The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 327 Li Mi's Defeat
Qu Tutong planned an empty city for Li Mi. Li Mi was defeated and fled, and most of his men threw down their knives and guns and surrendered.These were all Yang Yong's troops, Qu Tutong of course allowed them to surrender, and only beheaded a few of Li Mi's confidantes and masterminds. Now more than 1000 people were captured and more than [-] people were killed in battle. The rest ran away with Li Mi.

Qu Tutong sat in the car and commanded, just like Zhuge Liang back then, strategizing, let his two ten thousand commanders lead ten thousand cavalry to chase and kill Li Mi, and the rest cleaned up the battlefield and reorganized the prisoners on the spot. After the completion, the bad news came, Li Yang fell, and Dou Jiande's men took advantage of the situation to capture Li Yang.

Qu Tutong was scared out of his wits when he heard that, and wanted to take back Li Yang, but he only had more than 5 soldiers in front of him, and 4 of them went to chase and kill Li Mi. More importantly, he was injured and couldn't even ride a horse, so it was impossible to win Li Yang back.After Qu Tutong calmed down, he took his soldiers and horses and retreated to Muye (today's Weihui area in Henan Province). While building fortifications, he asked neighboring counties such as Xingyang and Luoyang for help.

Li Mi saw that his home was gone, and there were still pursuers behind him, and he kept complaining. There were 5000 soldiers in one place with two remnants of defeated soldiers. Coming to Luoyang, Li Mi is desperate!

As soon as Li Mi's army arrived at the boundary of Mengzhou, they encountered 5 troops from Wei Zheng, Wang Bodang, and Wu Tianxi.

It turned out that Wei Zheng was shocked when he received Qu Tutong's report letter. Li Mi and General Qu Tutong were at odds. Such an incident happened in such an important military town. The seriousness of the consequences is self-evident. As a military adviser, Wei Zheng can't sit still ?Before Yang Yong left, he handed over all the military and government affairs in Henan to him. Of course he knew the importance of Li Yang, so he read the letter three times, then forced himself to calm down and slipped back and forth in the tent for several times, then sent General Zhang Gongjin He Wu Tianxi asked the second general to read the letter.

At this point, the three of them knew clearly that there was a possibility of a mutiny in Li Yang, the prince was far away in Tongguan, it would be a big deal for Li Yang to have an accident, but the three of them knew in their hearts that this was Li Mi's trick!Qu Tutong is Yang Yong's confidant and favorite general, and he has never made any mistakes. He guards Liyang very well, and such a thing happened as soon as Li Mi arrived. It is obvious who is who.Isn't it a joke to ask Qu Tutong to raise [-] troops to attack Wei County?Moreover, he was not allowed to speak, otherwise he would be resisting the order, and would have to cut off his head and hit him with a baton, which is simply unreasonable!
But the two were lieutenants, and they both looked at the military division without saying a word.After discussing with the second general, Wei Zheng made a decision to let Zhang Gongjin guard Luoyang, and he and Wu Tianxi led [-] troops to Liyang to mediate.This time Wei Zheng made the worst plan. If Li Mi and Wang Bodang didn't listen to him, they would have to turn their backs even if they kowtowed.

Wei Zheng's men and horses had not been twenty miles away from Luoyang when they ran into Wang Bodang who was ordered to deliver a letter. A dozen of them got off their horses and came to pay respects to Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng helped him up. After a few words, Uncle Wang Dang took out Li Mi's personal letter and handed it to Wei Zheng.

In fact, there was no specific content in the letter, but Wei Zheng was asked to go to Liyang to discuss important matters with him. Li Mi was intentionally dismissing Uncle Wang so that he could do a big job on his own.If he succeeds, Wang Bodang and Wei Zheng have no choice but to follow him.This is Li Mi's wishful thinking.

After Wei Zheng read the letter, he asked Wang Bodang about Li Yang's details. Wang Bodang didn't hide anything, and told the story of the discord between Li Mi and Qu Tutong. It is exactly in line with what Tong wrote to himself in the report letter.

In this way, the truth became clearer. Li Mi wanted to rebel, and he also wanted to recruit a group of old subordinates including himself and Wang Bodang to join him. He planned to make a comeback, oppose Yang Yong, and seek world hegemony.

Wei Zheng was very displeased, and thought to himself, Li Mi, Li Mi, you are not enough of a character. When we were in Wagang Mountain back then, we saw you as a wise master, and we recommended you as the village master.Who would have thought that after Zhai Rang abdicated, you would be treated like two different people, loyal to your ears, determined to go your own way, alienated from our good brothers, and instead reused corrupt officials and corrupt officials. This is the fundamental reason for the failure of our Wagang Army.After you were captured, it was Brother Bodang who pleaded for you in front of Yang Yong. Yang Yong replied, not only did he not kill you, but he allowed you to surrender, and entrusted you with the important task of commanding [-] soldiers and horses. , and with generals like Wang Bodang and Qu Tutong, let you take charge of the defense mission of Liyang, a military center. What kind of kindness and honor is this?You, Li Mi, should know how to repay your kindness and repay the prince well. How could you do this?Using treacherous tricks indiscriminately, dragging the brothers into the water, causing panic, if the enemy finds out the inside story, Li Yang will be in danger!Thanks to brother Bodang, who was clear-headed and tried to persuade him with brotherly love, he came to deliver the letter. We must rush to Liyang immediately to avoid long nights and dreams.

Thinking of this, Wei Zheng comforted Wang Bodang, and the second general rushed to Liyang with [-] elite soldiers. When they arrived at the boundary of Mengzhou, they met Li Mi's team.

After the two sides met, Wei Zheng and Wang Bodang first persuaded Li Mi to rein in the precipice and turn around.Li Mi didn't listen, instead he persuaded Wei Zheng and Wang Bodang. The three tried to persuade him, but to no avail.

Later, Wei Zheng lost his patience, turned his face down, and asked Li Mi whether he would surrender or not.Li Mi refused to surrender.When Wei Zheng gave an order, Wu Tianxi, who couldn't bear it for a long time, charged forward with his soldiers and horses, smashing Li Mi's 5000 troops to pieces.

Wu Tianxi led the army and chased after him. Wei Zheng was worried, knowing that Wu Tianxi and Li Mi were not on good terms. After all, he and Li Mi kowtowed to be brothers. It was sent by the prince.Uncle Wang knew that this was because his elder brother couldn't bear to see Li Mi die at the hands of Wu Tianxi, and he was also very moved.Because Wei Zheng was a civil servant and walked slowly, Wang Bodang was impatient and worried about Li Mi's safety, so he led five thousand soldiers and horses and followed Wu Tianxi in pursuit.

Finally, at the boundary of Xiongzhou in the southwest of Luoyang, Wu Tianxi and Wang Bodang's troops trapped Li Mi's remaining 400 troops in a dense forest.This dense forest is not big, surrounded by mountains on three sides and mountain streams on one side, Wu Tianxi and Wang Bodang commanded tens of thousands of horses to surround this dense forest, and sent people to shout into it, but there was no movement inside after shouting for a long time.

Wu Tianxi advocated a strong attack and shrinking the encirclement.Wang Bodang disagreed: "General Wu, I want to go into the dense forest to persuade Li Mi one last time. If Li Mi doesn't know the current affairs again, I will definitely capture Li Mi. What do you think?"

Wu Tianxi nodded: "Well, this general only has half an hour of patience. After half an hour, if Li Mi still doesn't come out and surrender, this general will attack by force."

Wang Bodang nodded in agreement, and did not ride a horse. He only brought a waist knife and a few personal guards, and groped into the dense forest while shouting...

(End of this chapter)