Li Dingguo was sitting on the boat, his eyes patrolling back and forth between the two sides of the Yangtze River.

On the shore, you can see many figures looming in the reed marsh, and those should be scouts of the Ming army.

But Li Dingguo was not worried about these people at all, because he knew very well that these guys would not pose any threat to the Daxi Army on the ship.

Since the Western Army now has absolute initiative on the water, as long as it can return to the ship in time, Li Dingguo does not need to worry about being attacked by the Ming army on the way back.

Li Dingguo was not a person who just slapped his head and did this. In fact, he had already sent many people secretly to leave Jiujiang City, disguised himself as a local farmer, and quietly conducted a investigation.

This kind of reconnaissance was carried out in secret even after Li Dingguo retreated from Nanjing City last year. Don’t forget that Jiujiang City is the de facto dividing line between the West and the Ming Dynasty.

After a winter of reconnaissance, Li Dingguo had already been confident and knew where he should go to launch an attack to win.

"Let's go to Nanhuzui and log in there." Li Dingguo issued an order.

In this era, its topography and landforms are actually very different from those in later generations.

For example, in the current territory of Jiujiang Prefecture, there is actually a small island on the surface of the Yangtze River. This island is called Nanhu Island, and there is a pier on this island called Nanhuzui.

The terrain of Nanhuzui is very dangerous. If you go south from here, you can enter Poyang Lake from Jiangxi. Therefore, many ships will dock at Nanhuzui after heading north from Poyang Lake to perform a short supply rest.

Over time, this place has developed and has become a must-pass place for transportation and supplies.

Li Dingguo was very sure that if the Ming army wanted to transport supplies, he would definitely put this grain camp here in Nanhuzui.

So Li Dingguo directly led his 5,000 naval troops to Nanhuzui in order to prove his loyalty to Zhang Xianzhong with such a victory.

Li Dingguo himself is also a proud person. What he wants is not a small victory, but a huge victory.

A brilliant, undisputed victory.

Because he was going downstream, the marching speed of Li Dingguo's troops was very fast. At about noon, he had already seen Nanhuzui from afar.

The moment he saw Nanhuzui, Li Dingguo's eyes lit up, because he could clearly find that there was indeed a very huge camp on the small island where Nanhuzui was located.

Although it is not possible to determine what is in this camp from the current location, Li Dingguo judged based on the service and investigation he sent out before and his own experience that this is definitely the logistics base used by the Ming army to store a large amount of food.

At the dock at Nanhuzui, an alarm began to light up. Some Ming troops discovered the arrival of the Daxi Army fleet. They panicked and ran towards the island.

Li Dingguo had also expected this situation.

In Li Dingguo's view, the speed of his side's downstream must be far higher than the speed of the Ming army's messenger, so it is normal for Nanhuzu to have no defense.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, because everything was as expected by him.

"If you pass the order, the entire army will land immediately, conquer this camp, and destroy everyone in the camp."

With Li Dingguo's order, many Daxi troops immediately drove the ship to the shore, then jumped off the ship and flocked to the camp in front of him.

In Li Dingguo's view, the battle has actually ended.

Will there be any suspense if the five thousand elite Daxi Army attack an unprepared logistics camp?

He stood on the bow of the boat with his hands in his waist, staring proudly at the camp in front of him, and his mind began to recall the situation that the camp was burned to pieces soon after.

At this moment, a dense gunfire sounded like fried beans.

The soldiers of the Daxi Army who rushed away before obviously did not expect this. They were instantly hit by these bullets, like wheat harvested in autumn, and fell down a large area.

The gunshots continued to sound, and the offensive of the Western Army immediately suffered severe setbacks.

Soon, the soldiers of the Daxi Army realized that the firepower in the camp was too fierce. After leaving hundreds of corpses, they began to retreat in a hurry.

Li Dingguo looked at the scene in front of him and his face turned pale.

"This is impossible, how could things turn out like this?" Li Dingguo screamed in anger.

Several confidants around Li Dingguo were also stunned. They really didn't understand why such a camp that looked like there shouldn't be many defenders could burst out with such strong firepower.

So they immediately issued another order and launched the second, third, and even more waves of attacks.

But the fact is that the firepower in the camp is still shooting continuously. Not only can the soldiers of the Western Army work hard, they cannot break through the blockade of these long-range firepower, and can only leave one corpse after another on the way to attack.

When Li Dingguo looked at this scene, an ominous premonition gradually surged into his heart.

After another attack was defeated by the firepower in the camp, Li Dingguo took a deep breath and issued an order very decisively.

"I'll send an order immediately, and everyone will return to the ship immediately and retreat to Jiujiang City."

Li Dingguo's order immediately made his confidants very uncomprehensible and could not help but dissuade them.

"You can't retreat now, Your Highness, otherwise our brother would die in vain?"

"Their firepower cannot continue, Your Highness. As long as we continue to attack, we will sooner or later take down this camp."

Li Dingguo turned his head and glared at these still very optimistic confidants.

"Don't you see clearly the current situation yet? Let me tell you, if we continue like this, there is only one dead end to us. Do you understand? Now, retreat immediately."

Under Li Dingguo's order, the sound of gold sounded quickly. The soldiers of the Daxi Army returned to the boat in a mess like a tide, and then rowed their oars hard against the current, intending to return to their Jiujiang City.

Li Lingguo stood on the boat and stared at the Nanhu Island behind him with some reluctance. It was not until this time that he finally saw what kind of army was against him.

A musket soldier with a population of about two thousand rushed out of the camp and approached the shore. They were very orderly and patient, firing muskets all the way and harvesting the soldiers of the Daxi Army who had no time to retreat.

Li Dingguo subconsciously clenched his fists.

At this moment, he was very sure that even if he immediately turned around and fought with this musketeer, it would be impossible to win again.

This fact undoubtedly caused a heavy blow to Li Dingguo's proud heart.

He really didn't expect that Li Dingguo had already lost the battle without even letting Zhu Cixuan take action himself!
Chapter completed!