The sky was just getting light. On the east and west banks of the Yang River, drums resounded, and the drums shook the sky and the trumpets reverberate.

The Tang army that has been stationed in Funing County has more than 40,000 people deployed on the east bank of the Yang River, although it is mainly infantry, but there are more than 10,000 cavalry, and its main force is on the west bank, with more than 60,000 people.

In addition to taking Funing County as a fortress, in Funing County on both wings and temporarily built the earthen fortress of the soldiers, and Li Ziyuan also ordered people to build a fort on the east of the river, 36 20 pounds of cannons pointed straight ahead, this is Li Ziyuan's "return" to seize the Beijing Division, after the Qing army escaped from the Beijing Division, most of the armory workshops such as the Cannon Workshop were left in the Beijing Division, which resumed the production of the Cannon Workshop at the first time, and with the help of Western missionaries, began to imitate all kinds of artillery in Jiangbei, and the 20 kg cannon because of the high cost and many scraps, but only more than 60 guns were cast, Originally, most of them were installed at the head of the capital, and some of them were placed in the Minggu Fort.

In order to enhance the firepower of his army, in addition to concentrating the existing field artillery, Li Ziyuan specially transferred these 20-kilogram guns from the capital and Mingu, and equipped them with field artillery mounts weighing thousands of kilograms. These heavy artillery pieces were originally used to shell the Shanhaiguan Pass, but now, they have become the backbone of the fire to defend the Tang army.

When Li Ziyuan dispatched his troops, Zhu Mingzhong had already left the Chinese army's earthen fortress in the escort of hundreds of personal guards, both sides. In the tense drumming, dozens of important generals such as Zhang Xiaowu and Yu Shujie were summoned to the front and said loudly:

"Li Thief was favored by the Ming Dynasty, but he was selfish, poisoned my Ming Yongli Emperor, and forced the queen to hang herself and die in Sheji. Li Thief was originally going to hold a ceremony in Beijing to ascend to the throne, called the Tang Emperor, just because I was loyal to the soldiers of the Righteous Army, still loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and vowed to fight, so that Li Thief changed the date several times and did not dare to ascend the throne. In the eyes of Li Thief, my loyal and righteous army is a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh, and he will not dare to ascend the throne for a day, so he personally led all the men and horses who entered Beijing, and it was rumored that there were 200,000 horses, and it was estimated that there were 150,000 people, came to crusade, and they arrived at Lulong ...... yesterday."

Zhu Mingzhong paused for a moment, glanced at Lulong County in the distance, and then continued.

"Now Li Thief relies on a large number of men and horses, vainly trying to win a battle, and then plotting the world. Therefore, our army must treat it calmly, fight steadily and steadily, and today only seek to defeat the sharp spirit of the Li thief, not to win a complete victory. There are many Li thieves, and if you want to win all battles, it is impossible. At most, tomorrow, General Zhang will lead the South Route Army to come by boat by sea, rest well for one night today, and attack the Li thief on two roads tomorrow, defeat the Li thief in a battle, annihilate his main force, and stabilize the world. All the officers and men of our army must work hard to kill the thieves and frustrate the enemy's spirit! ”

"Obey the king's strict orders and fight hard to kill the thief!"

Zhang Xiaowu suddenly said again.

"My lord, according to our army's reconnaissance, the main camp of Li Ziyuan's Chinese army is not in Funing but on the opposite bank, which is only a few miles away. Please, the king, give the order! ”

Zhu Mingzhong looked in the direction pointed by Zhang Xiaowu for a moment, and indeed saw a group of people standing on the mound, and vaguely saw one of them, with various flags fluttering behind him, and there were even a number of horsemen around him, facing this side.

"Li Thief is standing there?"

Zhu Mingzhong's eyebrows raised slightly.

"Yes, the one standing on that mound is Li Ziyuan. The king, as long as he mobilizes the rifled artillery of the whole army and fires a few shots at the place where the Li thief is standing, he will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on the Li thief's Chinese army, and even if he cannot kill the Li thief himself, his Chinese army can suffer heavy casualties, greatly frustrate its spirit, and shake the morale of the rebel army. ”

"King, what General Zhang said is extremely true, it is most appropriate to kill this thief with rifled artillery......"

Zhang Xiaowu's suggestion immediately aroused a burst of approval from others, there are not many rifled guns in the loyal army, but there are only sixteen, but its range is long, high accuracy, by no means smoothbore artillery can be compared, compared with ordinary smoothbore field guns, rifled guns have great advantages in accuracy and range, and are more light and flexible under the premise of ensuring power. For example, the barrel of the 16th rifled gun of the Loyal and Righteous Army is 6 feet long, but the weight of the barrel is only 620 catties, and only 12 taels and 4 yuan of propellant can launch a seven-pound shell 1300 zhang away, and it has a high hit rate. If compared with the nine-pound cannon, the nine-catty cannon can hit a house on 300 zhang, then at the same distance, the rifled cannon can easily break the door of the house.

Gazing at the place where the people on the left and right were pointing at afar, Zhu Mingzhong stretched out his thumb and estimated the distance, which was about six miles away. This distance is undoubtedly safe, at least for the so-called "Hongyi cannon", what is the so-called out of a dozen miles, erosion for several miles, that is just the imagination of the literati, that is not a cannon, that is an atomic bomb. The Hongyi cannon can't hit that far, but the rifled cannon can!

And the troops that the striker was lining up were only six miles away from Li Ziyuan's position. If sixteen rifled guns were fired at the same time and 16 shells fell at the same time, even if Li Ziyuan could not be killed and his Chinese army to pieces, it would still cause chaos in his Chinese army. Simply proceeding from today's war and ordering rifled artillery to "snipe the Chinese army" will certainly be able to determine today's victory or defeat.

For this simple truth, of course, Zhu Mingzhong is very clear. But he still hesitated and refused to give the order. Those rifled guns were the secret weapons of the loyal and righteous army, and according to Zhu Mingzhong's original plan, he planned to "snipe" with rifled guns when Li Ziyuan appeared in his binoculars.

Six Mile ...... It's too far!

Even if it is a rifled cannon, it can fight six miles, and it is difficult to guarantee that Li Ziyuan will be killed.

"It's too far!"

Putting down the binoculars, Zhu Mingzhong shook his head and said.

"At this distance, even rifled guns, it can't be accurate, and next, there is a chance."

When making this decision, Zhu Mingzhong didn't know that in fact, Li Ziyuan was not on the other side, and he was standing in the city gate tower of Funing County at this time.

"King, the Zhu thief will not necessarily attack the Chinese army, when he crossed the sea and went on the Northern Expedition, he didn't bring many cavalry."

When the words of others fell on Li Ziyuan's ears, he who was observing Zhu Mingzhong with a telescope in his hand did not answer immediately, but observed for a while before speaking.

"You don't understand, he uses soldiers, and his favorite thing is to attack the enemy's flank, and as long as he has the opportunity, he will definitely not let go of the Chinese army......"

Although he has not been under Zhu Mingzhong for a long time, he has deduced tactics with him more than 100 times, and Li Ziyuan naturally knows his skills in using soldiers.

"He's using soldiers, first ...... with spears"

Li Ziyuan, who originally wanted to talk about pikemen, said to his lips, only to remember that there were no pikemen in the Loyal and Righteous Army now, so he changed his words again.

"With the infantry in the middle of the army, advance in a line, and at the same time concentrate artillery to attack the enemy position, so that the artillery is attacked, the enemy position will naturally not be able to hold up, at this time, and then the cavalry will attack from the flank, and the infantry will charge at the same time...... In fact, he used soldiers, that is, Cheng Biting Jin, these tricks were not used, and the rest was to rely on soldiers to fight for their lives! ”

When he said this, Li Ziyuan said quite proudly.

"Today, there are twice as many lone soldiers, as many cannons, and tens of thousands of cavalry to help, although the firearms are not as good as him, but what does it matter? Lone today uses the Chinese army as bait to lure it to attack, and when its cavalry hits our Chinese army, he will attack its rear with cavalry and attack its main formation, so how can he be Li's opponent! ”

When the civil and military officials standing around Li Ziyuan heard him say this, they all said "King Shengming", as for whether it is really "Shengming", no one knows, but just like the one Li Ziyuan said - there are many others and many artillery, so what is the fear of the loyal and righteous army?

Standing on the city gate tower, even if you don't take the telescope, you can see the front of the Ming army's earthen fortress, people and horses are moving frequently, the red line array and the red banner are walking on the snowfield, everyone knows that the Ming army is about to start attacking, and the Tang army is also in array, on the side of the city wall, a cavalry of tens of thousands of people, under the cover of the river embankment and the city wall, is waiting for the horn of attack.

For Li Ziyuan, who wanted to hit Zhu Mingzhong hard in a battle, he did not choose to fight steadily, but tried to hit Zhu Mingzhong's main force more radically today.

It is precisely because of this that he will send most of the firecrackers today, and the firecrackers of the Tang army are also lined up in a line, and they are lined up in square columns on the snowfield, and between these black columns, there are cavalry and artillery to cover each other. And on the outer edge of the black column, there were several columns armed with spears, which were used to defend against the cavalry.

Occasionally, Li Ziyuan would also set his eyes on the fort built overnight outside the city, and when he stared at the 10,000-pound 20-pound cannon, he secretly screamed in his heart that it was a pity, but it was too far away from the Chinese army, otherwise he would directly bombard Zhu Mingzhong's Chinese army, and maybe he could be killed with one shot!

Just as this thought came to mind, a faint sound of drums came from the ice and snow, and with the sound of drums, it could be seen that the loyal and righteous troops lined up in columns had begun to move.

"King, the Ming army has moved!"

Seeing that the loyal army moved, Li Ziyuan just glanced at it, and then ordered a drum officer.

"Herald drums!"

After that, he said to the civil and military officials on the left and right.

"Today's battle is very crucial, as long as the Zhu thief moves, we will win half of it!"

When he said this, he looked a little proud, but on the surface, he seemed proud, but when he stared at the black and red columns that had moved on the ice and snow, his heart beat faster and faster, and even the heart jumped to his throat, and he couldn't help but whisper to himself in the bottom of his heart.

"God bless ......"

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