After the Ming army arrived at Tongguan, the soldiers came to a plain thirty miles away from Tongguan.

The reason why we set up camp so far from Tongguan is mainly because the closer we are to Tongguan, the narrower the plain in front of the pass is, and the 200,000 troops cannot be deployed.

In addition, the Ming army vanguard had already discovered the Zhou army on the flank hills. Knowing that the Zhou army had hidden troops in the mountains south outside Tongguan, it was impossible to pull the camp into noodles to facilitate the enemy's surprise attack, so he chose to go out to the Xia camp with spaciousness.

On August 1, the Ming army set up a large camp outside Tongguan, dug two shallow moats outside the Yingpan, and military tents were everywhere in the camp.

At noon the next day, a soldier entered the barracks and raised Zhao Ming's king's flag to announce that the commander of the Ming Dynasty and Zhao Ming also entered the battlefield.

After Zhao Ming arrived at the camp, he did not rest and immediately led the cavalry out to the camp to investigate the enemy situation.

Before the Ming army arrived, the Zhou army cleaned up the battlefield. Five villages distributed along the river were destroyed by the Zhou army within 20 or 30 miles from Tongguan Pass to the Ming army camp.

Zhao Ming rode a horse and looked at the ruins. The accompanying general Dang Shousu said, "Register, the Zhou army was to prevent us from using the village as a cover. In addition, at the foot of Mount Wushan, several woods that could hide soldiers and block their sight were also set fire to the Zhou army."

Zhao Ming looked at the destroyed village and the burned bare foot of the mountain, and suddenly laughed: "It seems that Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang are very scared!"

The Zhou army destroyed the villages and burned the woods, hoping that they could observe the movements and distribution of the Ming army at the foot of the mountain and the Guanqian Plain, and at the same time ensure that they would not be hindered by the woods and villages when they rushed down.

Zhao Ming observed the terrain in front of Tongguan. To the west is Tongguan, the front is narrow, and the troops are not easy to expand. To the north is the rolling Yellow River, and to the south is a southeast-oriented mountain range forming an acute angle with the Yellow River, causing the plain in front of Guan, which is the narrower the closer it is to Tongguan.

Zhao Ming had to admit that it was reasonable to say that Tongguan was easy to defend but difficult to attack. When Zhao Ming saw the flags of Zhou and Jin troops erected on the hills of the southern mountains, he understood the intentions of Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang, waiting for him to drill into the plain in front of the pass.

"It seems that Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang have chosen the battlefield!" Zhao Ming snorted coldly and pulled his horse back to the camp.

In the next few days, the Ming army stationed outside Tongguan, and except for the four whistle cavalry, they did not launch an attack.

The Ming army did not move, but Jiang Xiang was anxious. His old nest was being attacked by two other Ming troops. He could not stay in Tongguan for a long time and had to fight Zhao Zamao in decisive battle.

In order to attract the Ming army into the plain in front of the pass, Jiang Xiang could only ask Jiang Youguang to lead his troops down the mountain to challenge, and then cheat to Tongguan to lure the Ming army to pursue him, but Zhao Mingwen was like an old dog and was not fooled.

After several times, the Jin army lost nearly a thousand yuan, which made Jiang Xiang become irritable.

Now the Zhou army and the main forces of the Jin army gather in Tongguan. Once the other Ming army makes progress, they will be undefeated.

Outside Tongguan, the Zhou army camp, and the Wu Sangui tent.

Zhao Ming's failure to enter the preset battlefield of the Zhou army put the Zhou army in an extremely passive situation.

If this continues, it will take less than half a month for the other two Ming troops to break into Hedong, occupy Jiang Xiang's nest, and then the troops enter Guanzhong and encircle Tongguan. The other Ming troops attacking Wuguan should break through and block, and go straight to Chang'an through business.

Wu Sangui had expected this, but was not panicked about it, but was very calm. "Jiang Xiang didn't believe in evil, and insisted on pulling me and fighting with Zhao Zamao with him, but is that Zhao Zamao so easy to deal with? Now you know that Zhao Zamao is powerful!"

Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "But you have to thank Jiang Xiang. If he hadn't been strongly advocating the war, Zhao Ming wouldn't have thought that our main players were all in Tongguan, and misjudged us to choose a decisive battle."

Wu Sangui looked serious and asked, "Have Wang Pingfan and Wu Zhimao left?"

Hong Chengchou lowered his voice and said, "Let's go tonight!"

Wu Sangui nodded and said in a deep voice: "Be more secretive, and you cannot let anyone know, especially Zhao Zamao and Jiang Xiang."

Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "Don't worry, the soldiers and horses in Kanto cannot know about the city blockade."

Behind Tongguan, the Zhou army camp, nearly 10,000 troops were escorted to the Zhou army camp with military rations.

Chen Mingxia walked in the camp, watching the garrison troops and moved the food into the camp. At this time, two elite Zhou troops stationed in the camp, who were in the camp, hurriedly assembled in the camp.

Not long after, a group of soldiers, without tying flags, hurried out of the camp and headed west.

Seeing this, Chen Mingxia couldn't help but frown, called a soldier who hurried out of the camp and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Report to the Lord, the villain is not sure. The general's order was given." The soldiers responded and hurriedly went to gather. Soon after, another group of people came out of the camp under the cover of the night.

In a camp of 20,000 people overnight, all the elite troops were released, but the 10,000 troops who transported grain remained in the camp.

In the military tent, Zhao Hao, the detailed work of the Military Information Department, was changing into the armor of the Zhou army.

Chen Mingxia stood in the camp tent and said in a deep voice: "The garrison troops transporting food stayed in the camp, but 20,000 elite soldiers took advantage of the night and pretended to be the garrison troops and headed west. This must be Wu Sangui's plan to escape, and he still wants to run away after all."

Hong Chengchou originally wanted to transfer Chen Mingxia to Hedong to contact Jiang Xiang, but when Chen Mingxia arrived at Pujin Pass, he met Jiang Xiang's army crossed the Yellow River and entered Guanzhong, and then returned to Guanzhong.

This time, Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang fought with the Ming army, and Chen Mingxia also followed, while Zhao Hao, the military intelligence department's detailed work, pretended to be his slave, to facilitate the spy on the Zhou army's intelligence.

At this time, Zhao Hao had already changed into a military armor in the Zhou Dynasty and said in a deep voice: "I originally thought Wu Sangui had some blood, but he didn't expect that the battle in Xingyang would make him scared. Now it seems that he led his troops to come, but he bluffed to stabilize Jiang Xiang and hold the Regent, but he was still ready to escape in the end."

"The Regent wins every battle and is invincible. Wu Sangui is also self-aware." Chen Mingxia flattered Zhao Ming and said to Zhao Hao: "Zhao Qianhu, the gate of Tongguan has been closed. If you can't get out from the east, you have to take a detour from the south. I have prepared a document for you, be careful."

Wu Sangui was afraid that the news would leak, so he used the terrain of Tongguan to block the city of Guancheng and had contact with the Jin army in Tongshan. Zhao Hao wanted to notify the Ming army, but he could only go to the south source of Tongguan, which was the path where Li Zicheng was beaten to only eighteen cavalry left to inform the Ming army.

Zhao Hao knew that Chen Mingxia was worried that he would be arrested on the road, which would drag him down. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord Chen, the rules of the Military Information Department will not betray the inside line even if they are arrested. The Ming Dynasty will win this battle, so you can just wait for the reward from the Regent!"
Chapter completed!