Although Wang Shichong was ready to take advantage of the fatigue of Li Mi's army to attack him, he was afraid that the people's hearts would be different and lead to defeat again, so after thinking for a long time, he thought of a good plan.

On this day, Zhang Yongtong, the guard of the left army, lied that he had dreamed of Zhou Gong three times, saying that Zhou Gong had declared his intention to Wang Shichong and that he should command the army to assist each other in fighting the enemy, and that all armies should not have two hearts.

Wang Shichong then built the Zhou Gong Temple, and every time he went out to fight, he prayed first.

After that, Wang Shichong ordered the sorcerer to declare that the Duke of Zhou was ready to order him to lead his troops to quickly defeat Li Mi, and he would definitely make great contributions, otherwise the soldiers would all be infected with disease and die.

Many of Wang Shichong's soldiers were from Chudi, and they believed in the evil words that Wang Shichong declared, so they all asked to fight.

Wang Shichong then concisely picked out the elite, got more than 20,000 soldiers, more than 2,000 horses, in the first ten of September out of the eastern capital, sent troops to attack Li Mi, the banner on the word "Yongtong", the army is very prosperous.

On September 10, Wang Shichong marched from Luoshui south to Yanshi, camped on the south bank of the Tongji Canal, and built three bridges on the canal to prepare to cross the canal and attack.

Li Mi heard that Wang Shichong was coming with troops, leaving his cronies Wang Bodang to guard Kim Yong Cheng (at that time, Li Mi Changshi Bing Yuanzhen and Sima Zheng Qianxiang guarded Luokoucang, and Pei Renji and Changshi Zheng Cheng guarded Yanshi), and he led the elite soldiers to Yanshi, and waited for Wang Shichong's army with Bishan as a barrier.

Li Mi convened a meeting of the generals to discuss the strategy of dealing with the enemy.

Pei Renji said: "Wang Shichong led his entire army here, Luoyang must be empty, we can divide our forces to guard the main road that Wang Shichong's army will pass through, so that he can no longer advance to the east, and select another 30,000 elite soldiers to march west along the Yellow River to force the eastern capital." Wang Shichong returned to the army, and our troops did not move; Wang Shichong sent the army again, and our side forced the eastern capital again. In this way, I have spare strength, but he is tired of running for his life, the art of war: he is out of me, he is out of me, he is tired of several battles, and many parties are wrong! ”

Pei Renji's coping strategy can be said to be well versed in the gist of the art of war, which can be regarded as the best policy, but Li Mi seems to disagree.

Li Mi said: "The public knows one thing, but I don't know the other. Now the army of the Eastern Capital has three irresistible: well-armed, this is one; Coming from the decision, this is two; Running out of food for war, this is three. I just need to press the armor to see the disadvantages, he has no way to fight, and there is no way to go, and within ten days, Wang Shichong's head can be in our hands. ”

Li Mi's coping method is also a good strategy, and Pei Renji's strategy can be said to have their own merits.

However, Chen Zhiluo, Fan Wenchao, Shan Xiongxin and others all asked for battle: "Wang Shichong's soldiers are very small, and he has lost several battles, and he has already been frightened. The "Art of War" says, 'Doubling is a battle', not to mention that our troops are more than twice as many! Moreover, the Jianghuai people who had just come to join the army were hoping to take this opportunity to show their skills and establish meritorious deeds, and to take advantage of their vigor to use them to fight, and they could succeed. ”

So the generals loudly agreed, and seven or eight out of ten wanted to fight.

If Li Mi can stick to his own views at this time, or adopt the strategy suggested by Pei Renji, it will be enough to defeat Wang Shichong.

However, the "decisiveness" in Li Mi's character seems to be incomplete, and he is more easily influenced by other people's opinions......

At this time, Li Mi saw that the generals had asked for battle, and once again became wavering, and finally felt that it was difficult to disobey the words of the generals, and decided to follow it.

Pei Renji argued hard but couldn't convince everyone, so he sighed on the ground: "Everyone here will definitely regret today's decision in the future." ”

Wei Zheng said to Changshi Zheng: "Although Wei Gong has repeatedly won battles, but the elite soldiers will suffer a lot of casualties, the soldiers are very tired, it is difficult to deal with the enemy with these two points, and Wang Shichong is short of food, and he is determined to fight to the death, it is difficult to fight with him to decide the victory, it is better to dig a deep trench and raise the barrier to resist the enemy, after ten days and half a month, Wang Shichong has eaten up the grain, and he must retreat by himself, and then pursue him, there is no invincible." ”

Zheng Ying said: "What you say is just a cliché. ”

Wei Zheng said: "This is Qice, how can I say it is a cliché!" He brushed his sleeves away.

Li Mi assigned Shan Xiongxin to lead the Outer Horse Army to be stationed in the north of Yanshi City, and he and the rest of the generals led the Inner Horse Army to camp on the Beibi Mountain.

On the 11th, Wang Shichong sent hundreds of cavalry across the Tongji Canal to attack Shan Xiongxin's camp, and Li Mi sent Pei Xingyan and Cheng Yanjin to aid Shan Xiongxin.

Pei Xingyan took the lead in running to the battlefield, the middle arrow fell from the horse, Cheng Biting Jin rescued Pei Xingyan, picked up several people with a horse lance, and returned with Pei Xingyan riding a horse, but because the two rode together, the horse ran a little slower, and finally was caught up by Wang Shichong's cavalry, and the spear stabbed straight over, Cheng Biting Jin turned around and broke the spear that came from the stab, and killed the pursuers, and got out with Pei Xingyan.

It happened that it was getting dark, and the two sides collected their troops and returned to the camp.

In this small battle, more than a dozen people under Li Mi, including Cheng Yanjin, Pei Xingyan, and Sun Changle, were seriously injured.

Li Mi had just defeated Yu Wenhua and had the experience of defeating Wang Shichong many times, and was proud of his repeated victories, so he despised Wang Shichong relatively lightly, and when he set up camp in Beibi Mountain, he did not build a wall to defend against the enemy.

On the night of the small victory over Li Mi, Wang Shichong sent more than 200 cavalry to secretly enter the Beibi Mountain at night, ambushed them in the valley, and ordered the soldiers to feed the horses and feed them well, and recuperate for the fighters.

In the early morning of the 12th, Wang Shichong's army was preparing to attack, and he encouraged the officers and men of the whole army: "Today's battle is not only a battle for victory or defeat, but also a matter of life and death. If you win, glory and wealth will naturally be no problem; If you lose, no one can escape. We are rushing to the death, not only for the sake of the country, but also for ourselves. ”

After dawn, Wang Shichong led his troops to approach Li Mi's military camp, and Li Mi realized at this time that he hurriedly sent troops to fight, and before he had time to line up, Wang Shichong released his troops to attack.

Wang Shichong's soldiers were all from the Yangtze River and Huai River valleys, who were fierce and brave, and they entered and exited very quickly.

Wang Shichong found a person who looked like Li Mi in advance, tied him up and hid it, and when the battle between the two sides was fierce, he asked people to lead people who looked like Li Mi through the front of the battle, shouting: "Our army has captured Li Mi!" After hearing this, the soldiers around shouted long live, and Li Mijun's military morale suddenly plummeted, and the soldiers ran away.

At this moment, Wang Shichong's cavalry who was ambushed in the valley the night before, at this time also covered the mountain, sneaked to the north to attack, galloped down from a high place, because Li Mi did not set up a camp wall, the cavalry rushed into Li Mi's camp without hindrance, and because Cheng Yanjin and other fierce generals were seriously injured, so no one in the camp stopped these cavalry at this time, and these cavalry set fire to the houses everywhere.

So Li Mi's army was shocked and collapsed, and the generals Zhang Tongren and Chen Zhiluo surrendered to Wang Shichong, while Li Mi fled to Luokou with more than 10,000 people.