A scout smiled and shot an arrow with a bow, and the arrow flew about a step next to Cao Wenzhao and stuck in the grass by the river. Cao Wenzhao was so frightened that he rolled to the side, and his embarrassed appearance made the Houjin scouts on the other side laugh. Cao Wenzhao got up, but did not retreat, and several more scouts stepped forward and drew their bows and shot at him, and two arrows were shot at his armor, which bounced and fell. Cao Wenzhao didn't move, and when the other party stepped forward and walked to the river, he pulled out a few arrows, stuck them in the sand next to him, picked up an iron bow, and quickly shot six arrows left and right, knocking six of the seven scouts on the opposite bank to the ground.

He used a three-stone strong bow, which could shoot one hundred and fifty steps away on weekdays, and he was wearing the iron scale armor that Yang Guanggao gave to the guide, and the arrows of the Houjin scouts on the other side were only equivalent to tickling on his body, and his arrows were shot on the Houjin scouts who only wore leather armor, and the consequences could be imagined.

The Houjin scout, the only one who was not hit by the arrow, was startled and hurriedly fled from the riverbank. It took about a hundred steps before it stopped, and he wanted to come over to save people but was afraid of Cao Wenzhao's arrows, so he hesitated there. Cao Wenzhao scolded in a low voice: "Stupid pig, lie on the ground." With a wave of his hand, the cavalry captain immediately rode forward, and Cao Wenzhao said: "I'm here to monitor that Jiannu, and you are looking for the river defense soldiers to ask the boat to cut the head and lead the horse." ”

The cavalry captain immediately returned to his horse and ran with his men to the river post. Soon they found a medium-sized boat, dismounted, and rowed to the opposite shore. At this point, Houjin Scout finally became smart, and crawled on the ground to the fallen scout. The boat soon arrived on the opposite bank, the captain and his subordinates ran towards the scout with a firecracker, the scout only climbed a few dozen steps, saw that the situation was not good, immediately got up and ran back, Cao Wenzhao's arrow flew beside him, bluffed him a jump, and then fled back more desperately, and when the captain led people to the scout who fell to the ground, he had already run to the side of the horse, hesitated for a moment whether to run on the horse or take a bow to shoot, then a bang sounded, and he fell to the ground.

The captain proudly put away the fire gun and shouted, "Li Zheng Wang Bing, you two go and cut off his head, hurry up and finish cutting it here." Soon the seven heads and a few horses that had not been far away were in hand, and the captain quickly withdrew to the boat with his men and rowed to the opposite shore.

Yang Guanggao saw the head under his feet, listened to the captain's report on what happened, and stretched out his thumb to Cao Wenzhao, and Zhou Yuji explained next to him that this was what the emperor said was good. Yang Guanggao said: "Cao Jiang's archery skills are amazing, brave and strategic, I don't know if I am willing to come to Beijing to serve." ”

Cao Wenzhao has only been in Guangning for a short time, and he is just a small boss, and now he can go to Beijing to hear it, so he naturally can't ask for it. Yang Guanggao promised to talk to Wang Huazhen when the Beijing camp returned, and now ordered Cao Wenzhao to be temporarily promoted to the general of Qian, leading the scout team of the Beijing battalion, leading the cavalry battalion with one wing during the war, and then rewarding the meritorious deeds when he returned to the Beijing division.

On the seventh day of the eighth month, Jingying began to march along the river, and Cao Wenzhao proposed that there were some places in the upper reaches where the river was narrow and shallow, so it was necessary to prevent Jiannu from smuggling, so he suggested that the scouts should be kept farther away. Yang Guanggao was appointed, and sent the scouts to forty miles forward and thirty miles back.

On the ninth day of the first month of August, after arriving at Liuhewei and setting up the camp of Jian, Cao Wenzhao came to report that the Jiannu fleet was found thirty miles upstream, and it was heading towards this side, but I was afraid that it was aimed at the Beijing camp. Soon after, the enemy began to disembark twenty miles upstream, and the flag was inlaid with a white flag, and there were about 1,000 armored soldiers, 2,000 unarmored soldiers, and 2,000 Han soldiers.

Yang Guanggao looked at the sky, it was almost noon, the Beijing camp had walked eighteen miles in the morning, and now it was unrealistic to walk another twenty miles to attack halfway, the enemy army was about ten Niu Lu, and the Beijing camp had more than 5,000 soldiers, of course, the strength was superior, but the Beijing camp soldiers had never been on the battlefield, so according to what the emperor said, they could only defend first and then attack.

Immediately ordered, the men made food, the baggage soldiers began to dig the fortifications, the soldiers helped to dig the fortifications in batches, an hour later, the enemy army had come to the camp five miles away, and the Beijing camp had all eaten lunch, and the fortifications had been basically completed.

The infantry battalion and the artillery battalion are mixed in the front, the infantry battalion is a phalanx of nine rows and twelve columns, each phalanx is sixty paces apart, and artillery is arranged in the middle of the infantry, and in the middle of each phalanx are men and baggage soldiers, and the first level is specially harvested in wartime. The cavalry was arranged on both flanks of the phalanx.

Dudu, the owner of the white flag, is the eldest grandson of Nurhachi. After Nurhachi executed his eldest son Chu Ying in the name of unrepentance, he succeeded him as the owner of the white flag, and took fifteen oxen for himself and stationed them in Haizhou. On this day, the following came to report, there were many Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers on the other side of the river, with bright clothes and armor, gongs and drums noisy, and the banner was the Ming Dynasty Beijing Camp. The high salary of the Ming Dynasty Beijing camp, the chaos of the establishment, and the low combat effectiveness, even in the Houjin are also heard from time to time, Du Du is happy to see the hunt, such a soft persimmon everyone wants to pinch it, so he ordered to closely monitor the movements of the Ming army, and it is best for Wang Huazhen to send them across the river to engage in a sneak attack, then it is just right, like the previous few times, the equipment can be laughed at by the owner of the banner.

But then the Ming army just walked along the river, and there was no intention of crossing the river at all, but it was like a spring, but now it is autumn. Du Du thought about it, gritted his teeth, if you don't come, I can go over, you are all by the river, I can attack you when I cross the river, and after the fight, grab things and get on the boat and leave, although the Ming army is numerous, even if you dare to come to the rescue, it is too late. As for whether he can win the war, he didn't think about it at all, the war in the past two years has told the generals of Houjin a simple truth, except for the Sichuan soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers, the other Ming troops are vulnerable, not to mention the Beijing camp whose reputation has become notorious.

Seeing that the Ming army had already set up a formation, Du Du was a little surprised, seeing that the Dajin soldiers did not run away after seeing it, they were bold, but this is better, and the harvest will be greater. He gave the order, and the Houjin soldiers did not dismount until they walked a mile in front of the Ming army's formation, and then the armor soldiers put on their armor, took their weapons, and walked forward.

The fortifications of the camp were very simple, consisting of two half-man-deep trenches, separated by more than two steps (three meters), and on the side of the trench facing the enemy were piled up with some earth, which were densely packed with firecrackers and artillery. Every twenty paces in the trench there was a man looking at the flag behind him, this was the herald, and the others were facing the direction of Jiannu.

There are about 1,000 Han soldiers in front of the Houjin soldiers, which are cannon fodder used to explore the way, followed by 800 armor soldiers, 1,000 armorless bannermen, 200 armor soldiers and 150 white armor soldiers (Bayala), as for the remaining 1,000 Han soldiers and 1,000 non-armor soldiers, they are ready to wait to grab things.