After listening to Shen Luoyan's words, Zhao Mingyuan smiled awkwardly.
He understood that now that Shen Luoyan had regained his composure, it was no longer possible for him to take advantage of the situation.
As for Su Su Chuchu, these were the two girls Zhai Rang gave to him some time ago.
That's right, it's the maid of Su Su and Chu Chu, Zhai Rang's only daughter Zhai Jiao.
They were all orphans who barely survived the famine. Because of their good looks, they were chosen to serve Zhai Jiao in Dalongtou's mansion.
Girls like them were often rewarded by Zhai Rang to his generals.
In the original work, Susu was favored by Wang Bodang and asked Zhai Rang for it.
Although Zhai Rang knew that Uncle Wang was from Li Mi's side, he didn't care about a little maid, so he agreed.
Susu was given to Wang Bodang, and after some playing with her, she was abandoned.
Later, Su Su met an unkind person again and was deceived by Xiang Yushan's sweet words. She gave birth to a child and died in hatred.
This child later became Xiaolingzhong, the adopted son of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
And Chu Chu is Su Su's good sister. She has been taking care of Xiao Lingzhong after Su Su's death.
Originally, Zhai Rang rewarded the two of them to Zhao Mingyuan, but he did not want to accept it.
However, Zhai Rang had directly sent the two of them to his house. Zhao Mingyuan learned that they were Su Su and Chu Chu, and then kept them.
Because Zhao Mingyuan knew that if he refused, the ending for the two of them would not be much better.
Since Zhai Rang could give them to Zhao Mingyuan today, he might also give them to other generals tomorrow. In this case, it would be better for them to stay here.
However, this made Wei Zhenzhen angry for a long time. Later, Zhao Mingyuan explained many times and finally managed to coax Wei Zhenzhen into peace.
Unexpectedly, Shen Luoyan would make fun of this matter now. It seems that although this is not Xin Mi, it seems that Li Mi's side has already begun to pay attention to his every move.
I'm afraid they will carefully study Zhao Mingyuan's behavior, interpersonal relationships, remarks, and every move under a magnifying glass in order to find his weaknesses and come up with ways to deal with Zhao Mingyuan.
However, in response to Shen Luoyan's question, Zhao Mingyuan replied: "Luoyan, if I tell you, this handkerchief belongs to me."
"Impossible, why do you, a grown man, smell incense!" After Shen Luoyan finished speaking, he suddenly realized that he was arguing with Zhao Mingyuan about whether he smelled good, so he hurriedly shut up, turned around and left in a hurry.
However, sharp-eyed Zhao Mingyuan saw that her face was bright red.
Moreover, she left so quickly that she seemed to have taken the handkerchief with her.
Zhao Mingyuan shook his head, dispelled the affection between his children and returned to the camp.
At this time, Qin Shubao and the others were ready and waiting for Zhao Mingyuan's order to set off.
This was indeed before the military order was issued, and they had already prepared to take care of things.
Next, the troops in Wagang Village were divided into two groups. Zhao Mingyuan and Li Mi each led their troops to attack Luokou Cang.
Naturally, such a big movement cannot be concealed.
In fact, since the death of Zhang Xutuo, the world has been shocked, and they even guessed that Wagang Village's next strategy must be to attack Luokou Cang.
Luokou Granary was the largest granary in the Sui Dynasty, so Yang Guang attached great importance to it and sent Tiger General Liu Wengong to lead 25,000 troops and horses from the eastern capital Luoyang to the east in an attempt to restore the decline.
He also ordered Pei Renji to attack Xingyang City occupied by the Wagang Army from Hulao, hoping to use these two armies to contain the Wagang Army.
At the same time, Yang Guang sent his capable subordinate Wang Shichong to Luokou to confront Li Mi head-on.
Yes, Yang Guang always valued Li Mi and did not even mention Zhao Mingyuan's name.
However, Zhao Mingyuan naturally wouldn't care about a dying man's attitude towards him.
The soldiers are very fast, and Luokoucang will receive support from the Sui army at any time.
Therefore, Zhao Mingyuan led his troops to quickly dispatch troops. On the way, he discussed with Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin, and Cheng Yaojin how to deal with this battle.
They soon learned the movements of the Sui army. Although it is impossible to judge their implementation status, the general direction of travel is still clear.
Pei Renji followed Yang Guang's fate to attack Xingyang, so naturally he didn't need to think about it first.
But the two armies of Liu Wengong and Wang Shichong are imminent and will definitely interfere with their attack on Luokou Cang.
Especially Wang Shichong, who is now rushing to Luokou Cang. If they are a step slower, they may face Luokou Cang with tens of thousands of defenders. Wouldn't it be doomed to defeat?
The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the third is to attack the city.
The method of siege is a last resort.
However, if we want to capture Luokou Cang, I'm afraid this siege is inevitable.
This is not good news.
In particular, many of Zhao Mingyuan's subordinates came from the Sui army's surrender.
Although it was led by a familiar general, it temporarily stabilized the morale of the army. However, if they were allowed to fight the Sui army again, what if they were surrendered by the other side?
This is very possible, especially when you are at a disadvantage.
However, Zhao Mingyuan finally thought of a way. After asking Qin Shubao and the three of them, he determined that they were all familiar with these Sui generals, and quickly made a plan.
Next, Zhao Mingyuan and the others traveled day and night, and sent out good soldiers to eliminate all nearby scouts and conceal their whereabouts.
Although this method can only be concealed for a short period of time, and will be discovered by the Sui army soon, it only needs to be delayed for a while. This is the period of time they are fighting for.
Sure enough, after Zhao Mingyuan and his army disappeared, the Sui army sent men to search for Zhao Mingyuan's army, and at the same time gathered towards Li Mi's Pushan Gongying camp and launched an attack.
Moreover, it turned out that two armies, Liu Wengong and Wang Shichong, joined forces to attack.
Sure enough, they still valued Li Mi more and looked down upon Zhao Mingyuan who had no background.
In their view, Zhao Mingyuan was just a puppet that Zhai Rang reluctantly supported to check and balance Li Mi. It was not difficult to deal with him, so naturally they did not pay any attention to him.
However, Li Mi was indeed Li Mi, and he soon discovered that the two armies were attacking from a pinch. As a result, he separated a line to block Wang Shichong's troops, and he personally led the main army to attack Liu Wengong's troops.
Maybe Li Mi was also angry.
At this time, it was inevitable that Zhao Mingyuan would attack Luokou Cang first. He could only pray secretly that Luokoucang was well guarded and would not be captured so easily.
As a result, Li Mi vented his anger on others and attacked Liu Wengong's troops.
They actually defeated Liu Wengong's army in one battle. Liu Wengong only fled with thousands of cavalry. The infantry were either killed or captured.
Seeing how powerful Li Mi was, Wang Shichong was also shocked. He lost the flanking attack from Liu Wengong's troops. He no longer dared to take the initiative to fight Li Mi. Instead, he retreated towards Luokou Cang, preparing to defend Luokou.
After all, his order was to guard Luokou Cang. As long as Luokou Cang is not lost, he will be fine.
However, what Wang Shichong did not expect was that when he came to the Luokou warehouse, he found that the flag above had been replaced by the logo of the Wagang Army.
The big word "Zhao" on the flag shows that this place has been captured by Zhao Mingyuan.
How can it be?
How could Zhao Mingyuan attack so quickly?
This was too fast, not even a day. How could the defenders of Luokou Cang not be able to hold on for even a day?
Could it be that someone is rebelling and trying to cooperate inside and outside?
Wang Shichong was puzzled.
This is because Zhao Mingyuan did not attack the city.
How did he get in?
Zhao Mingyuan didn't fight at all, but came in directly.
Of course, they were pretending to be Sui troops sent by Wang Shichong to support Luokou Cang.
No, it should be said that they were originally the Sui army, but they had become the Wagang army.
Now, they have just replaced their original armor and weapons. Both the formation and the momentum were the same as before, and the defenders of Luokoucang naturally couldn't tell the difference.
Of course, this is not enough.
Therefore, Zhao Mingyuan disguised them as Wang Shichong's generals based on their descriptions.
Because they were very familiar with the Sui army's various test cuts, they were able to successfully deceive the defenders of Luokou Cang and let them open the city gate.
They even took over the city defense directly and occupied Luokou Cang without any blood.
By the time the defenders of Luokoucang discovered the truth, it was already too late and they were all captured.
After that, Zhao Mingyuan ordered his subordinates from the former Sui army to persuade them to surrender, and told them that there was nothing wrong with surrendering to the Wagang army, and that it was a true act of surrendering to the light.
In addition, everyone had no loyalty to Yang Guang in the first place. Most of the soldiers were just serving as soldiers to eat food, so naturally they would not fight for Yang Guang, a foolish emperor.
So, soon everyone became a happy family.
Wang Shichong saw that there were no traces of recent fighting on the city wall, and he already knew that Zhao Mingyuan stole the city by clever tricks rather than winning by strength.
Therefore, Wang Shichong did not take Zhao Mingyuan seriously and ordered the army to attack the city.
But Zhao Mingyuan actually opened the city gate and led his people out of the city to fight.
Seeing that Zhao Mingyuan occupied the city wall without using it, Wang Shichong naturally despised Zhao Mingyuan even more and commanded the army to press forward.
However, his soldiers were exhausted after marching all the way here, and naturally they could not defeat Zhao Mingyuan's army, which was waiting for work.
What's more, Zhao Mingyuan's men were elite soldiers who had followed Zhang Xutuo and experienced hundreds of battles. Naturally, Wang Shichong's men were defeated one after another.
But Wang Shichong was also a leading general, and he was able to retreat without chaos, and even though he was defeated, he was not defeated.
But here Zhao Mingyuan ambushed all his troops and ordered them to use the banner of Li Mi's Pushan Public Camp.
Wang Shichong thought that Li Mi had also arrived, so he and Zhao Mingyuan attacked him front and back.
How is it possible to win?
Wang Shichong hurriedly retreated, and the army collapsed immediately. Zhao Mingyuan led his troops to follow him, chasing him for more than ten miles and capturing countless people.
The war was decided, and soon the news of this battle flew to the ears of those who paid attention to this matter like wings.
The name Zhao Mingyuan has finally become famous all over the world.
(End of chapter)
