The Imperial Camp of Shunzhi stayed in Cangzhou for many days, but the news of the fall of Shanhaiguan was still secretly released. Few people learned about this kind of news, but they were just those relatives and nobles at the highest level.

However, it is difficult to guarantee how long such an important situation can be kept confidential. Once the news is leaked, the reinforcements from Mongolia in the south of the desert will inevitably be disinterested, and even the morale of the Eight Banners Army will inevitably be shaken.

This is what the Qing court is most reluctant to see now, but there is no way. It is like the fact that Dongjiang Town had not yet declined and Lin Danhan did not travel far away. The Later Jin army won many battles, but it was difficult to stay in any strategic direction for too long, otherwise the core occupied areas would be attacked. By the same token, the Later Jin army at that time could never fail in any large-scale battle, because once it failed, it would be a situation of no return.

The gap in strength was like this back then, and it is also like this today. The Qing court now has no intention of consuming it, which is too unfavorable for them. They can only fight quickly and solve the main force of the Northern Expedition Army. While the army heads south, it can send a new army back to the capital to ensure safety.

After a long delay, no one can guarantee whether the An Crazy man in Liu Cheng's mouth would suddenly rise up and send troops to attack the capital. If this is true, even if the capital has not been launched for a while, the attack on the morale of the army is incalculable. Whether it is a loss of advance or a decisive battle in a panic, the chances of victory of the new army will be greatly reduced, and it is far better to fight the Northern Expedition Army as soon as possible.

Because of this, the new army marched south along the canal, and the speed of the march was extremely fast. They originally planned to fight the Northern Expedition Army in Shandong, but who knew that Chen Wen had sent troops north, and they thought of it. The Qing court did not know why Chen Wen chose to enter Zhili instead of waiting in Shandong, but since that was the case, the Qing court did not intend to continue wasting time. Following this principle, the harassement of the Qing cavalry was not very careful, for fear of delaying the time until the secret could not be kept.

During this time, the main force of the Northern Expedition Army arrived at the battlefield in Cangzhou. The senior officials of the Qing court all breathed a sigh of relief. After they discovered Chen Wen's formation, they even had great doubts about such formations while celebrating each other.

When he arrived in Cangzhou, Shunzhi moved into the government office. When the war was about to begin, the Imperial Camp had the responsibility of general commander and commander. Shunzhi was both an imperial commander and a place in front of the army to stabilize the morale of the army. At this moment, the Imperial Camp moved forward to a town in the south of Cangzhou City, in front of which were four new troops lined up, and around the town were guards and Mongolian cavalry as reserves. Standing at the highest point in the city, looking south with a telescope, there was information about the continuous sending of horses, and the worry became even worse.

"Without a spearman, he dared to put it on the flank. Wouldn't Chen Ni be afraid of the cavalry of the court?"

On the high platform, Liu Cheng set up a formation between both sides with flags on the sand table. Chen Wen's arrangement was both in line with the central army and the right wing, but on the left wing, the young guard division did not even have a spearman, so why did he resist the horse? It seemed a big loophole.

"This is definitely a trap. Chen Ni's style of using troops is to outweigh people, and he is trying his best to ensure the stability of the formation. There is definitely a problem with this arrangement!"

From the fourth year of Yongli to the present, the Qing court and Chen Wen had been in conflict for nearly ten years. At the beginning, they did not pay much attention to the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. After all, the Xiying was in the limelight at that time, but when Hong Chengchou died, Yue Le and Jiergalang were also killed, and the original contempt quickly turned into fear.

In the fearful eyes, everything seemed to be conspiracy. This book was understandable, even Liu Cheng could not understand the problem here, so he had to continue deducing it on the sand table and try to find the key to the problem.

"This Zhejiang bandit is full of muskets, and it must be Chen Ni's main attack direction. According to my opinion, it is enough to send cavalry to harass them and involve them, and wait for other troops to break the enemy. The organization of other Zhejiang bandits has not changed much, and it is not much stronger than the Spanish phalanx."

Fu Shou was full of care, but the others dared not be like him. Although they had realized the importance of firearms in future wars since the New Army relied on Gustav’s phalanx to defeat Wu Sangui, they never dared to think about it, like Chen Wen, who didn’t even have a spearman in his slightest position. At this time, they ignored what Fu Shou said, stared at the sand table in front of Liu Cheng, trying to see from it that Chen Wen’s true intention was.

However, Liu Cheng was not originally from the Staff Office, and he had never been to the Staff Office in the Martial Arts School. He could understand that these were all based on old relationships and indirect understanding in the recruit training camp. Calculation was a weakness, but it was just a little stronger than these guys who could only guess based on experience. After deducing on the sand table for a while, the conclusions he got still could not satisfy him personally. At least he still couldn't see what Chen Wen was doing like this.

"The position of the Wuwei Right Army is still two or three miles away from the canal. This distance is not far, but it is not close. At least large-scale cavalry will have to waste their worries if they want to go around."

Shaking his head, Liu Cheng couldn't quite figure out what traps were hidden here, but it was right to send cavalry to harass him. This was the advantage of the Qing court, but without determining what Chen Wen's killer weapon would be, Liu Cheng did not dare to throw more power into it.

With this plan, the generals were a little relieved. The Northern Expedition Army was still advancing step by step, and the two sides' probing horses were still fighting between the two, but after such a long time, the distance of the array was determined and the position of the entire installation attack was not far away.

"All my dear ministers will return to our army to take charge. The rest of the matter will be assisted by the prince and Oboi."

Shunzhi was the commander of the army, but the commander was still in the hands of Liu Cheng and Oboi. They were both long-standing generals. The former had the deepest understanding of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, while the latter was a veteran general who had been in the rest of his life. Working together was always much better than everyone doing their own things.

Jidu and others took their leave. When Obai saw everyone riding their horses away, he asked Liu Cheng: "Mr. I think the right army of Wuwei can withstand the offensive of the young guard division of Zhejiang bandits?"

The Wuwei Right Army was originally organized by Liu Cheng. Although the military power is now in the hands of Ebilong, Liu Cheng should still have a certain understanding of this new army.

At this moment, when Oboi asked, Shunzhi also turned his attention to him. Liu Cheng sighed and replied: "The Wuwei Right Army's live ammunition shooting training was launched at the latest, but the musket was not as fast as the bow and arrow, and the forming speed was relatively fast. With the previous long-term queue training, it should not be much less than other new troops. But Chen Wen thought that he didn't play according to common sense. He always had strange things to take out, and it was hard for the servant to imagine whether he would make a decision like a grenade and other decisive sound on the battlefield."

Grenadiers, the Qing court originally did not train before quelling the Wu Sangui rebellion, but later Shunzhi used the vanguard battalion to form a team. It was very small in scale, but it was better than nothing. This army was Shunzhi's trump card and he didn't dare to let others know about it, for fear that Chen Wen's detective would know about it. After hearing Liu Cheng's use of this as a comparison, he was still scared.

“What should I do about it?”

Shunzhi was confused when he was concerned and his tone was anxious, which made Oboi and Liu Cheng sigh in his heart. It was not easy for this Qing emperor who had never been in the battle to be in charge of the army. It was really difficult to rely on him to do anything. One was the commander of the cavalry of the Imperial Camp and the other was the chief of staff of the Imperial Camp, and the other was the chief of staff of the Imperial Camp. The burden was particularly heavy.

"Your Majesty, I think that the court is not very clear about the trump card of Zhejiang bandits, and the Zhejiang bandits' understanding of the new army is probably very limited. When the Zhejiang bandits launch an attack and let Ebilong send cavalry to test it out, they will always see some tricks."

After Oboi said that, Liu Cheng nodded. The advantage of the Qing army was that the Gustav phalanx of the new army was that the number of cavalry was greater, and their strength was not as small as the main force of the Northern Expedition Army. The core population was even smaller and dared not easily lose it, but small-scale tests were still necessary.

"Then according to what I said."

The Qing army had already made plans, and each unit was also doing the final rest on the established positions. The distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer, and they explored horses and invited attacks, and the fight became more and more intense. When the Northern Expedition Army entered the forward position determined according to the distance between the Qing army's battle formation, the army also carried out the final renovation work as quickly as possible.

In the army formation, Chen Wenyao looked at the soldiers under his command, and the horses were still providing shelter for the army. The soldiers had already begun to dress up under the command of the officers.

According to the horse exploration report, the spearmen of the new army used heavy armor of the old style of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. However, this armor was equipped with the second-line troops in the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The infantry of the Northern Expedition Army was all wearing plate armor, and the metal was not as strong as the former. The arc of the armor could better avoid and deflect and kill, and the protection effect of cold weapon attacks was naturally better.

The spearman is wearing a full-body armor with chest protection, crotch protection, arm protection, leg protection, wears iron gloves, iron boots, and a helmet integrated with a face armor. The end is armed to the teeth. In contrast, due to operational needs, the musketeer is also equipped with a spearman guard, wearing only one collar and half-body armor, so the protection is much worse.

However, the musketeers were not originally used for defense. Chen Wen equipped the musketeers of the Northern Expedition Army with all the flintlock musketeers, the A and B musketeers used by infantry musketeers, and the C musketeers used by the musketeers. The latter showed their power on the Henan battlefield, which caught Guoan off guard and thus got rid of the predicament at that time.

After three years of preparation, Chen Wen compiled a larger-scale army. With the industrialization system driven by the military industry, the army's equipment has made great progress. This is the fruitful result of technological accumulation and industrialization. Chen Wen firmly believes in the correctness of this path and has invested too much manpower, material resources and financial resources since he was poor. Now, it is precisely for the Qing Dynasty to taste the power of the real modern army.

After finishing his armor, the soldiers got up and lined up after a short rest. They had borrowed a letter from Qian Qianyi's Southeast Wenzong leader to write a letter to the Northern Expedition. However, at this time, Chen Wen had no interest in this and simply rode his horse to the army formation, pulled out the sword at his waist, and shouted loudly:

"Nine years ago, Gu was at the foot of Dalan Mountain and told everyone that the way of heaven is good, but China must be extended; people's hearts are justified, and even every man will avenge you. Now, the last reliance of the Tatars is right in front of you, and it is the time to correct the people's hearts. Since this is the case, Gu only has one order. This battle does not require any prisoners. If you kill them all, you should use the blood of the Tatars to cleanse the humiliation and hatred of the Han family for decades!"

That sentence was told by Chen Wen when he was telling Zhu Yuanzhang's story in the Sun's courtyard. In the battle formation at this moment, Wu Dengke and Yin Yue both listened to Chen Wen's words with their own ears, and they were all excited at that time. But at that time, in the dark era when the Qing Dynasty occupied most of the world, no one expected that they would actually wait for this day, really!

Chen Wen shouted loudly, and the officers of various departments also repeated. In a blink of an eye, Wan Sheng's shouts filled the world. Even later, the soldiers could not even hear the repeated shouts of the officers of the police, and were only infected by the enthusiasm of these people.

When the war drums sounded and the tiger roared, the Ming troops on both wings of the central army advanced side by side, holding the weapons in their hands tightly towards the Qing army battle formation in the distance.

The army launched an attack, and the old generation of divisions still lined up in a row, but the young guard division was arranged in two rows in a team of twenty people, taking uniform steps, and walking straight towards the Wuwei Right Army in the distance.

This secretly trained unit was different from other units from head to toe. Even if it had been searching all over the world, no army was like this young guard division. When the army advanced, Ebilong, who had received the order earlier, simply sent a cavalry from the head of the Wuwei Right Army to dispatch the cavalry from the right wing of the Qing army and the central army, and headed straight for this phalanx infantry without even a spear.

The young guard division was not organized by a spearman, and the Qing army dispatched cavalry to fight, but the army did not stagnate at all. It was just a law-based retreat team that killed a camp of musket cavalry from the passage between the left wing of the Ming army and the central army, and directly intercepted the cavalry of the Wuwei Right Army.

The cavalry of the new army moved first, but the Northern Expedition Army was not slow at all. The cavalry battalion officer Shen Jiabao, who led the team, rushed out of the passage with his subordinates. The Type C musket developed for the cavalry had already been loaded. The muzzle faced the sky, and the cavalry did not rush to accelerate, and spread like a fan. Soon a net was formed facing the Qing cavalry, blocking the Qing cavalry's advance in front of the Qing cavalry's advance.

The cavalry of Shen Jiabao's battalion was not organized by the Young Guard Division, but by the Pinggang Camp under the command of the Dalan Division of the Central Army. Once their formation was unfolded, they would be wrapped straight towards the Qing army.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer, especially the cavalry, and the horses were flying at lightning. The Qing army came at full speed and was about to plunge into the encirclement net of Pinggang Camp. But at this moment, the first row of cavalry who were slowly coming saw the Qing army entering the range, and the muskets were flat, aiming at the Qing army in the distance, and then shot.

The flintlock was equipped with a smoothbore gun in front of it, and even shot it on the horse. The accuracy was very pitiful. There were very few Qing cavalry who were shot and fell off the horse, and the losses were minimal.

However, for this musket cavalry, shooting is never just an appetizer. At this moment, Shen Jiabao's leadership is not needed. The cavalry who finished shooting consciously clamped the horse's belly with both legs, held the reins in his left hand, stuffed the musket back into the gun bag with his right hand, pulled out the saber and accelerated suddenly, and rushed forward in a daze. However, the rear cavalry who did not shoot were still moving slowly, not like the cavalry in front.

The Northern Expedition Army's musket cavalry had a limelight on the battlefield in Henan. The new army had a solution. When the rushing new army cavalry saw that their opponents were holding muskets, they stuffed their bows and arrows back into the bow bag, quiver, and pulled out their sabers to kill them.

To be honest, these Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were not used to this kind of tactic. They went directly into hand-to-hand combat without cavalry. It seemed that something was wrong, especially because the prohibition of such habits was not long, and this was even more so.

However, the Mongols were originally on horseback, and fighting was a basic skill. Although the Manchus were fishing, hunting and farming, cavalry warfare was also a strength. What's more, they were the cavalry of the new army. They had been trained for many years and could not adapt to the orders.

He was not caught off guard by the sudden acceleration of the Northern Expedition cavalry as he did on the Henan battlefield, but Shen Jiabao didn't care. Seeing a Qing army officer rushing towards him, he slashed straight at him with one knife, and sparks flew everywhere.

The war horses were intertwined, and Shen Jiabao did not hesitate. He put away his sword and slashed at another Qing cavalry who was rushing towards him. This time, the Qing cavalry's reaction was a little slower, and the sabers passed by the Qing cavalry's blade, and with one knife, he cut down the helmet tassels raised high on the cavalry's helmet.

"Grandma, I almost cut that guy's head in half."

Thoughts passed by in a flash, Shen Jiabao did not hesitate at all and continued to fight towards the Qing cavalry that rushed over.

The cavalry that came with him was only half of the head of the battalion and soon disappeared into the Qing army's cavalry. However, as the Qing army's cavalry rushed over, just as they were turning back to chase, the cavalry behind who did not fire fired shot at them at this time, then drew their swords and rushed over...

In the distance, two cavalry battalions, divided into the Northern Expedition Army and the New Army, fought into a group. Ebilong sent cavalry to harass Shen Jiabao's troops, and the young guard division continued to move forward in the direction of the Wuwei Right Army, taking uniform steps.

After a while, the battle over there still did not stop. However, the two wings of the Central Army of the Northern Expedition Army, a unit of 400 people at the forefront of each division-level unit had the ambition to accelerate forward together, and soon dispersed, continuing to advance along the scattered line.

Infantry forces do not fight without formations, this is the iron rule of military strategists. The Northern Expedition Army suddenly changed, and the new army, from the presidents of each army to the Oboi and Liu Cheng in the imperial camp, were all stunned.

However, before they could react, the infantry stood in front of the two armies, with their muskets leveling, aiming at the new army 300 meters away to shoot.
Chapter completed!