While the Qingyao army was setting up their formation, Zhu Heji's Jinyi troops from the three towns were also setting up their formation.
However, their main force does not need to be deployed far away from the camp, but can directly rely on the carefully constructed forts, trenches, and fences east of the camp.
This is the benefit Wu Sangui brought to Zhu Heji who was far away in Guangdong when he raised troops in Yunnan... Even though Zhaoqing is more than two thousand miles away from Kunming, when Wu Sangui raised troops, Tu Hai, Sun Yanling and others faced the world The general trend and the general environment in which we live have all undergone drastic changes!
Originally, they could have fought a protracted war with Zhu Heji in Guangdong, and it would have been no problem for them to fight for several years. But now, they have to seek a quick victory... Even if they give up the favorable location on the battlefield, they have to fight this battle bravely!
The Ming army camp, located to the west of Guicheng City, has Lingshan Mountain at its back, Dinghu Mountain to its left, and the Xijiang River to its right. It is right near the mouth of a trumpet-shaped terrain and is very narrow. The length of the eastern camp where the Ming army needed to be heavily defended was only more than five miles and less than six miles. After digging trenches, building camp walls, and erecting wooden fences in advance, a town of 5,000 people was enough, and no more could be removed.
So Zhu Heji divided the three towns he had into three parts. Among them, Jinyi Zuozhen, commanded by Zhao Hongkui, was on the front line and guarded the defense line of the camp. Zhu Heji also placed two of the three artillery battalions in his hands behind the defense line of the camp... The sixty three-pound cannons (a total of sixty-four in total) were all covered with fences. It was placed behind the wooden fence early, and the black muzzle was like the fangs of a beast, quietly waiting to drink the blood of its prey.
The Jinyiwei Qinjunzhen commanded by Su Zhanhai were deployed on the second line to act as a reserve force, and by the way, they were guarding a river defense artillery fort at the foot of Lingshan Mountain. Zhu Heji ordered the artillery of Qinjunzhen to be deployed along the banks of the Xijiang River. In this artillery fort, there were a total of twenty-nine three-pound cannons, the artillerymen were also asked to install ten Zhuge machine cannons as backup, and they also prepared one to two hundred heavy fire oil tanks.
Lin Tianbo's Jinyi Qinjun Youzhen had a harder time. After breakfast, they climbed the mountain for exercise. They climbed up the hillside of Dinghu Mountain to the left of the Ming army's camp and grabbed a good, commanding position. However, they did not carry the cannon up the mountain, and the artillery battalion they belonged to was assigned to Zuozhen, Jinyi's personal army.
Since neither side sent small groups of troops to interfere with the other side's formation, the formation of both sides was carried out very quickly. After three quarters of the hour, the formations of both sides were basically completed, and the flags of the two armies were already flying in their respective formations.
At this time, several lookout vehicles were set up in the Qing army's formation. Since the Qing army was deployed on a flat lowland, the generals of each department needed to use the lookout vehicles to climb high and look into the distance to have a peek at the Ming army's defense line. .
Especially take a good look at what's behind the fence on the Ming army's defense line?
Tuhai and Zhou Peigong, who had become his confidant, boarded a huge warship together. Both of them took out their telescopes and scanned the Ming army's defense line. Silence has returned to the miles-long defense line. Behind the bamboo fence leaning against the wooden fence, artillery and soldiers can be vaguely seen. Behind them is a long wall made of sandbags that is only as high as a person's chest. Behind the long wall are forests of spears and pitch-black muskets!
Almost all Ming soldiers armed with spears and muskets wore armor, some with cloth face armor, some with Western-style plate armor, and iron ship-shaped helmets on their heads. On the left side of the Ming army's defense line, on the slopes of Dinghu Mountain, among the large forests, Ming army flags fluttering in the wind also appeared.
Regardless of whether they were on the mountain or down, the Ming troops in both places were solemn and orderly, silent. Even though they were several miles apart, Tu Hai could still feel the murderous aura coming towards him.
Tuhai felt uneasy for a while. He knew that the army in front of him had only taken a year and a few months from its rise to this point... If they were given another year or two, God knows what it would develop into. What does it look like?
"Hey, why did the rebels set up an execution ground outside the camp? Who are they trying to kill?" Zhou Peigong seemed to have seen something strange at this time.
"Execution ground?" Tu Hai quickly pointed the telescope in his hand at the direction of Zhou Peigong's finger. At first glance, he was shocked, "Then, the one who is about to be stabbed looks so much like the old King Pingnan?"
Tu Hai hadn't seen Shang Ke Xi for many years, but Shang Ke Xi's appearance was quite distinctive, so Tu Hai could barely recognize him.
"Then, it should be to kill Old Pingnan King to sacrifice the flag, right?" Zhou Peigong asked again, "Who is the other person who was stabbed? Is he the son of Old Pingnan King?"
"Let's take a look..." Tu Hai aimed his telescope at Li Chenggong, who was kneeling on the ground and was about to be stabbed. "I don't know... he should be the son of King Pingnan Jing! This is It's father and son who went to the country on the same day to die. It's really respectable! The imperial court's posthumous title seems to be very reasonable."
While Tu Hai was talking, the sound of horse hooves came, and then Pingnan Wang Shang Zhidian shouted with a crying sound: "Zhongtang, Zhongtang... The traitor wants to kill my Ama! That's my dear Amma…”
Tu Hai lowered his head and looked at Shang Zhidian, who was crying and about to faint, and had no choice but to tell Geshiha, who was guarding below, to put Wang Dou down - he had to comfort Shang Zhidian!
Although his father is dying, his father is benevolent and righteous! That is the highest honor of being a slave of the Qing Dynasty!
But before Tu Hai could say these words to enlighten Shang Zhidian, thousands of Ming troops on the opposite side had already shouted in Cantonese Mandarin.
"Ping Xibo Wu Sangui has raised his troops to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. He will soon raid Guangxi!
It is gratifying to be rebellious, but stubborn, resisting the power of heaven, massacring the people of Guangdong, this is an unforgivable crime, today I will bow down the law and sacrifice the flag...Behead! "
As soon as the word "cut" comes out, it means that the hand will rise and the knife will fall, and the head will fall to the ground!
What fell to the ground were two heads!
The unlucky Li Chenggong was also beheaded... He didn't even give his name.
The person in charge of supervising the beheading at the scene was Artillery Staff Officer Cui Liu. When he saw that Shang Kexi and Li Chenggong had their heads chopped off, he quickly called out: "Quick, quick, quick, pick it up...Bring it here, bring it here, while It’s so hot that I need to send it back!”
What are these words!
Two beheading men came right away carrying their "hot" and bloody heads. The eyes of the two dead heads could still move! Shang Zhixiao and Li Rucai, who were kneeling beside them, burst into tears.
"Why are you crying? Hurry up and put the box in, close the lid and send it back!" Cui Liu urged, taking the two heads in person, regardless of whether their eyes blinked or not, and put them into the breakfast room. Just prepare two wooden boxes and then close the lids. Then he handed one of them to Shang Zhixiao, "This is your Ama's demon head...it's not dead yet. Take it back quickly. Maybe some brothers can see it one last time!"
Then he brought another wooden box and stuffed it to Li Rucai, "Take this demon head...take it back and show it to Tu Hai!"
What kind of operation is this?
Shang Zhixiao and Li Rucai were speechless for a while - after beheading, they didn't show it to the public, and they rushed to send it back while it was still hot... What kind of rule is this?
However, Shang Zhixiao and Li Rucai did not argue with Cui Liu. They both obediently held two heavy wooden boxes and ran towards the Qing army's formation, shouting as they ran.
"Don't shoot, I am Shang Zhixiao..."
"Don't shoot or shoot arrows. I am a good slave of the Qing Dynasty..."
Of course he can't shoot and shoot arrows anymore. Shang Zhidian on the opposite side has already recognized Shang Zhixiao! That was his biological brother, and he was holding the box containing his amma - Shang Kexi was probably not brain-dead yet, so he was staying in that box now.
In order to see his father one last time, Shang Zhidian also risked his life. He rushed out of the military formation and went to meet his brother Shang Zhixiao.
The two brothers soon met in the formation of the two armies. Shang Zhidian turned over and dismounted while crying, grabbed the wooden box from his brother, held it in his arms, and cried loudly, "Ama! Ama! The baby is late." Already..."
Shang Zhixiao also rushed forward and hugged Shang Zhidian, crying loudly: "Ama died so miserably!"
And Li Rucai, who was holding Li Chenggong's head, saw that his brothers and his son were reunited, but he was so old that he didn't even marry a wife. He felt extremely sad, so he stopped running and sat on the ground holding the wooden box for a while. Howling.
The three people just cried in a circle in the center of the battlefield. At this time, Shang Zhidian's Goshiha also arrived on flying horses and surrounded the three people to protect them from the Ming army.
The three of them cried for who knows how long, just when Shang Zhidian wanted to open the box and take another look at Amma. Suddenly there was a burst of fire, and the box he was holding exploded!
