[No pop-ups. Zi Youge Sun Chuanting smiled: "There is no need to set up a military order, I think the general will be victorious, after you go down, lead the people of the headquarters to go first, enter the Hetao area, remember, you must be careful when crossing the river, don't be attacked by the Qin army, first explore the situation, and then enter Shaanxi,"

He Renlong patted his chest: "Don't worry, my lord, I'm crazy and I won't be ashamed of your people,"

The discussion has been decided, Sun Chuanting sent He Renlong as the vanguard, led 5,000 men and horses, prepared to cross the river into Shaanxi, and took Zuo Guangxian, Fan Ju and others, led 20,000 horses and horses as the Chinese army, let Hu Dawei be the rear army, and try to stop the drum along the way, not disturb the people, and quickly come to the Hetao,

He Renlong's troops have always had bad military discipline, and burning, killing and looting are commonplace, but this time, in order to hurry, he strictly ordered horses, not to enter villages and towns, not to be delayed by anything, the whole army except to rest and eat, is to march,

This group of men and horses entered Shanxi in a few days, and then went north along the Yellow River, and after coming to the Hetao, looking for a suitable place to cross the river, this area is still the territory of the official army, Rao is so, He Renlong did not dare to be careless, he first sent a lot of exploration horses, went around to investigate, and after making sure that there was no Qin army, then began to cross the river in Qingxidu,

Five thousand men and horses, in one day, crossed the Yellow River and entered Shaanxi.

According to common sense, after crossing the Yellow River, He Renlong should be stationed on the spot, waiting for Sun Chuanting's main force behind, but He Renlong was eager to make meritorious contributions and did not stop, he ordered to march south immediately, preparing to attack Huayin,

The soldiers are fast, He Renlong has been on the battlefield for a long time, how could he not know that he personally led three thousand cavalry, galloped day and night, and pounced on Huayin, and the rest of the two thousand infantry followed behind.

At this time, Li Yan of Huayin didn't know the news yet, because their scouting horses only investigated within a hundred and ten miles around Huayin, and they couldn't find the officers and soldiers four or five hundred miles away.

But Li Yan is not a vegetarian, he receives news from Xi'an and Tongguan every day, looking at these news, Li Yan vaguely feels that the threat is approaching, and the danger is coming.

There is news from Tongguan that there is a large group of mysterious officers and soldiers who are moving north along the Yellow River, and this force does not play flags, does not blow horns, does not sound gongs and drums, and does not know whose men and horses it is.

But Li Yan felt something strange from it, because before, no matter what kind of officers and soldiers, there was no such mystery, at least the commander's banner would always be erected, and now this official army does not play the commander's banner, there is only one purpose, that is, I don't want others to know who the boss is.

On the ground in Shanxi, there is no big battle to fight, and the main forces of the peasant army are not in Shanxi, so this official army is not to deal with the peasant army.

Since this is the case, then it is likely to be aimed at Shaanxi, but why not hit Tongguan,

Li Yan immediately understood that Tongguan was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and once attacked, it would be difficult to conquer in a short time, so the official army gave up attacking Tongguan, but headed north, most likely to cross the Yellow River and directly enter Shaanxi.

In this way, the official army wants to sneak attack the Qin army,

Li Yan immediately wrote a letter about this matter and reported it to Xi'an, and at the same time ordered the whole city to be under martial law, and the city gate was only open for two hours a day, and the city was strictly inspected to prevent spies from making trouble.

His reaction was really fast, on the third day of martial law in Li Yan's whole city, He Renlong's men and horses rushed to the north of Huayin fifty miles away.

Tanma had already reported the news to Huayin, Li Yan listened to it, his heart sank slightly, and he secretly thought, the official army came so quickly, fortunately, he was prepared, otherwise, he would definitely be caught off guard.

He immediately ordered the gates of the city to be closed, and the whole army was opened to the head of the city, except for a few people who patrolled the city and guarded the important treasury.

Li Yan brought a total of 2,000 people, except for those left in the city, everyone was divided into four gates, each gate was less than 500 people, and Huayin City was not as good as Xi'an, there was an urn city, there were artillery, and Huayin's defense could not be compared with Xi'an.

Standing at the head of the north city, Li Yan looked north, but saw the dust covering the sky in the distance, the light reflected the sun, countless people and horses were rushing here, there were still a few villages and towns around Huayin City, as soon as they saw the officials and soldiers coming, many people immediately ran to the city, these people came to the city, crying to the city, wanting to call the city to let them in,

A partial general said: "Li Gongzi, we can't open the city, in case there are spies from the official army and put them in the city, wouldn't it be a bad thing,"

Li Yan shook his head: "There are so many people, it can't be all spies, if they are allowed to die outside the city, how can I feel at ease, not to mention, even if one or two spies enter the city, they won't be able to make much waves, so the city will be opened,"

Dozens of Qin soldiers ran down and opened the city gate halfway, these Qin soldiers held spears, eyeing at each other, anyone must be checked, anyone who wants to force their way through the city gate will be assassinated,

There were about a few hundred refugees gathered outside the city, and they were very slow to enter the city, and in the distance, the cavalry of He Renlong was about to be killed, and these cavalry saw from a distance that there was a circle of people around the city gate, and they were entering the city, and they seemed that the city gate was open, and they were all very happy, and they urged their horses one by one, and rushed towards the city gate.

When the general saw that it was not good, he shouted: "Li Gongzi, you can't let people enter the city, close the city gate quickly,"

Li Yan saw that there were still more than 200 people outside who had not entered the city, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Prepare for the archers, shoot the official army, don't let him rush over, and let all the refugees enter the city,"

More than a hundred archers stood at the head of the city, ready to release their arrows,

He Renlong also saw the situation at the city gate, and immediately ordered to seize the city gate, and the three thousand cavalry lined up in formation, like a huge fan, and rushed towards the city gate.

Li Yan looked at the cavalry of the official army, estimated the distance, and waited until these cavalry were already within range, he waved his hand: "Release the arrows,"

The archers at the head of the city sent out wave after wave of feathered arrows, and fell into the camp of the officers.

He Renlong's men and horses are well-equipped, with iron helmets and iron armor, and some people's war horses are also wrapped in leather armor, so the bows and arrows of the Qin army do not have much lethality to them, many people were hit by arrows, but the arrows could not penetrate the iron armor, and they were bounced out, although some people were shot in the face or the horse's head, and fell to the ground, but after all, there were very few, and the large team of men and horses were not hindered at all, like mercury spilling the ground, and rushed to the city gate,

At this time, there were only twenty or thirty refugees left outside the city gate, and most of these people were women and old people, who moved slowly, and could not squeeze others, so they fell behind.

At this time, He Renlong had already led people to rush to the city gate for dozens of steps, and in the blink of an eye, he could rush into the city gate, Li Yan sighed, he understood that if he didn't close the door at this time, it would be too late.

So Li Yan had no choice but to order, close the city gate,

The Qin army behind the city gate was also very anxious, but before they got the general's order, they didn't dare to close the door without authorization.

As soon as the city gate was closed, the official cavalry rushed to the city gate, and the remaining 20 or so refugees were immediately knocked to the ground, stepped under the horse's hooves, and were killed at that time.

He Renlong ordered to storm the city gate, but at this time, the Qin army inside the city gate had already bolted several huge logs behind the city gate, unable to shake it.

Li Yan ordered to put stones and roll wood at the head of the city, and the soldiers of the Qin army smashed them all under the city, dozens of officers and soldiers were killed and injured, and He Renlong retreated.

At this time, the Qin army breathed a sigh of relief, and when they saw that hundreds of refugees had entered the city, the Qin army in the city was settling them, and at the same time searching them one by one to see if there were people who had brought weapons into the city.

Li Yan glanced outside the city, his heart was a little heavy, he didn't have time to grieve for the twenty or so people who died under the hooves of the official army before they had time to enter the city, what he was worried about was He Renlong's attack,

At a glance, the official army has at least 3,000 cavalry, and there should be infantry behind, and he only has 2,000 men and horses, although the cavalry cannot attack the city wall, but after the infantry of the official army arrives, God knows what siege equipment they have brought,

How dare Li Yan be careless, and ordered the Qin army at the head of the city to prepare more rolling wood and stones, crossbow arrows, ash bottles, and other things, and prepare to fight to the death with the official army.

was busy working, and suddenly someone shouted: "Li Gongzi, the official army has attacked,"

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, thinking that all the cavalry came, how to attack, as soon as he raised his head, he heard a strange sound in the air, and he knew that something was wrong, and immediately shouted: "There are arrows coming, everyone be careful......"

Sure enough, He Renlong's 3,000 cavalry were divided into several teams, galloping back and forth under the city, as long as they had the range, they fired arrows into the air, and most of those arrows were shot at the city.

A dense rain of arrows fell, and screams rang out at the head of the city, and about thirty or forty people could not dodge, and were shot by arrows, and fell.

Li Yan shouted: "Don't run around, avoid arrows, avoid arrows......"

Some of the soldiers of the Qin army shrank under the battlements, some put up their shields, and some lay down on the head of the city, hugging their heads and shrinking into a ball.

He Renlong's men and horses are still shooting arrows,

Li Yan was protected by two Qin army shields, and he ordered the people in the city to stay away from the city walls so as not to be shot by stray arrows.

He Renlong ordered his officers and soldiers to keep releasing arrows, and at the same time commanded five hundred cavalry, with hooks and ropes, they began to climb the city.

This kind of hook is specially equipped by He Renlong's people and horses, the head is an iron flying claw, the iron hook of four eagle claws is very sharp, as long as it hooks the battlements or wood, it is extremely difficult to pull it open, at the lower end of the flying claw, tied with an iron chain four or five feet long, and then below, it is a rope more than two zhang long, when not in use, the group is together, back behind the back, very convenient,

The Huayin city wall is less than three zhang high, so this hook cable can reach the head of the city.

More than 500 horsemen rushed under the city wall, took out the hook and rope, and threw it at the wall.

With a rattling sound, the flying claws on the top of the hook have firmly buckled the bricks at the battlement, which is very strong.

The horsemen stood on horseback, clung to the ropes, and began to crawl towards the city.

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