The heavy snow has made Zhang Xianzhong's heart a little more stable, he has sent scouts to investigate, not only to investigate the Zheng family army in the direction of Wushan, but also to investigate the relevant situation of Shunqing Mansion, after all, the rebel army is about to enter Shunqing Mansion, but unfortunately the weather changes suddenly, under such a bad climate, it is unrealistic to lead the rebel army to set off, and after the heavy snow, if the climate is still cold, the road is likely to be frozen, which will make the march of the army extremely difficult.

Neither Zhang Xianzhong nor Liu Wenxiu thought that they had neglected the most critical point, that is, the supervision of scouts.

In fact, it is no wonder that Zhang Xianzhong has already made preparations, and the 100,000 righteous army is also preparing to set off from Kuizhou Mansion and go to Shunqing Mansion, while Liu Wenxiu will focus on the defense of Kuizhou Prefecture, and the number of troops arranged outside Kuizhou Mansion has also changed significantly.

In the direction of Wushan in the east, 10,000 soldiers of the righteous army were placed, their duties were very heavy, mainly to monitor every move of the Zheng army, if the traces of the Zheng family army were found, they would quickly report while resisting, and at the same time evacuate in the direction of Fucheng, and no sergeants were arranged to garrison in the west, after all, the 100,000 righteous army led by Zhang Xianzhong went to Shunqing Mansion from the west, and there was no need to arrange defense, and by the Yangtze River in the north, 10,000 righteous soldiers were arranged to garrison the wharf, and the wharf needed to be protected, if the attack of the Zheng army was too brave, At the critical moment, the pier was the main direction of the withdrawal of the rebels.

There were 30,000 rebels stationed in the capital of Kuizhou, and Liu Wenxiu's idea was that in case the Zheng army launched an attack on the capital of Kuizhou, he would lead 30,000 rebels to resist desperately, so that the Zheng army would retreat in the face of difficulties, and the rebels would withdraw to the dock as a last resort.

Because of a sudden heavy snowfall. Zhang Xianzhong did not set off immediately, the 100,000 troops led by him, 30,000 people were stationed at the wharf, waiting for the wind and snow to get on the boat and go in the direction of Shunqing Mansion, and 70,000 people were stationed in the west to the direction of Shunqing Mansion, waiting for Zhang Xianzhong to give an order and then set off.

Such a formation. There were only 10,000 rebel soldiers stationed on both sides of the official road in the east, 40,000 at the wharf, 30,000 in the city, and 70,000 in the direction of Shunqing in the west.

Of course, such a formation is conducive to the withdrawal of the rebels at any time.

It is precisely because of this arrangement that the scout's main attention is focused on the direction of Shunqing Mansion, as for the direction of Wushan. The scouts did not invest in key forces, the snow began to fall, the climate became harsh, and there were no scouts out to reconnoiter in the direction of Wushan.

The consequences of this fatal mistake were simply unbearable for Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Wenxiu.

On the ninth day of November in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Mao time.

When the general Wang Xiaoer personally came to report on the situation of the Liukou that had been detected, the 20,000 troops of the Zheng family army were only twenty miles away from the capital city of Kuizhou, and only fifteen miles away from the scouts stationed on both sides of the official road.

"Great. The number of rogues stationed on both sides of the official road should be around 10,000. Because of the heavy snowfall, almost all of the rogues were in makeshift tents, and there were only a small number of scouts patrolling, and no scouts sent by the rogues were found along the way. If the soldiers attack, they will basically not be able to hide the rogue ......"

Zheng Xunrui listened to the situation and made a mark on the map, and the map drawn by the scout was very clear, indicating the location occupied by the rogue. After Wang Xiaoer finished speaking, he spoke to the people around him.

"This snowstorm has won us the best opportunity, this place is still five miles away from the Liukou stationed on the official road, it is now the time of Mao, order the army to attack at two o'clock in the hour, the speed of the attack must be fast, I think it should be more than enough to end the battle in an hour......

Everyone didn't speak, after all, they were facing tens of thousands of rogues, and it was a little too confident to end the battle in an hour, but Zheng Xunrui made an arrangement, and others would not raise any objections.

"I know you have some doubts, after all, it is tens of thousands of rogues, and an hour is not too fast, but you must remember that I gave a battle order, that is, what must be done, and after an hour, the soldiers will not be able to rest, and will immediately rush to the capital city of Kuizhou to launch a larger-scale attack."

"Since the rogues on both sides of the official road have nothing to prepare, then the rogues stationed in the capital city of Kuizhou will not have any vigilance, as long as we can seize the opportunity to catch them off guard, in the case of being unable to resist, Zhang Xianzhong and his rogues can only concentrate in the capital city of Kuizhou, and at that time, our combat deployment can be truly implemented."

Zheng Xunrui's strong self-confidence infected Liu Zeqing, Hong Xinyu and others, and everyone's expressions became excited.

"Liu Zeqing, you are the commander-in-chief of the operation, and you are eager to achieve a complete victory in the battle, this is the instinctive idea of every officer commanding the operation, but I want to remind you that you must not be hot-headed, you must remember that we are facing 150,000 rogues, and the disparity in strength is too great, so when fighting, we must grasp the situation and achieve the greatest victory with the smallest casualties."

"The artillery battalion and the Shenji battalion led by Zheng Jinhong, the fastest speed also needs to arrive at noon, so from the beginning of the attack to noon, we can't get the support of the artillery battalion, we can't control the dock, we can't attack the Kuizhou capital city, our purpose is to beat Zhang Xianzhong a measure is not enough, forcing Zhang Xianzhong to lead the rogue into the Kuizhou capital city, if Zhang Xianzhong counterattacks, we must beat him back mercilessly."

"The Liukou are stationed on both sides of the official road, occupying the slopes on both sides, and occupying high positions, they think that this will be foolproof, but unfortunately they don't know Zheng Jiajun's Mauser gun, this time let them taste the power of firearms."

"Judging from the scout's reconnaissance, there are less than 2,000 rogues on the front of the official road, but you should pay attention to the fact that these 2,000 people are the biggest problem, and my suggestion is that 4,000 cavalry will never allow them to escape against the 2,000 rogues on the front, as for the rogues stationed on the hillsides on both sides, as long as we surround the hillside, they will not be able to escape."

"The battle must be fast, it is best to end the battle before Zhang Xianzhong understands it, as I said earlier, after the elimination of this group of rogues, the soldiers cannot rest, and they must continue to attack without stopping."

"In the process of combat, we also need to pay attention to one point, that is, to prevent large-scale counterattacks by rogues at all times."

The large-scale fight is about to begin, every time at this time, it is the most silent time for the Zheng family soldiers, after many years of fighting, the Zheng family soldiers are used to silence, they rarely shout what slogans with enthusiasm, unless it is time to charge and fight, it will show an indomitable momentum, so that the opponent is frightened.

Liu Zeqing and his generals, guerrilla generals, etc., began to implement Zheng Xunrui's arrangements and deployments in detail, and the battle requirements were very clear, that is, to completely annihilate these more than 10,000 rogues, and try not to let them leak the news, which seems to be a bit fantastical, after all, the place of the battle is only five miles away from the capital city of Kuizhou, and the war horse can be reached within a few minutes.

At this time, Liu Zeqing and others finally understood the meaning of the wind and snow.

Because of this snowstorm, the vigilance of the rogues has been the lowest, and there are no scouts sent along the road, and most of the sergeants are also staying in the camp tents, and only a small number of sergeants are patrolling outside.

Zheng Jiajun took advantage of the wind and snow to launch an attack, and it was impossible to organize a decent resistance when the Liukou was caught off guard, and their first choice was probably to flee quickly, Zheng Xunrui arranged for the cavalry battalion to attack and garrison the front of the official road, that is, to prevent anyone from going to report to the capital city of Kuizhou.

There are still large snowflakes floating in the sky, which looks bigger than yesterday's snow, dense snowflakes, so that the distance that can be seen by the naked eye is limited, and the sky and earth are gray, such climatic conditions make Liu Zeqing and others almost need to consider the camouflage of Zheng Jiajun's soldiers.

The attacking soldiers were all dressed in white cloaks and hats covered with white cloth, and even the horses were wrapped in white flannel.

Some people have also put forward opinions for such a dress, after all, what white represents, everyone is clear, but this opinion was reprimanded mercilessly by Zheng Xunrui, and a large-scale fight is about to start, who cares what color clothes they are wearing, what color hat they wear, as long as they can disguise themselves, so that the rogues can't be found for a while, then they can minimize casualties.

The team of people and horses silently walked forward, no one spoke, the horses' hooves were wrapped in thick strips of cloth, there was no sound of stepping on the snow, all around was the sound of rustling on the snow, the snow in the middle of the official road has been stepped on invisible, leaving behind the black mud, after the team walked by, the falling snow quickly covered the mud, and in no more than a quarter of an hour, the official road became white again.

Zheng Xunrui was at the end of the brigade, it was impossible for him to participate in the attack, Hong Xinyu led the soldiers of the pro-military battalion, firmly guarded his side, vigilantly paid attention to everything around him, and more scouts under the leadership of Wang Xiaoer, reconnoitring everything around, even not letting go of a single grass and tree.

Li Yan followed Liu Zeqing's side and participated in this battle.

Zheng Xunrui became unusually calm, but he could see the flames in his eyes, no one knew Zheng Xunrui's expectations for this battle, let alone such a large-scale battle, which would have a significant impact on the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued.) )