To the east of Luoyang, the Yanshi City, which was originally the fortress of the Eastern Capital Acropolis, had already been destroyed in the war half a month ago. 1 - At this time, on the ruins of Yanshi, Wang Xuanying's 30,000 Jianghuai troops were stationed here. On their left and right, Li Jing's 20,000 Hebei troops and Huangfu Wuyi's 90,000 Dongdu troops were stationed respectively. The two armies were close to the camp of the Jianghuai army, not so much as garrisoning, but supervising the Jianghuai army.

It had been several days since the battle of Jiushan Luokou, but after clearing the battlefield, King Chen, who was far away in Luoyang City, did not order them to continue to pursue Li Mi's defeated army. Similarly, Chen Kefu did not order them to return to Hedong, and he was not even allowed to let them enter the nearest Luokou Cangcheng City to rest.

After nearly a month of bloody battles, the officers and men of the Jianghuai Army, who suffered heavy casualties, were like a group of abandoned lambs, standing in confusion on the ruins of the Yanshi after the battle. As for the future situation, the Jianghuai soldiers are becoming more and more passive and desperate. There were even rumors everywhere in the camp that King Chen was going to destroy them, and that the Eastern Capital Army was in charge of doing it. The 20,000 Hebei Army was responsible for monitoring the Eastern Capital Army, and the matter became more and more serious. So much so that now, the soldiers in the battalion dare not sleep at night, and they all hold spears in their hands, guarding all night long, for fear that the Eastern Capital Army will suddenly move.

Someone outside the camp tent of the Chinese army said loudly: "Report to King Zheng, General Bu Wang Shiwei sent back the envoy, there is an urgent military situation to ask for a meeting!" ”

Wang Xuanying, who was upset, almost jumped up and slashed people with a knife: "Get out, get out, get out, all get out of the way!" The situation is becoming more and more critical, although Wang Xuanying has already used a suicide attack to consume a large number of troops of the Jianghuai army during the first battle of Zhoukou, and wants to show Chen Kefu his sincere belonging. However, now Chen Kefu is becoming more and more reluctant to give him a way to live, and he has been ordered to stop on this battlefield for a long time, and he has been surrounded by two armies. He had become more and more desperate, desperate to the point of collapse. He had always been restrained, and now he even drank all night long, so as to intoxicate his head, otherwise he would not have been able to sleep at all.

"Your Majesty, you have explained before, and the news about General Wang must be reported to you as soon as possible." The guards outside the tent said tremblingly.

After a while, Wang Xuanying's answer came from the tent, and the sound of the wine jar rolling down. After waiting for a while, the guards saw Wang Xuanying put his clothes on his body and walked out of the tent, and a group of guards immediately followed. Dozens of paces away, a dozen or so guards surrounded a messenger and stared at him. Since it began to be rumored in the camp that Chen Kefu wanted to get rid of them, the vigilance of the Jianghuai army in the battalion has risen a lot, and any outsiders who enter the barracks must be strictly interrogated.

The messenger was terrified at such a "solemn" reception. He turned his face, and Wang Xuanying immediately recognized him, almost exclaiming. He turned around and waved his hand to rebuke the guards around him: "It's okay, this is someone I know." Go down and rest first. ”

The captain of the guard shook his head: "King, our duty is to guard you and never leave an inch." Now that the situation is tense, we must strengthen our guards, and if an enemy assassin infiltrates the camp and injures the king, we will all kill ourselves. ”

Wang Xuanying sighed: "Okay, then you stay outside the tent, herald, you come in with Gu." ”

The messenger, dressed as an ordinary Jianghuai army soldier, entered Wang Xuanying's tent. Wang Xuanying sneered and asked him, "What's the matter?" Have all the heralds of my Jianghuai army run out? You want your uncle to dress up to deliver a letter? ”

Wang Xuanying's uncle Wang Shiwei awkwardly ripped off the headscarf on his head and said embarrassedly: "The matter is relatively important, I can't rest assured that it will be handed over to the ordinary heralds, for fear that they will leak it, your other uncles and I have the same opinion." I'm sorry to disturb King Zheng's rest, right? ”…,

"Nothing." Wang Xuanying's expression became solemn: "Say, what's so mysterious?" ”

Although this was in the tent of the Jianghuai army commander who was under strict protection, Wang Shiwei was still a little hesitant. He whispered to Wang Xuanying's ear for a while.

"What!?" Wang Xuanying exclaimed in surprise, he immediately suppressed his voice, and asked in a low voice, "Li Mi really wants to surrender to us?!" ”

"Not yet, King Zheng." Wang Shiwei replied: "Yesterday, an envoy from the Wei army quietly approached us, saying that they were a rout hidden in the nearby mountains, and asked if we were willing to accept it. Because the nearby battlefield has already been searched several times, most of the hidden routs have dared to sweep away. We were worried that there was fraud in this, so we didn't agree, and replied that we needed time to think about it. But there was a great urgency, and in the afternoon and evening they sent envoys to ask questions, and finally revealed to us that he was actually the envoy of Li Mi, the king of Wei. It is said that Li Mi is now desperate, the grain and grass are exhausted, and the light cavalry of Hebei is looking for them everywhere, so he wants to take refuge in us. This matter is too important for me and your uncles to make a decision, so I personally rushed to ask you, should we accept Li Mi's surrender? ”

Wang Xuanying blinked his eyes and asked, "Where did you meet Li Mi's envoy?" He flipped out a map of the march.

"Jishan, well, it is between the two rivers of Rushui and Yingshui in Xiangcheng, it is only forty or fifty miles away from Yangcheng in Henan, and it is only forty or fifty miles away from Xiangcheng, and it is estimated that there are more than 100 miles here...... Wang Shiwei quickly found the location of Jishan on the map. Wang Xuanying stared at it for a long time and let out a long breath: "If it's true, we may be able to change the situation in front of us, and there is really hope......"

Although after the first battle of Luokou, the Jianghuai army was left in Yanshi City, but in fact, Li Jing, as the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, transferred the light cavalry in the Eastern Capital Army and the Jianghuai Army to search and pursue Li Mi's traces. There were more than 50,000 people when Li Mi fled, but in so many counties in the southwest of Henan, it was not so easy to find Li Mijun's traces immediately.

Wang Xuanying put on his armor indiscriminately, walked out of the tent and shouted: "Wang Lin! ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Prepare a horse for me, and by the way, Xuanshu and Shiyun will come over."

Although Wang Lin was a little puzzled in his heart, it was already midnight and early morning, what else did the adults want to do? But he still did not hesitate to carry out the order, ordered the guards to bring Wang Xuanying's mount, and sent someone to inform Wang Xuanshu and General Wang Shiyun. After a while, Wang Xuanshu and the two came in a hurry, their clothes were messy, and they had obviously just woken up from their sleep. From afar, as soon as he saw Wang Xuanying, he asked, "Big brother, is Chen Kefu going to do it?" ”

Wang Xuanying looked at Wang Shiwei, Wang Shiwei shook his head, and whispered: "I only informed King Zheng of this news, and the second brother didn't know about it yet." ”

Wang Xuanying glanced at him appreciatively. Although they were all descendants of the Wang family, this matter was so important that they reported it directly to themselves without even notifying them. He was pleased to see that under his own leadership, the Wang family also abided by military discipline in the Jianghuai army.

"General Shiyun, I want to leave the barracks for a while, and the troops will be temporarily under the command of Xuan Shu, and you will assist him."

Wang Shiyun was stunned for a moment, and replied very simply: "Yes, King Zheng." He frowned, very surprised that his nephew suddenly left his troops in the middle of the night to leave, but he didn't ask out loud, but said, "King Zheng, at the moment, the Hebei Army and the Eastern Capital Army are still surrounding us, and the current situation is unknown. When you go out like this, you have to pay attention to safety. Otherwise, I'll send a battalion of men out with you. ”

"No need, it's enough for me to pick three or five personal guards to come with me." The horses had already been brought over, and Wang Xuanying simply turned over and got on the horse. Behind him, Wang Lin had already selected three of his best guards and were ready to go, and the sturdy guards jumped on the war horse. Wang Xuanying was in a much more cheerful mood, and said with a smile: "Let the young men in the camp sleep well, they are tired enough these days." After saying hello to Wang Shiyun and his younger brother, he turned his horse and rushed out of the camp, and Wang Shiwei and the guards of the guard hurriedly followed. …,

A group of people quietly out of the barracks, and then galloped all the way, at the edge of the camp, they met a patrol of the Eastern Capital Army, Wang Shiwei was to raise his disguised Hebei Army herald waist card to the front, the patrol team immediately let go, they went out of the camp unimpeded, and disappeared into the dark field.

In the middle of the night in early summer, a moist and cool air rushed towards the people on horseback. Wang Xuanying clamped the belly of the horse with both feet, constantly raised the whip, and the mount ran so fast that it rushed to the front of the whole team, so that Wang Lin had to shout several times: "King Zheng, slow down!" "It's dangerous to gallop at such a high speed in the dark. Not to mention the rout of the Wei army that may be hidden nearby, even if there is a small pit or stone on the road, if the horse stumbles and falls, the light one will be broken, and the heavy one will be fatal. Every time he heard Wang Lin's shout, Wang Xuanying always lowered the horse's speed a little, but soon, he began to gallop again. The eager rush made Wang Shiwei almost think that Li Mi was his nephew's first love.

Wang Xuanying's mood was agitated, and the blood in his heart rushed to his brain, and it took him a lot of effort to control his urge not to recite a poem out loud. Although he knew that this area was still the battlefield just after the war, and it was quite unsafe to take only a few guards on the road, when he thought of the benefits that Li Mi's surrender brought him, Wang Xuanying couldn't even wait for a moment, so he couldn't wait for a moment, so he couldn't wait for a while.

Li Mi is going to surrender! Wang Xuanying believed that in the entire current situation, there would be nothing more exciting for him than this matter. He has shown Chen Kefu countless times and sincerity, but Chen Kefu is bent on getting rid of him as soon as possible. Facing Chen Kefu's strong strength, he had already accepted his fate. But now Li Mi actually wants to surrender to him, instead of surrendering to Chen Kefu, but he immediately saw a ray of light again!

It seems that everything in the world is beautiful again, the summer breeze is cool, and the starry sky is brilliant!

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