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Chapter 934 Xiong Wencan Advances Together

Zhang Shenyan, Lu Weiqi, Liu Cheng and others already felt that the situation in Nanyang was very serious, but the actual situation was even more serious than they imagined.

Whether it is the "King of the World" Liu Xiyao or Ren Jirong, they exhausted all means, but they were unable to defend the two cities of Dengzhou and Tangxian.

It turns out that although Xiong Wencan, governor of Huguang, is not very capable, he is quite capable.

During his tenure as the governor of Fujian, he not only recruited the giant bandit Zheng Zhilong and suppressed the pirates, but was also deeply influenced by Western military equipment and tactics.

The team he built is quite similar to Zhang Shun's, and they all chose a very typical "combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine" plan.

It's just that because the northern Ming army's combat effectiveness is stronger and its mobility is more changeable, Zhang Shun formed an army that tried to find a balance between maneuverability and firepower based on the knowledge of his previous life.

Xiong Wencan, governor of Huguang, based on the terrain and climate characteristics of the south, compiled an army that prioritized infantry and firepower.

Originally, the biggest problem with Xiong Wencan's army was that its mobility was not very good, but it was also evaded by You Shiwei and Zhang Waijia's [-]-door iron cavalry and the navy marching along the Baihe River.

Although the soldiers led by Xiao Qinhu were the famous "hair gourds", they were still mountainous troops with bows and arrows as their main weapons.

Regardless of the armor or firearms that this team is equipped with, it is far below the average level of the rebel army, let alone compared with Xiong Wencan's new army, which uses a lot of "Western methods".

In Xiong Wencan's standard battalion, apart from all kinds of firecrackers, there are also [-] large and small Hongyi cannons, the firepower of which far exceeds that of the general Ming army.

There are more than twenty Hongyi cannons of two thousand catties, with fierce firepower, specially used to attack the city.

Originally, the defense system nodes designed by Zhang Shun were based on the four cities of Xinye, Dengzhou, Tangxian and Nanyang.

Among them, Xinye, Dengzhou, and Tangxian are like horns. If you attack one, you will save the other, and if you attack the other, you will save this. There is also a fierce general Xiao Qinhu sitting in Nanyang, which should be foolproof.

Unexpectedly, after Xiong Wencan made a surprise attack on Xinye, he went out to Nanyang and tried to take down Nanyang City in one go.

After being blocked by Xiao Qinhu, he returned to Xinye and attacked Tang County where Ren Guangrong was stationed with all his strength.

Zhang Yichuan, the "King of Sweeping the Land" who retired to the wild, and Liu Xiyao, the "King of Struggle for the World" in Dengzhou, rushed to rescue them, but they were blocked by officers, soldiers and sailors and could not easily cross the river.

It turned out that most of the rebels galloped in the four northern provinces and one capital, and they were quite familiar with plain and mountain warfare, but they knew little about the military application of river water.

Xiong Wencan, governor of Huguang, served as governor of Fujian for many years, recruited Zhilong, conquered pirates Li Kuiqi, Liu Xiang and others, and completely equalized the pirates on the southeast coast, so he is very familiar with the use of navy.

"Water is connected by boats, and dry roads are eliminated!" Xiong Wencan, the governor of Huguang, smiled complacently. "Therefore, it is a natural law to ship from south to horse from north."

"The thief only used land to attack, but he didn't know the power of our boats, so how could he win?"

It turned out that there happened to be a river outside the city of Nanyang called the Flood River, which was also called the White River in later generations.

The Fei River just flows through Nanyang City, Xinye, and finally joins the Han River in Xiangyang.

Xiong Wencan, Governor of Huguang, was benefiting from the river. First, he harassed Xinye many times. After Zhang Yichuan, the "sweeper king", became paralyzed, he suddenly transported troops to Xinye City by navy and captured the city in one fell swoop.

In addition to the main branch of the Feishui River, there are two tributaries of the Feishui River, one is called Tuanshui and the other is called Bishui.

Among them, Tuan Shui flows west of Feishui, flows through Neixiang and Dengzhou successively, and finally joins into Feishui at the junction of Henan, Hu and Guangzhou.

The Bishui is called the Tang River by later generations, and it flows from south to north through the east of the Bishui.

The river meets the tributaries in the north of Tang County, then passes through the northwest of Tang County, and finally joins the Feishui in Huguang.

And that Xinye City was caught in the turbulent and turbulent water. After the "Sweeping King" Zhang Yichuan withdrew from Xinye City, he was supposed to retreat to Nanyang.

Unexpectedly, when he learned that the governor of Huguang had led an army to surround Tang County, he thought to himself: Since I followed King Shun, I haven't done an inch of merit, and I lost Xinye, so I can't explain it.

That being the case, why did I find Liu Xiyao, the "king of the world" to rescue Ren Jirong together?

The "King of Fighting for the World" Liu Xiyao, like the "King of Sweeping the Floor" Zhang Yichuan, also came from the Rebel Army system, which is quite thin.

Liu Xiyao also knew that Xiong Wencan, governor of Huguang, was not a good person. He attacked Xinye first, and then Tutang County. The next step would definitely be his turn in Dengzhou.

Instead of this, why not strike first, it is better to wait until the officers and soldiers come to attack.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiyao only stayed behind to guard the city with [-] soldiers, and the other troops brought along with "Sweeper King" Zhang Yichuan to join forces, and they were about to go to Tang County to support Ren Jirong.

It's just that to go east from Xinye to Tang County, you need to cross two rivers, the Bishui River and the Bishui River.

The "Sweeping King" Zhang Yichuan and the "Contesting King" Liu Xiyao didn't take it seriously, they just sent cavalry along the river to find boats and bridges to cross the river.

It was only after searching for several days that many bridges and ships had been burned, and the two felt that something was wrong.

With great difficulty, they found a place where the water was shallow, and before they had time to wade into the water, they suddenly saw more than a dozen large boats appearing on the river.

These ships were all equipped with artillery, and when they saw the rebel army coming, they immediately fired a burst of gunfire.

Zhang Yichuan and Liu Xiyao were taken aback, and quickly ordered the soldiers to line up, and set up artillery to fight back.

However, the quality and quantity of the artillery equipped by the two battalions under their hands is not very good, and the artillery level is not high, and they move quietly, how can they fight?
Except that some of Liu Xiyao's subordinates hit the two boats by accident due to the old base of the battalion, the other artillery pieces were all in vain.

Immediately, the main force of the officers, soldiers and navy arrived, fighting but not fighting, fighting but not fighting, just blocking the river and preventing the rebels from crossing the river.

No matter how violent Zhang Yichuan and Liu Xiyao were, there was nothing they could do.

At this time, Xiong Wencan, the governor of Huguang, was ordering his soldiers to bombard the city wall of Tang County with red cannons.

When the defense facilities were almost destroyed, the officers and soldiers set up engineering equipment and launched a fierce attack.

Ren Guangrong couldn't help yelling: "Zhi Niang, in the past, the rebels used artillery to suppress the officers and soldiers. I didn't expect that one day the rebels would be suppressed by the artillery of the officers and soldiers!"

The two sides fought hard at the head of the city for three days. After all, because of the disparity in the strength of the enemy and ourselves, Ren Jirong had to retreat to Biyang, west of Tang County.

But Xiong Wencan, the governor of Huguang, solved the problem and dispatched the navy to attack Dengzhou by water.

The [-] soldiers left behind by Liu Xiyao, the "King of the World", were terrified when they saw the officers and soldiers descending from the sky, and they fled or surrendered, and then lost Dengzhou City.

So far, Liu Xiyao, the "King of Fighting for the World", Zhang Yichuan, and Ren Guangrong, the "King of Sweeping the Floor", have been defeated in a row and have no place to stand, so they had to retreat to Nanyang.

(End of this chapter)