The new army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was now the only one, with a total strength of 17,000 people, but only 10,800 infantry among them, and 5,000 cavalry and units such as officers, drummers, heralds, and officers' personal soldiers. Compared with Wu Sangui, www.biquge.info twenty battalions, a Spanish phalanx of up to 20,000, and only infantry, it is really at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

Liu Cheng has this confidence, Jidu and Aobai are okay, but Fushou is much worse. He had only arrived in the past few days, and after hearing about the battle of Tongguan and the tactics of the defenders of Tongguan, his understanding of the combat effectiveness of the new army had improved, but he was far from being optimistic that he would be able to defeat the Spanish phalanx with one enemy and two enemies.

General Fu Shou was suspicious, Ke Jidu was the commander of the counterinsurgency army, Ao Bai and Liu Cheng were Shunzhi's cronies, and he was a deputy commander who commanded the 5,000 Eight Banner Army plus 4,000 Green Battalion soldiers, and he did not dare to make any assertions without being absolutely sure. In the final analysis, in terms of military experience, don't say that it is these three positions, even Tunqi, who is now in charge of the Northern Shaanxi Division, is much richer than him.

"Prince Zheng, the imperial court can't afford to lose any battle, and it should plan carefully before sending troops to fight the traitor Wu Sangui."

"Prince Xian, this is the old Cheng's view of seeking the country, the truth is right, but in the current situation, it is better to solve Wu Sangui as soon as possible, so as to buy more time for the court to come out."

As soon as Ao Bai's words came out, he only sighed, the Manchu Qing Dynasty that had the power to sweep the world no longer exists, and there is still half of China on the territory, but it is only lingering in the north, otherwise with Wu Sangui's temperament, he would not jump out in such a hurry, wanting to take the chestnut in the fire.

At present, all the local forces, whether they are the various ministries of Mobei, Monan, and even Moxi Mongolia, or the commanders, deputy generals, staff generals, guerrillas, and even civilian officials at all levels in the Han provinces, are all waiting to see the outcome of this battle. If Wu Sangui is defeated, it is okay, these local forces are still Manchu courtiers; But if the new army is defeated, even if it is only delayed in Shaanxi for a long time, I am afraid that there will be smoke everywhere, and before Chen Wen's northern expedition to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he will first fall into a desperate situation from which he will never recover.

The victory in the battle of Tongguan did not turn the Manchu Qing into a safe place, but only slightly renewed a wave of life. If we want to seek a stable internal environment before Chen Wen's Northern Expedition, we must first resolve the rebellion in Shaanxi, and only by eliminating Wu Sangui's Guanning Army Group can we have a future.

Ji Du, Liu Cheng and others planned for several days, and also waited for those green battalion soldiers, and the army immediately marched west along Weishui. The distance of 100 miles was only a few days, the new army arrived in Huazhou, but Wu Sangui's side was not completely in place in Weinan, and the defenders were unable to resist and gave up this place.

Huazhou is based on Huashan in the front, and Jingwei is in the rear, the left controls Tongguan, and the right blocks Lantian Pass, which has always been a military center in Guanzhong. Wu Sangui gave up Huazhou, not only to better cover Xi'an nearby, but also to make it clear that he was going to fight a decisive battle with the new army in Weinan. In this regard, the new army is also well aware of this, especially in the situation that the partial division of Tunqi in northern Shaanxi cannot open up the situation for the time being, they must also rely on their own strength to solve Wu Sangui's main force as quickly as possible.

With this tacit understanding between the two sides, the rangers began to break out more frequently between these dozens of miles, exploring the horses in this area, testing each other's strength, and trying to figure out the details of each other as much as possible. It was not until a few days later, when Wu Sangui's side had completed preparations, and the Shanxi Green Battalion on the New Army's side also controlled the city from Tongguan to this line, ensuring the safety of the grain route, that the two armies launched a final decisive battle.

The county seat of Weinan was founded in the ninth year of the Sui Dynasty, and since then all dynasties have expanded, and the Ming Dynasty has determined the range of three hundred and twenty-four steps in the circumference of the city wall, so that there is the saying of the seven-mile city.

After the largest expansion of Weinan county town in the Longqing period, it was once called "majestic and dangerous, and the huge defense in the Guanzhong", its city wall is three zhang high, the wall base is four battles wide, the top is two zhang wide, and the battlements are built with bricks. The east gate is called "Wanghua", the west gate is called "Xiangyu", the south gate is called "Baofeng", the north gate is called "Belt Wei", there is a moat with a width of one zhang and five feet around, and the corner tower, the enemy platform and so on are all complete.

However, Tongguan and other steep and fortified places have not been able to defend, and Wu Sangui is very afraid that the Qing army, which has always been weak in the attack and defense of the city, can make such progress in this short period of one or two years. Because of this, Wu Sangui did not vainly hope to rely on the defense of the city to thwart the spirit of the Qing army, and then counterattack to win. Moreover, once he entered the stage of street fighting, his Spanish phalanx would become useless, and there was no other way to win the field battle.

Weinan County, as the name suggests, is in the south of Weishui, the new army along the Weishui from east to west, slowly marching, passing through the gap between Weishui and the mountains in the south, and approaching ten miles outside the city. This area is a typical Guanzhong Plain, without the dangers of the terrain, and it is a good place for large-scale battles.

When the new army arrived so far, Wu Sangui did not show weakness, and after a small cavalry test, the large army rushed out of the city, and soon set up a decisive battle formation.

On Wu Sangui's side, the 20,000 Spanish phalanx was his core force, and out of fear of the combat effectiveness that the new army had shown, Wu Sangui did not have the slightest reservation, and these twenty battalion heads were lined up in the east of Weinan County; In comparison, the formation of the new army was much thinner, with a new army formation of 10,000, two towns in the middle army, two towns on the left flank, and the other town was in charge of the right flank of the army together with the old-fashioned Eight Banners Army brought by some rich ribbons.

The two sides invariably put the cavalry behind the formation as a reserve, with a total of no less than 8,000 Guanning iron cavalry and Shaanxi righteous cavalry, and 5,000 cavalry of the New Army and 2,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners of Mongolia on the opposite side.

Seeing that the Qing army had the same mind as him, Wu Sangui looked at his own Spanish phalanx, the advantage in strength was undoubted, and even the proportion of shooters was much higher than that of the opponent, even if the tactics of the new army might cause greater casualties, but for victory, he was still full of confidence, just as when he decided to raise troops against the Qing.

Three miles away, under the banner of Jidu, Liu Cheng did not have the right to command the battle independently, even if he was the minister of the meeting. Because of the five towns of the New Army, the chief military officer of each town was Melerzhangjing of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and he was not qualified to command the New Army in the Manchu tradition of the Han Army.

At this moment, as Jidu's deputy, he also serves as the task of a staff officer in the sense of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming Army, and it is his task to plan carefully and fill in the gaps.

From the beginning of Wu Sangui's formation, Liu Cheng noticed the difference in this Spanish phalanx. He had read the archives before, and he had also learned from Hu Quancai, Li Benshen and others that the ratio of firecrackers and spearmen in the Spanish phalanx compiled by Hong Chengchou was one to one, which was no different from the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, but Wu Sangui's army, the proportion of archers was much higher, and it was more strange that most of the archers were foot archers, not firecrackers.

"Lord Wang, it seems that the traitor can't make up so many birds."

"Hmph." Hearing this, Ji Du, who looked into the distance through the telescope, also snorted coldly, and then said to Liu Cheng: "The imperial court has been training the new army in the past two years, and it has been quite laborious in terms of armament. Just ......"

Speaking of this, Jidu seemed a little hesitant. Seeing this, Liu Cheng understood what Jidu was thinking. There are only 10,800 infantry in the new army, two-thirds of them are firecrackers, which is only 7,200 people, and Wu Sangui's side, 20,000 troops, according to their observations and the return of the horses, the firecrackers and the infantry bow are added together, how to look at it, it seems that three-quarters of the soldiers are archers, that is a full 15,000 marksmen, more than twice as much, the gap is really a lot.

"Lord Wang, please have enough confidence in the new army, we are the kings of the imperial court, and Wu Sangui is a traitor.

As soon as Liu Cheng said this, Jidu couldn't help but nodded. It's not that he is rebelling, he doesn't believe in this set, and his background is determined to be so, but for the new army, even if he, the minister of the general office, is only in charge of the overall situation, and his practical understanding is far inferior to that of Ao Bai and Liu Cheng, the two minions, but he still has enough confidence.

"There's no need to talk nonsense with Wu Sangui, the whole army will attack and wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop."

"The minions obey."

Wu Sangui made it clear in the text that the Qing army was also the Eight Banners Army, and the two sides did not have any nonsense to persuade them to surrender, and after the encounter, they only took a short break and attacked the other side.

In Weinan, Wu Sangui did not have such a long grain route, and there was also time spent with the Qing army, and the army was arrayed in the east of Weinan City, everything was ready, just waiting for the new army to attack.

For Wu Sangui's thoughts, Jidu, Aobai, Liu Cheng and others are all clear, Jidu's handsome flag swings, the left wing of Aobai, and the right wing of the rich ribbon echo each other, the new army and the Eight Banners Army march hand in hand, with a thin battle formation of only six people in depth in front and back towards the thick Spanish phalanx with a depth of twenty people.

Wu Sangui's army was as immobile as a mountain, and was arrayed in front of the battalion, and its thick phalanx was like a mountain, blocking between the new army and Wu Sangui's handsome banner.

From a distance, the new army came in formation, and Wu Sangui expected the weakness of the new army, which was all the experience that Hu Guozhu exchanged for his life.

The formation of the new army is just like that under Tongguan, leaving aside the starting point for cover on the flanks of the two wings, with the battalion as a unit, the spearmen in the middle, and the firecrackers on the sides, but what makes Wu Sangui feel very awkward is that the four battalion heads of each town of this new army are not advancing in a parallel formation, but one battalion in front and three battalions in the back, especially the battalion head in front is not the same as other battalion heads, but the spearmen phalanx is in front, and the musketeers are in the back, and they are inserted into the two battalion heads.

The head of the battalion in front protruded from the depth of the two phalanxes, which made Wu Sangui look very uncomfortable, because in this way, the artillery observation distance would be affected, and the frontal harassment of the cavalry would hardly have too good effect under the attack of this crossfire.

"Isn't this Liu Cheng an unambitious petty officer under Chen Wen, where did he get so many tricks?"

Wu Sangui didn't quite understand how all this happened, not because his spies in the capital were careless, but because the Qing court had done too well to keep the new army secret, and even the Beijing station of the Military Intelligence Department of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies couldn't get too detailed information, let alone him.

Seeing the new army marching forward, although Wu Sangui had doubts, he did not dare to hesitate in the slightest. Although the number of Qing troops is small, they can kill and injure as many opponents as possible before hand-to-hand combat on the battlefield, and only by entering the hand-to-hand combat stage can they better complete the breakthrough.

The Hongyi artillery was the first to fire, and the huge roar sounded one after another, and the shells crossed the parabola in the sky, blasting in front of the new army's formation at a speed that could not react at all, stirring up patches of loess and mud.

After the first shot, the Hongyi cannon began to reset and remove the slag to facilitate reloading. It took time, but the Forces nouvelles were not touched by the tremendous tremor of the shells hitting the ground, and they continued to move forward at the speed of training, as if none of this had happened.

The new army continued to advance, but Wu Sangui still had to wait for the Hongyi cannon to be loaded, and after a few minutes of dumb fire, the Spanish phalanx between the new army and the Guanning army was getting closer and closer, but at this distance, the other attack methods of the Guanning army were still far from reaching.

"If this king doesn't believe it, they really won't be afraid."

The second round of firing sounded, and the shells whizzed away, most of them either in front of the formation or fell behind the formation, and the protruding battalion head affected the observation of the artillery, but there were also a few shells that struck into the battle formation of the new army solidly.

Wherever the cannonballs went, there was an instant crowd of people turning on their backs, and the jungle of spears standing upright was smashed out of the dent by the meteor-like existence of this day, and even more so was the neatly arranged phalanx of firearms. Since the day of its birth, artillery has been a weapon that cannot be resisted by manpower, not even manpower, even the largest land creature, the elephant.

However, when the new army was bombarded, the human body could not resist this power, but the battle formation of the new army was like a soft monster, only a little wriggling, and as the soldiers in the back row made up the queue, the battle formation returned to its original knife and axe, at least from the side of the Guanning army, it was still the same as before the shelling.

The new army selected the elite of the Eight Banners Army who stayed in the capital, all of them were veterans of a hundred battles, not to mention farther, more than a year ago, they also encircled and suppressed the Seven Righteous Army in Shandong. Coupled with the training period of more than a year and nearly two years, it is even more highly expected by Shunzhi, which is unusual, and even has a bit of the atmosphere of the Ming Army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang.

The army continued to move forward, past the sparse and intermittent shelling of the Hongyi artillery, and although the small-caliber copper fire did not have an advantage in range, it was superior in number and more intensive, and finally there was some reaction in the battle formation of the new army.

However, in the face of artillery shelling, the Forces nouvelles continued to advance slowly. Until the distance of about one hundred and twenty paces, the battalion head with the convex front remained unchanged, the three battalion heads in the back row stopped advancing, and the musketeers phalanx stepped forward, completing the transformation of the formation at a speed unimaginable to neither the old Eighth Banner Army nor the Guanning Army. The soft-bodied monster only squirmed again before retracting the spear's spikes, revealing its spark-spewing fangs, pointing directly at Wu Sangui's Spanish phalanx.