Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 484
Xingyang.

After a long period of onslaught, Hulao Pass could not be breached, but the officers and troops from all walks of life have gradually surrounded them.

Yang Xuangan, the great emperor of the state of Chu, held an imperial meeting in the lower camp of Hulao Pass.

In addition to his Marshal Li Zixiong at this meeting, there was Zuo Pushe Li Mi who had just returned from Hebei.In order to appease Li Mi, Yang Xuangan named Li Mi Taiwei and Shang Shuling when he saw Li Mi.

"Let's all have a discussion."

Yang Xuangan was wearing armor, because he ascended the throne in a hurry, the emperor not only did not have a capital city nor a palace, but the jade seal and the emperor's crown were not prepared in time, and these things were not easy to get out, so Yang Xuangan, the emperor until now I haven't even worn the dragon robe for a day.

Li Zixiong was the first to speak.

Although he led the army to attack Xingyang Pass and was repeatedly defeated, Yang Xuangan still trusted him, and probably no one else could use him except him.

"Your Majesty, now that Hulao Pass is approaching with reinforcements, our army has been defeated several times. We should not stay under this fortified city for a long time. It is better to go straight into the pass and open granaries to relieve the poverty. The three assistants can be pointed at. According to the treasury, the East Confronting the world face to face is also the karma of overlord."

At this time, even Li Zixiong, the coach, dared not say that he would continue to fight Hulao.

Entering Guanzhong from the west was originally the middle strategy among the three strategies Li Mi had decided for Yang Xuangan at the beginning. Yang Xuangan didn't agree with it at the beginning, so he chose the worst strategy to attack Luoyang.

At this time, the original best strategy of attacking Zhuojun and blocking Yang Guang would not work, and the worst strategy of attacking Luoyang would be useless, and this was the only way left.

So everyone said it was a good plan.

Li Mi looked at these people and sighed in his heart.

"Your Majesty, now that Yuan Hongsi holds a strong army in Longyou, he can declare against him and send envoys to welcome the Duke. Therefore, he can give it to the people after entering the pass."

Although Li Mi was extremely disappointed with Yang Xuan, everyone was like grasshoppers on the same rope, so they could only help out with ideas.His idea is very simple, in fact, it is the same as Li Yang's routine when he rebelled last time.The last time Luo Cheng rebelled in Donglai and they recruited troops on the grounds that they were going to quell the chaos.

But this time, Li Mi said, we can make a rumor, saying that Yuan Hongsi of Longyou rebelled and sent someone to pick us up and enter the customs.In this way, it can also alleviate the problem of low morale in our army today.Then we can bypass Hulao Pass and go southwest. We will not go through Hulao Pass or Tongguan Pass. We will go through Nanyang Pass through Wuguan Pass and enter Pass Pass through Lantian.When we get there, we can pretend to be the rebellious army of You Yuan Hongsi who went to Pinglong, trick Wuguan into opening, and then go straight to Chang'an.

Yang Xuan felt that the officers and soldiers in Wuguan must be so easy to deceive, but at this moment, he just wanted to deceive himself first, and get anesthetized.Otherwise, what will happen next.

No one is talking about breaking the tiger prison and occupying Luoyang.

The encirclement has been formed, and what they want now is to break the encirclement and break out of the encirclement thousands of miles away.It would be best if he could escape into Guanzhong by luck, but if he couldn't, he couldn't stay here and wait for death.

However, this plan is indeed feasible, the premise is that if you can go all the way to Wuguan smoothly, and then break through this great pass to enter Guanzhong.

If I dare not say that Daxing can really be broken, at least I can survive, so I can add some time.

Li Mi did not forget to remind Yang Xuangan.

If this plan is to be carried out smoothly, the only thing is to be fast, the world's martial arts, only fast can not be broken.The same is true in wars. The officers and soldiers cannot be given time to feed back information and exchange information.

We must use the fastest speed to go to Wuguan without delay, and then break through the pass and enter the pass. When all the armies are still encircling Xingyang, let's avoid the reality and break through the pass.

At this time, Yang Xuangan also refrained from admonition.

So that night, at the second watch, Yang Xuangan quietly led the entire army to retreat. In order to buy more time, he even ordered that all the camp supplies should not be taken, and even many family members who defected to his soldiers and horses in the old camp would not take them with them. bring.

Yang Xuangan's escape was still very fast. He joined Li Mi's two armies, and each took about 3 people to flee south. They first went south along the canal, and then entered Huaiyang County along Caishui, bypassing the Wei who rushed to Xuchang. Wen Sheng's army ran to Runan and Nanyang, fled into Shannan through the Nanyang Basin, and went straight to Wuguan.

It has to be said that this move was really beyond the expectations of the officers and soldiers from all walks of life.

Yang Xuangan ran away all night, and when Xingyang Pass was closed, they found out that they had run away in the middle of the night. Zhang Xutuo and Pei Renji had a discussion to prevent Yang Xuangan from playing tricks, so Pei Renji led [-] troops out of the city to chase, and Zhang Xutuo continued to guard Hulao Pass.

Pei Renji had few soldiers, so he didn't dare to chase too closely, so he hanged behind and chased slowly all the way.

Over there, Wei Wensheng had just arrived in Xuchang with [-] soldiers and horses, but he received news that Yang Xuangan had escaped from the south of them.

So Wei Wensheng had no choice but to bring troops and horses to join Pei Renji in pursuit.

At first, neither Wei Wensheng nor Pei Renji was sure that Yang Xuangan was going to Wuguan, and they both thought that it was more likely that he was going to Luoyang by bypassing the tiger prison.

So along the way, he blocked from left to right, and the result was wrong, which allowed Yang Xuangan to successfully enter Nanyang.

At this time, it is too late to chase again.

Entering the Nanyang Basin, many rebels were unwilling to run away at this time.Along the way, they cross counties and counties, and they don't attack cities or break counties. They only know how to run, and they don't bring much food for the sake of speed.

Along the way, the rebels had almost run out of food, and the rations had been reduced in the past few days, and most of the rebels couldn't get enough to eat.

Therefore, when they arrived at the city of Nanyang, many generals spoke to Yang Xuangan, saying that Nanyang was empty and there was a lot of food, so it would be easy to attack.Nanyang is a large basin, and it has always been a very wealthy place. It is true to say that there is a lot of food, and it is true that Nanyang is empty, because Wei Wensheng passed by near Nanyang before and summoned the soldiers who defended the city from here.

Some people also told Yang Xuangan that after passing Nanyang, if you go westward, you will have dangerous mountains and rivers. If you can't cheat and open Wuguan, you will have to attack hard. How to attack the city?
Therefore, let's take advantage of Nanyang's emptiness first, let's attack Nanyang, have a good meal, loot a bit by the way, boost the morale of the army, and then we will go to attack Wuguan before it's too late.

Yang Xuangan thought about it, and felt that this was indeed the case, how can we fight without food, so he agreed.

Li Mi led the rear army. When he heard the news, he came to see Yang Xuangan immediately. He tried to persuade us that we had agreed that soldiers should be quick and fast, and that we should cheat to open Wuguan. We are here to fight Nanyang. Then Wuguan knew that we were coming. up?How else to cheat?Besides, Wei Wensheng and Pei Renji have been chasing after them for a long time. Although they misjudged and thought that we would go to Luoyang, they ran north to block them, but now they know that we are going to Wuguan, so they must be rushing here with all their strength. We are still fighting Nanyang here at this time. When their army arrives, we will not be able to defend ourselves, we will have no place to retreat, and the masses will disperse. How can we be self-sufficient?

After hearing this, Yang Xuangan felt that these words made sense.

But after hesitating for a long time, Yang Xuangan still decided to attack the city, "The army must not be without food, and if there is no food, it will collapse. Let's wait until I take down Nanyang and seize the food in the city."

There are indeed not many soldiers in Nanyang City, but Nanyang is also a big city, and the prefect is still the clan of the Yang family.He defended Nanyang more actively than anyone else. Others can surrender Yang Xuangan when the city is broken. Can he surrender?Besides, who doesn't know that Yang Xuangan is going to end.

So he organized the defense of the city with all his strength, and Yang Xuangan stormed for three days, but he failed to capture it.

And during these precious three days, Wei Wensheng and Pei Renji finally arrived.

On the one hand, there are [-] rebels who have no food, and on the other hand, the [-] officers and soldiers who have finally caught up with the rebels. The two armies fought unceremoniously under Nanyang City.

There was no suspense, although Yang Xuangan was fierce, his [-] soldiers were no match for Wei Wensheng and Pei Renji's [-] officers, let alone the whole army was hungry and tired.

Ten battles a day, ten battles and ten defeats.

Yang Xuangan's army was defeated for hundreds of miles, and the [-] people dispersed in one day, only a dozen or so cavalry fled in embarrassment. Li Mi, Li Zimi and others were also defeated in the melee!

(End of this chapter)