Four of the six sentinels who rushed back were quickly hoisted into the city by the defenders on the city wall, and the military report in their hands immediately reached Xue Laoer's hands.

After Xue Lao Er took the military report, he immediately presented it to Zhou Shixian: "The concubine is the battle report sent by Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Ma Shiying, and Liu Liangzuo. Looking at the sentry horses on both sides are holding red flags, it should be good news. ”

When Zhou Shixian heard this, he nodded indifferently, not at all like what a person of his age should be, and then opened the battle report to take a look, it turned out to be Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing and Ma Shiying, Liu Liangzuo repelled the attacks of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming in Huai'an and Shouzhou respectively, and also cut down nearly three hundred Qing army heads.

"It's a pity that there is no Zhenyi head in it, otherwise Duoduo may not be able to sit still."

Zhou Shixian sneered, and said: "However, the combat effectiveness of these Han troops from Dongjiang veterans is not inferior to the so-called Manchurian Eight Banners, and they can defeat them with seven or eight times the strength of the army, which shows that these four armies still have the ability to fight." ”

Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming were originally born in Dongjiang Town, commanded by Mao Wenlong, and they were all Liao, and they originally had a deep blood feud with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, especially Shang Kexi, if he hadn't defected to the Qing Dynasty to become the Han army, their Shang family would have been full of loyalty.

And the soldiers under their command, almost all of them were from Liao, they were already strong, and most of them had received special training in firearms from the Portuguese, and now they have a stable supply of military salaries from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and their combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of any Ming border army, and they are especially good at using firearms.

It can only be said that although there are traitors like Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Li Jiucheng, they can force these people to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and after they surrender to the Qing Dynasty, they will sell their lives for the Qing court.

"With such a large amount of money, if they can't fight, all these generals will be cut down, and none of them will be wronged." Xue Lao Er said immediately on the side.

"It would be nice if we could catch a few live Tartars and tie them up and parade around the whole army, and let the soldiers see that these Tartars are also human beings, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

Zhang Huangyan on the side suddenly said: "When the time comes, I will whip these Tartars in front of all the soldiers in the barracks, beat them to the point of crying father and mother, kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, and then cut off all their heads and put them in the barracks, so that every soldier can see, this Tatar is dead and our people are dead, and if they can't live, naturally no one will be afraid anymore."

Zhou Shixian was slightly surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect Zhang Huangyan, a scholar, to think of this, I don't know if the other party hates Tartar too much, or if he is ruthless under his polite appearance, he can actually come up with such a clever plan.

"What a plan!"

When Zhang Hong heard this, he became excited: "Donkey, when the time comes, I will cut down those tartars with my own hands." ”

"However, we have to find a way to get a few Tartars first, and we have to catch them alive. But ......" Xue Lao Er looked at the Qing army camp opposite, his brows furrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"With the combat strength and reaction of the Qing army, let's send people over to sneak attack, and if we still want to catch them alive, I'm afraid we can only throw ourselves into the net!"

"We don't have to go over, wait for the Tartars to come by themselves."

Zhou Shixian smiled slightly: "Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming have both eaten turtles, Duoduo will definitely not give up like this, he can't afford to lose this face." ”

When the generals heard this, they all looked across the river, and in the dozen or so Manchu military camps in the north, there was a commotion for some reason, and several groups of cavalry of several hundred people poured out from several large camps at the same time, bringing billowing smoke and dust around the camps.

At noon on the second day, Gao Jie, who had taken revenge, took the lead in returning to Fengyang City with his own pro-army escort, while the large army stayed behind, and it would take another day to return to Fengyang.

Zhou Shixian didn't put up a horse anymore this time, as soon as Gao Jie entered Fengyang, he summoned the other party and inquired in detail about the course of the war.

The two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties faced each other across the Huai River, at this time it was already the beginning of April, the water of the Huai River was getting more and more abundant, and the width of the river began to rise from about one mile.

At the same time, Duoduo really sent three Manchurian cavalry of Niu Lu in the direction of Shouzhou and Huai'an, but in the face of Liu Zeqing and Ma Shiying's strict defense, it was the Manchurian Eight Banners who came, and they failed to play any role.

However, there was no accident in Huai'an and Shouzhou, but there was an unexpected accident in Fengyang, and he sent five Bayalas and more than 30 Qing army sentry cavalry to reconnoiter on the shore, which were ambushed by Zhang Hong personally led by hundreds of cavalry, and even killed and wounded more than 20 people, and finally captured most of these Tartars alive.

Then, in the Ming army camps in the two cities of Fengyang and Linhuai, and even in the Ming army camps in the four cities of Huoqiu, Shouzhou, Xuyi, and Huai'an, there were Tartar prisoners sent by Zhou Shixian.

These dozens of Tartar captives were tied up by Wuhuada, put on a carriage, and then were whipped by the Ming soldiers, while beating, while paraded, so that everyone in the army could see, the Tartars looked like this bird, and there was nothing to be afraid of, they would scream and beg for mercy when they were beaten.

Of course, there is also the extremely ugly money rat tail, which is even more disgusting.

Even, in some military camps, in the case of public indignation, the battalion officers immediately decided to let every soldier step forward and whip a whip, these soldiers are used to being bullied by officers on weekdays, and they have a bit of a psychology of revenge against society, but the military discipline is strict, and they are afraid of being beheaded, at this time, there is such a good opportunity, naturally no one will let go.

Not to mention, how much they hate these tartars. After all, Zhou Shixian's propaganda is that the problems of the imperial court are all because of the Tartars, and the sufferings of everyone are all due to the Tartars.

It's just that when they are cool, the Tartars suffer, and some soldiers are not happy with one whip, even if they are in danger of being beaten with a baton, they have to whip a few more whips. Tens of thousands of whips went down like this, and finally the tartar tied to the pillar of the carriage was drawn alive to a blur of flesh and blood, and there was no human appearance, and even the beheading was saved.

And after such a while, everyone in the whole army has seen Tartars, and some people even smoked Tartars dozens of whips. Watching the Tartar's head roll on the ground and watching the Tartar's corpse fall, most of the original fear in their hearts has disappeared.

"Dog's day, Lao Tzu will also kill Tartars, kill ten." Huang Fa looked at the Tartar head hanging on the stake in the barracks, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind.