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The artillery from both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties kept whistling, and it was as if a big hailstorm had fallen on both sides of the Nürhe River. Cannons of different sizes fell, and a large water column rose into the sky, followed by splashes of water one by one. It splattered.

Amidst the loud bangs, ships continued to be torn apart as soon as they were hit, and the sound of wailing and mourning came from time to time. Even several small warships of the Longwu Navy had been hit by the Qing army's artillery.

Fortunately, at this time, the Qing Dynasty did not have the technology of explosive bombs. Those bullets were either iron or stone, and they were still solid. Although they could easily penetrate and break some small boats, the bombardment of the battleships of the Longwu Navy On the boat, but nothing serious.

But even so, the fierce artillery bombardment by the Qing army made the peasants who built the pontoon bridge fearful, and they fled in all directions in a panic.

But Wu Sangui was determined to attack the north bank at this moment, how could he allow them to destroy his plan, he had already sent out servants to serve as the supervisory team, beheaded several people on the spot before re-stabilizing the situation.

In fact, on the battlefield, deserters are inevitable, the key is how to deal with deserters!

On the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyes, and casualties are inevitable, but everyone's psychological endurance is different, and this has nothing to do with previous training.

Once the battle is too fierce, it will make people feel fear. Moreover, if the battle is protracted and the fight is too intense, some soldiers will also become war-weary.

At such times, some people would want to flee the battlefield, and if they were not stopped in time, the entire battalion would flee, and even the entire army would collapse as a result.

There are too many examples like this, just like the Songjin battle in history, where Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, fled first, which led to the defeat of the entire division, and hundreds of thousands of Ming officials were defeated by the Manchu Tartars. Chasing and killing all the way, countless casualties.

Of course, if a battalion leader takes the lead in escaping, it has nothing to do with deserting soldiers. This is equivalent to fleeing generals, and fleeing generals is also equivalent to treason. In history, Wang Pu, the general of Datong, was convicted for this and died. List.

Therefore, whenever a battle is approaching, it is essential to form a supervisory team to prevent the rout of individual people and cause the tragedy of the rout of the entire division.

Hu Xinshui, a guerrilla from the left battalion of the Ningyuan Army, has already led his people across the Nür River by boat, occupying a beachhead a mile wide on the north bank to cover the Ming army behind them and continue to build bridges and pavement.

Facing the shelling of the Qing army and the arrows shot by the Tartars, they held up their shields to block the front, while the soldiers behind lifted up thick wooden boards and quickly inserted them into the mud on the bank.

In a short while, a bridge head was built. It turned out that they wanted to build a pontoon bridge on both sides, going hand in hand, and converging into one place in the middle.

This method, perhaps apart from the generals of the Xuanfu Army, only Wu Sangui's Ningyuan Army can do this.

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Seven or eight pontoon bridges have been built on the Daughter River. Although none of them have been built yet, and the army cannot cross the river through the pontoon bridges for the time being, it is not easy to do so under the constant artillery fire of the Qing army.

However, the progress on the north bank was different. The soldiers and horses of Bai Guangen and Ma Ke had not fully recovered after the previous defeat.

In particular, Bai Guangen's troops were lacking in elites. Under the obstruction of the Qing army, the progress was slow, and it was rare to be able to guarantee the existence of Jizhen's soldiers and horses on the north bank.

On the other hand, Ma Ke's mountain navy was defeated by Dorgon on the north side of Rufeng Mountain last time, but thanks to Ma Ke's quick response, most of the main force in the army was preserved.

Now, he was back and forth with the Qing army on the North Bank of the Daughter River, and he was evenly matched. Although he could not force the Qing army to retreat, at least he could gain a foothold on the North Bank for the time being.

However, there are four pontoon bridges under the charge of soldiers and horses in these two towns, and the progress of their construction is equally slow. Even though the Qing army's artillery fire is fierce, compared with the progress of Wu Sangui's troops, it is simply impossible to see.

As large and small ships and rafts continued to arrive on the north bank, small artillery pieces were also continuously removed from the ships, which greatly increased the strength of the left battalion of the Ningyuan Army. With the help of the artillery, they continued to move forward.

But the Han army with the red flag, the Tianyou Army, and the Tianyou Army facing them are not cowards, especially the Tianyou Army and the Tianyou Army. They were able to fight the Tartar Luqi evenly before, and now they seem to be more capable of fighting than before.

It seems that only the North Korean army is a little worse, maybe because they still have their heart for Daming and didn't try their best, or maybe it's because they were originally like this.

Just when Hu Xinshui couldn't support it, under the leadership of Xia Longshan, most of the Youying also crossed the Nuer River to the land on the north bank, and rushed to reinforce in time. Pressed back again.

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At the corner of Xiaoling River from west to south, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, was sweating profusely. His hand on the waist knife trembled unconsciously, and he asked feebly, "Du... Duchen, what did you say?"

Zhang Zhongping, the commander-in-chief of the governor's battalion of Jiliao, stood under the commander's platform and clasped his fists and said: "Return to the king's army, the governor has an order, and ordered the king's army to cross the river immediately and attack the Qing army on the north bank to break the siege of Jinzhou. "

He finally added: "The last general has a thousand people under his command. They will stay here and be dispatched by General Wang to cross the river and kill slaves together!"

Wang Pu heard it clearly just now, he just couldn't believe it, now that Zhang Zhongping confirmed it again, he immediately became flustered, but after all, he is the commander-in-chief of a town, and he still has to put on a costume in front of his subordinates, so his expression changed not big.

However, he cursed in his heart: "Hmph, he said he came to help the battle, but I think it's his mother's supervisor who came here."

He made up his mind, and said to Zhang Zhongping: "Since the governor is ordered, I will do my best to kill the slaves, in order to repay the emperor's kindness."

Wang Pu went on to say: "In this case, please Zhang Qianhu condescends to kill slaves side by side with my Datong army."

Zhang Zhongping even said that he didn't dare, and made it clear that he was willing to be the vanguard of the army, and he did everything according to Wang Pu's orders.

Although he spoke politely, how could Wang Pu let the brothers from the Supervising Biaoying Camp take the lead?

Wang Pu asked Zhang Zhongping to wait a while, and arranged for his own general, Wang Wei, to stay here to speak with Zhang Zhongping on his behalf. You must know that Wang Zheng is a general, and Wang Pu left him here to accompany Zhang Zhongping, but it was enough for Hong Chengchou face.

Back in the tent of the Chinese army, Wang Pu was so anxious that he didn't even bother to take a sip of water, so he hurriedly ordered his soldiers: "Quickly, go and invite General Zhang and General Yu to discuss military affairs together."

The soldier was taken aback when he heard the words, but he had been serving Wang Pu for a long time, so he couldn't help reminding him: "Marshal, don't the other generals of the battalions invite you to discuss it?"

Wang Pu said angrily, "I told you to go, so go. Where did all this nonsense come from?"

The soldiers didn't dare to say any more, they responded lightly, and then rushed away.

It turned out that Wang Pu knew that Zhang Cheng often went in and out of the governor's residence, and he was very familiar with the officials and generals there. He was afraid that Zhang Zhongping knew Zhang Guangda and Yu Jin, so he asked them to hide quietly just now.

Now that he learned that Governor Hong Chengchou wanted to order his troops to fight, he urgently sought out Zhang Guangda and Yu Jin to discuss specific strategies.

Although Wang Pu lacked some skills in training and fighting, he also had self-knowledge and the ability to know people. He knew what the soldiers under his command looked like, and there were no outstanding talents in other battalions.

If they fight with the wind and follow the elder brother to kill and gain military merits, they will certainly do their part, but once they are asked to stand in the front and charge into the battle, it may be difficult to succeed, and they may even collapse at the first touch.

It is precisely because of his understanding of the generals under his command that he only seeks out Zhang Guangda and Yu Jin to discuss military affairs, instead of first consulting with his own generals.

After a while, Zhang Guangda and Yu Jin came to the military tent. After listening to Wang Pu's brief introduction to the military order of Governor Hong Chengchou, Zhang Guangda didn't seem to take it seriously. Build a pontoon bridge, and the last general will lead his troops across the river, and he will surely be able to protect the north bank from falling into the hands of slaves."

Wang Pu nodded when he heard this, but in fact, what he was worried about was not the matter after crossing the river and building the pontoon bridge, but the problem of crossing the river in advance, so he couldn't help but fix his eyes on Jin, waiting for his opinion.

"Mr. Wang, the last general's car battalion has already been prepared. In addition to installing small cannons on the boats and wooden rafts, he also spent money to intercept several Longwu navy ships through my family's master." warship.

Escorting the Datong soldiers under Wang Zongbing across the river should be no problem, and our chariot camp artillery has been set up on the river bank, which is enough to bombard the Tartars on the other side and suppress their guns and artillery when the Datong soldiers and horses are crossing the river. "

After listening to Yu Jin's words, Wang Pu calmed down a little, but his heart was still uneasy. He said intermittently, "Yes, yes... the commander also made preparations, and built a lot of boats and wooden rafts, which is enough... …enough to build a pontoon bridge.

It's just... just... this..."

Seeing his hesitant to speak, Zhang Guangda said directly: "Zongbing Wang, when I came, the commander-in-chief of the town had something to say, that we have Datong soldiers and horses to do things like crossing rivers and building bridges, and we are just here to help in the battle. At the critical moment, if you give Wang Zongbing a helping hand, you must not agree to everything, but you will lose the limelight of the brothers in Datong Town."

In fact, Zhang Guangda had already seen Wang Pu's intentions, but when he and Yu Jin were about to leave, Zhang Cheng specially ordered him and Yu Jin not to compete for the first place, and always remember that they were helping in the war, and they must not take care of everything.

It's not that Zhang Cheng is unwilling to do his best because he is afraid of the damage of his subordinates, he just doesn't want Datong Town to become a waste army because of this, and his subordinates must contribute everywhere.

If this is the case, what use is such an ally for him!
Therefore, Yu Jin's chariot battalion was only responsible for providing artillery support when the Datong army crossed the river and built the pontoon bridge, while Zhang Guangda's cavalry battalion would only cross the river to the north bank to meet the slaves after the pontoon bridge was built.

After all, they are cavalry soldiers, so it is not impossible to abandon their horses and fight on foot, but in order to help Datong Town gain a beachhead, it is not worth the loss to use their own shortcomings to face the strengths of slaves and bandits?

At this time, Wang Pu saw that Zhang Guangda had made the matter clear and there was no room for maneuver. Instead, he felt relieved. He sighed heavily before saying, "That's okay. I'm going to gather troops to cross the river and build bridges. He will never be stingy with rewards, but if anyone dares to be timid, I will never forgive him."

Seeing Wang Pu's statement, Zhang Guangda and Yu Jin hurriedly clasped their fists and said in unison: "Wang Zongbing is like this, the last general dares to wait!"

Seeing this, Wang Pu nodded in satisfaction, he walked up a few more steps, came to Zhang Guangda, and said softly: "General Zhang, please also report to General Zhenshuo, my Datong soldiers and horses will cross the river immediately to meet the slave thieves.

If it is convenient, please ask Zhang Zhenshuai to send another strong army to help! "

Yu Jin didn't show much, but Zhang Guangda was displeased when he heard the words, he clasped his fists and said, "Zongbing Wang, if the Datong Army can build the pontoon bridge on time, it will surely ensure the safety of the pontoon bridge in the end.

However, what Wang Zongbing said just now, the last general should also obey, and report the military affairs here to my commander-in-chief to know. "

Although they somewhat despise Wang Pu in their hearts, he must be the commander-in-chief of a town, and his rank is there. What's more, Wang Pu is now on good terms with Zhang Cheng, so the two of them are naturally not easy to treat.

However, Wang Pu didn't care about Zhang Guangda's attitude at all. What he thought in his heart was that the more Xuanfu reinforcements the better, he would never have too many.

After all, his army and horses in Datong Town have followed the Xuanfu army to pick up military exploits these few times, which is very comfortable. Although there were some casualties, as long as the final outcome is a big victory for his side, he, Wang Pu, can still bear it Casualties.

What he is most afraid of is that his Datong Army has suffered huge casualties, but in the end they are still defeated. Isn't the gain outweigh the loss?
Wang Pu, who came from a family of merchants, is the most calculating. He has never done business that loses money. What's more, if he loses a lot, if he escapes slowly, he may even lose his life. How can he do it?

Following the passing of the military orders, the generals of all the battalions in Datong Town came to Wang Pu's Chinese army tent, and naturally gave another impassioned speech.

Although the generals in Datong Town are also reluctant, they all know that this is the critical moment of the war, if they don't work hard, they are afraid that what awaits them will be dealt with by military law.

They are not fools, Zhang Zhongping, the governor's standard battalion soldiers, are all well aware of whether they are helping or supervising the battle.

After a brief exchange, the military responsibilities of each battalion were finally determined. Wang Pu led the generals of Datong Town out of the military tent, and made an oath in front of the commander's flag that everyone will be brave and timid in this battle. Before the battle!
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Looking at both sides of the Naughty River at this time, there are puffs of gunpowder smoke everywhere, the sound of shouting and killing, and the wailing and screaming continue.

Especially on the north bank of the Nuer River, with the addition of warriors from the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia from the Qing Dynasty, the pressure on the Ming army increased sharply. It was barely maintaining an evenly matched situation, but it turned into a disadvantage in an instant.

The Jizhen Army and the Shanhai Navy were defeated by the Luqi, and finally had to retreat to the narrow strip on the north bank of the Naughty River, in order to use the power of their own artillery to resist the charge of the Tartars and Luqi.

In this way, it is possible to protect the two pontoon bridges that have been completely built, but they are no longer able to fight back!