The next day, when the army entered the predetermined area of operations, the enemy's situation had been discovered.

The leader of the anti-thief Qingyan Biao is the leader of Wang Jiayin, and the other is the mountain harrier, whose real name is Gao Jie, is the leader of Gao Yingxiang, who actually belongs to Li Zicheng's subordinates. Obviously, these guys are completely the vanguard of the big thief, and they have come to explore the way.

Poor Ming court, obviously only the vanguard of the thief army, but did not dare to send people to investigate, if you look carefully, you will find that these thieves are no more than 5,000 people, and most of them are rabble.

But these 5,000 people are still the number they have just entered Shanxi. In fact, after more than half a month of coercion and looting, their number has exceeded 50,000, of which more than 10,000 are elites, and the rest are old, weak, women and children. But looking at the vastness, it is terrifying to see.

"There are more than 45,000 of them, most of whom are farmers who have just laid down their hoes. The reason why they were able to form combat effectiveness was mainly because five of the elite were commanding them. In other words, in front of the five thousand elites who are killed, then the rest can only be captured. At the very least, it would be easy to get them to surrender. "Zhang Hongwu is a martial idiot, but it doesn't mean that he is a reckless man. In terms of military knowledge, he is also constantly accumulating.

"But my lord, how are we going to break through the encirclement of these 45,000 men and defeat the remaining 5,000? You know, there are only 3,000 of us! The subordinate asked a little worriedly.

"During this time, everyone eats and drinks well, and I don't think there is any night blindness, right?" Zhang Hongwu swept the people in the first place.

In these years, because of the single food intake, most of the low-level soldiers had night blindness, not to mention that it was completely dark, but it was almost impossible to see when it was dark. It is said that the sunset rests, but in fact, it is also a last resort. Otherwise, with the hard work of the common people, there will be a period of hard work before ten o'clock.

In the case of night blindness, Zhang Hongbin specially explained to Zhang Hongwu that this is the Zhang family's 'family learning', and naturally it will not be passed on.

It is precisely because he knows what night blindness is all about, and because the Zhang Chamber of Commerce has opened up the supply, Zhang Hongwu's group of soldiers have been supplemented with vitamins very sufficiently.

"General Hongfu, it's rare for me to be able to see the road at night." The officers below thanked one after another.

Seriously, it was torture to not be able to see the road after dark, but before they became soldiers, they didn't know how long such days had passed.

"How many fire and thunder bombs have been prepared? Grenadiers are skilled at throwing, right? Zhang Hongwu asked again.

"Ten boxes were prepared, almost two for each person, and five for the grenadiers. Enough to sustain a major campaign! The subordinate replied.

"Let the sons and daughters have a good rest, tonight night attack!" Zhang Hongwu finally said his strategy.

"Yes!" If it was before, there might still be some problems, but now the night attack is the night attack, and no one is afraid of anyone.

Everyone is eating, and the meal today is more abundant than before, because there is going to be a war. Those who can survive are given a strong meal for them, if they can't survive, it is the so-called send-off meal, no matter how open it is, just eat it.

The aroma of the meat bowl is unforgettable, and the thickness of the meat is much higher than the previous few days. Many of the soldiers ate with tears in their eyes, not only because they had never eaten such a rich meal before, but most importantly, they thought of their families, whether they were alive or dead, and they seemed to have never eaten such a meal in their lives......

"Eat well, rest well, and if you make a great contribution tonight, there will naturally be a reward for you. When the time comes, send the reward money home, and the family can eat a meal of meat! The officers shouted to their subordinates.

"Eat, kill!" Everyone replied over and over again with these four words.

At midnight, around twelve o'clock, everyone was resting. Not only the people of this Chinese land, but also the officials of the imperial court and the thieves are also resting.

Most of the anti-thieves are poor people, and they all have night blindness. Even if there are special people who take turns to patrol the camp, there are a lot of torches and fires around the barracks, otherwise you really can't see the road. Rao was like this, and they could not see it twenty meters away from the tent.

Most of them are people who have just been coerced, and they are not used to being on duty like this. Many even snored at fixed duty locations, next to simple guardrails. The little boss who was then inspected here kicked his ass and had to stand up.

The Mountain Harrier and the Blue-eyed Biao were in their respective tents at the moment, and they could hear bursts of shouts, cries for help and cries of pain outside. These are the more than ten young women they snatched out of a landlord's old fortune fort today. The prettiest four were divided between the two of them, and the rest went to the little bosses below.

At the moment, they are enjoying today's spoils. Watching the family of the once high-ranking landlord Lao Cai now beg for mercy under his crotch is an incomparable experience for them who were once at the bottom of society. In layman's terms, this is a typical social consciousness of revenge.

Unbeknownst to them, fifty meters away, an army began to move towards their tents.

Outside the tent, there is at least 30 meters away, and inside it is said to be a tent, but it is better to say that the people who are being coerced are staggering. Most of them are night blind, and today they have contributed the most and died the most, and most of them are exhausted at the moment, and they are lying there like dead people.

There are also people on duty among them, but it is obvious that all of these people on duty have been 'killed' at this moment. The Mountain Harrier and the Blue-Eyed Biao don't mind this, what they need to protect the safety of their inner camp, this is where all the young and strong are located, as for the old and weak women and children in the outer camp, it is just a bait used to delay the enemy army.

Fifty meters of advance, there is almost no hindrance, this is also Zhang Hongwu's army is well-trained, and at the same time they do not have any people on horseback.

Zhang Hongwu led the most elite troops and walked in the forefront. Because of his leadership, the soldiers dared to follow. This is actually quite normal, all the soldiers like the kind of general who 'rushes with me', and at the same time spits on the kind of general who 'rushes at me'.

The last twenty meters, this is the most important thing, if you succeed, it is heaven, if you fail, then you will be entangled by the people from the outside camp, and finally lead to the failure of this night attack. Even if you win in the end, it will be a bad victory.

"Rush!" Zhang Hongwu took a deep breath, roared and quickly rushed out.

At this moment, it was a test for the soldiers behind, and fortunately, everyone rushed out with him as soon as possible. It will be the courage of the soldiers, and the main will rush to the front, and the soldiers have no reason to be cowardly. They are not stupid, they know that in today's situation, if they want to live and live worthwhile, they must follow the main general!

All the thieves suddenly exploded and woke up in their sleep, but they were accompanied by more than fifty fire and thunder bullets that passed each other. This is a primary grenade projectile produced by the system, but the lethality is still there, and the power is much greater than that of the imperial court.

Then there was a burst of thunder, and a gap was blown out.

The commander of the army drove straight in, and Zhang Hongwu stabbed left and right with the spear in his hand, assassinating all the thieves who dared to stop in front of him. The soldiers behind sighed at Zhang Hongwu's martial arts, and his fighting spirit was also completely stimulated, and he also advanced in formation behind him, assassinating all the thieves who dared to approach.

The second round of fire and thunder bullets were thrown, and the thieves were frightened. The commander of the army drove straight into the camp of the mountain harrier and the blue-eyed biao.

At this moment, the two of them were still doing this good thing, and suddenly the tent was opened, and they were suddenly frightened and wilted. I don't know if there will be a psychological shadow on this, so I won't raise it again.

Before Qingyan Biao could react, he was stabbed to death by Zhang Hongwu. His pants, which had not yet been lifted, became his Hades post.

The mountain harrier saw that the opportunity was wrong, and saw that the enemy was about to kill, but he immediately knelt down and begged to surrender, and the garrison below couldn't hold it, seeing that Zhang Hongbin hadn't come over yet, he could only take it away with a knife on his neck first.

The entire camp has now completely exploded, seeing that the handsome banner has been burned, the location of the two main generals has been burned, the inner camp has been completely disrupted and scattered, and the old and weak women and children in the outer camp are running away with their lives. But where can they flee in the darkness of the night? I don't know how many people have been trampled to death because of this.

"Surrender or kill! Your chance to watch xiàn has arrived, give me a shout! Zhang Hongwu saw the surrendered mountain harrier and immediately said to him.

"The little one will go to the ...... immediately" Gao Jiebiao, the harrier who turned over the mountain, showed an unsatisfactory cooperation, and began to surrender as soon as possible.

Seeing that the lord was going to surrender, and it was the king of the court who killed him, these already timid thieves naturally knelt down one after another.

In this battle, Zhang Hongwu defeated more than 50,000 thieves with 3,000 men and captured more than 30,000. The leader of the thieves, Qingyan Biao, was killed, and Gao Jie, the harrier who climbed the mountain, surrendered. 5,000 young and strong people were recruited, and 1,000 people died in their own right. Once again, I have to sigh that even if the 5,000 people were once a rabble, but more than a year of actual combat, how much they have some combat effectiveness, the most fortunate thing is that there are no deserters from the border army among them to come to take refuge, and at the same time, they have not surrendered a group of officers from the imperial court, otherwise they are afraid that they will be more combative.

In any case, Zhang Hongwu has foreseen that it is impossible for him to become famous.