Huaji’s decision was eventually held back by Sima Dekan, Yu Wenshiji and others. Yu Wenhua and his army were indeed the best in the world in terms of military strength. Breaking through, generally only fools will go to the two fronts to fight.
—Of course, if you are as unlucky as a mustache and encounter Blue Star's No. 1 shit-stirring stick who refuses to surrender, or if you are as sloppy as a little devil, and you are forced to fight on two fronts if you are forced to fight with peanuts method.
"Brother, our first enemy right now is Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong is short of soldiers and food, and it is not difficult to defeat him. First destroy Wang Shichong, and then cut off him as Li Mi's traitor. Why rush to attack him?"
"Prime Minister, Yu Wenhong's words are justified. If Li Mi dares to fight us, we can kill him with a single slap. But now that he is hiding in the Luokou warehouse, why should we let Wang Shichong be so close? Going back to beat him after all the hard work? First destroy Wang Shichong, take Dongdu to gain a foothold, solve the problem of cold clothes, and then deal with him, it is easier than crushing an ant!"
Anyway, it was hard to get Hua Ji to give up the impulsive decision, but Hua Ji didn't let it go, and said angrily: "Okay, it's okay not to beat Mr. Li Mi for now, but you can't let this guy hide behind your back." To watch the fun, send someone to ask him face to face if he has colluded with Chen Yingliang to beat me, if not, then send troops to help me fight Dongdu, you can say anything when you come, if you don't come, just wait and see!"
It took a lot of talking, Yu Wenshi and Feng Deyi and other talents made Hua Ji give up this unrealistic idea, and instead stationed more troops on the eastern front to guard against Li Mi's sneak attack, temporarily pretending not to know Li Mi and Chen Sang Liang's collusion will be settled in the future. At the same time, Feng Deyi also suggested that Hua Jixiong should first attack Nancheng, the eastern capital on the south bank of the Luoshui River, first take down Nancheng, which has a large population and houses, and replenish the civilians and cannon fodder soldiers, and then plan for Beicheng, where Huaji brother has already encountered a hard nail. It's still a good advice, and he nodded in agreement with this suggestion.
In fact, as long as Brother Huaji can use troops calmly, rationally, and rationally, no matter whether the old and treacherous Wang Shichong or the treacherous Li Mi are his opponents, Feng Deyi, Yu Wenshiji and others proposed Although his tactical strategy is far from brilliant, at least it is reasonable and does not make mistakes. Therefore, Hua Jixiong divided his troops on the east front to guard against Li Mi, and built a pontoon bridge to attack the southern city of Luoyang. Li Mi and Wang Shichong immediately felt the impact of these two actions. There is a real threat.
Brother Huaji divided his troops to garrison the Eastern Front. Of course, Li Mi immediately understood that Brother Huaji was preventing him from making a sudden plot, and he also understood that Brother Huaji's hostility towards him had not diminished. Sooner or later, he and Brother Huaji would fight each other. . At the same time, Wang Shichong's sudden use of artillery in the defense of the Eastern Capital also made Li Mi jealous and worried, worrying that Wang Shichong would use this terrifying weapon on him sooner or later.
Li Mi was only worried about the future, but Wang Shichong felt the pain directly. Brother Hua Ji built the pontoon bridge and made it clear that he wanted to attack Nancheng first. Nancheng was like a weak existence to Wang Shichong. It would be a pity to give up directly. It is unnecessary to stick to it. The main force was exhausted for the poor and food-deficient Nancheng, and the defense battle between Beicheng and the imperial city could no longer be fought. So Wang Shichong thought about it, and finally made the difficult decision to gradually abandon Nancheng. He decided to fight a battle to defend Nancheng first. While consuming his strength and time, he took the opportunity to transfer all available materials in Nancheng. Give up the south city at the critical moment, and stick to the north city and the imperial city with all your strength.
Wang Shichong's tenacity and expertise were brought into play at this moment. Although the fortifications of the southern city of Luoyang were not as strong as those of the northern city, and even though Wang Shichong did not deploy pine cannons in the southern city in order to save precious gunpowder, he still repelled Yuwen's attack on the southern city. In the first attack, the Yuwen Army led by Sima Dekan won the Nancheng in one battle, and Sima Dekan threw hundreds of corpses under the city wall, and took the time to transfer many military materials in the Nancheng.
Sima Dekan's failure to attack the city for the first time was also related to his mistakes in siege tactics. He learned the lesson of being bombarded by artillery in a densely populated place in the northern city. Sima Dekan stretched the front line too long and diluted his own strength. Failure to use his strength to one point gave Wang Shichong's army the opportunity to drown his elite elite with crowd tactics. It turned out that after Wang Shichong's army did not deploy artillery in Nancheng, Sima Dekan adjusted his tactics again, re-adopting the regular tactics of focusing on breaking through a wall section, like repeatedly attacking a point with a machete and giant axe, but this time, Wang Shichong's army did not Can withstand the crazy impact of Xiaoguo army.
Sima Dekan made the breakthrough at Yongtong Gate. This position is far from Wang Shichong's main force. The breakthrough is easier, but it also gives Wang Shichong a chance to move calmly. Gao Bi, the general at Tongmen, immediately sent out a signal, and the troops in the southern city, who had already been prepared to abandon the city at any time, immediately gave up their positions and headed north, and fled to the north bank of Luoshui at full speed. Although Sima Dekan's army did not delay, they kept chasing Gao Pi's defeated army held on to their ass and tried their best to grab the Luoshui bridge, but after all, Wang Shichong's army seized the opportunity that had been prepared for a long time. Most of the soldiers of the army escaped Luoshui with smoke and fire, but the soldiers under Sima Dekan saw that the bridge was about to be destroyed, worried that they would not be able to support themselves after crossing the river, so they were forced to give up the pursuit and watched the wooden bridge burn in flames. reduced to ashes.
At the same time, another Luoshui bridge also caught fire, and the most important closed strong-girder Tianjin Bridge was pulled up high, cutting off the north-south traffic, and a large number of strong crossbows were lingering on the north bank of Luoshui. Given any chance for Sima Dekan's army to seize the opportunity to cross over, Sima Dekan had no choice but to order to give up the pursuit and occupy the southern city first to snatch military supplies.
It was a good thing to celebrate, but Hua and his brothers soon realized that their joy was in vain. The once prosperous and prosperous Luoyang South City had long since disappeared without a trace. The large and small houses are empty, and even most of the furniture has been used as firewood. There are only countless hungry and emaciated old and weak people. All kinds of siege equipment, in turn, begged Hua and brother to release relief.
As for the most urgently needed cloth and silk by Hua Ji's group, sorry, they are all in Beicheng and Huangcheng. The cloth of this era can be directly used as currency, and the old Wang family who love money like their lives have nothing left for Hua Ji. Brother's reason? There are still some tattered clothes on the people who are about to starve to death, so you can grab them if you like.
It took a lot of effort to get the Luoyang South City, which was almost empty. Of course, Brother Hua was furious again, and once again launched an attack on the North City of Luoyang. Received a more violent counterattack than the previous siege. After Wang Shichong's army retreated to the north city and cut off the line of defense, its strength suddenly became much more abundant. Unwilling to take half a step back, Brother Hua Ji paid a considerable price, but still couldn't break through the defense line of the northern city and enter the city.
At the same time, Brother Hua and his subordinates could clearly see from the newly built watchtower on the south bank of Luoshui that the Dongdu defenders were still desperately transferring supplies and young people to the imperial city. The external excavation of deep trenches and construction of fortifications was clearly prepared to retreat to the imperial city, Miyagi, and continue to defend after the fall of the outer city.
Facing an opponent like Wang Shichong who never bowed his head no matter how hard he fought, Brother Hua gradually began to despair. What made matters worse was that on the night when he failed to attack Luoyang Beicheng again, dark clouds opened and closed, and the first winter finally fell in Henan County. Snow, the temperature dropped sharply, and the lack of cold clothes for the soldiers under Hua Ji's command became more prominent. Even the most elite soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army could only wear summer clothes to fight in the ice and snow, which was miserable.
At this time, Wang Shichong finally discovered the serious shortage of cold clothes in Huaji's army. Under the secret joy in his heart, a poisonous plan to blame Jiangdong and buy time quickly formed in the heart of the treacherous Wang Shichong, and he immediately put it into practice.
Wang Shichong's poisonous plan to kill two birds with one stone is also very simple, that is, to send envoys out of the city, asking for cloth clothes and brothers to exchange for food, and the price is very high, a piece of cloth or a cold clothes that has been made for three stones of food.
Brother Huaji's reaction made Wang Shichong a little dumbfounded. Brother Huaji, who was annoyed by his subordinates' constant complaints, did not deliberately conceal his weaknesses. Li Mi received 20,000 shi of grain, but now Brother Huaji has to exchange 3 shi of grain for a piece of cloth.
After taking the bait, it was easy to handle. After the envoy ran back and forth twice, Hua Jixiong agreed to go to Shangchunmen to negotiate with Wang Shichong in person and bargain. As a result, the profiteer Wang Shichong finally became kind this time, and promised to make a big concession. Two cold clothes were exchanged for three stones of food, and he kindly agreed to give Hua and brother a few days to think about it. After thinking about it, he could exchange food for clothes at any time.
After Xizuo reported the news to Li Mi, Li Mi's face turned pale at the time, but it was useless for Li Mi to worry, even though Feng Deyi, Yu Wenshiji and others pointed out that this was Wang Shichong's plan to delay the attack, in order to buy time to wait. Chen Sangliang came to help, but in order to meet the requirements of his subordinates to dress and eat, and to survive the damn winter smoothly, Brother Hua still held a meeting to discuss this issue, following the example of Li Mi and exchanging food for clothes.
What puzzled Feng Deyi, Yuwen Shiji and others was that none of the military generals such as Sima Dekan and Chen Zhilue opposed the transaction. After careful inquiry, they found that Wang Shichong's exchange of clothes for food had been in Yuwen Rumors spread among the army that all the lieutenant soldiers who were suffering from the severe cold cheered and supported the deal from the bottom of their hearts, and they all looked forward to wearing winter clothes earlier. Under such circumstances, Sima Dekan and Chen If Zhilue dared to oppose the deal in the morning, he might be shot black by soldiers at night.
Now that the voice of opposition is weak, the food problem immediately surfaced again. Although Hua Jixiong is not short of food now, it is too far away from the Liyang Warehouse to transport it. It's not realistic at all to change clothes, and it's even more impossible to take out the food and grass that accompanied the army to change clothes, so—so extorting Li Mi's food to change clothes will be a success.
Then naturally it was Li Mi's turn to cry without tears, Huaji's emissary flew to Luokou Cang in a few hours, and asked Li Mijun to give 150,000 shi of military rations to the wise and mighty Yuwen Prime Minister, in exchange for Prime Minister Yuwen and Duke Li Mi and Wei Gong continuing to live in friendship, they will not invade each other like a mustache and a beard. If not, then the Barbarossa plan will be implemented 1,300 years in advance!
Li Mi and Wei Gong wanted to strangle Hua Ji to death, but unfortunately he didn't have the courage to do so, so Li Mi could only treat Hua Ji's envoy warmly, while pointing out that this was just Wang Shichong's plan to slow down the army and wanted to buy time to wait for him. The son-in-law came to rescue him from Guanzhong, urged Huaji brother to continue to storm the Eastern Capital, and promised that after Huaji brother captured the Eastern Capital, the self-army would fully help Huaji brother fight Chen Sangliang, supply food and grass until Huaji brother captured Chang Close the position.
Although the envoy brought back a valuable and valuable gift to Hua Ji, Li Mi's reply made Hua Ji explode in anger, and he yelled that he would go to Li Mi to settle the account again, and planned to take the Luokou warehouse. Standing in the city, exchange food for clothes for the winter, and then turn around to find Wang Shichong to settle the score!
When Feng Deyi, Yu Wenshiji and others tried their best to stop Brother Huaji's impulsive behavior, another envoy from the Second Army of Li suddenly came to Jinyong City to ask Brother Huaji. Yuwen Shiji, who is willing to dedicate his younger sister to Li Er's father, has a natural affinity for the old Li's family. He urged Hua and brother to meet Li Er's envoy immediately to understand the situation, and finally persuaded Hua and brother to meet him.
The new envoys sent by Li Er are Hu people like the Yuwen brothers. Their surname is Erzhu, and their single name is Huan. The summoned Ren Yu also came forward to confirm that Er Zhuhuan joined Li Yuan's army after Li Yuan took over Daxing. He was not very useful but served in Li Yuan's central army. Fleeing to Hedong, and then followed Li Er to stay in the Hedong battlefield. Chen Sangliang was disgusting, and he was barely a minister of the old Li's family.
Er Zhuhuan, who came to see Hua and his brother under the care of Yu Wenshi and He Ren, pretended to be alone, first introduced the situation of Huoyi's battle, saying that after the defeat of Li's second army, all the soldiers were scattered and refused to succumb to Chen Sangliang's despotic power The soldiers of the rebel army fled north and returned to Taiyuan one after another. Er Zhuhuan was one of them. He also met Li Er in Jiexiu City. Then Li Er decided to send envoys south to contact Huaji brother again for the sake of the overall situation of the world. Most of the subordinates are afraid that the Sangliang army will block the road and dare not go south, but Er Zhuhuan, the ancestor who dares to carry the front with Chen Qingzhi, inherits the legacy of his ancestors and volunteers, carrying Li Er's letter and adventures through the blockade of Chen Sangliang, the little Chen Qingzhi, and travels thousands of miles south to meet Hua I contacted my brother and came here after going through untold hardships.
Yu Wenshiji and Ren Yu originally wanted to ask some details about Li Er, but Brother Hua Ji who was annoyed by the lack of clothes and Li Mi's disobedience over there shouted impatiently: "Okay, you can go down if you want to talk about other things." Let’s talk again, Er Zhuhuan, what did Li Shimin send you to see Prime Minister Ben? Just say, Prime Minister Ben is very busy!”
Er Zhuhuan sang promises, and then took out a letter and a small silk bag. First, he opened the silk bag and took out a night pearl the size of a pigeon egg. It was a halo, and the four eyes of brother Huaji and Yu Wenzhi and the four eyes immediately shot green light, and then Er Zhuhuan held the night pearl with both hands, saying that it was the little pearl that Li Er ordered him to dedicate to brother Huaji. Bo Li, please Hua and brother must accept it with a smile. After Brother Huaji accepted it with a smile, his attitude towards Er Zhuhuan also turned 180 degrees abruptly. He first asked Er Zhuhuan to sit down, and then personally took over the letter written by Li Er from Er Zhuhuan himself.
The handwriting is very familiar. Brother Hua Ji, who has seen many of Li Er's letters, recognized at a glance that it was indeed Li Er's own handwriting. Either the county has fallen or it is doomed to fail. Li Er has been unable to meet Brother Hua and his soldiers to enter Hedong, let alone provide food, grass and military supplies for Brother Hua and help Brother Hua take back Guanzhong. Please forgive Brother Hua.
Then there is the key point. Li Er not only begged to continue to keep in touch with Brother Hua and join forces to conquer the world's ugly people, but also suggested that Brother Hua bypass Hulao Pass and go south from Heyang to take the Eastern Capital, using Wang Shichong, Li Mi and Chen Sang The hatred among the three thieves of Liang defeated them one by one, and then Li Er pointed out to Hua and his brother that the eastern capital city was strong, Wang Shichong had a tough character, and Luoyang was eager to go south. Luoyang is very likely to cause Chen Sangliang to send troops to help Wang Shichong, so Li Er suggested that Brother Huaji first take Luokou Cangcheng, take Luokou Cang to ensure food supply, and then send troops to attack Wang Shichong and Chen Sangliang before it is too late.
In addition, Li Er also pointed out to Brother Hua that although the possibility of Li Mi and Chen Sangliang joining forces cannot be ruled out, the two thieves Chen and Li have too much hatred and each has their own ghosts. Even if they join forces, it is impossible to truly work together, and there is nothing to be afraid of. And Chen Sangliang's rear is also threatened by Xue Ju and Li Gui, so as long as Huaji brother takes down the Luokou warehouse to ensure that there is no shortage of food and grass, he will be able to wait until Chen Sangliang's rear is in a hurry and cannot send troops to Dongdu. If Brother Ji wants to win Dongdu again, it will be easier than eating and drinking.
Seeing Brother Hua put down the letter with a pensive expression, Yu Wenzhi and Yu Wenshiji hurried up to ask for the letter to read together, and Er Zhuhuan also took the opportunity to say: "Prime Minister, my right governor has a message for the envoy to bring. If the prime minister decides to use troops against Li Mi, he only needs one trick to make Li Mi's bandit army collapse without a fight."
"What kind of strategy is so powerful?" Brother Hua Ji was very curious and urged: "Tell me and listen."
"It's very simple." Er Zhuhuan suggested: "The prime minister only needs to present himself to the emperor, posthumously designate Zhai Rang as king, and then ask His Majesty the emperor to issue an imperial decree to confer official titles on Zhai Rang's old ministries, and then give them gold and silver. If the jewels invite them to surrender, then Li Mi's bandit army will disintegrate without fighting!"
"It's that simple?" Hua Jixiong was a little dumbfounded.
"A wonderful plan!" Yu Wenzhi exclaimed, "Why didn't we think of this method? Li Mi's rebel was ungrateful and killed his benefactor Zhai Rang. Zhai Rang's old department must be dissatisfied. We just need to chase Zhai Rang as his King, please make a decree from your majesty to add officials and ranks to Zhai Rang's main subordinates, and then use jewels to lure them to surrender, then Li Mi's bandit army will inevitably cause chaos, and maybe they will kill each other and cause chaos on their own, let's think again Luokou Cang is really easier than eating and drinking!"
Someone's good plan to divide is naturally wonderful, so Yu Wenshi, He Feng Deyi and others immediately agreed with him and praised him. Ren Yu, the envoy of Li Er, who came first, sighed from the bottom of his heart: "You Dudu is really smart. The general direction of the Eastern Capital battlefield was already in his expectation, and he came up with such a wonderful plan to help the Prime Minister defeat the enemy.
"Brother, this plan of the Second Master Li is absolutely feasible!" Yuwen Shiji also said excitedly: "When we take down Luoyang, the eastern capital, we will immediately ask His Majesty the Emperor to give Zhai Rang the title of prince, and issue an edict to recruit Zhai Rang's former subordinates." Come and surrender, and use gold, pearls and treasures as bait, then without us doing anything, Li Mi's bandit army will collapse without a fight! It will disintegrate on its own!"
"That's not bad." Brother Hua finally came back to his senses, slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, let's do it like this! Feng Deyi, use His Majesty's honor to make a decree for Zhai Rang right away!" Noble, damn it, just give Zhai Rang the title of Duke of Wei! Then give some official titles to Zhai Rang's old ministries, spread the word to all parties, and recruit them to surrender!"
"You can also tell Zhai Rang's old department, whoever can get the head of Li Mi will come down." Brother Zhiji suggested: "Just give him the title of king and official, and also reward a thousand taels of gold, ten pairs of jade walls, and ten beauties."
"Yes, yes, second brother, you and Feng Deyi discussed and wrote this imperial decree. The official rewards are focused, and the rewards can also be given to high points. It is worthwhile to change to a Luokou warehouse!"
Brother Huaji nodded like a chicken pecking rice, but Yuwenshi and Feng Deyi over there were a little anxious. They all advised Brother Huaji not to rush to adopt this strategy, but to use it after conquering the eastern capital of Luoyang, lest Wang Shichong not be defeated, and then fight with Li Mi If you carry it on the front, you will face the enemy in the future. Brother Hua Ji rolled his eyes and roared: "Siege Dongdu? You go and attack and show me? Dongdu can be taken down so easily, our soldiers have already broken through the city, why are you still talking here?" "
Yu Wenshi, He Feng Deyi and the others kept their mouths shut obediently, while Er Zhuhuan cupped his hands again and said, "Prime Minister, please rest assured that this matter was also within the expectations of my Governor You, Governor You, please rest assured that Wang Shichong will never send troops to attack you." Li Mi helped, firstly, because Wang Shichong and Li Mi had a deep hatred, and it was impossible to work together; He only wants to take advantage of his son-in-law, and he doesn't want to send troops to make a loss, so the prime minister goes east to conquer Li Mi's bandit army, and he never has to worry about the threat from Wang Shichong."
As he said that, Er Zhuhuan hurriedly introduced all kinds of glorious pasts of Wang Shichong to Hua Jixiong, Feng Deyi, Yuwen Shiji and others nodded in agreement, and Huaji Xiong smiled when he heard it, and shouted directly: : "Don't hesitate, go to the Luokou warehouse first to get the food, and use the food to change clothes for this winter, then find a chance to take Luoyang, the eastern capital, and finally go to Chen Yingliang's son to settle the score!"
So soon, it was our Duke Wei's turn to yell, "Yu Wenhua and you! Did I rape your sister, or dig your ancestral grave, and come to trick me like this? I will fight you! The traitor Chen Yingliang sent a letter, as long as he handed over Yu Wenhua and the husband's sister and wife to me, I will join hands with him to the end, until I kill Guangyu Wenhua and the husband's family!"