On March 24, Li Mengshen, who had been preparing for a long time, received an order from Tian Chuyun and led more than 5,000 naval soldiers to the two prefectures of Wuchang and Hanyang.

After entering the city, Li Mengshen immediately sent troops to govern and inspected the police. He also sent soldiers to Panku, the coin workshop was strictly protected and completely controlled the two prefectures of Wuchang and Hanyang.

Immediately afterwards, the Yangtze River navy launched thousands of ships and practiced on the Yangtze River and Han River. In a short while, guns and cannons fired together, which completely caused a sensation in the two prefectures of Wuchang and Hanyang. All the people helped the elderly and the young and went to the Yangtze River and Han River to watch.

Taking the opportunity, Li Mengshen openly promised the military and civilians of the two governments that he would never let the bandits step into Wuchang and Hanyang.

The people's hearts are very stable and life has returned to normal. Even the rich man who cherishes his life has stopped skeptically.

Let’s talk about Tian Chuyun’s hearing that Li Mengshen entered the city, he immediately beat the drums and gathered the generals and announced: “Some time ago, I knew everyone was frustrated. Seeing that the bandits could not be beaten, they still had to retreat. To be honest, I felt even more frustrated than you, and I wish I could cut off a few bandits with my own hands to vent my anger.”

"But from now on, throw away all the shackles. What you have to do now is to attack and attack and then attack until the bandits are completely eliminated! Do you understand?"

The generals were overjoyed and shouted in unison: "I understand!"

"Xie Kedong, continue to keep an eye on He Jin, Liu Xiyao and He Yilong. Even if they escape to the ends of the world, you have to follow me! After Ma Shouying is wiped out, I will lead the army to encircle and suppress it!"

"promise!"

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After the military order was issued, the generals returned to the battlefield, and the Heat's thriving battle broke out immediately.

The soldiers of Jingzhou Army, who had been lingering for a long time, were extremely brave like tigers going down the mountain. They were in groups of three or five, carrying spears, shields, and steel crossbows, chasing the bandits who dared to turn back to fight, killing the bandits who were all terrified.

The thieves on the front line immediately collapsed, and even the central and rear troops were faintly unstable and had a complete collapse.

The abnormal movements of the Jingzhou army were quickly learned by Ma Shouying. Originally, Ma Shouying was complacent, thinking that his move had successfully delayed the Jingzhou army and gave He Jin, Liu Xiyao and He Yilong three days of escape. Until now, he only realized that these three days were not something he had fought for, but were deliberately given to him by the Jingzhou army.

No matter how slow Ma Shouying was, he now understands that some time ago, whether the Jingzhou army marched into central Anhui or recruited eastern Hubei, the only purpose was to use their threat to force Fang Kongqi to allow them to enter Wuchang and Hanyang.

In a word, they were nothing in Tian Chuyun's eyes. They were already at the point where they could fight as much as they wanted and let go as they wanted.

Ma Shouying was very scared and immediately ordered the army to flee south, trying to buy more time for He Jin and others to escape.

However, it was too late. Ma Shouyinggang led his personal guards out of the camp to the south, and Liu Mengxiong led the Shenji Army to arrive from the southeast direction, without stopping for a moment, and rushed into the bandit group with thunder. For a moment, gunfire sounds were loud, and muskets were crackling everywhere, knocking the bandits unconscious.

Ma Shou responded to the great emergency and immediately ordered the bandits to return to fight, trying to seize this fleeting opportunity while the soldiers of the Shenji Army replaced the bullets.

At the same time, Ma Shouying was afraid that the bandits would not obey orders, so he led his own soldiers to rush towards the Shenji Army.

"Dong...dong...dong...dong..."

The rumbling drums changed the rhythm, and the soldiers of the Shenji Army changed their formation very quickly, and immediately shrank back from the charge, forming a square formation. In the square formation, each row of soldiers was fifty, with a total of nine rows.

The three square arrays gathered into a combat group, with the finished product distributed, one square array in front, and the two square arrays were separated by two wings, slightly dragged back.

The bandits rushed closer and closer, and they could even clearly see the soldiers of Jingzhou soldiers squatting or standing, pointing at them with black muzzles.

Suddenly, a burst of explosions came, and like a huge broom, swept the bandits into a gap. The bandits rolled on the ground, whining and roaring, and it was a terrifying sight.

After the Jingzhou army soldiers who were squatting or standing fired their guns, they began to advance and retreat, dazzled Ma Shouying.

Ma Shouying was shocked. He had never fought head-on with the Jingzhou Army's musket army, so he naturally didn't know that he would be fooled by charging in such a dense rain of bullets.

He found that the musket army was arranged in an array, and its power was by no means comparable to steel crossbows. The dense rain of bullets was almost unavoidable. Moreover, the penetration of the projectile was stronger than that of the steel crossbows. Once they were shot, they would immediately lose their combat power.

As soon as hesitated, the second round of shooting began. What was even worse than the first round was that they were closer to the Jingzhou army and naturally suffered more casualties.

Ma Shouying finally realized that the army could not hedge against the musket army in an array. He immediately yelled: "Retreat...Retreat..."

Just as he shouted loudly, the third round of shooting began again. The sharp whistling sound made Ma Shouying feel creepy. Suddenly, a sharp pain came from his right arm. Ma Shouying lost his balance and fell off the war horse. He fell into a coma and knew nothing.

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The bandits, who could be called a mob, could not stop the troops of Xiongwei, Pili and Shenji, were all killed with great pleasure, whether they were generals or soldiers. In just one day, Ma Shouying's 70,000 troops disappeared.

During this battle, Tian Chuyun killed more than 20,000 bandits and captured more than 30,000 bandits. The rest either fled into the mountains or were beaten to death by nearby people, and they were completely victorious.

Tian Chuyun immediately ordered the three armies to hand over the prisoners to Li Mengshen for custody, and then pursued the north without stopping.

For the Jingzhou army, chasing He Jin and other bandits was far more difficult than fighting against Ma Shou. He Jin led the bandits to set off three days earlier. Within these three days, except for fighting with Yang Shien, they all rushed north desperately at other times.

When the Jingzhou army solved the problem of Ma Shouying and turned around and headed north, the two were nearly 150 miles apart.

Tian Chuyun personally led a large army to pursue the enemy for five days, and then bit the bandits' butt in Macheng Chengmagang. Chengmagang had already penetrated into the hinterland of the Dabie Mountains. If one day later, the bandits would crawl into the Dabie Mountains. At that time, it would be extremely difficult to talk about encirclement and suppression.

Based on this consideration, Tian Chuyun did not care about the exhaustion of all the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army, and immediately ordered Xiongwei Army to beat the bandits from behind, and ordered the Shenji Army to attack the bandits from the left. At the same time, he ordered the Pili Army to continue to advance at full speed, cross the mountains and ridges, and block the way for the bandits to advance.

Since then, the encirclement of three and one missing is officially formed, leaving only the high mountains and ridges in the north for the bandits to cross.

From He Jin, He Yilong and Liu Xiyao, the thief leader understood that once he crossed the mountains and ridges in the north, under the pursuit of the Jingzhou army, the army had no other possibility except for the disappearance.
Chapter completed!