On the east of Zhenjiang City and the east bank of the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, a crowd of people appeared densely.

More than 15,000 Qing troops were deploying their formations here, like long spears in forests, intertwined with dog teeth, like steel forests, with flags roaring on all sides, emitting murderous aura.

The three Qing soldiers who had been waiting for a long time each held their weapons tightly and stared at the Ming army in the distance.

These Qing troops lined up the river, and in front of the army were the Folang machine cannons, a large number of medron gunmen, then archers holding longbows and quivers hanging on their waists, and behind were soldiers holding shields and spears.

There were more than a hundred Qing troops in a small formation, with gaps between the formations, which were available for the archers and musketeers in front to retreat, or for the cavalry at the end to rush out.

After the archer and before the spearman, three generals wearing iron armor, iron helmets and black cloaks rode proudly on the horse.

Looking at the Ming army coming from afar, Qing generals showed contemptuous eyes.

Just as Li Chengdong understood the strength of the Qing army, Tian Xiong, Ma Degong and Yang Chengzu also knew the strength of the Ming army.

The civil servants in Nanjing were so panicked that they heard that the army entered the Yangtze River, but as military generals, they were not panicked.

Governor Hong made it clear that Li Chengdong and Zhao Ming came.

Not to mention that Yang Chengzu, who also belongs to Gaojie Town, knows very well, even Tian Xiong and Ma Degong have fought with Li Chengdong today.

When Gao Jie was ambushed by Xu Dingguo, Huang Degong wanted to take the opportunity to acquire Gao Jie's army, so both sides fought each other, and they were all acquaintances. Everyone knew how much the other party was.

If you practice alone, maybe none of the three of them will be Li Chengdong's opponents, but today, Brother San will play together, and why don't you beat Li Shi out?

Besides, Zhao Ming has a very famous and arrogant recently. It is said that he is extremely brave and is a rival to ten thousand people. However, such a person is the courage of an ordinary man. The battle between dozens and hundreds of people may be of some use. If a battle of ten thousand people is useless, relying on the courage of an ordinary man is simply useless.

Xiang Yu, whether Lu Bu was fierce or not, was he destroyed. Liu Jing and Liu Dadao of the Ming Dynasty, with a sword of more than 100 pounds, was like flying, and he died in Sarhu.

He used to be careless, but he didn't know that Zhao Tiebang was extremely brave, but now he knew that before he could get close, he fired a row of muskets.

The three Qing generals were very clear about the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. The Ming army lucky enough to take Chongming, but that's it, and Zhenjiang was the end of their trip.

Tian Xiong glanced at the Ming army in the distance with contempt and said contemptuously: "Finally come!"

Yang Chengzu said a little surprised: "I thought he wouldn't come."

Ma Degong smiled and said, "Would you like to take advantage of Xiao Li's foothold and directly defeat him?"

Tian Xiong heard the words and was eager to try. Yang Chengzu hurriedly said, "Do you forget Hong Zhongtang's explanation? Let's set up the formation here, and wait for Li Chengdong, Zhao Tiebang to hit the head and burst into blood!"

Ma Degong said disdainfully: "What if they see our army is strong and dare not attack?"

Yang Chengzu said: "No, Hong Zhongtang said that their purpose of entering the Yangtze River was to fight all the way to Nanjing, and then they arrived in Zhenjiang. If they didn't fight, they would admit defeat. Besides, if they didn't attack, we would just waste it. When Hong Zhongtang mobilized troops from all over the country, they would be dead."

When the three Qing troops were talking, the Ming army vanguard had already stopped.

Under the banner of Daqi, Li Chengdong's face was gloomy. The Ming army vanguard deliberately showed weakness, trying to lead the Qing army to attack, and then pretended to be defeated and ambushed and attacked. If the Qing army did not fall into the trap, he could only attack hard.

Zhao Ming, holding a mace in his hand, looked at the array ahead with a strict battle, and looked serious.

This time his purpose was to make enough noise to make Duoduo retreat, and to do this, he had to fight all the way to Nanjing.

It's like a game, capturing Chongming and entering the Yangtze River is just the first level, and now Zhenjiang is the second level. If he can't get through, he will lose.

Therefore, he could only break through the obstacles and kill to the city of Nanjing.

At this time, the Ming army saw that the Qing army did not take the initiative and was not hiding its strength, so the soldiers quickly set up their formation.

Ten thousand Ming soldiers will fight against 15,000 Qing soldiers here, but fortunately, there are not many annoying cavalry on the battlefield, and the main forces of both sides are infantry.

Li Chengdong rode a horse out of the formation, and Zhao Ming also ran out and came to the Qing army formation. Two miles away, he blocked the reins of the horse and looked at the Qing army formation.

Li Chengdong saw the Qing army formation, the Fran machine cannons lined up, and the archer and the bird gunner were lined up in front of the Qing army. He knew that the Qing army had made up his mind to let him attack first.

After watching for a while, Li Chengdong pulled out the reins of the horse and ran back to the formation, Zhao Ming had no choice but to follow him back.

Zhao Ming did not have the experience of commanding nearly 10,000 people to fight head-on. How to fight, I still have to listen to Li Chengdong.

"At this time, a defensive counterattack formation, the Qing army set up such a formation, waiting for the general to attack. If the Qing army's artillery attacks head-on, the Qing army's artillery bombards, muskets, and bows and arrows shoot on three rounds, and the front army will be injured and killed." Li Chengdong's face was as deep as water.

Li Yuanyin also said calmly: "Our army has fewer troops than the enemy. If there are too many casualties in the charge, it will be even more difficult to win."

The Qing army had far more troops than the Ming army, and they even acted as a defensive posture, and they really couldn't see the hope of victory.

Seeing this, Zhao Ming said: "Then follow the previous plan, either let the ships and guns bombard the enemy's formation, or attack now, fight fiercely with the Qing army first, and let the fleet suddenly rush into the canal and reach the rear of the Qing army!"

There was no hope of victory at all, and Li Chengdong could not send troops. Although the Ming army was not as powerful as the Qing army, the Ming army did not have no reliance.

Li Chengdong narrowed his eyes and looked at the Qing army, "There is a fort at the entrance of the canal. In addition, the canal is narrow, and the ships are prone to attack. They cannot pin their hopes on the warships rushing into the canal. Let the gunships bombard the Qing army first, and then the army charges, and the warships rush into the canal!"

In the Qing army formation, the three generals looked at the Ming army that formed the formation, and Tian Xiong frowned and said, "Why haven't Li Chengdong attacked yet?"

Ma Degong smiled and said, "Maybe they are still preparing, maybe they will see Zhao Tiebang take the lead in charge later!"

When the Qing generals around him heard the words, they couldn't help but burst into laughter...

Everyone was laughing. Yang Chenzu turned his head and looked at the river. He saw a warship among the dense ships, which was particularly eye-catching.

When he looked closely and carefully identified the warship, his face changed slightly and he said to the two: "Stop laughing, be careful!"

Tian Xiong, Ma Degong obviously didn't understand the situation, and asked sideways: "What?"

"Look at that ship, there are so many cannon windows!" Yang Chengzu said with a mouth.

The two turned their heads and looked at it, and they saw a large ship in the warship, which was particularly eye-catching.

The ships were surrounded by stars like moonlight. The warships were covered with cannon windows, and one cannon was pushed out of the cannon window. The two of them suddenly changed their expressions.

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