Chapter 374 The world under the mountain is full of danger

The wind whistles, and the drums of war sound in unison.

Under the mountain, a total of 200,000 troops on both sides spread all over the mountains, and the soldiers on both sides came and went, slashing knives and stabbing guns, hammering and smashing shields, which was very tragic.

Blood was splashed everywhere, severed limbs were flying, and there were wounded or dead warriors and horses lying everywhere on the ground, which was extremely bloody, and it could be called a hellish Shura field. The shouts, the screams, the neighing of the horses, all gathered together, one after another, intimidating, but extremely penetrating.

As Du Ruhui expected, when the news that Li Jing led the army to withdraw from Champion County and camp in Jingling County in the Hanshui area reached Xingyang County, Li Mi was immediately overjoyed, and convened a meeting of his generals on the same day, and made the decision to lead the army into Luoyang City three days later.

At the beginning of the battle of Liyangcang, Wagangzhai suffered heavy losses, and the number of troops was lost by more than forty percent, and then it continued to be attacked by the allied forces many times, and the northward and eastward strategies of Wagangzhai finally failed completely.

After the fiasco, Wagangzhai was divided into civil strife, and after a bloody infighting, Li Mi's side barely won. However, the Allied forces took the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity, and in the end, most of the victories were intercepted by the Allied forces, and even the place where he started was taken away by the Allied forces, and Li Mi could only retreat to Xingyang County with the remnants of the army.

After the fiasco, Li Mi, whose territory had shrunk and his strength had plummeted, learned from the pain and made a heavy effort to rectify the interior of the Wagang army, in order to completely eliminate the mark and influence left by Zhai Rang in the army, and establish the Wei State in this way.

At the same time, in order to restore strength and influence, Li Mi reformulated the westward strategy of the army, taking the Luoyang area as the key way out for the development of Wei in the short term.

Of course, not to mention the Donglai Alliance Army in the southeast, even Chang'an Li Tang, who occupies the north and northwest, is strong, several times more powerful than them, and it is not something they can easily provoke.

Therefore, persimmons should be soft pinched! Li Mi wanted to continue to develop, and wanted to continue his journey of ambition and hegemony, so he could only choose to knead and bully the Luoyang court in the west for the time being. After all, in terms of strength, the Luoyang Imperial Court and his Wei State were only between them, and they were even slightly weaker than his Wei State.

Unfortunately, in the next few encounters with the Luoyang court, although Li Mi's Wei army had a slight upper hand, it never achieved a decisive victory, and Luoyang City was still standing majestically.

In desperation, Li Mi decided to change his thinking, and finally made the decision to surrender to Emperor Yang Tong.

In Luoyang City, because Wang Shichong's strength is dominant, he has all the military power in Luoyang City, and Emperor Yang Dong is also in urgent need of external support.

Therefore, under the persuasion of the auxiliary minister Lu Chu and others, as well as the vigorous pull of Yuan Wendu, the two sides hit it off, and Yang Tong accepted Li Mi's surrender and officially canonized Li Mi as the king of Wei.

Therefore, the decision to lead the army into Luoyang City this time was also a plan that Li Mi and Yang Tong and his gang had already discussed, but the timing had been wrong before, and Li Mi temporarily suppressed the plan.

Of course, in order to prevent Wang Shichong from sending troops to intercept and even launch a mutiny to force the palace's overreaction, the plan to lead the army into the city could only be carried out secretly.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of secrecy, the plan for the army to secretly enter the city was still obtained by Wang Shichong in advance, and Wang Shichong ordered to kill Lu Chu and Yuan Wendu and others in a fit of rage, and at the same time decided to quickly gather his soldiers to meet Li Mi's army.

However, due to the rush of time, Wang Shichong finally only gathered 50,000 soldiers and did not rush out of the city, and not long ago met Li Mi's army at the foot of this mountain that was marching rapidly towards Luoyang City.

So, as soon as the two sides disagreed, they immediately set up a battle to fight.

And for this plan, Li Mi has decided to go all out. He took out the vast majority of his troops, except for the 30,000 soldiers who stayed in the old nest of Xingyang County, all the other troops had been dispatched, with a total of nearly 150,000 elite troops.

Therefore, with several times the superiority of the Sui army's soldiers, Li Mi's Wei army soon gained the upper hand and defeated the 50,000 Sui army to retreat.

Fortunately, before the war, Wang Shichong led 50,000 Sui troops to take the lead in the first step, and the soldiers got a certain amount of rest, recovered some of their physical strength, and seized the favorable position to take the lead in setting up the military formation.

But even so, the 50,000 soldiers of the Sui army were temporarily able to withstand the attack of the Wei army. If there is no accident, I am afraid that it will not be long before there will be a large number of casualties among the 50,000 Sui soldiers, and at that time, the morale of the Sui soldiers will surely collapse and end in a fiasco.

"Lord Wang, Li Mi's strength advantage is too great, and the casualties of the soldiers are too great if this continues! Let's withdraw our troops back to the city first, and defend the city! ”

Looking at the battlefield in front of him that was about to be defeated, Duan Da's face was a little pale, and his whole person trembled slightly.

Duan Da, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui chose Luoyang for Yang Tong to stay behind, and he was also an auxiliary minister, one of the "Seven Nobles of Luoyang".

However, not long ago, he was under pressure from Wang Shichong, thinking that Li Mi and others could not fight Wang Shichong, so he chose to betray Yang Tong and his gang, and told Wang Shichong about Li Mi and others' plan to secretly lead the army into the city.

So he is very scared now, afraid that Wang Shichong will be completely defeated in this battle, or even annihilated. Because once this happens, then what awaits him will be his end, and his fate will be like that of Lu Chu and the others, and he will soon become a ghost under the sword.

The difference is that as a betrayer, in addition to becoming the ghost of Li Mi and others, he will also be scolded by the world, and even his family will not be spared. After all, it was precisely because of his betrayal that Li Mi and the others' secret plan to enter the city would be in vain, and the Wei army would suffer such heavy casualties.

The battle situation was unfavorable, Wang Shichong was angry at this time, and snorted coldly when he heard the words, then turned his head and looked at him coldly, his eyes were very cold and sharp, and he said slowly after a long time:

"Lord Duan, just follow this king, and this king will guarantee your safety.

But if Lord Duan dares to say something that shakes the hearts of the army, this king will definitely kill you in front of the battle! ”

In fact, Duan Da is not unreasonable, defending the city is the best way. Even at this time, Wang Shichong had some regrets in his heart, regretting that he really shouldn't have decided to lead the army out of the city to meet the battle rashly.

Before, after he got Duan Da's informant, he felt that since Li Mi was preparing to lead a large army into the city secretly, in order to achieve the effect of secrecy and surprise, the army he led must be small and elite, and the mixed cavalry and infantry army led by him would not exceed 40,000 at most, and even only 20,000 cavalry would not necessarily be brought with him.

Therefore, after receiving the news, he immediately decided to defend himself from the enemy, after all, he wanted to establish himself in Luoyang City, not only to get rid of Li Mi as a competitor, but also to have greater combat achievements and expand his prestige in the army, so as to suppress the opposition of the city's Chinese military officials and the clans.

Therefore, although he only gathered 50,000 soldiers, including 20,000 cavalry, in a hurry, he was confident that he could stop Li Mi, and even take this opportunity to get rid of Li Mi.

It's a pity that for this plan, Li Mi has already gambled on the future and dispatched all the troops he can dispatch, and although Lu Chu and the others have agreed with him, they don't know the detailed number of troops he sent, and Duan Da is even more so.

Therefore, Wang Shichong made a mistake this time, and at this time he regretted it even more in his heart.