From Tianjin to Gaoyang County, Baoding Prefecture, about 380 miles, such a distance for the Zheng army in wartime, can be reached within two days, and do all the deployment, but the Zheng army carries Hongyi artillery and Furlong machine, and Hongyi artillery in this campaign, to play an important role, artillery battalion has also become one of the most important arms of the Zheng army.

After Zheng Xunrui made it clear that the first stop of Zheng's army was Gaoyang County, Wen Kun, Li Panlong, Li Yan and Xu Jikuang and others, after careful discussion, finally determined a plan to march out and arrived in Gaoyang County in three days.

According to their plan of operation and march, the army rested in Tianjin for a day, set out from Tianjin on October 12, and arrived in Gaoyang on the night of October 14, and then made all the arrangements.

The scout battalion led by Wang Xiaoer had already set off for the Gaoyang area to reconnoiter intelligence, and all operational deployments were closely related to the intelligence detected by the scouts.

Zheng Xunrui carefully looked at the marching and battle plans formulated by Wen Kun and others, and expressed his approval.

It is very rare for such a major battle to let Wen Kun and others formulate a battle plan, and of course, this is also the basis of everyone's discussion.

The only change Zheng Xunrui made was the change in time, changing the marching plan from three days to four days, after all, it took too much time to transport Hongyi artillery, and the Zheng family army must play the main role of the artillery battalion in this operation, if the marching time is too tight, it may lead to insufficient preparation of the artillery battalion.

On November 12, at the end of the day, an army of 50,000 marched towards the county seat of Gaoyang.

There are almost no people to see on the official road, and Zheng Xunrui is also very clear that at this time, it is very unlikely that he wants to completely keep the whereabouts of the army secret, but fortunately, no one will send a message to Houjin Tatar, and the Zheng family's army is marching fast. Won't make the slightest stop.

Early in the morning of the 14th, the army arrived in Xiongxian County, to which Baoding Prefecture belonged.

The scouts led by Wang Xiaoer detected some information indicating that the Houjin Tartars had marched towards Baoding Mansion and Hejian Mansion. But this information is not particularly clear.

On the 15th, the army arrived at the junction of Anzhou and Gaoyang County.

During the march of the army, all of them bypassed the city and kept their whereabouts as secret as possible.

Baoding Mansion belongs to the plain terrain, and there are not many mountains and hills. This also adds a lot of difficulty to the scout's reconnaissance, they have to worry about the camp of the army every day, all the 50,000 troops are camped on the endless flat land, it is impossible, the Houjin Tartars will also send scouts, once the whereabouts are detected, the Houjin Tartars must be ready, and the possibility of surprise operations will disappear completely.

Therefore, you must choose a hilly or mountainous area to set up camp.

Early in the morning, Zheng Xunrui, who woke up, walked out of the tent and rushed to the north. He shivered, the north wind had been blowing for the past few days, and it looked like it was about to snow.

Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing, Hong Xintao, Hong Xinyu, Wen Kun, Li Panlong, Li Yan and Xu Jikuang were already waiting for Zheng Xunrui outside.

"The climate in the north is very cold, Wen Kun and Xu Jikuang are afraid that it will take time to adapt, you have always been in the south, and you have not been to the north in winter, look at the weather. I'm afraid it's going to snow, and once the snow falls, the climate will be even colder, and I don't want you to be afraid to go out because of the cold weather. ”

Everyone laughed. Wen Kun and Xu Jikuang were a little embarrassed, among all of them, it was indeed the two of them who were most afraid of the cold.

"The army has entered the territory of Gaoyang County, and today we are going to find the best camp outside Gaoyang County, and the scouts are investigating the whereabouts of the Houjin Tartars, presumably the Houjin Tartars should have made some moves. As long as they make moves, Wang Xiaoer will definitely be able to detect a lot of information, Zheng Jinhong, the army must be fully prepared, and a battle may occur at any time. ”

Zheng Jinhong nodded.

"Young master, the sergeants have all been prepared, and they are about to set off, the distance of today's march is not very far, and the place where the camp is set up is about fifteen miles away from Gaoyang County, which is a hilly area."

"Okay, the army will start immediately, but today we will send more scouts to pay close attention to the surrounding situation, I always feel that according to the calculation of time, the Houjin Tartar should enter Baoding Mansion."

At the end of the day, the army was opened, the cavalry battalion was at the head, the artillery battalion and the scout battalion were in the middle, and the cavalry battalion was still behind, as for the pro-soldier battalion, Zheng Jinhong coordinated the march of the army, Liu Zeqing was at the front of the team, Yang He was at the back of the team, and Hong Xintao was in the middle of the team.

Zheng Xunrui was placed in the middle of the army, which can be said to be closely protected.

At the time of Shen, the army arrived at its destination and began to set up camp.

This is only fifteen miles away from Gaoyang County, the scouts have already reconnoitred, everything in Gaoyang County is safe, there is no abnormality, which shows that the scouts have not yet begun to attack Gaoyang County, this information makes Zheng Xunrui breathe a sigh of relief, I am afraid that in Sun Chengzong's matter, he will rewrite history again.

Sun Zhixin has visited him several times, choked up and couldn't speak, Zheng Xunrui didn't tie up his face to teach a lesson, it is human nature to worry about his relatives, and he should not be reprimanded.

At three o'clock, Wang Xiaoer, whose eyes were red, appeared in the Chinese military tent.

Wang Xiaoer's expression was unusually serious, and his body was also covered with dust, which could make Wang Xiaoer look like this, it seemed that it was the result of a long-distance attack, and Wang Xiaoer must have mastered important information.

Everyone fell silent and looked at Wang Xiaoer.

"My lord, Houjin Tartar, no, the Han army is really not human."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Wang Xiaoer and did not speak.

Seeing Zheng Xunrui's demeanor, Wang Xiaoer was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, he was the general of Zheng Jiajun, responsible for commanding the scout battalion, and he should not be emotional, and he should comprehensively report the information detected.

"The subordinates are excited, and they can't control it, please punish the adults."

"Don't be verbose, find out what information, and report it truthfully."

"Yes, yesterday, the scouts in Dingxing, Rongcheng and Xincheng area reconnaissance, met from the direction of Dingxing and Xincheng people fleeing, under questioning, learned that the Houjin Tartars began to attack Dingxing and Xincheng, the scouts inquired in detail about the time of the attack, although the fleeing people said differently, but the interval between the front and back was not long, so the subordinates concluded that the Houjin Tartars were divided into two groups of people, respectively invaded Dingxing County and Xincheng County."

When Wang Xiaoer was still reporting, Zheng Xunrui's eyes had already focused on the map.

"The subordinates entered the county town of Xincheng last night, and the scene was unbearable, and the subordinates took advantage of the chaos to catch a Houjin Tartar, and under inquiry, they learned that it was the Han army that invaded the new city, and the commander was Kong Youde, a total of 10,000 people, they burned and looted in the city, and did all kinds of evil, and when the subordinates took advantage of the chaos to leave the new city, the city has become a ruin."

"The information that the subordinates learned is that the commander of the Houjin Tartars is Du Du, who led 80,000 people to sweep Baoding Mansion and Hejian Mansion along the road, and the 80,000 people are divided into four road armies, Du Du leads 30,000 Houjin Tartars, Turai leads 30,000 Houjin Tartars, Kong Youde leads 10,000 Han troops, Geng Zhongming leads 10,000 Han troops, of which Du Du is the first road, Kong Youde is the second road, Turai is the third road, and Geng Zhongming is the fourth road."

"Du Du and Kong Youde are responsible for attacking Fuzhou County, which belongs to Baoding, and Turai and Geng Zhongming are responsible for attacking Fuzhou County, which belongs to Hejian Prefecture, their purpose is to plunder all the cities to which Baoding Mansion and Hejian Mansion belong, as for the next battle plan, the subordinates did not ask."

"The subordinates ordered the scouts of the 10th team to continue to reconnoiter in the areas of Dingxing, Rongcheng and Xincheng, and if they found the situation, they would report it immediately." ……

After Wang Xiaoer finished speaking, Zheng Xunrui spoke.

"The new city is three hundred and forty miles away from Gaoyang, and it takes you such a long distance in one day, you have worked hard, sit down and rest for a while."

After finishing speaking, Zheng Xunrui turned around and began to look at the map carefully, everyone in the Chinese military tent quieted down, looking at Zheng Xunrui, no one spoke, they knew that Zheng Xunrui was thinking at this moment, once Zheng Xunrui issued an order, the battle was about to begin.

After a long time, Zheng Xunrui raised his head and looked at Wang Xiaoer and spoke.

"The scouts must investigate a few things, the first thing, Du Du and Kong Youde's next battle plan, they occupied the two cities of Dingxing and Xincheng, they will not stay after looting, they will pounce on the next target, the scouts must figure it out in the shortest possible time, and report it immediately."

"The second thing is to send some scouts to Hejian Province to reconnoiter and figure out the battle plan of Turai and Geng Zhongming."

"The third thing, capture the sergeant under Kong Youde, and if you want to catch them alive, escort them to Gaoyang as quickly as possible."

After Zheng Xunrui made the arrangement, everyone understood that the first target of the Zheng Jiajun was Kong Youde and the 10,000 Han troops under his command, which was also normal, and the Zheng Jiajun had to win the first battle, and if they chose a slightly weaker target, they could win completely.

The Houjin Tartar soldiers were divided into four routes, which also indicated that the difficulty of the Zheng Jiajun's battle would increase, but this was also the best opportunity for the Zheng Jiajun.

Wang Xiaoer clasped his fists and saluted, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wang Xiaoer, the scouts are very hard during this time, tell them to pay more attention to their bodies, and pay more attention to safety."

After Wang Xiaoer left, Zheng Xunrui spoke to everyone.

"I think you also understand, the first target of the Zheng family army is Kong Youde, my request is to completely annihilate the 10,000 Han troops under Kong Youde, and prevent them from escaping, once Kong Youde is eliminated, the next target of the Zheng family army is Du Du, this time I want to make Huang Taiji and Dolgon miserable."

The atmosphere in the Chinese military tent became solemn, Zheng Xunrui's meaning couldn't be clearer, Zheng Jiajun's task in this battle is to kill Houjin Tartar and the Han army with power, and he will not show mercy to his subordinates, which also indicates that unless it is a special case, Zheng Jiajun will not leave many prisoners. (To be continued.) )