Departing from Hangzhou, heading north along the canal, crossing the Yangtze River, and staying in Jiangdu for a few days, Yuwen Chenglong once again raised his troops and reborn in the latest chapter of The Grassroots Prince.
On this trip, Yuwen Chenglong's team had two more generals, namely Kan Leng and Wang Xiongdan, the two godsons of the original Jianghuai gangster Du Fuwei.
When Du Fuwei was defeated in the previous battle, these two men were honored as prisoners, but they refused to surrender. As a result, they were imprisoned in a small dark room by Yuwen Chenglong's order.
Afterwards, Yuwen Chenglong returned to Yuhang and went to live freely.
Poor poor children, Kan Leng and Wang Xiongdan, were locked up in a small dark room for nearly half a year. They were tortured to the point of mental breakdown!
Now Yuwen Chenglong finally passed by Jiangdu again, and while he was fooling around with Empress Xiao, Yuwen Derong and others, he heard the little girl Feixuan mention that there were two big bad guys in charge of the little dark room!
After pondering for a long time, Yuwen Chenglong finally remembered that it turned out to be Kan Leng and Wang Xiongdan.
When Yu Wen Chenglong came to the small dark room, before he could figure out how to speak in order to show his thirst for talents, Corporal Li Xian, Kan Leng and Wang Xiongdan, brothers in distress, started crying and demanding surrender!
Yuwen Chenglong made different arrangements for these two newly promoted generals. Kan Leng, a natural human shield, was sent to Xiong Kuohai and Wu Tianxi as his assistants. The three of them jointly commanded Yuwen Chenglong's confidant army, Bei Wei
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As for Wang Xiongdan, because he was brave and resourceful, he was appointed by Yuwen Chenglong to join the army. Specifically, he was responsible for assisting the boss, Yuwen Chenglong, in formulating combat plans.
Nowadays, the Jianghuai area is basically at peace. Du Fuwei, the former number one gangster in the Jianghuai area, has gone to a desert island near Java to become a savage, while the other two big gangsters, Zuo Caixiang and Li Zitong, are supporting him.
A few months later, he read the full version of The Golden Zombie from Another World and was finally wiped out by Shan Xiongxin, Master Shang and others.
At present, Yuwen Chenglong is leading his army northward. The only ones he has to face are two large groups of bandits, Xu Yuanlang from Yanzhou and Li Mi from Wagangzhai.
Xu Yuanlang separatized Shandong and currently has about 20,000 peasant troops under his command.
The reason why there are so few brothers is not entirely because Xu Yuanlang is incapable. The main reason is that in Shandong area, after Yuwen Chenglong suppressed the bandits, most of the victims were forcibly moved to Jiangnan and several major enclaves under Yuwen Chenglong's rule.
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There are no victims left, and there are only some big and small landlords, bureaucrats, aristocratic families and the like. Naturally, these people will not easily attach themselves to rebels like Xu Yuanlang, who was born as a peasant uncle. Therefore, even though Xu Yuanlang has been working hard
It's hard work, but the number of subordinates has never increased, and the highest number is only just over 20,000!
Moreover, as Yu Wenzhi and his men firmly established themselves in the Jianghuai River and recruited refugees from all over, under the temptation of the generous offers offered by the Sui army, Xu Yuanlang's subordinates were decreasing at a rapid rate that was visible to the naked eye.
By the time Yuwen Chenglong led his army to the north, Xu Yuanlang's army had less than 15,000 peasant troops left!
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Yuanlang immediately made what he thought was a smart choice, that is, surrender.
However, the person Xu Yuanlang surrendered was not Yuwen Chenglong, but the bandit leader of Wagang Village, Li Mi!
The reason why Xu Yuanlang is like this is also related to the nursery rhyme "Eighteen Sons. Sitting on the World" that was circulated in the early years.
In the opinion of Xu Yuanlang, who has strong feudal superstitious thoughts, this sentence means that the person named Li will become the emperor! And currently, it seems that among the people named Li, only Wagang is likely to dominate the country.
There are two villages: Li Mi in the village and Li Yuan in Chang'an City. Among them, Li Mi has the most powerful military force!
Wagang Village has an army of more than 400,000! And Li Mi comes from a noble family!
If nothing unexpected happens, there are nearly five levels of chance that Li Mi will finally win the kingdom! And Li Yuan's chance of winning is only three or four levels! As for the other one and a half levels, it will be divided up by all the princes in the world!
Therefore, in line with the mentality of relying on the big tree to enjoy the shade, Xu Yuanlang chose this time to hug Li Mi's thick legs and relieve himself of the crisis in Yanzhou.
Xu Yuanlang's flirtatious eyes were thrown out, but he didn't get a warm response from Li Mi.
Because, at this time, Li Mizheng and Wang Shichong were fighting fiercely and fiercely. How could they have the time and troops to rescue Xu Yuanlang?
Therefore, after receiving the letter of surrender from Xu Yuanlang, Li Mi gave Xu Yuanlang the title of General Manager of Yanzhou and the title of Duke of Lu, and ordered him to lead his troops to march into Wei County and give Xu Yuanlang the title of Duke of Lu.
Gang Jun resisted Yu Chenglong's advance.
After receiving Li Mi's reply, Xu Yuanlang felt that his heart was filled with chills!
"I only have 20,000 men under my command! Li Mi, a melon, really dares to think that he would ask me to resist Yuwen Chenglong's 200,000 troops. What's the difference between this and asking me to wipe his neck directly?"
Xu Yuanlang's thinking was indeed good. Even Yuwen Chenglong, his opponent, didn't take Xu Yuanlang seriously.
Departing from Jiangdu, they then joined Wu Yunzhao, Mai Tiezhang, and Zhang Xutuo who were heading north from Jiangxia, with a total of nearly 200,000 troops on both sides.
During this period, Yuwen Chenglong ordered Zhang Xutuo, Yuwen Chengxiang, and Shen Guang to lead a total of 50,000 troops on land and water to attack Yanzhou.
Yuwen Chenglong himself led Wu Yunzhao, Mai Tiezhang, Shan Xiongxin, Pei Yuanqing and other powerful soldiers and generals, and marched to Xuxian County of Yingchuan, which was also the capital of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, Xuchang.
Along the way, Yuwen Chenglong did not pursue speed, but pursued steady progress.
Every time he passed a place, Yuwen Chenglong used thunder to quickly clean up the local resistance forces, large and small, and asked Wei Zheng and others in the rear to quickly deploy political and legal personnel to govern the place. At the same time, he dispatched militiamen to maintain public order. Only in a few important
There are some regular troops left in the towns.
Since becoming the leader of Wagangzhai, Li Mi has been focusing on attacking Luoyang.
In Li Mi's opinion, as long as the Sui capital is captured, other states and counties can be informed!
With this concept, Li Mi put almost all his energy into attacking Luoyang. Li Mi hoarded almost all of his more than 300,000 troops in Jinyong City outside Luoyang City, and another 30,000 troops were stationed in Luoyang.
Koucang. As for Wagang Village, the home base of the Wagang Army, there are only a little more than 20,000 defenders, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled!
It is precisely because of this that Yuwen Chenglong's journey can be said to be overwhelming and effortless.
After occupying Xu County, Yuwen Chenglong did not continue to advance towards Luoyang, but began to divide his troops into three groups.
The first route, led by Qin Qiong and Shan Xiongxin, with a total of 30,000 troops, went west to attack Xiangcheng County. The ultimate goal was to capture Yique and seal the southward exit of Sili.
The second route was led by Yuwen Chenglong's cheap uncle Wu Yunzhao, who had Master Shang and his disciples, Pei Yuanqing and other fierce generals under his command, and commanded 50,000 troops. It passed through Xingyang in the north, and its ultimate goal was Hulao Pass on the east side of Luoyang.
, aiming to cut off the eastward return route of the Wagang Army.
Yuwen Chenglong himself personally led an army of 50,000 people northward to Dongjun via Chenliu, and attacked directly at Wagang Village, the home base of the Wagang Army.
Ordinarily, there are only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people left in Wagang Village, so it shouldn't be worthy of Yuwen Chenglong's massive effort.
It turns out that, according to the news received by Yuwen Chenglong, the person staying in Wagang Village is Xu Shiji, a confidant of Zhai Rang, the original leader of Wagang Village.