"Emperor Taizu Gao is reincarnated! Unbeatable......"

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

When Arzin, the first warrior of Manchuria, rode his tall horse and waded across the Qingliu River at a shoal about five miles north of the Ming position, earth-shaking cheers and rumbling cannons once again swept towards him from the north.

The offensive driven by Hauge seemed to have been repelled by the heavy artillery fire and dense shells of the Ming army!

Arzin, who had fought and killed the Ming army for half his life, sighed softly, and thought: The Ming army, which has been beaten for more than 20 years, has now found the only way to fight against the Qing Dynasty Heavenly Soldiers - that is, to train a truly effective artillery team!

In the past, because the artillery of the Ming army was too bad, the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers could rely on a simple combination of shield chariots and infantry to gain a clear upper hand in the battle in formation.

And after Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others led their troops to Shun, the Great Qing Kingdom had a Hongyi artillery team that surpassed the Ming Dynasty in quality.

Since then, the military strength of the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers has completely overwhelmed the Ming army, except for the Guanning Fortress and a few fortified cities, the northern Ming Dynasty has allowed the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers to come and go!

But such a good day came to an end today......

Just when Arzin's mood was a little low, a short sound of banging was faintly heard in the southeast direction! Because there were tens of thousands of people cheering in the north, and there was a constant roar of artillery, it was very noisy, so Arzin could not hear it very clearly.

But he still restrained his war horse on the bank of Qingliu Creek, and stared at the southeast, where there were countless lights flickering like a sea of stars, which should have been bonfires and torches lit by the Ming army for lighting. In the boundless night, it is very eye-catching.

It was the darkest time before dawn, the moon had dimmed, but the morning sun was still below the eastern horizon. Visibility on the battlefield is poor, and it is not very clear to see from a little distance.

In order to ensure a certain suddenness, Arzin did not let his subordinates light torches, so the 4000 Eight Banners True Manchurian soldiers marched in the dark.

The night combat ability of the Eight Banners soldiers is also extremely strong, they are old soldiers, they have been wide for twenty or thirty years, and there is no shortage of nutrients, and night blindness or anything does not exist.

Moreover, the Eight Banners of this era was the time when their morale was at their highest, and the Eight Banners soldiers at the grassroots level were willing to take the initiative to fight. Therefore, at night when it was difficult for Niu Lu Zhangjing to control the troops, the Eight Banners could still maintain a fighting will similar to that of the day.

And because of malnutrition, there are many people in the Ming army who suffer from night blindness, and the morale of the Ming army has been low for a long time, and they are unwilling to go to the battlefield to fight with the Tartars in broad daylight, let alone in the middle of the night?

Although the Ming army in front of him was not quite right, and the morale was a little unusual, the guns and artillery not only did not explode, but also could smash the shield car. However, Arzin still believes that the advantage of night combat and melee combat belongs to the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers...... As long as you don't fight artillery and firearms, the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers will be able to win with confidence!

Now I don't know if the flanks of the Ming army were arranged with cannons and firecrackers?

As soon as Arzin thought of this, the sound of fire suddenly came from the darkness about two or three miles away, it should be the Eight Banners who were fighting the vanguard and the Ming army's fire gun team encountered!

The heart of the first warrior of Manchuria was suddenly pumped, but the famous generals whose faces remained unchanged were still high-end, but they were just on the bank of the Ma River, not moving like a mountain.

The fire bolt only rang a few times in a row, and then it was gone. After a while, the sound of hurried horses' hooves came, and one of the horse-armored soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner under the command of Arzin flew to the front, dismounted and marched for a thousand miles, and then reported in a loud voice: "Yu Mel Zhangjing, the forward met the scouts of Nikan's Luo soldiers, they took the fire guns, and after a few shots, they retreated. ”

"Are there any casualties among our people?" Arzin asked.

"I've injured one person," the horse soldier replied, and then asked, "Jia Lazhangjing asked the little one to ask, what should I do next?" ”

Arzin breathed a sigh of relief, "Tell him not to act rashly, first dismount and line up, prepare his shields and bows and arrows, and then move forward slowly." ”

Doron and Aobai's experience, Arzin didn't dare to be careless!

"Wow!"

The vest soldier answered, turned and mounted his horse, and galloped away.

One of Arzin's Jialazhangjing stepped forward and asked, "Meljangjing, do you want to shoot the torch and move forward quickly?" ”

Arzin shook his head: "They only know that we have arrived, and they don't know our details and purpose, so there should still be a chance...... Don't light torches, or approach quietly! ”

This Arzin is a veteran general, he has a lot of experience on the battlefield, and he knows that it is not easy to judge the enemy's situation at night, and it is easy to make mistakes, so there is no need for him to show his hole cards to the enemy in order to save a little time.

......

On the bank of Qingliu River, on the right flank of the Ming army, when there was a sound of guns in front, a breastwork had been built, and there was a trench left after taking soil in front of the breastwork. This is the masterpiece of the First Rank Corps and the Eleventh Advance Corps of the New Army deployed on this front. They were able to quickly build the breastwork because the various units of the New Army (including the Model Army) were equipped with many shovels, which were not handy, but they were sufficient for the work of digging trenches and building cities.

The 1st and 11th Detachment Corps of the New Army were not equipped with firearms, so in order to ensure that the position was not lost, they had to work a little harder, digging ditches and piling up walls at night.

In addition to the chest wall of the trench, they also prepared horse rejection rifles for the cavalry of the Qing army, that is, the spears and logs were tied together to make the appearance of rejecting horses. These repulsion pistols were not placed in the first line, but in the rear for backup - where it looked like it was about to be broken through by the enemy, the company in reserve would carry these rejecting pistols to plug the hole.

When the guns sounded in front, Wang Zhou, the commander of the left wing of the Ming army (this was a temporary position) (he was also the commander of the Chinese division), was checking the freshly tied horse rejection rifle together with Tian Qingyi, the commander of the 11th Regiment temporarily placed under his command.

"Tongzhi, it's the scout cavalry who is firing guns!" Tian Qingyi was slightly excited, "There are Tartars who have crossed the Qingliu River...... Maybe you're going to flee north, right? ”

"Fleeing north?" Wang Zhou glanced at Tian Qingyi, who was born in a talented show and had followed Zhu Cihong for more than a year, and mixed with Tian Qianhu, the head of the regiment, and his brows furrowed.

The current new army is good at everything, but most of the officers are too tender. For more than a year, there are people who are mixed up with the regiment commander and battalion commander!

The Tian Qingyi in front of him is one of them, and he joined the army in Tianjin to follow the prince. Although he made great contributions in the Battle of Dagukou, he later participated in the training of the Model First Regiment as the official position of a probationary company commander, and then went to the military academy for three months to study Western military science, and now he has been promoted to regiment commander, which is really too fast......

And most of these officers who became high-ranking officers not long after they joined the army are still very young, most of them are in their twenties, and some even become cavalry commanders before they are twenty!

These "little kid" officers are all high-spirited, and they are energetic when they say it well, but if they say it is ugly, they don't know how thick the sky is!

The judgment that the Tartar wants to run can also be made...... That's a tartar!

Tian Xiucai didn't take Wang Zhou Wang Mazi seriously (his face was injured by the fire hammer that exploded, so there was a bandit name of Wang Mazi). People are exemplary in the first phase of military studies! What you have mastered is a new type of military science that the prince values very much!

What does a veteran like Wang Mazi know?

"Tongzhi," Tian Xiucai said confidently, "don't believe it...... Tartars are going to run, that's for sure! They have attacked several waves, but they have all been driven back by the artillery of Fengguanshan, where is there any possibility of victory? And General Shi Yang and Hao Shaoqi are still spanking their butts, rushing to the Big Gun Ridge at any time, and the Tartars will still be able to run away then? ”

Not to mention, Tian Xiucai's analysis is quite reasonable, even Wang Mazi, a veteran, was persuaded by him - this Wang Mazi is not the material to be a general, he has soft ears and no opinions, otherwise he would have become a division commander a long time ago.

Tian Xiu only knew Wang Mazi's temper, so he patted his chest and said: "I'll take two battalions to test it, if Tartar really wants to run, let's chase and kill him for a while, and kill him for three or two thousand!" ”

Wang Mazi thought about it, and actually nodded and said, "Okay, then let's test it, transfer two battalions from the reserve, remember...... Be careful! ”