Chapter 639: The Great Battle of the Central Plains (Part 2)
Chapter 639 The decisive battle in the Central Plains (Part 2)
Chapter 637: The Great Battle of the Central Plains (Part 2)
Xu Shiji's outstanding performance in this battle allowed Li Mi to fully appreciate his commanding ability.
After weighing the pros and cons, Li Mi decided to entrust the command to Xu Shiji and ordered him to be fully responsible for the fight against the Han army, while he himself supervised it.
Li Zicheng finally agreed with Li Mi's decision. After all, this was just command power, not a real handover of military power.
Xu Shiji never expected that he would be able to command tens of thousands of troops so quickly, and he was extremely excited.
Seeing that Li Mi was on the throne, Xu Shiji suppressed the joy in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Thank you very much, Governor, for your trust. I will definitely live up to the Governor's trust."
Li Mi frowned slightly when he saw this, because despite being so trusted by him, Xu Shiji still didn't call him lord. This shows that between him and Daming, Xu Shiji was more loyal to Daming.
“It seems that if you want to completely conquer this person’s heart, you will have to put in a lot of effort.”
Li Mi thought secretly, and then smiled and said to Luo Shixin on the side: "Luo Shixin, you have made great contributions in this battle. I will confer you the title of General Fenwei. What do you think?"
A trace of doubt flashed in Luo Shixin's eyes. He scratched his head with a smile and asked, "General Fenwei? Hey, what kind of official is this?"
Seeing this, Xu Shiji immediately shouted: "Shixin, you must not be rude in front of the Governor."
“Oh, I got it, brother.”
Luo Shixin was a little naive, but he was not stupid at all. Seeing Xu Shiji's behavior, he quickly said: "I'm an ordinary man who doesn't understand etiquette. Please don't blame Luo Shixin for being rude."
Seeing Luo Shixin acting like Xu Shiji, Li Mi knew that the key to conquering Luo Shixin lay in Xu Shiji.
Whether it is Xu Shiji, a handsome man, or Luo Shixin, a peerless general, Li Mi does not want to let anyone go. He has also decided to completely conquer these two people, so appropriate delegation of power is still necessary.
Li Mi's act of delegating power freed Xu Shiji from any constraints, and he became more comfortable commanding the army. As a result, the battle in Yuzhou was completely reduced to a contest between him and Cao Cao.
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In the Yuan-Cao coalition camp, the atmosphere seemed a bit dull.
It was a sure-fire ambush, but it was disrupted by Xu Shiji and Luo Shixin, and caused heavy casualties to the Yuan-Cao coalition forces, so how could they be happy?
The Han army in Yuzhou only had two princes, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu. Their strength was not as strong as the other groups. This casualty was already a serious blow to both families.
Of course, compared to the casualty ratio of Yuan Shu's army, Cao Cao's army's losses were much smaller. After thinking about the gains from this battle, Cao Cao felt that he had gained instead.
Wang Junke, You Junda, Xie Yingdeng, Shi Danai and Cheng Yaojin are Cao Cao's biggest gains from this battle.
Among the five captured generals, the weakest were all first-rate masters, while the strongest Wang Jun was close to the level of a divine general. Cao Jun went to great lengths to capture these five alive.
In the previous battle, Ren Zhong was shot to death by Xia Houyuan with an arrow, which immediately aroused Wang Junke's rage, and he immediately attacked him with a sword.
Under Wang Junke's airtight offensive, Xiahou Yuan actually fell into a disadvantage. This also aroused Cao Cao's love for talents. He immediately ordered Xiahou Dun to go to support and ordered Wang Junke to be captured alive.
It is not difficult for the two Xiahou to defeat Wang Jun after they join forces, but it is not easy to capture him alive. After a battle, the two Xiahou triggered a combination of skills, and then they managed to capture Wang Junke with great difficulty.
After Wang Junke was captured, Cheng Yaojin and other generals risked their lives to come to the rescue. Cao Cao saw that their abilities were not weak, so he also issued an order to capture him alive. In the end, under the siege of the Xiahou brothers, the Yang brothers, and a group of Cao generals, the four generals Cheng Yaojin were also captured alive.
After questioning other prisoners of war, Cao Cao learned that General Wang Junke's status in Li Mi's army was not high, so he thought it would not be difficult to surrender, but the fact was that it gave Cao Cao a big slap in the face.
Since Xia Houyuan shot Ren Zhong to death, the five people preferred to die rather than surrender. This made Cao Cao distressed and helpless, so he could only lock up the five people first and prepare to slowly warm the smelly and hard stones in the pit.
“Ah Hao? Ah Hao?”
Hearing Yuan Shu calling him, Cao Cao suddenly came back to his senses and chuckled: "What's wrong with the highway?"
The look of dissatisfaction on Yuan Shu's face flashed away, and then he said calmly: "Both our army and the Ming army will suffer in this battle. It will be difficult to defeat Li Mi with the current strength."
Cao Cao frowned and said thoughtfully: "What do you mean by the highway?"
Yuan Shu sneered in his heart, but said warmly on his face: "Let Qin Hao send troops to help in the battle."
Of course Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shu was scheming against his nephew again. Although he was extremely disgusted in his heart, he did not show it at all on his face. He said calmly: "Zixu sent troops, but he could not win an inch of ground. He was defeated but his army was greatly damaged, so he did not send troops at all." Reason?"
The Han Dynasty could not command the major princes at all, but he was able to dispatch five armies to defeat the Ming Dynasty. This was of course because of the huge benefits after destroying the Ming Dynasty.
In this attack on the Ming Dynasty, except for Liu Yu, Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi and others, most of the other princes sent troops to occupy the land of the Ming Dynasty, so the troops sent were almost all princes bordering the Ming Dynasty.
The reason why princes like Dong Zhuo who had no interest in the Ming Dynasty also participated was to eliminate potential threats.
After hearing this, Yuan Shu showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth and said: "What I said is different. Qin Hao is the consort of the Han Dynasty, and he is also sending troops to eliminate the traitors for the Han Dynasty. How can there be no reason?"
Qin Hao's actions in Nanyang really made Yuan Shu, as a neighbor, feel fear and envy in his heart, so of course he would not let Qin Hao continue to develop.
This is a naked conspiracy. Regardless of whether Qin Hao sends troops or not, Yuan Shu will ultimately benefit, and the person who plans for Yuan Shu this time is Zhao Pu.
Of course this could not be hidden from Qin Hao and the group of advisers behind him. After discussing with the advisers, Liu Ji quickly thought of a way to solve it.
Qin Hao also wanted to conquer Can Ming, so it was naturally impossible to send troops to defeat Ming, so he directly rejected Yuan Shu's request. The reason was that he could not send troops without permission from the court.
Yuan Shu then used the Yuan family's power in the Chang'an court to encourage Liu Hong to directly order Qin Hao to send troops.
Under the advice of a group of "loyal ministers", Liu Hong finally issued an order to send troops in Qin Hao's name.
Yuzhou is thousands of miles away from Chang'an. With the time spent on deliberation, it was already three months before Qin Hao received the imperial edict.
During these three months, Liu Dai and Hong Xiuquan, who were originally from Jiaozhou, took the lead in the decisive battle.
Subsequently, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was guarding Shouchun, also fought with Liu Yao in a battle that shocked the world.
(End of this chapter)