Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong led an army of 200,000 to personally conquer such a big event, Huang Taiji naturally received the news quickly, 200,000, plus the 40,000 surrounded by him, plus the 30,000 remnants of Xiping Fort and Zhenwu Fort were defeated, the total of this Ming army is 270,000!

Huang Taiji is not a reckless person, 270,000 troops is not a small number, plus a strong general in Liaodong, his 100,000 army is a little insufficient. Therefore, he urgently ordered the 50,000 troops left behind in Shengjing to come to support quickly, and issued a conscription order, ordering all the Jurchen tribes who could go to the battlefield to gather in Shengjing to prevent Mao Wenlong's sneak attack.

This time, Zhu Cijiong didn't want Mao Wenlong to sneak attack, it's autumn now, the weather is good, in case Mao Wenlong's sneak attack fails but is surrounded, it will be dead, because Phi Dao and Guangning are separated by most of Liaodong, and they can't be saved.

Huang Taiji was actually not only cavalry on his side, most of the people who stayed in Shengjing were infantry, he simply ordered Dabeile Mang Gurtai to lead 40,000 infantry to surround Shuangtaizi Fort, and he himself personally led 110,000 cavalry to resist Zhu Cijiong's 230,000 army.

Therefore, when Zhu Cijiong rushed to Xiping Fort, Man Gui came to report that the cavalry blocking the road over there was no longer 50,000, but more than 100,000! The Jurchens are less than 10,000, full of 10,000 invincible, in their opinion, these 100,000 or so Jin Tieqi is already terrifying, almost invincible.

Zhu Cijiong didn't think so, it was soon the era of hot weapons, and the cavalry was destined to be eliminated, although the current guns and artillery could not occupy an absolute advantage due to the problem of range and power, but the 230,000 army against the 100,000 cavalry, the odds of victory were still quite large.

Now that he has arrived at the place, Zhu Cijiong is not too anxious, it is not yet a month, and there will be no situation in Zu Dashou for the time being, so he can't rush to attack, but must plan well and strive for success in the first battle.

Early the next morning, Zhu Cijiong convened all the generals at Xiping Fort, and he stood in front of a huge piece of white paper about his height with a charcoal pen in his hand, and began his first command operation.

The generals who bent down below are very strange, and the general commanders command the battle are planned by pointing to the map, and the more powerful ones will also make a sand table, how did the emperor make a blank sheet of paper!

Zhu Cijiong didn't bother to explain to them, no matter what, he knew more about this hot weapon combat than any of them, and he should command him this time.

After everything was ready, Zhu Cijiong began to ask questions.

He said loudly: "Man Gui, how big is the Jiannu camp you observed?" ”

Man Gui hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Back to the emperor, the radius is about ten miles." ”

Zhu Cijiong drew a large square box directly on the right side of the white paper, which is equivalent to the camp of Houjin.

Then he asked, "How many miles is Xiping Fort from Houjin Daying?" ”

Man Gui replied: "About more than twenty miles." ”

Zhu Cijiong made a comparison on the drawing, and drew a box on the left side of the white paper, which was equivalent to Xiping Fort.

Zhu Cijiong asked again: "How far away was the artillery bombardment from their camp last time?" ”

Man Gui arched his hand again: "About four hundred steps." ”

Three hundred steps is one mile, four hundred steps is about one and a half miles, Zhu Cijiong drew a line in front of the Houjin camp according to the proportion, and then he said to Sun Yuanhua: "Four hundred steps, it may be a 4-inch howitzer." ”

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he nodded thoughtfully.

Zhu Cijiong also stopped talking, he pondered for a while, and then drew on the white paper with charcoal.

After drawing a lot of lines and boxes, Zhu Cijiong pointed to the sketch and said to Sun Chengzong: "Taifu, the specific arrangement of the troops in this operation is under your command, today we will first test it, the 50,000 musketeers in the Beijing camp are at the front, lined up in five rows, about 600 steps away from the enemy camp; Behind are the sword and shield soldiers, pikemen and halberd soldiers, and you can arrange them as you see fit. ”

Sun Chengzong hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Weichen knows, dare to ask the emperor, where is the cavalry platoon?" “

Zhu Cijiong pointed to the sketch and said, "We probably have 30,000 cavalry, right?" 10,000 platoons on the left, 10,000 platoons on the right, and 10,000 ready to go up to test the enemy's artillery attack distance, it may be a bit dangerous, Taifu, who do you think is appropriate to lead the team? ”

Sun Chengzong did not hesitate to name him: "Zu Dabi, are you afraid?" ”

Zu Er was stunned and subconsciously replied: "I'm afraid of him!" ”

But as soon as he looked up, he found that the emperor was looking at him with interest, and he was so frightened that cold sweat broke out, so he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The emperor forgives the sins, the emperor forgives the sins, my stinky mouth, I am used to it, I will come when I open my mouth, I don't mean to offend the emperor." ”

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said, "Well, I'll spare you this time, pay attention next time, get up." ”

When Zu Dabi heard this, he actually touched his head and stood up, and Sun Chengzong hurriedly coughed.

Zu Dabi remembered that he didn't seem to be thankful yet, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed again: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." ”

Zhu Cijiong shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Well, get up, wait and disperse the people, the distance should be at least five steps or more, and don't rush to the front of the enemy camp four hundred and fifty steps, and retreat directly from both sides." ”

Hearing this, Zu Dabi got up again, touched his head and pondered for a long time, and then he arched his hand and said, "The last general knows." ”

Zhu Cijiong didn't bother to educate these two goods anymore, and directly pointed to the sketch and said to Sun Yuanhua: "Chuyang, wait a minute, line up the 417 howitzers in a row, about 600 steps away from the enemy camp, and the 518 howitzers are also lined up in two rows, about 650 steps away from the enemy camp, load scattered bombs, and aim at the area of 200 paces and 100 paces in front of the enemy army respectively to prevent the enemy from suddenly charging." ”

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he arched his hand and said: "Weichen obeys the order, what about the 317-type howitzer?" ”

Zhu Cijiong said indifferently: "It's only ten, and it won't play any role, so let's carry it to the wall of Xiping Fort as a city cannon." ”

Sun Yuanhua arched his hand again and said, "Weichen knows." ”

Zhu Cijiong thought about it, and asked Sun Chengzong again: "Taifu, have you done what I said yesterday?" ”

Sun Chengzong hurriedly arched his hand and said: "If you go back to the emperor, it has been done." ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said, "Well, then put it behind the halberd soldiers for me, and when the formation is over, let someone call me, and I'll take a look." ”

Sun Chengzong hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Majesty, you better stay in the city, the battlefield is too dangerous." ”

Zhu Cijiong said nondeniably: "What danger is there for me to hide in the back, don't say it, I will go and see, and I won't rush up, what are you afraid of?" ”

Sun Chengzong saw the emperor's posture, so he had to close his mouth with a worried face.

Zhu Cijiong's side is arranging troops on paper, and he is happy to talk about it, but Huang Taiji's side is blindfolded. He heard that the little emperor Chongzheng had arrived last night, and early in the morning he hurriedly arranged for his army to go out of the camp and set up a formation, just waiting for the Ming army to attack.

But after waiting for a long time, the Ming army didn't even see a shadow, and when he thought that the Ming army would not attack today, there was a sound of neat footsteps in front, and more than 200,000 Ming troops came in a neat formation.

Huang Taiji pursed his lips, and at this speed, he stepped on it as a target! He directly ordered: "Order, the artillery is loaded, ready to shoot, and the enemy will start firing as soon as he steps within five hundred paces." ”

As soon as the herald turned around to give the order, the army on the opposite side stopped and stopped two miles away.

Huang Taiji angrily hammered his hand, and scolded in his heart: "Damn, count you lucky." ”

After waiting for a long time, there was still no movement on the other side, Huang Taiji couldn't help but be surprised, he raised the telescope and looked.

This telescope is about six times the focal length, and you can see at most two miles away, which the Emperor Taiji bought from the Dutch, anyway, he is like a robber, robbing everywhere, and he still has no shortage of gold, silver and jewelry.

He raised his binoculars and looked at it for a long time and didn't see anything famous, he could only vaguely see that there was a platform behind the big array opposite, with flags waving on it, it should be the little emperor coming. He thought to himself, "Is this trying to attract me to attack?" 110,000 people to rush the large array of more than 200,000 people, even if you win, I am afraid that I will lose more than half, when I am stupid, I will not rush, you better come to eat the shells honestly, and I will rush again after you finish eating the shells. ”

So will the Ming army come up and eat shells?

Zhu Cijiong's side is arranging troops on paper, and he is happy to talk about it, but Huang Taiji's side is blindfolded. He heard that the little emperor Chongzheng had arrived last night, and early in the morning he hurriedly arranged for his army to go out of the camp and set up a formation, just waiting for the Ming army to attack.

But after waiting for a long time, the Ming army didn't even see a shadow, and when he thought that the Ming army would not attack today, there was a sound of neat footsteps in front, and more than 200,000 Ming troops came in a neat formation.

Huang Taiji pursed his lips, and at this speed, he stepped on it as a target! He directly ordered: "Order, the artillery is loaded, ready to shoot, and the enemy will start firing as soon as he steps within five hundred paces." ”

As soon as the herald turned around to give the order, the army on the opposite side stopped and stopped two miles away.

Huang Taiji angrily hammered his hand, and scolded in his heart: "Damn, count you lucky." ”

After waiting for a long time, there was still no movement on the other side, Huang Taiji couldn't help but be surprised, he raised the telescope and looked.

This telescope is about six times the focal length, and you can see at most two miles away, which the Emperor Taiji bought from the Dutch, anyway, he is like a robber, robbing everywhere, and he still has no shortage of gold, silver and jewelry.

He raised his binoculars and looked at it for a long time and didn't see anything famous, he could only vaguely see that there was a platform behind the big array opposite, with flags waving on it, it should be the little emperor coming. He thought to himself, "Is this trying to attract me to attack?" 110,000 people to rush the large array of more than 200,000 people, even if you win, I am afraid that I will lose more than half, when I am stupid, I will not rush, you better come to eat the shells honestly, and I will rush again after you finish eating the shells. ”

So will the Ming army come up and eat shells?