But when the Red Lotus Cultivator retreated to the Huai River, he found that the floating bridge built on the river had long been destroyed. There were only a little remaining on the shore and materials that had not yet been transported away. Four steel steamers appeared on the river channel, and machine guns were installed, and they were violently firing at the shore.

The soldiers of the Red Lotus Cultivate who fled to the Huai River were immediately injured and suffered heavy casualties. Although the soldiers in the front row wanted to retreat, they were blocked by the soldiers behind and were anxious and could not retreat at all. As a result, they fell in rows on the river bank, and blood stained the river water.

At this moment, the People's Army also surrounded the left and right sides from behind the Red Lotus Army. The Red Lotus Army was trapped in a full siege and could not retreat forward, so they could only surrender to the People's Army.

In this battle, the People's Army annihilated more than 3,000 Red Lotus Army, captured more than 16,000 prisoners, and seized a large amount of supplies. However, there were a lot of trouble after the victory. The handling of more than 16,000 prisoners was a huge problem. Although the People's Army has now controlled Lu'an Prefecture and has drawn a large number of personnel from the resettlement battalion to assist in the management, it still takes some effort to contain 16,000 prisoners. In addition, it also has to build a floating bridge on the Huaihe River to allow the army to cross the river. Of course, the floating bridge built by the People's Army is much stronger than the Red Lotus Cult. Therefore, the People's Army finally stayed in Huoqiu County for 10 days and sent all the prisoners to Lu'an Prefecture for custody. At the same time, it built two floating bridges and a simple dock on the Huaihe River. The army crossed the Huaihe River and headed north along the Yingshui River and marched towards Yingzhou.

The four warships are responsible for carrying food and food, and they are traveling with the army along Yingshui. Although these four warships are not large, each ship can carry 20-25 tons of materials. The four warships can carry a total of 80-90 tons of materials. Although it is not a large number, the scale of this People's Army is not large, so it is completely sufficient.

However, as soon as the People's Army crossed the Huai River, they met a large group of troops from the Red Lotus Army. It turned out that although the People's Army's fleet destroyed the floating bridge built by the Red Lotus Army, some of the materials and troops had crossed the Huai River. Therefore, after the floating bridge was destroyed, the troops with the supplies were withdrawn to Yingzhou. At this time, the Red Lotus Army was defeated in Huoqiu County, and the news that the 20,000 troops were almost wiped out was also spread to Yingzhou.

The senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect in Yingzhou were also quite shocked. Because of the two battles, the Red Lotus Sect army had lost nearly 30,000 troops. Although it was not damaged, the Red Lotus Sect's army is still more than 100,000, but the losses are still huge. Moreover, the People's Army has only more than 3,000 people. Such a huge gap in military strength and it is still so bad that all the leaders of the attack on Lu'anzhou this time were basically killed. Of course, it made the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect in Yingzhou shudder, and the defeated troops who retreated to Yingzhou also tried their best to exaggerate the army in the army.

The strength and fierce firepower of the People's Army have had a huge impact on the morale of the Red Lotus Army. Although the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect tried their best to stop the spread of the rumors and killed more than 200 defeated soldiers, the rumors had spread at this time and could not be stopped by killing a few people. The soldiers did not say it in public, but they still talked very positively in private. The senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect could not kill all the soldiers. Therefore, as long as it was not too much, they could only open their eyes and close their eyes.

But now the People's Army is approaching the Huaihe River, and it is not much different from the troops at the city. It can be said that it is a critical survival. Therefore, after discussion, the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect decided to concentrate the army and fight the People's Army. Of course, since the leaders of the attack on Lu'anzhou this time were basically killed, the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect did not quite believe that the combat effectiveness of the People's Army would be so strong. After all, the number of the Red Lotus Sect's army is more than ten times that of the People's Army. But only listening to the soldiers' statements, they are always a little bit skeptical.

However, the result of the battle will not be wrong. There may be other reasons for this. Therefore, the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect did not dare to be careless. In the end, they concentrated more than 80,000 troops, the main army and firepower troops, and all of them were dispatched, and two elders were specially sent to lead the team to mount. It can be said that the strongest combat power of the Red Lotus Sect Army was concentrated.

Seeing that the Red Lotus Sect was dispatched to fight, Luo Yue would certainly not be afraid. Not to mention that he had joined the reinforcements now, even if there were no reinforcements, he would not care about the Red Lotus Sect's army. Moreover, after this battle, he could completely defeat the morale of the Red Lotus Sect's army, and he would probably not dare to fight field battles with the People's Army in the future. Therefore, his plan to encircle and annihilate the Red Lotus Sect's army in Yingzhou Prefecture can basically be realized.

So Luo Yue ordered to arrange positions on the bank of the Huai River, and prepare for a decisive battle with the Red Lotus Cult Army.

Although the two elders of the Red Lotus Army did not understand military affairs, they had also read [Romance of the Three Kingdoms] and knew that the formation of troops was a major military offender, so they were very relieved. It seemed that the People's Army was just a err. It was probably just a sharp firearm. In the last failure, I am afraid that the few people who led the army were too incompetent. It was not because of how powerful the People's Army was. This time, they would defeat the People's Army and reverse the increasingly depressed morale of the Red Lotus Army.

But the People's Army had arranged positions early, while the Red Lotus Army was much slower. After all, the Red Lotus Army had more than 80,000 people, and its military quality was poor. It had basically not received any formal training. The two elders led the army did not have the experience of commanding so many troops. They were busy setting up the altar court to ask God to tell the sky, and they had no time to organize the team. Of course, even if they asked them to sort them out, they might not be able to sort them out. Therefore, after a long time of dismantling, it was still in chaos and no position was arranged at all. Moreover, due to improper arrangement of the team, several crowds and pushing situations occurred.

Originally, Luo Yue planned to use the last tactics to first stand on the position defense, withstand the attack of the Red Lotus Army, and then attack from both wings, detour the flanks of the Red Lotus Army, and wait for an opportunity to destroy the command center of the Red Lotus Army in one fell swoop.

But seeing that the Red Lotus Cult Army had been in line for a long time, but it was still in chaos. Luo Yue also decided to change his tactics and take the initiative to go out. After all, the Red Lotus Cult Army in front of him almost gave him the opportunity with both hands. If he didn't accept it, wouldn't he be sorry for the Red Lotus Cult Army's kindness?

So Luo Yue ordered Jiang Haidong to lead the two battalions of his headquarters to break through from the central government and launch an attack on the Red Lotus Cult Army.

At this time, the positions of the two sides were about 3,000 meters apart. Therefore, after the People's Army launched an attack, it would take a certain amount of time to reach the range of the rifle. However, Luo Yue was not idle, but concentrated all the 12 100 mortars and 36 80 mortars of the troops to launch artillery bombardment at the positions of the Red Lotus Army.

The Red Lotus Cultivator did not expect that the People's Army could still attack itself at about 3,000 meters apart in the positions of the two sides, because they did not see artillery in the People's Army. As a result, the shells fell into the formation of the Red Lotus Cultivator, and only blew up the gravel and soil soared into the sky. People were overturned and horses were overturned, and there were heavy casualties. Originally, the Red Lotus Cultivator had arranged several altars, but they were all buried in the artillery fire. The Red Lotus Cultivator was originally messy, and at this time they were even more panicked and frightened. Some people moved forward, some retreated, and they were pushed to the ground, and they were immediately trampled by countless legs.

After more than 10 rounds of artillery bombings, Luo Yue ordered to divide half of the artillery troops to advance 500 meters, and then set up artillery positions to open fire and bombard the fire, which ensures the extension of firepower.

The two elders led the army were frightened to see this. The shells did not fall near them, but they were somewhat affected. Several wounds were cut by the splattered sand and gravel on their bodies and faces. Although they had shown their magical powers of not being afraid of guns and bullets in front of the church, they both understood in their hearts that it was just a trick to play, and they were just flesh and blood, and they could withstand the bombardment of artillery, so they all hurriedly ordered to retreat.

But when he saw that the altar court where God asked God to tell the sky was destroyed by artillery, his companions were blown to pieces by artillery, and even the two elders who had shown great powers were frightened and retreated. The ordinary soldiers of the Red Lotus Army could still hold on, and the rumors of the People's Army's strong and sharp firepower suddenly became extremely real. Therefore, the soldiers retreated one after another.

However, the array of 80,000 troops was quite deep. The soldiers behind did not get to the top, so of course they would not retreat. Some soldiers were arranged in formation. As a result, the troops in front were defeated, and the front and back teams collided with each other. It was a messy army, and it was even more chaotic at this time.

Of course, there were also a few soldiers who went against the rules, raised their swords and guns and launched an attack on the People's Army that was advancing. These people were all loyal believers of the Red Lotus Sect and believed in the so-called magical power of the Red Lotus Sect. Although they also saw a large number of companions being killed, because of their insincereness, the magical power was not effective. Everyone believed that they were sincere and of course they could get the blessing of the gods, invulnerable swords and guns, and inviolable bullets. So at this time they chose to attack the People's Army, hoping to save the situation.

However, although these people were completely brainwashed by the Red Lotus Sect, the People's Army's bullets were not vegetarian. Although they were moving forward, the People's Army's firepower was not very dense. Therefore, most of them fell under the guns of the People's Army. Only a very small number of people rushed through the bullet rain and rushed to the front of the People's Army, but they were all stabbed to death by the People's Army soldiers with bayonets.

Although his troops had not yet advanced to the range at this time, the Red Lotus Cult Army had been bombarded with artillery, so Jiang Haidong, who personally commanded the team, ordered the troops to advance quickly and fight with the Red Lotus Cult Army as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!