Chapter 374: Xu Shiji's Heart
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Dawn City.
Xu Shiji, Wang Junkuo, and Li Chongjiu stood side by side on the city tower, and the soldiers in the city rushed back and forth. In addition to the residents of the city, there are also many family members of the Wagang Army, and everyone is restless when they hear the news. Although there is such a famous general as Xu Shiji in the city, it is also panicked.
At this moment, the sun is setting in the west, a piece of blood, and the lonely city is in danger of standing in the four fields.
In the eyes of Xu Shiji, Li Chongjiu and others, this scene indicates that the Wagang Army seems to have reached a state of decline.
Li Chongjiu said: "I came all the way to lead the army, but unfortunately I still didn't help Duke Wei. β
Xu Shiji clenched his fists and said: "Shanggu Gong came thousands of miles to this friendship, I think Wei Gong will definitely remember it, and my Wagang army will also be grateful." β
Li Chongjiu nodded, Xu Shiji's words made his heart feel a little calmer, and he asked further at the moment: "Duke Wei's army was defeated in Henan, and his morale was greatly reduced, I don't know what the general will do next?" β
Xu Shiji was silent when he heard this.
Li Chongjiu and Wang Junkuo glanced at each other, and saw that Xu Shiji seemed to have other ambitions, and couldn't help but worry about Li Mi's future.
North of Pishan, on the bank of the Yellow River, surging.
Wei Gong Li Mi had a cloak on his head, and the scarf on his head did not know where it fell, and his body was a spotless crane, which was already wrinkled and stained with mud.
The Yellow River thawed, the turbid waves roared, Li Mi pressed his sword, looked at the big river rushing to the east, and suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed: "To this day, I know the realm of the overlord, the end of the road, what face do I have to see the Jiangdong father, Mi should be dead." β
Li Mi pulled out his sword and wiped it off his neck with his backhand.
"Gong Wei can't!"
"Wei Gong!"
When the generals on the side saw it, they hurriedly snatched Li Mi's long sword with all hands and feet.
The general Wang Bodang hugged Li Mi's body and cried loudly: "Duke Wei, don't kill yourself!" β
Li Mi said sadly: "What are you afraid of death, now, once defeated, I, Li Mi, have become the end of the overlord, you take my head and go to Wang Shichong to ask for merit and reward." With the death of my Li Mi alone, I will protect your prince Wandai. β
Wang Bodang hurriedly said: "In the past, how could the overlord compare to the Duke of Wei, when the overlord Wujiang River, the elite was lost, and only one person and one horse remained. And our army has not lost the way to retreat, Heyang Zhongcheng is still in my hands, the pontoon bridge is also unharmed, there are still us around the Duke of Wei, and there are 20,000 soldiers who escaped from Pishan, we are all following here. β
As soon as Wang Bodang said it, all the generals agreed.
Li Mi heard Wang Bodang say that there were still 20,000 horses to follow, and he couldn't help but feel sad, and the 200,000 troops of the Wagang Army crossed the river, and now there are only 20,000 left.
At the foot of the mountain, after being defeated by Wang Shichong, hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated, such as Pei Xingyan, Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Zhang Tongren, Chen Zhiluo, Shan Xiongxin, Yang Gongqing, Pei Renji, Niu Jinda, Wu Heimin, Zu Junyan and others, all of whom were not in the battle, either killed or captured.
After the defeat, Li Mi had a chance to recover the remnants of the army, but the left Sima Zheng Cheng dedicated the Yan division, and the long Shi Bing Yuanzhen not only leaked the deployment of the Wagang army to Wang Shichong, but also dedicated the most important Luokou for the Wagang army to Wang Shichong together with the right Sima Zheng Qianxiang.
Luokou for the Wagang army, not only the capital, but also the location of the Luokou warehouse, Luokou lost, Li Mi finally returned to the sky powerless, in the Luoshui was defeated by Wang Shichong again, led the troops to retreat to the Yellow River, fortunately Wang Bodang abandoned Kim Yong, and led the people to protect Heyang.
After Li Mi led the defeated army to meet in the Tiger Prison, there was a scene where the two monarchs and ministers met each other, and Li Mi wanted to draw his sword and kill himself.
Thinking of this, the generals hugged their heads and cried on the banks of the Yellow River.
Li Mi took a deep breath and said: "Now that Wang Shichong has won Luokoucang, Henan is no longer defensible, I intend to return to Hebei, the south is blocked by the river, the north is guarded by Taihang, and the east is connected to Liyang, in order to forge ahead, what do you think?" β
Listening to Li Mi's words, the generals looked at each other.
Xu Jingzong of the record room said first: "Qi Wei Gong, when he killed Zhai Rang, Xu Shiyun was almost dead, and now our army is defeated and goes to Liyang, I am afraid it is self-defeating!" β
Xu Jingzong is the son of Xu Shanxin in the matter, the father and son are the same as the Great Sui, Yu Wenhua and the coup d'Γ©tat, killed Xu Shanxin, and Xu Jingzong begged to kill his father's enemy Yu Wenhua and knelt on the ground, Yu Wenhua and Fang Cai spared his life. After the defeat of Yu Wenhua and the army, he turned to Li Mishizhi, because he pleaded with the enemy who killed his father before, and was exposed, so the Wagang army was very contemptuous of it, but Li Mi remembered his talent and appointed him as the secretary.
Listening to Xu Jingzong's words, Wang Bodang grabbed his collar and shouted: "Ru'an dares to slander the general of our army!" β
When Xu Jingzong saw Wang Bodang, he grabbed his chest, and said with a little fear: "General Wang, can you put me down and speak?" If I'm not right, I won't say it. β
Li Miyan said: "Bodang let him go first, but it doesn't hurt to say it." β
Uncle Wang put down Xu Jingzong angrily.
Xu Jingzong straightened his clothes and said to Li Miyan: "It is difficult to draw the skin and bones of a tiger, knowing the face but not the heart, Shan Xiongxin dares to vote for Wang Shichong, Bing Yuanzhen, Zheng Qianxiang dares to offer Luokoucang, not to mention Xu Shiji?" β
Wang Bodang shouted: "If you can't even trust Xu Dayan, there is anyone else who can be trusted?" Where should our army go? β
Xu Jingzong said: "Now that the army is defeated, the three sergeants are all afraid in their hearts, and if they stay in Hebei now, I am afraid that there will be more rebels." If Duke Wei wants to fight Wang Shichong again, I am afraid that no one is willing to do so, and it will be difficult to succeed. β
Xu Jingzong said this, and suddenly all the generals on the side echoed it.
Li Mi looked up and said in his heart I have been in Wagangzhai for several years, claiming to be benevolent, but I didn't expect that in today's predicament, everyone's kindness is so thin, and I was defeated in a battle, and everyone is willing to abandon me and leave.
Li Mi looked around at the generals and asked slowly, "Do you all think so?" β
The generals lowered their heads, and Li Mi did not dare to reply, but he silently expressed his attitude.
Li Mi muttered: "Everyone holds this view, and my way is poor. β
Xu Jingzong stepped forward and said, "Duke Wei, why don't we join Guanzhong, so that all the generals are willing to follow." β
Li Mi was silent when he heard this, and Fu Peng Liuxie stepped forward and said: "Duke Ming and Duke Tang are of the same clan, and they have been friends with each other in the past; Although the Duke of Tang and our army raised their own troops, our army attacked the eastern capital, cut off the return route of the Sui army, and made the Duke of Tang capture Chang'an in one go, which is also the credit of the Duke of Ming. β
All the generals said together: "What Liu Fu Peng said is very true. β
Li Mi saw that the crowd was like this, and stopped at the moment and was silent for a long time.
Xu Jingzong and Liu Xie were the leaders, and they urged again and again. These two people are a heart to serve Li Yuan, for them, Li Mi is now defeated, only Li Yuan is the master of the world, if they can move Li Mi and defect to Li Tang in the future, the merit of the two of them is inevitable.
Li Mi looked at everyone, lowered his head immediately, and said, "Okay, just follow what you say." β
All the generals were happy when they heard this, but they didn't dare to show it, and the Wagang army crossed the Yellow River from Heyang and returned to Hebei.
The generals followed Li Mi to Hanoi County, and were about to send someone as a messenger to Guanzhong to report to Li Yuan, when they suddenly reported to the front: "Duke Wei, there is a large army coming ahead. seems to be the banner of Xu Shiji. β
Xu Jingzong listened to the words and said urgently: "Xu Shiji, this kid, is he so impatient? It is definitely to take advantage of the defeat of our army to avenge Zhai Rang, and Duke Wei must not be unguarded. β
Wang Bodang shouted: "Nonsense, Xu Dayan is not such a person. β
Li Mi pressed his hand when he heard this, and said, "Don't make any more noise, wait and see what Xu Shiji is doing?" ββ
Soon the smoke and dust kicked up by the cavalry came far away, Wang Bodang looked at it for a while, and said to Li Miyan: "Duke Wei, when are there so many cavalry in Liyang City, you see that the cavalry on the opposite side has one person with two horses, or even three horses, and the cavalry of my Wagang Army can't ride one person, but this cavalry can actually have one person and three horses." β
Xu Jingzong sneered and said: "Needless to say, it must be Xu Shiji who colluded with Yu Wenhua and attacked our army together." β
"Hugh is going to make a noise!" Uncle Wang screamed angrily, Xu Jingzong's face turned red, and he was silent.
At this time, the banner of Xu Zi had already appeared, and Li Mi and Wang Bodang clearly saw that Xu Shiji was coming straight to Li Mi's army with a number of horses.
Seeing that Xu Shiji only carried a few horses, Li Mi and Wang Bodang's faces were filled with joy.
Li Mi drank the order and said, "Unstoppable, let them come." β
At that moment, the front army separated, and Xu Shijishu rode in.
Xu Shiji came to Li Mi, turned over and bowed, and said, "Duke Wei, the end will be a step late." β
Li Mi dismounted, and when he was about to help Xu Shiji, when he saw that there was another person beside the other party, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "Could it be Brother Li Xian?" β
The other party clenched his fists at the moment and said: "Duke Wei, it was in the lower part that Wenwagang and Wang Shichong fought the decisive battle in the Eastern Capital, and a certain special leader led three thousand Youzhou iron cavalry to help in the battle. β
"Youzhou!"
The generals of the Wagang army are all talking to each other, and their hearts are thousands of miles away from here. And some people heard that the other party was Li Chongjiu, the assassin of Youzhou, and they couldn't believe it, everyone admired his name for a long time, and they were all competing to see how the other party looked.
It turned out that Li Chongjiu knew that after Li Mi's army defeated Wang Shichong, he was disheartened and lazy after retreating to Hebei, because he was worried that Xu Shiji, who stayed in Liyang, would make a mess.
Li Mi was discouraged, so he listened to his subordinates and went to Guanzhong to join Li Yuan.
Therefore, before going to Liyang, Li Chongjiu tried to persuade Xu Shiji, if Xu Shiji was unable to betray Li Mi, he would invite him to go to Hanoi to show that he had no other intentions, if Xu Shiji had the intention to make trouble, then there was Wang Junkuo in Liyang City, and his own 3,000 soldiers and horses were watching, and Xu Shiji would have to weigh again and again even if he rebelled.
In the end, Li Chongjiu persuaded Xu Shiji, came to see Li Mi together, and invited him to return to Liyang.
When Li Mi saw Li Chongjiu, he suddenly burst into tears, and said: "Alas, for my brother, I am ashamed to see my brother, my Wagang army's 200,000 troops were defeated first in Bishan, and then in Luoshui, and now there are only 20,000 horses, and even Luokoucang has been lost." β
Li Chongjiu stepped forward to hold Li Mi's hand and said: "I know that Xuanyuan Jiu fought against Fang Ping, and Gaozu was defeated by Xiang Yu, and then won the world in the next battle. (To be continued.) )