After the battle of Heishi Pass, Wagang lost more than 30,000 people, who would have thought that Li Mi would actually divide the remaining army into two, leaving with only a few thousand people, and retreat the remaining army to Yuecheng as bait?

Seeing that the exploits of the main force of the Wagang thieves were gone, Wang Long, Wang Wei and others were all repentant, they knew very well the combat power of the Xingyang army, and it was precisely because of this that they were worried that when they attacked Yuecheng, the Xingyang army would become the main force to suppress the thieves. That's why they pushed the Xingyang army out when the king of Yue sent a large army back to Luoyang.

If the Xingyang army did not leave, with their cavalry, how could the army be so vulnerable when facing the cavalry of the Wagang thieves? It's a pity that the situation of the battle has changed because of Li Mi's reckless moves, and it's useless to regret it.

Of course, Wang Shichong would not be stupid to continue to march towards Heishi Pass, he immediately made a decision, ordered the army to set up a good formation, and sent someone to send an order to Duguji, ordering him to lead the army to withdraw from Heishi Pass, join the army, and then settle down in seclusion, stick to the barrier.

Li Mi did not dare to underestimate Wang Shichong anymore, and the two armies did not attack each other and fell into a stalemate.

Wang Shichong was not in a hurry, because the grain and grass of the imperial court were still sent to the camp in a steady stream, and Li Mi reoccupied Heishi Pass, so he was naturally not in a hurry, not only did he no longer worry about the grain and grass, but his troops could also be replenished. But they are not in a hurry, but the court is in a hurry.

The grain of Jiacang and Xingluocang comes from all over the country, and now there are frequent wars, and the grain and grass from all over the country are no longer transported to the eastern capital, and the residents of Luoyang can be said to be sitting on empty mountains, and the reserves of Jiacang and Xingluocang are not rich, how can the imperial court not worry? They hoped that Wang Shichong would be able to exterminate the Wagang thieves as soon as possible, and then recover Luocang and Liyangcang.

"It's really self-inflicted, when the loyal and brave Xingyang Army was transferred away, you shouldn't have expected today's embarrassment, right?" Wei Ji sneered. Wang Long, Wang Wei and Wei Ji have all suffered Li Xuanba's losses, and Wei Ji also has complaints about Li Xuanba in his heart. But he put the overall situation first, and once dissuaded Wang Long and them, as long as the Wagang thieves were not exterminated, the Xingyang army should not be transferred.

The envoy of the Eastern Capital, in the name of condolences, has already come to the army and does not intend to leave. Everyone can see that the court's condolences are just a cover, and the real purpose of the envoy is to supervise the war.

"It's come to this, and it's useless to say more." Wang Long and the others were very embarrassed, and replied in silence, Wang Shichong smiled and said: "Although Li Mi escaped, but he lost tens of thousands of people in the First World War, his reputation in Wagang will inevitably be damaged, and at this time, as long as the imperial court declares war." He will definitely lead the army to fight in an attempt to restore the morale of the army. Without the help of the Xingyang Army, wouldn't we be able to defeat the Wagang Thieves? ”

After capturing the Black Stone Pass, Li Mi ordered the army to attack, Wang Shichong seemed to be invincible, but in fact, he just wanted to exterminate the Wagang thieves in a battle, so he would fight and retreat.

"That's what the Commander said. Could it be that the imperial court can only rely on their Xingyang army? Wang Long arched his hand and said, "Please also ask the Lord Commander to decide." ”

"The cavalry of the Wagang thieves is indeed very away, so we will suffer on the plains." Wang Shichong squinted his eyes and said, "Since that's the case." Let's continue to choose terrain where the cavalry can't play to our advantage, and fight the Wagang Bandits! ”

The two armies confronted each other for more than half a month, Wang Long and others could not hold it back, and after hearing what Wang Shichong said, they all said clever plans, and everyone carefully discussed around the sand table. In the end, it was decided to place the site of the battle on the Shizi River.

When Wang Shichong led his army to the west bank of the Shizi River, he immediately declared war on Li Mi. Li Mi had long wanted to be ashamed, so he readily agreed, and personally led more than 100,000 people to fight and set up a formation on the south bank of the Shizi River. The large array is more than ten miles long from north to south. The momentum is amazing.

"Li Mi really doesn't know how to use soldiers, it's really ridiculous to put on such a formation at this time." Wang Shichong saw the formation of the Wagang thieves, laughed, and said to a few people around him: "As the saying goes, fight a snake for seven inches, let Li Mi Xiaoer taste the taste of defeat today!" ”

The army of the imperial court crossed the Shizi River, and when Wang Shichong was about to order the army to attack the Wagang thieves, the Wagang thieves took the lead in attacking. Fortunately, Wang Shichong had already prepared, and the army set up the formation at the fastest speed and greeted it without fear.

To the surprise of the imperial court soldiers, the Wagang thieves in front of them attacked in a disorderly manner, the military discipline was chaotic, and in the face of the imperial army, they did not insist even for half an hour, and then they were scattered and fled. Wang Shichong thought that the Wagang thieves had been defeated once and his morale was low, so he ordered the army to pursue and kill the Wagang thieves on both sides, regardless of the Wagang bandits.

"Duke Zhai, Duke Wei must want to consume the strength of our army, so he will let me wait to take the lead." In the midst of the chaos, Wang Ruxin and Zhai Rang rode side by side, and said hatefully: "In such a short time, we have lost thousands of troops, but he does not move, won't we be sent to death!" ”

"Duke Wei won't do this kind of thing." Zhai Rang shook his head indifferently and said, "Jean has done this kind of thing before, and you will understand soon." As soon as Zhai Rang's words fell, countless Wagang thieves rushed out from both sides.

If Li Xuanba was present, he would definitely scoff at Li Mi's strategy, because this was exactly the tactic that Li Mi used when he defeated Zhang Xutuo, but unfortunately Li Xuanba was not here. And when Zhang Xutuo was defeated, under the deliberate concealment of the imperial court, not many people knew the truth, at least Wang Shichong and others did not know.

Pei Renji and Wang Bodang each led a road of tile gang thieves to divide the imperial army's army into two, and the imperial court's front army was besieged. The soldiers in the rear were ready to come to the rescue, but they found that Li Miqin led the Chinese army to appear very suddenly.

In order to pursue Zhai Rang, the formation of the imperial army was chaotic, and it was impossible to resist the elite division of the Wagang thieves, and the two armies had just fought, and the imperial army was scattered.

"Lord Commander, there are many thieves in Wagang, and our army's morale is broken, so it is not appropriate to fight again." Seeing that the defeat was decided, Wei Ji hurriedly rushed to Wang Shichong's side and persuaded him: "We have obviously fallen into Li Mi's trap, it is better to withdraw from the army as soon as possible and think about it in the long run!" ”

Wang Shi was well aware of the situation on the battlefield, he pondered for a moment and nodded helplessly.

The sound of drums instantly turned into the sound of golden gongs, and the soldiers of the imperial court had long been unwilling to fight, and they threw away their armor one after another, and fled westward without their lives, but fortunately, the number of troops pursuing Zhai Rang was not large, and the main force of the imperial court was not seriously damaged.

Wang Shichong led the army to travel more than 20 miles, before he was relieved, he ordered people to collect the fleeing soldiers, re-encamp, and dig trenches.

"The defeat in this battle is full of trust in the imperial court." Wang Shichong invited the envoy of the Eastern Capital to the big tent, arched his hand and said: "I hope that after the envoy returns to the palace, he will ask for guilt on behalf of Shichong and inform His Royal Highness King Yue of the truth here." ”

After the envoy arrived, he received a lot of benefits from Wang Shichong, and he politely replied: "What do you think the Commander should say?" ”

"There are too many Wagang thieves, and our army is really not suitable to fight them head-on." Wang Shichong's eyes rolled and replied. (To be continued.) )