The large-scale operation of the rebel army cannot be kept secret, and Liu Zongmin also knew that the Zheng Jiajun would definitely send scouts to investigate, but he didn't particularly care, the battle plan and deployment had been decided, and he led the 100,000 army to quickly move towards the direction of Tongguan.

The 100,000 army is divided into three parts: the front army, the middle army and the rear army, the front army of 10,000 people, to undertake the combat mission of attacking Tongguan, the Chinese army of 50,000 people, stationed in Shaanzhou, and the rear army of 40,000 people, stationed in Ruicheng.

Such an arrangement and deployment, there should be an incredible place, the Zheng family army is the most formidable opponent of the righteous army, so many years have passed, in the face of the Zheng family army, the righteous army has never won a battle, each time it ended in a fiasco, in this case, sending 10,000 righteous troops to attack Tongguan, wouldn't it be to send these righteous soldiers to death.

In the final analysis, Liu Zongmin and Gu Junen did not really think about the determination and confidence to attack Tongguan, they just had to fight according to Li Zicheng's orders and requirements, and it would be good to be able to minimize losses.

Before leaving, Liu Zongmin and Gu Junen also secretly discussed together, both of them thought that they really wanted to launch a large-scale attack on Shaanxi, and to ensure the victory of the battle, at least 300,000 righteous troops were sent to launch a large-scale attack on Shaanxi from the two directions of Tongguan and Wubao, so that as long as there was an offensive breakthrough in one direction, the Zheng army stationed in Shaanxi would be able to take care of one or the other, but such an operational deployment would never work.

The imperial army led by Yang Sichang is still stationed near Zhending Mansion, once the righteous army exerts all its strength to attack Shaanxi, then Yang Sichang can lead the imperial army to take advantage of the weakness to regain large areas of Shanxi and Henan, and even take Kaifeng and Taiyuan Fucheng, at that time, the righteous army will lose all its territory. Mobile warfare has resumed.

This is a loss and consequences that the rebels simply cannot bear.

Therefore, Liu Zongmin led 100,000 righteous troops this time, not to go to Tongguan to really fight at all, but to put on a show.

The actions of the rogue, the Zheng family's army and the rogue, did detect it.

The information was gathered here by Zheng Jinhong.

The information obtained this time made Zheng Jinhong puzzled, and he even thought that the scouts had detected the information. Is there a major mistake?

Since the Liukou occupied Shanxi and Henan and other places, the situation of mobile warfare in the past has been changed, basically fixed in Shanxi and Henan and other places, from a certain level, the Liukou have also begun to grasp the political power, control the government at all levels, and be able to collect taxes, which is a good thing for Li Zicheng, but it is a pity. The rogues are not particularly accustomed to this sudden change, there are too few visionaries among them, and once they really grasp the power and see the money, the first thing they do is enjoy it.

This allows the scouts sent by Hong Xintao to detect a lot of information, and sometimes they don't even need to take any special methods, just using money to achieve their goals.

This time the scouts have detected information. It was obtained by opening up the internal relationships of the Liukou.

Li Zicheng attached great importance to the righteous army's conquest of Shaanxi, but unfortunately Gu Junen, Liu Zongmin and others who carried out the specific implementation did not particularly care. There weren't many special arrangements, and I didn't even care too much about secrecy.

In this way, the scouts were able to obtain more comprehensive information, and in the information provided by the scouts, it was clear who would be the commander of the battle, the direction of the attack, and the number of troops dispatched.

The coach is Liu Zongmin. The direction of the main attack was Tongguan, and the number of troops dispatched was 100,000.

From this point of analysis, Zheng Jinhong believes that Li Zicheng attaches great importance to the battle of attacking Shaanxi, after all, Liu Zongmin is the first general under Li Zicheng, and there are many difficult battles. They were all commanded by Liu Zongmin, this time with Liu Zongmin as the commander-in-chief, and sent an army of 100,000, it seems that Li Zicheng is thinking of really attacking Shaanxi.

Zheng Jinhong also believed that the Liukou was likely to attack from the direction of Wubao Town, but Zheng Xunrui concluded that the Liukou would attack from Tongguan, so in the distribution of Zheng's army, the direction of Tongguan was 30,000 people, and Yan'an Mansion was only 10,000.

Zheng Xunrui's foresight and wisdom needless to say, but Liu Zongmin's arrangement is too strange.

Liu Zongmin divided the 100,000 Liukou into three parts: the front army, the middle army and the rear army, the front army of 10,000 was responsible for attacking Tongguan, the Chinese army of 50,000 was stationed in Shaanzhou, and the rear army of 40,000 was stationed in Ruicheng.

Tongguan is known as the first pass in the world, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Liu Zongmin is so big, send 10,000 people to dare to attack, you must know that to deal with this 10,000 Liukou, Zheng Jiajun will never need 30,000 people, and Tongguan terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack at the same time, which means that Zheng Jiajun is not easy to charge and fight.

In Zheng Jinhong's view, the correct way to attack Tongguan should be divided into two ways, one from the front of Tongguan, the other is from the west of Tongguan a place called the forbidden pit to attack, the forbidden pit is another small road into Shaanxi, the forbidden pit is actually a passage in the middle of the valley, there is no special road, because of its special geographical location, it is impossible to build fortifications, and its passage is particularly dangerous, the middle of the valley is perennial shrubs and vines, There are often cliffs and deep valleys on both sides, and few people walk from here.

There are not many people who know the path of the forbidden pit, even if it is a local in Tongguan, they know very little, only some people who risk their lives to do business, or old local hunters, only occasionally go from here, after the Zheng family army took control of Shaanxi, let go of commerce, and no one will pass through the forbidden pit, and the sergeants stationed in other places, even if they have been stationed for many years, without the reminder of others, it is impossible to know the road of the forbidden pit.

Of course, Zheng Jinhong knows this path, and he believes that Li Zicheng also knows it.

Li Ziwei is a native of Shaanxi, and when he rebelled in the past, he also passed through Tongguan several times, so it is impossible not to know the road of the forbidden pit.

After Zheng Jinhong came to Tongguan, he immediately ordered 3,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army to garrison the forbidden pit.

Although there are 3,000 people stationed in the forbidden pit, Zheng Jinhong is not particularly relieved, the terrain of this place is too special, it is the height of summer, the valley is full of weeds and shrubs, covering everything around, it is impossible to find the sergeants lurking in it with the naked eye, and sometimes the opponent passes under the nose, and he may not be able to detect it.

But Liu Zongmin's arrangement made Zheng Jinhong suspicious, and the total number of his former army in charge of the attack was only 10,000, and he would not necessarily use the forbidden pit, and it may even be said that Liu Zongmin did not know the road of the forbidden pit.

Tongguan is about 80 miles away from Ruicheng, 220 miles away from Shaanzhou, 50,000 Chinese troops of Liukou are stationed in Shaanzhou Prefecture, and 40,000 people are stationed in Ruicheng, that is to say, the 10,000 Liukou who attacked Tongguan, and the nearest support are gathered in 80 miles.

What kind of trick Liu Zongmin played, Zheng Jinhong didn't figure it out, and he ordered the scout to continue to investigate.

At this time, the 100,000 rogues led by Liu Zongmin had already marched in the direction of Tongguan.

Zheng Jinhong, who was confused, waited for the scout's information, this was the first time he felt helpless, if the young master was by his side at this time, he didn't need to think about these questions at all.

Two days later, the scouts sent in the same information as the first one.

Zheng Jinhong couldn't help but lose his temper.

After thinking about it again for two whole days, Zheng Jinhong didn't expect why Liu Zongmin was so arranged.

The war is imminent, and if the deployment of the rogues cannot be accurately predicted, the Zheng Jiajun will not be able to achieve a targeted operation, which is very unfavorable to the upcoming battle, and Zheng Jinhong knows how powerful it is.

It is no longer necessary to continue to scout to investigate, Liu Zongmin is leading 100,000 rogues, not a few thousand, and it is impossible to completely hide his whereabouts, it will not take long for everything to be clear.

In just a few days, Zheng Jinhong actually had white hair.

It was at this time that Wen Kun rushed to Tongguan.

Wen Kun's arrival surprised Zheng Jinhong, but Wen Kun's arrival at this moment is a relief for Zheng Jinhong, and seeing how Wen Kun analyzes can also help Zheng Jinhong make a decision.

Wen Kun rushed to Tongguan, it was indeed for the matter of arranging the troops of the Liukou, and he also knew about Zheng Jinhong's reprimand of the scouts, you must know that Zheng Jinhong's temper is very good, and he will not reprimand the sergeant easily, to this extent, it can only be said that Zheng Jinhong has not yet guessed the purpose of the Liukou's battle.

After Wen Kun arrived in Tongguan, he and Zheng Jinhong spent a day analyzing in the house.

In the end, Wen Kun believed that the information detected by the scouts was completely accurate, and Liu Zongmin's arrangement of troops in this way may indicate that the Liukou did not intend to storm Tongguan, and this attack was just for show, and the front army of the Liukou could only fight tentatively, and once they encountered a siege, they would immediately withdraw in the direction of Ruicheng.

Zheng Jinhong does not particularly believe in such a judgment, but from the analysis of intelligence, there is only such a possibility.

If the actual situation is like this, then the deployment of the Zheng family's army is completely different, and they can attack freely, annihilate these 10,000 rogues, and never let them evacuate to Ruicheng.

The Liukou had already marched in the direction of Tongguan, time was running out, and Zheng Jinhong had to make a final decision within a short time.

At the critical moment, Zheng Jinhong came up with a decision, the 32,000 soldiers stationed in Tongguan were divided into four routes, 2,000 people guarded Huayin, a grain and grass hoarding place, 15,000 people guarded Tongguan, 5,000 people guarded the forbidden pit, and the remaining 10,000 soldiers were ready to pass through the forbidden pit, detour behind the Liukou, and attack back and forth, completely annihilating the 10,000 former troops of the Liukou. (To be continued.) )