The great enemy was coming, and the regent Zilharang personally wielded a hoe to dig the soil, and the morale of the Eight Banners Army was greatly boosted, and they struggled to dig pits one by one.

With the efforts of tens of thousands of people, in less than half a day, the fortifications such as trenches, earthen walls, and artillery emplacements outside the city have been completed.

The main force of tens of thousands of Ming troops advanced layer by layer, and when they returned to the outside of Pyongyang, looking at the scene in front of them, the commander Mao Yuanyi frowned.

After careful observation for a while, he had to order the whole army to camp in turn.

The camp of the Ming army was only five miles away from the Qing army's defense line, and it was basically camped with its face attached.

However, the Qing army did not dare to take the initiative to attack, nor did they dare to harass them, only some scouts and horses looked back and forth, as if they were investigating the number and deployment of the Ming army.

In Mao Yuanyi's temporary tent, there were more than a dozen major generals of the Ming army, such as Zhu Youneng, Li Shaoyou, Qiu Minyang, Qi Guangyang, Tuba, and Wu Rituo.

On the wall of the tent hung a huge map of Pyongyang, on which the general location of the Qing army's camp tents, trenches and artillery positions was simply drawn.

This is what the Zan Painting Department has just made based on the deployment of the Qing army outside Pyongyang that was not detected at night.

Looking at this slightly rough map, Zhu Youneng, the national surname, put his hands behind his back, looked like an expert, and analyzed: "Obviously, the arrangement of the Qing army's Wang Ba was learned from us, and it is not easy to fight, this old boy of Zierharang has really improved!" ”

In terms of seniority, Zhu Youneng is still Zilhalang's cousin, he is Nurhachi's son, and Zilharang is Nurhachi's nephew.

However, in the past, Zhu Youneng's status could never be compared with Zierharang.

Zilharang was raised by Nurhachi as his own son since he was a child, and he often took him with him to fight and make meritorious contributions, and lived in the palace after returning home. (Zilharang's father and brother defected and were killed by Nurhachi)

And Zhu Youneng, the son of the concubine, not only lives outside away from Lao Khan, but can only work for his brothers, starting from Niu Lu Zhangjing at the bottom, and only after more than ten years of promotion to one or two levels, he didn't even get the title of Baylor.

This is also the main reason why Zhu Youneng is desperate to serve the Ming Dynasty and follow Emperor Tianwu.

If your father can't give it, your father can give it, so why not!

At the mention of Ji'er Harang, Li Shaoyou laughed a few times: "Ji Erharang, that's my 'imperial grandson' of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Hearing this, the atmosphere in the tent suddenly became warm.

Tuba, the leader of the Urat tribe, came up and asked, "What do you say about the majority of the protectors?" ”

Li Shaoyou said with a smile: "In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the battle of Anzhou in Baoding Prefecture, Jierharang led 30,000 Eight Banner Army to besiege the 5,000 Tianxiong Army, and he didn't gnaw it for a day. ”

"After relieving the siege of the Tianxiong Army, Your Majesty personally wrote a letter to the old thief, asking him to have a real battle."

Everyone listened carefully, only to hear Li Shaoyou continue: "The old thief is unbearable, let people pass a message to Your Majesty, saying that the two armies will fight in the big war tomorrow, and whoever runs will be the grandson!" ”

"And then?"

The old man Tuba asked like a chasing girl.

Mao Yuanyi continued: "In the first battle of Anzhou, His Majesty led 20,000 Tianwu troops to break 30,000 slaves and thieves, and the Eight Banners Army ambushed the corpses for 20 miles, and the whole country was shaken!" ”

Speaking of this battle, Zhu Youneng seemed to have returned to more than ten years ago, he stroked his beard and smiled: "Two months after that battle, His Majesty was surrendered to Benhou, and he was given a national surname!" ”

"It turns out that there is such an allusion, admire!"

Tuba and other Mongolian generals have increased their knowledge today, but they didn't expect that the uncle regent of the Qing Dynasty would become the grandson of Emperor Tianwu more than ten years ago, which is really embarrassing......

Mao Yuanyi coughed and said, "Okay, let's get down to business, let's discuss how to fight this battle." ”

It has to be said that Zilharang did quite well this time, with both trenches to avoid the blows of solid bullets and muskets, and earthen walls to defend against the explosion of flowering shells.

It can be said that the sharp firearms of the Ming army were basically restrained.

Unless the Ming army drove tanks to crush them, or drove planes to carry out aerial bombardment, and directly ignored the trenches, they could only continue to attack.

If the mortar hits accurately, it can also fly into the trench, which is very particular and tests the technique.

After the discussion of the generals of the Ming army, three strategies were formulated.

The best strategy is to lure or force the Qing army to take the initiative to attack and let them get out of the position by themselves.

Mao Yuanyi had already considered this when he ordered the army to set up camp.

He deliberately let the Ming army camp close to the Qing army's defense line, the purpose was to lure the Eight Banners Army and take the initiative to attack when the Ming army was unstable.

It's a pity that Zilharang became sperm and was not fooled.

Secondly, Zhu Youneng, the national surname, hung the heads of Jin Zidian and several Eight Banners Meile Zhangjing in front of the battle, trying to provoke the Qing army.

However, it was still useless, most of the Qing troops were insensitive, expressionless, and only a few were very angry.

In the end, Li Shaoyou sacrificed a big killing weapon, and erected a tall banner in front of the two armies, with two rows of vertical characters on it, with Chinese characters on the left and Manchu on the right.

This time, the soldiers of the Eight Banners finally reacted, gritting their teeth one by one, wanting to use knives to cut people.

Over the years, with the demise of Nurhachi's descendants and the withering of the veteran generals of the banner people, his uncle regent Zilharang gradually became the pillar of the Qing Dynasty, and he was also the mountain in the hearts of the banner people, representing the interests of the banner people.

What's more, he regarded Zilharang as his father, the real helmsman of the Eight Banners.

Now that the monarch has been humiliated, how can the flag people let it? The call for war kept ringing, and I didn't know if I really wanted to fight, or if I was loyal.

Zilharang did not lose himself, his self-cultivation seemed to be very high, and he was not angry, just like the excellent customer service of later generations, patiently pacifying the irascible generals.

He took the generals of the Eight Banners and personally visited the defense line to observe the deployment of the Ming army.

In front of the Qing army's defense line at this time, everywhere you see is a surging red military flag!

Just outside the range of artillery and firearms, dozens of barracks in the front line of the Ming army have been moved here.

They were Mongol soldiers of the Urad, Balhu, and Horqin tribes, and were responsible for calling for formations to force the Qing army to take the initiative to fight.

In the entire camp in front of the Ming army, many cauldrons were erected, and the Mongolian soldiers began to cook food.

Soon, the tantalizing smell of roast meat and broth wafted from the front of the two armies.

The surrounding Eight Banners just stretched their necks to watch from afar, smelling the tempting aroma of broth, but they never dared to lean too forward, for fear of becoming the target of the Ming army's sharp muskets.

In order to redeem the merits, Tuba and Uzhito can be said to be very hard-working, and they ordered the young men in the tribe who can sing and dance well to dance the Mongolian dance in front of the battle, which is really blocked by the guns of the Qing army, and the humiliation is self-evident.

Fifteen years ago, the Eight Banners Army, with a force of 300 people, dared to show off their might outside the Zhimen in the west of Beijing and provoke the Ming Jing camp.

At this time, in the face of the continuous door-to-door provocations of the Ming army, the Eight Banners Army no longer had the courage to resist.

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