On the one hand, Li Zicheng ordered to break into the camp and march to Xi'an, intending to fight a decisive battle with the official troops of Yang Sichang and Sun Chuanting.

On the other hand, he also sent a force of 40,000 men led by Tian Jianxiu to the east through Bashui to the inner countryside to completely exterminate Yuan Shizhong, who betrayed him.

Tian Jianxiu's role is to threaten the Tang Domain in Nanyang.

Although Li Zicheng is still Zhu Youhua's Nanyang Domain, but in the imperial court, it is obviously Tang King Zhu Yuhua who is more important.

Tian Jianxiu took tens of thousands of people to the inner countryside to destroy Yuan Shizhong, and the door of Nanyang Mansion was opened, and the imperial court must have been shocked and frightened, so putting pressure on Sun Chuanting was exactly what he Li Zicheng was happy to see.

However, Tian Jianxiu did not go directly to the Neixiang Wharf to land, he kept an eye on it, landed at the mouth of the West Gorge in advance, and led the team to the rear of Neixiang County.

In order to save his position in the camp, he had only one way to completely annihilate Yuan Shizhong, otherwise he didn't know what he would be damaged by Liu Zongmin when he went back!

For Tian Jianxiu, this was a particularly important battle, so he led the team to go around the rear in order to block Yuan Shizhong's retreat in advance.

As for Yuan Shizhong, this battle is even more desperate.

After winning the war, he has followed the court to eat and drink spicy food and spicy food since then, and with a serious official body, he is no longer a thief, he can do whatever he wants, and maybe he can be a general soldier who guards one side in the future.

But if he loses, then there will be nothing, and he has been in trouble for many years, and Yuan Shizhong is unwilling to accept such a result.

After Tian Jianxiu landed at the mouth of the West Gorge, he went straight to the east, intending to collect some grain and grass, but after he landed on the shore, he found that the east of the West Gorge Mouth until Zhenping was barren land.

In the plain of a water, there are many villages and powerful villages, but the things of these people are not enough for the 40,000 army to eat.

Tian Jianxiu was also very helpless, how could King Chuang not know how to prepare some grain and grass in advance, and wherever he hit, he had to ask the brothers to collect it on the spot.

Now it's a good thing, what should I do next when I encounter such a barren land?

Tian Jianxiu thought very well, but he did not have the habit of going around to observe the terrain in advance, nor did he ask the locals about the situation here, and when he arrived here, he found that he was in a dilemma.

"In front of Lijiazhai, there are a lot of people, there are forty or fifty households, if they are all robbed, there will be some food." An old battalion said.

At this time, Tian Jianxiu was no longer the same person before the fight against Luoyang, and the escape journey from Luoyang to the camp with Liu Yuqi allowed him to really see how far the place had become.

The people are already struggling to survive, and they are still plundering, what kind of righteous army is that!

Tian Jianxiu said: "The village can't be robbed, we are the righteous army can't do this kind of thing, see if there are any strong stockades, forcibly knock them down, there is more oil and water there." ”

"There are a lot of things in Haoqiang's village, but they are all built with walls and built on the edge of the mountain and water, and they will be damaged a lot if they are knocked down one by one."

"Let's do it, the people are already bitter enough, leave them a little way to live, we are not the same as people like Liu Zongmin!"

In his words, Tian Jianxiu revealed his deep jealousy towards Liu Zongmin.

Now that he has decided, the leader of the old camp has nothing to say, nodding and leaving, due to the constraints of the old camp, many people still dare not say anything despite their dissatisfaction.

All the way to the east, the village Tian Jianxiu met did not move, but it was a strong village, as long as it was a little easier to fight, it would be cleaned by the camp.

After seven or eight of them, after a few days, Tian Jianxiu was able to support him near Zhenping, according to what he thought, this is a county border, and it is better to grab enough things and then turn around and go back to the inner countryside.

Otherwise, the soldiers would have nothing to eat, so what would they do to fight with Xiao Yuanying.

However, as soon as he arrived here, he found that there were many footprints of people and horses passing by, and soon an unconfirmed news spread in the camp: Xiao Yuanying fled from the inner countryside to Zhenping.

Tian Jianxiu was taken aback at first, and then felt that this rumor was too unreliable.

"Xiao Yuan's battalion of 20,000 horses, suddenly the whole battalion fled so far, will we not hear a little wind?"

The leader of the old camp pondered for a moment and said: "It turns out that we all said in private that in the battle of Luoyang, King Chuang was a smart one, and he was confused for a while, Mrs. Gao followed Zhu Youhua, and she really lost her wife and soldiers." ”

Tian Jianxiu smiled and said: "When it comes to the heart, I am no less than him Li Zicheng, and the three mothers-in-law all told him to lose his essence." ”

After discussion, Tian Jianxiu decided to launch a surprise attack on Zhenping City at dawn tomorrow, and after entering the city, he only looted large households, grabbed and left, and then went straight to Neixiang County to kill Yuan Shizhong to correct his name.

However, the plan could not catch up with the change, and when Tian Jianxiu was asleep that night, he was hurriedly woken up by the old camp leader, saying that he had discovered something terrible.

When Tian Jianxiu heard it, he almost didn't frighten his soul.

Outside Zhenping City, on the bank of the Nieshui River, there is a large number of officers and soldiers, at least three or five thousand people, this army is under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and the armor and ordnance are very sophisticated.

"This officer and army has almost one gun in his hand, and he also carries a spear on his back, a steel knife on his shoulder, and everyone has a pair of cloth armor, and the villain follows King Chuang to fight in the north and south, and I have never seen such a well-equipped officer and army, I am afraid that the forbidden army in Beijing is coming."

"Is there still a forbidden army in Beijing?" After hearing what the old battalion leader said, Tian Jianxiu couldn't help but be surprised and couldn't believe it, "Last time Fu Zonglong went south to go out of the customs, Chongzhen only gave him 3,000 Beijing battalion soldiers, why did he come again 3,000 this time?" ”

Originally, he wanted to take Zhenping first and then turn back to the inner countryside, but now that an unknown number of well-equipped officers and soldiers suddenly appeared in Zhenping, Tian Jianxiu was a little at a loss.

That night, drumming was also heard in the camp of the officers and soldiers, and some officers and soldiers wearing higher armor kept entering and leaving the central tent, apparently discovering uninvited thieves.

It was the officers and men of the Nanyang Battalion who were set up here for training and training, and Zhu Youhua had only made proper arrangements for Nanyang's internal affairs a few days ago and came to Zhenping to preside over military affairs.

Neither Tian Jianxiu nor Zhu Youhua expected to meet the enemy here, Zhu Youhua was not the first time to command a battle, and the battle in the last Battle of Luoyang was much more than this.

But that time it was a desperate resistance, and if it didn't succeed, it would become a benevolent, but this time it took the initiative to lead the troops out of the field, and after nearly two years of training, the Nanyang Battalion, which had poured countless efforts and funds, could it fight.

Seriously, Zhu Youhua has no confidence.

"Who are the people on the other side, do you hear me?" Zhu Youhua looked at the two thousand generals and the thirty hundred generals below.

Everyone looked at each other, and Huang Hu stood up and said: "Lord Qiqi, according to the report of Tanma, the thieves are under the banner of breaking into the camp Tianzi, and they can only be led by Tian Jianxiu. ”

"Tian Jianxiu, what is he doing in Zhenping?" Zhu Youhua was a little puzzled, at this time, shouldn't he have already fought with Yuan Shizhong.

"This... I don't know! "Huang Hu didn't know why.

In fact, no one thought that there would be rogues coming here, and like Zhu Youhua, the generals who led their troops out of the field for the first time were a little nervous when they encountered a large number of thieves coming.