Huang Degong arrogantly led 6,000 soldiers and horses under his command, passed through Runing Mansion, according to Xiong Wencan's request, gathered 4,000 soldiers and horses sent by Gwangju, collected 10,000 troops, and mobilized 3,000 officers and troops from Runing Mansion, plus thousands of people recruited along the way, a total of nearly 20,000 people, and killed in the direction of Luoyang.

Xin Cai fought against the five battalions of the left of the revolution, Huang Degong won a big victory, in his eyes, the thief army is from the homeless people, although the number is huge, but as long as the seven inches are hit, it is not difficult to deal with, he defeated the five battalions of the left with a small number of nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, thousands of thieves, this great merit, can ensure that he is on the rise in the future, and he has now gathered more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, along the way the state capital and county town provided him with enough food, Nanjing is this time to allocate military salaries to him, it can be said that after a big victory in Xincai, Now in his opinion, the officers and soldiers under his command are full of soldiers and horses, and he also heard that he is likely to be promoted to chief military officer soon, and this time he will at least be given the title of prince and princess, so he has the power of a great victory, and he has accelerated the speed of the march, planning to go to Ruzhou to meet the thief army and recapture Ruzhou in one fell swoop.

He also knew that because of his delay on the road, Ruzhou has now been defeated by the thief army, although he can't blame him for this incident, even if he arrived in Ruzhou on time, Ruzhou has already been captured by the Xingtian Army, and now Xiong Wencan's order to him is to let him lead his troops to Luoyang first, and help the Luoyang defenders to take Luoyang first, but he always thinks that the Xingtian Army is also a thief army, even if it is more fierce than the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, how strong can it be? Therefore, he did not plan to completely follow Xiong Wencan's order and go straight to Luoyang, but planned to recover Ruzhou and other places from the thief army along the way, and then simply lead the victorious army and directly enter Luoyang City, which is enough glory.

Huang Degong made the same mistake as other generals in this regard, that is, he had never touched the Xingtian Army, and he did not understand the tactics of the Xingtian Army and the strength of the Xingtian Army, so only from the analysis of the troops, he always felt that the Xingtian Army was not terrible, thinking that he encountered nearly 100,000 "troops" of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution a few days ago, and they all defeated it. So when he decided to attack without listening to Xiong Wencan's instructions and directly led his troops north to Luoyang in Ruzhou, he didn't feel worried about anything, but was eager to fight with the Xingtian Army as soon as possible and have another big victory, then the imperial court's reward for him must be indispensable, and he can also hear about the name of the first general in Jiangbei, and the reputation of being the mainstay of the court can't run away.

But soon after he left Runing Mansion, he heard that the Xingtian Army had captured Baofeng and Lushan counties, and the fifth battalion of Gezuo had also arrived in Wuyang County, and there seemed to be a faint intention to join forces with the Xingtian Army, which made Huang Degong start to be a little nervous.

If Huang Degong doesn't have a little understanding of the Xingtian Army, it is impossible, the Xingtian Army has repeatedly clashed with the official army in recent years, and they have all won big victories, many famous generals under the Ming Dynasty, including Zu Dale, Zu Kuan, He Renlong, Zuo Guangxian, Xu Dingguo, etc., have suffered big losses at the hands of the Xingtian Army, and there are generals like Liu Ruming who died in the hands of the Xingtian Army, so even Huang Degong, who is in Jiangbei, has heard of the Xingtian Army for a long time, and the reason why he despises the Xingtian Army, Mainly because of the long-term battle with the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution and other mutant army, he had the idea of underestimating the enemy, that is, the combat effectiveness of the thief army is often not strong, and there is basically a lack of battle formation, and even if the official army is not strong, it is not much stronger, after all, it is a little more professional, often as long as he is bolder, dare to fight with the thief army, and win more with less is a common thing, so he is somewhat contemptuous of the Xingtian Army.

However, he is not a fool, although the fifth battalion of the left is a defeated general under him, but the core members of its five battalions are still quite capable of fighting, especially the old Huihui, there are one or two thousand generals under his command, all of whom were born in the border army in the early years, including both Hui and Han Chinese, and some Mongolians, all of whom are veteran oils, and they should not be underestimated when they start a war.

And the Xingtian Army is famous, and it is definitely not easy to deal with, if once the Fifth Battalion of Ge Zuo and the Xing Tian Army collude together, then with the murderous name of the Xing Tian Army, plus the strength of the Fifth Battalion of Ge Zuo, he will not necessarily be able to bargain for Luoyang this time.

Therefore, after Huang Degong learned the news from above, he ordered to speed up the march, so as to catch up with the 5th Battalion of the Left Brigade, and recover Baofeng County first, so that the 5th Battalion of the Left Battalion could not be connected with the Xingtian Army for the time being, so that he could have the opportunity to 'break through', although the officers and soldiers under his command felt that it was really hard to rush for days, but Huang Degong was now in full swing, and no one wanted to touch his bad head, so the 20,000 officers, soldiers and civilians had to speed up again, and finally entered the territory of Baofeng at the end of October.

And when Huang Degong's troops arrived in Baofeng, the fifth battalion of Gezuo suffered a big loss in Huang Degong's hands, so he took the initiative to avoid his edge, gave way from Wuyang, and turned to the direction of Kaifeng, so that Huang Degong was able to arrive in Baofeng smoothly.

But at the same time, Xiao Tianjian also personally led several battalions of soldiers and horses of the Xingtian Army, rushed to Baofeng County in advance, and stopped at the southern foot of Hongshi Mountain, an inconspicuous hill in the south of Baofeng County, and held the road to Luoyang.

Xiao Tianjian did not sit in Ruzhou this time to command the battle against Huang Degong, the reason is very simple, that is, because Huang Degong came this time, not only led him and his 6,000 Beijing battalion officers and troops, but also brought thousands of officers and troops from Guangzhou and Runing Mansion, far beyond his original estimate of Huang Degong's troops, so after sending back the news, he immediately set off from Ruzhou and personally led Li Xuanzhu and other two battalions and Huang Shengqiang's first artillery battalion to Ruzhou.

After arriving here, Xiao Tianjian's command gathered a total of three war battalions, including Li Xuanzhu and Luo Li, as well as a new war battalion, as well as Huang Shengqiang's artillery battalion, Situ Liang's cavalry battalion, and Liang Tietou's engineer battalion, with a strength of about 6,000 people. Based on the combat effectiveness and equipment quality of the Xingtian Army, it is conservatively estimated that if there is an artillery battalion to help the battle, it is more than enough for the two battalions to block Huang Degong in Baofeng, but Xiao Tianjian still chose to personally sit in the army this time and fight this battle with 'superior' troops.

The reason why Xiao Tianjian attaches so much importance to Huang Degong's sentinel army, according to his words, is to completely hurt Xiong Wencan and Yang Sichang, so that they can truly realize how powerful the Xingtianjun is through this battle.

He is going to show his strength to the imperial court through this battle of the Central Plains, consume the last elite of the Ming Dynasty, and let this already ruined edifice collapse faster, the faster the Ming Dynasty falls, the more beneficial it is for him to reorganize the rivers and mountains, although the pigtails outside the gate are already quite powerful, but they are not really strong enough to annex the entire Central Plains, the sooner they free up their hands to replace the rotten Ming Dynasty and deal with them, the more beneficial it will be to China. This is also the reason why he abandoned the previous step by step and acted cautiously, just because he already felt that his strength had basically matured, and instead of waiting for the development of history step by step, it was better to let go of his hand to promote the development of history, and let the people of the world see that he was the hero who could turn the tide.

When Huang Degong's vanguard arrived in the area of Hongshi Mountain, Xiao Tianjian did not hide the truth, even if he sent Situ Liang's cavalry battalion to fight, it only took a face, and the forward soldiers and horses sent by Huang Degong were killed and fled, Situ Liang's cavalry battalion now is not the scale of two or three hundred people when he first entered Henan, since the Yichuan War annihilated Zu Dale and Zu Kuan's Guanning army, the Xingtian Army obtained nearly two thousand war horses, and after eliminating a number of wounded horses, plus the capture of the previous battle, The Xingtian Army had nearly 2,000 fat and strong war horses, and after absorbing a large number of old units of the original Guanning Army, the strength of the cavalry battalion swelled up like a balloon.

And after being influenced by the unique military camp culture of the Xingtian Army, the original Guanning soldiers who surrendered also figured out that being a soldier in the Ming Dynasty was not a way out, and Xiao Tianjian personally promised them that one day he would lead them back to Guanwai and snatch back the land they lost from the hands of the wild boar skins.

Originally, the vast majority of the Guanning soldiers grew up outside the Guan, and they rode horses like the Mongols and Jurchens since they were young, and they were also engaged in herding life, so there is no need to talk about the riding skills at all, almost all of them are good hands, and most of the people selected by the Xingtian Army to be incorporated into the cavalry battalion are also the elites of the Guanning soldiers, so the current cavalry battalion can be said to be not only not weaker than the previous Guanning Iron Cavalry, but also after giving them a batch of newly made self-made fire handguns, it has improved their combat effectiveness a lot.

So don't look at Huang Degong sent two thousand Runing troops to take the lead, but before they could gain a foothold in Hongshi Mountain, Situ Liang led hundreds of cavalry to make a surprise attack, and the two thousand Runing troops were defeated, and they fled back.

After Huang Degong learned the news that the striker was defeated, he was also taken aback, and had to readjust his previous views on the Xingtian Army, and began to become dignified and cautious, and ordered to gather the troops, no longer daring to send troops and light divisions to advance, but wrapped up in a group, and advanced in the direction of Hongshi Mountain together, Huang Degong also learned that a main force of the Xingtian Army was already waiting for him in the area of Hongshi Mountain in the south of Baofeng County, so he waved his division to press over, planning to meet this Xingtian Army in Baofeng for a while, In the end, see how powerful this Heavenly Army is.

So Baofeng Hongshi Mountain, such an inconspicuous place, finally started a fight on this day at the end of October.