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Chapter 178 Xuchang joins forces (410)

Five days later, Li Yizhi led an army of [-] troops with Shen Luoyan as his military adviser, quickly crossed the Huaihe River, and entered the territory of the Wagang Army.

With Zhai Rang's support, Li Yizhi attacked the city all the way, and marched extremely fast.

After all, Zhai Rang is the founder of Wagang after all. Although he does not have as many troops as Li Mi, his cronies are spread all over the place, and his influence is extremely large.

With these cronies of Zhai Rang as internal support, coupled with the strong combat effectiveness of the Xiaoguo Army, Li Yizhi's journey can be said to be like a broken bamboo, advancing straight towards Xuchang.

At the same time, Zhai Rang also appeared in Xuchang.

He spread the word to the world and announced Li Mi's various crimes. The first one was usurping the throne, and he called on all the Wagang Army to gather in Xuchang to crusade against Li Mi, the rebellious minister, and put things right.

Zhai Rang's call was echoed by his old ministry, Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin, Cheng Yaojin and others.

They beheaded the generals sent by Li Mi, regained military power, and then led the army to Xuchang.

For a while, Wagang was in chaos, and the chaos became a pot of porridge.

After Li Mi got the news, his face was livid with anger, and he was shocked and angry in his heart.

The current situation is already obvious, Zhai Rang is not dead at all, and he has taken refuge in Li Yizhi, and even wins over Qin Shubao and others.

However, the sudden change came too fast, even if Li Mi wanted to encircle and suppress these disorderly troops, it would be too late.

Besides, apart from Xu Shiji, he has no other generals under his command.

If you rashly send troops to pursue Qin Shubao and others, you might be wiped out first.

Xu Shiji made a suggestion: "Mi Gong, Li Yizhi's plan should occupy Xuchang and confront us. In the current situation, the area south of Xuchang is very difficult to hold. What we have to do now is to bring back the southern army as soon as possible. To avoid being eaten by Li Yizhi, it can also increase our military strength."

Xu Shiji's suggestion is undoubtedly a self-defeating arm.

But if you don't do this, the next situation may be more serious, so Li Mi had no choice but to nod in agreement.

At the same time, he ordered all localities to stop those who could stop the rebels going to Xuchang, and let those who couldn't be stopped directly to reduce losses.

A month later, Li Yizhi rushed to Xuchang with an army of 15.

The reason there are 15 is because the [-] troops transferred back to Jiangdu finally caught up.

At the same time, along the way, Li Yizhi also recruited a lot of Zhai Rang's old troops, as well as part of the Wagang Army.

At this time, Xu Chang, Qin Shubao and others also arrived one after another a few days ago.

This made Xuchang's military strength reach 24 at once.

Xuchang, outside the south gate.

When Li Yizhi arrived, Zhai Rang led the old generals, Qin Shubao and others, who had been waiting for a long time.

"I will pay my respects to the Duke of Chu!"

Li Yizhi got off his horse, walked forward quickly, helped them up one by one and said: "Haha, you generals don't need to be polite."

Next, the generals introduced themselves one after another.

After Li Yizhi got acquainted, he entered Xuchang surrounded by all the generals.

When they arrived at the Governor's Mansion, Li Yizhi hosted a banquet for the generals.

At the wine table, everyone quickly became acquainted with each other, and Qin Shubao and the others quickly let go of their previous apprehension.

Compared to the feminine Li Mi, they prefer Li Yizhi, who has a bold personality.

The banquet lasted until midnight.

The next morning, Li Yizhi called all the generals to discuss the matter.

"Now in Xuchang, although we have a 24-strong army, the time for a decisive battle with Wagangzhai in the north has not yet matured. On the one hand, in terms of military strength, Wagangzhai is still in an advantageous position. I need to wait until General Li Jing Lead the troops to the north; on the other hand, it is the problem of our food and grass, we need to completely pacify the south of Xuchang, and completely open up the connection with Jiangdu."

He looked around the generals and said: "Of course, there is another reason that is also very important. That is, our army is in chaos. Once the battle is stalemate, it is easy for the opponent to break through. Therefore, I decided to reorganize the army first. Then go south to conquer various places and solve all hidden dangers."

Zhai Rang and the others straightened their faces. They knew that today's highlight was coming.

The reorganization of the army this time will directly affect their future military power.

Li Yizhi couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction when he saw that the generals didn't object, but listened carefully.

He said slowly: "In our 24 army, there are 13 Xiaoguo Army and 11 former Wagang Army. Of the 13 Xiaoguo Army, I need to set aside 8 people to guard Xuchang, and then use five With Wan Xiaoguo Army as the main body, 11 Wagang Army was reorganized."

"Among the 16 troops that have been reorganized, every [-] people form an army. Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin, Cheng Yaojin, Shan Xiongxin, Niu Jinda, etc., each of you will lead an army and go south to conquer all places south of Xuchang. General Zhai stayed behind Xuchang, assist me in commanding the [-] Xiaoguo army, and Shen Luoyan will be the military adviser to coordinate the various armies."

Qin Shubao and others smiled happily. Although their subordinates were recruited, they got stronger troops.

Because compared to the Xiaoguo Army, which is the most powerful in the world, the Wagang Army is still inferior, or even more.

Zhai Rang was also very satisfied, although he was nominally assisting Li Yizhi.

But in fact, due to Li Yizhi's status, it was impossible for the other party to personally command the troops, so the actual commander of the [-] Xiaoguo Army was naturally him, Zhai Rang.

Li Yizhi said: "Since everyone has no objections, then the next reorganization and the specific battle plan will be left to Military Division Shen. Regarding the issue of weapons, I will send them over from Jiangdu as soon as possible."

Qin Shubao and the others' eyes brightened again, with such fiery expressions.

They had seen the weapons of the Xiaoguo Army yesterday, all of them were high-grade fine steel weapons, and the armor was also complete, they could get rid of eighteen streets of them.

Even if it was their respective weapons, they were only slightly better than those of the Xiaoguo Army.

If the whole army changes clothes, how much combat power will be increased.

Even though most of the work was handed over to Shen Luoyan, Li Yizhi was still so busy that the compilation work was too cumbersome.

Fortunately, after ten days of hard work, the reorganization work has finally been preliminarily completed.

However, Qin Shubao and other generals, after five or six days of preliminary training, headed towards various places in the south, preparing to train their troops in battle.

At the same time, Li Mi was not idle in Xingyang.

Li Yizhi's army had gathered under his nose, how could Li Mi tolerate it, he felt like a stick in his throat and felt extremely uncomfortable.

But Wagang was in a state of chaos. Even if he wanted to make a move, he still had the strength but not enough energy.

Therefore, with the help of this matter, he used more brutal means to rectify the Wagang Army, so that the remaining nearly 30 troops were firmly in his hands.

Xingyang, Migong Mansion.

Li Mi summoned the civil servants and generals under his command to discuss how to deal with Li Yizhi.

He had already received the information that Li Yizhi was stationed in Xuchang, leaving only 8 people guarding it, and the other 14 people went south to conquer the places south of Xuchang.

Once the south of Xuchang is pacified, then Xuchang will be completely integrated into Jiangdu.

At that time, the supply of food and grass will continue, and Li Yizhi may lead his troops to attack Xingyang at any time, so he must make preparations early.

(End of this chapter)