Lookout pole cars erected in the crowd of people on both sides, because the terrain is flat, the commanders of each department need to use this thing to observe the formation and movement of the other party.

Under the banner of the yellow Houjin Khan, Huang Taiji took his beloved telescope, scanning the front line of Dengzhou Town, on the mile-long front, the sound of drums and trumpets was endless, accompanied by a burst of neat footsteps, Dengzhou infantry entered the battlefield one after another, transformed from a column to a horizontal team, covering the entire front, the spear phalanx in the front row in the lens was strict and powerful, and the banners and drums marched under the command of a simple and orderly manner, like a forest of moving spears, under the gloomy sky, the neat bright red contrasted with the snow all over the ground, conveying a strong visual stimulus, which embodies an irresistible feeling in the momentum.

After the completion of the formation of Dengzhou Town, the flags of the various departments on the front began to respond to the flag, looking at the past from the horizon of Huang Taiji, the horizon was a dazzling bright red, the line was neatly arranged, the flags were displayed, the sunlight reflected by the armor and bayonets was constantly flickering, the small copper cannons were placed in front of the battalion formations, and there were still military formations behind the gaps in each formation, and the officers and soldiers of the entire front were standing solemnly, silent, even if they were two miles away, the solemn aura emitted by the army was still blowing in the face, and even the Emperor Taiji felt frightened.

Huang Taiji is considered to have experienced a hundred battles, and at a glance, he knows that the momentum of the Dengzhou army is far above his own army, and he is also puzzled, why Wuzhen Chaoha uses the same method to train, and it is also the same musket and spear, but there is such a big gap in momentum, it is not because Chen Xin has any magic that cannot be achieved, or because of the most hateful instructors He Changchang said.

Huang Taiji suppressed the uneasy feeling in his heart, and the firm will honed by years of conquest once again occupied the feelings, he glanced at Li Jiucheng next to him, the Tianyou Army was left in the back row of the right flank of the middle by Huang Taiji, led by Kong Youde, the chief military officer, Li Jiucheng himself was temporarily transferred to the Chinese army to serve as a praise painting, the reason is that Li Jiucheng knows Dengzhou Town very well.

"Vice General Li, you have fought the most battles with Dengzhou Town, what do you mean by looking at Chen Xin's formation?"

After Huang Taiji finished speaking, he handed the telescope to Li Jiucheng, Li Jiucheng confessed, and then stood up from the stirrup so that he could see the formation behind Dengzhou.

After looking at it for a while, Li Jiucheng sat back in the saddle and said to Huang Taiji: "Great Khan, the slave looks at Chen Xin's formation, it is not an attacking town, but its front formation is infantry, Dengzhou is strong and weak, and its army array artillery, muskets, and spears are placed in each other for attack and defense, and there is a tendency to move like a mountain, but there is also a flaw. ”

"Tell me about it."

"Its formation is in a line, the front is long and shallow, it is a long array, it is not flexible between turns, and the two wings of the fire soldiers have no melee power, as long as I Dajin breaks a little bit with a horse armor heavy army, and then flanks its two wings, then its formation will be chaotic, in the case of the Dengzhou army, the chaotic battle is far from its strength, and its formation can be broken at that time."

Huang Taiji nodded slightly, what Li Jiucheng said was similar to what he thought, but the Dengzhou military array covered almost the entire front, although there was a distance between each small phalanx, but they were all within the range of muskets, and its front formation was also divided into two layers, with the kind of ironclad infantry mandarin duck formation and a small number of cavalry as guerrillas, these guerrillas would support the first line of combat at any time.

In addition, there is a cavalry on the west side of the front formation, Huang Taiji does not agree with Li Jiucheng said that Dengzhou is strong and weak, on the contrary, Dengzhou cavalry is the most feared type of soldier in Houjin, and the power of the dense charge has made Dolgon frightened, and Houjin's advantage is only in the number of cavalry and individual soldier technology.

Li Jiucheng continued: "It is the second formation of Dengzhou, its men and horses are about 12,300 people, mixed with infantry and horses, the battalion flag on the left seems to have a skeleton, it should be the second battalion of the Dengzhou guards in Caohe Fort, and the one on the right should be the first battalion of the Dengzhou guards. ”

Huang Taiji is also wary of the second formation of Dengzhou, according to the report of the outpost, the second formation behind the front formation is about 10,000 people, and the queue is more dense, mainly concentrated in the middle position, of which the cavalry is about three or four thousand, so after the Houjin soldiers break through the front formation, they also need to face the complete second formation of Dengzhou, and only by breaking the rear formation can the entire front of Dengzhou Town collapse.

Huang Taiji glanced at the right side, the small village under the rotor mountain made him unhappy for a while, Dolgon fled back again, he reported to Huang Taiji that a large force of cavalry in Dengzhou was coming, he had to withdraw his troops and horses, lost the rotor mountain village, and Dengzhou Town deployed light artillery in it, which greatly restricted the activities of the Houjin soldiers on the right flank, and had affected the implementation of Huang Taiji's tactics of attacking the left flank of Dengzhou.

On the opposite side of the rotor mountain village, the black pressure of the Houjin cavalry has just finished the formation, the cavalry from the two white flags, the red flag, the outer Mongolian and Mongolian left wing, the cavalry can not only directly hit the rotor mountain village, but also bypass the rotor mountain from the right wing, in front of them is two white flags and the red flag of the infantry Zhenyi and Wuzhen Chaoha, the Houjin soldiers have been heavily deployed on the right wing, only need to respond to the flag to open the battle.

When Huang Taiji observed the Dengzhou military formation, the junction of the middle army and the right wing of Dengzhou Town, dozens of war horses ran out, the first person wore a shining mountain armor, rode a horse in the front, and a person behind him held a flying tiger military flag of Dengzhou Town, and the other flag bearer held a one-foot eight-foot general soldier red flag, and a line of troops marched slowly from the formation to the west, the military flag was everywhere, and the Dengzhou army array suddenly burst into a wave of "Wansheng" sound.

Li Jiucheng pointed to the more than 100 knights from afar and said to Huang Taiji: "The person at the head is Chen Xin." ”

Huang Taiji squinted and watched the half-ring, turned his head slightly to look at Wuzhen Chaoha behind him, the queue was also neat, there was silence at this time, the soldiers looked at the opposite side blankly, for these half-slave army, in addition to money, women, status, he had no other way to boost morale, he gave a few words to Baya Lazhangjing beside him, and then dozens of Bayala rode to each queue, ready to boost morale.

The cheers of the sea on the opposite side came one after another, and Huang Taiji sat on his horse, looking at the opponent wearing mountain armor under the big flag with complicated eyes......

In the cheers of the tide, Chen Xin ran along the battle line, nine years of overcoming obstacles, gathered into the tens of thousands of troops in front of him, behind this army, there is a strong civilian system and reserve army, enough to be proud of the East, even compared with the European Swedish and Austrian armies at this time, the professional army of Dengzhou is more than half an era. By defeating an enemy two miles away, the Dengzhou army will enter a new era and even change the course of world history.

Chen Xin's red flag of the general army stopped in front of the formation, and Chen Xin turned to face the Houjin Great Array, without any obstacles in front of him, and felt like a person facing tens of thousands of troops.

The Houjin army is black and pressed, the armor and clothing colors are inconsistent, only the colors of the flags are distinct, the news transmitted from the lookout post is summarized, the Houjin army will gather heavy troops on the west side, that is, the right wing of the Houjin soldiers, the three banners of Manchuria and the Mongolian left wing cavalry total about 7,000 to 8,000, the outer Mongolia has about 4,000, the cavalry has about 12,000 people, the Zhenyi and Wuzhen Chaoha of the foot battle are about 8,000, and the estimated strength is about 20,000.

The middle lane is the Zhenyi and Wuzhen Chaoha of the Zhenghong Banner and the Two Yellow Flags, and the Tianyou Army is in the rear formation on the right side of the Zhenghuang Banner.

The left wing of Houjin is composed of two blue flags and a Mongolian right wing, and a small number of Mongolian soldiers from foreign domains, about hundreds of people, these people are not good at fighting, but the rangers are very skilled in harassment, and they are distributed around Erdaokou Village at this time, and some of them also ran to the vicinity of Xushan, and constantly provoked the first commander of the fourth battalion of Dengzhou on the mountain.

Chen Xin said to Liu Pojun beside him: "Huang Taiji wants to attack our left flank. Of course, Huang Taiji may also confuse Dengzhou Town, and Houjin has the advantage of cavalry, and can turn the direction of the right flank attack to the center at any time. ”

Liu Pojun said: "Our army occupies Xushan and Rotor Mountain Village, the two wings of the large array break through the front and the middle is delayed, but the five battalions in the middle are well defended, Huang Taiji can only make an article on the two wings, there is Yulin Fort behind Xushan, Huang Taiji can not sentinel Yulin Fort to the truth, if there are soldiers and horses stationed in Yulin Fort, even if he captures Xushan, it is difficult to shake the right flank of our army, so his best choice is Rotor Mountain on the right side. ”

Liu Pojun pointed to the Rotor Mountain Village and said: "The Rotor Mountain is garrisoned by the First Division of the First Battalion, and the first battalion artillery team is reinforced with two eight-pounder guns, and the first battalion phalanx provides support. ”

Chen Xin glanced at the dense cavalry over there, and then at Ertaizi Village under Xu Mountain on the right flank, and finally shook his head and said: "There is no need to increase it for the time being, let Jiannu attack, the first battalion is our old foundation, and it is not so easy to fight." Send someone to tell Sù Fan Shouye that no matter what happens to him in the rear, his first battalion must occupy the Rotor Mountain Village. ”

"Understood." Liu Pojun immediately arranged for a Tang horse to rush to the left flank.

Chen Xin hit the horse stocks, through the gap in the front formation, and went straight to the brigade officer of the first brigade to recognize the flag, Zheng Sanhu saw Chen Xin coming, and made a military salute on the horse.

Chen Xinze stopped his horse and said loudly to Zheng Sanhu: "Brigade Officer Zheng, beware of the Jiannu cavalry on the right flank turning to the middle and holding the middle road steady. ”

Zheng Sanhu said respectfully: "Obey the order, my subordinates must be stable, the second and third battalions can not only hold the middle road, but also penetrate the middle road of Jiannu." ”

Chen Xin smiled encouragingly, and then said to Zheng Sanhu: "Wangjiatun Village in the middle must not be discarded, before the cavalry on the right wing of Jiannu attacks my left flank, the main formation in the middle must not rush forward, and the flag of the Chinese army can only be attacked." ”

Zheng Sanhu immediately agreed, and the Houjin tens of thousands of cavalry concentrated on the west flank and suppressed the left flank of Dengzhou, and the high mobility of the cavalry could threaten the left flank of the middle of Dengzhou at any time, so that the middle of Dengzhou could not be put into attack.

At this time, the two sides completed the formation, and there were also bursts of shouts on the Houjin Soldiers' front, but the momentum was far less powerful than Dengzhou, and it seemed that the Houjin Army was also carrying out a kind of mobilization.

Chen Xinlema returned to the two towns, boarded a special lookout car, this lookout car was wider than the ordinary lookout car, the top was replaced by a platform with a railing, enough to occupy two people, and several wooden platforms were erected under the platform, standing the staff of the military command department, the lookout car was surrounded by tall flags, each battalion corresponded to a different flag, Chen Xin could give common orders to each battalion through the guò flag, and complex orders were transmitted by Tangma.

Under the gloomy sky, the two armies facing each other two miles apart were silent, and the only sound on the battlefield was the neighing of horses and the sound of flags fluttering in the north wind.

Chen Xin looked at the yellow sweat flag of Huang Taiji in the distance, and said to Liu Pojun beside him: "Among the three directions, there is always one that is beneficial to us and unfavorable to the enemy, which direction do you choose." ”

"Huangtai Jibu is heavily armed on the left flank of our army, suppressing my middle road, is to mobilize my rear to follow it to the west to deploy, and mess up the layout of our big formation, now we are unmoved, and he does not dare to attack rashly, now our army should mobilize him, and his subordinates think that the place where our army starts should be on the right flank."

Chen Xin smiled, pointed to the direction of Ertaizi Village on the east side, and said, "Then let Huang Taiji move, let's start from here and order the fourth battalion to attack Ertaizi Village." ”