Chapter 657 Open the door honestly to welcome Master Wang is the way out
Chapter 657
Luo Yi stayed in Pingshu City for two days and finally regained his composure. However, he was still worried about the big defeat that day.
If he hadn't suffered a huge defeat, his morale was low, and he had lost a lot of troops, he would not have dared to anger Xia King Dou Jiande. Otherwise, he would have really wanted to chop that bastard Wang Cong into meatballs with his own knife.
If Wang Cong hadn't claimed that it was only a small number of Suppressing Army cavalry who were holding the bandits captive, how could he have been so careless and divided his troops into three groups?
As a result, except for the last 10,000 soldiers and horses who had not yet left the camp, all three groups of soldiers and horses were saved, including someone from Taluo. The important thing was that they escaped back to Pingshu City.
The arrows stuck in the armor made him look like a wounded porcupine, looking extremely embarrassed and embarrassed.
Although they are wearing heavy armor, many of the archers of the Suppression Army use armor-piercing arrows. Although the armor is strong, the most they can get is flesh wounds, but the damn arrows penetrate the skin through the armor.
Still, Luo Yi and the soldiers who escaped suffered a lot.
Many soldiers were similar to Luo Yi, with bandages all over their bodies, almost like a piece of clothing.
Luo Yi summoned Wang Cong, scolded the bastard severely, and asked him to find all the doctors from Pingshu City to treat the soldiers' injuries. While stationing the troops here, he gathered the scattered soldiers and horses, and finally pulled the strings.
Do the math.
Almost half of the infantry was lost, but the cavalry was fast, and there were still just over 20,000 left from 30,000. I had to lick my fingers just thinking about how hard I had managed to save these 50,000 elite troops.
In such a blink of an eye, a total of 20,000 troops were lost. What a shame.
His beloved generals suffered a lot of casualties. Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche, who had the courage to be unstoppable and whom he relied on as his right-hand men, both disappeared after the war. It is not known whether they died in the rebellion.
Thinking of this, Luo Yi couldn't help but blush. A man would not shed tears easily. Once he burst into tears, he would become even more depressed.
Luo Yi, who was tired, unloved and extremely heartbroken, was lamenting and sighing when suddenly Wang Cong came again, saying that he had urgent matters and secretly asked to see Manager Luo.
"No!" Luo Yi rubbed the corners of his eyes and scolded in a cold voice. "Tell him to go away and don't bother a certain family again, or I'll kill him!"
"The chief steward, the last general told him the same thing, but he said that he also asked you to meet him no matter what. He brought a letter from King Xia to you."
Luo Yi stroked his thick beard and glanced at Zhu Wenwu present, and finally waved his hand. "Forget it, I want to see what King Xia's explanation is."
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Not long after, Wang Cong went into the tent to see Luo Yi again. He glanced around and saw that although Luo Yi's tent was not full of civil and military officials, there were still seven or eight close ministers left behind.
Seeing Wang Cong's doubtful eyes, Luo Yi raised his eyebrows in displeasure. "Now all the gentlemen in the big tent are Mr. Luo's right-hand men. There is nothing unspeakable. If you really have something big,
Report it quickly."
"In that case, please ask the chief manager to read this letter first..." Seeing Luo Yi's insistence, and seeing the Youzhou military officers and soldiers on the left and right who looked unkind to him, Wang Cong sighed helplessly and took out the
The letter I just received.
Luo Yi took the letter from the soldier. After opening it, he only glanced at it. His expression suddenly changed. He suddenly stood up and looked at Wang Cong with disbelief.
"Is this letter really the handwriting of King Xia?"
"It is the handwriting of King Xia himself, and there is King Xia's seal on it." Wang Cong nodded and replied solemnly.
"Commander, what happened?" Several close confidants, both civil and military, stood up beside them. They always felt that something was not right about the expression of their general manager.
"You guys, sit down for a moment and wait until I finish reading." Luo Yi waved his hand and calmed down before continuing to look at the letter in his hand.
The content is not complicated at all. King Dou Jiande of Daxia told Luo Yi that he decided to leave his troops and horses to block the Fu army in the capital, and he would use all the elite cavalry of Daxia to join Luo Yi.
Luo Yi is an old soldier and has a lot of brains. Dou Jiande's words were very high-sounding, but his behavior was like running away from the battlefield.
Needless to say, in all likelihood, Dou Jiande had already predicted that even if he had tens of thousands of troops and a strong city to rely on, the final outcome would still be a disastrous defeat.
With a clear conclusion, Dou Jiande made up his mind and led the cavalry to escape north. However, did he want to serve the general manager?
Luo Yi only thought about this possibility for a moment and rejected it immediately. Even if Dou Jiande lost to the Zhenfu Army, could he defeat Dou Jiande with the land of Youyan?
This guy has always been popular in Hebei. After he returns to Zhuojun with him, it is not certain who will be in charge.
Seeing Luo Yi's expression as he read the letter, his brows were sometimes furrowed and sometimes uncertain. All the Youzhou soldiers and civilians looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what was going on.
After Luo Yi saw the signature and seal at the end of the letter, he put the letter away and stuffed it into his arms. "Besides this letter, what else does the person have to say?"
"Go back to the chief manager. My king will be able to arrive at Pingshu City early tomorrow morning at the latest."
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In fact, it was not the next day, but at midnight that day, Dou Jiande had already rushed to Pingshu City in a hurry, just to avoid making Luo Yi, the manager of Youzhou, worry that he was plotting against his little Zhuojun.
Dou Jiande personally rushed outside the camp where the Youzhou Army was stationed and wanted to see General Manager Luo.
The two met outside the camp and discussed secretly for more than an hour. In the early morning of the next day, Dou Jiande and Luo Yidu led their troops to leave Pingshu City and headed north.
It was not until a day later that Yang Qian received the news and learned that Luo Yi and Dou Jiande had reunited and headed north.
Two days later, a partial division of the Suppressing and Fu Army arrived at Pingshu City. The county magistrate of Pingshu City, who had long been left without a master because of King Dou Jiande's abandonment of the country, did not hesitate to open the city immediately to welcome the king's division.
Regarding the movements of Luo Yi and Dou Jiande, Yang Qian, who had already accepted the surrender of Jincheng Palace in Kaicheng, was busy recruiting the surrendered soldiers, and sent his surrender ministers to persuade the surrounding counties, did not pay much attention.
Nowadays, the counties in Hebei Province have led their troops to march eastward and finally defeated Qinghe County and captured the entire southwestern region of Hebei Province. He is leading the main force of the army to join forces.
As for the northern counties, Dou Jiande has lost all his courage and abandoned the country like this, ruining his reputation in Hebei. I believe that he does not need to use great efforts to make the counties in northern Hebei realize that they must resist to the end.
There is no benefit, the only way out is to open the door honestly to welcome Master Wang.
The general situation in Hebei has been decided. At this time, Yang Qian should no longer just focus on Hebei, but should set his sights on the north.
Yang Qian left Yu Shiji in charge of the recruitment of Hebei, and ordered Li Yuan, Fang, Du and others to assist him. He also ordered generals such as Laizheng, Zhou Fashang, Pei Renji, Ma Sanbao and Lai Hong to lead the army to control the four directions.
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