If Zhu Youzhen can still calm down when he hears the news that Lu Daqi was killed and Yongcheng was slaughtered.

So at this moment, when Zhu Youzhen heard the news that the Qing army might have another army going south, and it was personally led by Abatai, the king of the Manchu Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen was a little shocked.

He didn't know if Abatai had participated in the war to destroy the Ming Dynasty in history.

But now, now this news makes Zhu Youzhen have to start wondering, does this mean that Dolgon has realized the true strength of his guards, and does not hesitate to send another army?

Zhu Youzhen admits that he is now a little flustered.

But he also knew that his original intention of annihilating the Duoduo now could not be changed.

Moreover, no matter what variables are encountered, this is an important condition for the survival of Jiangnan on which he is based.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen nodded solemnly: "Reply to Zhou Yuji, Marquis of Ningwu, and allow you to annihilate the incoming enemy first, and then rush to Huai'an, but you must arrive in Huai'an before the tenth day of the fifth month!" Annihilating the Zhun Tower may have to cross the Yellow River, so don't delay the fighters! ”

After Zhu Youjian gave the instructions, he couldn't help but think like this.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but think to himself, maybe this was just that Abatai just wanted to take a bite of his own Daming after seeing that the Duoduo Department and the Azig Department were fighting smoothly in Shaanxi and Henan.

In this case, it is better to let Zhou Yuji try it first.

Just to teach Abatai a hard lesson, let him know that going south to attack Daming is not as easy as he imagined!

As long as Abatai has any scruples, Zhu Youzhen feels that he still has a chance to completely annihilate the Qing army's Duoduo Division.

At this time, Liu Fangliang also hurriedly ran over: "Your Majesty, the sentry of the Third Army of my Guards has come to report that the Qing Army's Duoduo Department has captured Suzhou three days ago, and it is not yet known whether the Qing Army will go east to Fengyang or south to Mengcheng." ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't expect Duoduo's speed to be so fast, just now he received the news of Lu Daqi's death, and his Duoduo front foot had already occupied Suzhou City.

"Everyone, Aiqing, come in first, you don't have to sleep again tonight, take advantage of this spring thunder, Iron Horse Binghe, think about how to deal with the situation that has begun to change, the current situation is still outside our expectations, but the sudden southward movement of the Abatai Department is considered unexpected, it stands to reason, if it is Dolgon's intentions, it is impossible for Jinyiwei not to know in advance that there is a change in the capital of the Qing court, so, in my opinion, it is possible that Abatai is making his own initiative and taking the initiative to provoke!"

As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, the officials present also thought about it.

"It is true that as His Majesty just said, now the Tartars are becoming more and more rampant in the south, and it seems that they really deceive me as if there is no one in the Ming Dynasty, and they will not let them suffer, and I am really a fat meat that everyone can take a bite of!"

Liu Fangliang couldn't help but say something at this time, and other officials also chimed in.

Zhu Youzhen also knew that it was impossible for the officials present at the moment to say any constructive opinions, and Shi Kefa's rear dispatch was okay, but he was naturally unfamiliar with this kind of military aircraft.

Li Banghua was originally an official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Gao Hongtu was a scholar-type official, and Wang Chengen was loyal, but he was not a figure like Wang Zhi and Cao Jixiang.

There is only one Liu Fangliang, who has experience in commanding troops.

Since Liu Fangliang also agreed, Zhu Youzhen was naturally a little relieved, and instructed Liu Fangliang:

"Next, if the Tartars divide their troops to tentatively attack Mengcheng, let's see if Aiqing can also teach the Qing army's Duoduo Department a lesson, and let them know the difficulty of going down to Jiangnan from Mengcheng!"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Weichen also wants to fight with these Tartars well, and see what they are capable of, and let me break in, no, many brothers of the exterminating army have broken into their hands!"

Liu Fangliang almost mistakenly mentioned the word "breaking into the army", but immediately changed it.

The people present couldn't help but smile, which also made the heavy atmosphere a little lighter.

……

Early the next morning.

Kong Youde walked side by side towards Mengcheng with 5,000 Han Eight Banner Iron Cavalry and 1,000 Manchurian Eight Banner Iron Cavalry led by E-Neng, but stopped when he was still a thousand paces away from the infantry battalion of the First Corps of the Guards.

"I didn't expect that there were so many Ming troops under this Mengcheng, and they were not guarding in the city, but they went out of the city to prepare for a field battle with my Wang Shi, and their courage was not small!"

Kong Youde couldn't help but say a word, and the Manchu nobles and deputy capital commander E-Neng on the side smiled coldly: "That's because they know that we have red-coated cannons and can't hold them, so they have to come out to fight with us and other fields, so it's better, Gongshun Wang, you and I will each break through from the two wings, first defeat its cavalry, and then surround its infantry, we will be able to break the enemy army in front of us, and when the time comes, we will not have everything!" ”

"Just listen to the Hubei capital, there are no less than 50,000 Ming troops outside the city, which also shows that there must be a lot of money and food women in the city, this king has been holding back for a long time, and now he can't vent!"

This Kong Youde said with a smile, although he is a Manchu prince, but in the end he is still a Han, although he is named the commander-in-chief, he cannot disobey the order of the deputy capital of Hunan.

Of course, Kong Youde was not unhappy because of this, he is now very enthusiastic about following the Qing army to conquer the world, and he is also very confident that the Qing Dynasty he served can dominate the world.

Kong Youde, who was as complacent as the Manchu nobles, shouted: "Kill!" Immediately after, he rushed towards the cavalry camp of the Ming Guards.

Kong Youde and Hunanan did not pay attention to the rules and regulations, nor did they test the reality of the Ming army, and each led the Qing army iron cavalry to charge very bravely towards the position of the first and second cavalry battalions of the first corps of the third army of the Guards.

Liu Fangliang originally thought that the Qing army's iron cavalry would rush directly towards the infantry and hit his Chinese army first, but he didn't expect that people would rush directly towards the cavalry on his two wings, and he also wanted to have a cavalry against cavalry.

Liu Fangliang couldn't help but smile coldly, thinking that since the Tartar didn't talk about the rules, he didn't have to talk about the rules, so he directly shouted: "Order the artillery to take advantage of the enemy's arrival to immediately adjust the direction to the left and right flanks to shell, and when the enemy camp is in chaos, the first and second battalions of the cavalry will rush up directly. ”

As soon as Liu Fangliang gave an order here, the soldiers began to march towards the artillery battalion, and waved flags while galloping back and forth.

In a moment, the teams of the artillery battalion began to immediately debug the field guns, and after a while, they only heard a voice: "Release!" ”

It was countless black iron bullets roaring towards the Qing army's iron horsemen.

These shells are coated with flammable materials on the surface, and when they touch the ground, the energy generated by the collision of momentum causes the flammable material to ignite the internal gunpowder, causing the shells to explode directly and produce a powerful air wave.

The shrapnel of these shells is made of alloy metal quenching, and once it ruptures, it hurts the enemy, becomes bad, causing great damage and even causing the wound of the person who was shot to fester.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty improved the red-coated cannon by blindly lengthening the barrel and lengthening the barrel to increase the power.

From the original 3,000 catties of red-coated cannons to 5,000 catties and then to 10,000 catties during the Opium War, they did not know how to improve the power of artillery fire in the direction of shells and artillery fire, internal structure and gunpowder.

The field artillery of the Ming Dynasty completely improved the effectiveness of the artillery from all aspects.

Now, the field artillery of the Ming Dynasty is going to let the Qing army taste a real artillery crush.