Wu Zheng glanced at Li Guo appreciatively, nodded and said, "General Li is really a tiger general, and this king thinks so too." Bolo had been defeated several times under the King, and the King still knew something about him. This man was not very old, similar to General Lee, but had a calm personality and acted cautiously. Our army went all the way south, and the Qing troops in various provinces along the way retreated south one after another and did not engage our army, which shows that Bolo had informed them in advance. Otherwise, the crime of escaping from the battle is enough for those who are the leaders and staff of the Qing army to drink a pot. ”

Li Guo frowned and said, "In this way, the strength of Shangrao City should be far greater than six thousand?" ”

"Yes. Since the Qing army would rather shrink than fight with the loyal battalion, it is obvious that they want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so that the Ming army and the loyal battalion will fight and lose, anyway, the Qing court and the Yixing Dynasty are truce, and when the time comes, the lost provinces will be recovered. ”

"But what does this have to do with the order of the county king to camp here?"

Wu Zheng pointed to the small ramp and said: "You are right, this place is more than thirty miles away from Zhengjiazhuang and nearly a hundred miles away from Shangrao City, it is the distance between an ambush, it is too far away, Bolo doesn't want to pay attention to it, the distance is too close, in case the Qing army in Shangrao City is reinforced, the fistula will be bigger." ”

Li Guo was stunned and said, "Is the king of the county trying to ambush here?" ”

"Hmm."

"But if Bolo sent cavalry, I'm afraid I can't stop the Qing cavalry just by relying on this small slope, right?"

Wu Zheng said: "The cavalry sent by Bolo must be cavalry, and although this small slope cannot stop the cavalry charge, it can counteract the cavalry's cavalry shooting." ”

"Counteract the cavalry?" Li Guo looked at the slope in surprise, "This small slope can indeed hinder cavalry shooting, but it also affects the shooting of our army, isn't this harmful to others and ourselves?" And even if the enemy cavalry can't shoot on horseback, it can still rush up the slope and charge at our army from a high position, how can our army resist? And our army only relies on muskets to shoot upward, but it is more difficult to hit, isn't it more than worth the loss? ”

Wu Zheng smiled and said, "General Li, our army not only relies on muskets, do you see what the soldiers are carrying on their shoulders?" ”

"Iron cylinders?"

Wu Zheng was speechless, glanced at Li Guo, and said angrily: "That's artillery!" ”

"Artillery?" Li Guo was surprised, "I've never seen such a small artillery...... Even if it's an artillery, how powerful can it be? This will certainly not stop the enemy cavalry from charging. ”

"Don't look at it small, but as long as there are more of them, it's enough for the enemy rider to drink a pot." Wu Zheng smiled, "Do you know how many such cannons this king brought? One for each squad, for a total of 300 doors. ”

Li Guo looked left and right, but still shook his head and said: "My subordinates can't believe that they can block the enemy cavalry with such a small cannon." ”

"Then wait and see." Wu Zheng no longer paid attention to him, and shouted: "Chen Qicai." ”

"Here."

"Lead people on both sides of the road in front of the slope, deploy mortars, and aim the muzzles at the roof beam area of the slope."

"Yes."

"Lu Jincai."

"Here."

"Take people to lay mines on the slopes, use tripwire mines, bury them densely, don't be reluctant."

"Yes."

"Qi Chenghao, Qi Chengjie."

"Here."

"Take the top of the slope as the limit range, a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, and dig half-human deep trenches on both sides of the road."

"Yes."

A series of orders made Li Guo stunned.

He really didn't understand that he might have heard of these instruments, but he hadn't seen them, or even heard of them.

But in his heart, he began to believe.

He didn't know why, looking at Wu Zheng's face, he believed it for no reason.

……。

But Wu Zheng was wrong.

He made similar mistakes to Bolo.

Standing at the right intersection, but taking a fork in the road.

From noon until the sky was getting dark, there was no trace of the Qing cavalry.

In other words, half a day and a series of pre-war preparations were wasted.

Wu Zheng and the generals were a little unsure of the intentions of the Qing army.

Could it be that Bo Luo really planned to defend Shangrao City and let the loyal battalion rout and occupy the entire Guangxin Mansion?

That's not realistic.

Song An said: "Lord Wang, I have sent three scouts to reconnoiter around Zhengjiazhuang, and the whole town is silent, and no abnormalities have been found. ”

Wu Zheng was a little annoyed, he walked back and forth in the tent, no, Zhengjiazhuang is only sixty or seventy miles away from Shangrao City, Bolo is really so bold, not afraid of being surrounded by the loyal battalion The whole city?

You must know that the strength of the loyal battalion is more than ten or twenty times that of the Qing army.

This is clearly counterintuitive.

Wu Zheng suddenly asked, "Song An, did you just say that the whole town was silent?" ”

"Yes."

"Three reconnaissance rounds?"

"Yes."

"How long is the interval between three reconnaissances?"

Song An replied, "One hour." ”

"See the smoke?"

"Elephant is...... Not really. ”

Wu Zheng said angrily: "In the afternoon, it can be said that the people have already had lunch, and now it is not busy farming, and there is no cooking smoke." But the last two times, two hours apart, were just the time for dinner, how could there be no smoke? ”

Song An was startled, and also realized the problem, and hurriedly said, "I'll go and reconnoitre...... I'll go personally. ”

Looking at Song An's back, Wu Zheng felt a strong uneasiness in his heart, he had a premonition of something, the stumps in Jiading City were broken, and black smoke was curling.

……。

About half an hour later, Song An hurried back.

"Lord Wang, there is really something unusual, this should be the time to hold the lamp, but in the whole town, there is not a trace of light." Song An gasped and said, "I have already asked people to come close to reconnoitre, I am afraid that the prince will be in a hurry, so I will come back first to report." ”

Wu Zheng nodded gloomily, he knew that he was afraid that what he was worried about had really happened.

At this time, suddenly there was sporadic musket fire in the distance.

Wu Zheng got up, "Go and see, what's going on!" ”

Everyone hurriedly walked out of the tent with Wu Zheng, and at this time, soldiers ran from the slope and shouted: "Enemy attack!" ”

Wu Zheng waved his hand, and Chi Erhan, Song An and other generals immediately left and went to the headquarters to guard.

Wu Zheng took Lu Jincai and Li Guo to run up the slope.

Through the sky that was not yet completely dark, I saw countless black dots in the distance chasing the first few black dots.

Wu Zheng looked through the monoculars, and the few black dots in front of him were his musketeers. The gunshots were obviously scouts approaching to reconnoitre, but they were discovered by the Qing army, and when they saw that there was no hope of escaping back, they fired a warning shot.

It's a pity that after just a while, those scouts were drowned in the cavalry of the Qing army and disappeared completely.

The soldiers they saw were all filled with righteous indignation, and they all looked at Wu Zheng, especially Song An, who was suffering from leading troops on the side and could not come forward to ask Wu Zheng for battle.

Lu Jincai asked for battle in Wu Zheng's ear: "Please give the order of the prince, and take people to annihilate this gang of killers." ”

Wu Zheng shook his head and said: "The bottom of the slope is the plain, which is the terrain where the enemy cavalry can give full play to its strength. ”