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Under Jinyong City, 20,000 troops are ready to go. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wang Shichong was in gold helmet and gold armor, holding a long knife, and straddled a horse. At this time, the soldiers and horses of Guanzhong had withdrawn from Michi, and their rear army also arrived at Taolin (now Lingbao). Li Jiancheng sat in charge of the Chinese army, commanded the soldiers and horses to retreat slowly, and Li Shimin led the troops and horses of his headquarters to suppress the formation to prevent the Sui army from sneaking attack.

On the whole, the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong did not intend to start a war with Wang Shichong.

In this way, Wang Shichong's confidence naturally increased. I can't fight Li Yuan in Guanzhong, can I really take you Li Yanqing and a yellow-mouthed child helplessly?

In the past, Wang Shichong was helpless against Yanqing, on the one hand, although Yanqing was famous and deterred, but more importantly, the power in his hands was not enough to suppress Li Yanqing. If Wang Shichong had gained enough power when Yanqing and Li Mi fought earlier, he would definitely join the battle instead of waiting until the end to attack. He doesn't have the right to control Xingyang, so naturally it's not easy to send troops without authorization. Otherwise, the teacher will be nameless, and the crime of mutilating his colleagues and other crimes, any one of which is enough to make his head unsafe. But now, Wang Shichong is no longer worried about this.

He was the left servant and the governor of the internal and external military affairs.

To put it bluntly, including Li Yanqing, he must also obey his orders.

If Li Yanqing dared to resist, Wang Shichong had a lot of excuses to punish Li Yanqing with death. The so-called coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, its advantages are undoubtedly highlighted. Hit whoever you want, and clean up that one if you want...... Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, Wang Shichong's strength is the most sufficient.

After Wang Shichong occupied Luoyang, he had more than 100 counties and towns in seven counties, and his strength expanded rapidly.

Even if he can't control all the counties now, at least a few counties around Luoyang, except for Xingyang, are under his control.

Around Luoyang, there are more than 100 military offices stationed in the cantonment, which is nearly 100,000 elites.

In addition, Henan County, Xiangcheng County, Xiong'er and other towns have a population of more than 400,000 households. More than 400,000 households, with an average of five people per household, is 2 million people. If you include the local population of Luoyang, it is more than 3 million people. Such a population base also added a lot of confidence to Wang Shichong. In the ninth year of the great cause, after Yang Xuangan made a rebellion, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, moved 30,000 families to live in Luoyang.

It can also be said that the total population of Luoyang today even exceeds that of Xijing Chang'an.

According to about 12 years of household registration, there are now more than 190,000 and 3,400 households in Luoyang, exceeding the number of 180,000 households in Chang'an.

Wang Shichong has such huge resources in his hands, how can he be afraid of Yanqing anymore?

In fact, even if Yanqing does not send troops, Wang Shichong will have to find an excuse sooner or later to turn against Li Yanqing. After all, the temptation of Xingyang County is really too great. Not to mention the population base of one million, it also holds Luokoucang and gathers wealth all over the world. More importantly, Xingyang County chokes the throat of the eastern capital, and if Wang Shichong wants to expand eastward, Xingyang County is a hurdle he must overcome. If he can't go to Xingyang, Wang Shichong can only curl up in Heluo, and it is difficult to develop outward, let alone talk about his ambitions. Now that Li Yanqing has come to the door by himself, how can he let it go?

The army set off from Jinyong City and approached Shilin Mountain.

Before he could get out of the ten miles, he saw a group of routs running in front of him...... If you look closely, it seems to be the soldiers and horses with Wang Tai and Tian Liuan. But it's not right, all the people Wang Taitian Liu'an took away were cavalry, what about these people's horses? Wang Shichong was puzzled, and the group of routs came to him.

"Uncle, uncle...... Please avenge me, uncle! ”

The first young man was embarrassed by the smoke and fire. Only half of the robe was burned, and the helmet was gone. The hair was burned, half long and half short, even swarthy, worse than the refugees in Ethiopia. He knelt down in front of Wang Shichong's horse, if he didn't speak, Wang Shichong really couldn't recognize who he was. But as soon as he opened his mouth, Wang Shichong immediately recognized that this was Wang Tai.

"Wang Tai, why did you become like this? What about Tian Liuan? What about your horses? ”

Wang Tai fell to the ground and cried, "My nephew is incompetent, and he actually fell for Li Thief's plan." The thief emptied the whole camp and piled it up with firewood and tung oil. I was going to take a look and talk about it, but I didn't want Tian Liuan to be unconvinced, so I led my troops to rush into the Li thief camp. The nephew had no choice but to keep up...... As soon as he entered the camp, he was attacked by Li Thief with a rocket, and the 3,000 cavalry army was almost wiped out, and Tian Liuan was burned to death in the camp.

The nephew wanted to die, but he thought that his uncle still didn't know the situation, so he risked his life to break through.

On the way, he was ambushed by Li Thief, and the person who led the troops was Pei Renji...... He killed me so badly, and my nephew desperately escaped and reported to his uncle. ”

The first person to rush into the camp was Wang Tai, not Tian Liuan.

However, Tian Liuan has now been buried in the fire, and Wang Tai naturally wants to shirk the charge. Anyway, these soldiers who followed him, no one would say anything.

Who is Wang Shichong?

He used this kind of trick a lot in his early years, and he saw the mystery at a glance.

It's just that he won't debunk it, after all, although Natian Liuan is brave, he is a general he likes. But Wang Tai is his nephew, and he will stand by Wang Tai's side in public and private.

And at this time, Wang Shichong has no heart to investigate.

"Li Yanqing deceived me too much, and ordered the three armies to immediately speed up and rush to Shilin Mountain!"

Wang Shichong pulled out his long knife and shouted loudly.

"Slow!"

A sharp and high-pitched voice sounded, and a member of the team rushed out and reined in beside Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong saw that it was his nephew, Wang Renze. In the battle of Jiashizihe, Wang Ren was shot by Wang Bodang and became a yin man.

After recovering from his injury, his surname changed dramatically, and he became more moody.

However, he is calmer and even more ruthless than before. He held a one-horned bronze lance and blocked Wang Shichong's way.

"Uncle, don't act rashly."

Wang Ren is the first fierce general under Wang Shichong, even if he is now a Yin man, he is still the first fierce general.

Wang Shichong even prefers the current Wang Renze, because after Wang Renze lost his fertility, he devoted himself to martial arts training and began to read military books. Without that much, he is more serious. It's just that after losing the ** of men and women, they have become extremely important to money.

Wang Shichong is not short of money!

The entire treasury of Luoyang was transferred by him.

Therefore, even if Wang Ren is greedy for money, Wang Shichong will not take it to heart. On the contrary, what Wang Ren wants, Wang Shichong must be satisfied.

"Renze, why are you stopping me?"

Wang Ren said: "Uncle, the Li thief is scheming, cunning and insidious.

This person dared to burn down the camp and annihilate all of Xiaotai's 3,000 iron cavalry, which shows that he has already prepared. If we are reckless, I am afraid that we will fall for his plan. After a long journey in this snowy night, our army was tired, but the Li thief was waiting for work. The Art of War: One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion. Now that the Li thief is ready, let's not touch his edge. It's better to advance slowly, wait for its sharp energy to disappear, and then fight with it. ”

When Wang Shichong heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

He turned his head and smiled at the generals around him: "This king of my family is invincible!" ”

What is Li Invincible, my family also has a king invincible. He was very happy, not only because of Wang Renze's prudence, but more importantly, because Wang Renze began to study the art of war. Otherwise, how can you say something like 'one go'? Wang Shichong himself also likes the art of war, is good at reading military books, and is good at discussing military affairs. It's just that the children of the Wang family around him, but no one can talk about the art of war with him.

Now that Wang Renze can speak the art of war, it is definitely a great thing.

Wang Ren is the kind of fierce general who is not suitable for ten thousand people, if he can be familiar with the art of war, and then charge into battle and expand the territory, wouldn't he be the best candidate.

Wang Renze himself also felt that what he said just now was decent, and he was a little proud.

So, Wang Shichong ordered to slow down the march.

At dawn, the army arrived at the foot of the Stone Forest Mountain, but as far as the eye could see, there was only a ruin, and countless charred and roasted corpses fell to the ground. There was a foul smell in the air, and a faint heat wave hit to dispel the morning chill.

But other than that, there was not a single Xingyang soldier......

Li Yanqing, he actually withdrew his troops!

Wang Ren's eyes widened, looking at the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but feel anger rising from his heart, and evil was born to the side of his guts.

Li thief cunning! You still claim to be invincible Li, and after a battle, you immediately withdrew? Don't even give me a chance to take revenge?

"Uncle, Li Thief is cunning, we are fooled!"

Li Yanqing didn't want to have a decisive battle with you Wang Shichong at all......

To put it bluntly, Li Yanqing's real purpose in sending troops this time is to save Pei Renji's family. Everything he did, including any excuse to rush to the aid of the Eastern Capital, was all false. As for Wang Shichong, he stupidly sent Pei Renji over. thought that Pei Renji's family could be used to control Pei Renji, but he didn't think that Li Yanqing had a plan, and he actually rescued his mother-in-law with a tunnel.

Wang Shichong's face was extremely ugly.

"Uncle, please give my nephew a piece of soldiers.

Thinking that Li Yanqing would not be able to go far, his nephew led his troops to chase and kill him from behind, even if he couldn't take Li Yanqing's dog's life, he could still be defeated. ”

"Nonsense!"

Wang Shichong shouted: "Do you think that Li Yanqing is a three-year-old child?"

He wrote about the Battle of Wancheng in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, when Cao Ying retreated, Zhang Xiu pursued, but he was defeated by him with ambushes. This person's wisdom is almost demonic, and he has no last resort. If he was able to write such an article, how could he not consider the pursuit of the army when he led the troops himself? ”

"Ah, this ......"

"If I guessed correctly, then Li Yanqing must be hiding on the way, waiting for us to pursue.

It's a pity ......"

Wang Shichong suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and shouted in the direction of Yanshi: "Li Yanqing, Lao Tzu has read your book, you don't want to let Lao Tzu be fooled." ”

"Uncle is really smart, so no matter how powerful Li Yanqing is, how can he be his uncle's opponent?"

Wang Tai immediately sent a big sycophant to Wang Shichong.

Wang Ren glanced at Wang Tai coldly and did not speak. It's just that the eyes are cold, so Wang Tai can't help but think of the eyes of poisonous snakes.

He remembered an incident that circulated among the children of the Wang family.

It is said that since Wang Renze became a yin person, his surname has changed greatly, and he has no interest in women. stayed by Wang Shichong's side almost all day long, acting as Wang Shichong's guard. There are also rumors that after Wang Shichong launched the Eastern Capital Incident, he was seen coming out of Wang Renze's room in the middle of the night several times...... In fact, since ancient times, there have been countless people who like male style. The big families have many prostitutes, for people to play forfew. People don't even shy away from this, during the great cause years, there was a minister who was beaten by Yang Guang, and the beating was bloody.

Yu Wenshu, who was the servant of Shangshu at the time, said to people in private: "It's really heart-wrenching to be beaten like this with such a pink buttocks." ”

In later generations, pink buttocks were mostly used on women.

But if you put the word on a man...... Tsk tsk, tsk, cold!

Wang Tai knew that Wang Renze was ruthless. What he said just now inevitably meant to compete for favor. If Wang Renze is worried about it because of this, it will be a great sorrow. He shuddered, shrank back, and no longer dared to step forward and say half a word.

"Uncle, let's ...... then"

Wang Ren asked softly after scaring Wang Tai away.

Wang Shichong thought for a while, "Li Yanqing failed to ambush in the middle of the way, and he must think that we would not dare to pursue."

From here to Yanshi, it is only half a journey...... When he returns to Yanshi, he will let his guard down, and we will suddenly appear.

Hehe, you say, what will the Li thief look like? ”

Wang Ren hurriedly said: "What else, the Li thief will definitely be so frightened that he will flee." ”

"That's right!"

Wang Shichong laughed loudly, and the long knife in his hand was horizontal, "Order the three armies, and slowly follow up." At noon, we arrived at Yanshi, and today, let the name of Li Invincible be gone. ”

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Sui Jun raised his arms and shouted, while Wang Shichong twisted his beard and was triumphant.

*****

The head of the Yanshi city is very quiet.

The flag fluttered in the wind, flying very vividly.

Wang Shichong led the army all the way to the city of Yanshi without hindrance, but what greeted him was only a scene that looked a little quiet and frightening.

The gates of the city were opened, but there was no one to be seen.

Looking inward from the gate, there was not even a ghost in the street.

Wang Shichong couldn't help muttering in his heart, what kind of trick is this Li Yanqing playing?

"Uncle, isn't Thief Li trying to play an empty city plan?"

In a word, Wang Shichong was immediately reminded and made him nod again and again. That's right, the empty city plan, it must be the empty city plan...... Ha, does Li Yanqing want to use this trick to fool me? The use of the empty city plan is not only to intimidate and deter, but also to attract opponents into the ambush circle. Therefore, you can also call this trick a suspicious strategy, always using change and keeping one mind.

Soldiers, treacherous!

Wang Shichong sneered: Do you Li Yanqing think that this trick will make me fall for the scheme?

"Renze, you guard the city gate for me, and the three armies will obey the order and charge me!"

Even if you have an ambush, but Lao Tzu is prepared, your ambush is useless. Wang Shichong couldn't help laughing when he thought of this.

"Li family child, I'll see what tricks you can play this time!"

Before the laughter fell, a rush of street drums was heard from the city.

As soon as Wang Renze's soldiers and horses approached the city, he saw countless soldiers and horses suddenly appearing on the gate tower of Yanshi.

In the trenches under the city walls, countless archers also appeared. A middle-aged man, dressed in a green shirt, stood under the umbrella of Huang Luo, pointing at Wang Shichong from afar, "I have been waiting for you here for a long time...... Wang Xingman, old thief, do you still know your king? Come on, beat the drum with me, attack! ”

When Wang Shichong saw this person, his head buzzed, and it suddenly became blank.

He pointed to the middle-aged man in the city and blurted out, "Li Mi, why are you here?" ”

(To be continued)