Water conquers fire, Sui respected fire morality, and used red flags. In order to express the firm determination to overthrow the Sui court and seize good words, our Wei Gong Li Mi chose the black military flag representing water morality after self-reliance, even if his reputation has returned. Under the command of the Sui court, the color of the military flag has not changed. (The Tang Dynasty was advocating the virtue of soil, and the yellow flag was used, which also meant that fire gave birth to soil.)
The main force of the 80,000-strong Li Mi army held high the black flag and walked in the white ice and snow. The black army was like a black river after another, slowly but unshakably flowing through the snowy forests, hills and streams, which is extremely spectacular. And standing on top of this flood, there are pieces of metal reflections one after another. The densely packed knives and guns are illuminated by the winter sun, and the flickering light is dazzling and shocking.
Li Mi rode his horse to walk at the forefront of the Chinese army. Yang Jishan, Wang Bodang, Pei Xingyan and Shan Xiongxin were four powerful generals in full armor, trailing around, majestic. Xu Shiji, who was the vanguard, kept sending fast horses back to report the situation ahead. Li Mi nodded slightly every time, and replied calmly, "Tell Xu Shiji, pay attention to maintaining speed, and strictly organize the formation. If the enemy comes, immediately line up to fight."
On the surface, he was calm and calm, but Li Mi's heart was full of ups and downs. Because of this battle, Li Mi's main force, Duke Wei, had not only bet on his future, but also his wealth and life. Li Mi has great hope to regain his glory and return to the throne of the overlord of the Central Plains! And if he lost, even if he didn't die on the battlefield, Li Mi, who had no hope of making a comeback, didn't plan to go back alive!
Li Mi is very sure of winning this gamble. In fact, as early as Hua Jixiong lifted the siege of Luokoucang and was on his way back to Jin Yongcheng, Li Mi had already considered joining forces with Wang Shichong to make this gamble, but he was just worried about being hidden. In Guanzhong, Chen Sangliang, the oriole, picked up the biggest bargain, and might even be wiped out by his arch-rival Chen Sangliang! But now, huh, huh, Duke Wei doesn't have to worry about that anymore.
Li Mi is very clear that Brother Huaji's overall strength is still higher than him, even higher than the joint efforts of him and Wang Shichong, but Li Mi is even more aware that the Xiaoguo Army, which has been frustrated in successive battles, is now short of clothes and drugs, and is suffering from injuries. Exhausted, the commander was split internally, and he was tortured by the midwinter wind and snow. The morale of the army had reached the critical point of collapse, like a giant whose blood was about to flow out. A light push can make him lie down. So now Li Mi is not only full of confidence in victory, but also has taken precautions to consider how to get the most victory fruits after victory! ——Xiaoguo elite soldiers and the war horses they ride are all good things that our Mi Gong covets.
Wang Shichong also sent people to contact Li Mi one after another to learn about the progress of the main force of Li Mi's army. He also informed Li Mi of his own army's preparations and the general situation of his brother's army. Smiling triumphantly, although Hua Jixiong was preparing for the battle in an all-round way, he didn't seize the last precious time to build construction works and strengthen the camp's defenses. It was obvious that he only wanted to fight a decisive battle in the field, a quick battle, and he didn't want to waste his energy and spirit to fortify one's own defenses. After confirming this point again and again, Li Mi finally couldn't help laughing, and said with a smirk: "It's good to be eager to fight, and it's best to be eager to fight! I'm not afraid of you, Yu Wenhua and everyone, but I'm afraid of you sticking to the camp , Fight an offensive and defensive battle with me!"
"Yu Wenhua and Pifu have defeated our army in the field before, so of course they are not afraid of a decisive battle with us in the field." Yang Jishan, who is getting more and more mature and proficient, calmly echoed, and reminded: "Master, it is better to be careful, the Xiaoguo army The fighting power of the army is strong, and the weapons and equipment are also superior to our army. In a decisive battle in the wild, we are not absolutely sure of winning."
"It doesn't matter, Wang Shichong is to share the pressure for us." Li Mi said confidently: "Yu Wenhuaji sent troops to fight our army, Wang Shichong will definitely attack his back, and with his current army situation, he will definitely not be able to withstand the battle between us and Wang Shichong." Clamp back and forth."
Yang Jishan nodded, agreeing with this point, but Yang Jishan still reminded: "You have to be careful of that old man Yun Dingxing, his more than 10,000 troops are stationed in Xin'an, not very far from the battlefield of Jinyong City, and there may be an attack at any time. Join the battlefield."
"Does he dare?" Li Mi replied with a sneer: "Not to mention that his teacher is unknown, and he dare not openly join forces with the king-killing traitor Yu Wenhuaji, even if he dares to risk the world's displeasure by sending troops directly to Yu Wenhuaji for help. With the strength in his hands, whether it is us or Wang Shichong, he can be killed with a single slap!"
When he finished talking confidently, the front came to report that the vanguard led by Xu Shiji had completed the scheduled 60-mile journey, and asked for instructions on setting up camp. Li Mi nodded immediately and ordered: "Set up the camp according to the original plan, and tell Xu Shiji that we must build a strong camp. Don't take it lightly if you only stay for one night and then leave, Yuhuahua and everyone are going crazy in a hurry for a decisive battle, so we must prevent him from attacking on his own initiative!"
After the messengers sang the promise, Li Mi led the main force to continue westward. According to the original plan, he traveled 60 miles to join Xu Shiji's former army, and then immediately set up camp. The long-prepared Li Mi army was full of energy. It is not difficult to achieve this point. The Hulaoguan Rear Army led by Pei Renji and Hao Xiaode also set up a camp 20 miles behind, and only waited for the next day to catch up with the main force to join forces. During this period, brother Huaji did not take the initiative to send troops to attack. Li Mi believed that brother Huaji felt that the road was far away, which was not conducive to the main force's advance, so he refused to waste his energy in advancing troops, so he didn't care.
Brother Huaji really felt that the road was too far away and refused to enter the army, and wanted to wait for Li Mijun to come to his door to die. However, at this moment, Feng Deyi, who was sent to Xin'an as an envoy, returned to Jinyong City overnight, and brought back a precious thank you gift from General Yun for Brother Huaji, and also brought back a very amazing gift for Brother Huaji for General Yun. Tactical Advice - Stand Up and Defend! The Xiaoguo army seized the time to strengthen the camp and rush to repair the fortifications. They first set back the spirit of Li Mi and Wang Shichong in the battle of defending the camp, and then waited for the opportunity to launch a decisive battle!
"Will Uncle Yun know how to fight?" Brother Hua Ji was rarely dissatisfied with General Yun, and said coldly: "In this situation, why should our army defend? Stick to the camp, in case Li Mipifu ran away with the main force again What should I do?"
Brother Huaji will never listen to the harsh words, and directly pointed out that the current situation of the Xiaoguo Army is in danger, vulnerable to a single blow, and even courting death. With Brother Huaji's bear temper, he will not chop Feng Deyi up when he hears such unlucky words It's strange, so Feng Deyi, who received a secret mission from General Yun, could only save the country with a curve, and said to Hua and his brother: "Prime Minister, General Yun's suggestion is entirely out of love for you. Xinxin, he hopes that you can buy him some time so that he can find an excuse to turn against Wang Shichong and directly send troops to contain Wang Shichong, so that you can defeat Li Mi and Wang Shichong one by one more easily and with less effort, Prime Minister. It can also be much easier when deploying troops."
"Uncle Yun plans to directly send troops to contain Wang Shichong?" Brother Hua Ji was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly asked: "Didn't he have some scruples before and didn't dare to directly send troops to fight Wang Shichong?"
"It used to be the past, but it's different now. Wang Shichong gave General Yun an excellent excuse to start a war." Feng Deyi hurriedly told Huaji about the matter of General Yun's nephew, Yun Fu, and finally said : "Old General Yun believed from the beginning that the Xiaoguo cavalry who chased and killed his beloved nephew could never be the soldiers under your command, Prime Minister, and concluded that Wang Shichong sent someone to act counterfeitly. General Yun is now secretly collecting evidence, just waiting for ironclad evidence Once you get it, you will be able to justifiably ask the teacher for his crimes. Please think about it, prime minister, at that time, wouldn’t it be easier for our army to fight against Li Mi’s bandit army alone without worrying about being attacked from behind?”
Brother Huaji began to waver, and Yuwen Zhiji, who was next to him, hurriedly asked some details, and echoed: "Brother, Uncle Yun and Feng Neishi are right, and at the same time, we will have a decisive battle with two traitors, Wang Shichong and Li Mi. Although we are not afraid, But if Uncle Yun can temporarily hold Wang Shichong back for us, our confidence will not only be greater, but also the fight will be easier. Why don't we just wait for a day or two and rely on the camp to defend ourselves until Uncle Yun and Wang Shichong openly fight face, restrained Wang Shichong for us, and it won't be too late for us to defeat them one by one."
"What if Li Mi runs away again?" Brother Hua Ji was still a little worried, "We finally seized this opportunity to fight Li Mi's bandit army in the field. If he runs away again after seeing the situation is not good, then we have missed the opportunity. ?”
"Prime Minister, please don't worry, Li Mi's thieves can't escape." Feng Deyi hurriedly said: "Prime Minister, don't forget that we have more than 30,000 cavalry, and the distance from Jinyong City to Luokou Cang is enough for us in the pursuit battle." Calmly interspersed, roundabout and encircled, trying to block Li Mi's bandit army's retreat is easy, and when the bandit army is eager to escape for their lives, let alone resisting the battle, it will definitely be easier for us to win."
After all, Yuwen Zhiji also understood the reason that it is easier to obtain huge results in a rout battle, so he once again stood by Feng Deyi's side and tried his best to persuade Brother Hua to take a defensive position for the time being, and Brother Hua planned a lot of time Finally, he nodded and said: "Okay, let's defend the camp first, and immediately send an order to the whole army to reinforce the camp overnight, build fortifications and fences, first defend our camp and then consider sending troops for a decisive battle."
After the order was conveyed, the generals of the Xiaoguo army who were rushing to the decisive battle were naturally very puzzled, and they came to brother Huaji to question the reason. I told the generals again, and also said that General Yun was going to use this as an excuse to turn against Wang Shichong directly, but it turned out that thanks to his good credit, the Xiaoguo Army, who was already grateful to General Yun, believed in his promise and also believed in his promise. Feeling that defeating the enemies one by one is far better than dealing with two powerful enemies at the same time, they all accepted Brother Hua Ji's order and led the soldiers under his command to strengthen the defense of the camp with all their strength.
Xiaoguo Army and Brother Huaji never imagined that their sudden change of strategy to strengthen the camp almost made their two enemies Wang Shichong and Li Mi faint. Wang Shichong, who was the first to detect this situation, heard After the news, he was so shocked that the writing brush in his hand fell to the ground, and exclaimed: "How is it possible? How could Yu Wenhua and that man have such patience and calmness, and they were able to calm down and defend the camp first? He took the wrong medicine, what happened to his head?" It suddenly became normal?"
The thing that vomits more blood is that our Wei Gong Li Mi led the main force for a hundred-mile expedition, but Hua Jixiong suddenly changed his strategy and focused on defense. In fact, Li Mi, who is far more eager for a quick battle than Hua Jixiong, is simply hitting his head against the wall. Both, and I can't figure out how my brother Hua Ji could just pinch his life and choose a tactic that makes the main force of Li Mi's army the most uncomfortable - this tactic is very difficult for Li Mi who is going out all over the place to gamble on his future. As far as the main force of the army is concerned, it is even more cheating than Pei Renji!
No matter how much you can't figure it out, there is no way, the main force has already been dispatched, and retreating at this time will not only miss the opportunity to fight, but also seriously damage the morale of the army, and give the cavalry of Xiaoguo Army a good opportunity to pursue aggressively, so Li Mi can only bite the bullet and continue The army was ordered to advance, and a camp was set up fifteen miles southeast of Jinyong City. But it's okay, Brother Hua's choice of this tactic is only correct, not a clever one, coupled with Brother Hua's temper and difficult situation, Li Mi still believes that he can usher in a quick chance.
On the first day of New Year's Eve, at noon on the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the main force of Li Mi's army arrived at the Jinyongcheng battlefield according to the established plan, and set up camp near Shangluocang, which had been reduced to ruins. Asked to stay still, did not rush to send troops to fight Li Mi decisively, just sat and watched Li Mi's army set up camp and ignored it. Wang Shichong sent his elder brother Wang Shishi as an envoy to reward Li Mi's army with valuable gifts, and negotiated with Li Mi face to face on the plan to join hands in attacking Xiaoguo.
In order to prove his sincerity, Li Mi immediately sent someone to send Wang Shichong 10,000 shi of military food for emergency relief, and deliberately let the food team go to the spring gate to enter the city, luring Brother Hua to send troops to rob him. As soon as they discovered this situation, they immediately sent 3,000 cavalry to cut off the food. They didn't expect to take away the food. They just wanted to destroy this batch of food to make Wang Shichong, who was in short supply, feel uncomfortable for the New Year.
Brother Huaji's decision helped Li Mi and Wang Shichong to win the first battle, and it also helped himself. The cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army who attacked rashly had just approached Li Mi's army grain team, and was immediately flanked by Li Mi and Wang Shichong's two armies, and was tortured by the severe cold Although the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army, whose combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, fought hard, they still couldn't hold back the long-prepared Second Army of Wang and Li. Not to mention that the car was not robbed, more than 300 corpses were lost on the battlefield, and more than 50 people were captured. At the same time, it’s not too bad, Hua Jixiong sent all cavalry, and they couldn’t escape even if they couldn’t beat them. Most of the soldiers managed to escape back to the camp that was being continuously reinforced, and the losses were not so great that the Xiaoguo Army could not accept .
The failure of robbing the grain sounded the alarm for the Xiaoguo Army, and made Sima Dekan, Chen Zhilue, Zhao Xingshu, Fan Wenchao and other reasonable generals of the Xiaoguo Army calm down quickly, and began to put away their underestimation of the enemy and face their opponents squarely. Brother Xiamao made an extremely correct decision when he encountered a dead mouse, which bought some time and opportunity for the self-army to adjust. While the Xiaoguo Army worked harder to strengthen the camp, Huaji's reputation, which had once fallen to the bottom, finally recovered. As a result, the coagulation power of the army has also somewhat rebounded.
At the same time, Li Mi also gradually began to regret his tactics, because Li Mi suddenly discovered that if his nemesis were to command the battle instead, he would definitely choose to let the army deliberately bluff for a while in the first battle. During the trip, he used bricks and stones to lure Hua and his brother's main force to a quick battle, but he was greedy for a small profit for a while, but instead awakened the Xiaoguo army who obviously underestimated the enemy.
It was useless to regret, and after successfully sending food into the Eastern Capital to express his sincerity for cooperation, Li Mi suggested that he and Wang Shichong join forces to send troops the next day, and took the initiative to go outside Huaji's camp to insult and fight, and lured Huaji to leave the camp for a decisive battle. Wang Shichong, who was very clear about his brother's temper, didn't hesitate much, and immediately nodded in agreement.
Li Mi and Wang Shichong's strategy is certainly appropriate, and there is great hope that the irascible brother Hua Ji will send troops in a rage, but they have forgotten one person - the old general Yun, who is hiding sixty miles away, has been closely watching the Dongdu battlefield. He can directly obtain key information from Hua Jixiong's every move, and can also exert direct influence and indirect control on Hua Jixiong's military strategy and tactics. In fact, he indirectly affects the situation on the Eastern Capital battlefield. so…
Therefore, Li Mi and Wang Shichong's insulting battle did not have any effect. During the daytime of the New Year's Eve, Li Mi sent 20,000 troops, and Wang Shichong sent 10,000 troops. The relatives of Brother Ji's family, from the nineteenth generation of ancestors of Brother Hua, greeted Brother Hua and his fourteen-year-old little sister, and scolded Brother Hua from morning to afternoon. The pawn, who once tried to storm the brother's camp, was also armed to the teeth by the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army who quickly shot back with strong bows and crossbows. In the end, Shan Xiongxin and Wang Shiyun, who led the attack, had no choice but to withdraw their troops and go back to eat the New Year's Eve dinner in despair.
In fact, the scolding battle of the Wang Li coalition army still had a lot of effect, at least the teacups and teacups in Huaji's big tent were bad luck—all of them were smashed into powder. Fortunately, Feng Deyi and Yu Wenzhi held Brother Huaji tightly, and never let him give the order to fight. Brother Huaji also kept holding on to the letter sent by General Yun in the early morning, constantly Gritting his teeth, he said viciously, "I will endure! The truth will endure! Wait until tonight, and the truth will make you look good again!"
At the same time, seeing his own army returning after a failed battle, Li Mi broke his head and couldn't figure out why Brother Huaji suddenly became so calm and peaceful with the city. Contact Wang Shichong, at midnight tonight, we will jointly send troops to rob the camp! Today is New Year's Eve, Yu Wenhua and the common man's camp must be more cautious than usual, and sending troops to rob the camp is very sure!"
In the middle of his heart, Wang Shizhuo, who admired Li Mi's ingenuity, agreed to this tactic, and dispatched his favorite general Meng Xiaoyi to lead an army of 3,000 to attack overnight to sneak attack on Huaji brother's camp, which must have been neglected. Li Mi's side also on time. Five thousand troops were dispatched, and they were handed over to Pei Xingyan, who led a horse-wrapped hoof, and went north to raid the robbery camp.
The surprise attack army led by Pei Xingyan had only gone halfway, and soon encountered an army with the same number of men and horseshoes in the ice and snow. At first, Pei Xingyan thought it was a friendly army sent by Wang Shichong, but after a closer look, why was the direction wrong? , How did that army come from north to south? And they are all cavalry, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like Wang Shichong's army lacking cavalry, Pei Xingyan suddenly realized, and cursed, "Fuck it! It's Yu Wenhuaji's bandit army, and Yu Wenhua and ordinary people are here to attack us!"
At the same time, Chen Zhilue, the general of the Xiaoguo Army who was ordered to rob the camp, was also stunned to find the enemy coming from the opposite side. After finally regaining his senses, Chen Zhilue immediately roared and led the army to meet him, and fought fiercely with Pei Xingyan in the snowy night. Not only was it extremely intense, but the shouting and scolding was still heard, "Shameless traitor! Despicable villain! The New Year's Eve came to sneak attack on my camp, I will fight with you!"
And on Wang Shichong's side, although Hua Ji's brother's IQ is not enough to guess that Wang Shichong will attack him on New Year's Eve, he followed the instructions from General Yun's letter and sent troops to rob him while taking advantage of the opportunity that the enemy would be negligent on New Year's Eve. At the same time, a rear army was also prepared for contingency. As a result, this contingency army also happened to catch Meng Xiaoyi's army sent by Wang Shichong, and started a battle with Meng Xiaoyi near the camp of his own army.
As a result of the scuffle on a snowy night, Wang Shichong was more unlucky. The 3,000 troops lost more than a thousand in the scuffle. Meng Xiaoyi was defeated and fled back to the Eastern Capital. Taking advantage of the battle, Pei Xingyan was overwhelmed by the killing. Then Li Mi's contingency army came to meet him and worked together with Pei Xingyan to stabilize the battle. The Xiaoguo cavalry, whose combat effectiveness had declined seriously, also paid a certain price in the melee. At dusk, the two armies withdrew their troops and returned to camp.
The camp-robbing scuffle on New Year’s Eve was just an outpost, and the losses of the three forces were all within acceptable limits, which would not affect the future direction of the battle. However, this still made Wang Shichong and Li Mi have the urge to vomit blood, racking their brains to think Without understanding this principle, how could Brother Hua come up with such a clever trick of robbing the camp on New Year's Eve? Are you still robbing the camp while deploying the rear army to take precautions? This is completely different from Hua Jixiong's military style? So in the end, Li Mi and Wang Shichong had a suspicion at the same time, "Could it be that the coach of the Xiaoguo Bandit Army has changed?"
Contrary to Wang Shichong and Li Mi who wanted to vomit blood, although the sneak attack on New Year's Eve was unsuccessful, it accidentally prevented the enemy from raiding the camp, which saved the prestige of Hua Jixiong and Xiaoguo The confidence of the soldiers in Hua Ji. Our Brother Hua Ji was ecstatic in front of Ru Chao's praises, but he couldn't wait to tell Feng Deyi: "Send someone to thank Old Uncle Yun again, and tell Uncle Yun that if he has any other tricks to defeat the enemy, Just give me advice, my nephew will definitely obey him!"