On the sixteenth day of the first month of the first year of Tianwu, the Jingwu army landed in Dengzhou, incorporated the Dengzhou Navy Battalion, and recovered Dengzhou and Penglai.

On the 18th, the Tianxiong army regained Nanyang Mansion in Henan, and on the 19th, the Anwu Army regained Guide Mansion in Henan.

Subsequently, the armies carried out various arrangements to eliminate the surrounding bandits, provide relief to the victims, and arrange defense.

The Tianwu army was stationed in Xuzhou for several days to prevent the Shun army from Henan from moving east to the area of Xuzhou in the south, and to attack everywhere to clear the Shun army in southern Shandong.

On the 22nd day of the first month, the 100,000 men of the Tianwu Army arrived 30 miles south of Qufu City.

Knowing the water source and terrain division, Zhu Cihong ordered the Tianwu army to camp in the area from Yuhuang Mountain to Panlong, and set up the imperial camp in Yuhuang Mountain.

Three or four miles away from the Jade Emperor Mountain is the tomb of King Lu, which is the mausoleum of Zhu Tan, the tenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and the feng shui is good.

In the imperial camp of Jade Emperor Mountain, Zhu Cihong listened carefully to the battle reports from all sides, and when he heard about the situation in Liaodong, his face was cloudy.

After a long time, he muttered: "Wu Sangui, this Erwuzai ......"

With the deployment of Liaodong's troops, as long as the various ministries coordinate reinforcements, it is not difficult to hold Shenyang and even the entire Liaodong, but the Wu Zu family ......

Before the big change, some people always want to get the most benefits, but as everyone knows, the big change is an opportunity, and it is also a song of death.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Cihong said: "Chuan Huang Degong, lead the Jingwu army from Dengzhou to Juehua Island by sea, and cooperate with Mao Yuanyi to hold the line from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan!" Tell them that if they keep it for three months, the king will definitely go north and go out! ”

Because information on the tides, mudflats, and seawalls of Inchon was not collected in advance, the Jinghai Fleet's plan for landing at Inchon was not progressing favorably, and it was unable to form an effective containment in the rear of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, Dolgon was not stupid, he saw that this was the Ming Court's containment action, and he didn't have a sense of sea power at all, he didn't care about the Jinghai Fleet at all, leaving only some people and horses, and he went directly to Liaodong in person.

The current situation is somewhat urgent, and Zhu Cihong must solve Li Zicheng as soon as possible, and must not let the war drag on.

Of course, you can't press too hard when fighting, because if you hit too hard, you will beat the thieves away, and it is not good to exterminate them all.

I want to create the feeling that I want to kill you, but I seem to have limited strength and can't move you.

It's like a weak woman beating her small fists angrily, and the more she beats the big man opposite, the more energetic she becomes, and she has impulsive thoughts.

In the imperial camp of the Chinese army, there is a huge iron case at the head, the case is full of gold medals, arrows and other objects, a huge combat map is hung on the wall, and there is a sand table in the middle, surrounded by dense generals, discussing and conceding about the next deployment.

At present, there are 50,000 infantry troops of the Tianwu Army, 40,000 cavalry of the Longwu Army, and 10,000 artillery of the Shenwu Army.

The Dashun army, on the other hand, had 500,000 generals and horses, and there was a big gap in the number of people between the two sides.

In a war, not the more troops, the better, such a huge battle, a great test of the commander's command ability, in the crowd tactics, to command hundreds of thousands of troops to advance and retreat is a very difficult thing, maybe it will get off.

After military discussion, Zhu Cihong decided to arrange the defense line first, and it was best to cause the Shun army to take the initiative to attack, and at the same time give full play to the advantages of the heavy artillery of the Shenwu army, and see how many catties and taels the Shun army had.

On the Jade Emperor Mountain, Zhu Cihong raised his eyes and looked around, only to see the soldiers of the Tianwu Army under the surrounding mountains, like ants, busy digging trenches and building half-human-high earthen walls.

Various types of artillery of the Shenwu Army were placed between the earthen walls, and the infantry of the Tianwu Army defended with guns behind the walls, and several trenches were dug in front of the earthen walls.

On Yuhuang Mountain, Huangshan Mountain, and Panlong Mountain, long-range attack firearms such as Dongfeng rockets are arranged, attacking from a high position, and forming cross-fire with artillery.

The Shenwu Army arranged 300 Hongyi cannons on the defensive line, all of which were heavy cannons of more than eight pounds, with a firing range of about three or four miles, and the remaining 500 large Franc cannons.

When the Ming army arranged the defense line, a team of Shunjun horses galloped more than ten miles away from the Ming army's Panlongshan defense line, they wore red tasseled felt hats, wore black uniforms, and had the word "Shun" on it, which was the most elite old battalion soldiers in the Shun army.

More and more soldiers and horses of the old battalion soldiers gathered, all of them were capable and equestrian, and the guards Li Zicheng and the generals of the Chuang army came to Panlong Mountain to inspect the Ming army's defense line.

Li Zicheng wanted to find out the situation of the Ming army, so he sent a team of men and horses to the vicinity to investigate.

The old battalion soldiers cheered, galloped to the Jade Emperor Mountain and other places, they were the old battalion, with horses as companions, and their equestrian skills were no less than the Mongols, and all kinds of show operations.

Moreover, the old battalion soldiers did not have heavy armor, all of them were cotton armor like armor, and there was no iron leaf inlay in the armor, and ordinary soldiers only wore light armor, and iron armor did not exist.

Responsible for leading the team to investigate is Li Zicheng's godson Li Shuangxi, who is considered a young and promising general in the Shun army, he galloped all the way, and suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing in front of him, and it seemed that a group of men and horses were coming here.

"The Ming army is coming, be on alert!"

Li Shuangxi gave an order, and the old battalion soldiers immediately began to be on alert, knowing that the first battle between the two sides might be about to break out.

Li Shuangxi was surprised to find that the Ming cavalry on the opposite side was so extravagantly equipped, only to see that they were all wearing black cotton armor with red edges, wearing thick iron helmets, even their faces were covered with iron masks, and even the front and sides of the war horses were covered with a layer of armor.

Under the black masks, they looked unpredictable and cool, each holding a dragon spear in their hands, and immediately with what looked like a fire gun.

"Luxurious!"

Seeing the old battalion soldiers around him looking at each other, Li Shuangxi snorted coldly, fiercely held the step bow on the saddle, and quickly pulled out a feather arrow from the quiver, aimed at one of the cavalry of the Longwu Army, and instantly opened the bow, and the armor leaves on his body shook with a clang.

With a whoosh, the arrow roared out, and a dragon martial army sentry was shot and snorted, almost falling off his horse.

Fortunately, the sentry cavalry is well-armoured, with iron armor, cotton armor, chain mail, etc., overlapping each other, and the protection is amazing, and Li Shuangxi's bow and arrow are a common small bow in the old camp, causing little damage.

The Longwu military sentry picked up the Heding rifle and shot it violently, only to hear "Bang Bang!" Several times, amid the screams, several veteran battalion soldiers were shot one after another and fell to the ground.

Due to the extremely lethal power of the Heding rifle, some bullets directly pierced two and knocked down two on the spot.

These veteran battalion soldiers are also elite, and after they reacted, they quickly picked up their bows and arrows to shoot back, using a small bow with a very fast rate of fire, and shooting continuously on their horses, with elegant movements and strong objectivity.

However, this kind of objective action, if it lacks lethality on the battlefield, is just a performance of bells and whistles.

There was an old camp god who shot three arrows in one second, and all of them hit a Longwu army sentry on the opposite side, but he was horrified to find that there were a few arrows stuck in the Ming army cavalry on the opposite side, so he rushed over directly.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”

The sound of handcuffs sounded, and the old battalion soldiers knocked down several corpses again, and even Li Shuangxi was shot once, holding his right arm and grinning there.

"Kill!"

The sentry cavalry of the Dragon Warrior Army withdrew its handcuffs and rushed towards it with the fire dragon spear equipped by the cavalry.

Li Shuangxi was injured, and the old battalion soldiers were leaderless, and when they saw that the other party was fully armed, wearing thick iron armor and an iron cover, they looked frightening, and they were suddenly in chaos.

A team of cavalry of the Dragon Martial Army rushed towards him like a whirlwind, and with a fire dragon spear in his hand, he pierced straight into the heart of the old battalion soldier in front, and came out through his body, and suddenly a blood mist floated up.

In the blink of an eye, blood splashed everywhere, screams erupted, and the old battalion soldiers also fought back, but the more they fought, the more chilled they became, and they couldn't move the well-armored opponent at all.

After a few short encounters, the old battalion soldiers, who had enjoyed their days of leisurely for months, finally became frightened, rode their horses and ran, and ran away in the wilderness.

Looking at the smoke and dust in front of him, such a fast escape speed, more than a dozen Longwu Army sentry riders were in a solemn mood, and they felt ashamed.

Li Zicheng slowly put down the binoculars, his face became more and more gloomy, his old camp was so vulnerable in the hands of the other party?

He was a little unwilling, and once again sent a large team of horses to explore the bottom, but they were all blocked back by the cavalry of the Longwu Army.

(End of chapter)