The border between Guangxi and Guangdong has gathered more than 50,000 Ming troops and more than 40,000 people's troops.

Among them, the Wuzhou Prefecture area in Guangxi gathered 30,000 Ming troops, led by Guangxi General Liao Yangzhou. Opposite the 3rd Ming army, there was a unit of the Third Army led by He Yan, with a total of more than 20,000 people.

The People's Army's strength is quite different from that of the Ming Army, and most of the 20,000 People's Army are new recruits, but He Yan is more confident to resist the 30,000 Guangxi Ming Army.

The firearms troops of the Third Army of the People's Army have a total of four infantry companies and three artillery battalions, and they are not dispersed. The troops first landed have four regiments, and the grenadiers also have two regiments. These troops are He Yan's confidence to resist the 30,000 Guangxi Ming army on the opposite side.

The main forces were all concentrated here, but He Yan was not worried that other Guangxi Ming troops would rush into Guangdong from other areas and defend the People's Army in the east and west of Guangxi. Although there was no firearm troops, a regiment of grenadier troops was distributed to each unit in companies or platoons. With the cooperation of the grenadier troops, it would be no problem to resist the small number of Ming troops.

Before the Song Yingchang army started a war with Wang Shengrong's army, Song Yingchang's military order had been sent to Guangxi, requiring the Guangxi Ming army to take the initiative to attack and try to restrain the People's Army, so as not to allow the People's Army to go to support Wang Shengrong's army.

After receiving the order from Song Yingchang, Guangxi General Liao Yangzhou was not satisfied with it and only restrained the people's army on the other side. He thought of defeating the people's army on the other side and directly attacking the people's army's nest before Song Yingchang's army. Most of the credit for suppressing the bandits would be attributed to him, and promotion would become inevitable.

Almost when the Song Yingchang army was forced to retreat by Wang Shengrong's army, Liao Yangzhou led 30,000 Guangxi Ming army to confront the 20,000 People's Army led by He Yan in the junction of Guangxi and Guangdong.

On the battlefield, the chariots that appeared in the Song Yingchang Army also appeared in the Liaoyangzhou army. Liaoyangzhou and other generals of the Ming army in Guangxi also wore ordinary soldiers' clothes, allowing the soldiers or guards' clothes to stand where they should stand.

In order to deal with the People's Army, Song Yingchang did not conceal various information about the People's Army, and also sent various response methods to various Ming troops. As the commander of hundreds of thousands of troops, Song Yingchang was relatively qualified.

"Beat the drum, attack!"

At the command of Liao Yangzhou, as the war drums sounded, under the cover of the chariots, the Ming army slowly advanced.

Seeing the Ming army moving, the People's Army led by He Yan also moved.

When the distance between the two armies was less than one thousand meters, the artillery of the People's Army and the Ming army opened fire one after another, and solid artillery shells hit the two armies, causing many casualties and injuries to the two armies.

When the distance between the two armies was less than 500 meters, four infantry companies of the People's Arms' firearms troops opened fire. However, under the cover of the chariot, the Ming army suffered fewer casualties and fewer casualties, and there were no more casualties caused by artillery bombardment.

The distance between the two armies was fast approaching. When the distance between the Liang army was less than 150 meters, the Ming army's musket soldiers rushed to the front of the chariot and pointed the muzzle at the People's Army to fire. However, most of the lead bullets were blocked by the shields of the soldiers of the first-row troops, causing very few casualties to the People's Army.

After the Ming army's musket soldiers opened fire for another round, the People's Army finally rushed to the front of the Ming army, and the two armies were about to fight against each other.

At this moment, the People's Army Grenadiers showed their power!

Hundreds of grenades crossed more than ten meters and fell into the Ming army's ranks. Amid a series of explosions, hundreds of Ming troops fell down, and the blood shed from the Ming army had dyed the earth red.

Before the Ming army could react during the explosion, they first came up and rushed forward, slashed at the Ming army with a big knife and axe.

The troops first fought to fight, and the grenadiers kept throwing grenades forward. In a short period of time, thousands of people had been killed or injured in the Ming army.

Seeing so many people die, the Ming soldiers finally became scared and collapsed. They threw down their weapons and fled behind them. The geese-feathered swords in the hands of the officers could not stop the soldiers from escaping.

Seeing the Ming army defeated in the front row, Liao Yangzhou's face changed drastically. He could not have imagined how the Ming army, which had a larger number of people, was defeated by the enemy so quickly in melee combat.

The Ming army was defeated in the front line, and under the impact of the fleeing Ming army, the entire Ming army was in chaos.

Feeling that this battle was powerless to turn the world back, Liao Yangzhou immediately ordered a battalion of more than 3,000 Ming troops to step forward and cut off the back, and bought time for most Ming troops to retreat.

The battle between Liao Yangzhou Army and He Yanjun ran from morning to evening. The more than 3,000 Ming army in the rear did not stop He Yanjun for too long. Under the pursuit of He Yanjun, Liao Yangzhou Army fled to Wuzhou Prefecture City. He Yanjun stopped pursuing and confronted the Ming army outside Wuzhou Prefecture City.

After one day's battle, the 30,000 Ming troops led by Liao Yangzhou retreated to Wuzhou Prefecture City with only more than 17,000 people. More than 10,000 Ming troops were killed and captured in the battle with the People's Army, and the number of casualties in the People's Army was only more than 3,000.

It can be said that the forces of He Yan's army and Liao Yangzhou army were almost the same at this time, and even the forces of He Yan's army were even more than that of Liao Yangzhou army. More importantly, during the retreat, the artillery of Liao Yangzhou army was thrown on the battlefield.

Just one battle with the People's Army shattered all the confidence of Liao Yangzhou. Almost like the generals of Song Yingchang's army, the generals of the Ming army such as Liao Yangzhou were very confident in defeating the People's Army with a small number, but they did not expect such a result to occur, which made them unacceptable for a while.

The Song Yingchang army was fine, with more than 10,000 casualties, only one-seventh of the Song Yingchang army, while the Liaoyangzhou army suffered more than one-third of the casualties and had no morale. They could only rely on the city to resist the People's Army, and no longer had the idea of ​​leaving the city to take the initiative to go to war with the People's Army.

The Ming army hid in Wuzhou Prefecture City. The People's Army pulled artillery and continued to bombard Wuzhou Prefecture City. Under the bombardment, the Ming soldiers could only cover their heads and shrank their bodies to hide, fearing that they were hit by shells.

The People's Army's bombardment supported the whole night. On the next day, the People's Army retreated, and He Yan had no idea to attack Wuzhou Prefecture City.

He Yan knew that there were many Ming troops in Wuzhou Prefecture City, but there were no artillery, and morale plummeted. The People's Army could capture Wuzhou Prefecture City, but the People's Army would also pay a heavy price.

There is no need to pay a huge price to capture a city. After all, the main task of the People's Army is to block the Ming army from the territory of the People's Army.

In the first battle, Liao Yangzhou army was crippled and would not invade Guangdong again in a short period of time. He Yan's goal has been achieved. After frightening the Ming army through bombardment, He Yan chose to withdraw his troops.

Seeing the vicious thieves retreating, Liao Yangzhou and the other Ming troops in Wuzhou Prefecture were relieved. They were all afraid of being beaten by the People's Army. If they continued to fight, they would only kill more people, and no one was willing to continue to fight.

Of course, if the People's Army attacked the city, in order to survive, they could only fight to the death.
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