In the tent of the reserve army, the atmosphere was depressing and uncomfortable, and several guards cautiously walked into the military tent with teapots and some food, which were placed on the desks of several officers with grim expressions.

Gao Yigong's face was not good-looking, and Li Yan on the side did not have such an ugly face, but he also had a dignified face, as for the other generals, they all felt like they were facing a great enemy, and the guards carefully placed the tea and immediately retreated, for fear of being affected by the pond fish.

With a bang, Hao Yongzhong, who was covered in clothes, took the lead in standing up, suddenly walked to the center of the military tent, hugged his fists and said: "General sentinel, watching the army, I don't know whether to say a sentence or not!" ”

Gao Yigong was very irritable at the moment, and when he saw Hao Yongzhong talking, he waved his hand angrily and said, "There is something to say, there is a fart!" ”

Hao Yongzhong got his approval, and then said loudly: "Guanjun, since you are going to fight Luoyang, why didn't you say it before, but now you will talk about it when you arrive in Yiyang, and the brothers are caught off guard, how can you fight like this?" ”

It is not difficult to hear the meaning of criticizing Li Yan in his words, but Hao Yongzhong has always acted rudely, and he only served one high merit in the army, so he naturally lacked reverence for Li Yan.

"Hao Yongzhong, don't be rude!" Zhang Hong, who was sitting on the side, interrupted with dissatisfaction, he was close to Li Yan in the army, and naturally acted in favor of Li Yan, although this incident happened suddenly, and he was caught off guard, but he would still protect Li Yan between words.

"I didn't mean to offend the Guanjun!" Hao Yongzhong said loudly: "But there is no way to explain this matter, and I can't explain it to my brothers!" Otherwise, please remove me from my post as sentry. ”

"Hao Yongzhong!" Hearing this, Gao Yigong was furious, slapped the case suddenly, and scolded sharply: "If you don't want to do it, get out, the most important thing in the reserve army is a reckless man like you!" Get out! ”

Gao Yigong became angry, which made Hao Yongzhong, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, instantly frightened into a gelding, and lowered his head and was in a dilemma for a while.

Seeing this, Li Yan hurriedly exhorted: "The chief whistle doesn't need to be angry, and Mr. Hao Whistle's opinion is also excusable, this matter is not kind to me, and I don't blame Mr. Hao Whistle." ”

Li Yan opened his mouth, Li Laiheng, Huang Jun and others also spoke out one after another, Gao Yigong eased his breath, snorted, and asked Hao Yongzhong to get aside.

Hao Yongzhong returned to the table and sat down as if he had been amnestied, and did not dare to speak again for questioning.

One sings with a red face and the other sings with a white face is also a strategy agreed upon by Li Yan and Gao Yigong, Gao Yigong was also shocked by the news at first, but after Li Yan clarified the benefits, Gao Yigong didn't say anything, immediately patted his chest and said to Li Yan with a grin: "Isn't it just to fight Luoyang!" Why not touch it? ”

However, Gao Yigong agreed, and he had to agree to his soldiers, otherwise the army would not be in harmony, and he would be sent to death, so there was this military discussion, as soon as the military discussion opened, and the decision to fight Luoyang was announced, almost all the sentinels were opposed, and this scene was born.

"General Sentinel, watch the army, let me say a word" Li Laiheng got up and admonished, his attitude was much softer than Hao Yongzhong's.

"Luoyang is a strong city, we are going to fight, we can't please it, it's better to go to Xin'an to meet with King Chuang first, and then slowly figure it out, it is the best policy." Lee Rae-hyung spoke his opinion.

Speaking from the heart, Li Laiheng's opinion is the safest way, from Xin'an to Luoyang, the rapid march is just over a day, Li Zicheng now has 4,000 soldiers, 30,000 servants, it is not impossible to fight Luoyang.

But Li Yan did not fight Luoyang this time for the strategic planning of the army, but simply to grab the merit and use the merit to fight against Niu Jinxing, if he followed the army, the credit would definitely not be his own, after all, the reserve army is like this, Li Zicheng will not let them be the main force.

"Luoyang is not a strong city" Hearing this, Li Yan shook his head and began to brainwash the sentinels.

"What is a fortified city? There is the danger of the city, there is the unity of the heart, the grain and grass are abundant, and the people are happy to die, this is a strong city, although Luoyang has the danger of the city, but the people are centrifuged, the military heart is not attached, the king of Fu is greedy, everyone is evil, this gold and jade is also ruined outside, and it is easy to break! Li Yan calmly analyzed.

"General outpost, watch the army, how to say that the Luoyang Ming army is also more than us, if you want to attack the city, you have to have a three-fold gap between attack and defense before you dare to say that you can try, and now the Ming army is twice as much as me, no matter how you think about it, you can't beat it." Huang Jun frowned and expressed his concern.

"I didn't think about attacking the city and annihilating the main force of the Ming army," Li Yan explained with a smile: "I plan to destroy them in the field!" Then hold on to the danger, cut off its food routes, and force it to civil strife! ”

"In the field, the reserve army has never fought in the field, and I am afraid that the result of such a wave of war will be unpredictable," Zhang Hong expressed his worries.

"Mr. Wang Whistle" Li Yan smiled and beckoned to Wang Xueli, who had been silent, and Wang Xueli immediately attended when he heard the voice.

"This time, King Chuang gave me two hundred cavalry, that is, the headquarters of the king's outpost, and the elites of Luoyang were all taken to northern Henan by Li Xianfeng, and those who were left behind were also infantry, so as to ride and foot, but what?"

"Nothing to do! The subordinates are willing to make military orders! Wang Xueli's eyes were round, and he promised to do so.

Of course, Wang Xueli had to follow Li Yan, although he didn't necessarily have some confidence in attacking Luoyang, but among the generals, he was the most comfortable, and the cavalry was highly mobile, even if something really went wrong, he could also retreat with his whole body.

"Two hundred cavalry, how to break thousands of Ming troops" Li Laiheng puzzled.

"Planning is in the people, and the success is in the sky, this depends on the plan, and it is naturally impossible to know now" Li Yan said with a smile, there is such a thing as field warfare, which can only be improvised on the spot, and there is no other way to be flexible.

Having said this, Li Yan refuted the worries of the generals one by one, and they didn't want to say anything, but there were not a lot of worries in their hearts, and they each hung their heads thoughtfully.

Li Yan knew that if this continued, there would definitely be a problem with the morale of the army, and morale would be the key to victory, and the generals could not be allowed to fight with their burdens.

So Li Yan cleared his throat and said slowly: "Since the preparation of the army became an army, we have been in the army to break into the army, and the generals in the front camp have all despised us, and the heavy armor has never been enough, and it is thanks to your efforts to this day." ”

Hearing this, the sentinels present also nodded frequently, it is not a secret that the reserve army is discriminated against in breaking into the camp, after all, it is a cannon fodder brigade, who will look at you?

"This time I fought Luoyang, firstly, in order to break the situation in Henan, and secondly, in the name of my preparation, to let the soldiers in the front battalion know that our reserve army cannot be bullied!" Li Yan said loudly.

In the following two incense sticks, Li Yan simply made a "mobilization speech" to these military leaders on the current situation, in fact, the content was also very simple, analyzing the problems in Luoyang, and then agitating to make meritorious contributions.

The capture of Luoyang is a matter of greed, as long as it is impossible for a soldier not to be moved, not to mention that Luoyang still has a large amount of military food, grass and property, which has a fatal attraction for them.

In order to encourage the morale of the army, Li Yan made two promises, first, after the fall of Luoyang City, the wealth and goods of the Fu Domain will be taken by the armies themselves, and they will not stop them, and second, after entering Luoyang, only the military resources and equipment will be taken by the army, and he will not interfere.

This is too motivating, which means that the gains in the process of doing this vote will be unimaginable.

Under the temptation of heavy profits, the morale of the reserve army was immediately inspired, the military leaders coveted military merits and military funds, and the soldiers thought about the wine, meat, gold and silver in the treasury of the Fu Domain.

The next day, Li Yan added another code, and the twenty people who fought the most bravely were not only promoted to official titles, but also selected people from the concubines and maidservants of the Fu Domain to reward him!

The prince's concubines and maidservants, they are all the existence of the country, for these single soldiers, the temptation is too great, and the sound of "victory" resounded in the mountains and fields for a while.

In real history, Li Zicheng arrived at the north gate of Luoyang on the nineteenth day of the first month, which opened the prelude to the battle of Luoyang, and now Li Yan and the reserve army are ten days in advance, and the ninth day of the first month began to approach the south gate of Luoyang, officially opening the curtain of the battle of Luoyang.

When the reserve army appeared outside Luoyang City and annihilated several Ming army squads, Luoyang finally realized that the target of the Ming army in front of him was actually Luoyang!

In an instant, Luoyang City was shocked, they thought that it was not Li Yan who came, but Li Zicheng, and the entire Luoyang entered a state of combat readiness, and at the same time sent scouts out to investigate the situation and find out where Li Zicheng's army was.

Of course, the result is naturally futile, all kinds of evidence show that it seems that only these 3,000 people came to the thieves, and 3,000 people beat Luoyang? Unless Li Zicheng goes crazy.

Is it just the vanguard of the invasion army thrown out to try it? The Ming army in Luoyang was suspicious, and they were very curious about this invading army of unknown origin.

It wasn't until the tenth day of the first lunar month that Li Yan ordered the reserve army to block one of the main roads of Luoyang transportation, and the officers and soldiers of Luoyang understood that this group of troops was here to play really!

If Li Zicheng's army comes, the Ming army in Luoyang may not dare to go out of the city, 3,000 people, no matter what, they will have to go to the city to teach him a lesson! Especially the scout reported that Li Zicheng's army was still in Xin'an, and there was no sign of movement, which allowed the Luoyang Ming army to rest assured that he would go out of the city to fight.

On the eleventh day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Wang Shaoyu, the chief soldier, and Wang Xingwu, the deputy general, led the Ming army of 5,000 people out of the city, preparing to launch a field battle against the reserve army, which was also a field battle of the reserve army.

On the other hand, the main force of Xin'an's army is also messy in the wind.....

"Li Yan and Gao Yigong are crazy! Lose your marbles! Li Zicheng watched Gao Yigong and Li Yan read the book together, and couldn't stop roaring.

Hit Luoyang? Three thousand people to fight Luoyang? What is this not sending to death?

The entire camp was also shocked, leaving aside the main force to fight Luoyang, has Li Yan gone crazy? It's just hard to understand.

"No! No way! Gather the army and set off to Luoyang immediately! Li Zicheng still couldn't bear to watch them die after being annoyed, Xin'an was not far from Luoyang, and since Li Yan had already made a move, he could only follow.

"No!" Niu Jinxing jumped out at this time and resolutely objected.

"The Ming army in northern Henan has not moved, we must not move lightly!" Niu Jinxing said his worries to Li Zicheng in a cold voice, Li Xianfeng hasn't moved yet! This is also the reason why Li Zicheng is waiting, although in fact, Li Xianfeng has launched the final purge against the thieves in northern Henan at the moment, and he is not able to go south at all, but the speed of information transmission is too slow, and the army is not clear about this matter.