Chapter 363

In Jiangbei, the Chinese army camp, the fierce offensive and defensive war is still going on. The roar and scream before death are enough to move the veterans who have experienced many battles.

Such a fierce hand to hand battle of tens of thousands of people has not appeared in the Ming Dynasty for many years. Although both sides suffered heavy losses and the scene was unusually bloody, the soldiers of both sides not only showed no fear, but became more and more brave, arousing the most primitive ferocity in their bodies.

This camp of the Chinese army is divided into five pieces, covering an area of hundreds of mu. At the moment, there are only more than 5000 left of more than 10000 Chinese troops. They retreated to the main camp in the middle, and the four camps on all sides were broken.

Although the casualties of the Tianxiong army were much heavier than those of the Chinese army, up to 10000 people, half of whom were elite veterans, Lu Xiangsheng showed no sign of stopping and did not care about the casualties. He continued to lead the army to attack the main camp from all sides.

Up to now, the two sides have only fought fiercely for a quarter of an hour. Looking at the Chinese army still struggling to resist, Lu Xiangsheng is actually very shocked. This is the first time he has really fought with the Chinese army. The combat effectiveness of the Chinese army has far exceeded his expectations.

The more this happens, the more I want to eat all the more than 10000 elite, even if I pay twice the casualties.

Because after eating these 10000 people, the Chinese army will not only lose its strength, but also lose countless grain and grass materials stored in the camp. Coupled with the Chu army in the north, the Chinese army can only retreat in a hurry, otherwise it will be destroyed.

Just as Lu Xiangsheng was more and more anxious and wanted to level the last camp as soon as possible, a general manager quickly ran to the front of the battlefield from behind and came to Lu Xiangsheng's anxious way: "supervisor, no, the reinforcements of the Chinese army have arrived."

"What?"

Lu Xiangsheng's body shape changed greatly, then he stepped back a few steps, gave the battlefield to the close guard next to him, looked at the thousand general manager and said anxiously: "how many troops are there, how far is it from here?"

"Back... Back to the commander, the strength of the thief army is about 20000. It's very fast. I'm afraid it's less than ten miles at this time." President Qian quickly replied that the anxious color on his face was no less than Lu Xiangsheng.

"Impossible!"

"The main force of the thief army is more than 50 miles. Even if they come to help as soon as we land, they will never kill so soon. It's impossible!"

Lu Xiangsheng immediately roared. With the blood all over his body, he looked more frightening.

It was only an hour before they landed. In his calculation, even if the Chinese army was fast, it would take at least half an hour to kill them.

Half an hour was enough. He flattened the last camp, burned grain and grass supplies and returned to the river.

"Commander, it's true that the thief army is really less than ten miles away!" Qian Zong also shouted.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard the speech, he stumbled and almost fell with a long knife and pestle. Then he calmed down. Knowing that he was most likely caught in the plot, he immediately ordered: "come on, Mingjin, stop the attack, and the whole army will return to the South First..."

Not long after, the harsh sound of gongs sounded. The fighting Ming army looked at each other, but they had to retreat one after another.

Fortunately, at this time, the Chinese army in the camp had no ability to pursue, so that more than 40000 Tianxiong troops could calmly leave and withdraw.

Although the army withdrew in time and began to form a whole team, the faces of several deputy generals and participating generals were very ugly, because they couldn't fight the Chinese Army's fire gun soldiers in the field.

"Supervisor, keep the green mountains. I'm not afraid of no firewood. I'd better withdraw quickly!"

"Yes, commander, it's better to withdraw 10000 than to destroy the whole army!"

"Supervisor, you can't hesitate any more."

Several deputy generals lowered their voices and advised Lu Xiangsheng.

Obviously, when the army withdrew to the Bank of the river, the first wave of people still had time to get on the boat, and the others had to obey their fate.

If you retreat to the East, you can go up to 20 miles, and there is still a big river. If you go more than 30 miles to the East, it is also the Han River. Therefore, if you don't withdraw to the south in time and escape by boat, you won't win the field battle, and you are doomed to the destruction of the whole army in the end.

Although the more than 200 merchant ships can pick up all 40000 troops at one time, there is no wharf to park. The nearby docks that can stop so many merchant ships are Hanyang Wharf on the West Bank and Wuchang Wharf on the south bank.

Lu Xiangsheng naturally wanted to get the problems that several deputy generals could think of. At this time, he inevitably regretted that he didn't let the navy warship escort him.

If there were artillery cover on the navy warship, 40000 people might be able to withdraw to the ship. But in order to hide people's eyes and ears, the navy warship stayed at Wuchang wharf as a cover. Now it's too late to inform them to pick it up.

"Supervisor, please make a quick decision!"

Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng refused to order the retreat, several deputy generals were so anxious that they stamped their feet, knelt on one knee and hugged boxing.

"Send the order, and the whole army will prepare for war. Today, the governor will fight to the death with the Qin thieves here, and never die!"

Lu Xiangsheng took a deep breath and said slowly. His voice was not loud, but his tone was very firm.

He could not escape without fighting, give up most of the soldiers and flee to the south bank.

So even if he knew he was defeated, he would have to fight and consume some Chinese troops to make the eight kings more likely to win.

With the sound of the bugle, more than 20000 new heaven male troops quickly formed a pin shaped square array, with the first two and the second one, 10000 recruits in the front and 5000 veterans in the back.

The 20000 border troops are arranged on the left and right wings of the pin shape, a little behind, and the 20000 people are reluctantly divided into four parts, but compared with the Tianxiong army, the formation is more than a star and a half worse.

Ten miles away, whether it is near or far away, the 40000 army just finished playing with it, and the figure of the Chinese army appeared faintly in the northwest.

"King Bao, the Ming army did not retreat, but chose to fight."

As soon as he rode quickly, he rushed to the king Qin to hold boxing, but the king Qin in gold armor smiled bitterly. He knew that Lu Xiangsheng would not retreat. Then he waved his hand and asked, "how many soldiers are left in the second town?"

"Report back to the king. It's less than 5000."

Although he had expected that the second town would lose a lot, he heard that only 5000 people could fight. Qin Huan was also about to crack. With a choking sound, he pulled out his long knife and roared, "the whole army will listen to the order and beat drums to march!"

At this moment, Qin Huan's murderous spirit was like a flood breaking the dike. When he raised his hands and feet, there was a king's arrogance of the son of heaven's anger and millions of corpses.

In order to solve Lu Xiangsheng's problem, he tried his best to make a decisive battle with the eighth king. In fact, he was trying to attract Lu Xiangsheng to cross the river and sneak attack.

To this end, he did not hesitate to use the second town as bait and planned to give up the shipyard. In fact, in the second half of last night, the army quietly left the camp and ran 20 miles southeast.

In this way, if Lu Xiangsheng made a sneak attack across the river, he could immediately surround the past with the army this morning and evacuate the craftsmen of the shipyard at the first time.

If Lu Xiangsheng continues to stand still, he will not lose anything. It is just that the army will fight to the death with the eight kings near the shipyard.

But who would have thought that Lu Xiangsheng chose to cross the river in the early morning. He also had to admit that the early morning was really the most difficult time for people, which slowed down the assembly of the army, resulting in more than half of the casualties in the second town.