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Then, Wang Shichong started his road to military expansion with the help of Dongdu's rich financial, material and manpower.
At the beginning, when Wang Shichong was defeated by Li Mi and fled back to Dongdu, he had less than [-] troops left.
However, after just one month of rest and development, his army has re-expanded to nearly 5 people.
This can only be done in Dongdu. In other places, such a small area is simply not enough to support so many people.
"Li Mi is quite powerful, he and His Majesty's army have been fighting in Huaiyang for more than half a month.
It's better to fight for a few more months, when the recruits I recruited should have finished their training. "
Wang Shichong was in the eastern capital, and he was in a good mood at this time, and said to his confidant with a smile.
"It would be best if it could be like this."
Wang Shichong's elder brother Wang Shiyun also responded with a smile.
"By the way, the King of Yue is quite honest recently?"
Wang Shichong looked at his brother and asked.
"Relax, to be honest.
Recently, I selected a group of beauties and presented them to the King of Yue. At this time, the King of Yue is probably having fun with those beauties. "
Wang Shiyun said with a smile.
"That's good. The King of Yue has no choice but to keep his own place. I can let him be the King of Joy for a while longer."
"By the way, I asked you to send someone to find Yu Wenhuaji's whereabouts. How did the search go?"
Immediately, Wang Shichong thought of this incident again, and asked his confidant Lu Junye.
"My lord, I am going to report this matter to you.
The people we sent recently found traces of Yu Wenhua and his father and son in Yancheng. "
Lu Junye replied.
"Well, the prefect of Yancheng Yu Rao, Yu Wenhuaji saved his life back then, so it is understandable for Yu Wenhuaji to seek refuge with Yu Rao."
Wang Shichong nodded and said.
"Is there a way to capture Yu Wenhuaji?"
Wang Shichong continued to ask.
"My lord, it's very difficult, if Yu Wenhua and Yu Rao, the prefect of Yancheng, really saved his life.
It is too difficult for us to persuade Yu Rao to betray Yu Wenhuaji.
If Yu Rao couldn't be persuaded, if he wanted to catch Yu Wenhua and his father and son in Yancheng, he would have to dispatch an army. "
"That's right, that's a pity."
Wang Shichong shook his head. He knew that it was impossible for him to send troops to Yancheng to capture Yu Wenhua and his father and son at this time.
Yancheng is too far away from Dongdu, and Wang Shichong is beyond his reach at this time.
At this time, Wang Shichong's power was limited to the vicinity of the Eastern Capital.
The reason why Wang Shichong wanted to capture Yu Wenhuaji was to dedicate it to Xu Feng, paralyze Xu Feng, gain Xu Feng's trust, and cover for his great cause of rebellion.
"You continue to send people to monitor the movements of Yu Wenhua and the father and son, and then send your confidants to lead 1000 people to look for opportunities.
If it is found that Tian Yuwenhua and his father and son have left Yancheng, they will arrest them.
If you can't get it alive, you can also die. "
In the end, Wang Shichong still decided to send a small group of people to see if there was any chance of catching Yu Wenhua and his father and son.
"Yes, my lord, I will arrange it when I return from my humble position."
Lu Junye responded.
Chapter 232
232 Battle on the River Beach
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The confrontation between the Sui army and the Wagang army lasted until mid-May. The two sides went back and forth, fighting big and small, dozens of times.
But there has never been a decisive battle between the two sides. Xu Feng is waiting for an opportunity, while Li Mi on Wagang's side has never found a good opportunity.
Since the last battle, Li Mi never let Qin Qiong and others go out to compete with Li Cunxiao and others from the Sui Army.
That would only have one result, and that would be a severe blow to the morale of the Wagang Army.
In mid-May, Li Mi suddenly received a series of bad news.
"Report, to Duke Wei, a letter from General Shan from Wanqiu."
Li Mi received a message from Shan Xiongxin from Wanqiu.
After Li Mi opened the letter and read it, he yelled angrily: "Damn Yang Guang, the stupid king, actually played Mingxiu plank road for me to secretly hide Chencang."
Li Mi's roar also attracted the attention of others.
Xu Maogong walked up to Li Mi and asked, "Duke Wei, what's going on?"
"look by youself."
Li Mi handed the urgent letter sent by Shan Xiongxin to Xu Maogong.
"Read it to them."
Seeing Qin Qiong and others looking over, Li Mi said to Xu Maogong.
"At the beginning of May, a cavalry force of the Sui army, about [-] cavalry, appeared near Xiangyi, pretending to be our army, and successively took down five cities including Xiangyi, Yongqiu, and Chenliu.
On the [-]th, Daliang City fell, and people were panicked for a while.
Afterwards, the humble staff sent [-] troops to encircle and suppress, but on the [-]th, the troops they sent were ambushed by the Sui army in Daliang, and the [-] troops were defeated and returned.
Due to the lack of troops in our rear, the Sui army went all the way north, conquering Yangwu, Yuanwu and other cities one after another, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xingyang.
The humble official sent this letter, asking for a special battle, and personally led an army of [-] to leave Wanqiu and go north to destroy the Sui army. "
Xu Maogong read the contents of the letter from Shan Xiongxin to Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and others.
"Damn it, Yang Guang's foolish lord actually played this game for us."
After hearing this, Cheng Yaojin roared angrily.
"I have to say that the Sui Army's surprise soldiers are wonderful, and more importantly, how did the Sui Army general who led the army do it.
Within half a month, he went all the way north from Xiangyi, conquered more than a dozen cities, and reached the territory of Xingyang. "
Qin Qiong walked to the map with a solemn expression and said.
"Xiong Xin is also right to call for battle and send troops, Xingyang must not lose its defense.
Whether it is the Luokou warehouse or the Sishui pass that we managed to seize, they are all important places and must not be lost.
Otherwise, if we managed to secure such a large area to the east, it would fall apart. "
Rosen said.
"That's not the worst part."
Xu Maogong closed the letter: "The terrible thing is that this Sui army broke into our hinterland, directly disturbing the hearts of the people there.
Many local wealthy families thought that our Wagang Army had been defeated on the front line.
We can't let this Sui army go on like this in our rear.
Wei Gong, let Shan Xiongxin send troops, and get rid of this Sui army as soon as possible. "
"Well, that's good, send an order to Shan Xiongxin, let him lead the army to wipe out this Sui army as soon as possible.
Similarly, on our side, I don't want to wait any longer, and fight the Sui army as soon as possible. "
Li Mi stood up and said.
When Li Mi received the news from Shan Xiongxin, Xu Feng received the news that Chen Qingzhi disturbed Wagang's rear earlier.
"Haha, within half a month, Lianke [-]% fought all the way from Xiangyi to Xingyang.
Ziyun (Chen Qingzhi's word), did not disappoint me! "
Xu Feng laughed and said.
"That's right, General Chen is really powerful, I really don't know how he did it."
Empress Xiao was by Xu Feng's side at this time, and she also highly praised Chen Qingzhi.
"Well, but, in this case, Li Mi should be in a hurry. The day of the decisive battle with the Wagang Army is coming."
"Your Majesty will definitely be able to win the battle."
On May 10th, Li Mian assembled [-] troops from eight Wagang strongholds, and launched an offensive against the Sui army.
This is also the first time since the last battle between the two armies, the Wagang army has come out to attack the Sui army.
"Li Mi is going to have a decisive battle with me, since Li Mi has made a move, if I don't answer, wouldn't I be afraid of him.
I am also impatient to wait, so let's fight to decide the world.
Zhou Yu, Bai Qi, after the battle, the battlefield will belong to you two. "
Xu Feng turned his head to look at Zhou Yu and Bai Qi, and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to your Majesty's expectations."
"Well, you two go down and make arrangements now."
The deduction of the decisive battle has been carried out many times by the Sui army.
After the decisive battle started, Xu Feng did not intend to direct the battle himself, it would be more appropriate for Zhou Yu and Bai Qi to be in charge.
At this time, Xu Feng is more willing to take Dian Wei and the others to charge forward, otherwise his martial arts of "enemies of ten thousand people" will be wasted.
Oh oh oh!
Soon, the Sui army also played here.
There were more than [-] troops on the side of the Sui army. The distance between the camps of the two sides was more than ten miles, and there was a small river in the middle. The terrain was undulating and belonged to hilly terrain.
In the north, there is a large forest, and seven or eight miles to the south is a mountainous area.
The decisive battle between the two armies does not end with the two sides setting up their battles and charging for a while.
This time, the fronts of the two armies stretched very long.
"Zhang Tong listens to the order."
"The end is here."
"I order you to lead three thousand cavalry to go up the Hebei River and sweep the upper reaches of the small river. If you encounter an enemy, fight!"
"As ordered."
"Gao Yang obeys the order."
"The end is here."
"I order you to lead two thousand infantry, go south through the mountainous area, take Jia Road, find out the situation there, and report back in time."
"The last will obey."
On Zhou Yu's side, he began to issue combat orders to the generals of the Sui army one by one.
Soon, some of the various Sui troops sent out by Zhou Yu did not meet the Wagang Army, and some encountered the Wagang Army.
These small groups of soldiers started the battle ahead of time.
These small groups of troops are mainly responsible for pathfinding and detours, intercepting the detours of the enemy, and serving the main force.
And if nothing else, the most suitable place for the two armies to fight is the small river beach.
The current of this unnamed river is not strong, and the terrain on both sides of the river beach is flat, which happens to be in the middle of the two army camps.
Xu Feng kept his eyes closed and rested his mind. Zhou Yu quickly dispatched more than a dozen Sui army horses, but he never gave orders to the main force of the Sui army.
Outside, the various Wagang armies and Sui armies have been fighting for a long time, and the main Wagang army has not yet come out.
On Xu Feng's side, at this time, he was wearing a fine battle armor, leading [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, and was on standby as the main force of the Sui army.
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