On the twenty-eighth day of the first month of the fifth year of Ruiyuan.

At that time, Tong Tulai and Bayan were stamping their feet, their feet were a little wooden, and I don't know why, the temperature was particularly low this night, and when they came to the Zhongjun tent one after another, they both had such a feeling.

30,000 sergeants have just settled down, the tent is ready-made, and the flag is also ready-made, but the general feeling of the two is that the sergeants under their command have almost no fighting spirit, which is no wonder the sergeants of the Han Eight Banners, the Qing Dynasty has been tossing for more than a year, I don't know how many Han people have died, although the sergeants of the Han Eight Banners are slightly better, but they and their families are also discriminated against, as the banner owners of the Han Eight Banners, Tong Tulai and Bayan do not have much right to speak, and can only watch all this happen.

In this expedition, when they learned that the Eight Banners Army was placed on the front line, Tong Tulai and Bayan muttered a little in their hearts, according to the current morale and fighting spirit of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, how much effect can it play in arranging to fight on the front line, I am afraid that the vast majority of the sergeants are unwilling to fight.

When they arrived yesterday, something happened that annoyed and helpless Tong Tulai and Bayan, that is, some officers and sergeants with white flags who followed the Eight Banners who came to command the battle beat and scolded the sergeants at will, of course, the sergeants who had no morale and fighting spirit did seem to make people anxious and impatient.

Although Tong Tulai and Bayan actually commanded the battle, the Grand Marshal Adali really trusted these officers and sergeants of the Eight Banners, so they could only dissuade them on the side, lest the sergeants under their command be punished more severely.

When something like this happened, both of them were not very comfortable in their hearts, and they didn't rest well at night.

There were only two of them in the Chinese military tent, and Tong Tulai looked at Bayan for a while. While still stomping his feet, he sighed slightly.

"I don't know if the Ming army will really attack, and the morale of the army today is simply impossible to resist."

In this case, Tong Tulai did not dare to say it in front of Adali, nor did he dare to say it in front of those officers and sergeants who were full of eight banners.

Bayan knew that Tong Tulai was telling the truth. Although Adali asked him and Tong Tulai to command an army of 30,000 to resist the attack of the Ming army, it seemed that he trusted the two of them, but Adali did not trust the Han Eight Banners in his bones, and he had no good impression of the Han Eight Banners.

"Alas, too, I hope the Ming army will not attack......"

Bayan's words were not finished. It came to an abrupt end, and footsteps came from outside the tent of the Chinese army, needless to say that it was those officers and sergeants of the Eight Banners, and these words must not be heard by them.

The Chinese military tent soon began to be lively, how to deploy the defense, this is all ready-made, Adali has already arranged it, and there is no need for Tong Tulai and Bayan to worry too much. As for the implementation of the defensive deployment, these officers and sergeants of the Manchu Eight Banners are mainly responsible. The two of them just supervised it.

Many officers and sergeants of the Eight Banners entered the Chinese military tent, which is a formality, and Tong Tulai and Bayan issued orders, and then these officers and sergeants of the Eight Banners went to supervise the implementation, and the two only needed to stay in the Chinese military tent and wait for the report.

What worries Tong Tulai and Bayan the most. It is these officers and sergeants who are full of eight banners who will beat, scold and insult the sergeants under their command for no reason, which will make the morale of the army even more low.

The scouts came to report that everything was normal, and there was no big movement on the other side.

Tong Tulai and Bayan have not yet had time to speak. A Niu Lu Ezhen with eight banners glared at the scout, and reprimanded him unceremoniously, so Niu Lu really scolded the scout for being lazy, and he didn't go to the river to investigate at night, because in the middle of the night, he went to the river to take a look, but he didn't find a scout.

The scout's face flushed and his head bowed, and he said no more.

Tong Tulai and Bayan's faces were also a little hot, but the two of them were very annoyed, since Niu Lu had really found out that the scout was lazy, why didn't he say it when he came to the Zhongjun tent just now, he had to wait until the scout came to report, and he lost his temper and reprimanded him in public, so he was satisfied.

Maybe it was because of his self-confidence, Tong Tulai said coldly, saying that this was an arrangement made by himself, and the temperature was extremely low in the middle of the night, so there was no need for scouts to brave the cold to investigate, they only needed to reconnoiter once every hour.

Because of Tong Tulai's opening, the atmosphere in the Chinese military tent became a little delicate, and Bayan hurriedly stood up to play a round and asked everyone to implement the task immediately.

It is also the Chinese military account, Zheng Xunrui looked calm, looking at the map on the table.

Almost everyone disagrees with Zheng Xunrui coming to the Chinese military tent, they think that Zheng Xunrui is enough to command in Xiping Fort, but Zheng Xunrui is not such a style, the battle is about to begin, all the soldiers are ready, at this moment he must arrive at the forefront of the battle, although it is impossible to participate in the fight, but the front command, with many soldiers, can also boost morale, so that the battle goes more smoothly.

Hong Xintao, Wang Xiaoer, Wu Sangui and others had already reported in detail all the combat arrangements and arrangements, and Zheng Xunrui said that he would not bother with the specific combat arrangements, and that he would mainly focus on the deployment of Hong Xintao and others, and all he needed was the result, that is, the 200,000 troops would cross the Liao River on the second day of the second month of February.

February 2 is the day when the dragon raises its head, and this day when all 200,000 troops crossed the Liao River, which also has special significance.

Some preparations were underway, Hong Xintao, Wang Xiaoer, Wu Sangui and others made adjustments to the number and time of sailing ships, and they made a bold decision, that is, at the beginning of the artillery bombardment, the soldiers began to rely on sailboats to cross the river, and by the time the artillery stopped bombing, at least 10,000 or so soldiers had already crossed the Liao River, and this 10,000 soldiers were enough to ensure that they could hold the river bank and allow more soldiers to cross the Liao River smoothly.

This arrangement by Hong Xintao and others was approved by Zheng Jinhong.

Zheng Xunrui did not object, so that the soldiers could save time in battle, and they could strive to cross the river in the shortest and fastest time, and even reduce casualties, you must know that when the artillery bombarded, the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army on the other side had no possibility of resisting at all, and they lost the possibility of relying on the obstacle of the Liao River.

The firing of artillery was carried out in the direction of depth, that is, from the other side of the river, bombardment in the direction of depth.

After the battle of Fengzhen, Zheng Jinhong has enough experience, he found that the place on the other side of the Liao River, there is a layer of light, which is obviously the ice formed by the Eight Banners Army splashing water on the ground, such ice once made the soldiers of the Battle of Fengzhen suffer a big loss, but now the solution to this problem is very simple, that is, the bombardment of artillery, can easily blow up these ice layers.

Zheng Jinhong also admired the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army on the opposite bank, you must know that the water of the Liao River is about two meters lower than the embankment, and it is still very hard to get water from the Liao River.

Time passed slowly, and Zheng Jinhong has always stood by Zheng Xunrui's side.

At three o'clock, the time for the attack was approaching, and the sky was in abundance.

Quite rarely, the sun actually came out and swept away the gloomy atmosphere.

However, when the sun came out, the climate became colder and colder, and Zheng Xunrui, who was in the Chinese military tent, also felt a slight numbness in his hands and feet, if he didn't rub his hands and stomp his feet, it would be really unbearable.

Choosing to fight at such a time was really not a good decision, but it was also forced by the situation.

Seeing that the time for the attack was approaching, Zheng Xunrui's affairs, Hong Xintao and others left the Chinese military tent and went to the front to command the battle, and only Zheng Jinhong remained in the Chinese military tent.

Outside the tent of the Chinese army, a large number of personal soldiers were guarded.

Zheng Xunrui looked at Zheng Jinhong and slowly spoke.

"Jinhong, you have been by my side for so many years, you have experienced countless battles large and small, this is probably the last large-scale battle, these days, I think of many people, especially Su Manzi, I think of how Su Manzi was recruited in the first place, and even more think of Su Manzi's bravery in the Battle of Fengzhen."

"There are also Cao Wenzhao, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting and others, who also lost their lives in the battle."

"I even thought of Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Abatai and Duoduo and others."

"If there is no cruel killing, these people may be comfortable at home, but all this is impossible, the erosive situation in the past few years, forced the desperate people to rebel, and also made the Houjin gradually stronger."

"I often say that defeating the opponent by force is the last move, and it is also the most helpless measure, if you want to avoid fighting, you can only make yourself strong, only let the other party worship, do not dare to covet the slightest heart, the same is true in the battle, attack the heart for the top, attack the city for the bottom, the heart for the top, the soldier for the bottom, so that you can really achieve victory."

"I have felt it these days, many soldiers hate the Eight Banners Army, this hatred is transformed into morale and fighting spirit, which is very good, but it must not be transformed into killing, otherwise relying on the slaughter of Manchus to exterminate the Qing Kingdom will leave endless troubles."

"When the Zheng family army fought in southern Liaoning, this point was done well, there were also Manchus in southern Liaoning, and there were many ordinary Manchu people, Zheng Jiajun occupied many places in southern Liaoning, and did not carry out massacres against the Manchus, so that many places in southern Liaoning quickly stabilized."

"You are the Governor of the Metropolitan Mansion, in this battle, you must warn many soldiers that you must not have unlimited killing intentions, and you can be brave when fighting, but after the battle, whether you are facing the captives who surrendered or the cities that have been captured, you must restrain yourself and don't raise the swords and guns in your hands casually." ……

Zheng Jinhong understood what the emperor meant, and even himself, sometimes he couldn't help but want to kill the Manchus, and the information sent by the Investigation Department showed that the fate of the Han people in the Great Qing Dynasty was extremely tragic, and they were bullied by the Manchus without humanity, which was enough to stimulate the anger of the soldiers.

Zheng Jinhong knew better that this was the emperor directly reminding him to restrain his emotions. (To be continued.) )