On June 25, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, it was the eve of the decisive battle.
The south bank of the Qinghe River was pitch black at night. Occasionally, a few rockets from the Ming Army exploded in the air or on the ground, bursting into a ball of fire, leaving behind a dazzling mass and then quickly disappearing, as if nothing had happened.
The main camp of the Ming army was still in the shadow of Banshi Mountain and Mingke Mountain. It was now brightly lit. Zhu Youjian sent people to the Ming camp, and the two newly built mountain strongholds on Banshi Mountain and Mingke Mountain were also lit. It is filled with torches and lanterns, like two nebulae, echoing in the distant past.
The Qing army's camp was moved from the Qinghe River east of Gaizhou City to the north bank of the Qinghe estuary. However, unlike the Ming army's camp, which was brightly lit, the Qing army's camp was hidden in the night. Only the faint light told the Ming army on the opposite side that 100,000 Qing troops were stationed here!
And it was these faint lights that turned the Qing army camp in the darkness into a target for Ming army rocket bombing!
Zhu Youjian did not rest in the imperial tent in the camp tonight. Instead, he climbed to the mountain stronghold on Banshi Mountain, folding his arms and watching with satisfaction the scene of the Qing army's camp being attacked by the Rockets.
Tomorrow is the day of the decisive battle...Zhu Youjian is not going to let Taisong and her Qing army sleep peacefully!
So in the evening, he ordered the artillery regiment to send out three rocket companies with dozens of rocket launchers. They used the cover of night to quietly approach Qinghe, and settled about five or six miles away from the Qing army camp on the north bank of Qinghe. Several rocket launch sites are deployed in the wilderness. Then blast them with rockets all night long!
Although these rockets are not accurate and powerful, they are very effective in harassing people. They not only scare people, but also scare horses... Even though the Qing army has learned their lesson and made their war horses and camels... Adapted to the scene of rocket explosion.
But a night of bombing will still make many Qing officers and soldiers unable to sleep! Because the current Qing army cannot be compared with the early years when the Eight Banners of Manchuria were the absolute main force... There are too many Eight Banners Han Army and Eight Banners North Korea in the army.
As far as Zhu Youjian knows, these guys spend much more time farming and herding than training... Quite a few of them have never been on the battlefield at all. !
At this time, more rocket launchers had been set up, and the rockets were shot into the sky one by one, dragging frightening tail flames, roaring through the night sky, and rushing towards the camp of the Japanese and Qing coalition forces... ...It seems that the Japanese and Qing coalition officers and soldiers will have a sleepless night tonight, accompanied by noisy roars and the god of death that can come at any time.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian turned back to the foreman and the imperial guard behind him and said, "I'm going to take a nap in Banshi Village. Wake me up as soon as the fifth watch arrives!"
The foreman and imperial guard cupped his hands, and then responded loudly: "I obey the order!"
Before going up to Banshi Mountain, Zhu Youjian had already given an order. As soon as the fifth watch on June 26 passed, the trumpets would be blown. Then the whole army would have a good meal, prepare lunch and dinner for the day, and then set off. Decisive battle with the Qing army on the battlefield!
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At the same time, in the camp of the Japanese and Qing allied forces, in a large golden-roofed tent protected by a row of high piled sandbags, the yawning little Emperor Funing, the Queen Mother Taisong, the eight emperors' ama, and two A Japanese soldier, a Spanish ambassador, and several officials acting as translators were already gathered together.
It seems that they don't even plan to sleep tonight!
There is only one reason why these people stayed up late at night and gathered together - they received an urgent military report from Pi Island!
"The shogunate's fleet has carried 10,000 of the most elite warriors, left Pi Island, and marched towards Qingniwa Bay at Port Arthur!"
When Matsudaira Nobutsuna reported the news to the Qing Emperor, the Queen Mother and a group of imperial aunts who were present, the look on his face lit up.
To be honest, he also knew that Zhu Youjian was good at using troops and was not confident enough to defeat him in a head-on confrontation, so he had great expectations for the sneak attack on the shogunate navy fleet commanded by Itakura Shigemasa.
However, the changes in this sneak attack are too great. No matter how the wind direction at sea changes, or how the Beiyang Navy in Lushunkou acts, it is possible that the sneak attack will be delayed again and again.
However, two days ago in the morning, a Qing navy ship disguised as a fishing boat to monitor Port Arthur finally returned to Phi Island, and it also brought news that made the Tokugawa shogunate's naval officer Itakura Shigemasa extremely excited. ——The entire Beiyang Fleet dispatched, left Lushunkou, and headed into the Bohai Bay.
So Itakura Shigemasa made a prompt decision and decided to attack!
"Great Japan, on board! Tokugawa Shogunate, on board!"
Masayuki Hoshina, who was sitting peacefully, had the same idea as Nobutsuna Matsudaira. After hearing the news, he suddenly jumped up, raised his hands in the air, and shouted loudly.
This shout startled Fu Ning, who was about to fall asleep, and then looked at Hoshina with a surprised look - what is this Japanese doing? Aren't you crazy?
At this moment, Sony spoke with tears in his eyes: "Great, the Qing Dynasty has been saved... The Japanese Navy attacked from Pidao and took 10,000 people to copy Zhu Youjian's back. We’re on our way...the time is just right, it’s really the blessing of our ancestors!”
After hearing this, Funing felt a little unhappy - why did the mighty Qing Dynasty need the small country of Japan to save it? I have seen a globe. The Qing Dynasty on it is really big, and Japan is really small.
However, several of Fu Ning's armies breathed a sigh of relief, and their stern faces relaxed. Dorgon, who had just taken the title of "Fuyuan General" and was responsible for commanding the decisive battle that would begin tomorrow, said with a smile: "Calculate the time, the Japanese navy should arrive at Qingniwa Bay tomorrow. Now Jinzhou, Fuzhou must be empty, and Japan's elite soldiers will definitely be able to capture the front line on the north bank of the Nanguan Canal!
After Zhu Youjian gets the news, he will definitely withdraw his troops and go south... We are just in time to pursue them vigorously, and we can expect a complete victory! "
Tai Song also showed a relaxed expression and said with a smile: "Fourteenth Master, can you explain how we should fight? Should we follow the original strategy?"
"Of course we have to make adjustments," Dorgon said with a smile, "I estimate that Zhu Youjian will definitely pounce with all his strength during the day tomorrow, trying to defeat us in one fell swoop. If that doesn't work, he will definitely lead his elite troops to escape at night... When the time comes, we will use the Manchurian cavalry to pursue us!
Therefore, in tomorrow's daytime battle, we will only defend but not attack. We will retract the cavalry into the square formation and try not to use the Manchu cavalry to maintain their strength. "
Taisong looked at Dai Shan, and the elderly Dai Amma became more energetic now. He nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay, that's it...Old Fourteen, if you think I If you can still mount your horse and kill the enemy, leave it to me to hunt down Zhu Youjian!"
He is really getting stronger with age, no matter if he is about to go to bed, he will not accept old age!
"Big Belle, you'd better take it easy!" Mang Gurtai interjected, "You're quite old, so don't fall off your horse..."
Forget it if it falls! Funing thought to himself: It would be good to have one less Amma...
"Sanbeile, your brother and I are not old enough to ride a horse!" Daishan glared, "If you are not convinced, go ahead!"
Mang Gurtai stroked his forehead, "I have a headache, I can't ride a horse..."
"Er Beile, what about you?" Daishan looked at Amin again.
Amin smiled and said, "Big Belle, I won't argue with you."
Dorgon saw that neither Mang Gurtai nor Amin wanted to compete with Daishan, so he said to Yue Le and Azig, "Yue Amma, Twelve Brother, you can accompany Dabeile tomorrow night." ! Don’t let Big Baylor rush too far forward...Zhu Youjian is ruthless with his troops, and even if he retreats, he will leave behind elite soldiers."
"Okay, I will definitely protect my Ama and not let him make any mistakes." Yue Le promised, patting his chest.
Azig also smiled and said: "Old Fourteen, don't worry, as long as I'm here, the second brother will definitely come back in perfect condition!"
Dai Shan smiled and said: "Okay, with Yue Le and Lao Twelve following us, of course everything is safe!" He turned to Taisong and said, "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, don't worry... I will be fine. of!"
