Luo Cheng has always pressed on Li Yuan's heart like a big mountain, and he couldn't breathe. Especially now that Luo Cheng has captured Luoyang and seized the land of the nine counties of Henan, Li Yuan is even more uneasy.

Once Luo Cheng's Qin army gained a firm foothold in Henan, what else would he do to fight for the world.

"Ordered Tongguan, ordered Jiancheng to lead the army out of the customs, Wang Shichong, Yang Yichen, and Li Yuanji cooperated and acted with the camera."

The order was sent from Chang'an to Tongguan on a fast horse.

Li Jiancheng immediately summoned the generals and prepared to leave the customs.

Li Shentong, Wang Shichong and others all shouted that they would take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Qin army and kill them, only Li Xiaogong reminded Li Jiancheng, "Although Luo Cunxiao's name is not as good as Luo Cheng and Luo Siye, he is still a fierce general in the world, he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he should not be underestimated, not to mention that there are veterans like Pei Renji and Wei Wensheng in Henan, how can he be unprepared?" ”

"Looking at his previous quick attack to Tongguan, but immediately retreated 200 miles to Shaanxi County, I know that this person is extraordinary, he must have deliberately lured me. If you go, then you will also be in the middle. I think that our army should rely on the natural danger of Tongguan, heavy troops to defend Tongguan, wait for Luo Cunxiao to attack, and then have the opportunity to take advantage of the danger of Tongguan to defeat and kill Luo Cunxiao's army, at that time, it is not too late to counterattack Henan. ”

But Li Xiaogong's words were not listened to by Li Jiancheng, Li Shentong and others.

Especially Wang Shichong, he still has 60,000 soldiers and horses in his hands now, and he is not really attached to Li Yuan, he is eager to hope that Li Yuan can enter Henan, and then he will have a chance to turn over.

The military conference is over.

Li Xiaogong still asked to see Li Jiancheng.

"Shizi, in the current situation, taking the initiative to attack, the art of war is taboo. As far as the art of war is concerned, where the side that drives thousands of miles and is alone in the depths, it must seek fighters and fight quickly, so as to get rid of the disadvantages of being alone, having no support, having difficulty in supply, and the division being exhausted. ”

"The attacked defender will adopt the strategy of deep ditches and high fortifications, strong walls and clear fields, and wait for work at ease, seeking to drag down the opponent and wait for an opportunity to annihilate."

Fortifying the wall to avoid the sharp edge is the common sense of using soldiers.

Li Xiaogong is very tall and has a beard, but he is only twenty-eight years old, he is Li Jiancheng's cousin, he is also Li Hu's great-grandson, he and Jiancheng are the same great-grandfather, and the relationship is not inextricable.

It's just that Li Jiancheng finally had a chance to lead the army at this time, and all the generals thought that the chances of winning the attack were very high, so he didn't listen to Li Xiaogong's words.

Since entering the customs, as the son of the world, he has stayed with his father to help deal with affairs, while Shimin and Motoyoshi have been able to command the army.

Therefore, nominally, the troops in Guanzhong are led by the three brothers, but Li Jiancheng has never had the opportunity to directly command the troops, seeing that although the people of the world were defeated by Xue Rengao first and lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but now they can immediately win against Xue Rengao, and even then seize Longyou, and make great military achievements, Jiancheng can't help but be anxious.

If he can take this opportunity to take Luoyang, Henan, the credit will far surpass that of the people of the world who defeated Xue Rengao to seize Longyou, and his status as the son of the world will naturally become more and more stable.

"The Prime Minister's order has already stated that the puppet Qin army has newly entered Henan and has not yet gained a firm foothold, if we don't seize the opportunity to defeat them, will we wait for them to gain a firm foothold?"

"Shizi, the guest army is deep, and we must make a quick decision, but I think we may not be able to win quickly now."

"Our army has three soldiers and horses, 200,000 also, Luo Cunxiao is stationed in Shaanxi County, but there are more than 20,000 people in an army, ten times more than him, how can there be no reason not to win quickly? Just broke through each and recovered Henan in one fell swoop. "It's built with confidence.

Two hundred thousand troops, what a force this is.

But Li Xiaogong is not superstitious about any 200,000 soldiers, Li Xiaogong's father Li An was the general of the right leading army of the Sui Dynasty, knighted Zhao Jungong, and is also a general, Li An is the son of Li Wei, the seventh son of Li Hu, Li Xiaogong The four brothers followed their father to learn the art of war and combat skills when they were young, not only skilled in bows and horses, but also outstanding in the art of war, especially Li Xiaogong, the best of the four brothers.

In Li Xiaogong's view, the 200,000 army is actually very empty.

First of all, Wang Shichong accounted for 60,000, this person is newly attached, but he may not be able to rely on it, and maybe he will become an enemy at a critical time. In addition, Yang Yichen from Hedong has 60,000 troops, which is a lot, but the combat power is not necessarily high, as far as he knows, among the 60,000 people, the auxiliary soldiers account for most of them.

Even Li Jiancheng's 80,000-strong army, in fact, many of them were temporarily drawn from the Chang'an area, and they were hurriedly armed, and these people were not even as good as real auxiliaries.

A group of farmers in their armor in a hurry really fight a big battle, how brave can you expect them to be?

If they lose, maybe these people will be the first to rout.

In a hurry, the armor in the Chang'an arsenal was taken out to arm those recruits, and many of them were not commensurate with their bodies, and their attacks and defenses were not suitable. Even sharpen bamboo poles as spears, and paint paper as shields. Many recruits were given bows and arrows, but they could not draw their bows and swords when they were in battle, and they could not understand the golden drum commands, nor did they know how to advance or retreat.

Not to mention that there are many beggars and homeless people, recruiting bandits and rebels, these people are here, and there is no need to talk about military discipline.

If it is guarded according to Tongguan, these people can still play some roles, if the army fights in the field, if the wind is down, they can also help Zhang Zhangshi, but in case of headwinds, I am afraid that they will die.

Li Jiancheng pondered for a long time.

"Then please stay in Tongguan from your brother, I will take Wang Shichong's 60,000 people as the vanguard, and Yang Yichen's 60,000 people on the north bank of the Yellow River to monitor the grain and cover the flank of the main force, and wait for the time to outflank the puppet Qin army Luo Cunxiao's retreat."

"A certain relative led 80,000 people to follow Xu Jin for the Chinese army."

Day 2.

Li Jiancheng swore in Tongguan to go out of the Eastern Expedition.

Wang Shichong's 60,000 troops and Li Jiancheng's 80,000 Tang troops marched eastward along the official road from the narrow strip of land on the south bank of the Yellow River.

November 8.

Wang Shichong's 60,000 troops arrived near the North Hongnong City of Hongnong County, which was only 40 miles away from Shaanxi County, which was more than 10 miles away from the old site of Hanguguan.

Because Luo Cunxiao did not wait for reinforcements in Gucheng, Shaanxi County, on the contrary, he led the army south to arrive at the old Hangu Pass.

He lined up in the west of Hongnong to wait for the enemy.

Luo Cunxiao deliberately lined up the more than 10,000 Red Lance Society and Small Knife Society with untidy formation and messy clothes, and lined up in the back with 5,000 big knife clubs and the righteous son of the Axe Gang holding Pu knives, Mo knives, and long-handled axes.

Then the infantry of its headquarters Shenwei Army ambushed the hill on the south side of the Kuihan Gorge Road, and thousands of cavalry hid in the valley and secretly moved westward, and thousands of tooth soldiers were stationed in the narrow part of the canyon as reserves.

The 60,000 horses led by Wang Shichong were the vanguard, and they were puzzled when they saw this military formation set up by Luo Cunxiao.

The front row was actually the Red Gun Congregation with a white gun and the Small Knife Congregation with a short knife shield, these people he already knew were militiamen secretly supported by Luo Cheng, but looking at these people's disheveled appearance, he didn't believe that these people had much combat effectiveness.

"Could it be that Luo Cunxiao wants to use these rabble to consume our army first?" Wang Shichong wondered.