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Li Jiancheng's army arrived in Liangjiangkou Town on time the next morning. Pei Renji knelt in a panic in front of Li Jiancheng's war horse and apologized.

The latest attack caused Pei Renji to lose more than 4,000 people. Although not many were killed and captured, many soldiers took this opportunity to flee home. With Pei Renji's status and poor treatment, the soldiers were already dissatisfied. They originally wanted to use this battle to improve their treatment, but they did not expect to suffer a crushing defeat. Everyone lost confidence in Pei Renji, so although Pei Renji gathered the defeated soldiers, not many people were willing to continue to follow him and returned to their hometowns.

Pei Renji, who had no army, was like a rooster with all her feathers pulled away, both embarrassed and embarrassed. Qin Qiong led the last 500 people, looking at the main general from afar and apologized to Li Jiancheng. He was also mixed with emotion. Luo Shixin, who was not as good as him at the time, had been promoted to general and commanded tens of thousands of troops. Even You Junda, who was excluded by Pei Renji, surrendered to Wagang and followed Li Jiancheng, has now become Li Jiancheng's direct general. Although his military position is the same as himself, his status is much higher than himself and his future is brighter.

This time, without the army as the foundation, Pei Renji was demoted, and he would also be demoted. Qin Qiong felt sad. In the final analysis, he was following the wrong person.

Li Jiancheng looked at Pei Renji who bowed his head and apologized, and said coldly: "Although victory or defeat is common in military affairs, I will not punish the general severely because of a defeat, but I don't know who the other party is in defeat. This is unbearable. As far as you are a veteran, I will not humiliate and blame him. However, the military rules are strict and the rewards and punishments are clear. You will be exempted from your position as a general and demoted to Xiongwu Lang. With a one-year salary, all the generals under him are innocent and you don't need to be demoted."

Pei Renji's heart was full of bitterness. If Qin Qiong was demoted but not, he would be on the same post as Qin Qiong, and Qin Qiong would no longer be his general. Although Pei Renji was dissatisfied, he could do nothing. Li Jiancheng was tolerant of him to some extent, so he had to kowtow and thank him: "Thank you for your grace for not being blamed!"

Li Jiancheng pointed to Wang Jungu and You Jundaling with a finger and said, "You two lead 5,000 troops to build a floating bridge. Within two hours, the army must cross the river!"

"Abide by the order!"

The two of them clasped their fists and obeyed the orders, and immediately led the soldiers to the woods to log wood. Pei In-ki also made meritorious contributions and followed them to log wood.

At this time, the Chief Secretary Wei Zheng slowly walked forward and smiled and said, "Although the defeat is not necessarily a bad thing."

Li Jiancheng knew what Wei Zheng meant. His father had long wanted to follow Zhang Xuan's example to abolish the sect system and prevented each general from owning his own army. However, if he was too hasty, it would lead to serious consequences. So they were always looking for opportunities to abolish them step by step. Among all the generals with troops, Luo Yi was the biggest obstacle, and in fact it was Pei Renji. This time Pei Renji's troops were broken up, allowing Li Jiancheng to take the lead in abolishing the sect system in his own army, setting a good precedent for the entire army to abolish the sect system.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng was not angry at all, and even secretly happy that if he did not surrender to Qin Qiong, Pei Renji had no troops under him, leaving only hundreds of personal soldiers, and the biggest hidden danger in his army was eliminated.

Li Jiancheng smiled faintly and did not answer Wei Zheng's topic. He said to Wei Zheng again: "I want the Chief Secretary to inspect the counties of Hanoi and learn about the warehouse report situation in each county. Can the Chief Secretary be willing to work hard for me?"

Wei Zheng bowed and said, "The governor has an order, and he should follow the orders of humble duties."

Li Jiancheng also ordered his personal soldiers to "Go and find General Qin!"

Two personal soldiers rushed away and brought Qin Qiong over soon. When Qin Qiong heard that he would not be demoted, he was secretly happy. He hurried forward and bowed, "I will meet the governor!"

Li Jiancheng smiled at him gently and said, "Wei Changshi wants to inspect the counties of Henei County for me. I am a little worried about his safety. I will give General Qin a thousand soldiers and guard General Wei Changshi for me. There is no problem with General Qin!"

"Of course there is no problem with Beizhi. Please tell General Pei first."

Li Jiancheng shook his head, "No need, General Qin will report to me directly from now on."

Qin Qiong was shocked and hurriedly said, "I understand."

Li Jiancheng took out a thousand-man arrow and gave it to Qin Qiong, "Go and lead the troops! Wei Changshi will set off soon."

Qin Qiong bowed to Wei Zheng, and the two of them urged the horse to leave. Li Jiancheng went to check the situation of the floating bridge again. At this time, Wei Zheng looked at the floating bridge that was burned to debris last night. He suddenly had an enlightenment in his heart. Li Jiancheng's sect Pei Renji was the pioneer, and he probably had planned it.

It took Wang Junguo and You Junda only an hour and a half to build the floating bridge. In the afternoon, Li Jiancheng led an army of 20,000 to come to the city of Wuzhi County.

Li Jiancheng did not have a plan to attack Wuzhi County. He knew that Hanoi County was a new city built in the 16th year of Kaihuang. In the third year of Daye, it was planned to replace Liyangcang and strengthen and increase the city. The city was tall and sturdy and the moat was deep and wide, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, Li Jiancheng's siege equipment for this eastern expedition had not yet been transported from Hedong. Li Jiancheng just wanted to suppress this army and it would be best to make them surrender without fighting. If they did not surrender, they would force them into the city so that they could not intercept the grain transport fleet.

However, Li Jiancheng was more interested in the origin of this Sui army. They were obviously not the Qingzhou army, so where did they come from?

When Li Jiancheng came to the city, the answer in his heart was finally revealed. His peripheral patrol soldiers caught a scout in the city. The soldier was pressed to kneel on the ground and said, "My general is General Wei, the garrison general of Luokou Cang. He retreated across the Yellow River because of the defeat of Wei Shangshu, and temporarily stationed in Wuzhi County."

Li Jiancheng suddenly realized that it was Wei Wentong, the chief general of Hulao Pass. No wonder he was so smart. Although he had not heard of Wei Jin's defeat, he was more concerned about Wei Wentong at this time. Since the army in the city was not the Qingzhou army, it was easy to deal with, but a defeated Sui army was trapped in Henei County.

Li Jiancheng had heard of Wei Wentong, a versatile and talented general in civil and military affairs, and was a famous general. He was extremely skilled in martial arts. He ranked ninth in the Heroes Conference. Such a general was right in front of him, which made Li Jiancheng immediately feel loving talent. He asked the soldiers a few more words and immediately ordered: "Tell me the order, and the army retreated three miles!"

Since he wanted to surrender Wei Wentong, Li Jiancheng must certainly act sincerely. The first thing to do is to retreat three miles is the first sincere attitude. With the issuance of Li Jiancheng's military order, the 20,000 army began to slowly retreat.

The city walls were full of Sui soldiers. They had all experienced the bloody baptism of the 100,000 Wagang Army's strong attack on Luokoucang. No one was afraid or afraid of the formation set up by the 20,000 troops under the city. Even the soldiers could see that although the troops under the city had a large number of troops, they might not be able to attack the tall and sturdy Wuzhi City, and they did not even have weapons to attack the city.

Wei Wentong stood at the top of the city and watched coldly as the army retreated under the city. Can we buy him Wei Wentong by retreating a few miles? Li Jiancheng may not be too underestimated.

At this time, Du Ruhui next to him smiled and said, "If I'm not wrong, they can't carry their baggage when they cross the Taihang Mountains. All baggage is waiting to be transported from Hedong County to the Yellow River, including siege equipment."

Wei Wentong had already received a report from the soldiers that two hundred grain ships were trapped and returned to Hedong County. He was already impressed by Du Ruhui's brilliant strategy. Basically, he obeyed whatever Du Ruhui said. Wei Wentong smiled and said, "When will the siege equipment be delivered?"

Du Ruhui stretched out a finger, "At least one month!"

“Why?”

"The first batch was to transport food so that Li Jiancheng could gain a foothold in Hanoi County, and then transport siege equipment to follow Li Jiancheng's army to the north, and the ships went back and forth twice. Wouldn't it be thirty days? Besides, they had a waste of time, so it took more than a month. Of course, they could also cut down trees to make simple siege ladders, which is another matter."

Wei Wentong nodded. This is indeed the case. Two hundred medium-sized cargo ships deliver up to 40,000 stones of grain, which can only be used for the army for two months. If we still have to transport siege equipment together, then there will be too little food, which is not enough to support tens of thousands of troops. Therefore, siege equipment must be the second batch, mainly because the time consumption is too great.

He thought about it and asked again: "Now the grain ship has been returned. Do you think Li Jiancheng's plan will be successful?"

Du Ruhui smiled, "I still said the same thing. It was an accident that the general appeared in Hanoi County. It was this accident that caused Li Jiancheng's plan to fail. Of course, Li Jiancheng was unwilling to give up, but he had no time."

At this time, a soldier ran over and knelt down on one knee to report: "Report to General, a person from the city came down, saying it was Sima Yang Shilin, and I came to see the general."

Wei Wentong said to Du Ruhui: "This person is my fellow townsman and later served as the governor of Lishi County. I have met him several times. This person must be talking to me. The gentleman said I would meet or not?"

Du Ruhui smiled and said, "Actually, it's okay for the general to see him. Even if he doesn't surrender, everyone can discuss a condition. For example, if the Tang army does not attack us, we will not hinder the Tang army's plan. What does the general think?"

Wei Wen understood it carefully. He needed time now. As long as he had another twenty days, he could completely reorganize the surrendered soldiers. Then he would have more than 4,000 people in his hands. Even if Li Jiancheng sieges the city wildly, he would not be afraid. Otherwise, it would be a little difficult for two thousand people to defend the city. He could use the other party's intention to make him surrender to gain time.

Thinking of this, Wei Wentong ordered: "Please enter the city!"
Chapter completed!