The Xiaoice River disaster is raging, and the weather in the entire northern part of Daming has become extremely abnormal, it is the height of summer, but Liaodong is not hot, and even cool breeze at night, just like late autumn.

Of course, the cool weather does not mean that it is completely bad, not to mention the summer heat, at least it is more appropriate to practice in the morning, neither cold nor hot, just right.

At three o'clock in the morning, as soon as the sky showed a glimmer of dawn, Sun Chuanting had already appeared in the lobby of the Haizhou Wei Command Envoy Yamen in military uniform, at this time the sky was still a little hazy, and the light was not very good, but the hall of the command envoy Yamen was already full of generals at all levels, because Sun Chuanting had a rule, in summer, order in advance, every day at three o'clock, except for the generals on duty on the city wall, all the generals above the general must gather in the hall of the command envoy Yamen.

Sun Chuanting stood in front of the public case and glanced around quickly, then nodded with satisfaction and sat down solemnly.

He was very strict in administering the army, and when he was in charge of the army in the morning, not only must all the generals above the general level be present, but also they must be neatly dressed, and there must be no negligence, and even the military appearance must be upright, and there must be no trace of laziness.

Fortunately, the officers and men of the Qin army are basically professional soldiers, and these requirements are nothing to them, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to meet his requirements if they are replaced by a miscellaneous army cobbled together by the guards.

This leader has to be meticulous in fighting, but if there is negligence, it is very likely that something big will happen, for example, Shao Jiechun, who is far away in Bashu, lost Chengdu City because of carelessness, this kind of mistake, Sun Chuanting is impossible to make, because of his rigor, but also because he is serious and responsible in everything he does.

After he sat down, he picked up the shocking wood on the public case and slapped it hard, and then said loudly: "Raise the account." ”

This is obviously not a handsome tent, and the word "rising account" seems to be a bit out of tune, but the generals of the Qin army did not show a trace of strange expressions, they all arched their hands solemnly, and shouted in unison: "See Lord Governor." ”

Sun Chuanting nodded with satisfaction, then raised his hand and said, "No courtesy." ”

"Brush" sound, all the generals put down their hands in unison, stand tall with their chests, and the movements are neat as if they have been rehearsed countless times, however, there is one person whose movements are extremely uncoordinated, when the generals give their hands, he is obviously stunned for a moment, and when the generals put their hands down, he is also obviously half a beat slower.

This is someone else, although Sun Chuanting will not let people drag him down and beat the board, a warning with a look is inevitable, but, in the face of this person, Sun Chuanting not only did not warn him with stern eyes, but nodded at him with a smile!

What's going on here?

The reason is very simple, because this person is not his subordinate, but the commander of the Eastern Central Guard, Zhang Bin is a relatively serious rising star Zheng Hua, this is the first time he has ordered under Sun Chuanting's account, and his reaction is a little untimely, which is normal.

After Sun Chuanting nodded at Zheng Hua, he raised his hand and introduced: "This is Zheng Hua, the commander of the Eastern Central Guard, who has come to guide us in the use of muskets and artillery. ”

Although the generals of the Qin army bowed their hands and obeyed the order again, many people showed a trace of disbelief on their faces, a hairy young man, came to teach them to use guns, isn't this a joke, they don't know how to use muskets and artillery.

Sun Chuanting didn't make any further introductions, and after learning about the movements of Jiannu and the preparations for the city defense according to the normal process, he personally took a group of generals and Zheng Hua to the north of the city.

At this time, Haizhou City is very different from before, after Zhang Bin took Haizhou, he made a lot of improvements to Haizhou's city defense, and the civilians in the city, who were willing to move away, were moved to the back of the Guanning Jin defense line, and those who did not want to move away were also concentrated in the west of the city to facilitate the transfer.

This Haizhou City is not an ordinary place, more than 100 miles to the north is Liaoyang, where it has always been a place for the soldiers of Jiannu, as long as there is a war, this Haizhou City bears the brunt of the danger.

The people of Haizhou have just gotten rid of the slavery of Jiannu and returned to the arms of the Ming Dynasty, naturally they know how cruel Jiannu is, most of them chose to move to the rear, at this time the people of Haizhou City are not even 10,000, and most of the area in the city has also been transformed into a military camp by Sun Chuanting, and the north school field is the largest school field in the city, with a length and width of no less than two miles, which is the main school field for the Qin army to practice.

At this time, dozens of tiger squat cannons have been placed on the school ground, and thousands of soldiers of the Qin Army are carrying new-style flintlock pistols, neatly arranged there, and the hundreds of high-achieving students of the Dongfan Army Martial Arts Hall brought by Zheng Hua have all been in place, just waiting to start the drill.

Zhang Bin and Sun Chuanting are very clear that it is impossible for Huang Taiji to stop the war, and after nearly a year of preparation, Jiannu seems to have been transferred more frequently recently, coupled with the smoke in the Ming Dynasty, and the anti-thieves are raging everywhere, they all believe that Jiannu is very likely to launch an attack in the near future, and the most likely to be attacked is Haizhou City.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting no longer concealed it, the tiger squat cannon and flintlock pistol or something, all unpacked and equipped to his soldiers, and Zhang Bin specially sent Zheng Hua to bring a group of high-achieving students from the Eastern Army Martial Arts Hall to guide the Qin army's drills.

The generals of the Qin army did not realize that the battle at this time was very different from the past, and most of them thought that they had experienced a hundred battles and had a lot of experience, and they didn't need these hairy young men to teach them at all.

However, as soon as Zheng Hua began to explain the new tactics, almost all the thoughts of the generals of the Qin army changed, they really didn't expect that the battle could still be fought like this, and the correct way to use muskets and artillery turned out to be like this!

Zheng Hua actually didn't explain too many things, he just combined the attack and defense of the city to explain the positioning of the artillery landing mark, infantry artillery coordinated operations and saturation attacks, these are just ordinary courses in the Dongfan Army Lecture Hall, almost all army generals have to learn, but these Qin army generals were shocked by the content of Zheng Hua's explanation, because they didn't have any concept of thermal weapons combat at all, and they didn't command so many soldiers with thermal weapons in battle.

You must know that this time, Zhang Bin made a bloody investment and supported the Qin army with 2,000 tiger squat cannons and 20,000 new flintlock guns!

If you command according to the experience of the generals of the Qin army, it would be good if these tiger squat cannons and flintlock guns could play half of the effect, and it is difficult to say whether they can withstand the attack of 200,000 Jiannu, if you command according to the latest operational theory summed up by the Dongfan Army's lecture martial arts, as long as the ammunition is sufficient, even if more than 400,000 Jiannu coalition troops all pour over, it is impossible to take Haizhou City in a short time!

Zhang Bin and Sun Chuanting are both preparing here as if they were facing a great enemy, will Huang Taiji really attack?

Of course he would, because his existing territory could no longer support his army of more than 200,000 people, and he had to launch an attack and take back most of the entire Liaodong in order to feed his large group of men.

Zheng Hua just arrived in Haizhou City a few days ago, Huang Taiji was launched, his target was Haizhou City, this time he was also ruthless, fully assembled 80,000 heavy armored infantry, 60,000 Mongolian Eight Banner Infantry and 60,000 Han Eight Banner Foot Soldiers, a total of 200,000 horses, and pressed towards Haizhou City.