When Hong Chengchou set off with 20,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers and 15,000 white pole soldiers, he was apprehensive in his heart.

All the arrangements are top secret, and the slightest information cannot be revealed, if this news is revealed, the battle to exterminate the Liukou will become a protracted war, the people of Sichuan will suffer, and the imperial court will also spend a lot of silver.

The 12,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers who remained in the capital city of Kuizhou were directly commanded by Su Tiancheng, and the Jiangning battalion was commanded by Sun Chuanting, the commander of the scout battalion, Liu Tiehan, the commander of the scout battalion, and Di Huaixiang, the commander of the Shenji battalion.

When arranging the personnel who stayed, there was also a big dispute, many Jiangning battalion soldiers wanted to exterminate the Liukou, and were unwilling to stay in Kuizhou City, everyone would not know the Tao at all, staying in Kuizhou City meant a huge risk, and this was the main battlefield.

Hong Chengchou insisted on leaving all the soldiers of the scout battalion and the pro-soldier battalion, and these 5,000 people were the most courageous sergeants in the Jiangning battalion.

Su Tiancheng, Hong Chengchou and others have carefully calculated the route of the march, the Jiangning battalion is divided into three, stationed in Kuizhou Fucheng, Mianzhu in Chengdu Prefecture, Nanjiang in Baoning Prefecture, from Kuizhou Fucheng to Bazhou in Baoning Prefecture, the distance is more than 1,100 li, it takes at least five days or so, the army can arrive, from Mianzhu in Chengdu Prefecture to Bazhou, the distance is 800 li, it takes four days, from Nanjiang to Bazhou, there are 150 li, it takes one day.

The three armies rushed to Bazhou at the same time, and it would take five days at the earliest to meet.

Most of the main forces of the Liukou, after a few months of integration, are stationed in the Bazhou area, when the Jiangning battalion soldiers and white pole soldiers rush to Bazhou, the main force of the Liukou will also set off from Bazhou and rush to the capital city of Kuizhou. Judging from Li Zicheng's determination, it took five to six days at most for Liukou to arrive in Kuizhou Prefecture.

Secondly, calculating the time for the army to rush back to the capital city of Kuizhou, it will take about four days at the earliest, which is already the limit of the march.

Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou made appropriate adjustments, that is, the army rushed from the capital city of Kuizhou to Bazhou. The speed of the march should be slower, send scouts to inform the other two armies, speed up the march, and the three armies will not meet in Bazhou, but on the way to Bazhou in Kuizhou, which can save a day's time.

Counting before and after, after the three armies converged, it would take at least eight days to rush to the capital city of Kuizhou.

This is the ideal way to do this. In other words, the Liukou attacked the capital city of Kuizhou for two days.

This is a fateful two days, the 12,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers stationed in the capital city of Kuizhou must resist for more than two days, if within two days, the Liukou attack the city of Kuizhou, all the plans have failed.

When the time comes. Su Tiancheng and Jiang Ningying may really be about to suffer a catastrophe.

There's no better way to do it.

Among the people who attended the meeting, Zhu Cihong, Su Tiancheng, Qin Sande, Sun Chuanting, and Qu Qingze stayed in Kuizhou Fucheng. Hong Chengchou and Xiong Zijian's army operated.

There is also a small episode in this, Su Tian decided that Qin Sande followed the army, after all, Qin Sande was the supervisor of the Jiangning battalion, and it was appropriate to act with the army, but Qin Sande insisted on staying in Kuizhou City. Staying by the side of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and refusing to leave Kuizhou Mansion City for anything, this made Su Tiancheng think of Wang Chengen, changing the previous historical process, and Wang Chengen was by Zhu Youzhen's side from beginning to end. After Li Zicheng captured the capital, Wang Chengen committed suicide with Zhu Youzhen.

It seems that among the eunuchs, there are indeed loyal and backbone people, Qin Sande's performance this time left a deep impression on Zhu Cihong, and his status in the future must not be low.

In fact, Xiong Zijian also insisted on staying in Kuizhou City, but Xiong Zijian was mainly responsible for logistics support, and could not leave the army, so he still followed the army, and Xiong Zijian's task was very heavy, and the logistics support after the meeting of the three-way army must not have the slightest negligence, in the next ten days or so, the Jiangning battalion soldiers and the white pole soldiers will break through the limit of physical strength and carry out a crucial battle, a battle that determines whether the Ming Dynasty can be stabilized, and at this time, the status of logistics support is highlighted.

Zhu Cihong, Su Tiancheng, Qin Sande, Sun Chuanting, Qu Qingze, Liu Tiehan, Di Huaixiang and others sent the army out.

After leaving the city, Hong Chengchou stood by Su Tiancheng's side and watched the army pull out.

"Adults must take care."

"Lord Hong, raising troops for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion have a great responsibility, everything is entrusted to you."

Hong Chengchou was a little hesitant, he knew very well that if all the plans were predicted accurately, Su Tiancheng and the others who stayed in the Kuizhou capital city would be very dangerous, as for His Royal Highness the Prince, the problem would not be very big, follow the five hundred brocade guards of His Royal Highness the Prince, fully armed, once there is danger in the Kuizhou capital city, they will leave Fengjie County by waterway under the escort of the Jiangning Battalion Scout Battalion, and enter the territory of Huguang downstream, and everyone will guard the safety of His Royal Highness the Prince, there will not be much problem, but the rest of the people will be in danger.

"My lord, are there still some soldiers left, at least there must be 20,000 soldiers in the capital city of Kuizhou."

"No, if there are too many soldiers left, which arouses the suspicion of the rogue, all our plans will be in vain, this opportunity is too precious, we must take risks."

Zhu Cihong's face was with a smile.

Although this is a very dangerous operation, in his opinion, as long as he follows Su Tiancheng's side, there will not be too much danger, besides, the bravery of the Jiangning camp is known to everyone.

Ten-year-old children, although their identities are different, but their understanding of danger has great limitations, besides, Zhu Cihong has never experienced danger, and when he was one year old, he was made the crown prince.

Hong Chengchou led everyone, and after saluting Zhu Cihong, he got on the horse and followed the army.

The news of the departure of the Jiangning Battalion's three-way army quickly spread to Li Zicheng through various channels.

Of course, it is impossible for him to wait for the exact news, but the officers and men of the Jiangning battalion stationed in Nanjiang are dispatched, and he knows very well that the news he received in advance is that the three armies of the Jiangning battalion are acting at the same time, and the officers and men of the Jiangning battalion stationed in Nanjiang are dispatched, indicating that the other two armies have also acted. After getting this accurate news, Li Zicheng gave an order, and the 90,000 sergeants who were ready to go immediately set off.

For this operation, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai took great pains, the news could not be exposed, if the movement of the rebel army was detected by the Jiangning battalion, all the plans were in vain, and it would cause heavy losses, so the route of the march, they went through strict planning, and the 90,000 army was divided into several units, from Bazhou directly into Yilong in Shunqing Prefecture, and then entered Liangshan in Kuizhou Prefecture, passed through Wanxian and Yunyang, and arrived at Fengjie, the capital of Kuizhou.

The distance of this route is a little farther, from Bazhou to Yilong, there are 230 miles, from Yilong to Kuizhou, about 1,100 miles, that is to say, the rebels rushed from Bazhou to Kuizhou, the distance is more than 1,300 miles.

The righteous army is divided into land and waterway, the speed of the waterway is much faster, to the city of Kuizhou is downstream, the righteous army of 60,000 people, will take a boat from Wanxian County, rushed to the capital city of Kuizhou.

Time is very precious, the news of the rebel army's attack on the capital city of Kuizhou will soon spread, and the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion will inevitably go back to reinforce, Luo Rucai led only 30,000 people, blocking the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, and the time that can be delayed will not be very long.

Calculating the time, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai also went through a long time of planning, their plan, the righteous army set off from Bazhou, within six days, must rush to the capital city of Kuizhou, among which the righteous army by water, arrived at the capital city of Kuizhou within five days, immediately launched an attack, and the other 30,000 people then joined the attacking army.

Li Zicheng didn't even arrange a defensive army, that is to say, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who came back to reinforce were unimpeded, and this time Li Zicheng was desperate.

The time of departure of the rebels was the evening of the fifth day of the eighth month.

This is a battle and fight against time, and it will also be one of the largest battles since Zhu Youzhen succeeded to the throne, and its criticality is self-evident.

Since Zhu Youzhen succeeded to the throne, the last large-scale battle was in the fourth year of Chongzhen, that time was the battle of Dalinghe, the Ming army suffered heavy losses, the Ming army guarding Dalinghe City and reinforcements, including Minfu, a total of 30,000 people, 20,000 people were killed in battle, more than 10,000 people were absorbed by Houjin, and Dalinghe City was lost.

The impact of the Battle of Dalinghe was very far-reaching, indicating that the Ming Dynasty completely lost its advantage in Liaodong and entered a situation of comprehensive defense, but the Battle of Dalinghe, compared with this battle, was different in terms of the scale of the army used and the degree of tragedy of the battle.

This battle, for the Ming Dynasty and the peasant rebel army, are very important, the Ming Dynasty has won, will completely purge the domestic bandits, the internal situation has been fundamentally stabilized, the peasant rebel army has been victorious, they will get a chance to breathe, the prospects for development are extremely broad, the Ming Dynasty may not have any army, can find a way to exterminate them.

Both sides did their best.

Jingcheng, Zhu Youzhen, Sun Chengzong and others, all paid close attention to this battle, they did not know the specific plan of the battle of Ludao, and it was impossible to know the plan of Ludao, so everyone was very optimistic, in their opinion, the victory of this battle is not questioned, but the process of fighting may be very long, not in a short period of time, can be over.

Zhu Youzhen has already issued an order, asking the cabinet and the military department to report on the situation of the battle every day, although it is said that these situations may be obtained later, after all, from the city of Kuizhou to the capital, it is more than 2,000 miles long, and the traffic is very inconvenient, even if it is the fastest speed, what happened in the capital will take about six days to know the road. (To be continued......)