Xingyang is located east of Hulao, on the banks of the Suoshui River. There are mountains to the west and south, the Yellow River to the north, and the vast eastern Henan plain to the east.

This place is like the bottom of the funnel, Kaifeng is a wide entrance, and the narrower the terrain goes west.

A few days ago, Zhao Liangdong fled into Huzhu, guarded the city, preventing the Ming army from entering Luoyang, and immediately asked Luoyang for help.

Seeing that the city of Guancheng was strong, the army was moving forward with light equipment and did not bring any equipment, he immediately decided to give up the investigation and build a defense line on the spot in the Xingyang area.

The 20,000 Ming army, led by He Yundeng, led 5,000 people, dug trenches and built walls under the Sishui River to prepare for the defense of the Luoyang defenders. Li Yuanyin led 15,000 troops to set up defenses along the waters, intending to block the Zhou army east of Xingyang.

Li Yuanyin knew that Zhou State controlled Hetao and Wu Sangui had many cavalrymen. After arriving in Xingyang, he immediately asked his subordinates to cut down trees and build a horse-proof wooden fence on the west bank of the Suoshui River.

At this time, the Ming army was busy. A cavalry appeared in the wilderness of the east bank. The cavalry stood by the river and peered at the west bank. Just as the Ming cavalry was about to expel him, they pulled out their horses and left quickly.

The busy Ming army noticed the cavalry on the other side, stopped their movements, straightened their waists and looked east.

Soon, a black line appeared in the distant sky. The black line gradually became thicker and extended to both sides. The overwhelming Zhou cavalry rolled forward like a carpet covering the earth.

The Ming soldiers felt the earth tremble slightly, and they heard the sound of hooves like thunder and turned their eyes apart.

"Here is here! The enemy is here!" Some soldiers exclaimed.

After Li Yuanyin came to the Mamuzha, he looked at the east bank with a serious expression and shouted loudly, "Warning!"

The Ming army musketeers from the brigade rushed to the fence and quickly formed into three rows. The musketeers in front raised the musketeers together.

In an instant, nearly a thousand muskets extended out of the fence, and the black muzzles connected into a horizontal line, and the solemn aura spread.

At this time, the cavalry coming from the field ran to the river bank. The Zhou army general Wu Guozhu, led by the leader, held the reins of the horse. With a wave of his hand, the Zhou cavalry behind him stopped one after another.

In a moment, in the wilderness on the east bank of Suoshui, more and more cavalry gathered, layer by layer, covered with river beaches and wilderness.

For a moment, there was a silent crow on both sides, and the north wind was howling, making flags roar.

To the east of Hulao Pass, there are four almost parallel rivers near Xingyang that flow from north to south.

From west to east, they are the Sishui, Suoshui, Jingshui and Zhengshui, but the water volume of the northern rivers is not as good as that of the south. In addition, it is the winter dry season, so many rivers can wading and crossing.

The Zhou cavalry came all the way, crossing the Zheng River and Jing River, and are now blocked by the Suoshui River.

Wu Guozhu sat on the horse's back, pulled out a thousand-mile mirror, and glanced at the west bank of Suoshui. The Ming army's defense line happened to be in the shallow water section of Suoshui.

If the Zhou army wanted to wade across the river, they had to break through the Ming army's obstruction.

Although the Zhou army could also set up a raft and detour from other places, it took time and affected speed, so it could not enter Hulao Pass before the main force of the Ming army arrived.

In the circular vision, the Ming army built a one-man-high wooden fence on the other side. Three rows of thin firearms stood behind, with few cannons. It must have been because of the rapid advance of light troops and they had to carry artillery in the future.

Wu Guozhu held up the Qianli Miles Miles with a serious expression, but he still waved his hand, "Mr. Zuo Qian, rush over!"

Under the banner, a general with the character "Liu" under his back clasped his fists at Wu Guozhu, then pulled the reins and galloped out.

More than a thousand Zhou cavalry under his command watched the general running out, and immediately stepped out of the battle with a horse's belly.

More than a thousand Zhou cavalry recognized the flag and gradually raised the speed of the horse, followed the generals and rushed directly into the river.

The river water was dry, and the horse's belly was only reached in the depths, and the horse's hooves were not left in the shallows. The war horses splashed in the water, and the white water splashed, and more than a thousand cavalrymen wade across the river quickly like migrant horses.

Behind the wooden fence, Li Yuanyin raised his horse spear and waved it forward. The officer immediately ordered, "Fire the cannon!"

"Boom boom boom", a few cannons thought, and several bronze cannons fired at the same time, splashing water columns in the river.

The cavalry of Zhou army charged without stopping, and the war horses jumped onto the river beach, and the cavalry immediately raised their horses and spears to charge.

With the experience of the Zhou army's cavalry, the simple musket infantry, which was arranged in a horizontal formation, could not block the impact of the cavalry.

The horse's hooves were thundering, the war horses were galloping, and the flags behind the cavalry were blown to the sound of the sound of the sound of the rush.

Li Yuanyin raised his horse spear again and pointed forward. The chess and card officer quickly sent an order, "Must gun is ready!"

"Shoot!" A sharp whistle sounded, and the officer shouted angrily.

"Bang bang bang"

Balls of smoke rose from the wooden fence, and then connected into a line to form a diffuse white smoke belt.

After the first row of the Ming army was in high demand, they immediately retreated and loaded. The second row of musketeers stepped forward and fired guns through the fence. Zhou army fell off their horses and kept repeating.

There was a water barrier between cables and water, and a wooden fence to defend against war horse raids. The Zhou cavalry, from the edge of the fence, was unable to break through the fence, and the attack was frustrated.

Seeing this, Wu Guozhu could only wave his hand, "Dropping off the horse and fighting in a stairs!"

The Zhou cavalry, the captain of the brigade, rushed over and climbed up the river beach, and all turned over and dismounted, braved the Ming army's bullet rain, formed a formation and shot against each other, and carried out infantry battles.

The battle lasted for a long time, and a sound of horse hooves came from behind. Wu Sangui's big flag appeared, and the main force of the Zhou army rushed over.

Wu Guozhu rushed to the big crow flag, sweating on his forehead, and saluted: "Your Majesty!"

Wu Sangui led his civil and military personnel to watch the battle, took out the Qianli Mile Mile Mile Mile. Seeing that the war had not progressed, the Zhou army failed to shake the Ming army's defense line and couldn't help but frown, "Have you broken through yet?"

"Please give me another hour, I will tear open the enemy's defense line!" Wu Guozhu hurriedly saluted.

Hong Chengchou looked a little anxious, "Your Majesty, let's take the cavalry down! Zhao Zamao may be coming soon, so I have to be careful!"

Wu Guozhu said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I have lost many brothers, and the enemy has also suffered heavy losses. Please give me some time."

Wu Guozhu attacked for one morning and lost nearly a thousand people. The Ming army's front was shaken. At this time, retreating and replacing others, wouldn't it be that the credit would be given to others and the person who took over was in vain?

When Wu Sangui heard the words, he hesitated for a while, and at this moment, he saw several cavalry running towards him and hurriedly reported: "Your Highness, the enemy in Xuzhou will defeat the Wang Junmen to block the enemy and pass Zhengshui!"

Wu Sangui was shocked, but he didn't expect that Wang Yi was so difficult to deal with, so he rushed up again.

"Wu Guozhu, you retreat and take advantage of the fact that the enemy in Xuzhou has not yet made steady progress, and defeat him!" Wu Sangui ordered in a deep voice, "Wang Yongzhen, you take over Wu Guozhu and tear the enemy's defense line on the west coast to me."

"Here!" The two generals clasped their fists.

At this time, another cavalry rushed from the south and shouted urgently from afar: "Report! The main force of the Zhao bandit appeared south of Xingyang, thirty miles away!"

There is a blockade in the west, there is a pursuit in the east, there is a rolling Yellow River in the north, and Zhao Zamao arrives again in the south.

Wu Sangui's cheeks swelled, and General Zhou Jun was panicked and felt like he was surrounded by the Ming army.
Chapter completed!