On the third night of Bai Guangen's defeat and escape back to Shunde Mansion, the entire Jindi River seemed unusually quiet, and suddenly a spring rain fell in the sky, and many lamps and torches in the official army camp were gradually extinguished, and it became black from a distance, and after this spring rain reached the evening, it became heavier and heavier, making the battlefield become muddy everywhere, and the water in the trenches gradually began to accumulate.

Xiao Tianjian stood at the door of the big tent, looking at the rain falling from the sky, his face began to become solemn, Li Xin walked to Xiao Tianjian at this time, also looked at the rain outside, and said: "Handsome!" But are you worried about the rain? ”

Xiao Tianjian turned his head to look at Li Xin, nodded and said, "Not bad!" Sun Chuanting will definitely not surrender, he will definitely find a way to break through again! And today's rain has undoubtedly done them a great favor, and Sun Chuanting will definitely not let go of this opportunity easily! ”

Xiao Tianjian has such concerns is not surprising, although now the Xingtianjun has been equipped with a large number of self-generated firearms, that is, flintlock pistols, and flintlock pistols can also be used in the rain, but undoubtedly it will seriously affect the firing rate of flintlock pistols, on sunny days, after such a long time of use and improvement, the firing rate of Xingtianjun is flintlock pistol has basically reached about eighty percent of the firing rate, which is already a great thing in this era, but once it rains, or if the rain is too strong, The flintlock pistol cannot be said to be completely unusable like the arquebus, but the firing rate will be seriously affected, and the firing rate can reach 30%, and it is impossible to reach more than 40% at most.

Of course, if it rains heavily, the bows and arrows in the hands of the enemy are also not easy to use, and after the bowstring and bow arm are soaked in water, they will be weak, not to mention, and forced use will immediately cause degumming and scrapping, but for the officers and soldiers who want to secretly take advantage of this opportunity to break through, the impact of not using bows and arrows is not very great.

So this rain can be said to have done Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui a big favor, Xiao Tianjian expected that they would break through at night if they didn't do well tonight, so he was a little worried.

Li Xin nodded slightly and said: "The marshal's expectation should be good, if it is Sun Chuanting, then he will also choose to break through tonight!" But Dashuai doesn't have to worry too much, after all, we have already made all arrangements during the day, even if Sun Chuanting wants to break through, he may not be able to tear his mouth and protrude, Dashuai should rest! ”

Xiao Tianjian paced in the big tent with his hands behind his back, shook his head and said, "Rest? Hehe! I'm afraid I won't be able to rest tonight! Although we have made arrangements, we are not sure in which direction Sun Chuanting will break through, so our forces cannot be concentrated, in this case, in the direction of his breakthrough, the pressure on the generals will be great!

Also, the water of the Jindi River may rise tonight because of this rain, will Sun Chuanting break through along the Jindi River downstream? After all, no one can stop them on the water! ”

Li Xin shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, as the marshal said, after the Jindi River has this rain, the water will rise, they will go downstream, and a few people can go, but they can't break out in large numbers, with an official like Sun Chuanting, he will not give up so many generals under his command, so it is expected that even if Sun Chuanting breaks through, he will not escape alone with a small number of guards!" In that case, even if he escapes, he will be arrested and punished by the current emperor! ”

Xiao Tianjian thought for a while and then nodded and said: "It makes sense, then if we are not mistaken, Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui are likely to break through in the direction of the northeast corner tonight, these days, we have the least number of people left over there, and go over there, they can go straight to Dongchang Mansion after breaking through, whether they can solve them or not, it depends on tonight!" ”

Like the official army, the position of the Xingtian Army has become dark at this time, and the lamps and torches have been extinguished a lot, as if because of the arrival of this rain, people have exhausted their energy, and the cold cannon sound that has been going on for days has completely subsided at this time.

But in the camp of the officers and soldiers, it was not really as quiet as it seemed, the officers and soldiers were driven out of the camp tent in batches, Sun Chuanting recruited the generals to his tent, personally gave a stern order, encouraged the generals, told them that they were going to break out of the encirclement tonight, took them to escape from this place, warned everyone not to make noise, so as not to expose their actions, and at the same time asked them to go down, but also to mobilize morale, desperately kill out of the encirclement.

Seeing that Sun Chuanting was full of confidence, the generals regained some vitality at this time, cheered up a little, and hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.

Then Sun Chuanting told them that they should not bring anything that is not easy to carry, such as military tents, grain, baggage, and artillery, and break through with these things, it is looking for death, and there is mud everywhere, and the Xingtian Army has dug ravines on the flat ground around them these days, and even if they bring it, in addition to blocking their own way, they can't take it away at all, so everything that can be lost will be thrown away, so as to ensure that they will fight out of the encirclement tonight.

The generals also immediately obeyed the order, but they were still a little hesitant in private, if all the food was lost, what would they eat after they broke out? Regarding this point, Sun Chuanting told the generals that as long as they could break through, they would be able to rush to Liaocheng in one day, and after arriving there, they would have something to eat! In his capacity as a superintendent, he ordered Liaocheng to provide them with a batch of food, and it was still possible.

So the officers and soldiers immediately began to act, feeling the black drape neatly, throwing away the things they didn't need, and began to assemble in the camp, everyone spoke as much as possible with their voices suppressed, for fear that the sound would be too loud to alarm the thieves outside, all the soldiers were ordered not to make noise, so that the people were ranked, the horses picked the bells, and then gradually gathered in the northeast corner of the official army camp.

After looking at the officers and soldiers with a trace of expectation in their eyes, Sun Chuanting turned his head and glanced at the black and oppressive camp behind him in the rain, those countless military tents, armor and heavy cannons, all of which were thrown here at this time, this is the materials that the imperial court finally spent a lot of money to hoard, but now because of his negligence, they have been abandoned to the thief army, thinking about it, he feels unwilling, but there is nothing to do, after all, saving the lives of these officers and soldiers to break through is now the most important thing, Nothing else matters now.

At this time, Wu Sangui walked in front of Sun Chuanting, intervened and clenched his fists and said to Sun Chuanting: "Master Qiqi! The Admiral is ready! It's just a matter of waiting for the adults to give the order! ”

Sun Chuanting looked at Wu Sangui, only to see that Wu Sangui was wearing a helmet and armor at this time, wearing a set of the most exquisite stainless steel mountain armor in the Ming Dynasty, wearing a red daqi that had been soaked in rain on his back, a sword hanging from his waist, and a spear in his hand, but it looked majestic, quite a kind of fierce general's momentum, and felt quite comforted in his heart, and after looking around at the surrounding soldiers and horses, Sun Chuanting sighed slightly, and then nodded: "Let's go!" Whether it works out or not, it just depends on tonight......"

In the darkness, the gate of the official camp was creaked open, and a large number of officers and soldiers stepped on the mud on the ground, pursed their lips tightly, one by one, and began to walk out of the camp.

Under normal circumstances, the officers and soldiers do not dare to take such large-scale actions at night, even if they are lit with torches in the dark, sometimes they are chaotic, and it is impossible to go out of the camp in case of rain, so once they go out of the camp, the black rumbling, the ground is wet and slippery, and soon the formation will be chaotic, and the soldiers cannot find the generals, and the generals will not be able to control the troops, so in ancient times, the situation of fighting at night in heavy rain rarely occurs.

But now Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui can't take care of so much, and if they don't take advantage of this opportunity to break through now, I'm afraid that the Heavenly Army will launch a general attack on them as soon as the sky is clear, and at that time, even if they want to, they will have no chance at all.

And they all know that the Xingtian Army's firearms are extremely sharp, and now they can't completely suppress their Xingtian Army in the daytime, and they can only take advantage of such a rainy day to make such a last fight under the cover of the night.

A large number of officers and soldiers suppressed the sound as much as possible, swarmed out of the camp, and rushed towards the position of the Xingtian Army in the direction they designated, or with Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses as the head, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were behind the palace or accompanied by the left and right to cover, a large number of officers and soldiers were chaotic in the dark as soon as they came out of the camp, and they could not maintain their own structures with each other at all, but fortunately, before they set off, the generals also said that once they couldn't find their own team, they would follow the crowd nearby, and then find their respective generals after breaking out. The shouting and screaming of the province alarmed the thief army, so although it was chaotic, the officers and soldiers who fled for their lives still tried not to make a noise as much as possible, anyway, they lowered their heads and braved the rain, and continued to walk forward in the dark and rumbling night.

But there are also some officers and soldiers who have other plans, as soon as they get out of the camp, they begin to take advantage of the darkness to break away from their team, and cautiously touch in the opposite direction, some people find a pit or a trench to hide, and some people simply touch the positions in other directions of the Xingtian Army, these people are smart people, and they have made up their minds not to work for the court in the future, everyone knows this black breakthrough, and they don't know how to die if they don't get it, so it may be safest to find a place to hide.