Happy Valentine's Day, brothers and sisters~~

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The discovery of the coal mine is undoubtedly a super ‘timely rain’. It not only solved the charcoal fire problem that the model army urgently needed, but also completely stabilized Xu Changqing's heart and brought the momentum of the men.

It was already dark.

The Quantou Village Model Army Station was full of burning flames. The warm hope directly killed the rustling snowflakes and the cold weather without leaving any traces!

Xu Changqing was really awakened from laughing in his dream at this time.

He also truly understood the true meaning of the local friend's words "There are all hollowed out below."

Just the fertility and richness of the land under your feet, as long as you are not extremely lucky, as long as you are willing to make efforts to dig into the ground, you will definitely be able to dig good things.

The people in the Qing Dynasty thought it was really good, and the execution was extremely accurate, almost every detail, simple, straightforward and perfect!

However!

But they ignored the most important one - God’s love for the creatures on this land!

In particular, this coal mine is almost not much different from the open-pit mine. Even though the reserves may not be abundant enough, they are enough to allow the model army to survive the crisis, and instead nail the Qing army to death on the gallows.

...

The strong fire of the model army quickly attracted the attention of the Qing army.

Soon, Dorgon, Duoduo, Jirgalang, and Daishan all visited the front line to check the situation.

Seeing that the firelight in the model army formation was obviously much more intense than last night, Duoduo was already a little excited and licked his tongue and said, "Xu Changqing, this dog Nikan, should not be able to stand it. If nothing unexpected happens, tomorrow, he must make big moves! I just don't know whether this dog Nikan is going to take the East or the South Line!"

Jiergalang said: "Eighty percent of you want to go to the eastern line. Xu Changqing is as cunning as a fox. He knows the risks of going to the southern line. Prince Yu, do you need everyone's support?"

"this……"

Duoduo was stunned for a moment. Although he couldn't help cursing in his heart, he smiled meaninglessly and said, "Support is definitely needed. If Xu Changqing really wants to jump over the wall, he will have to do something. Second brother, not only Prince Zheng, but also send someone over there. We brothers are united to cut off gold. This time, we must kill Xu Changqing!"

Dai Shan didn't expect that Duoduo would actually give up such great benefits at this time. He came back to his senses after a moment. He smiled and said, "Okay. If you destroy Xu Changqing in this Quantou Village, I, the Qing Dynasty, can rest assured!"

Seeing that Dodo was so sensible at this time, Dorgon couldn't help but relax.

Even Duodor was willing to give up his interests. What reason would the Qing Dynasty have to win in this battle?

...

Early the next morning, the Eight Banners of the Manchus had more than a dozen elite troops, and they arranged the Jiuxian Mountain line on the eastern front in a row, guarding the battle to prepare for the breakout of the model army.

Xu Changqing is also bad.

Seeing the Qing army mobilized, the model army also pretended to be mobilized, gathering a lot of troops on the Eastern Front, with a huge momentum and a eagerness to try.

However.

It was not until noon that the Model Army did not take the next move, as if it was just arranging the array.

Duoduo, Jirgalang, and Daishan, who had been carefully prepared for a long time, were already a little impatient.

"What's going on?"

"Will this dog Nikan Xu Changqing break through?"

Duoduo was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, paced back and forth. On such a cold day, he had already started to sweat constantly, constantly wiping the sweat beads on his forehead.

It is important to know that although wearing armor is safe, it also has a serious burden on the body.

Even though Duoduo's essence armor has a lot of treasures, including gold and silver, it can cost at least forty or fifty pounds. He has been wearing armor early in the morning and is ready to do a big fight. He has been surviving until now, and it tastes bad.

"Master, it seems that something is wrong."

A slave who had been staring at the Model Army hurriedly flipped down from the earth wall and said powerlessly: "Master, the Model Army does not seem to have the intention to break through. The heavy weapons of their catapults did not come up."

"Um?"

Duoduo couldn't bear it anymore, so he asked a few servants to help him and climbed onto the earthen wall to check it out.

really.

The model army saw that the formation was quite large, but the main armour did not push forward, and seemed to be hesitating.

Duoduo couldn't help but sneer: "Dog Nikan, now you know you're scared? It's too late!"

After staring at him for a while, Duoduo increasingly confirmed his judgment. Xu Changqing must have been trapped in a quagmire and was struggling with difficulties.

It would be better if Xu Changqing and the Model Jun did not break through today.

Because continuing to drag down means that Xu Changqing has less and less room for space, even if he is of the model army, he will definitely make mistakes in his busyness!

Their opportunity for the Qing Dynasty is here!

...

It lasted until the evening, and the Model Army did not break through. Although the Qing army was a little tired, they didn't care much.

Just like Duoduo's judgment, they also believed that Xu Changqing was struggling now and could not hold on for a few days.

And this kind of entanglement will definitely pull the model army into the abyss.

But what they didn't know was... At this time, Xu Changqing was enjoying the dinner cooked by the Hongniang himself...

...

One day, two days, three days...

In the blink of an eye, five days have passed, and the model army still has no intention of breaking through. Although they are still pretending, they are becoming more and more restrained.

The Qing army also began to fall into embarrassment.

It was about to enter mid-October, but the snow had stopped, but the weather was getting colder and colder. The raging north wind was like a knife. It was almost like cutting a person's face. The key was that there was a plain around it, and there was nothing to cover it at all.

Even though many Qing troops were hiding behind the earthen walls, there were still air leakage on three sides. Even if many real Manchus wrapped themselves like rice dumplings, they could not stand the war horses in this kind of weather for a whole day, let alone the humans?

This also caused complaints to begin to spread among all departments of the Qing army.

There is no such way to play.

If this continues, they will freeze to death before they can fight the Model Army.

Dorgon, who had been sitting firmly on Diaoyutai, was also a little impatient and hurriedly convened a military discussion.

Unfortunately, the Manchu and Mongolian royals had no constructive opinions except for cursing the ghost weather and Xu Changqing.

After finally comforting them and asking them to retreat first, Dorgon hurriedly attracted Hong Chengchou, Ning Wan and we and others discussed.

"This, the Regent, I am a little unsure of Xu Changqing's plan for a while. Their firewood can no longer hold on, but where did so many fires come from at night?"

Hong Chengchou frowned, and he was almost thinking about it, but he really couldn't figure out how Xu Changqing played.

Next to me, although I was so happy to see Hong Chengchou being defeated, I couldn't think of a way to defeat the enemy for a while, so I could only frown and continue thinking.

Sony said: "Regent, isn't it... something unexpected happened? We didn't follow the arrangement of the Model Army? I heard that the Model Army's hot air balloons need to be activated with charcoal fire. Maybe they used up the charcoal fire of the Hot Air Balloon?"

Dorgon's eyes lit up, but he quickly shook his head and sighed: "No! Xu Changqing is really unique in his eyes and very cruel. The hot air balloon is his sharpest knife. How could he break his hands and feet? Maybe something went wrong, we haven't thought of it yet."

Sony frowned and said, "Regent, our slaves have arrived here. It's so cold this day. If you drag it down..."

When Dorgon heard this, he couldn't stop his irritability, but it was not easy to have an attack. He could only hold back and said, "Sony, I've been troubled by you these days. Focus on the other side more. I guess it won't be far away. I will definitely see you in the past two days!"

...

Just as the Qing army changed from excitement to restlessness and gradually changed to uneasiness, Xu Changqing also received more and more core information from the model army battle formation.

Especially the food and grass of the Qing army!

Although the Qing army was still very sensible at this time, they were still as meticulous as the "ground rat", because a large number of elite troops gathered on the Eastern Front, their food and grass began to show clues.

There are so many people who want to have dinner, even if they take care of themselves in the morning, it ultimately requires a process of gathering.

And this gathering process that only appears in the morning and evening has been captured by the model army many times.

"Master, now it is basically confirmed that the food and grass of the Tatars on the eastern line are mainly divided into three areas. One is in Xiaomagou north of Jiuxian Mountain, the other is in Damiao Village more than ten miles south of the mountain, and the third is in the south direction, on the Konglin side, the largest of which is in Damiao Village, which not only has food and grass, but also has a lot of horse materials..."

In the wooden shed on the command platform, Zhang Taiping, the chief officer, was carefully reporting the situation to Xu Changqing.

He personally went to investigate this information on a hot air balloon.

The Hongniang was also excited and couldn't help but say: "Master, the time is ripe. We can take action against the Tartars first! Let the hot air balloons prepare tonight. When the day dawn tomorrow, they will directly sweep over the dawn and burn all the three food and grass gathering places! Then, let's see how the Tartars can sit still!"

Xu Changqing gave Hongmao a blank look in anger: "It's okay to burn other places, can you burn Konglin too? Then, shouldn't scholars all over the world fight you?"

"ah?"

The Hongniang then came to her senses, and she was speechless, and said in a sweet voice: "The Tartars are so bad, they piled up food and grass on their ancestral graves..."

Ignoring Hong Niangzi, Xu Changqing looked at Zhang Taiping: "Taiping, tell me what you think."

The more he had contacted Zhang Taiping, the more he knew him, the more Xu Changqing discovered his good qualities.

Not only is he highly conscious, he is also good at learning and good at learning, Xu Changqing is not hesitant to promote and recommend him.

Although Zhang Tianping was just the agent of the personal military camp, everyone could see that this kid's future was already on track and his future was limitless.

When Zhang Taiping heard Xu Changqing's question, he became more and more calm. He pondered for a while before saying, "The Grand Marshal, I think that burning the Tartars' food and grass is good, it may not be our best choice at this time. Because once they burn their food and grass, the Tartars will definitely jump over the wall. At the same time, it is also extremely unfavorable to the many Han slaves they captured. Now, the Tartars have become tired, and perhaps... we should still consider going forward..."

"Go to the front?"

The Hongniang caught something at once, and she was looking at Xu Changqing.

Xu Changqing smiled faintly and sipped the wine in a glass in a sip: "Tonight, I'll keep an eye on it! However, you should also take a proper rest and ensure that you have the energy for tomorrow. Can you do it?"

How clever was Zhang Taiping? He immediately understood what Xu Changqing meant. He stood at attention straight: "Yes!"

Seeing Zhang Taiping leaving excitedly, Hong Niangzi also fully understood Xu Changqing's meaning, and she was excited without saying anything, "Changqing, let's start to go head-on with the Tartars tomorrow?"
Chapter completed!