The autumn rain is as dense as silk, and the rain line falls on the poplar trees on both sides of the official road, dripping, a few zhang away, over the grass and pond, forming a rain curtain, which blocks the line of sight like a curtain.

The sky was so low and groggy that it was impossible to tell whether it was morning or evening, and the sound of rain and rush formed a calm symphony.

The official road on the ground is very strong, not an inch of grass grows, hard as iron, stained with rain, very slippery, outside the official road, there has been mud, a little careless slip out of the official road, is splashed with mud.

The soldiers marched along the official road mechanically with expressionless faces, and the rain dripped down their cheeks and chests, wetting their camouflage uniforms.

When marching in such weather, the speed naturally could not go up, and Gao Ligong was a little anxious, but thinking that the Ming army was also marching in the rain, and the speed was also not fast, his heart felt better, and he no longer kept urging the soldiers as before.

After crossing the Zhushui, the team turned out of the official road and entered the field road, although the road conditions were poor, but it could save dozens of miles of distance, such a rainy day, dozens of miles at least a day.

Entering the southern foot of Kei Mountain, the front rangers sent back a message that the Ming army had arrived at Shenwu Mountain, and Gao Ligong was so angry that he threw two whips before letting the army stop and camp on the spot.

Erect fences, base horses, scatter thistles and so on, the Ming army is not far from the opposite side, and the camp is not sloppy at all.

After the soldiers entered their tents, they took off their damp clothes and baked a fire in the tent, drying their clothes by the way.

Less than ten miles from the rear, Li Zicheng's Chinese army also set up a camp, and this time it went south, leaving only the fourth battalion and the fourth regiment of Luo Tai in the open city, and the rest of the armies followed south.

However, according to the information obtained by the Han Qing Bureau and the rangers, the Ming army Sun Chuanting Department was only 30,000 soldiers, so Li Zicheng readjusted the deployment, and the Chengtian Battalion of the Gao Li Meritorious Department was the vanguard at the front, leading the independent battalion of the Li Xin Department of the Chinese Army, the fourth battalion of the Li Ji Department, and the cavalry of Liu Yunshui's first battalion swam on both sides, while the seventh battalion of the Song Wen Department went directly south along the official road, and first went to Nanyang City to meet the third regiment of the horse club.

Three infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, 780,000 people, of which the fourth battalion of Li Ji's department and three regiments were fully equipped with rifles, and Li Zicheng did not take Sun Chuanting's 30,000 Shaanxi soldiers into account at all.

However, since the army was encamped, only the five thousand soldiers of the vanguard Niu Chenghu of the Ming army appeared in the eyes of the rangers, and the rest of the soldiers suddenly disappeared, and the Han Qing Bureau and the rangers could not find their traces, as if they fell into another world out of thin air.

Li Zicheng frowned deeply, and stood alone at the door of the big tent, staring at the continuous autumn rain in a daze.

The first thing he thought of was Zuo Liangyu outside Yuncheng, who went out of the city with 5,000 soldiers to camp at that time, but in fact it was just a trick, and the main force took the opportunity to flee south and return to Huguang.

Could it be that Sun Chuanting found out that the Mandate of Heaven army was too numerous, and after Niu Chenghu's troops were cut off, the army returned to Shaanxi?

Is Sun Chuanting such a person?

Li Zicheng didn't believe that Sun Chuanting would be cowardly before he fought.

In the Ming army encountered by the Mandate of Heaven, the Shaanxi soldiers belonged to the army with very strong combat effectiveness, from the original Hong Chengchou, and then to the later Fu Zonglong and Wang Qiaonian, regardless of whether the number of soldiers was in an advantage, they dared to chase after the pace of the Mandate of Heaven.

Sun Chuanting was also an excellent general himself, and once set up an ambush at Heishuiyu at the mouth of the Meridian Valley and captured Gao Yingxiang, the strongest leader of the Liukou at that time......

Legend has it that Sun Chuanting is good at setting ambushes!

A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Zicheng's mouth, Sun Chuanting used to play yin, and Lao Tzu will accompany you to play.

He immediately sent Li Ji and Liu Zongmin to his own soldiers, whispered a few words, Liu Zongmin was overjoyed, "Don't worry, the subordinates promise to eat the bait of the Ming army, there is no bait, the subordinates want to see, what else does Sun Chuanting use to set up an ambush!" ”

Li Zicheng said lightly: "Sun Chuanting is scheming, Jie Xuan can't be careless," paused, and said: "Before going to battle, observe the weather, if it is a continuous rainy day, the gunpowder of the rifle may be damp, don't act rashly!" ”

"Subordinates understand, subordinates can move with cameras!"

After Liu Zongmin left, Li Ji smiled and said, "Governor, can we set up an ambush in turn, so that Sun Chuanting can also taste the taste of being ambushed?" ”

"I'm afraid it's difficult, Sun Chuanting is extremely cautious in using troops, and he won't be easily tricked," Li Zicheng said: "We still don't know the location of Sun Chuanting's main force, and where is the ambush?" ”

"Governor Dadu, since the location of Niu Chenghu's department has been determined, Sun Chuanting must be nearby," Li Ji said: "As long as you let the rangers search along the valleys on both sides behind Niu Chenghu's department, you will definitely be able to find Sun Chuanting's main force, this is in the territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army, can Sun Chuanting still fly to the sky?" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, and said, "Yes, send more rangers to the valleys on both sides, Sun Chuanting must be hiding in a valley somewhere," paused, and then said: "It doesn't matter if you can find Sun Chuanting's main force or not, as long as the Gao Meritorious Department does not rush forward, in addition, let Li Xinbu and the Gao Meritorious Department maintain a distance for most of the day." ”

Li Ji smiled: "What do you mean by the Metropolitan Governor, is this Huang Que behind?" ”

"Taking Kaifeng, the battlefield form has been reversed, and the advantage is on the side of the Heavenly Mandate Army," Li Zicheng also smiled: "As long as Sun Chuanting shows up, even if he can't be captured, let Sun Chuanting stay in Shaanxi obediently, don't come to Henan to make trouble!" ”

A hint of happiness appeared on Li Ji's face, "Sun Chuanting is only 30,000 horses, if General Liu can eat the vanguard of Niu Chenghu, Sun Chuanting only has 25,000 left, what will he do to fight the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"This time I want to severely punish Sun Chuanting," Li Zicheng said leisurely: "Give the order to the Shuntian camp in Luoyang, Wang Shaoyu has rested for so long, I'm afraid he has already been in a hurry, I will give him a military merit!" ”

"Luoyang?" Li Ji pondered, pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he lit his head hard, "The Metropolitan Governor is strategizing, even if Sun Chuanting doesn't die this time, he will shed two layers of skin!" ”

In the southeast of Shenwu Mountain, Gao Ligong probed the location of Niu Chenghu's department, knowing that the other party only had 5,000 soldiers, so he set up a large camp and only sent the first regiment of Zhuo Guangyu to stand out in front of the formation.

The morning light is swirling, after a few days of rain, the weather is rare to be clear, but the air is wet, walking in the meantime, the clothes are wet by the air, just like wearing a wide and clumsy official robe, it looks extremely heavy, in the afternoon, the sun has set for a short time, Niu Chenghu stepped on the damp mountain road.

The rain had just stopped, and the mountain road was extremely difficult, with half-dry and half-wet mud staining on the boots. The Ming army marched slowly, and Niu Chenghu wanted to leave the soldiers with the strength to escape.

Seeing the Heavenly Mandate Army lined up on the opposite side, Niu Chenghu was not surprised at all, the Ming army's rangers had already explored the location of the Heavenly Mandate Army, in addition to the front, there were at least 20,000 soldiers behind, and then Li Zicheng's rear army.

Niu Chenghu's appetite is not big, if he wants to completely annihilate the Heavenly Mandate Army, it is simply impossible, as long as he eats this Heavenly Mandate Army of more than 20,000 people, even if it is a great achievement, after eating this Heavenly Mandate Army, maybe the Inspector will fight Li Zicheng's main force.

The last time he was in Xiangcheng, Niu Chenghu followed the former trilateral governor Wang Qiaonian to have a battle with the Mandate of Heaven Army, but it was night, and tomorrow he was attacked by the artillery of the Mandate of Heaven.

When He Renlong took the lead in escaping, Niu Chenghu didn't even think about it, and directly left Wang Qiaonian in Xiangcheng and fled, although he suffered a defeat, it was not a real battle.

This time, Niu Chenghu was the striker, but he was actually a piece of bait, he didn't need to defeat the Mandate of Heaven Army, as long as he could provoke the generals of the Mandate of Heaven Army.

Before the battle, Niu Chenghu deliberately sent a large number of rangers, and there was no terrifying mountain cannon like the Heavenly Mandate Army around.

As long as there is no mountain artillery, no flowering shells that have a long range and will explode after landing, Niu Chenghu is confident that he will retreat with his subordinates, casualties are inevitable, and if there are no casualties, how can he fool the Mandate of Heaven Army?

As long as the casualties are not large...... Niu Chenghu silently muttered in his heart, these are his subordinates, in such a troubled world, only military power can ensure his own interests......

"My lord, shall we attack?"

Niu Chenghu looked at the Heavenly Mandate Army in front of him, and he actually had a little fear in his heart, the Heavenly Mandate Army was just a rogue, could it be that their training had surpassed that of the officers and soldiers?

The autumn wind was bleak, the yang energy was exhausted, and he felt a trace of coolness in his bones.

However, if you turn around and run, the Mandate of Heaven Army will definitely find the clues, if you can't lure the Mandate Army to the ambush circle, these days have been in vain, Niu Chenghu also wants to see how strong the Mandate of Heaven Army is in the dignified battlefield.

There are only 5,000 Heavenly Mandate troops on the opposite side, which is the same as the number of officers and soldiers, and it is broad daylight, can you still make a ghost? In the unlikely event that the Mandate Army uses artillery, it is not too late to retreat at that time, at least in the eyes of the Mandate of Heaven, retreat is more realistic.

Niu Chenghu finally glanced at the Kyushu military flag fluttering in the wind opposite, pulled out the command knife on his waist, raised it upwards violently, and shouted: "Liukou is on the other side, kill!" ”

"Kill!"

Countless Ming troops echoed, stepping on the half-dry mud ground, rushing towards the Mandate of Heaven Army, with swords and swords, and the momentum was compelling.

The Ming soldiers only trotted for a while, and their speed dropped significantly, and the half-wet mud was stained on the boots, and the boots were suddenly as big as the original two, and the weight was several times larger.

The thinner soldier, whose legs seemed to be stuck in the mud, was squeezed by his companions on the left and right, and suddenly fell to the ground......

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven saw it in their eyes, and immediately laughed, and the tension before the big battle disappeared in an instant, as if they were watching a light-hearted farce.

Liu Zongmin was afraid that the soldiers would lose their vigilance, so he hurriedly shouted from the back of the line: "Keep vigilant, pay attention to the distance!" ”

The soldiers of the Providence Army quickly withdrew their smiles and regained their composure, clenching their rifles in both hands and staring closely at the road ahead.

The Ming army walked with penguin steps, although the speed was slower, it was still close to the Mandate of Heaven, but after the congestion on the way, the formation was already very chaotic, and even in order to avoid the mud on the ground, many people were crowded together, and the team was very dense.

Liu Zongmin was overjoyed in his heart, such a dense formation could give full play to the advantages of rifles, and the Ming army was still at a distance of one hundred and fifty, so he couldn't wait to issue the order to "shoot".

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