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After testing the reality of the Wagang Army, Wang Shichong had a bottom, and immediately began to arrange to launch a general attack on the Wagang Army early tomorrow morning.

Wang Shichong first ordered Duan Da to lead more than 200 horsemen to cross Luoshui at night and reach the back of the camp of the Wagang army; In addition, a fake that looks very similar to Zhai Rang was carefully prepared, and he was ready to use it at a critical moment.

According to Wang Shichong's instructions, Duan Da quietly infiltrated Beibi Mountain with more than 200 people, which was actually behind the camp of the Wagang Army. As soon as it was dawn, Duan Da called the soldiers who were resting on the ground, and then ate and fed the horses, waiting for the best time to fight.

After a while, sure enough, he heard the sound of war drums all day in the distance, and Wang Shichong naturally took advantage of the fact that the Wagang army had not yet begun to line up and came out of the empty nest and went to the camp of Wagang Village.

Wang Shichong's army chose to attack when the soldiers were sleeping, which was obviously unkind.

Zhai Rang didn't expect Wang Shichong to be so shameless, but now it is obviously impossible to hang up the battle exemption card, even if he wants to eat enough to rebel and then fight with Wang Shichong, it has become a bit extravagant.

In desperation, Zhai Rang had no choice but to order people to beat drums and urgently line up to meet the enemy.

Duan Da heard that the exchange of fire had begun in front of him, and he immediately turned over his horse, holding a horse lance and leading two hundred cavalry straight to the camp of the Wagang army.

Zhai Rang had just led a large army to meet the enemy, the fortifications outside the camp had been removed, and the soldiers in the camp were also hurrying to the front line, where would he have thought that Wang Shichong's army would fall from the sky? The soldiers who stayed in the camp, or gathered more slowly, were either lazy or old and weak, and when such soldiers faced the two hundred elites led by Duan Da, what else could they do except hold their heads and run around?

They didn't know how many people Duan Da had brought, and they didn't know what the situation ahead was, so they knelt down and hugged their heads under the shouts of Duan Da and the others, obviously wanting to exchange their dignity for a small life.

More people, as a matter of course, chose to scatter for their lives, which made the camp even more chaotic.

Duan Da led more than 200 horsemen, and did not take the Wagang army several times his own in his eyes, they rushed in as if entering a no-man's land; While slashing the enemy in the camp with knives and guns, they also brandished torches and burned tents, houses, and food and grass.

In contrast, the Wagang army in the camp was crying and screaming, and the fire of the tents in the camp also rose to the sky, and soon spread to the entire camp.

The officers and men of the Wagang Army, who had just assembled on the front line, obviously also discovered the accident in the rear camp, and their military hearts were suddenly shaken, and they couldn't help but look to the rear.

Wang Shichong finally sacrificed his killer weapon at this time, and ordered more than a dozen guards to tie up the stand-in that had been prepared long ago that looked somewhat similar to Zhai Rang, escorted them to a conspicuous place, and shouted in unison, "Zhai Rang has been caught!" ”

The rest of Wang Shichong's troops, who had already been trained, shouted, "Long live!" ”

While shouting slogans, the Eastern Capital Army began to rush towards the Wagang Army, which was several times its size, like a tiger, as if it had just eaten the golden gun.

The morale of the Wagang army was worried because of the capture of the fake Zhai Rang and the theft of the rear camp, and the morale plummeted.

Originally, in terms of weapons and armor, there was a gap between the Wagang Army and the Eastern Capital Army, and in terms of morale, it was full on the one hand, and almost empty blood on the other, how could this battle be fought?

After the Eastern Capital Army rushed up, the Wagang Army was about to collapse at the first touch, and they didn't know that they had a numerical advantage over the Eastern Capital Army, and they didn't know why they were fighting at the moment.

Zhai Rang watched the Wagang army flee one after another, and he didn't know where to go for a while, he really couldn't imagine that he was defeated by Wang Shichong with more than 70,000 Wagang troops in the hands of 20,000 people; But the camp in the rear was broken, and the soldiers in front were defeated, which was really seen with my own eyes.

Zhai Rang was in a trance, he had no face to see these soldiers who followed him at this time, and he had no face to see Li Mi in the rear.

"Big boss, let's get out of here first!" Zhai Rang's own soldiers surrounded him and pleaded without saying anything.

Zhai Rang nodded, wanting to comfort himself that this defeat was not a big deal, after all, except for this battlefield, the counties in all directions belonged to Wagang, and the Wagang army fought to Dongping in the east and Runan in the south

Retreating in any direction is not the place to live?

But the embarrassing thing is that the defense of these territories far away from Wagangzhai is extremely fragile, and the reason why no one dares to move these counties for the time being is because the Wagang army occupies the granaries of the Great Sui and has a soldier who claims to be 500,000.

But now?

Zhai Rang didn't even have the confidence to collect 20,000 soldiers, who would take these soldiers in the eyes of the forces around Wagang at present?

Wang Shichong may strike while the iron is hot to recover the lost ground, Yu Wenhua may also see the weakness of the Wagang Army and bite in turn, Du Fuwei, Li Zitong, and Zhu Cang in the south, which one is a kind person?

With a long sigh, Zhai Rang finally tightened the reins like a knife, blended into the deserters all over the mountains under the arch of the guards, and reluctantly retreated to the place where he made his fortune - Wagang.

With his help, he finally got on his horse and ran to the rear, blending in with the deserters all over the mountains.

After the defeat of the Chinese army, Qin Shubao chose to retreat to Luokou, while Shan Xiongxin retreated to Liyang, where his good brother Xu Shiji, Pei Yuanqing and Cheng Yanjin did not go with the army because they were wounded, and they encountered Duan Da's 200 cavalry earlier.

After Cheng Yanjin and Pei Yuanqing fought with Duan Da's cavalry with their personal guards for a while, they listened to the sound of the rout in front of them, and both sides had no intention of continuing, so Cheng Yanjin and Pei Yuanqing retreated to Yanshi.

The remaining generals of the Jiangdu Xiaoguo army, Chen Zhiluo, Zhang Tong'er, and Fan Wenchao, did not know where to flee, and when they learned the news that Zhai Rang was captured, they immediately set up a defensive position.

Wang Shichong arranged a way out for them as early as when he formulated the battle plan, so he expressed his intention to persuade them to surrender at the first time, and the three of them had already had the experience of surrendering, and they did not feel discouraged when they chose to surrender again, so they naturally chose to re-enter the arms of the imperial court.

Wang Shicheng was appointed as Chen Zhiluo, Zhang Tong'er, and Fan Wenchao, and then ordered them to lead their 30,000 troops to Yanshi.

Zhai Rang left Yanshi and went to the front line to face Wang Shichong, leaving 20,000 defenders to Yanshi, but these 20,000 defenders, including the main general Li Mi and Pei Renji, were all old and crippled, and those who retreated to Yanshi were Cheng Yanjin and Pei Yuanqing, who escaped death.

After learning about the battle situation ahead from Cheng Yanjin and Pei Yuanqing, Li Mi only thought for a while, and then ordered someone to send an order, "The whole army urgently assembles, prepare to leave Yanshi, and retreat to Luokou!" ”

Cheng Yanjin immediately became a little puzzled, "Second master, we can be horns with Luokou here."

Li Mi sighed, "How many people are there here, how many people are there in Luokou?" I guess most of those people in Jiangdu will surrender to Wang Shichong, they will beat us with 70,000 or 80,000 people, and there is no chance of victory."

Luokou is downstream of Luoshui, in the middle of Yanshi and Wagang Village, surrounded by Wagang's territory, so Li Mi only arranged 20,000 defenders there, if he knew that Qin Shubao had retreated there, he might have adopted Cheng Yanjin's proposal.

However, Li Mi and Wang Shichong can obviously be regarded as confidants, and just an hour after he withdrew from Yanshi, Wang Shichong took his 20,000 Dongdu troops and more than 40,000 people who had just surrendered, a total of more than 60,000 people, and fanned around Yanshi.

When Wang Shichong arrived at the Yanshi, the Yanshi was almost an empty city, and the unexpected gain was that many Wenchen in the Wagang army took the initiative to stay and surrender, including Li Mi's former loyal ancestor Junyan.

Zu Junyan used to be Zhai Rang's captive, because Li Mi saw him finally, and he also had the consciousness that the soldier was a confidant and died, but after the last two wars, he didn't seem to be optimistic about Li Mi anymore, so he would secretly stay.

In addition, there is also a Cui Jian of the Boling Cui family, who was an official in Yanghao and was also a prisoner of Li Mi before; Cui Jian, like Zu Junyan, is familiar with poetry and books, and his literary talents are extraordinary, so he secretly stayed this time, and personally greeted Wang Shichong at the city gate.

After entering the city, Wang Shichong saw his brother Wang Shiwei again, as well as his son Wang Xuanqiong and other family members, these people were rescued by Li Mi after the defeat of Yu Wenhua and the defeat, he originally wanted to use them to persuade Wang Shichong to surrender, how did he know that Wang Shichong's army came so quickly?

From this point of view, Wang Shichong should be grateful to Li Mi, after all, Li Mi did not harm his family; From another point of view, Wang Shichong's victory does not seem to have changed the current situation in the eastern capital.

On the surface, Wang Shichong harvested more than 40,000 soldiers and countless baggage in this battle, but most of the grain and grass were burned by Duan Da, and the capture he got from Yanshi was only enough for his current army of more than 60,000 to eat for three or five days.

This is also thanks to Li Mi's kindness, and he can't bear to burn the grain and grass of Yanshi, otherwise Wang Shichong will get nothing.

Not only did he get nothing, but he also had to drag back to the Eastern Capital with more than 40,000 yuan, how can this be embarrassing?

Almost without any consideration, Wang Shichong quickly made the decision to attack Luokoucang.

If he didn't grab Luokoucang, this battle would be meaningless, even if he defeated Zhai Rang and captured more than 40,000 people in the first battle!

At this time, Li Mi led 20,000 soldiers to finally arrive at Luokou City and successfully joined Qin Shubao, who had been pushed here a long time ago.

Even so, the current enemy in Luokou City is only more than 30,000 people, and even half of Wang Shichong's troops are not even half of his troops.

Zhai Rang's previous chief general who stayed in Luokoucang Town was named Bing Yuanzhen, who was wanted by the imperial court for the crime of greedy ink, and later gained Zhai Rang's trust because he was well versed in sycophants after joining the Wagang Army.

The last time the Wagang Army exchanged markets with the Eastern Capital, Bing Yuanzhen was the one who threaded the needle, and he also exchanged songs with Wang Shichong.

At this time, after seeing Li Mi and Qin Shubao fleeing in defeat, Bing Yuanzhen quickly reported the situation to Wang Shichong, and promised to be Wang Shichong's internal response, but fortunately, Li Mi had already arranged Infernal Affairs by his side, so he decided to plan it

According to the information agreed between Bing Yuanzhen and Wang Shichong, Li Mi's army waited for half a night without waiting for Wang Shichong, and when he was waiting impatiently, he suddenly got the news that Wang Shichong's army had crossed Luoshui

After a day of confrontation, Li Mi was defeated, and then had to lead more than 10,000 defeated troops to retreat to the Tiger Prison, and Wang Shichong finally got the coveted Luokoucang.