That night, it seemed that the Qing army was also making preparations before the war, and throughout the night, the Qing army was mobilizing troops and horses from the east, north and west of Jinan Fucheng, and gradually converging to the south of Jinan Fucheng.

Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu stood on the head of the city and looked south, only to see two seas of starlight in front of them, the sky was naturally the ocean of stars, and the ground was the Qing army all over the mountains, thousands of Tartar soldiers held torches, camped overnight more than ten miles south of the city, did not care about the movements of the Ming army, very arrogant.

At the same time, Liu Yan's department was not idle, and the soldiers of each battalion were also encamped in the south of Jinan Fucheng, and the camp of the Lingshan Wei New Army was in front of the moat in the south of the city.

Between the moat and the southern city wall, thousands of people recruited by Governor Yan Jizu overnight were busy, and there were torches all over the city, and there were dozens of bonfires under the city, illuminating the construction site of the defense line.

"The people are still not enough, Yan Futai will work harder, recruit some more people, the defense line in the south of the city will work in three shifts, and the defense line will be repaired all the time, what we need most now is time!"

Yan Jizu clenched his fists and said, "Don't worry, I'll go." ”

Before leaving, Yan Jizu took a look at the Lingshan Wei New Army camp outside the city and said, "I hope that Commander Liu can turn the tide!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng showed a smile on his face and said: "Commander Liu has already sent people to transport more than 2,300 heads captured by the two great victories on the road to the city, which shows the strength of the Lingshan Wei New Army, and the chances of our army winning this battle are still very great." ”

Yan Jizu also smiled, but this smile was very reluctant.

In the camp of the Lingshan Wei New Army, the soldiers of each battalion were waiting for the day, and the soldiers who patrolled the night everywhere were full of energy, and the battalion was defended like an iron bucket.

"At dusk today, Yan Futai sent someone to tell him that it would take at least two days to complete the defense line south of the city, and during this period, the Qing army would definitely send troops to attack and harass, and the Nu Chief Dolgon would never let our army be fully prepared to attack again. Therefore, starting tomorrow, the officers and men of each battalion must strengthen their vigilance and be ready to meet the army of slaves and thieves at any time! ”

"Order!"

After Chen Xun, Wang Yue and the other thousands of presidents returned, Liu Yan looked at the map alone, and said secretly: "Although there is no defense line to rely on now, at least you can have your back against the strong city, and the rear of the army does not have to worry about the surprise attack of the Qing army, as long as you defend the two wings!" ”

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Yan came to the camp in a neat fit early, climbed the lookout platform and looked south, only to see that in the south of the camp of the Lingshan Weixin Army, a huge military camp had been completed, and countless iron horsemen of the Qing army were entering and exiting, a busy scene.

The new barracks of the Qing army was very large, and Liu Yan estimated that it could accommodate at least tens of thousands of horses. Moreover, this military camp is also very close to the camp of Liu Yan's department, only a few miles apart.

Suddenly, the horns of the Qing army camp sounded one after another, and then the cavalry of the brigade rushed out of the gate, and the infantry of the Qing army and a large number of shield carts were also pushed out.

The tide of countless Qing troops advanced northward, and then gradually reorganized the formation three or four miles south of the Lingshanwei camp.

"It's coming!"

Liu Yan frowned slightly, Dolgon finally couldn't bear it anymore and was about to go to war!

"Order the battalions: line up in a defensive formation to the south of the camp and prepare to meet the army of slaves and thieves!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

Soon, the sound of war drums sounded in the camp of Lingshanwei, and the majestic war drums soared into the sky, which not only overshadowed the noise of the Qing army that was gathering, but also inspired the Ming soldiers in the city.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu, who received the news, also came to the city to watch the battle under the protection of the personal general Lu Huaiying and other personal guards.

On the wilderness outside the city, tens of thousands of soldiers of Lingshanwei were arrayed, with the front battalion, the left battalion, and the right battalion as the main frontal force, the rear battalion on the left, the middle battalion on the right, the personal guard battalion as the middle army, and the cavalry battalion temporarily stationed in the large battalion, ready to attack at any time.

At this time, the artillery of the Lingshan Wei New Army had already entered the city of Jinan, except for the Huzun artillery post that accompanied the army outside the city and was deployed in front of the front camp, all the remaining artillery of the artillery headquarters were deployed on the south city wall, condescending to cover the main battle.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the Qing army again, although he couldn't see it clearly a few miles away, but by distinguishing the armor and flag colors of the Qing army, he could roughly understand the general deployment of the Qing army.

The Qing army was arrayed, with the Manchurian white flag and the white flag as the central army, the Manchurian red flag and the Mongolian red flag as the left flank, and the Manchurian red flag and the Mongolian red flag as the right flank.

Before the Qing army's array, there was also a black banner, that is, the Han army led by Shang Kexi, which was used as a striker in this battle.

Between the Han army and the Qing army under Shang Kexi, there were more than 3,000 iron horsemen of the Mongolian Zhengbai Banner.

"This battle is not easy to fight!"

Lu Xiangsheng sighed so emotionally, not because the Qing army was so powerful, but because he saw that Shang Kexi's army had also vaguely launched dozens of artillery!

"Doge! Did you see that? ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, and then said to his general Lu Huaiying: "The Qing army has all gathered here, immediately concentrate all the artillery on the south wall of the city, and hand it over to the commander of the new army artillery of Lingshan Wei!" ”

"Yes!"

Yan Jizu said: "The slave chief Dolgon has a good plan, concentrate all his forces to defeat Liu Yan's troops, and the morale of the defenders in the city will collapse, and Jinan City will go down without a fight!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, his eyes staring at the Lingshan Wei New Army formation, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, Qian Liang was adjusting the firing angle under his command, and all the rocket artillery vehicles and Franc machine guns had been loaded, and the muzzles of the guns were adjusted, aiming at the south at the maximum range.

"Mr. Qian!"

Lu Huaiying arrived with a team of Ming army soldiers and was moving a Franc cannon and some small-caliber Hongyi cannons.

"The last general has seen General Lu."

"Hehe, Mr. Qian Bai, these are the artillery on the east, north, and west sides of the city, and the governor ordered me to transport all the Franc cannons and Hongyi cannons and assign them to the command of Qian Bai."

Qian Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and after thanking him, Lu Huaiying took his leave and hurriedly went back to protect Lu Xiangsheng. Qian Liang hurriedly checked the artillery pieces that had been transported, there were about forty of them, but after the inspection, Qian Liang's joy in his heart was much less.

The quality of these more than 40 guns is uneven, and there is no danger of exploding at all, only about 20 guns, and they are all Franc machine guns, and they are not too large calibers.

"It's better than nothing."

For the sake of safety, Qian Qiao only accepted these twenty high-quality guns, and all of them were grouped together with the eighteen Franc machine guns.

As soon as the formation was completed, there was a commotion outside the city, and then the horn sounded from the Chinese army of the Lingshan Wei New Army, Qian Jian hurriedly looked over, and his face showed a burst of excitement: "Prepare for shelling!" The two sentry Franco cannons are all at the maximum elevation angle, aiming at the large array of slaves and thieves, listen to my orders! ”

"Raise the muzzle!"

"Benchmark gunner adjusted!"

"Everyone calibrate to the reference gun!"

"Ready!"

"Standby!"

At the same time, Liu Yan stood on the lookout and kept giving orders.

"All battalions hold their positions and must not rush forward!"

"The artillery is ready to shoot, and after most of the Qing army enters the firing range, according to the drill code, bombardment with Franc machine guns and rocket artillery vehicles in turn, killing and injuring the Qing army!"

"Get ready for the Tiger Zun Cannon before the battle, listen to the orders of this official!"

After the deployment was completed, the handsome flag beside Liu Yan began to shake violently, and the flags of the rest of the battalions also began to shake in response to the flag.

And Dolgon didn't let Liu Yan wait too long, and soon the star Shang Kexi went into battle, and more than 3,000 iron horsemen of the Mongolian Zhengbai Banner also began to act, under the leadership of the banner owner Yibai, followed behind Shang Kexi's subordinates, not only to supervise the team, but also to pick up cheap follow-up soldiers and horses at any time.

At the same time, the Manchurian-Mongolian Red Banner Army on the left flank of the Qing army, and the Manchurian-Mongolian Red Banner Army on the right flank also began to move, with the two banners on the left flank with Anping Beledudu as the main general, and the two banners on the right flank with Wang Yuetuo of Keqin County as the main general.

As soon as Dolgon came up, he pressed most of the troops, full of five banners, plus Shang Kexi's troops, with a total of more than 50,000 troops.

Liu Yan looked at the various units of the Qing army that began to attack, and couldn't help frowning, in front of Shang Kexi's department, there were at least 20,000 people, all of whom were ordinary people captured by the Qing army from everywhere.

Moreover, the various units that the root army continued to withdraw did not collect the news collected at night, and behind the crowd of more than 20,000 people, there were two or three thousand captured Ming soldiers. Liu Yan estimated that those captive soldiers should be the subordinates of Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong.

At this time, Miao Shao ran over and asked nervously, "My lord, what about those people?" ”

Liu Yan said expressionlessly: "Remember: on the battlefield, as long as you rush towards yourself with a weapon, whether it is a child, a woman or an old man, you are all enemies!" ”

"My lord! Those classes are all people, and all they have in their hands are sticks and farm tools! ”

"Execute the order!"

"Your Excellency!"

Liu Yan glared at Miao Shao violently, and reprimanded loudly: "Mr. Miao Qian, your battle position is in the army of the guard battalion, if you don't listen to the order, this officer will enforce the military law!" ”

Miao Shao was suddenly frightened, hurriedly confessed, turned around and ran back to standby.

Liu Yan looked at the crowd in the distance, at this time the more than 20,000 people had already arrived within two miles, Liu Yan thought for a while, and said to the herald: "Order the front battalion, the left battalion, and the right battalion to prepare for battle, and when the enemy rushes to eighty steps, all the bird gunners will immediately open fire, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

"Order!"

"Commander Artillery, when the captives and Mongolian Tartars in the back enter within two miles, all the Franc cannons with sufficient range will immediately open fire and concentrate their fire on these two enemy troops!"

"Order!"

It didn't take long for a wave of more than 20,000 people to rush to the front, and within 100 steps of the new army of Lingshan Wei, it was already full of people.

Chen Xun, Zhang Yi, and Wang Bo all gritted their steel teeth, and shouted hoarsely and ordered to fire.

The three battalions of 1,700 or 800 fatal guns began to fire volleys, and only three volleys blocked the range of a hundred paces in front of the formation, and a large number of people fell in a pool of blood.

At the head of the city, Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu's eyes were red, both of them understood that Liu Yan's order was correct, but they were still like knives, and their hatred for the Qing army could hardly be suppressed.

However, the huge team of more than 20,000 people had inertia, and the people behind were still moving forward, while the people in front were crazy and wanted to flee back.

Almost at the same time, more than 3,000 iron cavalry led by Yibai under the Mongolian white flag suddenly accelerated and began to move forward with more than 2,000 captives, preparing to drive the people in front of them to continue to attack the Lingshan Wei New Army's large array.

Liu Yan saw the opportunity, slammed his fist on the railing of the lookout, and shouted loudly: "Order the artillery commander, fire!" ”

The Chinese military order flag shook violently, and Qian Yan, who was concentrating on the order at the head of the city, immediately roared angrily, and waved down his hands fiercely: "Franc machine gun, fire!" ”

The Franc cannon whistle, which had already been adjusted at an angle, and the 38 temporarily reorganized Franc cannons, a total of 58 opened fire at the same time, and the scorching cannons streaked across the sky and smashed into the military formation of the Mongolian white flag.

Some people died, but not completely......