The sky gradually darkened, after entering the wax moon, the climatic characteristics of short days and long nights are more prominent, the unitary time has not passed, the surroundings become blurry, and the distance between a few meters may not be able to see each other clearly.

The scout came quickly to report that the Houjin Tartar in the direction of Jinghai was less than twenty miles away from Qingxian.

This is exciting news, even Zheng Xunrui patted his forehead and said God's blessing words.

Zheng Jiajun's soldiers want to pretend to be the Han army, the biggest difficulty is in the hair, the Han army's forehead is shaved fine, you can tell at a glance, Zheng Jiajun's hair is very thick, can not be fully covered, fortunately, in winter, you can cover the hair with a hat, so that the other party can not see it in a short time, when fighting with the Han army, many soldiers wrapped their foreheads with black cloth, not to let the hair show, but such a dress will not attract the attention of the Houjin Tartars, so that the soldiers exposed their identities, No one can say for sure that there will be a loophole in the carefully prepared operational deployment.

When the sky gets dark, everything is easy to say, unless it is very close to the closer inspection, no one should think that they can find flaws, under normal circumstances, no one will go in and take a closer look.

When the sound of horses' hooves sounded, Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing and others began to become nervous, although the army was ready for everything.

The place where the Houjin Tartar stays has been arranged, there are more than a dozen houses, these houses have a common feature, that is, the structure inside is simple, the terrain is not very complicated, there is basically no place to hide, and these houses are relatively open, which is convenient for the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to shoot, of course, the biggest feature is that these houses only have the front and back doors, once the sergeants stationed inside are attacked, they can only choose to evacuate from the front and rear doors.

Song Li, the hundred households of the Shenji Battalion of the Zheng Family Army, who was once a thousand households under Kong Youde, surrendered in the battle of the Zheng Family Army's attack on Lushun. Because of the courage of the battle, as a hundred households, the matter of the Golden Tartar after the reception was completed by him with a group of soldiers.

He was followed by a sergeant who was responsible for receiving the Later Golden Tartars. All of them are soldiers of the scout battalion, which is also to avoid special situations. You must know that the soldiers of the scout camp are all flexible and adaptable.

More than a dozen Houjin Tartars appeared at the south gate, and needless to say, they knew that these people were scouts and came to investigate first.

Song Li was already waiting at the south gate.

Two post-gold tartars dismounted. Walking to the south gate, the rest of the Houjin Tartars looked around vigilantly, although it was dark all around, only the south gate and the city wall were lit by torches.

Song Li briefly conversed with Houjin Tatar in Manchu and took out a jar of wine from his body at the same time.

The two Houjin Tartars discharged the sealing mud on the top of the jar, and a smell of wine wafted out.

The rest of the Houjin Tartars also leaned over, and they were attracted by the aroma of wine, which was a good thing in such a cold climate.

A jar of wine was passed between the Houjin Tartars, and soon the Houjin Tartars rode away. Obviously, he went to report the news, and the rest of the Houjin Tartars, who didn't pay too much attention to Song Li and others, stood at the gate of the city.

Song Li walked to the side with interest, and a Houjin Tartar shouted a few words at him.

Song Li quickly sent over a few pieces of cooked meat, and many Houjin Tartars laughed, and one of them even patted Song Li on the shoulder, obviously this was the highest gift they could give Song Li.

The dull sound of horses' hooves began to appear, and the tremor of the earth was clearly felt standing at the south gate.

The Houjin Tartars, who were guarding the gate of the city, had already finished eating the cooked meat. A jar of wine was also drunk.

A third-class Lazhangjing, who was the leader, asked the Houjin Tartar who was guarding the door in Manchu, and at the same time glanced at Song Li and the others who were standing far away with his eyes.

It was all dark, and most of the city was pitch black. There are only a few places where torches are lit, and these are the houses provided for the Houjin Tartars to stay.

The leader Jia Lazhangjing was obviously satisfied with all these arrangements, of course, he didn't need to say anything, the Han army should do all this well, and he didn't need to be reminded to do it well. Besides, after a day's march, the sergeant was very hard, and he also needed to rest early, as for where the Han army lived in the city, he didn't have the leisure to care.

The order of the Houjin Tartar is still in order, and soon entered the house, there is a special person on duty at the door, Song Li and others are not allowed to enter, this is the place where the soldiers of the Eight Banners rest, the Han people are not allowed to enter.

Song Li and the others kept their heads down as much as they could, because sparks were already coming out of their eyes.

More than 3,000 people who had been captured by the Houjin Tartars also entered the city, their clothes were tattered, their hair was unkempt, many of them were barefoot, they had no shoes, and their eyes could not see any color, and they were obviously numb.

When more than fifty carriages entered the city, Song Li and the others clearly heard the low sobbing sound of women coming from some carriages, these women must have been caught by Houjin Tartar to vent their animal desires.

It has been almost three years since he entered the Zheng family's army, and Song Li's understanding has long changed, when he was under Kong Youde before, he also did such a thing, after occupying Lushun and other places, but now he has changed his understanding dramatically, and he has long hated this situation.

All the carriages followed into the house, where there was money plundered by the Later Golden Tartars.

From inside the house, the screams of women and the unbridled laughter of Houjin Tartars were heard.

Song Li and the others were already indignant, and they almost couldn't help it, but at this time they still needed to be patient, and the time to launch an attack was between the time of the child and the time of the ugly, and after this time, the golden tartars basically rested.

Cheng.

Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing and others listened to Song Li's report.

Nearly 10,000 Houjin Tartars, all of them have entered the city, the south gate and the city wall have been guarded by Houjin Tartars, the rest of the north gate, west gate and east gate, Houjin Tartars do not care for the time being, in front of each house where Houjin Tartars rest, there are five to ten Houjin Tartars guarding, leading this 10,000 Houjin Tartars, Lazhangjing, did not ask Geng Zhongming's situation, probably did not care very much about Geng Zhongming, which showed Houjin Tartar's contempt for the Han army.

Although Geng Zhongming was canonized as the King of Huaishun by Huang Taiji, the Manchu people obviously didn't care.

In fact, there are still some problems in the city, at least the bloodstains in many places are relatively fresh, and the battles that only take place in the morning cannot be covered up at night, but after dark, these bloodstains are invisible.

Fifteen thousand soldiers were lying in ambush north and east of the city, waiting for orders to attack.

It is impossible for the city to be quiet soon, and the war horses of the Houjin Tartars are concentrated in five open spaces, these war horses need to be fed, they need to be fed, they need to be fed, and the neighing sound of the war horses is not echoing in the city.

After Song Li finished reporting, Zheng Jinhong asked several questions, and at the same time, according to Song Li's answers, marked on the drawings, including where Jia Lazhangjing stayed, including how many Houjin Tartars lived in each house, and even how many Houjin Tartars were guarded in front of each house, etc.

These are the key and core matters, of course, Song Li remembers them very clearly and answers them fluently.

Zheng Jinhong also patted Song Li's shoulder, this is a gesture of approval, in Zheng Jinhong's opinion, Song Li's battle is indeed good, after this battle is over, you can consider being promoted to a thousand households.

Song Li walked outside the room and waited.

Zheng Jinhong opened his mouth with a smile on his face.

"The time of the battle, I see that the time of the child starts at three o'clock, and strive to end the battle before the time of Yin, and can not let a Houjin Tartar escape, after the time of the child, they basically fall asleep, at this time to attack, the effect is the best, 15,000 soldiers, according to the previous arrangement, 1,400 soldiers in each house, the remaining 1,000 soldiers, responsible for solving the Houjin Tartars stationed at the south gate, the fight must be quick and decisive, I think the Zheng family army does not need many prisoners, unless it is the Houjin Tartars who surrender on their knees, otherwise they will be killed."

After Zheng Jinhong finished speaking, Yang He followed and spoke.

"There is a suggestion from the last general, not only the soldiers of the Shenji battalion will take the lead in attacking, but the officers and men of the cavalry battalion will participate in the attack at the same time, the Shenji battalion and the cavalry battalion will fight together, and the Mauser gun and steel knife are the best way to attack."

Liu Zeqing nodded and followed suit.

"The last general thinks it makes sense, the more soldiers who participate in the attack, the more the battle can be ended in the shortest possible time."

"Okay, since we have agreed on the same thing, let's report to the Lord quickly and wait for your order."

The herald who went out from the north gate soon came back with Zheng Xunrui's order and completely agreed with Zheng Jinhong's battle arrangement.

Time passed minute by minute, Zheng Jinhong's face was still serious, he had also learned from Zheng Xunrui many times, and tried to show calmness and calmness before the war, but unfortunately he couldn't do it, and he had to admire the young master's ability, the young master is not an ordinary person, the more nervous others are, the more calm and calm the young master.

Yang He, Liu Zeqing and others kept walking around the room, and they couldn't be quiet either.

In fact, the hearts of the three of them were still a little restless, after all, the previous battle had not been long ago, and when the joy of exterminating 10,000 Han troops and capturing Geng Zhongming alive had not yet dissipated, another battle was about to begin.

The crescent moon in the sky is gone, obscured by the clouds, the climate has become colder and colder, the water on the ground has turned into ice, the snow in the city has all melted, the mud on the road has become **, and as time passes, the war horses have stopped neighing and become much quieter.

It was also the coldest time in the climate, and all the soldiers of the Zheng family army were on standby, although their bodies were numb from the cold, everyone's eyes widened, and once the order was given, they would pounce on the Houjin Tartars like fierce tigers. (To be continued.) )