First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 171 Yu Wenhua and his accession to the throne
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Breaking the city without sealing the sword, this order was passed on, and the group of rogues were ecstatic, rushing towards Rang County in a scramble.

On the top of the city, Lu Zizang looked at the black bandit army outside the city, his face was ashen, and Ma Yuangui was trembling beside him, "This...how can Zhu Can gather so many people?"

Lu Zizang said straightly: "If you disobey the military order and don't listen to my advice, you should have thought that today will happen. It's just hateful. The people in the city will suffer because of your stupidity."

The black bandit army was full of energy, and all of them wanted to break the city without sealing their swords. The siege battle did not require any formation strategy, as long as the soldiers were not afraid of death. Zhu Can stormed for several days, and Nanyang soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

However, Lu Zizang and Ma Yuangui defended the city desperately, but they could barely sustain it, but the weather was not good, and the torrential rain continued for several days, causing the city wall to collapse several feet.

Ma Yuangui was terrified, so he had to say: "It would be better if Zhu Can was surrendered."

Lu Zizang was furious, and scolded his head and face: "Is there any reason to surrender the thief?" After all, Zhu Can's disciples are real thieves.

The next day, Zhu Can's rebel army broke through the city along the collapsed city wall. Lu Zizang, the Duke of Nanyang County, died in a vigorous battle, and Ma Yuangui, the comforter of Shannan, died in the rebellion.

Zhu Can separatized Nanyang County, and his army was greatly shaken. The name of Zhu Can, King of Jialou Luo, resounded through the green forest, and bandits from all over the country came to vote. , Changed to Yuan Changda.

The resurgence of Zhu Can did not cause much trouble, only because Zhu Can was entrenched in Nanyang, and his influence was limited, and the Central Plains at this time were even more exciting.

After Yu Wenhuaji led the army all the way to Liyang, he had a sudden whim and decided not to return to Guanzhong, intending to seize Luoyang as the foundation.It is true that Yu Wenhua and his more than [-] soldiers are powerful, but Yu Wenhua seems to be too confident, always thinking that with more than [-] soldiers, the world can go.

But Yu Wenhuaji never thought about his opponent. Yu Wenhuaji, who killed the king, was an enemy in the world. Under the banner of returning to Guanzhong, he was destined to be an enemy of Li Yuan, and returned to Guanzhong from Jiangdu. It is even more difficult to break through numerous obstacles.

What is more deadly is Yu Wenhua and his long journey, lack of food and grass. Regarding this, Li Mi is also very aware of this, and immediately ordered Xu Shiji to guard Cangcheng, and Li Mi led the Wagang Army to cut off Yu Wenhua and the back road, and sent Yu Wenhua And besieged in Liyang.

Yu Wenhuaji stormed Cangcheng, but Linghu Xingda and others were Xu Shiji's opponents. Cangcheng was impenetrable, and Yu Wenhuaji left more than a thousand corpses under the city.

Li Mi rode out on horseback with great momentum, with several large flags behind him, writing to the Sui Dongnan Road Marshal, Taiwei, Wei and other flags.

"Yu Wenhuaji came out to answer", Li Mi shouted loudly, only Shan Xiongxin was with him.

Seeing this, Yu Wenhuaji hesitated to move forward, Linghu Xingda said: "If you don't come out, I'm afraid morale will be low", and Yu Wenhuaji just came out.

Li Mi, with a refined demeanor, pointed at Yu Wenhuaji and angrily reprimanded: "Yu Wenhuaji, you were originally a slave of the Xiongnu, Po Yetou, father, brother and children were deeply favored by the Sui Dynasty, and you even took the princess as your wife. You are so honored and favored. Serving the country loyally, why are you so insane that you kill the king with your own hands? Vicious and vicious, even massacring the royal family, such evil deeds, the world cannot tolerate, and now fleeing from east to west, invading the place, the crime is extremely heinous, and it is not quick to come down, or save lives."

Yu Wenhuaji was originally a dandy in Daxing City, ignorant and incompetent, he had never had experience in military formations, and when it came to knowledge, he was even worse than Li Mi, after hearing Li Mi's righteous scolding, Yu Wenhuaji actually It's silent.

Really didn't know how to deal with it, Yu Huaji was furious, so he had to yell, "Li Mi dog thief, I bring my own soldiers to fight with you, there is no need to teach me hypocrisy here", after finishing speaking, he rode back to the formation, "Kill, everyone Kill me."

Linghu Xingda, Tang Fengyi and others had no choice but to press on with the whole army.

Seeing that a big battle was about to start, Li Mi looked up to the sky and laughed, and returned to the formation calmly. With a wave of his hand, the Wagang army marched out.

"Yu Wenhuaji is a frivolous dude, mediocre and incompetent, but he also has the heart to fight for world hegemony, which is really ridiculous."When the army joined the battle, flesh and blood flew everywhere, Li Mi shook his head and said with a sneer, without changing his face, "I will use a small plan to destroy it."

There was a big battle that day, both sides retreated without any real fire.

However, Yu Wenhua and his food and grass were not enough, so he was eager to capture the city to obtain food and grass, so he ordered to cut down trees and build siege equipment. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, Li Miqin led [-] Qingqi and burned Yu Wenhua's siege equipment.

Coincidentally, in Cangcheng on the other side of Yuwenhua and the camp, Xu Shiji also sent troops to attack at night, the two sides attacked at night, Yuwenhua and the camp were chaotic overnight, and many soldiers fled.

After Li Mi attacked Yu Wenhuaji's camp at night, he wrote a letter to Yu Wenhuaji in person, claiming that he was Wang Shichong, a fraudulent surrender, and now intends to join forces with Yu Wenhuaji to besiege Luoyang and divide the Central Plains equally.

After Yu Wenhuaji received the letter, he believed it to be true and was overjoyed. After a few days of rest, Yu Wenhuaji repeatedly urged Li Mi to send troops to Luoyang. up.

Li Mi knew that Yu Wenhua and his food were not enough, so he deliberately delayed the time, but Yu Wenhua and this guy really believed it, wasting a few days of food and grass in vain, Yu Wenhua and Li Mi immediately fought a decisive battle with Li Mi in Tongshan outside Liyang City.

In terms of combat power, the Wagang Army must be stronger than Yu Wenhuaji's army, and Yu Wenhuaji's army is frugal. Zhongliuya had to withdraw to Ji County to recuperate.

Yu Wenhua and his troops were defeated, and countless soldiers fled. The generals Chen Zhilue, Zhang Tongren and others even led their troops to surrender to Li Mi. Originally, Yu Wenhua and Wang Gui, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment, were appointed to guard Dongjun County to collect food and grass for him. After seeing Wagang's victory, Wang Gui surrendered to Li Mi. For a while, Yu Wenhuaji completely ran out of food.

Yu Wenhua and his onslaught searched for nothing, and like a bereaved dog, he had to lead his army to flee to Wei County. Along the way, the soldiers fled all the way.

At this time, Yu Wenhuaji had already realized that he was doomed, and sighed quietly: "Life should die, wouldn't it be an emperor one day?" Immediately, he killed the puppet emperor Yang Hao, ascended the throne in Weixian County, and proclaimed himself emperor. The name is "Xu", the year name is "Tianshou", and he is generously rewarded, and his younger brother Yu Wenzhi is the king of Qi, and Yu Wenshi is the king of Shu.

Yu Wenshi and Li Yuan are old friends, and persuaded Yu Wenhua and Li Yuan to surrender, but the already dizzy Yu Wenhua refused without hesitation. Agree immediately.

(End of this chapter)