In the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army, although the soldiers used their bows and arrows to shoot at the Ming army outside, they lacked discipline training after all, not only was the shooting range not as good as the Ming army, but they also did not dare to compliment the head.

In order to reduce their own casualties, they usually hid inside large tents, protected by shield walls outside, leaving only a few small holes to observe the distance and number of Ming troops.

Every once in a while, some of the soldiers dropped their bows and arrows and lay down on the ground, rolling and screaming heartbreakingly.

The screams completely overshadowed the Ming army!

A soldier with his head in his hands, his eyes closed, rolled on the ground and slammed into his fellow who was shooting an arrow, knocking his bow and arrow visibly off.

The companion kicked him lightly and said angrily: "Don't pretend, the Ming army can't see it, you just need to scream, what are you going to do?" If you hadn't knocked Lao Tzu's arrow crooked, maybe the Ming army of the dog day would have died! ”

"Ah......" the soldier opened his eyes and looked at his companion in amazement, "Didn't the Governor say that he should pretend to be like one?" The worse the screaming, the better! ”

"You just call, what's the matter?" The companion put another arrow on the bowstring and began to aim at the Ming army outside the camp.

"Oh!" The soldier hurriedly held his head in his hands, and there was another scream of "Yellow Dad and Black Mom", and the sound came far away......

In the center of the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army, Li Zicheng listened to the screams one after another, frowned lightly, and said, "General Li, how many of these screams are true?" ”

Li Ji hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the governor of the capital has just checked, and the real casualties of the soldiers are less than one percent," paused, and then said: "It's still Mr. Niu's idea, hide the soldiers in the big tent, and there is a shield protection in the top of the tent, except for special bad luck, most of the soldiers are safe." ”

Li Zicheng's face was more relaxed, he didn't care about the casualties of the Ming army, he only cared about the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army, "Sprinkle more pig blood on the battle area, oh, you have to keep sprinkling, pretend that the soldiers are constantly injured!" ”

"My subordinates understand!" Li Jidao: "It's still Mr. Song's idea, let the soldiers take pig blood in their mouths and spray it on the ground and on the big tent, and the blood stains are almost the same as human blood!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, doing such a thing, they are more expert than themselves, with them by their side, they do have a lot of peace of mind, but Luo Rucai ......

Thinking of Luo Rucai, his brows furrowed slightly.

The 20,000 Ming army, surrounding the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army, attacked with bows and arrows all morning, and heard the screams in the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army, which was much more agitated than the Ming army outside, Yang Wenyue's heart blossomed, and at this time, Li Zicheng did not use a rifle, and his judgment was correct.

Whatever the reason, as long as the rifles of the Mandate of Heaven do not appear, the officers and soldiers must be sure of victory.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Fu Zonglong saw that the casualties of the officers and soldiers were not small, so Mingjin withdrew his troops and returned to the camp of the Ming army with 20,000 troops.

Throughout the afternoon, Fu Zonglong convened a meeting of Yang Wenyue, He Renlong, and Li Guoqi to discuss the method of attacking the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and Li Zicheng in the camp was preparing to retreat south.

The corpse of the dead soldier was put on firewood, and a fire burned, in order to confuse the Ming army, a lot of firewood was cut, and the fire burned for almost half an afternoon, until the fire was completely extinguished, and the soldiers buried the remaining ashes.

The soldiers began to pack their bags, and all supplies were to be taken with them, except for the blood-stained, dilapidated tents, which would be left in place.

After dark, Li Zicheng once again released his own soldiers, and completely shot or drove the Ming rangers within ten miles around the camp, in short, did not let any Ming army rangers get close to the camp.

When they arrived, the Heavenly Mandate Army opened the camp gate in the south and disappeared quietly under the cover of night, but the rangers played by Li Zicheng's own soldiers did not retreat and continued to drive out the Ming army's rangers around the camp.

When the dawn appeared in the east, Li Zicheng's personal soldiers, as if suddenly awakened, quickly retreated to the south.

Fu Zonglong is ready, today to attack the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army, all 30,000 soldiers are brought, and the 10,000 soldiers of the Tiger Dawei Department are not only used to contain the Heavenly Mandate Army in Runing City, but also the reserve force of officers and soldiers.

The soldiers were squatting around the camp tent and eating breakfast, Fu Zonglong grabbed a white-flour steamed bun in each hand, and walked through the soldiers while eating, occasionally making words of encouragement, and the ranger suddenly reported: "My lord, there is something wrong with the camp tent of the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”

"What's wrong?" Fu Zonglong spit out the steamed bun that he was chewing in his mouth and said, "What do you see?" ”

"Actually, I didn't see anything," the ranger said cautiously, "the camp of the Mandate of Heaven is still there, but it's quiet in the camp!" ”

Fu Zonglong suddenly frowned, "Didn't you get closer to check?" ”

"The villain was worried that there were archers of the Mandate of Heaven hidden around the camp, so he didn't dare to get too close, and hurried back to tell the adults that the brothers in the back would get closer, as long as they could survive, they would come back soon!"

Fu Zonglong nodded, no wonder this ranger.

When they discovered the anomaly in the camp of the Mandate of Heaven, they divided into several groups, the first group of soldiers rushed out to convey the message, and the other soldiers kept approaching the camp of the Mandate of Heaven to find out more detailed information.

Not surprisingly, the second group of rangers will be back soon.

Fu Zonglong asked the ranger to go down first and continued to nibble on the steamed bun in his hand, but there were already ripples in his heart, but he didn't want to show it in front of the soldiers.

The sky has already dawned, and there is no reason for the camp of the Mandate of Heaven to be quiet!

During the war, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven dared to sleep in?

Li Zicheng will not be so confused!

The more Fu Zonglong thought about it, the more wrong it became, he swallowed the steamed bun in his hand in three or two bites, drank another cup of hot water, and urged the soldiers to have breakfast quickly.

"Da Da Da ......"

A rapid sound of horses' hooves, from far and near, towards the Ming army's big tent, there are cavalry in and out of the camp, it is a very common thing, but in Fu Zonglong's ears, it is the sound of heaven.

Another wave of rangers is back!

Fu Zonglong took the initiative to meet him, sure enough, it was a ranger, the ranger ran sweating profusely, and when he saw Fu Zonglong, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, kneeling on the ground, "My lord, the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army is already an empty camp!" ”

"Empty camp? How could it be an empty camp? We also attacked yesterday......" Fu Zonglong picked up the ranger and stared into his eyes, as if trying to find out the subtle changes in his face when he lied.

However, he was disappointed, and the Ranger did not panic.

"Adult ......"

"Have you ever been close to the Mandate of Heaven's camp?" How much Fu Zonglong hoped that the ranger was not too close to the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army because of his timidity, and the "empty camp" was just his subjective assumption.

Fu Zonglong was disappointed again!

The Ranger gasped, "Villain...... The villain also entered the camp of the Mandate of Heaven, where ...... It's an empty camp indeed, villain...... The villain vouches for ...... with his head"

How much can your head be worth? Fu Zonglong was furious, pushed the ranger away, and shouted, "Don't report the details yet? ”

"Yes, yes," the ranger stood firm in a panic and said, "The villain and the others were expelled by a large number of rangers of the Mandate of Heaven last night, and they couldn't get close to the camp of the Mandate of Heaven...... After dawn, the villain and others returned one by one, because there was no ranger of the Mandate of Heaven Army, the villain and others quietly approached the camp of the Mandate of Heaven, and saw that the camp was quiet, and there were no soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven outside......

"Also approach carefully, get out of ......" Fu Zonglong is angry, but the number of officers and soldiers is indeed inferior to the Heavenly Mandate Army, and if you kill this ranger, the matter is irreparable.

What puzzled him was why the Mandate of Heaven disappeared overnight?

Tens of thousands of Heavenly Mandate troops naturally will not go to the Western Heavens, and they are obviously retreating at night!

Why did the Providenta retreat?

Yesterday's casualties are not too big, this casualty, Li Zicheng will not be unable to hold on, right?

Fu Zonglong was suddenly startled, could it be that Yang Wenyue's judgment yesterday was completely correct? Without rifles, the combat effectiveness of the Mandate of Heaven will drop dramatically?

Perhaps, after all, the Mandate of Heaven Army is a rogue, after coming to Henan, they are running around on weekdays, and the soldiers have no time to train at all, no matter how many people there are, they are also a group of rabble!

The number of the Heavenly Mandate Army outside Runing City is equal to the number of officers and soldiers, and they really want to fight in the field......

Fu Zonglong strongly felt that he had lost the best chance to annihilate the Heavenly Mandate Army without a single blow yesterday!

The Mandate of Heaven Army in the large camp is probably not the main force of the Mandate of Heaven Army, judging from the skills of the soldiers in firing arrows, it is likely to be a group of recruits, and the casualties seem to be greater than those of the officers and soldiers with the protection of the fence yesterday!

Fu Zonglong immediately summoned Yang Wenyue and informed him that the Heavenly Mandate Army camp was already an empty camp, and asked him what he thought.

Yang Wenyue was also shocked, "Is the Heavenly Mandate Army fleeing?" ”

"Fleeing?" Fu Zonglong's heart was still very annoyed, "You have to go to the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army to see it!" ”

Yang Wenyue hurriedly said: "Yes, without further ado, Master Fu, let's go to the camp immediately!" ”

Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue took all the cavalry and immediately headed for the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and for the sake of safety, He Renlong took 10,000 infantry and set off at the same time.

The cavalry was much faster than the infantry, and in a few moments it had already left the infantry far behind.

When Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue arrived at the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army, there were still several Ming army rangers wandering outside, and Fu Zonglong shouted from afar: "Is there still a Heavenly Mandate Army in the camp?" ”

"No," replied the ranger, "my lord, we have just investigated, and there is no one in the tent, and ......"

"And what?"

"To the south of the camp, near the shore of Qinshui, there are traces of fire, and near the traces, there are freshly turned mud ......"

Fu Zonglong frowned and said, "What exactly do you want to say?" ”

"What the villain means, the Ming army may have burned the bodies of the dead soldiers and buried the ashes!"

"Let's go, let's see!" Fu Zonglong was not in a hurry to enter the camp, the empty camp was here, and he would not run at all.

To the south of the camp, there were indeed traces of a large fire, but the ashes were very damp, obviously from yesterday's incident.

Yang Wenyue reached out and grabbed a handful of ashes, put them in front of his eyes and looked at them carefully, and said: "Look at the humidity of the ashes, it should have burned in the afternoon, and the ranger didn't see a large fire at night, which also proves that it was not burned at night!" ”

"Burning in the afternoon?" Fu Zonglong didn't know what he meant.

Yang Wenyue said lightly: "It shows that Li Zicheng is ready to retreat in the afternoon!" ”

Fu Zonglong frowned again, "Could it be that Li Zicheng can't even bear this casualty?" Isn't he a rogue? ”

Yang Wenyue looked at the ashes, but he didn't answer, and after a while, Fang said, "My lord, let's go to the camp and have a look!" ”

The camp of the Mandate of Heaven Army, from the outside, does not seem to have changed at all, but inside the camp, it is empty, and all the supplies have been taken away.

Yang Wenyue glanced around and said, "If it weren't for the sake of hiding people's eyes, I'm afraid that Li Zicheng would also take away these bloody tents on the periphery!" ”

"There are blood stains everywhere on the big tent, I'm afraid that the casualties of the Heavenly Mandate Army are heavier than we thought," Fu Zonglong kept his eyebrows locked, "However, seeing that the Heavenly Mandate Army is so calm and unhurried, maybe it is deliberately luring us......"

"No," Yang Wenyue shook his head and said, "Li Zicheng must be afraid that we will chase after him, so he deliberately tidied up the camp very neatly, pretending to be calm!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Look at the bloodstains on the big tent, doesn't Master Fu still understand?" Yang Wenyue said with a smile: "Originally, I wasn't sure, but now I finally understand that the Heavenly Mandate Army in the camp must be a newly recruited young man!" ”

Fu Zonglong nodded and said, "Let's chase?" ”

"Naturally, you have to chase!" Yang Wenyue and Li Zicheng have a national enmity and personal hatred, how can they let go of such a great opportunity?