In a water in Guazhou, Jingkou, the word "huoying" crossed the river and landed in Guazhou Town.

Before his foothold was stable, the Huozi Camp was attacked by the Qing soldiers. He had long expected that the reinforcements from Jiangnan would come ashore from here. He sent his deputy general Zhang Yingxiang to lead troops to ambush here in advance. The water mist by the river was too strong, and Li Haoxian was accidentally caught in an ambush.

Li Haoxian stood at the bow of the ship and directed the Huozi Camp to land and counterattack. Fortunately, this place was not Jingxiang, and the troop transport ship was the battleship of the Songjiang Navy. Under the cover of artillery fire, Li Ruitai's ambush was quickly repelled.

Zhu Dadian in Yangzhou City heard the sound of cannons and knew that reinforcements had arrived. He opened the city gate and led the crowd to fight out to receive the reinforcements. Li Rutai saw that the Ming soldiers were numerous and decisively ordered the retreat. An ambush had been arranged along the way, and he just waited for the Ming army to chase him and ambush them in Xiaotong Mountain.

Li Haoxian and Zhu Dadian gathered together to discuss it. It was getting late. If Li Lutai had a backup plan, he would be afraid of falling into a trap. So he stationed in Yangzhou first and waited for dawn before fighting.

Li Rutai saw that they were not deceived and his face turned pale. These Qing soldiers and generals all had a book of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and often used "strategic strategies" when fighting wars. Unfortunately, although the Three Kingdoms are classics, they are just a novel. To put it bluntly, all the novels in the world are just lazy people. They can't do anything and are unwilling to go out to work. In order to support their family, they have to write a book for everyone to enjoy. How can they really rely on it to fight?

During the night two days, a warship escorted nearly a thousand people to Yangzhou. The young general defending the city asked, "Who is coming?"

Hu Bawan showed off his waist card and shouted: "The commander-in-chief arrives, open the city gate quickly."

The young general did not dare to be negligent, but the military order was as high as a mountain, and he did not dare to open the door easily. He smiled and said, "General, it is extraordinary now. Please pass the token up and take a look." After saying that, he hung a rope and Hu Bawan shouted, "It should be like this." After saying that, he tied the waist card, pulled the rope, and received a signal from it, and pulled it up. After a closer look, it was indeed a personal soldier's waist card.

The young general of the Shuibai guarded the city hurriedly went down the city wall and opened the city gate. Hou Xuanyan asked him for a few war horses and asked him to lead the way to the city and come to the commander's tent.

Zhu Dadian and Li Haoxian were not asleep yet, so they performed the war against the sand table. When they saw Hou Xuanyan lifting the curtain and coming in, they quickly came over.

Hou Xuanyan didn't care about being polite, untied the cloak and threw it on the ground. He pointed at the sand table with a horse whip and asked, "Where is Li Lutai now?"

Zhu Dadian pointed to Xiao Tongshan and said, "Li Lutai pushed it here and wanted to ambush us, but we did not pursue it. I have a scout here. I just came to report it and only then did I know his trick."

Hou Xuanyan looked at the small copper mountain on the sand table, stretched out his hand and Zhang Yitong immediately brought a torch. Hou Xuanyan took the torch and said while looking carefully, "Is Yizheng County also lost?"

Zhu Dadian said with shame, "The last general was in a position to defend the territory, except for Yangzhou City, he was taken down by Li Rutai."

Hou Xuanyan Zhan Yan smiled and said, "The Old General Zhu doesn't have to blame himself. Li Rutai was terrified of 20,000 people. This traitor really has some skills, and I asked you to attack Huai'an Prefecture for the Battle of Jingxiang to restrain the Qing Dynasty's troops. In a hurry, you just recovered Yangzhou and went deep into Jiangbei alone and had to fight before they could do anything. They would inevitably lose."

Zhu Dadian's face was slower and gritted his teeth and said, "Li Lutai bullied people too much. He carried a big flag to "take revenge" and came to Yangzhou repeatedly invaded, but it was obvious that he did not take us seriously. Last time I fought with him in Huai'an Prefecture, the village soldiers and soldiers who fought against the Qing Dynasty came to surrender one after another, but they blocked the front and delayed the march. When Li Lutai's army arrived, they fled in panic, and the back army was in chaos. Alas! These birdmen are rebels, and they can't kill them. The last general is not shirking responsibility for defeat, but it is really a battle that is too frustrating."

Hou Xuanyan smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "Although these righteous soldiers were named to fight against the Qing Dynasty, most of them were just speculation. They gathered together to harm the people, plunder the people, and abuse the people. Of course, there were also some loyal and righteous people, but most of them were ineffective. When my third uncle escaped from Jiading to avoid disaster, he was almost persecuted by the so-called righteous soldiers and died."

Lee Haoxian was very annoyed when he heard this and cursed: "Dog Kill, if I meet you, I will kill you first."

Hou Xuanyan said seriously: "Old Li is right. In the future, whenever he encounters a war, he may lead to defeat, no matter whether it is a god or a Buddha, an enemy or a friend, he will be killed. Now, the country is different from the past, and the country is lost and foreign races invaded. The purpose of marching and fighting is to the Han people in the world. As long as you have great justice and do not take into account the minorities."

Li Haoxian was a native of Shandong. He was naturally in high spirits after hearing this. However, Zhu Dadian was an old man who had been immersed in the Ming Dynasty for many years. He said worriedly: "In this way, he may be criticized and framed by the traitors in the court." His concern is not unreasonable. He had seen too much as an official in the Chongzhen Dynasty. Officials talked about the government affairs, regardless of right or wrong, but only looked at interests. If this official was not from your faction, he would attack him. Even if you think so in your heart, you should punish him to death and say that he would harm the country and the people.

Therefore, no civil officials and military generals in the late Ming Dynasty dared to take responsibility. Often, when there were major national affairs, they pretended to be dead. After the defeat, they tried their best to win the credit and attacked each other.

Hou Xuanyan sneered and said, "Who is not open-eyed and evil will harm us. I will do more treacherous than him. I cannot let the blood on the front line cry. Don't worry, with me, Hou Xuan, here, no one can harm you."

Zhu Dadian stood up and laughed loudly, "With the words of the commander-in-chief, I, Lao Zhu, are relieved. Li Shutai's courage is not to be afraid. Our Shuizi Camp will definitely avenge his previous shame and put the banner of "revenge and shame" he carried into his chest."

Hou Xuanyan asked, "What are your ideas? Let's hear it."

Zhu Dadian pointed to the sand table and said, "There are rivers in front and behind Tongshan Mountains. The two rivers are of the same origin and the water flows rapidly, surrounding Tongshan Mountains in it. Although it is a little smooth in winter, the water temperature is extremely low and it is impossible to cross the river. Li Lutai ambushed there, and he is also sure that we can't escape in a hurry. This cage is born with a long land, and Li Lutai can use it, and we can use it. We have an army of 200,000, so we don't care about his conspiracy and tricks. After crossing the river in a dignified manner, we will demolish the bridge and fight him to the decisive battle. Can this kid's cavalry still fly across the river?"

Hou Xuanyan was still thinking about the bravery of Li Rutai, who was the 20,000 people who were fighting in Yangzhou, touched his chin and said, "Is there any way to be fooled by him?"
Chapter completed!