There was no substantial progress in the conversation on this day, and Li Shangquan, on Tang Xidong's instructions, did not blindly refuse, but temporarily stabilized the old man, and then arranged it in the city, as if he could negotiate slowly.

The old man and his retinue were not restricted from going out of the city, but they were not allowed to go near strategic points in the city.

And secretly, all preparations for sending troops are in full swing.

For two days in a row, Li Shangquan would meet with this Wang Jiayin's aide every day, discuss for a while, and then send him back with the excuse that he wanted to return to Tang Xidong for discussion.

In two days, Binh Duong City had prepared everything for the troops.

On this day, the pot was cooked at night, and the whole team traveled at night.

In the military camp outside Xincheng, the new army of the first regiment of Pingyang of 5,000 and the baggage team of 1,000 people are ready to go.

Tang Xidong and Liu Lianqing hugged goodbye, and then whipped their horses, and the new army began to set off.

Five hundred artillery units, twenty-five artillery pieces of all sizes, three thousand new soldiers armed with flintlock muskets, one thousand cavalry, five hundred sword and shield men.

A thousand horsemen with chariots and supplies followed.

The new army trains dozens of kilometers every day, greatly improving its footsteps.

Hurrying at night, scouts and intelligence agents have already cast out their nets far away.

Along the cement pavement, all the way to the south, to the direction of Yicheng.

In the original history, Wang Jiayin died in June of the fourth year of Chongzhen.

Wang Jiayin, whose hometown is in Fugu, Shaanxi, was originally a border army of the Ming Dynasty, and the border army became a deserter, and he just returned to his hometown for many years of drought, and his restless heart began to be more restless.

This person has some ability, and after a few years, he has become the strongest among the dozens of anti-forces in Shaanxi.

If Cao Wenzhao had not suddenly led his troops to attack Pingyang City, then in June, Cao Wenzhao would have led the Guanning army to engage in a fierce battle with Wang Jiayin at the boundary of Yangcheng, and then Zhang Liwei, who was lurking under Wang Jiayin, would have taken advantage of the chaos to cut off Wang Jiayin's head and send the biggest leader of the rebels to hell at this time.

Zhang Liwei is Wang Jiayin's brother-in-law, but he is also a small soldier under Cao Wenzhao.

But the pace of history began to turn in May.

Cao Wenzhao's Guan Ning army was almost wiped out in Pingyang City, and now he is waiting for the imperial court to surrender, while Wang Jiayin is living a very nourishing life in the territory of Yangcheng.

It stands to reason that Tang Xidong did save Wang Jiayin's life, and Wang Jiayin can be regarded as revenge.

It's just that neither of them knows the details of the original history, so there is no such thing as saving lives and revenge.

Now, Tang Xidong has sent troops, and there is a bloody battle between the two that is about to break out.

Because there was no elite of the Guanning army under Cao Wenzhao's account, plus Zuo Guangxian's Zuojia army was also wiped out in Luoliang Mountain.

Wang Jiayin, who was originally hiding in the Yangcheng territory to fight guerrillas, has had a very nourishing life in the past two months.

The Ming army did not allocate troops to pursue for the time being, and Yangcheng and Qinshui were not fortified cities, so easily, the two counties had fallen into the hands of Wang Jiayin.

In this way, the original tens of thousands of rebels took advantage of the situation to expand again, and they had two pieces of territory in hand, which was the best situation since Wang Jiayin raised the army.

At this time, the rebel army in Shanxi was known as the 36th Battalion, and when they saw Wang Jiayin gaining a firm foothold, they sent envoys to express their willingness to obey Wang Jiayin's leadership.

And at this time, because Wang Jiayin began to block the trade routes and plunder the caravans, he took advantage of the situation to lay down Yicheng County, Yicheng is close to Quwo, and Quwo is one of the centers of the official road to the south of Pingyang Prefecture, and the garrison Yicheng can cut off the official road and block the caravan road to the south and north.

Wang Jiayin, who laid two pieces of territory, did begin to expand his heart, as early as in Shaanxi, Wang Jiayin, who had just gathered tens of thousands of people, began to set up officials as kings, and now he has laid down the territory, and he is pretentious and chooses everything.

But Wang Jiayin didn't know at the moment that there was already a powerful opponent heading towards his lair.

After traveling a hundred miles at night, at dawn, Tang Xidong ordered to be stationed on the spot and cook in a pot.

It is still half a mile away from Quwo, and it is still a hundred miles away from Yicheng.

The soldiers ran for hundreds of miles at night, and the men and horses were tired, so Tang Xidong let everyone rest in place and avoid the hot noon before driving.

And the spy reported that at this moment, there were nearly 10,000 rebels in Yicheng, 7,000 defending the city, 3,000 going out to loot, and the 3,000 rebels going out were all young and strong, while the defenders of Yicheng were mostly old, weak, sick and disabled, but a rabble.

The entire rebel army has been firmly targeted by the spies, and it is only necessary to wait for the army to attack as soon as it arrives.

Nightfall, it's night.

Tang Xidong had already led his army to ten miles away from Quwo County.

And the 3,000 rebel soldiers were entrenched in the nameless mountain pass seven miles outside the city.

The place where the rebels are stationed is the southern entrance and exit of the official road through the valley, and the anti-army horses are also ambushed on the mountains on both sides.

Choosing this place, for the anti-army, is to block the throat of the official road and occupy the geographical advantage.

All those who pass by will inevitably face the 3,000 rebels.

After understanding everything, Tang Xidong began to think about how to attack.

The other party ambushed both sides of the valley, occupying the Jedi advantage, and once the army entered the valley, it was self-defeating.

The other party sealed the south entrance and went on the mountain, and it was inevitable that it would not be tragic to enter, except for a frontal hard fight, there was only one way to retreat.

It is necessary to find a way to lure the rebels out and disrupt the opponent's formation.

After thinking about it for a long time, Tang Xidong had a plan in his heart.

The whole army was ordered to quietly stand and rest and wait for late night.

As soon as the time arrived, all the new army was formed, and Tang Xidong convened various platoon commanders to hold a pre-war meeting to formulate tactics.

A quarter of an hour later, the prepared officers and men began to march.

The troops were divided into two groups, and the black lights smeared the mountain beams on both sides of the valley three miles away, and a group of baggage soldiers withdrew their black uniforms, gathered mules and horses, unloaded the heavy loads, and marched lightly to the valley with torches.

The rest of the men lay in ambush at the northern entrance of the valley, waiting for the enemy to leave the valley.

In the dark valley, five hundred baggage caravans pretended to be caravans, lit torches, and walked in the valley with great fanfare, after the chariots were unloaded, mules and horses carried light packages, and only a full load could be seen in the darkness.

Halfway through the valley, the baggage caravan began to slow down, and the five hundred new troops still sang the merchant trumpet.

Suddenly, the lights lit up at the corner in front, and the platoon commander who was at the head saw the anti-soldier figure around the corner at a glance.

So he shouted, "The robber is coming." ”

turned around and ran, and the people behind him instantly pulled the mules and horses and turned around and ran towards the outside of the valley.

The rebels behind them saw that the caravan in front of them was about to run, and shouted again and again to chase after them.

One side is running desperately, and the other is chasing desperately.

Originally, with mules and horses, the caravan should not be able to outrun the rebels behind them, but these mules and horses were not caravans, but the baggage teams that Tang Xidong had prepared for a long time, in order to attract the other party out of the valley.

In this way, although the distance between the two sides was repeatedly shortened, and bows and arrows were fired indiscriminately behind them, they were still run out of the valley by the baggage team pulling the mules and horses.

The sound of the valley alarmed the sleeping rebels on the mountain beam, and suddenly the noise of the entire valley was amplified at once, and it looked chaotic.

The baggage team had just run out of the valley, and twenty paces behind them were already a mighty rebel army brandishing weapons, shouting and killing and chasing them out.

The baggage team that did not stay went all the way forward, and more than 1,000 rebels behind them also broke into the ambush circle set up by Tang Xidong in the pursuit of the valley.