Liu Mao had indeed walked out of the mountain road and missed the enemy. If he hadn't been looking at the terrain all the way and thinking about how to use troops in the future, he would probably have been able to rush to Luoyang that day.

Even so, he ran a hundred miles on that day and camped and rested halfway.

The next morning, he set off again and walked to noon. He was about forty miles away from Luoyang. Suddenly, a whistle came to report: "King, the enemy troops were found in the north!"

“How far is it?”

"Twenty miles!"

"Has Luoyang sent troops?"

"Report to the king, no soldiers came out in Luoyang City!"

Liu Mao rode his horse and ran to a hill next to him, and eight hundred elite cavalry followed him.

Standing on the hill and looking around, there were black people coming over the empty fields. First, it was small like an ant colony, and slowly the black group became bigger and bigger. People on the battlefield often could estimate it at first sight. This group of people was about 5,000 to 10,000 people, and there were always seven or eight thousand people.

Wang Yun, the Sima Cheng of his army, said: "King, the enemy will arrive immediately. Please set off quickly!"

Liu Mao said: "Don't worry, wait a little longer."

After another incense stick, the enemy became closer and closer, and the opponent noticed them clearly. The enemy gradually dispersed, the infantry concentrated in the middle, and the light cavalry followed on both sides, surrounding the hills in a circular shape.

Wang Yun shouted: "Please leave first, Yun is willing to lead the army to cut off the rear!"

Wang Yun was the second son of Wang Zun, the marquis of Xiangyi. Wang Zun was the prefect in Longxi and his eldest son served in Dou Rong, Hexi. He wanted to send his second son to His Majesty the Emperor to be a lieutenant, but Wang Yun refused and insisted on going to the army to fight on the battlefield, so he joined the Yulin Army.

Last fall, the three armies were tested and the school competition was held. Wang Yun participated in the performance of his outstanding performance. He was attracted by Liu Mao and wanted to bring him with him. He trusted him very much.

At this time, Wang Yun was very anxious. Seeing that the enemy was coming, he was about to surround the hill. If he rushed down, he could still rush out of the gap. When the enemy completely surrounded him, he would really not be able to leave.

Song Tan, who followed Liu Mao back to Luoyang, also advised: "King, from here, you can go south to Yiyang for dozens of miles. That is the headquarters of Sima Chao, the commander of Hongnong, and as long as you enter Yiyang, you will be foolproof."

"Who said I was leaving?" Liu Mao suddenly said.

He pointed at the enemy and said, "If we escape at this time, the light cavalry will chase after us. Although our army can escape, we will inevitably suffer casualties and injuries, which will destroy the spirit of the Yulin Army. No! When the army moved, the formation was quite chaotic, which shows that the soldiers were not accustomed to fighting formations. They were no longer elite troops. The enemy bullies us for a few soldiers, and they wanted to surround and annihilate them and disperse their troops. The troops were not condensed, and they could defeat them with one blow. Not only did I not leave, I also wanted to break the enemy... I sent orders to prepare for battle!"

Song Tan was shocked. Why was the King of Hejian so reckless? Not only did he go to Luoyang to evade ten times the enemy. He said, "King, there are many enemies, and we have few troops, so we should not fight hard. Besides, how can the King of Hejian be so seldom in a dangerous place? It is better to avoid the edge and wait until he takes the troops and fight again."

Liu Mao didn't hear his longing, so he had already drawn out his sword and said loudly: "You guys, let me take his flag, kill his generals, and destroy his army. Let you and others see the courage of the Yulin soldiers!"

As he said that, he activated his war horses and rushed down the hillside first and rushed towards the enemy array. His eight hundred elite cavalry were all his old subordinates who followed him to fight south and north. When he saw the King of Hejian personally went to the battlefield, which one would be willing to fall behind? One by one, he rushed down from the hill like a tiger out of a cage.

The enemy never expected that this small team of people would not only not leave, but would instead come directly to rush into the formation. Eight hundred cavalry swooped down and had a very strong momentum. If these thousands of people formed a formation, they could naturally resist it. But now in order to encircle the opponent, the formation has dispersed and the thickness is not enough, and it may be defeated by the high-speed cavalry.

The enemy general waved his sword and shouted, shouting that the infantry would stop advancing and form a formation to resist, while ordering the cavalry on both sides to step forward and intercept.

The soldiers were suddenly in a state of turmoil, and the infantry were moving closer to the middle, pushing and shoving. The two winged cavalry wanted to gather together and meet him, but when they saw that the opponent's speed had already rushed up and there was no way to stop it, they were timid and dared not move forward.

Seeing that the general had no time to assemble, he asked the soldiers to stay in place and block the enemy with bows and crossbows. The team of thousands of people would pass the orders for a long time. As soon as the orders were sent, they were sent to stand by. The soldiers didn't know what to do, and even had not released a few crossbow arrows, they had been penetrated into the formation by eight hundred elite cavalry.

Liu Mao took the lead, swung his sword and killed two people in a row, and rushed to the enemy's banner. He saw the general who was waving his sword, and he bullied him to the front with a sword, and knocked him down with one sword.

"Guiwei, the lieutenant is dead!" Seeing that the chief general was dismissed, all the soldiers beside him shouted and fled to both sides, and the enemy was in chaos.

The sudden death of the chief general was disastrous for an army. This army was originally a county soldier in Hanoi. Although it was not an elite soldier, it was also a veteran who had been in battle formations and had fought with Luoyang soldiers for a long time.

The soldiers in Luoyang were always timid and afraid of trouble. When they saw the enemy army, they could hide like mice and cats, so that the Hanoi soldiers looked down on the Luoyang soldiers and dared to swim within dozens of miles around Luoyang in broad daylight. Unexpectedly, they encountered a tough guy this time.

Liu Mao killed the enemy general with one sword, and his horse continued to decline. He continued to move forward and killed another one. Dozens of Yulin soldiers rushed up and surrounded him.

Liu Mao shouted: "Just do what you do next to me? Why don't you kill the enemy quickly!"

Wang Yun was led by dozens of people surrounded him, but did not dare to leave. Liu Mao was not blocked by the enemy, but was trapped by his own people. He had to put away his knife and let them protect him.

At this time, Hanoi soldiers were running away on the battlefield. Although the Yulin elite cavalry was only 800, the number was only one-tenth of the opponent, but they were chasing the party behind.

The Hanoi soldiers fled to the forefront, but suddenly encountered a Han army. They rushed over and intercepted and killed them for a while, killing the Hanoi soldiers with corpses. The defeated general fled back to life.

This Han army was Miao Hui's army. They lost Liu Mao yesterday and did not dare to rest. They rushed to find the whereabouts of the front army and finally met near Luoyang.

Miao Hui had heard that there were seven or eight thousand enemy troops, but he did not dare to rush forward directly. Instead, he stopped to reorganize the army and lined up. Unexpectedly, before the formation was arranged, the enemy had already begun to flee.

"What? Why did it collapse? Eight thousand people were chased by eight hundred people?" Miao Hui was simply frightened. He once suspected that he had heard it wrong. When he saw the fleeing enemy with his own eyes, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered the army to press the entire line.

At this time, there is no need to line up. The enemy troops who are slower will run away. Five thousand Xin'an soldiers followed the Hanoi army and came a happy pursuit.

After receiving the troops, Miao Hui came to meet Liu Mao excitedly and said, "The king is such an amazing hero, I am convinced!"

Song Tan, who was behind the back and ready to escape during the entire battle, also said: "The king is brave, and the officials admire him very much." He thought to himself: "This person is completely different from the Grand Sima Zhu."

Liu Mao led 800 cavalry to the city of Luoyang, but saw that the city gate was closed and the whole city was quiet, as if the soldiers on the city were blind and deaf, and turned a blind eye to the enemy outside the city and knew nothing about the battles outside the city.

A soldier shouted to the city, and the guards replied: "I heard that there were enemies, and the Grand Sima ordered the whole city to be closed and not to leave the city! And no one could be allowed to enter the city!"

Liu Mao understood that it was not that they didn’t know that the enemy was coming, but that they closed the city gate and hurried in the city to hide.

Song Tan stepped forward and said, "This is the King of Hejian who is here to take over Luoyang's defense. Why don't you ask the Grand Sima to come out to greet him?"

The soldiers recognized him and hurriedly ran to report to Zhu Yu.

Liu Mao asked: "Every time the enemy attacks, does Luoyang stay in his door and stay out?"

Song Tan said: "It's all the same. The Grand Sima said that anyway, the enemy cannot enter the city. If it is really forced, there will naturally be Xin'an and Yiyang troops to rescue him."

Liu Mao frowned slightly. It was simply intolerable that the 200,000 troops were all stuck in the city, allowing the enemy to run rampant outside the city and waiting for others to rescue him.

Song Tan looked at his face and quickly smiled: "In the past two years, because General Zhendong and General Meng Jin are brave, Grand Sima has also sent troops to guide the surrounding areas. However, every time these two generals go out, the rest still stick to Luoyang. Grand Sima said that Your Majesty's will is to keep him on Luoyang. As long as Luoyang City is here, it will live up to Your Majesty's instructions."
Chapter completed!