In order to ensure that he could confuse the general of the Tiger Flag Army in Guangping Prefecture, Lu Xiangsheng divided his troops into two groups, taking a waterway to go south by boat, and using cavalry as the main force, he rushed to Guangfu City by land.
In this battle, he told himself that he could only win but not lose.
Too many Ming troops were defeated by the Tiger Flag. Ming Dynasty needed a victory over the Tiger Flag to change the situation of long defeat.
Quzhou is not far from Guangfu City.
If his opponent is an ordinary bandit, he might really be confused.
Unfortunately, Lu Xiangsheng didn't know that Tiger Character Banner had already set up an intelligence system along the road. Everywhere the Tianxiong Army went, whatever they did would be reported back to Sun Chuang through this intelligence system.
It can be said that Lu Xiangsheng has been operating under the nose of the Tiger Flag army.
The Tianxiong army that went south by boat reached the Fuyang River outside Guangfu City faster than the cavalry that took the land route.
"Deputy envoy, this shoal is suitable for landing. Do you think we should go ashore?" A general from the Tianxiong Army came to Lu Xiangsheng and asked.
Lu Xiangsheng looked at the gentle water under his feet and said, "Let's go ashore!"
As his order was issued, a ship began to approach the bank of Fuyang River.
There is a small dock near the shore, which is usually occupied by fishing boats or ferry boats docked across the river. It is rare that a large number of boats appear here.
One after another, the ships carrying the Tianxiong Army docked at the pier, and some ships simply docked in the shallow water area, and the officers and soldiers on the ship jumped directly into the water and came ashore.
As more and more officers and soldiers came ashore, many Tianxiong officers and soldiers gathered on the shore.
"Get your troops in order, it's too chaotic." Lu Xiangsheng looked at the messy scene in front of him and asked his generals to gather their troops.
boom! boom! boom!
As soon as Lu Xiangsheng finished speaking, the roar of cannons came from a distance.
Lu Xiangsheng's expression suddenly changed when he heard the voice.
He immediately realized that he and the Tianxiong Army were ambushed by Tiger Character Banner.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Tianxiong Army to be bombarded immediately as soon as they landed ashore.
The general of the Tianxiong Army who was about to control the team ignored Lu Xiangsheng's order after hearing the sound of cannons, and immediately led people to protect Lu Xiangsheng and ran to a place with few people.
Anyone who has been on the battlefield a few times knows that cannonballs only land where people are gathered.
Many of the fallen cannons fell into the Fuyang River, and the preparation said they fell on the ships in the Fuyang River.
Many of the Tianxiong Army were recruited from Shunde Prefecture.
When the gunfire sounded, these soldiers who had recently joined the Tianxiong Army subconsciously fled in the direction they came, which was on the boat in the Fuyang River.
Before returning to the ship, some cannons that fell on the dock directly took away many Tianxiong soldiers who wanted to escape back to the ship.
As soon as one person died, the Tianxiong Army here at the dock became even more chaotic, fleeing in all directions, and some Tianxiong Army soldiers jumped directly into the water, trying to swim along the Fuyang River to the other side of the river.
The sound of cannons in the distance kept coming, and the cannonballs kept falling in the direction of the Fuyang River bank.
The number of Tianxiong troops killed and wounded was also increasing.
Especially the soldiers who have just joined the Tianxiong Army. Many of them have not experienced the battlefield. Facing the cannons flying from a distance, all they can do is panic and panic.
Lu Xiangsheng, who was protected by his men, hid in a place away from most Tianxiong soldiers.
He looked at the miserable scene of the Tianxiong Army not far away, with tears in his eyes, and said in a regretful tone: "I should not have taken the waterway."
As he spoke, he slapped his forehead hard with his hand.
When the Tianxiong Army general next to him saw it, he hurriedly stopped Lu Xiangsheng from hitting his head again with his big hand, and said, "It's not your fault, the deputy envoy. The tiger thieves are really too cunning. They actually sent troops to ambush us here at the dock. There are a lot of cannons deployed.”
The Tianxiong Army also had cannons, but unfortunately they fell into the Fuyang River with the ship before they had time to disembark.
"I hope the other troops arranged by me can arrive earlier." Lu Xiangsheng lamented.
The only cavalry that can come to the rescue now is the cavalry traveling overland.
Although the number of cavalry is small, as long as the cannons on the Tiger Banner side are destroyed and the Tiger Banner cannons can no longer fire continuously on the river bank, the Tianxiong Army on the Fuyang River will still have a chance to survive.
"Don't worry, deputy envoy. With such a loud sound of artillery, another group of guerrillas will definitely notice our situation and come to the rescue." The general of the Tianxiong Army on the side said with relief.
Of course, he thought so in his heart.
Quzhou is not too far from Guangfu City. They took the water route and arrived on the Fuyang River outside Guangfu City. The cavalry on the other side was not too far from Guangfu City and should have arrived nearby.
In fact, his prediction was not wrong.
A troop of three to four hundred official cavalry appeared a few miles away from Guangfu City.
"General, an ambush by tiger thieves was discovered ahead."
Wang Guoji of the Tianxiong Army found that the road in front was blocked by Luzhai, and a group of thousands of infantry in the rear blocked the way forward.
"Go from the farmland on both sides and go around without getting entangled with them." When Wang Youyi saw the tiger-character flag army in front of him, he immediately understood that Lu Xiangsheng's plan to catch the tiger-character flag by surprise had failed.
There were so many Tiger Flag infantry blocking the way. They were obviously prepared, so he didn't want to get entangled with the Tiger Flag infantry. After all, he only had a few hundred cavalry around him.
Facing the prepared infantry of Tiger Character Banner, he did not think that only a few hundred cavalry could defeat Tiger Character Banner's army of several thousand people.
However, he wanted to avoid it, but Huziqi didn't give him this chance at all.
As soon as the Tianxiong Army's cavalry stepped into the farmland, within a few steps, a war horse fell to the ground, and the rider on the horse fell out together.
And as these cavalry moved in, twenty or thirty cavalry were quickly lost.
"It's a horse trap, get back quickly." Wang Youyi found that the people in the farmland had been trapped in a horse trap by the people of the Tiger Flag, and had to ask his men to retreat to the road.
He continued to walk on the farmland, knowing that he would not be able to please him.
"General, what should we do?" Deputy Qianhu on the side came to Wang Youyi's side.
Wang Youyi glanced at the army of tiger-shaped flags blocking the front, and said: "Guangfu City is a few miles away. As long as you enter Guangfu City, you will be safe."
"The tiger thieves are blocking the way, brothers can't rush through!" Fu Qianhu frowned.
Wang Youyi hesitated for a moment and said: "Withdraw, we won't go to Guangfu City for the time being."
Since he knew that the Tiger-Character Banner had been prepared and continuing in Guangfu City would only bring danger, after assessing the situation, he decided to retreat temporarily and not engage in a head-on confrontation with the Tiger-Character Banner army.
Several hundred cavalry quickly retreated, gave up and continued to advance towards Guangfu City.
Among the army of tiger-shaped flags blocking the road ahead, Xiao Wu held up the monocular in his hand and looked at the retreating army cavalry, and said: "Send a team of sentry cavalry to keep an eye on them. If they find them approaching the Fuyang River, report them immediately. "
