One night later, when the next day dawned, the city of Luoyang was full of blood and gunsmoke.
It is conceivable how much of a great change has taken place in the palace at night.
This night is destined to be a sleepless night, and similarly, Wang Shichong has officially seized power and become a veritable controller in Luoyang City.
During this period, Lu Chu, Yuan Wendu and other ministers who supported Yang Tong, the son of heaven, and opposed the Wang family were all eliminated by Wang Shichong one by one in this incident.
The sinners were conspired by each other, and they all raided their homes and exterminated their clans, beheaded those who were beheaded, and exiled those who were exiled.
This move can be said to have greatly deterred some officials in the city who opposed the Wang family, and they all endangered themselves, closed their doors at home, and did not dare to make trouble Immediately, Yang Tong, the son of heaven, couldn't help but crown Wang Shichong as the left servant of Shangshu during the persecution, and took charge of the government.
For a time, Wang Shichong also officially moved to Luoyang, built mansions in the city, and held the military and political power.
At this moment, the ministers above his court have been purged and replaced with officials loyal to Wang Shichong.
Luoyang City has now become a hall of the Wang family, and Yang Tong, the son of heaven, has become a nominal lord, like a puppet.
After cleaning Luoyang, Wang Shichong went out of the house every day to inspect the people's hearts and stabilize the city.
Nearly half a month later, Wang Shichong ordered Wang Mang and others to continue to stabilize the situation, and he personally mobilized 80,000 steps to ride towards the Tiger Prison Pass This time is a key battle after Wang Shichong seized power, and he can only win, not lose If it is won, then the Western Wei army will not be worried about it from then on, and if it is defeated, then Li Mi's military prestige will be on the next level.
The political situation that had just stabilized was about to collapse, and the fall of the Wang clan was a foregone conclusion Tiger Prison Pass, also known as Jindi Pass, was named after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty.
Jindi Pass, Songyue in the south, the Yellow River in the north, the mountains are staggered, it becomes a natural danger, "one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open".
Its Guancheng is located in the territory of Xingyang Bishui, which has been one of the traffic arteries guarding Luoyang since ancient times, and is the barrier of the eastern part of Luoyang.
Since ancient times, if you want to march from the Central Plains to Luoyang, you will all face this eternal Xiongguan.
If it weren't for the fact that Dong Zhuo in the late Han Dynasty was greedy for life and afraid of death, burned Luoyang, moved the capital to Chang'an, and asked whether Dong Lian's army could break through this Xiongguan, it would still be two words.
Today, Wang Yanzhang and Guo Shiheng are the main generals, sticking to the Jindi Pass, defending against the attack of the Western Wei army.
Although the Western Wei army fought successive battles in Xingyang and its morale was extremely high, it was powerless in the face of the iron bucket-like Guancheng The generals of the Western Wei Dynasty attacked in turn, and even Li Mi personally supervised the battle, but it was not much of a problem to Guancheng In fact, this Xiongguan is not able to rely on manpower to break the city.
Under the Jindi Pass, the distance between the left and right sides is only a few miles, and the soldiers who can attack the city can only be one battalion and hundreds of troops at a time.
Moreover, the fifth king Shichong had already hoarded a large number of materials to defend the city, and there were generals such as Wang Yanzhang to defend it, so how could it fall Time flew by, and the Western Wei army had been several months away from the time of its expedition, and had been wandering under the Jindi Pass for a month alone.
At this moment, Wang Shichong has also stabilized the political situation in Luoyang, personally led the army to the pass, and continued to hold on.
The multiplication of the defenders at the gate made the siege even more unwinning For a while, Li Mi couldn't help but meditate and think about a strategy to break the enemy In fact, what Li Mi has always wanted to think about in his heart is to enter Guanzhong and use it as a place for hegemony.
This can be seen from the time when he assisted Yang Xuangan in rebellion, but Yang Xuangan was extremely stupid, but he did not adopt it.
After succeeding to Wagang, Li Mi also thought about a plan to march into Guanlong, but he was stranded by his generals.
After all, the predecessor of the Western Wei Dynasty was the Wagang bandits, to put it bluntly, they were people in the green forest, and what they cared about was the actual interests in front of them.
Therefore, how could they give up the wealth in front of Luoyang, and go to gambling to seize the so-called Guanlong In the final analysis, Li Mi is also powerless, if possible, Li Mi will never waste time in the Luoyang area, so that Li Yuan's family will pick up a big bargain in vain.
In fact, according to the biography of Li Mi in the book, there is a very profound passage in it; Chai Xiaohe said secretly: "Qin land blocked the mountains and rivers, Western Chu died on its back, and Han Gao fought for hegemony." ” "If you are stupid, the Ming Duke is simple and elite, and if you attack Chang'an in the west, the people will not greet you, and there will be no war."
From this record, it can be known that once his advisers persuaded Li Mi to go west and occupy the land of Guanlong.
However, in Li Mi's reply, Li Mi's powerlessness was profoundly reflected.
Mi said: "What the king wants, the servant also thinks about it for a long time, and honesty is the best policy." ” "My department, and the people of Shandong, have not seen Luoyang, how can they follow each other" "The generals are out of a group of thieves, and they are left to compete with each other, and if so, they will be defeated."
It can be seen from Li Mi's reply that Li Mi is powerless to enter Guanlong.
All the generals under his command are from a group of thieves, and if they stay in the land of Henan and Shandong, they will definitely fight each other.
This is also why Li Mi has always been obsessed with the land of Luoyang.
The Western Wei army is in the ocean, in the military tent Li Mi sat on the throne, and his subordinate adviser Chai Xiaohe stood up and arched his hand: "King Wei, Jindi Pass has been the gateway to Luoyang since ancient times. ” "The terrain between the gates is narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and our army can't break through the gates at all."
"At this moment, Wang Shichong personally led the army to defend Guancheng, and if he continued to attack, there was no benefit except for his own loss of troops."
Hearing this, Wei Zheng, a scribe in green shirts, also slowly admonished: "Prestige, Chai Shangshu's words are very good, and it is in vain to carry out a forcible attack. ” "It's better to accept it when it is good, first manage the captured Xingyang land with peace of mind, and when the time is ripe, it is the best policy to wait for the opportunity to capture Luoyang."
As soon as the words came out, they won great recognition from the generals, and they suggested withdrawing the troops.
After this battle, the generals of the Western Wei Dynasty also saw the power of Jindi Pass, and no matter what means they used, they could not shake its foundation.
Therefore, the generals were reckless, and of course they were unwilling to block their lives in this battle.
From this point of view, the Western Wei army is like the heart of an arrow, which is obvious However, Li Mi was unwilling, but he didn't want to give up this great opportunity.
After all, this time he went to Luoyang, but he had a great reputation, that is, to clear the rebellion by the will of the Son of Heaven.
However, if you withdraw your troops, you won't have such a good chance next time.
Li Mixin is in Luoyang, of course, there are also many secret agents in Luoyang, and they also look like a puppet of the Son of Heaven, and Wang Shichong has the power to report the intelligence secretly.
As a result, Li Mi didn't want to lose this God-given opportunity.
It was precisely because of the fruitless thought that Li Mi was very annoyed and regretted not letting Xu Shiji come with the army.
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This time, Li Mi personally went out to fight, and the rear was handed over to Zhai Rang to defend.
But the rear is related to the safety of the whole army, and there is no room for loss, for the sake of safety, Li Mi stayed behind Xu Shiji and asked him to assist Zhai Rang to defend it.
"Hey, there's another new force, I almost forgot."
Immediately, Li Mi thought about it, and suddenly, he thought of another strategy.
"Raid back to Luocang" Yes, raiding the Luoyang granary is the only plan Li Mi has come up with now.
Xingluo Cang, Huiluo Cang, Luokou Cang, this is one of the three major granaries that supply Luoyang.
It's just that Xingluo and Luokou were seized by Li Mi's soldiers long ago, and all their food was emptied.
Today's Luoyang is almost supported by returning to Luocang, and it is conceivable that if there is any mistake in returning to Luocang, the situation in Luoyang will definitely worsen At that time, no matter how invincible Jindiguan is, because of the insufficient supply of grain and grass, there will only be more than one defeat.
It can be said that this is now the only plan for the Western Wei army to break Luoyang, and it is also the survival place of Wang Shichong's department.
Immediately, Li Mi did not inform the generals of the facts, but only ordered that the generals would continue to reorganize their armies and carry out a strong attack on the occasion.
After all, this plan was the only chance to break through now, and Li Mi had to be cautious.
Who knows if there is a detailed work placed by Wang Shichong in the army, if it is rashly proposed, it may leak the news.
In the following days, the Western Wei army continued to storm Guancheng under the personal supervision of Li Mi.
The reason why he stormed the fortified city was to create an illusion and confuse Wang Shichong.
Let him know that he has no way to retreat now, and there is only one way to attack In this way, it can also distract the attention of his army and create a big victory for Pei Renji.
For a while, the battle in front of the Jindi Pass continued to be in full swing, and Li Mi was ostensibly paying great attention to the battle in front of the pass.
In fact, he was worried about the situation on Pei Renji's side, whether he could succeed in a surprise attack and capture Luocang.
A few days later, Pei Renji's department, who raided back to Luocang, sent back the news.
It's just that it's not good news, but defeat news, and the battle report says: "Back in Luocang, there are already dense heavy troops in ambush." ” "I just arrived at Huiluocang, and when I was about to attack, I was besieged by enemy troops on all sides."
"Under the battle, the Western Wei army suffered heavy losses, and Pei Renji, Pei Xingyan, father and son led thousands of remnants to flee in panic."
It turned out that in fact, when Wang Shichong was leading the army, he guessed that when the Western Wei army could not be attacked for a long time, Li Mihui would go to attack his own lifeline.
What is the lifeblood of Luoyang, it is deservedly the only granary, Luokou Cang.
Therefore, in fact, it was not the main force that came to reinforce it, and in the middle of the road, Wang Shichong used the strategy of dropping the bag, led the army to gallop at night, and had already rushed back to Luocang to ambush.
As for the scale of the large-scale sergeants created by the reinforcement of Guancheng, it was just the people gathered by Wang Shichong.
After suffering the defeat of Huiluocang, Li Mi knew that the battle could not continue, so he immediately summoned the generals and discussed the retreat of the whole army.
It's just that Wang Shichong obviously came prepared this time, and at the same time as the Western Wei army withdrew, Wang Shichong suddenly led the victorious army across Luoshui and went straight behind the Western Wei army.
Not only that, at this time, Wang Yanzhang and other generals also came out of the pass and pursued them in three ways.
For a while, the two phases fought in the field, but what Wang Shichong used this time was the starting force, the Jianghuai Army.
This army is full of combat power, and it is not at all comparable to the army composed of bandits of the Western Wei army.
The field battle, which lasted for several days, finally ended in the defeat of the Western Wei army, and the 100,000 army at the time of the expedition was sharply reduced to 40,000 troops.
For a while, Li Mi couldn't help but flee in panic, and led 40,000 remnants of the army to flee.
Moreover, when Wang Shichong's department came later, he recovered the cities of Xingyang.
In this battle, Wang Shichong can be described as a shame, the first big victory after taking power.
At this moment, Wang Shichong's prestige rose unprecedentedly, and his rule in Luoyang became more and more stable.
On the contrary, Li Mi's prestige plummeted because of this battle, and the people in the territory suddenly panicked, and the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty called :