Sun Chuanting paused, and then said: "Besides, the Qin army has just occupied Jingbian and Hanzhong, and these two places also need to be guarded. [No pop-ups. Therefore, I conclude that the Qin army will not exceed 30,000, or even 20,000. ”

Yang Wenyue said: "But even if it is 20,000 people, it must be the elite of the Qin army." Don't be underestimated. Once the Qin army sneaks up and harasses us in the rear, it may also have an adverse impact on the battle situation. Please think carefully. ”

Sun Chuanting sneered: "How can I sit idly by." Pass my general order and let Gao Jie take his headquarters to block the Qin army. No matter what method he used, he was not allowed to let this Qin army come to Kaifeng. ”

Yang Wenyue said: "You have to order, but my lord, He Renlong and Cao Bianjiao are closer to the Qin army, why don't you let these two go,"

Sun Chuanting said: "The elite soldiers under Cao Bianjiao are indispensable for this battle, as for He Renlong, hum, he has always disobeyed military orders, and it will only be bad for him to go." ”

Yang Wenyue listened, and cold sweat broke out on his head. The last time he was under Fu Zonglong, he also disobeyed the military order and retreated without authorization. After Fu Zonglong's death, Chongzhen wanted to punish him by decree, but was dissuaded by Sun Chuanting. Therefore, he, He Renlong and others owe Sun Chuanting a favor, and if he doesn't sell his life this time, I'm afraid he really won't be able to save his head.

Gao Jie is a general who has been surrendered by Sun Chuanting, and when he was in the peasant army before, he was known as the mountain harrier, and he is an old acquaintance with Li Zicheng. After surrendering to the official army, he was desperate for Sun Chuanting, and he was very desperate, and he fought ruthlessly and treacherously, so he made a lot of achievements. Even Li Zicheng didn't dare to underestimate him.

This time, Gao Jie received Sun Chuanting's general order and ordered him to go to Luoyang, drag the Qin army, and prevent him from joining the Kaifeng battlefield. This is very much in line with Gao Jie's thoughts.

Because Gao Jie was unwilling to face Li Zicheng, when he surrendered to Sun Chuanting, he abducted Li Zicheng's ex-wife. This was regarded as the most unfaithful person in the peasant army. Therefore, every time he plays against Li Zicheng, he is a little weak. Sun Chuanting also saw this, so as long as it was not a particularly important battle, he would not let Gao Jie fight against Li Zicheng.

This battle was extremely important, but Sun Chuanting still let Gao Jie leave Kaifeng, and there were many fierce generals in the official army at this time, so there was no need to use Gao Jie.

Gao Jie understood what Sun Chuanting meant, and after receiving the order, he was very happy, and immediately ordered 15,000 men and horses in his headquarters to kill Luoyang overnight.

Sun Chuanting had already clearly told Gao Jie when he issued the order that the Qin army would not exceed 20,000 men, and that he should not be intimidated by the bluff rhetoric on the notice.

How could Gao Jie not understand this, so he was fierce and murderous along the way, and he led 5,000 cavalry in front and went straight to Luoyang.

Li Yan raised troops in Luoyang for three days, and he didn't go anywhere else, just to wait for Sun Chuanting to divide his troops and then pay attention to it. At this time, there was a report from Tanma, saying that Sun Chuanting had received the news of the loss of Luoyang, and sent Gao Jie to lead more than 10,000 people and horses to come in the starry night, preparing to recover Luoyang.

As soon as he heard Gao Jie's name, Li Yan was a Rin, he was very familiar with Li Zicheng and others, and naturally knew this Gao Jie. He had heard Li Zicheng tell him more than once about Gao Jie's personality and combat style, and knew that this guy was not easy to mess with, especially at this time when he only had 5,000 cavalry, and it was obviously impossible to defeat Gao Jie's more than 10,000 people.

At this time, Li Yan had already fought many battles with Bai Qi, with rich experience and courage, although it was the first time he led the army to face the superior officers and soldiers, he also seemed very calm.

Gao Jie has more than 10,000 people, so he must not face the enemy head-on. Li Yan ordered the men and horses to withdraw from Luoyang City immediately.

Before sending troops, King Qin had confessed that he entered Henan this time not to fight against the official army, but to disperse the official army and strengthen himself. In the face of Gao Jie's dominant people, he must not be entangled by him.

Li Yan led the army to the west and broke through the county seat of Yiyang. When Gao Jie arrived in Luoyang, all he saw was an empty city with a wide open gate and only the people left. The money and grain in the city have been looted by the Qin army, and according to the big families in the city, about hundreds of poor people have moved to Guanzhong, and some young and middle-aged people have joined the Qin army.

Gao Jie gritted his teeth in anger, and as soon as he stationed his men and horses, he got the news that Yiyang had been lost, and it was the Qin army who did it. Gao Jie was already in the mouth of the spy in the city at this time, knowing that the Qin army had less than 10,000 horses, he immediately took the cavalry and hurried to Yiyang to fight a decisive battle with Li Yan.

As soon as he arrived outside Yiyang City, Li Yan had already led the Qin army to leave again, and this time his target was Ruyang.

For ten consecutive days, the Qin army, under the leadership of Li Yan, moved from east to west, south to north, leading Gao Jie's nose, so that he could never catch his tail. And in these ten days, the Qin army broke Yiyang, Ruyang, Ruzhou, and Yuzhou, and was already close to Kaifeng.

When Gao Jie wrote to Sun Chuanting and informed him that the Qin army had gone straight to Kaifeng, Li Yan suddenly returned to the division, passed by Gao Jie's men and horses at night, and conquered Baofeng.

Baofeng is an important logistics base of the official army in Henan, and there are a large number of food, weapons, horses, money, and clothing in the city, just because Gao Jie chased Li Yan all the way, thinking that Li Yan would inevitably go to Kaifeng and Li Zicheng to join the division, where would you think that the Qin army suddenly killed a horse gun, Baofeng was broken, and Gao Jie was almost angry.

After Li Yan conquered Baofeng, the Qin army was greatly equipped, and at this time he broke through several counties in a row, and his men and horses had increased to more than 7,000 people, and even incorporated two small peasant armies.

Sun Chuanting got the news that Baofeng was broken, and he also realized the strength of the Qin army, it seems that Li Yan's team is no longer a fly crawling on his back, but has become a scorpion, if it is not eliminated as soon as possible, it will really have a major impact on the battle situation. So he strictly ordered He Renlong to send men and horses to attack Gao Jie on both sides, and he must eliminate Li Yan's Qin army.

When Li Yan got the news, he immediately ordered his men to withdraw from Baofeng. When leaving, try to take away as much as you can, especially war horses, each cavalry has two horses, which can be reloaded. You can also let the horses carry some grain, cloth and other things. The materials that could not be taken away, Li Yan ordered a fire to be burned, and they must not be left for the officers and soldiers.

When his cavalry of more than 7,000 people withdrew from Baofeng, the grain and cloth stored in the city had almost burned out, and the smoke that reached the sky could be seen after walking dozens of miles.

When Gao Jie entered Baofeng, all he saw was a piece of ashes, and Qin Jun couldn't even find a shadow.

Gao Jie was almost mad, he consulted with the deputy general sent by He Renlong, and the two soldiers divided into two ways, like a big pair of scissors, and chased after him.

Li Yan knew that at this time, his task had almost been completed, the superior officers and troops were following closely, and the rest of the county towns had also heard the wind and actively defended themselves.

He sent people to hurry back to Bentongguan.

After Gao Jie and the other officers and soldiers learned that Li Yan was fleeing to Tongguan, they immediately chased after him non-stop, he didn't want Li Yan to go back to Guanzhong calmly after making a lot of money in Henan like this.

When Li Yan led the army to Song County, someone came to report that Gao Jie was still chasing after him, and the distance between the two sides was only sixty or seventy miles. Li Yan looked at the red lady: "If we have more people and horses, I really want to fight with the official army, the terrain here is good." ”

The red lady said: "That's right." We have made a lot of money and food for horses, but there is no damage to the officers and soldiers, and as soon as Gao Jie and the others go back, King Li Chuang will still be in the same situation. If we can defeat Gao Jie, then we can really help in the war. ”

As he was talking, he ran forward to probe the horse and reported: "Li Gongzi, there is a group of people in front of us, coming head-on." ”

Li Yan was taken aback, and immediately asked, "Can you see the flag clearly,"

The probe said: "There is no flag, and there is no uniform, I don't know where it is,"

Li Yan looked forward, and sure enough, the road was covered with soot, so he ordered: "All the troops are ready to fight, line up, and prepare to fight." ”

At this time, Li Yan was very nervous, because Gao Jie led the superior officers and troops to chase after him, and if there was another enemy in front, he would be attacked from both sides, and the situation would be very unfavorable.

More than 7,000 cavalry immediately formed a formation, and the original 5,000 men and horses were in front, placing the newly recruited more than 2,000 people in the middle, in case these people who had no combat experience were the first to collapse.

Li Yan and the red lady were immediately in front of the army and waited for them.

At this moment, the men and horses in front drove over, and before they could see how many people there were, they heard someone shouting: "Is it Li Gongzi's men and horses in front, we are Qin Jun." ”

Li Yan shouted, "Who are you?"

I heard a familiar voice say: "In Xia Shihuai, I have been ordered by the king to answer it." ”

Li Yan was overjoyed: "Li Yan is here, General Shehuai, how do you know that I am here,"

At this time, the oncoming people had already arrived in front of them, and it was Shehuai who was the leader. As soon as he saw Li Yan and the red lady, he was also extremely excited, and stepped forward.

Li Yan ordered the crossbowmen to be removed from the array, and then met with Shehuai.

It turned out that since Li Yan led the army into Henan, the king of Qin was very concerned about him, and had been sending people to deliver news in Henan, how Li Yan broke through the city and county, how to attract the officers and soldiers to chase after him, the king of Qin knew that at this time, Bai Qi suggested that the fighter plane had appeared, and it was time for the Qin army to greatly defeat the prestige of the official army.

The king of Qin then ordered to send 20,000 horses to Tongguan, and then with Shi Huai as the main general, he entered to join Li Yan and turned back to meet Gao Jie.

The 20,000 horses were guarded in Xi'an City and the surrounding counties, and the Qin army almost hollowed out the guards in Guanzhong, leaving only about 2,000 people in the entire Xi'an City. For this, the king of Qin is clear, at this time, there is not much need to guard Xi'an, because all sides have belonged to the Qin army, and Guanzhong is very safe. So I listened to Bai Qi's suggestion and wanted to fight with Gao Jie in Henan.

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