Sun Chuanting had just arrived in Luoyang, and Hou Sui's letter had also arrived. шщш.(vii) (ix) x.S.сом The update is so fast.

The emperor was still very anxious, and kept urging them to march into the army and exterminate the thieves as soon as possible. Hou Sui had no choice, he only had 10,000 people, and Zuo Liang's 'jade' under his command had already run back to Xiangyang, so he could only let Sun Chuanting take the initiative to attack.

Sun Tingting had no choice but to rest for two days, scraped together a little military rations from around Luoyang, and led the team south, first attacking the thieves in Yiyang County (Ruyang). There were only three or four hundred thieves who came to attack Yiyang County, but the poor people in the county opened the city 'gate' at night and let the thieves in, so the county town fell.

Now there is a saying circulating in various places, called "Eat his mother, wear his mother, open the city 'gate' to welcome the king, and the king will not pay for food when he comes." ”

The landlords and rich gentry were all in a panic, but they couldn't trust the officials and soldiers, so they were not active when Sun Chuanting collected grain. These rich gentry are now recruiting their own people and building knives and guns, and they don't care about anyone else, they just want to keep their own wealth.

Ordinary people, on the other hand, are no longer industrious and thrifty. The rice and noodles that I am usually reluctant to eat are taken out and eaten, and the cloth that I am reluctant to buy is also 'spent' money to buy to make clothes for the family. Those who don't have anything at home are ready with kitchen knives and sticks, and they are quietly inquiring about how far the army is from here. Therefore, although there were only three or four hundred thieves who had just come to attack Yiyang, after entering the city, they quickly expanded to more than a thousand.

However, even if it is doubled, it is not the opponent of the 40,000 army led by Sun Chuanting. They took the county seat in one attack, and after entering the city, they killed all the thieves and got some food and mules and horses, which was a good start.

After that, Sun Chuanting waved his army to the west, and also easily defeated the thieves in Song County, beheading 700 people. Then he marched eastward and recovered Ruzhou, this time with a great victory, killing more than 1,300 'fine' thieves. In just ten days, Sun Chuanting fought continuously, recovered three county seats, and defeated nearly 10,000 thieves, which can be regarded as being able to 'deliver' to the emperor.

At the same time, after these battles, the various units of the officers and troops suffered very little damage, and they also received some grain baggage. The thieves didn't care much about gold and silver, but the generals in the army did, and after a few battles, everyone got more or less silver and cloth. Therefore, the morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted, and some of them actually took the initiative to seek war.

How could Sun Chuanting let go of such a good opportunity, so he took a short rest, took advantage of the high morale, and continued to march south with his troops to Xiangcheng. Fighting a war depends not only on personnel and equipment, but also on morale. Especially in a big war with more than tens of thousands of people, as long as it is fought in one go, it is not uncommon to win more with less.

Sun Chuanting is advancing vigorously here, and Li Zicheng also mobilized his subordinates to set off from Runing Mansion with 200,000 main forces and go north to meet Sun Chuanting. The reason why there were only 200,000 troops was because they found that Li Yan had already deployed troops in the area of Xiangcheng. Although the number was small, they still had to pay special attention to Li Yan's troops, so they left Tian Jianxiu to take precautions. He also had to leave Li to come over to guard against Hou Sui in Xuchang, and the other counties in southern Henan could not all give up, so only 200,000 horses were mobilized.

Among the 200,000 troops, Li Zicheng's soldiers were 80,000, Luo Rucai's subordinates were 60,000, and the remaining 60,000 were all people from the 5th Battalion of the Revolutionary Left. Because He Yilong and the others had just arrived, they had not yet had time to divide their forces to occupy the place, so almost the entire army followed Li Zicheng to fight.

Sun Chuanting, Li Zicheng and others met in Jiaxian, and a great battle began.

Because Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng disagreed, the two armies marched separately. However, He Yilong and others were in association with Luo Rucai, so Li Zicheng, who had the most troops, became the vanguard of the army.

Sun Chuanting first sent Niu Chenghu to meet the enemy, 8,000 against 80,000, naturally there was no good fruit to eat, and he was quickly defeated. However, Niu Chenghu feinted, and after Li Zicheng's troops pursued him, Gao Jie and others who were hiding in the woods rushed out and flanked Li Zicheng's troops. And Niu Chenghu's troops also stopped retreating and returned to join the battle group, which caught Li Zicheng's troops off guard and immediately retreated.

Now it's the official army to chase the thieves. Although Gao Jie and the others exchanged their horses for some grain with Li Yan, they still had nearly 7,000 cavalry. At this time, the cavalry pursued first, followed by the infantry behind, and followed the thieves.

Li Zicheng's troops were also not ordinary, throwing things while fleeing. Baggage, weapons, food, gold and silver, and other things on your body were thrown to the ground. This may have become their instinct, and these things can at least distract the pursuing officers and soldiers, so that they can escape safely. And more importantly, Cao Cao' and the troops of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution are still watching the excitement behind, as long as they kill while the officers and soldiers are distracted, then they can turn defeat into victory.

Sure enough, as soon as the soldiers of the officer army saw so many things, except for the cavalry, they couldn't stop for a while, and the infantry immediately stopped pursuing. The horsemen, the food-bearers, the gold, silver and jewelers, the procession was immediately crowded on the road.

"Let them get up, don't break up in formation!" Sun Chuanting saw the 'chaos' and 'chaos' in front of him, and immediately asked his own soldiers to give orders. But it didn't have any effect at all, even Zheng Jiadong and other chief military officers had no choice. The soldiers are too hard, the food is so small, and they are often in arrears, if they don't take advantage of the fact that they are grabbing more now, who wants to come out to fight?

Cao 'Cao', He Yilong, Lao Huihui and others watched Li Zicheng's rout on the hill not far away, and watched the ranks of the official army scatter and 'mess'.

"Now is the right time, rush forward and defeat this group of officers and soldiers." He Yilong said.

He Jin also nodded and said, "That's right, it's the right time." ”

Luo Rucai said gracefully: "Wait a minute, the military formation behind the official army is not 'chaotic' yet." ”

And his eyes were looking at the direction of the cavalry of the official army, although most of the cavalry stopped, there was still a part of the cavalry chasing Li Zicheng's troops. It's not that he is ruthless, but Li Zicheng doesn't have any good intentions. When he divided his troops to attack various places before, the territory that Li Zicheng gave him was planned to give Li Yan to the east of Xinyang, and Li Zicheng's subordinates went to western Henan to develop.

Lao Hui persuaded in a low voice: "It's all your own people, don't let each other chill." ”

Before Luo Ru could agree, He Jin took the 'chaotic' king Lin Cheng back to his respective troops. Luo Rucai had no choice but to take the others back to the team, and behind He Jin and the others, let the troops attack.

The sudden addition of Luo Rucai and others made the official army collapse immediately. Not to mention that half of the soldiers of the official army are grabbing the spoils of war, even if they are in formation, more than 100,000 thieves will attack, which is enough for them to drink a pot.

In half a day, the battle situation took place again, the official army won first and then lost, and could not reorganize the team under the pursuit of the thieves, and retreated all the way to Luoyang. After that, Sun Chuanting gathered the rout a little, and hurriedly retreated westward to Tongguan.