Zuo Guangxian had also collected many peasant troops, so it was more appropriate to send the two of them there. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

In the end, Sun Chuanting asked Zuo Liangyu to lead the rest of the men and horses to defend the camp, Sun Chuanting made it clear that once the war started on his side, Li Zicheng would inevitably ask for help from the fifth battalion of the left of the revolution, and the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution was closer to the official army, and would not go to reinforce Li Zicheng, but went straight to the camp of the official army.

The assignment was decided, and the battalions began to prepare, and late the next night, they began to send troops.

Li Zicheng's side naturally didn't know about this plan, but since the three leaders of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution arrived, the camp of the peasant army had been greatly expanded, and the two sides had joined forces and rejoiced. There were many old acquaintances among their respective people, so for several days, everyone visited each other's doors, and there were people drinking and singing bitterly.

Li Zicheng was no exception, and set up a feast to entertain the three generals such as Lao Huihui, and after a few days, the cheerful atmosphere gradually subsided, and the atmosphere of the war gradually became significant. Li Zicheng convened the generals and also discussed how to deal with Sun Chuanting.

The proposal to divide the troops was put forward by Song Xiance, and he said to everyone: "We have 300,000 horses at the moment, which can be said to be far more than the official army. But with so many people hoarded together, it was not necessary and not conducive to action. Because as long as the officers and soldiers keep an eye on us, they will see everything in their eyes. Therefore, it is best to act separately, and the men and horses of the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution should leave some and set up another battalion, which can flank the officers and soldiers, and by the way, they can also go to cut off Sun Chuanting's grain route. ”

Lao Huihui and Ge Liyan also agreed, so the two sides separated the men and horses, and the five battalions of Ge Zuo were 100,000 horses and horses, and they were stationed in the south of Kaifeng City to monitor Sun Chuanting.

After the men and horses of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo went, Li Zicheng asked Song Xiance: "We have a lot of people and horses now than Sun Chuanting, why don't we attack, do we really have to wait for the official army to run out of food and grass before we start, in case Sun Chuanting transfers grain and grass from other places, wouldn't we wait for nothing?"

Song Xiance said with a smile: "King Chuang, don't worry, right now our grain and grass can last for three months, and the official army will never have so much food, Sun Chuanting will definitely make some moves in the near future." Moreover, most of the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were gathered under Kaifeng City, and the consequence was that other provinces were unable to suppress thieves. Guanzhong and Hanzhong were occupied by the Qin army, and it has become a big trouble for the court, and Fan Ju in Shandong is making rapid progress, which cannot be underestimated, and it is reported that the eight kings have advanced into Sichuan a few days ago and captured Wanxian. Therefore, I think that even if Sun Chuanting can sit still, Chongzhen can't sit still. At this time, the emergency recital on his dragon book case should be about to reach the ceiling. In this case, Chongzhen will definitely urge Sun Chuanting to make a quick decision. The lack of military rations, coupled with the urging of the court, even if Sun Chuanting is trusted by Chongzhen, he will not dare to delay without fighting for a long time. ”

Hearing these words, Li Zicheng suddenly realized, and nodded again and again: "The military advisor said it well, said it well." Then we just need to set up a position and wait for Sun Chuanting to attack. ”

Song Xiance frowned: "But what I'm worried about is this." If Sun Chuanting comes to attack, it must be fierce and abnormal, and it will be thunderous. ”

Li Zicheng smiled: "This is not Meridian Valley. Maybe King Gaochuang's revenge will be avenged under Kaifeng City. ”

So Li Zicheng also distributed men and horses, ready to fight.

Sure enough, in the middle of the night a few days later, Sun Chuanting led the officers and troops and began to act.

He Renlong took 20,000 horses, out of the camp as soon as it was dark, went around in a circle, and came to the back of the peasant army, it was the weather in June, the land of the Central Plains was a little stuffy, the lights in the camp were not extinguished, and people walked back and forth from time to time, as if to cool off.

Looking at the camp of the peasant army, more than ten miles away, He Renlong also gasped: "Damn, there are so many people, if you wrap Lao Tzu, it will be difficult to kill them." He instructed his men not to get too close, it was a feint anyway, and the fewer casualties the better.

When his men lined up the formation, He Renlong gave the order and clamored to attack.

In the dark night, 20,000 horses shouted together, shocking the earth, and at the same time fired rockets into the camp, igniting more than a dozen camp tents.

The peasant army patrolling the sentry immediately sounded the gong and issued a warning signal.

Li Zicheng immediately heard the sound of the commotion, he got up in his clothes, got out of the tent and got on his horse, and ordered not to panic, it must be the official army coming to sneak attack.

He listened to it and found that there was only a shouting of killing outside the rear camp, so he ordered Li Guo to take 5,000 men and horses to the rear camp to check. Li Guo brought 5,000 cavalry, came to the rear camp like a gust of wind, and found that there was a fire here, and immediately ordered the soldiers to extinguish it.

Then Li Guo took a look outside the camp and found that there was a group of officers and soldiers not far away, led by cavalry, and I don't know how many men and horses were rushing towards the camp gate. Li Guo gave an order, and thousands of arrows in the camp were fired to block the officers and soldiers.

Because he didn't know how many people there were on the other side, Li Guo did not give the order to go out of the camp to meet the battle, which was also where he was alert.

He Renlong was even more cunning, he was even more unwilling to work hard as a false attacker, so his soldiers shouted loudly, but did not attack forward, and the horses of those cavalry could not run at all, and when they approached the camp of the peasant army, arrows were released in the camp, these people immediately retreated, and when they retreated to a place beyond a stone's throw, they shouted again and attacked again.

After going back and forth like this a few times, Li Guo sneered and scolded: "What kind of trick is this, don't let us sleep well......"

An adjutant general said: "The officers and soldiers are always tossing like this, our camp will not be able to live in peace, do you want to kill it,"

Li said: "Kill out, what if you are ambushed, tell the brothers, as long as the officers and soldiers dare to come forward, they will shoot me back with arrows." Sleep in turns. ”

The crowd laughed and had no choice but to do so.

Just when He Renlong led the men and horses to make noise in the rear camp, Sun Chuanting had already seen the fire in the distance, and he knew that the rear camp of the peasant army had been lit by He Renlong, which attracted attention, so he gave an order, with Cao Bianjiao as the vanguard, led 30,000 horses and horses, and rushed straight to the front camp of the peasant army.

The 30,000 officers and soldiers are all cavalry, this is Sun Chuanting's desperate battle, he can't afford to wait, so he uses all his family resources.

Since his uncle Cao Wenzhao was killed by Li Zicheng, Cao Bianjiao hated the peasant army to the core, so he must compete for the first place in every battle, and like Cao Wenzhao, he is a fierce general in the official army. In addition to the 2,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry, there were many recruited and surrendered peasant troops under his command, which were well-equipped and imposing.

After receiving Sun Chuanting's general order to attack, Cao Bianjiao commanded 5,000 men and horses to storm the peasant army camp.

Li Zicheng sent Li to the rear battalion to supervise the battle, but he did not take it lightly, nor did he rest, but dressed neatly, and immediately before the commander's tent, many years of combat experience told him that the attack of the rear battalion was likely to be a false attack, and the real attack of the officers and soldiers would come soon.

His judgment was very correct, and it didn't take long for the front camp outpost to report that an officer army was swooping down on the camp, and he could see clearly in the firelight, and the leader would be Cao Bianjiao, and behind him, more officers and soldiers were swarming in, and the Chinese army had a handsome flag, and the word "Sun" was written on it.

Li Zicheng frowned secretly, it seemed that Sun Chuanting finally couldn't bear it anymore and came to attack in person.

He asked the reporter: "How many men and horses did Sun Chuanting bring," and the man said, "No less than thirty or forty thousand." Li Zicheng looked at Song Xiance beside him: "This is a big war, Sun Chuanting wants to fight with us to the death." ”

Song Xiance said: "There are at least 100,000 people in the official army, and Sun Chuanting only brought 30,000 or 40,000, which doesn't seem to mean a decisive battle." Li Zicheng shook his head: "I know his people very well, although the rear camp is a false attack, but it may also become a real attack, Sun Chuanting personally brought tens of thousands of people, with Cao Bianjiao as the vanguard, then Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong, Mountain Harrier and others, will they rest and watch the battle in the big camp, they must have also been sent to different places, ready to kill." ”

Tian Jianxiu on the side said: "Do you want to send a letter to Lao Huihui and let him lead his men and horses to help in the battle?"

Song Xiance said: "You don't need to come here, let him go directly to attack Sun Chuanting's camp." Li Zicheng nodded and said with a smile: "I also have this intention, as long as we attack the official army camp, Sun Chuanting will inevitably return to the army, and if we cover up from behind, we will definitely be able to defeat the official army." ”

Tian Jianxiu immediately sent his deputy general Liu Tichun with a thousand cavalry to deliver the letter to the 5th Battalion of Gezuo.

Besides, Cao Bianjiao, he took 5,000 men and horses to the camp of the peasant army, these 5,000 cavalry were very fierce, regardless of the random arrows and muskets fired by the peasant army, regardless of casualties, desperately rushed into battle. They took many clay pots, filled them with oil, threw them at the gates and fences of the peasant army, and lit them with torches.

The fire was raging, and the camp gate was burned down in a short time, and Cao Bianjiao ordered the men and horses to rush into the camp.

Without waiting for the officers and soldiers to enter the camp, Hao Shaoqi and Gao Yigong, who were guarding the front camp, led the army to rush out, resisted Cao Bianjiao head-on, and the two armies fought.

Hao Shaoqi didn't take any official generals in his eyes at all, he rode a war horse, took a team of elite horses, and went straight towards Cao Bianjiao, Cao Bianjiao did not show weakness, and the two of them fought together with a gun and a sword.

Sun Chuanting saw it in the back, and ordered the men and horses to send reinforcements, and 30,000 officers and soldiers were killed, the sound of horses' hooves shook the four fields, and the torches were reflected in the sky.

At this time, Li Zicheng had already arrived at the front camp, and he saw in the firelight that Sun Chuanting's handsome banner had moved to his camp, so he ordered Yuan Zongdi to lead people forward to reinforce Hao Shaoqi and others.

On the mile-long front, you won't let me, I won't let you, face to face, every time someone falls, someone immediately rushes forward and continues to fight to the death.

The men and horses led by Cao Bianjiao were well equipped, all wore iron armor, and they were also covered by armor immediately, so the casualties were small, but there were many killed and wounded peasant troops, and these peasant troops got up in a hurry, and many of them did not have time to put on their clothes neatly, so the casualties were large.

Li Zicheng saw that it was not good, and if he continued to fight like this, the officers and soldiers were likely to rush into the camp. Fortunately, at this time, Liu Zongmin arrived with three thousand iron horsemen, and immediately stepped forward to block Cao Bianjiao.

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