The real name of the Shooting Sky is Li Wanqing, and the sweeping tiger is Kang Wendao's nickname.

These two people are also bandits in several provinces, and there are traces of them in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hubei, Henan, and Shandong in recent years. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the peasant uprising, the most famous was 13 families and 36 battalions, and these two people were on the list. They are lined up with Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Lao Huihui, Luo Rucai and others, which shows that their strength is extraordinary, not ordinary bandits.

Guotianxing Hui Dengxiang is quite strategic, now they occupy several counties such as Suide and Yichuan, and drive away all the officials and troops here, the officials in the yamen have either been killed or scared away, these thieves have robbed a lot of things, but their appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and they are now aiming at Yan'an Mansion.

But they want to attack Yan'an Mansion, the officers and troops of Xi'an Mansion must not be ignored, Yan'an and Xi'an are both important towns, and there are heavy troops stationed, so Guo Tianxing thought of a way, let the two of them lead more than 10,000 people and horses to bluff, pretending to attack Xi'an, in order to confuse Li Guoqi, the general soldier of Shaanxi, so that he did not dare to act rashly.

Then they crossed the stars, did not get muddy, and the lights were not on, and they concentrated their forces, intending to focus on attacking Yan'an Mansion.

Now that the official army has lost several county seats, Li Guoqi, the general soldier of Shaanxi, has suffered two defeats and lost three or four thousand men and horses, and now he does not dare to go out of the city to fight these thieves. Li Guoqi, the chief military officer, led 10,000 horses to hold Xi'an, and sent his deputy general Huang Ming to lead more than 6,000 troops to defend Yan'an Mansion, hold the city, and wait for reinforcements.

But the intentions of the officials and the army have been figured out. Therefore, now these thieves are very arrogant, knowing that the official army is insufficient, they dare not go to war, and it is not the official army that swaggers away on the official road, but the thieves' men and horses, as the regular army of the Ming Dynasty but hiding in the city and not daring to come out, it is a strange phenomenon of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the Shooting Collapse and Sweeping Tiger received a report that reinforcements from the official army had arrived. But as soon as they heard that only one Miyun general soldier with 7,000 men and horses came, the two thieves smiled contemptuously.

Originally, the two of them were not very satisfied with this errand, and they feinted to attack Xi'an just to cover for them. If they capture Yan'an Mansion and get the moon first, it will definitely be their tens of thousands of brothers who will benefit, then they can only watch here, talking about equal sharing, but the things they have looted have never been equally divided.

Now, as soon as they heard that 7,000 officers and troops had come, and they had brought in a lot of grain and grass, they made a bold decision to shoot the sky and sweep the tigers, they must not wait here for the officers and soldiers to attack them, they want to strike first, plan to eat this officer army, and then swallow the things of this army alone.

After the two of them discussed, they didn't say hello to Tianxing and them, and pulled the more than 10,000 people to drive to Luliang with a swagger.

More than 10,000 thieves soon arrived at the foot of Longmen Mountain, Longmen Mountain is the southern mountain range of the Luliang Mountain System, the Luliang Mountain System is a large mountain system at the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi, the north is a balanced two mountain ranges, in an east-west direction, including Yunzhong Mountain, Luya Mountain, etc., and the south is Longmen Mountain has become a northeast-southwest trend.

When there were still dozens of miles away from Lin Yi's men and horses, the sweeping tiger who was walking in front looked at the terrain here, made the team slow down, and came to see the shooting collapse.

"Brother Li, are we going to set up an ambush here?"

"Is it necessary for Brother Kang?" Li Qingwan pursed his mouth and said disdainfully, "There are only 7,000 people, and our men and horses are nearly twice as large as his. ”

Now these thieves have already gained experience in fighting with the official army, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong may have taught them a lot, their principle is to fight if they can, and run away if they can. In addition, when there are few officers and soldiers and there are many of them, they will beat hard, and on the contrary, they will lead the officials and soldiers by the nose and run.

These tricks are very effective, Cao Wenzhao, who is known as the first good general of the Ming Dynasty, was dragged down by them like this, and he lost his temper, and finally drew his sword and killed himself. There is also Sun Chuanting in history, the ending is similar, he was dragged down by Li Zicheng and died on the battlefield in the end, and he was shrouded in horse leather.

The thieves have learned these tricks. I heard that Lin Yi only had 7,000 people, and he didn't care about it at all.

The sweeping tiger was not as arrogant and arrogant as him, and raised a different opinion, "Brother Li, I heard that the surname Lin is not very easy to deal with, he used to be a subordinate of King Lu Yan, he is strong in martial arts, brave in killing, and has repeatedly defeated the Manchu Tartars, and likes to win by surprise, so let's be steady." ”

I don't like to hear it, "Brother Kang, you are growing the prestige of others and destroying our own ambition." No matter how powerful the surname Lin is, can he be better than He Renlong? Can it be better than Cao Bianjiao? I'm afraid it can't be compared, if Brother Kang is afraid, let me shoot the sky and rush ahead. ”

"Brother Li, look at what you said, who am I afraid of!" Kang Wendao's eyes widened, and his hand clenched his sharp-winged thick-backed goose feather knife.

Don't look at him not tall, he looks very strong, his yellow eyes are bulging, and his face is as tight as iron, and he is really a little scary when he gets angry.

He is really not bragging, his nickname of sweeping tiger is not for nothing, his ground knife is really good, these years, he has fought in the north and south, and even he can't remember how many officers and soldiers died under his knife.

Obviously, there is a cheap battle in front of you, and no one wants to rush behind, rush to the front, be able to kill people and pick up things, what are you waiting for in the back? There is no oil and water, do you see people fighting, you can eat and support!

Of course, the sweeping tiger was not happy, so the two men continued to walk forward with more than 10,000 horses......

"My lord, there are still a lot of thieves found in the first twenty miles, at least more than 10,000." Lin Yi's team was moving forward when he suddenly received a report from Tanma.

"Oh?" Lin Yi reined in his war horse, looked at the terrain here, the mountainous terrain was complicated, and said secretly, "If you encounter it so soon, then fight with them here." I haven't fought for more than a year, so it's time to test the combat strength of the troops. ”

Thinking of this, he ordered the troops to move on.

"My lord, the terrain here is complicated, what if I fall into their ambush? The subordinate means that we will stop first, send men and horses to investigate, make sure that there is no ambush ahead, and then we will move forward. Wang Jian was cautious and came over to suggest.

Lin Yi shook his head, "There must be no ambush, otherwise their more than 10,000 horses and horses would not be exposed to the light, and they should not be here to be bait, they must have thought that we were few people, this is to eat us, it is really arrogant." ”

"Since this is the case, my subordinates are willing to be pioneers and kill them personally." Wang Jian said.

"Let me go, and let your brothers in the new camp learn a little." Zuke said bravely.

Lin Yi said: "Don't worry, let's just move forward, Lin wants to see how arrogant these thieves are, and whose people are coming?"

"Lord Hui, I have inquired clearly, the thief is Li Wanqing, who shot the sky, and there is also a sweeping tiger, whose real name is Kang Wendao, they are all habitual bandits of the imperial court, this group of people is very fierce, and Lord Li Guoqi, the chief soldier of Shaanxi, has already suffered his loss."

Lin Yi sneered, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly upward: "Shoot the sky, the tone is really crazy, Lao Tzu wants to see if he can shoot the sky down, sweeping the tiger, this time let him become a sweeping cat, continue to move forward!"

Now Lin Yi's 7,000 men and horses all know, maybe the next moment is a fierce battle, so many days without fighting, Zhang Hua and He Tao, Wang Qi, Erhu and other people are a little excited, excited, they all raised their vigilance, clenched the blade on their bodies, and were ready to fight at any time.

Xiaoying and Zhezhe walked in the middle with more than 60 women's battalion teams, and they walked with Lin Yi's guards, which can be regarded as an integral part of the Chinese army, mainly guarding grain, grass and baggage.

Now these 60 Mongolian beauties are all vigilant, some take off the bows and arrows behind them, some pull out the Mongolian scimitars in their waists, and listen vigilantly and look at the hills outside, as if the thieves are shouting and will rush over.

This was the first time they followed Lin Yi to the Central Plains to fight, and it was the first time they had gone to the battlefield.

At this point, they can't compare to Xiao Ying and Zhezhe and even the four maids who are calm, these six have already fought a few times with Lin Yi, and going to the battlefield to kill the enemy is as natural for them as following a procedure.

Lin Yi looked at these beautiful Mongolian warriors, with their tense appearance, and smiled at them: "Don't be nervous, you don't need you at all in this battle, unless these thieves come with a hundred and eighty thousand, you may be able to show off your skills, and just watch the excitement and long knowledge of guarding these grains and baggage for a while."

Seeing that Lin Yi was so confident, they really relaxed, and felt that Lord Lin was really good to them.

After walking more than ten miles, the thieves did not ambush them. Out of this mountain ring, the front suddenly opened up, this is an open land in the mountains.

After this open land, a few miles further, I left the mountainous area, and then it was not far from Xi'an.

Suddenly, the neighing of people and horses in the distance sounded, Lin Yi's men and horses immediately stopped, in a battle formation, the Chinese army, including the women's battalion, was in the middle, protecting the baggage and grain and grass, Wang Jian commanded the new training camp and Zu Keyong with the standard battalion on the periphery.

As soon as the formation was adjusted, more than 10,000 thieves rushed over with shouts, overwhelming, brandishing knives, guns and sticks, some riding horses, some on foot, and their clothes were not uniform.

Compared with Lin Yi's men and horses, these thieves are simply called the Huazi team, Lin Yi's 7,000 men and horses, the military appearance is majestic, regardless of men and women, whether it is cavalry or insufficient, at least cowhide armor, some are still metal armor, there are no generals who do not wear armor.

This is the difference between the regular army of the Ming Dynasty and the peasant army.

However, despite their poor attire, the morale was high and the shouts resounded through the valley.

Lin Yi sat on the lightning white dragon horse, as steady as Mount Tai, he didn't even rush to pick up the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, his resolute face couldn't see any expression, and his two brilliant eyes stared at these thieves who rushed in his face.

Don't talk about these thieves, even in the face of the Tartar charge of thousands of horses and thousands of troops, Lin Yi did not mess up. This is called tactically valuing the enemy and strategically despising the enemy.

"Don't panic, let the thief come closer!" Wang Jian is also very calm. In the past few years, he has followed Linyi, and he can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, and his contributions are not small, and his official position has risen sharply, from a small flag commander in the army to now become a metropolitan officer in the army.

These thieves shouted and rushed forward, some of them also shot arrows, the arrow wind swished, whistling, some fell on the hard ground of the mountains and rocks in front of the Ming army, some saw that they were shot, the Ming soldiers raised their shields, crackled, and the arrows were dropped to the ground.

"Shoot the arrows!" Wang Jian saw that these thieves had completely rushed into the range of the bow and arrow, and the distance between the two sides was fifty or sixty meters, and at the sound of an order, the hundreds of archers in the new training camp had already stood neatly and neatly, raising their bows at the same time, aiming, and releasing arrows, which was basically an action.

The arrows are howling, and the arrows are like rain, covering the sky and the sun. The thieves who rushed ahead fell down in batches......