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Chapter 535 Even the Tartars have stolen it, so are you still afraid of bandits?
Outside the west gate of Kaifeng, the lights and bonfires are obviously much less than when the bandits first arrived. After all, there are more than 7000 bandits and tens of thousands of hungry people. Fortunately, there is no war at the old camp in the west of the city. As for being hungry.

After dinner, the soldiers of the invading army rested in the camps. Except for the flickering bonfires inside and outside the camps, there was no light.

Occasionally, some intruding soldiers held torches and patrolled inside and outside the camp. Li Zicheng's ability to rule the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years is indeed justified.

He is not like other thieves who are greedy for pleasure, but it is only a superficial thing. Li Zicheng's greatest advantage is that he is calm, and he is almost never impulsive; the second advantage is that he is cautious, and this advantage has saved his life several times.

Today, although his old camp is surrounded by four other camps, it has not let down its vigilance at all. The bright and dark sentries are also arranged in the same way, and there are several mobile inspection teams.

But this is not the case for all the big camps that invaded the army. For example, the Yidou Gubu bandits camped at the southernmost point only strengthened the guards at the camp gates, and there were no dark or mobile sentries outside the camp.

Another example is the bandit soldiers of Gu Ying in the east. Although they set up clear, dark and mobile posts according to King Chuang's instructions, he did not make serious patrols. Obviously slack off.

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In the northwest direction of Kaifeng City, Wei Zhice's chariot formation was surrounded by two rows of bonfires. He was afraid of Li Zicheng's new defeat, and he was unwilling to take advantage of the night to attack.

But Li Zicheng didn't come, but there was a team of officer cavalry leading the horses and marching slowly south. Since the men and the horses were all advancing slowly, although there were nearly a thousand people, they didn't make any big noise. The sound, if you are a little farther away, you can't hear anything.

Under the leadership of Zhang Guangda, they took advantage of the cover of the moonlight to sneak in one mile away from the camp of the bandit cavalry, and hid behind a high hill.

Although the wind stopped and the snow rested at dusk, the winter night after the snow was even colder. The soldiers did not dare to light fires to keep warm. They could only lead their horses close together to fight against the severe cold.

Zhang Guangda and Wang Tieren boarded the high hill and looked to the south intently, but saw that everything was as usual there, as calm as a pool of stagnant water, without a single wave or movement.

Wang Tieren looked at the sky and said worriedly: "General, there is no light tonight. If there is a night attack, it may be difficult to identify the friendly army."

Zhang Guangda said disapprovingly: "I'm afraid of a ball. I think we broke into the camp of the Tartars back then, but now we can still be afraid of the bandits? Even if the sky is not clear, just charge forward and hit him. Let's go back Great camp.

As for the friendly army, Chen Zhong and the others planned to go south, which is not our match, and Chen Yongfu's soldiers should be heading for the west gate, not to mention that they are both officers and soldiers, and they are dressed differently from bandit soldiers. It is not difficult to identify if they meet face to face. "

Wang Tieren didn't speak anymore, he held up the binoculars to check the lights of the Chuangjun cavalry camp in the distance.

There are more than [-] bandits and cavalry, and there are more than a thousand servants, mules and horses, and many pack horses, so the camp occupies a large area, and the lights in the camp are more than other camps.

"General, the fourth watch is over, why is there still no movement in the south, Chen Yongfu won't be cowardly?" Wang Tieren put down the binoculars and said suspiciously.

"Not urgent."

Zhang Guangda's expression could not be seen clearly in the dark, only he said in a deep voice: "According to the commander in chief, we are here to join in the fun for Thief Li, just keep an eye on the bandit cavalry in front, if they don't move, we won't move." .”

He went on to say: "If it wasn't for knowing that Chen Yongfu was going to steal the camp, our commander would not have had such an idea at all. Even if we confronted Li Thief's cavalry with gongs and drums, we would not be afraid at all."

Wang Tieren also said with a smile: "That's right, this intruder has become a bit louder. It's nothing more than a real fight. It's not like chopping melons and vegetables."

Zhang Guangda said in a deep voice at this time: "It's a good thing that you are so confident. But the commander once said that 'the enemy can be underestimated strategically, but the enemy must be taken seriously tactically', you must always keep it in mind.

The horse team in front is the essence of the old camp of thieves, so it was handed over to the thug Liu Zongmin to lead it, but it is a force that cannot be underestimated. If it weren't for this, the commander would not have sent us here to suffer this crime. "

"General, there is movement in the bandit camp!"

Hearing Wang Tieren's exclamation, Zhang Guangda hastily raised the binoculars in his hand and looked south through the lens tube, only to see the flames in Liu Zongmin's cavalry camp in the south suddenly blazing.

He was also overjoyed, but said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, just wait and see!"

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It was night, Chen Yongfu did not launch a night attack from the east, but detoured south to pass through the camp of Yidou Valley, and went straight to the old camp of the intruder Li Zicheng.

His sentinel was not equipped with binoculars, but he could still see the difference between the two camps of Guying and Yidougu according to the banner. When Chen Yongfu learned that there were three camps of bandits on the periphery and another camp in the middle.

He judged that the old camp of the intruders must be set up in the middle. Of course, the sentry cavalry under his command did not dare to go deep, and did not find out that there was Liu Fangliang's camp outside Xiguan.

Originally, Chen Yongfu planned to go straight to the camp of the thief general Gu Ying who guarded the official way, but he temporarily decided to take a detour to the south to steal Yidougu's camp first.

This temporary change also caused the sentry cavalry sent by Chen Zhong to fail to find Chen Yongfu, and passed the news of the closure of the West Gate to him, causing Chen Yongfu to suffer an avoidable loss.

It was also because Chen Yongfu temporarily changed the direction of the night attack, which increased the distance, and because he was relatively close to the bandit camp, he did not dare to raise his whip and rush forward, so he could only advance slowly, making the night attack time a full half an hour later than scheduled .

They dismounted one mile southwest of the Yidou Valley camp. Except for more than a hundred elite cavalry who were exploring the road on foot, nearly a thousand cavalry were generally leading their horses and marching slowly, not daring to utter the slightest sign. sound.

Chen De, who served as a guard of a thousand households, was the son of Chen Yongfu, the deputy general of Henan. Exploring the way ahead, I have gradually reached the gate of the bandit camp not far away.

In Chen De's body, the old saying "a tiger father has no dogs" is exactly true!
As the son of Henan Deputy General Chen Yongfu, he really lived up to his father's high expectations. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child. arrow.

Among the officers and soldiers in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, martial arts have always been respected. Chen De's bravery gave his father Chen Yongfu a lot of face. Whenever he chatted with the generals in Henan, as long as he talked about his son, he would definitely be full of joy. praise.

Saying that his tiger father has no dogs, Chen Yongfu's vanity was greatly satisfied!

Chen De also went to rescue Luoyang with the army this time, and he was in charge of the five hundred Ding Jingqi under Chen Yongfu's command.

Chen Yongfu, as the deputy commander-in-chief of Henan, should have 3000 soldiers directly under his battalion. Although he didn't treat his subordinates as harshly as the commander-in-chief Wang Shaoyu, half of them were paid without pay, but there were still many old, weak and disabled soldiers filling up the number.

And these five hundred family members are the greatest strength that Chen Yongfu can rely on!
Chen De also lived up to his expectations, and trained these five hundred servants in an orderly manner. With these hundreds of powerful servants, no matter whether it was the governor Li Xianfeng or the commander-in-chief Wang Shaoyu, they all treated Chen Yongfu politely. After that, he should also be honored as Chen Weng.

(End of this chapter)