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The Houjin Tartars led by Abatai captured the county seat of Baodi on July 21, they did not leave immediately, slaughtered and plundered in the county, and it was recognized that they were stationed in the county seat of Baodi, and they did not even send scouts to reconnoiter the surrounding environment.

This is a very favorable situation for Zheng Jiajun's scouts, and they can rest assured that they can reconnoitre.

Yang He personally led the scouts to reconnoiter between Baodi County and Sanhe County, looking for the location of the ambush.

However, the search for the location of the ambush did not go particularly smoothly.

Baodi County and Sanhe County, most of the places belong to the plains, endless, only a small number of hilly areas, in the plains to set up ambushes, basically impossible, 40,000 troops can not be completely hidden, not to mention the opponent is the brave and brutal Houjin Tartar, from Baodi to the official road of Sanhe County, the whole journey is 140 miles, this distance, the cavalry of the Houjin Tartars, at most within an hour to arrive.

That is to say, once the Houjin Tartars set off from Baodi County, the fight between the Zheng family army and the Houjin Tartars will start within an hour, and from the law of combat, the Houjin Tartars will leave Baodi County, it must be at the time of Mao or Chen, and the attack on Sanhe County will be launched before noon.

This is a very high requirement for Zheng Jiajun, which means that Zheng Jiajun must be prepared before the time of Yin.

The ambush site that Yang He finally chose was a hundred miles away from the county seat of Baodi and forty miles away from the county seat of Sanhe, where there was a small hill where the army could barely set up an ambush.

Zheng Jiajun followed the direction of the Xianghe River and went straight to Sanhe County, and they bypassed the county seat of Baodi.

I basically didn't see any people along the way, and since the Houjin Tartars plundered in Gyeonggi, the rich and powerful people have long gone to the capital or Tongzhou and other places to take refuge, and there is no way to leave the people. They also try to hide at home, or hide in the wild, they will not walk on official roads.

The Zheng family's army marched very fast, and they were not worried about being discovered by the Houjin Tartars. Because the Houjin Tartars would not send scouts to investigate, they had already ignored the Ming army's survival.

Although Zheng Xunrui was very calm on the surface, he was still nervous in his heart, and in his imagination, the battle with the Houjin Tartars would start sooner or later. But it should be from small scale to large-scale, but the sky does not fulfill people's wishes, the first battle, the scale is extraordinary, 30,000 Zheng family army cavalry and 10,000 Yulin border army, to fight with 30,000 Houjin Tartars, and it is a fight in the wild, this is the most cruel fight, is the collision of will and perseverance.

Zheng Xunrui will never underestimate the Houjin Tartars, although the Zheng family army fights with the Liukou. has achieved countless victories and almost completely wiped out the Liukou, but the combat effectiveness of the Liukou is no longer on the same level as the Houjin Tartars, and Zheng Xunrui has always believed that the Houjin Tartars are the real rivals of the Zheng family's army.

Zheng Jiajun has undergone rigorous training, and the tactical literacy of ancient and modern integration has allowed Zheng Xunrui to build a strong army in a few years, which is something to be proud of. But the Houjin Tartars have been fighting for decades, and they gallop between the white mountains and black waters, gallop on the prairie, and gallop in Liaodong. After countless vicious battles, they often create the miracle of winning more with less, and they are used to fighting on horseback, and a lot of Houjin Tartars, playing on horseback when they are young, are almost integrated with their own war horses. This is a fact that cannot be ignored.

The battle of Salhu, the Ming army participated in the war, is a veteran who participated in the anti-Japanese aid to the DPRK, can be called the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army in terms of numbers and weapons has an absolute advantage, was defeated by Nurhachi, and it was a fiasco, the loss of 40,000 soldiers, Juniper Liu Ting and Ma Yan and other famous generals all died.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, the Houjin Tartars attacked Shenyang and Liaoyang, and the Zhejiang Army of Liao, which aided Liao, was the Qi family army in the traditional sense, under the leadership of Qi Jin, the deputy chief soldier Qi Jin, that is, Qi Jiguang's own nephew, and marched towards Liaoyang with confidence, and fought with the Houjin Tartars on the banks of the Dahun River, and the whole army was annihilated.

From this time on, the Ming army suffered from a phobia of gold.

As for Yuan Chonghuan to keep the lonely city of Ningyuan, it was a battle to defend the city, the Houjin Tartars were not good at attacking the city, Yuan Chonghuan had the Hongyi cannon, and exerted his power, so that the Houjin Tartars, who were not good at attacking the city, suffered a crushing defeat.

In a real field battle, it was almost impossible for the Ming army to completely defeat the Houjin Tartars.

Even the most famous Guanning Iron Cavalry today can only fight face-to-face with the Houjin Tartars in a local place, and in such a large-scale battle, the Guanning Iron Cavalry is not able to compete with the Houjin Tartars at all.

To put it bluntly, there is no army in the Ming Dynasty that can fight face-to-face with the Houjin Tartars.

Zheng Xunrui will not ignore such a fact.

It takes courage to change history and break myths, but it also requires wisdom, and this kind of wisdom comes out of a clear understanding of oneself, and can not overestimate one's own strength, let alone underestimate the strength of the other party, and only by always being in awe can we truly achieve victory.

Late on the night of 22 July, Zheng's army arrived at the ambush site.

All deployments were rolled out quickly.

Yang He has already reported many defects in the ambush site, the terrain here is incomparable with Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang and Sichuan, and it is impossible to find a very ideal ambush site in a short time.

Wang Xiaoer reported the situation of Houjin Tartar in Baodi County, it took about four days to capture Baodi County, Houjin Tartar was very crazy, burning and looting in the county, and the black smoke coming out of the county town could be seen far away, Houjin Tartar had been in Baodi County for two days, Wang Xiaoer estimated that the Golden Tartar would leave after the next day and come towards Sanhe County.

After the two of them finished reporting, the inside of the Chinese military tent was very quiet, and the candle flame burned quietly.

Xu Wanghua, who participated in the combat deployment, spoke first.

"My lord, the terrain of Baodi and Sanhe is different, most of the places are plains, and I can choose to set up an ambush in the hills, and my subordinates think it's already very good, and the Houjin Tartar is extremely arrogant, and in the process of marching and fighting, there are no scouts sent at all, and the subordinates think that the defects of the ambush can be offset."

Zheng Jinhong also spoke, agreeing with Xu Wanghua's opinion.

This time, Zheng Xunrui did not look at the map, and by this time, there was no need to look at the map.

"The ambush location is not ideal, this is not a big deal, we have long been prepared, and the Houjin Tartars will start a face-to-face fight, in the future we will have more fights with the Houjin Tartars, it is impossible to rely on the advantages of terrain every time, and sudden battles cannot be avoided, so the ambush location is not ideal, just to be able to sharpen many soldiers."

"We have fought countless battles against the Liukou, and each time we have won a complete victory, to say that the morale of the soldiers is not to worry, the tragic scene seen all the way in Daxiong County and Wen'an County has completely stimulated the anger of the soldiers, this anger must be vented to the body of the Houjin Tartars, but we also want to remind the soldiers that the strength of the Houjin Tartars is real, and the soldiers must attach great importance to it, and our purpose is to obtain the greatest victory at the minimum cost."

"The purpose of this operation is to defeat the Houjin Tartars, but not to annihilate them all, I want to warn you, don't have such thoughts, there are as many as 100,000 Houjin Tartars in Gyeonggi, which is by no means something that the Zheng family army can compete with, we can't be blindly confident, we must analyze the comparison of forces between the two sides, 100,000 Houjin Tartars are concentrated, and the Zheng family army can't resist, this is an iron fact."

"After defeating the Houjin Tartars, our army is going to Tongzhou, and I have to discuss with Lord Zhang Gao Gonggong that the army stationed in Tongzhou is not a dry meal, but must fight."

When the child was in power, most of the soldiers rested, and after a long run, they had to rest and replenish their bodies.

Zheng Xunrui did not rest, Xu Wanghua was by his side, the two of them did not need to participate in the battle directly, but the situation of this battle was all tied to them.

There were many stars in the sky, Zheng Xunrui put his hands behind his back, looked at the stars in the sky, and did not speak.

Xu Wanghua turned his head to look at Zheng Xunrui, thought for a while, and spoke.

"My lord, when my subordinates were by the lord's side, I listened to the old man's comments on the golden tartars, the old man and the adults have the same understanding, thinking that the golden tartars are very strong, can not be underestimated, the old man tried his best to introduce artillery, and even trained the army in Dengzhou, the purpose is to think about the use of guò firearms to defeat the Houjin Tartars, but unfortunately there was a change later, now I think about it, the subordinates feel that the master's thinking is still one-sided, completely relying on firearms, it is difficult to completely defeat the Houjin Tartars, their own combat effectiveness is not good, Without the slightest fighting spirit, it is simply impossible to face the Houjin Tartars. ”

"Mr. Xu, what you said is right, the nearly 100,000 troops gathered in Tongzhou, the armament of firearms is close to half, but when they face the Houjin Tartars, they still cower and dare not face the battle, but the consideration of the teacher is also reasonable, the equipment of firearms must be paid attention to, the military camp built by the Zheng family army on the outskirts of Xi'an seems to be temporarily useless, and I don't know where the imperial court will let me go, but in any case, the Zheng family army must overwhelm the Houjin Tartars in terms of momentum, There is nothing to fear from the Houjin Tartars, and I believe that in tomorrow's battle, the Zheng family army will definitely be able to achieve victory. ”

"My lord, my subordinates think so too."

"Well, the suppressed anger in the hearts of the soldiers tomorrow will completely erupt, and the Houjin Tartar is inhumane, this is looking for death, Azig and Abatai must be triumphant at the moment, entering the land of Gyeonggi, winning a hundred battles, looting a lot of money, and after going back, they can still ask for merit and rewards, hmph, do they really think it is that easy." (To be continued.) )