The Tiger Flag side had long known that Lu Xiangsheng was heading south by boat along the waterway.
Therefore, deputy division chief Zheng Sunchuang led the Third Battle Barracks to ambush not far outside the Fuyang River.
There is only this pier nearby that is convenient for ships to dock. If Lu Xiangsheng wants to land, he can only disembark from this pier.
In fact, this is indeed the case.
Now that he knows which road Lu Xiangsheng took and where the Tianxiong army disembarked, if he can't set up an ambush in advance and block Lu Xiangsheng and the Tianxiong army he brought here at the dock, Sun Chuang can disarm and return home to farm. .
The gunfire continued for several rounds.
Sun Chuang ordered: "Give me the order and send two thousand-man teams to approach the dock from the left and right sides."
The order was issued, and soon the two thousand-man teams of the Third Battle Battalion began to move toward the dock. In addition, the artillery team also moved its artillery positions.
On the pier, the general of the Tianxiong Army came to Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Deputy envoy, the cannon fire has stopped."
"Collect the defeated troops immediately, the tiger thieves are coming." Lu Xiangsheng ordered the general in front of him, and he himself began to collect the Tianxiong officers and soldiers on the dock.
The generals of the Tianxiong Army did not dare to delay and immediately gathered the defeated troops at the dock.
As for the wounded and dead Tianxiong officers and soldiers, they couldn't care less at the moment. If they didn't fight their way out of the siege laid out by the Tiger Flag, those of them who are still alive might end up with the same fate as those who died soon. .
After gathering together, Lu Xiangsheng found that there were still more than two thousand soldiers and horses left.
Even if it's less than half of what it was, it's still much more than I imagined.
Of course, he also knew that not all the Tianxiong officers and soldiers who did not return were dead, and many officers and soldiers were either hiding or escaping.
However, Lu Xiangsheng did not blame those Tianxiong officers and soldiers who were unwilling to come back.
He suffered such a big secret loss when he first arrived in Guangfu City. Many of Tianxiong's troops were recruits brought from Shunde Mansion, and he was already content with having more than two thousand left.
"General, the tiger bandits' troops are coming." A Tianxiong soldier sent to the shore to investigate the situation hurried back and reported to Lu Xiangsheng that he had discovered the tiger-character flag troops.
Lu Xiangsheng turned his head and looked at the general beside him, and said: "Tell the soldiers, kill the enemy with your heart, I will not hesitate to reward you. If you escape from the battle, don't blame the sword in my hand."
As he spoke, he shook the big knife in his hand.
Because his arm strength is stronger, the sword he uses is heavier than that of ordinary soldiers.
Lu Xiangsheng held up his knife and reached a high ground on the shore first.
Because the armor and stomach brought along with the ship were sunk by cannons, a piece of it sank to the bottom of the river. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng was only wearing a piece of leather armor, which was taken off the corpse, and the blood on it was not even dry.
Standing on a high point on the shore, he could easily see the Tiger Flag soldiers approaching from both sides.
I saw him frowning.
The people of the Tiger Character Banner had clearly gained an absolute advantage through shelling. Unexpectedly, the general of the Tiger Character Banner was still cautious and advanced towards the dock little by little.
He knew that there would definitely be a fierce battle next.
Unfortunately, in the art of war, all kinds of formations and ambushes are not used, and the battle examples of bullying the minority are useless. For Tianxiong's army, it is only a last-ditch battle.
"Deputy envoy, there are only cannons from the tiger thieves in the front. How about the general kills them from the front, breaks the siege of the tiger thieves, and fights his way out." The general of the Tianxiong Army looked at the cannons with the tiger character flag directly in front of him. .
Compared with the Tiger Flag soldiers approaching from both sides, the gunners directly in front are obviously easier to deal with.
Lu Xiangsheng looked around, shook his head, and said: "If you go from the middle, you will play into the opponent's hands. Kill from the left. I will rush to the front. You and others can follow."
After saying that, he rushed towards the Tiger Flag soldier on the left with his knife in hand.
The general takes the lead. This is the best way he can think of to boost morale in the face of the current situation.
Moreover, although he was a civil servant, he was not inferior to others in fighting on the battlefield.
kill!
With Lu Xiangsheng taking the lead, the generals of the Tianxiong Army led the remaining two thousand Tianxiong soldiers to kill the soldiers with the Tiger Flag on the left.
There was only one thousand-man team with more than a thousand soldiers. When the captain of the thousand-man team saw Tianxiong's army rushing over, he immediately ordered his men to stand ready and form a simple square formation.
In the front row are fire gunners, with a squat cannon in the middle.
boom! boom! boom!
As soon as the Tianxiong army approached, the gunfire was quickly fired.
The Tianxiong army originally had fire blunderbuss, but unfortunately as the ship sank to the bottom of the river, even the gunpowder was soaked in water and could not be used. The situation with bows and arrows was also similar. The bows and arrows were so wet that they could not be used, so they had to use their weapons to get close. Fighting all the way.
The gunshots all came from the side of the Tiger Flag.
With the sound of cannons, soldiers of Tianxiong Army began to fall.
However, because of the distance, the fire cannon could not hit 100% of the time, and the threat to Tianxiong's soldiers was limited. Only twenty or thirty Tianxiong soldiers were killed or injured.
Lu Xiangsheng, who was at the front, also did not suffer any blows.
boom! boom! boom!
One round of cannons fell, the second round of cannons sounded immediately, and soon the third round of cannons also came out.
Round after round of gunfire continued, and as the Tianxiong army approached, the casualties increased significantly.
Lu Xiangsheng was not so lucky this time. He was hit by a bullet in the chest, and his whole body bumped into an ordinary soldier of the Tianxiong Army behind him.
He tried to stand up several times, but in the end he failed to stand up again, and instead slowly slid to the ground.
The soldier Tianxiong he hit was a recruit from Shunde Prefecture.
When he saw Lu Xiangsheng with blood coming out of his chest, he was stunned.
After a while, he suddenly shouted: "The deputy ambassador is dead, the deputy ambassador is dead."
The sharp sound was not muffled even by the sound of gunfire.
All the surrounding Tianxiong soldiers heard it.
Seeing Lu Xiangsheng lying on the ground again, his morale suddenly dropped to the extreme.
At this time, the Tianxiong Army had only been established for a short time and did not have many achievements. Lu Xiangsheng's death not only did not make the living people share the same hatred, but also lost the last bit of morale.
Tianxiong's army dispersed and fled.
There were also veterans of the Tianxiong Army who brought Lu Xiangsheng’s body.
The thousand-man team blocking the Tianxiong Army did not know that Lu Xiangsheng was dead, but the Tianxiong Army's defeat could still be seen.
Seeing the defeat of Tianxiong's army, the thousand-man captain of the Tiger-Character Banner immediately ordered his men to pursue the defeated troops without caring about maintaining the phalanx.
There are soldiers and horses with tiger flags nearby, and he is not afraid even if the Tianxiong army wants to counterattack.
Another thousand-man team coming from the other direction also noticed the changes on the Tianxiong Army's side and issued an order to hunt down the defeated troops.
