Zhai Rang was beheaded by Li Mi, Wagang experienced drastic changes, and the news that many Wagang generals fled angrily soon reached Yang Gao, but this incident did not cause Yang Gao too much surprise. Although history has changed because of my own time travel, my own time travel cannot change people's hearts. Li Mi, a tycoon of his generation, would never tolerate a character like Zhai Rang existing under his rule.
However, due to his time travel, Yu Wenhuaji has been seriously injured, and it is impossible for both sides to lose in a fight with Li Mi like in history. So, can Wang Shichong still take advantage of the opportunity to reap the benefits and defeat Li Mi to occupy the Central Plains like he did in history?
Yang Gao shook his head helplessly, put down the memorial in his hand, and smiled bitterly. His heart was too big. Although Zhai Rang died and the Wagang Army was divided, Li Mi was still the leader of the Central Plains princes. Yang Yanzhao was stationed in Nanyang to defend Li Yuan, Lai Huer led his army to attack Lin Shihong, and Xue Rengui was stationed in Huainan. Where else could he mobilize troops to take care of the affairs of the Central Plains?
And even if he could spare an army to march into the Central Plains, Wang Shichong had defeated Luoshui and Li Mi was in the limelight. If he marched into the Central Plains, he would inevitably face Li Mi's army, which would undoubtedly drag him into the quagmire of war.
After putting down this memorial, Yang Gao picked up another memorial. This was Xue Rengui's battle report. After he took the captured Li Zitong outside the city of Huoqiu County, the defenders in the city collapsed without a fight, and Ye Xiaobian committed suicide. , Ren Ze died in the rebellion, and only Fang Jie fought his way out of the encirclement and fled north, probably to join Li Mi.
Yang Gao calmly put down Xue Rengui's memorial and picked up the good news sent by Lai Hu'er. A month ago, Lai Hu'er fought against Lin Shihong at Poyang Lake and won a great victory, wiping out more than 40,000 Lin Shihong's men. During the melee, Zheng Chenggong, a partial naval officer, personally took advantage of the arrows and killed Lin Shihong's younger brother, Lin Yaoshi, to recapture Yuzhang County. Lin Shihong retreated to Jian'an County and could not escape.
Although the war situation reached a stalemate for a while, Yang Gao had confidence in Lai Huer and Zheng Chenggong. In history, Li Xiaogong's conquest of Lin Shihong was almost unanimous. What's more, Lin Shihong is just in his infancy. Compared with Li Xiaogong's conquest, his strength is A lot weaker.
Yang Gao slowly stood up and walked out of the imperial study, looking to the south, which was the direction of Fanyang Lake. He thought that the sound of killing must be loud at this moment!
． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ．
Jian'an County, County Sheriff's Office.
Lin Shihong was sitting behind the case, staring at the map, his eyes filled with unwillingness.
He never imagined that the naval force he was most proud of would be so vulnerable to Lai Huer. In the Battle of Fanyang Lake, the 50,000-strong naval force was actually killed by 30,000 people who came to protect the children. His younger brother Lin Yaoshi and General Wang Xianjin were all killed in the battle. He only led thousands of remaining soldiers to retreat to Jian'an County.
The more serious consequences of the defeat at Fanyang Lake were the loss of people's hearts. Lin Shihong's rule in the south had begun to collapse. Many local officials fell in love with the wind and surrendered the city to the Sui Dynasty. There were also many dissidents in the army. As of today, Thirteen generals have led their troops to defect to the Sui army.
"General, a messenger from the Sui camp came to deliver a letter to the general, saying it was a personal letter from their commander to the general." General Wang Rong walked into the room cautiously and reported softly.
Lin Shihong frowned, "Where is the envoy?"
Wang Rong bowed and replied: "Just wait outside the door!"
"Let him in!"
Wang Rong took the order and left. After a while, he brought up a young civil servant who delivered the letter. The civil servant bowed to Lin Shihong and handed a letter to Lin Shihong, "This is the autograph of my general who asked me to give it to General Lin." letter!"
Lin Shihong took the letter and read it carefully. Lai Huer wrote in the letter that as long as Lin Shihong opened the city and surrendered, he could keep him alive.
Lin Shihong pondered for a long time and said in a deep voice: "Okay, you go back and tell your general that I can surrender, but I need to communicate with my brothers. Please ask him to give me three days!"
"Okay!" the envoy responded, and under the escort of several soldiers, he left the governor's mansion and left Jian'an City to return to the camp where he had come to protect his children.
As soon as the envoy left, Wang Rong couldn't wait to say: "General, do you really intend to surrender to the Sui army?"
Lin Shihong sneered, "My whole family died at the hands of the Sui Dynasty officials. My good brother Cao Shiqi and my younger brother Lin Yaoshi both died at the hands of the Sui army. The Sui Dynasty and I have no sworn relationship. I will never surrender to the Sui Dynasty in this life!"
Wang Rong asked in confusion: "What did the general do just now..."
Lin Shihong smiled sinisterly and said: "Soldiers never tire of deceit. What I just said was just to deceive the Sui army envoy. When Lai Hu'er knew that I was going to surrender, he would definitely get carried away and let down his guard. I took this opportunity to make a surprise attack on Hu'er's camp and turned the situation around in one fell swoop. defeat!"
Wang Rong suddenly understood, raised his hands and said: "The general is wise, and my subordinates admire him!"
The two looked at each other and laughed tacitly, and their wild laughter echoed in the house for a long time.
． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ．
The envoy of the Sui army returned to the camp and told Lai Hu'er what had happened. After listening to the envoy's words, Lai Hu'er smiled slightly and turned to look at Zheng Chenggong sitting beside him, "Sheng Chenggong, what do you think?"
Since Lai Hu'er conquered Lin Shihong in the south, Zheng Chenggong has repeatedly made military exploits and was promoted step by step from a general to the deputy commander of the navy. He is very popular with Lai Hu'er and has regarded him as his successor. He has been constantly involved in many major events. He asked Zheng Chenggong for his opinion.
Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong stroked his beard and smiled, "Lin Shihong's little tricks can fool the old general. This thief must have pretended to surrender and wanted to trick our army into letting down their guard. He took the opportunity to surprise our army in an attempt to turn defeat into victory!"
Lai Huer pretended to be surprised, "How can you see success?"
Zheng Chenggong replied: "As far as the last general knows, Lin Shihong's family was implicated in Lin Shihong's rebellion. This thief hated me to the core of the Sui Dynasty. Today, he agreed to surrender based only on a letter from the old general. It must be There is no doubt that he will surrender!"
Lai Huer stroked his beard and laughed and said: "Heroes really have the same views. Cheng Cheng's words are very suitable for me. I wonder how Cheng Cheng plans to deal with Lin Shihong, a thief?"
Zheng Chenggong replied calmly: "Tighten the outside and loosen the inside, lure Lin Shihong to come and rob the camp, and take the opportunity to wipe out this thief in one fell swoop!"
Lai Huer snapped and said, "Okay, just follow the words of success!"
