Wang Shichong wanted to take advantage of the night to capture Cangcheng like a sneak attack on Heishi Pass, but Li Mi didn't plan to give him a chance. He ordered the Langya Duke Bodang and the Plains Duke Hao Xiaode to lead his soldiers to ambush outside the Cangcheng, when Fei Qingnu led thousands of elite soldiers to sneak attack, the Wagang thieves attacked before and after, and defeated the imperial army.

Although the 500 Jianghuai army led by Fei Qingnu was brave, they could not face the elite of Wagang, which was several times their own, and almost all of them were killed, and even Fei Qingnu himself was not spared and was killed in the chaos.

The sneak attack failed, Wang Shichong personally led the army to fight against the Wagang army in Luobei, at this time Zhai Rang was dead, Li Mi monopolized the power, he did not have to worry about the rear, rest assured and boldly confronted the imperial court, plus the Wagang army was very familiar with the surroundings, and defeated Wang Shichong again.

After losing two battles in a row, Wang Shichong was not in a hurry, after all, the main force of the army was not damaged, and these two failures were more like a temptation for Wang Shichong.

The weapons and equipment of the imperial army are far better than the Wagang army, when Wang Shichong ordered Liu Changgong to lead the reinforcements to join the army, there were more than half of the soldiers and horses at once, and the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted, Wang Shichong did not want to delay the fighter, and ordered Wei Ji to lead part of the soldiers and horses to secretly attack Li Mi's flank, and when the Wagang army was reinforced, Wang Shichong immediately ordered to erect a pontoon bridge and storm the camp of the Wagang army.

Because of the internal chaos, the Wagang army did not notice the additional reinforcements sent by the imperial court, and when they saw the overwhelming array of more than 100,000 troops on the other side of Luoshui, they immediately panicked.

The soldiers under the command of Wang Wei set up the pontoon bridge at the fastest speed, Wang Wei this person, although a little stingy, but the ability to march and fight is not weak, he is very keenly aware of the chaos of the Wagang thieves, as soon as the pontoon bridge is built, he will take the soldiers under his command, and take the lead in rushing to the camp of the enemy Wagang thieves.

When the two armies are at war, morale is particularly important. Before the battle, the Wagang army was defeated by three points, and Wang Wei took the lead and bravely assaulted, and the imperial army soon broke through the first outer wall of the Wagang army. At this time, Liu Changgong and others had just crossed the river with their troops. In order to compete for credit, they ignored the formation of the army and killed the enemy camp.

Han Xin's soldiers, the more the merrier, Wang Shichong obviously did not have Han Xin's ability, seeing that after tens of thousands of troops crossed the river, there was no military discipline at all, he didn't know what the battle situation was ahead, and he was worried that Li Mi would set up an ambush. Repeating the mistake of the last defeat, he hurriedly ordered someone to blow the horn, and actually ordered the withdrawal of troops!

In fact, Wang Shichong really thought too much about it this time, Li Mi defeated him repeatedly, and he already had a contempt for him, and he didn't expect that there would be so many soldiers and horses in the imperial court. When the imperial army forcibly crossed Luoshui, Li Mi even thought that he would definitely be defeated. But he didn't want God to help him.

The military orders were like a mountain, and Wang Wei was almost about to attack the enemy camp. But he had to lead the army to retreat, and for a while, some people rushed forward, some people retreated, and the army of the imperial court was in chaos by itself.

When the horn sounded, Li Mi guessed Wang Shichong's plan. He knew very well that if Wang Shichong really completed the integration of the army, then he would have no life. So, he personally led thousands of internal troops to take advantage of the chaos of the imperial court. Fight your way out of the city.

Li Mi's internal army was already very strong, in the face of the court army without a formation, such as entering a no-man's land, the Wagang thieves in the city saw Li Mi fighting bravely to kill the enemy, the imperial army was hidden in defeat and fled, greatly encouraged, one after another from the city.

The horn that should not be sounded, so that the advantage of the imperial army is gone, in the face of the morale of the Wagang army, the soldiers of the imperial court do not want to run back, the most pitiful is the soldiers under the command of Wang Wei, they have chasing soldiers behind them, there are their own soldiers in front of them, they can only let the Wagang thieves slaughter, Wang Wei provoked two soldiers of the inner army, was beheaded by Cheng Biting Jin, and died without blinking his eyes.

The situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and Wang Shichong didn't expect it to suddenly become like this, but he knew very well that at this time, he could no longer fight the Wagang thieves, so he could only make a mistake and withdraw his troops first.

Li Mi has defeated Wang Shichong many times, but those small victories that can only be called, now that half of the imperial court's troops are in front of him, and they are still being slaughtered, how can he let go of this opportunity?

The war drums roared, the Wagang troops were exhausted, the imperial army was even more defeated, just scrambling for the pontoon bridge, tens of thousands of people were squeezed into the river, they dodged the butcher's knife of the Wagang army, but because they were not familiar with the water, they drowned in Luoshui.

The army was defeated like a mountain, Li Mi led the army to pursue for dozens of miles, killing and capturing more than 40,000 people, until the army was tired and unable to pursue, he ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

When Wang Shichong escaped and counted the men and horses, his face suddenly turned like earth, and only half of the army of more than 100,000 people remained, except for the dry food he carried, the army's grain and grass were not left at all. Several generals in the army were killed, and even Liu Changgong was not able to escape back. In the face of such heavy losses, Wang Shichong no longer had the face to return to the eastern capital, so he led his army north to Heyang.

When people are unlucky, drinking cold water will also stuff their teeth, Wang Shichong's situation is already very miserable, but the sky has no mercy on him, that night there was a strong wind and heavy rain, the cold wind in the first month was biting, the soldiers lost their clothes, and there were no warm clothes, and tens of thousands of people froze to death along the way.

Wang Shichong was too busy to care about the life and death of the soldiers, and when he fled to Heyang, he found that there were only a few thousand people following him.

Life is saved, but without food and grass, sooner or later he will starve to death. After staying in Heyang for a few days, Wang Shichong thought that there was no other available person in the imperial court, and the imperial court would definitely not kill him, so he pitifully locked himself in a prison and sent someone to the eastern capital to plead guilty.

Suddenly hearing the bad news, Yang Tong was stunned for a long time, and when he came to his senses, he stared at the soldiers sent by Wang Shichong, gritted his teeth and said: "Since he knows that capital crimes are inevitable, why bother, you go back and tell him, let him send his head to the palace!" ”

"Your Highness, by all means!" Some ministers hurriedly persuaded him: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, although the king commander lost the battle, but the crime is not him, and the 20,000 Jianghuai army is still in Luoyang City, if you order him to be killed, Weichen is worried that no one will be able to control the Jianghuai army!" Moreover, who else in the DPRK and China can hold Luoyang City? ”

Although Wang Shichong pleaded for the sin, he only asked for the sin of ineffective restraint. He put the responsibility for the defeat on Wang Wei and others who died in battle, anyway, they were already dead, and it was not a big deal to add a charge to them for not obeying orders and sending troops without authorization.

Other courtiers also exonerated Wang Shichong, Yang Tong's face was ugly, he suddenly felt that the courtiers in the hall had become very strange, he looked coldly at Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu and others arguing with others, and suddenly felt disheartened.

"Let him lead the rest of the men back." Yang Tong coughed, and when everyone quieted down, he sighed and said weakly. (To be continued.) )