Chapter 839: Southern Expedition and Northern Expedition
Li Mi rushed over from Qi County, with thousands of men and horses, followed by some remaining generals and strategists of the Wagang Army, and defected to Luoyang to join Dahua.
Li Mi had already learned that even Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong had failed one after another, and no one in the world could fight against Dahua anymore, so Li Mi made a decision and took Wang Bodang, Jia Runfu, Cai Jiande and others to the city.
In the Central Plains, there are only Du Fuwei of Chu State, Xiao Milling of Liang State, Li Yuan of Tang State, and Liu Wuzhou outside Yanmen Pass, and the rest are small forces, which cannot stop the sweep of the Dahua army at all.
Originally, it was a Warring States pattern, but all of a sudden the Xia State and the Zheng State perished, casting a shadow on all the princes.
Li Mi had already seen the potential of Dahua to unify the world, so he hurried to vote, feeling that with his prestige and talent, he would definitely be reused, and he would have a certain opportunity to enter the center.
Luo Zhaoyun met Li Mi, who was in a Luoyang Imperial Palace.
Although the outer palace wall is still being repaired, the buildings inside the palace have not been damaged and can still be used.
"Meet Your Majesty, long live long live!" Li Mi knelt on the ground and kowtowed, shouting long live.
"Let's get flat!" Luo Zhaoyun was sitting on the dragon chair and looked down at him.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Mi did not wear armor and the brocade robe of the King of Wei, but an ordinary scholar's clothes, plus his appearance was not good-looking, so it didn't look strange, but his eyes were shining, and after the decadence, he planned to rejoin Dahua and get reused.
"Li Qing can let go of his identity as the king of Wei, and rush all the way to Dahua to avoid fighting, just by virtue of this, he will have a certain amount of merit, and I will temporarily canonize you as Guangluqing, Shangzhu State, and give you the title of Duke Xingguo!" Luo Zhaoyun thought of the canonization in history, so he moved over and gave it directly to Li Mi, although he was crowned a duke and his title was very high, but he didn't intend to give real power.
After all, Luoyang has always been the place where Li Mi led the Wagang army to attack, once he and Li Jing had to go on an expedition, how to let Li Mi grasp the real power, maybe soon infiltrate the forces in Luoyang, and become a local division again, if Li Mi was sent to lead the army to fight, it would not be very reassuring. This person is ambitious and needs to be warned.
So, after Luo Zhaoyun comforted Li Mi, he appointed a false post, temporarily pacified the people in Luoyang, made the Luoyang order, stayed here, and took care of the work of reassuring the people after the war.
The military power was firmly in the hands of Qu Tutong, and the generals and strategists of the Wagang Army were all transferred out of the country.
Xu Shiji, Cheng Zhijie, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Wang Junkuo, Wei Zheng, Jia Xiong and others were also all transferred out of Luoyang and waited in the barracks, and did not let them see Li Mi again.
These people are Li Mi's subordinates, although they have already changed their lords, and they are no longer the relationship between monarchs and ministers in the past, but it is always awkward to meet, and Luo Zhaoyun avoids them.
A few days later, Li Jing led Bing Yuanzhen, Wang Junkuo, Xue Wanbei, Duan Zhixuan, Zhang Gongjin and other generals to lead an army of 100,000 to the south, first attack Chu State, and conquer Du Fuwei.
Woowoo woo –
The heavy horn pierced the sky, the army went out, the flag fluttered, the mighty and mighty, the iron armor was shining, and the scene was very majestic.
Soon, Luo Zhaoyun also drove out again and left Luoyang to go north. In addition to carrying Hou Junji, Qin Qiong, Xue Wancheng and other cronies and generals, he also brought Xu Shiji, Cheng Zhijie, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda and others. Commanded an army of 150,000, crossed the Yellow River, and directly entered the land of Hebei, to completely destroy the Xia State and recover the eight counties of Hebei.
In the Youzhou area, after Luo Yi learned of the secret letter, he sent the old general Xue Shixiong to lead his troops south, attacking from both sides, dragging Liu Heimin to the death, preventing him from going south to resist.
Within a few days, Ji County on the north bank of the Yellow River had been completely occupied by Dahua, and some Xia troops were wiped out.
A few days ago, Wang Fubao led 30,000 Xia troops to the north to recapture Liyangcang, but he was ambushed by Hou Junji on the way, and a few people broke through, and now they have been completely wiped out.
Next, after receiving a large amount of grain and grass supplies in Liyangcang, they began to attack Wei County and Wuyang County, each county had less than 10,000 defenders, and basically fled with little resistance.
At this time, Dou Jiande was dead, and the news of Wang Shichong's destruction spread in Hebei, like a whirlwind, sweeping through, and the Xia troops of Qinghe County and Wu'an County along the way surrendered one after another, and there was no fighting spirit.
Xindu County, Changle Palace.
Queen Cao and Princess Dou Hongxian, after getting the news, they all cried bitterly, and many ministers also wept and cried.
"Zhongqing's family, it's not the time to be sad for the time being, Your Majesty has encountered an accident, died on the battlefield, the mourning family is temporarily in charge of the palace, I don't know what good strategy there is, resist the Dahua army, now the five counties north of the Yellow River have fallen, and soon the Dahua Emperor Luo Cheng personally led the troops to kill, when there is a preservation strategy!"
"Dahua's momentum is too strong to resist at all." Some ministers said pessimistically.
The elite of Zheng State and the 200,000 army of Xia State collapsed in an instant, and then thought of the previous battle where hundreds of thousands of troops of Li Tang, Turkic, and Xiliang were defeated by Luo Zhaoyun with less, they all felt cold hands and feet, and a cold chill, because in the face of such a tiger and wolf army, it was impossible to fight at all.
"Are we just going to sit back and wait?" Empress Cao asked sadly.
"The other way is to surrender and give up resistance. Otherwise, we will not be able to change the fall of the Xia Kingdom by hitting the stone with an egg. "There is an old man sighing, there is really no other way to live.
"That's all it takes, it's better than dying."
Because Dou Jiande took away the generals and ministers, he died in the ambush, and those who were captured were captured, like Qi Shanxing, Song Zhengben, Gao Yaxian and other strategists and ministers, some died in the chaos, some have been captured alive, and there is no backbone.
"No, you must not surrender like this, won't Your Majesty's revenge be avenged?" Dou Hongxian stood up, slim and slim, his eyebrows were cold, and he said: "At present, there are still several Praetorian Guards in the city, and they should be transferred back to General Liu, deployed in a unified manner, and fought to the end with Dahua. At the same time, he sent someone to send a letter asking for help to Li Tang in Jinyang, asking Tang to send troops to relieve the siege, otherwise the lips will be cold and the Xia State will be destroyed, and it will be the turn of the Tang State in Jinyang next. ”