Yanzhou in southwest Lu, on the bank of the Baima River, a river between Ziyang and Zou County, the capital of Yanzhou, where the two armies of Zheng and Qing converged.

The ice is only an inch thick and not enough for the White Horse River to pass like a flat ground.

Suppose the pontoon bridge, or around the existing bridge on the river, it becomes inevitable.

Zheng Zhilong brought 20,000 troops, although some of them were used to make up the numbers, but the land division of the real Zheng army was not less than 15,000 people.

The two armies faced each other for several days, but Zheng Zhilong couldn't sit still first, and the army pulled out the camp and went out, the flags fluttered, and the war drums shook the sky. Unabashedly, he passed the war book to the other side of the river.

Azig laughed, war, he is not afraid at all. On the contrary, he is still looking forward to this showdown.

Even judging from the scene, if he continued to wait, the situation seemed to be more favorable to the Manchus.

Then the Yuyuan army in Caozhou can resist Zu Zerun for a moment at most, can it really block the army led by the latter in Caozhou?

With the second truce of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the soldiers and horses led by Duoduo also quickly returned to western Henan, and Heluo was the place where he personally sat down, but at the same time, he also divided a partial division - Zuomengeng came to the east.

Zuo Mengeng, under the persuasion of his father-in-law Wang Shizhong, surrendered to the Manchus very spinelessly.

Wang Shizhong's original name was Kejiangku (also known as Gejiangku), the Hadanala clan, the Jurchen of the Zheng'er Bajing, the second son of Mengebulu (Mengge Polo), the chief of the Haixi Jurchen Hada Division, after the fall of Hada, he grew into the Ming Dynasty and became an official, seeking to restore his hometown, and rebelled against the old Haixi Jurchen tribe in the Later Jin (not yet Qing at that time), in order to play a role in disintegrating the Later Jin. The Ming Dynasty had hoped to use its worship of Hada to recover its homeland to order the Jurchens, and during this period, Wang Shizhong also used discord tactics against his brother Wu Ergu, which is believed to be one of the reasons for Wu Ergu's loss of power in the Later Jin Khan's court.

During the Chongzhen period, Wang Shizhong lost his official position due to corruption, so he took refuge in Zuo Liangyu, who hit him off at first sight, and became in-laws, so that his son Zuo Mengeng married Wang Shizhong's daughter. Because Wang Shizhong was proficient in Manchu, Zuo Mengeng also learned Manchu from him.

This is really prescient, after Zuo Mengeng joined Duoduo, he gained a lot of favor with his fluent Jurchen words.

Since his wife entered the door of Zuo's house, she often talked about the customs and social customs outside the gate, as well as the scenes of the Tartars' animal husbandry and hunting.

Many of his generals have already surrendered to Chongzhen, and this time when he surrendered, he naturally couldn't bring in another 200,000 troops, but he also pulled out 30,000 or 40,000 people. Even if he left some of them in Nanyang, Zuo Mengeng led 20,000 people to Heluo, and now he is killing Qilu.

It can be said that the Manchu reinforcements were visible to the naked eye. Azig seems to be able to put Zheng Zhilong in a dilemma as long as he drags on without a fight.

But this is only on land, what about the sea?

The Zheng family's reinforcements at sea have also arrived in Denglai.

If you wait any longer, you will not only be waiting for reinforcements from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also reinforcements from the Zheng family.

Only the devil knows who will take advantage of the situation.

And now the decisive battle, the strength of the enemy and us is clear at a glance, Zheng Zhilong will not talk about it, Azig also has the urge to fight.

He is now complacent, Zheng Zhilong intends to fight with the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and defeat the boiling prestige of the Manchu Dynasty, why is he Azig unwilling to take the opportunity to severely damage the Zheng army?

Zheng Jun in Juehua Island, in Jinmen, and in Denglai, all built a thick shell, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was helpless even if they piled up 100,000 soldiers. But now Zheng Zhilong has drilled out that thick shell by himself, which is also a great opportunity for the Manchu Qing to severely damage Zheng Jun.

Azig has just fought a hearty victory, with more than 20,000 Eight Banners vests, as well as Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu brothers who surrendered in Huaishang, as well as nearly 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers such as Hu Shangyou and Han Shangliang.

How could he be afraid of Zheng Zhilong?

He is also looking forward to beating Zheng Zhilong and adding another stroke to his glorious history.

Zheng Zhilong ordered the formation of troops in the wilderness outside a stone bridge over the White Horse River.

All the generals followed his horse, and they all raised their eyes to look at the Qing army opposite. Far away, the majestic figure of the countless horse army under black pressure.

Through the pieces of Ma army, you can faintly see a large camp tent with the white and blue dragon flag, which is the eight banners of the Qing army of Azig.

The cold wind swept along the river beach, blowing everyone's clothes and flags and hunting sounds. Although it's March, the howling wind blows across the face, and it still feels like a knife.

The ice has melted, but the ice on the Whitehorse River is still there.

Zheng Zhilong waited motionless, and after a long time, he sneered: "It seems wise for the Tartar to guard by the river, but in fact he is stupid. There are so many guns and cannons in our army, and how can a mere White Horse River stop the march of my army? ”

"Pass the order, kill the White Horse River today, and fight the Tartars!"

He ordered Zheng Sen to lead his troops into battle, and ordered artillery to cover the bombardment.

There were at least 20 Hongyi cannons on the other side of the Qing army, and Azig led the army south, drinking horses on the Yangtze River, linking Xuzhou, Huai'an and other places, but he looted a lot of good things.

In addition to these 20 Hongyi cannons, there are also 30 or 20 Da Forang machine guns and Daweiyuan cannons.

But Zheng Zhilong's side has more artillery.

This is one of his biggest advantages, compared to the number of artillery, the Ming and Qing dynasties tied together are not his opponents.

In order to fight this battle well, Zheng Zhilong pulled the entire artillery battalion over. An artillery battalion has 125 cannons, although all of them are field guns with five-pound guns. But in terms of range, it is not inferior to the Hongyi cannon on the opposite side.

The black-pressed muzzles were aimed at the enemy on the other side of the shore.

While the artillerymen were busy, Zheng Sen also led a battalion of musketeers and a battalion of ironclad soldiers to line up quietly.

Shi Lang Yuguang quietly planned Zheng Sen, Zheng Sen has changed a lot in these days, and it seems that it is not easy for outsiders to notice, but he is Zheng Sen's close person, how can he not feel it?

He didn't understand why. I remember that Zheng Sen was officially established as the prince of the world a year later, and he had a long talk with Guogong all night during the Lantern Festival, and then he changed.

The temper was even more gentle—it was a conscious gentleness, very stiff, and several times he could feel that Zheng Sen was holding his breath.

It is also more amiable to the generals and officers in the army, and to the civilian officials below.

Grandpa Guo handed over a lot of military and political affairs to the prince, as if he was deliberately honing him. But isn't that too early?

Shi Lang didn't dare to intervene in that kind of thing, and muttered in his heart, Grandpa Guo was in the prime of life, and he was cultivating the son like this at this time, but he felt uneasy in his heart.

Zheng Sen's face was grim, he knew Zheng Zhilong's intention of asking him to take the lead, so he had to fight this battle well.

Standing in front of the formation, you can see clearly with the naked eye, there are multiple layers of wooden horses on the opposite side of the stone bridge, and the bridge is also covered with thistles, and it seems that there are many trenches dug at the south head of the stone bridge. The formation of the Qing soldiers is very incomprehensible. They seem to be guarding the White Horse River and this bridge, isn't it a joke?

No matter how they are arranged, in the face of absolute firepower, isn't it all in vain?

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The continuous sound of artillery resounded on both sides of the White Horse River, and it didn't take much effort at all, and the firepower of the Zheng army suppressed the opposite bank.

"Lord Shizi, why do I think the firepower against the Tartars is so weak?" Shi Lang questioned.