After receiving information that Li Yanbu had retreated twenty miles back and set up camp, Cao Yue planned to take the initiative to attack.

Of course, Cao Yue did not think of annihilating Li Yan's main force in a battle, he only hoped to defeat Li Yan's troops and make them retreat without support to achieve their goal.

For Liu Zongmin's troops, Cao Yue also had the intention of defeating them, he did not think that he had the strength to completely annihilate these two forces, after all, he had not commanded such a large-scale battle, and he was not blindly optimistic about the outcome of the battle.

From the results of the last sneak attack and the subsequent movements of Li Yanbu, Cao Yue thought that Liukou's military spirit had been shaken, and he could take advantage of Liu Zongmin's men and horses to be delayed and unable to arrive in a short period of time to defeat Li Yanbu.

If Li Yanbu is repulsed or defeated, then Liu Zongmin's men may not dare to attack Datong again.

Originally, Cao Yue was still a little taboo about the famous Li Yan, but the special training team hit his department hard in the first battle, so he saw a fact clearly, the rogue is the rogue bandit, the rebel army composed mainly of peasants cannot be well-trained, no matter how many they are, they are just a group of rabble, and these strictly trained men and horses under his command can defeat them, even if they don't rely on the fortified city to defend it.

Taking advantage of the situation, this is a new decision made by Cao Yue after consulting with his generals. What he thought more about was to hit Li Yanbu hard, let Li Yan and his wife completely understand the situation, and turn to him, so that he would be happy, with the addition of tens of thousands of horses, his strength would be completely strong, and he could be a warlord, and the orders of the imperial court could also be disobeyed.

In order to boost morale, Cao Yue held a large-scale military parade before the attack. The parade took place in the barracks inside the city and was open to the people of Datong City.

With its neat military appearance, majestic military posture, and sonorous and powerful steps, many people of Datong have witnessed the side of this army that is destined to become a legendary army completely different from other armies. When the ranks of sergeants lined up in a neat line, holding various weapons, and walked in front of the review stand with vigorous steps, the people who were originally worried that the officers and soldiers would not be able to hold Datong City completely changed their attitudes, and they couldn't help cheering.

Cao Yue and the officials of Datong, including Zhu Chuanqi and others, reviewed the new army of Datong, Cao Yue, as the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, swore in front of everyone that he must eliminate the Liukou, level the Jiannu, and return the people of the world to peace.

The tsunami-like roar of the soldiers resounded in the sky above Datong City, making countless people's blood boil.

Then tens of thousands of Datong troops drove out of the city amid the cheers of the people, preparing to fight against the "righteous army" led by Li Yan.

What Cao Yue didn't expect was that he led the army out of the city after the parade, and received unexpected results, and Zhu Chuanqi, the acting king, thought that the new army of Datong was preparing to take the opportunity to fight out of the city, move to other places, and abandon Datong City. Because Zhu Chuanqi and his wise men have always believed that when the rogues are coming, Cao Yue will definitely rely on the Datong Jiancheng and use the Jiancheng artillery to repel the invading rogues, and it is impossible to go out of the city to take the initiative to seek battle.

Cao Yue's previous strategic arrangement was the same, the commander of the Datong New Army, suddenly changed the strategic arrangement, which made them stunned. Zhu Chuanqi naturally thought of Cao Yue's previous threat, and was afraid that Cao Yue would really come up to him and say that he had colluded with Liukou. In the end, he made a hasty decision to give in to Cao Yue, willing to donate the money and food Cao Yue needed, and the only requirement was that Cao Yue would not give up Datong City.

Seeing that Zhu Chuanqi gave in much earlier than he expected, Cao Yue, who had prepared a lot of tricks, did not refuse, smiled after a polite sentence, and immediately ordered the sergeant to carry silver and grain on behalf of the king's mansion.

After Zhu Chuanqi turned his face with Cao Yue, he took the initiative to admit defeat, and after showing goodwill to Cao Yue, he lost 500,000 taels of silver and 50,000 stone of grain, which made Wei Daben, the prefect of Datong, and Zhang An, the eunuch of the town, almost drop their jaws. They originally thought that Zhu Chuanqi would definitely fight to the death with Cao Yue, and they were all worried about Cao Yue, but they didn't expect that things would come to an end soon, and the result was something they never expected.

can squeeze so much silver and grain out of Zhu Chuanqi's pocket, Cao Yue is still the first person.

They thought that Cao Yue had used some means during this time to seize Zhu Chuanqi's handle, and threatened Zhu Chuanqi to finally succumb.

Cao Yue also didn't expect that Zhu Chuanqi would be frightened by his move of leading his army out of the city to fight Li Yan in a decisive battle, and took the initiative to show weakness. Either way, it's a very good result. He didn't care too much, and after receiving Zhu Chuanqi's gift according to the order, he also gave His Royal Highness the acting king a guarantee that with so much money and food, he would definitely not give up Datong, and he would definitely defeat the Liukou and keep Datong safe.

Cao Yue did not forget to hint to Zhu Chuanqi again that if the war progressed unfavorably and more money and food were needed, he still needed the strong support of His Royal Highness the Acting King.

Zhu Chuanqi is a dumb eater of Coptis chinensis, and he can't say anything about his suffering, so he can only wish Cao Yue a victory and return to Datong City safely after defeating Liukou.

Cao Yue left 5,000 men and horses, led by the general Gao Gao, to guard Datong City, so as not to prevent the main army from going out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Liukou, and was caught off guard by Li Yan's men and horses.

Cao Gao transferred out of the city to fight with his men and horses, which Li Yan did not expect, and when he got the report of the horse exploration, saying that the main force of the official army went out of the city to meet the battle, and was coming in the direction where they were stationed, Li Yan was thinking hard about how to hit Cao Yue's arrogance, so that Cao Yue knew that he Li Yan was powerful, but he didn't come up with any magic tricks.

Hearing the sergeant's report that Cao Yue led the main army out of the city to meet the battle, Li Yan was taken aback, and immediately thought of the unusual thing behind this matter, he couldn't take it lightly, otherwise he might suffer a big loss.

Li Yan immediately convened his men and horses to discuss the military situation, and the generals, who were already very aggrieved, heard that Cao Yue led the army out of the city to meet the battle, and immediately became enthusiastic and stood up one by one to ask for battle. Most people think that if Cao Yue hides in Datong City and doesn't come out, it will be difficult for them to deal with it from time to time. What they hope most is for the Datong army to go out of the city to fight, so that they can use the impact of more than 10,000 elite cavalry of the righteous army and the follow-up cooperation of the infantry army to defeat the main force of the Datong army.

They have more than 80,000 men and horses, and if they storm Datong City, the troops cannot be said to be abundant, after all, the Datong army has more than 50,000 people. But if the two armies face each other outside the city, the more than 80,000 battle-hardened rebels will definitely be able to defeat the Datong New Army, which has just been formed. Many generals thought that this was an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so most of the generals rushed to stand up and ask for battle, lest their military merits be snatched away by others.

Seeing that the generals under his command changed from frustration to fanaticism, Li Yan was immediately overjoyed, and immediately made up his mind to stop retreating, turn defense into attack, and strive to wipe out the Datong army outside Datong City.

After the military meeting, Li Yan immediately ordered the whole army to open up and take the initiative to meet the attack.

Soon, the men and horses of the two sides narrowed the distance and set up a position in a flat field more than 20 miles outside Datong City, ready to fight to the death.