The front of the Ming army under the command of He Renlong, Li Guoqi, and Hu Dawei was all routed in less than an hour, and the Heavenly Mandate Army concentrated on attacking the rear where Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue were located.

Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue finally withstood the attacks of Liu Jianyi and Ma Youyi, but before they could establish a defensive formation, Li Jibu rushed over.

was run away by Hu Dawei, Li Ji, Zhao Lie, and Liu Zongmin were annoyed, so they sprinkled all their anger on Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue.

Under the personal command of Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue, the Ming army barely withstood the attack of the Heavenly Mandate Army with a shield on its body, and was in a stalemate, but with the addition of Li Jibu, the battle quickly became one-sided.

The Ming army was raided and rushed into battle, and even the armor did not have time to wear, and the shield could not be found at all for a while, and in front of the rifle, there was only a share of death.

Yang Wenyue remembered the last battle in Mi County, the nemesis of the rifle of the Heavenly Mandate Army, which was the shield of the Ming army, so he shouted loudly and asked the soldiers to find shield cover.

After tossing for a while, the Ming army gradually stabilized its formation after paying a large number of casualties.

Fu Zonglong wiped the blood on his face, it was too dangerous just now, he fought in person, "Lord Yang, what should I do now?" ”

Yang Wenyue frowned and said, "Master Fu, the firearms of the Heavenly Mandate Army are endless, and there is only one way to die if you stay here for a long time, and you must find a suitable terrain." ”

Fu Zonglong hurriedly said: "I heard from the soldiers that in the northeast direction, there is a place called Huojiaodian, which is a slope-shaped land, and it may be possible to establish a defensive formation. ”

Yang Wenyue nodded, the combat effectiveness of the Heavenly Mandate Army, he had seen it with his own eyes, if he wanted to save the army and his own life, the only way to find a defensive position as soon as possible, like this kind of plain terrain, under the impact of the Heavenly Mandate Army, it was impossible to set up camp at all.

Without further ado, while the spirit of the Ming army is still there, move over as soon as possible.

The Ming army fought and walked, and the entire shield array began to move slowly to the northeast, and the Heavenly Mandate Army was surrounded on all sides, but there was nothing to do with the shield, so they could only watch the Ming army move neatly to the northwest.

Liu Zongmin was anxious, "Metropolitan Governor, there is a sloping land in the northeast, will the Ming army move to this sloping land?" ”

Li Zicheng pondered for a moment and said: "There is no city in the world that cannot be attacked, let alone a slope-shaped land?" Since Fu Zonglong is going to the Song clan in the slope land, let's let him go! ”

At this time, Liu Jianyi and Ma Youyi, who raided the front of the Ming army, had already returned and joined the encirclement and suppression of the main force of the Ming army.

"Governor, once the Ming army occupies the sloped land, the difficulty of the attack will definitely increase," Liu Zongmin said: "It is better to use mountain artillery, first break up the formation of the Ming army, and then let the infantry press over......"

Li Zicheng shook his head, "When using mountain artillery, the infantry must be withdrawn, so that the Ming army will not take the opportunity to break through?" If the Ming army in turn clings to our infantry, how can we use mountain artillery again? ”

Liu Zongmin's face was gloomy and he said, "Governor Dadu, do you want to let the Ming army retreat into the fire shop?" ”

"What's wrong with the Ming army retreating into the fire shop?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "Once the Ming army retreats into the fire shop, it will be a Jedi and an encirclement, can it still run?" ”

Liu Zongmin hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The Metropolitan Governor said that let the Ming army retreat into the fire shop, and then gather to annihilate?" ”

"Not only do you want to gather annihilation, but you may also be able to catch some fish that have slipped through the net," Li Zicheng stroked his chin and said with a smile: "Didn't the front of the Ming army escape?" Did they just abandon their governor? ”

Liu Zongmin came to his senses and said, "Dadu Duguo is strategizing...... Subordinate...... Now what? ”

"Now......" Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "Let the Ming army go over, don't keep an eye on it too closely, as long as the Ming army doesn't escape from the encirclement!" ”

"There are so many of us, Fu Zonglong can't fly with wings!" Liu Zongmin bowed his hand to Li Zicheng and turned around to convey the order.

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven began to slow down, avoiding the bows and arrows of the Ming army, and the soldiers of both sides temporarily disengaged, and the Ming army was able to retreat smoothly into the fire shop.

Huozhuodian is an approximate elongated structure, with some soil slopes raised in the southeast and northwest, and the Ming army relied on these soil slopes to garrison, and when they saw that the Heavenly Mandate Army did not press on it for the time being, they quickly dug a trench.

Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue were divided into two parts, Fu Zonglong's department was stationed in the northwest, and Yang Wenyue's department was stationed in the southeast.

The Ming army began to pursue the Mandate of Heaven Army early in the morning, not only tired, tired, and even too late to eat lunch, so it was stolen by the Mandate of Heaven Army.

Fortunately, the soil was not hard, and the trenches were dug quickly, and in less than half an afternoon, the trenches on all sides had been dug successfully, and the soldiers threw their shovels and shovels almost into the trenches.

The firefighters had already prepared hot soup and rice, but although the soldiers were hungry, they had no appetite, and resting and sleeping were now their first needs.

Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue forced the soldiers to eat, and after eating, they could quickly recover their strength, and if they could rest for a while......

The Mandate of Heaven army surrounded the Ming army tightly, Liu Zongmin saw that the Ming army was eating, and hurriedly told Li Zicheng: "Governor, the Ming army left a lot of food in the camp in Mengjiazhuang, obviously it is too late for lunch, this will be eating, do you want to storm it...... At this time, I am afraid that the Ming army is the most lacking in physical strength......"

Storm? That's a good idea!

Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "It's okay to attack, but it's not your department," paused, turned to He Xiaomi, and said: "Order Liu Jianyi, Ma Youyi, Niu Kejing, and Luo Tai to attack the Ming army!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" He Xiaomi was busy with the establishment of the order.

"Metropolitan Governor, it's going to be dark soon......" Liu Zongmin said this, and suddenly understood, "The Metropolitan Governor is going to train troops?" ”

"Jiexuan has finally become smarter?" Li Zicheng laughed and said, "They have not been formed for a long time, and they lack the necessary centralized training, is there a better way to conduct training than this?" ”

Knowing that this kind of training method is a bit cruel, he has no better way, Li Xin's "training with battle" is indeed a good method for the Heavenly Mandate Army recruited in Henan.

This is the most important way to train recruits of the Mandate of Heaven.

Liu Zongmin couldn't participate in such a battle, which was really a pity, "Metropolitan Governor, that subordinate ......"

"You don't have to be idle," Li Zicheng knew Liu Zongmin's thoughts, but Liu Zongmin's department was a veteran of the Heavenly Mandate Army, the elite of the Heavenly Mandate Army, all equipped with rifles, not only had enough training, but also had the test of war, and the opportunity to fight, or should it be left to the recruits, "Your department and the first regiment are keeping an eye on the periphery, and they have the idea of possible reinforcements for the Ming army." ”

"My subordinates understand!"

Liu Zongmin was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Zicheng: "Jiexuan, the Ming army has just arrived at the fire shop, the reinforcements will not come back so soon, you first clean the camp tent of the Ming army in Mengjiazhuang, and pack up the remaining armor, weapons, food, etc." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Liu Zongmin's troops are all equipped with rifles, so they naturally don't look down on these transfers of the Ming army, but most of the Henan Heavenly Mandate Army are new recruits, not only are they not equipped with rifles, but even equipment such as knives and guns, armor and so on are also very scarce.

He saluted Li Zicheng, and then slowly stepped back.

Outside the fortifications of the Ming army, 20,000 Heavenly Mandate troops launched an attack at the same time, and the momentum was very strong, although it was not a fierce attack as Liu Zongmin said, but the pressure on the Ming army was still very great.

The Ming army was not only tired, but also did not even have the opportunity to eat, their physical strength declined, and their morale was low.

Fu Zonglong frowned, how could the Heavenly Mandate Army be like kraft candy, the officers and soldiers had just established a defensive line, and they didn't even have time to eat, so they attacked?

Are they going to eat themselves?

But Fu Zonglong soon found that although the Heavenly Mandate Army had a large number of people, the intensity of the attack was not large, and it was not the kind of deadly attack that he was most worried about, mainly long-range strikes through bows and arrows.

A rogue is a rogue is a rogue

The corners of Fu Zonglong's mouth showed a sneer, he asked the guards to give orders, leaving half of the soldiers to defend the position, and the other half of the soldiers to go to eat first, and after eating, they would replace the original half of the soldiers.

In the southeast of the burning shop, Yang Wenyue also frowned, this time he misjudged the combat intent of the Heavenly Mandate Army and put himself in, his responsibility was greater than Fu Zonglong.

The Heavenly Mandate Army did not have rifles, this rogue was not the main force, etc., all of which were judgments made by him, and Fu Zonglong listened to his advice before he closely pursued the Heavenly Mandate Army......

In Yang Wenyue's heart, he had already scolded Hu Dawei to the point of blood, and as soon as the battle began, Hu Dawei fled north, otherwise, he would not have been so passive......

The Mandate of Heaven Army already has a numerical advantage, if it is eyeing this little force in its own hands......

There is no trench in the world that cannot be attacked!

Yang Wenyue also discovered the intention of the Heavenly Mandate Army: to bluff! Although the number of attackers was quite large, they basically relied on bows and arrows to strike from a distance, and the soldiers did not get close to the trenches, and the two sides only competed for attrition, and there would be no danger for a while.

Like Fu Zonglong's thoughts, he knew that the soldiers were hungry all the time and that it would be difficult to fight for a long time, so he sent the soldiers to eat.

The sunset sank, and it was gradually hidden by the distant mountains, leaving only the blood-red glow, dragging out a long tail on the top of the mountain.

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army, with smiles on their faces, played all kinds of jokes with their companions, although there were casualties, but such casualties were quickly covered by huge expectations, and the main force of the Ming army was surrounded, and sooner or later it would become their military merit!

After the withdrawal of the troops, the soldiers ate hot soup and rice, and soon fell asleep, and they were also tired from today's battle, but they were always covered by the joy of victory......

Yang Wenyue watched the Heavenly Mandate Army completely retreat back to the camp, but there was no sense of relief in his heart, today is just a tentative attack, and tomorrow it should be attacked, right?

He has fought with the Mandate of Heaven Army, he is too familiar with the attack method of the Mandate of Heaven Army, once he seizes the opportunity, he will definitely attack to the death, and he will not give you a chance to fight back!

Why didn't today's Mandate Army attack with all its might? Is there some conspiracy?

The deputy general quietly came to Yang Wenyue's side, "Your Excellency, ......"

Yang Wenyue's figure did not move, his gaze continued to look at the faint trench, and said lightly: "How about the casualties of the soldiers?" ”

"My subordinates just came from the barracks, and according to preliminary statistics, the number of dead and seriously injured soldiers who are unable to fight again is close to 2,000, and the lightly wounded soldiers who are being treated are also more than 1,000!"

"So many casualties?" In Yang Wenyue's heart, he was also secretly surprised, the combat effectiveness of the Heavenly Mandate Army was really strong! In one day, his subordinates lost 30 percent......

The adjutant general's brows furrowed deeply, and he said, "This is the first day......"

"What do you mean?" Yang Wenyue turned around and stared at the deputy general tightly, "Are you afraid?" ”

"There is nothing to be afraid of subordinates, as a soldier, it is common for them to die on the battlefield," the deputy general shook his head lightly and said: "The subordinates are worried, if this continues, the soldiers will soon be exhausted......"

Yang Wenyue said coldly: "What method do you have?" ”

"Break through," the deputy general said: "If you can't break through tonight, if you want to break through in the future, I'm afraid you won't have a chance......"

Yang Wenyue also understood that if the Heavenly Mandate Army attacked two more times, the casualties of the soldiers would be greater, the morale would be even lower, and the possibility of a successful breakthrough would be even smaller, but today's breakthrough does not seem to be the best time, "The soldiers are too tired......

"What is this exhaustion compared to death?" The deputy general avoided Yang Wenyue's gaze, lowered his head and said, "If the soldiers are rested, Master Fu may also lead the army to break through, and then we will have to stay behind!" ”

Yang Wenyue's body was shocked, and he said angrily: "You mean, we didn't notify the Shaanxi soldiers, we broke through without permission?" ”

"If Master Fu is notified, I'm afraid no one will be able to leave," the adjutant general's voice was cold, revealing a chill, "With the Shaanxi soldiers holding back a part of the Heavenly Mandate Army, we will have a glimmer of hope......