Chapter 495: I give you credit

Li Li was frightened for a while, and after a while he was sent to the big tent of the Chinese army, and a big flag was erected next to the big tent.

Could it be the Tang Army coach Wang Rong!

But soon, he saw a very tall middle-aged man with a cold face sitting above, who looked to be in his forties, obviously not like the legendary young Wang Rong.

However, he soon thought of another person, Wuluo, the first fierce general of the Tang Kingdom, the general under Wang Rong!

"You said you were the general of the Yu Kingdom." The other party asked coldly, even if he was far away, he could feel the murderous aura on the other party's body.

And what surprised him the most was that he found Zhu Hai, the left general who was being guarded by two soldiers, in the corner of the big tent!

General Zuo Zhu Hai also discovered him, and the two looked at each other, with sadness and helplessness in their eyes.

"I'm asking you!" The other party's voice became colder, and Li Li hurriedly came back to his senses, but he still barely supported himself and did not kneel, but just bowed and replied in Guanzhong's official dialect: "Return to the general of the Tang Kingdom, I am Li Li, the general of the Yu Kingdom, and our army has been defeated."

"Li Li, it's the Yang you manage." The other party said and slowly got up, stroking the hilt of the knife with one hand.

Li Li's heart was beating wildly, trying to keep his composure, and he couldn't help but take half a small step back, and responded: "Yes, it is I who manages Luoyang City, does the general have any orders......

Under fear, Li Li involuntarily lowered his posture.

The other party snorted and said angrily, "If it weren't for the Holy Lord to ask you, Lao Tzu would have slaughtered you dog thieves in the Yu Kingdom today. You have made a note to so-and-so, and you can live because I want to keep you to ask questions, and if you can't say it then, Lao Tzu will be the first to ask for your life to kill you!"

Li Li's face turned pale, and he didn't dare to say a word......

Wang Rong led the main force of the army north overnight that night.

The matter of cleaning up the battlefield and dealing with the follow-up prisoners of war was handed over to Wang Tan and other personal guard divisions.

At that time, it was hastily estimated that at least 50,000 people of the main force of the Yu army had been captured and beheaded in the north of Yique Pass that day, and the results of the battle were still expanding, and how much they could kill in the end depended on whether the follow-up pursuit was strong or not, but there was no doubt that it was different from the previous battles in Bashu and other places, this was a war of annihilation!

Whether the follow-up pursuit can achieve the greatest results depends on whether the Baotong Department can capture Gucheng in time and cut off the way for the Yu army to flee north.

However, on the way north to Gucheng, Wang Rong received a battle report from the front.

Bao Tong took the lead in driving a detour from the east of Hangu Pass, rushed for more than 100 miles, arrived at Gucheng in the afternoon of the day of the battle, and had captured Gucheng before the Yu army fled north, destroyed the bridge to the north of Gucheng, and then closed the city gate and held on.

When a large number of Yu troops fled north, they were blocked in Gucheng, and the elite cavalry of Wuluo's cavalry guard followed in pursuit, and then caught up with the Yu army outside Gucheng, broke the middle army of the Yu army, killed more than 10,000 enemies, and a large number of people were captured, and many rushed to the river to shoot and drown.

216 generals and accompanying officials of the Yu army at all levels were captured, and then the deputy general of the Yu army, Zhu Hai, the left general of the Yu State, and Li Li, the later general, were also captured.

However, it is a pity that without their main general, Suiyang Hou Weihua, under the desperate protection of the Hou Mansion's pro-army, he still crossed the river and fled north.

Wang Rong is overjoyed!

In his opinion, not catching Wei Hua is not a big deal at all, what he hopes for is those generals and officials!

The state is a huge organization, not the emperor alone, and many times the emperor is important, but he cannot decide the fate of a country, it is the backbone of the civil and military bureaucracy that decides.

Taking the Ming Dynasty as an example, it is polarized when it comes to it, some people think that the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty is greater than the sky, and the court officials, the emperor will kill if he wants; Some people think that the Ming Dynasty was dominated by civil officials, isolated the emperor, and there were many party members, and the party strife continued to ruin the country, just like the Great Song Dynasty.

Imperial power seems to be Schrödinger's cat, sometimes prohibitively large, sometimes completely elevated.

In fact, it is only used to separate the dividing line of the civil fort, before the civil fort, the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty was very large, and it was completely able to control the court situation and control the power of the country.

After the Tumubao Incident, the imperial power began to be gradually hollowed out, and in the end, there were many party henchmen and party struggles. The civilian government controlled the government, and the national strategy gradually turned conservative and retreating, and began to become a Great Song Dynasty.

The biggest problem causing this phenomenon is not what changes did the Ming Dynasty emperor before and after the Tumubao Change, but that in the Tumubao Change, a large number of martial arts relatives and nobles were killed, which led to a significant decline in the political power of the warriors, and civil officials took the opportunity to rise, control the government, and empty the imperial power.

The death of a general or emperor does not guarantee a change in the fate of a country, what if a new one is chosen to be more powerful than the current one? There are many such cases in history.

But if the military generals and ministers who are the backbone of many countries die, it can really greatly weaken the strength of a country and change the fate of the country.

Therefore, when he heard that the Tang army had captured more than 200 Yuguo generals and civil and military forces, Wang Rong was so excited that he immediately rushed to the north with the whole army, and at the same time ordered the Tang army near Luoyang City to take advantage of the great victory to launch a public opinion offensive against Luoyang City.

Wang Rong himself led the Xiaojiewei to Gucheng and went to deal with the officials of the Yu State in the big tent of the Wuluo striker.

Outside the valley city, the camp of the Wuluo Xiao cavalry guard was particularly conspicuous.

Wang Rong came with more than 100 guards, the road was muddy and dirt, and the soldiers behind him held his banner.

A few miles away from the camp, he saw many Tang soldiers digging pits to bury the corpses, and a large number of white enemy heads and corpses were piled up together to form a hill, and the blood and rancid smell could be smelled from a long distance.

After the frontal rout, it became a one-sided pursuit, without reasonable organization and scheduling, the stragglers could not confront the formed troops, and the hundreds of miles of road from Yique Pass to Gucheng became the desperate road of the Yu army.

In the face of such a scene, Wang Rong has long been numb, he has come all the way, fighting for many years, and it is no wonder.

The horses' hooves trampled through the mud, the weeds on the roadside had long since turned into dark green dirt, and the waist-high bushes were covered with mud spots, struggling to survive.

With his arrival, a large number of soldiers gathered around to watch and greet him, Wang Rong was very happy, laughed in response, and said loudly: "Everyone has worked hard, when I go back this time, I will definitely ask you for credit."

The onlookers all laughed and shouted Long live the saint, and the soldiers separated the crowd, and Wang Rong entered the camp surrounded by the crowd, and Wu Luo and many of his generals were already waiting there.

When they saw him arrive, they saluted, "Welcome to the Holy One!"

"No, no, everyone's hard work." Wang Rong waved his hand casually, and then stepped forward excitedly and said, "Wuluo, who have you caught, take me to see it."

Wu Luo took him inside and said, "The biggest one is Zhu Hai, the left general, and Li Li, the later general, who is the official of Yuguo in charge of Luoyang."

Wang Rong was very excited after hearing this, and sighed: "General Zuo Zhu Hai! That's our rival."