An hour later, at almost 8 o'clock in the morning, the Chinese army led by Sony also arrived at Bali Bridge. Kong Youde and a group of generals were already standing at the bridge to greet them.
"The last general will be waiting to see the great general of Dingguo."
Kong Youde led a group of generals to pay tribute to Sony.
"Get up." Sony looked down at Kong Youde from the horse and asked, "Where are the Ming troops already? How far is it from Bali Bridge?"
Kong Youde said: "The Ming army has passed Sansanlipu and is less than ten miles away from Bali Bridge."
"The Ming army has already passed Sansanlipu?" Sony's face darkened slightly. It seemed that there was not enough time? The last 200,000 Lian Yong might not have enough time to cross the bridge.
"Don't worry, General." Kong Youde continued.
"The Ming army is timid and no longer dares to move forward. They are currently busy arranging their troops."
After a pause, he added: "So our Qing soldiers have enough time to pass the Bali Bridge."
"Really?" Sony said with a relaxed expression, "So Chongzhen is nothing more than that. If he leads the Ming army another five miles, our Qing soldiers will be in great trouble."
Because the Ming army could move forward about five miles and use red cannons to block the Bali Bridge.
As a result, the Qing army's military training, civilians and military supplies could not cross the Bali Bridge.
In this case, we can only temporarily build a pontoon bridge east of Bali Bridge, which will be much slower.
If the Ming army launched an attack before the Qing army's baggage had crossed the river, the situation would be very passive.
Even if the Qing soldiers were able to successfully establish a foothold on the north bank of the Tonghui River in the end, they would still have to pay a heavy price.
But now, the Ming army stopped to form a formation near Sansanlipu early, but they missed a good opportunity.
At that moment, Sony shouted again: "Send the order, Eight Banners of Han Army, Eight Banners of Mongolia, Eight Banners of Manchuria, Green Camp, Lian Yong and the civilians will seize the time to cross the bridge and immediately form formations after crossing the river. After crossing the river, the civilians will cut down all the nearby birch trees.
Set up two wooden fences outside the formation, and then build a watchtower and arrow tower!"
To seek defeat before seeking victory is the strategy in Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Although Sony is a Manchu, he is proficient in Manchu, Han and Mongolian, and has read Sun Tzu's Art of War thoroughly.
Therefore, before launching an attack on the Ming army, the first thing Sony did was to erect a fence. Once the Ming army wanted to take advantage of the Qing army's unstable foothold to launch an attack, this fence would provide protection.
However, Sony was overly worried, as the Ming army had no intention of attacking at all.
Because it is Jiannu who is eager to attack now.
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At this moment, the Ming army was busy arranging troops and digging trenches.
The seven infantry towns of the Ming Army have been laid out in order from south to north. Among them, the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th towns each have a hollow square formation with a side length of 400 steps.
A hollow square array with a side length of 400 paces and 640 meters can accommodate almost 5,000 people on each side, which can exactly form a three-row line array with nearly 1,700 people in each row.
The reloading time of the Ming army's flintlock guns has been shortened to five or six seconds.
Therefore, a three-row line array is actually somewhat redundant. Two rows are enough to ensure the continuity of firepower.
However, for the sake of safety, Xu Yingwei still asked each infantry town to adopt a three-row line formation.
The 7th and 8th towns in the center even laid out a hollow square array with a side length of 800 steps.
The infantry in the seven towns were busy digging trenches, and the artillery in each town were busy building artillery positions. Of course, the artillerymen of the five mountain artillery brigades had to assemble the 25-inch mountain cannon first.
Even the civilian husbands and medical soldiers who accompanied the army came to help.
The only place that doesn't require work is the Cavalry Town on the northernmost side.
Instead of having to work, the soldiers in Cavalry Town can eat and drink.
At this time, if you look down from a high altitude, you can have a panoramic view of the Ming army's one-line formation. This formation is more than four thousand steps from south to north and is seven kilometers long.
But the depth from east to west is very shallow.
The largest depth of the Chinese Army is only 800 steps, less than 1,300 meters!
If it were in the age of cold weapons, setting up such a long snake formation would be basically the same as committing suicide, because as long as the enemy forces concentrate their forces to penetrate your Chinese army, you will be dead.
Don't expect the armies on either flank to stand still.
After the banner of the Chinese army falls, the entire army will collapse instantly.
But the logic of the firearms age is different from that of the cold weapon age.
In the age of firearms, this kind of linear array with shallow depth and large front is easy to exert its firepower advantage. If it is a linear array composed of independent hollow square arrays, it can advance, attack, and retreat to defend.
Chongzhen was not idle either. He led Gao Qiqi, and Lu Jiude and other eunuchs were also helping to dig trenches. It must be said that Chongzhen's example was not just talk, but seriousness.
Even eunuchs such as Gao Qiqian and Lu Jiude were accustomed to working.
It's hard to get used to following such an emperor.
Xu Yingwei ran around from south to north, demarcated the territory for each town, and then returned to the Chinese army's main position. He saw Chongzhen and a group of eunuchs digging trenches, and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him.
"Your Majesty, you'd better rest and go. There will be no one left behind except you."
"With more effort, trenches can be dug in a second, which can also provide additional protection for soldiers."
Seeing that he could not persuade Chongzhen, Xu Yingwei had no choice but to jump into the trench, pick up a shovel and work together.
With the concerted efforts of hundreds of thousands of Ming army soldiers and tens of thousands of accompanying soldiers and civilians, a trench with a length of more than seven kilometers and a width that could accommodate three rows of soldiers standing side by side was quickly dug and formed.
However, the depth of the trenches is still not enough, so it needs to be deepened.
Of course, the trenches are not continuous, and there are specially set aside artillery passages in the middle.
Zheng Sen's air force was not idle either, and had already assembled all 19 flying cars.
Today's weather is quite good, with clear skies and low winds, which is very suitable for air force operations.
Facing the breeze blowing on his face, Zheng Sen couldn't help but sigh, this is really a time when the world and the earth are working together. Even God is helping the Ming Dynasty. How can they not win today's decisive battle?
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Chaoyang Gate and the Wengcheng were already crowded with cavalry with two white flags.
However, the cavalry of the two white flags totaled 20,000, so the barbican city could not accommodate them at all, and more cavalry could only be on standby on Chaoyangmen Street in the city.
Among the Eight Banners soldiers on standby was Badahai.
The past few days have been like a roller coaster ride for Badahai. First, he suddenly changed from Niulu Erzhen to Baya Lazhangjing of Zhengbai Banner. However, he became the Baya Lazhangjing for less than ten days.
Jing, was demoted to a foot soldier again. The reason was that the emperor's father and regent Dorgon suddenly passed away.
Just when Badahai thought he would probably be a foot soldier for the rest of his life, good luck fell on him again.
Last night, the emperor suddenly went to Prince Rui's Mansion to pay homage to the regent, and he worshiped with the imperial ceremony. After the worship, he also gave the regent a posthumous title and a temple title.
Immediately afterwards, there was a reward for the two white flags.
Badahai was promoted from Bujia to Niulu Ezhen.
Although it is only Niulu Ezhen and cannot be compared with the previous Baya Lazhangjing, Badahai is already very satisfied. At least it is much better than Bujia. If he can still win a few heads in this war of annihilation,
level, he might be able to be promoted to Jia La E Zhen, because Zhengbai Banner still lacks several Jia La E Zhen.
Badahai felt that his hope was very high.
Thinking of this, Badahai suddenly felt very motivated.
In this war to destroy the country, we must fight bravely to take the lead.
Just as he was looking forward to it, a fast horse galloped over.
"The general has given the order, and the two white flags should be drawn out of the city immediately!"
The fast horses galloped past, leaving only the crisp sound of horse hooves on the street.
The Eight Banners soldiers who had been sitting on both sides of the street to rest stood up one after another.
Badahai firmly buckled the alms bowl on his head and tightened the leather belt tightly to make sure that the alms bowl was not loose. Then he got on his horse and walked out of the city gate with his Yi Niu Lu Eight Banners soldiers.
Although Chaoyang Gate has three gate openings, it is still a bit crowded.
While waiting, another horse galloped over, shouting: "Get out of the city through the gap..."
"Let's go to the gap!" Badahai decisively led Ben Niulu's Eight Banners soldiers towards the gap on the right side of Chaoyang Gate. The gap that was destroyed by the Ming army's red cannons had no time to be repaired, and now it is easier for the Eight Banners soldiers to leave the city.
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After exiting the gap and walking forward not far, Badahai saw the Baiyin Tu at a glance.
Baiyintu is carrying a tassel that is two feet high, and the white tassels on the tassel are particularly eye-catching.
Next to Baiyintu stood Hong Chengchou, who was telling Baiyintu something.
Baiyintu waved his hand disdainfully, seeming to reject Hong Chengchou's suggestion.
When passing by the two of them, I vaguely heard Hong Chengchou saying: "General, it seems a little early to leave the city at this time, because the decisive battle between the main force of the Qing army led by General Dingguo and the main force of the Ming army will not be so fast.
It was the moment of decisive victory, so the armies of the two white flags left too early to achieve anything. Only when the battle situation becomes stalemate and the stalemate breaks out, and the elite troops of the two white flags suddenly come out from behind the Ming army, can the final word be made."
"My general has made up my mind, so there is no need to say more."
Baiyintu decisively rejected Hong Chengchou's suggestion.
Badahai vaguely felt that what Hong Chengchou said was reasonable.
But if Baiyintu didn't accept it, there was nothing he could do.
He could also vaguely guess Baiyintu's inner thoughts.
It's just that I'm worried that I'll be late and won't be able to catch up with the big battle.
If this is the case, all this great success belongs to Sony alone.
After a while, the Yi Niu Lu Eight Banners soldiers led by Badahai merged into the rolling torrent of the two white flags. All they could hear was the rumble of horse hooves, and all they could see were swarming horse heads.
There are also tassels on the top of the tassels, and then a pure white or white cloth armor with red edges.
Many Eight Banners generals wear armor.
Badahai was wearing a set of iron armor.
Moreover, this set of armor is made of more than 2,000 pieces of iron.
Such a set of armor is worth thousands of gold, and it was given to him by Dorgon.
Thinking of this, Badahai felt a little regretful. It was really sad that the regent died so young. However, Badahai would never let down the regent's expectations.
