On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the sky in Luoyang, which had been cloudy and snowy for many days, suddenly cleared up. Although the weather was still cold, there were still some sunshine. The sun went down to expose the body and clothes, and prayers for the weather to get warmer as soon as possible filled the camp.
Sunny days are also a good time to fight, but the coalition forces of Wang Shichong and Li Mi still stand still, watching the Xiaoguo army cheering and running under the precious winter sunshine indifferently, without paying any attention. Because Li Mi and Wang Shichong are very clear that the winter in Luoyang will not end so soon, the weather will definitely be cold for a while, and the self-army still has the opportunity to defeat the Xiaoguo army under the cover of the weather, so there is no need to pay a heavy price to attack the repeatedly reinforced Xiaoguo army camp.
The situation is becoming more and more favorable to the Wang Li coalition army. The soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army who were tortured by severe cold and injuries to the point of death fled seriously. The weapons and equipment also brought a lot of important military information, which made Li Mi and Wang Shichong more and more aware of the internal situation of the Xiaoguo Army, and they became more and more excited about it.
Brother Hua, who failed in politics and commanding ability, seriously lost the morale of the army. There were countless soldiers who hated him deeply. There were not a few generals at the middle and lower levels who greeted his female relatives behind his back every day. A surrendered Xiaoguo army was still listening. When Sima Dekan and Chen Zhilue and other generals scolded Huaji brother behind his back as a stupid pig, he was deceived by lard in Jiangdu back then, and many generals were already quietly discussing the future. It was so shaken that it could no longer be shaken, and the morale was so depressed that it could no longer be depressed. The huge army had become like a towering tree that had been emptied by moths. It only needed a slight push to make this big tree fall to the ground.
The only thing that bothers Wang Shichong and Li Mi is how to push? It is obviously not an ideal choice to attack the Xiaoguo army camp by force. Not to mention the huge casualties, it is also possible to unite the Xiaoguo army more and more, so that Hua and Brother can continue to restore their prestige and popularity by virtue of the victory of the camp; the best way is to take Xiaoguo The army lured them out of the camp to fight a decisive battle head-on, but during this period of time, Brother Hua and Brother seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, desperately sticking to the camp and not coming out. No matter how provocative and lured Wang Li's coalition forces were, they just refused to fight! Even the divorce plan jointly used by Wang Shichong and Li Mi, like a mud cow entering the sea, has never seen the slightest effect.
The luck of Wang Shichong and Li Mi was far better than that of Hua Ji. On the morning of the day when the weather suddenly cleared, a very unexpected messenger came to Li Mi's army and brought Li Mi a secret letter from General Zhang Tong'er of Xiaoguo Army. , asked to surrender, and also volunteered to be an internal response. In the next offensive and defensive battle of the camp, he suddenly turned his back and helped the Wang Li coalition army break through the Huaji brother camp.
Li Mi was overjoyed on the surface, but in fact he met Zhang Tonger's envoy with suspicion. As a result, after some careful questioning, Li Mi gradually became really happy. It turned out that most of the Xiaoguo troops led by Zhang Tonger were in Taihu Lake and Qiantang River. The Jiangdong soldiers selected in the area (historical facts) were not the core army of the Jiangdu mutiny. After the mutiny, they were half-forced to follow the main force to go north. They were not as cold-resistant as Guanzhong people, and they were tortured even worse by the severe cold weather in the Central Plains. The soldiers' voices of resentment were naturally louder. Finally, Zhang Tong'er didn't get any good treatment in Huaji, so Zhang Tong'er gave birth to He came up with the idea of surrendering to Wang Li's coalition forces.
Of course, some people reminded Li Mi to be careful, beware that this was Brother Huaji's trick to lure the enemy, but after careful consideration, Li Mi resolutely chose to believe in Zhang Tong'er, and explained: "Zhang Tong'er may feign surrender, but he proposed It is absolutely impossible to fake the internal response tactics. Our attack on the Xiaoguo army camp must be in the daytime, and it must be attacked from the front. When the time comes, he will turn his back and start a civil strife. We can see if it is true or not. If it is true, we will take the opportunity to break it Even if the enemy is fake, we can calmly retreat, and we won't give Yu Huahua and ordinary people any chance."
Feeling that Li Mi's analysis made sense, Pei Renji, Chai Xiaohe and other civil and military confidants didn't say anything more, and then just sent Zhang Tong'er's envoy down to enjoy delicious food and wine and wait for the reply, Pei Renji couldn't wait to suggest: "Wei Gong, since Zhang Tong’er’s inside information should be true, so it’s not too late. We’d better launch an attack as soon as possible, so as not to leak the news and cause troubles. According to the general’s opinion, it’s best to send someone into the Eastern Capital to contact Wang Shichong immediately, and let him know about it One thing, and then we will launch a battle to attack the camp tomorrow, and take Jin Yongcheng in one fell swoop!"
Li Mi didn't say a word. After thinking about it for a while, Li Mi said in a deep voice: "Say, should we let Wang Shichong know that Zhang Tong'er is willing to serve as an internal response? If he knows about this and has prepared in advance, is it possible?" Snatch the most fruits of victory from us?"
Hearing this, while Pei Renji, Yang Jishan and other generals were stunned, Chai Xiaohe was the first to wake up, and hurriedly said: "What Wei Gong said is reasonable, it's better not to let Wang Shichong know about this, so that he can be prepared for the situation. Your Majesty will join hands with us to launch a decisive battle. After our army defeats the enemy, we can use our preparations to seize a large number of weapons and horses from the Xiaoguo Army, and we can also take the opportunity to recruit a large number of defeated soldiers from the Xiaoguo Army. Not as good as us."
Only then did Pei Renji and the others suddenly realize that they all agreed, but Chai Xiaohe reminded: "Wei Gong, you don't need to tell Wang Shichong about Zhang Tonger's nephew, but we also have to guard against Wang Shichong sending too few troops and not helping us enough. Dealing with most of the strength of the Xiaoguo Army alone will inevitably suffer a big loss."
Li Mi nodded, and began to think about how to draw Wang Shichong's large forces into the battlefield without giving him a chance to take away too many fruits of victory. However, at this moment, there was a report from outside the tent, saying that our old general Yun had sent an envoy to visit him, and there was a letter to be presented to Li Mi face to face. Li Mi sneered and ordered an interview casually.
After a while, the envoy of General Yun entered the big tent of the Chinese army, and after saluting Li Mi, the envoy of General Yun did not show any courtesy to Li Mi, but directly took a letter with both hands, and said straight to the point: "Wei Gong, this is our cloud. Please read the letter from the old general to you."
He casually took the letter handed over to him by his own soldiers, and when he opened it again, the expression on Li Mihei's face turned into a stupefied state—because this letter was exactly when Li Mi fought in Luokoucang. The transcript of the letter negotiating peace with Hua Jixiong was also copied word for word! Moreover, there is still a time for this letter to be signed, and the time is still after the time when Chen Sangliang and Li Mi formally signed an alliance to crusade against Yu Wenhuaji.
Suspicious about how Old General Yun obtained this letter, Li Mi calmly asked Yun Dingxing's envoy, "Where did you get this letter? Do you believe that the contents of the letter are true?"
"Wei Gong, where did this letter come from? It's not important, is it?" Yun Dingxing's envoy asked back, and then said solemnly: "Our old general Yun just wants to ask Wei Gong, whether you have broken your promise to the murderer in private? Are you rebellious and thief Yu Wenhua and seeking peace?"
"Bold!" Li Mi was furious, and slapped the table and shouted: "What are you? What is Yun Dingxing? How dare you talk to me like that? This is a matter between me and Chen Yingliang, ask him to ask I!"
"Wei Gong calm down, the envoy is a human being, not what you said." The envoy Yun Dingxing said loudly without any fear, "Our old general Yun Dingxing is the servant of the Ministry of Rites of the Sui Dynasty, the chief of the Henan Road Army, and The commander of the Sui army's Eastern Expedition, joined hands with your army to attack Yu Wenhuaji's plenipotentiary representative! Your army is suspected of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the alliance, why is Old General Yun not qualified to ask your army to explain?!"
Li Mi, who was at a moral disadvantage, was at a loss for words, while Pei Renji and Yang Jishan couldn't hold back, they all stood up and scolded angrily: "It's a shame that you still have the face to call yourself an ally, have you ever fought against Yu Wenhua and ordinary people? Have you fought against Yu Wenhua?" Isn’t there a lack of culture and the secret connection of ordinary people?”
"Our army hasn't fought Yu Wenhua and the rebels yet, but it's all because there is no chance to fight." General Yun's emissary was confident, and asked back: "Your army condemns our army for secretly collaborating with Yu Wenhua and the rebels. Excuse me?" Where is the evidence? If your army can produce evidence, the envoy will immediately apologize! But if your army cannot produce it, please explain why this letter exists? Why did your army have to fight alone during the alliance with our army? Yuwen rebels negotiating peace?!"
"This letter is a forgery!" Pei Renji is also very good at playing rogues, and said with a sneer, "Is the old man Yun Dingxing getting more stupid? The Yuwen traitor forged such a letter to slander our army. Could it be that he was fooled?"
"Hehe, forged?" Envoy Yun Dingxing smiled sarcastically, then turned to Li Mi, cupped his hands and asked, "Duke Wei, the letter is forged, is this the answer from your army? If so, then the emissary will leave." You can go back and report to Old General Yun, and all the consequences caused by this will also be borne by your army."
"Our army will bear it all by ourselves?" Li Mi's nose was almost out of breath, and he said angrily: "Listen to you, you still want to declare war on our army, don't you?"
"Morality comes first. As an ally, of course our army will not break their promises and attack allies suddenly without declaring war." Yun Dingxing envoy calmly replied: "But if the allies don't uphold moral integrity and betray their promises first, then our army will Nature has the right to dismiss allies and make war on the unrighteous."
Li Mi's pupils contracted violently, and he knew very well that Old General Yun had already obtained his original letter ninety-nine percent of the time. Pei Renji, a professional cheater over there, radiated cheating aura again, and roared: "Then you take out the original letter, and if it proves that this letter was indeed written by Duke Wei, then you can declare war, and we will accompany you to the end!"
"Very good, since your army has this sentence, it's good. It's not early, and the envoy is leaving." The envoy Yun Dingxing was not polite, he cupped his hands and immediately turned around and left. Li Mi recovered and was shocked, and opened his mouth quickly When greeting him, Yun Dingxing's envoy had already strode out of his handsome tent.
Although he couldn't show weakness and invited envoy Yun Dingxing back, Li Mi still reprimanded Pei Renji several times after envoy Yun Dingxing left. , did you really write this letter?"
Li Mi remained silent with a dark face, acquiescing that he had indeed done this immoral thing. Chai Xiaohe next to him reminded in a low voice: "Duke Wei, the envoy Yun Dingxing dared to speak to you in such a tone, which means that he must have held ironclad evidence in his hand, and he can use this excuse to attack us at any time. His Although his strength is not to be feared, but the battle is imminent, we still have to prevent him from making a sudden attack and causing trouble."
Li Mi remained silent, and said after a long while: "Write to Yun Dingxing for me, saying that this matter is a misunderstanding, I was forced to use tricks to deceive the enemy, send a sharp-talking envoy to bring more valuable gifts, First go and stabilize that shameless old man for the time being. Contact Wang Shichong, and tomorrow we will launch an attack on Yu Wenhuaji's camp, destroy Yu Wenhuaji first, and then we will turn around and deal with the old man Yun Dingxing!"
Chai Xiao and Ying Nuo hurriedly wrote a book for Li Mi, and when Li Mi also hurriedly sent someone to contact Wang Shichong, suddenly another scout rushed into the account of the commander of the Chinese army and said to Li Miji: "To Wei Gong, Xin'an detective report, early this morning, the Xin'an Yun Dingxing army suddenly sent troops to the east, with a strength of about 10,000 troops, and they are already approaching Cijian!"
With a snap, the writing brush in Chai Xiaohe's hand fell to the case, and after smearing a small part of the letter, Chai Xiaohe blurted out: "Old man Yun Dingxing sent envoys to condemn our army's betrayal of the alliance, and at the same time directly sent troops to the east. This clearly shows that there are plans and preparations, and the intentions are not good!"
"Who is the chief general of the Xin'an army?" Li Mi asked the scouts with a livid face.
"I only saw the word Li written on Shuai Qi, but the specific identity has not been found out yet." The scout replied truthfully.
"Master Li! A son-of-a-bitch relative of Chen Yingliang!"
Li Mi cursed a curse word, and then waved his hands to let the scouts go down to rest. The generals such as Pei Renji, Yang Jishan, Shan Xiongxin, etc. over there were all yelling to the sky, eager to shout, just let the horse come over, and I promise to take Chen Sangliang's cousin Smashed like a cousin—and guaranteed to be smashed with a hammer! Li Mi was furious when he heard this, and couldn't help roaring: "Shut up! Is it time to start the battlefield again? In front of a strong enemy, the centipede is still dead but not stiff, not to mention that Yu Wenhua and the common man are still dying, and there is The power to fight back! Go to fight the Guanzhong army at this time, you want to court death?!"
Only then did the generals of Li Mi shut his mouth, but the matter was not over yet. At this time, the news came from outside the account that Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Daoxun asked for an interview. Li Mi, who was planning to discuss with Wang Shichong to join hands in entering the army, quickly ordered an interview. Wang Daoxun had just entered the account. Then he yelled and said: "Wei Gong, it's not good, that idiot Yun Dingxing suddenly sent 10,000 troops to the east! He also sent an envoy with a letter to my uncle, the letter is The content of the copy is that you are making peace with Yu Wenhua and Yan behind Chen Yingliang's back. Yun Dingxing's emissary also said, please don't interfere with the affairs between them and you. The tone seems to be very bad! My uncle is afraid that you will suffer. Just let me let you know."
"It's a bluff." Li Mi snorted coldly, and asked Wang Dao, "Then how did Prime Minister Wang reply to Yun Dingxing's envoy?"
"My uncle said that he is an ally with you now. If Yun Dingxing can't provide any real evidence, he will never allow Yun Dingxing to attack you." Wang Daoxun replied truthfully, and then spread his hands and said: "But if Yun Dingxing really If you have to come up with real evidence, then my uncle can't do anything about it, Yun Dingxing is his son-in-law's subordinate, and because of moral reasons, my uncle can only remain neutral and not help each other."
"Traitor, you longed for me to go to war with your son-in-law, right?" Li Mi snorted coldly in his heart, but thanked Wang Daoxun for his timely warning and Wang Shichong's fair handling of things. The sky teamed up to attack Huaji brother's camp, but considering that General Yun's intentions were not good this time, and the target and purpose of the army had not yet been confirmed, he finally dismissed this idea-if the army led by Li Keshi appeared on the battlefield of Jin Yongcheng Beside, Li Mi went to attack Brother Huaji again, it would be a fool looking for death.
So, before we knew it, our old general Yun helped Hua Ji escape another catastrophe, forcing Li Mi to change his plan, and Li Mi was forced to give up his plan to attack the Xiaoguo army camp the next day. , can only turn around and deal with other issues first, and let Zhang Tong'er's envoy go back to report the letter, let Zhang Tong'er prepare for the internal response when the army marches in, and send people to closely monitor Li Keshi's army. Every move, another thing is to send envoys to Xin'an to contact Old General Yun, admit that the letter is not fake, it is just a trick to deceive the enemy, and send expensive gifts to Old General Yun, trying to stabilize our Old General Yun for the time being.
The envoy who went to Xin’an to visit Old General Yun had not yet returned, and the movement of Li Ke’s army was detected first. As a result, Li Ke’s route of attack also made Wang Shichong and Li Mi furious at the same time—after Li’s army arrived at the three-fork in Cijian , actually directly crossed the Luoshui River, marched eastward along the south bank of the Luoshui River, directly threatening Wang Shichong's extremely empty Luoyang South City, and then behind Li Mijun, threatened Li Mijun's rear Luokou warehouse!
Although Li Keshi sent someone to Dongdu in advance to explain that he was just borrowing the way and promised not to come within three miles of Luoyang South City Gate, Wang Shichong did not hesitate to divide his troops to strengthen the defense of Luoyang South City! As for the reason, Chen Sangliang personally jumped over the gap to block the river to save the people in Nancheng. The people in Luoyang Nancheng have always remembered that Chen Sangliang is good. Now the famine in Luoyang is so serious. Hearing that Chen Sangliang's army With the news of the approaching, there may be some unscrupulous people who will become the leading party of the Guanzhong Five Points with their own dry food, and open the city gate to welcome Chen Sangliang's cousin Li Keshi into the city.
Li Mi was also forced to react. Li Mi was not very afraid that Master Li would come behind him and threaten him, nor was he very worried that Master Li would go straight to his old lair in Luokou, but if Master Li was really like this After doing it, our Mi Gong will feel uncomfortable all over, won't he? So there is no other way, Duke Secret can only convene a military meeting immediately to discuss the countermeasures urgently.
At the meeting, Pei Renji, a professional cheater, once again had his head flooded, and he pulled a group of generals to clamor to take the initiative to fight back and resolutely fight back. He also volunteered to lead his troops south to take pictures of Li Keshi's egg yolk. It was Shan Xiongxin who saw Li Mi's expression was not good and stopped him in time. Only then did Pei Renji not let Pei Renji continue to embarrass himself and lose face. Counselors such as Yu Wenwen and Chai Xiaohe suggested to Li Mi a strategy to keep the enemy out of the country, and suggested that Li Mi send a force to go south overnight, set up camp on the official road east of Luoyang Nancheng, and block Li Keshi's eastward entrance. , and also formed horns with Wang Shichong's Nancheng defenders, so that Li Keshi did not dare to act rashly-so that even if there was a sudden fight and a real fight, Li Mijun could increase the chances of winning.
Li Mi quickly accepted the advice of Chai Xiaohe and other counselors, but Li Mi still had some scruples and said: "The situation is complicated. Although we have a great hope of defeating Yu Wenhua and Pingfu, it is not an absolute chance of winning. There is also Wang Shichong." On the other hand, we can't trust him completely, we have to prevent him from intentionally causing us and Yu Wenhua to lose both, and we also have to prevent him from taking the opportunity to provoke us to go to war with Yun Dingxing. So I mean, since Yun Dingxing's old man If you haven't turned your face directly, then if you can't turn your face with Master Li, you'd better keep restraint and try to buy time to deal with Yu Wenhua and it's the best... "
After pondering here, Li Mi made up his mind, raised his head and said: "We must send a general who is both wise and brave to deal with Li Keshi. While trying to be patient, he will fight with Li Keshi and avoid direct combat as much as possible. At the same time, he will show strength appropriately. Let Master Li know how powerful our army is, and warn him not to act rashly! Among you, who has this confidence?"
Most of the generals kept their mouths shut. Pei Ren basically wanted to open his mouth to ask Ling to be held back by Shan Xiongxin. Then Xu Shiji volunteered to ask Ling to take on this important task, but Li Mi shook his head and said, "Shiji, you are indeed wise and brave. But there was a grudge between you and Chen Yingliang, and the Tongjiqu incident has always made you look down. Master Li Ke is one of the few relatives of Chen Yingliang, so he must know about it. If he deliberately used it If you make a fuss to irritate you, maybe you will fall into his trap and make our army more passive. So this time, you can't go."
Xu Shiji, who was tricked by Chen Sangliang to kill the leader of the friendly army, shut up in embarrassment, and his hatred for Chen Sangliang deepened by three points. Then Li Mi's most powerful student, Wang Bodang, stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Men, how about Let the students go, the students are sure to complete your explanation."
Uncle Wang, who has been carefully trained by Li Mi and experienced in countless actual combats, has made great progress, and now he can be regarded as a general with both wisdom and courage, so Li Mi did not hesitate, and immediately nodded and said: "Okay, you go, I will give you... I will give you 10,000 troops! Remember, try not to fight if you can’t start a war, but you can’t show weakness. Let Master Li know that we are not easy to mess with, and warn him not to act rashly. Must win!"
"Student understands." Wang Bodang cupped his hands and sang a promise, and said with a smile: "The student has already figured out how to warn Master Li. The student wants to invite him to shoot and let him experience the student's archery skills. I think he will know how powerful it is." .”
Of course Li Mi is very aware of his student's archery skills, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's up to you, but it's enough to scare him appropriately, don't scare his urine out."