Yuecheng is only a small city, and the food simply cannot meet the needs of tens of thousands of troops, Li Mi would rather choose to storm the Black Stone Pass than go to Yuecheng, it is for this reason. However, the appearance of the Xingyang Army made the Wagang Army demoralized, and in desperation, Li Mi could only make a hasty decision.

The Wagang thief retreated to Yuecheng, Wang Shichong was not in a hurry, as long as he held the Black Stone Pass, it was equivalent to choking Li Mi's throat, in his opinion, Li Mi at this time was like a turtle in an urn, and he was powerless to return to the sky.

After the battle, the three armies rested for a day, and the next day, Wang Shichong ordered the general Dugu to lead 4,000 people to guard the Black Stone Pass, and he personally led the army to Yuecheng. Although the Wagang thieves lost, there were still tens of thousands of thieves, although the imperial army was more sophisticated, but if they wanted to storm the moon city, the losses would inevitably be heavy.

Since the grain and grass of the Wagang thieves have been cut off, Wang Shichong chose to besiege but not attack, and the army set up camp outside Yuecheng.

The good news has already been transmitted back to Luoyang, and the king of Yue was overjoyed, and rewarded Wang Shichong with countless coins and silver, more than a dozen beauties, and other meritorious people were also rewarded, and grain and grass were sent in a steady stream to ensure that the army had no worries about besieging Yuecheng.

In a blink of an eye, it has been more than half a month since the siege of Yuecheng, and the Wagang thieves have not left the city. They had no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, but Li Xuanba began to worry, and as time passed, the uneasy mood became stronger and stronger.

"With Li Mi's character, it is impossible to stay in Yuecheng and wait for death, but the Wagang thieves have never tried to break through, and their thoughts are really hard to fathom." In the marching tent of the Xingyang army, Li Xuanba said worriedly: "If they are waiting for reinforcements, but there has been no movement in Heishi Pass, what do you think Li Mi is doing?" ”

The Wagang thief retreated to Yuecheng, which was tantamount to forcing himself to a dead end, Rao is Fang Xuanling, Jia Yanfu and others were very smart, and they couldn't think of a reason. Li Jing is familiar with the art of war, but he has never seen Li Mi use soldiers like this.

"There are no more than 10,000 residents in Yuecheng, and even if it is calculated according to fifty percent, there are only 5,000 soldiers who can be recruited, so Li Mi definitely doesn't want to replenish his troops." Seeing that no one could answer, Fang Xuanling took the lead in analyzing: "Xu Shiji is thousands of miles away. Even if someone went to ask for help, it would take more than a month for the army to arrive here, and besides, the situation on his side had not yet stabilized, so he couldn't take care of the affairs of Yuecheng at all. ”

"The last general originally thought that Li Mi planned to reorganize the army, and then fight a decisive battle with the imperial army, or when our army was relaxed, he would attack the camp." Li Jing frowned and said, "But the gate of Moon City has not been opened so far, and the general's speculation is naturally wrong. ”

"Could it be that the Wagang thief plans to grow wings and fly away in Moon City?" Li Xuanba said helplessly: "Or is there a big granary under the Moon City?" He wanted to liven up the atmosphere in the tent. But everyone's reluctant smiles were obviously telling Li Xuanba that your joke was very boring.

"Tsumoru Lord, is it possible that you are overthinking?" Niu Jinda hesitated for a long time, and couldn't help but say: "When the Wagang thieves were defeated and retreated, the spies followed them all the time, and saw them enter the Moon City with their own eyes, since they killed themselves. We waited for them to run out of food and grass, as long as they didn't want to starve to death in the city. You will definitely go out of the city to fight. ”

Niu Jinda's words said what most of the people present thought, and even Li Jing, who had always been cautious, nodded lightly in agreement. In fact, Wang Shichong and their thoughts are the same, in addition to preventing the Wagang thieves from sneaking up on the camp and escaping. The army has been doing little or nothing these days.

Li Xuanba's worries were actually unreasonable, he just instinctively felt that Li Mi would not be eliminated so easily, but let him refute Niu Jinda's words. I really can't refute it.

"Report-" A voice came from outside the tent: "Lord Zhongyongwei, the commander, please come over immediately." Li Xuanba heard the sound and asked everyone to think about it again, and then took Liang Xiao and others to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Li Mi's house is afraid that he won't even be able to eat, where can he have a chance to escape?" Niu Jinda muttered, everyone knew that he was not disrespectful to Li Xuanba, they all smiled, ignored him, and began to sort out the details that might have been missed.

When Li Xuanba entered the big tent of the Chinese army and found that Wang Long, Wei Ji and others were also there, he felt that others looked at him a little strangely, so he carefully greeted everyone and sat on the first place on the left.

"Zhongyongwei, there is a piece of news from the Eastern Capital, which has something to do with you, and Shichong doesn't know whether to talk about it or not." Wang Shichong looked at Li Xuanba for a while, his face showed solemnity, and he spoke.

"Lord Commander, please speak." Li Xuanba's heart tightened, and he replied respectfully. Since Wang Shichong sent someone to summon him, he naturally planned to tell you that it was just a kind word before, how could Li Xuanba take it seriously.

"You must already know about Ling Zun, right?" Wang Shichong got up and said: "Although the official feels a little regretful, Tang Guogong's move is undoubtedly a rebellion, and he has just received news that he has led the rebel army to cross the Yellow River and form an encirclement of Hedong. ”

"Lord Commander is worried that Xuanba will do something sorry for the imperial court?" Li Xuanba said lightly: "If you can't trust Xuanba, you can tie Xuanba up now." ”

"Your Majesty has never doubted you, so how can Ben think about it?" Wang Shichong said with a wry smile: "However, General Qu personally led the elite of the imperial court to defend Hedong, and it is impossible for the rebel army to capture it, His Royal Highness the King of Yue is worried that the Tang Kingdom will turn to attack Luoyang, and hopes that we can send some soldiers back to help defend the city." ”

"Please also ask the Commander-in-Chief to give me orders." Li Xuanba stood up, bowed down and said.

"In the battle of Heishi Pass, the consumption of the Xingyang army was the least, and the generals discussed it and felt that it was most appropriate for the Xingyang army to return to help, I wonder if the loyal and brave guards can be willing to take the credit of destroying Wagang?" Wang Shichong said with a smile: "Of course, if the loyal and brave guards take into account the overall situation and reward meritorious deeds, His Royal Highness King Yue will definitely not treat you badly." ”

"It's all for the imperial court, how can Xuanba care about the credit that is at his fingertips?" Li Xuanba replied expressionlessly, biting the words "at your fingertips" very hard.

"That's very good." Wang Shichong smiled even more, but he didn't hear the dissatisfaction in Li Xuanba's words, and said: "It's urgent, Zhongyongwei will go back and arrange it first, and then set off tomorrow." ”

Although Li Xuanba's official position is high, his qualifications are still shallow, and he can't compete with other generals at all, and he has always been worried that the situation will change, and it is not a bad thing to be able to return to the Eastern Capital first at this time. It's just that the soldiers of the Xingyang Army know about this, and they will inevitably be dissatisfied, and they can't say that they need to appease the army.

"He thinks he is Zhou Gongjin, and we are not Huang Gongfu." After Li Xuanba left the camp, Wang Long sneered.

Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai, one was willing to fight, and the other was willing to suffer, but it was obvious that Wang Long and others were not willing to suffer those military staff in vain. They are all people who have lived for dozens of years, how can they not see that Li Xuanba was lying at the beginning? (To be continued.) )