Today's weather is exceptionally good, cloudless, the sun is shining all over the earth, the ground has long since dried up, and it is a good day to fight on the battlefield.

Under the city of Yangzhou, the banner is full of sky, swords and guns are numerous, 30,000 Qing troops have come to the city, and the west gate and the north gate of Yangzhou city are surrounded.

In order to repay the annihilation of the whole army of Huai'an Zhenghong, he did not hesitate to forcibly coerce Kong Youde to storm Yangzhou when the siege equipment was not complete.

In the world of Aobai, there is no unbreakable city, he is the first Baturu in Manchuria, does not regard anyone as his opponent, in his eyes, the Ming Han people are a group of lambs to be slaughtered, Shi Kefa, Wang Lanping and others also want to block the eight iron horses, and the mantis arm is a car.

The city head of Yangzhou is also full of firearms, each battlement mouth stretches out a black hole of the muzzle, the high cannon mouth points directly at the Qing army outside the city, ready to go, all kinds of city defense equipment are readily available, Shi Kefa is not completely a nerd, on defending the city, he is confident that no one can stand out among the civil officials, but he and Wang Lanping's strategy of attacking instead of defending is different, and he always thinks that sticking to the city is the way to win.

Because of this, it became impossible for Wang Lanping to use troops on a large scale outside the city, and the whole army of the champion army could not only have 30,000 people, but the troops were insufficient, so he could only look for opportunities to take the method of sneak attack to break through, and slowly weaken Kong Youde's strength.

As long as Wang Lanping was given more time, he was very sure that he would be able to consume half of Kong Youde's troops before the Qing army attacked on a large scale, and then he would hold on to the city at that time. It will be able to turn the weak into the strong.

It's a pity that Kong Youde didn't give him time to rest and breathe, and just withdrew from Huai'an. Early the next morning, I received a report from a spy, saying that the Qing army was divided into two routes, one way went straight to Yangzhou City, and the other road of 20,000 horses also came to the camp of the champion army, and the momentum was violent.

The champion army has been running around for several days, and the army is already exhausted, and it is really useless to go to the rescue of Yangzhou. However, the biggest advantage of Wang Lanping's stationing the camp away from the city was that Kong Youde had to divide his troops, which also reduced the pressure on Yangzhou.

Due to the urgency of the Qing army, it was fierce. Wang Lanping didn't have time to arrange calmly, the most important thing at the moment was to hold the camp, as long as the camp outside the city was not lost, he Kong Youde would not be able to attack the city with all his might. It is expected that such a strong city as Yangzhou City can hold on for a few days. Once the Qing army's offensive is frustrated, it is not too late to wait for an opportunity to break the enemy.

The eight banners of the Han Dynasty are proficient in the use of various firearms, and they are very handy in dealing with the fortified cities, and the field combat ability of the Manchu Eight Cavalry is very strong, coming and going like the wind, and this kind of force can be attacked and defended with the advance. It can be used to attack the city or fight in the field, and it will plunge a sharp blade into Wang Lanping's heart.

This Qing army was commanded by Kong Youde's favorite general, Zhang Wenlian. In the early years, this person lowered Dajin with Kong Youde, and later changed Dajin to the Qing Dynasty, Kong Youde was named the marshal of the capital by the Qing court, and then named the king of the south, and Zhang Wenlian also rose to the top, and served as the marshal of Kong Youde's account, and was Kong Youde's right-hand man, and was the general of the Han army second only to Kong Youde in the Qing army of the southern expedition, and was on the same level as Ao Bai in the army.

Zhang Wenchuan not only has a high military position, his ability to command operations is not weak, when he rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, according to Dengzhou City, the Ming army was broken, and the Shandong Peninsula was not peaceful, proficient in land warfare, water warfare, and was a brave and resourceful general.

This time, he led the troops to take the camp of the champion army, which shows that Kong Youde is really afraid of Wang Lanping, and the fiasco of Huai'an also makes Kong Youde have to look at the champion army with admiration.

Wang Lanping knew that the enemy was coming, but he did not dare to slack off, and ordered the three major battalions to immediately enter a state of war, with Chen Wanliang's Anyuan battalion guarding the camp, and the Fengzi battalion, Dingyuan battalion, and Huaiyuan battalion going out to attack the enemy.

As soon as the three battalions of the champion army were assembled outside the camp, they saw a black and oppressive dark cloud floating on the horizon in front of them, connecting the sky and the ground, and thousands of flags were waving, lying between heaven and earth, like the tide of the gate surging closer and closer to the champion army.

If it is with troops, Wang Lanping has the upper hand, there are nearly 30,000 people in the four battalions of men and horses, and the morale has just been inspired by Huai'an's great victory, as high as a rainbow, but there is one point that Wang Lanping is not as good as Zhang Wenlian, that is, the soldier's combat effectiveness and combat experience, even if Huai'an is a little, it is completely by surprise and victory.

On the other hand, Zhang Wenlian's side, all of them fought all the way from Shanhaiguan and fought for the rest of their lives.

Such a large-scale positional field battle, including Wang Lanping himself was also the first time that the eldest girl was on the sedan chair, when thousands of troops and horses pressed, this kind of tension, fear and the shadow of death spread quickly like a plague in a moment to the whole army, pressing on everyone's hearts, which really made people breathless.

There are clouds in the book of soldiers, those who hear the enemy and collapse are brave, those who see the enemy and are defeated are brave, and those who receive the enemy and are defeated are brave, when the Qing army is pressed like a mountain, no one in the champion army is so frightened that they flee in the wilderness, which is already commendable, which shows that the main battalions of several major battalions are well-trained in peacetime.

Wang Lanping arranged the nearly 20,000 troops who went out to attack the enemy according to the four armies on the left and right sides of the front, center, and Song Xian's more than 4,000 heavy cavalry in the center, and Cao Dingjiao's Dingyuan battalion, who was good at field warfare, on the left flank, on a slightly raised hillside, with his back to the east and west, and he had an advantage in geography, and would not be affected by the sun when fighting, and the only 20 artillery pieces in the whole army were all in his hands, lined up along the front of the hillside.

The right flank of the champion army is Fang Guoan's Huaiyuan battalion, the usual training of this battalion is fast action interspersed combat as the goal, the whole army of more than 8,000 people, composed of firearms, longbowmen, pikemen, broadsword soldiers, according to the mountain situation, layer by layer, like a snake dormant poisonous snake, eyeing Zhang Wenlian.

Wang Lanping was pressed back by the 3,000 light cavalry of the Lingfeng Zi Battalion so that he could respond to and support the battalions at any time.

Judging from the formation of the champion army, it can be seen at a glance that Wang Lanping adopts a relatively conservative formation, which can be attacked and retreated, which is somewhat different from his style of advocating successive control, mainly because Yangzhou City makes him have some concerns, in case Yangzhou is not supported, he can also go to support at any time, so he can't let the whole army fall into a melee situation, which is why there is this kind of hard formation. Don't seek to break the enemy, but seek the idea of not being defeated.

If Yangzhou is really in a hurry, he can calmly withdraw any battalion from the battlefield. Because his Chinese army was composed of 3,000 light cavalry, he was particularly capable of action, and could fill the vacancy in the position of this battalion at any time.

The men and horses of the four battalions were on the four hillsides, waiting for the battle, and the commanders of each battalion were always staring at Wang Lanping's Chinese army flag.

Looking at Zhang Wenlian's Qing army camp, 3,000 heavy infantry were the vanguard, and 7,000 light infantry were at the rear. The left and right flanks were each pressed by 5,000 light banner soldiers full of eight banners, which was a typical attack formation, and it was also the tactic used by Genghis Khan in his expedition to the east and west.

This tactic has also been repeatedly adopted by famous generals of previous dynasties. Tried and tested, that is, the middle blossoms, the two wings are outflanked, and the Chinese army is pressed to the top of Mount Tai to storm the banner of the main general of the Chinese army on the other side. And as long as the opponent's Chinese army can't resist it. Troops will be drawn from both flanks to support the Chinese army, so that the formation will be chaotic, and the cavalry on those two flanks will suddenly come out again, completely surround the opponent, and the battle will be decided.

However, this tactic has a fatal drawback, that is, the requirements for the battlefield type are particularly high, and it must be open enough. It can make the cavalry gallop across the country and come and go freely.

And at this time the two armies were in front. Zhang Wenchuan did not occupy an advantageous area, because Wang Lanping knew that the Eight Banners were good at riding and shooting, so when choosing a camp, he deliberately chose a terrain that was uneven, and he had an obvious condescending advantage, as long as the Qing army took the initiative to attack, it was inevitable to cross the surrounding layer of the ground type, and slow down the impact of the cavalry and greatly consume the strength of the horses.

Zhang Wenchuan lined up in a long snake formation, beating the rumbling war drums, and slowly approached the champion army, until the two armies were nearly two miles apart, and then stopped advancing, because further they entered the range of the Ming army's artillery.

Wang Lanping looked at the tide of the Qing army, couldn't help but smile, pointed at the banner of the Chinese army of the Qing army with a horse whip and said vigorously to Song Dali, the commander of the sentry cavalry battalion, "Dali, you see, this Zhang Wenchuan is looking for death."

Although Song Dali has a short temperament and does not like excessive restraint, he is a good hand in fighting, which is why Wang Lanping attaches great importance to him, demoted him to the sentry battalion to be a small Qianzong, in order to just sharpen his temperament, and will reuse him in the future.

Song Dali nodded and said, "The whole army is crowded together, I see that this surnamed Zhang is dizzy, aren't you afraid of trampling yourself to death?"

The 20,000 Qing troops were forced by the terrain and could only get closer and closer, so that they could not even distinguish between the left and right Chinese troops, not to mention the lack of coordination, and even whether the most basic military orders could be issued quickly became a problem.

In the era of commanding the army by the command flag, the book of war said that during the march, there were more than 100,000 soldiers, and the military order was not passed; On the battlefield, if there are more than 10,000 soldiers, the commander's command ability will also be greatly reduced.

Now that 20,000 people are huddled together, isn't Zhang Wenhuan doomed to fail before the fight starts.

Wang Lanping said, "He wants to occupy the advantageous land, can I give him this opportunity, come, vigorously, if this battle is under your command, you can talk about it, how to break the enemy?" ”

Song Dali is really not a layman who can only be arrogant, he looked around, only pondered, and then said solemnly, "Strike later"

Wang Lanping frowned, "Oh? How to strike backwards"

Song vigorously raised his hand and pointed to the Qing army camp and said, "Commander, according to the last general, we can first press the army and wait and see what happens, and lead him to attack, after the two armies engage, the commander can order the front army to retreat, pretend not to resist, lead the whole army of Zhang Wenli to attack, the commander please see, the front of our army's position, no matter how Zhang Wenjian marches, will be crowded in a narrow formation, once the Qing army moves, enter the range of our army's artillery, a shelling, will make this kid greatly injured, and then, our army's light cavalry battalion will go around to the back of the Qing army, cut off his retreat, The battalions will fight together again, gather and annihilate them"

Wang Lanping nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "Vigorously, well, with ideas and insights, from now on, you will be reinstated and continue to lead the commander of the light cavalry battalion."

Song Dali was overjoyed, "Xie Dushuai"

Song Dali's tactical assumption is completely reasonable, but the premise is that Zhang Wenhuan has to follow the path he said, but can Zhang Wenhuan be so stupid, knowing that he can't do it, of course it's not so simple.

Wang Lanping continued, "You're right, however, Zhang Wenchuan has been in battle for a long time, and it is impossible for him to be stupid in the face of unfavorable terrain, you see, the Qing army has been in formation for so long, and he has not taken any action, which shows that this kid is adjusting his deployment."

Song Dali snorted, acutely got up again, and said, "The battlefield is changing rapidly, and the victory or defeat is often only a thought, Commander, tell me, what are we going to do in this battle, you can't wait for this kid to adjust to fight us."

"Of course not, send an order to Song Xian, send a war envoy, challenge, I don't give him time" (To be continued.) )