After more than two months of preparation, the food and armor of all the soldiers and horses have been prepared, with the arrival of the midwinter, the righteous army is short of food and clothing, it is the best time of the year to enter the suppression, Yang Sichang, the supervisor of Xiangyang, is full of ambition, and finally decided to send troops.

Adhering to Emperor Chongzhen's edict to concentrate his forces on attacking Zhang Xianzhong first, Yang Sichang ordered Zhudao to immediately attack Zhang Xianzhong, who was entrenched in the Huguang area.

At the same time, after learning the news of Yang Sichang's dispatch of troops, Zhang Xianzhong had a premonition that there would be a fierce battle, and immediately marched from Huxi to Guangxi and into the mountainous areas on the border between Shaanxi and Sichuan.

Taking advantage of the fact that the encirclement of the official army has not yet been formed, Zhang Xianzhong first led the army to capture Baoqing, and then came to Ziyang, but Liu Ke'an brothers led thousands of township soldiers to wait for help, and the Xiying Righteous Army besieged the city for two days, which was difficult to conquer for a while.

Suddenly, I heard that Zuo Liangyu led 50,000 horse infantry troops, and the momentum was surging, and he had set up camp in Gaotouba. Zhang Xianzhong then ordered Zhang Dingguo to lead the Longxiang camp with 15,000 elite cavalry, out of Wafanggou, and attacked Zuo Liangyu's camp overnight.

The Longxiang battalion quickly set out as an army, and after a night of rapid marching, after crossing a hill, it was already vaguely visible the lights in the official camp at the foot of the mountain.

Dingguo immediately ordered the whole army to extinguish the torches, dismount and stop the advance, and disperse and hide in the woods, rest on the spot and stand by, and then ordered the herald to quickly summon the generals to come to the discussion.

The generals quickly gathered together, and in the darkness, Dingguo glanced around at the generals, and said in a low voice: "Everyone, at present, we are still five miles away from Zuo Liangyu's camp, and it will be dawn in another hour, before dawn, we must launch an attack on the official army!" Can you be confident? ”

"Have faith!" Everyone roared in unison.

Dingguo nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered the generals: "Qi Sansheng and Li Chunming, you two will lead 3,000 men and horses as the left flank to attack the northern camp of the official army; Jin Tongwu and Zhang Chengjun led 3,000 men and horses as the right flank to attack the southern camp of the official army; You two soldiers and horses must bite the enemy to the death! When Zuo Liangyu divided his troops to support him, and it was difficult to take care of the end and end, I personally led the main force to take the camp of the Chinese army! Wang Guoren and his pro-military battalion are as a reserve, ready to support all walks of life at any time! ”

"No!" The generals were given their own orders.

"Boss, did you leak us!" Chen Xi and Li Yongcheng saw that Dingguo never called his name, so they hurriedly stepped forward and reminded anxiously.

"Don't worry, there are the most important things for you to do, and the key to this victory or defeat lies with the two of you." Dingguo patted them on the shoulder and continued, "Chen Xi, Li Yongcheng! I order you to lead a thousand men and horses to ambush on the east side of the official army camp, plant flags all over the mountains as a suspicious army, and when I raid the camp of Zuo Liangyu's Chinese army, I will immediately raise torches, beat drums and shout! Make the momentum as loud as possible! ”

"Huh? Top dog! I heard you right! Just shouting like a shrew scolding the street? Chen Xi opened his eyes and asked with a puzzled expression.

"That's right! All you need is all you need to shout at me! Dingguo nodded in confirmation.

"Boss, everyone is in full swing, so let our brothers watch the play on the mountain? How boring is this! Do you want to change your plans again? Li Yongcheng pleaded in a consultative tone.

"Nonsense! The big war is coming, is it time for jokes? Military orders are like mountains, and those who violate the orders will be beheaded! Dingguo glared at Li Yongcheng fiercely and shouted categorically.

Seeing that Dingguo was angry, the two hurriedly stopped talking and stopped squeaking.

Dingguo then ordered: "From now on, all the soldiers will wrap their horses' hooves, lead their horses on foot, and must not raise torches, nor do they talk to each other, until they are lurking one mile away from the official army camp, and after half an hour, the left and right wings will attack from the north and south at the same time!" Have you memorized them all? ”

"Remember!" The generals nodded in unison.

Dingguo glanced at the generals, immediately raised his right fist high, and gave the order to set off: "Everyone, time is pressing, order the whole army to set off immediately!" ”

With Dingguo's order, the soldiers of the Western Battalion, who were scattered and hidden in the woods halfway up the mountainside, got up one after another, took out the coarse cloth strips prepared in advance, wrapped the four hooves of the war horse one by one, and then led the horse to take advantage of the moonlight, carefully walked through the overgrown mountain path, and groped towards the foot of the mountain.

Let's say that Qi Sansheng led one of the people and horses to quietly touch the gate of the official army, seeing that the time was just right, Qi Sansheng immediately beckoned the soldiers to get on the horse together, lit the torches, and launched a charge to the north camp of the official army.

The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and some sleeping officers and soldiers woke up from their dreams, and hurried out of the camp tent bare-chested and with a pair of shoes, without bothering to put on their clothes.

At this time, the cavalry of the western camp had broken into the gate of the village, and everyone threw the torches in their hands to the surrounding camp tents, and the tent cloth was instantly burning when it encountered the fire, and it didn't take long for the entire official army camp to fall into a sea of fire.

Chen Da, the deputy general of the officer and army in charge of the defense of the North Camp, jumped on a war horse in a panic and was about to break through, but was caught up by Qi Sansheng, Chen Da saw that there was a sea of fire everywhere, and there was no way to escape, so he was forced to turn around and face the battle, and the two sides fought for less than three rounds, Chen Da was stabbed in the throat by Qi Sansheng with a shot and fell off the horse.

The northern camp was in full swing, and Jin Tongwu also showed his skills in the southern camp of the official army.

The Xiying Righteous Army made such a big move, in fact, Zuo Liangyu had already been awakened, but at the beginning, he did not send reinforcements at the first time. Based on his many years of combat experience, he concluded that this was nothing more than a feint attack by a small group of rebels, and the purpose was only to deliberately attract his own attention, so as to disperse his forces and reinforce the northern and southern flanks.

However, as the fire in Beiying was out of control, and then the news of the death of the deputy general Chen Da came, Zuo Liangyu couldn't sit still, he began to doubt his initial judgment, and decided that the main attack direction of the Xiying Righteous Army must be in the North Camp, if he didn't support it again, when the North Camp fell, his flank would be completely exposed in front of the Xiying Righteous Army.

Thinking of this, Zuo Liangyu no longer hesitated, and immediately made the decision to divide 10,000 troops to reinforce the northern battalion.

Unexpectedly, not long after the reinforcements to the northern camp had just set off, Zuo Liangyu received a request for help from the southern camp. Knowing that Nanying was also in danger at the moment, Zuo Liangyu had no choice but to dispatch 10,000 soldiers and horses again to save Nanying.

After this transfer of troops, there were only less than 10,000 personal guards left in the entire Chinese army camp.

At the same time, the 8,000 cavalry of the West Battalion led by Dingguo himself had been waiting for a long time, seeing that Zuo Liangyu's camp was empty, and the time had come, Dingguo immediately jumped on the "Erdou Jin", waved his army to break through the gate of the village, and rushed straight to the big tent of the Chinese army.

As the sound of killing sounded, Li Yongcheng, who was hidden in the woods on the mountain to the east, pushed Chen Xi, who was leaning against the big tree and taking a nap: "Wake up!" Don't sleep! Let's fight! ”

Chen Xi jumped up reflexively, rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked down the mountain, and sure enough, Zuo Liangyu's Chinese army camp had fallen into chaos.

Chen Xi immediately commanded left and right: "Bird! What are you hesitating about? Hurry up and put up a flag for Lao Tzu, light torches, beat drums and shout! Don't be reluctant to work hard, shout at Lao Tzu! Shouting the loudest, Lao Tzu has a reward! ”

For a while, there were killing sounds everywhere, Zuo Liangyu looked up at the east mountain, it seemed that the whole mountain was full of rebels, judging from the sound, there were tens of thousands of people.

Zuo Liangyu stretched out his hand in a panic to grab an officer and sergeant who was running towards him, and asked loudly, "How many rogues are there who are attacking?"

"It's so dark that I can't see it clearly! I only know that there are thieves in all directions! I said, brother, what are you doing here? Run away with me! The officer and sergeant didn't know that the person in front of him was Zuo Liangyu, so he stopped out of breath and beckoned him to run away together.

"Ridiculous! As a dignified thief general and a first-class general officer, how can he be scared away by a mere rogue? Annoyed, Zuo Liangyu took out his saber and hacked the officer and soldier who kindly reminded him to death in front of him.

Just when the people were in chaos, the general Wang Hualong hurried to the scene with hundreds of personal guards, only to see Wang Hualong clasping his fists and shouting: "The last general is late for rescue, please punish Zuo Shuai!" ”

Zuo Liangyu nodded at him and said, "General Wang is here just in time, you go and stop the Liukou, as long as you hold on for a while and a half, the reinforcements from the north and south wings will come!" ”

As he spoke, he saw Dingguo single-handedly break through the obstacles of the officers and soldiers along the road and go straight to Zuo Liangyu.

Seeing that Dingguo had been killed in front of him in an instant, Wang Hualong roared loudly and did not hesitate to greet him with his personal guards. But where is he Dingguo's opponent, just a face-to-face, he was picked off by Dingguo's shot.

"Zuo Liangyu! Where to go? Dingguo picked Wang Hualong to death, turned the horse's head, raised the plum blossom spear and continued to kill Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu saw that the country was unstoppable, and he was so frightened that his soul was scattered, knowing that today's defeat was decided, and he could no longer care about his identity as a thief general, under the cover of the personal guards, he rode the "Jade Flower Cong" Pegasus and rushed out of the camp, and fled in the direction of Goping Pass in embarrassment.

finally killed the pro-guards who blocked the way, and Zuo Liangyu had already fled without a trace.

Dingguo was annoyed, and suddenly saw Zuo Liangyu's golden helmet falling on the ground, and he immediately picked up the golden helmet with a gun, and shouted to the officers and soldiers who were still resisting stubbornly around him: "Zuo Liangyu is dead!" Give up resistance as soon as possible! ”

The rebels of the Western Camp also shouted together: "Zuo Liangyu is dead!" Zuo Liangyu is dead! ”

In the dark night, there were shouts of Zuo Liangyu's death everywhere, and I vaguely saw that the commander's golden helmet was raised high, and the officers and soldiers who were still struggling to resist instantly lost the courage to fight, and they threw down their weapons and armor and fled in all directions.

Taking advantage of Zuo Liangyu's new defeat, Zhang Xianzhong personally led the main force to kill the wolfing pass.

However, I never expected that Zuo Liangyu still had tens of thousands of troops stationed here, and with the routs that had gathered one after another in the past few days, the total strength of the officers and troops was close to 100,000.

Zuo Liangyu was haunted by the previous attack, and when he heard that Zhang Xianzhong's troops were coming, he immediately ordered the whole army to press up together, and approached Zhang Xianzhong.

Seeing that the official army was strong, Zhang Xianzhong did not want to confront Zuo Liangyu and consume his troops, so he hurriedly led the army to retreat to the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi.

Zuo Liangyu was planning to continue to enter Sichuan to chase Zhang Xianzhong, but Yang Sichang was worried that Zhang Xianzhong's move was just a false shot, and the ultimate goal was to fold into Shaanxi, so Feiyu warned Zuo Liangyu that Zheng Chongjian, the governor of Shaanxi, had led the deputy commander-in-chief He Renlong and Li Guoqi from Xixiang into Sichuan, and strictly ordered him to send only one general to pursue with 3,000 men and horses, and the rest of the main army was still stationed in Xingping to standby.

Listening to the staff read Yang Sichang's feather slur, Zuo Liangyu laughed a few times dryly, and said disdainfully: "Yang Gebu is a big mistake!" Shu is the country of abundance since ancient times, the land is fertile and the situation is dangerous, once the thief escapes into, it is a fish into the sea, and then it is difficult to control it! Now in the middle of winter, the thieves are suffering from a lack of grain, Zhushan and Fangxian have been warned, and there is no food to capture. ”

"Zuo Shuai, what do you want?" The staff put down his feather sash and asked cautiously.

"Will be outside, the king's order will not be subject to anything, let alone a mere overseer? Don't worry about him, the order continues to march, be sure to preempt the thieves and occupy Yuxidu! This time he wants to make a complete break with the thief! Zuo Liangyu slammed his fist on the handsome case and said hatefully.

On the first day of February, Zuo Liangyu ignored Yang Sichang's military orders and personally led the army to cross from Yuxi into Sichuan and kill towards Taiping County.

Since ancient times, Taiping County has been the key to Qinchuan, extending in all directions, and it can be described as a place where soldiers must fight. Zhang Xianzhong was planning to attack Taiping County, and suddenly a scout came to report that Zuo Liangyu and Qin Yiming's two official armies were coming, Zhang Xianzhong had to suspend the siege, and the whole army moved to Jiu Rolling Ping, ready to meet the enemy.