After the Ming army arrived at Tongguan, the soldiers were thirty miles away from Tongguan, a plain.The reason why the village is so far away from Tongguan is mainly that the closer it is to Tongguan, the narrower the plain in front of the pass, and the 200,000 troops cannot be used.In addition, the Ming army's forward was on the flank hills, and the Zhou army had already been discovered, knowing that the Zhou army had soldiers and horses hidden in the Kunshan Mountain on the south side of Tongguan, so it was impossible to pull the camp into noodles to facilitate the enemy's surprise attack, so they chose to leave the camp widely.On 1 August, the Ming army set up a large camp outside Tongguan, and dug two shallow trenches around the camp, and military tents were all over the camp.At noon on the second day, a group of soldiers and horses entered the barracks and erected Zhao Ming's royal flag, announcing the commander of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhao Ming also entered the battlefield.After Zhao Ming arrived at the camp, he did not rest, and immediately led the cavalry out of the camp to investigate the enemy's situation.Before the arrival of the Ming army, the Zhou army cleaned up the battlefield, and within twenty or thirty miles from the front of Tongguan Pass to the Ming army's camp, five villages along the river were destroyed by the Zhou army.Zhao Ming rode a horse and looked at the ruins, and the accompanying general Dang Shousu said: "Regent, the Zhou army is to prevent us from using the village as a bunker.In addition, at the foot of Kunshan Mountain, several woods that could hide soldiers and block the view were also set on fire by the Zhou army. ”Zhao Ming looked at the destroyed village and the burned bare foot of the mountain, and suddenly laughed and said, "It seems that Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang are very afraid of widows!"
”The Zhou army destroyed the villages and burned the forests, hoping that they would be able to observe the movements and distribution of the Ming army under the mountains and the plains in front of the passes, and at the same time ensure that they would not be hindered by the woods and villages when they rushed down.Zhao Ming observed the terrain in front of Tongguan, the west is Tongguan, the front of the pass is narrow, the force is not easy to deploy, the north is the rolling Yellow River, the south is a southeast mountain range and the Yellow River forms an acute angle, causing the plain in front of the pass, the closer it is to Tongguan, the narrower it is.Zhao Ming had to admit that there was a reason for saying that Tongguan was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and seeing the banners of the Zhou army and the Jin army erected on the various hills of the southern mountain range, Zhao Ming had already understood the intentions of Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang, waiting for him to drill into the plain in front of the pass."
It seems that Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang have already chosen the battlefield!"
Zhao Ming snorted coldly, and then pulled his horse back to the camp.In the next few days, the Ming army was stationed outside Tongguan and did not launch an attack except for the sentinels and cavalry.The Ming army did not move, but Jiang Xiang was in a hurry, his old nest east of the river was being attacked by the other two Ming armies, he could not wait in Tongguan for a long time, and he had to fight a decisive battle with Zhao Zamao.In order to attract the Ming army into the Guanqian Plain, Jiang Xiang could only let Jiang Youguang lead the troops, rush down the mountain to challenge, and then defeat Tongguan to lure the Ming army to pursue, but Zhao Ming was as steady as an old dog and could not be fooled.After a few times, the Jin army lost nearly a thousand, which made Jiang Xiang start to be irritable.Now the main forces of the Zhou army and the Jin army are gathered in Tongguan, and once the rest of the Ming army makes progress, then they will be undefeated.Outside Tongguan, the camp of the Zhou army, and inside the big tent of Wu Sangui.Zhao Ming did not enter the preset battlefield of the Zhou army, which put the Zhou army in an extremely passive situation.If it drags on like this, it won't take half a month, and the other two Ming armies will break into Hedong, occupy Jiang Xiang's lair, and then enter the pass, outflank Tongguan, and the Ming army that attacked Wuguan all the way should also break through the blockade and go straight to Chang'an.Wu Sangui had expected it, and he was not flustered about this, but was very calm, "Jiang Xiang doesn't believe in evil, so he insists on pulling the widow and accompanying him to fight with Zhao Zamao, but is Zhao Zamao so easy to deal with?"
Now I know how powerful Zhao Zamao is!
”Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "But you have to thank Jiang Xiang, if he hadn't tried his best to lead the battle, Zhao Ming wouldn't have thought that our main forces were in Tongguan and misjudged that we chose a decisive battle." ”Wu Sangui's expression became serious and asked, "Are Wang Pingfan and Wu Zhimao gone?"
”Hong Chengchou lowered his voice and said, "Let's leave tonight!"
”Wu Sangui nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Be secretive, don't let anyone know, especially Zhao Zamao and Jiang Xiang." ”Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "Your Excellency, rest assured, it is impossible for the soldiers and horses in the eastern part of the country to know about the city barrier." ”Behind Tongguan, the Zhou army camp, nearly 10,000 tun troops escorted military rations to the Zhou army camp.Chen Mingxia walked in the camp, watching the Tun army and moving the grain into the camp, but at this time, the two elite Zhou troops stationed in the camp were hurriedly assembled in the camp.Soon after, a group of soldiers and horses, without waving the flag, hurried out of the camp and headed west.Seeing this, Chen Mingxia couldn't help frowning, stopped a soldier who hurried out of the camp, and asked, "What are you doing here?"
”"Back to my lord, the villain doesn't know, the general's order."
The soldiers answered, and hurried forward to assemble, and soon another group of men and horses, under the cover of night, went out of the camp.Overnight, a camp of 20,000 people was exhausted, while the 10,000 troops who transported grain remained in the camp.In the military tent, Zhao Hao, the detailed work of the Military Intelligence Department, was changing into a suit of Zhou Jun's armor.Chen Mingxia stood in the camp tent and said in a deep voice: "The tun army that transported grain stayed in the camp, but the 20,000 elite soldiers took advantage of the night to leave the camp and pretend to be the tun army and went west.This must be Wu Sangui's golden cicada shell plan, he still has to run after all. ”Hong Chengchou was originally going to transfer Chen Mingxia to Hedong to contact Jiang Xiang, but when Chen Mingxia arrived at Pujin Pass, he met Jiang Xiang's army crossing the Yellow River into Guanzhong, and returned to Guanzhong.This time, Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang joined forces to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, and Chen Mingxia also followed, while Zhao Hao, a detailed worker of the Military Intelligence Department, pretended to be his house slave to facilitate spying on the intelligence of the Zhou army.At this time, Zhao Hao had already changed into a Zhou army armor, and said in a deep voice: "I originally thought that Wu Sangui had some blood, but I didn't expect that the battle of Xingyang would make him lose his fear."
Now it seems that he led his troops to come, but he bluffed in order to stabilize Jiang Xiang and drag the regent, but he was finally ready to flee. ”"The regent has won all battles and is invincible, and Wu Sangui can be regarded as self-aware."
Chen Mingxia slapped Zhao Ming's sycophant, and then said to Zhao Hao: "Zhao Qianhu, the gate of Tongguan has been closed, you can't get out from the east, you have to take a detour from the south, I have prepared documents for you, you must be careful." ”Wu Sangui was afraid that the news would leak out, with the help of the terrain of Tongguan, the city had been blocked, and there was also a connection with the Jin army in Kunshan, Zhao Hao wanted to inform the Ming army, and he could only take the southern source of Tongguan, that is, the trail where Li Zicheng was beaten to only eighteen horsemen, to inform the Ming army.Zhao Hao knew that Chen Mingxia was worried that he would be arrested on the road, which would drag him down, and said with a smile: "Lord Chen, don't worry, the rules of the Military Intelligence Department, even if you are caught, you will not betray the inside line."
This battle will be won, so you have to wait for the regent's reward!
”After speaking, Zhao Hao took the forged paperwork, picked up the tent curtain, and hurried out.()