Li Nong led an army of 100,000 to leave Luoyang City, and marched in the direction of Hongnong.

Just when Li Nong sent troops to Hongnong, Liang Qian also gathered the main army of his department, and the troops marched towards Luoyang in many ways, so that between Liang Qian and Li Nong, the outbreak of a major war seemed inevitable.

In order to know each other, Li Nong and Liang Qian both sent a large number of scouts to each other's location to investigate intelligence, and after some exploration, both sides had a preliminary understanding of each other and made up their minds to eliminate each other.

Xin'an City is located at the junction of Hejun and Hongnong County, Liang Li's rebel soldiers and horses occupied the city one step earlier, and Li Nong's main force is still dozens of miles away from Xin'an City, almost a day's journey.

After occupying Xin'an City, Liang Qian decided to start a general battle with Li Nong near Xin'an City in order to completely defeat Li Nong and capture Luoyang, so as to continue the attack in the direction of Yecheng.

In order to be able to defeat Li Nong in one battle, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Liang Qian and the generals got together and discussed a specific combat strategy.

Liang Qian looked at the generals and said: "Generals, at present, Li Nong's 100,000 main army is less than a day's journey away, and a battle between the main force of our army and Li Nong is inevitable, in order to survive, our army must defeat Li Nong, all the soldiers have a good strategy, you might as well talk about it." ”

"General, at present, our army has more than 200,000 troops, which is more than twice the main army of Li Nong. A subordinate general said confidently.

Another general objected: "General, the last general thinks that it is inappropriate to fight head-on. Although the strength of our army is more than twice that of the enemy, except for the original Donggong guards, the remaining men and horses are all improvised rabble, which may not necessarily be the opponent of Li Nong's elite division, or it is better to outwit it. ”

When Liang Qian heard this, he felt that the method of outwitting was better, so he hurriedly looked at the general and asked, "How to outwit, you can talk about it." ”

The ministry will hear this. Clenched his fists and said, "General." Our army can ambush the main force near Xin'an City, and send tens of thousands of horses to leave the city and go to five miles outside the east gate to fight with Li Nong's main force of men and horses. Defeat is not allowed to win. After the defeat, he retreated to Sinanseong. And bring Li Nong's main army into the encirclement of our army, so as to gather and annihilate it. ”

"Well, that's great. What a plan! In this way, the general personally led an army of 50,000 to lure Li Nong, and the generals could lead the main force to ambush in the rear, believing that they would be able to settle the battle and completely defeat Li Nong. Liang Qian said happily.

"General, the task of luring the enemy is too dangerous, let's let the last general go! The general can command the whole situation in the rear. The general hurriedly said.

Liang Qian smiled at the corner of his mouth, waved his hand, and said: "No need, if Ben Jiang doesn't go out in person, how can he lure the enemy deep, Li Nong is a generation of famous generals, and he won't be fooled if he doesn't see Ben General, so it's decided, all the generals go back and prepare!" ”

"Yes, General." Seeing that Liang Li insisted on this, the general had no choice but to accept the order.

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Early the next morning, Li Nong led the main army under his command and continued to march westward, and he had already learned from the scouts about the fact that Liang Li's rebels were stationed in Xin'an City, that is, in a few hours, he would meet with Liang Li's main rebel army.

Li Nong did not show the slightest fear of the rebels who were twice as strong as himself, on the contrary, he seemed very relaxed, in his heart, no matter how many rebels there were, they were all a group of vulnerable rabble, and they could not be the opponents of his main army.

"General, the rebels are lined up five miles ahead, and they are going to fight a decisive battle with our army." The scout reported to Li Nong about the situation ahead.

When Li Nong heard this, he was slightly surprised, paused, and asked, "How many people are there in the rebel army, and who will lead the army?" ”

"General Hui, the rebel army has fifty or sixty thousand horses, and the leader of the army will be the rebel leader Liang Li." The scout replied truthfully.

Li Nong was taken aback again, frowned and thought for a while, and said: "This Liang Calf is really arrogant, with only fifty or sixty thousand horses, he dares to fight with the main force of the general, hum, I really don't know whether to live or die." ”

"General, this is an opportunity, as long as our army captures and kills the rebel leader Liang Qian in a battle, the main force of the rebel army will collapse, and the rebellion will be quickly quelled." The generals also supported immediate action.

Li Nong nodded, and ordered: "The army is speeding up, drive the ......" After speaking, he accelerated his horse.

Soon, the main force under Li Nong's command arrived in front of Liang Li's army, and the two sides were less than 300 paces apart, and Li Nong's army began to prepare in formation.

Li Nong, who was standing at the front of the formation, raised his eyes to look at the opposite side, and a majestic general on the opposite side was Liang Li.

"Liang Qian, the emperor treats you well, why do you want to raise an army." Li Nong glared at Liang Qian and shouted loudly.

"Hahahaha!" Liang Qian looked up to the sky and laughed, and replied loudly: "Treat me well? Shi Hu's descendants made a rebellion, and the generals and the guards under his command did not know, what is the crime, Shi Hu indiscriminately relegated 10,000 soldiers to the border, is this fair? Is this what treats me well? There was a great deal of anger in his tone.

When Li Nong heard this, he reprimanded loudly: "Liang Qian, what if the emperor asks you to guard the border, the emperor is the monarch and you are a minister, and the general has been guarding the border for many years without the slightest complaint, why can't you guard the border." ”

Hearing Li Nong's rebuttal, Liang Qian was furious and shouted: "Li Nong, General Ben doesn't have the time to talk nonsense with you, you should die!" Soldiers, attack. ”

Liang Qian gave the order to attack, and under his order, 50,000 or 60,000 horses under his command shouted forward to kill.

Seeing that the rebels of Liang Qian took the initiative to kill him, Li Nong was not polite, raised his sword, and ordered: "Order, the whole army will attack." ”

"Kill ......" The army under Li Nong's command also shouted and killed the opposite side.

Soon, the men and horses of the two sides fought together, because the total strength of the two sides was 1560,000, the scene of the battle was quite spectacular, the arrows fired by the crossbowmen, the entire sky was covered, and the battlefield was in darkness for a while.

Li Nong's men and horses were numerous and well-trained, and gradually gained the upper hand, while the men and horses under Liang Qian's command gradually could not support it, and a small number of men and horses had begun to retreat.

"Beggar soldiers, rush over and kill Liang Li." Li Nong stretched out his hand and pointed at Liang Calf, and asked the most elite beggar army under his command to kill Liang Calf's location.

Liang Qian saw that nearly 10,000 soldiers of the beggar army were killing him, less than a hundred steps away from him, and understood that the time was ripe, so he hurriedly turned his horse's head and shouted: "Soldiers, retreat." After saying that, he rode his horse and ran away.

Under Liang Li's order, the rebel soldiers began to retreat lifelessly, because they were not prepared in advance, the soldiers were very chaotic, and there was no sign of a fraudulent retreat at all.

Seeing that Liang Qian was about to escape, he had already chased the beggar army not far behind him, so he naturally would not let Liang Qian go lightly, so he accelerated forward to chase after him.

"General, Liang Li's army is defeated, do you want to pursue." The ministry general asked.

Li Nong took a closer look at the front, and saw that the rebels were scattered and fleeing, without any dignity, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and ordered: "The whole army pursues, kills Liang Li, and captures Xin'an City." ”

"Attack, the whole army pursues." The ministry will convey the order loudly.

The main army under Li Nong's command, with great morale, pursued the fleeing rebels with all their might, and pursued them all the way to the city of Xin'an.

Liang Qian took the lead in withdrawing from Xin'an City, and climbed the city wall, seeing Li Nong's main army, he really chased after him, and he couldn't help but be very proud, and immediately asked the soldiers on the city wall to signal the ambush army on both sides.

With the smoke rising, the main army ambushed on both sides received the signal, and from many directions, to the east gate of Xin'an City, the 30,000 troops ambushed in the city are also ready to go out of the city at any time to help the battle.

"Kill ......" outside the east gate of Xin'an City, the sound of rebel ambushes was everywhere, and the dust raised by the rebel soldiers was shrouded around Xin'an City.

"General, there are rebels all around, and we seem to be surrounded." The general looked at Li Nong and said anxiously.

"General, you see, the rebels in the city have also been killed." Another general shouted.

Li Nong stared around, and sure enough, he saw that all around him were raised sand and dust, just from the scale of these dusts, it could be seen that the scale of the rebel ambush was very large, and it was certain that all the main forces of the rebel army.

"Oh no, the general fell for Liang Li's trick to lure the enemy, this Liang Calf is really treacherous, hey!" Li Nong saw that the main army was besieged, and his heart was full of remorse.

"General, now is not the time to regret, the rebels are besieged on all sides, and our army should immediately break through the siege." The ministry reminded.

Li Nong nodded and ordered loudly: "Retreat, the whole army retreats immediately." ”

At this time, the main force of the rebels had already surrounded them, and it was impossible to retreat calmly, only to fight a bloody way.

Although most of Liang Li's rebels are rabble, they are also quite brave in their charges, especially when they have the advantage.

In the process of rushing and killing, the soldiers under Li Nong's command suffered heavy losses, but with the most elite beggar army as the vanguard, they still opened a bloody way and fled in the direction of Luoyang.

Seeing that Li Nong was leading the army to escape, Liang Qian sneered at the corner of his mouth, and ordered: "The whole army pursues and kills to Luoyang." After speaking, he walked down the city wall, personally led the main army, and chased and killed the army under Li Nong's command all the way.

Along the way, he was constantly harassed by the rebel pursuers, and Li Nong did not dare to stop at all, so he could only flee to Luoyang as quickly as possible.

Liang Qian has already made up his mind to capture Luoyang, because, according to the scout's report, the rich people in the towns west of Luoyang have fled into Luoyang City, that is to say, as long as Luoyang City is captured, all the treasures of the rich people in the city will belong to him, and Luoyang is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, surrounded by dense population, and there are many towns, which is the most suitable for his own robbery. (To be continued......)