On both sides of the Xiaoling River, banners are everywhere, more than 200,000 horses of the Ming army and the Qing army are distributed on both sides of the river, dense camp tents spread for dozens of miles, and from time to time there are bursts of people shouting and neighing horses, and a tense war atmosphere is permeated everywhere.

The war is about to start, looking at all the generals of the Ming army, they all have serious expressions and are quite nervous in their hearts, obviously the next big war will put a lot of pressure on everyone's hearts.

On Rufeng Mountain, Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia walked together, he raised his eyes and saw that the Qing army camp on the other side was like a fortress, and he sighed without sighing.

Seeing that Hong Chengchou was sighing silently, Chen Xinjia asked, "Hengjiu, why are you sighing?" ”

Hong Chengchou sighed: "The crown prince is too anxious, although I have never fought with Jiannu, I also know that the slave chief should not be underestimated, one carelessness, that is, my Ming elite is lost, as the governor of Jiliao, how can I not worry." ”

Chen Xinjia pouted secretly, you have been hollowed out, and you are still looking for a sense of existence here as the governor.

However, he must still maintain the friendship between the two sides on the surface, and he will not say such things, after all, the two of them are hugging Yang Sichang's thigh.

Chen Xinjia stroked his beard and said: "Brother Heng Jiu don't worry, I fought side by side with the crown prince, although he used his troops a little aggressively, fortunately, he was also cautious, and there is a Tianwu army, this battle is worry-free." ”

"Oh?" Hong Chengchou was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Chen Xinjia to respect Tianwu Army so much.

Chen Xinjia smiled and said, "Recently, you will understand. ”

"I hope so." Hong Chengchou nodded, no matter what, he, the governor of Jiliao, can't be an ornament, he has to find a chance to show himself.

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In the camp of the Tianwu Army, the banner is hunting, the iron armor is solemn, and the army is fully armed and ready to go.

On the platform, Zhu Cihong was dressed in dragon pattern armor, looked at the soldiers of the Tianwu Army, and said in a deep voice: "Soldiers, the next battle will be a test of my Tianwu Army!" In front of friendly troops and in front of the Eight Banners Army, my Tianwu Army wants to show what a real invincible army is! ”

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! The army shouted three times in unison, and the majestic voice shook the sky and spread throughout the entire Rufeng Mountain.

After three sounds, the voice stopped abruptly, and Zhu Cihong continued to shout: "We want everyone to understand how ridiculous the enemy in front of the Tianwu Army is!" How vulnerable! ”

In front of the battle, all the generals bowed down together, and roared enthusiastically: "Follow Your Highness, be invincible, serve the country loyally, and take the lead bravely!" ”

Zhu Cihong raised his arms and shouted: "Drive out the Tartars and recover Liaodong!" Wu Ping the world, clarify the world! ”

"Expel the Tartars and recover Liaodong! Wu Ping the world, clarify the world! ”

Tens of thousands of Tianwu Army's faces were resolute and excited, everyone shouted in unison, and the huge sound rolled like spring thunder, sweeping in all directions, and the surrounding armies were all shocked, looking at the military formation of the Tianwu Army blankly.

The belligerence and discipline shown by the Tianwu Army shocked everyone, and all the units of the Ming Army suddenly had an inexplicable self-confidence.

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The Xiaoling River meanders like a jade belt, on the north bank of the river, the flag is like the sea, and the continuous camps are spread all over the earth, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

The elite Qing army scouts ran out of the camp in waves, constantly shuttling by the Xiaoling River, looking at the Ming army camp several miles away.

Suddenly, an overwhelming sound came, and all the Qing troops were shocked, and hurriedly returned to their respective villages to report the emergency.

Bauhinia Mountain is located in the east of Jinzhou city twenty miles, the north of Xiaoling River, stand on it, within a hundred miles of the panoramic view, the extreme eye overlooks, the south can see the sea, the west can see the whole picture of Jincheng, the imperial camp of Huang Taiji is stationed on the mountain.

The sound from the camp of the Ming army also alarmed Huang Taiji on Bauhinia Mountain, and he walked out of the imperial camp quickly, holding a telescope and looking down the mountain.

I saw that in the Ming army camp on the south bank of the Xiaoling River, pieces of scarlet flags continued to rush to the river, and the sound of trumpets and golden drums was faintly heard.

Huang Taiji said to himself: "The Tianwu Army is about to cross the river. ”

The Tianwu Army's clothes and armor are clear and easy to identify, and the princes and ministers of the Qing State suddenly appeared in a commotion, and obviously many people were afraid of the Tianwu Army.

The whining horn roared, and the Tianwu Army's tidal wave of men and horses poured into the Xiaoling River, and the artillery, boats, and wooden platoons were all operational.

"That's the heavy artillery brigade of the Tianwu Army?"

Hearing about the heavy artillery brigade of the Tianwu Army, the Qing monarchs and ministers who were originally in a commotion suddenly became panicked, and the artillery strike ability of this army had already spread throughout the Qing Kingdom, and how many Qing soldiers who entered the customs were bombarded by them, resulting in a shadow.

Seeing that the dense artillery of the Tianwu Army had already set up artillery in the riverside area, and a large number of ships were coming on the south bank of the river to build pontoon bridges, they moved extremely fast.

Huang Taiji was shocked, and he immediately shouted: "Spread my will, order Kong Youde, immediately let the Wuzhen Chaoha artillery battalion prepare for battle, transfer all the artillery, shell their artillery positions and pontoon bridges, and never let the Ming army cross the Xiaoling River!" ”

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When the Tianwu army gathered by the river, there was also a large-scale artillery array on the north bank of the Xiaoling River, and the Qing army concentrated more than 200 Hongyi cannons here.

Kong Youde's Wuzhen Chaoha artillery battalion is even more heavily artillery, and most of the range of these guns can reach the other side of the river, the width of the Xiaoling River is about one mile, the effective range of the three-pound Hongyi cannon is one mile, and the range of more than six pounds is even longer.

Although the rate of fire of those Franc cannons was high, the range was weak, and they could only be used as a reserve to block the river bank.

In front of the Qing army, there were many Han troops of the Eight Banners who were no different from the Manchurian soldiers, and it seemed that the entire Xiaoling River was covered by a sea of their banners and armor.

Several big flags of the Eight Banners Han Army fluttered, and the banners of the Eight Banners Han Army really looked at the side of Xiaoling River.

Geng Zhongming, the owner of the Han Army's Red Flag Banner, looked at Kong Youde and said with some concern: "The emperor has given a death order, you must not let the Tianwu Army cross the river, are you sure?" ”

Kong Youde laughed and said: "Geng Er, you don't need to worry, this area of water has been blocked by my artillery battalion, if the Tianwu Army wants to cross the river, it will definitely be full of corpses and blood stained the Xiaoling River!" ”

Geng Zhongming was still a little uneasy, he saw with his own eyes those Manchurians who came back from entering the customs, and their faces changed when they heard the three words of Tianwu Army, if the Tianwu Army was not strong, how could these dogs become so cowardly?

Kong Youde patted him on the shoulder and said: "Even if some people step across the pontoon bridge and rush over, our Tianyou Army is not vegetarian, they have firearms, we also have them, don't forget, our Tianyou Army is the strongest firearms force in the Ming Dynasty!" It used to be the strongest, and now it is the strongest! ”

Although Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were incorporated into the Eight Banners Han Army, they were still accustomed to calling the army they brought from Shandong the Tianyou Army, and the military title was given by Huang Taiji, which was an honor for them.

The part of the Tianyou Army was the firearms unit carefully planned by Sun Yuanhua back then, and there were some Portuguese in it, who were very interested in firearms, and could also skillfully use the three-stage attack tactics of the Ming Heavy Artillery Brigade.

Geng Zhongming's confidence also increased greatly after hearing this, playing with firearms, he hadn't been afraid of anyone!