Nurhaci set up a gaze-shaped look with his left hand, slightly blocking the strong wind blowing from the northwest, and squinted his eyes and carefully observing the battlefield, and suddenly he became alert. The army formation of the Po Nu Army opposite was shipped out from the west to the northeast, with a one-line snake-scale formation. Moreover, the other party completely controlled the upper wind outlet.

After a rough look, he looked at Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji also looked at him. They smiled bitterly indifferently! They are all veterans on the battlefield, and the battlefield chosen by Zhang Ping'an is extremely unfavorable to them. But they cannot retreat now because of the reason why morale can be boosted but not released. They have a deep understanding of the fact that they have seen the Ponu Army set up their formation this time. If they retreated, the Jurchens will lose their psychological advantages in the future.

Huang Taiji rode a horse to Nurhaci and whispered: "Ama! This Zhang Ping'an is not simple! I took a preliminary look. The focus of the Po Nu Army is on the west side. The strongest force is on the east side. This formation is very strange! If we withdraw our troops today, I will take a detour when I see the Po Nu Army in the future!"

Nurhaci nodded and said, "Yes! This battle will be fought no matter what. The Po Slave Army has taken advantage of the time and place this time. However, in terms of number of people, our army has an absolute advantage! Although the other side seems to have 40,000 people, I think there are more than 10,000 auxiliary soldiers. Guangning is so rich that everyone in their army has iron armor! Look at what part we are attacking?"

Huang Taiji did not rush to reply, and carefully observed the battlefield again. After a long time, he replied in a low voice: "Ama! You can only attack their central army!"

Nurhaci asked, "Tell me what you think!"

Huang Taiji said: "Although Zhang Ping'an's troops are not particularly large in the west, the terrain is not good. They are all mountains and forests, and there are small shrubs in the woods. The cavalry cannot run for the rushing! Due to the turret restrictions, it is impossible to send too many soldiers, so it cannot form a local advantage on the battlefield. If there are too few infantrymen, they will be let go and annihilated by the enemy with cavalry! There are also dozens of heavy snow bags, I don't know what it is, but one thing is certain is that it was Zhang Ping'an's arrangement. He will not arrange it for no reason!"

When Huang Taiji saw Nurhaci nodding, he continued: "Although the terrain on the east is wide, it is conducive to cavalry charges. However, the enemy has laid many obstacles on the battlefield and may have traps. It has not snowed these days, so the strange small pits on the battlefield are too regular! Also, why do the enemy's troops enter the position, so why do they walk from the middle road instead of directly from the east to enter the battlefield position?"

At this time, Mangguertai, who was also beside Nurhaci, admired and interjected: "The eighth brother is right! I was wondering just now why there are so few horse hoof prints on the open ground in the east. After hearing what the eighth brother said, I understand it all! Eighth brother, if you send Li Yongfang's troops to remove obstacles and fill in the trap, wouldn't you be able to attack from the east?"

Huang Taiji shook his head: "We can think of it, Zhang Ping'an, too. I guess these obstacles are fixed by water and ice. Since we are at the downwind, the casualties caused to us by bows and arrows on the opposite side must be quite serious. Even if the pit is filled, there are countless snow bags on the battlefield, which I guess is frozen and cannot be destroyed in a short time. The cavalry still cannot attack! If the infantry attacks, as long as they retreat, they can attack the attacking troops on both sides! Infantry can only be beaten to the cavalry!"

Nurhaci agreed with Huang Taiji's battlefield analysis, so he said: "Do you think how to attack in the middle?"

Huang Taiji said modestly: "Ama has a decision in his heart at this time! It depends entirely on Ama's decision!"

Nurhaci was very impressed when he saw Huang Taiji knowing how to advance and retreat. So he said, "What you said is very consistent with my wish! Let Li Yongfang send 5,000 people to test the attack!"

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Zhang Ping'an on the tall command platform felt extremely regretful at this time. It was not that he had no choice but to regret the arrangement of the military formation, but that the six-meter-high wooden platform stood alone in the military formation. It looked majestic, and no one knew that he was on it, and had been blown through by the cold wind. At that time, he also expected that the cold wind was so powerful that he added a lambskin coat to his satin underwear, two layers of armor, and a bear fur coat. He did not expect that such warm clothes would be so unbearable in the cold wind of the severe winter.

In order to keep a clear mind in command, he didn't even dare to drink a sip of wine. In desperation, he had to order people to give him more fur coats. The current image of Zhang Ping'an has been ruined in his own heart. But the soldiers of the Possess Army don't think so. They think that as long as they have their baby commander and personally command, they will definitely win.

Even the auxiliary soldiers participating in the battle saw that they had already gained the upper hand in the sky. Although the Jurchens and Tartars were numerous, they had bound thousands of Jurchens and Mongolian Tartars behind the formation, which gave them infinite confidence.

Zhang Ping'an looked far away and found that the Jurchen army began to mobilize troops. He knew that the Tartars' tentative attack was about to begin. So he went to the personal soldiers on the command platform: "Send an order! Huang Zhi's army untie the rope of the guard gun, less than a hundred feet, and the fire is not allowed! The sheath must not be removed!"

The order was quickly passed to Huang Zhi's army's position, and Huang Zhi immediately ordered loudly: "Come to order the commander and untie the rope of the sheath! Do not remove the sheath! Check the rope! Do not ignite it!"

So the musketeers lined up in four rows quickly untied the ropes.

Zhang Ping'an was so cold that he couldn't stand it anymore. With the sound of his teeth trembling, he whispered to the personal soldiers on the podium: "Let them bring me a pot of hot milk tea!"

I wonder if this personal soldier was too nervous. He shouted to the personal soldier under the command post: "Chief's order! Give me a pot of boiling hot milk tea!"

According to the battlefield regulations written by Zhang Ping'an, the commander of the commander on the battlefield must be conveyed if he did not pass orders to specific troops. So each unit received the commander's order and gave me a pot of hot milk tea. At first, the commanders of each unit were very confused. What a secret code was this? They didn't say it during the military discussion! Then everyone understood that this was the commander's casual request from Zhang Ping'an as a military order.

Then, on the tense battlefield, a relaxed laughter came. Zhang Ping'an didn't care about the small mistake of the commander's personal soldiers. Because of this mistake, at the critical moment, the morale of the military was relaxed and the results were achieved. So Zhang Ping'an took the milk tea and patted the commander's personal soldiers' waist. He said to him: "Message! Add food tonight, add mutton bean sprout soup last night, add a bean sprout mutton soup tonight. If too many of the Tartar horses die, add another roasted horse meat!"

When the entire army heard such a novel military order, they burst into laughter. Even the new recruits felt that their general was so relaxed, and it seemed that they were confident. Originally, the Po Slave Army was not as scared as the Ming army as the Ming army. Now they felt that this battle would definitely win.

Nurhaci was about to issue an order when he heard the Pou Nu Army on the other side burst into laughter. He couldn't help but be stunned. But he quickly understood. This was a trick Zhang Ping'an had created to stabilize the morale of the army. Then he waved his hand and Li Yongfang attacked the 5,000 Ming traitor troops, arranged in an array, and prepared for the first attack.

When Zhang Ping'an saw the Jurchen army ready to attack, he said, "Brothers! Do you dare to fight?"

The 40,000 Posou Army roared in unison: "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

Zhang Ping'an then shouted loudly: "The Slave Army, since its establishment, has sweared! We will fight the Jurchens to the end! Brothers! Let me kill the Slave!"

The roar that broke through the clouds sounded again: "Kill slaves! Kill slaves! Kill slaves!"

Jialaezhen Jin Yuqi, who led the Ming traitor army, was frightened by the roar of tens of thousands of Pou Nu Army opposite. Seeing Li Yongfang's dissatisfied eyes, he could only order his personal soldiers to drive the troops forward.

Jin Yuqi drove the troops to the team. When he was two hundred feet away from Huang Zhi's army, he retreated to the team. But he found that more than one hundred white-armored soldiers were slowly following up twenty feet behind him. He understood that this was Nurhaci's supervising team. So when he was one hundred and fifty feet away from the Ponu Army, he began to complete the team. He saw the musket soldiers on the opposite side, lit the fuse, and was waiting for him to die. He ordered the shield hand to be in front, the archer was in the center, and the spear hand was arranged on both wings.

Huang Zhi, the commander of the Po Slave Army, was extremely nervous at this time. Although he had secured Zhang Ping'an, he was still unsure of the first actual combat of the musket soldiers. Although he was very nervous, he was considered a veteran in the battlefield. When he saw the enemy reaching his army and 120 feet away, he decisively ordered: "Everyone has it! Listen to my orders! Take off the sheath! Light the ignition rope!"

When the enemy slowly advanced to one hundred feet, Huang Zhi ran to the front row and shouted: "First row of team A, raise the gun! Aim!"
Chapter completed!