Chapter 1013 Disintegration (twenty-three)(1/2)
At dawn, the world is covered with a layer of fog, and everything in the world is covered with a layer of gauze. From a distance, it looks hazy, adding a bit of poetry to this bloody and murderous world.
However, this kind of beauty is destined to last.
The sound of military boots and clanging armor destroyed the poetic meaning! A large number of warriors wearing armor and holding swords and guns tore up the naturally formed gauze, rushing out with the fog, and walking quickly towards Heyang City.
At the forefront of the team is Wang Shichong's eldest son Wang Xuanying.
After realizing that power struggles cannot ultimately replace military achievements, Wang Shichong chose to hand over this greatest military achievements to his heirs whom he values the most.
This is certainly a recognition of the ability of the eldest son, but it is also a preparation for the smooth inheritance of the foundation in the future.
I hope my son can establish a martial merit as soon as possible and gain recognition from the martial artists, so as not to prevent Li Tang from competing against his brothers in his home.
The total number of this infantry is about 3,000. Although it is not large in scale, it is already the total number of mobile troops in Luoyang.
The Luoyang army was defeated first and then won and suffered heavy casualties, although the defeated troops were later gathered and some of their vitality was restored.
He received support from Jianghuai soldiers and his troops gradually increased.
But overall, the military strength is still far from enough.
Especially now, when using people, we can't draw many people.
On the surface, Luoyang won a victory, and it is said that manpower should be rich.
However, we must consider that these soldiers must not only participate in robbing the spoils, but also arrest the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army everywhere.
After being caught, you must take care of it and leave some extra effort to defend the city, so as not to be beaten by Xuanjia Cavalry or Xu Shiji's troops.
When several aspects are combined, the troops that can be mobilized will naturally be extremely limited.
In fact, if it weren't for the Battle of Heyang, Wang Xuanying was Wang Shichong's beloved son, it wouldn't have been possible for him to be transferred 3,000 people.
These three thousand soldiers and horses are all veterans of the Jianghuai River. Although their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Xiaoguo Army, they can barely be listed as elite.
Moreover, they are all from Chu, and are loyal to the Wang family father and son, but they are regarded as direct descendants.
Such an army has guaranteed combat effectiveness and loyalty, which can be regarded as doing its best to improve the success rate of this trip.
Wang Shichong also knew that it was not easy to capture a city with only three thousand infantry without the help of siege equipment.
Especially time is tight, in order to prevent Li Tang from discovering his strategic plan to destroy it, the battle must be completed in one or two days, and the difficulty has been increased several times.
However, the situation is urgent and there is no other way to go. I can only let go of my hands and feet and bet on this game.
It was also Xu Le's battle between 8 million and 100,000 yuan, which gave Wang Shichong the confidence and made him realize that the Wagang Army was not as powerful as it seemed.
Now that the new defeat in Wagang is unstable, the combat effectiveness is naturally not as good as before.
Moreover, the small land of Heyang City is not difficult to chew.
The most important thing is that in Li Mi’s original strategic layout, Heyang is simply an optional place.
Neither the troops were arranged nor the materials were reserved.
If Jinyong City is the focus of mutual competition, Heyang City is a useless city.
If Li Mi had not been forced to go to the forefront, she would not have run there.
He fled to Heyang in a hurry without any preparation.
If you trap the lonely city with a newly defeated army, it will be a deadly situation no matter how you look at it.
All Wang Xuan had to do was to arrive in time and catch Li Mi was enough.
At least it seems that this is an errand that anyone can complete, it is nothing more than whether or not you are willing to do it, and it is not difficult.
If Xuanjia Cavalry and Xu Shiji were not busy plundering spoils, they would have divided their troops and captured Li Mi alive.
Wang Shichong's arrangement is to make a time difference.
Before others noticed Heyang, seized the city and controlled Li Mi.
Although Xu Shiji regarded himself as the lord of Wagang, no one admitted it after all.
Wang Shichong didn't believe it either. The leaders of the Green Forest really took the initiative to contact him and were willing to respect Xu Shiji.
If he had that prestige, it wouldn't be Li Mi's turn to decide.
His idea this time was to control Li Mi to join Wagang.
Either take Li Mi in his own hands or control him as a puppet.
In short, let him become a nominal ally with himself and integrate the two troops to fight against Li Yuan. This is the situation Wang Shichong is considering! With the new force of Wagang and the grain of the two major granaries, he has the capital to compete with Li Yuan.
He has a lot of money in his hands, and Li Mi has military rations and military strength in his hands.
The cooperation between the two sides can quickly arm a huge army.
It would not be too late for Li Yan to kill Xu Le at that time.
When I was weak, let alone killing people, even a little offense might arouse the thunderous anger of the Li Tang Dynasty.
But as long as you become stronger, you can frame others after killing Li Yan.
Even if he killed Li Yan in front of Li Yuan, he would make excuses himself. This is the law of survival in troubled times.
Wang Xuanying also knew that this might be Luoyang’s last chance to break through.
If you can't catch Li Mi or defeat Heyang, you will have to be at the mercy of Li Tang.
The reason why my father dared not kill someone was actually to prepare for failure.
If this plan is not successful, it will not be completely broken up with Li Tang, and there is still room for maneuver.
Speaking of which, this is also the biggest problem for one's father and son, and he lacks the courage to sacrifice his life.
I always think about leaving room for everything, but as a result, I become more and more passive.
He had nothing to worry about the Battle of Heyang.
I am very familiar with that city. Its scale is not much larger than that of Jinyong City, and the city defense is much simpler than that of Jinyong City.
Although it is also close to the Yellow River, due to the high and rapid waves of that section of the river, the city has low value in material transportation, so no one cares about the belonging of the city.
When Li Mi led his troops to attack that day, Heyang voluntarily surrendered because he had no city defense capabilities.
Now that Feng Shui takes turns, he takes the lead, and Li Mi will not be difficult to deal with.
You should know that the scouts in Luoyang are not incompetent. A lot of military information has been heard this night.
Li Mi's troops suffered a defeat on the battlefield and suffered losses in Jinyong City, and their subordinates' hearts were volatile and morale collapsed.
If Li Mi had not had a firm grasp of the inner army, his subordinates would have launched a mutiny and chopped off his head to report his merits.
Although the military power is still there, the morale of the army has been lost. What is more important is that there is no food and grass! Originally, since the Wagang Army occupied Luokou and Liyangcang, it has never been worried about military food issues.
However, because Heyang did not prepare for combat, the army fled in temporarily, and inevitably encountered a food shortage.
According to the information sent by the Scout of Wagang, there was no smoke from cooking in Heyang City last night! If even an army that had just lost the battle and had no food entrance could not win, I would rather die as soon as possible.
Wang Xuanying's biggest enemy was not Wagang but time, for fear that he would be taken first by Xu Le or Xu Shiji's subordinates.
Therefore, the army not only set out before dawn, but also kept urging its subordinates to accelerate the march along the way.
In order to lead by example, he even came to the front despite the danger.
Wang Xuanying actually knew that he was not a qualified general.
Although his martial arts skills are not high, his strategy is average, he lacks the experience of leading troops.
Even when I train the army on weekdays, I rarely participate.
This is the first time I really led troops independently, and there must be problems in all aspects.
You don’t have to really fight with people, even marching is a difficult time for you.
I originally thought that marching was the easiest thing, it was just walking.
It was not until I really got up that I realized how difficult it was.
Because it was an emergency marching at night, even if it was a team composed of old soldiers, the phenomenon of falling behind was quite serious.
It is roughly estimated that the team of 3,000 people has fallen behind by more than 500.
Fortunately, it is very close to Heyang, otherwise it might be possible that my team would be separated without fighting.
In order to compete for time, I didn't bother to gather the troops or look for the lost ones, so I could only walk forward with a tough bullet.
Wang Xuanying always felt unsure. This kind of fall behind and marching seemed not a good sign.
But thinking that Heyang's situation was worse than myself, I felt a little more at ease.
No matter what, as long as you can be better than your opponent, you can win this battle! Use this belief to take care of yourself and suppress the tension when you first came to the battle.
The few veterans beside him who were specially arranged by Wang Shichong to follow him had already seen something wrong with his young master and quickly comforted him: "Young master must be calm and you will arrive in Heyang in another half an hour.
No matter what, going to the place will inevitably be a fight.
At that time, all the soldiers below were sacrificing their lives. If we, the chief officer, could not calm down, would have no intention of fighting, which would have ruined the big thing!"
Wang Xuanying wanted to say a few words of scenes, at least express his gratitude.
But I opened my mouth and couldn't make any sound, and my forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of soybeans.
To be continued...