Li Zicheng didn't even want the Hanzhong Mansion, and lived directly in the Rui Wangfu, Zhu Changhao advocated Buddhism, never approached women, but he loved money very much, and the house stored millions of gold and silver, although it was not as good as the Shu King in Chengdu, but the small Hanzhong Mansion could gather millions of money, which was really a miracle.

After asking the servants in the house, Li Zicheng learned that in addition to donating to the temple, Zhu Changhao was very stingy, and made a lot of money by increasing salt taxes, controlling large and small shops, etc., plus the reward of his father Emperor Wanli when he was alive, which allowed him to accumulate millions of family assets.

Now that Zhu Changhao is dead and his family property has been fired, he can be regarded as making some contributions to the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion.

Li Zicheng went south to Bashu, in addition to expanding the strength of the Heavenly Mandate Army, he took a fancy to the huge grain output in the Bashu region, and another point, that is, the wealth of the Shu Palace, but he didn't expect to accidentally pick up one million taels of silver in Hanzhong.

Taking it from the people and using it for the people, Li Zicheng decided to transport the silver taels back to Lanzhou to develop the local people's livelihood and economy.

Li Zicheng was immersed in reverie, and He Xiaomi came to report: "Governor Dadu, the brothers have captured Zhao Guangyuan, the chief soldier of Hanzhong, do you want to escort him over?" ”

"Zhao Guangyuan?" Li Zicheng felt that this name was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was, so he said: "Bring it over first, I'll see what kind of character it is!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" He Xiaomi waved his hand, and several soldiers escorted a bound general in, although the general was wearing Mingguang armor, the hood on his head was missing, and his hair was scattered, looking very embarrassed.

Li Zicheng glanced at it and felt that it was not an acquaintance, "You are Zhao Guangyuan, the chief soldier of Hanzhong?" ”

"If you want to kill, you need to kill, you don't need to say more!" Zhao Guangyuan tilted his head, closed his eyes slightly, twisted his head and looked out the window.

He Xiaomi was furious, pulled out his waist knife vigorously, and shouted: "Bold, impatient? How dare you talk to the Metropolitan Governor like this? ”

Zhao Guangyuan raised his head and didn't look at He Xiaomi, "It's just a rogue, what's the spirit?" ”

He Xiaomi raised his knife to slash, but was stopped by Li Zicheng, he glanced at Zhao Guangyuan, and said lightly: "You are wrong, we are not rogues!" ”

"Not a rogue?" Zhao Guangyuan turned around and looked at Li Zicheng, "Since you are not a rogue, why do you want to attack Hanzhong Mansion and poison the local people......

"Which eye did you see us poisoning the people?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "Although we oppose the imperial court, we are different from the Liukou, at least we will not wander around like the Liukou!" ”

"......" Zhao Guangyuan was confused for a while, what kind of army was in front of him?

Li Zicheng knew that Zhao Guangyuan could not understand the Heavenly Mandate Army for a while, so he said: "Since we have taken Hanzhong Mansion, we don't plan to leave." ”

"If the army of the imperial court arrives ......"

"You don't have to worry about us," Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "No matter who comes and finds out that it is the Heavenly Mandate Army, he has to leave on his own, otherwise, just wait for someone to collect his body!" ”

"Wild Talk......

"You are a prisoner of war of the Manifest Destiny, is it necessary for the Pontus to scream in front of you?"

"Manifest Destiny?" Zhao Guangyuan was stunned for a moment, "Who are you?" Why did you attack Hanzhongfu? ”

"The Mandate of Heaven Army is an army that completely does things for the people, forget it, you don't understand if you talk too much, in your hearts, you won't pretend to be the people," Li Zicheng looked at it, and felt that Zhao Guangyuan seemed to be less than thirty years old, "Let's talk about you, Hanzhong is the intersection of Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Huguang, and the strategic location is extremely important. ”

"Defeat in the next army, insulting the name of the ancestors......"

"You are wrong, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and there are no generals who always win," Li Zicheng said: "Losing to the Mandate of Heaven Army is not a shameful thing." ”

"You ......"

At this time, a personal soldier came to report: "Dadu Governor, the Ming army is here, and it has arrived in Baocheng, and it is only dozens ......of miles away."

"Who's coming?"

"Look at the banner, it should be the soldiers and horses of the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou, and his subordinates rushed to report to the governor, and did not find out who was in charge of the troops, and the brothers in the back returned to the city, there should be more detailed information......"

Li Zicheng looked up at the sky outside and said: "Even if the Ming army starts from Baocheng immediately, it will not attack the city tonight, Xiaomi, pass the order, clean up the battlefield in the city as soon as possible, and guard the city gates." ”

When Zhao Guangyuan heard that Hong Chengchou's army was coming, a subtle sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Li Zicheng had already seen it in his eyes, and said with a smile: "I don't know how many soldiers Hong Chengchou brought this time!" ”

Zhao Guangyuan was stunned for a moment, and the sneer on the corner of his mouth quickly faded......

After sunset, Cao Bianjiao's 5,000 Ming troops had rushed to Hanzhong, and in order to monitor the Liukou in the city, he set up a large camp three miles outside the city.

Li Zicheng heard the return of his own soldiers, and couldn't help but sneer, "Hong Chengchou's subordinates, how can there be such a confused general?" Dare to go straight to the city to set up camp, clearly bullying the Mandate of Heaven Army and not daring to go out of the city? ”

He Xiaomi's eyes immediately lit up, "Metropolitan Governor, do you want to steal the camp tonight?" ”

Li Zicheng said: "Don't worry, go to find out, who is the general who commands the army, how many soldiers are outside the city, whether there are follow-up reinforcements, and how far away are the reinforcements......

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

At night, detailed information about the Ming army gradually gathered around Li Zicheng, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, "This Cao Bianjiao, the said nephew of Cao Wenzhao, how can he be so reckless?" ”

On the one hand, Li Zicheng sent rangers to attack the Chinese army of the Ming army again, and on the other hand, he gave orders to Li Guo and Song Wen to prepare them, and they went out of the city at the right time and began to attack at the same time.

In fact, it is not the stealing camp that He Xiaomi said, as long as the Mandate of Heaven Army can get close to the Ming army, even if it is discovered by the Ming army, it can also rely on the advantage of firearms in range to forcibly attack the Ming army.

The Mandate of Heaven army increased a large number of rangers and desperately strangled the Ming army's rangers, especially near several city gates, and the Ming army's rangers were cleared.

Every once in a while, there will be a long-range cavalry to return, bringing back the situation of Hong Chengchou's department, the rangers do not enter the city, but only tie the message to the arrow, and then shoot it at the head of the city, hand it over to the Heavenly Mandate Army defending the city, and then deliver it to Li Zicheng.

At that time, the west gate of the city was quietly opened, and Song Wen took all the gunners of the four thousand households out of the city at one time, as well as forty artillery pieces.

The Metropolitan Governor confessed, either he didn't fight, or he would beat the enemy hard, so that the enemy would be scared when he heard the reputation of the Heavenly Mandate Army!

As long as the Heavenly Mandate Army appears in front of Hong Chengchou, it will awaken the shadow in his heart, and if Cao Bianjiao's troops suffer heavy casualties, they may be able to scare Hong Chengchou, and the Heavenly Mandate Army will sit back and relax in Hanzhong from now on.

The gunners cautiously went out of the West City Gate, and with the cover of night, quietly approached the camp tent of the Ming army, with artillery in front and infantry on both sides of the infantry.

When approaching, the soldiers were all deployed in place, Song Wen glanced at the dark Ming army camp, a sneer appeared on his face, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and his right hand waved down, "Fireworks!" ”

"Yes, General!" The soldiers agreed.

In a moment, a red firework, about a few hundred paces in front of the artillery, like a burning carrier pigeon, suddenly rose into the sky and exploded a brilliant spark in the sky......

When the rangers of the Heavenly Mandate Army saw the fireworks, they didn't have time to appreciate it, so they hurriedly turned their horses' heads and returned to their own formations, and the artillery also used a moment of fire to preliminarily judge the exact location of the Ming army's camp, and then re-debug the artillery and make all preparations before launching.

The sentries of the Ming army also saw the firelight, and after being stunned for a moment, they quickly understood, and unconsciously exclaimed: "Enemy attack, not good, enemy attack ......"

Most of the Ming soldiers were in their sleep, awakened by the sound of calls, fortunately they all slept in their clothes, and did not need to look for armor and clothing in the dark camp tent of Mawu, they grabbed the weapons at the head of the bed and followed the flow of people out of their respective camps in a daze.

"Boom...... Long ......"

Just when the soldiers of the Ming army were still wiping their eyes and excrement to drive away their sleepiness, the gunners of the Heavenly Mandate Army had already let the flowering shells leave the barrels of the guns, and with a trace of fire, they rushed towards the camp of the Ming army.

The flowering bullet fell to the ground, and a new round of explosions turned the Ming army camp upside down, the soldiers were injured, the tents were on fire, and the screams and explosions echoed each other......

Because it was dark, Song Wen did not ask the gunners to fire a salvo, which gunner was ready first, and then shot the flowering projectile out, so that the effect was better, in the camp of the Ming army, the flowering bullet fell to the ground non-stop, the explosion sound was endless, and it was difficult to hear even the sound of speech.

In the direction of the east and west city gates, Li Guo's cavalry, with the help of the cover of the explosion, swaggered out of the city gate and disappeared into the night.

Cao Bianjiao heard the message of the "enemy attack", turned over and sat on the marching bed, and was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect that the Liukou had always been the main force to avoid the Ming army, and he was afraid that he would not be able to dodge, how could he dare to steal the camp at night?

Just when he was stunned, the artillery of the Mandate of Heaven rang out, and the loud explosion made him feel like he was on pins and needles, but the night was dark and he couldn't see the form, and he didn't even know if the Liukou was close to the camp.

Cao Bianjiao knew that at the moment when the soldiers were six gods and no masters, the main general must not be chaotic, he hurriedly walked out of his Chinese army tent, and shouted at the soldiers: "Don't panic, don't mess up, the artillery is just ......."

But the sound of the explosion of the Mandate of Heaven Army's flowering bomb was too loud, and it was difficult for Cao Bianjiao's voice to be heard, and the guards helped to shout, and finally suppressed the possible riot bomb.

The flowering bomb still exploded in the camp, Cao Bianjiao watched the soldiers fall one by one, and the screams resounded throughout the camp, it is not a way to go on like this, in the face of casualties without the power to fight back, how long can the soldiers calm down?

Cao Bianjiao suddenly felt that something was wrong, it was the third watch in the middle of the night, how could he see the stumps of the soldiers jumping around and their blood flying...... Hey, it turned out that several tents were on fire...... No, how did the rogue artillery explode in the camp, didn't they use solid bullets, or did they throw the gunpowder packets directly?

His mind turned countless thoughts in a row, and every thought was unfavorable to the Ming army.