The Tang army began to send people to the river area near Yucheng, trying to prevent the follow-up main force of the Dahua army from crossing the river, but Hou Junji and Lai Hu'er had already thought of this, and rushed the vanguard army of tens of thousands of horses to cross the river overnight, and now there are as many as 60,000 Dahua troops in Yucheng, plus 20,000 horses captured, which were reorganized separately and formed into a new army to deal with the Tang army.

Therefore, the Tang army east of the river bank did not have much advantage in terms of numbers, and did not dare to come out of the nest and give up defending the city, so twenty or thirty thousand people came out, and they were quickly blocked and repelled by the Dahua vanguard army.

After Li Jiancheng learned the news, he was helpless for a long time and thought hard, but there was no way to break the enemy, and he was so angry that he contracted the cold.

Under the persuasion of Li Wengan, Liu Hongji and others, Li Jiancheng agreed to withdraw temporarily, because the front line was too dangerous, and I don't know when, the other three cities would also be broken.

Originally, Li Jiancheng wanted to take Li Xiuning back with him, but this princess Pingyang had a very twisted personality, and she had to stay until the last moment, and she had the courage of an iron-fisted women's army, which made the prince ashamed.

The general Murong Rahu was temporarily appointed as the commander-in-chief, Liu Hong Kievzuo, Li Daoxuan as the deputy commander, and the rest of the generals such as Duan Zhixuan, Zhang Gongjin, Pan Ren, and Dai Yuanxiang continued to stay in the confrontation.

When Li Jiancheng was about to leave, his heart was heavy, he looked back at this isolated city, and it was very clear that under the strength of the Northwest Army, it would not last long, and he must strengthen the defense in Jingzhao County, and then fight to the death with Dahua, otherwise, Datang would be in danger.

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Yu Wenhua and led the troops to Xiangcheng County, and Luoyang is located in Henan County, next to each other, after the troops, no longer north, his wishful thinking is to let Wang Shichong and Li Mi both defeated, and then attack Luoyang, achieve a great cause, and establish himself as the king.

But he never expected that it was precisely because of his arrival that he inspired the common hatred of the remnants of the royal family and the old ministers in Luoyang City.

Yang Tong found Duan Da, Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu, Huangfu Wuyi, Zhao Wenchang and other six nobles to discuss, excluded Wang Shichong, who was guarding outside the city, to negotiate peace with Li Mi in private, and also to seal Li Mi as the left servant to shoot, recruit An into Luoyang, as long as Li Mi can kill Yu Wenhua and this rebel minister on behalf of the royal family.

Yuan Wendu said: "Your Majesty, Li Mi's army is strong and strong, with 300,000 troops, and the fierce generals under his command are like clouds, if they can take action for us and defeat Yu Wenhua, if they borrow a knife to kill people, they can also solve our great trouble, and they can also solve the great hatred, killing two birds with one stone." ”

Zhao Wenchang continued: "Introducing Li Mi into Beijing can balance Wang Shichong's forces, the two of them are left and right, hostile to each other, and it is bound to win over Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty's grace and prestige will become stronger and stronger, and in a few years, Your Majesty will reach the year of the weak crown, and you can personally control the military power, so as not to be hollowed out." ”

These nobles are all dependent on His Majesty's favor to obtain their status, but Wang Shichong's power is gradually becoming stronger, and they feel threatened, so they also persuade Yang Tong to win over Li Mi and avenge the Yang royal family, and at the same time restrain Wang Shichong.

Yang Tong's eyes exuded a faint chill, although he was only sixteen or seventeen years old, he gradually matured and knew what his current situation meant, which had been staged in history, and Wang Shichong was no less than Dong Zhuo and others, if he couldn't control his fate, he would not end well in the future.

When the news came out, Li Mi fell into a conspiracy and summoned some strategists to discuss.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think, we are fighting like this, we have been unable to conquer Luoyang for a long time, and Wang Shichong has lost the opportunity to fight for the world, sit and watch Li Tang, Dou Jiande, the Northwest Army, Xiao Liang grow, this is an opportunity, if we don't choose to reconcile with Luoyang, we will face Yu Wenhua and Wang Shichong on both sides, and the enemy will be attacked on both sides, if you agree to come down, you can turn around and clean up Yu Wenhua, and then, pretend to enter the city, take the opportunity to occupy Luoyang, and control Wang Shichong!"

Jia Runfu said: "King Wei, I'm afraid that Wang Shichong and the court are not kind. Yang Tong wants to borrow a knife to kill people, weaken the strength of our Wagang army, avenge the Yang family, and use us to contain Wang Shichong's forces. And Wang Shichong must also like the Wagang Army and Yu Wenhua and both lose, when the time comes, he can sit on the profits of the fisherman, turn around and deal with us, and control the imperial court. ”

Wang Bodang said: "Duke Wei, Yang Tong and Wang Shichong in this court have their own abacus, they are calculating us, we need to be cautious"

Li Mi sneered: "Three-way game, everyone has their own selfish thoughts, want to swallow each other, how to choose to be beneficial to themselves, this is the key, don't care about their evil intentions, as long as we can achieve our goals, their calculations will be in vain." ”

Fang Yanzao proposed: "This move is needed at present, and I have to go, otherwise, I will really be caught between the two sides and be more passive." ”

"Yu Wenhua is not enough evidence, but he has Yuwen Chengdu, the first fierce general of the Great Sui, and the great general Yujuluo, which are difficult to deal with."

"It's okay, no matter how powerful Yuwen Chengdu is, how many can you fight? Back then, Sanying fought against Lu Bu, and now I, Luo Shixin, Cheng Zhijie, and Pei Xingyan, can still beat him! ”

Shan Xiongxin stood up and said: "Shan Mou had already thought that he would meet this first fierce general of the Great Sui for a while. ”

Li Mi said: "Okay, since you have the courage to do so, then you can have a good time with Yu Wenhua and the people and horses, and destroy this army, so that you can gain the favor of many Sui army generals and elders, and you can send a letter to announce it to the world and raise the prestige of our Wagang army!" ”

Jia Xiong said: "How many troops are appropriate?" ”

Li Mi didn't take Yu Wenhua and the people in his eyes, and said contemptuously: "100,000 elite soldiers, 10,000 cavalry is enough, although that Xiaoguo Guard was very strong back then, but after two years, the morale is low, and it is no longer the original Praetorian Guard, and the people's hearts are scattered, and it is easy to encircle and annihilate." ”

Xu Shiji hugged his fists and said: "Duke Wei, it's better to hand it over to the last general to lead the troops." ”

Li Mi pondered for a while, not wanting to give up the credit, after all, this is something that makes the people of the world attract attention, shook his head and said: "Or this king will go out in person, there is no room for mistakes, revitalize the military prestige, General Xu, you sit in the camp of Bishan and continue to confront Wang Shichong, lest he sneak attack and deceive!" ”