Chapter 722: To Each His Count

After Wang Shichong learned the news that Yang Tong and Liugui were discussing to recruit Li Mi, he was so angry that he fell to the ground in the military tent.

But Meng Shanyi, the general guard of Henan County, stood up and persuaded: "The prime minister is angry, this is a great opportunity." ”

"Good chance?" Wang Shichong was about to go crazy, but someone stood up and said good news.

"Yes, in the hinterland of Henan, around Luoyang, there are three forces, each with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, originally we and Li Mi couldn't fight, and there is one more variable in Yu culture, which is really unpredictable, so if the imperial court breaks the deadlock like this, we can also secretly plan and create a strategy that is beneficial to us."

Wang Shichong is an extremely cunning and treacherous person, just now he was just angry, plus he has a small amount of qi and a lot of suspicion, so his mind is not bright, at this time, he was a little bit like this, and gradually controlled his temper, pondering the mystery.

"What do you mean, we can use this opportunity to clean up Li Mi and Yu Wenhua and others?"

Meng Shanyi made a suggestion: "The prime minister is wise, yes, the generals are thinking like this, so that Li Mi and Yu Wenhua and the two armies can fight, consume each other, Li Mi 300,000 male soldiers, Yu Wenhua and 100,000 elite soldiers, plus some Sui generals, generals, this fight, no matter who is born in the end, it will be a residual victory, when the time comes, our army will attack, take the opportunity to burn its grain and grass, cut off its back road, and fight it all, and wait for the removal of foreign enemies, the prime minister has no external troubles, and Luoyang is just around the corner." ”

Wang Shichong's eyes lit up, his eyes gradually narrowed, and he thought of bad ideas in his heart, how to calculate Li Mi and Yu Wenhua, and then how to clean up Yang Tong and those few political enemies who did not agree with his political views.

"Do you think that these two tigers will compete, who can win?"

Meng Shanyi replied: "Most of them are Li Mi, Yu Wenhua and no hero, it is difficult to really control those ministers and generals, so that they are happy and convinced, 100,000 elite soldiers will not be willing to fight to the death for him, once the situation is not good, they will definitely flee, this army has no cohesion, and it will not withstand heavy losses." However, Yu Juluo, Yuwen Chengdu, Pei Qiantong and others are also fierce generals, fighting with the Wagang army, and they can fight back when they die, hurting the vitality of the Wagang elite, and at that time, the prime minister can design to deal with the Wagang army. ”

Wang Shichong is also the key to this, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and a touch of coldness and murder in his eyes.

He has long hated Li Mi and the Wagang army, and has been eyeing Yang Tong's imperial position for a long time.

Wang Shichong is unwilling to do this as a powerful minister, it seems to be beautiful, but in fact he is walking on thin ice, always worried about being calculated by other ministers and being eliminated by the imperial court, so he can rest easy by removing all obstacles as soon as possible and establishing a new imperial court by himself.

"Okay, that's it, the specific details, Prime Minister Rong Ben will think about it again, hold the troops for the time being, make a truce with the Wagang Army, stabilize the deal, let go of your hands and feet to deal with Yu Wenhua, this trick is to kill people with a knife, and the Prime Minister is also happy to see it."

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On this day, Li Mi first sent Luo Shixin and Cheng Zhijie as the vanguard, bringing 20,000 soldiers and horses to explore the road first, and he personally led an army of 100,000 to delay and set off.

Wang Bodang, Jia Runfu, Pei Renji father and son, Shan Xiongxin, Wang Junkuo, Cai Jiande and others accompanied him, vowing to defeat Yu Wenhua and regain his prestige, because these days, he has been attacking Luoyang for a long time, and Wang Shichong has fought half a catty and eight taels, without the slightest progress, and missed the opportunity to enter Guanzhong in vain.

To the north, there are Dou Jiande, Liaodong Luo Yi, and to the south, Xiao Liang, Du Fuwei, etc., all of which are not smaller than his territory and have less military strength, so Li Mi has been standing still this year, and in the troubled times, it is like sailing against the current, if he does not advance, he will retreat, he has not made progress and expanded, and he has missed many opportunities.

Now, Yu Wenhua and led the army to Xiangcheng County, eyeing Luoyang, breaking the balance between Wang Shichong and Li Mi, and turning into a three-legged situation.

Li Mi has only two ways, one is to retreat, let Yu Wenhua and Wang Shichong fight, but such a retreat, against his original intention, once the army is withdrawn, there is no sharpness, and he returns to Wagang again, his face can't be put down, and he feels that he will be laughed at by the world, so Li Mi only chooses to forge ahead to break the game, first defeat Yu Wenhua, boost morale, reinvigorate his prestige, and then when he enters Luoyang, launch a sneak attack, control Wang Shichong, and overhead Yang Dong, so that he doesn't have to fight Luoyang bloodily and succeed.

These three forces each have their own calculations, and in the end, who is the praying mantis and who is the yellow finch depends on the specific operation and fate arrangement.

The flag is fluttering, the war horses are galloping, the vanguard army has 5,000 cavalry, and the large army behind has 15,000 cavalry, for the Central Plains army, there are few horse farms, most of the cavalry is not enough, and it cannot be like the Northwest Army, the war horses are excellent, and there are many of them, and they can vigorously develop the cavalry team.

"Boom!"

The cavalry ran up, driving the momentum, and the dust was flying, and the fifteen thousand infantry armor soldiers trotted rhythmically, and when the armor leaves on their bodies rubbed against each other, they made a clanging sound, and the soldiers were majestic.

Three hundred miles south of Luoyang City, there is a Yichuan Mountain Range, the river is Yishui, and the city is Yique.

Yu Wenhua's troops temporarily occupied Yique City, and after learning that Li Mi had brought troops to conquer, he immediately sent General Yujuluo, with Yang Shilan and Yuan Wuda, to line up to meet them.

Luo Shixin took the lead and led 5,000 cavalry to charge.

"Soldiers, we, as the vanguard, the horse leather shroud, fearless, rush to kill me-"

"Kill!" The roar of the five thousand soldiers was like thunder, and the masculine blood suddenly emanated from the body, and the fighting spirit condensed into a force, and the murderous spirit was soaring, and they were not afraid of the Sui soldiers and horses in front of them, and they did not become heroes but became martyrs.

"Grandpa Luo is hereβ€”" Luo Shixin shouted, waving his iron-handled horse lance, slamming the horse's belly, and the war horse neighed, rushing out of the array like a gallop, and the other cavalry soldiers followed closely behind, surging out like a tide.

Yu Juluo is also a great general, with a wave of his hand, the arrow rain takes the lead, and then orders Yang Shilan to lead the troops to rush and kill.

The two tides collided violently, and then the people turned over on their backs, and the flesh and blood flew sideways, and many cavalrymen were knocked down by the inertia of the war horse's galloping before they could stab their weapons, and turned into a pile of meat and mud under the horse's hooves.

Cheng Zhijie saw that Luo Shixin was reckless and went to war directly, and he didn't dare to delay, otherwise, he was worried that the 5,000 cavalry would be surrounded and suppressed, so the formation was slightly integrated, and he also gave orders, the war drums sounded, and the 15,000 infantry marched forward in formation, moving forward like a mountain.

Seeing this, Yujuluo continued to order, and another group of soldiers and horses led by Yuan Wuda to rush up, and each of the two armies invested 20,000 horses and horses, fighting desperately.