Liyang County is located in the west of the south of the Yangtze River, that is, the Ma'anshan area of the later generations, where the water network is dense, there are many hills, the Yangtze River flows through Liyang County, divides Liyang County into two, it is the land of iron in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also the land of rich fish and rice.

Liyang County has always been the foundation of Du Fuwei, Du Fuwei has been operating here for many years, and even more than thirty percent of the soldiers are from Liyang County.

But since Li Mi entered Jiangnan strongly, Du Fuwei was driven out of Liyang County, and in early February, a big battle broke out in Liyang County, and this time, it was a battle related to the future and fate of the entire Jiangnan, and no one on either side of the enemy could afford to lose.

On one side is the combined army of Xiao Mi and Du Fuwei, a total of 110,000 troops, and on the other side is Li Mi's 150,000 jīng Rui army, Li Mi's army is also divided into two routes, one is led by Shan Xiongxin, leading 60,000 troops, against Du Fuwei's army, and the other is led by the general Wang Bodang, also 60,000 troops, responsible for facing Xiao Mi's army, and Li Mi personally led 30,000 troops as support, sitting in Liyang County.

The battle line was opened near Shuikou Town, about fifty miles west of Liyang County, but the battle was not fierce, and the Xiao Du coalition army continued to retreat, refusing to engage in a heavy confrontation with the Wei army, and they seemed to be luring the Wei army westward.

On a small hill, Shan Xiongxin stood on his horse surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, his thick eyebrows were tightly locked, and his eyes looked coldly into the distance.

Shan Xiongxin is nearly forty years old, entering the age of no confusion, he is Li Mi's most trusted confidant, and he is also the arrow of the Wei army's 1286th chapter shè in all directions, and Du Fuwei led 50,000 troops to surround the Wei army from all sides, Du Fuwei's Jianghuai army held a shield and a long knife, facing the dense arrows, and contracted and surrounded step by step.

Wang Bodang's rear army general is named Chen Zhi, who is also a powerful general from the Wagang Army, he saw that the enemy army continued to shrink and surround, and he was anxious, why did Shan Xiongxin's reinforcements not come, if they delayed for another quarter of an hour, they were completely surrounded by the enemy, then they would be annihilated.

Arrows flew densely in the air, and Du Fuwei's archers also became powerful, rows of arrows came densely, and Wei soldiers continued to scream and fall to the ground, and the soldiers hid behind the baggage, and the position was in chaos.

At this time, a partial general rushed to the scene and shouted: "General, the enemy army is eighty paces away, and if we don't break through, we will be annihilated." ”

Chen Zhi still didn't wait for Shan Xiongxin's reinforcements, the situation was extremely critical, and in desperation, he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Pass my order, the whole army will break through to the northeast!" ”

The Wei army finally gave up its positional resistance and began to break through to the northwest, Du Fuwei rode on his horse, pointed his sword at the rushing enemy, and shouted: "Surround and kill!" ”

The arrows were as dense as a torrential rain, coming towards the Wei army from all directions, and one by one the Wei troops screamed and fell, while the remaining Wei troops desperately rushed to a seemingly weak corner......

Soon, however, the Wei soldiers fell into despair, and beyond that thin army was a denser enemy force, and where the enemy commander was located.

Du Fuwei sneered and shouted loudly: "Narrow the encirclement, those who do not surrender, will be killed!" ”

The overwhelming Jianghuai army surrounded from all sides, the drums sounded like thunder, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, surrounding the remaining 7,000 Wei regiments, and the sound of wailing, crying, and begging for mercy resounded throughout the battlefield......

An hour later, when Shan Xiongxin and his army arrived, the battle was over, Du Fuwei's army had withdrawn eastward, the ground was full of dead and wounded soldiers, the painful groans of the undead came one after another, blood stained the land, the baggage had been burned, the smoke was billowing and the fire was blazing.

Shan Xiongxin was so hateful that his teeth chattered, he slammed the gold-topped lance into the soil, and scolded to the west: "Wang Bodang, you stupid man! ”……

Liyang County is the seat of Liyang County, and it is also the center of the Jiangnan Campaign, Li Mi's Marshal of the Expedition to the West is located in Liyang County, at this time, Li Mi is under the escort of hundreds of guards, standing at the head of the county town and looking west, his eyes are full of worry.

This time he fought against the Xiao Du coalition army, and he proclaimed himself the generalissimo of the expedition to the west, which meant that he was not just defensive, but a large-scale westward expansion.

On the eve of the Sui army's imminent all-out attack on the Tang Dynasty, this was his Li Mi's last desperate bet, if he could succeed, then he could recruit up to 400,000 troops, and maybe he could rule the Sui Dynasty by dividing the river, which was Li Mi's last hope.

Li Mi also considered the Three Kingdoms, but his Three Kingdoms was the Tang Dynasty to aid him, not him to aid the Tang Army, he didn't have the heart to go north to the Central Plains at all, because he himself was retreating from the Central Plains, if he returned to the Central Plains, then his efforts to persuade his subordinates to go to Jiangnan for development would be in vain.

On the other hand, there are also many separatist forces in the south, and he needs to pacify them one by one, and the Jiangnan Shi clan refuses to accept him, and he also needs him to persuade and reform one by one, and he does not have the strength to send troops to the Central Plains to help the Tang Dynasty relieve the Sui army's military oppression.

Therefore, when the establishment of the Three Kingdoms became more and more unrealistic, Li Mi began to consider dividing the Yangtze River to govern, with the Yangtze River as the boundary, and the Sui and Wei confronted each other for decades, he could also have time to display his ambitions and create a new Jiangshan Sheji.

This is Li Mi's dream for a long time, but Li Mi also knows that there is not much time and opportunity to realize his dream, and if this western expedition fails, then he will be in great danger and his dream will be shattered.

At this time, Fang Xuanzao walked hurriedly, and there was a faint uneasiness and worry in his eyes, "Your Majesty! Fang Xuanzao walked quickly in front of Li Mi and said worriedly: "It seems that something is not quite right." ”

"What's going on?" Li Mi glanced back at him.

Fang Xuanzao said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the grain ship that was supposed to arrive at noon today has no news yet. ”

This news surprised Li Mi, "How can this be, did you send someone to investigate?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the soldiers have gone to investigate, but there is no reply."

Li Mi also had a little doubt in his heart, the delivery of military rations and materials is an extremely important matter, there can be no mistakes, and it will not be easily delayed to arrive late, is there something wrong?

Could it be that Xiao Miao's fleet went straight east? ’

This idea suddenly popped into Li Mi's mind, but then he denied himself, they also have a fleet deployed on the river, if Xiao Mi's fleet goes east, they will get the news, it won't be Xiao Mi's fleet, so what's going on?

"Your Majesty!"

Fang Xuanzao swallowed and said: "I'm a little worried, is it because we have too few troops left in Jiangyang Cang and Jiangdu. ”

There are already a lot of troops, Jiangyang Cang has deployed 5,000 troops, and Jiangdu has deployed 10,000 troops, these troops are enough to cope with normal defense, but Li Mi felt that Fang Xuanzao seemed to have something to say, so he asked him: "What are you worried about?" ”

"Humble worries...... Worried about the Sui army. Fang Xuanzao lowered his head, he had already thought of the loopholes in the defense, which made him start to be afraid in his heart, it was he who tried his best to encourage Li Mixi to go on the expedition.

"Sui Jun?"

Li Mi frowned, "We have deployed 20,000 troops in Pengcheng County, if there is a Sui army going south, Chen Zhiluo will defend it, and he will also inform us in time, where do you think there will be a Sui army?" ”

"Your Majesty, I suddenly thought of it...... Sea route. ”

"By sea!"

Li Mi's face turned pale in an instant...... (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )