In Yanzhou, southwestern Shandong, on the Baima River, Yanzhou Prefecture governs a river between Ziyang and Zou County, and Zheng and Qing armies gathered.

The only thick layer of ice is not enough to allow the White Horse River to pass by the soldiers like a flat ground.

Suppose that a floating bridge or a fight around a bridge already on the river becomes inevitable.

Zheng Zhilong brought an army of 20,000. Although some of them were used to make up the numbers, the real Zheng army's mainland division was not less than 1,500.

After the two armies fought for several days, Zheng Zhilong could not sit still. The army drew its camp to fight, with flags flying and war drums shaking the sky. It passed the letter of war to the other side of the river without any concealment.

Ajige laughed loudly, he was not afraid of the war. On the contrary, he was looking forward to this showdown.

Even from the scene, if he continues to wait, the situation seems to be more conducive to the Qing Dynasty.

At most, Yuyuan Army in Caozhou could resist Zu Zerun for a moment, but could it be possible to block the army led by the latter in Caozhou?

With the second recession of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the troops led by Duoduo quickly returned to western Henan. Heluo was where he personally took charge, but at the same time, he also divided a branch of Zuo Menggeng's troops and came eastward.

Zuo Menggeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with a backbone-lost surrender under the persuasion of his father-in-law Wang Shizhong.

Wang Shizhong's original name was Kebaku (also called Gebaku), Hadanara, a serious Jurchen, the second son of Menggebulu (Menggo Bolo), the chief of the Hada tribe of Hada tribe of Haixi. After Hada was destroyed, he entered the Ming Dynasty to grow up as an official, seeking to restore his old place, and to rebel against the old Jurchen tribes of the Haixi Jurchen in the Later Jin (that was not the Qing Dynasty), in order to dismantle the Later Jin. The Ming Dynasty hoped to worship Hada and recover the old place to command the Jurchens. During this period, Wang Shizhong also used a divisive strategy against his brother Wuer in ancient times, which was believed to be one of the reasons for Wuer's loss of power in the Later Jin Khanate in ancient times.

During the Chongzhen period, Wang Shizhong lost his official position due to corruption and surrendered to Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu fell in love with him and became a relative of him, so he asked his son Zuo Menggeng to marry Wang Shizhong's daughter. Because Wang Shizhong was skillful in Mandarin, Zuo Menggeng also learned Mandarin from him.

This is really foresighted. After Zuo Menggeng joined Duoduo, he gained a lot of favor with his fluent Jurchens.

After entering the Zuo family, his wife often talked about the customs, social customs outside the pass, as well as the livestock hunting scenes of Tartars. Zuo Menggeng now took them all out to show off his favor.

Many of his military generals had already participated in Chongzhen. When he surrendered this time, he naturally could not lead another 200,000 troops, but he also pulled out some 30,000 to 40,000. Even if he left some in Nanyang, Zuo Menggeng led a small 20,000 people to Heluo, and now he ran to Qilu again.

It can be said that the reinforcements of the Qing Dynasty were visible to the naked eye. Ajige seemed to be able to put Zheng Zhilong in a dilemma as long as he kept dragging him without fighting.

But this is just land, what about sea?

The reinforcements from the Zheng family at sea also arrived in Denglai.

If you wait any longer, not only the reinforcements from the Qing Dynasty, but also the reinforcements from the Zheng family.

Only ghosts know who takes advantage of it.

Now the decisive battle is coming, and the strength of both the enemy and us is obvious at a glance. Zheng Zhilong will not talk about it, and Ajige also has the urge to fight.

He is now full of complacent intentions. Zheng Zhilong intends to fight with the main force of the Qing Dynasty to defeat the boiling power of the Qing Dynasty. Why is Ajige also willing to take the opportunity to severely damage Zheng Jun?

Zheng Jun built a thick shell on Juehua Island, Tianjin, and Denglai. Even if the Qing Dynasty piled up 100,000 soldiers, they could not help but piled up 100,000 soldiers. But now Zheng Zhilong drilled out the thick shell himself, which was also a great opportunity for the Qing Dynasty to severely damage Zheng Jun.

Ajige had just won another great victory, with more than 20,000 soldiers under his command, including Zhang Tianlu, Zhang Tianfu, and Hu Shangyou, Han Shangliang and others who surrendered in the Huai River.

How could he be afraid of Zheng Zhilong?

He also hopes to hit Zheng Zhilong and add another highlight to his glorious journey.

Zheng Zhilong ordered troops to be arranged in the wilderness outside a stone bridge in Baima River.

The generals followed his horse and looked up at the Qing army opposite. In the distance, there were countless majestic figures of the horse army.

Through the horse army, you can vaguely see a large number of camps under the banner of white blue dragons. This is the Eight Banners of the Qing army in Ajige.

The cold wind swept along the river beach, blew everyone's clothes and flags. Although it was March, the howling wind blew across his face, still like a knife cutting.

The ice has melted, but the ice layer on the Baima River is still there.

Zheng Zhilong waited motionless. After a long time, he sneered: "It seems wise to guard the Tartars by the river, but it is actually stupid. Our army was shot and cannons, and how could it stop the pace of our army's advance?"

"If you pass the order, you will kill Baimahe today and fight with the Tartars!"

He ordered Zheng Sen to lead his troops to fight, and ordered artillery to cover and bombard.

There were at least twenty red barbarian cannons on the other side of the Qing army. Ajige led his army south to drink horses and the Yangtze River, conquered Xuzhou, Huai'an and other places, but he plundered a lot of good things.

In addition to these twenty red cannons, there are also thirty or twenty large Franco cannons and the large Weiyuan cannons.

But Zheng Zhilong has more artillery.

This is one of his biggest advantages, compared to the number of artillery, and it is not his opponent when tied to each other in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In order to fight this battle, Zheng Zhilong brought the entire artillery battalion. One artillery battalion had 125 cannons, although they were all field cannons mainly five kilograms. However, in terms of range, they were not inferior to the Red Barbarian cannons on the opposite side.

The black muzzle aimed at the enemy across the shore.

While the gunners were busy, Zheng Sen also led a battalion of musketeers and a battalion of iron armored soldiers quietly lined up.

Shi Lang and Yu Guang were quietly planning Zheng Sen. Zheng Sen has changed a lot during these days. It seems that outsiders don’t notice it, but he is a close friend of Zheng Sen, so how can’t he feel it?

He didn't understand why this was. I remember that Zheng Sen was officially appointed as the crown prince after the Chinese New Year. He had a long talk with the Duke on the Lantern Festival, and then he changed.

His temper was even more gentle - it was a kind of conscious gentleness, very stiffness. He could feel Zheng Sen holding his breath several times.

It is also more acquainted with generals and officials in the army.

The Duke of the State handed over many military and political affairs to the Prince, as if he was deliberately trying to temper him. But is this too early?

Shi Lang didn't dare to interrupt such things, and he muttered to himself that the Duke of the State was in his prime and he was training the prince in this way at this time, and he felt uneasy.

Zheng Sen's face was grim. He knew Zheng Zhilong's intention to ask him to take the lead, so he had to fight this battle well.

Standing in front of the formation, you can see clearly with the naked eye. There are many layers of wooden horses opposite the stone bridge, and the bridge is covered with caltrops. It seems that there are many trenches dug at the south bridge of the stone bridge. The Qing soldiers' formation is incomprehensible. They seem to be guarding the Baima River and guarding the bridge. Isn't this a joke?

No matter how they arrange it, isn’t it in vain to face absolute firepower?

"Boom boom boom..."

The continuous sound of cannons became loud on both sides of the Baima River. It took no effort to suppress the other side of the Zheng army's firepower.
Chapter completed!