Early the next morning, the north and south sides of the Huaihe section of Fengyang City were shrouded in thick fog. Although it was not raining in the sky, it gave people a wet feeling.

On the north bank of the Huai River, outside the Qing army camp, dozens of coats were pushing carts, pulling the Han people who were beaten to death to death to death to death into the newly dug pit.

These people were captured by the Qing army from the north. They were short of food and clothing, and suffered extremely heavy labor. They were often beaten by the coat soldiers who supervised the workers. They were even worse than animals, and they were very serious. They were only more than one short time.

In the month, more than half of these 20,000 to 30,000 people who were captured were dead.

In the thick white mist, from the official road winding northward in the Qing army camp, more than a dozen wheelbarrows were being pushed hard by groups of coated soldiers, with more than twenty naked pieces placed in the carriages.

Corpse.

Although people are dead, the only two thin clothes they have on them are of great value to those who are still alive.

Above the fields on the north bank of the Huai River, there are vast white areas around it, villages and farmlands appear in front of you from time to time, but there is no smell of human life and farming. Several coated soldiers stopped the car and then lifted it hard.

The body fell into a deep pit that had been dug long ago.

At the same time, there were sounds of horse hooves from time to time on the field on the north bank of the Huai River, and the sound of armor leaves rubbing and colliding with soldiers. Countless Qing soldiers were gathering towards the river bank under the cover of fog, preparing to cross the river to attack the opposite Ming.

military.

After more than half a month of reconnaissance and fighting, the Qing army killed and injured nearly a hundred cavalry. Now it has already figured out the situation of the Ming army opposite - except for the south bank of the Huai River, several villages near the river are stationed in each of them.

Hundreds of Ming troops, and the rest of the places were not prepared, but the city defense of Fengyang City was very solid.

Early this morning, at the order of Duoduo, a group of Qing cavalry of more than a dozen people began to cross the river in batches on newly built boats and secretly landed on the north bank of the Huai River as a vanguard to meet the Qing army that was about to cross the river.

Big troop.

Of course, at this time, these Qing cavalry did not dare to rashly attack the Ming army in nearby villages. As the vanguard of the army, all actions were naturally for specific strategic goals. The matter of hammering the east and sticking the west was extremely military discipline.

The strict Eight Banners soldiers naturally would not do it.

Xue Laoer is now in a village closest to the Huaihe River. He had already sneaked into the front line last night. On the one hand, it was to check the military's deployment and preparations, and on the other hand, it was to better grasp the movements of the Qing army.

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The Ming army currently has a strategic advantage over the Qing army, and the initiative on the battlefield is still in Zhou Shixian's hands to a certain extent, so Duoduo waited hard for the arrival of heavy fog, and was surprised to see the minimum loss.

Realize crossing the river.

Of course, if heavy rain suddenly falls, neither Zhou Shixian nor Duoduo will be able to drive the army to continue to operate. Their firearms and armor make it impossible for the soldiers to fight on rainy days.

Xue Laoer looked at the vast fog in front of him and was about to walk down the watchtower at the village entrance, but he heard something vaguely. Suddenly he stopped in place and looked at him.

Duoduo stood on the embankment on the bank of the Huai River, looking at the Ming army camp behind the slowly white mist. His eyes were still white and there was no pond to report, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Over the past month, the Ming army in the south has indeed given him too many "surprises". He even suspected that the opponent's combat power was not inferior to that of the Shun Army in Shaanxi.

However, this is not enough to make Duoduo afraid. After all, even the Shun Army is not the opponent of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, let alone the Ming army on the opposite side, which is actually able to fight the troops, is not as many as the large army under his command.

Duoduo had roughly investigated Zhou Shixian's military strength, but he also regarded Zhou Shixian's 25,000 troops as an imaginary number, only counting 30% of the troops.

Of course, this is not Duoduo underestimates the enemy, but his cautious performance. After all, if we count it at 30%, there are 40,000 elite troops across the river, which are 40,000 to 50,000 elite troops.

In fact, except for Zhou Shixian's unexpected army and the seven or eight thousand soldiers he had replenished the weapons, money and food he had given the army half a year ago, the so-called Ming army's elite were only more than 10,000.

Just as I was thinking about this, two Qing army horses suddenly rushed from the west. After seeing Duoduo's central army flag, they quickly got off the horse and ran to Tunqi on the side, and then handed the pond newspaper to

Tunqi.

Tunqi took the military newspaper sent by Tangma, opened it and immediately showed a happy smile on his face. The originally hanging heart finally let go, and immediately gave it to Duoduo.

When Duoduo saw it, he was immediately delighted and immediately ordered: "Send Nikan, Malaxi, and Ashan to immediately lead the army across the river so that these Nikans can see what Manchu cavalry is!"

Duoduo had already dispatched his troops a few days ago, but he was waiting for the opportunity. If the smuggling was discovered by the Ming army too early, it would have been a difficult landing battle. This is not the result Duoduo wants to see, the opposite side

The Ming army has proved their strength.

Although he despised the Ming army, he still treated it carefully when the other party showed his strength. After all, there were too few Manchu soldiers, and once there were major casualties, it might shake the foundation of the country.

So this time, in addition to the vanguard at the beginning and the two thousand soldiers who were first landing and stabilizing the position, Duoduo sent him, first of all, 20,000 Green Camp soldiers, and then 10,000 soldiers from Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, the real one

The main force of the Eight Banners of Manchuria is used to suppress the formation.

This is the conventional way of fighting after the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, incorporated a large number of Ming troops, and formed the Green Camp. Most of the time, the Eight Banners soldiers took advantage of the defeat of the Ming army and the Green Camp soldiers and looked for opportunities to be extremely small.

The price wins.

After repeated victories, coupled with the efforts of the Qing Dynasty's efforts to promote the Qing Dynasty, over time, there will naturally be a myth that the Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners soldiers is invincible. This is the importance of propaganda.

Duoduo won the battle at a very small price and had already surpassed Ajige. And Dorgon seemed to intend to suppress Ajige and ordered the other party to pursue Li Zicheng. Duoduo naturally understood this. He

He also knew that he had to make greater contributions, otherwise after Ajige, Dorgon would have to attack him in order to consolidate his power.

The strikers Doro Berenican, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other Manchu and Han generals who received the order immediately began to organize the team, clarifying the order, direction and tasks of each unit from top to bottom.

Kong Youde rode on the war horse, wearing a piece of silver-white iron armor, and a piece of cotton armor inside. Unless it was a firearm, a long axe, or a armor-breaking cone, it was denied that no other attack could cause damage to him.

After the defeat in the battle outside Huai'an City, Kong Youde kept thinking about taking revenge. Now he finally waited for the opportunity, which made him a little excited. In his opinion, as long as the Manchu soldiers were launched, these Ming troops would inevitably be defeated at once and be defeated like a mountain.

, there is no doubt about this.

Kong Youde ordered his confidant servants to check the preparations of their troops again. After confirming that there was no problem, he immediately looked south.

At the same time, on the Ming army, Sun Hu and Wu Xingye, the two battalions, had led their troops into the battlefield front line on the south bank of the Huai River. With the protection of heavy fog and village buildings, they also entered without knowing it.

Within the preset ambush circle, they will serve as the vanguard of Zhou Shixian's attack on the Qing army.

Strictly speaking, this is the first time that the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty fight against Zhou Shixian in the front battlefield. Zhou Shixian's new army was unavoidable, but he was more confident. He was looking forward to seeing this condensation.

How much impact will the Qing army have on all their efforts?

After the vanguard arrived at the designated position, Zhou Shixian immediately ordered Zhang Hong, Li Daxi, Zheng Hu and other officers to start moving on the city wall, act like they had just reacted, and began to gather out of the city.

Zhou Shixian needed these movements and temptations to lure the Qing army to attack.

For this day, Zhou Shixian and his generals waited for more than a month, and could only watch the Qing army burn, kill and loot in the north, but could not move at all. Such concentration and patience were for today's battle.

Zhang Hong, Li Daxi, Zheng Hu and others quickly led the third battalion troops out of the city in an orderly manner, with cavalry leading the way, and infantry soldiers following closely behind. As soon as they left the city, they heard that a large number of cavalry acted together.

The roar was as shocking as thunder.

Zhang Hong knew that everything was expected by the prince-consort. The Qing army really wanted to take advantage of the heavy fog to raid. Now he was simply trapped by the prince-consort. This time he must make great contributions and repay the prince-consort's kindness for his kindness.

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Wu Xingye, who led the cavalry on both wings of the "Jinwu Camp", soon heard the dense sound of horse hooves like rain, at least tens of thousands of horse hooves knocking on the ground at the same time. In other words, in the case of one man and two horses, at least there must be

Three thousand Qing army cavalry!

Although he could not see the situation of the Qing army clearly, he judged the approximate distance of the Qing army based on the sound of horse hooves from far to near by the sound of horses.

As time goes by, the fog has gradually dissipated, and more than 2,000 musketeers under Sun Hu's command and more than 300 artillery soldiers assigned to him by Zhou Shixian are all ready.

In order to give the Qing army a fatal blow, Zhou Shixian transferred all ten four-pound cannons and thirty tiger squat cannons to Sun Hu. In conjunction with the expensive flintlock rifle bought by Tang Ruowang, it was like this cloudy day, and these weapons were only

Half of them take effect and their lethality is also amazing.

In order to avoid suspicion from the Qing army, Zhang Hong also sent hundreds of cavalry to restrain and stop them. He was soon repelled by a large group of Qing army personnel. After leaving more than 30 corpses, he had to return in a mess.

Thousands of cavalry were galloping at the same time, and the soldiers of the two armies were filled with the sound of horse hooves, and even the earth was trembling constantly. Soon, a Qing cavalry, wearing double armor and holding heavy axes,
Chapter completed!