Chapter 346: It’s easy to ask God to send God to God

Lu Jiude, the eunuch in Nanjing, was not angry or angry about the suggestions of his staff. The Huaiyang Army was indeed a soldier stationed in Nanzhili.

Moreover, according to the scope of his authority, as an eunuch in Nanjing, he had the power to mobilize command of the troops stationed in Nanzhili. Although he had to follow the procedures and negotiate with the Secretary of the Ministry of War and the Nanjing Governor's Governor, since he was already leading the army, he could actually make a decision alone.

The movements of the rebel army in Henan are unknown now, and Zhang Xianzhong's troops in Nanzhili are ready to move and mobilize all the powers that can be used to resist. This is natural.

However, the eunuch Lu Jiude of the garrison was unwilling to mobilize the Huai Yang army to support him. In the eyes of his aides, he felt dissatisfied with the Huai Yang army's dominance in the two Huai Huai, and he did not give a penny of money.

But when is this? How can I still care about so much?

"Dad, Zhang Ni can't take it, but we can't take it. If things go wrong, we will withdraw from Nanzhili and go to other places to have fun. If the officers and soldiers are not going well, the entire Jiangnan heartland will probably be poisoned by thieves? And now Li Chuang and Cao Cao are undecided in Henan. It would be fine if they go north, but the recent news in the countryside is said to be about to go south..."

The eunuch Lu Jiude in Shouzhou was stationed in his garrison. Several aides were sincerely advising him. Before this aide could finish his speech, the other one was touching him:

"The only way to get out first is to defeat Zhang Ni's troops, and then make every effort to prepare for Li Chuang who is about to move south."

"Lu Zhenguan, our soldiers in the southern province, if the Huai Yang Army has a chance of winning against Zhang Ni, if Li breaks into the southern province, everything will be stopped!"

Having said that, all the civil and military officials in the commander's tent occupied it and spoke loudly:

"It's urgent, please make a decision early!"

Lu Jiude and his subordinates have been depressed recently, thinking that Lu Jiude, the eunuch in Nanjing, is also a decisive person. If it were a castration, he would lead a large army to fight in the east and west, why did he hesitate at such a critical moment? Isn’t it better to mobilize because the other party did not give away money?

On weekdays, Lu Jiude, the eunuch in Nanjing, acts domineeringly and uprightly. In addition, after staying in the army for a long time, he also has the habit of Qiu Ba. If he were to persuade people like this, if he didn't agree, he would have slapped the table and scolded him. However, today's performance is very confusing.

Lu Jiude lay on the desk, staring at the table, as if there was a beautiful view on it. He ignored the sincere advice below and raised his head for a while. He spoke:

"You bastards are connected..."

But then hesitated for a long time before speaking:

"The situation is urgent now. Do you think our family knows it? But you really think it's so easy to use. You can also transfer Shandong troops. Look at the Huama Liu and Huang Tiebing, what's the best way to meet."

Huama Liu said that it was Liu Liangzuo. Liu Liangzuo liked to ride varied mounts. Huang Iron Whip said that Huang Degong was always using iron whips when fighting. One of these two people was a surrendered general who was recruited to the camp. The other was a military general from Liaodong that year. He had different backgrounds, but his arrogance and domineeringness were the same.

After complaining, Lu Jiude, the eunuch in Nanjing, complained, he said again:

"If we are arrogant and domineering, our family is not afraid, but you can see how these Shandong soldiers and horses are step by step to Lianghuai from beginning to end. It looks too unauthorized. Our family and the adults in Nanjing are unwilling to let them mix too much in Southern Province... If they were asked to go to Fengyang Mansion to suppress the thieves this time, I'm afraid it's easy to invite the gods to send the gods!"

This sentence makes the entire tent of the Earth Commander silence. From beginning to end, everyone dislikes what Shandong soldiers and horses did in Nanzhili, but at that time, there was no other way, so they had to treat it as a medicine and swallow it with their noses.

Since setting up checkpoints on the Caoyuan River to collect Lijin, Shandong soldiers and horses have become even more famous in Southern Zhili. Some people attacked Shandong soldiers and horses to be arrogant and domineering. In addition to those clichés, some discerning people can see that Shandong soldiers and horses may have other intentions to do so.

Although Lu Jiude is not a discerning person, he has been in a high position for a long time and has fought and robbed power. He instinctively felt that the Huaiyang Army was stationed in the two Huaihe Rivers, which was not a place to appease the north of the Yangtze River. It was a bit of an intention to be in Nanjing, but it was also closely colluded with the local tyrants, which was very troublesome.

As the guard of Nanjing, thinking about the other side of the river, there is such a "friendly army", Lu Jiude couldn't sleep well...

Hearing Lu Jiude's difficulties, the civil servants and generals who spoke in unison looked at each other and had nothing to say. Several aides even lamented in their hearts, thinking that the world is full of disasters and difficulties, not only the refugees are raging, but also the threat of great enemies outside the pass.

Even his officers, soldiers and generals were all wary of each other. After a while, someone finally stood up and spoke slowly:

"When refugees started to turmoil, they fled to various provinces. I have never heard of anyone who treats gentry and officials well. Wherever they pass, the poor Guizhou heads survived to save their lives. Most of the gentry and officials destroyed their families and destroyed their clans."

Everyone in the tent nodded, and Lu Jiude also listened carefully with his body straight. The staff spoke slowly, but every word was clear:

"If the Huai Yang Army enters Fengyang Mansion, where can we go even if we are domineering? Compared to Huama Liu March, the prefectures and counties along the way are closed and martial law like facing a great enemy, they will never be bad anymore... The student said another rebellious words, even if there is something unspeakable... Shandong soldiers are always from officers and soldiers. Judging from his performance in the two Huai areas, they are considerate to the gentry and wealthy families. There are always some rules and regulations. If the refugees really gain power... I am afraid that everything will not be mentioned..."

After the staff member said that the room was extremely quiet. The staff member said too much, his face was a little pale, and he had too many taboos and too many rebellious words. It really took some courage to say it.

The silence in the room lasted for not long, but the eunuch Lu Jiude gritted his teeth on the top and slapped the table with a sharp voice:

"You are saying this to be a rude and honest advice. The two evils are the most important. Our family understands that we will transfer the Huaiyang Army into Fengyang Mansion below and drive these thieves out first!!"

Fengyang Prefecture, Luzhou and Anqing Prefectures, the so-called land crusade kings went south and spread in a mess. Someone has already told them all kinds of strange news, but this news is not good news for the Eight Great Kings Zhang Xianzhong, who has not been stored for a long time. He leaned against Luzhou Prefecture and separated the distance from the Fifth Camp of the Gzuo.

Last year, he took the remnants and defeated generals to join Li Zicheng. He originally wanted to follow the example in Gucheng that year, and ask the other party to fund some armored soldiers and horses, and then make a comeback.

Who would have thought that Li Zicheng, the King of Chuang, wanted to use force and make a decision? Zhang Xianzhong once said this year, but it was just a question. However, the King of Chuang is not a person who will be a camp. In the future, we will not be a human being. Zhang Xianzhong is also unwilling to fall under others. How could he agree?

In the end, it was Cao Cao and Luo Ru who used the means to secretly let Zhang Xianzhong go. In the past year, Zhang Xianzhong won and lost, while Li Zicheng's power expanded like a snowball, and the strength of each other became increasingly disparate. Now everyone is not seeking to live with hardship. Instead, they are thinking about making themselves rich and prosperous, and there is no need to talk about the matter of helping each other.

Beingware of being attacked by others, the annexation of the team is the norm now. The Eight Kings Zhang Xianzhong was also depressed, thinking that I have just opened up some situations here. If you break into the king, you will come to pick peaches. This is really too unruly.

The fifth camp of the Le Zuo was a team that he had always longed for the King of Chuang. Although he was now obeying Zhang Xianzhong's command, if the King of Chuang came over, it would not be necessary for anyone to listen to the other.

In desperation, Zhang Xianzhong distanced the team from the Fifth Battalion of the G Zuo, while urging his backbone forces to attack. If he could open up a situation in Fengyang Mansion before the camp arrived, he would be much more calm in advance and retreat.

Originally, the two sides had such an stalemate, and the officers and soldiers had some old problems and became a little lazy. As a result, Zhang Xianzhong urged the troops to attack fiercely. The Fifth Camp of the Le Zuo was naturally not idle, and followed him.

As a result, Liu Liangzuo's troops were the first to be unable to support him. He was beaten back to Xia Cai in shame, and he didn't even dare to camp outside the city. He simply entered Xia Cai Town and did not dare to go out.

Huang Degong was able to fight, but when Liu Liangzuo ran, the left wing immediately revealed a big loophole. He had no choice but to retreat slowly. Fortunately, Lu Jiude's 20,000 Nanjing Imperial Force could still hold back, and the troops everywhere did not collapse under the pursuit of the opponent.

But after suffering such setbacks, with the morale and combat effectiveness of the official army, they have to rest and rest in any case before they can fight again, otherwise they will collapse.

After nearly a month of stalemate, the refugee army had the initiative for the first time in Nanzhili, and it was obtained with the increase of officers and soldiers.

This is actually not how the combat effectiveness of the Eight Kings and the Fifth Battalion of the G Zuo has increased, but how the military power of a million troops in Henan is under the threat of such possible southward movement, the refugee army is full of courage, while the officers and soldiers are thwarting their hands and feet.

This battle happened four days after the dispatch of the military documents issued by the eunuch Lu Jiude of the garrison. The officers and soldiers retreated nearly thirty miles. Originally, the front line of the official army was stationed in Zhengyang Town between Huoqiu and Shouzhou, oppressing the migrant army at any time. After that, Zhengyang Town was occupied by the Fifth Battalion of the Giveuo, and Shouzhou suddenly became the front line.

Lu Jiude had no choice but to arrange his confidants to go to Zhongdu and Nanjing, Fengyang to request reinforcements. The so-called "Zhongjing" and "Nanjing" also had some left-behind soldiers. Seeing this, they could only use these old-fashioned soldiers.

However, the confidant who asked for help was sent out. After less than three hours of going out, he ran back in shame and said to the people in the city in panic:

"A large army came from the east. Judging from the color of the banner and clothing, it doesn't look like the soldiers from Nanzhili!"

The eunuch Lu Jiude, the governor of Nanjing who received this news, and the generals of the military were panicked, but then they came back to the scene that this must be the soldiers of the Huaiyang Army.

Although this was a friendly army, the eunuch Lu Jiude, the governor of Nanjing, and the troops under the various teams still gathered their troops and returned to the city to defend themselves. In the eyes of the officers and soldiers, guarding against thieves and guarding against friendly army was a matter of nature.

The officers and soldiers of Nanzhili continued to send messages back, saying that the Huaiyang Army had already advanced along the river and calculated that this time, they would be able to reach Zhengyang Town in one day.

Seeing that the Huaiyang Army did not want to cooperate with friendly troops, the alone army went deep into battle with Zhang Xianzhong and the Fifth Battalion of the G Zuo. Most of the soldiers in Jiangbei, Nanzhili had heard of the combat effectiveness of the Huaiyang Army, and they thought it was not uncommon. It was not uncommon for the strong soldiers of the officers and soldiers to fight the bandit army with one ten.

Those who were unfamiliar sighed in their hearts, thinking that the reinforcements might be told here, and it was useless to spend so much time on whether to let this army come. It seems that it was a waste.

Lu Jiude, the eunuch in Nanjing, was quite calm in front of the people. When chatting with the local officials in Shouzhou, he praised him, saying that the deputy general of Shandong, Chen Liu, was very knowledgeable and loyal, brave and strong.

But in private, Lu Jiude complained and cursed with his staff, saying that the Shandong soldiers were really not the soldiers of the court, so what were the concerns? Calculated the time to issue the dispatch documents for the troops, almost as soon as the documents arrived, the army set off immediately. If there were no preparations in advance, how could it be so quickly to set off?

Moreover, the Huaiyang Army was stationed in Jiangbei. Surrey was active in those two mansions. When did so many ships gather, it seemed that it had already planned.

If we say that the camp was immediately launched, with the training and mobilization of the Huaiyang Army, it could be done. Although this ability seemed so incredible to other Ming officers and soldiers, in Jiaozhou Camp, if we could not do this, we would only be the new recruits who were training.

But so many ships are too exposed. The waterways in the South Zhili are intertwined, with dense water networks and numerous ships. However, the army needs so many ships to operate, personnel and supplies, so how can it be so easy to get them together in a hurry? Besides, how to calculate the time, as soon as the dispatch documents arrive, the other side will set off immediately.

If you have a different intention, you won’t feel relieved. But under such a situation, there is the threat of millions of Henan bandits about to enter Southern Zhili, and there is also a sudden rise in attacks face to face Zhang Xianzhong and the fifth camp of Ge Zuo. The only powerful army around, namely the Huaiyang Army, has become the only choice at this moment. It’s not that you want to use it, but you really have to use it.

But Lu Jiude and his subordinates also lamented that everyone had made up their minds and talks for a long time before they transferred the Huaiyang troops. Maybe they would have to explain to the 200,000 bandit soldiers.

The vanguard troops of the refugee army stationed in Zhengyang Town, Liu Xiyao, King Zuo Wu Battalion, and He Yilong and King Zuo Jin Liu Xiyao were the most powerful.

Zhengyang Town is next to the intersection of Dongfeishui and Yingshui. This place is also one of the key traffic jams. If you keep it here, you can keep the entire army in an offensive situation, and the opponent needs to retreat to Shouzhou to have a place to gain a foothold.

But the troops in Gezuo Fifth Camp did not expect that in Nanzhili, there were such unscrupulous officers and soldiers who were so unscrupulous that they stopped the boat more than 500 steps away from Zhengyang Town. They didn't care about the refugee army there. The officers and soldiers got off the boat in a row, and Ding Zhuang, a civilian, moved the baggage there.

Liu Xiyao, the king of Zuo Jin, was not surprised or hesitant. When he saw the ship, he should have the troops stationed in the town lined up to catch the other party off guard.

The officers and soldiers who suddenly arrived went upstream. Liu Xiyao directly built more than a dozen small boats on them and placed them on firewood. After igniting them, they put them downstream.

This method is common, but during this period, several officers and soldiers were burned. When the soldiers came, they panicked and jumped into the river in a hurry.

However, Jiaozhou Camp had already prepared. The river channel was not wide at all. When the fire ship arrived in front of him, more than a dozen officers and soldiers held long iron-packed bamboo poles on the bow of the boat. The fire ship was poured with oil and dried firewood. After being held back, it soon burned the boat and sank to the bottom of the water.

This burning of the ship was originally a prelude, and the Zuo Jin King's battalion did not expect that this would cause any damage to the officers and soldiers. When the fire ship was released, the soldiers holding swords and guns also ran out.

Many soldiers from the Huaiyang Army had already arrived ashore. According to the combat script, the first row was still the musket soldiers. At this time, the musket soldiers were all soldiers who were ready to fight hand-to-hand after shooting.

They were all half-squatted on the ground, and the muskets were placed on the short shield in front. Some of the musket soldiers in Jiaozhou Camp participated in short-term battles.

Holding swords, axes and shields in his hand, the Ming Dynasty's swords, shields, soldiers and soldiers were generally round shields. In order to set up muskets, the shields were rectangular, with a gap above, similar to the middle of a wooden fork, which happened to hold muskets.

The second row is holding a fire gun upright

Unlike the poor camp and Cao Cao's army, the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo in this area is quite well equipped and rich. Not only is the official army rich, but the equipment and supplies of this refugee army are much stronger than those of the same army. The refugee soldiers who rushed to the front were holding bows and arrows and bird guns.

There were refugees behind him pushing the cannons and walking outside, but they were caught off guard by the government army and let the soldiers holding muskets and bows run in front.

When the Jiaozhou Camp Huaiyang Army reached the disembarkation position for more than a hundred steps, the musket soldiers received gunpowder distribution from the officers. The ammunition was stored in large wooden barrels. These large wooden barrels were surrounded by quicklime cloth to prevent it from being damp and to ensure the power of the gunpowder.

The area at the junction of Fengyang Prefecture and Luzhou Prefecture is like a water network intertwined, and the air is humid. Whether it is a bowstring or gunpowder, it is easily affected by the moisture in the air.

The archers from the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo also understood this truth, so they wanted to run as far as sixty steps as possible to pull the bow and shoot archery. The soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo even ran to the front. The rate of dumb fire must be very high, but group shooting will always form a fire density.

However, the effective shooting range of Jiaozhou Camp muskets is more than 100 steps, and this distance is death for the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo.

"Fire!!" The firearm commander in the first row shouted loudly. These were all skilled tactical actions. They had already been loading up and were ready to shoot.

The fire of the first and second rows of muskets was very short, and the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo, who was originally planning to give the officers and soldiers, was immediately caught off guard.

The people who rushed in the front suddenly turned over and over, and the waterways were crisscrossing, and there was not much room for the battle. According to the organization of Jiaozhou Camp, even a battalion could not fully expand the front.

After the first and second rows of musket soldiers were shot, they did not retreat. Instead, they loaded ammunition on the spot. The spearmen behind them were placed flat according to this array, but the musket soldiers stood in front, and the spears behind were obliquely tilted.

On the shore Jiaozhou Camp slowly moved forward. After the bows and arrows and muskets were hit by the head-on, the Jiaozhou Camp began to shout the artillery in the back row.

A sharp whistle sounded in the air, followed by people and horses squealing, and the artillery of the Huaiyang Army was also pushed to the shore. After the battle was fought, the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo did not stand at all, and had to retreat step by step. In addition to soldiers and officers, there were also a large number of civilians.

The front resisted the first wave of attacks, and a large number of Minzhuang began to go ashore, holding tools in their hands, and following the front-line soldiers array forward step by step.
Chapter completed!