Fengzhen is outside the Guan, about ten miles away from the Great Wall, and is an important town connecting the inside and outside of the Guan.

Fengzhen is very famous, all the businessmen who do business in Shanxi and Datong know this place, because it is the most important place connecting Datong and the grassland, and it is also a treasure place for businessmen to make money, but the reason why Fengzhen is very famous is not for this reason, but the environment in which it is located is extremely bad.

Fengzhen is surrounded by desert, once it encounters windy weather, it is black and oppressive all around, and the overwhelming wind and sand can even sweep people away, so although this is the main road, it is also a treasure land to make money, but there are few people who are pitiful, if you don't want to make money and want to go crazy, the ghost is willing to stay here.

There are very few people in Fengzhen, there are less than 1,000 people in the huge town on weekdays, and most of them are merchants and caravans who come and go, and now it is close to the end of the year, and the merchants don't want to stay here at this time, most of them go home, or go to the customs and grasslands to do business, so the people who stay in Fengzhen are hundreds of people.

Fengzhen originally belonged to the place of two sides, because it was located outside the Guan, Datong Bian did not care about the situation of Fengzhen at all, the pass of the Great Wall was closed most of the time, and the Tumut tribe and the Chahar tribe could not control this place, because it was close to the Great Wall, strictly speaking, it belonged to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

For a long time, Fengzhen belonged to the paradise of adventurers, some people with serious crimes gathered here, robbed houses, and lived by looting, these people were very bold, whether it was Datong in the pass, or the tribes of the grassland, they all did it, as long as they could grab the money and food, as for the cavalry of the army or the tribe came to encircle and suppress, they quickly disappeared into the vast desert, so that both sides were helpless.

After Zheng Xunrui ascended the throne, the imperial army ruthlessly rectified Fengzhen. Those bandits who relied on robbing houses and houses to live a life of licking blood from the knife edge were almost wiped out, and Fengzhen was restored to peace, but for the sake of making the grassland stable, Fengzhen did not have an army stationed in the imperial court, nor did it send officials to station for the time being. After all, the conditions here are too harsh.

Fengzhen has basically settled down, but it has not completely returned to its normal state, and it is still different from Kannai, and the people who live here are generally strong, and it is possible to drag the knife and axe if you don't agree with each other.

In the desert winter, the climate is extremely harsh, snow is a very common thing, snowflakes are mixed with the north wind, blowing people breathless. The heat on his body is running out.

Even the people who live in Fengzhen rarely go out during the most severe winter months.

There are two restaurants and three inns in Fengzhen, the business of the restaurant and the inn is good, people from the south to the north have to eat and sleep anyway, and this is also a place for caravans to rest, especially the caravans from the grassland, almost all of them have to rest here for one night or a few nights. Sort out the goods and get ready to enter the city of Datong. The businessmen who came from the direction of Datong to meet were waiting in Fengzhen without exception.

The special status of the location, the special Fengzhen has long been the special town, which is almost independent of the Guannai and the steppe tribes.

No one would have thought that Zheng Jinhong, the cabinet minister of the Ming Dynasty and the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and Duoduo, the Prince of Yu of the Great Qing Kingdom. All eyes are fixed on this place. An unprecedented fierce battle will be launched here, and the impact of this fierce battle on Fengzhen is also unexpected by everyone.

The scouts sent by Zheng Jinhong and the scouts sent by Duoduo. It's all in Fengzhen.

It is a coincidence that the scouts on both sides are actually living in the same inn, at this time, the 20,000 army led by Zheng Jinhong has been marching in the direction of Fengzhen, and the pass will also be completely closed after the army leaves the pass, so it is impossible for the news to leak out.

The 12,000 soldiers led by Duoduo were also ready, and they were about to set out from the front banner of Chahar's right flank and go to Fengzhen, and the capture of Fengzhen was Duoduo's first goal.

Zheng Jinhong and Duoduo both knew the situation in Fengzhen, the difference is that Zheng Jinhong knew the situation in more detail, including all the situations within a radius of dozens of miles from Fengzhen, while Duoduo mainly knew the situation in Fengzhen, as for the situation in the desert, he didn't care, the Eight Banners Army had long been adapted to fighting in the desert.

Zheng Jinhong and Duoduo have different goals, and the focus of understanding the situation is of course different.

Zheng Jinhong needs to set up an ambush in Fengzhen, annihilating Duoduo and his Eight Banners Army in one fell swoop, there will be various situations in the battle, if the Eight Banners Army withdraws, what direction will it take, what is the situation on the road, how to encircle and intercept the army under his command, and Duoduo's purpose is to occupy Fengzhen, so that when the Eight Banners Army withdraws, it can be more smooth.

From the comparison of the army, fighting in the desert, the Eight Banners Army occupies a certain advantage, or they are more adapted to the climate of the desert and can fight freely, while the imperial army is not particularly familiar with fighting in the desert, after all, there is almost no desert in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, even in Liaodong and Liaonan and other places, there is almost nothing in the desert.

Therefore, in this battle, it is not completely certain who will win and who will lose.

But there is one thing that Zheng Jinhong has a huge advantage, that is, he has accurately grasped the movements of the Eight Banners Army, and clearly knows that the Eight Banners Army will attack from the direction of Fengzhen, so the army under his command can prepare in advance, form an ambush circle, and strike hard at the Eight Banners Army that came to provoke, Duoduo didn't know anything, and thought that his actions were unaware, and he thought that he could successfully enter Datong Mansion City.

Zheng Jinhong rode on horseback, looking at the vast desert in front of him, his expression was very grim.

Walking out of the pass and leaving the Great Wall, Zheng Jinhong felt two worlds, the pass has entered the festive division of the Spring Festival, and the outside of the pass is the yellow sand, almost no people can be seen, if it is not for the guide who leads the team, even if the scout makes a detailed reconnaissance, it is difficult for the army to walk smoothly in the desert.

Fengzhen is only ten miles away from the pass, Zheng Jinhong of course could not lead the army to Fengzhen, just when the scout reported that the front flag of Chahar's right flank was closed, he expected that Duoduo would definitely send scouts to Fengzhen to investigate, and it was even possible to send scouts to Datong direction to investigate.

If the army goes straight to Fengzhen, its whereabouts will definitely be exposed, so the army cannot enter Fengzhen, and must advance cautiously in a roundabout way, and Duoduo will not be able to detect it in the slightest.

Zheng Jinhong also learned that the commander of the Eight Banners Army was Prince Yu Duoduo when he left the pass, and the strength of the Eight Banners Army was about 10,000 people, and the most elite cavalry with white flags and white flags was transferred.

Hearing this news, Zheng Jinhong was very excited, if this battle could completely annihilate the Eight Banners Army led by Duoduo, it would be a victory with absolutely significant impact, and such a victory might even shake the foundation of the Great Qing Kingdom.

When Zheng Jinhong left the pass, he made up his mind that this battle must capture or kill Duoduo.

Entering the desert, the harsh climate made Zheng Jinhong's expression extremely grim, his ideas were grand and beautiful, but to achieve the goal of exterminating the Eight Banners Army, the reality was harsh.

The harsh climate of the desert must have had a multifaceted impact on the actions of the army, and if you are not careful, the battle will get out of control, and it is even difficult to tell who will win and who will lose.

Zheng Jinhong has given up the plan to use artillery, marching in the desert, wanting to transport artillery, it has become an impossible task, the weight of the artillery is too large, the carriage cannot be transported at all, and the wheels will sink into the yellow sand, this is the suggestion put forward by the Datong prefect, and it is also a clear information after the scout reconnaissance.

In this battle, the imperial army can rely on Mauser guns and swords, to put it mildly, this battle is a contest of will between the imperial army and the Eight Banners Army, who has stronger combat effectiveness, who can win the battle.

Until this time, Zheng Jinhong didn't know that the number of sergeants under Duoduo's command had reached 12,000, and the additional 2,000 cavalry of the Chahar tribe were even better at fighting in the desert.

The battle plan discussed by Zheng Jinhong and Su Manzi and others was to set up an ambush two miles away from Fengzhen, waiting for the arrival of the Eight Banners Army, and the ambush also adopted the method of encircling three and missing one, that is, there would be no ambush in the direction of Fengzhen to Guannei, and all the other three directions would be ambushed, and once the battle began, the 20,000 troops would completely surround the Eight Banners Army.

Fighting in the desert, there is no obstacle that can be covered, and the double anti-reverse is a face-to-face fight, who is stronger will be able to win the battle.

Zheng Jinhong still has some advantages, that is, the Mauser gun.

After several years of research, the Huai'an Firearms Bureau has implemented many improvements to the Mauser gun, in terms of range, speed, and lethality, it has been improved and strengthened, and this latest type of Mauser gun has not yet been used in battle, and this time the army led by Zheng Jinhong is the first time to use the latest Mauser gun.

Fengzhen is only ten miles away from the pass, arrange the usual speed, even in the desert, the army under Zheng Jinhong can all arrive at Fengzhen in about an hour at most, but this time the march, Zheng Jinhong is extremely careful, he did not take the road taken by the caravan to transport goods, but the roundabout advance, the road taken by no one has walked at all, has come to the desert, the whereabouts of the army can never be exposed, and when to set up an ambush, but also wait for the news brought by the scouts of Fengzhen.

Zheng Jinhong didn't need to wait for a long time, and a day later, all the scouts stationed in Fengzhen came back and sent information that the Eight Banners Army was about to enter Fengzhen.

These scouts have innate acumen, they know that once the Eight Banners Army enters Fengzhen, then Fengzhen will not be alive, and the Eight Banners Army must ensure the secrecy of its actions, that is, everyone who sees the army will not be able to speak. (To be continued.) )