Li Zicheng did not blame Feng Yuanbiao, he came to Shangluo Mountain this time, and he wanted to attack Shangzhou City, which was basically a temporary idea, and the Han Qing Bureau naturally would not predict the prophet, he tore open the sealed paper and carefully browsed the information, but his face was not shocked.

The information is still good, there are actually only 1,000 Ming troops in the city, which is completely within the range that can be attacked, but he is a little strange, obviously there is only this garrison, why is there a staff general Zheng Guodong and Dusi Ai Wenbin in charge?

Is there a serious shortage of the Ming army, or is there something else hidden?

There were only a thousand garrisons inside the city, but what about the outside of the city? Will there be Ming troops stationed in the main roads, camps, and military forts outside the city? Inside and outside Shangzhou City, there are only three people in the Hanqing Bureau, and there is not much time, and the information they investigate is very likely to be missed.

Li Zicheng sent Feng Yuanbiao away, carefully sorted out the information brought back by the rangers, and found no clues of the Ming army garrison outside the city, and his heart was a little settled.

If the Ming army is stationed outside the city, it can hide from the Han and Qing dynasties, and it can deceive the ears and eyes of the rangers, but it is impossible to make the people outside the city unaware of it......

No army can completely hide itself for a long time!

There are only more than 1,000 soldiers in the city, which is less than the Mandate of Heaven Army, and according to the consistent practice of the Mandate of Heaven Army, it can be attacked by force.

But Li Zicheng was not ready to attack, his own soldiers and the infantry of the seventh battalion did not carry artillery, and there were basically no gunpowder bags.

Compete with the Ming army for consumption, and the Mandate of Heaven army can't afford to be injured!

The Mandate of Heaven army came to Shangluo Mountain, once there were casualties, it could not be replenished for the time being, and the Ming army was close to Xi'an, and it could be replenished continuously.

Unable to open the city gate through Neiying, and unwilling to forcibly attack the city, Li Zicheng fell into hard thinking for a while.

He sat upright on the matza, staring at the tea cup in front of him in a daze, and accidentally knocked over the tea cup.

Li Zicheng's heart moved, yes, what should come out is always to come out, since it can't attack the city, why not let the Ming army take the initiative to go out of the city?

When the Ming army faced the Liukou, it always had a huge psychological advantage, as long as the Heavenly Mandate Army exposed its numbers and intentions in front of the Ming army, Zheng Guodong and Ai Wenbin would definitely not be indifferent!

As long as the Ming army goes out of the city and faces off the city, the Mandate of Heaven army will have a huge advantage in terms of numbers and combat effectiveness, and there is also a thousand cavalry households......

The key to how to give full play to the advantages of cavalry is the terrain.

Li Zicheng took He Mi and others to personally explore the terrain outside the village, and it took a day to find an ideal battlefield in the Tumen Nunnery in the west.

Tumen'an, like Yangxie Village, also belongs to the foothills of Junling River, in the valley seven or eight miles west of Yangxie Village, and is no more than twenty miles away from Shangzhou City.

Although it belongs to the valley, there is a trail leading to Shangzhou City, there is no problem with the passage, around the village, it is very open, the whole terrain is like a sleeping vase, the mouth of the bottle is facing the direction of Shangzhou City, as long as the trail is blocked, how many Ming troops are there to return.

Around Tumen Nunnery, it may not be enough as a large battlefield, but hundreds of cavalry are active, it is still more than enough, Li Zicheng is grateful to God, in such a deep mountain, to create such an open terrain! He surveyed the entire terrain again, and produced a simple topographical map before returning to the camp.

Back to the big tent, Li Zicheng Li Zicheng convened a military meeting of more than 100 officials, and the content of the meeting was only one item: execution!

In addition to the rangers, eighty percent of the soldiers were sent out to send a message to the people, in order to protect the people, the Mandate of Heaven army was ready to attack Shangzhou City, and the officers and soldiers who oppressed the people in the city were driven back, and the soldiers had better go to Shangzhou City, so that the Ming army in the city could see the real body.

Not only the officials of the hundred households, but even the officials of the thousands of households did not understand Li Zicheng's thoughts, since they wanted to attack Shangzhou City, why not carry out a raid? Even if you can't break through Shangzhou City with one drum, at least let the Ming army in the city neglect the defense, and when you attack the city, the casualties will be smaller!

However, Li Zicheng did not consult with them, but concentrated on conveying military orders, whether the officers understood it or not, they could only carry it out, and Li Zicheng's ability to command the troops, whether it was his own soldiers or the soldiers of the seventh battalion, had already seen it, and no one dared to raise objections.

Most of the military orders, it doesn't matter if you can understand them or not, they will be implemented!

Li Zicheng waited in the camp for two days before receiving a message from the Han Qing Bureau: The Ming army had discovered that the Liukou were stationed in the vicinity of Yangxie Village and Tumen'an, and had made all preparations, and they would soon go out of the city to conquer them, but Zheng Guodong and Ai Wenbin, who commanded the troops and how many Ming troops left the city, it is not known for the time being.

It doesn't matter how many Ming troops are out of the city, as long as they are out of the city, don't think about going back!

Li Zicheng immediately recalled the soldiers, began to assemble and deploy in the Tumen Nunnery, in order to paralyze the spies of the Ming army, the camp of Yangxie Village was not removed, in addition to leaving a small number of soldiers to protect the camp, and from the nearby people, temporarily requisitioned strong men, there are also women and children, as long as they change into the camouflage uniforms of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and live in the camp day and night, the Mandate of Heaven Army will give three meals a day.

In the city of Shangzhou, the generals Zheng Guodong and Dusi Ai Wenbin all got the information of the Liukou, knowing that there were not many Liukou, and the two rushed to make meritorious contributions, saying that they could not convince anyone, and finally decided to lead their headquarters and go out of the city to attack the enemy together.

Although the position of the general Zheng Guodong is not high, his subordinates are all soldiers, with strong combat effectiveness, and he thinks that he should be the main force, and he thinks that he is the master of Shangzhou City, with a high grade and a large number of subordinate soldiers, and he is the commander of the palace.

This is not only a matter of status, once the rogues are exterminated, when the battle exploits are calculated in the future, as the commander-in-chief, he will naturally be able to enjoy all the war exploits, while the vanguard can only receive his own part of the war exploits.

The two are deadlocked, but they are reluctant to exterminate the military exploits of the rogues, they all know that the emperor and the military department have been staring at the rogues in various places, if they can destroy all the rogues who fled to Shangzhou, the military merits will not be small, not to mention the reward, maybe they can also be transferred to the three battalions of the Beijing Division.

But the two are not subordinate to each other in terms of positions, and their strengths are different, and there is no one who can speak in the court......

In the end, the two decided to draw lots, Zheng Guodong took a brush, wrote the words "one" and "two" on the paper crookedly, and tore them in half.

Zheng Guodong put the two lots into a clean porcelain cup, shook them twice, closed the lid of the cup, and waved his right hand to signal, "Lord Dusi, please!" ”

Ai Wenbin has been staring at Zheng Guodong's every movement, knowing that he didn't do anything wrong, so he snorted secretly, and started to the square table, in order to show justice, after he opened the lid of the cup, he did not look inside, but turned his face, touched a lot from the porcelain cup at random, hesitated for a moment, and changed to another one.

Zheng Guodong was very dissatisfied, "Lord Dusi, hurry up, I'm still waiting to exterminate the Liukou...... It's been a long time, and by the time we get to Tumen'an, I'm afraid the rogue will have already run away......"

"What are you panicking about, exterminate the rogue, how can you care for a while?" Ai Wenbin held a lot between his fingers, slowly withdrew his hand, and before he could watch, Zheng Guodong had already snatched the remaining lot in his hand, unfolded it and took a look, and saw the word "one" written on the white paper, and felt a burst of ecstasy, "Providence, providence ......"

Ai Wenbin was taken aback, and then hurriedly unfolded the white paper in his hand, sure enough, there was a "two" word on it, he was a little unwilling, and snatched the white paper in Zheng Guodong's hand, and saw that there was no mistake, so he threw away his lot, turned his face away, and did not speak.

Zheng Guodong arched his hand and said: "Since the will of heaven has been decided, please send troops first!" ”

Ai Wenbin slowly turned around, stabbed Zheng Guodong with his sword, and said indifferently: "Bendu Si remembered that the Liukou are concentrated in the Tumen'an and Yangxian areas, and there is no need to spy on the military situation, or let's join the army?" ”

"Is Toji-sama going to pay his debts?" Zheng Guodong's face was calm, and his eyes were already round, "How can there be an army that goes out together?" Besides, the mountain road is narrow, how can the two armies march side by side? ”

Ai Wenbin thought that his grade was high, but because of the soldiers, he wanted to be a pioneer for Zheng Guodong, and he was uncomfortable in his heart no matter what, although he lost by lot, but he went out like this, he was really unwilling, "Otherwise, brother, I will take another step, we will go first, and your palace will be behind, and your military merits will be counted as your own ......"

Zheng Guodong finally got the position of coach, how could he easily take a break, and said angrily: "This is the will of God, is it possible that Lord Cheng Si can take back what he said?" Can you still spit out the water you drink and eat the food you eat? ”

"You ......" Ai Wenbin pointed at Zheng Guodong's nose with his finger, Zheng Guodong refused to give in, that was expected, he just vented his dissatisfaction in his heart, he didn't expect Zheng Guodong to scold, he wanted to scold, but he knew that he was wrong, but he couldn't speak for a while......

Zheng Guodong met Ai Wenbin's gaze and said with a provocative look: "Otherwise, let's go to the outside of the city to have a try, if it is the soldiers of Lord Dusi, they can win the subordinate and give up the position of commander in the subordinate position!" ”

Ai Wenbin knew that although he had six hundred soldiers, if he really wanted to compare, his combat effectiveness would definitely not be as good as Zheng Guodong's four hundred households, but Zheng Guodong was a soldier and came to assist him in defending the city, and the two sides really wanted to fight outside the city, it would be a slap in the face, his arm hung down weakly, and glared at Zheng Guodong fiercely, "The capital division will send troops first, and after half an hour, you will go out of the city again!" ”

He immediately regrouped his troops, went out of the city through the south gate, and followed the path to the Tumen Nunnery.

There were no rivers and ridges on the way, but Ai Wenbin was afraid that the Liukou would set up an ambush in the mountains on both sides, except for sending rangers to search, the speed of the march was not fast, and the twenty-mile mountain road walked for nearly two hours, until the end of the hour, before arriving at Tumen'an.

What made Ai Wenbin arrive was strange that Tumen Nunnery did not find the figure of the Liukou, and he could not even see the Liukou's camp.

"Could it be that after this delay in the city, the rogues have already run away?"