The easiest way to boost morale is naturally to reward money, food, women, etc. Unfortunately, Wang Shichong didn't have any of these!
So, Wang Shichong came up with a very weird idea, that is, cheating!
According to legend, the city of Luoyang was first built by Duke Zhou, so Wang Shichong put the idea on Duke Zhou.
First of all, Wang Shichong found a guy named Zhang Yong among the small soldiers, and asked this guy to spread rumors, saying that he dreamed of Duke Zhou three times. Each time, Duke Zhou said that he would bless the reactionary Sui troops led by Wang Shichong to guard Luoyang.
Then, Wang Shichong heard this rumor by "coincidence" and arrested Zhang Yong to confirm it. Afterwards, Wang Shichong began to rebuild the Zhougong Temple with great fanfare.[
After the temple of Duke Zhou was built, it was natural to invite people to perform the Great God Dance to worship Duke Zhou!
Under Wang Shichong's instigation, the divine man in charge of the dance dreamed about Duke Zhou for a long time and was suspected to be possessed by Duke Zhou's "spirit"! Then, in the name of Duke Zhou, this divine man announced in the name of Duke Zhou that Duke Zhou would defend Luoyang! At the same time, this guy also directly
He ordered the Sui army to attack Li Mi, and also threatened that those who believed in Duke Zhou could be resurrected with full blood and demons, and so on.
Inspired by feudal superstition, the officers and soldiers of the Sui army under Wang Shichong were deceived so much that they came to Wang Shichong to petition and strongly requested to send troops to beat Li Mi!
Seeing that morale was strong, Wang Shichong personally selected 20,000 elite soldiers, fed them all, and prepared to go out to bully Li Mi the next day.
The next day was the day when Li Mi began to withdraw his troops. According to the plan, Li Mi was originally planning to withdraw his troops for twenty miles.
When Wang Shichong led his army out of the city, Li Mi knew about it. It could be seen that the opponent only had 20,000 troops, so Li Mi didn't care.
Gein, at this time, Li Mi has nearly 200,000 troops! Moreover, Wang Shichong has never won a battle in more than half a year. In the past few months, he has been hiding in Luoyang City.
Dare to come out.
Therefore, Li Mi never thought that Wang Shichong would dare to stroke his beard! He thought that this time Wang Shichong came out of the city to say goodbye to him because he wanted to make him happy!
Unexpectedly, Wang Shichong quickly set up a battle formation after leaving the city. When he arrived not far away from the Wagang Army, Wang Shichong ordered someone to escort out a guy who looked somewhat similar to Li Mi. Then he ordered
The men shouted that Li Mi had been captured alive!
Originally unable to attack Luoyang for a long time and suffering serious casualties, the Wagang Army's troops had already begun to feel uneasy! This time they retreated, Li Mi did not explain clearly to his men what was going on! Therefore, it is understandable that the Wagang Army was confused.
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This time Wang Shichong suddenly made such a move, Wagang's army was immediately confused, and they all whispered to each other with bewildered faces.
At this time, Wang Shichong used another killer move, that is, ambush!
It turns out that Wang Shichong sent a team of 200 elite soldiers to the back of the Wagang Army as early as last night!
At this moment, taking advantage of the confusion of the Wagang Army, Wang Shichong hurriedly ordered the ambush troops to rush out. At the same time, Wang Shichong himself commanded 20,000 troops to launch a frontal attack on the Wagang Army!
On the battlefield, everything changes rapidly, and life and death are often determined in the blink of an eye.
Although there was only a brief chaos just now, because Li Mi failed to come forward to calm the army in time, the consequences were indeed disastrous!
Until the Sui army under Wang Shichong crashed into the Wagang army, the Wagang army still could not recover from the blow of "Li Mi was captured". As a result, they were killed by the Sui army on the spot.
The Wagang Army was originally a peasant army. Although Li Mi had military talents, his attributes as a scholar were greater than those of a soldier. He could only say that he knew a little bit about military affairs. As for how high his talents were, it was hard to say.
Got it!
Therefore, although the Wagang Army is huge, in fact, it is still a group of unorganized and undisciplined peasant armies![
The Sui army under Wang Shichong relied on the protection of Duke Zhou. They fought like crazy tigers one by one, without any need for defense, and went straight to the enemy's vital points with every move.
Anyway, Duke Zhou said that even if we die in battle, his old man can resurrect us where we are, so I'm afraid he will revolt!
Under the rule of this and that, the Wagang Army, which originally beat the Sui Army as well as Sun Tzu, was now under attack from the front and rear by the Sui Army. In the blink of an eye, the formation was in chaos. The soldiers could not find the generals, and the generals could not find the soldiers. They became a pot of porridge!
In just half a day, Li Mi's 200,000 troops were killed by Wang Shichong. They fled to death. Even Li Mi, the boss, only brought less than a thousand personal guards with him in the end.
The army fled in panic.
Since the Wagangzhai uprising, Li Mi has been unable to defeat the enemy. Whether it is against the Sui army's siege of the city or the attack on Zhai Rang's rats, Li Mi's soldiers are all afraid of him.
Even though he spent more than half a year under Luoyang City, Li Mi was never defeated!
As for the failure to capture Luoyang, it is really because the city of Luoyang is high and deep, and it is not a crime of war!
Unexpectedly, today he was defeated as bizarrely as a joke. Let’s not mention the anger in Li Mi’s heart!
Just when Li Mi was furious, someone came with a large bucket of gasoline to help Li Mi put out the fire!
This person is Bing Yuanzhen!
Bing Yuanzhen was Zhai Rang's old subordinate. When Zhai Rang was killed, Bing Yuanzhen was almost killed by Li Mi's generals! So, Bing Yuanzhen still had a little bit of hatred towards Li Mi!
Different from Xu Shiji's fate, after surrendering to Li Mi, Bing Yuanzhen was miraculously placed in Li Mi's favor.
After Li Mi marched into Luoyang and garrisoned Jinyong City, Bing Yuanzhen was arranged by Li Mi to guard the most important base of the Wagang Army, Luokou Cang!
The reason why the Wagang Army is able to reach its current scale and is supported to this day is entirely supported by the 20 million stones of grain and grass in Luokou Cang! It can be said that this Luokou Cang is the lifeblood of Li Mi and his Wagang Army.
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Unexpectedly, after Li Mi was defeated and fled back to Luokou Cang, he found that Luokou Cang had changed its flag and raised the flag of the Sui Dynasty!
After sending someone to inquire, Li Mi found out that Bing Yuanzhen had surrendered to Wang Shichong at some point!
Recalling that yesterday he still had an army of nearly 300,000 people, and he was known as the most powerful bandit in the Central Plains, but now, only half a day later, he was miserable, with less than a thousand of his subordinates left, Li Mi couldn't help but think
Sadness comes from it, tears flow freely!
Li Mi cried like a cuckoo weeping blood outside the Luokou warehouse, which made all of Li Mi's followers extremely anxious.
Everyone looked at each other for a long time, and finally, Li Mi's chief dog-headed military advisor, Zu Junyan, stepped forward and said, "Mr. Wei, this is a place of right and wrong. You can't stay here for a long time! You should ask Wei Gong to make a decision as soon as possible about where to go!"
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Hearing this, Li Mi quickly wiped two handfuls of his nose and tears with his sleeves, and sobbed for a while. Then he managed to hold back his sadness and said, "In the opinion of all my dear friends, where should I go now?"