When the enemy has not been completely destroyed, the generals get along with each other very well. With the conversation with everyone, Xuzi gradually figured out the latest situation near Luoyang.

Just a few days after the brothers of the Xiongwu Battalion and Li Mi were fighting to the death, Qu Tutong led the army to the Heyang Ferry and confronted the rebels across the river. Yang Xuangan's army was entangled by Wei Wensheng and Fan Zigai, and he couldn't spare his hand to send reinforcements, so Qu Tutong seized the opportunity to break through the defense line on the south bank of the Yellow River in one fell swoop.

At this moment, the Great Sui Navy Division led by General Laihu'er went upriver by civilian boat, and the forward had already reached Lanyuan, less than a hundred miles away from Liyang. The main force of the army commanded by the old general Yuwenshu also arrived at Guancheng, and after the sailor built the pontoon bridge, he could cross the river and march south. Together with the soldiers and horses of King Qin who came from the neighboring counties, the Sui army that pointed to Luoyang had exceeded 400,000, far higher than the number of rebels on the surface.

Those who have fought no longer need to look at the map to know that Yang Xuan feels that the general trend has gone. Since Yang Xuanting died in battle, a Wei Wensheng and a Fan Zigai have tossed the rebels to the point of vomiting and diarrhea, plus a brave general Qu Tutong, who is famous for his good fighting, the rebels can't care about each other. If they can't capture Luoyang, they can only wait for the rest of the hundreds of thousands of troops to slowly encircle and annihilate them all under the fortified city.

"I really don't know why Yang Xuangan is so stupid, after raising troops, he didn't cross the river to take Luoyang directly, but actually tossed back and forth on the north bank of the Yellow River!" With the victory in hand, the generals' "intellectual curiosity" began to overflow, and they speculated one after another about the purpose of the strange strategic detour at the beginning of the rebels' uprising.

From a distance and near point of view, the best place to cross the river after the army started from Liyang was Ji County, a hundred miles away. And Yang Xuangan didn't use such a close ferry, but first went west for hundreds of miles to attack Hanoi, and then turned around to attack Xiuwu, until the fighters were wasted, and then hurriedly crossed the river from Ji County. This kind of strange behavior is easy to understand if it happened to a group of bandits and rogues, but it is really incomprehensible if it happened to Yang Xuangan, who was behind the gate and had countless strategists around him.

"Isn't that simple, because he has a famous man like Li Mi by his side!" Zhang Xiu, the captain of the pro-soldier school, couldn't help it, and interjected loudly in a group. His words immediately sparked a heckling among the soldiers of the Xiongwu Battalion. Don't blame them for being rude, everyone is indeed entitled to laugh like this. Since Li Mi and Han Shixu abandoned the soldiers who were besieging the city and fled, the word "Damingshi" has become a synonym for the big liar in the Xiongwu camp. Originally, everyone was still a little jealous of those young talents who were behind the door and praised by everyone, but now, when their names were mentioned, the expression on their faces was only contempt.

Among the guest army, there are many generals who do not agree with this point of view. After asking the reason why the owner of this place laughed, several old generals who had experienced a lot of ups and downs shook their heads and retorted: "Li Mi's talent is not so bad, he just missed it for a while." Moreover, Yang Xuangan sent two main generals in a group of soldiers and horses, which would definitely cause confusion in command, and the soldiers would have nothing to do at a critical moment! ”

"Yang Xuangan doesn't trust Li Mi, otherwise he would have left Li Mi by his side and would not have sent him to help Han Shixu."

There were different opinions, but it did not affect the communication between the generals of the two Sui armies. In any case, Li Mi had already been defeated, and Yang Xuangan had not been able to recapture Liyangcang as he had hoped, and had lost a large number of men. If the battle situation is really as described by the soldiers of the Xiongwu Battalion, the 70,000 rebels have completely collapsed, then the Jijun not far away and the Tiger Prison Pass and Xingyang City on the east side of Luoyang have become three bird eggs exposed in the field, as long as there are horses' hooves gently stepping forward, they can be crushed.

Wu Benlang's general Chen Ling was very good at seizing opportunities, and his troops and horses only repaired in Liyang for one night, and after replenishing food, they launched a strong attack on Jijun. Li Mi and Han Shixu gathered the remnants of the army to ambush on the road, trying to surprise the Sui army with a dismount, but the equipment and morale of the soldiers and horses on both sides were too far apart, and the Sui army that was ambushed forcibly rushed out of the ambush circle, and then turned around and firmly bit the main force of the rebels.

The two sides fought seven times in a day, and blood stains were sprinkled from Tongshan Mountain, thirty miles away, to Jijun Zhisuowei County. Han Shixu and Li Mi tried to retreat into the county town and hold on, but Li Bo, the governor under Chen Ling, rushed into the city with 500 soldiers and followed the rebels. The two sides fought in the streets, and Li Mi and Han Shixu were defeated again and had to retreat to the Jixian ferry.

Chen Ling was unforgiving, and on the one hand, he sent soldiers and horses to pocket the two small cities of Chaoge and Suixing, and on the other hand, he personally led the army to chase the enemy. The two sides fought for the third time at the Jixian ferry, Li Mi followed the example of the ancients and lined up against the water, hoping that the soldiers would understand the great truth of putting themselves to death and then rejuvenating, but the rebel soldiers who had experienced several defeats in a row were unwilling to die, and as soon as the two sides fought, they fled along the riverbank. In an instant, the personal soldiers around Han and Li were scattered by the chaotic army, and they could not organize effective resistance at all. If it weren't for Li Mi's cleverness, he specially left a few boats in hiding places, and the two were almost captured alive by Chen Lingsheng.

Crossing the Yellow River, Li Mi and Han Shicao ran wildly all the way, successively abandoning the four cities of Lingchang, Suozao, Yuanwu, and Yangwu, which were not easy to defend, and gathered all the soldiers and horses on the south bank and brought them to Xingyang and Gu Jue to converge. Just after gaining a foothold in Xingyang City, Chen Ling led the army to catch up again. The two sides were in a vicious battle under Xingyang City, and when the victory was inseparable, Yuwenshu and Laihuer arrived with two new forces, and forced them to capture the city gates on the east and north sides with superior troops, forcing Han Shixu and Li Mi to abandon the city and lead the remnants to run to the Tiger Prison Pass.

Tiger Prison Pass is the last barrier on the east side of Luoyang, and if this pass is lost, the Sui army from all walks of life can be encircled. Li Mi was so anxious that he sent a message around, inviting bandits from all walks of life who were active in the vicinity of Luoyang to come to help in the war. At this moment, the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, but those heroes who usually called him brothers and sisters betrayed their promises, and let Li Mi's messenger go three times a day, and never went down the mountain again.

Li Mi was helpless, handed over all the soldiers and horses to Han Shixuan, and went to Yang Xuangan's army alone to ask for help. Without waiting for Yang Xuangan to decide whether to send troops, Yu Rou, the son of Yu Shiji, actually surrendered to the enemy and opened the gate of the Tiger Prison in the middle of the night. Han Shicao and Gu Jue were caught off guard and died in battle. The world's No. 1 Xiongguan changed hands in a blink of an eye.

The day after the Tiger Prison Pass was captured, Li Xu and Yu Wenshi were also ordered to rush to the front of the pass with enough grain and grass for 300,000 troops to eat for two months. Yu Wenshu was very happy to see his son, and held a celebration banquet that night, holding his son's hand to meet the elders in the army. Laihu'er, Zhou Fashang and other generals congratulated one after another, and all said that Yuwen's family would go out of the tiger. Yu Wenshu listened, so unexpected, even the stiff right side of his face after the stroke has shown signs of improvement.

"Little San'er, why did you think of this clever plan to run thousands of miles, tell it to your father!" After nightfall, Yuwenshu had not calmed down from the joy, and took his son's hand in the tent and asked.

When a son grows up, nothing makes a father happier than watching his child make him promising. Thousands of miles away, the enemy was found to be flawed, and the blow was fatal. This hand, even if he was a father, in his heyday, could not have imagined it. Although the attack and defense of Liyang City was only the first battle to destroy the rebels, this battle locked the entire battle in one fell swoop.

lost Liyang, and Yang Xuangan lost the capital he relied on to gather bandits. The results of the whole campaign are already on the table. In the past few days, although the victories won by the other people and horses one after another, they were all icing on the cake, and none of them had more credit than the surprise attack of Liyang.

"Dad, that's Xuzi, General Li Lang's idea, I just made some additions on the side. When defending the city, it was he who saw through Li Mi's conspiracy! Yu Wenshi sat across from his father and raised his voice a little to emphasise. At the dinner party, he wanted to interrupt his father's show-off. Li Xu, Murong Luo, Li Anyuan and other core generals of the Xiongwu Battalion were all sitting closest to the tent door, and every glance from everyone made Yu Wenshi and his face hot.

"He's brave, you're wise, it's a wonderful match. Don't worry, my father knows how to write a fold for the emperor, and this credit is very great, and it is indispensable for the boy surnamed Li! Yu Wenshi didn't hear the dissatisfaction in his son's words, and explained to himself. Your official position is higher than his, your role is greater than his, and your natural merit comes first. As for him, as well as those generals under your command, you can naturally have some benefits in private, so that they can serve our Yuwen family wholeheartedly! ”

"The merits of the two wars are indeed led by General Li Lang. The brothers of the Xiongwu Battalion have seen it with their own eyes! "Yu Wenshi and remind my father again." If I take this credit for myself, I am afraid that I will never be able to convince the public in the future! ”

"Don't you want to take credit at all?" Yu Wenshu couldn't understand his son's mind for a while, his eyes were a little straight, and the faces on the left and right sides began to stiffen again.

The Emperor of the Great Sui hated the rebels very much, and once promised to seal the first contributor to the suppression of the rebellion. With the connections of the Yuwen family in the court and the vigorous recommendation of the old generals, this credit will obviously fall on the heads of the Yuwen family. But now that his son suddenly became stupid, he wanted to give the credit to an irrelevant person, and this kind of idea really couldn't be accepted by Yuwenshu.

"I wanted to get my fair share. Dad, don't interfere, Zhong Jian saved my life again, this is the third time. If I am greedy for merit, everyone in the world will see the jokes of our Yuwen family! Seeing that his father's face began to turn cold, Yu Wenshi begged softly.

"Jokes, who watches? Who is afraid? Do you know how much credit was given to this battle? Yu Wenshu's fierce gaze swept over, forcing Shi Ji's eyes to be a little erratic.

I thought that this kid was out of luck, but I didn't expect him to become more and more uncompetitive. Until now, he has not been able to clean up a reckless man in the countryside. Moreover, he actually began to think about each other everywhere. Is this still my son of the Yuwen family, the more Yuwen Shu thought about it, the more angry he became, his breathing gradually became heavier, and his throat seemed to be about to breathe fire.

"I know, but I can't do that!" Yu Wenshi lowered his head and gritted his teeth in reply. He didn't dare to look at his father, he didn't dare to do so since he was a child. When his father trampled the toys one by one with his foot and shoved the lance into his hand, he didn't dare. When his father asked him to repent of his marriage to his cousin and marry Princess Da Sui, he didn't dare. But today, he wanted to be stubborn, because there was more than kindness between himself and Xuzi, and Shiji knew that it was the only friend he could pat on the shoulder and not use any scheming to tell jokes.

"Do you know what Your Majesty will do to the Xiongwu Battalion? It's in your hands, but the number of soldiers and horses has grown to nearly 30,000? Yu Wenshu stared at his son, word by word.

In the first battle of Liyang, the famous Xiaoguo battalion moved the world, and the Great Sui Dynasty had just lost troops in Liaodong, and it was definitely reluctant to disband this newly rising team. Not only that, with many years of experience, Yu Wenshu can foresee that in the future, the military department will give priority to the supply of the number of people, food, grass, and equipment of the Xiongwu battalion. Therefore, although this army is known as a battalion, the actual size will soon be equivalent to that of the Great Sui Guard.

The person who can lead the soldiers of the First Guard Mansion is at least a third-rank general in official position. With the soldiers and horses in his hands, this person will firmly occupy a place in the Great Sui army.

If this position is occupied by a young hero, thirty years later, he may become the first person in the Great Sui Army.

"I know, I just want to be a prisoner, I don't want to be a general!" Yu Wenshi forced himself to raise his head and look at his father's face in reply. When he was recruited to defend the city that day, he didn't think about it so much. But at the moment when he saw Li Mi and Han Shixu arguing in front of the battle, he thought of the question of the future dominance of the Xiongwu Battalion. At the same time, he found that Asahiko had also thought of it. The two looked at each other in a hurry, and hurriedly began to tell jokes, which is the reason.

Yu Wenshi didn't want to compete with Xuzi, and he felt that he couldn't compete with Xuzi. The Xiongwu Battalion with Li Xu is definitely different from the Xiongwu Battalion without Li Xu, as a person who has seen this team slowly grow and develop, he knows the difference.

A tiger without a head cannot be called a tiger, he can be a tiger with a heart but can never be a tiger head. Moreover, after such a long relationship, Yu Wenshi and he was not sure that he would accept Xuzi for his own use. Although doing so may be beneficial to himself and Xuzi, Xuzi's excellence lies in his unique way of behaving. If he is subdued, he will no longer be Xuzi.

"It's not whether you want to or not, but whether our Yuwen family needs it or not!" Yu Wenshu slowly stood up, and the shadow stretched by the oil lamp pressed against his son's shoulder like a mountain. "Don't forget your last name whenever!"

It's still for the Yuwen family, not for me. Yu Wenshi felt a chill in his heart, from his chest to his calves. He did not want to accept the task, nor did he want to lose the friendship and respect of his brothers that he had bought with his blood. "Our family is already the first family in the army, and we have already attracted the jealousy of many people!" He retorted loudly, trying to convince his father to give up.

"That's because I'm here, and I can't live forever!" Yu Wenshu patted his son on the shoulder, turned around and walked out of the tent.

Yu Wenshi tried to chase him out, but the weight on his father's shoulders weighed him down, and he couldn't move his legs. He sat there until the first rays of the morning light illuminated the tent. My father dragged his body that had been hit by a stroke to patrol the camp and did not return all night.

Thinking of this, Yu Wenshi subconsciously touched the saber. The swallow of the gauntlet is a tiger, the symbol of the Yuwen family, I don't know when it has been cooled by the wind, and there is some ice.

The chill penetrated deep into his bone marrow and froze his veins all the time.

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