Ding, ding, ding, hey, hey, hey.

Outside Zhangqiu City, soldiers and horses formed a ten-mile company camp along the river, with battle flags fluttering.

And the war is now.

In Zhangqiu City, the blacksmith shops in the blacksmith shops are still burning hot with charcoal furnaces, and the blacksmiths are hammering and forging non-stop. It’s not that these people are bold and love money.

But the emperor believed that this battle did not require the help of the common people. There were too many imperial camps, and the township regiments could only fight from behind, so the common people continued to do whatever they should do.

The emperor even made a point of visiting these iron workshops to see their products.

Many iron workshops are making Zhangqiu iron pots, and big hammers and small hammers are banging away.

Zhu Yihai observed carefully and found that these iron pots were indeed of real quality. No matter how many hammers were hammered, they would never be beaten less. The pots felt very heavy in their hands, especially the texture that was produced by hammering them hundreds of times.

He couldn't help but sigh, no wonder Zhangqiu's blacksmiths have been so famous and enduring for thousands of years. There is indeed a reason.

Those blacksmiths have been hammering all year round, and they all have muscles.

The old masters pointed with small hammers, but the boys smashed them with sledgehammers. Zhu Yihai even saw many women in these workshops.

There are aunts in their forties and fifties who can still swing a sledgehammer, young women in their twenties and thirties, and even some fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls.

They all have one characteristic, they are very strong.

Some young women even rolled up their sleeves and swung hammers with their bare arms. Their strong chest muscles and thick thighs showed that they were powerful.

They were sweating profusely, and although their faces were quite dirty, they made people marvel at the beauty of labor.

Zhu Yihai had to lament that the blacksmith heritage in Zhangqiu was indeed impressive, but many were just small family workshops. Although they looked solid in workmanship and made of real materials, they were still a bit behind.

He was even able to mention to Chen Hanhui, the state leader, that a government-run iron factory should be built here, using the iron ore and coal resources here, as well as the excellent blacksmith talents here, to integrate these resources and build an iron smelting and iron manufacturing center.

Just like Foshan Town in Guangzhou, it highlights the advantages of industrialization.

Although Zhangqiu is a major agricultural county, such a thousand-year-old brand cannot be wasted.

"Integrate these master blacksmiths and build a public-private iron factory. If these family workshops join the partnership, we can expand the scale, increase production capacity, and optimize management, and we will definitely achieve greater production efficiency and profits."

"With more orders and better efficiency, these blacksmiths can also make more profits. It's a win-win situation. Even Zhangqiu can get more tax revenue. Wouldn't it be great?"

Chen Hanhui didn't have much thought about these blacksmiths and shops. All he could think about now was that the Tatars, with more than 10,000 troops, were coming to kill here.

No matter how prepared you are, it's hard not to worry.

At this time, if I didn't study the formation of troops carefully, why did I think of building an iron factory?

"The Saint is really not worried about this battle?"

"Everything has been arranged. The Tatars have also slipped into our trap. There is nothing to worry about. We are just waiting to close the trap now."

"I believe in the soldiers in the imperial camp. Doesn't Mr. Chen believe in them?"

Chen Hanhui smiled bitterly, "I really cannot be as free and calm as Your Majesty."

"Waiting for the good news, Mr. Chen, let's make a good plan to build the Zhangqiu United Iron Works. Do you think this public-private partnership has taken off?"

Chen Hanhui really admired the emperor and had no choice but to cheer up and follow the discussion, but he was still a little half-hearted.

While we were talking, we suddenly heard a rumble.

"Are the cannons fired? Are the Tatars coming?" Chen Hanhui raised his head fiercely, and Zhu Yihai looked at the other ministers accompanying him, all looking to the west, although he couldn't see anything.

"Since everyone is so concerned about the war, let's go up to the top of the city and have a look. I guess you won't see anything."

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The first-class duke, Gu Shan Ezhen, led three thousand horsemen and finally arrived. They galloped all the way, passing through the wheat fields that had just been sown after the autumn harvest, and crossing the shallow Xiujiang River.

Kill towards the Ming Camp on the west right wing of Zhangqiu City.

In front of the Ming army camp was the Jixiu River, and behind it was the Luo River.

There is Girl Mountain to the west and Changbai Yuhuang Mountain to the east.

The location of this camp was chosen very well. Even if there is a drought in autumn and the water is dry, the Xiujiang River cannot stop the Qing cavalry, but the river water still has a good hysteresis effect.

Girl Mountain in the northwest of Xiujiang River.

The chief military officer of Shence Town, Gong Jin Gongyu of Changxing Kaiguo County, was wearing armor and wearing it with his hands, watching the Qing army roaring past the south side of the mountain like a tide, rushing towards the continuous camp.

"These Tatars have been starving in Jinan for a long time, but they still have such momentum."

"So what, today is the end of the world."

The military headquarters of Shence Town is on Girl Mountain, and there are many troops on the mountain.

The emperor's deployment had already made good use of the terrain, and he had chosen to camp on a plain several miles wide between the Xiujiang River and the Luohe River. Behind the two rivers were Lady Mountain and Yuhuang Mountain. Although the mountains were not high, they could be used as a base.

Advantages of terrain.

The Ming army deliberately set up a company camp on the several miles of land between the two rivers and the two mountains. Here they deployed an alliance of the Shence Army, plus half of the auxiliary troops, more than 3,000 troops.

Then there are the auxiliary soldiers from Yulin Town, more than a thousand.

So in total, there are more than 5,000 people in the camp.

On the Girl Mountain and Yuhuang Mountain on both sides of the camp, Yulin Town's five thousand soldiers, plus thousands of regiments for training and deployment, are hidden in the mountains.

Obviously, this is a trap within a trap.

The Ming army advanced into Zhangqiu with its divine strategy army, creating the illusion that it was out of touch with its friendly forces and was alone in the depths. Then it deliberately divided its troops into three groups, one inside the city and one on each side of the city.

The Shence Army of five to six thousand men and horses is divided into three locations, so each location is only about two thousand.

Each camped about ten miles apart, deliberately luring the Tatars to defeat them one by one.

But in fact, to the north is one association of the Shence Army plus a town of Yulin Town, and then to the south is another association of the Shence Army plus a town of Qianniu Town, and tens of thousands of regiments are allocated to the two wings.

Therefore, no matter which side the Qing army attacked first, the actual two wings had to face a town and a half of the main imperial camp, plus thousands of local warriors.

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There are also the cavalry from Jinwu Town.

This is all calculation.

After Shence Town arrived at Zhangqiu, they deliberately used themselves as bait, and then the cavalry blocked them and blocked the intelligence. Zhu Yihai personally led the elites of the three towns and rushed to Zhangqiu at a speed of 200 miles a day to strengthen the defense of Zhangqiu. They laid layers of traps and waited for work.

I thought there were only about 2,000 troops in the north wing, but in fact there were nearly 20,000.

Tu Lai led three thousand cavalry and charged towards the camp with wrong intelligence.

The commander of the northern camp is Shence Left Assistant General Wen Hu.

He had two thousand soldiers and more than three thousand auxiliary soldiers.

However, they had trenches dug in advance, fences erected, and horses-repelling walls. They even sprinkled caltrops outside the fences, dug many horse traps, and planted deer antlers.

There is even a trench inside the fence.

In those tents, there were actually many artillery and military forts built with sandbags.

Wen Hu was given the task of holding on to the camp. Jin Gongyu clearly told him that the more than 10,000 men and horses deployed in ambushes on the two mountains would not come out until the main force of Bolo arrived.

Zhangqiu City will send a group of troops after the battle begins, but in order to avoid alerting the enemy, it will not exceed a thousand people.

The trick must be done well and the Tatars cannot be scared away.

Of course, we must also be able to withstand the first wave of Tatar attacks, and we must not let the acting be ruined.

On the watchtower in the camp, the Ming army blew the warning horn.

Actually, there was no need to blow. The violent shaking of the earth had already told the soldiers in the camp that the Tatar cavalry was coming.

From a distance, it looks like a tidal wave rushing in.

Wen Hu is from Huzhou. He has seen the Qiantang River tide in Hangzhou before. The scene is so spectacular that many tide watchers are swept away every year because they did not expect the tide to be so strong and powerful.

At first glance, the tide was still far away, which seemed quite ordinary.

But soon you will rush closer, and then you will realize that the wave is so high and the tide is so fierce.

"The battle camp is at the front, and the auxiliary camp is at the back to cooperate."

"The musketeers must get closer before firing. They must fire in a team of twelve. Random firing is prohibited."

Wen Hu shouted loudly.

For this battle, the battalion has practiced several times, and everyone is familiar with the battle plan. However, looking at the overwhelming cavalry coming, they are still very nervous.

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Zhao Xiaolou followed Captain Li Baoquan and Lieutenant Liu to their designated positions, and Captain Liu lit the match for them.

Zhao Xiaolou wrapped the match rope around his waist and the other end around his wrist, and used the tiger's mouth to clamp the nodding end of the match rope.

The match rope made from hemp rope burned very slowly, and the little red flames were in the hands of each musketeer.

Everyone is stepping up to check their equipment.

Zhao Xiaolou's heart was pounding. He always did very well during live-fire training and shotgun training very well, but he was still nervous at this time.

He had been training for more than a year since the auxiliary troops were transferred to the battle camp. He only fought once in actual combat under Zichuan City. That time he only fired one shot, and the defenders surrendered.
To be continued...