The Tang army crossed Huoyi, rushed to the Bird Mouse Valley, caught up with Song Jingang's army, the two sides clashed eight times a day, because of the lack of food and defeat and escape, the morale of the Song Jingang army was extremely low, and it was not the opponent of the Tang army at all, so they clashed eight times, and the result was that the Tang army won the battle, and the Tang army killed and captured tens of thousands of Song Jingang troops.

On the night of the confrontation with Song Jingang in the Bird Mouse Valley, the Tang army camped in the west of the Bird Mouse Valley.

Li Yin hadn't eaten for two days at this time, and he hadn't taken off his battle robe for three days, and the meat of the whole army was only one sheep.

Li Yin was reluctant to eat alone, so he asked the Huotou army to chop up the mutton, share the mutton with the soldiers of the whole army, and said some encouraging words to the soldiers impassionedly.

Although the soldiers of the whole army could not even feel the taste of mutton in the end, they were very moved by it, and the pain of many days of marching seemed to be swept away.

Due to the defeat and escape of Song Jingang, some Tang army officials and generals who were originally captured by Song Jingang were able to escape from the chaos one after another, and Yu Yun, the governor of Shaanxi, Tang Jian, the waiter and others, all escaped from Song Jingang and fled back to the Tang army.

At this time, Tang Jian said to Li Yin: "Jinyang is the root of Hedong, why don't you let the last general take a group of people to the vicinity of Jinyang to watch Jinyang?" ”

In Tang Jian's view, the defeat of Liu Wuzhou's forces has been decided, and if he can enter Jinyang first, it will undoubtedly be a great achievement, which is much better than fighting with Song Jingang.

After Li Yin pondered for a while, he agreed to Tang Jian's request, allocated 5,000 men and horses to him, and asked him to go north with the light army the next day, first meet Li Zhongwen and others in Hexi City, and then adapt to the situation.

Tang Jian's careful thinking, Li Yin knew it, but as long as it did not affect the overall situation, or even if it was beneficial to the situation, this kind of careful thinking was not unacceptable.

On October 19, Li Yin led his troops to chase the enemy to Jiexiu, Song Jingang's soldiers were still about 30,000 at this time, and Li Yin's army, because of chasing the enemy for hundreds of miles, many people were left behind, so now there are only about 70,000, but it is also more than half of Song Jingang's army, and although it is relatively tired, the morale is very high.

At this time, Song Jingang took out the last grain in Jiexiu City, fed the soldiers who had been hungry for a long time, and said some encouraging words to the soldiers, and then led the crowd out of the west gate, facing the city wall to arrange a battle formation, about seven miles long from north to south, ready to fight Li Yin's army to the death here.

Li Yin muttered a few words in Li Shiji's ear, and then sent Li Shiji to lead the army into battle, and the two sides fought for a while, Li Shiji pretended to be invincible and retreated slightly to lure Song Jingang.

Song Jingang didn't know if it was a plan, or even if he knew that it might be a plan, he couldn't control it so much at this time, so he immediately took this fighter and led the whole army to counterattack, Li Yin asked Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, and Cheng Yanjin to lead five thousand fine cavalry and attack behind Song Jingang.

Under the surprise attack of Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, and Cheng Yanjin, the formation of Song Jingang's army was instantly chaotic, and Li Shiji immediately stopped retreating and commanded the army to counterattack, and Song Jingang's entire army began to retreat one after another.

Seeing this, Li Yin nodded slightly, and then personally led the remaining troops to press on the whole line, intending to give Song Jingang's army the final fatal blow.

However, at this moment, there was a shocking shouting and killing sound from behind Li Yin's army array, Li Yin was shocked, turned his head to look, and saw that behind his own army, a large number of enemy troops were killed at this time!

Li Yin, who has always been calm and composed, was also a little panicked in the face of this unexpected situation at this time, and hurriedly ordered the troops to stop immediately, and the rear army became the front army, and the front army became the rear army to guard against the enemy, and then let the herald play the banner, let Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, and Cheng Yanjin lead the cavalry back to the base camp, and then ordered Li Shiji to defeat the Song Jingang army as soon as possible, so as to relieve his own belly and back from the enemy's state.

At this time, Li Yin had already seen the words "General, Duke Wei, Li" and other words written on the handsome banner of the raiding army, and then he suddenly realized, "It turned out to be Li Mi!" This time it was really careless! ”

Near the enemy's handsome banner was the heroic Li Mi, who was about to be forgotten by the world, his face was slightly tired, but he was in good spirits, just as he had been when he went to Wagangzhai at the beginning of the year.

After Li Mi retreated to Hebei, he was also disheartened for a long time, but in the end he regained his fighting spirit, because he was really unwilling, unwilling to change from a lofty position to an ordinary person, and unwilling to give up the opportunity to compete for the world.

Li Mi had been looking for an opportunity to turn himself over before, and before he focused more on his rival Wang Shichong, until the sudden change in the situation in Hedong this year, he turned his attention to Hedong.

Hedong has a solid terrain, it is a place for the king, if you can take all the land of Hedong, it is enough to compete with Li Tang, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and others for the world.

What's more, Li Mi learned that after Wang Shichong usurped the Sui and ascended the throne, his power began to decline, and even many of his old subordinates secretly regained contact with him, as long as he Li Mi obtained the land of Hedong, and then led the army back to the Central Plains, he will definitely be able to make a big difference!

When Song Jingang sent people to convey the intention of forming an alliance with Li Mi before, Li Mi was disdainful, according to his plan, that is, when Li Yin and Song Jingang fought to the point that both sides were defeated, he would only reap the benefits of the fisherman at the last time, and things had been developing in the direction that Li Mi expected, and this was the time for him to reap the profits of the fisherman!

On the battlefield, it is difficult to change the army's formation back and forth, even if an elite division like Li Yin's department is in a hurry, it is inevitable that there will be chaos, and in the blink of an eye, Li Mi's army has already been killed, and the Tang army is suddenly in chaos.

Li Mi's army rushed towards the Tang army with a sharp arrow array, and the target of the sharp arrow was Li Yin's location.

Due to the surprise of the Tang army and the confusion of the formation, Li Mi quickly led the troops forward and entered half the distance, and the guards beside Li Yin hurriedly said to Li Yin: "General, retreat a distance!" ”

Li Yin said expressionlessly: "General Ben is here, he won't take a step back, and if he dares to retreat, he will be killed!" ”

Huang Junhan and Su Dingfang, who were in command of a division of men and horses on each of Li Yin's wings, shouted at this time: "Protect the King of Jin, don't take a step back!" Then each led his elite men and horses to meet Li Mi's army.

Although there were not many soldiers brought by Su Dingfang and Huang Junhan temporarily, they stayed in front of them after the past, and finally dragged Li Mi's attack slightly.