After all the prisoners of war left, the Mandate of Heaven army also followed the camp and pursued them, but Li Zicheng told the soldiers that the pursuit was just for show, and it was best to stay at a distance and never hurt them.

Watching the "fugitive" prisoners of war enter the Ming army's camp, Li Zicheng turned around and returned, setting up a camp three miles outside the Ming army's camp.

Li Guo and Song Wen both ran to Li Zicheng's big tent, and the two were both full of expectations and very worried, the camps of the two armies were so close that a big battle could occur at any time.

The Mandate of Heaven pressed the treasure on these prisoners of war, but could they be trusted?

Compared with Song Wen, Li Guo was even more worried, but he didn't dare to say it explicitly, "Metropolitan Governor, will Wang Weizhang find out the clues?" ”

"That's why we will pursue at the tail end and don't give Wang Weizhang time to think and interrogate," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, even if the prisoners of war refuse to be the internal cause, we have nothing to lose, anyway, sooner or later we will have to face Wang Weizhang's army." ”

He let the prisoners of war eat and drink well, and took the initiative to release them, originally just hoped that at a critical moment, maybe these prisoners of war could start to play a role, but he didn't expect that the prisoners of war would ask to join the Mandate of Heaven Army, and it would have such an effect......

If everything goes according to his plan, it will be an unexpected surprise, the chief soldier Hou Liangzhu has been defeated and died, and the governor Wang Weizhang is not far from defeat.

Song Wendao: "Metropolitan Governor, General Li, his subordinates are just worried that if these prisoners of war turn against the water...... Are they really reliable? ”

"General Song don't worry," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I have also considered this, more than a thousand soldiers, without sufficient time to discuss, it is impossible to be seamless, as long as someone shouts in the barracks, it is dark at that time, and the Ming army wakes up from a dream, can they defend in a timely and effective manner?" ”

Li Guo also nodded, "Moreover, we used mountain artillery to open the way, and with a huge roar, Wang Weizhang may not even be able to wear the military order." ”

Song Wen thought about it, so he no longer objected, but he was still sad, "Dadu Governor, after dark, you can't see anything clearly, and the flowering bomb explodes in the camp, will it hurt the prisoners of war......"

"General Song is really a woman's kindness," Li Guo said with a smile: "On the battlefield, how can there be no casualties?" The Manifest Destiny Army is equipped with rifles, can you guarantee that there will be no casualties? ”

Li Zicheng nodded, "Shuangxi is right, after the war, look for it according to the list, if there are casualties, pay out bereavement benefits according to the standards of the Mandate of Heaven Army, after all, they are for the ......Mandate of Heaven Army."

After nightfall, the camps of the Ming army and the Mandate of Heaven army turned off the lights in turn, maybe there would be no battle tonight, but the rangers on both sides did not dare to slack off and continued to wander in the night.

When it was time to fight, the Mandate of Heaven army suddenly increased the number of rangers, and the Ming army was caught off guard, and in order to avoid greater casualties, they retreated to the vicinity of the big tent.

Although the rangers of the Ming army felt that something was wrong, the rangers of the Heavenly Mandate Army did not crush them excessively, but just expelled them from the tent of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

In the middle of the day, although the Ming army's rangers were wandering outside the camp, they could not get close to the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army, Li Guo found out the situation and entered Li Zicheng's Chinese army tent in the dark, "The governor of the capital, the governor of the capital, the rangers of the Ming army were driven away......

Li Zicheng had already fallen asleep, and just woke up, so he rubbed his eyes and said, "Double happiness, what time is it now?" ”

Li Guo said in a low voice: "Metropolitan Governor, it's almost time......

Li Zicheng turned over his body, washed his face with water, threw away the face towel, and said: "Double happiness, first go to the two wings of the camp to prepare, and when the Ming army breaks and flees, then pursue from both wings, don't hurt too much, just surrender!" ”

"My subordinates understand!" Li Guo bowed and saluted before withdrawing.

Li Zicheng instructed He Xiaomi: "Tell General Song to send twenty artillery pieces out of the camp first, and before firing the flowering shells, give an order to let the rangers in front retreat!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

In the night, the artillerymen worked in pairs, carrying the base and the sound of the cannon to a place about a mile outside the battalion, the mountain cannon is not as powerful as the howitzer, but it is small in size, light in weight, convenient in transportation, the barrel and the gun body are separated, two soldiers can carry it, even in the mountains, hilly areas, it is also passable.

In about half a column of incense, the artillerymen had already installed the base and gun body in the dark, and when they looked back, the soldiers of the seventh battalion had already left the camp tent, and set off a red firework into the air.

The rangers of the Mandate of Heaven saw the firelight, as if they saw a man-eating demon, and they ran away to both sides, and the rangers of the Ming Army wondered at first, but soon understood, "It's not good, Destiny wants to steal the camp!" ”

This is just their feeling, how the Mandate of Heaven Army steals the camp, they don't know at all, besides, the Mandate of Heaven Army wants to steal the camp, didn't the rangers just take advantage of the chaos to attack, why did they run away?

The sleeping Ming soldiers heard the shouts of the rangers, and they didn't even have time to put on their clothes, but just touched a knife and gun to protect themselves.

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

The mountain cannon made a loud roar, and after the flowering shell hit the ground, there was a secondary explosion, a loud bang, a flash of fire, and the screams of soldiers...... By this time, even fools knew that the Mandate of Heaven had stolen the camp.

Wang Weizhang had just fallen asleep, and he heard the soldiers shouting in a daze, thinking that he was dreaming, but the explosion of the flowering bullet made him completely awake, "Quick, stabilize the soldier's ......"

The flowering bombs that fell in the tent of the Ming army camp were only a dozen, but somehow, the camp was full of fire, and in the interval between the flowering bombs, many soldiers faintly shouted: "The Mandate of Heaven army has stolen the camp, run ...... quickly"

"Run, you'll die if you're late......," echoed a large number of soldiers, and the camp was in chaos.

Wang Weizhang was shocked, the soldiers were already in chaos, the sound of the artillery explosion was too loud, and even the military order could not be transmitted, under the escort of his own guards, he hurriedly ran to the manger barefoot, many camp tents were on fire, and the light of the fire just led the way for him.

After a while, he had come to the back door of the manger, and was looking for his war horse, when he suddenly found that someone had opened the manger and was setting fire to the door.

Wang Weizhang felt that it was wrong, could it be that the Heavenly Mandate Army had already mixed into the camp? By the light of the fire, he took a closer look, and found several soldiers holding torches, all wearing the armor of the Ming army, and shouted angrily: "Who are you? What to do here? ”

When the soldiers saw that it was Wang Weizhang, they were taken aback, and hurriedly threw the torches at Wang Weizhang's head, and ran away, shouting as they ran: "Run, the Mandate of Heaven army has stolen the camp......

Wang Weizhang was furious, "It turned out to be a spy of the Heavenly Mandate Army? "But the soldiers had already run away, and they couldn't catch up if they wanted to.

A personal guard said: "My lord, among the soldiers just now, there is a subordinate who knows ......."

"Huh?" Wang Weizhang was shocked, "It turned out to be our people?" Our people are backwater? ”

"My lord, he is indeed our man, or the ...... who was just released today"

"What?" Wang Weizhang turned his head suddenly, eager to tear the soldier who set the fire to pieces, but in his sight, there was a burning tent, and those soldiers had already run away, and he muttered: "No wonder the Heavenly Mandate Army put them back, it turned out to be ...... As I said earlier, these people who fled back are unreliable, and if they were killed, ......"

"Governor, what should I do?"

Wang Weizhang listened attentively, there were shouts of escape everywhere, the Ming army had opened the fence and began to flee to the south, his hands and feet were cold, cold air came out of his throat, and he froze for a while.

The mountain artillery stopped firing, and to the north of the tent, footsteps could be heard in the distance, rapid and dense.

The guards knew that things were not good, and hurriedly grabbed a piece of war horses, "My lord, get on the horse quickly, the Mandate of Heaven Army is coming......"

"No," Wang Weizhang pushed away the guards, "Quickly organize the soldiers to resist, I can't go, if I go, the soldiers will disperse...... This is the main force of Chengdu Mansion......"

"Now the camp is in chaos, it's worse than bombing the camp, and there are spies from the Mandate of Heaven Army making trouble in the camp...... "The guards staggered, desperately handing over the reins of the horses, "My lord, get on the horses quickly, the Mandate of Heaven Army has cavalry, it's really too late to be late!" ”

Wang Weizhang still refused to get on the horse, and several guards forcibly carried him to the horse's back, stuffed the horse's reins into his hands, and finally slapped the horse's buttocks with the side of the waist knife.

The war horse was in pain, "snorted", stepped out of the four hooves, and ran into the night......

The infantry of the "Sha, Sha, Sha ......" Heavenly Mandate Army approached the camp tent of the Ming army from the north, and with the help of bright firelight, they began to shoot at the Ming army, because they had to stop from time to time to reload their bullets, and the speed was not fast.

"Da, da, da......" The cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven Army outflanked from both sides, and with a sharp whistling sound, they pounced on the big tent of the Ming army.

Fortunately, the Ming army got the "early warning", and they had already opened the camp tent and ran away.

Song Wen saw that the fire in the camp tent was raging, so he did not dare to enter, but only outflanked on both sides of the camp, and when he encountered the Ming army, it was a volley......

Suddenly, there were more than a dozen Ming soldiers in front of them, hugging each other and shouting: "We surrender ......"

Song Wen saw that although they were wearing the armor of the Ming army, they were vaguely familiar, and knew that they were the original prisoners of war, so he let them go and continued to chase forward.

Most of the Ming troops had already left the camp, and the Ming troops who remained in the camp were either burned to death by the fire, fainted, or shot by the rifles of the Mandate of Heaven.

Li Guo quickened his horse speed and caught up with the fleeing Ming army in front, and the cavalry of the second battalion shouted while slashing from both flanks: "Those who surrender will not die......

Seeing that the Ming army could not outrun the cavalry, they threw their weapons one after another, knelt down and asked to surrender.

"Hold your head in your hands, kneel on the ground, and don't move!" Li Guo left them to the infantry behind, but he indulged in speed and stepped up to catch up with the Ming army in front.

Li Zicheng was originally supervising the battle at the end, but at this moment he also came to the camp of the Ming army, which had been burned into a sea of fire, tents, food, clothing, etc., all combustibles, would add fuel to the fire, telling the Ming army's fiasco......

It was impossible to put out the fire, the soldiers in the interior of the camp no longer needed to be shot, Li Zicheng took five hundred households of personal soldiers, and pursued forward, and soon after, he met the Song Ministry of Culture.

The two divisions joined forces in one place, Li Zicheng's personal soldiers pursued the fleeing Ming army on both wings, and the Song Ministry of Culture was responsible for cleaning up the surrendered Ming army......