Liyang City.

Xu Shiji, Wang Junkuo and Li Chongjiu stood on the city tower together, and the soldiers in the city were running back and forth. The Wagang army first defeated Mangshan and then defeated Luoshui, and the soldiers had already known the soldiers. In addition to the residents, there were many families and relatives of the Wagang army soldiers in the city. When everyone heard this news, they were restless. Although Xu Shiji was in charge of such a famous general in the city, people were still panic.

At this moment, the sun sets in the west, and it is like blood, and the lonely city stands in danger in all fields.

In the eyes of Xu Shiji, Li Chongjiu and others, this scene indicates that the Wagang Army seems to have reached a state of decline.

Li Chongjiu said, "I led my army from afar, but unfortunately I still didn't help Duke Wei."

Xu Shiji clasped his fists and said, "I think Mr. Wei will remember this friendship from the Shanggu family, and I will be grateful to him."

Li Chongji nodded, and Xu Shiji's words made him feel relieved. He asked further: "Duke Wei was defeated in Henan, and his morale was greatly reduced. I wonder what the general wanted to do next?"

Xu Shiji remained silent when he heard this.

Li Chongjiu and Wang Junkuo looked at each other and saw that Xu Shiji seemed to have his ambitions, and he couldn't help but worry about Li Mi's future.

North of Mangshan, on the banks of the Yellow River, surging.

Duke Li Mi of Wei had disheveled hair, and the silk scarf on his head fell to where it fell, but his body was spotlessly clean, already wrinkled and stained with soil.

The Yellow River thawed, and the turbid waves roared. Li Mi pressed his sword, looked at the river flowing eastward, and suddenly sighed to the sky and said, "To this day, I know the realm of the overlord and the end of the road. What is my face to meet the elders of Jiangdong? Mi Dao died."

Li Mi pulled out the sword and wiped it on her neck with her backhand.

"Mr. Wei, no!"

"Duke Wei!"

The generals on the side saw him and quickly grabbed Li Mi's long sword.

General Wang Bodang hugged Li Mi's body tightly and cried loudly, saying, "Duke Wei, don't seek short-sightedness!"

Li Mi said sadly: "What are you afraid of death? Now that things have been defeated, I, Li Mi, have become the end of the king. You take my head and go to Wang Shichong to seek merit and reward. With the death of my Li Mi alone, I will protect you for generations."

Wang Bodang hurriedly said, "How could the Overlord be compared to the Duke of Wei in the past? The Overlord was on the Wujiang River. He was completely defeated, with only one man and one horse left. Our army's retreat was still in my hands. The floating bridge was safe. Duke Wei and we were still there, and we were there, and the 20,000 soldiers who escaped from Mangshan. We all followed here."

When Wang Bodang said that, all the generals agreed.

When Li Mi heard Wang Bodang say that there were still 20,000 troops following him, he couldn't help but feel sad. The 200,000 troops of the Wagang army came across the river, but now there are only 20,000 left.

At the foot of Mang Mountain, after being defeated by Wang Shichong, more than 100,000 troops were defeated. For example, Pei Xingyan, Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Zhang Tongren, Chen Zhiluo, Shan Xiongxin, Yang Gongqing, Pei Renji, Niu Jinda, Wu Heita, Zu Junyan and others were all lost in the formation, either killed or captured.

After the defeat, Li Mi had the opportunity to regain his remnant army, but the left Sima Zheng Bing was exiled to Yanshi, and the chief Bing Yuanzhen not only leaked the deployment of the Wagang army to Wang Shichong, but also presented the most important Luokou for the Wagang army to Wang Shichong along with the right Sima Zheng Qianxiang.

For the Wagang Army, Luokou was not only the capital, but also the location of Luokou Cang. After Luokou was lost, Li Mi finally turned away and was defeated by Wang Shichong again on the banks of Luoshui. After being defeated by Wang Shichong, he led his troops to retreat to the Yellow River. Fortunately, Wang Bo should abandon Jinyong and lead the people to protect Heyang.

Only after Li Mi led the defeated army to join, did the two kings and ministers meet each other and Li Mi wanted to draw his sword and commit suicide.

Thinking of this, the generals hugged their heads and cried loudly on the banks of the Yellow River.

Li Mi took a deep breath and said, "After Wang Shichong got Luokou Cang, Henan is no longer able to defend it. I intend to return to Hebei, block the river in the south, guard Taihang in the north, and connect with Liyang in the east, in order to make progress. What do you think?"

After listening to Li Mi's words, the generals looked at each other.

Xu Jingzong of the Records Office said, "Your Majesty Wei, when he killed Zhai Rang, Xu Shiji was almost dead. Now that our army has failed and has gone to Liyang, I am afraid that he will fall into the trap!"

Xu Jingzong was the son of Xu Shanxin, the father and son, who served in the Sui Dynasty. During the Yu Weng and the coup, he killed Xu Shanxin. Xu Jingzong knelt down to his father's enemy, Yu Weng and his life was spared. Later, after Yu Weng and his army was defeated, he turned to Li Mishi. Because he had pleaded with his father's enemy, he had revealed it, the Wagang Army despised him very much, but Li Mi thought of his talent and appointed him as the record room.

After hearing what Xu Jingzong said, Wang Bo took the lead and grabbed his collar and shouted: "How dare you slander our general!"

When Xu Jingzong saw Wang Bodang, he grabbed his chest and said a little scared: "General Wang, can you let me go? If I'm not saying anything, I won't say it."

Li Miyan said: "My uncle should let him go first, but it's okay."

Wang Bodou let go of Xu Jingzong angrily.

Xu Jingzong dressed up his clothes and said to Li Miyan: "It is hard to draw bones when painting tigers and skins. Knowing people and faces but not hearts. Shan Xiongxin dared to join Wang Shichong, Bing Yuanzhen, and Zheng Qianxiang dared to offer Luokou Cang, let alone Xu Shiji?"

Wang Bodang shouted, "If even Xu Dayan can't trust him, can anyone trust him? Where should our army go?"

Xu Jingzong said, "The army is defeated now, and the soldiers of the three armies are all in danger. If they stay in Hebei now, there will be more and more rebels. If Duke Wei wants to fight Wang Shichong again, no one will be willing and it will be difficult to succeed."

After Xu Jingzong said something, the generals on the side immediately agreed.

Li Mi looked up and said to myself that I was in Wagang Village for several years and said that I had been doing so much kindness. I didn't expect that in today's predicament, everyone was so kind and was defeated in one battle. Everyone wanted to abandon me and leave.

Li Mi looked around the generals and asked slowly: "Do you all think so?"

The generals lowered their heads, and Li Mi was threatened and did not dare to say anything again, but he had expressed his attitude silently.

Li Mi sighed and said, "All people hold this view, my way is to be poor."

Xu Jingzong immediately stepped forward and said, "Duke Wei, why don't we join Guanzhong? All the generals are willing to follow him."

Li Mi saw this and said silently. Liu Xie, the servant of the mansion, stepped forward and said, "Ming Gong and Duke Tang have the same clan, and have been in good terms in the past. Although Duke Tang and our army each raised their own troops, our army attacked the Dongdu, cut off the road to return to the Sui army, and asked Duke Tang to attack Chang'an in one go. This is also the contribution of Duke Ming."

All the generals said together: "What Liu Mansion officials said is so."

Li Mi saw that the generals were like this, and stopped and remained silent for a long time.

Xu Jingzong and Liu Xie were the leader, and then urged them again. Both of them had the same heart as Li Yuan. For them, Li Mi was defeated now, and only Li Yuan was the lord of the world. If they could persuade Li Mi and defect to Li Tang in the future, the two of them would definitely be unavoidable.

Li Mi looked at everyone, lowered her head and said, "Okay, just follow what you said."

When all the generals heard this, they were all happy, but they did not dare to show it. At that moment, the Wagang army crossed the Yellow River from Heyang and returned to Hebei.

All the generals followed Li Mi to Hanoi County. When they were about to send someone to Guanzhong to report to Li Yuan, they suddenly reported to him: "Duke Wei, a large army is coming in front. It seems to be the banner of Xu Shiji."

After hearing this, Xu Jingzong said anxiously: "Is this kid Xu Shiji so impatient? He definitely took advantage of the defeat of our army to avenge Zhai Rang. Duke Wei must be on guard."

Wang Bodang shouted: "No, Xu Dayan is not such a person."

After hearing this, Li Mi pressed her hand and said, "Don't make a noise anymore, let's see what Xu Shiji is doing?"

Soon the smoke and dust raised by the cavalry came from afar. Wang Bodang looked for a while and said to Li Miyan: "Duke Wei, when did there be so many cavalry in Liyang City? Look at the cavalry opposite there are one man, two horses, or even three horses. No one of my Wagang cavalry can be one horse, and this cavalry can actually be three horses."

Xu Jingzong sneered and said, "It's important to say that Xu Shiji colluded with Yu Wenji and came to attack our army together."

"Don't be clamoring!" Wang Bodang shouted angrily, and Xu Jingzong's face turned red and he kept silent.

At this time, the big banner of Xu's name had already appeared. Li Mi and Wang Bodang clearly saw Xu Shiji coming straight towards Li Mi's central army with several cavalry.

Seeing that Xu Shiji had only carried several cavalry, Li Mi and Wang Bodang all looked happy.

Li Mi shouted, "Unstop, let them come."

At this moment, the former army separated and Xu Shiji arrived several times.

Xu Shiji came to Li Mi, turned over and bowed, and said, "Duke Wei, I will be one step late in the future."

Li Mi dismounted and when she helped Xu Shiji up, she saw someone next to him. She was stunned and asked, "Is it my brother Li Xian?"

The other party immediately clasped his fists and said, "Duke Wei, it was right below that when he heard that Wagang and Wang Shichong fought against Dongdu, he led 3,000 Youzhou Iron Cavalry to help the battle."

"Youzhou!"

The generals of the Wagang Army all whispered to each other, thinking that Youzhou is thousands of miles away. Others heard that the other party was Li Chongjiu, the governor of Youzhou, and they couldn't believe it. Everyone admired his name for a long time, and they were scrambling to look at the other party's appearance.

It turned out that Li Chongjiu knew that it was above history. After Li Mi defeated Wang Shichong, he was disheartened and retreated to Hebei. He was worried that Xu Shiji, who was staying in Liyang, would cause trouble. After losing the Luokou Cang, Liyang Cang lost again, and the Wagang Army lost food to help.

Li Mi was discouraged, so he followed the words of his subordinates and went to Guanzhong to join Li Yuan.

Therefore, before he went to Liyang, Li Chongji tried to convince Xu Shiji that if Xu Shiji was unable to rebel against Li Mi, he would invite him to Hanoi together to show that he had no intention. If Xu Shiji was willing to cause trouble, then there would be Wang Junguo in Liyang City and his three thousand soldiers were monitoring him. Even if Xu Shiji rebelled, he would have to think about it again and again.

In the end, Li Chongji convinced Xu Shiji and came to see Li Mi together, and invited him to return to Liyang.

When Li Mi saw Li Chongjiu, she suddenly burst into tears and said, "Oh, I'm ashamed to see my brother. My Wagang army's 200,000 troops were defeated first at Mangshan and then at Luoshui. There are only 20,000 troops at present, and even Luokou Cang is lost."
Chapter completed!