At the end of the summer of the 14th year of Daye, on the official road leading to Luokou from the eastern capital Luoyang, there was an endless army of Eastern Expedition. There were as many as 50,000 troops in front, middle and back. Among them, the vanguard army was the three thousand Xiaoguo Imperial Guard infantry led by Chen Guang. There were a large number of reconnaissance cavalry and scouts on both sides of the official road where the army was marching and reconnaissance.

Li Mi, who had already received the news, started mobilizing the Wagang Army in Henan and Yan, half a month ago, and even the Wagang Army far away in Qingzhou was urgently mobilized by him. Now, there are nearly 400,000 Wagang Army gathered in the entire Luoyang and Xingyang line, which is almost the main force of the Wagang Army.

It is only more than 150 miles from Dongdu to Luokou. The cavalry can arrive in one day. The Wagang Army has arranged multiple defense lines on this 100 miles of road. There are a large number of reconnaissance cavalry on each defense line day and night, and behind each defense line is a large camp with tens of thousands of troops stationed, and can rush out of the camp at any time to intercept the Sui army.

After discussing with the generals, Li Mi believed that since both sides had gathered the main force between Heluo, it would be better to let go and simply give up the previous strategy of using defense instead of attack, but instead aimed at attacking Luoyang as the strategic goal. Therefore, Li Mi adopted the strategy of relying on his strong troops and attacking multiple points. In addition to deploying defense on the Sui army's possible march route, he also took the initiative to attack and sent several other troops to detour from both wings to the surrounding area of ​​the Dongdu, waiting for an opportunity to harass and capture the Dongdu.

Wei Zheng even suggested that Li Mi lead the army in person, go along the Yellow River to the eastern capital Luoyang, pass through Tongguan, and attack Guanzhong, where the troops are empty, and go straight to Chang'an. Li Mi thought about it over and over again, but still did not dare to adopt such a radical and risky strategy.

Chen Guang, the vanguard of the Eastern Expedition Army, rode his horse forward. Behind him were more than 2,000 infantry guards of the Xiaoguo Guard and 500 Iron Cavalry. Among the people he commanded, there were another 500 Iron Cavalry, who were divided into ten strands and sent to the front to investigate as a horse.

The Xiaoguo Imperial Guard lined up in an orderly line, and was moving left and right. A group of people rushed to the distance. Chen Guang looked at it and saw that it was a group of Xiaoguo Iron Cavalry sent by Chen Guang. The men were covered in blood on their clothes and armor, and sweat was obvious on their faces. It was obvious that they had just passed a fierce battle.

The team was approaching, and the centurion of the team of Fierce Iron Cavalry jumped off the horse and reported: "General, our team found a small group of patrol troops in the north here. Then they launched an intercepting attack and defeated them, and captured thirteen bandits." After saying that, he waved his hand and his subordinates escorted the thirteen prisoners and walked up.

Chen Guang made a gesture, and one of his generals stepped forward to interrogate the dozen prisoners. After a few words, he threatened and tempted, he quickly asked the general deployment of the Wagang Army nearby. The location of the camp. At this time, another dust rose from the north, and another Shen Guang's reconnaissance cavalry returned. Before the horse arrived, he began to shout loudly: "There is an enemy attack in front of him, with a total of more than 3,000 infantry and cavalry."

Chen Guang immediately shouted loudly: "Prepare the army for war! Launch the arrows and recruit those scouts outside." Several arrows with dazzling tail flames stabbed into the sky one after another, and these signal arrows could be seen within a radius of five miles.

But the first person to follow these arrows was the three thousand soldiers of the Wagang Army. The commander was Meng Rang, the left-hand general of the Wagang Army. His mission was to patrol along the defense line on a daily basis, and report to the main business after discovering the enemy. If a small group of enemy troops is annihilated, if a large group of enemy troops is attacked, delay their advance speed, and wait for the army to come and meet before intercepting.

After a while, the three thousand men and horses came to Chen Guang's sight. One thousand cavalry began to form a cavalry formation to attack the Sui army. Two thousand infantrymen then came to cover up and kill.

This was an encounter battle. Both sides were unable to arrange such a particular military formation in a hurry. They were all adaptable to the situation, and made a simple arrangement for the army and began to face the enemy. Chen Guang took Qianlijing away from his eyes and directly ordered the six hundred cavalry to detour from the left wing to attack the enemy's military formation, so that the remaining two thousand infantrymen formed a square formation to defend the cavalry. Because he could see clearly from Qianli Mi that the Wagang Army directly led the cavalry, followed by infantrymen.

Meng Rang did not have a telescope, so of course he didn't know that Chen Guang would transfer the six hundred cavalry from his side and detour to him. But he knew that Chen Guang's sound arrow must be summoning the nearby Sui army, so he had to seize the time to destroy the Sui army of Chen Guang in one fell swoop. When Chen Guang's Sui army entered his sight, he only saw two thousand infantrymen who were rushing forward in a hurry. Although these infantrymen were all smart Xiaoguo Guards, they were infantrymen after all, and their troops were far less than him. This further enhanced Meng Rang's confidence in quickly annihilated the opponent.

He immediately ordered the cavalry in front to charge with all his might, and the infantry behind him followed and killed him, waiting for the cavalry to break through the opponent's army, and the infantry in the battle would be able to establish the victory.

When Meng Rang's cavalry approached, the Snap Guards raised their weapons without fear. The tiger-headed and swallow-tailed shields in the front row were lined up into a row of shield walls, and nearly four meters of spears poked out from the gap between the shields, and the rear end was pushed into a small pit on the ground. The crossbowmen lying in the back row had already opened their bows and opened their crossbows, ready to shoot. There were swords, shields, and hands on them on the rear and on both sides.

"Let's go" With the loud shout of Shen Guang, the crossbowmen stood upright and appeared behind the shield wall. Arrows shot towards the Wagang cavalry who were rushing forward. These Wagang cavalry were also heavy cavalrymen with armor, but many people were still shot and killed on the spot. Most of them were slightly injured by arrows penetrated through the flesh and blood. The injured horses began to neigh, but they still rushed forward.

The crossbowmen of the Xiaoguo Army released only two or three rounds of arrows, and these Wagang heavy cavalry rushed to the front of the formation. Some horses hit the shield wall heavily, and suddenly "smashed" a gap. The spears that emerged from the shield wall had pierced into the body of the horse or the horse knight, and the spear rod was pressed into a bow shape by a huge impact. The Wagang cavalry rolling down from the horse's back was immediately cut to death by the Xiaoguo sword shield hand that surged up from the back of the formation.

Meng Rang was also charging in the ranks of charge. Seeing the heavy cavalry in front of him breaking a gap on the shield wall, he rode his horse and swung his gun toward the gap. His war horse passed a horse corpse, then stomped the head of a fallen cavalryman in the Wagang who rushed into the enemy formation. At this time, several spears stabbed from different angles within 180 degrees in front of him.
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