Zhou Shixian is definitely not the kind of passive person who is beaten. On the contrary, he likes to take the initiative and take the initiative.

On the second day, Zhou Shixian handed over the task of "discussing peace and deceiving the enemy" to the envoys sent by Emperor Chongzhen of Nanjing, the civil servants who followed Shi Kefa to the front line, may not do anything else, but if you say that they can't act or deceive people, they will be really too young and too immature.

Moreover, once these arrogant civil servants have the force to support themselves, they are the ones who look down on the Tartars the most.

Of course, if not, it is not impossible to kneel down and cut your braids and ask the master to serve one-stop.

A flexible moral bottom line is the characteristic of most civil servants, and an unethical bottom line is the true face of a considerable number of civil servants. It can only be said that the late Ming Dynasty was really an era of demons dancing around, and it was almost impossible to find someone without any stains.

However, perhaps because the Ming Dynasty was a failure in its original history, it was not concealed or mythed, nor was it embellished with various propaganda.

In other words, this is very likely to be the most real history. Throughout history, perhaps those selfless and upright figures, the so-called heroes, may not be because their lives are not stained, but are covered up myths.

In the original history, Zheng Chenggong is heroic enough, Li Dingguo is heroic enough, but there are still many problems and many stains. Although Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen are less stains, they are hard to be called "a generation of heroes" due to insufficient achievements.

However, the arrogant attitude of these civil servants, especially the kind of uncontroversial situation, wanted the Qing Dynasty to withdraw troops immediately, withdraw from the pass within two months, and issued an order to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, which made Dodord have no doubts.

After all, Manchus may have strong ability to learn and imitate in military affairs, but theories created by civil servants for their own actions are far inferior to those created by party struggles, secret battles in the court, and the set of original theories created by civil servants for their own actions.

Zhou Shixian was also very satisfied with the performance of these civil servants and made a secret decision in his heart that he would not use them easily in the future, and he could not believe anything about these guys.

During this period, Emperor Chongzhen also became more and more concerned about the war on the front line. It would be fine if he didn't pay attention. Once this Weicao Emperor started to pay attention, especially some officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, he also began to say that the front line expenses were too large, and the Ministry of Revenue might not be able to continue complaining, everything that was familiar to him came back.

On the fourth day after Shi Kefa came, the imperial edict of Emperor Chongzhen to urge Zhou Shixian and the Qing army to fight as soon as possible came, with the reason being that the battle was quick and the decision was to avoid long nights of dreams.

On the sixth day, seeing that Zhou Shixian was still not moving, the imperial edict in Nanjing Forbidden City came again. The reason this time was that the national treasury was not supported and it was necessary to fight quickly.

Zhou Shixian naturally would not listen to Chongzhen. In the past seventeen years, this emperor had used this method to destroy more than 200,000 elite Ming army soldiers. Zhou Shixian did not want to join that glorious big family.

However, he announced the preparations for a war and told Emperor Chongzhen that he was actively preparing and believed that he would soon defeat the Qing army.

Wang Chaodong also proved this in the secret report sent back to Nanjing, and said some insignificant bad words from Zhou Shixian to gain the trust of Emperor Chongzhen.

Such pulling and open and secret struggles accompanied by the continuous confrontation between the peacekeeping mission and the Qing army, and it was also increasingly strengthened Zhou Shixian's determination to completely undermine Emperor Chongzhen after this battle.

As Zhou Shixian finally arrived, the secret weapon developed by the "Nanjing Weapons Bureau" finally ended, and the army officially entered a decisive battle.

During this period, not only Duoduo in the north had begun to prepare for the subsequent ambush battle, but Zhou Shixian had already sent a large number of troops to lurk in the village fortress outside the city, ready to attack the enemy camp at night at any time.

"After the rocket launcher launched an attack, the cavalry first crossed the river and attacked the Qing army's central camp, and then the soldiers crossed the river, and the infantry and cavalry cooperated to intercept the Qing army on both wings. As long as the Duoduo's central camp was taken down by us, the Qing army would find it difficult to organize a decent attack."

In the commander's mansion in Fengyang City, Zhou Shixian was placing tasks to the generals of the departments preparing for the operation: "Xue Laoer, your central army Tianwei Camp will fight together with Wu Xingye's Wufen Camp. Zheng Chenggong's fleet will release enough boats at that time. At that time, all departments must cross the river as quickly as possible and catch the Qing army off guard.

Zhang Hong, Zheng Hu, Kong Tao, your three divisions have more than 8,000 troops and horses are responsible for the Qing army on the left wing in the west, Li Daxi, Weng Dajie, Huang Degong, your three divisions have more than 9,000 troops and horses are responsible for the Qing army on the right wing in the east.

The remaining troops lined up on the south bank and stood by, join the battlefield at any time, and pursued the defeated Qing army."

Relying on the control of the Huai River, Zhou Shixian has allowed all units to take turns to board the boat to adapt to the process of crossing the river. However, not everyone will be seasick when the Huai River is a mile wide and calm. However, what is required for night attacks is speed and the excellent state of soldiers. Zhou Shixian must ensure that the soldiers are fully adapted and exert their best combat power.

This time it was a night attack, and the firearms did not play a big role in it, so Zhou Shixian left the "Jinwu Camp" of his confidant general Sun Hu on the south bank for defense.

"Mr., should you transport troops to the flanks of the Qing army camp in advance? In this way, as long as you defeat the main force of the Qing army, the partial divisions on the left and right wings can quickly attack, attack the Qing army's defeated soldiers, or even encircle them, and defeat them on the north bank in one fell swoop." After hearing Zhou Shixian's arrangement, Xue Laoer asked immediately.

"Don't be greedy for merit and advance prosper." Zhou Shixian did not agree. Before the extraordinary moment, he still strives to be steady.

"The South Bank must have enough reserves. No one can tell what is happening on the battlefield. If there is no backup, the risk will be too great. This battle will never be lost."

Although Zhou Shixian took the initiative to launch a night attack, he was not sure. After all, Duoduo was not easy to deal with. Even if this night attack was not successful, as long as there was a large army to support it, the losses would not be too great. Anyway, Duoduo would definitely not be able to take away the control of the Huaihe River.

"Don't worry, the prince consort, no matter what, the officials will never let the Qing army cross the river. If these arid Tartars dare to approach the river bank, the officials will let them die under the shells." Zheng Chenggong said quickly when he saw this.

Zhou Shixian nodded, and then continued the original military meeting. The deployment of the "Night Attack Battle" must be finally confirmed to avoid some low-level mistakes that should not be made.

Zhou Shixian was not sure whether the 158 new rocket launchers were enough to completely disrupt the Qing army camp on the north bank and burned some of the tents.
Chapter completed!