The 100,000 rebel army led by Liu Zongmin was finally all deployed in place.

50,000 Chinese troops were stationed in Shaanzhou Prefecture, commanded by Ren Rongguang under Liu Zongmin, 40,000 rear troops were stationed in Ruicheng, commanded by Liu Zongmin personally, and 10,000 troops were commanded by Niu Wancai, another general under Liu Zongmin.

Liu Zongmin did not even personally lead the front army to fight.

When Niu Wancai led 10,000 former troops from Ruicheng, Liu Zongmin specially entrusted, which roughly means that this operation, mainly to temptation, the front army must keep in touch with Ruicheng at any time, Ruicheng is eighty miles away from Tongguan, the speed of the front army should not be too fast, and we must pay attention to the surrounding movements along the way, especially when approaching Tongguan, we must make sure that everything is safe before we can march, Tongguan terrain is dangerous, and it is impossible to carry out large-scale operations, so when attacking, send a small number of troops to test it, Liu Zongmin even specifically emphasized how the former army should set up camp after arriving at its destination.

Liu Zongmin thought of almost everything, but he didn't think of Niu Wancai's guts.

Niu Wancai has joined the rebel army for a long time, and he has been able to reach his current status, and he has also experienced countless battles, and he was finally able to lead the rebel army to fight alone, and he must have wanted to make a contribution, not to mention that this time the rebel army attacked Shaanxi, it was towards King Chuang's hometown, if he could make a great contribution in the battle, the reward would definitely not be less.

Liu Zongmin's teachings, Niu Wancai listened to them on the surface, but in fact, he didn't think like this at all in his heart.

It's a pity that Liu Zongmin can't know the true thoughts of Niu Wancai's heart.

The former army only rested for two days in Ruicheng before heading towards Tongguan.

At this time, Zheng Jinhong, who had all the information, finally believed Wen Kun's judgment that it was not Liu Zongmin who was responsible for attacking Tongguan, and the 10,000 people were commanded by Niu Wancai.

Let's be honest. Zheng Jinhong didn't know what Niu Wancai was and why he would undertake such an important combat mission, and Liu Zongmin made such an arrangement, which can only prove one thing, that is, Liu Zongmin did not really think about attacking Tongguan.

If you were someone else, you should be happy in the face of such a situation. It's a pity that Zheng Jinhong doesn't think like this.

Zheng Jinhong thought about fighting face-to-face with the Liukou in Tongguan, completely defeating the Liukou, so that the Liukou would never dare to covet Shaanxi.

If the rogues only thought about a tentative attack and retreated after encountering insignificant losses, it would definitely be unfavorable to the Zheng family's army, who ran faster than rabbits, and laid heavy troops in Ruicheng and Shaanzhou, and the Zheng family's army was not easy to chase and kill.

Therefore, in this battle, Zheng Jiajun must grasp the most favorable opportunity. Decisively surrounded the 10,000 former troops of the Liukou, so that they had no chance to evacuate towards Ruicheng.

If the 10,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army can detour behind the Liukou from the direction of the forbidden pit, Zheng Jinhong will be able to ensure the total annihilation of these 10,000 Liukou.

To achieve the purpose of the operation, there are many details that need to be deployed, including how to grasp the best time, and how to make it impossible for the rogues stationed in Ruicheng to reinforce. How to cleanly exterminate the former army of the rogue and so on.

The way Zheng Jiajun fights now mainly relies on firearms. In Tongguan, the role of artillery is not too great, after all, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the lethality of artillery will be greatly weakened, but the power of the Mauser gun can be fully exerted.

This was an aspect that was beneficial to the Zheng Jiajun, who was able to rely on the Mauser gun. Give the rogues a devastating blow.

After the former army of the Liukou set out from Ruicheng, Zheng Jinhong ordered the scouts to report the information they had detected every quarter of an hour.

Zheng Jinhong's deployment was very careful and comprehensive, for fear that there would be a slight mistake and cause the battle to fall into an unfavorable situation, what he was thinking about was to completely annihilate the front army of Liukou. However, Zheng Jinhong was too careful, he didn't expect that Niu Wancai, the former commander of the Liukou Army, who had never heard of his name, would actually give him a big gift.

After setting off from Ruicheng, Niu Wancai's mood can be described as high-spirited, many righteous sergeants can feel confident from his face, which also stimulates the fighting spirit of the sergeants to a certain extent, Liu Zongmin's requirements are very strict, Niu Wancai has to report the direction every two hours, once he arrives at the place where the army is camped, he must directly send the sergeant to report all the situation, and Liu Zongmin also planted eyeliner in the army, reminding Niu Wancai at the critical moment.

Eighty miles away, 10,000 troops can reach it in one day, and they can camp in a camp.

When he just set off, Niu Wancai was still very cautious and sent scouts to reconnoiter the surrounding situation, after all, the opponent was the Zheng family army, which was completely different from the imperial army, but as time went by, the situation reported by the scouts was safe, and Niu Wancai's mind began to live.

Liu Zongmin demanded that after the 10,000-strong army was encamped, it was extremely necessary to investigate the situation in Tongguan clearly, and only then could the offensive be decided according to the quality of the situation, and the number of attackers each time should not exceed 500 people, and once the attack was blocked, it was necessary to quickly evacuate and avoid unnecessary losses as much as possible.

Niu Wancai did not agree with such a request, Tongguan was originally very dangerous, when the righteous army attacked, it must come up with sufficient momentum, so as to be able to form a deterrent, and it is possible to take Tongguan, otherwise every attack is to send a few hundred people to test it, purely to delay time, it is impossible to achieve any combat results.

In the evening, the army finally arrived at its camping destination.

Here is still five miles away from Tongguan, the terrain is relatively flat, and the field of vision is very open, if there is an army sneak attack, the distance can be found very far.

The army was still encamped, and Niu Wancai thought about it alone in the Chinese army's tent.

Liu Zongmin's order must be executed, but how to make a breakthrough in the execution of the order, this is the most critical, Niu Wancai does not want to return to Ruicheng in disgrace, if he acts completely in accordance with Liu Zongmin's requirements, at most in about half a month, the army will be withdrawn in the direction of Ruicheng.

Niu Wan knew that Liu Zongmin's emphasis must be reasonable, he is not stupid after many years of fighting and fighting, and Liu Zongmin is very likely to have henchmen in the army, once he Niu Wancai does not act according to Liu Zongmin's orders, someone will definitely stand up to stop him.

On a midsummer night, with a cool breeze, Niu Wancai, who was the commander of the former army, began to patrol the camp, which did not require him to come forward, but Niu Wancai insisted on doing so.

In fact, during the inspection, Niu Wancai's heart was always thinking about whether to launch an attack after dawn to test the reality of Tongguan, or to send people to observe the situation in Tongguan according to Liu Zongmin's order, and decide whether to attack according to the situation.

The camp was very quiet, except for the sergeants who patrolled around the barracks, the rest of the people rested, and the sergeants were still a little tired after a day's march.

Looking at the quiet camp, Niu Wancai made up his mind, and sent five hundred people to attack Tongguan after dawn to see how the defense of Tongguan was.

Zheng Jinhong was even more nervous.

The scouts sent a steady stream of information, and the 10,000 former troops of the Liukou were encamped five miles away from Tongguan, where the terrain was very flat, and there was no possibility of a sneak attack.

The topography of Tongguan is indeed peculiar, almost all of them are big mountains near Shaanxi, and the mountains are high and dense, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and close to the direction of Henan, most of them are plains, almost all of them are flat rivers.

The place where the rogues are stationed has a wide field of vision, which is conducive to the vigilance of the rogues, but there is one thing that is more advantageous, that is, they can quickly evacuate if there is a disturbance.

Of course, the Zheng family army adopts the tactics of strong attack, and can also completely defeat the front army of the Liukou, but among the front army of the Liukou, there are 3,000 cavalry, accounting for almost one-third, once the Zheng family army launches a strong attack, then the cavalry as the main force of the Liukou can be quickly evacuated in a short time, and it is basically impossible for the Zheng family army to encircle and annihilate the cavalry of the Liukou.

So the tactics of a strong attack will not work.

It is not possible to outwit the same, if you want to completely annihilate the 10,000 former army of the Liukou, it is impossible to send one or two thousand people to complete the task, and even if it is one or two thousand people, when they lurk in the camp of the Liukou, it is very likely to be discovered.

It is indeed a bit of a nest to fight such a battle.

The soldiers of the Zheng family army in the forbidden pit were always waiting for the order to leave, and after carefully surveying the map, Zheng Jinhong issued an order to postpone the departure. Whether the Liukou in the forbidden pit knows whether they are ready to send soldiers to attack from here, and whether the soldiers of the Zheng family army set off quietly from the forbidden pit will alarm the Liukou, all these circumstances are unknown.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zheng Jinhong's face showed a smile, he thought of a situation, and he was more sure that such a situation would appear, since this was the case, then simply gamble.

In the middle of the night, the soldiers of the Zheng family army stationed in Tongguan received a strange order, before getting the order, all the soldiers were not allowed to use Mauser guns, mainly attacking with bows and arrows.

It's a hard order to figure out, but it has to be followed.

When the sky was slightly bright, Zheng Jinhong arrived at the forefront of Tongguan, which was the place where the Liukou might attack, looking down from the heights, a narrow road in the middle of the valley, twisting and turning, and the narrowest place could pass by a war horse at most with the naked eye.

The first level in the world is worthy of its name.

There are too many people to attack in such a place, and there are too few people to attack without any power, and I don't know how the rogue will attack next.

Of course, the officers and men of the Zheng family army are not easy to carry out orders, how can they not give major casualties to the rogue. (To be continued.) )