Chapter 133 A Fire

In the early morning of July 24, a very familiar scene reappeared: a fleet of warships more than ten miles long on the Huangjiadu section of the Ganjiang River, and the sails covered the river. The rebels commanded Ling Eleven to stand on the handsome ship, looked at the river, and said arrogantly to the deputy general Min 24: "Lao Min, I think the prince still thinks highly of our buddy the most. Let us do what kind of pioneers to explore the road. To be honest, we have so many warships that even stepped on Wang Shouren's team.

Min 24 smiled and said, "Master Liu is too timid. If you want the prince's brigade 60 miles away from us, let us explore the way first. Well, these two thousand people rushed directly into Nanchang City and set up a banquet to pick up the prince.

Suddenly, the sailor's lookout sticking to the mast said, "General, there is an officer's sailor in front of him, and the number of people is about 2,000."

Min 24 said to Ling Eleven, "Lao Ling, let me take the lead and give you a way out. Just lead the second echelon to follow.

Ling Eleven said, "Lao Min, be careful."

Min 24 went down to a small boat and rowed directly to the first warship of the fleet. After boarding the warship, he said to the sailors beside him, "Aim, fire!"

The first guns on the front ships of the rebels roared, splashing on the river and hitting several feet of water columns. The artillery fire of the Ming army on the opposite side also immediately returned fire, and the battlefield was filled with smoke for a while. The warships on both sides gradually approached, and the two sailors shot each other with arrows. Finally, the ships collided and the two sides joined each other.

After half an hour of the war, the Ming army's sailors were at a loss and turned around and withdrew one after another. Some even simply abandoned some big boats and jumped directly into the boat to escape. The ship was scattered with some boxes, packages and so on. The rebel soldiers were overjoyed and chased them enthusiastically. Some caught up with the enemy ship first and grabbed the packages and boxes. When they opened it, it was all soft. The rebels greeted and scrambled with each other, gradually dispersing the formation. ......

In less than half an hour, the surface of the Ganjiang River became very chaotic. Hundreds of large and small warships were still chasing the fleeing Ming army, but they lost their original combat formation. Suddenly, a burst of cannons and sharp arrows fired from behind, and more than 1,000 Ming army sailors came out of a river on the face of the Ganjiang River. These sailors were all small boats, with only one sail, rowing fast in the north wind, and esquiring directly from behind the rebels. The rebels were caught off guard and were at a loss for a moment.

Ling Eleven saw it on the handsome ship and shouted, "There is an ambush. Destroy all these officers and soldiers quickly." At that time, more than a dozen small boats had rushed to his handsome ship. Dozens of Ming army sailors flew out of the hooked rope and hooked it to the port of the handsome ship. These Ming army warriors with big knives in their mouths quickly climbed into the big boat, and then rushed to Ling Eleven. Ling Eleven and his personal guards raised a knife to meet each other, and the two sides immediately fought in one place. Due to the attack of the warship, the rebels lost their unified command, and the rest of the rebels could only rely on the large number of people to attack the officers and soldiers who killed the center of the fleet. The scene was even more chaotic for a while.

At this time, in the rivers and lakes on both sides of the Ganjiang River, two more army fleets rushed out and attacked the rebels from the left and right wings. In the process of retreat, the striker of the Ming army suddenly seemed to be full of anger and turned around and killed it with great courage, forming an encirclement of the rebel fleet that had lost its formation. The river has cannons in the sky, arrows like rain, and shouts resounded through the sky. The rebels could no longer support it. In an instant, they collapsed and the ships retreated to the north.

Min 24, the leader of the bandit, was originally sitting on the big ship of the vanguard, but the rebel ship was defeated and retreated, but his big ship fell at the end. Min 24 shouted in a hurry: "Scratch! "Wait!" Unexpectedly, several small boats quickly caught up with each other, and more than 20 agile officers and warriors flew out of the hooks and climbed up the big boat. Min 24 also wanted to use his courage and martial arts to beat these officers down the river. Unexpectedly, these officers and soldiers were all strong in martial arts and killed the soldiers around Min 24. A Ming army soldier pounced on Min 24 and hit him with a knife. Min 24 lowered his head and dodged. As soon as he raised his body, another Ming officer's sword stabbed him in the back. Min 24 screamed and fell to the ground. The Ming army officer quickly cut off his head, held it in his hand, and shouted, "Your master general has been killed, and the surrenderer will not die!" As soon as the rest of the rebel soldiers on the ship saw it, they had no morale and immediately put down their weapons and surrendered. Ming soldiers rushed to the mast, cut down the flag of the rebels, and raised the flag of the Ming army. ......

The rebel ship retreated all the way and ran north for more than ten miles until a place called Eight-character Brain stopped to catch their breath. Looking back, the Ming army was not chasing after him, and he was far away from him. Ling Eleven was still in shock and gasped and said to his opponent, "Report to His Royal Highness King Ning that our army was attacked by officers and suffered heavy losses. Please come and help quickly!"

Ning Wang looked angrily at Ling Eleven kneeling on the ground and said, "Aren't you an old water ghost who has been haunted in Poyang Lake for decades? You have a fleet of 20,000 people. Why can't you beat the officers and soldiers who are much smaller than you?

Ling Eleven lowered his head and said, "Please forgive me. Wang Shouren's battle is very cunning. Our army was ambushed by him, and Lao Min also lost his life."

Liu Yangzheng came to persuade him: "The prince is angry, and it is common for soldiers to win or lose. No matter how cunning Wang Shouren is, he just won for a while. The main force of our army is still there, and we will attack on the whole line tomorrow. Even if it is flat, it will be enough to push to Nanchang City.

Ning Wang stopped his anger and said, "Wang Chun, Yu Qin and Ge Jiang listened to the order!"

"The end!" The three leaders came forward and agreed.

"I ordered the three of you to set up a finished word formation tomorrow. Wang Chun will take the lead. Yu Qin and Ge Jiang will follow up in two directions, and kill me all the way to the bottom of Nanchang."

"The last general is obeyed!"

"Well, it's getting late. You can arrange it separately."

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After nightfall, the rebel officers and soldiers had rested. However, after running around for days and losing the battle, many officers and soldiers couldn't sleep, and some were whispering. The officers knew that their morale was low, so they did not interfere. Suddenly, some sentry soldiers whispered, "Huh? What is that? What is floating on the river?

Some soldiers reached out to fish for it and found that it was a small wooden card. Looking at it through the moonlight, it engraved with eight words: "King Ning soldiers are licensed to avoid death". Everyone spread the news. At the same time, more and more small wooden cards floated down the upstream, and many soldiers picked up a wooden card in their arms. Some officers shouted at the beginning, "Don't fish, go back to sleep." Later, when I saw that it could not be banned, I simply took a piece and put it on my body.

Late night, some soldiers whispered in the cabin.

A question: "Brother, where are you from?" I'm from Shengmi Town. How about you?"

"I'm happy."

"Lehua is only 30 miles away from here, are you still waiting to die?"

"I dare not run alone for fear of catching the killing head. Or...let's run together."

"Okay, just run. With this sign on his body, the officers and soldiers caught it and did not commit a death penalty. Hello! Who else is in Xinjian County? Let's run home together.

Two or three more soldiers answered, "Let's go! I've wanted to leave for a long time.

So, the five or six soldiers went out of the hatch, went down to a small boat, rowed their oars and left. A duty officer found it and shouted, "Where do you think?"

A soldier flew out the saber in his hand and hit the officer's chest, and the officer fell into the water. Several soldiers rowed the boat quickly and fled.

In the middle of the night, from time to time, small boats of the fleet of King Ning's army sailed out, some went up the river against the river, and some rowed to the shore and abandoned their boats to land. These were all soldiers who escaped with wooden cards. Some officers clearly saw it, but they had to pretend not to see it.

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At the same time, the Ming army fleet camp in Huangjiadu, Ganjiang.

Wang Shouren sat on his handsome ship and discussed military aircraft with Wu Wending, Yu En and other generals.

Yu En said excitedly, "The governor is planning a strategy. Today's ambush is too beautiful. When Wu Zhifu and I pretended to retreat seven or eight miles, the enemy scrambled to catch up and lost their formation. At this time, the ambush of the magistrate Xing Xing came out of the reeds behind and rushed into the center of the enemy's array. Then, Xu Luan on the left and Dai Deru on the right attacked respectively, and the two of us turned back to counterattack. Now, the rebels don't know how many people and how many ambush we have, so they have to throw away their armor and retreat in a hurry. If it hadn't been for the governor's order not to chase more than ten miles, then we might have killed more rebels.

Xing Xun, the governor of Ganzhou, said: "The rebels don't know that in fact, we only have 5,000 people in total, which is much less than their number. Xing learned the beauty of the governor's use of soldiers again today.

Wu Wending said worriedly, "Our intelligence is still wrong. Originally, I thought I met the main force of the rebels today, and Ning Wang himself was among them. Unexpectedly, King Ning divided the fleet into two parts. Although we won a complete victory today, we only defeated the enemy vanguard. It seems that the real fierce battle will be tomorrow.

Wang Shouren said, "Wu Zhifu is right. There will be a fierce battle tomorrow. The enemy is bound to fight to the death, and we have ambushed, and there are not many organs available. Therefore, the key to pacing Ningfan lies in tomorrow's war. I hope everyone will cheer up and prepare for the war after returning to the battalions. Tomorrow, I will personally supervise the battle in front of the battle and fight with everyone to kill the enemy.

Wen Ding said, "Captain, your words are enough. Shimoguan must take the lead tomorrow and charge ahead. Who dares to retreat? I will kill him first. There is no need for the general to go out in person?

Xing Xun said, "Captain, what Wu Zhifu said is extremely true. The governor commanded well, and our army has won a series of battles. The morale of the soldiers is now high, and they have the courage to be ten. Even if the governor does not come to the front line in person, we can still win the battle.

Wang Shouren said, "Okay. Then I will rely on you." He turned around and said to Lei Ji of the Chinese army, "It is said that Wang Mian, Liu Shouxu and other eight prefectures have entered the account to listen to the order."

Eight magistrates came in. Wang Shouren said, "Dear county magistrates, tomorrow will be a fierce battle. This governor is here to lead the headquarters to ambush at the designated position. When our army and the rebels fall into a stasis stage, you wait for the opportunity to kill and rush directly into the center of the enemy array. Do you understand?"

Liu Shouxu of Fengxinzhi County said in some embarrassment, "Captain, I'm not afraid that you are afraid of death, but there are only more than 130 brothers under the humble position. How much can it play to kill the enemy array with more than 130 people?"

Wang Shouren nodded and said, "Liu Zhixian is true that there are only more than 1,000 brothers led by your eight prefectures who can participate in the water war. However, have you ever thought that when the war situation is most fierce, the sudden participation of more than 1,000 people will penetrate into the enemy's chest like a few sharp blades. How can its power be underestimated? All the people we can use are already here. In a word, tomorrow's war, either the thief will die or I will live!"

Wu Wending, the magistrate, made a list and said, "Please rest assured that today we defeated the rebel leader in a ratio of 4, and tomorrow we will sweep away the main force of the rebels with a ten spirit, vowing to reopen peace for the Ming Dynasty and millions of civilians."

Wang Shouren said, "Okay! Today, I will replace wine with tea. First of all, I will have a toast to you. After I capture the King of Ning, I will celebrate with you in Nanchang City! Come on, do it!"

The civil and military officials raised their "wine" glasses, drank them all, and then walked out of the cabin one after another.

After all the civil and military officials were gone, Wang Shouren asked the staff Long Guang in a low voice, "Mr. Xiaoliang, are you ready for what I asked you to prepare?"

Long Guang said, "I'm ready. Don't worry, Governor."

Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, stood on the handsome ship and said to the three commanders Wang Chun, Yu Qin and Ge Jiang, "Three generals, I will do you today." Then, he raised his voice and said to the soldiers of each ship: "Brothers, today, we will fight against Wang Shouren's sailors. If you bravely become the forefather, you will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and if you kill the wounded enemy, you will be rewarded 500 taels of silver. Our hometown is right in front of us. Less than 70 miles away from here, the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy and can return to Nanchang tonight. I reiterate that if you encounter the enemy, you will not be afraid of the former, and you will not be forgiven!"

The soldiers standing near King Ning raised their knives and guns in their hands and shouted in unison: "Kill! Kill! Kill!" After saying that, they commanded Wang Chun to take the lead in launching the warships. Ge Jiang and Yu Qin led a team to follow up. Hundreds of warships drove in magnificently and drove towards the southern river.

On the surface of the Ganjiang River, the Ming army fleet is ready. Yu En and Wu Wending stood side by side, looking at the dark clouds and sails in the distance. Yu En said, "Wu Zhifu, as instructed in advance by the governor, I will be your deputy general today. Just order it."

Wu Wending said, "Okay! After the first platoon of guns of our army is released, you will lead the team to charge!"

After saying that, Wu Wending raised the flag in his hand and waved, "Fire!" The first guns of the first row of warships of the Ming army roared together, and the shells roared to the enemy warships. Some warships were hit, the masts fell, and some warships splashed high columns of water next to them. However, the enemy's first row of warships were all desperate people who were not afraid of death, still shouting and charging south, and the artillery on the enemy warships were also bombarding the officers and soldiers.

Yu En led his troops to attack, and a small boat rushed to the enemy and soon hanged with the enemy. The two sides fought fiercely for a meal, and the Ming army began to fight and retreat with difficulty. Wu Wending saw that the Ming army couldn't stand it on his handsome boat and was very angry and said, "What is Yu En doing?" After playing for a moment, I couldn't stand it.

Liu Xianzhong, the personal sentry officer next to him, said, "Your Excellency, there is a north wind today. The enemy is in the upper wind and faster than us, so our army can't stop it.

Wu Wending said, "If you raise the flag, you are not allowed to retreat. Those who violate the order will be killed."

The flag was played, but to no avail, and the Ming army front was still retreating step by step. Wu Wending was anxious and said to Liu Xianzhong, "Order to take our boat up and rush to the front line."

Liu Xianzhong said, "Your Excellency, the handsome ship rushed to the front line, which is not conducive to commanding the whole army."

Wu Wending said decisively, "What else are you talking about commanding the whole army now? Only when everyone takes the lead can they defeat the enemy. Hurry up and row forward!"

Wu Wente's handsome ship rowed forward and quickly rushed to the front of the whole army. The rebels saw a large ship rushing over and concentrated their artillery fire on it. In an instant, several shells exploded around the handsome ship. A shell hit the deck in front of Wu Wending, and more than a dozen Ming soldiers on the deck fell to the ground. The fire brought by the shells suddenly spread on the handsome ship. A heat wave came, and Wu Wending was caught off guard. His beard under his head was burned, which made him so scared that he hurriedly slapped it with his hand. Fortunately, it was extinguished in time, and his beard turned into an uneven yellow mustache. Other soldiers rushed to put out the fire and rescue the wounded. Liu Xianzhong asked in a panic, "Your Excellency, are you hurt?"

Wu Wending stood on the command platform and said calmly, "Don't worry about me, continue to fire at the enemy and move forward at full speed!"

Affected by the spirit of the main general, the Ming officers and soldiers on this ship all fought against the enemy and bravely fired shots and arrows at the enemy, and the commander-in-chief ship completely became a vanguard ship. As soon as the Ming officers and soldiers on the warship saw that the warship was so brave, they also turned around and fought with the enemy. In a short time, although the Ming army, although the number was small, resisted the attack of the rebels. The battle situation was unprecedentedly fierce, and it was in a state of stalemate for a while...