Pei Renji and his son, followed Luo Shixin, Cheng Zhijie and others to the marshal's camp to visit Li Jing.

After everyone saw each other and introduced each other, they sympathized with each other.

After Li Jing asked the generals to sit down, he smiled at a few people and said: "Long before the expedition, I explained to His Majesty that all the military horses and horses, after meeting the generals of the Wagang Army, the main thing is to persuade them to surrender, if they can not move, it is best not to move, Your Majesty has a heart for you, and today you can not hurt the harmony, get together, and return to Dahua, and from now on you will be a general." ”

Pei Renji said with emotion: "When I saw Your Majesty when I was young, I had seen it for the first time, and I couldn't imagine that ten years had passed, and I had the world on horseback, swallowing mountains and rivers, and the domineering spirit of Kyushu, this act was admirable, I was in the army back then, and I had a lot of friendship, and today I went to Dahua, and I believe that it is not difficult to sweep the princes under the leadership of Your Majesty's wisdom and wisdom!" ”

Luo Shixin, Cheng Zhijie and others were also very happy, they reunited and could fight side by side again.

"There are also Wang Junkuo, Xu Shiji, Wei Zheng and others, who are still stationed in the Xingyang area, gathering tens of thousands of old departments of the Wagang Army, but it's a pity that Li Mi has run out of luck, and now no one goes to him anymore, so Li Mi and others are no longer in the climate, if they can bring Xu Shiji, Wei Zheng and others over, it would be better." Li Jing was moved.

Cheng Zhijie hugged his fists and said: "It's not a secret, Xu Shiji and others are also loyal and courageous, and they will not easily deviate from the old master, they are different from us, we were surrounded by Wang Shichong's army, and we had to be a general, but in Luo**, we are not reused, and we are also monitored, Wang Shichong has no tolerance for people, and we are unrighteous to us, so we turn our backs on him without the slightest psychological burden, but if Xu Shiji, Wei Zheng and others suddenly turn their backs on the old master, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult to do." ”

Li Jing nodded, understanding what Cheng Zhijie meant. Now Pei Renji, Cheng Zhijie and others, since they were defeated and captured alive by Wang Shichong, they are not Li Mi's people, they are depressed in Luoyang, and even complain, so they suddenly defected and took it for granted.

But if Xu Shiji wants them to do this, it will be different. If Cheng Zhijie and others were under Li Mi's account, they would not have taken refuge in it.

Li Jing avoided the topic just now and said: "Since the cities here have been swept down, now we are going to send troops to Luoyang and have a life-and-death battle with Wang Shichong." Luoyang is the center of the world, the hinterland of the Central Plains, the most important thing, take it, you can go north to use troops against Dou Jiande, and go south to swallow the forces of Xiao Liang and Du Fuwei, so as to complete the great cause. ”

Pei Renji and others became Dahua generals this time, and they also looked at the problem from Dahua's strategic perspective.

"What the marshal said is very reasonable, this world is like a game of chess, and Luoyang is the land of Tianyuan, and it is indeed too important to be here, and it can separate the world almost immediately, so that they cannot be connected, and then eliminate them one by one." Bae Renji said with emotion.

Li Jing said: "Before Your Majesty sets out on the expedition, give me the right to temporarily appoint generals, so several generals can continue to be generals, and they can also allocate a certain number of soldiers and horses to serve Dahua and make direct contributions!" ”

Several people were happy after hearing this, this should be done with the attitude of not doubting people and not using suspicious people, so that they can admire it in their hearts, but they are not as petty as Wang Shichong.

Pei Renji said: "Luoyang City has Wai Guo and Urn City, after Yang Tong and Wang Shichong continue to send people to reinforce, Wai Guo is now like a copper wall and iron wall, there are 100,000 troops to guard, and then several military camps are connected, echoing inside and outside, to conquer Luoyang, it is necessary to advance layer by layer, first solve some Zheng army camps on the periphery, and then surround Luoyang, as long as it is surrounded for two years, there is no food in the city, and it will be automatically broken." ”

Li Jing stroked his beard and muttered: "The siege of the city is the established strategy of our army, but it will not besiege the city for two years, waiting for the people in the city to starve to death, and there will be a tragic situation of cannibalism, and there are many old ministers and nobles and talents of the Sui Dynasty in it, which are all valued by His Majesty, so within three months, take Luoyang City!" ”

After hearing this, Pei Renji and the others had to admire the thinking of His Majesty Dahua and the generals, and refused to besiege the city, worrying that the people inside would suffer a human tragedy, which made them feel ashamed and feel that they were vain as benevolent teachers.

"Three months, is it too short, Luoyang City is extremely strong, to conquer Waiguo, 100,000 garrisons to defend, our army will consume a huge amount!"

Li Jing smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter, several generals haven't seen some of the most advanced weapons of our army yet, and when they have seen all the power, they will know that they have said more in three months." ”

When Cheng Zhijie and others heard this, they became more curious about Dahua's military strength.

A few days later, after rectification, the army was reorganized and surrendered, and then continued to march to Luoyang, along the way some beacon towers, saw the Dahua army coming, and hurriedly lit the wolf smoke.

In this way, a strange landscape is formed, where wolf smoke rises from miles away, and then all the way to the east, which is a signal of wolf smoke and beacon fire.

The 250,000 troops advanced one after another, the flags fluttered, the armor was strong, and the vastness was mighty.

Pei Renji was appointed as the commander of the left army, and Cheng Zhijie was appointed as the commander of the right army, each leading 30,000 troops, and Xue Wancheng's vanguard army.

Zheng Jun, who was at the checkpoint ahead, had already fled when he heard the wind, and he was a soldier, and he didn't dare to fight.

In a few days, the march was 300 miles, and it was only a few dozen miles away from Luoyang City, and there was still no stubborn resistance.

Wang Shichong knew that with his existing troops, he would not be able to repel the Dahua army at all, so he shrank his forces, concentrated around Luoyang City, and established some large battalions, which were related to each other, and the city supply was in a horn trend, so as to resist the Dahua army's siege. At the same time, he sent people to Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei, and Xiao Liang regimes to ask for help.

This is not only a matter of the life and death of his Zheng State, but also the life and death of the princes of the world, and now the momentum of Dahua has become a prelude to the war to unify the world, and it is no longer possible to compete with a single prince.

Luoyang acted as the brunt, Wang Shichong was like an ant on a hot pot, pinning his hopes on the alliance of several other princes to come to Luoyang's aid together.