Starting from the second day after Yue Tuo led the main force of the Qing army to arrive in Houdi, the coats were divided into two places and headed to Ningyuan and Zhenyuan Fort under the protection of the Qing army.

After several days and nights of work, a long trench was dug out of the north gate of Ningyuan City and the east gate of Zhenyuan Fort. These two trenches, which were more than meter wide and six feet deep, cut off the passageway where the Ming army sent troops to support the baggage camp from Ningyuan and Zhenyuan Fort.

More than 6,000 Eight Banners of Mongolian Banners, as well as fifteen Niulu's Qing army set up camp north of the trenches, monitoring the Ming army in Ningyuan.

At the moat outside the east gate of Zhenyuan Fort, there were ten Niulu Zhenglan Banner Qing troops camping and monitoring.

"King Shun, King Zhishun, are the cannons properly placed? Tomorrow it will be the Han army flag! When the cannons blow the Ming army camp open and return to the inside, you will immediately lead 500 people to break into the Ming army camp and fight with them with all your strength! Wudabu, you will lead 300 people as the back team and take the opportunity to enter the camp to cover the killing! King Zhishun is the same in the west, Axibao leads the team to charge! What can the Ming army even if the firearms are sharp? When it comes to close fighting, my eight banners are invincible in the world! After breaking the Ming army camp, I will ask you for me!"

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"Slaves take the order!"

In the main camp of the Qing army, five miles north of the Qin army camp, Yue Tuo was summoning his generals in the big tent to discuss matters, arrange tomorrow's tactics, and assign their respective tasks.

After exploring the arrangement of the Ming army camp, Yue Tuo discussed with Kong Youde and others and finally determined tomorrow's tactics.

Kong Youde and others knelt on one knee to receive the military order, and they all had a demeanor and expression on their faces.

In their opinion, even if the Ming army on the opposite side was an elite new army, the disadvantage of being too small is an unchangeable reality.

As long as the formation is broken by the elite Eight Banners, no matter how sharp the firearm is, it cannot withstand a single stab with a single shot.

As long as these thousands of Ming troops were strangled, the mountains of food and supplies piled up behind them would become the treasures of the Eight Banners.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say. I always feel that it's a bit too smooth for us this time? Why is there only a few thousand people guarding the Ming Dynasty? Is there a fraud?"

Geng Zhongming, who had always had a weak sense of existence, hesitated for a long time, but took a step forward and saluted his questions.

"Hahaha! King Huaishun is too worried! The king has thought about what you said, but after thinking about it, he realized that there was no other hidden worries in it! Do you know why?"

In a good mood, Yue Tuo, who was usually cold and stern, became more and more pleasant.

"I don't know that, so I asked the prince to answer the question!"

Geng Zhongming replied with a smile.

"Hahahaha! There is no question of solving the problem. I will tell you how I thought about it!"

Seeing that his contribution was in sight, Yue Tuo raised his head and laughed.

"Actually, to put it simply, the commander outside the Ming Dynasty was a little careless! Although the Ming Dynasty first won Yizhou and then Songshan defended the city, he was inevitably thinking of underestimating the enemy! This time our army went south, he would think that our army was still aiming for Songjin, and he never thought that our army would drive around the city directly to its key points! Although the Ming army had many elite troops, it was now scattered among the castle cities, and after being divided by me, it could not gather together to fight! Even if I knew my intentions now, it would be too late to regret it!"

While the Qing army was deploying tactics, in a tent in the Qin army camp, Deputy General Zhang Yuan was also summoning his generals to study strategies to face the enemy.

"Jiannu is not good at visiting this time! Although we can't find out how many people came, we can see at least 30,000 of them. This time, it can be said that our Qin army has encountered the first-class battle after the completion of the Qin army! We cannot lose the reputation of our Qin army! We cannot make the general's face lose its glory! Even if we all die in battle, we must not be deserters! Japan will personally supervise the battle, but those who are afraid of the enemy will be killed on the spot! You must tell the entire army later!"

Zhang Yuan, who was about 30 years old, was a general in the Yongwei camp brought from the capital. In recent years, he has been promoted to the position of deputy general.

Because he had been following Sun Chuanting to fight in various places for a long time, he has always called Sun Chuanting the commander.

"Don't worry, deputy general manager! Since we are eating the food and wages of the Ming Dynasty, we are just to maintain our loyalty to the emperor. At worst, we can just serve the country with death!"

The guerrilla Chen Yong spoke indifferently.

"Deputy General Manager, let's fight to the death! But when Jiannu's cannon was swept, he felt so panicked. I guess his men were also scared! It's important that we fight with Jiannu, but if we die under the cannon before we see anyone, I feel really a loss! I have to find a way to take the Jiannu's cannon to achieve it!"

The person who spoke was Mr. Qian Li Sanwa.

He was originally a team leader in Yansui Town. After hearing that the Qin army had enough food and salary, he brought a dozen subordinates to join him overnight. Later, because of his bravery in combat and repeated military achievements, he gradually rose to his current position.

Today, after the Qing army was digging and setting up positions, dozens of cannons of different sizes were set up one after another. The black-black muzzle was facing his own camp, which made Li Sanwa, who had seen the power of cannons, suddenly felt frightened.

"It's okay! I know how to prevent the damage of artillery! Don't forget that there are countless artillery in the camp behind us! As long as we carry the bombardment of Jiannu's artillery and exhaust the Jiannu's gunpowder cannons, let Jiannu taste the power of our artillery in a few days!"

Zhang Yuan had already received a notice from Sun Chuanting. The important officials of the court had long considered the huge damage caused by the Qing army's cannons, so he placed his part here in order to consume the small amount of ammunition accumulated by the Qing army, so that it could not pose a threat to the Yongwei camp van formation behind him.

To put it bluntly, the thousands of people under his command are here to serve as targets for Jiannu. Whether he can escape the disaster depends on his luck.

The people sent by Sun Chuanting admitted that after the two years of comprehensive blockade by the imperial court, various materials in Jianzhou have become increasingly scarce. Even if there are many cannons, the number of gunpowder and projectiles will definitely not be able to support the continuous launch of cannons.

As long as their team can hold on for a few days, even if the camp is captured by Jiannu, they will remember a great achievement in this battle.

Since the Qing army's artillery had already considered in advance the damage caused to the official army, the Ministry of War had already told the generals of the army the simple method of defending artillery bombardment. Therefore, although Zhang Yuan was not panicked when he saw the Qing army erecting the artillery.

After assigning the combat mission, several generals took the order and left.

Then, under the command of Shangguan, the Ming soldiers filled the sacks they brought from the baggage battalion with soil, and built several low walls above the waist and abdomen within the possible attacks of the Jiannu artillery.

This method was actually something Zhu Youjian thought of occasionally and explained. This is also the knowledge learned from the time travel books of later generations.

Since the artillery projectiles in the Ming Dynasty were not flowering bullets at this time, the damage suffered by soldiers was mainly caused by several bounces after the projectile landed, so just find a way to prevent the secondary damage after the projectile bounces. As for those hit directly by the projectile, they can only blame themselves for their bad luck.

After several days of intense arrangements, the next day, with the loud trumpet sounds, two thousand Qing troops lined up, lined up behind the Han army's flag and cannon formations, waiting for the order to charge.

A long-planned Ming and Qing war is about to begin.
Chapter completed!