The white fish belly was already revealed in the distance, and the gray sky began to shine.

It was still cloudy today, and the river water was covered with a thin layer of mist, and the cold penetrated into the heart. Several Ming soldiers stepped forward and extinguished the fire brazier on the shore that had burned for a whole night. Smoke from cooking began to appear in the Qing army camp on the other side, and the fragrance of food floated over under the blowing of the north wind.

Zhou Xian had just washed his face with clean water, and saw Xia Shu bringing two bowls and walking in. His eyes were covered with blood, and he looked a little tired. He handed one of them to Zhou Xian, and he picked up the other bowl, losing his appetite.

Zhou Xian took a few bites and looked at Xia Shu and said, "Why, I didn't sleep well last night?"

Xia Shu nodded gently and asked, "Military Gate, the Qing army knocked on and attacked all night last night, and looked like they were going to cross the river. How about you, you will go to bed and you can sleep so peacefully?"

Zhou Xian said helplessly: "Didn't I leave 500 people on the river bank position and let the others retreat and rest?"

Xia Shu curled his lips and said, "In this case, how many people can fall asleep peacefully? Not to mention that the five hundred people are on guard, even those who retreat to the rear are alert every night, and at most they only take a short snatch. There are some brave and desperate people who sleep like you. Military gate, you told me, why did you expect that the Tartars would not cross the river last night!"

Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "It's very simple. Crossing the river at night is too variable. The only advantage is the suddenness of the attack. The Qing army is so full of fanfare that we are afraid that our army will not know, so where is there any way to attack?"

Xia Shu "ah" a moment, touched the back of his head and complained: "Military Gate, why didn't you say it earlier? I was worried all night."

Zhou Xian pulled a bite of the rice with chopsticks, and waited until he swallowed it completely, and then he slowly said: "Because I cannot be completely sure that the Qing army will not attack. After all, sometimes some very special people will appear. As the commander, if I directly told the soldiers that the Ming and Qing army would not attack, but in fact they attacked. It is second to damage my personal prestige, and if my brothers slack off and were eventually taken advantage of by the Qing army, then my sins would be great."

Xia Shu pondered for a moment, and finally nodded gently.

After Zhou Xian finished his meal, he stood up and patted Xia Shu gently, and said, "I'll go out for a walk. You can eat as soon as possible. After you have time, take a nap. The Qing army had a night of trouble last night, probably to disrupt our rest and prepare for the entire river crossing today."

After saying that, Zhou Xian stepped out of the big tent.

Li Kai had replaced the 500 soldiers on the front line, and replaced them with a new 1,500 soldiers, basically occupying half of the three 1,000 soldiers left in Baiqiankou. What's slightly different is that these 1,500 people gathered all the archers in the army, as well as ten tiger squatting cannons.

There were originally two hundred flintlock gunmen, but Zhou Xian left them on the back camp. The flintlock gun range was too close and was not as good as a bow and arrow at present. Only by relying on the height advantage can he play his advantages.

Zhou Xian saw Li Kai, nodded gently and asked, "How is it now?"

Li Kai said: "The six red-clothed cannons have been placed on the opposite ridge by the Tartars, and all the rafts were dragged to the river by night. It seems that they really plan to start attacking today! And Mr. Yu Qian's return, and the whereabouts of the Tartars were also found in other river sections he guarded."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "The Qing army has many troops. They plan to use their military strength to cross the river from various ferries. As long as one or two soldiers cross the river, they can continuously put pressure on our army through harassment and eventually force our army to retreat. However, there are not many soldiers who can pass through other ferries. As long as they guard here, the Qing army who successfully crossed the river will be homeless wild ghosts and can only be eaten by us little by little. Send someone to notify Jimu and ask him to divide his cavalry into three teams, and be responsible for clearing the Qing army that crossed the river."

Lee nodded and said, "I'll send someone later."

At this moment, a rhythmic sound of war drums suddenly sounded on the north bank, and the Qing army began to gather troops.

Zhou Xian's face changed slightly. Although he had known that the Qing army would have been likely to attack today, he felt a little uneasy when he really came to the front. He looked at him and saw a team of cavalrymen on the other side surrounded by a general wearing golden armor, slowly driving in the military formation.

Wherever he went, the Qing army around him burst into deafening cheers.

Li Kai spat and said, "This Haoge is really pretending. The military gate, the Tartars should start attacking soon. You go to the rear first! Let's see how I beat him up."

Zhou Xian didn't say anything, looked at the Qing army opposite again, then nodded and retreated with the personal soldiers.

Last time, Zhou Xian personally led his troops to attack, and more than half of his 36 cavalry were killed or injured. Later, Jimu supplemented him with completeness and restored to the original 36 cavalry. Under Huang Fei's strong request, Zhou Xian summoned 100 infantry from the Zhizi Camp and expanded the scale of his personal soldiers to 136.

As the red-clothed cannon fired three cannons, the Qing army began to attack.

Zhou Xian stood at the highest point of the camp and took everything from the battlefield into his eyes. The surrounding guards had already pushed out his banner and drifted with the wind to stabilize the morale of the army. Following this, two large flags of Xinziying and Yongziying were the troops guarding this time.

About three thousand Qing troops carried the rafts that had been prepared, and the boat rushed into the river like dumplings. At the front of the raft, there was only a row of shield soldiers standing there. The soldiers behind them only brought a long knife and a long bow, grabbed the temporarily transformed oars in their hands, and accelerated toward the south bank.

When the Qing army began to move the ships, the Tiger Cannon began to roar. Some fell to the shore, and some fell into the water. Except for those directly hitting the crowd, the other caused very limited damage. The narrowest part of the river in Baiqiankou was only a hundred steps, and the widest part was only two hundred steps. It was not very wide, and it could be said that it came in a flash.

In a very short time, most of the ships reached halfway and reached the range of the archers. The Ming army archers shot into the river like locusts, and from time to time, the Qing army's arrows fell into the water, causing ripples.

The Qing army's red-clothed cannons were far better than the Ming army's tiger squat cannons, but they were attacked last time and lost a lot of shells. However, Haoge wanted to use the remaining shells to bombard Jinzhou City, so he was very limited at this time. Occasionally, a few shells exploded on the river bank of two or three miles, which at most a little deterrent effect.
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