Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 816

Luoyang.

Xiyuan.

Wang Shichong harassed all kinds of soldiers and horses, assembled 6 people and began to storm Luoyang, trying to recover Luoyang City in one fell swoop.The fight lasted all day from morning till night.

Facing Pei Xingyan defending the city on the city, Wang Shichong, the King Zheng who claims to know how to fight, couldn't even touch the city wall of Luoyang City.

Relying on Luoyang City, Pei Xingyan led his troops to fight Wang Shichong in Xiyuan, and Wang Shichong lost his temper.

Zheng Jun had just defeated Li Mi, and his morale was high. Unexpectedly, Qin Jun stole his house. He thought he was protected by Duke Zhou, but now he was completely discouraged.

Almost all the family members of the generals and soldiers of the Zheng Army are in Luoyang City. Now that the family members, wives and children are all in the hands of the Qin Army, how can they have any morale in the army.

Besides, after defeating Li Mi, they themselves suffered a lot of casualties, and they were exhausted from running back and forth.

At dusk, Pei Renji and Wei Wensheng came from Yanshi with 1 horses and stationed outside the south gate of Luoyang City, threatening Wang Shichong on the flanks.

Early the next morning, Laizheng and Bing Yuanzhen led another 1 people to arrive from the direction of Luokou.

What's more terrible is that the confrontation lasted until noon.

Wang Bodang in Jinyong City on Mangshan Mountain in the north of Luoyang, after receiving Li Mi's letter, chose to obey his teacher's order. He ordered Kaesong to surrender to Laizheng who came, and handed over [-] Wei troops under his command and Jinyongcheng. After coming to Zhengzhou, he took a team of soldiers to Fanyang to join his teacher Li Mi.

This time, the Qin army's power in Luoyang increased greatly.

Zhang Zhongjian defended Luoyang City with the Red Spear Club and other Henan rebels.

Pei Xingyan led thousands of elite Qin troops and [-] rebels to camp in Xiyuanyicheng, west of Luoyang City.

Pei Renji and Wei Wensheng, two veteran generals, led more than ten thousand troops, and set up camp in the south of Luoyang City.

Laizheng and Bing Yuanzhen led ten thousand people to Luoyang North, and after receiving Wang Bodang's 2 horses, they stationed in Jinyong City.

Luoyang City was guarded by the Qin army like an iron bucket.

Wang Shichong's 6 horses have lost even the numerical advantage at this time.

Qin Jun was not in a hurry to attack him, but just guarded Luoyang in groups.

Wang Shichong knew what they were waiting for, they were waiting for Luo Cunxiao.

Luo Cheng's brother, Shandong Jiedu envoy Luo Cunxiao is leading an army to Luoyang.

"King Zheng, Luo Cunxiao has already passed Hulao Pass, and the vanguard is less than a hundred miles away with [-] fine riders."

Hearing the news, Wang Shichong couldn't help reporting it with his lips.

Luo Cunxiao came too fast.

He stormed yesterday and didn't even touch Luoyang City. Today, the Qin army has sent reinforcements, and it is even more impossible for him to capture Luoyang.

"withdraw!"

"King Zheng, where are you going?"

"Retreat west!"

Wang Shichong could only grit his teeth. Although even the eldest son and his wife and concubines fell into the hands of the Qin army, Wang Shichong was not unwilling to surrender.

There are still 6 horses in his hand, and he still wants to fight again. He is not Li Mi, who will surrender to Qin after a defeat.

If he were Li Mi, he wouldn't persist for a few years until now.

Wang Shichong hurriedly withdrew his troops to the west, and the west had been captured by Li Mi before. Fortunately, Li Mi surrendered to Qin at this time, and the generals of the Wei army in the counties and counties in the west were also panicked.

No one came out of the city to intercept.

They evacuated all the way to Shan County, the westernmost part of Henan Prefecture. To the north is Hedong across the Yellow River, and to the west is Guanzhong separated by Tongguan.

"Take down Shan County first!"

Wang Shichong looked at the city of Shan County, where only a thousand people were stationed, and ordered to attack the city.

The guard of Shan County was just a general under Li Mi's command. He used to be a bandit who occupied the mountain as king.

Now seeing Wang Shichong's tens of thousands of troops coming to attack, he couldn't figure out what was going on, so he simply surrendered.

After occupying Shan County, Wang Shichong thought about it, but he was still not reconciled.

So Wang Shichong wrote a letter in a hurry, but he asked for help from Li Yuan in Chang'an, Guanzhong.

In desperation, he had no choice but to write to Li Yuan, saying that he was willing to honor the Emperor Chang'an as orthodox.

He said a lot of flattering words to Li Yuan, all he said was that if Luo Cunxiao took the opportunity to secure Luoyang, and then wiped out Henan, Guanzhong would be next.

So now we should send troops quickly to seize Luoyang in Henan, and Wang Shichong is willing to be the vanguard.

Li Yuan's clan cousin Li Shentong was stationed at Tongguan. He was named Zheng Guogong and guarded Tongguan.

After receiving Wang Shichong's letter, he didn't dare to delay, and quickly sent a horse to Chang'an.

Changan.

After Tang Wang Li Yuan received this letter from Wang Shichong, he couldn't help being shocked.

He did not expect that the situation in the Central Plains would change so quickly and so drastically.Li Mi and Wang Shichong had been rivals for three years before, and no one could do anything to the other.

But now Li Mi has surrendered to Qin?

Wang Shichong also lost Luoyang to vote.

Li Yuan hurriedly summoned a group of confidants.

"I didn't expect Luo Cheng to be so skillful that he would steal Xingyang and Luoyang quietly."

"Prime Minister, since Wang Shichong has lost Luoyang to vote, then we will accept it. Not only must we accept it, but we must also send troops out of the pass to seize Luoyang, Henan Province."

Everyone knows the reason why lips are dead and teeth are cold.

"But now the main force of my army is in Binzhou." Li Yuan said worriedly.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Guogong has been confronting Xue Rengao in Binzhou for more than a month. Now Xue Rengao's 20 army is close to food and grass, and it is not far from collapse. It can no longer pose any threat to Chang'an. I thought that Qizhou's soldiers could be removed. Go east, join the soldiers from the two prefectures of Tonghua and leave Tongguan."

Shi Peiji, the head of the prime minister's mansion, said.

"If Pei Rengao doesn't collapse and Erlang can't resist, there will be no soldiers in the west of Beijing to stop the troops of the Western Qin Dynasty, and Chang'an will be in danger." Li Yuan worried.

In any case, it is always a fact that Xue Rengao assembled 20 soldiers in Jingzhou, and Jingzhou is only three hundred miles away from Chang'an.

"Your Majesty, with Zhao Guogong in Binzhou and an army of [-], he will surely be able to protect the west of Beijing without any worries, and will never let the West Qin army advance an inch. The key now is the land of Kanto. If Luo Chengcheng is allowed to occupy Luoyang like this, and Take advantage of the trend and seize Henan, and the court will be in danger."

Everyone advised Li Yuan to send troops to rescue Wang Shichong.

I thought about it for a long time.

Li Yuan asked his eldest son Jiancheng.

"Dalang, what do you think?"

"Father, my son thought he was going to be saved. Not only was he saved, but he also had to fight for Henan with all his strength. Now Luo Cheng's Shandong and Fan Yang are still separated by Dou Jiande, and his soldiers in Shandong are not too strong. If he is killed, Dou Jiande will go south to join the army Shandong, if you move your troops westward, it will be difficult to compete with him, and you must seize the opportunity."

Li Jiancheng's words made Li Yuan make up his mind.

"Okay, then let Jian Jian be the Minister of the Daxingtai of Shaanxi Province and Marshal of the Eastern Expedition. Grant Li Shentong the Minister of the Military Department of Daxingtai of the Eastern Shaanxi Province and the history of the Army Commander. Grant Wang Shichong the Deputy Marshal of the Eastern Expedition and the King of Henan County .”

"Then with the order of the imperial court, Yang Yichen Xiao Yu was ordered to lead the army to the south to attack the puppet Qin army and recover Henan and Luoyang."

(End of this chapter)