Five days later, Li Yizhi, with Shen Luoyan as his military advisor, led an army of 30,000 people, quickly crossed the Huaihe River and invaded the Wagang Army's territory.
With Zhai Rang's support, Li Yizhi attacked the city all the way and advanced very quickly.
After all, Zhai Rang was the founder of Wagang. Although he did not control as many troops as Li Mid, his cronies were spread all over the country and his power was extremely huge.
With Zhai Rang's cronies acting as internal agents, and the Xiaoguo Army's strong fighting power, Li Yizhi was able to advance straight towards Xuchang with unstoppable momentum.
At the same time, Zhai Rang also showed up in Xuchang.
He spread the word to the world and announced Li Mi's various crimes. The first one was usurping the throne, and called on all the Wagang army to gather in Xuchang to attack the rebellious minister Li Mi and bring order to the chaos.
Zhai Rang's call was responded to by his old troops, as well as Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin, Cheng Yaojin and others.
They killed the generals sent by Li Mi, regained military power, and then led the army to Xuchang.
For a time, Wagang was in chaos and turned into a pot of porridge.
After Li Mi received the news, his face was naturally livid with anger, and his heart was filled with shock and anger.
The current situation has become obvious. Zhai Rang is not dead at all, but has also taken refuge in Li Yizhi, and has also won over Qin Shubao and others.
However, this sudden change happened so quickly that even if Li Mi wanted to encircle and suppress these rebels, it was already too late.
Besides, apart from Xu Shiji, he currently has no generals who can take action.
If he rashly sends troops to pursue Qin Shubao and others, he might be killed first.
Xu Shiji made a suggestion: "Mi Gong, Li Yizhi's plan, should occupy Xuchang and confront us. In the current situation, it is difficult to hold the area south of Xuchang. What we have to do now is to bring back the troops from the south as soon as possible. In order to avoid being eaten by Li Yizhi, it can also strengthen our military strength."
Xu Shiji's suggestion was undoubtedly a suicide attempt.
But if he didn't do this, the next situation might be more serious, so Li Mi had no choice but to nod in agreement.
At the same time, he ordered all localities to block the rebels heading to Xuchang if they could block them, and to let go if they couldn't, in order to reduce losses.
A month later, Li Yizhi led an army of 150,000 to Xuchang.
The reason there were 150,000 was because the 100,000 troops transferred back to Jiangdu finally caught up.
At the same time, Li Yizhi also recruited a lot of Zhai Rang's old troops along the way, as well as part of the Wagang Army.
At this time, Xuchang, Qin Shubao and others had also arrived one after another a few days ago.
This brought Xuchang's military strength to 240,000.
Xuchang, outside the Nancheng Gate.
When Li Yizhi arrived, Zhai Rang, his old generals, Qin Shubao and others had been waiting for a long time.
"I'll wait to see Duke Chu!"
Li Yizhi got off his horse, walked up 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.
As soon as Li Yi got to know him, he entered Xuchang surrounded by other generals.
Arriving at the governor's mansion, Li Yizhi held a banquet in honor of the generals.
At the wine table, everyone quickly became familiar with each other, and Qin Shubao and others quickly put aside their previous worries.
Compared to the feminine Li Mi, they prefer Li Yizhi who has a bold personality.
The banquet lasted until midnight before breaking up.
The next morning, Li Yizhi summoned the generals to discuss matters.
"Now in Xuchang, although we have twenty-four troops, the time to go north to fight the decisive battle with Wagang Village is not yet mature. On the one hand, in terms of military strength, Wagang Village is still in an advantageous position. I need to wait until Li Jing
General Li led his troops north; on the other hand, it is our food and grass problem, we need to completely pacify the south of Xuchang first 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 that the composition of our troops is chaotic. Once the war reaches a stalemate, it is easy for loopholes to appear and allow 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 others' faces straightened, they knew that today's highlight was coming.
This reorganization of the army will be directly related to their future military power.
Li Yizhi saw that the generals did not object, but listened attentively, and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
He said slowly: "In our 240,000-strong army, there are 130,000 Xiaoguo Army and 110,000 Yuanwagang Army. Among the 130,000 Xiaoguo Army, I need to set aside 80,000 people for guarding.
Xuchang, and then reorganize the 110,000 Wagang Army with the 50,000 Xiaoguo Army as the main body."
"In the 160,000-strong army that has been reorganized, every ten thousand people will form one army. Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin, Cheng Yaojin, Shan Xiongxin, Niu Jinda, etc., each of you will lead an army and go south to conquer the various places south of Xuchang. And General Zhai
Stay in Xuchang and assist me in commanding the 80,000 Xiaoguo army. Shen Luoyan will be the military advisor and will coordinate the various armies in the center."
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 identity, it was impossible for the other party to personally command the troops, so the actual commander of the 80,000 Xiaoguo Army was naturally Zhai Zang.
Li Yizhi said: "Since everyone has no objections, let's leave it to Military Advisor Shen to discuss the next reorganization and the specific combat plan. As for the weapon issue, I will ask Jiangdu to send it over as soon as possible."
Qin Shubao and others' eyes were bright again, with such burning eyes.
Yesterday, they had seen the Xiaoguo Army's weapons. All of them were high-quality fine steel weapons, and the armor was also complete. They could outrun them for eighteen blocks.
Even their respective weapons are only slightly better than the Xiaoguo Army's weapons.
If the entire army changes its uniforms, how much combat power will it need to increase?
Although most of the work was handed over to Shen Luoyan, Li Yizhi was still extremely busy. The reorganization work was really too cumbersome.
Fortunately, after ten days of hard work, the reorganization work was finally completed.
However, Qin Shubao and other generals, after five or six days of preliminary running-in, marched towards various places in the south, preparing to run-in 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 there was a lump in his throat and was extremely uncomfortable.
But Wagang was in chaos, and even if he wanted to take action, he was weak in heart but not in energy.
Therefore, taking advantage of this incident, he used more drastic measures to reorganize the Wagang Army, keeping the remaining nearly 300,000 troops firmly under his control.
Xingyang, Mi Gong Mansion.
Li Mi summoned his civil servants and generals to discuss how to deal with Li Yizhi.
He had received information that Li Yizhi was stationed in Xuchang, leaving only 80,000 people to guard it, while the other 140,000 people went south to conquer the various places south of Xuchang.
Once the south of Xuchang is pacified, Xuchang will be completely integrated into Jiangdu.
By then, there will be a steady supply of food and grass, and Li Yizhi may lead his troops to attack Xingyang at any time, so he must make preparations in advance.
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