Early the next morning, the morning mist was filled by the river, and the cool breeze in the golden autumn of October and the armor, a cold feeling permeated the heaven and earth.

Xia Wanchun and Li Haoxian were on the left and right, accompanied Hou Xuanyan to watch the small boats on the river, carrying a large army across the Yangtze River. Hanyang and Wuchang looked across the river, and on the city tower of Hanyang, you could see the tragic situation in Wuchang. The main forces of the Qing soldiers gathered under the city of Jingzhou and fought with the 200,000 people from Zhongzhen Camp. There were not many defenders in the surrounding cities, and they were not elite.

After crossing the Yangtze River, the Huo and Feng Battalions gathered their own troops and calmly packed up their equipment and prepared to attack Hanyang. The two battalions were divided into left and right wings. Hou Xuanyan was in charge of the central army. After less than a stick of incense, Hanyang City could already be seen. However, the morning mist was too strong, and only the high city wall could be seen vaguely.

Hou Xuanyan laughed and said to the two generals: "The Tartars and Wu Sangui pulled everyone to Jingzhou and wanted to surround the site to help. I didn't go to support me, so we fought around and defeated all the territory around them. At that time, we will be surrounded by them. There are 200,000 troops from Du Yinxi in the center, haha."

Hou Xuanyan laughed proudly, and then saw Xia Wanchun and Li Haoxian suddenly looked forward, and their faces changed suddenly. Hou Xuanyan looked forward and saw that under Hanyang City, the flags covered the sky and the sun were blocking the dark soldiers and horses could not see the limit. Hou Xuanyan's spies were all over Jiangbei. He had not received any news last night, so the army on the outskirts of the city must have just arrived.

Fortunately, the Northern Expedition Army of the two battalions had been through battle formations for a long time, and was not panicked when encountering the enemy situation, and set up the formations with familiarity.

The commander of the army opposite was wearing a battle robe with a red base and black edge, a purple tassel helmet on his head, and a scarlet cloak behind him. The whole person was majestic, with his rough face, a high nose and wide mouth, and a pair of thick black eyebrows flew into his temples, looking like a brave general in an interruption. Beside him, there was a military general with a similar outfit, long beard and chest standing with him.

This powerful general was nothing but the pseudo-Qing Gongshun King Kong Youde. Around him was his close friend. He planned and led the Wuqiao mutiny with him. After causing trouble in Dengzhou, he defected and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

The personal soldiers beside him rode on horseback, holding a flag with a red-bian python flag on it, which was the inlaid red flag, one of the eight banners of the Han army that symbolized the Tartars.

"Geng Er, they are here."

Kong Youde said while waving his hand. The central army was in an orderly manner and lined up into a large formation. Advances can attack and retreat or defend.

Geng Zhongming pulled the reins and smiled, "These days, one Hou Xuanyan in his left ear and one Hou Xuanyan in his right ear, which made me calluse my ears. He was just a yellow-mouthed child who took advantage of our main force to escape the summer heat and danced in the south of the Yangtze River. I heard that he was just a scholar before, but today our brothers will teach him what war is."

Kong Youde's face showed a hint of disgust and spat and cursed: "I hate these scholars the most in my life, especially those who have been the supervisor. How happy it was to follow my grandfather on Pi Island back then. But a bird-feathered general Yuan Chonghuan came and killed his grandfather with a fraud. I just hated that I could not take revenge with myself. Now a scholar supervisor appeared. Seeing that I would not tear him apart, I would put him in the field to worship his grandfather."

Kong Youde was a miner from Tieling, and was good at archery and horses, and was illiterate. After the Manchu Jiannu, who was still called the Later Jin Dynasty, occupied Liaoshen, Kong Youde and his brother Kong Youxing defected to the Ming general Mao Wenlong, participated in the Zhenjiang victory, and then moved to the Pi Island of Korea. Kong Youde was brave and good at fighting, and was the first to compete in the battle. He was the best general in the army and was promoted to the general of the sect. When Mao Wenlong saw him, he liked him so much that he accepted him as his grandson. The person he respected most in his life was Mao Wenlong. Even as the prince of the Qing Dynasty, he was still excited when he mentioned Mao Wenlong.

Later, Mao Wenlong died in the hands of Yuan Chonghuan, which led to the fierce generals on Pidao holding grudges against the Ming Dynasty. Later, after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, these people were the biggest accomplices to the Central Plains. Except for Wu Sangui, the other two of the Sanfan tribes were Mao Wenlong's old subordinates. If Kong Youde had not died, his power might be higher than Wu Sangui.

When Geng Zhongming heard him talk about Mao Wenlong, he also showed a look of shame on his face and said, "Just looking at the spirit of this team, we should not be underestimated. They took Wuchang and skinned the boy Tong Dai and gave it to the Tong family. The Tong family was deeply rooted in the imperial court. They followed Nurhaci to cause trouble in Liaodong decades ago. If our brothers avenged them, they would also get some benefits in the future."

These two people did not have any respect when talking about Nurhaci. They were originally from the Han people in Liaodong, but they were not bad for Huang Taiji. Nurhaci killed 90% of the Liao people. Except for those who fled to Pi Island, basically all the Han people outside the pass were killed by him.

Hou Xuanyan looked at the Qing soldiers opposite him coldly, and could not see their origin for a while. Just looking at the number of people, he had 120,000 troops, and he had no way to retreat. Now, if he turned back to cross the river, he would be killed. He had to fight to the death, no matter who his opponent was, he could only die if he could not win.

Xia Wanchun and Li Haoxian obviously saw this clearly, and each waved the order flags. The two battalions of men were watching the flags. There was no more noise. The fire camp formed a formation, with swords and shield soldiers lying in front, musketeers hiding behind, and cavalry waited for an opportunity to move.

On both sides of the sword and shield soldiers, musketeers under the protection of the spearmen also lined up in neat rows and strode forward. At such a close distance, the quick horses rushed to the fire, and their muskets were also limited. Therefore, the middle of the military formations left them a passage to retreat to the central army formation. The central army formation was hollow, and the infantry spear and knife hands formed a square formation in dense formations, so they could be opened at any time to retreat, with external swords and guns, internal auxiliary muskets, and cooperate with cooperation.

These were all the things they practiced countless times when they were in Suzhou, but they had the first time they had the opportunity to perform on the battlefield. Qi Jiguang's new book, the field methods and various skills recorded in Qi Jiguang's field battle methods have been the first to gather formations and set a precedent for hot weapons and field war techniques.

Dozens of oxen horns blew the sound of desolate and exciting trumpets in the well. The Qing soldiers on the opposite side were about to rush over with the sound of "wow and whimper". Under the instigation of the iron cavalry, Kong Youde's cavalry drew arrows from the quiver pot and shot them. The rain of arrows covered the sky like locusts.

Li Haoxian looked at Hou Xuanyan, and the latter glanced at the corner of his mouth and cursed: "Do a battle first, and then see who was fucked by us after the battle." With a wave of his hand, the central army's war drums sounded instantly.
Chapter completed!