The scouts sent by Zhang Xianzhong actually broke through the encirclement of the Zheng family's army, which was beyond his expectations.

The scouts were sent out in the middle of the night, and they were also in the mindset of trying it out, but they didn't expect it to succeed.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong began to hesitate, and began to hesitate about the decision to send 10,000 soldiers to attack the Zheng family army in the early morning of the next day, and the scouts rushed out, which meant that the 70,000 troops in the west were about to rush to the aid of Kuizhou Fucheng, since the army would rush to the aid immediately, then the early morning attack would be meaningless, and even Liu Wenxiu was not easy to object, and he couldn't say anything to attack.

However, Liu Wenxiu felt strange that the scouts could rush out, of course, this should not be fake, the scouts who rushed out set off red fireworks, this is a temporary agreed signal, if the scouts are all killed, the fireworks are impossible to set off, and Liu Wenxiu saw the fight with his own eyes, fifteen scouts rushed out from the west gate, only a small number of Zheng Jiajun soldiers were on guard, after the gunshots rang out, many scouts fell, but there were still two people desperately rushed out, and after a quarter of an hour, the fireworks were set off. If the scout was captured by the Zheng family's army, then the fireworks would not have been set off so quickly.

Liu Wenxiu was able to make an analysis, and Zhang Xianzhong was also able to make an analysis, thinking that the scout had indeed rushed out.

The 70,000 righteous army in the west is the main force under Zhang Xianzhong, he decided to take the 70,000 army to enter Shunqing Mansion by land, and kill all the way to Chengdu Mansion.

Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Wenxiu have already made a preliminary judgment that the number of Zheng Jiajun is not large, mainly relying on the strength of firearms.

However, firearms have a fatal flaw, that is, they cannot shoot for a long time, and once the chamber or barrel of the gun is red, it cannot play any role. The offensive position of the 70,000 army is amazing, and the Zheng army is unlikely to be able to stop it with firearms alone, once the attack of the western army breaks through, the rebels in the city will quickly rush out, and they will be attacked from both sides. will definitely be able to defeat Zheng Jiajun.

Zhang Xianzhong's inner extravagant hope has not been extinguished, he longs to be able to defeat the Zheng family's army, after so many years, the biggest enemy he faced, or the biggest enemy faced by the righteous army, is not the imperial court, but the Zheng family's army, if he can defeat the Zheng family's army this time. Then the rebels really have a way out.

It was with this idea that after the scouts broke through the encirclement of the Zheng family's army, after careful consideration, Zhang Xianzhong finally made a decision, canceled the attack early the next morning, and waited for the reinforcement of the army from the west.

"Lord Li, if Zhang Xianzhong in the city and the rogue in the west attack at the same time, the number of this rogue will reach 100,000. I've always found it hard to cope. ”

"Deputy General Liu, you're too worried. Yesterday, when Zheng Zongbing talked about the battle at the dock, I already had a premonition that the rogue in the west would collapse quickly under the attack of artillery, and as for Zhang Xianzhong, who was in the city of Kuizhou, I am afraid that he would not have a chance to get out of the city. Didn't the marshal say it, Zhang Xianzhong just wanted to attack back and forth, so that the rogues in the west could make a breakthrough, in that case, Zhang Xianzhong would take the rogues in the city to attack. It's a pity that Zhang Xianzhong didn't have a chance. ”

"That's what I said, I finally understood the blitzkrieg that the marshal said, that is, every battle is to concentrate the most powerful forces to attack the opponent, and strive to end the battle in the shortest possible time."

"Yes, Zheng Jiajun may have to adhere to the combat method of blitzkrieg in the future."

Liu Zeqing and Li Yan were talking, holding monoculars in their hands, looking at the official road in the west, and the sky was already slightly bright.

The climate is particularly cold, as the saying goes, the snow is not cold and the snow is cold, in the middle of the night, the official road is frozen all around, and the temperature has long dropped below zero, if you are not wearing thick clothes, you can't bear it at all.

Zheng Jinhong was already in charge of commanding the all-out battle, and Su Manzi was in charge of commanding the artillery battalion in operation.

He did not stay in the Chinese military tent, but in the front of the position back and forth patrol, especially the position of the artillery battalion, this battle, Zheng Jinhong is also desperate, all the artillery is aimed at the official road in the west, not aimed at the city of Kuizhou at all, according to the arrangement of the marshal, Zheng Jiajun temporarily ignored the rogues in the city of Kuizhou, this battle is mainly to defeat the rogues in the west.

As for the rogues who escaped from the city of Kuizhou, they were specially released by the Zheng family's army, and the purpose was to ask the rogues from the west to come to help, otherwise it would be really difficult for the Zheng family army to attack the city of Kuizhou with all their might.

This is a typical siege tactic, but this time the Zheng family army is full of confidence.

When Zheng Jinhong's monoculars had not yet been put down, Wang Xiaoer galloped to report.

"Lord Commander, the Liukou in the west is only five miles away from the capital city of Kuizhou......

The red flag waved.

Su Manzi put down the monoculars and spoke to the guerrilla general beside him.

"Order all the officers and men of the artillery battalion to get ready."

In just two minutes, more than a dozen scouts arrived at the position of the artillery battalion, bringing with them a large number of hand-drawn sketches, detailing the queue of scouts to the west and the distance between them.

This is what the artillery battalion needs, and a large number of sketches were immediately distributed.

The herald beside Su Manzi raised the red flag.

A yellow flag not far from the opposite side was raised.

Su Manzi squeezed his palm fiercely.

"Order all artillery to fire at the target......"

The deafening sound of cannons alarmed the city of Kuizhou, and in the rumbling cannons, Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Wenxiu and others walked up to the city wall with pale faces, picked up the monocular in their hands, and more soldiers of the righteous army trembled slightly by the huge sound of cannons.

Zhang Xianzhong's face was pale, Liu Wenxiu's body was already trembling slightly, at this time, he finally understood, why the scouts were able to rush out in the middle of the night, it turned out that this was a special arrangement made by the Zheng family's army, their purpose was to exterminate the army in the west, what kind of army is this, no more than 30,000 people, when facing an army of 100,000, he actually has such confidence and dares to swallow them all, could it be that Zheng Xunrui is personally commanding this battle.

Liu Wenxiu didn't dare to think about it anymore, he saw Zhang Xianzhong's face turn pale.

"Father-in-law, did you send a sergeant to rush out......

Liu Wenxiu said three times in a row, Zhang Xianzhong did not react in the slightest, and after being stunned for a while, Liu Wenxiu hurriedly leaned into Zhang Xianzhong's ear and spoke again to express his meaning.

Zhang Xianzhong shook his head slightly, and didn't even look back at Liu Wenxiu.

The army rushing to the aid was surrounded by an overwhelming barrage of shells, they never dreamed that there would be such sharp artillery, and every time the shell fell, a large number of people around them fell, and the severed limbs and stumps flew into the air, and the wailing was drowned out by the sound of artillery.

Some sergeants began to scatter and dodge, but unfortunately the shells were too dense, and the 70,000 troops were concentrated towards the city of Kuizhou, the sergeants in front retreated, and the sergeants in the back did not have time to dodge, and the front and back collided together, resulting in more dense personnel.

Every time a shell fell, more than a dozen people lost their lives, and many more were overturned by the air wave, some of them choked at the time, and some were in pain on the ground.

The officer in command noticed that the situation was not right, and was about to open his mouth to issue an order, when several shells whistled and exploded around him, and the officer disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The ranks of the rebels were in chaos in an instant, they had never seen such a terrifying scene, and they had never seen a cannonball that could bloom, the shock wave of the cannonball explosion, and countless pieces of iron, as if it were Hades.

No matter how the officers shouted, a large number of rogues had already turned around and started to flee for their lives, no longer caring about rushing to the aid of Kuizhou Capital City.

A large number of officers saw this situation and began to flee, and a small number of officers, with the sergeants around them, continued to advance, but unfortunately they were greeted by merciless shells, and their bodies were swallowed by the shells, and they could no longer be seen.

As soon as the mass rout began, the sound of dense horses' hooves sounded.

The cavalry of the Zheng family army and the soldiers of the Shenji battalion began to charge.

The one-sided slaughter unfolded again.

The sound of the cannons stopped, and the gunfire began to appear, and the dense gunfire was like firecrackers that exploded continuously.

As the gunfire appeared, more rogues fell, and there was no rogue's return, all they had to do was to flee desperately, and the farther away they were, the better, avoiding the artillery and firearms.

It's a pity that they can't outrun the pursuit of the Zheng family's cavalry, let alone the war horses ridden by the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion.

There were 4,000 cavalry and 6,000 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who participated in the battle, and their accurate shooting caused countless fleeing rogues to fall silently, and there was no more movement.

Some of the rogues who thought they were smart ran towards the slopes on both sides of the official road, but unfortunately these rogues who thought they were smart became standard targets and fell down one by one.

Some of the rogues, who were unable to continue to flee, threw away their weapons, knelt on the ground, and surrendered with their hands raised......

Wang Xiaoer kept reporting the battle situation back and forth.

More than an hour has passed, there is not the slightest movement in the city of Kuizhou, there are already countless corpses of rogues on the official road in the west, and more rogues have chosen to surrender on their knees, and they have lost the courage to resist and escape.

Only a handful of rogues were able to escape.

Zheng Xunrui's face finally showed a smile, this is the first time he has shown such a comfortable smile since starting from Nanjing.

Wang Xiaoer was very happy after seeing Zheng Xunrui's smile, he knew very well that the battle of the Zheng family army in Sichuan was coming to an end soon, and the next thing was to attack Kuizhou City, under the attack of the artillery battalion, Kuizhou City could not hold on to it at all, and Zhang Xianzhong's end had finally arrived.

The gunfire ahead was much more sparse, indicating that the battle had come to an end.

Not long after, Zheng Jinhong came, and the battle that began at Chenshi ended before noon, knowing that the other side was 70,000 people, such a victory was unbelievable. (To be continued.) )