"A man is about to die, but his words are good."

Yang Yichen said the plan of the Fifth Route Army to encircle and suppress Wagang when he was about to die, and this plan was very imposing, and Yang Guang also thought so.

But the planned Fifth Route Army can really be called a new force, and there are only Xue Shixiong's 20,000 Youzhou soldiers and Wang Shichong's 50,000 Huainan army.

Among the remaining three route armies, Luo Shixin's Tiger Prison Army was too busy to take care of itself, the Eastern Capital Army had no competent generals, and most of Yang Shanhui's mergers were received from Yang Yichen.

All Yang Shanhui can do is to work steadily and look for opportunities.

Before today, who would have thought that Xue Shixiong's army would be besieged and killed on the way, and the soldiers who followed Xue Shixiong back to Zhuo County would not even be a thousand? The most unbelievable thing is that Xue Shixiong can't afford to get sick, and his time is short!

On the same day that Xue Shixiong's army was attacked by Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong's 50,000 army finally arrived in Qian County, and the 30,000 Wagang army led by Shan Xiongxin and Qin Shubao was no more than ten miles away. If there is no accident, the first battle between Wang Shichong's army and the Wagang army will start in the next two days.

At this time, Cheng Yanjin and Pei Yuanqing respectively led 20,000 troops to besiege Huaiyang County, which was not far from Qian County, and the 100,000 troops led by Li Mi and Xu Shiji and Liu Heimin had already laid down Huai'an and were currently besieging Xiangyang with all their might.

After receiving the news that Wang Shichong led his army to the north, Li Mi knew that the top priority was to eliminate Wang Shichong, and then retreated to Huai'an, intending to attack Runan to the east in order to copy Wang Shichong's back road; On the other hand, the flying pigeon passed a letter to Cheng Yanjin and Pei Yuanqing, asking them to rescue Qin Shubao and Shan Xiongxin in Qian County first.

If Wang Shichong knew that Li Mi had deployed an army of nearly 200,000 to deal with him, he would definitely hesitate about his prospects; In fact, Wang Shichong, who was "entrusted with the defeat of the army, was ordered to be in danger", did not have the consciousness of being loyal to the court at this time.

When Wang Shichong received the title of General Zuo Tunwei, his first feeling was not happiness, but depression.

Compared with a series of vain titles, Wang Shichong prefers to be his Jiangdu County Guard or Jiangdu County Guard, he was still a member of the military department when he first came to Jiangdu, and at that time he was the head of Su You's guards.

But since coming to Jiangdu, Wang Shichong has liked this place and used it as his base.

If there is chaos today, people like Yuan Baobao, Liu Wuzhou, and Li Yuan have all had strange thoughts, how can a guy like Wang Shichong, who can endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens, not have his own ideas?

Wang Shichong is very tolerant, and he is even willing to be Yuwenshu's lackey in order to get promoted.

The reason why Wang Shichong was promoted from a member of the military department to Jiangdu County, and then from Jiangdu County to Jiangdu County, is that the sadness and hardship are unimaginable to ordinary people; But after all, he succeeded and got the status that ordinary people expected.

Wang Shichong has never been defeated in the past few years of suppressing bandits, but Du Fuwei and Li Zitong and other forces near Jiangdu have always been suppressed? This is of course because of people's backs, and there is no factor of Wang Shichong's deliberate release of water.

What Wang Shichong wants is to stay in Jiangdu to suppress bandits, and then raise his banner at the right time; But he never expected that Yang Guang would also choose Jiangdu as his last place to keep himself.

Yang Guang's southward movement caused chaos in the world, and made various forces speed up the pace of fighting for the world, but it also disrupted Wang Shichong's overall plan, and now this order to besiege Wagang made him cry and laugh. The final result of the siege of the Wagang army will be in the Eastern Metropolis, which means that Wang Shichong has basically lost the possibility of returning to Jiangdu.

As for the possible results, it is obvious that Wang Shichong does not want.

But he really has to rely on Jiangdu to compete with Yang Guang, Wang Shichong also knows that he doesn't have that kind of strength, after all, the elite soldiers commanded by Yang Guang are real warriors.

If you can't go back to Jiangdu, you can only take the road of Dongdu, but when you get to Dongdu, will everything be fine?

"There are no famous generals in the East, and it is impossible for Luo Shixin to return to the Eastern Capital, and the only ones who can compete with him are Xue Shixiong and Yang Shanhui! Xue Shixiong is old and mediocre, which is not enough evidence, but this Yang Shanhui "

When Wang Shichong was calculating how to enter the Eastern Capital, the guard outside the door opened the curtain with a letter and said, "General, there is an urgent report." ”

Wang Shichong took the urgent mail, and as soon as it was unfolded, he couldn't help frowning.

Wang Wei and Wang Xuanying, who were sitting at the bottom, all raised their eyes to look at Wang Shichong, and when they were about to open their mouths to inquire, the latter had already said leisurely, "Du Fuwei sent troops to Liuhe two days ago, defeated Chen Ling, and took advantage of the situation to take Liyang and Lujiang counties, and Li Zitong went north to capture Gaoyou. ”

Wang Shichong was not surprised that Du Fuwei was able to defeat Chen Ling, after all, Chen Ling's soldiers who held Liyang were only 8,000 people, and they were all naval troops; Although Du Fuwei's soldiers were uneven, they were more than ten times that of Chen Ling.

This battle, which had long been decided, had not broken out until now, and the main reason was that Wang Shichong had been eyeing Du Fuwei's garrison before, and Du Fuwei had never dared to act rashly because of the rat trap.

But as soon as he left, Du Fuwei easily destroyed Chen Ling; What's even more surprising is that Li Zitong, who has always had a bitter enmity with Du Fuwei, also captured Gaoyou at the same time.

"Did they make a wartime offensive and defensive alliance?" In Wang Shichong's heart, such a question had to arise.

Seeing that Wang Shichong was silent, Wang Xuanying couldn't help but get anxious, "If Du Fuwei takes the opportunity to seize Huainan County, we will be attacked on our backs."

Wang Xuanying and Wang Xuanshu are Wang Shichong's own sons, and Wang Wei is his godson, Wang Xuanying's IQ has never been criticized by Wang Shichong, but his statement still made Wang Shichong nod lightly.

Du Fuwei now has newly acquired the two counties of Liyang and Lujiang, and his intention to expand to the northwest is already obvious, maybe he has not yet had the strength to fight Wang Shichong, but what if he colludes with the Wagang army?

And most importantly, no matter which side rebels, once the territory expands, the local poor will join them without hesitation.

Now that Du Fuwei has fully occupied the two counties of Liyang and Lujiang, it is likely that his strength will soon be doubled, or even 300,000 and a half million

Wang Shichong waved his hand at Wang Xuanying, then turned to Wang and argued, "What do you think?" ”

Wang Wei immediately replied, "Back to his father-in-law, the child thought that he should preserve his strength and made a detour to the Eastern Capital. ”

What Wang Wei said was not only nonsense, but also Wang Shichong's plan, so he only smiled after listening to it.

In any case, Wang Shichong's ultimate goal is to enter the eastern capital, and if he can choose a road that is not blocked by the Wagang army, it is obviously the best result.

The reason why Wang Shichong came to Qian County early was not because he did not have a plan to attract the Wagang army to this net, but the key to the success of this plan was that Li Mi was now attacking Xiangyang.

What Wang Shichong wanted was a time difference, he wanted to bully the stragglers without Li Mi, and then rushed directly into the eastern capital.

It was about three days to travel from Xiangyang, and Wang Shichong had at least five days to wait for the assembly of the Wagang army, and after defeating them, he took exactly two days to reach the eastern capital at the prescribed Laba.

Wang Shichong's abacus was good, but he didn't expect that as soon as he left Jiangdu, Du Fuwei seized the fighter to defeat Chen Ling.

Wang Shichong also did not expect that after Li Mi received the news from the flying pigeon, he not only sent Cheng Yanjin and Pei Yuanqing to lead 20,000 soldiers to reinforcements, but also personally mobilized more than 100,000 troops to go around Wang Shichong's flank.

If Wang Shichong waited here for five days according to the original plan, he was afraid that he would be embattled in all directions.

Wang Shichong agreed with Wang Wei's words, and immediately ordered people to recruit Yang Gongqing, Guo Shancai and other generals to discuss whether to march west to Huaiyang or east to defeat Liang County after conquering Qian County

Before the results were discussed, a scout came to report, "Wagang Shan Xiong Xinshuai 10,000 troops have come to call for battle!" ”

"A thief is a thief!" Wang Shichong couldn't help but snort, the so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit, he disdains Shan Xiongxin's act of shouting the battle openly, in fact, he has eliminated countless teams that dare to come to call the battle.

Wang Shichong now has an army of 50,000, of which 30,000 are good warriors who have followed him through a hundred battles, and 20,000 are the Xiaoguo army allocated to him by Yang Guang; Wang Shichong had reason to believe that his team would have no problem encountering an ordinary 200,000 chaotic army.

Wang Shicheng immediately issued an order, ordering Guo Shancai to lead 10,000 Xiaoguo troops to meet the enemy, and the rest of the people went back to standby, in case the rebel general Qin Shubao of the imperial court might lead the troops to attack from the flank.

As soon as the battle began, Shan Xiongxin knew that he had kicked the iron plate, and Wang Shichong's prestige was really not covered.

Even so, the Wagang Army still fought bloodily, killing more than 400 officers and soldiers in just one moment, but it also paid more than 1,700 people

After the Wagang army broke and fled, Wang Shichong was about to order the pursuit, but received an urgent report from the scouts that Cheng Yanjin and Pei Yuanqing were rushing to the aid of Qian County.

Wang Shichong almost broke out in a cold sweat, and urgently ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

Wang Shichong was not worried about what was wrong with his army against the 20,000 Wagang army in Qian County and the 20,000 troops rushing to help, what he couldn't figure out was how the reinforcements from the West could come so quickly.

Is this a coincidence?

Is Li Mi already on the way? Will the Wagang thieves in Liang County send reinforcements?

With these two problems, coupled with the possibility of Du Fuwei going north, Wang Shichong no longer had the naïve idea of concentrating on attacking the Wagang army in Qian County.

"Leave the land of right and wrong and enter the Eastern Capital as soon as possible!" -- This is undoubtedly Wang Shichong's most urgent wish at present.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Shichong pointed to the map categorically, "Let's cross the canal first, detour through Pengcheng to the north to Dongping, and meet Yang Shanhui at Jindi Pass!" ”

Wang Xuanying's brothers don't have any opinions, although the road that Wang Shichong is pointing out now is relatively far detoured, there must be fewer obstacles.

Wang Wei said with some concern, "If we reach Hedong, we will likely encounter Lu Mingyue's department. ”

"Lu Mingyue's more than 100,000 rebels were defeated by Zhang Xutuo, there is nothing to fear." Wang Shichong shook his head and said in an undoubted tone, "Let's retreat after dark, that's it." ”