The news of the landing of the Ming army on the Han River was soon reached by the Qing commander-in-chief Aobai.

After hearing the news of the arrival of the Ming army, the first Baturu of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who was personally canonized as the general of the expedition to the east by Emperor Shunzhi, had a rare heavy look on his face.

Although his heart was still full of contempt and disdain for the Han people, the Ming army's outstanding martial arts in the past few years still made him have to fight up the spirit of 100,000 points and deal with the Ming army that came from afar this time.

He asked the captain of the scout who came back to report the news: "How many troops does the Ming army have on this trip, and what is the scale?" ”

"General Hui, the Ming army's naval division almost occupies the Han River, and there are Ming warships everywhere, although there are only a few hundred people busy on the shore, but judging from the number of warships, the Ming army on this expedition is at least more than 5,000 people."

Hearing what the scout captain said, the solemn look on Ao Bai's face finally eased a little, the Qing army that invaded Korea with him this time counted more than 15,000 green battalion soldiers, which was several times that of the Ming army, no matter how powerful the Ming army was, there was no way to win against him in a foreign country with several times his own strength, right?

That's right, this time the Qing army invaded Korea, and the Shunzhi Emperor sent more than 15,000 soldiers, including 6,000 elite Manchurian Eight Banners drawn from the remaining banners, which is also one of the reasons why the Qing army was able to easily defeat the Korean official army.

It is worth mentioning that at the court meeting in Nanjing, the Korean envoy did not tell what he knew about the real strength of the Qing army entering the DPRK, but lied that the Qing army was only more than 10,000, hoping to deceive the Ming Dynasty into sending troops by reducing the strength of the Qing army.

The hand of the Korean envoy was similar to the Korean War fifty or sixty years ago, when the DPRK also lied about the military situation, making the imperial court think that the invading Japanese army was only a few thousand.

The Nanjing courtiers obviously did not learn the lessons of the past and chose to believe the statement given by the North Korean envoy, but in fact, although Su Yan had heard about it, he did not associate it with the current North Korea, he thought that it was time for North Korea to destroy the country and destroy the species, and he should not deliberately harm the Ming army like this.

If he had known that the DPRK had lied about its military situation, he would certainly not have dispatched only the C-class brigade, which had only 4,000 troops, but the first-class and second-class brigades, which had 6,000 to 8,000 troops.

To get back to the point, after learning that the Ming army had fewer troops, Ao Bai asked the scout captain some other questions, and the captain also told the information that there were many artillery guns on the Ming warships, and reminded Ao Bai not to attack the Ming army on the river bank easily.

Ao Bai didn't need him to remind him to understand this truth, although the Qing army's firepower gradually increased, but what they were most afraid of was the enemy's artillery, the Ming army had many artillery on the warships, if they attacked rashly like this, they would only expose their subordinates to the enemy's artillery bombardment and be hit fiercely.

Therefore, Ao Bai decided to wait for the Ming army to leave the shore and stay away from the cover and support range of the warship artillery before launching an attack on the Ming army.

On the way from the Han River to Seoul is a large plain, which is the terrain suitable for the cavalry of the Qing army, and the ideal battlefield envisioned by Ao Bai is naturally this piece of the Han River Plain.

However, before the war, out of prudence, Ao Bai still sent many scouts to investigate and monitor the Ming army on the shore, and reported to him as soon as there was any trouble. After the scout captain left, Ao Bai walked out of the big tent, he looked at the Namhan Mountain Fortress looming in the mountains and forests in the distance, a mocking smile appeared on his face, and he whispered to himself, "What if you can call a Han dog?" When I kill all the Han dogs, you don't want to blame the monsters for surrendering and becoming pigs and dogs ravaged by my Qing Dynasty. ”

"We'll see."

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On the other hand, after a busy day for most of the day, a simple temporary dock was finally built on the bank of the Han River, so that soldiers and ships could land ashore in a steady stream.

After all the Ming troops were sent ashore, they immediately cut down the surrounding trees and set up a temporary camp on the shore, because there was less space on the boat, there was no place for the people and auxiliaries, so these tasks could only be carried out by rotating soldiers.

It was not until the evening that a relatively complete camp was finally located on the banks of the Han River, and a deep ravine had been dug around the camp to roughly protect against the attacks of wild beasts.

When night fell, wolf howls sounded one after another around the camp, and Su Fu, who had come to the shore together, stood at the edge of the camp, looking at the green dots looming in the distance, and naturally understood what it was.

Wolf's eyes.

The eyes of the wolves, to be exact.

Kim In-eun, the North Korean envoy who returned home with him, stood beside him at some point, and said in a somewhat heavy tone: "After the Hulu invaded the border, they burned and looted everywhere, so that all parts of North Korea were white for thousands of miles, and the wild beasts that were usually afraid of people also ran out one after another, eating the bones of refugees on the roadside, and I don't know when they will be able to restore their former prosperity." ”

Su Fu glanced at him silently, did not speak, but his heart was also full of emotion, before he turned around and left, he ordered the soldiers on the night watch to pay more attention, in case the wolves ate human flesh and were so rampant that they dared to directly attack the camp.

However, his worries were unnecessary, the wolves were not bold enough to rush directly into the crowded camp, and the green dots representing the wolves gradually dispersed after wandering around the periphery for a while.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, on May 18 (flashback) of the first year of the Jianguo, the Ming army continued to unload all the supplies on the ship and piled them up in the camp, while Su Fu also asked the Korean envoy to send his attendants to find the nearby Korean officers and soldiers, hoping to get in touch with the Korean officers and soldiers.

On the other hand, he also sent scouts to investigate the intelligence of the nearby and Qing troops, and now that the Ming army is not familiar with this place, Su Fu naturally does not dare to rush to send troops, and the troops in his hands are only more than 4,000 soldiers, and one less one dies, so he must be considered again and again.

For several days, the Ming army has been staying around the camp activities, Su Fu sent out scouts as early as the next day and the Qing army rangers to fight, although the two sides said that there are back and forth, but the Qing army rangers are skilled in archery and horses, faintly occupy the upper hand, a few days down or the Ming army scouts killed more.

Both sides were trying to take the enemy scouts back and torture them, and although the Ming scouts were also captured, they all gritted their teeth and did not say a word about the torture used by the Qing army.

Although the Qing prisoners were also tough at first, they could not bear the torture in the end, and they spoke the truth, answering all questions about the interrogation of the Ming army.

In the end, a confession stained with a little blood was sent to Su Fu and Chen Zhaojun, and the two of them quickly read the confession, their faces cloudy. ....they were deceived!

To be precise, it was the imperial court that was deceived.

The Korean envoy also said that there were less than 10,000 Qing troops in Korea, but the Qing army prisoners replied that there were more than 15,000 people, including more than 6,000 elite Manchurian Eight Banners.

In addition to the reality of the Qing army's strength, this confession also provided another valuable information, that Ao Bai had mobilized troops and horses to rush to the Han River Plain, and would arrive in two days at the earliest, although the prisoner did not say, but Su Fu and Chen Zhaojun both knew very well that Ao Bai did not come with good intentions.

Regardless of settling accounts with the North Korean envoy, Su Fu said to Chen Zhaojun:

"The Qing army's march this time must be to take advantage of our army's unstable foothold to drive our army down the Han River, for today's plan, only a decisive battle with the Qing army head-on can break the situation."

"It's too risky." Chen Zhaojun shook his head and objected, "Although the prisoner doesn't know how many Qing troops are coming here, it can be predicted that the strength of the Qing army will not be less than twice the number of our army, and this is still a plain battle, where will the Qing army let go of the opportunity to invest in cavalry, if all the eight banners of Manchuria participate in the battle, the pressure on our army will be even greater." ”

"You underestimate the strength of our soldiers too much." Su Fu said, "Moreover, His Highness also allocated us sixteen newly produced rocket launchers for this expedition, I don't think Zhen Haibo has seen the results of the rocket launch, right?" ”

Chen Zhaojun shook his head honestly and said, "It's true. ”

Su Fu smiled slightly, and began to tell him about the results of the rocket launcher he had seen on the Huguang frontline, and the terrible scene was still vivid in front of his eyes, so he not only told it vividly, but also couldn't help the young man's temperament to add fuel and vinegar to it.

After listening to Su Fu's narration, Chen Zhaojun also had a general understanding of rocket artillery, and he summed up the shortcomings of poor accuracy of rocket artillery according to the other party's narration, and finally said:

"This rocket artillery is indeed sharp, but we can't rely on this alone to defend against the Qing army, so let's let the sailors unload some artillery from the battleship before the Qing army attacks for land warfare, so that in addition to rocket artillery, there is also another sharp weapon."

"And." He paused and continued: "There is a high probability that the Qing army will not choose to fight within the range of the ship's artillery, and if it is not unloaded in advance for land warfare, so many guns on the ship can only be watched. ”

Chen Zhaojun commanded the sailors to disassemble the ship's artillery, and Su Fu led the soldiers to cut down a large amount of timber to build a large number of shield vehicles before the arrival of the Qing army.

These shield carts naturally had their usefulness, not only to protect the Ming soldiers from long-range fire from the Qing army in field battles, but also to use them as a cover artillery - Su Fu was ready to prevent the artillery behind the shield carts, and after the Qing army launched a charge, the artillery would be pushed out, and the enemy would be hit at close range with shotguns or chain bullets.

Two days later, on the twenty-tenth day of May, the two armies engaged in battle on the Han River Plain.

At the same time that the Qing army slowly entered the battlefield, Su Fu had already set up a position on the other side of the battlefield, on the front of the Ming army, many shield cars stood in front of the Ming soldiers, this scene was seen by Aobai, he saw that the Ming army could not see the figure of artillery, and nodded subconsciously. ....Gushan Ezhen Banaha on the side suddenly nodded when he saw Aobai, and couldn't help asking, "General, what do you mean by this?" ”

Ao Bai glanced at him, pointed to the Ming army with a strict military formation, and said: "Although the Ming army is in an orderly queue and the army is in a strict formation, there is not a single cannon in the army. ”

"I think that the Ming army is cunning and despicable, scheming, and should not be taken lightly, and the general should take more precautions." Banaha said.

Ao Bai nodded, but did not continue to talk to Banaha on this, he waved his hand, and dozens of Hongyi cannons that entered the court with the Qing army were pushed to the front of the military formation, and then I saw the order flag fluttering, and the gunners were busy for a while, and dozens of seconds later, the officer ordered the flag to split, and the cannon sound continued.

Boom Boom Boom –

Dozens of Hongyi cannons fired at once, making the earth tremble, and the Ming Cossack infantry on the opposite side only felt a shaking under their feet, and then saw dozens of dark cannonballs whistling towards them.

The distance of hundreds of meters was passed through in just a few seconds, and less than ten of the dozens of shells fell into the Ming army's formation, and the rest either flew through the crowd and fell to the rear of the Ming army, or smashed into the surrounding open space, and the hit shells either hit the soldiers, or smashed through the shield car, taking the lives of dozens of soldiers.

After the shelling, there was a commotion among the Ming army, but calm soon returned, and the soldiers quickly filled the vacant positions and looked at the Qing army opposite with a resolute expression.

They were not passively beaten, and after obtaining Su Fu's consent, the artillery of the rocket artillery deployed in the rear of the military formation became busy, and they set the rocket on the launch stand, and ignited the fuse at the officer's command.

As the fuse burned to the end, only a sharp whistling sound sounded in the rear of the military formation, and the entire artillery position was suddenly filled with gunsmoke, and the flames soared into the sky, and 64 rockets dragged a long tail flame with a terrifying scream across the Ming army formation, and flew towards the Qing army formation opposite.

It was the first time that the Qing army had seen such a terrible scene, and the soldiers and horses in the army formation were frightened by the terrible sound, and the horses paced in place restlessly, snorting all the time, and the soldiers were also shocked, seeing the rockets flying towards them, they subconsciously retreated.

These rockets quickly passed a distance of several hundred meters and fell into the Qing army's formation, causing a series of terrifying explosions, and although less than a third of the 64 rockets hit the target, they still brought heavy casualties to the Qing army.

The rockets exploded and set fire to the grass under the feet of the Qing soldiers, and the soldiers screamed and were engulfed in flames, and the horses around them were also frightened, and they fled with their masters in all directions, ignoring the whipping of their riders.

The entire Qing army formation became chaotic because of these rockets, Ao Bai looked at this scene with a pale face, his mouth could not be closed for a long time, and after a while, he lost his voice and shouted: "What kind of firearm is this?" Why is it so sharp! ”

No one could answer him, and the generals in the crowd tore their throats and shouted at the soldiers to return to formation, each of them with an unconcealable fear on their faces, and the generals were still like this, let alone those at the bottom.

In the Ming army formation opposite, although he had seen the power of rocket artillery, Su Fu couldn't help but marvel at the sharpness of such firearms, and he smiled and said to Chen Zhaojun, who was so stunned that he couldn't close his mouth together:

"Zhen Haibo, what's the matter, rocket artillery is indeed a weapon to break the enemy, right?"

"Indeed, if such a sharp weapon can be used in water warfare, whose naval army can match it?"

Chen Zhaojun sighed with emotion, and couldn't help but think of the wonderful scene when rocket artillery was used in naval warfare, if it was used properly, or if it was lucky, it was not impossible for a shot to hit the powder magazine of an enemy ship and cause an explosion.

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