King Qin nodded: "That makes sense." ”

Li Yan continued: "And there is another point, if we do this, we can make the situation in Shaanxi more chaotic, and the enemy army is exhausted, then other peasant armies can take the opportunity to rise up, so that the Ming army will be attacked on all sides, and then our army will try to develop." ”

King Qin looked at everyone and asked, "Do you agree?" ”

Wang Jian said: "What if you stick to Huayin? Isn't it the same that can hold back the main force of the Ming army? ”

Li Yan said: "It is absolutely impossible to stick to it. Once we are besieged to death, the Ming army can continuously mobilize a large army to help the war, and then we will be trapped in the city, and the food will not continue, and we will inevitably perish. Moreover, the people of the city are not yet convinced, and will not be the same enemy as us, and in case of mutiny, they will not be able to control it. ”

These remarks are clearly layered and reasoned thoroughly, and no one can be unconvinced.

King Qin nodded again and again: "Li Yan said well, our current strength is not yet able to occupy Shaanxi, we must first develop and then fight a decisive battle." ”

He looked at Bai Qi: "Immediately order, withdraw from Huayin tomorrow evening, don't disturb the people, and set off quietly." ”

Wang Jian asked, "King, where are we going to withdraw from Huayin?" King Qin thought for a while: "The northwest side is the direction of the enemy's army, and the east is Tongguan, so we can only retreat to the south, bypass Huashan, and go to the Shangluo Mountain area to fight on the move." In addition, the defenders of Tongguan should be ordered to withdraw to Shangluo Mountain. ”

As soon as everyone discussed, this was a good idea, so they went down separately to prepare. The Qin army immediately began to get busy, loading the grain treasures on horseback, and also collecting weapons and camp tents, and worked hard for a day, and was roughly ready.

Li Dang received an order to take the tiger talisman to Tongguan to bring the defenders to Luonan to join the division. This was the idea of Bai Qi, and the army marched in two ways, one to have an echo, and the other to avoid the goal being too large and inconvenient to move.

Because this was a one-sided action, Li Dang was full of courage, but he lacked tact, and at his request, the king of Qin agreed to let Li Yan accompany him.

King Qin repeatedly told Li Kang to ensure Li Yan's safety. Even if King Qin didn't give an order, Li Dang would have calculated it like this, because this was his sworn brother.

At dusk the next day, the scouts came to report that the enemy army in the west was only twenty miles away from Huayin, and the Qin army began to withdraw from Huayin under the order of the King of Qin.

Taking advantage of the night, Li Dare came to Qianniang's house, these days, he has not dared to see Qianniang, for fear of planting a crime of banditry for others, at this time he is leaving, no matter what, he has to say goodbye.

Li Dang knocked lightly on the door, and the old fairy opened the door to see that it was him, hurriedly let him in, and then closed the door tightly.

Qianniang was dispensing medicine in the house, and when she saw Li Kang, she blushed and asked him to sit. Li Dang was at a loss: "Qianniang, I'm ...... this time I'm here to ...... I'm leaving......"

Qian Niang listened: "Gone?" Where to go? Are you all leaving? ”

Li Dang nodded: "The Ming army is coming, there are a lot of people, we can only withdraw first." But don't worry, we'll be back soon...... At that time, I will never leave again, and at that time, I will mention it to you again...... One thing. ”

Qianniang shook her head gently, she already knew Li Dang's affection for her, but she was determined to keep the festival for her husband and was reluctant to mention marriage again.

Li Dang didn't say much at this time, but just asked Qianniang to take care of her body, so as to see her later, and then bid farewell to the old fairy and went out. At this time, Li Yan was already waiting for him at the gate of the city, and the two of them took ten Qin troops and marched towards Tongguan.

They left, but Zhang Yi didn't even see Wu Xinlan's face, he went to say goodbye, but they didn't even open the door at all, and Zhang Yi didn't dare to shout loudly, for fear of causing trouble to Wu Xinlan, so he had to write a letter and stuff it through the crack in the door, and then sighed again and again, patted the horse and left.

The Qin army quietly opened the southern city and marched in a roundabout way. Nearly 7,000 men and horses marched towards Shangluo Mountain. As long as there are no obstacles, two days later, they will reach Luonan, where they will join forces with the men and horses of Tongguan, and then attack the weakly defended county town of the Ming army, dragging down the main force of the Ming army little by little.

The brigade went out of Huayin, and walked a short distance to the south, and the front was already Huashan, and the vanguard marched around the mountain, passing through one or two villages from time to time, also quietly, without lights. After walking all night, by dawn, it was already dozens of miles away from Huayin.

There are still more than 100 miles away from Luonan here, and the scouts are coming, and there is no trace of the Ming army around. So the Qin army camped and rested. They carried a heavy load, and they did not walk fast, and the journey of more than 100 miles had to go for a day and a night, and the men and horses of Tongguan were all infantry, according to this estimate, the army of Tongguan should arrive later than them.

In order to avoid revealing their whereabouts, the Qin army camped during the day and marched at night, and after a night's journey, they came to a place forty miles north and south of Luonan. This place is called Jianwei Slope, and the Luohe River meanders through the slope.

When I arrived, it was almost dawn.

King Qin looked at his army, everyone was a little tired, after all, marching at night, the black light was blind, and it was far less smooth than walking during the day. So he ordered the whole army to rest at the bottom of the slope and make food.

At this time, the sky was not clear, the cool breeze was blowing, everyone walked all night, and happened to be hungry, so they began to dig the stove, bury the pot, and cook rice...... There are also people who light a fire and roast the beef and mutton they bring to feast.

Even Bai Qi didn't expect that not far from this time, there was a team of people and horses in ambush, led by a general, with a rough face, bearded and tiger-eyed, riding an oolong horse, holding a machete in his hand, the head of the knife was three feet long, widened and thickened, called a horse chopping knife.

The general looked at the Qin army who was cooking at the bottom of the slope, sneered slightly, and ordered the troops behind him: "Wind up ......"

There were hundreds of archers behind him, and after listening to the order, they pulled the bowstring together, aimed at the Qin army, and with the wave of the general's big sword, the arrows were like flying locusts, shooting towards the Qin army.

Qin Jun, who was making food, never dreamed that he would be suddenly attacked here, and when the rain of arrows came, most people didn't care, and when the person who was hit by the arrow screamed and fell, he realized that it was not good. Hurriedly picked up the shield knife and gun.

The Ming army shot a second round of arrow rain, but at this time the Qin army was already on guard, and the general saw it, waved his knife in his hand, and ordered to charge.

The sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and thousands of cavalry rushed out of the ambush, brandishing their sabers, and rushed towards the Qin army.

Although the Qin army is an elite soldier, but in the dark night, it was suddenly attacked, and it was unable to organize a formation for a while, and the speed of the enemy army was extremely fast, and before the formation was formed, it had already rushed to the front.

This Ming army is led by the fierce general He Renlong under Hong Chengchou, known as He Maniac.

It turned out that Hong Chengchou was extremely cunning, although he sent He Huchen to attack from the north, Bai Guangen and He Renlong marched from the west, but secretly ordered Bai Guangen, on the way, the people were pulled to drum up the momentum, causing the appearance of a large number of people, confusing the enemy, and then sending He Renlong to attack Huayin from the south.

According to his thoughts, the enemy army may defend Huayin, but it is unlikely, because holding on means losing the initiative, and almost all the rebellious peasant armies will not defend one place today. It is more likely that the enemy forces will withdraw from Huayin. But where will it retreat?

First of all, there are Ming troops in the northwest, and the enemy will not retreat in these two directions, and the west is Tongguan, and the result is the same as defending Huayin, so the most likely direction for the enemy to retreat is south.

Hong Chengchou secretly ordered He Renlong to copy from the south, and probe more along the way, if he encounters the enemy, it is best to take advantage of the enemy's slack to make a surprise attack.

He Renlong did a good job, and the scouts sent had already discovered the Qin army and reported it to him, so He Renlong ordered the horses not to light torches, followed the Qin army from a distance, and when they set up camp, they would attack violently.

Sure enough, the surprise attack of the Ming army had a miraculous effect.

At this time, the Qin army had been dispersed, and when it was gathered in a hurry, the various arms could not cooperate with each other, and there was some panic for a while, and the Ming cavalry rushed over at this time.

The Qin army was immediately dispersed.

The cavalry of the 3,000 Ming army galloped across the camp, rushing back and forth, and everywhere they went, their heads were rolling and blood was splashing.

Bai Qi hurriedly gave the order, and the army fought to the death. He knew that it was too late to organize the army formation at this time, so he could only fight on his own. So the Qin army desperately resisted. The Ming army also began to suffer casualties.

As soon as He Renlong saw that the Qin army had been dispersed, and his cavalry was gathered in one place, and the lethality had become weaker, he gave a loud order to let the cavalry disperse, with the flag officer as the leader, a team of fifty people, and began to fight.

Hong Chengchou usually commands the troops very strictly and is well-trained, so even in the chaos of the night, he can still dispatch freely. The army followed their banner officers and began to kill the Qin army everywhere.

Bai Qi stepped on his war horse and looked around for the King of Qin, he understood that the Qin army underestimated the Ming army too much, and only thought that the other party would attack from the west and north, but he didn't expect that there were so many cavalry in ambush in the south.

The Qin army was bound to lose this battle.

The top priority is to find the king of Qin and escort him out.