Just when Li Mi agreed with Cheng Yanjin's opinion and planned to stick to Xingluocang, the eastern capital hundreds of miles away was bustling. When the news of the Xingluocang accident reached the eastern capital, the general opinion of Luoyang was: This group of bandits is not very good, I thought that they were going to attack Luoyang, but who would have thought that they only dared to fight a small Luokoucang, so it can be seen that this group of bandits is just some unfashionable guys.

And judging from their attack on Xingluocang, I'm afraid that most of these bandits are still hungry, otherwise how could they attack Xingluocang? It's just that Naluokou Cang is a heavy place to hoard grain, even if the grain inside is robbed by these bandits, it must be taken back immediately, after all, the location there is too important.

The imperial court did not have much doubt about recovering Xingluocang, because judging from the known situation, the bandits occupying Xingluocang were not only a group of hungry ghosts, but also lonely hungry ghosts. Otherwise, why would these guys recruit troops after occupying Xingluocang? It is clear that the strength is not enough. Moreover, the information sent by the prefectures and counties near Xingluocang can also prove this, and the prefectures and counties did not find a large number of bandits crossing the border, indicating that it was only a small group of enemies who attacked Xingluocang.

Although the intelligence of the past two days said that those bandits were recruiting manpower, and it was said that it had reached hundreds of thousands, but in the eyes of the imperial court, the hundreds of thousands of ordinary people who had never been on the battlefield were just hundreds of thousands of sheep, as long as the imperial army arrived, it would not immediately collapse?

It is precisely because the people in the imperial court know this way that those powerful families in Luoyang immediately took action, and a group of powerful descendants, relatives and friends, and even the bachelors of the third hall of the country are afraid of wasting a good opportunity to pick up big bargains and make great contributions. They took delicate and expensive weapons, wore bright and gorgeous armor, and brought neat and brand-new banners, and rushed to the recruitment office of the imperial court one by one to sign up, for fear that the great credit of being one step behind would be robbed by others!

Under the passion of these young people who were full of lust for profit and dreamed of entering the prime minister, the imperial court soon gathered an army of 25,000 people, and under the leadership of the main general Hu Benlang General Liu Changgong and the deputy marshal Guanglu Shaoqing Fang Wei, they beat gongs and drums and drove triumphantly towards Xingluocang.

Because Xingluocang is located in the east of Luoyang, for how to recapture Xingluocang, coach Liu Changgong decided to adopt a plan of east-west attack: all the way as the main force, led by himself, starting from Luoyang, fighting from west to east; All the way is a partial division, led by Pei Renji, the arrest envoy of Henan Province, starting from Hujiao Pass, fighting from east to west. It was agreed that the two groups of men and horses would gather near Xingluocang at a certain time, and then launch an attack in unison.

Li Mi gave Cheng Yanjin the task of defending against the imperial court officers and soldiers, so Cheng Yanjin has been paying close attention to the movements of Luoyang and the surrounding towns. Liu Changgong hadn't left the city gate yet, and Cheng Yanjin's desk was on the table with the information of the court officers and soldiers.

After all these years of development, the wind chimes under his command have become more and more capable, and the imperial army has not yet called, Cheng Yanjin knows the detailed information here, and even the commander Liu Changgong slept with which concubine he slept with the night before the expedition, how he slept, and what postures the two of them posed, the information was clearly written.

The stakes in this battle are very high, and Cheng Yanjin can't rest assured that those soldiers who have just joined will come out to confront the imperial army. Those hairy boys are afraid that they have not even seen dead people a few times, and if they see the bloody scene on the battlefield, it will be strange if they don't pee their pants on the spot.

After weighing the comparison of the strength of the two sides, Cheng Yanjin found that the men and horses who could fight on his side were at best the 7,000 elite soldiers selected at the beginning, while the imperial army had tens of thousands of people, including the men and horses led by Pei Renji, who was originally stationed in the Tiger Prison Pass. When Zhang Xutuo was strangled at the beginning, his cousin Qin Qiong, who was secretly let go by Cheng Yanjin, took his men and horses to this Pei Renji.

Because of this relationship, Cheng Yanjin also focused on investigating this Pei Renji at that time. It turned out that this person was also Zhang Xutuo's subordinate, and he was a rare famous general. In particular, the Tiger Prison Legion led by him is also a strong force that can fight well.

Although it is said that the Wagang army has an advantage in numbers, but in terms of the number of people who can fight, it is lower than the enemy. By judging the intelligence and synthesizing the existing forces, Cheng Yanjin decided to take advantage of the fact that Liu Changgong and Pei Renji did not have the time to converge, and first attacked Liu Changgong's department, which had a large number of people.

In Cheng Yanjin's opinion, although Liu Changgong led more people than Pei Renji's Tiger Prison Army, most of them were temporarily recruited soldiers, and they were all children of nobles and bachelors of the third hall of the country. These people had never been to the battlefield before, let alone suffered from this long march. Under the advantages of one and the other, it is really easy to eliminate this Liu Changgong.

As for Pei Renji's department, who came from the Tiger Prison Pass and wanted to attack the back of the Wagang Army, it would be much easier to clean him up after Liu Changgong was eliminated. However, in order to prevent Pei Renji and Liu Changgong from converging, Cheng Yanjin still sent a small group of men and horses to ambush Pei Renji's inevitable road, trying to drag Pei Renji and prevent him from joining Liu Changgong.

In the tent, several leaders sitting around were hearing about Cheng Yanjin's plan. Originally, Cheng Yanjin came here to borrow troops from Li Mi. In his plan, relying on the less than 2,000 martial arts masters under his command to deal with Liu Changgong's 20,000 army, he was afraid that he would be tired to death. But those new soldiers couldn't rely on it, so Cheng Yanjin planned to talk to Li Mi and borrow all the original 7,000 elite soldiers.

There is still an idea in Cheng Yanjin's heart, grandpa is killing people here, you bastards can't watch it, there is no reason for grandpa to work hard, but you are here to enjoy the success, everyone should have difficulties together.

It's just that what Cheng Yanjin didn't expect was that after listening to his explanation, Li Mi actually changed his mind and asked the burden on his shoulders back, "Brother Cheng, since you think you need the help of all the brothers, how can Mi let your brother take on this heavy responsibility alone!" This time to deal with Liu Changgong, all the brothers are the same, everyone shares blessings and difficulties, and you must not let Brother Cheng suffer alone! ”

Although Li Mi said that the righteousness was awe-inspiring, Cheng Yanjin was not a fool, and naturally understood that this was because Li Mi saw that there was something to do, and he was afraid that the great credit would be swallowed by himself, so he changed his mind and took the responsibility again. But Cheng Yanjin doesn't care about this false name or something, anyway, in the end, there are a lot of benefits.

However, Li Mi has some skills after all, and Cheng Yanjin's original idea was to arrange 7,000 elite soldiers in a formation, and when Liu Changgong's men and horses came, they would kill them openly and crush the enemy with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai. Although it is said that this practice is to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 himself, Cheng Yanjin doesn't care, these horses are not his descendants, or he won't feel distressed if they are all dead.

And Li Mi is a person who eats by his head after all, and he is insidious enough. First of all, in the location of the battlefield, Li Mi showed extraordinary ability. The battlefield selected by Li Mi was the east bank of the Shizi River to the south of the Hengling River.

The choice of this location is very knowledgeable: first of all, the east side of the Shizi River is not blocked, but the west side is Luoshui, Liu Changgong's department came from the west, and if you want to attack, you must first cross Luoshui, and when the court officers and soldiers cross the river, it is an opportunity to strike at the enemy. Second, after Liu Changgong crossed Luoshui, his men and horses were sandwiched between the Shizi River and Luoshui, and it was more troublesome to advance or retreat.

Third, the Wagang army lined up on the east side of the Shizi River and lured Liu Changgong to cross the river to fight. Due to the blockage of the Shizi River, it is difficult for the enemy to come all at once. This would not be conducive to the enemy's build-up of forces. This not only gives one's side an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the enemy, but also allows one to wait for work, narrows the gap in numbers between the two sides, and is more conducive to winning the battle.

The fourth advantage is that if you win, when you pursue the enemy across the Shizi River, it will be difficult for the enemy to escape because there is Luoshui blocking it behind, which is conducive to expanding the results of the battle. Of course, in Li Mi's heart, choosing Shizihe as the battlefield actually has an indescribable advantage, that is, if the battle situation on his side is unfavorable, because there is no obstacle to the east of Shizihe, he can quickly retreat.

After the plan was completed, Li Mi immediately dispatched troops and lined up on the east bank of the Shizi River, waiting for Liu Changgong's arrival. Just in case, Li Mi also ordered Cheng Yanjin to transfer back the martial arts masters who were originally sent out to harass Pei Renji, and sent some ordinary soldiers to go instead.

Anyway, their task is to do everything possible to slow down the progress of Pei Renji's Tiger Prison Army, if they can't complete such an easy task, then it is useless for them, it is better to let Pei Renji kill them all, and save a waste of food.

The situation developed in a direction favorable to the Wagang army, Pei Renji's men and horses were intercepted by a large number of Wagang troops in the area of Baihua Valley in the southeast of Gongxian County, and Liu Changgong's troops marched day and night quickly, and arrived at Xingluocang first.

In order to prevent Liu Changgong from being unwilling to be fooled and having to wait until he joined Pei Renji before he was willing to fight the Wagang army, Li Mi first asked Zhai Rang to use a small group of men and horses as bait to line up on the east bank of the Shizi River to provoke to attract Liu Changgong to cross the river. The rest of the horses were in ambush and ready to take advantage of the opportunity to sneak attack.

It is said that Li Mi's arrangement is not wrong, but Cheng Yanjin sees it clearly in his heart, this task of luring the enemy has always been nine deaths, who is not good for Li Mi to choose, but he chose Zhai Rang? The last time Zhang Xutuo was strangled, it was also a bait made by Zhai Rang, and it can be said that it was to confuse Zhang Xutuo, after all, it was the leader of the Wagang Army, but it was really Zhai Rang's leader.

But now Li Mi has long since stepped from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, and has long lost its hidden meaning. And this time to lure the enemy, no matter which general is fighting, Liu Changgong is also bound to attack. Such a dangerous task actually fell on the head of the nominal leader of the Wagang Army, and it was obvious that Li Mi was only afraid that he had the intention of borrowing a knife to kill people. It would be even more interesting if he postponed it for a while, waited until Liu Changgong's men crossed the river and killed Zhai Rang before attacking.