Three days passed.

Tongguan has endured more than ten attacks, strangely, did not cause much casualties, it is said that in Tongguan, which is known as the first pass in the world, the casualties of the main attacker should be not small, but the actual situation is not so.

Niu Wancai went from being puzzled to finally realizing the strangeness.

As the commander of the former army, before setting off from Ruicheng, Niu Wancai had all the circumstances, although he had his own analysis, but he was still convinced of Liu Zongmin's judgment, but as time went by, with the beginning of the attack on Tongguan, he had doubts about Liu Zongmin's judgment.

The security of the military camp is extremely strict, the sergeant patrols around the clock, the patrol range covers the surrounding five miles, any wind and grass around, Niu Wancai is clear, according to the original deployment, once there is any situation around the barracks, the army must quickly withdraw in the direction of Ruicheng.

The situation of attacking Tongguan is even clearer to Niu Wancai.

originally thought that the battle in the direction of Tongguan would be very fierce, even if the number of rebels participating in the attack each time was only a few hundred, but the defense of the Zheng family army was not particularly fierce, even the rain of arrows was sparse, and it seemed that the number of people defending was not very large.

This situation made Niu Wancai make his own judgment, that is, the number of Zheng family troops stationed in Tongguan is indeed small.

There were three routes for the attack on Shaanxi, and there were two routes for the rebels to choose from, namely Tongguan and Wubao Town.

The choice made by the rebels was Tongguan.

Niu Wancai thinks this choice is the right one.

He originally thought that Tongguan, as the first pass in the world, must be extremely heavily guarded, but at present, the actual situation is not the case, and the focus of Zheng's army's defense may be placed on Wubao Town, after all, King Chuang's hometown is in Mizhi, not far from Wubao Town. And Zheng Xunrui's earliest base was Yan'an Mansion.

Niu Wancai saw the fighter plane, and there was not much time left for him to make a choice.

The rebel army decided to launch an attack from Tongguan, and the focus of Zheng's army's defense was on the defense line of Wubao Town, and three days had passed, and Zheng's army would definitely draw reinforcements from the direction of Wubao Town, and wait until Zheng's army reinforcements arrived at Tongguan. The rebel army completely lost the opportunity to conquer Tongguan, and launching a large-scale attack at this moment should be the best opportunity.

But Liu Zongmin's entrustment lingered, making Niu Wancai unable to make a decision.

After careful consideration, Niu Wancai decided to launch a large-scale attack, after all, he was the commander of the former army, if he did everything according to Liu Zongmin's requirements, what else would he do as a commander, and the specific situation of the battlefield. The commander is clear, and he will not be subject to foreign military orders, and he will make a decision when it is time to make a decision.

In the evening, Niu Wancai gathered all the officers and gave the order for a large-scale attack the next day, and his specific arrangements were: 8,000 people participated in the battle to attack Tongguan, 1,000 people were responsible for guarding the camp, and 1,000 people were responsible for guarding.

While making arrangements for deployment. Niu Wancai paid attention to everyone's expressions, and he emphasized unceremoniously. As the commander of the former army, he made decisions according to the specific circumstances of the battle, and the officers at all levels below had to carry them out, and if someone violated military orders, they had to do it in accordance with military law.

After the order was issued, Niu Wancai quickly sent someone to Ruicheng to report. He was still a little apprehensive in his heart, the military camp was less than eighty miles away from Ruicheng, if Liu Zongmin did not agree to launch a general attack on Tongguan, changes could occur at any time.

The night passed, and the sky was slightly bright. Niu Wancai did not receive any orders from the direction of Ruicheng, which reassured him.

All the rebel sergeants were ready, and they waited for Niu Wancai to give the order for a general attack.

Niu Wancai personally served as the commander-in-chief of the attack.

At three o'clock, the army set off from the camp and headed for Tongguan.

Niu Wancai took the lead and walked at the forefront of the team.

The climate in the early morning is very cool, Niu Wancai, who made the decision to attack, is still very cautious, if this attack can not take Tongguan in one fell swoop, then he will quickly lead the front army to retreat to Ruicheng, as for Liu Zongmin's blame, he is not particularly worried, in his opinion, after a night's time, Liu Zongmin, who is in Ruicheng, should know the news, if he opposes his general attack on Tongguan, the order should also come down.

The battle situation in the past three days, Liu Zongmin is clear, although Niu Wancai is illiterate, but he has a person who specially drafts documents, after each battle, Niu Wancai has reported the situation in detail, and added his own understanding to it, and his willingness to lead the front army to attack is particularly strong.

In this general attack, Niu Wancai arranged a thousand soldiers of the Righteous Army to be on guard, and the main direction of the guard was the direction of the tight pit to prevent the Zheng family army from launching an attack from the direction of the forbidden pit.

Zheng Jinhong finally saw hope.

The purpose of showing weakness for three consecutive days is to make the Liukou relax their vigilance, and once the Liukou slacken, the Zheng Jiajun will launch the sharpest attack and completely annihilate the Liukou's front army.

Zheng Jinhong doesn't know if the Liukou will be tricked, if the Liukou has always been highly vigilant, then in the end, he can only take the way of a strong attack, and the strong attack can be carried out at night, and try to give the Liukou as much damage as possible.

The scouts' reconnaissance of the rogue camp was particularly difficult, and the heavily guarded rogues did not dare to act rashly, and most of them waited until night to carry out the reconnaissance.

This night, the large-scale actions of the rogues attracted the attention of the scouts, and they quickly reported the reconnaissance information to Zheng Jinhong, and after receiving the information, Zheng Jinhong decisively ordered the scouts to stop the investigation so as not to be detected by the rogues.

Almost without hesitation, Zheng Jinhong gave an order to the Zheng family army who had been waiting in the forbidden pit, set off in the middle of the night, secretly passed through the forbidden pit, killed the rogue who patrolled near the forbidden pit, quickly detoured to the rear of the rogue camp, formed a complete encirclement of the rogue bandit, and when the rogue army left the barracks and started to act, attack and occupy the rogue barracks, completely blocking the retreat of the rogues.

The officers and men of the Zheng family army stationed in Tongguan also moved their positions forward, occupied the high ground on both sides, and when the rogues launched an attack, they launched a large-scale attack to exterminate the invading rogues.

After the order was given, Zheng Jinhong could no longer sleep peacefully, he did not think about continuing to wait, although the best choice at present was to wait for the Liukou to launch a large-scale operation, and after the purpose of the Liukou's action was completely determined, the Zheng Jiajun soldiers took action.

Ruicheng.

Liu Zongmin was also thinking, as the commander-in-chief of the battle, he was very aware of his responsibilities, according to the decision of Gu Junen and him, the righteous army was just a tentative attack on Tongguan, and would not really fight, but after such a long time, Liu Zongmin knew that it would be carried out in full accordance with such a deployment, and there would be no combat results, and King Chuang would definitely not be satisfied after knowing it.

Niu Wancai's every piece of battle information, Liu Zongmin has carefully read it.

As a general who has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, Liu Zongmin completely believes in the officers under his command, Niu Wancai is specifically commanding the battle in Tongguan, the situation must be clear, since Liu Zongmin requires Niu Wancai to be responsible, then he believes in Niu Wancai's judgment.

Even Liu Zongmin himself thought that his and Gu Junen's judgment was completely correct.

Tongguan was not the focus of Zheng's army's guards.

Wubao Town is the key defense place of the Zheng family's army.

The offensive had already begun for three days, and if the Zheng army had sent a large army to support Tongguan, the precious fighters would have to be lost.

The battle situation has always been ever-changing, and no one can completely judge the direction of the battle situation before the battle begins, as well as how each battle will be carried out, and make deployment adjustments according to the specific situation of the battle, which is also a very normal thing, and it is also the ability that the commander must have.

After receiving Niu Wancai's report, Liu Zongmin thought about it carefully and expressed his acquiescence and agreement.

Liu Zongmin did not directly give Niu Wancai an order, nor did he object, but he launched relevant deployments in Ruicheng.

The 40,000 soldiers of the Righteous Army stationed in Ruicheng are on high alert, waiting for the battle situation in the direction of Tongguan, once Niu Wancai makes a breakthrough, then the army of Ruicheng must start immediately, leaving a small number of sergeants to guard the city, and the rest of the sergeants must quickly move in the direction of Tongguan to assist Niu Wancai in the battle.

He knew that the number of Zheng Jiajun soldiers stationed in Shaanxi was small, and it was impossible to take care of all the places in Shaanxi, and once the righteous army made a breakthrough in Tongguan, it was best to launch an attack in the direction of Yan'an Mansion, because the focus of Zheng's army must be in Xi'an Fucheng.

A battle that was not intended to be fought seriously actually obtained such a valuable fighter, which Liu Zongmin did not expect, as the main general of the righteous army, Liu Zongmin would also not let go of any fighter.

The scouts were sent out, paying close attention to the battle situation in the direction of Tongguan, but unfortunately Tongguan was a little farther away from Ruicheng, and the information could not be so smooth.

The most important thing that Liu Zongmin needs to pay attention to is that the righteous army cannot fall into the final decisive battle with the Zheng family's army, which is the most contradictory place for Liu Zongmin, the battle can be won, which is what any commander expects, but this battle has a special nature, it is obviously used by others, and the sergeant has to fight, and no one is comfortable.

The battle situation has been carried out to a certain extent, no one can fully grasp it, not to mention him Liu Zongmin, even Li Zicheng personally commanded it is not possible, once the righteous army enters Shaanxi, it will inevitably encounter a strong counterattack by the Zheng family's army, at that time, it is not feasible to rely only on 100,000 righteous troops, and whether it is necessary to send more righteous troops into Shaanxi to fight.

Liu Zongmin sighed slightly, and cleared these nonsense thoughts, that is all later, and now the thing that needs to be concerned about is whether the front army led by Niu Wancai will be able to win in the battle that is about to start. (To be continued.) )