The spies kept giving back. The walls of the East City were filled with Ming soldiers, including the West City, the South City, and the North City. The city was high and the walls were hard, so it was difficult to break.

Gao Yigong also saw it, and he couldn't help but take a breath. Even if the King of Chuang came, the follow-up troops would be overwhelmed. A army of 300,000 to 400,000 besieged Xinyang City, he would probably not be able to conquer it.

At this time, Xinyang City was more difficult to attack than Kaifeng Prefecture. This made Gao Yigong very nervous, and maybe he would suffer a loss here.

"We will send our army orders and retreat twenty miles. No one is allowed to incite you. Everyone will set up camp and wait for the army of the King of Rebellion to arrive."

Gao Yigong was a little scared. He had set up camp thirty miles outside Xinyang City. But when he saw the officers and soldiers waiting for the battle in Xinyang City, he was a little panicked and ordered his subordinates to retreat twenty miles. On the hillside fifty miles away, he set up camp and waited for Li Zicheng's main force to arrive.

All of this was seen by Li Yan and Hong Niangzi on the city wall. The couple looked at each other and smiled at each other.

He had food in his hand, so he was not panicked at all. He had soldiers in his hand, so he dared to fight to the death. Li Yan was eager to try, and he wanted to take a counterattack.

This time, Li Zicheng mobilized an army of 300,000 to 400,000 to annex the entire Henan. Then divide his troops into two groups to capture Shaanxi and Shanxi. In this way, he can occupy half of the Ming Dynasty and have capital to negotiate with the court in the future.

At this time, Li Zicheng had not thought about subverting the Ming regime, because he knew that the Ming Dynasty's combat effectiveness was still there at this time. Especially in the prosperous areas in the south of the Yangtze River, most of the southern part was still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

The Hongniang saw her husband's thoughts and asked, "Mr. Mr. Li Zicheng's vanguard arrived outside the city. Why, can't you hold back?"

Li Yan nodded: "You and I suffered a great loss before, and it is impolite to come but not to go. Now that their vanguard is here, we can't argue if we don't eat a bite. Let Miss Ling gather the army and attack the enemy camp."

What Li Zicheng is so arrogant can't be regarded as saying that he is arrogant. Instead, this person is very arrogant. No one dares to face his edge wherever hundreds of thousands of troops go. Even the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, with strong combat power, has to hide in the face of the overwhelming tactics of the sea of ​​people.

How can you kill 300,000 to 400,000 people? If you kill 10,000 or 10,000, you will defeat tens of thousands and more than 100,000. In the end, the bandits' wheel tactics can completely destroy you.

You can't mobilize the 300,000 to 400,000 troops all at once, so you can only gather from all directions in batches. In order to demonstrate your ruling power, Li Zicheng usually sends advance troops to march quickly and establish his authority outside the enemy city. In addition, you can spy on the enemy situation.

For example, now, Gao Yigong's army is the vanguard. And it is Li Zicheng's elite. Originally, Li Zicheng meant that he wanted the officers and soldiers of Xinyang City to see the power.

As a result, Gao Yigong was shocked outside Xinyang City. He felt that he had retreated twenty miles away and camped fifty miles away. Gao Yigong never expected that although there were many officers and soldiers in Xinyang City, they were only limited to defending the city. He never dreamed that the officers and soldiers in the city would take the initiative to attack.

The soldier's trick, and Li Yan was able to seize this point. He was ready to charge the enemy against the enemy, defeat Gao Yigong's troops in one fell swoop, and then hit Li Zicheng's morale.

Li Zicheng was invincible all the way in Huguang, and it can be said that he had never encountered a decent resistance. This time, the troops entered Henan and occupied Luoshan County without any blood. Li Zicheng underestimated the enemy a little, so he decided to cover the army and occupy Xinyang City.

The Hongniang summoned Ling Susu and allocated three thousand iron armors from Xinyang City. Leading by Li Yan, he and Ling Susu went out of the city and headed straight to Gao Yigong's nest.

Originally, Gao Yizheng was actually quite cautious in fighting, otherwise he would not have retreated twenty miles away. Why did he camp fifty miles south of Xinyang City? It was because Li Zicheng's follow-up troops and more than 8,000 people led by Hao Yongzhong were less than a hundred miles away from him.

However, soldiers are very fast. Gao Yigong did not expect that the old rivals of King Chuang were Hong Niangzi and Li Yan and his wife guarding Xinyang City.

By the time they realized it, everything was too late. Originally, Li Zicheng was surrounded by soldiers, and 300,000 to 400,000 people surrounded Xinyang City, and it took less than half a day to conquer the city gate. Any Ming soldiers in the city had a little brain, either abandoning the city or escaping, or surrendering, or encountering those who swear to resist to the death, would just struggle in vain.

Who would have thought that these officers and soldiers would counterattack. They would fight back against the siege of ten times their enemies, unless the madman did this.

Li Yan did this, and he and Ling Susu brought three thousand iron cavalry. These three thousand people can be said to be the elites of Xinyang City. Among them, in addition to the subordinates of Hong Niangzi, there are also soldiers selected from Xinyang City.

Gao Yigong's army stationed on steep slopes is actually a clever approach. When the enemy attacks, they can counterattack condescendingly.

However, this so-called steep slope is at best just a slope, and it is better to defend against infantry. If you face a surprise attack, you will only be beaten.

The problem is that since the army set up camp, Gao Yigong did not order his subordinates to defend at all. His subordinates were also waiting for Hao Yongzhong's army to come and join. Who would have thought that there would be an enemy to attack?

Even the soldiers patrolling outside the barracks were lazy and did not realize the danger at all. The army camped near the water source, and there was a stream below the slope. After a day of hard work, Gao Yigong's subordinates gathered beside the stream or washed or cooked.

Then, the sound of the cavalry sounded, and Li Yan's cavalry overwhelmed...

The subordinates of Gao Yigong were lazy and even threw weapons in the camp. Most of them gathered next to the stream, and the day's rapid march made them exhausted.

At this moment, the sound of hooves rolled and a squadron of cavalry came. Gao Yigong's subordinates were veterans who had been through the battlefield. They knew they were squadrons of cavalry at first glance.

Some people began to panic, but some people were very happy: "What are you panic? General Hao's troops are coming."

That's right, it must be Hao Yongzhong's army and their reinforcements. But soon everyone realized it again. No, Hao Yongzhong did not have so many cavalrymen?

"Official cavalry, the official cavalry is here!" someone shouted anxiously.

Then, the team was in chaos. Some of the soldiers who stayed by the stream did not even have weapons in their hands, and could only be lambs to be slaughtered.

What's bad is that the cavalry's attack speed was too fast. When everyone heard the sound of horse hooves and realized it, Li Yan's cavalry troops had already arrived in front of him.

This was a unilateral massacre. Under the fast sword of the cavalry, blood flowed into a river. Gao Yigong's subordinates next to the stream fell one after another, and the entire stream was dyed red.
Chapter completed!