The conclusion analyzed by Duan Da is not too far from the real situation, Yang Tong easily accepted this statement, and Yuan Wendu and Huangfu Wuyi also thought so.

Duan Da looked at the encouragement in Yang Tong's eyes and continued, "Now that Li Mi has withdrawn from Xiangyang, who can be sure that he is not repentant? The Wagang thieves must have known the news of General Xue and General Wang's rush to the aid of the Eastern Capital these days, and they need to divide their troops to deal with it, which is probably the main reason why they have not attacked the Eastern Capital until now. But if they learned that General Xue's army was annihilated, the result would be difficult to say; Taking a step back, even if they don't encircle the eastern capital, they will be able to gain a firm foothold in Luokou in a few days, and it will be half the effort for us to recapture it."

Yang Tong listened to Duan Da's analysis, and couldn't help nodding his head and saying yes, whether it was the Wagang army besieging the eastern capital or occupying Luokoucang for a long time, it was something he didn't want to see.

After Duan Da's words fell, Yang Tong smiled approvingly at him, and then looked at Yuan Wendu and Huangfu Wuyi and said, "That is to say, we must send troops to recapture Luocang as soon as possible, what do Yuan Taifu and Huangfu General think?" ”

"The ministers seconded the proposal." Duan Da's analysis just now was really impeccable, and Yuan Wendu and Huangfu Wuyi did not raise objections.

Although Yang Tong is concerned about the Eastern Capital, his temperament is finally indecisive, and after he unifies the opinions of the three important ministers, he said, "Then let's discuss who will lead the team, how many people to bring, and when to set off."

Duan Da listened to Yang Dong's words, and suddenly became depressed, just now he said that he invited him, and now who is still discussing who will lead the team?

After complaining a few sentences in his heart, Duan Dadi still rushed before Yuan Wendu and Huangfu Wuyi spoke, "The minister is willing to lead 50,000 elite soldiers to set off on the third watch tonight, and he will definitely be able to take Luokoucang!" Your Highness, without further ado, there is no time for me! ”

"Xiaoxiao Hui Luocang, do you also need 50,000 elite soldiers to attack? Yang Tong was thinking about it, Huangfu Wuyi snorted coldly, then stood up again and asked the former, "Your Highness, the minister is willing to lead 30,000 soldiers to go." ”

Duan Da listened to Huangfu's words, his heart was angry, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

Yuan Wendu also had some disdain for Huangfu Wuyi's behavior of picking peaches, but it was impossible to offend Duan Da, who was at odds with his original political views.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Yang Tong immediately asked tentatively, "Then General Huangfu will take 30,000 soldiers to rob Luokou, and General Duan will stick to the eastern capital?" ”

Yang Tong also knew the urgency of grabbing Luokoucang, but he also knew the importance of holding on to the eastern capital, and seeing Huangfu Wuyi and Duan Da competing for military power like a bid, he naturally chose Huangfu Wuyi, who needed to lead fewer troops.

Huangfu Wuyi had the idea of picking peaches, and he didn't have any negative thoughts, in fact, he was not prepared at all to snatch Luokoucang, and after listening to Yang Tong's inquiry at this time, he could only nod his head stubbornly.

Duan Da also quickly came back to his senses, in his plan, although it would not take 50,000 elite soldiers to rob Luokoucang, it would be a bit reluctant to use 20,000 people to rob Luokoucang, not to mention guarding there?

Robbing Luokoucang is really a helpless move, it was originally a thankless task, and now Huangfu Wuyi wants to send him to death because he is angry with himself, how can Duan Da not fulfill him?

After the secret discussion ended, Huangfu Wuyi was like a duck that had been driven to the shelf, so he had to give up his comfortable life for the time being, and then ordered his troops.

Luokoucang is a granary, and the distance from the eastern capital is only more than 100 miles, so Huangfu Wuyi did not need to prepare grain and grass before setting off, but it is still necessary to let the soldiers have a full meal before leaving the eastern capital.

Huangfu Wuyi originally planned to set off on the third watch, but after eating a meal, time still entered the ugly time.

The unexpected meal time made Huangfu Wuyi also doubt the speed of the march, worried that he might not be able to reach Luokou before dawn, so he began to prepare a day's dry food for the soldiers, and this delay was another half an hour.

It was nearly three minutes before the army began to walk out of the barracks and go straight to the east gate of the eastern capital; As the emperor Wuyi expected, by the time the sky dawned, the army he led had just reached the Shizi River.

The early morning in the eastern capital and the early morning in the Shizi River look no different, but when the people of the eastern capital were still asleep, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were already lined up on the banks of the Shizi River, lined up with wild goose wings in the west of the Shizi River.

The faces of the soldiers were less excited when they first came out of the Eastern Capital, and more tired, and they marched all night, and they were sleepy and tired

Huangfu Wuyi did not have the slightest tiredness, and there was a lot of excitement and mania in his heart.

Huangfu Wuyi ordered the soldiers to cross Luoshui, lined up in the west of the Shizi River, and 30,000 elite soldiers lined up with wild goose wings from the north and south, spreading nearly ten miles to the west of the river!

Looking at the majestic battle formation, Huangfu Wuyi felt inexplicably proud and excited in his heart.

How could this kind of prestige and military appearance be compared to those Wagang thieves?

"General, are we going to set up camp here?" Liu Changgong patted his horse and came to Huangfu Wuyi's side, and asked for instructions with some puzzlement.

The reason why Liu Changgong asked this question was that he was really worried that Huangfu Wuyi would set up camp here, because the last time he and Pei Yuanqing rushed to Luokoucang with their troops, they were ambushed again.

As the saying goes, "once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope", he doesn't want to be planted here for the second time.

Huangfu Wuyi didn't hear the meaning of Liu Changgong's words, but remembered his failure here last time, and in the end, he still looked down on Liu Changgong in his bones.

Liu Changgong can ask such an idiotic question now, which makes Huangfu Wuyi speechless, didn't he find that this team doesn't have any grain and grass? How can you set up camp without grain and grass?

Huangfu Wuyi also knew that it was not good to reveal the old scars of others at this time, and when he was writing words in his heart, he saw a shadowy figure appear at the end of the flat ground on the other side of the river.

The Wagang Army, the Wagang Army all over the mountains is coming!

Huangfu Wuyi immediately raised his spear and ordered loudly, "Cross the river and fight against the water, and destroy this dynasty!" ”

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the overlord of Western Chu broke the cauldron and sank the boat, fought against the water, and finally became a hegemon.

The emperor has no way to go up, but he has difficulties to go up, and he has to go up if there are no difficulties to create difficulties.

"The general is so urgent, the soldiers are hungry and poor, and they are afraid that they will not obey." Liu Changgong has some shadows in his heart for the Wagang Army, but what he said is not unreasonable.

Liu Changgong had obviously heard of the allusion to the battle against the water, but he had never heard of crossing the river to carry the water.

Huangfu Wuyi gave an order, and his suspicion of Liu Changgong suddenly became angry, "Then order the knife and axe to prepare, and those who refuse to cross the river will be killed!" ”

Liu Changgong suddenly felt a burst of sadness, he couldn't imagine that Huangfu Wuyi's command level was inferior to his own, but last time Pei Yuanqing rescued him, who could he count on this time?

All of a sudden, flags waved, golden drums sounded in unison, and the atmosphere of imminent war permeated both sides of the Shizi River.

The Sui army began to cross the river quickly, first the cavalry, then the shield soldiers and archers, and the Shizi River stirred up waves one after another, and no one was afraid or lonely.

When Huangfu Wuyi urged the horse to step into the Shizi River, he saw the magnificent scene, and suddenly remembered the pride of Fu Jian throwing a whip to break the stream; But he took it out of context, forgetting that Fu Jian was defeated in this battle and collapsed!

The cavalry of the Sui army reached the opposite bank first, and then dispersed, apparently giving up the open space to the shieldmen and archers who followed behind.

Liu Changgong urged the horse to press the formation, and when he looked at the enemy formation after crossing the river, he couldn't help but be shocked.

The Wagang army came slowly from a distance, their formation with shield bearers in front, pikemen behind, and archers holding down the wings in a semi-arc.

Liu Changgong had never seen Zhang Xutuo's Eight Winds Battalion, so he naturally didn't know that the formation of the Wagang Army was transformed from the Eight Winds Battalion, but he saw the big banner fluttering in the wind in the opponent's battle formation, and the big flag was embroidered with a black word "Pei".

The surrender of Pei Yuanqing and his son to Wagang is well known, and Liu Changgong can remember that he cheated Pei Yuanqing that day.

If you fall into the hands of the thieves, you will surely die!

Huangfu Wuyi also saw the banner of the Wagang Army, and at the same time, he also put away his contempt for the opponent's battle formation just now.

From the enemy's equipment and formation, Huangfu Wuyi had vaguely seen their attack power.

The thieves that Huangfu Wuyi had seen in the past were all noisy and chaotic, they took advantage of them when they had difficulties, and they could only fight with the wind; If it weren't for such thoughts, he wouldn't have thought that 30,000 elite soldiers would be able to take Luokoucang.

But the enemy in front of you is really extraordinary!

At this moment, Huangfu Wuyi could only stubbornly say, "When did Pei Renji leave the palace?" They are formless and vulnerable! ”

After saying this, Huangfu Wuyi ordered the drum to be beaten and prepared to attack.

When the war drums of the Sui army sounded, Pei Renji also ordered the drums to be beaten, as Huangfu Wuyi said, Pei Renji's long-term work was indeed only a general of the palace guards, and he had never won a battle independently in the field. -- Last time under the command of Li Mi, the ambush Cheng Biting Jin and Qin Shubao are not counted.

Of course, Bae Renji also hopes to prove his ability to command troops with a big victory.

Fighting with Huangfu Wuyi, Pei Renji knows the advantage of his side, that is, to wait for work with ease; The enemy has been attacking all night, and now he has not even had time to eat breakfast, and as long as his side can hold on, victory will surely fall to him.

Pei Renji personally beat the drums, and the morale of the Wagang army suddenly doubled up.

The Sui army was a mixture of cavalry and infantry, but the Wagang army was an all-infantry.

After the war drums sounded sharply, the two armies turned from galloping to galloping, and struggled towards the enemy; The two soldiers were like a torrent, and after they converged, they suddenly set off a stormy wave.

The two armies soon fell into hand-to-hand combat, the Sui army was better equipped, but the Wagang army was determined and upright, and the two sides were inextricably separated for a while.

The armor was sonorous, and the earth was shaken.

The rising sun is still red in color, sprinkling a soft glow, but there is no new story under the sun.

Killing and being killed, only in an instant.

After only a few moments of fighting, dead or wounded officials or thieves covered the west bank of the Shizi River, and the river was also dyed red.

The drums beat again, and the cavalry of Wagang finally joined the battlefield from the flank, and Liu Changgong looked at the emperor who was rushing to kill Wuyi at the end, and couldn't help but sigh, "I'm afraid that the general trend has gone"

As if in response to Liu Changgong, the Sui army, which had exhausted its physical strength, really showed fatigue, and the Wagang army rushed forward more than ten steps in an instant.

The final rout of the Sui army has become a foregone conclusion.