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"Pass my order: Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin immediately stop the original pursuit arrangement, and instead lead the army directly into the Tiger Prison Pass, we must seize Wang Shichong before the Tiger Prison Pass first, otherwise our army will be passive in the future!" Yu Ming immediately ordered.

Cheng Yanjin and Luo Shixin, who received the order, hurriedly put down the pursuit of the remnants of the Wei army, gathered their troops, and marched towards Tiger Pass. But when they arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, they saw that the banner on the pass had become the banner of the Zheng army, and the Wei army guarding the pass had been wiped out. Wang Shichong's generals Zhang Gongjin and Yang Gongqing recaptured the Tiger Pass. So they had no choice but to return in vain.

What surprised Cheng Yanjin and Luo Shixin even more was that Zhang Gongjin and Yang Gongqing did not rely on the news of Li Mi's defeat to persuade Zhang Tongren and Chen Zhiluo to surrender. Instead, he relied on his own strategy to overcome the Tiger Pass.

The two sent out detectives, and only learned after entering the city to inquire. It turned out that Zhang Gongjin and Yang Gongqing had left a hand as early as a few months ago when the Tiger Prison Pass was broken by Li Mi. They had already dug a tunnel in the city, leading to a wooded area ten miles west of Tiger Prison Pass.

After Wang Shichong ordered a resumption of the attack on the Wei army, they sent dead soldiers and quietly infiltrated the Tiger Prison Pass. And during the day of the next day, the Zheng army began the siege battle, and when the Wei army was tired of coping, these dead soldiers suddenly attacked the city gate, killed the Wei officers and soldiers guarding the city gate, opened the city gate, and let the Zheng army enter the pass.

Therefore, the time when the Tiger Prison Pass fell was before Yuming defeated Li Mi. Today, Zheng's army had entered the area east of Hugao Pass in large numbers and occupied many of Li Mi's cities and territories. For example, Huiluo, Zhongmu, Gongyi, Xuchang and other places all fell into the hands of Wang Shichong. In some county seats, Zhou Jun and Zheng Jun even had a lot of quarrels and even conflicts over who the city belonged to.

Yu Ming and Hu Sizheng's worries finally came true.

And just when Yuming was thinking about whether to have a decisive battle with Wang Shichong, several attacks on the front line made him dispel this idea. He had to concentrate on consolidating his existing territory. was aggressive towards Wang Shichong, so he had to put up with it for the time being.

The attacks took place in a radius around Wagang Mountain. This area was the main route for the Zhou army to transport supplies from the north of the Yellow River to Jindiguan, Xingyang, Luokou and other places south of the Yellow River. Originally, it was safe, but after Li Mi's army went up the mountain, this area became very dangerous.

This is the starting place of the Wagang Army, and its prestige among the people is very high, and it can almost be said that the farmers all over the mountain are believers and admirers of the Wagang Army. They constantly provided Li Mi with information from the outside world, especially about the movements and marches of the Zhou army.

After fully grasping the movements of the Zhou army, the Wagang army would naturally launch a fierce attack on the transport convoy and small marching troops of the Zhou army in the most suitable place for ambush. The logistical supply of the Zhou army was almost paralyzed.

If it weren't for Yuming's previous capture of Luokoucang and Liyangcang, I am afraid that the Zhou army would have a crisis of running out of food due to lack of food and grass.

In this case, after Yu Ming convened a meeting of the generals to discuss, he had no choice but to make concessions to Wang Shichong, and gave Wang Shichong the west of Jindi Pass and the east of Hujiao Pass, most of which originally belonged to Li Mi. The Zhou army only occupied a few large cities such as Luokoucang, Liyangcang, and Xingyang. Wang Shichong can be said to have regained all the lost territory without blood, and also occupied half of Li Mi's territory, becoming the biggest winner of this war.

Although Yuming also occupied Li Mi's Huaibei land, as well as several large cities such as Jindiguan, Xingyang, and Liyang, he paid huge casualties. Therefore, Zhou Jun suffered a lot of losses.

"Humph! Wang Shichong, one day, I will let you vomit it with interest! Yu Ming was also a little angry in his heart, but he knew that only after destroying the remnants of Li Mi's troops on Wagang Mountain could he launch a war against Wang Shichong. And now, what he most urgently needs to consider is how to completely wipe out Li Mi's army.

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On June 17, the 14th year of the Great Cause, in the hall of the city guard mansion in Xingyang, Yuming convened the front-line generals to discuss how to exterminate the remnants of Li Mi's forces.

At this time, he had received an urgent report from the red sleeves, Li Yuan had won the battle of Bashu, the Shu army was completely destroyed, Chengdu was broken by Li Xiaogong, and Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, died. The fertile land of Bashu is all owned by Li Tang. Now Li Yuan does not seem to have any intention of stopping, not only did he not order the victorious Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others to return to the court, but ordered them to march into the easternmost county town of Badong, Sichuan, and build ships here, train sailors, and clearly prepare for the next attack on Jingxiang.

And Li Yuan's actions also caused panic among Xiao Miao, who was in charge of Jing Xiang. He had just destroyed Zhu Cang, who was entrenched in the area of Runan, and was thinking about whether to go east to attack Lin Shihong, who occupied Yuzhang, but suddenly got the news that Li Yuan had destroyed Yang Xiu, occupied Bashu, and built warships in Badong. This forced him to abandon the eastward movement and dispatch troops to prepare for Li Yuan's offensive.

Therefore, the Jingxiang area is also the same as the Central Plains, the clouds of war are thick, and a big war is imminent.

And according to the judgment of Red Sleeves, if Li Yuan really attacked Xiao Mill with all his might, he would not be able to stop Xiao Mill according to his strength. Therefore, Zhou Jun must give Xiao Mo a certain amount of support so that they can drag down Li Tang's expansion. Otherwise, if Jingxiang falls into the hands of Li Tang again, the territory of the Tang army will be much larger than that of the Zhou army. At the end of the war, what we fight for is comprehensive strength, to see who has the most resources and population, and to see who can persist in the war to the end. Li Tang, who occupied Guanzhong, Longxi, Bashu, Jingxiang and half of Hedong, owned almost half of the world's territory and one-half of the population, which was naturally much stronger than Yuming, who only occupied northeastern Hedong, North China and Liaodong.

Therefore, the Zhou army must completely destroy Li Mi and eliminate his worries before Li Yuan attacks Xiao Miao. In this way, we can interfere in the future battle for Jingxiang.

Although according to the treaty signed with Li Shimin last year, the Zhou army and the Tang army could not fight, Yuming could indirectly assist Xiao Mo by providing weapons, sending volunteers, and giving advice to Xiao Mo to strengthen his strength.

"Brothers, everyone already knows the situation in front of you. We must eliminate Li Mi in the shortest possible time, otherwise we will delay the fighter plane and put ourselves in a disadvantageous position in the future battle for world domination. But most of our army are cavalry, and they are not good at mountain warfare. After Li Mi hid in the mountains, relying on the favorable terrain, he sent a small group of troops to harass our army's transport convoy, causing our army to suffer a lot of losses recently. Yu Ming said straight to the point at this time.

"King Zhou, this Li Mi escaped quickly, and he is shameless! As soon as our army dispatched the main force, they hid in the ravine and did not come out. As soon as the main force of our army leaves, they will come to harass the county town we have just captured. If we go head-to-head, I'm afraid that our army will be able to exterminate them with only cavalry! Cheng Yanjin couldn't help but scold. Originally, he was holding back enough strength to let Wei Jun taste the power, but he didn't expect Li Mi to hide. Now he was as uncomfortable as if a fighter had just accumulated a punch and was about to hit it hard, but it hit the cotton ball and the force was completely unloaded.

"General Cheng, it seems that this Li Mi is really smart enough, knowing that if he defends the city, even if it is one of the world's male passes like Jindi Pass, it will be broken, so he will escape...... Qin Qiong sighed: "A few days ago, from the captured Wagang Army soldiers, I have learned that Li Mi led all his subordinates who were still following him and fled to Wagang Village in Wagang Mountain, which is full of deep mountains and old forests, the terrain is dangerous, and the road is rugged. Li Mi is going to fight a guerrilla war with us. ”

"What is General Qin afraid of him doing? At present, most of the territory controlled by the Wei army has been occupied by us, and the area around Yuwagang Mountain has not yet been controlled. But the Wei army has long been frightened, as long as we send troops into the mountains to exterminate them, we must be able to capture them! Song Jingang said disapprovingly.

"How easy is it?" Qin Qiong couldn't help but smile bitterly, when he was under Zhang Xutuo before, he had fought against the Wagang army many times, and he knew how easy the terrain of Wagang Village was to defend and difficult to attack.

At this time, he said in a condensed voice: "The Wagang Mountain Range is several miles in radius, the terrain is complex and changeable, and our army is not good at mountain combat, and in the area of the main peak of the Wagang Mountain Range, it is extremely dangerous. Li Mi's old nest Wagang Village now stands on all sides of the cliffs, steep and difficult to climb, there is only a rugged sheep intestine trail in a radius of more than 50 miles to enter and exit, our infantry is lightly armed, and the steps are still difficult, but the Wagang army, which is accustomed to mountain combat, can walk on the ground. They can shuttle back and forth on mountain roads and thorns, and they are so fast that our army can hardly detect their traces. This battle is not so easy to fight. Otherwise, as early as five or six years ago, Wagangzhai was broken by General Zhang Xutuo...... Li Mi must have taken a fancy to this, so he dared to stick to it and wanted to drag us across! ”

After hearing this, the generals' expressions changed slightly, knowing that if they could not exterminate the Wei army hiding in Wagang Mountain, break through Wagang Village, and capture Li Mi, it would be difficult to stabilize the situation in Henan, and the Great Zhou would not be able to achieve complete control over the territory controlled by Li Mi.

It's just that the terrain of this Wagang Mountain is so dangerous that heavy siege equipment such as catapults, giant crossbows, and well fences cannot enter the mountain. In addition, the Zhou army was not familiar with the terrain, so it was a little difficult to exterminate the remnants of the Wei army in a short period of time and capture Li Mi in one fell swoop.

However, Yu Ming had a concept in his heart: that is, the attack on Wagang Mountain was different from the field battle under Jinti Pass, and also different from the siege war in Hebei, Shandong and other places. The soldiers talked about winning with the right and the odd, and they had to deal with the Wei army hiding in the Wagang Mountain, but they were afraid that they would have to think of another side and conquer the Wagang village with strange soldiers.

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