In the golden autumn of October, the chill began to creep on both sides of the Yangtze River.

In the cold autumn wind, the battle flag that covers the sun is sounded, and the rumbling is a solid footstep.

Steel guns are like forests, huge cannons are like torches, and the dull drums between chariots, horses, ships and ships are like the golden sun that ignites the blood of 150,000 Han family children.

The common people all stood on both sides of the official road, and their eager eyes revealed their expectations for the king.

The officials bowed beyond the city walls, and the lowered brim of their hats expressed their awe for the king.

The osmanthus is fragrant, the magnolia is beautiful, and the ten miles of Huaiyang Canal are beside the thousands of sails.

Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen, held a sword pendant and stirrups and pulled the reins to march in the golden avenue.

Over the years, as a generation of emperors, he has not been intoxicated by the gentleness and luxury of Jiangnan, nor has he forgotten the feat of Chengzu leading his troops to conquer Mobei for seven times!

There is a way in the world, and the strong of the country is the hegemon!

A thousand years ago, the Han army sent troops to the outside of the fortress with the advantages of advanced civilization and steel manufacturing, and the Xiongnu lost their courage.

A thousand years later, the Ming army should restore the spirit of China, and once again lead the world for 200 years in industrial manufacturing, so that the achievements of the Han Empire extended to the north of Lake Baikal.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen felt that he was as excited and enthusiastic as the 150,000 soldiers of the First Army of the 150,000 Guards in front of him.

He felt that his Son of Heaven Sword was like a bloodthirsty beast, and the cold sword light was like a fierce eye, patrolling the trail of Hu Lu's head.

Zhou Yuji is nearly fifty years old, but he is still old and strong.

A large knife made of mixed iron is held in his hand, like a long dragon coiled in his arm, with white fangs, and the snow-bright armor is like a copper wall, wrapped in iron bones, standing on a jujube red vigorous war horse.

"Five years ago, I made an edict, Aiqing resolutely led troops to rescue, Daming can have the opportunity to revive the great cause today, Aiqing is indispensable, this Northern Expedition, when I want to recapture the northern capital, I should live up to Qing, please also go to Lingyan Pavilion, leave a legacy for future generations, and leave wealth and wealth to future generations!"

Zhu Youzhen said to Zhou Yuji very solemnly.

And Zhou Yuji clenched his iron fists: "Your Majesty rest assured, Weichen is willing to smear His Majesty's liver and brain, at any cost, if he does not return to the northern capital, Weichen will kill himself in this land of Yan Zhao!" ”

"Ai Qing is serious, where are the troops at the front expected to be?"

Zhu Youzhen asked, and at this time, the governor Li Mingrui rode over: "Back to Your Majesty, the troops in front are only afraid that they will reach Wuqiao." ”

Wuqiao, the first important place from Shandong to the north of Zhili, once the Qing army Abatai Department had gone south to occupy here, and Tan Tai Department had also used this as a base to attack Daming Dezhou.

Now as soon as Zhu Youzhen heard Li Mingrui say that he was about to arrive at Wuqiao, he couldn't help but smile and asked Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard: "Who is the current county commander of Wuqiao County in the puppet Qing Dynasty?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it is Lou Sheng, the second-class Jinshi of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty Shunzhi for three years, and there is no soldier in Wuqiao County at this time, but this Lou Sheng still managed to gather three thousand green battalions of Qing troops left over from the original Tan Tai Department to actively prepare for city defense, and he also wanted Mu Yage, the deputy capital of Manchuria in Hejian Province, to send a letter for help."

As soon as Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, said this, Zhu Youzhen laughed:

"Since this Lou Sheng also organized three thousand Ding Yong, we should not despise others, order to go down, fight directly, and take out our strongest strength, which can be regarded as the best treatment for these traitors who are lackeys for the Manchu Qing Dynasty!"

Zhu Youzhen is just such an order, and the real executor is Zhou Yuji.

Zhou Yuji is responsible for which army is responsible for taking Wuqiao County.

Because the strategic value of Wuqiao County is not as good as that of Baoding and Tianjinwei, the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not pay much attention to it, so the entire Wuqiao County did not have many troops.

Zhou Yuji did not make a specific analysis, because the Second Corps of the First Army of the Guards Army was the closest to Wuqiao County, so Zhou Yuji asked Liu Xiyao, deputy commander of the Second Corps of the First Army of the Guards, to organize troops and horses to recover Wuqiao.

Liu Xiyao only sent Chen Zhenhui's infantry battalion and Lin Renshu's artillery battalion to form a special column, and Chen Zhenhui commanded the battle to recover Wuqiao.

Chen Zhenhui's infantry battalion was a Class A infantry battalion under Liu Xiyao, and they were all equipped with Chongzhen's Type 22 flintlock pistol.

Lin Renshu's artillery battalion has ten rifled guns, five of which are 12-pound heavy rifled guns, which are flowering shells made of nitrified explosives as propellants, and the explosive power far exceeds that of iron bullets with black powder as propellant.

The 10,000 Guards, consisting of Chen Zhenhui's infantry battalion and Lin Renshu's artillery battalion, ran towards Wuqiao Town.

The artillery wagons advanced rapidly in the bitter cold wind, and the horses pulling the cannons heard the sound of horses' hooves.

The soldiers walked swiftly through the trees with steel guns.

If you have a bird's-eye view from the sky, this guard at this time is like a galloping wolf.

It was the beginning of November, and the cold rain of early winter began to fall on the blue-gray city wall of Wuqiao County, and the weathered remains of the Han people who had been left on the side of the city wall fell silent at the moment, but in the howling wind came their accusation of Manchu tyranny and their hope for the peace of their homeland.

Lou Sheng, the county commander of Wuqiao County in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, had also learned the news of the appearance of the Guards at this time.

He was a man of the Yellow Banner in the Eight Banners of the Manchurian Han Army, an iron-clad servant, and had absolute loyalty to the Manchu Dynasty, for which he made full preparations, and forcibly summoned three thousand green battalions from all over the country to defend the city with him, and those who did not obey were killed by him and hung above the city gate to deter the people in the city.

At the same time, this Lou Sheng also formed his own 200 soldiers into cavalry and sent out to the city to prepare to attack the artillery of the Guards, he knew that in front of the artillery, his Wuqiao County was a decoration, so he could only sneak attack the artillery of the Guards first.

"There is cavalry in the southeast direction ahead, five miles away!"

At this time, the accompanying scout immediately informed the artilleryman, and the artilleryman immediately organized five light rifled guns and began to load and debug the door, and at the same time, the artillery commander immediately used a monocular to observe the gradually shortening distance, and at the same time ordered the gunner to dispatch the direction: "Thirty degrees to the left, ten degrees to the right, load, fire!" ”

The creaking knob of the cannon was in the hands of the artillerymen, and a moment later, five brass-colored conical shells roared away, piercing the azure sky.

At this time, the two hundred Qing army iron horsemen who were hurrying forward were charging fearlessly on the plain with their broadswords, but when they saw five shells appear, the shells fired from the rifled guns exploded in their middle in a moment.

The blasting force formed by the nitrification explosives instantly formed a huge wave of air, directly knocking more than a dozen cavalry to the ground.

At the same time, the shrenchnel burst like a sharp steel knife, under the action of huge momentum, directly cut the abdomen or throat of more than a dozen cavalrymen, and even cut off the legs directly.

Not to mention the war horses, they were directly blown into pieces, and the same was true for people, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the entire Qing cavalry was left with only more than fifty cavalry fleeing in embarrassment in a moment.

(End of chapter)