Fireworks were set off at the head of Tongzhou City, and all the people on the Zhangjiawan Wharf five miles southeast of it could be seen. In other words, the military and civilians of the entire Zhangjiawan City can see it.

Zhangjiawan is a small city, built in the Jiajing period. Although the bricks and tiles used are patchwork, the city bricks are engraved with words such as Chenghua year, Jiajing system, and Linqing system. It can be seen that the construction of the city is indeed a patchwork, and it has to be built.

But after the completion of the Zhangjiawan circumference is about six miles, there are city gates on all sides, there are pavilions of eaves painting on the door holes, the city wall is about one zhang seven or eight feet high, about one zhang thick, it is wrapped with big city bricks, the southeast city wall is close to the river, and there are three water gates built again, and the river can be blocked when the gate is closed. There are many places to build a huge granary in the city, a number of military camps, all kinds of government agencies are readily available, a stone tablet is also erected in front of the official mansion, and the inscription of Zhangjiawan City Chronicle written by Xu Jie, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is engraved.

The avenue to Tongzhou and Beijing City, after crossing the grain river, enters through the south city gate, and exits the north city gate, passing through the city, this layout is obviously to facilitate the control and management of vehicles and pedestrians. There are 500 garrisons stationed in the city, making it a pass fortress that integrates military and civilian use.

But now, the defenders are long gone. The huge granaries are also empty, and many of them are even abandoned.

But there were 5,000 Zheng troops led by Hong Xu, as well as 5,000 people led by the British Duke Zhang Shize and Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle.

It is impossible for 10,000 soldiers to shrink in the small Zhangjiawan, to be precise, the defenders in Zhangjiawan City do not even have 1,000 people, and there are nearly half of the Beijing soldiers inside. The Jing soldiers are not elite soldiers, and the combat quality of these people is a little worse than that of Zheng Junlai. It is not the soldiers in the original Beijing camp, or the family of the noble ministers, or some young people in the capital recruited by Wang Chengen.

Most of the army was scattered outside the city, and the banks of the river were protected by Zhang Shize and Liu Wenbing, and in front were more than 4,000 Zheng troops led by Hong Xu.

didn't need to see the fireworks lit up at the head of Tongzhou City, so Hong Xu preemptively ordered the soldiers to raise their vigilance.

The sound of the horses' hooves of the Great Shun Army came far away in the silent night. The defenders of Zhangjiawan were all on alert.

Piles of bonfires were lit, and there were torches.

More than 4,000 Zheng troops appeared in front of the original Dashun army cavalry in a neat queue.

The two sides were lined up two or three miles apart, and the Zheng army did not build any fortifications, and they were not prepared to defend it strictly? As soon as the morning dawned, the team followed.

The Zheng army lined up neatly, and the cavalry of the Dashun army rushing in the night on the opposite side did not move at all. This alone is not comparable to the Ming army that Luo Hu and Li Laiheng encountered before.

The two of them didn't heed to lead troops straight in. Instead, the horse's hooves stopped in front of the battle.

"General, the thieves don't seem to plan to take the initiative to attack, and they are lined up so far away from us. Could it be that they still have reinforcements coming? On Hong Xu's side, a lieutenant official spoke to Hong Xu tremblingly.

"So what? Can a lamb still turn into a tiger? "In the sequence of the Zheng army, from the general to the small soldiers, the Ming army is generally looked down upon. Because the Ming army was beaten again and again by the Qing soldiers, they repeatedly won the Qing army. Even if it is a hard knock on both sides, Zheng Jun also takes advantage of it.

Li Zicheng's soldiers were defeated by the Ming army in the first battle of Jiaxian, and Li Zicheng may have run back to the mountains to fight guerrillas.

After this chain of contempt, Zheng Jun, who was at the top, naturally looked down on the Dashun Army.

The strength of the four battalions was insufficient, and the Dashun army on the opposite side was not at all timid. Especially the musketeers in the front, one by one with their muskets on bayonets, the blades were bright, and their eyes were hot looking at the opposite side, and they couldn't beckon the Dashun army to hurry up.

"Report ......" flew in front of Luo Hu and Li Laiheng on a probe horse, "The two generals, the Ming army in Tongzhou City has been killed." ”

But it was Zheng Zhilong who saw that the cavalry of the Shun army was killing in the direction of Zhangjiawan, so he immediately led the army to kill it, and asked others to extinguish the open fire in Nanguan, and there was only five miles between the two, and people had already arrived in the blink of an eye.

Luo Li both changed color, Luo Hu even supported his arm, and the person jumped directly on the horse's back, stood up straight and even looked in the direction of Tongzhou City, and saw that a fire dragon was indeed gushing out from the south of the city.

"Get through the state?" Luo Hu and Li Laiheng said at the same time.

Open up the state, can really cripple the Ming army in Tongzhou, and Emperor Chongzhen can't get out of the city after dawn? When the large army arrives, it is to catch turtles in the urn. What's more, Tongzhou was besieged, and the Ming army in Zhangjiawan would inevitably come north to rescue, so no matter how sharp the Zheng army's firearms were, the team would always have an impact when they acted, and they could be beaten with an unstable foothold.

It's not that the two have the same mind, but that they see something the same. It also saves the trouble of salvage!

At the next time, one person led the main force north to attack the enemy in Tongzhou, and one person led a small number of soldiers and horses to the palace, and at the same time looked at the Ming army opposite.

"Rush. Taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Ming army, they killed them without leaving a single piece of armor. Li Laiheng shouted with a knife. The surrounding Dashun cavalry immediately let out a burst of cheers, Li Laiheng was right, what he said made sense.

The distance between the two is getting closer and closer, and at a glance, the pro-soldiers with excellent strength shouted to Li Laiheng in shock: "Young General, it seems that the Ming army is all firearms soldiers?" ”

When I went out of the city to fight at night, it turned out to be a large number of musketeers at the head, didn't I look for death?

"Firearms?" Li Laiheng laughed when he heard this, "Hahaha, it's a firearm?" Isn't this a rush to send you to death? "No matter how sharp Zheng Zhilongjun's firearms are, they have to stand firm and shoot in formation, right?" Go and tell the brethren that this battle is won! ”

The faces of the soldiers around him were all beaming with joy, and they all nodded in agreement: "The officials of the Ming thief don't know how to fight, and they will win this battle." ”

Zheng Zhilong personally led the troops, and when the two battalions drove out of the city, they went straight to Nanguan outside the city (there was no Guancheng) to line up, and now his general flag also moved to the formation together.

Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen was nervous and sweaty, "Why did An Nanbo take the risk lightly?" "Even if you want to reduce the pressure on Zhangjiawan, Zheng Zhilong doesn't need to go into battle in person.

He was terrified even when he stood at the head of the city and listened to the sound of horses' hooves rolling outside.

Zheng Zhilong laughed, "Don't worry, Grandpa Guo, what is this thief?" After I leave the city, the state will directly close the city gate. ”

Fearing that the generals of the Dashun cavalry would be cautious, Zheng Zhilong also gave them some 'condiments', making the Zheng army outside the city look even more fragrant.

This change immediately attracted Li Laiheng's attention, and he excitedly slapped his thigh with his hand, "Zheng Zhilong actually went out in person, and the city gate was closed, God really helped me." ”

"Tell me to go down, and the army will smash the banner of the Zheng army and capture Zheng Zhilong alive."

The latter is a pillar of the Ming court, and if he can be cut off tonight, it will be of greater significance than the gold, silver and jewelry of Zhangjiawan.

"Kill......"

A lieutenant shouted and rushed forward with a straight lead. He is not from Mizhi, but he is also from northern Shaanxi, and his surname is Li, and Li Laiheng gave him this great opportunity to make a contribution.

The Ming army three or four hundred steps away seemed to be still lining up, and this distance was a blink of an eye for the Ma army.

This lieutenant surnamed Li was almost crazy with joy, "Chong, Chong, ......" As long as the army can kill the Ming army, the chaotic queue of the latter is completely vulnerable.

If you really catch Zheng Zhilong......

He couldn't help but imagine his future glory.

Everyone was trying to urge the horses to rush towards the enemy formation, and their ears were full of rumbling hooves and the strange cries of the Dashun horsemen.

The Ming army array in front of them was getting closer and closer, but to the surprise of this Lieutenant Li, the latter's queue was still being adjusted, and the soldiers in the front rows did not fire muskets out of fear from a distance, let alone scatter and flee, but stood there steadily.

It seems that this Zheng Zhilong is still a bit powerful!

Just when Lieutenant Li was vigilant, just when the horsemen of the Dashun army rushed to the front of the battle more than a hundred paces, a fierce suona sound sounded inside the Zheng army, and there seemed to be a chaotic queue before, but order was restored in the blink of an eye.

As one of the daily training subjects of the Zheng army, the musketeers quickly lined up in the emergency of the cavalry charge, which was the specialty of the new army.

A huge sense of shock surged into the heart of Lieutenant Li, he knew that it was not good, the enemy seemed to be deliberately misleading and seducing him, and he and his boss really rushed in.

Now at this distance, it's too late for Lerma to turn around.

"Fire—"

There was a suona sound at the head of the city. A few small cannons began to emit sparkling sparks.

But it was a piece of cake compared to the salvo of musketeers under the city.

After all, the small cannon fired an iron bullet, not a shotgun, nor a flowering bullet, and the lethality was really not great. Compared with the neat salvo of more than a thousand muskets from the musket battalion under the city, they are only the icing on the cake.

"Bang Bang ......"

With the sound of muskets like popping beans, the bravest of the group of Shun horsemen who rushed forward were sent into the Ghost Gate Pass almost at the same time.

Almost everyone had two or three blood sprays on them at the same time - the soldiers always gave priority to the nearest enemy.

Although as the elite of the Dashun army, some of them wore iron armor or held small leather shields, but these could not stop the bullets of the muskets, and even the iron armor on the officers' bodies was pierced by a blow, and they could not play any protective role at all.

If there is a pair of eyes looking down at the battlefield from a high altitude at this time, you must be able to see the following scene: the cavalry of the Shun army, which has completely scattered the formation, is like a flying bird, and when it is about thirteen or fourteen zhang yuan away from the opponent, it seems that it has encountered an invisible wall, or it has been suppressed by an invisible hand, and a large piece of it has fallen in an instant.

The instant fall of hundreds of cavalry frightened everyone in the cavalry behind them, and the overall speed couldn't help but slow down.

Were they frightened, or were they forced to slow down because there were so many corpses in front of them?

Nobody knows.

Everyone only knows that the speed of the cavalry of the Shun army is slow.

The east gate of Tongzhou has been quietly opened, and Zhou Yi led his horsemen out of the city quietly.

"Beep-"

The suona was loud, "Everyone has it, get on the horse, rush with me......"