Although the Sui army led by Lai Hu'er achieved extraordinary results in the first wave of the Wagang Army's offensive, their ballistae ammunition was also exhausted.
Yang Guang only brought less than two thousand explosive bombs from Jiangdu Tianxing City.
Hundreds of them were used in previous battles such as the Battle of Runan.
This time, the remaining over a thousand explosive bombs were given to Lai Hu'er, and they were all used up in the previous battle.
In addition to the ballista ammunition, the arrows used by the long archers are also specially made, which also consumes a lot of money.
At this time, each archer still has more than thirty arrows.
Fortunately, the huge casualties caused to the Wagang army in this first confrontation made Li Mi panic.
This made him dare not launch a similar strong attack on Luokou Cang, otherwise he would suffer casualties at the current rate.
Four more waves of the same attack will be carried out, and all the twelve remaining armies of Wagang will be wiped out.
Therefore, Li Mi had no choice but to give up his attempt to recapture Luokou in a quick battle, and adopted the siege strategy of digging tunnels and breaking up the city step by step.
He ordered his soldiers to dig a tunnel extending to a trench outside the Luokou city wall.
After draining the water, he dug out the entire rammed earth city wall with shovels.
It's just that this project is huge and can only be completed in a few days.
On the battlefield south of Luokou, Duan Da and Shen Guang's pressure was greatly reduced because Luo Shixin pulled away the 100,000-strong army.
The reconnaissance cavalry scouts from the Sui camp once again galloped through the countryside of Heluo.
Although Luo Shixin's troops were still superior, he was unable to use the remaining 100,000 troops to encircle the Sui army's 50,000 troops.
Of course, Duan Da and Shen Guang were not willing to fight the Sui army easily, and Yang Guang had someone bring them a message, asking them to be cautious in fighting.
As a result, the two sides on the battlefield south of Luokou returned to the initial state of constant small battles and a state of balance that did not exist in the war.
At this time, Yang Guang secretly sneaked out of Luoyang, the eastern capital.
Under the protection of dozens of elite warriors, he boarded a Viking ship.
The Viking sailors paddled hard and sailed down the Ru River in just one day.
Arrived in Runan.
Here a fleet consisting of more than twenty galley centipede battleships is waiting for him.
It was early autumn, the northwest wind was blowing, and the Centipede ship puffed up its sails to follow the wind and the current.
The four rows of long oars on both sides of the ship rolled up thousands of piles of snow.
The Centipede ship sailed east at high speed, leaving a long track on the river.
The sailors were replaced in relays at strongholds along the way, and the journey of thousands of miles started at dawn.
It was already night when Yang Guang walked into the palace city of Jiangdu City.
When Queen Xiao heard the report from the palace people, she couldn't believe it was true, so she hurriedly brought several concubines to greet her.
In order to keep confidentiality, Yang Guang ordered Xia Yue not to inform Queen Xiao or King Zhao Yang Gao in advance during this southern tour.
The two have not seen each other for nearly a year since Yang Guang returned to the north last time.
After a long separation, Xiao Meiniang naturally has countless words to talk about.
While everyone was chatting, King Zhao Yang Gao had also received the news and hurriedly came to see him.
The palace officials in Jiangdu Palace quickly prepared a banquet for Yang Guang and his family.
At the family banquet, Xiao Meiniang suddenly said: "It's rare for the whole family to get together for a meal.
Your Majesty is taking us back to the Eastern Capital this time."
Yang Guang took Xiao Meiniang's hand and said to everyone: "I have important things to do when I return to Jiangdu this time.
I need to rush back to Dongdu early tomorrow morning.
The war in Luoyang is still very tight.
There are still many people along the way from Jiangdu to Dongdu.
It’s very peaceful.
So you still have to be patient for some time before you can return to Dongdu, but the day will come soon.
I will annihilate the Wagang bandits and open the Tongji Canal.”
Before dawn the next day, Yang Guang quietly got up.
Little did he know that Xiao Meiniang, who was beside him, had woken up earlier than him.
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Seeing that Yang Guang was getting up, she also got up and got off the bed to help Yang Guang dress and wash himself.
Accompanied by Xia Yue, Yang Guang galloped toward Tianxing City outside Jiangdu City.
Using this little time on the road, Xia Yue reported the war situation in the south to Yang Guang.
Now Lin Shihong of Jiangbiao is on the last breath.
After several defeats, there are only less than 50,000 remaining soldiers.
More than 200,000 Sui troops from Huainan, Jingzhou, Lingnan, and Jiangdong were trapped in Yuzhang.
The day of their defeat was only ten months.
Yang Guang nodded in praise repeatedly, and then said earnestly: "There is no need to rush for success in the southern battlefield.
You just need to fight steadily.
I will not give you a time limit."
As they spoke, the two of them and the escorting Tianxing Army Beiwei Guards had entered Tianxing City.
Yang Guang immediately called up the panel to check.
In the past year, due to the completion of main tasks or temporary tasks such as returning to Luoyang from the north, marching west to Guanzhong, surrendering Xiaoxian, annihilating Shan Xiongxin, and conquering Luokou, Yang Guang received a total of 200,000 yuan. points reward.
Originally, Yang Guang wanted to bring Tianxing City to the intermediate level of the Age of Enlightenment, so that he could start the era of hot weapons, but unfortunately, the system locked the upper limit of upgrades at this time.
Yang Guang had no choice but to spend all his points on violent troops.
He first spent 20,000 points to make up for the loss in previous battles.
Then spend 60,000 points to generate 2,000 long archers and 2,000 mountain spearmen each.
Forty thousand points will generate 2,000 royal court heavy cavalry; 45,000 points will generate 3,000 light armored flying cavalry; 30,000 points will generate 2,000 backwei guards.
A total of 195,000 points were spent.
The remaining population of nine thousand is consumed.
After doing this, Yang Guang ordered more than 10,000 Tianxing military fleets, including replacement troops, to return to the east capital.
At the same time, he left behind most of the galloping centipede ships.
Only ten ships were left for escort purposes.
Xia Yue was worried that it was not safe.
Yang Guang smiled and said: "There is nothing unsafe.
I brought almost the entire Tianxing army with me.
Only a thousand Beiwei guards were left to guard Tianxing City, and a thousand Beiwei guards were stationed in Jiangdu Palace City.
In addition, the Battle of Yuzhang We need the navy, so I will try to keep these Centipede battleships so that you can transfer them to Yuzhang as soon as possible."
Five days later, Yang Guang returned to Luoyang.
After settling Tianxing's army in the military camp in the city, he returned to the palace with a thousand Beiwei guards.
He saw Wang Shichong hurriedly running down the street with his soldiers.
Yang Guang was traveling lightly and without any ceremonial guards, so Wang Shichong did not know that the emperor was coming towards him.
It wasn't until the sound of the servants singing and shouting "The emperor has arrived" that Wang Shichong, who was busy on his way, understood.
He quickly jumped off his horse, trotted all the way to Yang Guang's mount, knelt down on one knee and said, "I have seen the Holy One.
I am sorry that I am wearing armor and cannot perform the full ceremony."
Yang Guang said hurriedly: "Shichong, please stand up and speak.
There is no need to be polite.
Where are you going in a hurry?"
Wang Shichong then stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is a coincidence that you are back.
Wang Bodang sent people to invade the Eastern Capital.
I am mobilizing troops from all the battalions in the city to drive them away."
Yang Guang's face changed and he said: "Dongdu actually let Wagang come in.
Why was the defense so negligent?
How many troops did they come in and did they have any backup?"
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