The general who led the troops to attack the camp was naturally Hou Jingde, the general of the left battalion of the forbidden army.

Because the imperial court as a whole has a conservative attitude, this time Hou Jingde's attack on the camp was only a temptation, and he did not bring a particularly large number of people, a total of less than 30,000 people in the two Zhichong Mansions.

This number is actually accurately calculated, if the southwest army is completely defenseless, and Hou Jingde's attack on the camp is successful, in the case of a sneak attack, these people are enough to defeat and defeat more than 50,000 people led by Li Shuo, and even have the strength to pursue, if it is defeated, it doesn't matter, there are more than 200,000 forbidden troops in the capital to escort it, and 20,000 or 30,000 people can't hinder the overall situation.

Hou Jingde is the general of the left battalion of the forbidden army, with more than 100,000 people under his command all the year round, originally this level of warfare, it is not necessary for him to personally lead the troops, but since the change of Renchen Palace, Hou Jingde has not had any outstanding performance in recent years, and he has been mediocre in the forbidden army for more than ten years, so that with his identity as the third hero of Renchen, he has not been able to control the forbidden army, but has already retired to the old Xuantong and took over the position of the general of the forbidden army.

But after all, Chong Xuantong is a kind of family, no matter who knows in his heart, he can't control the forbidden army forever, once the southwest army retreats, the position of the general of the forbidden army will be vacant again.

Therefore, Hou Jingde urgently needed a military merit that could be seen, and when Chong Xuantong proposed to attack the Southwest Army at night, Hou Jingde was the first to jump out and take the errand.

Although he and Li Xin are not only old colleagues, but also old friends, and the "same party" of the Wei Palace, Hou Jingde is a standard Dajin person, his father and ancestors are soldiers who have shed blood for the Dajin Dynasty, and his friendship with Li Xin is far less deep than the friendship between the Ye family and Li Xin, so between the Dajin and Li Xin, he almost did not hesitate, so he chose the former and took the initiative to invite Ying to fight this first battle.

The time passed quickly, and when it came to the ugly hour, Hou Jingde's headquarters was only less than ten miles away from the Southwest Army camp.

Hou Jingde took the lead and walked in the front, he looked left and right, frowning slightly: "Something is not right, even if this Li Shuo has no experience in leading troops, he will not be touched by us for ten miles, and there is no movement at all, what a cautious person Li Changan is, how can he let this kind of person come out to lead the army?" ”

As soon as he wanted to order the army to stop, he felt some faint movement in front of him, and it didn't take long for a subordinate from the scout battalion to come over and report back, and said in a deep voice to Hou Jingde: "General Hou, the scouts of the Southwest Army seem to have discovered us, and now the Southwest Army has made some moves and seems to have begun to guard against us." ”

Hou Jingde relieved a little at this time, he bowed his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "This Li Shuo has brought more than 50,000 southwest troops, so many troops are stationed in one place, there is no hour or two to break the formation, at this time we are only ten miles away from them, and it is too late to find out, and when we rush over, these people may not have climbed out of the tent yet." ”

Speaking of this, Hou Jingde shouted in a deep voice: "Brothers, since it has been discovered, there is no need to cover it up anymore, the vanguard cavalry will rush over and set fire to disrupt the enemy's formation, and the follow-up soldiers will rush to kill with me, remember one thing, we will only fight until dawn, no matter what the battle situation is before dawn, unless there is another order from Ben, we will all start to return to the capital!" ”

Hou Jingde has been in charge of the left battalion of the forbidden army for many years, and this time he brought over his cronies, after receiving Hou Jingde's order, these people immediately took action, first of all, a cavalry of about 1,000 people, took the lead in rushing to the camp of the Southwest Army, these cavalry were extremely fast, and soon passed through the formation of the Southwest Army that had almost no defense, and came to the camp of the Southwest Army.

A few torches were thrown down, and the camp of the Southwest Army immediately burst into flames in all directions, and the flames soared into the sky.

Because the cavalry was extremely fast, after these people set fire, only a small part of the shooters of the Southwest Army were left, and more than half returned to Hou Jingde's headquarters, General Hou saw that the tent of the southwest military camp was on fire, and he was immediately overjoyed, he got up and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, the camp of the Southwest Army is on fire, the formation is out of order, let's take the opportunity to rush over, we will definitely be able to defeat the Southwest Army!" ”

"Kill it!"

The Gyeonggi Forbidden Army is basically all foot soldiers, and one or two thousand cavalry can already be pulled out of the teeth, and it is impossible to use cavalry on a large scale.

Among the three heroes of Renchen, he is now the only one who is still in charge of the army, but he is also the most inconspicuous of the three, if he can defeat the Southwest Army today, his Hou family can stand out from the capital and become the core of the future Jin military.

The process of the forbidden army's charge was very smooth, almost encountering any decent obstacles, and rushed all the way to the southwest army camp that was only four or five miles away from the southwest army, and the large camp of the southwest army was on fire everywhere in front of it, and it was already close at hand.

At this time, Hou Jingde already faintly felt that something was wrong.

The Southwest Army can fight all the way to the capital, it can never be a rabble, how can it be so easily close to a distance of four or five miles?

But when the matter came, Hou Jingde couldn't afford to think about it anymore, he gritted his teeth, took the lead, and shouted: "Brothers, kill the past, break the southwest thief, and enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future!" ”

Hou Jingde was forty years old when he first met Li Xin, and now more than ten years have passed, and he is already a veteran in his fifties.

Behind him, the two soldiers of the Zhichong Mansion followed him, spread out the line, and rushed towards the burning Southwest Army camp.

When these people rushed to a mile or two away from the camp of the Southwest Army, all of a sudden, an inconspicuous clay pot was thrown in the distance!

At this time, the thunder is almost known to everyone, even the people in the capital know a little bit, seeing this thing, Hou Jingde was shocked, he suddenly turned around, and shouted: "Spread the formation, spread the formation!" ”

It was too late.

This is a trap designed by Li Shuo early in the morning, just waiting for the imperial army to come in, and now that the imperial army has come in, he naturally has no reason not to close the net.

The Southwest Army, which originally looked panicked, completely ignored the camp tent that was on fire at this time, and the grenadiers who had already been ambushed, frantically threw heavenly thunder at Hou Jingde's headquarters, and at the same time, the crossbowmen who had already been arranged by the Southwest Army also began to exert their strength, and the arrows in the sky shot at the two Zhichong Mansions.

Hou Jingde's face was a little pale, although he had not really led the troops to fight, but he had also been in the army for a lifetime, seeing this kind of scene, he was already very clear in his heart that most of the battles would not be pleased.

The old general snorted sullenly and gritted his teeth: "The crossbowmen fought back, and the rest of the people raised their shields and rushed over with me, these southwest anti-thieves are disrupted, as long as we can rush into battle, they will soon be defeated!" ”

General Hou Lao held a big gun in his hand, took the lead, and rushed towards the camp of the Southwest Army.

Next to him, from time to time, a thunderbolt exploded, and the flames of the explosion illuminated his dark face.

At this time, Li Shuo, who was watching with a clairvoyant mirror, was expressionless.

"Firearms don't need to be saved, don't let any of the enemies who come tonight get away!"