Zhou Shixian is by no means the kind of master who is passively beaten, on the contrary, he likes to take the initiative and grasp the initiative.

On the second day, the task of "discussing peace and bullying the enemy", Zhou Shixian handed over to the Ming Court in Nanjing, the envoys sent by Emperor Chongzhen, these civil officials who followed Shi Kefa to the front line, others may not work, but if you say that they can't act and deceive people, then they are really too young and immature.

Moreover, these high-spirited civil officials, once they have force behind their backs, they are the ones who look down on the Tartars the most.

Of course, if not, it is not impossible to kneel and cut braids to call the master a one-stop service.

A flexible moral bottom line is the characteristic of most civil servants, and no moral bottom line is the true face of a considerable number of civil servants. It can only be said that the end of the Ming Dynasty is really the era of demons dancing, and it is almost impossible to find a person who has no stain.

However, perhaps because the Ming Dynasty was the losing side in the original history, this is why it has not been disguised and mythical, and there is no embellishment of various propaganda.

In other words, this is most likely the most true history, and throughout the ages, perhaps those who have always been selfless and upright, the so-called heroes, may not be because their lives are not stained, but have been covered up as myths.

In the original history, Zheng Chenggong was a hero enough, and Li Dingguo was a hero enough, but there were still many problems and many stains, and Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen, although there were fewer stains, because of their lack of merit, it was difficult to call them "a generation of heroes".

However, the arrogance of these civil officials, especially the attitude that there was no room for negotiation, demanded that the Manchus immediately withdraw their troops, withdraw from the customs within two months, and issue an order to become a subject of the Ming Dynasty, so that Duoduo did not have any doubts.

After all, the Manchus may have a strong ability to learn and imitate militarily, but they are far inferior to the original set of theories created by civil officials in party disputes, in court and court wars, and for their own behavior.

Zhou Shixian was also very satisfied with the performance of these civil officials, and secretly made up his mind in his heart that he must not use them easily in the future, and he couldn't believe a word of what these guys said.

During this time, Emperor Chongzhen also paid more and more attention to the war on the front line. It's okay not to pay attention to this, this micro-manipulation emperor, once he began to pay attention, especially some officials of the household department and the military department, also began to say that the front-line expenses were too large, and the household department may not be able to continue complaining, everything familiar with it came back.

On the fourth day of Shi Kefa's arrival, Emperor Chongzhen's decree urging Zhou Shixian and the Qing army to fight a decisive battle as soon as possible came, on the grounds that the battle would be resolved quickly, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

On the sixth day, seeing that Zhou Shixian still did not move, the holy decree in the Forbidden City of Nanjing came again, this time the reason was that the treasury was not spent, and it was necessary to fight quickly.

Zhou Shixian naturally won't listen to Chongzhen, this emperor has used this method to bury more than 200,000 elite Ming soldiers in the past seventeen years, Zhou Shixian doesn't want to join that glorious family.

However, he still announced preparations for a big war and told Emperor Chongzhen that he was actively preparing and believed that he would soon be able to defeat the Qing army in one fell swoop.

Wang Chaodong also proved this in a secret report sent back to Nanjing, and said some insignificant bad things about Zhou Shixian in order to gain the trust of Emperor Chongzhen.

This kind of pulling and fighting openly and secretly accompanied the constant confrontation between the peace mission and the Qing army, and at the same time, it also strengthened Zhou Shixian's determination to completely overthrow Emperor Chongzhen after this battle.

With the final arrival of the secret weapon developed by Zhou Shixian and the "Nanjing Weapons Bureau", the pull between him and Emperor Chongzhen finally ended, and the army officially entered the state of decisive battle.

And during this period of time, not only did Duoduo in the north negotiate and prepare for the subsequent ambush war, but Zhou Shixian had already sent a large number of soldiers and horses to lurk in the village fortress outside the city, ready to attack the enemy camp at night.

"After the rocket artillery attacked, the cavalry first crossed the river and attacked the Chinese army camp of the Qing army, and then the soldiers crossed the river, and the infantry and cavalry coordinated to intercept the Qing army on both flanks.

In the marshal's mansion in Fengyang City, Zhou Shixian was giving a task to the generals of the various departments who were preparing to act: "Xue Laoer, your Tianwei battalion of the Chinese army and Wu Xingye's Wufen battalion are fighting together with 7,000 men and horses this time, Zheng Chenggong's fleet will release enough boats at that time, and then all the troops must cross the river as quickly as possible, and the Qing army will be caught off guard.

Zhang Hong, Zheng Hu, Kong Tao, your three divisions of more than 8,000 soldiers and horses are responsible for the Qing army on the left flank in the west, Li Daxi, Weng Dajie, and Huang Degong, your three divisions of more than 9,000 soldiers and horses are in charge of the Qing army on the right flank in the east.

The rest of the troops and horses were on standby on the south bank, joining the battlefield at any time to pursue the Qing army's rout. ”

Relying on the control of the Huai River, during this time, Zhou Shixian has asked all departments to take turns to get on the boat to adapt to the process of crossing the river, but the Huai River, which is one mile wide and calm, is actually not all people will be seasick, but the night attack is to speed and the excellent state of the soldiers, Zhou Shixian must ensure that the soldiers are fully adapted and give full play to their best combat effectiveness.

This time it was a night attack, and firearms did not play a big role in it, so Zhou Shixian left Sun Hu's "Jinwu Battalion" on the south bank for precaution.

"Don't you want to transport troops and horses to the flank of the Qing army's camp in advance, so that as long as the main force of the Qing army is defeated, the partial divisions on the left and right flanks can quickly attack, flank the Qing army's rout, or even surround it, and defeat it on the north bank in one fell swoop." After Xue Lao Er listened to Zhou Shixian's arrangement, he asked again.

"Don't be greedy for merit." Zhou Shixian did not agree, and he still tried to be stable until the extraordinary moment.

"There must be enough reserves on the south bank, and no one can say for sure what is going on the battlefield, if there is no one to keep a backhand, the risk is too great, and this battle must not be lost."

Although Zhou Shixian took the initiative to launch a night attack, he was not absolutely sure, after all, Duoduo was not easy to deal with. Even this night attack was unsuccessful, but as long as there was a large army to respond, the losses would not be too great. Anyway, the control of the Huai River, Duoduo will never be able to take it away.

"Don't worry, no matter what, Xiaguan will never let the Qing army cross the river, if these dry Tartars dare to approach the riverbank, Xiaguan will let them die under the cannonballs." Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly said.

Zhou Shixian nodded, and then continued the original military meeting, and the various deployments of the "Night Raid Battle" had to be finally confirmed, so as to avoid some low-level mistakes that should not be made.

One hundred and fifty-eight rounds of new rocket artillery were enough to completely disrupt the Qing army camp on the north shore and burn some of the tents, Zhou Shixian was actually not completely sure in his heart.