The morning light is faint, and it slowly drives along the Sand River from the south.

At first, it was just some delicate black shadows, which were extremely conspicuous in the white snow.

The whole city of Liaoyang has sounded the alarm bell, blowing the horn and beating the drums of war, and the artillery and infantry have climbed to the top of the city and are in place.

The north wind blows the banner of the nine-headed bird, and the hunt sounds.

The Qing army is gradually approaching, and they can already be seen clearly with the naked eye, the first thing that appears is a white army, plain white flags, plain white cotton armor uniforms, and even the war horses sitting down are plain white, walking on the snow, as if blending with the snow. This white army is holding a white banner with a blue dragon on it. The soldiers were dressed in white cotton armor with red tassels on top of their high helmets.

Straddling their horses, carrying swords, bows, and spears, they swarmed and spread out a wide crescent formation.

This is the soldiers and horses with a white flag, the Bayala Protector Battalion under the personal command of Dolgon, flanked by the forward battalion and the cavalry battalion, and behind it are the Han and Mongolian banners under the command of Dolgon, as well as the clothed slave soldiers.

At a distance of two miles from the southern city of Liaoyang, Dolgon ordered the advance to be halted and began to form a formation.

The Chu army at the head of the city can see the Qing army, and the Zhengbai Flag army under the city can also see the city.

Dolgon raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked at Liaoyang City a few times, and found that Liaoyang City was heavily guarded, and the nine-headed bird flag on the head of the city was displayed.

"Someone, send this king's letter of persuasion!"

A Bayala took the letter, galloped towards the city, and wanted to show off his riding skills in front of the Ming army, and suddenly found that he could not show off, and further on, within three hundred steps from the city, there were horse rejections, horse pits, iron dysentery, deer foot piles, etc.

He hurriedly reined in his horse, and the horseman stood up and almost threw him off his horse.

In the end, he had to dismount honestly. Step by step, I carefully jumped left and right in the depression.

When Dolgon in the back saw this, his face was unhappy, what was this fool doing, losing the face of the Qing soldiers and horses.

The Bayala did not know that he had been annoyed by Prince Rui, and it took him great difficulty to finally come to the city, and then he took off his bow, tied the letter to the arrow, and shot it at the city.

"The total town. Tartar's letter! An officer presented the letter.

Fu Shan took it and opened it.

"I flattered the mandate of heaven in the Qing Dynasty, hanged the people and fought crimes, and crusaded against no way. The flag points to the west, and Chongzhen binds his hands. The cities of Songjin are vulnerable. Today, the king commanded 100,000 Eight Banners and 1,000 Hongyi cannons, and returned to Liaodong. Although the general followed the Duke of Chu to take advantage of my momentary weakness and steal several cities in Liaodong. I am my enemy, and this king is willing to take no blame for the past. ”

"If the general leads the people back and opens the city to greet them, then I will keep the original officials in the Qing Dynasty. As the vassal king, the descendants of the generations will enjoy wealth and prosperity, such as the eternal mountains and rivers. ”

After Fu Shan saw it, he just sneered a few times. Is this coercion and temptation? But the Tartars are intimidated by the so-called cannons, thousands of powerful forces, and 50,000? A thousand cannons? Count the Tiger Squat Cannon as well.

Named vassal king. Keeping the original official is even less tempting for Fu Shan.

"I am the commander of the Heavenly Empire, how can I be tempted by the Tartars?"

After speaking. Fu Shan directly tore up the letter of persuasion.

The Bayala under the city was still waiting for a reply, Fu Shan tore up the letter of persuasion and threw it directly from the city. Countless fragments fluttered like a flock of butterflies at once.

The bayala under the city did not expect this result at all, he was stunned for a moment, and then he became angry.

He yelled at the city head for a while, and finally even tore off his pants and on the head of the city.

"Tartar presumptuous." Fu Shan snorted coldly.

Zhang Guozhu took the Flying Fire Gun from the hand of the guard next to him, this is the latest flintlock gun, which has improved a lot of performance compared to the original style, and the official name is Ghost Car.

He familiarly examined the firearm, then raised it, the broad butt against his shoulder, one side against his cheek.

With a gun in hand, Zhang Guozhu was engrossed.

There was a bang, and Bayara, who was still singing while releasing water, fell down, and just fell into the urine he sprinkled, and in the snow, the puddle of urine was still steaming.

After whistling, Zhang Guozhu handed the gun back to the gunner, and praised it by the way, "The gun is well maintained." ”

Fu Shan didn't blame the dog's leftovers, the Tartar died first, and he couldn't blame others. He just smiled, and then stretched out his right hand to the Qing army position in the distance and raised his middle finger.

Chu Jun knew the meaning of this gesture, and the old nine-headed birds had all seen Chu Gong use it, and felt that a gesture contained infinite meanings.

In the Qing army, Dolgon saw that Youjun actually shot the messenger, and his angry eyes were red. He held a clairvoyant mirror and looked at the city, but happened to see a Ming army general dressed in bear's skin, holding his middle finger at him.

This gesture is like a big one standing up

Then, the clever Prince Rui immediately understood the meaning of this gesture, and a mouthful of old blood almost spurted out.

"Rack up the cannons, give me a fucking bang, bang hard!" Dorgon shouted with a roar.

Dolgon was extremely angry, waving his hand and roaring, he came all the way, full of confidence, but unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the city of Liaoyang, he was disgraced by the Chu army.

Fu Shan turned around and entered the city gate tower very calmly, there was a burning brazier inside, there was no need to stand outside and blow the cold wind. After he sat down in his commander's seat, freshly brewed ginseng and oolong ginseng were already on the table, and there were a few pastries such as osmanthus cake and frozen pears next to him.

The officers also came in and sat back in their seats.

Everyone didn't seem to pay any attention to the enemy outside the city, and sitting in the house was more like a group of people sitting around in the countryside in the cold winter. In fact, the relationship between all levels in the Chu army is indeed very close, and in some aspects, Liu Jun admires the soldiers as close as a family, especially the brothers in the same company, and they are brothers in life and death who eat and live together and fight side by side.

Comrades-in-arms are like brothers, and officers are like parents.

While drinking morning tea, General Zhang Guozhu said, "In about half an hour, the artillery position of the Tartars will be set up." ”

His words drew a burst of laughter.

Everyone saw the Tartars' letter of persuasion, and also saw the words of Dolgon on above that were full of triumph and showing off, 100,000 strong troops of the Eight Banners, and 1,000 Hongyi cannons. In fact, the scouts of the Chu army had already made the bottom of the Tartar clear, but there were only 50,000 horses, and some of them were coated with Aha. The so-called 1,000 Hongyi cannons are even more exaggerated, and the cannons that are really Hongyi cannons are only about 100 guns in total, and the rest are some general cannons, Franc machines, and even tiger squat cannons.

"The Tartars are preparing to set up an artillery emplacement a mile outside the city." Another officer laughed.

"It's normal, as far as their cannons are concerned, although there are a hundred cannons, they can be called Hongyi cannons, but there are only twenty or thirty cannons that can really be called Hongyi cannons, and their cannons, even if they are Hongyi cannons, have a very short range, not to mention accuracy. If he didn't push the artillery array to the bottom of the city, he wouldn't be able to hit the city wall at all. ”

"This Dolgon, do you really think that you got a few obsolete goods from Wu Sangui that we threw away, and you think that you are also angry? Hahaha, in a while, we will let him know what a cannon is. ”

Fu Shan took a sip of tea, put it down, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, be careful to scare the fish away." ”

Everyone chatted in the house and drank tea at the same time, which was very relaxed. However, outside, a group of staff officers at the head of the city were busy nervously, they were carefully observing and recording the layout of the Qing army outside the city, observing the various flags and armor of the Qing army through the clairvoyant mirror, and then the strength of the rebels everywhere, looking for their main force, and their tactical arrangement.

"The Tartars set up two artillery emplacements. One on each of the east and west flanks, both of which had now been pushed to a distance of 600 paces from the city to form an artillery array. According to preliminary estimates on both sides, there are 20 Hongyi cannons of more than 1,000 catties each, of which 10 are more than 3,000 catties of Hongyi cannons, and 3 of which are more than 5,000 catties. The other two artillery arrays also have a lot of large, medium and small Franc machines, and some general cannons, some of which are similar to tiger squats, and are larger in shape, but they are also mainly fired shotguns, and the range is extremely close. ”

"Except for the Hongyi cannon and the large Franc machine, the rest of the cannons can't hit the city wall, and the other cannons are estimated to be escort artillery arrays."

The staff officers quickly made their judgments.

"In addition to the white flag in the south of the city, through the color of the flag and armor, it can basically be judged that the inlaid white, red, and red inlays are also there, and in terms of numbers, it is basically in line with the number of people detected before, about 50,000 people."

"There are no siege equipment found in the Tartar array, the preliminary rebels, the Tartars still need to cut wood on the spot to temporarily build siege equipment, at least for three days, the Tartars will not be able to launch a formal attack for the time being."

The reports finally converged in front of Fu Shan.

The military system of the Chu army, the chief of staff leads the staff department, and there is an intelligence office, a staff office, and an operations office below to manage all the staff officers. Responsible for intelligence gathering and analysis, combat operations and deployment adjustments. However, the final decision-making power does not belong to the chief of staff, and other instructors, military supervisors, and pacification envoys do not have the right to make joint decisions, and the final decision-making power belongs to only the military commander.

In the mobilization of troops and horses, command and decision-making, no one in Fu Shan's rights can interfere with the separation of powers.

"Set up an artillery array six hundred paces from the city." Fu Shan chuckled, "It seems that Dolgon is nothing more than that, we have been in Liao for so long, doesn't he still know the true strength of our Hydra Artillery?" Was he ignorant arrogance, or real stupidity, where did he get the confidence to dare to set up an artillery position six hundred paces away from us? ”

"It is estimated that Dolgon's position is determined by the range of the artillery in his hand, and the Tartar cannon can not shoot far, and Wu Sangui's cannon can also not shoot far.

The Ming Dynasty is 360 steps and a mile, one step is five feet, and a mile is one hundred and eighty zhang.

Six hundred steps, already more than a mile and a half. At this distance, the range of the Hongyi cannon can be reached, and the accuracy is very low. If the Qing army's artillery array was put back a little longer, they would not be able to hit Liaoyang City at all.

Even the thirty-two-pound cannon in the heavy artillery regiment of the Chu army has a maximum firing range of more than 2,000 meters, and the general field artillery is about one kilometer, like a mountain grenade, and even only three or five hundred meters. That's it, you have to fire solid bullets, and if you fire a grenade or shotgun, the range is immediately reduced by half.

"Isn't the arrogance and stupidity of the enemy what we would like to see?" Fu Shan smiled, "When the Tartar cannons are in place, come and inform me!" (To be continued.) )