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Zheng County

In the dense mountain forest more than ten miles south of the county seat, soldiers from the Guangxi Wolf Barracks and Sichuan Barracks were busy.

The soldiers used engineering shovels to cut down the trees, leaned them against the big trees, tied them with mountain vines, and built simple wooden frames. They then spread them with branches and weeds. In this way, simple wooden sheds were built, with paving on the ground. There is a thick layer of leaves and thatch, and people lie on it. It is soft and can be wrapped in a blanket to sleep.

Lan Fang expected that Li Zicheng would definitely go south to avoid Sun Chuanting's attack, and would pass through Zheng County. He might also want to ambush and eat his lone army that had ventured forward.

And he also wanted to catch Li Zicheng off guard, so he led the entire army to march here in a hurry at night. Before the sky was bright, he got into the dense mountain forest. After setting up a rest camp, the soldiers sat down to rest. After gnawing the compressed military rations, he lay down to sleep.

All the new troops have been trained to march 40 to 50 miles in full armor and heavy loads. In addition, the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers and Sichuan Soldiers are hard-working and tenacious. Although Zheng County is nearly 50 miles away from Huai County, the soldiers only need one night to march. Arrive at your destination in time.

Since it was a forced march, all the soldiers could only march lightly and use mules and horses to carry ammunition. The artillery and logistical equipment could not keep up and could only follow at a distance.

In order to ensure the safety of the artillery and logistics equipment, Lan Fang selected one battalion from the Guangxi Wolf Barracks and the Sichuan Army Camp to serve as the rear army. At the same time, in order to confuse Li Zicheng, the rear army made a big show of fanfare all the way, making people mistakenly think it was the main army.

Although the Guangxi Wolf Barracks and Sichuan Barracks are designated as regiment-level combat units, in fact, their numbers have reached the brigade level. Lan Fang left two battalions to guard the slow-moving artillery and logistical equipment, and their troop strength was not greatly affected. .

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When the rear army arrived in Huai County, it was already evening and the sky was getting dark. The army chose a relatively flat grassland to set up camp, buried pots to make rice, and then rested.

Due to the tight security in the rear camp, the rebel scouts did not dare to get too close and were unable to ascertain the specific military situation. They sent wrong information back to Li Zicheng, which caused Li Zicheng, military advisor Niu Jinxing and others to make wrong judgments.

The night before Sun Chuanting led his army to Xuan County, Li Zicheng led the main army to march at night and arrived at Zheng County at dawn.

According to the predetermined plan, the rebel army will ambush Lan Fang's lone army who is eager to advance in the dangerous Fulongpo, and then quickly move south to escape Sun Chuanting's pursuit. At that time, it will depend on the situation whether to move north or south.

Although he learned that Lan Fang's troops were still in Huai County, Li Zicheng still sent a large number of scouts out of caution to prevent an ambush.

More than a dozen groups of scouts carefully searched the Fulong Valley area, but found nothing unusual. Only then did Li Zicheng lead his army forward with confidence and boldness.

The reason why the rebel scouts did not discover the ambush hidden in the dense mountain forest was that the ambush was well disguised and well hidden. Another main reason was due to misjudgment caused by experience.

The best ambush site should be Fulongpo with steep terrain, which is a must-know military knowledge for any general in charge of the army. However, the ambush site chosen by Lan Fang is not only flat and open, but also nearly three miles away from the official road. It is not possible at all. Suitable for ambush warfare.

But he chose this place to set up an ambush contrary to common sense. The rebel scouts didn't pay attention to this place at all. They didn't even send anyone to check it. They just crossed over quickly and went to Fulongpo for reconnaissance.

Lan Fang, who was hiding in a big tree, held up a monocular to observe. The rebel's front army had walked out of the ambush circle, but he did not order an attack. Instead, he patiently waited for the arrival of the rebel's central army. His target was Li Zicheng.

On top of the big trees, all the snipers were already in position. Their primary targets were the rebel generals who were riding war horses and wearing armor. As for Li Zicheng, they were ordered to only injure but not to If killed, Li Zicheng must be captured alive.

Lan Fang looked through the monocular and saw a red flag with the word Chuang coming into view. It was blown by the strong wind and made a hunting sound. He gave the order to attack.