Chapter four hundred and fifty: The Battle of Luoyang Thirteen
On the top of the east city, looking at the rebels who had retreated in the distance, Li Jing, who was commanding the battle at the top of the city, also breathed a long sigh of relief. He looked up at the sky, turned his head again, and smiled at Wan He and others next to him. : "Anyway, today is the end of the day."
At this time, the sun in the sky has already sunk to the west. The clouds in the west sky are also dyed bright red by the setting sun. It won't be long before the earth will sink into night. Obviously, the army of Wagangzhai will not It was so foolish to choose to attack all night. As Li Jing said, today's night is over.
Wan He also nodded with a smile. There was a trace of blood on his cheek. During the battle just now, Wan He insisted on staying on top of the city. However, he was accidentally injured by a stray arrow. Fortunately, it was only a scratch. It's just a layer of skin. But Wan He didn't take this injury to heart at all. Instead, he said with a smile: "Yes. This battle was quite enjoyable. An army of 500,000 people is nothing more than that. Haha. He If they dare to come again, we will stone them to death."
After Wan He said these words, the generals on the top of the city also laughed. After Li Jing laughed, he shook his head and looked outside the city. Looking at the Wagangzhai army that had not completely retreated into the camp, Li Jing said : "My lord, we must not take it lightly. The reason why Wagang Village retreated so easily this time is because they did not know our strength accurately. Speaking of which, it is all thanks to your efforts, Uncle Bao."
"Haha." Hearing Li Jing's words, a general behind Wan He also laughed. This general was none other than Qin Qiong, who was supposed to lead the rebellion at Bishui Pass. Qin Qiong said with a smile: "I don't Dare to be greedy for merit. All this is a clever plan of Mr. Changsun and Mr. Fang. Otherwise, I would not dare to lead the troops out of Sishui Pass without authorization and arrive at Luoyang in time."
Hearing what Li Jing and Qin Qiong said, Wan He's face smiled brightly. All of this was naturally carefully arranged by Wan He. As early as the defeat of Shizihe, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling had planned for Wan He With their intelligence, they had naturally guessed that the Wagangzhai army would take advantage of the victory to attack Luoyang, so they came up with several clever strategies for Wan He. This private strategy to calm the rebels was one of them.
Yang Guang personally ordered the counter-rebellion army to station at Sishui Pass. According to normal circumstances, without Yang Guang's order, the counter-rebel army would never have been able to leave Sishui Pass. Of course, this is the definition of The previous counter-rebellion army was led by Zhang Xutuo. As for the current counter-rebellion army, its commander-in-chief Pei Renji was recuperating in Luoyang. Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, who served as acting commanders, obeyed Wan He. Although this counter-rebellion army did not As for the rebellion, at least when it came to choosing whose orders to follow, they focused more on Wan He. Therefore, after Wan He's handwritten letter was sent to Bishui Pass, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin immediately led the three The Wanping rebels secretly sneaked into Luoyang in batches and settled in Luoyang secretly.
Just at this time, news came that the Wagangzhai army was invading. Many people in the city and officials had fled Luoyang City. Many houses and residences were vacated. In addition, with Wanhe's help, these 30,000 rebels were suppressed. He also entered Luoyang City without anyone noticing. It was not until today, after receiving orders from Wan He, that the counter-rebel troops appeared at the city gate of Luoyang City and assisted the Royal Forest Army in repelling the attack of the Wagangzhai army.
He turned around and glanced at the Wagang Army outside the city. Wan He also nodded slightly. He also agreed with what Li Jing just said. In fact, the Wagang Army was not repelled. It was just that the strength of the defenders was uncertain. So. will temporarily withdraw the troops. In fact, if Wan He is given the choice, Wan He would rather the Wagang Army continues to attack the city. In this way, the consumption of the Wagang Army will be greatly increased. In this way, the purpose of Wan He's plan can be truly achieved. It's a pity that we didn't proceed like this. It seems that the Wagang Army is not so easy to deal with.
Immediately Wan He clapped his hands, turned his head, smiled and said to everyone: "Okay. Let's go back to Liang Guogong's mansion for now. When Xingyan, Shixin and the others come over, let's calculate the results of this battle."
He had just beheaded Liu Changgong in front of Yang Tong, and forced Yang Tong to imprison Yuan Wendu. The last trace of affection between Wan He and Yang Tong was obviously broken. Therefore, although the name of Luoyang City is now Yang Dong is still the leader, but Wan He is not planning to take the initiative to find Yang Dong. If we can successfully repel the Wagang army and save Luoyang City, then it may be time for Wan He and Yang Tong to fall out. .Thinking of the fact that Wan He worked so hard to defeat Yang Tong just to promote Yang Tong to the throne. Unexpectedly, it would be such a result. Thinking of this, Wan He couldn't help but smile secretly.
Not long after returning to Liang Guogong's mansion, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan and others also arrived. Pei Xingyan was solely responsible for the defense of the south of the city, while Luo Shixin was in charge of the north of the city. Zhu Muwu and Zhao Renji, the rising star general of the counter-rebel army, joined forces to defend the west of the city and returned to the mansion. Everyone recounted the results of the battle. The total casualties in today's battle were less than 500. Compared with the nearly 40,000 defenders, it was indeed not a casualty. But to be precise, there was no real confrontation between the two armies today. .So it makes sense that the casualties are not big. When the two armies come to actually confront each other, then it will be the real moment to show the fighting power of the two armies.
After nightfall, in the large tent of the military camp outside the city, the generals of the Wagangzhai army sat in order in order. Although there were all the heroes gathered in the tent, the atmosphere seemed a bit depressing. There was no other reason. .The battle during the day today was really frustrating. I thought that the heroes with an army of 500,000 would kill gods when they met, and Buddha when they met. But I didn’t expect that the first battle would end like this. It was special. Junyan, the ancestor of the Military Record Office, just reported the results of today's battle. In addition to the more than 10,000 soldiers who died during Xu Shiji's test at the beginning, a full 40,000 horses were sacrificed on the first day today.
After listening to the battle report, everyone in the camp was livid. Some generals with a rough temperament even couldn't help but beat the table. After everyone had finished venting, they couldn't help but turn their eyes to The two people in the top position, Zhai Rang, had a dark face and kept looking down, silent. Li Mi closed his eyes. It seemed that he was resting his mind with his eyes closed. But what was he actually thinking about? Who was it? Don't know either.
After a while, Xu Shiji finally couldn't bear it anymore. He stood up suddenly, clasped his fists at Zhai Rang and Li Mi and shouted: "The boss, Mr. Mi, will let me lead the troops to attack Luoyang tomorrow. I won't pay him back." I believe it. Even the city of Luoyang cannot be captured."
"Mr. Mao." After Xu Shiji finished speaking, Shan Xiongxin immediately shouted and pulled Xu Shiji back. At the same time, he turned his head and glanced at Li Mi. In fact, Shan Xiongxin was not in a good mood now. Because after the withdrawal of troops. Only then did Shan Xiongxin learn about Li Mi's arrangements after he went to the south gate. He originally thought that his route would be the main force in the siege. But he didn't expect that it turned out to be a trick played by Li Mi. He knew that he was being used by Li Mi in the end. Who cares? He will also be in a bad mood. But it is not good to be in a bad mood. But Shan Xiongxin is not the kind of person who knows no sense of proportion. Naturally, he will not get angry with Li Mi on such an occasion. Instead, he shouted to Xu Shiji in a deep voice: "Everything Of course, the big boss and the secret master will make the decision. Please stop making trouble."
After hearing Shan Xiongxin's words, Li Mi also opened his eyes. He glanced at Shan Xiongxin and then nodded slightly. He seemed to appreciate Shan Xiongxin's general behavior. Then, Li Mi also scanned the circle of everyone. . Then he coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, although today's battle was defeated, it was not because the soldiers were not brave enough. It was because the Sui army was too cunning. They had already ambushed reinforcements in Luoyang City. Things happened suddenly. I was also afraid that you would accidentally fall into the trap of the Sui army, so I gave the order to retreat. Next, as long as we are careful and don't let the Sui army take advantage of us, we will definitely defeat the Sui army and capture Luoyang."
I have to say that Li Mi's eloquence is indeed very good. Just a few words can calm down the already agitated heroes. Many people have even regained their morale. They are likely to fight outside Luoyang City again. It was almost time to see his courage. Li Mi changed his words again and said: "However, the origin of the reinforcements arranged by the Sui army is very strange. The most important thing is that such reinforcements are there. .How many more are there in Luoyang City?"
As Li Mi said, before, Wagang Village dared to mobilize all its troops to attack Luoyang. It was because Luoyang had very few troops now. The main force of the Imperial Forest Army and the city guards were all taken to Jiangdu by Yang Guang. So Wagang Village The villagers dared to mobilize all their troops and come to attack Luoyang. But now there is such an unknown army in Luoyang City. No one knows where this army came from and how many people there are. In this way. It is difficult to say how strong the defenders in Luoyang City are. As the saying goes, know yourself and the enemy and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles. But now as for the enemy's situation, it is blind. It is not clear at all. In this way, how to attack and how to arrange The formation of troops has become a big problem.
Bing Yuanzhen also nodded in agreement with Li Mi's statement and said: "Mi Gong's words are reasonable. To attack Luoyang, the first thing is to know how many Sui troops are in Luoyang City. However, Luoyang City is now heavily guarded. Not even a fly can fly in. We want to send spies in to investigate, but I'm afraid it will be very difficult." Bing Yuan really supported Zhai Rang's old subordinates in Wagang Village. But he didn't expect that he would support Li Mi this time. Even Bing Yuanzhen himself reacted and immediately shut his mouth after he finished speaking.
But Li Mi didn't care about Bing Yuanzhen's reaction. Instead, he heard Bing Yuanzhen talking about sending spies. Li Mi's eyes lit up. He immediately turned to Wang Bodang and said: "Bodang, you brought the Pushan secret camp." How many people are coming?"