Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Battle of Luoyang (2)

"His Royal Highness the King of Wei, now that winter is coming, heavy snow is closing the road, and the army is low, if we continue to attack, once the Sui army in the south comes to support, we are likely to suffer huge losses, please think twice!"

Wei Zheng is good at everything, but there is one thing that is not good, that is, he is too stubborn, his advice makes Li Mi very unhappy, but he can't deal with Wei Zheng like Yuan Shao did with Tian Feng, during the previous Wagang infighting, he has already broken the hearts of many people, if he does it against Wei Zheng at this time, I am afraid that those subordinates under him will abandon him. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Mi turned around and left, he didn't want to listen to Wei Zheng's rambling here, since he couldn't bombard Wei Zheng away, then he would go by himself.

Li Mi was distraught and wandered around the camp, wanting to inspect the situation of the army.

Wang Bodang, the general under his command, accompanied him, the two frowned all the way, the defense of the entire Wei army camp was very empty, except for the soldiers standing guard and patrolling, the rest of the soldiers were basically hiding in the big tent, and no one showed their heads at all.

Li Mi was very angry in his heart, if this was the case all the time, then once the enemy army understood the situation and seized the opportunity to send troops to attack, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of something, and said to Wang Bodang: "Bodang, how is the situation on the Sui army's side recently?" ”

Wang Bodang thought for a while and replied: "The soldiers of the Sui army are divided into two routes, the main force is left in Luoyang, it is the elite of the Sui army, the number is 80,000, this army is directly controlled by Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and Wang Shichong also has 70,000 troops under his command, but in this army, except for Wei Wentong's 30,000 people who are the elite of the Sui army, the rest of the sergeants are recruited not long ago, and they are still new soldiers, so there is nothing to worry about, what's the matter, Duke Wei, do you want to launch an attack on the Sui army?" ”

Wang Shichong was stationed at the Yanshi on the west side of Luoshui at this time, and the Wei army was stationed in Heyang in the east of the river, and there was a Luoshui between the two sides, and there were only a few bridges on the Luoshui, which were all controlled by the Sui army, but at this time, the heavy snow closed the mountain, and there was a thick layer of ice on the Luoshui, even if they didn't have to cross the bridge, they could walk directly from the ice, so the army crossed the river very quickly, which was very beneficial for the raid.

Li Mi looked at Wang Bodang, saw that he was excited, and looked eager to try, and asked, "What?" Do you really want to go to war? ”

Wang Bodang nodded: "I've been stuffy in the camp for a long time, and I've long been stuffy, this ghost weather of a straight thief, if you don't go out for an activity again, that person will be rusty!" ”

Li Mi smiled and said: "Some battles are fought, but not now, I heard before that the Sui army has not much grain and grass left, you send more people to keep an eye on them, if they retreat, you immediately lead the army to cover and kill, and our army will arrive later!" ”

Wang Bodang sent a lot of scouts according to his words, but the strange thing is that Wang Shichong's troops not only did not show the slightest sign of retreat, but were still recruiting troops and horses, expanding the army, and rewarding the soldiers of the three armies, but also making a huge noise, I don't know what he wants to do!

Li Mi listened, thought for a while, changed color, and said to Wang Bodang: "Wang Shichong, this dog thing, I almost fell for his trick!" ”

Wang Bodang looked puzzled and asked, "How do you interpret this?" ”

Li Mi said: "The food of the Sui army has obviously run out, Wang Shichong will not be unaware, but he still wants to expand the army and reward the soldiers, the purpose is to encourage the soldiers' morale and improve their morale, and their lack of food and grass will only become more and more serious, so he can not retreat, he can only advance, once he retreats, his entire army will collapse, and only by fighting with us, only by defeating us or repelling us, the Sui army will have a chance to survive, so Wang Shichong's move is obviously to come to a decisive battle with us." , but he knows that I know that he is short of food and grass, so he will not challenge us openly, and will definitely take advantage of the darkness to come to sneak attack, and he must have known about the recent lax defense of our army, I predict that in the next two days, the Sui army will definitely attack us! ”

Wang Bodang was also taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Duke Wei, then how should we deal with it, should we arrange it immediately and strengthen the defense of our army to prevent the sneak attack of the Sui army!" ”

Li Mi snorted lightly, waved his hand, and said: "No need to do this, the defense in the camp is as usual, just pretend not to know, and when the time comes, as long as the Sui army dares to come, then let him come and go!" ”

The Wei army saw through the conspiracy of the Sui army, but Wang Shichong didn't know it, he was indeed about to cut off the grain and grass at this time, due to the heavy snow blocking the road, the grain transported from Luoyang City could not be sent to the army for a long time, and the Wei army was different, they had their backs to Luokoucang, and the grain in their hands was more than enough, even if they confronted Luoshui for another year, their grain and grass were estimated to be no problem, but the Sui army was not good, after losing Luokoucang and returning to Luocang, the grain in Luoyang City lost its main source, There is not much food left in the city, and there are 100,000 troops to be supplied, for a time the grain in Luoyang City has risen from 30 Wen of rice at the beginning of the year to 1,000 Wen of Dou Mi, the price of rice has risen more than 30 times, but it is still difficult to find a meter in the city, every household is short of food, and the grain ship from Jiangdu is blocked in a section of Tongji Canal at this time, and cannot be transported to Luoyang City in time, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, reluctantly gave Wang Shichong's 70,000 horses a little grain but is still on the way, can not be delivered in time, And even if this batch of grain is delivered, the Sui army will not be able to hold on, after the winter freezes, Luoshui will become flat, in the past, it was good to just hold the bridges and ferries, but not at this time, the Wei army's attack could come from any direction.

So Wang Shichong decided that he couldn't wait any longer, instead of delaying any longer, it was better to take advantage of the previous victory over the Wei army to bring a morale boost to the army, and launch an attack on the Wei army, which was already a losing situation, if it was a fluke victory, it would naturally be very good, even if it was defeated, then there was nothing to say.

It was night, and Wang Shichong really took advantage of the night to sneak over.

And their whereabouts are known to God, the earth, Li Mi, Wang Bodang, and the whole Wei army to know, only Wang Shichong does not know. After the whole army touched the camp, Wang Shichong immediately commanded the soldiers to prepare to set fire to the camp, but suddenly found that this was an empty camp, and the soldiers inside were all straw men wearing the armor of the Wei army, where is there still a soldier here!

Wang Shichong shouted: "It's not good, there is an ambush!" ”

It's just that it's still too late at this time, the Wei army's rockets and arrows fired at once, shooting at the camp together, and the camp has already prepared a lot of dry firewood and forage, at this time, it caught fire at a point, and burned wildly, and the Sui army wanted to rush out, but was suddenly cut off by the two cavalry on the left and right of the Wei army, Wang Shichong looked at it, the main of the army on the left will be Wang Bodang, and the main army on the right will be Shan Xiongxin, he lamented: "My life is over!" ”

And two generals immediately came out of the Sui army's formation, and said to Wang Shichong: "Don't worry, general, wait for someone to kill and disperse the enemy army, but the general will be safe!" ”

These two are the two generals under Wang Shichong, Wei Wentong and Fei Qingnu, who each faced Wang Bodang and Shan Xiongxin. (To be continued.) )