Chapter 380: Luo Rucai's Defeat (1)
Chengdu West Gate, tonight, Luo Rucai personally led people to guard here.
Because Zhou Cao and Qin Liangyu only brought 150,000 troops to attack Chengdu this time, which was far inferior to the Great Western Army in Chengdu, it was unrealistic to disperse their forces to besiege the four gates, so they did not surround Chengdu, but only concentrated a little and focused on attacking the east gate.
Therefore, in addition to the east gate, the other three gates of Chengdu City are normal passable.
Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves approached and attracted the attention of the soldiers of the Great Western Army on the city wall.
"Open the gates!" Several knights in the uniforms of the Onishi Army emerged from the darkness of the night and shouted towards the city walls.
It turned out to be his own people, and the soldiers of the Great Western Army on the city wall immediately relaxed their vigilance.
A general ran in front of Luo Rucai.
"General, our scouts are back!" It turned out that those people were all sent out by Luo Rucai.
"Let them in!" Luo Rucai nodded and said.
The city gate was soon opened, and after the people were let in, they were immediately brought to Luo Rucai.
"Everything that has been given to you has been done?" Luo Rucai asked.
"General Qiyu, it's all done, General Liang and 30,000 soldiers and horses have all arrived at Huangshuipo, twenty miles away, and are waiting for the general's instructions!" One of them replied.
"Good!" Luo Rucai nodded, a hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Sneak attack on the Ming army's camp, and the artillery that destroyed them is tonight!" ”
Luo Rucai had already planned it, he knew very well that although the Ming army was only besieging the east gate, it must also have a large number of spies in the other three gates, and it was unrealistic to rely on the army in Chengdu to sneak attack the Ming army camp, so he thought of the soldiers and horses outside Chengdu.
Although Chengdu is the capital of the Great Western Kingdom, gathering most of the soldiers and horses of the Great Western Kingdom, but the Great Western Kingdom occupies more than ninety percent of the places in Sichuan, but there are not only Chengdu, there are many soldiers and horses in other places, one of which is Luo Rucai's henchman, and now he has come to Huangshuipo, twenty miles away from Chengdu, under Luo Rucai's order, Luo Rucai intends to rely on this army to achieve his goal.
"Wei Guanying!"
"The subordinates are here!" A tall and burly general immediately stepped forward.
"I ordered you to lead an army of 50,000 out of the city in two hours to attack the camp of the Ming army!" Luo Rucai ordered to a henchman beside him.
Although the Great Western Kingdom was established by Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai is the third person in the Great Western Kingdom, and like Zhang Xianzhong, he came out of Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai has his own henchmen, so he can mobilize an army of 80,000 without hindrance.
"Subordinates take orders!" Wei Guanying commanded.
Luo Rucai immediately disguised himself as an ordinary scout, and rushed out of the city gate with more than a dozen soldiers who were also disguised as scouts, and Luo Rucai planned to personally go to Huangshuipo to lead the 30,000 troops there to attack the Ming army camp in order to achieve the goal of destroying the Ming army's artillery camp.
Time passed little by little, in a hidden place less than ten miles away from Chengdu, Luo Rucai hid here with Huangshuipo's 30,000 troops, just waiting for Wei Guanying's side to fight, and then act immediately!
At the west gate of Chengdu, all the 50,000 troops belonging to Luo Rucai were concentrated here.
"The time agreed with General Luo has come, open the city gate!" Wei Guanying ordered loudly.
"Squeak" Chengdu West Gate was opened for the third time tonight.
Just when Wei Guanying was about to lead the army to kill the Ming army camp at the east gate, two generals of the Great Western Army suddenly rushed out on fast horses and blocked the city gate.
"What do you want to do! General Li has an order, everyone and others are not allowed to act without authorization, and the city gate is closed quickly! "These two generals of the Great Western Army came to stop them on the orders of Li Dingguo.
Before the operation, although Luo Rucai was extremely secretive, he was still discovered by Li Dingguo when his henchmen were mobilized on a large scale, and Li Dingguo immediately guessed Luo Rucai's strategy and immediately sent someone to stop him.
Wei Guanying is Luo Rucai's confidant, so naturally it is impossible to listen to Li Dingguo's orders, and Luo Rucai has already gone out of the city first, if he does not act according to the plan, won't he harm Luo Rucai.
"Don't talk nonsense, our General Luo has already gone out of the city first, and it is imperative to sneak attack the Ming army camp!" Wei Guanying waved his hand, and immediately several soldiers stepped forward to drive the two people who were blocking the city gate to the side.
"Out of town!" In the end, Wei Guanying still went out of the city with an army of 50,000.
The news soon reached Li Dingguo's ears.
Li Dingguo's face was heavy, and he said angrily: "Luo Rucai is so ignorant, there are Qin Liangyu and Ying Longjun in the Ming army camp, how can it be so easy to sneak attack, even if you take action, you shouldn't act alone!" ”
Saying that, Li Dingguo was a little helpless, he knew Luo Rucai's attitude towards him, if he wanted to stop Luo Rucai, His Majesty had to come forward in person, but now I'm afraid it's too late.
"Order, assemble the army, listen to the order!" After Li Dingguo gave the order, he sent someone to the palace to inform Zhang Xianzhong. In any case, it is impossible for Li Dingguo to watch Luo Rucai go to death, and to mobilize the army on a large scale, Zhang Xianzhong's consent is required.
When Li Dingguo was waiting for Zhang Xianzhong's order, outside the city, Wei Guanying had already left the city with an army of 50,000 and quickly rushed to the Ming army camp at the east gate.
Of course, it is impossible for the Great Western Army to go out of the city on such a large scale.
At the moment before Wei Guanying led the army to the east gate to prepare for a sneak attack, Qin Liangyu and Zhou Cao learned the news.
"The thieves are so daring! He dared to come to a sneak attack with an army of 50,000 and asked for his own death! Zhou Cao sneered.
"Don't be careless, Zhang Xianzhong has Luo Rucai and Li Dingguo under his command, it is impossible to be so reckless, they are afraid that they have another backhand, and the purpose should be to destroy our artillery!" Qin Liangyu said.
Zhou Cao nodded approvingly, and also felt that Qin Liangyu was reasonable, but he was confident in his second army, the Yinglong army was not so easy to sneak attack, and the artillery battalion was the top priority of the Yinglong army, and the thieves dared to come to the sneak attack, which was no different from looking for death.
Although he has full confidence in the second army under his command, for the sake of being more secure, Zhou Cao still plans to personally sit in the artillery camp, and at the same time order the entire army of Yinglong to be ready, so that the thieves who dare to come to attack will not return!
In order to deal with the sneak attack of the Great Western Army, the entire Ming army camp moved.
Affect the whole body, because of Luo Rucai's unauthorized actions, Chengdu is not calm in the city, and a big war is about to begin.
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