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Chapter 64

The next morning.

Outside Luoyang City, He Ruozhuang.

Xu Mu received the latest battle report from Zhang Xutuo.

The letter described in detail the course of yesterday's battle. Lao Zhang personally led two hundred riders to rush to the tail of Li Mi's Wagang army in the starry night, and sneak attack on his food and grass.

After setting fire to the fire, although there were more than [-] people in the logistics force of Li Miwagang Army, they couldn't defend against the [-] Iron Buddha Army.

The Tiefutu army rushed into the luggage, burned some food and grass, and burned countless luggage.

Later, in order to protect the food and grass, Li Mi had to send Zhai Rang to lead [-] fine horses back to aid.

Last night, Pei Renji led his troops to cross the river at night, and Wang Shichong's troops were immersed in the joy of defeating the Wagang Army. They didn't find out, but they could only declare failure.

If the river is forcibly crossed, it will be difficult to look at the head and tail, and the enemy will be attacked, and the consequences will be disastrous.

In this way, Zhang Xutuo skillfully resolved the Luokou Warehouse crisis this time.

After reading the battle report, Xu Mu immediately said with emotion: "Old Zhang is worthy of being the anti-thief nemesis, he is really keen in judging and grasping the battle situation."

In the letter, Lao Zhang explained the basis for his judgment that Li Mi was about to launch an attack.

There are two points. First, Li Mi's army was full of smoke yesterday evening, which was far higher than usual, exposing the food situation of the Wagang Army.

Temporary extra meals, there must be abnormalities.

Second, the Wagang Army's logistics, grain, grass, and supplies were dispatched frequently, and there was an endless stream of transport supplies.

Because the Wagang Army's logistics troops are relatively close to Yangcheng, the Yangcheng scouts can clearly grasp their movements and temporarily dispatch their supplies. If something goes wrong, there must be demons.

To be honest, not everyone can have the ability to make accurate judgments just by relying on these clues.

"Lao Zhang is already a famous general. If he is equipped with a military map for marching and fighting, military binoculars, peace knife, flintlock gun, artillery..."

Xu Mu thought silently in his heart that if Lao Zhang was equipped with these high-tech weapons, those famous generals of the same period would be eclipsed, and Wanmincheng would unify the world, just around the corner.

But at present, Xu Mu can only think about it. The telescope should not be far away, but the flintlock gun and artillery...

Even if there is a research institute that can accelerate it, it is estimated that it will be a few years later.

……

Yue Wangfu.

Holding a military newspaper from Yangcheng, Yang Tong fell into deep thought.

The content of the military newspaper was very simple, not much different from what was given to Xu Mu, but it was written in Sun Ying's tone.

After reading it, Yang Tong was so excited that he held Lu Chu's hand tightly, excitedly saying, "Master Lu, I really did not misunderstand the Marquis of Yangcheng! , led the army to attack the logistics of the Wagang bandits, burned countless food and supplies, surrounded Wei and rescued Zhao, and resolved the danger of Luokou warehouse!"

This morning, Wang Shichong sent back the battle report, telling about the enemy crossing the river last night.

"What General Wang said in his letter this morning, I didn't expect it to be fulfilled here. No wonder the Wagang bandits withdrew halfway through. It turned out to be the Marquis of Yangcheng's credit."

Lu Chu took the letter, and after reading it, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "This son is quite talented, and he is well versed in the art of war. With him guarding Yangcheng, he is enough to contain the Wagang Army and make him difficult to care about."

But after seeing the end of the letter, Lu Chu couldn't help but frowned and said: "It's just that the Marquis of Yangcheng... is eager to seek merit, and after making military exploits, he asks for a reward. It's really..."

Yang Tong didn't care about this: "Master Lu's words are wrong. When the mountains and rivers are in turmoil, loyal and righteous men also need rewards. This time, the Marquis of Yangcheng has made such military achievements. I will not hesitate to reward. It just so happens that Princess Yongchang is coming to Luoyang In the future, the Marquis of Yangcheng will be the lonely brother-in-law."

Lu Chu nodded silently and didn't speak any more.

Meritorious service naturally needs to be rewarded, and combined with the battle report sent back by General Wang, Sun Ying did not lie about her military service.

"Gu is happy today, can Master Lu accompany Gu to Xianweiju?"

Finally, Yang Tong took Lu Chu to Xianweiju and went straight to the third floor.

He didn't taste good wine last time. He heard that the whole city of Luoyang was saying how strong the wine of Xianweiju was, enough to kill tigers, so he always wanted to try it.

This time, Fan Zhu personally received them, and then helped to carry the drunken two people out of Xianweiju, and sent them back to Yuewang Mansion and Lu Mansion.

……

South of Luoshui.

The place where the Wagang Army is stationed, in the commander's tent.

Li Mi was furious, and kept making complaints, and all the generals below knelt on the ground, bowing their heads and not daring to speak.

"What a Marquis of Yangcheng! Burning my food and grass, destroying my supplies, and preventing me from crossing the river, what about Xu Shiji? Is that how he is supposed to guard Yangcheng?"

Li Mi was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of old blood, his eyes were about to breathe fire.

In fact, after Pei Renji suffered a setback in Yangcheng, there was another heavy rain, which prevented Yangcheng from being captured.

Li Mi then adjusted his strategic policy and ordered Xu Shiji to lead [-] elite soldiers to guard Yangcheng, while he himself chose to bypass Yangcheng and go directly to the south of Luoshui River, preparing to cross the river.

Originally thought that there were not enough troops in Yangcheng to take the initiative to attack, and Xu Shiji's three thousand elite soldiers guarded it, so it would be safe.

Who would have thought...

After a burst of rage, Li Mi calmed down a bit.

He immediately looked at Pei Renji.

"Deben, what Shubao said is true. This man...sneaked up in the middle of the night, burned food, grass, and luggage, and at the same time prevented me from crossing the river. He used his troops at the right time. He is a famous general. I often think that in this world, the After Zhang Xutuo died, there was no more general, I never thought..."

Li Mi's expression was very complicated.

Two years ago, he defected to Zhai Rang's Wagang Army. At that time, the Wagang Army was being beaten by Zhang Xutuo on the ground.

Zhai Rang was beaten so much that he doubted his life, and he was ready to break up and go his own way.

As a result, Li Mi came, took advantage of the unequal information and Zhang Xutuo's aggressive advance underestimated the enemy, set up an ambush, and killed Zhang Xutuo.

Then Zhai Rang was even willing to regard him as his lord and live under him.

What he was most proud of in his life was setting up an ambush to kill Zhang Xutuo.

Since then, he has skyrocketed, and his journey has been smooth and smooth, and he has risen rapidly.

But today, Sun Ying made him feel the long-lost frustration again.

He is a specialist in persuading people to rebel. He started with Yang Xuangan at the earliest time, and later traveled a lot of hills, before finally gaining his own power in the Wagang Army.

Countless people were persuaded to death during this period.

Including Yang Xuangan, his relatives, and the clan with the surname Li...

It can be said that before joining Wagang, he has repeatedly failed and failed repeatedly, and has been fighting for the highest ideal.

"Sun Ying is a person with precise judgment, strange use of troops, falsehoods and realities. He really cannot be underestimated." Pei Renji slowly raised his head, showing a wry smile.

He was going to succeed...

The enemy didn't even notice it. As long as he landed smoothly and seized the beachhead, follow-up troops could continue to attack.

Luokou Warehouse is within easy reach.

But unexpectedly, there was a fire in the rear, so he could only stop the loss in time, and withdrew again.

Li Mi snorted coldly when he heard the words: "So what? Zhang Xutuo died in my hands, a mere Sun Ying is not something to be afraid of! If the order goes down, Xu Shiji's ineffective guarding should be punished, but the battle is tight, so for the time being Keep an eye on Yangcheng while waiting for the crime, and don't let Sun Ying harass the army again!"

"In addition, you should quickly adjust your ministries and prepare to cross the river again. Within three days... within ten days, Luokou Cang must be captured!"

"promise!"

All the generals responded in unison, but their expressions were somewhat disappointed.

Just because... Li Mi just mentioned a person, Zhang Xutuo.

They were all people who were rubbed against the ground by Zhang Xutuo, defected to various forces, and the bosses of those forces were all suppressed and killed by Zhang Xutuo. Because they were small bosses, they saw that the situation was wrong, so Fortunately, he escaped with his life.

When Zhang Xutuo was mentioned, they felt terrified.

No one is as relaxed as Li Mi.

Everyone was extremely rejoicing in their hearts. Fortunately, Zhang Xutuo was dead, but he was just a little Yangcheng Marquis.

……

He Ruozhuang, ferry.

Guarded by a hundred armored Iron Buddha guards, Xu Mu is directing the peasants hired from the city...to carry food.

Bags of grain were moved out of a warehouse, and these peasants had a backlog of confusion in their hearts.

So how can such a small warehouse hold so much food?
These folk husbands were naturally recruited by Xu Mu and Fan Zhu.

Each person paid a high price of 500 Wen per day, and recruited a total of [-] people!
Five hundred ships were docked around He Ruozhuang's ferry, densely packed.

The five hundred peasants carried bags of grain from the warehouse in Neizhuang, filled the boat, and worked for a day, finally filling the five hundred boats.

When the cargo ship was filled, it was already dark, and it was about to arrive at midnight.

Standing in front of the ferry, facing the cool river wind, Xu Mu said in a deep voice, "Let's go!"

"promise!"

The soldiers from Yangcheng on board responded in unison, then raised the anchor and set off.

Going down the river, all five hundred ships can enter Yangcheng before dawn tomorrow.

Afterwards, Zhang Xutuo arranged for manpower to unload the goods.

Looking at the grain of the five hundred ships, Xu Mu was extremely excited.

With this batch of food, Wanmin City will really rise.

With enough food, a large number of people can be obtained, the army can be expanded in large numbers, and the speed of scientific and technological research and development of the research institute can also be accelerated.

"The first batch, [-] ships, total... [-] shi!"

To be honest, the momentum was so great that Xu Mu specially chose to sail at night in order not to be so conspicuous.

During the day, it was broken into pieces, and Yangcheng loaded some goods that Xianweiju could use, and brought them back to He Ruozhuang Ferry.

By the way, wait for these folks to load the ship, load the ship during the day and sail at night, so as to reduce the possibility of exposure.

Externally, it is claimed that this is a merchant ship of the Wanmin Company.

Anyway, it is a troubled time and the management is chaotic. Most of the Tongji Canal is full of merchant ships going from south to north, from Jiangdu to Luoyang.

The flags and sails of the [-] ships all have the four characters "Wanmin Company" written on them.

And those folk husbands were arranged to rest after being paid [-] Wen wages.

These civilian husbands... Xu Mu did not intend to let them go because they participated in the whole process of transporting food.

After the food in the Luokou warehouse is almost moved, he will pack them together and bring them back to... Wanmin City.

It happened to be hoarding the grain in Yangcheng, and they needed... to move it back to Wanmin City.

(End of this chapter)