Jinan Mansion City, Governor's Palace.

"Haha, Commander Liu made the flag victorious, and today he has greatly frustrated the arrogance of the slaves and thieves, which is really gratifying!"

Shandong Governor Yan Jizu saw Liu Yan who was striding over, and said with a smile, and Zhu Youli, the king of Germany who was sitting on the seat, also looked at Liu Yan with a smile, and his eyes were full of appreciation.

Lu Xiangsheng sat down and said with a smile: "In today's fierce battle, although the slaves and thieves did not attack with all their strength, our army also made quite a success, which is indeed worth celebrating." ”

Liu Yan hugged his fists and humbly said a few words, and then said: "My subordinates thought that in today's battle, the temptation of the slaves and thieves was even greater. Dolgon and other slave chieftains suffered too much damage not far away, so they tried every means to consume the strength of our army, and did not want to participate in the war with the Manchurian Eight Banners. ”

"In today's fierce battle, most of the dead and wounded were people from all over the world who had been captured by slaves and thieves, as well as captured soldiers from Liu's army. The heads of the slaves and thieves that our army really captured were all Mongolian bannermen, so the strength of the slave army was not much damaged, and there was still a long way to go to defeat the slaves. ”

Zhu Youli was a little disappointed when he heard this, he originally thought that he had won the battle today, and the time when the Qing army retreated was just around the corner, and it turned out that the Qing army had not received much damage at all.

Yan Jizu and Lu Xiangsheng glanced at each other, both of them were very relieved in their hearts, Liu Yanju was not arrogant, and after winning the battle, it was not easy to analyze the current battle situation realistically.

Later, several people talked about some preparations for war, and Liu Yan took the opportunity to say: "Lord Futai, can the defense line outside the south gate be completed before noon tomorrow?" ”

Yan Jizu's face was embarrassed, and he said: "I'm afraid it's too late, although more than 2,000 people have been recruited to build day and night, but when the army of slaves and thieves was fiercely fought today, those people all fled into the city and stopped working for most of the day, so ......"

Liu Yan said: "The slaves and thieves keep attacking and don't do their best, I'm afraid it's not just to consume our army's troops, but also to prevent the construction of our army's defense line." The subordinates expected that the Qing army would come to attack tomorrow! ”

Yan Jizu said approvingly: "This is reasonable, but the governor is still worried, if the army of slaves and thieves turns around to attack Jinan City, and leaves the south not to fight, what should it do?" ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Don't worry, if the slaves dare to attack the city again, their subordinates will lead their troops to directly take the camp of the slaves and attack the army of slaves and thieves from behind!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng also said: "Although the slave thief is cruel, but Dolgon and other slave chieftains are all battle-hardened people, they will not take such a risk, and if they fight again tomorrow, the main direction of attack of the slave thief is still south." ”

"In this case, this governor wants to concentrate the Governor battalion stationed in the city, and fight with the Lingshan guards tomorrow to inflict as much damage as possible on the army of slaves and thieves!"

Liu Yan thought about it for a while, the Inspector Battalion had just been rebuilt, most of them were new recruits, and their combat power could no longer be compared with before. If the two armies fight together, once the Governor Battalion is damaged, the Lingshan Wei New Army will inevitably be greatly affected.

So Liu Yan said: "The governor is the chief general of the whole army, and he can't be moved lightly, and the city of Jinan also needs troops to garrison, so it's better for the governor to lead the army to garrison the city." ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Liu Yan, who insisted, sighed slightly, and said, "It's okay, then Liu Yan, you should be careful." ”

Then Liu Yan rode out of the city, and first inspected the defense line in the south of the city, which was rushing to work. I saw that the main body of the defense line on this side had been roughly completed, and the entire defense line relied on the moat, digging two trenches on the north bank of the moat, and the bottom of the trenches were covered with cut wooden piles, and a low wall was built behind the trenches, which was completely a copy of the fortifications of the Battle of Julu.

However, there are also some changes to the fortifications here, such as the two moats and low walls are continuous as a whole, and there is no passage for the army to pass in the middle, after all, there is a moat ahead, and the army cannot be dispatched at will.

In addition, there was no place for artillery in the defensive line, and all the artillery was concentrated in the city. The Huzun cannon of the cannon is all deployed at the mouth of the suspension bridge at the city gate, which is the only place to pass through the moat, and there is a wooden and stone arch bridge for the passage of the army.

Liu Yan planned a fort at the north head of the arch bridge, and there was a low wall in front of the fort to protect it, and between the low wall and the arch bridge, there was a trench. On the side of the arch bridge, there are three trenches and low walls.

The Huzun artillery post of the artillery headquarters was deployed here, and the bridgehead was blocked with twenty Huzun cannons.

After Liu Yan made an inspection, he rode back to the camp.

At this time, the results of the fierce battle during the day had already come out, and the Lingshanwei battalions suffered 152 casualties, and the main casualties were the soldiers of the rear and middle battalions.

The officers and men of each battalion beheaded 317 Mongolian Tartar soldiers, all of whom were Mongolian Tartar soldiers with white flags, red flags, and red flags. Since the Qing army quickly withdrew, the fierce fighting during the day did not yield much results.

Liu Yan ordered people to store the captured heads and store them in the camp.

There was nothing to say that night, and early the next morning, the Qing army camp once again horned into the sky, and a large number of soldiers and horses of the Qing army drove out of the camp and lined up in the wilderness.

Liu Yan also transferred troops out of the camp, and according to yesterday's troop deployment, the officers and men of each battalion lined up in the south of the camp and stood by.

Half an hour later, Liu Yan saw a black battle flag coming out of the ranks, which was the banner of the Han army led by Shang Kexi, a mighty army of 10,000 people, marching forward in front of the Qing army.

Liu Yan frowned slightly, because Liu Yan saw that in front of Shang Kexi's department, there were more than thirty Buddha cannons, which were pushed forward by gunners and auxiliaries in a row.

In addition, the Mongolian Red Flag 4,000 Iron Riders on the left, the Mongolian Red Flag 3,000 Iron Riders on the right, and Duoduo led the Manchurian White Flag 5,000 people behind, and pressed towards Liu Yan's subordinates.

Liu Yan sneered, understanding that Dolgon wanted to use Shang Kexi's troops to pry open his phalanx, and then use the Manmeng Iron Cavalry to charge and kill.

"Order the artillery commander to get ready, wait until the enemy enters the distance of two miles, and concentrate fire on the artillery of Shang Kexi's department!"

"Order the baggage soldiers of each battalion to immediately fill the soil in sacks and pile it up in front of the large army to prevent the artillery bombardment of the slaves and thieves."

"Contact Governor Lu immediately, let the people in the city assist, prepare sacks of soil as soon as possible, and transport them out immediately!"

At this time, Liu Yan was also a little nervous, before Shang Kexi rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he was also a general who was good at firearms, so it can be seen that those thirty artillery pieces should not be underestimated.

Soon, Shang Kexi ordered to stop the advance, and at this time, the 10,000 horses of the Han army stopped more than a mile in front of the Lingshan Wei New Army.

"Humph! Today I want to show the Ming army how the artillery battle was fought! ”

Shang Kexi was complacent, the more than 30 artillery pieces in his hands were well-cast, and those gunners were all old men, who followed him when he was treason in Dengzhou, and his technology was completely fine, and he was by no means comparable to those gunners of the Ming army. 33

In addition, among the 10,000 people under Shang Kexi's command, there are also 3,000 bird and three-eyed guns, and most of the remaining 7,000 people also have armor, which are led by the general Xu Erxian and the general Ban Zhifu, and the combat power of these generals is definitely stronger than the Ming army.

"Even if Liu Yanbu's new army is strong, I can compete with one of them!"

Yesterday's fierce battle, Shang Kexi saw it, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. Shang Kexi attributed the reason for last night's defeat to the "troublemaking" of more than 20,000 people in the middle road, and the attack on the middle road was unfavorable, so the two wings naturally had to retreat.

"Order the artillery team to immediately reload and prepare to fire!"

"Order Xu Erxian to prepare and immediately lead his troops forward after the shelling and shoot at Liu Yan's troops!"

"Order Ban Zhifu to lead his troops to suppress the formation, as long as Liu Yan's front army is defeated, immediately lead his troops to rush and kill the Ming army!"

Shang Kexi then looked at the left and right sides of the army, and the Mongolian iron cavalry with red flags and red flags was assembled a mile away, and the two iron cavalry armies were undiminished.

"For example, today, only the Manmeng Iron Cavalry has such a military might, I am still happy that I must come out on top in this battle and win a few favors in front of Prince Rui!"

Just when Shang Kexi was secretly cheering himself up, there was a loud bang on the head of Jinan Fucheng, and then dozens of ballistics composed of white smoke crossed the sky and smashed on the artillery position of the Han army.

"What!"

Yesterday, Shang Kexi also paid special attention to the range of the Ming army's artillery, and clearly said that the distance was about one mile, and today he deliberately stopped the army one mile away. But what's going on, the artillery of the Ming army can hit so far!

"Fire!"

Shang Kexi was also resolute, understanding that the artillery team had no time to retreat at this time, so it was better to take advantage of the fact that those gunners could still hold on and directly bombard the Ming army's formation.

"Bombard the Ming army's large array, and immediately open fire!"

The gunners of the Han army in front of the battle were indeed well-trained, and they even fired one after another under the bombardment of the artillery of the Lingshanwei New Army.

Liu Yan was also taken aback, only to see shells shot into the military formation, sweeping through the queues of the front, left and right battalions, forming bloody alleys!

"Bastard!"

"Order the battalions to advance two hundred paces!"

Liu Yan immediately ordered the whole army to move forward, advance to the range of the bird's gun, and then cooperate with the salvo of the artillery, and then retreat with the bird's gun.

"Forward!"

"Forward!"

Chen Xun, Zhang Yi, and Wang Bo all ordered to advance, at this time the three of them were all red-eyed, and the casualties of their subordinates had made the three of them almost lose their minds, and they wanted to break Shang Kexi's body into pieces.

Wang Yue and Shen Tuo were also furious, looking at the three battalions in front of them being shelled by the Qing army, and they couldn't wait to lead their troops to directly press up to participate in the battle.

At this time, in the Chinese army, Miao Shao and Xu Ming were by Liu Yan's side, and the soldiers of the cavalry battalion also followed behind.

Xu Ming asked Liu Yan for battle more than once, asking to lead the cavalry battalion soldiers to attack Shang Kexi's department, but was stopped by Liu Yan.

"Use cavalry to impact the firearms array, I will never do such a killing!"

At the head of the city, Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu looked at Liu Yan's department advancing with solemn faces.

"I didn't expect the slave thief's artillery to be so sharp!"

Lu Xiangsheng said angrily: "That's Shang Kexi's department, this rebel general, should be cut with a thousand knives!" ”

Yan Jizu nodded in agreement, then looked to the side and said, "I hope that Mr. Qian Bai's side can suppress the slave thief's artillery!" ”

At this time, Qian Qiao was already completely crazy, and the Lingshan Wei New Army had always bombarded the enemy with artillery, and it had never been bombarded by the enemy's artillery.

In this battle, the artillery of the Qing army caused huge casualties to the front battalion, the left battalion, and the right battalion, and Qian Jian stood on the head of the city and clearly saw that many soldiers were hit by the artillery, even with the elite level of the Lingshan Wei New Army, it was quite shaken at the beginning.

"Bastard!"

At this time, Qian Jian pounded the arrow battlements at the head of the city with both hands, and shouted loudly: "Franc machine gun, open the cannon!" ”

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The Franc cannon whistle and the newly formed thirty-eight Franc cannon guns opened fire one after another, covering the Han artillery array with a salvo, even though the Han army's artillery was very sparse at this time, but it still couldn't reduce the anger in Qian Yan's heart.

"Reload, reload!"

"The benchmark cannon has been adjusted!"

"Approved by the cannons!"

"Ready!"

"Put!"

"Boom! Rumble! ”

At this time, the artillery of the Lingshan Wei New Army began to exert its might, and the continuous artillery salvo made Shang Kexi's artillery completely mute, covering the advance of the soldiers of each battalion.

And Shang Kexi was pale, looking at the more than thirty artillery pieces in front of him that were almost submerged in cannons and smoke, and muttered: "How is this possible, even the Franc machine can't shoot such a powerful salvo, how many artillery pieces does the Ming army have!" ”

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