Chapter 459 The Battle of Luoyang (22)
The news of the destruction of Huiluocang was also quickly spread by Bing Yuanzhen to Dongmen Zhai Rang and Li Mi. Before that, Li Mi was still struggling with whether to continue to stick to his battle plan, but when he heard the news, Li Mi and Zhai Rang, as well as the generals of the Wagang Army at the east gate, were all stunned! The importance of returning to Luocang, they all know that there is no food to return to Luocang now, wouldn't these hundreds of thousands of troops have to eat the northwest wind?
However, Li Mi and Zhai Rang are not ordinary people after all, and soon they regained their composure, the two glanced at each other, and Zhai Rang was also asking Li Mi's opinion, and asked, "Mi Gong!" Do you think we're going to retire? ”
When Zhai Rang said this, his heart was also full of unwillingness, he didn't want to retreat, as long as he broke through Luoyang, he would be able to claim the emperor on the dragon chair of the Luoyang Palace! With the prestige of Wagangzhai, in the future, the world will definitely be his Zhai Rang! But Huiluocang was destroyed, and without grain and grass, it was impossible to delay it for too long! If this Luoyang City is about to be breached, it will be fine, but the problem is that now the war in Luoyang City has gradually been dragged down, and it has almost become a tug-of-war! If you wait until the army runs out of food and grass, then these hundreds of thousands of troops will collapse at any time!
Regarding Zhai Rang's words, Li Mi frowned, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then Li Mi suddenly raised his head, turned his head to the officer who was still kneeling in front of Bing Yuan's real horse and came to report the news: "What kind of soldiers and horses are the Sui army that came to sneak attack back to Luocang, how many people are there, can you see clearly?" ”
Although the officer had been fighting to break through since last night, and his body was also scarred, he was not ambiguous about Li Mi's questioning, and immediately replied: "Return to Migong!" It was already late at night, and the Sui army came suddenly, and I could barely see that they were all pikemen in black armor! As for the number of people, it should not be less than 8,000 people, but the specific number is not clear to the subordinates! ”
Black nails? Pike? After these two words were combined, they were immediately recombined into another term in the minds of all the Wagang Army generals present, the Royal Forest Army! However, everyone immediately shook their heads and put this thought behind them, and there were only 20,000 Imperial Forest Army left in Luoyang City! 10,000 were wiped out by the Wagang army in Shizihe, and the remaining 10,000 were trapped in Luoyang, how could they go back to Luocang more than ten miles away from the city? As for the Imperial Forest Army taken away by the Faint King, it is even more impossible! If the Dusk Emperor sends the Royal Forest Army to aid Luoyang, it will definitely be thousands of troops and horses, directly attacking the Wagang Army and relieving the siege of Luoyang! Moreover, the Wagang army set up an ambush on both the land and water roads of Luoyang, Jiangdu Province, if the faint monarch really sent reinforcements, it is impossible for the Wagang army not to know!
ruled out the possibility of the Imperial Forest Army, and the generals' hearts also chuckled at the same time, only then did they discover a problem that they had all ignored before! Now outside Luoyang City, another mysterious Sui army has appeared, which may appear behind the Wagang army at any time and launch a fierce attack! It's like having a venomous snake that could come out of the grass next to it at any moment and bite them on the leg!
Thinking of this, Zhai Rang's face became even paler, and he was even more determined in his heart to retreat, and looked at Li Mi again, ready to persuade again. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoBut before Zhai Rang could speak, Li Mi suddenly turned his head and asked Zu Junyan behind him: "How many days is there enough grain and grass left in the army now?" ”
Zu Junyan is the son of the famous man Zu Ting, who has a wide range of knowledge and writes good articles! When the Wagang Army sent troops to conquer Luoyang before, it was Zu Junyan who wrote a payment document and announced it to the world! The Wagang Army was able to develop so rapidly, in addition to the victory of Shizihe and the capture of Huiluocang, Zu Junyan's submission also played a great role! Now Zu Junyan was also appointed by Zhai Rang and Li Mi as the secretary of the office, specializing in handling various clerical affairs in the army, and this military food record is naturally within Zu Junyan's responsibilities!
Hearing Li Mi's question, Zu Junyan was stunned at first, but soon stepped forward and replied: "Return to Migong!" Two days ago, I just delivered military rations from Huiluocang, so the military rations are relatively sufficient for the time being, and if they are for the soldiers to eat, they should be able to last for about three days! ”
After hearing Zu Junyan's answer, Li Mi fell into thought again, and the generals next to him also looked at each other one by one, because they seemed to hear some meaning from Li Mi's words, could it be that in this case, Li Mi still insisted on continuing to attack Luoyang? Thinking of this, all the generals' faces changed drastically, and they wanted to persuade Li Mi, but they didn't know how to speak, everyone turned their eyes to Zhai Rang, and now only Zhai Rang could persuade Li Mi.
Zhai Rang didn't have the idea of continuing to fight, and after swallowing his saliva, Zhai Rang also said to Li Mi: "Mi Gong! This plan is in people, and it is in heaven to make things happen! Huiluocang was destroyed, maybe it was also God's warning to me, the court is not exhausted! We might as well withdraw our troops for the time being, retain our strength, and wait until next time, next time we will attack Luoyang, and we will definitely succeed! When Zhai Rang said this, his face also showed bitterness, and even Zhai Rang didn't believe this last sentence! This time, the Wagang army was able to surround Luoyang City, but there were many coincidences, and such an advantage would not appear again in the future! Whatever you say about attacking Luoyang City again, it's all nice to say! Today's Zhai Rang already has the idea of being a hegemon on Wagang Mountain.
After a while, Li Mi finally raised his head, but a trace of determination appeared on his face, and he shouted in a deep voice: "No! This battle has been fought to the point where it is now, and everything must continue! If you give up halfway, wouldn't those righteous soldiers who died in Luoyang City die in vain? If we return to Wagang Mountain like this, what will we see in the future to meet the families of the soldiers? What face to face the heroes of the world? ”
was questioned by Li Mi like this, and all the heroes, including Zhai Rang, couldn't help but lower their heads, and Bing Yuanzhen also hesitated, but still said to Li Mi: "Mi Gong! But now that we only have three days of military rations left, it is impossible to conquer Luoyang in such a short time! If you stay here, you can only sacrifice in vain! Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood! We temporarily withdrew our troops, also in order to be able to retain our strength and leave a useful body, so that we could overthrow the tyrannical Sui and overthrow the faint monarch! ”
Bing Yuanzhen's words couldn't convince Li Mi at all, Li Mi looked solemn and shouted: "We have now lost the food to return to Luocang, do you think that after losing this opportunity, we can still have such a powerful army to fight against the faint king?" ”
Being drunk like this by Li Mi, the heroes who had just raised their heads couldn't help but lower their heads, Li Mi was right, these hundreds of thousands of troops, just relying on the little food on the Wagang Mountain, couldn't afford to raise it at all! If there is no return to Luocang and no Luokoucang, it is equivalent to no food, and without food, why does Wagangzhai raise so many soldiers and horses? If it is after this retreat, I am afraid that it will not be long before these hundreds of thousands of troops will shrink rapidly, and it would be very good to be able to keep 100,000!
And Li Mi also knew that with this slogan alone, it would be difficult for the heroes to make up their minds to agree to stay and continue to attack Luoyang, so Li Mi shouted in a deep voice: "In fact, the food in this army is not enough at the moment!" We can temporarily reduce the daily consumption of food and grass for the soldiers, well, to 30%! In this way, the military rations for these three days can barely last for nearly ten days! Next, all our soldiers and horses are in full force! Attack Luoyang! I don't believe it, this Luoyang City is really impregnable, and it can't be overcome! ”
In order to persuade the heroes to agree with his opinion, Li Mi also decisively gave up his previous battle plan and let hundreds of thousands of troops attack with all their might! The heroes couldn't help but light up their eyes, as long as they could conquer Luoyang, they didn't need to worry about the problem of no food and grass! You must know that half of the grain in Luokoucang was in Luoyang City! That's half of the food enough to support the consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops for a few years!
And immediately after, Li Mi turned his head again, looked at Zhai Rang, and said, "Big boss!" What do you think? As long as Luoyang can be captured, the hegemony of the big boss will be successfully realized! When the time comes, everyone in the world will look forward to it! Our Wagangzhai will definitely become the head of the world's righteous army! "Li Mi is such a smart person, naturally he already knows what Zhai Rang is thinking in his heart, so he also starts from this aspect, and vaguely reminds Zhai Rang that as long as he can conquer Luoyang, he can support Zhai Rang and become the emperor!
Hearing Li Mi say this, Zhai Rang, who had already given up this idea, began to live up in his heart again. It seems that according to Li Mi, it is still possible to conquer Luoyang! Immediately, Zhai Rang also began to bow his head and ponder, and at this moment, the offensive of the army attacking Luoyang City still did not stop, Xu Shiji was leading the 80,000 soldiers and horses of the eastern city, fighting with the army at the head of the city.
At this moment, a sudden loud bang came from the top of the city, and all the generals looked ahead. I saw that in the corner of the city in front of me, there was a cloud of dust and smoke, and it seemed that the defenders were also in chaos! Seeing this situation, Zhai Rang and the others didn't know what was going on, so they immediately sent someone to investigate. It didn't take long for the inquiring sergeant to come back and clasp his fists at Zhai Rang and shout: "Go back to the big boss!" It was the two catapults of the Sui army at the head of the city that broke down! He smashed a boulder on the top of the city, causing the head of the city to collapse a corner! ”
After hearing the news, Li Mi was stunned at first, and then his eyes lit up, and he immediately shouted at Zhai Rang with a fist: "Big boss!" That's good news! After all, this catapult is an instrument, and if it is used day and night like Sui Jun, the wear and tear must be not small! Now the damage of these two catapults is a signal! In the next few days, the catapult will definitely be damaged more and more, and when the time comes, it will be even more beneficial for us! ”