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While the artillery was bombarding, Lan Fang had already ordered the messenger to fire signal flares in the direction of Chengdu City, notifying Qin Liangyu and Gu Junming to lead their troops out of the city and outflank the defeated rebel army from behind.

There were nearly 100,000 rebels who fled back to the camp. They just closed the camp door based on instinct, and then they didn't know what to do.

The whole army collapsed, not to mention the general who led the army, even the big boss was missing. There was no one to command. When they fled for their lives, they threw away their weapons and equipment, and their hands were empty. How could they defend the camp?

Qin Liangyu and Gu Junming led the Baigan Army and the Sichuan Army Battalion to fight out of the city. After joining the Guangxi Wolf Barracks, they surrounded the rebel camp. Then they set up cannons and bombarded the camp.

Zhang Xianzhong's atrocities in Sichuan have long made the people resentful. Now if they get the opportunity, they will definitely take revenge. Even if the rebels raise a white flag and surrender, they will first blast them with cannons to vent the evil anger accumulated in their hearts.

After five rounds of shelling, the rebel camp was in a mess, with mutilated corpses and wounded soldiers screaming and screaming everywhere. Then, the camp door opened wide, and the terrified rebels lined up to surrender.

Cleaning up the battlefield was left to the Baigan Army. Gu Junming led the Sichuan Army Camp and the Guangxi Wolf Barracks to reinforce Lan Fang's troops who were pursuing the rebels.

Before the artillery battalion of the Guangxi Wolf Barracks opened fire to bombard the retreating rebels, there was a large hillside on the official road nearly fifty miles away from the ambush point. The military camp of the Second Royal Regiment was located on the hillside.

The artillery position is also set up on a hillside. The muzzle of the gun faces the winding official road in front. It is commanding and the fierce artillery fire can seal the entire official road.

The entire regiment's sniper position is set up on the official road. Lu Yiming's second battalion is directly in front. The first and second battalions are set up on the left and right wings, forming a Z-shaped defensive position. The fourth battalion serves as the reserve team of the entire regiment. , reinforcements at any time.

In order to ensure that the defensive position was foolproof, the regiment commander Fang Zhengtang ordered the engineer company to use sandbags to pile up several half-man-high sand fortifications. He also cut down large trees to make horse fences and placed them in front of the sand fortifications.

These simple fortifications were originally used to deal with the cavalry attacks of the Qing Empire, but now they are used to deal with the rebels. They are extremely stable. Unless something unexpected happens, it will be harder for the rebels to break through from here than to reach the sky.

The mission of the Second Royal Regiment is to advance slowly after receiving the order, squeezing the space for activities of the rebels, and encircling and annihilating Zhang Xianzhong's hundreds of thousands of troops with the Guangxi Wolf Barracks led by Lan Fang, Qin Liangyu's Baigan Army, and the Sichuan Army Barracks led by military counselor Gu Junming. .

Fang Zhengtang asked the soldiers to build these fortifications just as a precaution. He came from a wealthy family and originally planned to become an official. Because he envied the achievements of Xu Yu, Lan Fang, and Chang Busan, he resolutely joined the army. He performed well in training and showed certain Because of his military talents, Zhu Youjian was appointed as the leader of the Second Royal Regiment.

When he was commanding a battle alone for the first time, he was both excited and nervous. In line with the idea of ​​not seeking merit but seeking no faults, he asked the soldiers to arrange the defensive positions securely. He also personally inspected them and made sure that nothing was missing before he felt relieved.

The sky has not yet lightened up, and all the soldiers are wrapped in military blankets, holding guns, sitting on sandbags to rest, their buttocks

The regiment headquarters was brightly lit, and the regiment commander Fang Zhengtang and the four battalion commanders were having a meeting. Just now, more than a dozen reconnaissance teams sent out came back to report that the continuous roar of artillery was heard near the mountain forest where the Guangxi Wolf Barracks was hiding. The battle seemed fierce.

Although two reconnaissance teams have gone to investigate in the dark, the journey is far away and they cannot return in a short time.

There has been a battle at the Wolf Barracks in Guangxi, but the situation is unknown. The regiment leader Fang Zhengtang called the four battalion commanders for discussion and asked them to be more vigilant and prepare for battle.

When the sky brightened, another reconnaissance team rushed back panting to report that they found a large number of rebels coming towards this direction.

The situation changed, and Fang Zhengtang ordered each battalion to enter defensive positions and prepare for sniper combat.

Fangzhengtang's headquarters was located on a hillside. The soldiers of the engineering company built a wooden high platform against a big tree according to local conditions. Fangzhengtang stood on the high platform, holding a monocular telescope to observe the official road ahead.

At this time, the sky was already bright. Through the lens, he saw the dust and smoke billowing from the official road in front of him. It seemed that a large group of cavalry was rushing towards this direction.

Report to the general that a large cavalry unit of the rebel army has been spotted ahead. We will contact the second battalion in half a stick of incense.