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Chapter 627
It was the second watch of the night, and Li Dingguo also arranged an extra meal for his soldiers. After all, this was a desperate effort, and even if they died, they had to be full ghosts.Li Dingguo led the army and was known for his tolerance.

By the middle of the night, Li Dingguo's three-way army with a total of 4 horses opened the city gate to attack the Ming army's camp.Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu's left and right troops are in front, which is 2 horses.Li Dingguo's 2 and [-] Chinese troops followed behind, and the two sides maintained a distance of several miles.

The reason why Li Dingguo divided the 4 troops into the left, middle and right armies, and properly distanced them, was of course his own considerations. What if he was fooled by chasing the retreating enemy soldiers at night?
He planned this way. In case of an ambush by the Ming army, the three armies would take care of each other and retreat back to the city. Ten thousand elite soldiers were left in the city. meet them.

Li Dingguo's arrangements can be described as seamless, able to advance and retreat.His purpose of doing this, of course, was not to hunt down and kill Zhu Yousong, so as to win a big battle.

It's to hold Zhu Yousong back and prevent him from retreating smoothly. If you run, I will chase after you, and if you come back, I will run.

Li Dingguo's move is not unreasonable, but it can be used against others, but it is ineffective against Zhu Yousong this time.

It's not that Zhu Yousong has any supernatural powers, let alone foretelling. The main reason is that his intelligence system is too powerful. Jin Yiwei obtained his strategic motives in advance, and Li Dingguo can only be fooled.

At this time, the Great Western Army didn't come to steal the camp. Of course they didn't need to sneak around. Instead, they held torches and shouted like a wave, and killed them.

The cavalry is in front, the infantry is in the back, ten miles away, the vanguard arrives like a whirlwind.

At this time the last Ming army had not left the camp, they were not in a hurry to leave, they were waiting on purpose, now the Ming army was not afraid of their coming, but afraid of their not coming.

At this time, Zhu Yousong's main force had left for more than half an hour, and the 1 troops behind Ma Wannian were actually waiting for the movement of the Daxi Army.

Especially the main general Ma Wannian, although he thinks that His Majesty is superior, can Li Dingguo be fooled?If he doesn't send troops to chase us tonight, wouldn't it be a waste of time?Staying awake in the middle of the night is a waste of money.

At this time, when he saw the Western Army coming overwhelmingly, Ma Wannian was overjoyed: "Your Majesty is really lucky, withdraw, withdraw quickly, the more embarrassing the better."

According to Zhu Yousong's instructions, Ma Wannian passed down such an order, and he led his personal guards to hit the horse and run away.

Among the 3000 broken Ming troops, [-] were white-armed soldiers. These leading generals, who had secretly passed their breath in advance, followed Ma Wannian to flee for their lives.

The rest of the generals saw that the main general had run away, and they also dispersed.Anyone can escape, if you are slow, you will die, and no one's life is brought by the strong wind.

Therefore, the 1 people of the Ming army escaped from the camp in embarrassment, and ran forward desperately behind the main general.

Gongs and drums, tents, pots and stoves, food and salaries, armor and even knives and guns were thrown everywhere.

The first Daxi army to chase after them was the left army and the right army, that is, Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu's 2 horses.

With the help of the torch, the Great Western Army saw very clearly. They saw that the Ming Army fled without a fight, and the things thrown on the ground were all useful things. These Great Western Army generals chased and picked up the things on the ground.

There are those who pick up food and salaries, and those who pick up armor tent weapons.Some picked up sesame seeds and lost watermelons, so they couldn't help but slow down their pursuit.

Ma Wannian has 1 horses here, and he quickly distanced himself from them.

The two chief generals, Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu, saw how this was going to work, and immediately issued an order to pursue with all their strength, and they were not allowed to pick up any more things.

The 2 horses did not dare to disobey orders, so they had no choice but to speed up their pursuit regardless of what was on the ground.

1 people ran in front, and two people were chasing behind with torches. Of course, the scene was grand, and the movement was naturally earth-shattering, how far it spread in the middle of the night.

Soon they caught up with the Ming army in front again, but the countless soldiers of the Ming army ran forward desperately all over the mountains and plains without fighting at all.

I don't know how far they chased, but the two generals felt that something was wrong, because they found that although the soldiers of the Ming army in front ran in a panic, they kept a certain distance from the generals of the Daxi army who were chasing them.

The Daxi army chased fast, and the Ming army ran fast.The Western army chased slowly, and the Ming army ran slowly.

"Not good, this should be their trick to lure the enemy, stop chasing!"

Zhang Sheng Zhang Hu is Li Dingguo's right-hand man. He has been fighting with Li Dingguo for so many years, and he has learned a lot in military affairs. Isn't there such a saying, gold is like gold, and jade is like jade.Birds fly far away with Luanfeng, people accompany virtuous and good people to exalt themselves.

These two generals are not cowardly, and now they finally see that there is something wrong with the pursuit tonight, and when they think about the scene of them throwing things, they feel that this is a trap. How can they retreat without leaving behind?They didn't resist at all, and even threw things around, which they could have had time to transport away.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong, so the second general immediately issued an order to stop the pursuit.But they didn't order to withdraw their troops. They planned to wait for Li Dingguo's Chinese soldiers to arrive here, and then asked their prince for an order.

"How far is the prince from us?"

"If you go back to the master, it's less than ten miles away."...

After about a meal, Li Dingguo's Chinese army fell, and Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu rushed to see Li Dingguo to explain the reason.

"Idiot, why don't you retreat quickly when you know you've been fooled?" Li Dingguo rolled his eyes, scolded someone, and immediately sent an order to retreat.

But as soon as Li Dingguo's voice fell, thump, thump, blah——,
A few cannons fired behind him, shaking the ground and shaking the mountains.

Immediately afterwards, torches were lit all over the mountains and fields, shining like daylight. In the light of the fire, the soldiers of the Ming army were overwhelming and rushed towards the Daxi army.

This is the appearance of more than 3 horses from Zhu Yousong's ambush. In fact, the 2 horses of Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu have already entered their encirclement.But Zhu Yousong got a report that there was another army a few miles behind this Great Western Army.

Zhu Yousong knew that Li Dingguo was afraid of being fooled, so he kept a hand.But now, he doesn't want to be fooled, can he succeed?
Zhu Yousong ordered his men to continue ambush, and waited until Li Dingguo's men caught up. Seeing that they wanted to retreat, Zhu Yousong decisively ordered the artillery to be fired, blocking their retreat.

These cannons are the signal cannons of the ambush, they have the function of shocking the enemy's courage, and they also have the function of sending a message to Ma Wannian and other troops, telling them not to run forward any more, they should go back and kill.

This was the signal that their monarchs and ministers had already set. Hearing a few cannon shots behind him, Ma Wannian knew that Li Dingguo's men had fallen for it.So he ordered his 1 men to stop fleeing, immediately adjust their formation, turn around and fight back, and put [-] white soldiers at the front.

(End of this chapter)