Huaiyang was called Wanqiu, Chen, Chenzhou in ancient times, it is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, the ancestor of humanity Taihao Fuxi led the people to Wanqiu, and the Yandi Shennong clan also took this as the capital. After the Shang Dynasty of the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou named Chen Hu Gongfei in Chen Land and established the Chen State. Chen Hugong moved the capital from Wanqiu City to Huaiyang and began to build the city. In 241 BC, Chun Shenjun organized the Kwantung states to attack Qin, but was defeated by the Qin army. In this case, the state of Chu faced a great risk of retaliation from the state of Qin. Although Huaiyang City is strong, it lacks sufficient buffers, and it is surrounded by plains with flat rivers, so it may not be enough to resist the Qin army. King Chu Kaolie had no choice but to move the capital eastward again to Shouchun, which was farther away from Qin, because Shouchun had a better geographical location than Huaiyang, with the Huai River and Bagong Mountain as barriers, which was easier to defend.

It belongs to a part of the North China Plain, is the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain area, the terrain is inclined from northwest to southeast, easy to attack and difficult to defend, but because of the mild climate, abundant rain, four distinct seasons, fertile land, so in the middle of the great cause, there are more than 150,000 households in the ten counties of the county, with a population of nearly one million.

Li Mi also had a county of Huainan in name, but the only place he could control now was Wanqiu County, which was established west of Yingchuan. The two counties of Fule and Taikang in the north were occupied by Pei Xingyan, Luyi in the east was occupied by Yang Gongren, Dan County in the southeast was where the garrisons of Wei Chigong and Du Fuwei were located, and the Liyang in the south had been conquered by Luo Shixin, and he pushed the troops to Xiangcheng north of Liyang, and Lishui County in the southwest was Li Jing's front-line command center, and Nandun County in front of him went down without a fight, and Xie Yingdeng marched from Yingchuan and occupied Xihua County.

The main generals of all parties are centered on Wanqiu, and they all move closer to it, and the army is about to come to the city, and as the Sui army presses the city, the deserters from all over the country have brought the news to Wanqiu City, which makes the Wei government and the opposition panic.

At the head of Wanqiu City, the Wei soldiers looked at the scene outside the city, their eyes full of shock.

I saw the cavalry of the Sui army escorting many victorious Wei prisoners from the city, the Wei soldiers were in a row of five people, slowly circling the city under the supervision of the Sui army, densely packed and unable to see the edge, from early morning to dusk, there were more than 100,000 people.

This scene deeply shocked the Wei soldiers in the city, and the morale of the originally low morale suffered another major setback after the news of the loss of Liang County, Pengcheng County, and Qian County.

The Wei soldiers in the city were depressed, they were in groups of three or five and talked in a low voice, a large part of these remaining soldiers were Jianghuai people, they began to miss their hometowns and relatives, for fear that after their deaths, there would be no one to take care of them at home, and suddenly, war-weariness and fear of war began to spread in the city.

At this moment, someone pointed outside the city and shouted: "Look, everyone! ”

The soldiers looked out of the city one after another, only to see four catapults appear two hundred steps away from the south of the city, the Sui soldiers struggled to pull back, and in the throwing pocket there was a huge item that seemed to be a clay pot, with a shout, the clay pot flew in an arc towards the city, and the soldiers in the city squatted down one after another.

'Bang! ’

The black round fell to the city and cracked, and many pieces of paper were blown by the wind and drifted into the city.

The soldiers grabbed and looted, with only a short sentence on it, and hundreds of people surrounded a literate soldier, only to hear the man read aloud: "When the city is broken, all those who do not resist will be given land and your family will be reunited." ”

These words plunged the surroundings into an eerie silence, everyone knew that Li Mi was going to end, and since this day, more than 100,000 soldiers have been walking around the city deeply engraved in the hearts of the Wei soldiers, everyone is already desperate, and with the time of 'breaking the city, all those who do not resist will be given land and let your family reunite. When these words were pronounced, the soldiers were immediately alighted with hope.

Moreover, the Sui army did not need them to risk killing Li Mi, Fang Xuanzao and other Wei monarchs and ministers, the conditions were not harsh at all, and they were completely within their reach, as long as they did not resist.

"Brothers, what should we do?" A brigade commander whispered.

"What should I do?"

"When the Sui army attacked the city, it was better for us to contribute people."

"It makes sense."

The soldiers in the city were talking, and at this time, someone reminded loudly, "General Wang is here." ”

Everyone hurriedly shut their mouths.

I saw Wang Bodang walking briskly up the city with hundreds of personal soldiers, and after a moment of silence, someone dared to ask: "General Wang, the Sui army has surrounded Wanqiu, what should we do now?" ”

Wang Bodang said to everyone with a gloomy face: "This is the Sui army's plan to disturb the morale of the army, don't believe it, if you don't resist, you will inevitably have to serve a lifetime of hard labor." ”

The Wei soldiers listened, but they didn't think so.

They also knew about the labor reform system of the Sui Dynasty, although some captives had to serve a lifetime in prison, but their families were given land, exactly the same as ordinary people, and those who behaved well could also get their sentences commuted; The main thing is that everyone wants to live, and it's better than dying.

"There is an order from the saint, those who dare to spread rumors and shake the hearts of the army will be killed!" Wang Bodang looked at the leaflets scattered all over the ground, and said coldly: "All the pieces of paper will be confiscated, and those who dare to hide will be punished for collaborating with the enemy." ”

The soldiers bowed their heads silently when they heard this, each with a small idea.

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Wanqiu County Ya.

Li Mi sat in his position with a dull gaze, never expecting that he who had hundreds of thousands of troops not long ago would be defeated so quickly and so miserably. finally escaped to Huaiyang, and he could finally take a breath, but how long could he hold on, he didn't have any confidence in his heart, and even listened to Fang Xuanzao's strategy and made the decision to enter the mountains for temporary refuge.

However, before he could breathe, the news of Chen Zhiluo's death had already come, followed by Xu Shiji's defeat and surrender, which made Li Mi vomit blood and faint, and the consequence of Xu Shiji's surrender was that the defenders of Pengcheng County and Qian County surrendered without a fight, and the Sui army formed a complete encirclement of Li Mi's only remaining Wanqiu, so that he Li Mi had no way to retreat and no way to go. Now there is only a lonely Wanqiu left, how can he guard it? How to fight the Sui army?

Under Li Mi's seat, Fang Xuanzao and a dry of civil and military affairs were silent, although Li Mi was not as angry as before at this time, everyone knew that Li Mi at this moment was more terrible than ever, if there was anything bad, I am afraid that the first person to lose his head would be himself.

"Who can tell me why I lost so quickly?" I don't know how long it took for Li Mi's gaze to slowly fall on everyone, his voice was hoarse, like a hellish ghost, the whole person was full of anger at this moment, and the bloodshot eyes made people shudder.

"Holy Lord, in fact, the defeat of our army, in addition to the fact that we have been fighting for many years and not being able to recuperate, but also because the hostile forces are constantly infiltrating our army with secret agents, every time the battle has not begun, some middle-level generals who have made achievements, county commanders, and county guards are assassinated by them one after another, so that our army is too busy to take care of itself, and the army is more and more cohesive."

Fang Xuanzao frowned and analyzed the current situation, but in terms of the current situation, it is almost difficult to grow again, so in the end, Fang Xuanzao sighed unconsciously, "Of course, Weichen's proposal to go south to Jiangnan is also the main reason for the big defeat, Weichen ......"

"That's not the case...... Li Mi interrupted Fang Xuanzao with a wave of his hand, looking at the few civil and military officials left after several battles, he suddenly laughed miserably: "Sir's strategy of dividing the river and ruling is not wrong, we can gain a foothold in Jiangnan and occupy the nine counties in Jiangnan, which is enough to prove that Mr. is right." If we give up Huaibei and the north of the Yangtze River, and focus on the south of the Yangtze River, with our hundreds of thousands of troops and rich land, we can definitely stabilize our foothold and fight with Yang Tong for a few years or decades. ”

Fang Xuanzao was silent when he heard this, what is the point of saying this now?

"Holy." At this time, a military general arched his hand and said: "According to the opinion of the last general, the Sui army in the city must be guarded against. ”

"Finesse?"

Li Mi's anger became heavier, his eyes looked at these people calmly, and suddenly he laughed, and he felt that everyone had become very suspicious in his heart. Sen Ran roared. "Give me a check! I'm going to find out all the details in Wanqiu City! ”

"Holy never." Fang Xuanzao was in a hurry, and said: "Now the people are panicking, the military and the people's hearts have reached the verge of collapse, the reason why there is no trouble, is that they are afraid of the imperial court, if we check one by one, the whole city will be completely chaotic, and many people will take advantage of the Sui army to attack and attack the imperial court in despair." ”

One person said coldly: "Sir's words are wrong, if it is okay on weekdays, you can check it slowly, but now that we are about to start a war with the Sui army, if we ignore the details in the city, these people will definitely incite the army and the people, and it will only cause greater disasters." ”

"This ......" Fang Xuanzao also hesitated, which is not unreasonable.

"Holy Lord, as long as there is an opportunity for these fine works, they will inevitably have enemies, rather than let them go, it is better to miss them than to let them go."

This person's meaning is very obvious, that is, do not do two endlessly, instead of worrying about the future problems, it is better to kill all suspicious people, although in the long run, the people's hearts and military morale will inevitably be damaged, but the top priority is to face the aggressive Sui army, only to hold Wanqiu can talk about the future, so this is a beneficial and harmless move.

"You ......" Fang Xuanzao looked horrified, if this is really done, Wanqiu City is simply a river of life and blood, without the Sui army to attack, many people will take risks. Seeing that Li Mi actually appeared to be moved, Fang Xuanzao hurriedly said: "Saint, if this is the case, it will definitely put everyone in danger, and if they don't wait for the Sui army to attack, they will break out into a great civil strife!" ”

"This ......" Li Mi frowned, obviously a little hesitant.

"Holy Lord, those who achieve great things are not informal!"

Fang Xuanzao could only say in another way: "If the Sui army comes to attack when there is chaos in the city, what will happen to the soldiers?" ”

Everyone stopped talking.

How else could this be?

The soldiers naturally volunteered to cooperate with the Sui army.

"That's it, that's it." Li Mi looked at everyone's different eyes, and suddenly burst out laughing, "Now that the matter is now, defeat is inevitable, what else is there to say, and what is the need to investigate carefully?" Rather than die without dignity, it is better to fight happily, and I will lead the inner army out of the city tomorrow and fight to the death with the Sui army. Even if you die on the battlefield, you will not live up to my reputation as Li Mi I. Gentlemen, please decide for yourself. ”

With the decision, Li Mi suddenly felt that he was no longer afraid, and the whole person became open-minded, revealing a calm look that he had not seen before.

This calmness made Fang Xuanzao secretly break his heart, and sighed in his heart: It's a pity, it's a pity, Shengshang is definitely a hero who is not inferior to anyone, it's a pity that Shengshang took over Wagang too late, and consumed too much time and energy with Wang Shichong, otherwise, Jiangnan would have been the Great Wei Dynasty a long time ago... Alas, the Holy One was born at the wrong time!

Li Mi looked at Sun Changle and other generals, and said with a serious attitude that he had never had before: "Pass on my military order, let the internal army prepare for battle, and I will fight with the Xiaoguo army." ”

Looking at the Xiao Kill on Li Mi's face, the generals felt a pang in their hearts, and at the same time responded: "Oh! ”

"Sir." Li Mi looked at Li Mi and said, "Write the last recital for me." ”

Fang Xuanzao nodded silently, and didn't persuade anything, just as Li Mi himself said, now that he is in a desperate situation, no matter how he struggles, he will inevitably die, so why shamelessly swing the butcher's knife at his own people? Dying vigorously on the battlefield can at least leave a hero's reputation.