Chapter 379

The eighth King fled to the other side of the Han River with the defeated soldiers. Qin Huan didn't chase him because the eighth king had no threat. The top priority was to solve the war in Wuchang, not to mention their own casualties.

Both the first town and the second town were crippled. Apart from the logistics arms, less than 8000 people in the two towns could fight, and there were too many wounded in the camp to be accommodated.

The hundreds of unfinished warships were all in good condition, which made Qin yukuan want a lot. The 20000 new sailors in the lake were blocked at the mouth of the lake, and there was enough water and food on them. Although they were found by the Chu army, they had nothing to do.

Qin Huan immediately asked the navy to dredge the lake mouth as soon as possible, then took out 6000 firearm soldiers and 4000 War soldiers, personally led them to cross the river from the lower reaches to reinforce Wuchang by boat.

The soldiers and horses on the north bank were handed over to Qin Yilai. While summoning dissolved craftsmen to continue to build warships, they trained recruits and sailors.

Lu Xiangsheng always paid close attention to the war on the north bank. When he learned that the eight kings had been defeated, only 50000 disabled soldiers and defeated generals fled to Hanyang, and the whole person fell into a chair.

After a long time, he asked, "where is the army of the left general army?"

"Back to the supervisor, yesterday's tanma reported that the army of the left general army has arrived in Nanchang. According to their current marching speed, they should be able to arrive in ten days at most."

"Hateful, hateful, if he had set out immediately as soon as he received the order of the governor, I'm afraid Wuchang City had already been broken, why should it be delayed to this day?"

Lu Xiangsheng hammered Zuo Liangyu on the table with a fist. He wanted to break Zuo Liangyu's body into pieces. Let alone ten days, he was sure that the Chinese reinforcements would have to cross the river in three days.

Now he has only more than 8000 soldiers to fight, and it is impossible for him to beat the Chinese army, so he can only place his hope on the Navy.

"Liu Tongling!"

"At the end of the year."

"Immediately lead the navy to blockade the Yangtze River and never let the Chinese Army cross the river one by one."

"I will obey!"

The commander of the naval camp replied, but he was very helpless. If the Chinese Army secretly crossed the river in a boat at night, there would be a ghost.

This is indeed the case. Today, unlike in the past, the Chinese army can sneak across the river from one place at will, and there is no need to worry about being surrounded as soon as they get ashore.

Even so, Qin Huan organized more than 100 small boats, loaded with kerosene and other combustibles, to launch a suicide attack on Wuchang wharf, dispersing the Navy's energy.

There's no way. Now Wuchang City is lost. The wharf is Lu Xiangsheng's only dependence. He had to take out some warships to intercept the Chinese Army boats.

Qin Huan also took the opportunity to cross the Yangtze River with 10000 troops secretly from Huangzhou house downstream. After crossing the river, Qin Huan did not directly reinforce Wuchang house, but chose to ambush Zuo Liangyu along the river.

………

"Haven't you found any trace of the Chinese Army yet?"

"Back to the governor, after the Chinese Army crossed the river, it disappeared. Looking at the trace, it should go to the East."

"Immediately send a clipper to inform the left commander-in-chief and ask him to be more careful. The thief probably went to ambush him."

Lu Xiangsheng frowned and hurriedly said, obviously seeing through Qin Huan's measurement at a glance.

………

Nanchang, at this time, the city is like a great enemy, and the four doors have long been closed.

If it hadn't been for the governor of Jiangxi and other civil and military officials who had prepared a lot of cattle and sheep drinks outside the city, people who didn't know the truth thought it was the thief army.

In fact, there is no difference between the left army and the thief army. Commander Zuo robbed all the way north from Yuanzhou house. This is called the landlords near Nanchang. How dare they take it lightly?

Although the straight-line distance between Yuanzhou and Wuchang is only three or four hundred Li, there are only two main roads connected.

The first is to go west to Changsha, then go north to Yuezhou and Xianning. The second is to go east to Linjiang mansion, go north to Nanchang and Jiujiang, and finally reach Wuchang along the river. Although it is closer to Changsha, Yuezhou in Changsha is the territory of Chu army, so Zuo Liangyu can only give up the near and ask for the far.

In fact, after learning that Lu Xiangsheng was defeated and that the Chinese army was surrounded by the Chu army at the mouth of the Han River, Zuo Liangyu knew that the opportunity had come.

So he immediately led the army to kill Wuchang and wanted to pick up a bargain. However, the information transmission remained unchanged, there were many people and horses, and there was a need to raise military food along the way. Only today did he arrive in Nanchang and almost rush out the urine of the second childe of Wu.

Zuo dashai may also know that if he didn't hurry up, he might not be able to drink soup, or he saw the gentry and merchants in Nanchang, so he just took a night off and led the army to go north. After arriving in Jiujiang, he received a police letter from Lu Xiangsheng, and knew that the eighth king had been defeated and escaped the Han River.

Compared with Huangzhou Prefecture and Wuchang Prefecture, the terrain of Jiujiang Prefecture is much more complex, with overlapping mountains and dense rivers. The Yangtze River is stuck here, and the terrain suddenly becomes extremely narrow. Jiujiang has also become the throat of the lake into the south of the Yangtze River.

"Brother Wu Xiandi, look, what should our army do now?" Zuo Liangyu handed the letter to the second childe of Wu, frowning and wondering what he was thinking.

"This... How is this possible? The eight kings have nearly 200000 troops. They still have an advantage and surround the Chinese army a while ago. Why did they suddenly lose in just a few days?"

The second childe of Wu's face was dead gray and his tone was trembling.

"Hey, the Qin thief is really not simple. There are only tens of thousands of people. He not only defeated governor Lu and the eighth King successively, but also plans to ambush me now. It's really a hero!"

Zuo Liangyu sighed, with a trace of fear in his admiration.

Seeing his appearance, the second childe of Wu didn't know that the old man was afraid. He wanted to retreat. He was very anxious and hurried to fight: "commander, the Chinese army is really powerful, and the little bastard is also treacherous and a ghost, but he must have suffered heavy casualties in successive Wars. Looking at the commander's 100000 army, he has been refreshed for a long time. At this time, it is time to destroy the anti thieves and become famous, It's a great opportunity to occupy Huguang. Don't hesitate and miss the eternal opportunity! "

Zuo Liangyu's face twitched a few times. After walking back and forth in the tent with his hands on his back, he still frowned and said, "that's all right, but if the Qin thief really suffered heavy losses, he will first reinforce Wuchang and force governor Lu away. Now he goes the opposite way. He knows that he has 100000 troops and dares to come. Most of them rely on him."

"Marshal, if you go to Wuchang by land and the terrain along the way is complex, the thief is probably planning an ambush. As long as our army is careful and doesn't give him an opportunity, he can only return to the north of the Yangtze River."

"Well, it's reasonable for Wu Xiandi to say so. The land route is really too risky. Moreover, the army is a little tired after a long journey. First, while repairing for a few days, they collect ships, and then let governor Lu send Navy warships to meet them. The army went straight to Wuchang."

Zuo Liangyu nodded, thought and said slowly.

The second childe of Wu wanted to cry without tears. He felt his blood feud. I'm afraid it's hard to repay him in this life.