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Chapter 1750 Crisis in the Eastern Capital

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    Zhang Fangyi and Yuan Wen both left the Yue King's chamber, and they discussed to dispatch a force to Huiluocang to prevent the Wagang thieves from sneaking attack.  Then the two divided the work, Yuan Wendu organized manpower in the city, and Zhang Fangyi was responsible for transporting grain from Huiluocang to Luoyang City, striving to transfer at least two million shi of grain as quickly as possible.

    There is a place to store it in Hanjiacang City.

    Both of them know that with the current situation, the battle to defend Luoyang will last for who knows how long. Only sufficient food can stabilize people's hearts.

    Zhang Fangyi hurried back to Luocang with a large number of horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts. Unfortunately, it was too late. His memorial was delayed for two days and one night due to various reasons.  In the past two days and one night, the news that Pei Renji's troops defeated Luoyang City and returned to Luocang was lost but had already reached the ears of Li Mi in Luokou Cang.

    When Li Mi heard the news, he couldn't help but cursed Pei Renji and Meng Rang for ruining his good deeds.

    However, Li Mi also reacted very quickly. Since the original plan failed, he quickly concentrated his forces and recaptured Luocang before the Sui army in Luoyang deployed its defenses.  Even if it doesn't work, the connection between Luocang and Luoyang City must be cut off, and Luoyang City will be trapped.

    So Li Mi took Shan Xiongxin as the vanguard, personally unified an army of 30,000, and headed towards Luoyang City.

    Li Mi is a military genius. Although he has never led an army before, he has become very handy in a short time after coming to Wagang.

    If Li Mi during Yang Xuangan¡¯s rebellion could only be regarded as Zhao Kuo on paper, then Li Mi now is the sophisticated Zhao She.

    Everyone thought that the Wei army was defeated in this battle, with tens of thousands of casualties, and that there would be a rest and recovery process. However, Li Mi did exactly the opposite and launched another attack before Luoyang City could react.

    Thirty thousand Wei troops roared in and attacked directly back to Luocang.

    Wang Zhibian didn't realize it until the Wei army arrived. He was caught off guard and lost two games in a row. In the end, he had to retreat back to Luocang.  Returning to Luocang City, the city is high and deep. Counting reinforcements, the actual strength is seven to eight thousand.  Although Li Mi was very wise, he could not break the city.

    So Li Mi turned around and attacked Jin Yong City.

    Jinyong City is the barrier to the northeast of Luoyang. The Sui Dynasty has always accumulated heavy troops here.  The famous general Zhang Zhenzhou was stationed here, and Li Mi could not win.

    Li Mi turned to Yanshi again.  This place is between Luoyang City and Gongxian County, and is a wedge on the way for the Wei army to attack Luoyang.  Unless this place is uprooted, we must not go westward with all our strength.

    But Yanshi is also a fortified city. The soldiers did not take off their armor day and night, beating bangs on the city to patrol, but the Wei army never captured it.

    Seeing that the battle was unsuccessful, Li Mi knew that this was not the time to attack the fortified city again.  So Li Mi once again led his troops westward, preparing for a decisive battle with the Sui army.

    The Wei army came to the city, ready to wait and gather around for reinforcements, completely cutting off the connection between Luoyang City and Luocang.  This move finally made the officials in Dongdu panic.

    Due to time constraints, there were first setbacks in the process, and Zhang Fangyi¡¯s memorial was delayed.  Then Li Mi advanced his troops very quickly, giving Luoyang no chance to prepare.  As a result, not much of the food returned to Luocang was transported to Luoyang City.

    A big city of half a million people would be a hell on earth if it lacked food.

    No one dared to wait. At this time, many people complained to the King of Yue, requesting a decisive battle with the Wei army and taking the initiative to break the Wei army's blockade of Luoyang City.

    Although the Sui army was defeated repeatedly, tens of thousands of enemies were wiped out in the battle of Luoyang, so the officials in the Eastern Capital were quite confident.  It is expected that with the strength of the troops in the city, even if they cannot win a big victory, they can still draw a draw.

    Yuan Wendu also believed that it is better to fight early than to fight late. The number of Wagang rebels is increasing day by day. If we don't take the initiative to attack now, when Li Mi becomes powerful, the defenders of Dongdu may not be able to fight back.

    The rest of the people also hold this opinion.

    Although Zhang Fangyi is a little worried, after all, his wife's brother Huang Mingyuan once said that Li Mi was "extremely talented, with outstanding military talent, and his military skills are cunning and unparalleled."  However, the general situation is such that Luoyang City's food problem cannot be delayed. If we wait any longer, one will ebb and flow, and the gap between the two sides will become even greater.

    "However, it is not an easy task for the small imperial court of Dongdu to send troops.

    Not to mention the garrison everywhere, the garrison in Luoyang City alone has dozens of troops, ranging from a few hundred to several thousand people.  Moreover, the ministries are not subordinate to each other. Although the number of each army is small, its status is high.

    The Dongdu court spent a lot of effort and finally mobilized more than a dozen troops from Luoyang City, totaling 70,000 troops.  But the question is who should be the commander of this army.

    Yang Guang¡¯s previous behavior of searching for official positions brought about the biggest problem. The officials in the small court of Luoyang did not have enough official positions and insufficient prestige.  No one seems qualified to command this army.

    In fact, the most suitable choice is Zhang Fangyi andThere are two people named Fu Wuyi.

    But Zhang Fangyi has always been a civilian official. Although he knows the military well, his prestige in the military is not enough.  Huangfu Wuyi was even worse. As a close confidant of the emperor, he had never actually led an army.  At this time, who dares to hand over 70,000 troops to him.

    ¡°And while the four chief officers were left behind, Zhang Fangyi and Huangfu Wuyi had a close relationship.  Because of these incidents, Zhang Fangyi's voice has even surpassed that of Yuan Wendu. If he is allowed to lead the army again, after victory, wouldn't he become the number one person in Luoyang City.

    Neither Yuan Wendu nor Guo Wenyi would allow this to happen.

    In the end, after the struggle and compromise between all parties, the small court of Dongdu decided to appoint Duan Da as the chief general.

    During the Yang Xuangan Rebellion, Duan Da allowed the second generation of the family to leave the city, which eventually led to all of them being captured, almost causing a major political crisis.  Later, Fan Zigai deprived Duan Da of all his official positions and put him in prison, waiting for the emperor's disposal.

    Fortunately, the emperor was still nostalgic, and Duan Da's family took out their property and tried their best to bribe Yu Wenshu, Yu Shiji and others to speak for him. In the end, Yang Guang released Duan Da after a period of time and re-appointed him as Wei Wei Shaoqing.

    Later, Duan Da moved to General Zuo Yiwei and stayed in Dongdu.  However, because he didn't even have a deputy left behind, and Fan Zigai, who was left behind at the time, didn't like Duan Da at all, Duan Da kept his tail between his legs and kept a low profile for a while.

    There is no one in the court who has the qualifications and official position to surpass Duan Da, so he was promoted and slipped out again.

    Zhang Fangyi knew Duan Da fairly well, but he didn¡¯t think Duan Da could turn the tide and defeat Li Mi.  But there is no suitable candidate around him, so he can't just object without suggestions.

    At this time, Zhang Fangyi couldn't help but think, it would be great if Zhang Zhenzhou was in Luoyang City.  Zhang Zhenzhou served as Minister of War and General of Youxiao Guard successively. He often praised his wife and brother for being good at using troops. If he led the troops to fight, he could save the whole army even if he lost.

    But no matter what, when Yuan Wendu, Wei Jin, Guo Wenyi and others jointly decided on something, Zhang Fangyi alone could not object.

    So the king of Yue, Yang Tong, appointed Duan Da, the general of Zuo Yiwei, as the general manager of the march, and Gao Bi, the general of Huben Lang, and Liu Changlin, the general of Huben Lang, as his deputy. He led an army of 70,000 people and went out of the city to meet the attack.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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