The second update, ask for the first order.

The day after Meng Rang's sneak attack on Luoyang, Li Mi already had a premonition that something was wrong, and although he didn't know why Meng Rang would fail, he was sure that his plan had been seen through. But the so-called ministers of the imperial court in Luoyang City are just incompetent, who stopped their plans?

Li Mi frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered the ambush of Zhang Xutuo in the first place, and said to himself: "Could it be that you are still you?" The Xingyang army was already stationed in Luoyang, and Li Mi couldn't help but link the two things together.

Now that the plan has been seen through, of course Li Mi will not send people to continue to storm the fortified Luoyang City, and then wait for the reinforcements from the imperial court to come from the rear like an idiot, but he did not panic, and arranged the camp in an orderly manner, preparing to retreat back to Luocang.

Retreat is more troublesome than attacking, firstly, it is necessary to ensure that the army will not be in a commotion, and secondly, all the grain and grass baggage must be taken away, and cannot be left to the imperial court, so when Li Xuanba's cavalry raised smoke and dust, Li Mi's 200,000 army had not yet set off.

Li Mi is a proud person, he also has proud capital, because of this, he never thought that someone would dare to lead the army out of the city, let alone that someone would spend a day and a night from Houzaimun to the back of Wang Bodang's army.

The three north gates of Luoyang have long been sealed, and there is Li Mi's army in the south, Wang Bodang didn't expect that there would be cavalry behind him, and there were several reinforcements in the imperial court, where did they go, where were they stationed, Li Mi and Wang Bodang were clear, and where were the people who appeared behind them?

The unknown thing was the most terrifying, Wang Bodang didn't have time to think about it, he made a quick decision, ordered people to burn the tent, grain and grass, and led the army to flee to the south in order to gather with the army.

Li Jing personally led 5,000 elite soldiers. Pei Yuanqing led nearly 2,000 cavalry and chased after Wang Bodang's army. 7,000 people chasing more than 40,000 people and slashing and killing, such a picture made Li Xuanba secretly say that the army without morale really had no combat effectiveness.

After breaking through the formation of the Wagang thieves, Li Xuanba was left behind by Pei Yuanqing. He thought that Li Jing was there, so he didn't force it, and escorted the captives back to the city with three thousand Xingyang troops.

Seeing that he was about to chase after Yunqu, Pei Yuanqing stopped Li Jing and said, "General Li, Lord Tongshou has an order, and the poor Kou Mo chases, and he should go back when he arrives here." ”

"Back to the city?" Li Jing looked at the Wagang thieves who forcibly crossed the river, and said with a little unwillingness: "If it weren't for the tiredness of the soldiers in the city. This is a good time to eradicate the Wagang thieves. ”

"Li Mi is thoughtful, but I'm afraid that we haven't crossed the river yet, and our bodies have sunk to the bottom of the river." Pei Yuanqing said with a smile: "Lord Tongshou said, we might as well do something else than take this risk." ”

"Back to Luocang?" Li Jing instantly understood what Pei Yuanqing meant, and immediately ordered a march to the north.

Seeing Wang Bodang lead 20,000 remnants of the army to appear, Li Mi's smile became extremely bitter and sighed.

Haven't seen you in months. When they met again, when the army was defeated, Wang Bodang's face was full of shame. He knelt on the ground, knocked on the ground with his head, and pleaded: "The student has insulted Mr.'s teachings, and please punish him." ”

"Losing this battle is not the king's sin." Li Mi personally helped Wang Bodang up and comforted him. He also said, "But when you withdrew your troops, you chose the wrong direction. ”

The army was attacked and panicked, and of course it should converge with the main force at this time in order to stabilize the morale of the army. Wang Bodang lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then bowed down and said, "Please also ask Duke Wei to teach me." ”

"If the imperial court besieges Luocang at this time, do you think our army will have time to rescue?" Li Mi shook his head helplessly and said, "That's it, I can only withdraw to Luokou first, and then think about it in the long run." ”

Although Li Mi didn't blame, Wang Bodang was still in a cold sweat, and he didn't think about it carefully, but now that he was relieved, he felt that the army of the imperial court seemed to be deliberately driving him south, and he couldn't help but feel annoyed, and couldn't help but slap himself twice.

After several days of fighting, how could the soldiers of the imperial court still have the strength to chase them out of the city, and besides, they were worried that the retreat of the Wagang thieves was a conspiracy, so they did not dare to open the city gate, and could only watch the Wagang thieves pack up their things in a hurry.

In this battle, the imperial court lost nearly 10,000 people, and the Wagang thieves, as the besieging party, lost nearly 40,000 troops, not including the thousands of people who died because of the sneak attack on Houzaimun.

Of the 8,000 people led by Meng Rang, only more than 1,000 returned, and some of the rest were killed, some surrendered, and some were reclassified into the mountains and forests as thieves. After some inquiry, Li Mi confirmed that it was indeed the Xingyang army that sabotaged his plan, and he couldn't help but regret that he hadn't captured Xingyang earlier.

"What about the Duke of Qijun?" Figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, Li Mi frowned and asked quietly.

"Our army was dispersed by the Xingyang army, and Meng Gong ignored the danger and came to Yongdaomen alone to ask for help, so the last general did not know where Meng Gong went." The general replied respectfully.

"Got it, you can step back first." Li Mi's face could not see joy and anger, and he said casually.

Meng Rang, as the Duke of Qi County, has a status in Wagang that is not low, and it is his joining that has made Wagang have today's scale, but Meng Rang did not return to the camp, but Li Mi didn't care, which was somewhat chilling. The general was Meng Rang's old department, and he was angry, but he didn't dare to show it, so he lowered his head and retreated.

"Sir, really not worried about the safety of Qi Jungong?" Wang Bodang hesitated for a moment and said softly. Wang Bodang was loyal to Li Mi, otherwise he would not have forgiven him so easily if he made such a big mistake.

"Since he didn't return to the camp, it means that he doesn't want to come back, or he can't come back." Li Mi's gaze was very calm, it seemed that what didn't come back was just a cat and a dog, and he said lightly: "No matter what the reason, why should my father worry?" ”

There is no need to worry about those who are dead, and those who do not want to come back are not worth worrying about.

Wang Bodang lowered his head silently, thinking that Qi Jungong did not come back, rather than worrying, Mr. should be happier, right? After all, if Meng Rang died or disappeared, his army would truly belong to Wagang.

"Duke Wei, the army is ready." When Li Mi pretended to be calm, Cheng Yanjin entered the big tent and bowed down and said. Hearing this, Li Mi nodded, and motioned for the army to set off and withdraw to Luokou.

The army lost more than 40,000 people, and Li Mi was a little distressed, but seeing that the 8,000 inner troops around him were safe and sound, he showed a confident smile again. Xindao: If they attacked the city at the beginning, even if you Xingyang Army had three heads and six arms, you would have no return!

Huiluocang is located near Anjiamen, when the Wagang thieves besieged Luoyang, the thieves who guarded the Huiluocang were basically transferred into the army, at this time the Wagang thieves guarding the return to Luocang were only a thousand people, they had no natural danger to rely on, and there was no strong city to defend, in the face of the seven thousand soldiers and horses led by Li Jing, there was no resistance and fled in embarrassment.

Xingyang Jun has nowhere to vent their grievances, how can they let them leave easily?

Li Yuan led 5,000 people to defend and return to Luocang, Pei Yuanqing led the cavalry to continue the deep pursuit, and finally returned to Luocang for a battle, the Xingyang army killed and captured more than 980 Wagang thieves, and only a few dozen people escaped from 1,000 people. (To be continued.) )