Fireworks were set off at the head of Tongzhou city, and all the people on Zhangjiawan Wharf, five miles southeast of its southeast could be seen. In other words, the military and civilians of Zhangjiawan City could be seen.

There is a small town in Zhangjiawan, which was built during the Jiajing period. Although the bricks and tiles used were pieced together, the bricks were printed with words such as Chenghua Year, Jiajing, and Linqing. It can be seen that the construction of the city was indeed made of pieces, so it had to be built.

However, after completion, Zhangjiawan was about six miles in circumference, with city gates on all sides. There were pavilions with flying eaves and painted buildings on the gates. The city wall was about 1,78 feet high and about 1,1 zhang thick. It was wrapped with big city bricks. The southeast wall was close to the river, and three water gates were built. When the gate was closed, the river channel could be blocked. Many giant granaries were built in the city, including several military camps, and all kinds of government agencies were available. A stone tablet was erected in front of the government gate, and the inscription on the Zhangjiawan city written by Xu Jie, Minister of Rites.

Go to Tongzhou, Beijing, and cross the Heliang River, enter from the south gate, exit from the north gate, and pass through the city. This layout is obviously to facilitate the control and management of vehicles and pedestrians. There are 500 defenders stationed in the city, which is called a gate of a military force and a civilian fortress.

But now, the defenders are no longer there. The giant granaries are empty and even abandoned.

But here there were 5,000 Zheng troops led by Hong Xu, as well as 5,000 people led by British Duke Zhang Shize and Xinlehou Liu Wenbing.

Ten thousand soldiers could not be completely shrunk into the small Zhangjiawan. To be precise, there were not even a thousand defenders in Zhangjiawan City, and there were nearly half of them. The Beijing soldiers were not elite soldiers, and the combat qualities of these people were much worse than those of Zheng's army. They were either the bad soldiers in the original Beijing camp, the servants of the nobles and nobles guarding the courtyard, or some young and strong people recruited by Wang Chengen.

Most of the troops were scattered outside the city, and Zhang Shize and Liu Wenbing led troops to protect both sides of the river, and in front were more than 4,000 Zheng troops led by Hong Xu.

Without seeing the fireworks lit up at the head of Tongzhou City, Hong Xu ordered the soldiers to be more alert.

The sound of horse hooves of the Dashun Army was very far away in the quiet night. All the defenders of Zhangjiawan came on guard.

The bonfires were lit up, and the torches were lit up.

More than 4,000 Zheng troops lined up in an orderly manner and appeared in front of the original Dashun cavalry.

The two sides were lined up two or three miles apart, and the Zheng army did not build any fortifications, and they were not ready to guard them strictly. As soon as the sky was dawn, the team followed them.

The Zheng army lined up neatly, and the Dashun Army cavalry running in the night opposite were still moving. This one was not comparable to Luo Hu, the Ming army that Li Laiheng had encountered before.

The two of them did not lead their troops in without caring about it, but stopped the horse's hooves in front of the formation.

"General, the bandits don't seem to be planning to attack on their own initiative. They are lined up so far away from us. Could it be that they will have reinforcements?" A middle-aged official next to Hong Xu said to Hong Xu tremblingly.

"So what? Can lambs turn into tigers?" In the Zheng army sequence, from generals to soldiers, they generally looked down on the Ming army. Because the Ming army was beaten by the Qing army again and again, they repeatedly won the Qing army. Even if they were both sides, the Zheng army would take advantage.

Li Zicheng's army was defeated by the Ming army of Cang Promotion Army in the Battle of Jiaxian County. It was wrong that the heavens were not good, and Li Zicheng might have run back to the mountain to fight guerrillas.

After this contempt chain, Zheng Jun, who was at the top, naturally looked down on the Dashun Army.

The four battalions were not afraid of the Dashun Army on the opposite side. Especially the musketeers who were leading the muskets were erected with bayonets, with sharp swords and scorching eyes looking at the opposite side, and they were reluctant to call the Dashun Army to come over quickly.

"Report..." A cavalryman flew to Luo Hu, Li Laiheng, "Report to the two generals, the Ming army in Tongzhou City came out."

However, Zheng Zhilong saw that Shun's horse soldiers were rushing towards Zhangjiawan, and immediately led the army to kill, and asked others to extinguish the open flames in Nanguan. There was only five miles between the two, and they arrived in the blink of an eye.

Luo Lishuang changed color, Luo Hu even supported his arm, jumped directly to the horse's back, stood straight and even looked towards Tongzhou City, and saw a fire dragon rushing out of the south of the city.

"Chang Tongzhou?" Luo Hu and Li Laiheng said at the same time.

If Tongzhou is opened, it will really destroy the Ming army in Tongzhou. Emperor Chongzhen cannot leave the city after dawn? When the large army arrives, it will be a turtle in a jar. Moreover, Tongzhou is surrounded, and the Ming army in Zhangjiawan will inevitably come north to rescue him. No matter how sharp the Zheng army's firearms are, the team will always have an impact when it is moving, and they can only take a foothold without firmness.

The two of them do not have the same thoughts, but their views are similar, which also saves the trouble of stolen things!

At the moment, one of them led the main force to attack the enemy in Tongzhou, and one of them led a small number of soldiers and horses behind the palace, and at the same time looked at the Ming army opposite.

"Crash. While the Ming army has not yet established its foothold, kill them without leaving any armor." Li Laiheng shouted with a sword. The Dashun cavalry around him immediately cheered. Li Laiheng's words were right and made sense.

The distance between the two was getting closer and closer. A personal soldier with excellent eyesight was shocked and shouted at Li Laiheng in surprise: "Major General, what the Ming army came out seems to be firearm soldiers?"

When I left the city to fight in the middle of the night, the leader was a large number of musketeers. Isn’t this asking for death?

"Firearm?" Li Laiheng laughed as if he heard this, "Hahaha, it's actually a firearm? Isn't this rushing to die?" Zheng Zhilong's firearm must stand firmly and be in line to shoot, right? "Go and tell brothers, you'll win this battle!"

The soldiers around him were all happy and nodded and agreed: "The officials of the Ming thieves are not good at fighting, so you will definitely win this battle."

Zheng Zhilong personally led his troops. When the two battalions drove out of the city, he pulled them straight to the Nanguan outside the city (no city of pass) to form an array. Now his flag moved into the formation along with him.

Duke Cheng Guo, Zhu Chunchen, was nervous and covered in sweat. "Why can Annan Bo take risks easily?" Even if you want to relieve the pressure from Zhangjiawan, there is no need for Zheng Zhilong to go into battle in person.

Even when he stood at the top of the city and listened to the sound of horse hooves rolling outside, he felt scared.

Zheng Zhilong laughed loudly, "Don't worry, don't worry, what are the thieves? After I leave the city, the Duke will directly close the city gate."

Fearing that the generals of the Dashun cavalry were cautious, Zheng Zhilong also gave them some "seasonings" to make the Zheng army outside the city look even more fragrant.

This change immediately attracted Li Laiheng's attention, and he excitedly patted his hand on his thigh, "Zheng Zhilong actually went out in person and the city gate was closed. It's really God helping me."

"Give the orders to attack the Zheng army's banner and capture Zheng Zhilong alive."

The latter is a pillar of the Ming court. If he could be dug tonight, it would be more meaningful than the gold, silver and jewelry in Zhangjiawan.

"Kill..."

A commander shouted and directly led the team forward. He was not a Mizhi person, but also from northern Shaanxi. His surname was Li, so Li Laiheng gave him this great opportunity to make achievements.

The Ming army, three or four hundred steps away, seemed to be still lined up, and this distance was in a blink of an eye for the horse army.

The Li-submitted Commander was so happy that he was so happy, "Roar, rush..." As long as the army could reach the Ming army, the latter's messy queue would be completely vulnerable.

If I really caught Zheng Zhilong...

He could not help but imagine his future glory.

Everyone was trying hard to urge the war horses and rushed towards the enemy formation, with their ears full of rumbling hooves and strange screams made by the Dashun horse soldiers.

The Ming army array in front was getting closer and closer, but what was a bit beyond the expectation of this Li Duwei was that the latter's queue was still being adjusted. The front rows of soldiers did not fire the muskets from afar, nor did they want to escape in all directions, but stood there steadily.

It seems that Zheng Zhilong is still a bit powerful!

Just when the Li Duwei was alert, just as the Dashun Army's horse soldiers rushed to the front of the formation more than a hundred steps, a fierce sound of suona sounded inside the Zheng army. There seemed to be a chaotic queue before, and order was restored in the blink of an eye.

As one of the daily training subjects of the Zheng army, musketeers quickly lined up in an emergency situation of cavalry charge, which is the specialty of the new army.

A huge sense of fear surged into the heart of the Duwei Li. He knew that something was wrong. The enemy seemed to be intentionally misleading and seducing himself, and he and his boss really plunged in.

At this distance, it is too late to turn around.

"Fire—"

A suona sound came from the top of the city. A few small cannons first emitted hot sparks.

But compared to the volley of musketeers under the city, it is a piece of cake.

After all, the cannon fired iron bullets, not shotguns, nor flower bullets, and their lethality was really not great. Compared with the neat shooting of more than a thousand muskets in the musket camp under the city, they were just the icing on the cake.

"Bang bang bang bang bang..."

With the sound of muskets like a burst of beans, the most brave men among the Shun army and horse soldiers rushing ahead were almost sent to the gates of hell at the same time.

Almost everyone had two or three bloodshots burst out on their bodies at the same time - soldiers always prioritized their targets at nearby enemies.

Although some of them were elite troops of the Dashun Army, they were wearing iron armor or holding small leather shields, they could not stop the bullets of muskets. Even the iron helmets and armor on the officers were penetrated with one blow, and they could not have any protective effect at all.

If a pair of eyes looked down from a high altitude at this time, I would probably see the following scene: the Shun army and horse soldiers who had been completely scattered, like birds, rushed towards each other, were about thirteen or fourteen meter away from the other side, as if they were encountered an invisible wall, or were suppressed by an invisible big hand, and a large area fell down instantly.

The fall of hundreds of cavalrymen frightened everyone behind them, and the overall speed couldn't help but slowed down.

Was they scared, or were they forced to slow down because too many corpses fell down in front of them?

No one knows.

Everyone only knows that the speed of the Shun army and horse soldiers has slowed down.

The east gate of Tongzhou had been quietly opened, and Zhou Yi led his horse soldiers to quietly leave the city.

"Beebee--"
Chapter completed!