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The Ren family's submission made Li Yuanqing feel even happier.

However, this is like 'buying a horse's bones with a thousand dollars'. If you want to maximize the effectiveness of things, you must first ensure a positive advantage.

Only the army and military exploits are the cornerstone of everything.

Early the next morning, the sky cleared slightly, and it seemed that God was also helping. The continuous snow that had lasted for many days finally dissipated.

Zhenjiang South Gate City Head.

Mao Wenlong and Li Yuanqing were both in full military uniforms, standing opposite each other. They were flanked by dozens of generals in two uniforms, also in full military uniforms.

Below, the newly repaired South City Gate has been opened, and dense red figures continue to pour out, forming a continuous battle formation.

Mao Wenlong's mood was very high. He glanced ahead and then looked at Li Yuanqing, "Yuanqing, we must win this battle beautifully!"

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "Commander, that's the way it is. The journey of a thousand miles is at our feet."

Mao Wenlong couldn't help laughing, "Okay, Yuan Qing, that's a good point! It's been so many years since I've been as proud as I am today! Drive out the Tartars today!"

Mao Wenlong said and looked at Mao Chenglu on the side, "How are the preparations for the chariot? When will it come out?"

Mao Chenglu hurriedly said: "Commander, everything is ready. Just wait for Zhang Pan's troops to leave the city, and the next step will be the chariot."

Mao Wenlong nodded vigorously and said, "Command the entire army to speed up!"

"yes!"

Mao Wenlong's order was quickly passed on, and the speed of the red figure below instantly accelerated a lot.

Not long after, under the city gate, a wooden chariot with a hanging door was pushed out of the city and began to gather towards the front.

Facing the Houjin Cavalry head-on, at this time, the Ming army did not build many defensive buildings in the front, so the barrier of this kind of chariot was even more important.

Putting the chariot in front can effectively withstand the first and most violent impact of the cavalry and guard against the rain of arrows from the Tatars. The next choice will be much more.

The so-called chariots are of course far from the standard chariots of the Ming army. Many of them are modified from ordinary single-wheeled "chicken chariots". On the front are hung wet tattered quilts, torn animal skins and the like.

After the quilt is soaked, and the weather at this time, it will solidify quickly and become quite hard. Not to mention the rain of arrows from the Tartars, even the bullets of future generations will have an excellent effect.

Animal skins are relatively precious, and due to the weather, the effect after solidification is not very good.

But things are dead, but people are alive. What else can stop the hard-working and brave Chinese people?

Under the guidance of Li Yuanqing, most of the animal skins were sewn with several layers of rags, filled with sand, and then poured with water to solidify, and the effect was equally effective.

In addition, when conquering the city, the Ming army captured many cowhide chariots left behind by the Jin army in the city, bringing the number of chariots to more than a thousand.

These things don't look very good-looking, nor are they very elegant, but they are the most effective barrier for the Ming army at this time.

Soon, as the chariots began to move forward densely, the Ming army's formation gradually began to line up. There were more than 20,000 people in formation outside Zhenjiang City.

The Hou Jin Dynasty had discovered the trend here very early and was constantly mobilizing. It was obvious that they did not want to sit still and wait for death in the face of the Ming army's initiative.

The time has come to around 9 o'clock, and the sun has peeked out in the east. The warm sunshine shines on the white ground, adding a touch of warmth and a touch of tenderness to this ice-like world.

Mao Wenlong smiled and said to Li Yuanqing: "Yuanqing, it's almost done. Let's go to the front to supervise the battle!"

Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "I am willing to serve as a pawn in front of the commander-in-chief!"

Mao Wenlong laughed loudly, "Okay! Let's go!"

As Mao Wenlong took the lead to step off the city, Li Yuanqing followed, and the generals behind him also followed suit.

Not far from the city, soldiers had already prepared hundreds of fine horses. A group of people mounted their horses and filed out along the city gate, heading straight to the front of the battle formation.

At this time, the Ming army's chariot formation had been set up in a "one" shape. Behind them, various types of soldiers, such as sword and shield soldiers, spear soldiers, and gun soldiers, stood in an orderly manner.

Li Yuanqing and Mao Wenlong were sitting in the middle of the army, with flags of various colors flying.

Looking from a distance, the sun and moon are tumbling, the waves are surging, and the entire Ming army battle formation is almost a red ocean.

Especially against the backdrop of the snow-white ground, this strong visual impact makes people dare not look directly.

As the soldiers and messengers from various ministries continued to collect information from each ministry to the Chinese army, soon, all preparations were basically in place.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Mao Wenlong fiercely drew out his saber, raised it high and pointed forward, "My sons, move forward!"

"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious! The Changsheng Camp will be victorious!"

"The Ming Dynasty is victorious! The commander is victorious!"

"Wonderful victory! Wonderful victory!"

"…………"

The troops of the Changsheng Battalion took the lead in shouting slogans. Soon, the entire Ming army's battle formation was quickly ignited. The continuous shouts of "Wan Sheng" almost pierced the sky. An occasional passing bird was almost frightened and flew out of the sky.

He fell down, fluttered his wings and fled this terrible place of right and wrong.

As the chariot advanced forward, the entire Ming army's battle formation was like a red wave, slowly but steadily pushing towards the Jin army's battle formation.

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The camp of the Hou Jin Army was about three miles away from Zhenjiang City. It was almost completely built according to the Ice City built by Li Yuanqing.

Looking at the red wave in front of them slowly moving forward, slogans continued, Dai Shan, Amin Manggultai, Huang Taiji, Yue Tuo, Du Du and other nobles of the Later Jin Dynasty had expressions on their faces.

Somewhat ugly.

Amin said coldly: "What do these smart dogs want to do? Do they want to rush into our formation?"

Du Du also said: "Does Li Yuanqing really think that after a few battles, he will be so rampant? This time, he actually dares to come out! Hahaha! We must take him down in one fell swoop!"

There was not much joy on Daishan's face. He said coldly: "The Ming army's chariot formation is tight. It must have been planned for a long time! We must not rush, otherwise, we will never get too much advantage."

Mang Gurtai said: "Li Yuanqing and Mao Wenlong have joined forces, and their momentum cannot be underestimated. But we cannot retreat, we must suppress their momentum first!"

Huang Taiji nodded and suddenly sneered slightly, "Since they want to fight, let's fight!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the two wings of the Ming army's battle formation ahead, "Although the Ming army looks mighty from the front, there are many loopholes on both wings. This will be the best breakthrough point for our warriors!"

Daishan smiled and said, "The warriors have been feeling aggrieved for so long. This time, let the warriors vent their anger thoroughly! Come here, pass on my military order, and all units will prepare to face the enemy!"

"twitter!"

After a while, the main battle formation of the Hou Jin Army quickly began to mobilize and gear up.

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Half an hour later, around 10:30, the Ming army stopped a mile away from the Jin army's battle formation.

At this time, communication was extremely backward compared to later generations, and the requirements for battle formations were extremely high. The Ming army also fought jointly with multiple units, so even if they wanted to, the speed could not be increased.

In the final analysis, due to its natural disadvantage, the Ming army still lacked sufficient initiative. Although they had set up a battle array, they still had to wait until the Jin army attacked first to allow their cavalry to pick up speed.

Soon, the cavalrymen of the Hou Jin Dynasty began to move. Against the backdrop of the pure white snow, they roared towards the Ming army's battle formation like colorful waves.

Mao Wenlong saw through Hou Jinjun's intention at a glance and looked at Li Yuanqing hurriedly, "Yuanqing, I have to rely on you for both wings!"

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile, "Commander, you can rest assured and wait for the performance of your sons."

Despite such a huge scale, the Ming army's weaknesses are also obvious. The lack of mobility makes the Ming army's initiative extremely limited, and they can only wait for the Jin army to come to their doorstep.

Once such a formation was opened, the two wings became the Ming army's biggest weakness.

But in their previous planning and deployment, Mao Wenlong and Li Yuanqing had already considered it carefully.

The left wing of the Ming army in the west was guarded by Changsheng Battalion, while the right wing in the east was guarded by Chen Zhong's headquarters, and the front was guarded by Mao Wenlong's main force of Dongjiang headquarters.

According to the terrain at this time, the left wing on the west side, where the Changsheng Camp was guarding, would also be the main attack direction of the Later Jin Army.

Photo: The main force of the Ming army is of different lengths. Li Yuanqing naturally wants to do this "dirty work" himself to better maintain the overall situation of the Ming army.

With the sound of horse hooves roaring, the whole earth seemed to start to tremble.

Within the field of vision, there were tens of thousands of Houjin cavalry, divided into multiple directions, rushing toward the Ming army's battle formation.

On the left wing were Guan Canghai and Xu Heizi, as well as Huang Guoshan and Li Sansheng's two thousand elite troops, guarding nearly 4,000 people. Li Yuanqing was not too worried. He sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and, together with Mao Wenlong, focused on the frontal battle first.

As the Houjin cavalry got closer and closer, they had already rushed within a hundred steps. In front of them, various firearms from Dongjiang Headquarters instantly opened. The sound of "crackling" resounded in the ears, and thick smoke rose into the sky.

Different from the new bird guns used by Li Yuanqing's Changsheng Camp and Chen Zhong's Department, the firearms of Dongjiang Headquarters are very mixed. There are standard bird guns of the Ming Army, three-eyed blunderbuss, bowl-mouth blunderbuss, earthen guns, and many others that Li Yuanqing cannot name.

The names are mixed.

At this time, the headquarters was on full fire, and although the sound was uneven, the momentum was quite shocking.

In addition, the Ming army was in the north, and the wind blew from the north. The smoke was quickly blown to the south. In terms of vision, the Ming army had a certain advantage.

A few seconds after firing the gun, you can clearly see the situation ahead.

Within Li Yuanqing's field of vision, there were at least a hundred Houjin cavalrymen who were hit by various weapons of the Ming army and fell off their horses. They were either dead or disabled.

This is also a big flaw of the cavalry. ‘There is no turning back when shooting a bow!’ If you want to kill the enemy, you must overcome all fears and can only move forward indomitably.

At this time, frankly speaking, the first round of firepower of the headquarters was already quite effective, but Li Yuanqing understood that the firepower of the headquarters was too dispersed. Although it seemed to have caused a certain amount of damage to the Hou Jin Army, it did not damage its fundamentals.

, or in other words, its roots cannot be damaged at all.

Li Yuanqing secretly glanced at Mao Wenlong beside him.

Mao Wenlong's expression was solemn, but it could be seen that he was extremely calm. Suddenly, he shouted, "Javelin and throwing ax are ready!"

"yes!"

The order was quickly passed around.

In front, there were soon nearly a thousand pitchers of various types, holding their own weapons and getting ready to throw.

Li Yuanqing also showed interest.

This was the first time he fought in collaboration with Mao Wenlong, and it was also the first time he saw the traditional Ming army's offensive and defensive methods. He quickly put aside his distracting thoughts and focused his attention on the front.

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Chapter completed!