Early the next morning, the morning fog on the riverside was filled, and the cool breeze of autumn and October coupled with the armor carried out a bleak sense between heaven and earth.

Xia Wanchun and Li Haoxian, one left and one right, accompanied Hou Xuanyan to watch the boats on the river like weaving, carrying the army across the Yangtze River. Hanyang and Wuchang look across the river, and in the city tower of Hanyang, you can see the tragic situation of Wuchang. The main force of the Qing soldiers gathered under the city of Jingzhou and fought with the 200,000 horses of the loyal battalion. There weren't many defenders in the surrounding cities, and none of them were elite.

After crossing the Yangtze River, the Huozi Battalion and the Fengzi Battalion gathered their men and horses, calmly packed their equipment, and prepared to attack Hanyang. The two battalions were divided into left and right wings, Hou Xuanyan sat in the middle army, and in less than a stick of incense, Hanyang City could already be seen. It's just that the morning fog is too big, and you can only faintly see the city wall from above.

Hou Xuanyan smiled and said to the two cadres: "Tartar and Wu Sangui pulled everyone to Jingzhou and wanted to surround the point to help. I'm just not going to support, we're just going to fight around, and we're going to take down all the territory around them. Then we'll be surrounding them. There are also 200,000 horses in the center, haha. ”

Hou Xuanyan laughed proudly a few times, and saw Xia Wanchun and Li Haoxian suddenly looking ahead, their faces changing suddenly. Hou Xuanyan looked forward, only to see the banner under Hanyang City covering the sky and the sun, and the black-pressed soldiers and horses could not see the edge. Hou Xuanyan's spies are all over Jiangbei, and he hasn't received any news last night, and this army on the outskirts of the city must have just arrived.

Fortunately, the two battalions of the Northern Expeditionary Army have been in battle for a long time, and they do not panic when they encounter the enemy, and they are familiar with the formation.

The commander of the army on the opposite side was dressed in a robe with black trim on a red background, a purple tasseled helmet on his head, and a scarlet cloak behind him. The whole person is majestic, coupled with his rugged face, with a high nose and a wide mouth, and a pair of thick black eyebrows flying obliquely into the sideburns, he looks like a brave general in the illustration. At his side, there was a similarly dressed military general with long hair and chest, standing side by side with him.

This fierce general is none other than the pseudo-Qing obedient king Kong Youde. By his side was his close friend, with whom he planned and led the Wuqiao Mutiny, and after the rebellion in Dengzhou, Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun, defected to the Qing Dynasty.

The soldiers beside him, riding on horses, followed each other, holding a flag, on which was the red-edged python flag, which was the red flag that symbolized one of the eight flags of the Han army.

"Geng Er, they're here."

Kong Youde waved his hand as he spoke, and the Chinese army was in an orderly manner, lined up in a large formation, attacking and retreating.

Geng Zhongming pulled the reins and said with a smile: "These days, there is a Hou Xuanyan in the left ear and a Hou Xuanyan in the right ear, and I have calloused ears when I hear it." It's just a yellow-mouthed child, taking advantage of our main force to retreat north to escape the summer, and dancing in the south of the Yangtze River. I heard that he used to be just a scholar, and today our brothers will teach him what war is. ”

Kong Youde's face showed a hint of disgust, and he scolded: "Lao Tzu hates these scholars the most in his life, especially the scholars who are supervisors. When I followed my grandfather to Phi Island, it was so happy. But there was a bird feather commander Yuan Chonghuan, who killed his grandfather by fraud, and I only hated myself for not being able to take revenge with my own hands. Now there is another scholar inspector, seeing that I don't tear him up, and stick it in the ground to sue my grandfather. ”

Kong Youde was born as a miner in Tieling, grew up in a bow horse, and was illiterate. After the Manchurian Jiannu, who was still called Houjin at that time, occupied Liaoshen, Kong Youde and his brother Kong Youxing defected to the Ming general Mao Wenlong, participated in the victory of Zhenjiang, and then transferred to Phi Island in Korea. Kong Youde was brave and good at fighting, he was the first to climb the battle, bravely won the three armies, and was promoted to a general. As soon as Mao Wenlong saw him, he liked him very much and adopted him as his adopted grandson. Kong Youde's most respected person in his life is Mao Wenlong, even if he is now a Manchu prince, when he mentions Mao Wenlong, he is still emotional.

Later, Mao Wenlong's nest died in the hands of Yuan Chonghuan, which led to a group of fierce generals on Phi Dao, who had a grudge against the Ming Dynasty. In addition to Wu Sangui, the other two are Mao Wenlong's old subordinates, if Kong Youde does not die, his power may be even higher than Wu Sangui.

Geng Zhongming heard him talk about Mao Wenlong, and his face also showed a look of shame, and said: "Just looking at the spirit of this team, it should not be underestimated, they took Wuchang and gave the kid of the Tong Dynasty to the Tong family. The Tong family has deep roots in the imperial court, and they followed Nurhachi to make trouble in Liaodong decades ago. ”

These two people didn't have the slightest respect when they talked about Nurhachi, they were originally Han people from Liaodong, and they were good to Huang Taiji, but Nurhachi killed ninety percent of the Liao people. Except for those who fled to Phi Island, basically the Han people outside the Guanwai were all killed by him.

Hou Xuanyan was here, looking at the Qing soldiers on the opposite side coldly, and couldn't figure out where they came from for a while. Just looking at the number of people, he has 120,000 horses, fighting against the water, and there is no way back. Now, if you turn back and cross the river, you will inevitably be driven away. There is only a desperate fight, no matter who his opponent is, if he can't win, he can only die.

Xia Wanchun and Li Haoxian obviously saw this clearly, and each waved the order flag, and the two battalions looked at the flag. "Boom Boom.." There was no more noise, and the fire battalion lined up, with the sword and shield soldiers in front, the musketeers hiding behind them, and the cavalry waiting for the opportunity to move.

On both sides of the sword and shield soldiers, the musketeers under the protection of the spearmen also strode forward in a neat line, so close that the horses rushed to arrive, and the lethality of their muskets was limited. Therefore, the middle of the military array left them a passage to retreat to the Chinese army's large array, the Chinese army's large array is hollow, and the infantry gunners and swordsmen are lined up in a dense formation to form a square formation, which can be opened at any time to let them retreat, with swords and guns on the outside and auxiliary muskets on the inside, to cooperate with the battle.

This is what they have practiced countless times when they were in Suzhou, but it is the first time they have the opportunity to show it on the battlefield. Qi Jiguang's new book of Ji Xiao, the field combat methods and various techniques recorded have been the culmination of the formation method and the precedent of the field war method of hot weapons.

Dozens of horns blew the sound of desolate and agitated horns, and the Qing soldiers on the opposite side were about to rush over in the sound of "woo woo woo" horns. Under the instigation of the iron cavalry, Kong Youde's cavalry pulled arrows from the quiver and shot them, and the rain of arrows covered the sky like flying locusts.

Li Haoxian glanced at Hou Xuanyan, who glanced at the corners of his mouth and scolded: "Let's fight first, and then we'll see who was killed by us." With a wave of his big hand, the war drums of the Chinese army beat instantly.

The big war is about to start, the killing sound is like thunder, and the murderous spirit runs through the sky.