"What are you doing in a daze?!"

A slap was slammed on Cui Hemian's head, and Vice General Cui was about to get angry, but found that the owner of that hand was none other than his boss Park Tae-shin, and he hurriedly changed his face to a smile, "Big, adult? ”

The envoy continued to shout: "Hurry up and gather our soldiers!" Didn't you see that Min Seung-hyo's side had already started to line up?! ”

Cui Hemian turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw that the 1,000 men and horses in the south were following the banner under the shouts of the officers. Those soldiers were the forbidden army carefully selected by North Korea, and they were quite calm in battle.

He said to Park Tae-shin with a sad face: "My lord, the Celestial Empire doesn't really want us to fight Hu Lu, right?" ”

The latter slapped him on the head again, "Idiot! If we can make military achievements here, it will be a great help to the great cause of Renxingjun, and I am afraid that Lord Ma will not let us go into battle! ”

He pointed to the soldiers and horses in the south, "This battle will definitely cost me, and the one surnamed Min will be compared to me!" ”

Cui Hemian had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Obey." Then he called on his officers to restrain his men and horses, and formed a formation behind the trench that had not yet been dug.

Half an hour later, the two thousand soldiers on his side barely put up a defensive position, staring at the east with trepidation, as if the man-eating demon would rush out at any moment.

Park Tae-shin was born as a civilian official and had never been on the battlefield much, so he was more courageous at this time, and he ran back and forth in front of the battle to boost morale, "Cheer me up!" You have in your hands the sophisticated firearms that the Celestial Empire has just allocated, and it will not be a problem to deal with a few Hulu! For every thief you kill today, you will be rewarded twice! Kill three and move up to one level! ”

In fact, the "sophisticated firearms" he mentioned were just the three-money soldiers and small cannons captured by the Ming army before.

Under the heavy reward, Cui Hemian's people finally reduced their fear a little, and they stood in place for another hour, but they still did not see the Qing army attacking.

After a while, the scouts sent by Min Chengxiao sent back the news, saying that tens of thousands of Hulu forwards were only forming a formation four miles away, which seemed to be to defend ......

The southeast side of Mount Wuqi.

Shi Tingzhu led more than 10,000 people with white flags to form a Maurice phalanx nearly two miles wide, and looked at the "Ming army" to the west with a strict formation, beware of the other party's sudden attack.

Six or seven miles behind them, a brigade of Qing soldiers and soldiers and Minzhuang were building camps and fortifications with great fanfare. However, their numbers and efficiency were far from being comparable to those of the Korean soldiers on the opposite side, and in less than two hours, the earthen fortress at the forefront had been built four or five miles long.

In the camp of the Qing army, Ao Keduoli glanced at the golden dragon Daxu, which was more than three feet high, and walked quickly to the Duoduo handsome tent with the guards, and shouted in a rough voice: "General, why did the army stop again?" In the past few days, we have only traveled fourteen or fifteen miles a day......"

Four Bayala guards stretched out their hands to stop him, but they heard the voice of the priest in the tent, "Let him in." ”

"Huh!"

Ao Keduoli raised the curtain and entered, made a hasty salute, and continued: "At this rate, it will be difficult for us to reach Nanjing in another half a month!" ”

In the past few days, the more than 100,000 Qing troops who have been moving south can be said to be on the same foot, and everywhere they go are on guard, overhauling the camps and fortifications, not only walking extremely slowly, but also being attacked, and also closing the camp without fighting, so that the whole army is quite impatient.

Duoduo waved his hand to signal Ao Keduoli to be restless, and then looked at Ai Songgu in the tent, "Ai Songgu just sent the news, there are still 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangnan, don't be careless." In the morning, Tanma found that the southerners in the Wuqi Mountain area were infested, so beware of their sneak attack. ”

Ao Keduoli stomped his feet vigorously and said hurriedly: "General, we have 150,000 elite soldiers, but we are afraid of 20,000 or 30,000 barbarians?" ”

Duoduo's face sank, "Presumptuous! When Bolo's army was trapped in Fujian, did he ever take tens of thousands of southerners into his eyes? Lucked Dehun fifty or sixty thousand elites, where did he expect to be defeated by the barbarians with one blow?

"His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has repeatedly told you not to take the enemy lightly and not to rush forward. The southerners are cunning, although there are only 20,000 or 30,000 people, we should not rush into attack!

"Our army is strong and strong, and although it is slower under steady and steady fighting, the barbarians have no choice but to do it. This is the best way to fight a hundred battles! ”

Ao Keduoli lowered his head and pursed his lips, still dissatisfied: "General, Nanjing is the capital of barbarians, and they will gather some troops to defend it." It is reported that the main force of the barbarians has already been transferred to Huguang, and most of the 20,000 people are temporarily recruited and transferred to the countryside and the like......"

Ai Songgu on the side suffered a lot when he fled for his life in Nanzhili before, and at this time he was eager for revenge, and immediately echoed: "General, the soldiers and horses of the Nanren were still in the Jiangning area a few days ago, and now they must be in a hurry to Wuqi Mountain to fortify. The subordinates thought that when the enemy army was not firmly grounded and sent heavy troops to defeat it in one fell swoop with the momentum of thunder, the situation in Jiangnan would be decided! ”

As he was talking, there was another report from the Malays, indicating that the army was digging ditches and building a fortress in the area of Wuqi Mountain, with a total of 12,000 people, and was relying on fortifications to form a defensive formation.

Dig a ditch and build a village, and form a battle to defend it? Duoduo's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and he seemed to see the Ming army he was familiar with again, and he was also a little hesitant at the moment - the Ming army was used to holding on to the village, and if they repaired the fortifications, they would have to pay more casualties and time to take them.

Seeing his expression, Ao Keduoli immediately said in a loud voice: "My subordinates are willing to lead their troops to break through the enemy camp, please ask the general for permission!" ”

Duoduo frowned and thought, there were a total of 20,000 or 30,000 Ming troops on the ground in the south of the Yangtze River, except for those guarding Nanjing, most of the 12,000 men and horses here were already the main force of the Ming army, and if they could be quickly defeated, it would be extremely beneficial to the battle of Nanjing in the future.

He immediately nodded and said, "Okay, just ......" but hesitated slightly, and turned to Geng Zhongming, "Let Huaishun Wangbu be the vanguard and attack the southern army of Wuqi Mountain, there must be no mistake!" ”

He also had a good calculation in his heart, and now he didn't know the reality of the Ming army, so he sent some green battalions to test first, even if there were casualties, it would not damage the elite of Jianzhou.

"The last general obeys!"

Geng Zhongming glanced at the extremely dissatisfied Ao Keduoli, turned around and walked out of the military tent.

……

Cui Hemian waited for an unknown amount of time, rubbed his sore thighs, yawned and said, "Hu Yu is afraid of the majesty of the heavenly army, so he doesn't dare to come......"

He hadn't finished his sentence when he suddenly heard the sound of drums and cannons in the distance, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves came from the side. He hurriedly climbed the heights and looked, and saw that the Qing army was faintly visible in the east like a dark cloud, not to mention more than 10,000 people, and his heart twitched at the moment, and then he looked at Park Tae-shin and the Ming army behind him, gritted his teeth and shouted: "It's Hulu!" Prepare for battle! ”

The North Korean soldiers were all sweating coldly on their foreheads, and the spearmen rushed to the front row with trepidation, while the gunners blew up the fire ropes, pestles and ammunition, and aimed at the enemy who could not be seen.

Behind the 3,000 Korean soldiers, Ma Dezheng personally led 800 Dragon Guards to supervise the battle. A hussar galloped up and shouted, "Report! The captive Geng Zhongming's department has reached two miles away, with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Liang Chao, the deputy battalion commander next to him, arched his hand and said: "General, the thief army is very close, you should go to Jurong to avoid it first." ”

Ma De shook his head and said, "Wait." Your Majesty has commanded, and the drama must be done to the full. If we retreat, these North Korean soldiers will immediately flee and force them to hold on for a while. ”