As the news of Taiyuan continued to reach Luoyang, Yang Guang knew that Li Yuan was recruiting troops on a large scale on the grounds of fighting the Turks, and thinking of what was about to happen next year, Yang Guang sent a secret order to Taiyuan.

In order to annihilate Li Mi's army in a war and recapture Luokoucang, Hu Benlang put forward a strategic plan to the commander Wang Shichong.

That is, Wang Shichong led 25,000 men to march from the front, Liu Changgong led 5,000 men to make a detour to the north to flank the Wagang army, and Zhang Xutuo outflanked the Wagang army from Bishui.

Wang Shichong adopted Liu Changgong's plan, and agreed with Zhang Xutuo that the two armies would meet south of Luokoucang, intending to encircle and annihilate the Wagang army led by Li Mi.

Since occupying Luokoucang and opening a warehouse to help the people, Li Mi sent scouts to reconnoiter the movements of the Sui army day and night.

With the reports of the scouts, Li Mi quickly figured out the combat intentions of the Sui army and formulated a corresponding battle plan.

On this day, Li Mi's soldiers were divided into three routes, one was led by Fang Yanzao to ambush in Hengling, responsible for blocking Zhang Xutuo, one was led by Chai Xiaohe to ambush the mountains and forests north of Luokoucang, responsible for annihilating Liu Changgong, and he led the main force to meet Wang Shichong at Shizihe.

"Kill!"

The drums of war were noisy, flags were fluttering, and the sound of fighting was everywhere.

In this battle, Li Mi took the lead and led the elite troops he personally selected to cut through the Sui army's battle formation, breaking up the Sui army's formation and killing tens of thousands of people.

Li Mi originally thought that with this momentum, the Sui army would be terrified, and then the army would be discouraged and defeated.

But unexpectedly, after killing and wounding tens of thousands of people, the Sui army suddenly changed its formation, and its morale was even stronger.

Although this team was an army that he personally selected, after all, it had not been with him for a long time, and the military spirit was not very strong.

When he was still in Luoyang, Yang Guang said to Wang Shichong: "If Luokou is not recovered, you don't have to come back, just apologize." ”

Wang Shichong received the order with trepidation, and when he turned around, he issued a military order to all the soldiers: "Luokou will not be recovered, and he will not live." ”

For the Sui army, it was a war that never stopped.

But for Li Mi, if the money, food, and soldiers and horses can only be kept, he will definitely keep the soldiers and horses first.

In order not to annihilate the whole army, Li Mi issued a military order: "Everyone obeys the order and withdraws." ”

Li Mi fought and retreated, and when he retreated to Luokou, he happened to meet Chai Xiaohe, who had returned from victory.

"Lord, our army won a big victory, and the Sui army was annihilated, but Liu Changgong's gang ran away." Chai Xiaohe excitedly reported to Li Mi, and after the confession, he found that the situation was wrong, "Lord, you are..."

Li Mi didn't have time to explain to him, he only said "retreat with me", and reluctantly glanced at the word "Luokou" on the city gate, and then resolutely fled in the direction of Hengling.

When you don't give up, you will suffer from it. Li Mi gritted his teeth and swore that he would definitely come back.

Chai Xiaohe immediately understood and immediately followed.

Wang Shichong saw that Li Mi passed Luokou and did not enter, and directly gave up Luokou, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, now he didn't have to lose his head.

"Poor Kou Mo chases, stationed in Luokou."

In this way, Wang Shichong stationed in Luokou and wrote to Yang Guang to report the battle situation here.

When Li Mi and Chai Xiaohe arrived at Hengling with the rest of the people, Fang Yanzao had been defeated and retreated by Zhang Xutuo, and he was unable to form an army.

Li Mi took the opportunity to rescue and concentrated fire to attack Zhang Xutuo.

At that time, there were more than 30,000 of Li Mi's 50,000 horses left, and nearly 10,000 people on Zhang Xutuo's side, and the soldiers on both sides were brave and fierce.

But the soldiers on Li Mi's side thought that Wang Shichong's elite troops were behind and would arrive at any time, and there were wolves in front and tigers in the back, so they had no way to retreat, so they could only rush forward. What's more, Zhang Xutuo's soldiers obviously do not regard death as if they were like Wang Shichong's soldiers, and their military spirit is not very strong, so they are even more ruthless.

Li Mi saw the opportunity and led his brave generals to besiege Zhang Xutuo.

Zhang Xutuo was still able to play easily at first, but after a long time, old injuries flared up, his physical strength gradually weakened, and his movements became slower and slower.

He thought that Li Mi had obviously lost the battle and fled here, as long as he held on for a while, and waited for Wang Shichong's reinforcements, he would be able to counter and annihilate the Wagang army.

Unexpectedly, he didn't see Wang Shichong's reinforcements for a long time, and if he was not careful, he was picked off the horse, and the weapons in his hands were also taken away.

Li Mi took the opportunity to raise his spear and stabbed it into Zhang Xutuo's chest.

"Poof."

Zhang Xutuo vomited blood and died.

Li Mi took his big knife, cut off Zhang Xutuo's head with a knife, picked it up with a spear, jumped on his mount, raised Zhang Xutuo's head high, and shouted: "Zhang Xutuo is dead, surrender quickly." ”

The commander was killed, and the morale of the Sui army plummeted, and they all laid down their weapons, knelt down against Zhang Xutuo's head, and wept incessantly, and there was a thick sadness around them.

The soldiers of Li Mi's army were moved when they heard this.

But Li Mi was very sober, afraid that Wang Shichong would pursue him, so he ordered someone to pack up Zhang Xutuo's body, take the opportunity to collect the rest of Zhang Xutuo, and attack Xingyang.

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Looking at the two reports on the imperial case, Yang Guang didn't know whether to be happy or sad, as he wished, Luokoucang was taken back, but his fierce general Zhang Xutuo died.

Zhang Xutuo, like in his previous life, still died in the hands of Li Mi, and Xingyang also fell again.

Will he be reborn and repeat the mistakes of the past?

No, no, absolutely not.

This was just a mistake, if he hadn't been dizzy at that time and sent Zhang Xutuo to outflank Li Mi, Zhang Xutuo would not have died.

It was he who made a mistake...

Okay, then let him think back to what happened in his previous life, and never make such a mistake again.

"Zhang Xutuo, my loyal minister, the pillar of the imperial court, died on the battlefield at the age of fifty-two, which is my pain...... Posthumously presented Dr. Jin Ziguanglu, won the Mao ......"

"Ordered Wang Shichong, Luokou and its surrounding soldiers and civilians, all those who have received Li Mi's favor and Luokou warehouse grain will be killed."

"Promote Wang Wei as the ambassador of Henan, and go to Xingyang to recruit Li Mi..."

After giving a series of instructions, Yang Guang sat on the throne and began to think about the things of his previous life again.

At this time, Yuan Min presented a book of folds with both hands: "Your Majesty, this is a fold sent by Hebei." ”

Yang Guang opened the recital and read it again, it was played by Yang Yichen, Hebei Zhang Jincheng and Gao Shida and other bandit leaders were eradicated, only Dou Jiande occupied Raoyang, collected Gao Shida's body, held a funeral for him, and collected his old department, and his power gradually became stronger.

But Dou Jiande was willing to submit to the imperial court and was sent by Yang Guang.

It seems that Zhao'an is still effective, and I believe that with the example of Dou Jiande, other bandit leaders will definitely follow suit.

"The bandits in Hebei were wiped out, Dou Jiande voluntarily returned to the imperial court, named Dou Jiande as a general, and guarded the Raoyang counties in the plain."

Pei Yunjin said: "Your Majesty, now the thieves are all small forces, although there are many but not the climate, Your Majesty does not have to worry, and under the recruitment of the imperial court, they will definitely return to the imperial court."

"Yang Yichen has now eliminated the thieves almost as much as possible, and he has a heavy army outside the capital for a long time, which is very inappropriate and has to be guarded against."

Yang Guang thought about it and thought so, so he ordered Yang Yichen to be recalled and his soldiers dismissed.

Yang Yichen was indignant and regretted this, but had to return to the court to obey orders.

When Su Dingfang saw off Yang Yichen, he couldn't help but feel a strong worry in his heart, His Majesty's suspicion was too heavy...

Although Li Mi lost Luokou, he seized Xingyang, and became famous because he killed Zhang Xutuo. The officers and soldiers of various counties and counties in Henan were frightened, and the reputation of Wagangzhai was greatly enhanced.

Immediately afterwards, Li Mi led his troops to the west lightly, quickly arrived at Kangcheng, and forced down several nearby cities without a single soldier, obtaining a large amount of property, grain, grass and materials, and his personal reputation was skyrocketing.

Li Mi gave all the gold and silver treasures he had obtained to his subordinates, and he still maintained his frugal nature, and everyone was greatly moved, and they became more and more loyal to him.

After hearing the news that Li Mibing was bloodless and had taken down several cities in a row, Zhai Rang regretted it.

He had to admit that Li Mi was indeed a natural leader, more talented than him. He remembered the song "Tao Li Zhang" again: Tao Li Zi, the queen goes around Yangzhou, Wan Huan in the garden, Mo Langyu, who says yes?

As Li Xuanying said, Li Mi is the person surnamed Li who has the mandate of heaven to seize the world of the Sui Dynasty.

It seems that it is very unwise to part ways with Li Mi, thinking of this, Zhai Rang turned his horse's head and led the army to turn around and follow Li Mi.

When Li Mi saw Zhai Rang appear in front of him with an embarrassed smile on his face, he knew that he had succeeded.

At this time, Li Mi's prestige, merits, military talent, and personality charm have all jumped above Zhai Rang, as if he is already the spiritual leader of Wagangzhai.

But what he wants is absolute control of Wagangzhai, and there is one last step to complete this goal.

As a result, Li Mi once again proposed to Zhai Rang a plan to attack Luokou......