Zhu Cihong turned his head and looked in the direction of the Great Gun Ridge. I saw that on the low and gentle slope, starting from the place close to the mountain, the firelight was lit for the first time, as if a spark was burning the plain, and it was immediately covered with half of a large slope.

Needless to say, these fires must have been torches lit by the Tartar soldiers who had finished the formation!

Judging by the pattern of torches, the Tartars formed a roughly rectangular phalanx. The front is narrower and has a greater depth. The troops spread from the west bank of the clear stream at the foot of the mountain to the eastern slope of the Big Gun Ridge near the ridge.

"Chitose Lord, there are about 20,000 Tartar soldiers...... And it's already in place! Apparently long since left the barracks! Wu Sanfu's voice was a little hoarse when he spoke!

20,000 Tartars! And it came prepared...... There's not much of a numerical advantage on your side!

"It's okay......" Zhu Cihong was still calm, "There is a clear stream in the way, they can't rush over, we can calmly set up a formation!" ”

Clear stream can be crossed, and in this season, the water is less than a person's waist. But in the waist-high stream, no matter the people and horses, they can't rush up, so they can only pass slowly. A small half of the Ming army marching along the river was firecrackers, carrying at least seven or eight thousand firecrackers!

In addition, there are 24 3-pounder regimental guns of four regimental artillery companies, all of which are also loaded with lead bullets and ready to fire!

If the Qing soldiers blindly launched an attack, they could also beat the Qingliu River into a bloody stream with these guns and artillery.

"Great Qing Wansheng! Daqing Wansheng ......"

The Qing soldiers on the hillside let out an earth-shattering cheer, which was shouted in Manchurian, although Prince Zhu couldn't understand it, he had to admit that the momentum of this group of Qing soldiers was not weak!

Of course, Zhu Cihong would not show weakness, and immediately ordered: "Light the torch!" Light the lanterns! Let the Tartars see our majesty! ”

"Whoa!"

At the sound of the order, the firelight started from the location where Zhu Cihong was located, and quickly spread to the north and south, and soon formed a fire dragon, lying under the big gun ridge and by the clear stream.

"Emperor Taizu Gao is reincarnated...... Invincible! Banzai! Banzai! Hooray! ”

Then the Ming army also began to cheer, and the voice was a few points higher than the Qing army lined up on the hillside!

"Hehe, the voice is quite loud!" Hauge, who was riding a horse on the ridge on the eastern slope of Dagun Ridge, laughed, "But fighting doesn't depend on a loud voice!" ”

"Lord Wang," Mel Zhangjing Luotuo, who was in charge of the Han army under the Blue Banner on the side, took over with a smile, "The minions have already set up the Hongyi cannon, do you want to shoot a few cannons to deter the southern barbarians?" ”

Hauge went south with six 12-pounder Hongyi cannons, and although there were not many of them, they were quite effective when used well. Because the Ming army had fewer cavalry and more infantry, what they were most afraid of was that the formation would be blown down.

"It's good!" Hauge smiled, "Just aim...... Aim at those flags! ”

He had already discovered Zhu Cihong's "Taizu Gao Emperor Reincarnation Flag" and six dragon flags. The seven flags are illuminated by lanterns hung on the flagpole and are very conspicuous in the dark night. Although Haoge couldn't see the words and patterns on the banner clearly, from the location where they were and the direction in which they were moving, he could roughly judge that it was probably Zhu Cihong's banner!

"Wow!"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Luo Tuo answered, and was about to ask someone to give the Hongyi cannon Niu Lu an order, when the roaring cannon sound had already sounded first.

However, it was not the Hongyi artillery of the Qing artillery team that was roaring, but the three-pounder regimental artillery of the Ming army fired, and it was Hao Shaoqi and Shi Ruien who fired it.

Roto pricked up his ears and listened, and then said to Hauge, "My lord, it is the south and the west that have begun!" There are a lot of cannons, I'm afraid there are no less than thirty, so I don't know if it's a Hongyi cannon......"

"It's not the Hongyi cannon," Hauge smiled, "Thirty Hongyi cannons cannons can't be earth-shattering?" How loud is it now? The top of the sky is the general's cannon. ”

"Then don't be afraid." "Bahana is a general, and he should be able to hold those Nikans down!" ”

Hao Ge nodded, raised his hand and pointed to the pile of flags of Zhu Cihong who was moving, and raised his voice and said: "Spread the order of this king, where the big banner in the southern army formation in front is the Chinese army of the little prince of the Zhu family!"

In this battle, this king doesn't want anything else, he wants Zhu Cihong's head! Zhu Cihong's head is awarded, and six prospects are rewarded! ”

The so-called "future" is actually the synonym of the Qing Dynasty's military merits. It was not until the Qianlong period that there was a "complete body", with a total of nine levels and twenty-seven grades, that is, twenty-seven futures. However, there is not so much future at the moment, and the ordinary Eight Banners soldiers go up, and the military merit knight who can become a future is the third-class Niu Lu Zhangjing - Ang Bang Zhangjing, Mele Zhangjing, Zhalan Zhangjing (Jia Lazhang Jing), Niu Lu Zhangjing, these four Zhangjing, are now the name of the dispatch, and the future of the military meritorious. The difference is that when it is a future, it is one, two, and three, and four Zhangjing is twelve futures. Further up, there are first, second, third, and third-class princes and uncles, and so on.

And the six futures, that is, ordinary Eight Banner soldiers jumped to the first-class Zhalan Zhangjing (Jia Lazhangjing), which is almost the third grade!

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners of this era were originally brave, and now with the heavy reward, it is even more jubilant in the army!

The hundreds of shield carts lined up at the bottom of the slope of Qingliu Creek had been assembled and began to press towards the bank of Qingliu Creek under the impetus of the coated minions. There were also some firecrackers of the Han army of the Zhenglan Banner, who rushed down from the mountains, and everyone carried bird guns and turtledoves foot guns.

The six Hongyi cannons that were set up halfway up the mountain were also erected at this time, and they began to fire at the Ming army that was arranging on the opposite side of Qingliu Creek.

Boom......

The Qing army's six Hongyi cannons were aimed at Zhu Cihong's banner, and it was impossible to hit, and the distance between the two sides was six miles away, but the shells flew overhead, which still scared Wu Sanfu enough.

"Chitose Lord, this side is still too far forward, why don't you move back?"

"Move what?" Zhu Cihong said angrily, "The Tartar only has a few cannons, and it is still so far away, where can it be hit?" If the main palace moves back, there will be no way to command. ”

Can't command? Wu Sanfuxin said: I was in command! You're just looking......

"Sanfu," Zhu Cihong saw that he was stunned, so he gave him an order loudly, "Hurry up and set up the formation!" ”

It turned out that Zhu Cihong did not command others, but commanded Wu Sanfu one......

"Command!"

Wu Sanfu had no choice but to receive the order, and then he called the soldiers and horsemen of the model military division to convey the orders to them one by one.

When they joined the army, they were all "Xun N generation" who could blow and write, and they all listened to classes in the Nanjing Military Academy, knew a little bit about Western military strategy, and were responsible for recording Wu Sanfu's orders. The herald rider planted a flag on his back and rode a horse to give orders. If necessary, Wu Sanfu will also send the army and the cavalry to give orders.

And his order today is not complicated, it is roughly two aspects, one is the formation; The second is flying artillery.

The formation was to let the 44th Battalion of the 10th Regiment of the 2nd Division, which had already arrived at the battlefield, retreat to the rear of the official road, and then spread out a large hollow phalanx.

Among them, twenty-four model battalions (that is, battalions equipped with muskets and guns that can form the Maurice phalanx) are divided into two parts, one is twenty battalions, divided into two columns and placed in one line, forming the front of the large hollow array.

Another four battalions were mixed with four cavalry battalions, which were placed behind the Chinese army where Zhu Cihong and Wu Sanfu were located, forming the back of the large hollow array.

Sixteen "pike-battalions" (not uniformly armed with pikes, but non-exemplary infantry battalions), divided into two parts, were placed on either flank of the large hollow phalanx.

This deployment is actually commonplace, and there is nothing remarkable. And the really powerful thing is the "flying artillery", that is, all the 4 regimental artillery companies are concentrated, handed over to Feng Sizhong for unified command, centralized use, and mobile deployment!

That is, let 24 three-pounder regimental guns maneuver on the official road in front of the Ming army's hollow phalanx, and concentrate firepower. This method of using artillery was not taught by Western instructors, but was given to Feng Sizhong by Zhu Cihong, which was called the flying artillery method.