said, "Wang Ben led a camp in Yi and attacked towards Zhulongqiao, and a camp in Jia and took charge of the flanks. Gao Yingxiang had many cavalry, so I will attack his cavalry first. Let He Xian and Zu Kuan prepare for the pursuit."

Chang Shiren was surprised, and did not ask too much, and immediately implemented it. Mr. Chen would not make any mistakes. This concept has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

"Here, here!" The powerful general Liu Zhongmin shouted, and Li Zicheng, who was not tall, looked ahead expressionlessly. Dengzhou Camp was indeed different from other Ming troops. In a short period of time, the formation was completed. He did not give him a chance to attack. His original purpose was to attack the flanks. Unexpectedly, at this time, Dengzhou Camp actually dared to divide his troops, and some killed Li Zicheng's troops, and some killed Gao Yingxiang, the frontal main force of Zhang Xianzhong.

"Arrogant, come up and line up five miles away." After discovering that the Dengzhou camp divided the troops, Gao Yingxiang was furious. Fortunately, he had not lost his calmness. In the battle of Chuzhou in history, Gao Yingxiang was also more careful. Especially when he saw the Guanning Army and the Dengzhou cavalry landing on both sides, he became more careful.

The tidy steps continued to move forward, and the square formation was as smooth as a mountain. Neatly black armor and long spears were facing the sky. Nearly, the central army's flag was dancing. The command of "Stand!" came everywhere, and the engineers from each unit rushed forward at the fastest speed, rushing forward with the carriage, and putting one cast iron tripod after another in front of the formation, with wooden hammers smashing down, and at the same time someone was pulling a barbed wire. The two tripods were a iron pole in the middle, with a button hole, less than ten meters apart, and barbed wire was hung on both sides. Less than half a message, barbed wire fences with varying spacing appeared one after another.

After the engineers were busy, the artillery also set up positions in front of the formation, lit the brazier, loaded the cannons, and the black muzzle was facing the front. At this time, even if Gao Yingxiang didn't want to fight, it would probably not work. If he really wanted to retreat, it might be a catastrophic defeat. With so many people, it would be too difficult to retreat. Gao Yingxiang dared not take this risk.

"Kill!" Seeing that Dengzhou Camp could do so many things quickly while its troops approached, Gao Yingxiang was a little impatient and issued an order to take the initiative to attack.

Thirty-segment barbed wire looks not much, and it cannot block the front battlefield, but it is enough to protect the rifle phalanxes within a distance to shoot for two or three rounds. The opponents who have never stopped the area are waiting for them, including cross spearmen and spearmen, as well as 2,000 smoothbore rifle infantry.

"Kill the officers and soldiers and have a full meal!" A shaking shout sounded. This was the result of tens of thousands of people shouting together. There were mountains around them, and the shouts echoed among the mountains, which was shocking.

Although the soldiers of Dengzhou Camp were also shocked, no one was shaken even if they were a little bit. Gao Yingxiang was waiting for a lot of money. Just now, the rushing force of the formation was started, and Li Zicheng also started to press forward in the direction of Zhulongqiao. Wang Ben and Lin Ya cooperated with each other and were also lined up to meet the enemy.

"Let's see how the old camp is fighting?" Li Zicheng was not in a hurry. He had more than 5,000 cavalry in his hand, and Gao Yingxiang allocated him 10,000 cavalry. Today everyone invested a lot. The key to deciding victory or defeat was the opportunity for the cavalry to attack.

More than 10,000 light-clad men in ragged clothes were holding various weapons in their hands and shouting in unison. The formation was quite good, and they slowly pressed forward. Chen Xie, who was holding a telescope in his hand, saw the formation of the bandits' front, and ordered slowly: "Let the artillery adjust the shooting angle and hit the archers behind first."

The commander next to him urged the horses to run forward and shouted: "The master has an order, the artillery will kill the archers first."

The artillery was ready for emergency test. After adjusting the firing angle, several artillery positions spread out fired and fired one after another. Several shells flew over the infantry in front, and the shells hit the archers' formation.

There was no room for refuge for the whistling shells, and there were still too many people, and it was too crowded. Gao Yingxiang had not many archers in his hand, only about two thousand people, which was a little possession that he had gathered for many years. He originally planned to rush forward with the blow, and then shoot with the bow and arrow to shake the formation of the officers and soldiers, but he didn't expect the shells to arrive first.

Puff...! A head was hit directly and instantly turned into a rotten watermelon. The flying blood and brain matter were like sprayed petals, splashing around. After one shot, the remaining guns opened fire one after another. There were not many six-pound rifled guns, and each battalion's artillery team was equipped with two. The rest were six-pound smoothbore guns and three-pound guns, of which the three-pound guns had the largest number, and each gun team had 12.

The continuous shelling suppressed the shouts of the civilian army. The screams echoed among the mountains, and everyone who heard them was moved.

One shell is a fifty-meter-long blood path. Although only a few rifled cannons fired at long distances, the deterrent effect far exceeds the killing effect. The formation of the archers who were attacked in a concentrated manner has begun to shake.

The "crazy" flag in our department suddenly shook, and the thieves who had already stepped 800 steps away suddenly shouted together: "Kill! Kill the officers and soldiers!" After shouting, they began to run forward with force, and the formation was scattered in an instant, with no formation at all. Even so, piles of people were still crowded together, and people followed the people forward, looking back regardless of the last time.

The six-pound smoothbore cannon fired, and the crowd was like land, and the shells were iron plows, raising waves of blood.

Chen Xie on the horse's back was expressionless. These people took this path for a way of survival. The one who really was responsible for their miserable fate was the vested interests of the Ming Dynasty. As a member of the vested interests, Chen Xie had to defeat these people who were for breakfast before he wanted to change anything.

The formation of more than 10,000 people was scattered like an out-of-control flood, rushing towards any target ahead. As the shells fell one after another, casualties fell down the ground along the way. The torrent was still unstoppable and rushing forward. How many unjust souls will there be in the crowd?

"I rushed up, Dengzhou Camp is just like that." Liu Guoneng said this and immediately rolled his eyes. The guy rode his horse and left, and said before he said, "I'll be watching when I go back and watch it." (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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