"You're right, our purpose is to aid the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards;

But here the raid and the direct attack to the Sunjia ferry are all assistance;

I mean, instead of harassing Hong Chengchou and other main forces of the Qing army along the way to make them suspicious of our intention to prevent him from going north, it is better for us to go directly to the Sunjia Ferry;

We directly used the bursts and rapid fire advantages of our Chongzhen Type 21 flintlock pistol to wipe out his artillery!

Didn't he say that the main force of the Qing army, such as Hong Chengchou, went south and brought a full 300 red-coated cannons?

If we kill their gunners, Hong Chengchou will not be able to easily take the fortresses along the river.

And his cavalry, we can crush his cavalry.

If he can defeat his cavalry, in the next general offensive battle, he Hong Chengchou will only rely on infantry, it will be difficult to break through, after all, this is a harsh winter, ice and snow! ”

Xia Wanchun heard Yan Yingyuan say this, and he felt more and more that Yan Yingyuan was reasonable, but he still couldn't help but say: "But Your Majesty's will is for us to disturb along the way, and we are considered to have violated the holy will and will be impeached." ”

"The general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, I am the commander of the direct association, and I will bear the responsibility if something happens!"

Yan Yingyuan patted his chest.

"Well, I'll leave it to you, but I mean it's better to send someone to inform Your Majesty of our plans."

As soon as Xia Wanchun said this, Yan Yingyuan also agreed to his suggestion and hurriedly sent someone back to report his battle plan to Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, while he and Xia Wanchun took a thousand people from their direct battalion and went straight to Sunjia Ferry, giving up the plan of attacking the main force of Hong Chengchou's Qing army.

Yan Yingyuan and Xia Wanchun and other 1,000 people directly under the association are the soldiers with extremely high comprehensive individual combat ability selected by the four corps of the Ming Dynasty, who are all strong in foot and cavalry and quite strong in other aspects, and the Chongzhen 21-style rear-loading Lianzhu flintlock pistol in his hand is the most advanced firearm of the Ming Dynasty at present.

Therefore, all these gave Yan Yingyuan the confidence to rely on these thousand people to kill Hong Chengchou's artillery and cavalry.

"This Yan Yingyuan has a lot of appetite and is quite bold, approve him and agree to his plan, but if he fails to complete it and loses his people, I will punish him for a serious crime!"

A few days later, Zhu Youzhen also learned about Yan Yingyuan's battle plan, but he only smiled and said so.

……

Yan Yingyuan and the others and the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards will not mention how to set up defenses for the time being.

Continue to talk about the fact that the main force of the Qing army under Hong Chengchou continues to move north, trying to seize the Yellow River and withdraw to the Manchu ruled area.

The more than 300,000 Qing troops approached the south bank of the Yellow River, the tighter Hong Chengchou's brows were, and the more hesitant and panicked his heart became.

"The ministries really haven't been harassed by the Guards?"

Hong Chengchou asked more than once this to the main generals of the Qing army, such as Luck Dehun and Wu Sangui.

"Back to Zhongtang, there really isn't, and the lower officials are also worried that there will be attacks by the guards and horses, so they sent several scouts along the way, but they didn't even find a bird along the way, let alone a person."

Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi of the Qing army, replied.

"Strange, could it be that Zhu Youzhen really wants this official to go north to snatch the ferry and river defense?"

Hong Chengchou was in a rather unquiet mood, he was deeply afraid that he would fall into Zhu Youzhen's calculations, but he couldn't always make a guess.

Along the way, in order to prevent him from being ambushed by the guards and testing the intentions of the guards, he did not let the more than 300,000 Qing troops go too fast, almost cautiously step by step, in order to see if the guards would attack his 300,000 army or directly ambush him.

But what Hong Chengchou didn't expect was that the journey was quite quiet.

For this reason, Hong Chengchou had to ask one more question: "How much grain do we have?" ”

"Back to Zhongtang, because the marching speed of the army is too slow these days, and the food consumed is more, the current army rations are less than ten days, and even the cavalry no longer dare to ride horses and can only dismount and walk."

Dutong Jin replied.

Hong Chengchou nodded after hearing this: "That is to say, within ten days, we must take the Sunjia ferry and occupy the river defense on the opposite bank!" ”

However, in order to prevent most of the main forces of the Guards from really concentrating on the banks of the Yellow River, Hong Chengchou still ordered the army to steadily take the lead.

Therefore, as soon as the main force of Hong Chengchou's more than 300,000 Qing troops arrived not far from the defensive position of Sunjia Ferry, they set up camp first.

The battalions of the main force of the Qing army of more than 300,000 were arranged very properly, and the cavalry battalions, infantry battalions and artillery battalions were all intertwined with each other in the open space not far from the ferry according to their respective positions, and fences were set up everywhere, and the snow was shoveled away, leaving four main roads, all of which could lead directly to Hong Chengchou's military gate tent.

Because the heavy snow has been falling for a long time, both sides of the Yellow River at this time are pink and white, and it is difficult to see the traces of people, and the guards are also deliberately wearing white robes, so it is difficult for Hong Chengchou and other Qing troops to see how many guards there are on both sides of the Yellow River at this time.

Hong Chengchou could only order Wu Sangui to lead his 100,000 men to attack, so as to test the reality of the opposite guard.

Wu Sangui did not refuse Hong Chengchou, he is now extremely loyal to the Manchu Qing, like Hong Chengchou, he knows that only in the Qing Dynasty can he become a person with friends and fellow travelers, and if he is captured by the Ming Dynasty, he can only be spurned by the people of the Ming Dynasty when he returns to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Wu Sangui took his 100,000 horses very seriously and drove towards the Sunjia ferry.

At that time, Hong Chengchou also ordered his artillery to transport 300 red-coated cannons to prepare to assist Wu Sangui in attacking Sunjia Ferry.

The First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards guarding the Sunjia Ferry was also fully prepared for defense at this time.

The entire Sunjiadu area on the south bank of the Yellow River was dug by the Third Army of the Guards Army with three trenches, and the bunkers alone were built to a height of half a man, plus the forts between each trench were staggered.

In addition, 200 heavy infantry field guns and 300 light infantry field guns were erected at the nearest place to the ferry, and they could be transported back and forth in specially set communication trenches in the defensive positions, so that the field artillery could hit the enemy more powerfully.

On the north bank of the Yellow River, there were also troops of the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards, and artillery, bunkers and trenches were also set up to block the 300,000 main force of the Qing army under Hong Chengchou.

Rumble!

Rumble!

Rumble!

The red-coated artillery of the main force of the Qing army fired first, and as soon as the three hundred giant shells fell, a fortress was directly blown down, and the same was true for other shells.

Qin Zuoming saw his soldiers being directly stoned to death on the spot, and even his head bloomed.

After a round of firing from the red-coated cannons, Wu Sangui also rushed towards the defensive positions of the Guards with his 100,000-strong army.

Because the shell bombardment just now had given Wu Sangui's army some morale, and Wu Sangui wanted to retreat with his whole body, Wu Sangui's army rushed towards the main position of the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army at this time.

"Kill!"

The sound of killing not only came from Wu Sangui and other Qing troops, but also from the shouting of killing behind Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui couldn't help but look back, but it was a small Ming army that suddenly appeared.

At this time, it was indeed Yan Yingyuan and Xia Wanchun who came in, as well as other soldiers of their direct association.

"Kill! Capture Hong Chengchou alive! ”

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