The morning fog on the seaside in summer ripples slowly on the Bohai Sea northeast of Yulinpu, shrouding the beach leading to the Qinghe River estuary in haze.

Everything around him was quiet, except for the roaring sound of the rising tide.

Li Laiheng had been lying in the dewy grass on the beach for a long time, looking around with a straw stick picked up from somewhere in his mouth.

This young man who was the Dashun Emperor in his previous life is now also a relative of Zhu Yuanzhang. Of course he is the great Zhongliang of the Ming Dynasty! He also calls himself "Three Generations of Zhongliang". He Ada Li Jin is a Zhongliang, his uncle Li Zicheng is a Zhongliang, and of course he is too

Indescribable loyalty.

In his opinion, is there any more loyal Zhongliang in the Ming Dynasty today than Li Zicheng, Li Jin, and Li Laiheng? Probably not!

Li Laiheng and Li Dazhongliang joined the army with their hair tied up at the age of eleven and joined the Youth Guard Corps. Then they rose all the way to the Guard Corps and "graduated" from the Guard Corps to the upper quarters camp and became a Ming Dynasty officer with a professional background. Now he is an accountant

The cavalry captain under the former army's cavalry division and Li Dingguo were on a par with each other. In fact, he and Li Dingguo, who was born as a commoner, grew up together in the Young Guards Corps.

Although he is a very noble nobleman, with a castle at home, retainers, and private soldiers, he has always been approachable and has never looked down on civilian guards like Li Dingguo. After joining the army, he can also communicate with the young soldiers below.

The cavalry worked together as one, without any airs like the earl's prince, and they could endure hardships.

At this moment, he was dressed like an ordinary soldier, wearing lath armor, and a yellow-green hood over the lath armor (the current army in front of the tent consists of red, yellow-green, black, and white).

He was wearing a colored visor, with his helmet flipped up behind his back. His young, tanned face was full of vigor and loyalty. He was the one who protected him, so it was foolproof!

At this time, he got up from the grass. The men around him thought that he was going to continue forward and lead everyone to kill a few Eight Banners soldiers. These guys had the lives of the Qing people in their hands! Since Lushun sent troops, they have been the vanguard of the army.

We fought seven or eight battles with the Eight Banners Cavalry, and won every battle, with more than a hundred gains. However, starting three days ago, the Eight Banners Cavalry seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and there was no trace of it again.

Li Laiheng still wanted to continue killing people, so he led his men to push forward as much as possible. Now they were almost at the mouth of Qinghe, but still found nothing.

Seeing that Li Laiheng seemed to still want to move forward, the cavalrymen in front of the tent stood up and pressed the handles of their swords at their waists, preparing to turn around and pull their horses in a nearby forest.

However, Li Laiheng waved his hand to stop him: "Don't go any further. If you go further, you will reach Qinghe River. You might run into a group of slave thieves."

His men didn't care, and spoke in low voices.

"What are you afraid of? Well, our horses are fast. If we encounter a large group, just run away!"

"Yes, we can't compare with you. We are all young soldiers. Not to mention the ancestral title, we don't even have a knight yet. We need to earn more slaves and thieves!"

"How many opportunities are there now? There are many slaves and thieves who are easy to kill. If you miss it, you may never have this opportunity in your life."

"Yes, Your Majesty, you are already 26 years old this year. If you don't kill a few more slaves and thieves, nothing will be accomplished!"

Li Laiheng understands very well that the following cavalrymen who were born as young soldiers want to make meritorious deeds! These young soldiers all joined the Youth Army when they were ten or eleven years old. They practiced martial arts and literacy in the Youth Army. They can be regarded as knowledgeable in both civil and military affairs.

Naturally, they are high. They all dream about the beautiful things of finding a prince for thousands of miles, and their fighting enthusiasm is not ordinary high!

Therefore, as their captain, you cannot blindly seek battle and rush forward. You must be cautious when you should be cautious.

Thinking of this, Li Laiheng put on a straight face and wanted to scold him, but he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind. Now everyone became nervous and spontaneously closed their helmets, then drew their bows, drew their swords, and set up firecrackers.

Under the command of Li Laiheng's gesture, two more people ducked into the nearby woods. There were two platoons there guarding all the horses and luggage.

In the blink of an eye, everyone has entered the state.

After all, these people are elite soldiers who have been trained since childhood, and their reactions are quite quick.

Seeing that his men had finished setting up, Li Laiheng took out a suona, puffed up his cheeks and blew three short tones. Then he heard the approaching cavalry in the morning mist also blowing the suona and responded with three long tones.

After meeting the code, Li Laiheng breathed a sigh of relief, but he still didn't dare to let down his guard. He just waved his hand to the person next to him. The person held a shield and ran towards the place where the sound of horse hooves came. Every moment, it came.

A loud voice said: “My people are all from Beijing.”

"They are all from Beijing" is a secret code. If you match the code, you can't go wrong!

Li Laiheng slowly returned the sword to its sheath and murmured to himself: "The person from Beijing is still a Shangguan, I don't know who he is?"

At this time, he saw the fog in front of him was disturbed, and more than a hundred cavalry rushed up without any flags. However, looking at the plate armor and hoods on their bodies, he knew that the people coming were the cavalry in front of the Ming army's tent.

The cavalry suddenly stopped, and then they saw two cavalrymen coming out, they were Zhu Youjian and Wu Sangui!

"Wan, long live my Lord!" Li Laiheng said blankly.

The soldiers around him also stood up and stared blankly at their Emperor.

Li Laiheng stayed for a moment and then rushed to Zhu Youjian's horse. Zhu Youjian and Wu Sangui, the deputy general of the army and cavalry in front of the tent, reined in the horse and just looked at Li Jin's good son. Zhu Youjian recognized Li Laiheng at a glance

, smiled and said, "It's you, Laiheng. How are you going?"

Li Laiheng bowed and saluted: "Long live Lord, why are you so forward? What if you encounter the Eight Banners soldiers who are slaves and traitors? I'll leave it to you to explore the enemy's situation. We are close to Qinghe River and no one knows.

, when will the slave bandit’s cavalry appear!”

Wu Sangui next to Zhu Youjian was also livid, and he had also tried to persuade Zhu Youjian. However, Zhu Youjian had to go straight to the Qinghe River this time to personally observe the terrain of the battlefield. No one could persuade him not to move! If he couldn't be persuaded, of course he would

I don’t want to persuade you anymore. Everyone knows that Zhu Youjian likes to be on the battlefield, and he has extremely rich battlefield experience and good luck. He has been wandering on the battlefield for so many years without suffering any injuries. He is the son of destiny, how could he be injured?

It makes sense for Zhu Youjian to come to the mouth of Qinghe River, because this is the battlefield he chose for the decisive battle!

The large fighting area in Gaizhou was chosen by the Empress Dowager Taisong. Zhu Youjian was "invited" by Taisong! But the specific battlefield had to be chosen by Zhu Youjian who took the initiative.

Zhu Youjian's choice was the area around the mouth of Qinghe River.

It was chosen near the estuary, firstly, because the terrain in this area is flat, which is conducive to the deployment and movement of the army; secondly, because Zhu Youjian's army already marched along the coast, and it is most convenient to deploy at the estuary of Qinghe River; thirdly, the Bohai Sea

The control of the sea lies with the Ming Army. Although there are no ports near the entrance of Qinghe River, the sand-ship navy of Jiliao Army and Pingliao Army can still move in the waters near the beach and support the battle on land.

For the above three reasons, once the Qinghe River enters the sea, it is of course the best battlefield for a decisive battle.

"Long live my Lord, there seems to be no sign of the slave cavalry on the south bank of the Qinghe River," Li Laiheng began to report, "but on the north bank of the Qinghe River, the Qing army is building a camp and fortress. There is also a small fortress close to the south bank of the Qinghe River."

"What's the water level of the Qinghe River?" Zhu You asked, "Can it be forded?"

"I don't know," Li Laiheng said. "There is a drought this year. Maybe it can be done in shallow water."

Zhu Youjian turned back to Wu Sangui and said, "Uncle Chang, what do you think? Let's put the camp here!"

"Long live my lord," Wu Sangui said, "this is a good place to use cavalry. I wonder if the slave thieves are willing to cross the river to fight?"
Chapter completed!